#kyouka's thingies

[tengoku-e-no-tobira]

josuke, koichi, and rohan got a style change. original (by sweepswoop_ on twitter)

last panel was referenced from thus spoke kishibe rohan drama. gotta admit i kinda cheated by overlaying the original and adjusting what i drew

[tengoku-e-no-tobira]

like what's said in some of the notes this seems like something rohan would do, so...

(originally drawn april 2023)

araki what the fuck

[inamagicalhallucination]

au where dazai is still in the pm but somehow has met the entire ada and somehow charmed them (look the agency has strange standards) so they're all actively trying to get him to change sides

featuring fukuzawa lowkey bragging about being a better father figure i mean boss than mori

ranpo inviting him for chess matches so dazai knows he'll have an intellect buddy at the ada

them putting up his picture on their employee wall portrait thingie (lucy poe and karl are also there)

junichiro trying to bribe him with video games awkwardly

naomi trying to blackmail him (you know she would)

yosano inviting him for trash talking sessions and girl nights (they talk shit about mori mostly)

kenji gifting him fruits veggies and the occasional cow to show goodwill

kunikida regularly checking in on him and mailing him pros of joining the ada and employee benefits

atsushi at some point just taking his hand and bringing him to work

also atsushi just telling dazai to come hang out a little earlier than they can actually meet so he's forced to be at the office

yosano trying to convince kunikida to "seduce" him; ranpo flat out telling dazai why he'd prefer it here

them bribing him with food

fukuzawa openly being kind and welcoming to him; kyouka considering kidnapping him when she herself leaves

kyouka sending him regular notes about how much happier she is to convince him

haruno offering to let him pet mii-chan; kenji reassuring him they want to be his friend; junichiro offering murder; atsushi offering to feed him (he already lowkey does)

anyway

dazai thinks they're just messing with him at first - then he thinks they want his ability which fair - now he's just confused

[invidiia]

⋆⭒˚｡⋆ "Happy Halloween!" 𖤐 bsd yanderes // reader

trick or treating with the yanderes of BSD! can be read as platonic or romantic.

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[ a/n ; HII HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! i hope everyone's having a good day today! i'm going as reze for halloween, what about you guys? <3 separate posts for trick or treating prompt coming out later today! ]

[ warning ; yanderes lolsies, blood, mention of death/previous kidnapping ]

— disagrees with the very idea of you going out to trick or treat! aren't you too old for that anyway? only gives in when you beg. it'd be nice to let you get out of the house a little anyway.

— keeps a hand on your shoulder while you trick or treat. they don't even want to do this, it's just to make you happy, and they're willing to go out if it'll stop you from complaining about your predicament. tries to steer clear of other people, they're still cautious. absolutely afraid that you're going to rat them out and leave them.

— makes you share your candy as payment for letting you go out. you don't mind though.

FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY, JOUNO SAIGIKU, chuuya nakahara, yukichi fukuzawa, doppo kunikida, michizo tachihara, VERLAINE, agatha christie, ango sakaguchi, edgar allan poe, akiko yosano, ryuunosuke akutagawa, sigma, hirotsu?

— didn't plan to take you trick or treating, but wanted to. sure, they had an underlying fear you'd use that to run, but they knew they'd get you back anyway.

— goes with you to the door to ring the bell. (and depending on the character, might dress up with you, too!) keeps you close and doesn't let other people talk to you, other than kids that like your costume. you wouldn't tell a kid you were kidnapped, would you? probably not.

— goes through your bag of candy, probably pretending to find something they like, while they're making sure that there's nothing dangerous or something you snuck in. shares their candy with you, too!

osamu dazai, atsushi nakajima, sakunosuke oda, lucy maud montgomery, ichiyo higuchi, gin akutagawa, kyouka izumi (platonic), rimbaud, kouyo ozaki, tatsuhiko shibusawa

— gladly takes you, since it was their idea. they wanted to trick or treat with you, for both the candy, and getting to see you dress up and get a bunch of treats.

— obviously keeps you close. they doubt you'd run, and if you did? well, they'd just catch you and bring you right back. why would you run and ruin this night anyway? it's no fun to miss out on halloween! don't you want candy?

