#like you couldn't pick a more perfect story to explore to jump back into the franchise

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You know it's so funny because I was like "man it's been quiet on the Dark Crystal content front this year".

And then, bam, getting smacked with probably one of the most anticipated stories JHC could release since the series came out.

[mash-masha2011]

Chapter 4: Vardaros!

Hi!

I know it was long, and I know that it is long every  time, BUT! I have a longer chapter now! I really hope you like it! I don't have much else to say so... 

Lance was just telling him about story of Eye of Pincosta when Eugene climbed down a ladder from the roof and turned to them.

"Boys, I want to propose to her!" He took a breath in "I will propose to Rapunzel! In Vardaros! It's gonna be perfect!"

"Uh... you sure it's a good idea? I mean last time she said no and you probably also thought it would be perfect!" Lance said concernedly

"Thank you, Lance!" Eugene answered in annoyed tone

"He's right though! As far as I know it's Raps's first time exploring the world and..." he rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly "I don't really think she would want to, you know, settle down just after she broke free..." He trailed down and an shot apologetic look at Eugene 

"Urgh!" he groaned. Eugene reluctantly hid the ring box inside his vest and then added defeatedly "Fine, I guess you're right"

After a few minutes of rather uncomfortable silence - in which Varian again used the 'beautiful clouds' tactic - they heard Cassandra shout "Were here" from the outside and Varian let out a sigh of relief.

He walked out of caravan after Lance who shouted something about finding a picnic spot and laid on a grass nearby enjoying the cool steady grass and a warm sun on his face.

Varian was just trying to make a formula for his goo to become less sticky and more like a soft clay so he can make something like a bed in case of need when he heard a blood-curving scream.

He jumped, scrambled to stand up, ran towards the sound, turned the corner of the caravan and froze, goo bomb in one hand. 

There stood Cassandra, holding an old gnome-like man who was the source of the awful sound and Lance standing there stunned.

Moments after Rapunzel ran in the clearing "C-Cass, Cass! Are you okay?" she was just at the angle where she couldn't see... whatever that man was "We heard a scream!"

"That wasn't me" She answered disgustedly and turned so Raps can also see that old gnome 

The man then screeched again. Varian covered his ears and curled his lip in instant disgust to this man

"Shorty?" Raps asked shocked. 

Okay, so... it's? name is Shorty. Ew.

"How did you get here?" Eugene looked at the gnome 

"How indeed?" started Shorty in a strange dazed manner, and dusted off the seat of his tunic "The circumstances which led to my unexpected departure from Corona make for a long yet fascinating tal-"

"Bottom-line us, Beardy" said Cassandra in clearly and absolutely annoyed tone, rolling her eyes

"I fell asleep in a food trunk" Shorty said simply like it was a completely normal thing and casually walked towards caravan.

Before Varian could do anything Lance rushed past him with a panicked face and looked into the trunk "No, no, no, no, no ! The food! He ate all the food! The bread! The cheese! Those little cocktail weenies and the peppercorn jelly! Gone! All gone ! Why? Why ? You're a monster !

Eugene sighed and pinched his nose "Well. I guess someone should head into town and pick up more supplies. Anyone up for a walk?" 

"Uh, ...I'll go! ...If that's okay" Rapunzel offered fidgeting with her hair.

"Sure!" started Eugene confidently which tuned into uncomfortable tone "I mean, if you want to go for a walk! You don't need to feel pressured!" 

"No, no! I- I'll- I won't..." Raps looked at her boyfriend confusedly. 

"But just to be clear, I didn't officially ask you to go for a walk!" cleared Eugene awkwardly. 

What's with them today?

"Okay... But the question was still out there, doesn't that count?" Rapunzel asked slowly and slightly nervously 

"Depends" answered Eugene "Are you officially asking me to come?"

Varian stood there and watched the couple not knowing what to do and wandering what had happened between two. Did Eugene mess something up? 

Meanwhile Rapunzel asked "Would that change your answer?" Rapunzel asked 

"I don't know, would it change yours?"

At this point awkwardness in the air grew so thick it felt like he could cut it with a knife if he wanted to. 

"Uh, question's a question," Rapunzel said slowly "the answer should be the same either way!"

Cassandra sighed heavily

"Yeah, now I'm confused, Rapunzel!" Eugene stared at her "Do you want to go for a walk or not?"

"Do you wanna go for a walk?" asked Rapunzel

That was a second last straw for Varian and last for Cassandra "Urgh, guys, I can't-take-itanymore!" it all was said so fast it was hard to split the word apart "ENOUGH! No-one's going for a walk! Let's just take the caravan into town. Together." 

Raps and Eugene looked at Cassandra startled and after realising everyone were here their faces flushed with shame.

After a few guilty 'sorry's and awkward 'let go?'s they all quickly loaded and rode on.

'Couple' sat in the front with Cassandra, and Varian was with Lance in the boy's room. 

Lance started to share stories of Vardaros and Varian after a few minutes started listening and asking questions. It was fun, exactly what Varian needed to ease all his worries. 

After an hour more caravan stopped and they all heard Cassandra shouting "Here we are!" from outside.

Firs thing Varian saw after that was Lance running past towards the exit and shouting "Vardaros! Here we-" He stopped mid-word and Varian walked out to see why. 

What he saw was... it was hardly enough to call a city, much less a 'Gorgeous city full of shops, restaurants, markets, bakeries, libraries and friendly people'.

The whole city was ruined. Those strange black rocks were everywhere, buildings were ruined, dirt everywhere, no people. 

It would be ironic if we saw-  

Tumbleweedrolled right in front of him. 

Oh, nevermind 

"Oh...uh....ew" Lance commented 

"Wow !" Cassandra jumped off the caravan front and smiled sarcastically "Guys! You were right! This is great! What do you want to do first?" she looked at the street and spotted a few shops "Get matching face tattoos? Or see if we can get a deal on a rusty hatchet?" she gasped 'excitedly'"Oh ! I know! Let's see who can catch the plague first!"

"I don't understand... what happened?" Eugene stopped mid-step walking out of the caravan and stayed there, shocked expression on his face

"Come on, guys!" Rapunzel turned and walked backwards a few steps "Maybe it's not exactly how you remembered it, but that doesn't mean it's not a fun loving city!" she walk-pounced to the girl selling sword enthusiastically "Hello there, we're new in town My name's Ra-"

"Get lost" grumped girl

"Maybe you should hold off on the introductions" Cassandra walked next to Raps, took her arm and led her to the caravan "Something tells me if word got out that actual royalty were in town, we could be in trouble"

"You know, I hate saying this, but she's right"

"They're right" added Varian but under Cassandra's glare shrunk into himself

"Let's keep a lower profile, Prin-" Eugene suggested "Blondie. We'll go get the supplies, you guys take the caravan back up to the camp. The last thing you need is for someone to recognise you"

Varian nodded and looked around again and then heard a faint voice behind him. He turned around a bit and acted like saw something on the floor few meters away and walked to pick it up so he can hear better.