— shares their candy, watches horror movies with you, even makes little treats with you, like taking dough and wrapping it around a hot dog to make a mummy!

RANPO EDOGAWA, kenji miyazawa (platonic), mori.., ichiyo higuchi, q (platonic), nikolai gogol?

— forces you to go out with them, trick or treating or maybe just out cause it's halloween, nothing too social. probably kills someone for the blood to look real. "oh wow, that looks real!" "thanks, it is!"

i can't think of anyone who'd do this but nikolai idk

— platonic bonus :: probably goes through your bag. checks your candy for blades, or anything dangerous. they can't have you hurt, can they?

[ a/n ; "this isn't accurate!" suck my dick 😭 anyway uh if you see multiple on the same thingy, it's intentional, i probs couldnt pick just one. happy halloween !!! ]

[d1ssolv3dt0by]

I got alcohol markers and made some drawings :D

I drew two BSD characters (Tachihara and Kyouka, I've decided to draw one BSD character/ship everyday with a wheel spinner thingy + more if I feel like it, also I am NOT shipping Kyouka and Demon Snow, I just drew them together), my FMAB OC Alder, and Deku for my friend :D

[quijabored]

So I've been BSD-ing as much as I can BSD, and I have questions.

- What the hell is a beast AU

- Do Aku and Atsuhi become friends throughout any point of the show??

- We get Aku smiling in a peaceful and non-murderous way right

- I keep seeing a panel of Aku withh his throat slashed but I believe he has plot armor so like he doesn't die right?? (Do not answer)

- Is rashōmun just the coat or can Aku just... spawn it whenever

- I keep seeing pictures of Aku with some helmet thingy, is that important at all??

- We get more Poe content right

- What the hell is the vampire Chuuya stuff is that like a fanfic or

- Kunikida is there for like the whole show right?? I don't see anyone talking about him so uh

- Fyodor is an antag right?

- I keep seeing a Manga panel where Nikolais holding a hand, what's that about?? (Do not answer)

- Mori doesn't get redemption right? I hate that guy and I don't wanna like him later

- Are Nikolai and Fyodor friends or is it like a one sided thing

- What's up with Sigma being 3?? Is he not human? (Do not answer)

- Kyoukas 14 right? Why is she teased so much with Atsushi?

- Does Aku get character development? Like he's already gotten a little from the point I'm at but he's one of my favorite characters so

I keep seeing people talk about Dazais bandages and how he doesn't let people see underneath them or something like that, is it just because of SH or is there something else?

[cotton-candyyt]

BSD x SAO AU thingy with KyouKenji(do with this what you will)

BSD x SAO After getting trapped in a virtual world, K3nj1(Kenji), a beta tester is accused of knowing how to get out of the game, when he in fact didn't know as he spent most of his time looking at flowers and animals and admiring the world around him to the point where other beta testers didn't even know who he was. Kenji ends up at the front lines where he meets Demon_Snow(Kyouka) , one of the commanders of the front lines…

[atushisyoungersisterkyouka]

hi hi hello out of characters probably didnt see cause was on a atsushi post thingy but um um could mayhaps i make drawing of kyouka and sunflower man at carnival? would need both you and whichever sunflowerman blog doing stuffs with so i can ask about info and the scene and such but yee!!!! thank you(also forgor sunflowermans name so uh- is sunflower man here)

Sure, of course.

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Lost

The following chapter is a snippet from Always

Summary: Bakugo loses to the new girl with a quirk like his own.

Yoshiko followed the girls outside the ground beta after they changed into their hero costumes. Yoshiko looked around her in awe. U.A. had so much more to offer compared to Isamu. She felt foolish to let herself fail last year. Not that it mattered anymore. She was here now.

"Hey, Akimitsu, what is that sunglasses thingy for?" Mina asked, walking beside her. Yoshiko snapped out of her awe-struck daze and looked at the pink girl.

"It's to protect my eyes from my explosions and smoke. I like to call it protective glasses...." Yoshiko explained. Her glasses were lifted to her head right now. She put it on when she was using her quirk.

"I like your costume!" Ochaco exclaimed.

"Thanks." Yoshiko smiled at the brunette. "I like all of your costumes too."

"It's nice to have another girl in the class," Yaoyorozu said. The girls hummed in agreement. Yoshiko looked at her costume. This girl was bold. There was no way Yoshiko could walk around with her boobs almost spilling out. But considering Momo's quirk, it had to be that way.

"That's ground Beta," Mina said as they stood outside the shut gates where the boys were already standing. Ground Beta was like a replica of a small city. Shops, tall buildings, houses, malls.

"That's fuckin' huge." Yoshiko gasped.

"It is," Mina replied. "Did you have similar training grounds in Isamu?"

"We had a lot of training grounds, but nothing this realistic," Yoshiko replied.

Yoshiko ran her eyes over the class again, recalling their names as she did. Her eyes locked with a pair of heterochromatic eyes for a second before they shifted to the angry ash-blonde who was busy shouting at Kaminari Denki. She felt bad for the poor boy who seemed to always be in the wrath of the Pomeranians yelling. She smiled and waved at Shinsou, who rolled his eyes at her. Finally, Aizawa walked in front of the class, clearing his throat to gain the attention of his students.

"This is like most of your regular heroes' versus villains training," Aizawa said, pushing his hair out of his face. "But with a twist. If you manage to tie this ribbon on your opponent, the person you tied it on can't move until their teammate comes and takes it off them. If you manage to put the ribbon on both of your opponents, you win. Simple."

"It's like freeze tag!" Kirishima exclaimed. Yoshiko had to force herself to look away from his costume.

"Sort off," Aizawa said. "We'll be drawing lots to determine the teams."

The teams were decided. Yoshiko was in team C, the villain team with Jirou Kyouka. The plum hair stood with Yoshiko, giving her a fist bump, which Yoshiko happily returned. Lots were drawn again to see which team would go against which. Team C was against Team F.

"Who's in team F?" Yoshiko asked Jirou.

"Bakugo and Shinsou," Jirou said. Yoshiko rejoiced because she got to go against her best friend, and they hadn't sparred in ages. Her second reason to rejoice was because she could beat the shit out of Bakugo for a valid reason. Yoshiko skipped over to Shinsou and grinned at the purple head.

"We finally get to go against each other."

"Dont expect me to go easy on you just because we're friends." Shinsou rubbed his eyes sleepily.

"I know, sleepy head," Yoshiko said sarcastically. Shinsou swung an arm around her shoulders and gave her a noogie, which the class watched with amusement.

"I'm going to beat the shit out of you, bitch." She heard a familiar voice from behind her. She turned around to see Bakugo scowling, burning holes into her with fierce crimson eyes.

"I'd love to see you try." Yoshiko made a face of disgust and walked back to Jirou.

The first match was team A against team I, which was Midoriya and Iida against Sato and Shoji. The rest of the class stood in the monitor room, watching the match. Yoshiko's jaw dropped when she saw Midoriya in action. He was unbeatable with all his quirks. The blush on Uraraka's cheeks didnt go unnoticed by Yoshiko. She noticed how close the two were when they played with Bear last night. She assumed they were a couple. They did look sweet together. Like two teddy bears.

Yoshiko saw Shinsou and Bakugo strategizing. A scowl was set on Bakugo's face, which Yoshiko assumed was permanent. Her best friend just listened to him, adding something of his own, which Yoshiko couldn't hear.

"Hey, Jirou," Yoshiko said, gaining Jirou's attention from the screen. "Our match is after this one. We should strategize too."

"Yeah, we should." Jirou nodded. The two girls walked outside the monitor room and sat on the steps.

"You have seen Shinsou in action, right?" Yoshiko asked the plum-haired girl.

"Yeah, a few times. But I've never gone against him."

"Okay. We'll have to be careful when we communicate." Yoshiko said, playing with the shite capture ribbon. "Because of the new support item, he uses. He can mimic anyone's voice."

"Well then, we should capture him first," Jirou said, twirling her earphone jacks around her finger.

"Yes. Your quirk helps you listen to sound and vibrations from far off, right?" Jirou nodded. "Okay, cool. We'll use your quirk to search for them and attack first. Then we capture Shinsou, which is going to be difficult because he might capture us before we get him. He's been training with Aizawa sensei."

"What about Bakugo?" Jirou asked. "His quirk is troublesome too."