"...ead the word. Flynn Rider's in town"

He picked up the invisible coin and walked back to the group.

"I think Eugene is better also go to the caravan" he said and looked at the man

"What?" asked Eugene in confusion

"I heard some men talking about you being here in town, so, well, I think it would be better... if you go with girls" He explained awkwardly 

"They probably want to take an autograph!" joked Eugene and walked towards the caravan "Lets go, boys!" 

Varian grabbed his bag and followed hesitantly. They walked around the centre and it could have been a fun walk, an easy shopping if not for Lance. He was acting very strange, walking from right to left, showing them something all the time, putting something in his pockets and sometimes leading them to other streets. 

Once varian caught a glimpse of something on the wall, and was about to look closer on apparently a 'WANTED' poster, when Lance jumped right in front of him with words 'Hey, V! Can you help me pick apples?' and led him away

It was a long shopping with Lance acting all strange, but eventually they bought all they needed and even a 'Flynnigan Rider' book as Lance promised. Unfortunately there was no apothecary but Lance assured him that in one of the next cities there will be one.

The group was about to go back to caravan when someone shouted behind them "Hey! Friends of strange blond girl!"

All four - Lance, Eugene, Varian and... Shorty? What is he doing here? - turned around as one and saw the same girl who was selling knives before. 

"Yes, you! She's in trouble! If you want to help her follow me!" with these words she turned around and ran.

"Guys, I don't think it's a good ide-" he stopped mid-word. Eugene and Lance already ran behind the strange girl "Of course" muttered Varian "Why listen to what I say?" 

 If this is a trap I have all the rights to say 'I told you'  thought Varian while running after them

After a few minutes of running he stopped. He was absolutely and totally out of breath. 

Once he was able to run again he tracked that strange girl again. It wasn't too hard, he just asked a few people and they told him exactly where did they all go - though it wasn't without a ton of curses and a purposefully painful step on his toes - and followed.

When he finally saw the gang there were six men surrounding Lance and Eugene - Where did Shorty go? - and were seemingly about to knock them out.

"An old friend would like to do some catching up with you" said the Weasel-like man with an extra long nose and a black eye. He casually put his hand in the pocket and his - at least he thought his - men knocked Varian's friends off. 

Varian winced. He still remembered that awful headache from when he woke up in Old Corona. They must feel the same now. 

Meanwhile men tied up Lance and Eugene, picked them up and carried in what seemed like a wall at first sight. Varian slid in shadow and followed, as quietly and stealthy as he could - which is not super much, but enough to not get caught. He pushed what appeared to be a door into a secret alley and couldn't help looking around in awe. 

There were marble pillars and archways, gold going through the walls and floor like veins, gorgeous dark green carpet laying on the marble floor, and warm lamps put on both archway sides. Beautiful paintings of landscapes hanged on the walls and when sun shone on it all, it almost made the gold shine and paintings feel real. 

It was almost the most breathtaking view he saw - Corona's castle and view just outside Corona wall sat on the second and first places.

After a few seconds of standing there in absolute awe he finally remembered his plan and carefully followed his unconscious friends and those strange men - not without still admiring the beauty of this place though. 

He kept like this for what felt like five minutes - he didn't have any watches with him - when he saw a giant manor.

It was made in the same design as the alley he was in, with more gold though. It had three floors, lots of windows with golden frame, marble walls, white giant door that also has gold in it, carpet leading to the manor and the strangest and at the same time the most gorgeous thing was the lion sculpture. 

It was made of white marble as everything around, and in it's sculpturing was nothing really special, just a sitting lion, but when you look closer you see that every hair on lions head was cut out perfectly, every single detail was made as if he saw a real animal, just much bigger, size of a man in height. It's eyes shone with gold and it's pupils were giant diamonds, and in it's pas was made a throne, also beautiful with a dark green fabric in it. 

Varian barely suppressed a 'wow', but at the last moment closed his mouth - when did he open it? - and creeped closer to men.

Just as he found a perfect spot behind one of the largest pillars and hid there from behind a lion walked a man. He was rather old, with blond hair, in a green costume, with golden buttons and a golden chain with a not fitting red crystal. He almost thought he saw it move a bit, but decided he just imagined it.

The man sat down on his throne and looked at his men "Put them down" he said in a very low loud voice, but not the kind, calming and smooth one, but a bit unsettling, rough and angry voice. And a very not  smooth voice.

After a few minutes Eugene started to wake up, and seconds later Lance also opened his eyes.

Varian inspected them closely. There wasn't any sign of serious bleeding - though Lance had a small cut on his cheek and Eugene a bleeding nose. They could have a headache for a few hours or a concussion in worst outcome, but otherwise they were fine. Varian barely held a sigh of relief. They were fine! 

Lance fully woke up first. He looked around and his face was becoming more and more scared until he saw the man in the lion throne "It's the- oh, it- it's the-" He stuttered. Lance pushed Eugene in his shoulder as hard as he could - he was tied after all! - and Eugene looked at the man too.

His eyes widened for a second "Baron!" Eugene laughed nervously. Varian saw he was trying to look confident and almost facepalmed at his pathetic act "Long time, no see! I'm glad to see you've set up shop here in Vardaros now, It fact, we were just admiring what you've done with the plac-"

The black eyed man from before walked to Eugene and took his face in his dirty hand "If you'd like to keep your tongue, I suggest you stop moving it now" 

Varian wanted very much to throw acid at this ugly, evil, idiotic face but at the last second he remembered his plan and hesitantly hid the green ball back in his bag.

"Anthony, enough!" Strong voice sounded through the manor "Quit playing games, Rider. I've been waiting for this moment. It's time to make amends for what you did to my Stalyan"

Stallion? What? 

At this moment beautiful woman with dark red hair - and I mean red  hair, not orange - long face and a mole on her cheek walked in the park. She wore high heels, black with dark purple skirt, a matching black coat and a pink corset with black belt.

"Oh, right!" Eugene obviously didn't notice the woman behind "The Stalyan incident. You really should let this whole Stalyan thing go. Come on! I mean, it's ancient history! Let's all just move on-"

 "Let's not" said the woman turning attention to herself

"Hello, Stalyan" said Eugene nervously

So Stalyan is a name... Sun, what a strange name!

"Hello, Rider " greeted woman with venom in her voice

Varian looked closer as Stalyan walked by and noticed she was a lot like Baron. Same eye colour, similar face expressions, identical posture.

Probably his daughter.