"I can handle explosions." Yoshiko grinned.

"The thing is... knowing Bakugo, he'll want to attack first, too."

"Then it's just a race to see who attacks first. And we'll find them first because of your search abilities."

"Sounds good." Jirou gave Yoshiko a smile.

Jirou handed Yoshiko a noise-cancelling headset. "So you dont go deaf when I use my quirk."

Yoshiko took two grenades from her utility belt and gave them to Jirou, which she took with a confused look.

"They have my light inside," Yoshiko explained. "They explode on impact."

"Oh. It is similar to Bakugo's grenades. He stores his sweat inside."

"He uses them too?!" Yoshiko yelled.

"Yeah."

Yoshiko clicked her tongue and looked away. Everything about Bakugo seemed to annoy the fuck out of her.

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The girls stood outside the gates, waiting for the gates to open so they could go inside. Yoshiko let her protective glasses drop to her eyes.

"Team C VS. Team F." Said a robot in the commentary. "Start!"

Yoshiko and Jirou ran inside and came to a skidding halt as Jirou inserted her headphone jacks into the ground and listened, closing her eyes. "They are straight ahead of us and are approaching fast!"

"Let's hide in one of these buildings!" Yoshiko exclaimed. "This way, we can attack them when they're looking for us."

"Alright!"

Yoshiko and Jirou entered one of the buildings and remained there as Jirou listened for sounds, crouching down. Yoshiko kept glancing outside the window.

"They're here!" Jirou exclaimed in a hushed tone. Yoshiko looked outside the window again to find the two boys looking around. Shinsou had his hands around his wrapping cloth, and little explosions popped from Bakugo's palms as he looked around with a frown.

The girls ran out of the building. The boys still had their backs to them. Jirou plugged her earphone jacks into the sound amplifier in her forearms and sent out a powerful sound attack aimed at Shinsou. Shinsou covered his ears and winced. Bakugo flew to the sky with his explosions and went after Yoshiko.

"Sorry big boy, I'm saving you for last!" Yoshiko exclaimed and dodged Bakugo's explosion.

"Fight me with your explosions!" Bakugo yelled. So Shinsou told him about my quirk? Well, they are in a team, so it was expected.

Shinsou had captured Jirou in his wrapping cloth and was in the middle of pulling her towards him. With Bakugo in the tail, Yoshiko flew to Jirou and threw an explosion at Shinsou, making him loosen the wrapping cloth. He wrapped it around Yoshiko's waist. Yoshiko tugged on it and pulled Shinsou towards her. In that instant, Bakugo grabbed Jirou and tied the capture ribbon on her forearm.

"Jirou!" Yoshiko yelled. Jirou mouthed a sorry. Bakugo flew off with Jirou and put her on top of a building so Yoshiko couldn't easily get to her. Yoshiko returned her attention to Shinsou and growled. She grabbed his face and punched his gut, followed by an explosion that sent Shinsou flying into a wall.

"Yoshiko!" Jirou exclaimed. Yoshiko was going to reply when she stopped. Jirou and Yoshiko wasn't on first-name bases. It was Shinsou's trick. Nice try, Toshi.

Bakugo threw an explosion at her, which she dodged with ease. "Fight me!" He roared. Yoshiko ignored him and flew to Shinsou, throwing another explosion at him. Shinsou remained on the ground, panting heavily. Shinsou's hands went to the wrapping cloth on his neck again, but she caught his wrists and heated her palms, making him wince in pain. She skillfully tied the ribbon around his leg.

"No use struggling, Toshi." She said.

Bakugo sent an explosion towards her, and she dodged, rolling away with Shinsou. With a grunt, she threw her tall purple friend over her shoulder.

"You're so short." Shinsou snorted. "Your legs might break."

"Oh, shut it. You lost to this short person." Bakugo came after her again, and she flew off far away. Shinso gripped her back to keep himself from falling. She broke the glass of a window and set a tired-of-life Shinsou down.

"Beat his ass, I guess," Shinsou said. "I'll go to sleep."