"Hey! Stalyan!" Eugene made his for now worst attempt to act in this entire dialogue

Remind me to never let Eugene be the actor ever again 

"How are you? Uh, look, before you get too upset, I can expla-"

"Oh, I'm not upset, Rider" Stalyan walked to the Lion, turned and smiled "Besides, what's to explain?" she scowled "You left me at the altar"

"Did I- Did I do that? Is that how it went down? Because that's not how I remember it! But hey, you know, it was" he laughed, very nervous and fake laugh "quite a long time ago. Who's to say who did what that day? I mea-"

This time Varian couldn't hold himself and hid his face in his hand. How could anyonebe this bad at acting?

"Stop talking" Varian had the impression that this simple phrase Stalyan just said was a command, and a command used before "After what you did, I swore that if I ever saw you again," woman smirked "I would break a lot of bones"

"Fair, fair" Eugene glanced at Lance "We're talking about my bones, is that correct?"

Stalyan, obviously, didn't answer that question, but instead continued "But, with time comes perspective. I realised that we were meant for each other, Flynn Rider" Varian's eyes widened "Partners in crime. Partners in life. We can't change what we are"

"Wait, w-what?" Eugene dropped his act "Wh-what are you talking about?"

"I'm making you a proposition, Rider" Baron walked a few steps closer to Eugene and Lance "Keep good on the promise you made to my daughter, and marry her"

"Waiting for the 'Or'?" Eugene looked at the baron

"Or, you and Strongbow will perish" Baron said with a smile in his voice

"Painfully" Added Anthony.

Varian took out his bombs. There were too many men for him to take out, but he won't let his friends be killed. 

Just need wait for the right moment.

Eugene scoffed "You can't make me marry her, Baron!"

"Oh, I'd like to give it a try" Baron smirked and walked next to Lance

Baron took out the mismatching red crystal, opened it, and on his hand climbed a tiny spider.

Lance started panicking "It's a spider. Eugene. Eugene it's a spider! E-Eugene!"

If Varian was just a little further he would think it was just a regular spider, though why to keep it in a crystal, but he saw clearly, and he didn't like what he saw.

Baron confirmed his fears "Not just any spider" He walked closer to Lance, who started panicking even more "It's a venomous Kai spider. Its bite causes fever and delirium. Only when there's swelling of the tongue and throat, do you know the end is near"

Baron set Kai spider on Lance, and Lance moved one more step closer to the edge of a panic attack cliff " I-I-I uh-Spiders bite. He's on me. He's on me! He's walking. He's walking ! He's on my hand, he's- ow !"

"I can't think when you shout like that!" Varian whispered. 

While he watched the manor centre like a movie he thought of a few plans, but he dismissed almost all of them including attack. 

He hesitantly put his goo bombs back in his bag. It wasn't really the best decision to attack like this, since Lance won't be able to walk by himself in, like, five minutes, and carrying him would be too bad for his health in this situation.

"No !" Lance called on Eugene's shoulder, unconscious "Is he dead?"

Baron rolled his eyes "No, the half-wit passed out from fear"

"He's right, that's exactly what happened" Put in Lance who awoke unnaturally quick to Varian surprise

"But he will be dead by nightfall" Once Baron said these words Eugene and Lance gasped dramatically "Unless of course, you have this" he showed up another chain on his neck, now with a tiny flack filled with orange liquid "The anti-venom. Marry Stalyan, and this will be your wedding present from me"

Stalyan walked past Eugene and bend down to face him on his lever without crouching "Trust me, Rider" she smirked "It's meant to be"

Hi!

I wanted to say sorry that my... everything - except for the dialogues - doesn't match the series. It's just that... okay, I was just lazy to rewatch the series.

Also I did skip the 'post-awful-try-for-proposal' talk 'cause, you know, V is not that close to boys. Yet.

And sorry for long wait)

Looks like I really can't post faster than one chapter a month. I give you longer chapter instead!

And also since the school year will start soon I probably will post with even longer waits... Sorry.

But! No one knows!

Also I feel the need to say sorry for, like, really  long Baron's manor description, I just was too lazy to look how it looked, so I made a new design, and also we didn't see how Weasel and his men went to Baron, so I needed to make that up, and I just thought the whole manor could've been done much better, so... Hope you like it!

Anyway again, see you next time, love you all!

P.S. Last chapter I wrote one of Eugene's stories of the past! Can you tell me how it is? It's probably pretty bad, but since I could possibly do more stories like this - to tell around the campfire, to tell when bored, etc - I need your feedback if it's not too hard)

Thanks!

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Personal room rankings:

1 - Submerged Superstructure: LAB14 (10/10) 2 - Shoreline: AI (10/10) 3 - Silent Construct: E02 (9/10) 4 - Metropolis: splitpath (8/10) 5 - Outer Expanse: RAIL01 (8/10) 6 - Chimney Canopy: S07 (8/10) 7 - Metropolis: LAB03 (6/10) 8 - Looks to the Moon: O02 (6/10) 9 - Arena Submerged Superstructure: Memory Bypass (4/10) 10 - Subterranean: G0R01 (4/10)

Extra comment: Okay, I'll admit it, this is quite the biased pick from me. Why? Because I'm not sure if I mentioned this before, but I did go to Submerged as a non-Rivulet Slugcat before (I believe it was Monk, specifically), and I found it weirdly enjoyable. Especially rooms like this where you have to figure out how to get up with your limited mobility, as they sort of brought back the feelings of exploring this game for the very first time, where you still had no idea about the optimal ways of traversing rooms.

As for the list, we've got two pretty neat ones for today.

The first is one that I expected to see lots of votes on, only for that to not really happen - RAIL01. Outer Expanse has 3 rooms like this, and while I would technically consider this to be worse than the second, it is only slightly below it. It's really hard to comment on it, because its layout is so strange and different, but in like, a good way. I guess I like that there's a decent bit of decision making that goes into traversing this thing, and it's nice that Squidcadas spawn here. Sorry that I couldn't come up with anything more to say, but I just like these kinds of unique and well designed rooms.

Now, there was one other room that I also expected to be highly voted, which did in fact live up to my expectations. And yep, it's AI. One of the most important rooms in the game. The place where we'd originally get all of our sweet lore and world building from (which still holds up for every Slugcat, except Spearmaster and Artificer). The design of this place is very iconic, and for a good reason - it perfectly communicates everything a player needs to know, and it makes for a very effective introduction to the character, one that makes her appear humble, lonely, quiet and powerless. And as many people have pointed out before, that makes for a perfect contrast for Five Pebbles' introduction, who is also lonely, sure, but absolutely not humble, powerless or quiet. The thing about this room is that its quality is very much dependent on the game's writing, the quality of its story. But since the story is excellent, the room also ends up becoming one of the greatest, as a result.

I uhh… don't really have a segue for this, cus y'know, AI is quite a special room and all. Anyways, we have two bonus rooms coming up!