Yoshiko looked out of the window. She spotted Bakugo flying with the help of his explosions, looking for her. She wanted to remove the ribbon from Jirou first, so she could move too. But If Yoshiko flew to Jirou, she'd make noise with her explosions, which would gain Bakugo's attention. Yoshiko took the elevator to the ground floor and ran to the building where Bakugo had put Jirou. She stopped to take a breather and ran again when she heard Bakugo yell in the distance. Yoshiko took the elevator to the last floor and found Jirou looking down with a pout.

"Hey, Jirou!" Yoshiko exclaimed, running over to her.

"Akimitsu! What are you doing here? Did you capture Shinsou?!" Jirou asked as Yoshiko removed the ribbon from her arm.

"I did," Yoshiko replied. "We're after Bakugo now."

"You could beat him without me," Jirou mumbled.

"Nope. We're winning this together." Yoshiko grinned wide.

"I'm not good against that powerhouse, though." Jirou groaned.

"Oh yes, you are. I'll take on Bakugo. You come in for a surprise attack when I ask you to. Is that okay?"

"Sounds good. I'll be hiding somewhere near you guys." Jirou said and took the elevator. Yoshiko jumped off the building and flew to the ash blonde, who was standing on the road with a scowl, still looking for her. She landed next to him.

"Finally decided to stop running away?" Bakugo growled, sporting a smirk.

"Sorry, Bakugo, I tend to save the best bit for the last," Yoshiko replied.

Yoshiko attacked first, throwing a powerful explosion at him. Bakugo cancelled out the effect with his own explosions. He charged at her with a roar, but she dodged by flying behind him. Yoshiko formed a gun with her hand and shot out fast beams of explosions around Bakugo, making it look like gunshots. This was one of her ultimate moves, minigun. If she actually hit Bakugo with it, he could die, so she just destroyed the road around him, trapping him in a circle.

"Lame ass move!" Bakugo yelled. He flew to the sky and hit her with his own ultimate move. AP shot auto canon, a move in which he concentrated all his explosions to one point. Yoshiko skillfully dodged his attacks, scowling. Bakugo seemed to already have another version of each of Yoshiko's moves.

"I thought you were going to be some hot shit with your explosions." Bakugo landed in front of her. "But you're trash! I'm ending this."

Bakugo propelled himself in a circular motion with his explosions, getting ready to hit Yoshiko with his ultimate move, howitzer impact. Yoshiko, however, had other plans. She had been throwing her grenades around in random places while fighting him. Yoshiko kneeled down and put one hand behind her and one hand in front of her. With the front hand, she created extremely big and powerful explosions, an ultimate move she called a supernova. The explosion triggered her grenades, which also exploded, creating an intense blast wave immense amount of heat and light. With the hand behind her, she kept making small explosions, so that she could avoid the recoil of her own explosion. Yoshiko's muscles ached, but she was sure to win with this finishing blow.

The road broke to pieces and flew along with the wave of the explosion. She was a villain right now. She didnt care about the damage. That was Bakugo's and Shinsou's compartment to worry about, and Bakugo didn't seem to care about damage to the surroundings. Shinsou was locked up far away.

Once the smoke cleared, Yoshiko found Bakugo's back smashed into a wall, his mouth and nose bleeding. She spun the ribbon in her hand and walked to Bakugo with big strides.

"Is that hot shit?" Yoshiko smirked. "Or is your definition of hot shit something else?"

"I'm gonna fucking murder you!" Bakugo yelled in a hoarse voice. His face was covered in dust. He looked up at her with dangerous crimson eyes that matched the colour of his blood.

"Now, now, you're supposed to be playing the hero." Yoshiko wrapped the ribbon around his arm. She was going to tie it when Bakugo punched her glasses with full force. The glass broke and stabbed her cheek, causing her to wince in pain. She was lucky it didn't stab her eyes instead. In a second, he was straddling her. He took out a white ribbon from his pocket and almost tied it around her wrist.

"Jirou now!" Yoshiko screamed. Jirou came running from a corner and came to a skidding halt. She attacked the arena with a powerful sound blast. Bakugo rolled off Yoshiko and covered his bleeding ears, gritting his teeth. Yoshiko jumped up and tied the ribbon around Bakugo's neck, tying a perfect ribbon.

"Villain team C has passed the test," Aizawa said in the commentary.