First up is C11 from Chimney Canopy, which is alright. The one issue I have with this place is how most of it is basically always unused. Why? Because you have a decent amount of distance (try saying the last 4 words quickly multiple times) that you need to climb up, to reach the connection pipe to B12, which is a one-way leap that more often than not, you will not want to take, because no matter where you're going, it'll just unnecessarily make your route longer and more complicated. And unfortunately, there's nothing interesting about the lower parts, you just have that one jump, and sometimes, you gotta do some combat or pipe juking. So I'd say this is probably a 6/10. Really cool if you wanna climb it, you just usually don't.

And for the last one, there's G02 from Subterranean. For this one, I kind of have to look past how much this general area of Sub has tortured me on an Expedition recently, because in the grand scheme of things, the room is very well designed. You have the dangerous Adult Centipedes, but there's also plenty of Cherry Bombs, so players can easily learn that they're perfect for deterring these crawling batteries. There's also a Popcorn Plant that you can use whenever you won't eat the Centipedes (either they died in a previous cycle, and didn't come back yet, or you just avoided them). You do have unfriendly flora too, those being the Monster Kelps, but this place is often filled with spears, and even when it's not, the ground is perfectly flat, so you can just crawl. Oh, and the number of Mushrooms is quite the overkill, but honestly, I'd never complain about those. So yeah, this place is nice. I'd say it deserves an 8/10, maybe potentially even a 9/10. (Although…. the nasty Dropwigs on some campaigns…. cus I guess the Centipedes are just not enough. At least they only appear for combat focused slugs)

Pick Your Favorite Rain World Room, Day 215.2 R2

This is not single elimination! Every room with at least 15.0% vote will move on to the next round.

There is a hidden slugcat in one of the rooms (they can be in any color). If u can see it comment or reblog with where they are and if u are first, u get a cookie!

Credit for game screenshots goes to: Rain World Interactive Map, Rain World Wiki and me

Congratulations for day 214 winners!

[samsm2mstories]

Body Swapping with Romeo Beckham (A dream I had) PART 2

As we were talking, I couldn't help but to check my mobile out and see everything on my phone, my contact list was crazy! I now have an older brother and a younger brother plus a sister. Looking through my contacts I see familiar names like HRVY, Blake Gray and other famous names and influencers. My photo collection is a ton of selfies and places that I have been too and suddenly I went into my social media pages. FUCK I'm totally famous as there is so many followers on all my new pages.

Romeo who was me was laughing away as he knew I was checking him out and told me it's not all fun and games, I now have an appearance to keep up and I better get used to the press being on my back alot. He got up and told me to be back here in two days time, he was rubbing my former bulge during these talks. We agreed on a time and he said his goodbyes and told me to take it easy. I got up myself as I slide my phone into my green short pockets. I felt uneasy standing up as I was much lighter and taller, I shook Sam's hand and went my way.

Walking back I was checking my new outfit which suited this new body of mine, tattoo's over my twinkish tanned leg, high socks and a pair of AF1s on my feet. A plain black tee and this totally awesome snapback which was holding my beautiful longer hair back. I felt so energetic feeling this new body and seeing how it naturally walks. I knew from walking back I had to explore this body more but something caught my eye. I have noticed in my new gained memories that Romeo was planning for longer swaps if I was his break. My new bulge grew instantly at the thought of that as I must be careful not to cause an embarrassing scene, luckily nobody was about so I took a quick peek at what I got in my shorts.

FUCK ROMEO I'M HUNG AS FUCK!

I chuckled as I well impressed having this new package of mine and it suddenly hit me that I'm hungry, having all these memories helped as I went to my car which was a beauty! I'm driving a 45k Jeep now!

JESUS CHRIST I'M SURE RICH NOW BABY!

I got in checking everything out, new touchscreens, so many more buttons, getting familiar with everything as I recently just passed my test and this was my first vehicle. I was loving this life but I decided to head to the nearest shops but I must first check out how busy it is as I don't want all the extra attention being a popular person in a pack store. First shop I normally enjoy was too packed which was a joke as I really wanted to eat from there so be it. I took the risk and pull on a hoodie.

It's a good thing I got some spare clothes with me, this must be such a pain having to deal with the attention if not being careful, already I feeling the pressures of this new life. Hoodie, mask and a snapback so I walked into the busy posh store. I was checking out all these new interesting foods that was on other, the prices were extortionate but who cares? It's like loose change to me!! I found some stuff this body likes and I paid for it at the till and saw this handsome guy there. He was a complete stud, luckily he didn't notice who I was and I memorised his name and decided to slip him my number.

Did I actually do that? This new found confidence of Romeo's mixed with my alpha personality was something unquestionable. I do have a current GF but she is away for a few weeks and so is the real Romeo. This is my body now for two days.

This sushi tastes AMAZING as I'm getting used to my new tastes now, I couldn't help eating it as I was walking since I was hungry. It seems this body enjoys food but rarely put on any weight. Luckily enough I hardly got any plans for today but I got to hit my home gym or do football practice in my back garden to keep myself active. Time to head back home.

It felt incredible exploring my new life as I'm having to learn everything from my newly gained memories. You know I could get used to this pressure with ease, maybe that Romeo wanted. Someone like me being him on his breaks from life. I actually would accept that someone is controlling parts of my life while I control part of his. This feels so natural as we both got the same excitement. I couldn't help but checking my new boyish face in the mirrors taking in every facial expression I can do.

All of this was secretly turning this body horny as I recall how I enjoyed my own stories. Now here I am living it as a reality. I'm the sexy Romeo enjoying life to the max. I arrived at a huge gated entrance as the cameras and sensors reckonised my car and face. It opened up to a large drive way to this enormous mansion!!! I was in awe as this is my new home!

I pulled next to an Bentley that must of been my father car. It seems fairly quiet as my parents are in LA with my younger siblings. My older brother has his own place so that means I got this whole place to myself apart from the staff that keep this place in shape.

I got out and walked into this grand place, There was 10 bedrooms with their own bathrooms, two large kitchens, 4 reception rooms and so much more. I knew all of this naturally as I lived here. I went towards my bedroom and WOW IT WAS HUGEE!

I couldn't resist it any longer as I took my clothes off and admired my sexy body in the mirror. I was surely very toned and fit. Muscles all over, I was loving my smooth sexy mini six pack knowing I've worked hard daily to gain this strength. I couldn't help but admired this body all over and then I had to deal with my bulge. I jumped onto my new huge bed and moved my hand down my abs towards my new cock. I closed my eyes and pumped my cock slowly feeling up the new skin and veins over it. It felt like my first time all over again as I pumped it more which I moaned softly getting used to this new bigger cock of mine. Everytime my hand went down, I moaned louder as it was sending me crazy. I went faster and faster as I was enjoying this until I let go and shot my loads into an empty cup. I was breathing loudly seeing thick loads shooting away until I depleted my tanks. I couldn't believe how thick these loads are. My very own body now is relieved as I looked at the cup and craved it. I had to do it so I drank my loads and it tasted delicious! I knew considering how flexible I am that I could potentially suck myself but that can wait.