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Bakugo lay there with his ears aching and ringing. He couldn't move a muscle when she tied the ribbon around his neck with a sadistic smirk. He didnt have any power left to move. That blast from earlier had probably shattered his back. Anger bubbled inside of him.

He just lost a person with a quirk like his own.

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[merriclo]

6, 11, and 14 for the fandom ask game?

> from here ! <

6. Favorite headcanon?

ohhhh that’s impossible to choose actually. here’s some faves from a few fandoms:

Minecraft Diaries: Garroth prays to Lady Irene for the protection and redemption of Laurance. read a fic about this once and it was so good i was gripping the phone sobbing

Bungo Stray Dogs: Kyouka uses strawberry scented shampoo and such and essentially smells like a little strawberry, Atsushi buys Lucy and Kyouka little plushies and dolls whenever he can, Sigma has a shit ton of hair ties/ribbons in his pocket at all times, and Haruno and Kunikida knew each other in high school

Jujutsu Kaisen: Inumaki knows sign language but uses the rice ball ingredients just to be silly, Nobara has several stuffed animals, and Maki drinks a ridiculous amount of protein shakes.

11. Most unique merch you have for a fandom?

while incredibly delirious from anesthesia, my mom took me to go get McDonalds and they had that special jjk sauce. i got Nobara and was so excited i kept the wrapper-seal-thingy, washed the every living shit out of it (not kidding my mom said i was cleaning it for like. 30 minutes.) and then taped it into my journal. i have no recollection of doing any of this. but i still have that Nobara wrapper. just glad high-me had the sense to sanitize it until it was damn-near sterile

14. Fandom you keep returning to?

DC Comics (specifically the Batfam/Gotham area), Jurassic Park, and fucking. Minecraft Diaries. as we’ve seen.

[tengoku-e-no-tobira]

weather and anasui are pretty much like this after breaking out of prison

(inspired by a jojo podcast episode)

[inamagicalhallucination]

sskk have those long distance lamp thingies that light up when the other person touches it (when they miss you) but every night atsushi doesn't come over, his closet is constantly brightly lit much to the agitation of kyouka who can see it from under the door becuz a distraught akutagawa is repeatedly tapping his lamp

its not one sided though

atsushi carries it around (aku does too) to tap it whenever so sometimes aku will be in a meeting and he'll have his lamp next to him and everyone will try to ignore it just lighting up -- at least 3 people just think its a normal lamp since it never shuts off becuz of how often atsushi taps it

[sskk-ao3feed]

school is a society

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/qDLYaU7 by MoneyWhore666 a half-texting and a half-fic thingy mostly texting. also im in love with chuuya and hyperfixacted on skk so jumpscare there is a lot of that. ALSO!!!! im really new to ao3 so the chapters might fuck up or something Words: 2803, Chapters: 7/?, Language: English Fandoms: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M, F/M, Gen, F/F Characters: Nakahara Chuuya (Bungou Stray Dogs), Dazai Osamu (Bungou Stray Dogs), Sigma (Bungou Stray Dogs) Relationships: Dazai Osamu/Nakahara Chuuya (Bungou Stray Dogs), Edogawa Ranpo/Edgar Allan Poe (Bungou Stray Dogs), Ozaki Kouyou/Yosano Akiko (Bungou Stray Dogs), Fyodor Dostoyevsky/Nikolai Gogol (Bungou Stray Dogs), Akutagawa Ryuunosuke/Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs), Kunikida Doppo/Tayama Katai (Bungou Stray Dogs), Izumi Kyouka & Miyazawa Kenji (Bungou Stray Dogs) Additional Tags: Dazai-Typical Suicide Mentions (Bungou Stray Dogs), Texting, im really unfunny, Why Did I Write This?, I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping, I'm Bad At Tagging, I LOVE CHUUYA, Author projecting onto every character, Nakahara Chuuya Is So Done (Bungou Stray Dogs), yosano/kouyou relationship, Kunikida Doppo Is So Done (Bungou Stray Dogs), Out of Character, Kinda, will add more tags as i continue, I Wrote This While Listening to Mother Mother read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/qDLYaU7

[knockyasocksoff2022]

Part II - The Move

{531 words}

(A/N: Sorry, I was lacking inspiration for this chapter but I needed to write this before getting the exciting parts so *sigh*)

The days seemed long but I filled them by hanging out with my friends, Akiko, and Mushitarou. Two weeks is up before I know it.

-

Dad doesn't even have to wake me, and I already have my bags out myself dressed before sunrise. Bored and antsy I have a bowl of cereal and go back to sleep.

-

Even after getting another hour and a half of sleep, I'm still up early. It's boring! I should go wake up Elise.

Elise, as expected, screams bloody murder when I wake her up. But I can tell she's glad not to have woken up alone since she's usually the earliest riser out of all of us, she even gets up before Papa.

"We're going today," she says emptily.

"Ah, come one, Lisie, it'll be great. It's not like you have many friends here anyway." I explain.

She scowls, jabbing me in the ribs with her surprisingly bony elbow, "There's Kenji and Kyouka." In protest, she offers the names of two older students who volunteer to read to the younger students during story time. "And the reason I don't have friends is because they all think I have a weird older brother!"

"Oh, well if they're stupid that's hardly my problem. You shouldn't be friends with them then, you deserve better."

She huffs and looks away, but not fast enough to hide her smile.

-

Breakfast is quiet. We're too busy chowing down on Papa's household's famous chocolate chip waffles. He only makes them on special occasions.

-

I did make it back and now I have to face the boring security line. 

I pass the time by deducing everyone in line with us. 

Nothing interesting, just the usual.

The child with the woman in the pink shirt is one she had with another man before marriage.

The older couple behind us used to be criminals.

The man in the next line is having an affair.

The teen girl with her family is plotting to run away next month.

The little boy in the gree striped shirt stole money from his mother and used it to buy the dinosaur figurine he's clutching.

The man who just set his bag down on the X-ray conveyor belt thingie recently got a promotion.

Finally, it's our turn. 

They make me take my shoes off which isn't great but I mange to suck up putting my feet on the dirty floor.

-

The flight isn't until mid-morning and we got to the airport early, so now I can explore.

Dad grabs me as I head off. "Ranpo, stop, you'll get lost. Take Elise with you."

"Okay, fine!"

-

The plane is loud and gets even louder as we take off, but they have free pretzels so I put on my headphones, watch a film and deal with it.

-

When we land it's dark out, late at night.

Still my entire body buzzes with energy and I dance around, skipping as I follow Dad and Papa to the area where we'll wait for a cab.

-

The night is foggy and thick with summer air. I can feel the car exhaust in the air and it's giving me a headache but even that won't dull my mood. 

The Cask of Manhasset ~ RANPOE~

Part I - We're Moving!?

{1,203 words}

“Ranpo, Kyu, Elise! Come down here please, we have something we need to discuss with you.” My Dad’s voice echoes up from downstairs, the dining room probably, so that’s where I go. 

Sure enough, Dad and Papa are sitting at the dining table. I already know what they will say, but I wonder how they will break the news. There’s a stack of atlases in front of Dad, the ones I asked him to buy me when I figured it out.

I squirm in my seat, my fingers moving of seemingly their own accord to create a rhythm on the tabletop, impatiently waiting for them to just say it already.

A few seconds later Kyu and Elise come running into the dining room, Elise sitting in Papa’s lap and Kyu in Dad’s.

At last, Dad begins, “So as Ranpo already knows, Rin and I have gotten a new job. I’m going to be teaching at a university in the northern United States of America, in New England, the state of Connecticut. Rin has acquired a job with the cardiology department of a nearby hospital. I’m sure you’ve gathered by now that we will have to move.”

Kyu’s eyes widen, Papa reaches over and strokes their hair, “I know this is a lot for you, but Yuki and I have already arranged everything, including the new house and your new school, Manhasset Manor Academy. It’s a kindergarten through grade 12 academy, so all of you will be going to the same school together, how exciting!”

Despite Papa’s genuine attempt at enthusiasm, Elise looks less than pleased, “Oh, of course, you spring this on us now! When do we go? Is the food good, what about the uniform?”

“Calm down dear, the school sent us informational packets and brochures, for each of you and you can read them and look on the website as soon as we’re done here. And as for when we’ll be going, well term begins in August, and Rin and I have to do some prep work before then so we’ll be moving in two weeks.” He gives me a small smile. Dad covers Kyu’s ears in anticipation of Elise’s explosion.