I went into my walk in wardrobe and saw my mass collection of clothes. It was a dream come true! All these huge names were mine for pickings. I enjoyed wearing my outfit today but I'm keeping to that for now on. Hoodies, snapbacks and af1s or Jordans. I want to show off my sexy legs as they were perfected like everything else is. I feel Romeo would want me to be him more often. I suddenly remembered that I got a flight to LA in a days time.

He has set me up! I'm actually got to be him for months as he set the deal up differently to what we said. Not that I'm worried but fuck this is me now. This is all mine and my mobile started ringing.

It was that guy at the shop.

Part 3 coming soon

[yeonjunsbxtch]

Turquoise Sky - Choi Yeonjun

Turquoise Sky - Choi Yeonjun

*Sometimes the worst place you can be is in your own head*

Pairing: Choi Yeonjun x reader

Genre: Extreme Angst

Warnings: extreme anxiety, overthinking, depression, heartbreak, swearing, crying, yelling, retroactive jealousy, irrational thinking and behavior. 

Word count: 2k

Song suggestions: The Truth Untold - BTS, STUCKINMYBRAIN - Chase Atlantic, Not Meant To Be - Theory of a Deadman, Black Rose - Trapt

Arthur’s note: hello! 🥰 quick notes about this angst I wanted to add! This is actually a prologue for a story I am writing but I did change a few things so it would make more sense so consider this also a sneak peek! Also, this angst holds a special spot in my heart. I hope you enjoy! ❤️

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It was a gloomy September day. You gazed out the window of your bedroom, watching the wind blow through the leaves on the trees. The weather seemed to match your mood perfectly today. Your stomach turned as you felt your anxiety growing worse. Your anxiety has always been an issue in your life, but lately, it feels as if it is becoming something more.

As you continued to gaze out the window, your phone suddenly started ringing. You looked down at it and saw it was your boyfriend, Yeonjun. The slightest smile appeared on your face as you answered.

“Hi Yeonjun.”

“Hey babe, do you maybe want to go shopping today?”

Your smile grew hearing that he wanted to see you. You and Yeonjun have been arguing a lot lately about the dumbest shit. And of course it was always your fault. You could have sworn your relationship was ruined with the amount of times you almost split. So this was refreshing to hear.

Your smile grew hearing that he wanted to see you. You and Yeonjun have been arguing a lot lately about the dumbest shit. And of course it was always your fault. You could have sworn your relationship was ruined with the amount of times you almost split. So this was refreshing to hear.

"Sure! That would be fun!"

"Also, could I spend the night tonight?"

You grasped your bottom lip between your teeth as butterflies flew around in your stomach. It's been awhile since he has asked to spend the night. So, how could you deny him?

"Yeah! Sounds like a plan."

"Okay! I'll be there in 10."

And with that, you hung up. You quickly changed your clothes into something cuter.

Recently, you've been overthinking everything more than usual. You weren't sure why. Every word and every thought chewed through your mind and your anxiety always seemed the take over. It was almost like you had another person in your head. Every time you two fought, you were afraid he was going to leave you. Your arguments always ended with him wanting to end things. You felt as if you were walking on egg shells around him, trying not to overreact to anything. You were so afraid of him leaving you. You took a couple deep breaths to calm yourself. You were already feeling down today and the last thing you wanted was to argue with him, again.

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"You like this one?" Yeonjun opened up a red candle for you to smell. You took a quick whiff and scrunched up your nose at the strong aroma.

"Not really, kind of smells like ass." He giggled at your comment and put the candle back on the shelf.

You walked over to the other side of the store to explore more options. You were surprisingly in a better mood than you were before. You and Yeonjun's mini shopping trip has been perfect so far and for a moment, it felt like there was hope for you two.

Just when you thought things were getting better, you stopped in your tracks as you heard a specific song start to play.

'I met you in the dark, you lit me up..'

Say You Won't Let Go by James Arthur

Your heart felt like it dropped and your stomach started to turn.

Your mind suddenly flashed back to the beginning of your relationship, when Yeonjun and you briefly talked about your past relationships. He told you that this song reminded him of his ex. You didn't know much about their relationship or how she broke his heart. All you knew was that this song was now associated with her.

You knew feeling like this was irrational. There was no reason to feel this way about a song. And you knew you were overreacting. But you couldn't help but wonder what their relationship was like. That made you nauseous. Retroactive Jealously at it's finest. Dark feelings and thoughts started to spiral out of control in your head..

'Does he still think about her?' 'Does he miss her?' 'Maybe that's why things have been tense.' 'Does he even still love me?'

You hated yourself for thinking those things and you knew it was irrational, but you couldn't control them. He's never given you a reason to worry about her. You remembered there used to be a time when you never doubted him. But how could you not when he has tried to leave you so many times before? Why was he always so quick to leave?

As you were staring blankly at a blue candle in front of you, you felt a light tap on your shoulder. You jumped a bit, not expecting the sudden touch. You turned around to see Yeonjun, smiling. That smile held so much innocence, so why were you always so quick to take everything out on him?

"Did you pick a candle? Do you want this one?" He pointed at the blue candle that you were staring aimlessly at. 'Turquoise Sky.'

Without thinking, you nodded your head and grabbed the candle. You attempted to smile as you made eye contact with him for a second, before looking to the side.

"You okay?" He asked.

You swallowed hard feeling a lump form in your throat. You knew you couldn't tell him what was wrong. He wouldn't understand. He would just get annoyed that you got upset about something so stupid, again.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Let's go." You said with a not-so-nice tone of voice. You didn't mean for it to come across that way. But for some reason, you felt like you had to mask yourself being upset. Hide your vulnerability. So you portrayed it as anger.

He gazed down at you before scoffing and grabbing the candle out of your hands.

"Okay. Let's go check out."

You watched him as he headed to the register. You mentally slapped yourself. 'Why am I like this?'

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It was an awkward car ride back. The tension in the car was sickening and you felt frustrated at yourself for causing it. You continued to look out the window as the car came to a stop at a red light. You could feel Yeonjun's eyes on you. You took a quick glance at him and then turned back around. A shaky sigh was then heard from him. Your body flinched at the sound of him slapping his hands onto the steering wheel. You knew you had made him upset, for no reason. You felt the car start going again.

"What did I do?" He asked as his low voice cracked ever so slightly. You couldn't help but stay silent. "Seriously? Why do you always do this?"

"Do what?" You acted stupid. You knew what he was talking about.

"This! We are perfectly fine one minute and then the next minute you act like I am the worst person in the world. Then I ask you what's wrong and you don't say anything! You do this all the fucking time!"

You sat still as his loud voice pierced through your ears. You started to feel your face heat up. You hated when he would yell at you. You couldn't handle it. You knew you fucked up.

"Don't yell at me." You wanted to punch yourself for saying that. What was the reason for acting like this? You knew it would only make things worse.

You heard him chuckle. You know that chuckle people do when they are so frustrated that they can't help but laugh? Yeah, that.

"Why don't you tell me what's wrong or if I did anything wrong? Because I really have no idea."

You wanted to tell him. You wanted to cry to him and express to him that it wasn't his fault. That he didn't do anything. But you were scared. You couldn't admit your insecurities out loud. You were afraid he wouldn't take you seriously.

"I don't want to talk about it."

"What the fuck is your problem?!"

You turned your head towards him, lips parted in awe, not believing what he had just said.

"My problem?! Seriously?!" You raised your voice and let out a soft chuckle. "Maybe this is why I never tell you anything! I'm always afraid you're gonna get mad or you're gonna leave me because I am upset about something!"

You cringed at yourself as you heard what was coming out of your mouth.

Yeonjun paused, taking in a breath to calm himself.

"Y/N... are you happy with me?"

His voice was so soft and low, sounding terrified of the answer.

You looked at him as his eyes held their gaze on the road. He has asked you this many times before, but only when he was rethinking the relationship. You tried taking a deep breath. You knew that you just needed to reassure him. Then everything would be okay, right?

"What does that have to do with anything? You didn't do anything wrong, okay?"

Yep, that was the best you could do.

Yeonjun opened his mouth to say something but shook his head instead. There was something about the tension in the air that felt... different. Something that was inconsistent with all of the other times you two fought.

Yeonjun stayed silent the rest of the way back. The silence added with the tension made you feel even more sick.

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After what felt like forever, you finally arrived at your house. You unbuckled your seatbelt and noticed he wasn't unbuckling his. You looked over at him and his eyes met yours. His eyes looked empty as he just peered at you with no expression.

"Are you coming in?" You asked him, voice becoming more faint.

"No. I'm sorry." His deep voice was monotone. You had never heard his voice sound so emotionless.

"Why? You-You said you were going to spend the night.."

"I can't. I'm sorry."

You wanted to rip your hair out in anger and frustration. You wanted to go back in time and change what had happened. You didn't know what to do at this point. You felt as if there was nothing else you could do or say.

"Yeonjun.. please."

You gazed at him as he sat back in his seat.

"I can't do this anymore."

Your heart dropped and you started to feel your palms become soaked with sweat.

"Can't do what anymore?"

Even though you knew what he was talking about, you still asked. You needed to hear it.

"Us. We need to break up."

"Yeonjun, I-"

You tried to reach for his hand but he pulled away.

"Don't try to change my mind. It won't work."

You sat up in your seat and faced him. You took a couple deep breaths, building up the courage to let yourself be vulnerable.

"Look, I'm sorry. I was just having a bad day and I took it out on you and I didn't mean to." Trying to apologize the best you could, he let out a sigh.

"You don't understand.." He whispered.

"Please, explain Yeonjun."

He ran his fingers through his yellow colored hair.

"I'm always scared I am going to do something to upset you. Like I said earlier, we are great one minute but then fighting the next. I love you Y/N and I just want you to be happy."

Your world felt like it had shattered as you watched a couple tears fall from his eyes. All this time you were worrying about your feelings, you forgot about his.

"Please, Yeonjun... I'm sorry! Please baby, you didn't do anything wrong! I just overthink someti-"

"Please, don't- don't call me that Y/N. Don't make this harder than it has to be. Please go.."

You looked at him as he avoided eye contact with you. You tried to reach for his hand one more time. This time he didn't pull away. You held his hand in yours, feeling it for what you hoped wouldn't be the last time. He gazed down at your hands and then let go.

"Yeonjun-"

"Stop! Y/N, You need to go. now."

Your heart felt like it had been broken into two. You wanted to fight for him, like you always have. But for some reason, you couldn't. This felt so... final.

He leaned back and reached his hand in the backseat, grabbing the bag with the candle in it. He held it out to you. Your eyes shifted from the bag to him. You couldn't accept this. Not after everything you did.

"Keep the candle."

And with that you exited his car. Without looking back, you unlocked the door and entered your house. You kicked the door closed behind you and immediately fell to your knees.

Once the first tear dropped, there was no stopping the rest from flooding out.

You desperately tried to catch your breath in between sobs. You didn't want to believe what had just happened.

Feeling empty inside as you wept on the floor, you felt as if Yeonjun had just ripped a piece of your heart out. A piece that you would never be able to get back..

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[secret-ssociety]

Let me down pt.3

Pairing(s): Peter Parker x Reader (platonically), Reader x oc

Warnings: I mean, in my eyes this is pure fluff, but who knows if it will hurt you

Summary: Peter and May have dinner with Y/N’s family, prompting a lot of questions to get an answer.

A/N: oKAY, I know that what happened wasn’t exactly what you expected and and it has taken me so long to write this but it's finally here. I want to thank you all, I never meant for this blow up like it did or to even become a series, honestly when I wrote the first part I was just in a really bad mood and I felt like writing something sad and that came out, but then people started to ask for a second part and well the rest is history. So yeah, I actually want to write even more parts to this so let me know if you would like it. Also, I tagged everyone who asked me to write more to this, but let me know if you want to be removed from the taglist

Masterlist

part one part two

Peter couldn't help but feel like his head was spinning as he walked back home from the metro that night. Claire had sat him down in her bed for almost an hour showing off all of her Avengers stuff. She had a replica of Thor's Mjolnir (and she knew how to pronounce it, which was even more impressing), she had the Spider-Man's Uno she had mentioned (it did make him kind of emotional to see a drawing of him on the package) and she had Iron Man's full suit.

Yeah, he did his best not to cry with the last one.

Even if she hadn’t ran up to you screaming ‘mommy’, he would’ve known that she was your daughter. Claire had your hair, your eyes, your nose, even when the rest of her tiny face was more like Mark’s. The corners of her eyes wrinkled the same way yours did when you smiled and she was as energetic as you, she got lost in her own thoughts just like her you used to do.

He had been counting the seconds to be out of your house and be able to break down on the guardianship of his loneliness, but when he found himself walking down the street after dinner... he just didn't.

Peter had gone to school that day being sure that as soon as he saw you, something would be okay, and even if it hadn't gone according to the plan, he hadn't been wrong. Something was okay: you were okay. You had a career, a good job, a loving husband, a perfect daughter, a beautiful family.

You had a great life and, most importantly, you were willing to welcome him in it, so yeah, maybe things were going to be okay.

So when Claire asked him to dinner with them again at the end of the week, and you said you wanted to say hi to May, he just couldn't refuse. That's how he ended up standing in front of your house again, with May by his side this time, holding a cherry pie they had placed and decorated on a plate as if to pretend they hadn't bought it from the grocery store.