“WHATT!!?? Two weeks! Another country, What do you mean two---”

“Elise-chan, please calm yourself. The movers are coming to pack and move all of our furniture tomorrow, they’ll ship it over so we’ll already have it when we get there. Besides we’ve already made our decision, the paperwork has been filed for your transfer, so you may kick and scream all you want, in your room.”

Papa pats my upset sister’s head, “My dearest darling daughter, we truly are sorry for telling you this now but we figured it was best to wait, for this very reason, we didn’t want to have you worrying for weeks and weeks. There’s plenty of time to say goodbye to your friends, you can have playdates with all of them every day this week if they’re free. And since you’re so young I’m sure you’ll make plenty of new friends in America, you speak wonderful English after all.”

I translate in my head: Sorry this is out of the blue, but we didn’t want to hear you whine for two months.

I sigh when I hear Papa’s idea of compensation, hoping said playdates will be at the other friends’ houses.

I tune out the rest of Elise’s complaints as she stomps upstairs, instead flipping through the Atlases Dad pushes across the table to me. There are four. Three of the whole United States, a geographical one, an industrial one and one meant for tourists, and then one just of Connecticut with all three of those things. I’m about to take my prizes to my room but Dad stops me.

“Ranpo, we have one more thing, Rin’s idea actually, and brilliant, if you ask me.”

Papa blushes at Dad’s comment, “I just thought, you know since you adore shiny things so much . . .” He pulls two large binders and a third, smaller one, “These are for you to collect the United States Quater Dollar coins. Most of them have George Washington on them but they make special ones there, indicating national parks, the different states and famous American women. I thought you might enjoy collecting them.” I can feel how wide my smile is, and he continues explaining, smiling at the confirmation that his gift is liked, “Each page is for a different quarter, it has information and a little pocket for it to go in when you find it. I figured with how much candy you buy you’ll fill these up in no time.”

“Thanks!”

Dad smiles, ���I think you’ll find you like America. They have many Holidays dedicated especially to candy: Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween and Christmas, well, that’s more desserts but still. And Halloween in America is for all ages, you might be a touch too old for trick or treating but I’m sure if when the time comes you take Elise and Kyu, you can get some sweets as well.”

(A/N: America has SOO MANY holidays related to desserts, here’s a list: Dessert Holidays - National Today)

“Sweet!” I laugh at my horrid pun.

I’m not scared of America at all, I can’t stop smiling as I take my books and binders upstairs. I’ll have to pack them away soon but I can still enjoy them for a bit.

I do have some American money sent to me by an online friend, whom I haven’t talked to in ages after they suddenly stopped answering me, but it’s just a 100-dollar bill and some quarters, none of which fit the criteria for the map. I keep them safely away anyway, already anxious to leave for their land of origin.

(A/N: since 100 yen is so little (about 0.69 US Dollars) Ranpo has no idea that 100 dollars is a significant amount. Is anyone surprised, I mean he doesn’t know how to ride a train.)

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I wake up to the sound of my alarm! EWWW!!! 

“I thought I unplugged you!” I yell at it as I turn it off.

“You did.” I jump, I hadn’t heard my father’s steps over my alarm, “I’m the one who plugged it back in, but it’s only for today. The movers will be here after lunch, they’re going to do the big packing and load out boxes into their truck but you need to put away all of your smaller items. I’ll be helping your siblings but if you need help with breakable ones Rin is packing away the kitchen items.”

“Kay.”

He looks surprised but goes on his way anyway.

It’s true, normally I’d hate doing something like this, but this isn’t cleaning, it’s packing, this is an adventure and I can’t wait to get started.

I finish fairly quickly, until only my shampoo and conditioner (which we’ll have to throw out when we leave), my toiletries and the clothes I can fit into my two suitcases are left. The emptiness is strangely satisfying.

Elise, Kyu and I have lunch out on the patio as the movers pack our lives into their trucks. I smile at the thought of part of me being in America before I am. Elise doesn’t share my sentiment and scowls at her omurice, poking it angrily with her fork.

I bet she’ll change her mind.