As soon as the door opened, Peter handed the dessert to May, because he was prepared for the moment Claire jumped to his arms to greet him. You smiled openly at May, trying to blink away the tears in your eyes at the sight of the woman who had given you a place to call home everytime you felt like your own house was not it.

Both Peter and Mark noticed how you tried to keep your composure when her arms wrapped you in a warm embrace.

"Sorry, I'm a mess," you muttered in apology, trying to wipe your eyes without messing up your mascara.

"You look beautiful," May corrected, making your eyes wet all over again. "It smells amazing," she said suddenly, changing the subject to give you a chance to calm down, "what are you cooking?"

"Oh, I'm not cooking," you clarified rushing them inside, Peter still carrying the little girl in his arms, "Mark is. I somehow manage to burn the water."

"You could always make PB and jelly sandwiches," Peter said with an amused smile, earning a fond laugh from your lips, as if you shared an inside joke.

Only when Mark received the pie from May's hands did Peter notice that he was wearing a purple apron over his white unbuttoned shirt, and he couldn't help the sting in his heart at how perfect he was. He kindly apologized at the fact that the meat still needed a few more minutes on the oven, because he had been held back a little longer than expected at the office.

"What's that smell?" You asked, frowning.

"Daddy, the aspargaroos!" Claire exclaimed instantly, clearly unaware of how to pronounce asparagus, as she wiggled to let Peter know she wanted to be back on the ground. The tiny human ran behind her father into the kitchen, ready to do the damage control.

You decided to grab a bottle of white wine (and another Capri Sun for Peter) while her husband and daughter tried to resolve the asparagus crisis. He tried to pay attention to the conversation the two women in front of him were maintaining, but it was like they were talking in some foreign, alien, grown up language he couldn't understand.

This time, you took a little longer to finish your glass of wine than the last bottle you had opened, which had been a week ago when Peter had showed up in your doorstep. You were trying your best to hide your excitement talking to May, but you couldn't help the profound feeling of pride that took over your chest when you saw her eyes glimmer with amazement as they explored around the living room, where the pictures and prices of all of your family's accomplishments were displayed.

Peter was the first to notice Mark come out of the kitchen with a sheepish smile, "alright, so, the asparagus isn't salvageable, er, how do you feel about KFC salad?"

That's how they found themselves sitting at the round dinner table eating steak with a mushroom sauce Claired had been the one to think about, roasted potatoes and KFC salad, because apparently the always ordered some extra salad on their takeaways and stuffed them in the fridge.

"So..." May started, eyeing the young couple nervously. "There is so much to talk about. How... you... well..."

"How did I end married and with a kid at twenty three?" You finished for her, saving a sigh to yourself although you felt your husband tense a little beside you. The more you two heard that question, the more annoying it got, even when you knew May didn't mean to offend you.

Of course you knew you were young, and that many people your age couldn't handle such commitments, you didn't need people telling you that constantly. You had heard the same discourse from teachers, employers, even neighbors you had never talked to, it quickly got old and you tried not to become aggressive everytime you heard it.

Mark and you had a happy, healthy marriage, with a wonderful daughter that had brought light into a world as dark as yours was since the blip. You had good jobs that allowed you to have a stable economy and also take care of your family. You were happy, what else mattered? If you wanted opinions or needed help, you would certainly ask for it.

You never once had.

Still, you responded kindly, "well, we met in college, Princeton," you mentioned, earning two proud looks from your guests. "We were in different programs, so we met specifically through a praying group."

"That had never really been my thing," Mark picked up, "praying and all that God related talk bored me, but most of family and friends had been blipped... I was lonely. So I thought maybe I should give it a try."

"I honestly thought he had gone for the food, because when the meeting was over he looked like he hadn't understood a single word."

"Because I hadn't."

"A friend and I decided to come and talk to him, but after she left we hung out a little longer," you tried to hide the cheesy smile that took over your lips, but you looked over at Mark, who hasn't trying to hid his, and couldn't. "I don't know how to explain it, something about that moment just felt" you shrugged shyly "right."

The memories of you staying on the library, hiding behind the stacks of books so that no one would notice you trying to stay inside after it closed and talking the whole night long never failed to raise goosebumps along your skin. He would offer to read for you when your eyes got tired of working with the dim light that entered through the window, even when he was a law major and didn't understand a single word on the neuroscience and robotic books you were always studying.

It was soon after getting to know him, you just knew Mark had been made for you. There was something in the way you could see in his eyes that crowds freaked him out and that he tried not to cry after talking to his mom in the phone, something in the way he understood your whimpers in the days where anything above a mutter was just too much, that you knew this awkwardly tall curious guy was meant to cross your path.

"Things moved pretty fast after that," you continued, hoping you hadn't zoomed out for too long, "like 'we got married eight months after' fast."

May did her best to hide her surprise, while Peter choked on the salad. Was listening to your loving tone as you told the story easy? No, not at all. He wanted to throw up. Peter was still hopelessly in love with you, even when you were now five years older, even when you had a husband and a child, even when it was ridiculous and impossible, because for him it hadn't been years, it just had been months.

"Claire came soon after that," Mark concluded after pouring some more juice on Peter's glass and asking him if he was okay. "And all of this happened throughout college?"

"We had a really good support system," he nodded, smiling down at Claire, who had made a mess over her chicken sandwich. "A really good amount of friends willing to babysit whenever we had to work, understanding teachers who let us bring Claire to our lectures. My mom and Y/N's parents were also a great help."

"We were both on scholarships that gave us some allowances to support ourselves each month, too," you added. "It wasn't much, but it helped."

"And what are you working on now?" May switched to a conversation that would probably be easier on her nephew.

"Well, Mark is an associate on a buffet in Manhattan," you said grabbing your husband's hand. "What's your approach?" Peter asked, somewhat genuinely curious.

"Environmental law," he replied proudly.

"And I-"

"Mommy builds robot limbs!" Claire exclaimed excitedly, prompting a laugh on the others.

"Before I graduated, I got a job as lab assistant on a research for neuro prosthetics," you explained, "and after graduating, they hired me as researcher. Basically what we're trying to do is to create a non-invasive implant we can connect to the brain and spinal cord that controls robotic prosthetics for people who have lost limbs or return movement to paralyzed body sections."

Peter's skin prickled at the description of the research, for it was one he had known before it all went crumbling down. A memory flashed through his eyes, Tony helping his friend walk after he had been injured in Germany, on his first mission.

"That's..."

"A Stark Industries' research, yes," you nodded solemnly.

"Y/N told me you had an internship with Tony Stark before... it all happened," Mark commented carefully. Peter's head practically snapped in his direction, then, more subtly, in yours. You shook head slightly, almost imperceptibly, but clearly enough to let Peter know you hadn't told his secret.

"You met Tony Stark?" Claire asked him with a bright light in her eyes, one that Peter had seen thousands of times on other kids that, very much like himself, dreamt every night of robots and technologies that could change the world.

"Yes."

"How was he?"

Peter thought for a few seconds about his answer. What was Tony Stark? He was charming, sure, but he wasn't exactly friendly. He was a genius, yet he had never let that cloud his judgement. He had trouble expressing himself, but he always made sure the people around knew how much they meant to him. Suddenly Peter understood why Shakespeare was always making up words, there were just some things, some people, the english language wasn't extensive enough to describe, so he said the best he could come up with.

"He was the most amazing guy I ever met."

You smiled down at your nearly empty plate, it was impossible to forget how much had mr. Stark meant for Peter. Even when you guys broke up and cut off all communication, you still prayed for him to always be under the wing of his mentor. You couldn’t imagen what it was like for Peter to live in a world where Tony Stark was no longer there to help him walk through life.

Hopefully, you would be able to do that in his absence.

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[jacobseedvaas35]

A Love Like No Other

Jacob Seed X OC Ana Pearce

Warnings: Violence, Smut, Mention of abuse

Word Count: 1708

Chapter Two

Going back home was a bloody nightmare. Tim and Kelly went off their heads when Ana walked through the front door, not knowing that Blake was right behind her. They yelled in her face and Kelly had grabbed Ana's arm so tightly that she was sure there was a bruise already. The moment Blake walked in and yelled back at his parents, Tim and Kelly backed off, letting Ana get past.

"From this day forward, Hannah, Haley and Ana are allowed to leave this house whenever they want" Blake put his foot down to his parents. "They are old enough to look after themselves and do whatever. It's time you two, grew the fuck up".

"I've had enough of your tone Mr. We are your parents, you do not raise your voice or order us on what to do" Tim raised his voice.

"Listen here old man" Blake walked up to his father's face. "Lay a single finger on one of my sisters and I'll break that finger. You understand? If you wanted respect from your children, then you should have never abused them".

Hannah and Haley followed their siblings into Blake's bedroom, curious to know where they had gone.

"So? What does Hope County have for us?" Hannah asked as she sat down next to her brother.

"Other than forests, mountains and lakes. We've got a small town called Falls End. It has a bar and some clothing stores" Ana started explaining. "Oh and a lot of farms".

"And not to mention, a church for a religious cult" Blake smirked.

"Now we're talking" Hannah said. "Keep going".

"Yeah we met the leader. His people call him The Father but he said his name was Joseph Seed" Blake continued to explain. "He has two brothers Jacob and John and a sister, Faith Seed".

"Are they good looking?" Haley asked.

"Yes. The brothers were hot and Faith..."

"She was beautiful" Blake interrupted Ana, as he remembered Faith and her beautiful features.

"Wow. Someone's in love" Hannah joked.

"Joseph said he'd like to meet you two as well. Maybe our awesome brother here, can take all of us next week Sunday to another sermon" Ana informed her sisters.

Blake looked up at Ana and smiled, "my dear sister. Joseph said we can visit him anytime we wanted". He looked at his other two sisters and informed them that he was going to take them to Joseph's church tomorrow and get them to meet the Seed family for themselves.

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That evening, with the help of her brother, Ana was able to leave the house to go and explore the forests that Holland Valley had. She walked through the forest, looking up at the trees and listening to the birds chirping away. The sun shone through the trees, helping her walk without having to worry about falling. As she continued to walk, she started hearing the sound of the lake's water flowing, as if it was a river instead.

"This is beautiful" she said to herself and started to turn in circles.

"You shouldn't be out here, all alone" a voice from behind her came. Ana jumped with fear and turned around to see the familiar man from the church, stand behind her and leaning against a tree.

"Hope County forest's might be beautiful to explore but the wildlife can be extremely dangerous" the man kept saying. "If you want to explore, you have to bring a weapon with you".

Ana looked down and saw the man holding what looked like, a red rifle in his hand. "Umm" was all she could say, still startled by this giant man.

"You're that girl from the church. Right?" He asked and started approaching Ana slowly.

"Yes" Ana replied back and swallowed hard.

"No need to be afraid. I'm not going to hurt you" he said and stopped right in front of Ana.

He was really tall compared to her. She had to look up a fair bit to get a better look at him. He was even more handsome up close and she was able to make out the colour of his eyes. Light Blue. They were perfect. Ana was finally able to smile at him after realising that he wasn't dangerous or scary.

"So which one are you? John or Jacob" Ana crossed her arms and examined his features. "Wait! Don't answer that. Let me guess... Jacob".

"Correct" Jacob smiled. "I'm Jacob. Oldest brother of the Seed's".

"Nice to meet you Jacob. I'm..."

"Ana. I remember from the church. I might be old but I've got a brain like an elephant" Jacob chuckled a little and started walking past Ana.

"Old? Pfft" Ana giggled.

Jacob stopped in his spot and turned to look at Ana. "47 isn't really young".

"47? Jesus Christ. You look like you're in the 30s" Ana sounded shock. "You're really handsome for a 47 year old Mr Seed".

"Jacob!" He reminded her of his name.

"Sorry. Jacob" Ana smiled.

"So you live in Holland Valley?" Jacob asked, wanting to question her about her family.

"Yep. I wanted to live in Whitetail Mountains but my parents chose this place instead" Ana explained.

"Is that so?" Jacob got close to her again.

"Yeah. On the pamphlet it said Whitetail Mountains had more forests and even mountains" Ana said.

"You like Mountains?" He continued to ask her questions.

Ana nodded with a big smile on her face.

"Interesting. Would you like to go to Whitetail Mountains one day?" Jacob asked.

"Oh I would for sure" Ana was quick to reply. "Could you take me?". She was embarrassed to ask but felt a lot better getting it out off her system.

"You want me to take you to Whitetail Mountain?" Jacob was surprised. No one in this County would have asked him for something like this or for that matter, anything at all.

"Please. I really want to see the mountains" Ana begged. "Plus, it would be a great way to get to know each other. Being new and all to this County, I'd like to make friends. I barely had any in New York".

"I'll give you my number. You let me know when you wanna go and I'll pick you up" Jacob accepted.

Ana jumped with joy, then took her phone out and put Jacob's number in. "Thank you so much Jacob".

"You're welcome but I think I should take you home" Jacob suggested. "It's getting dark and like I said, wildlife in this County, is incredibly dangerous".

"Sounds good" Ana accepted and the both of them walked out off the forest and to Jacob's truck.

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Jacob had all his windows to his truck opened wide. Ana had rested her arms on the car door and enjoyed the breeze hit her face. It felt amazing and smelt like fresh air. Her long black hair flew around crazily but she didn't care. Jacob couldn't help but glance at her at times. 'She's beautiful' he thought to himself and smiled as he glanced over at her one last time.

"Jacob?" Ana called out to him, then sat back in the passenger seat. "Could you drop me off around here. I don't want my parents to see me in a car with a guy. They'll kill me and I don't think Blake can save me".

Jacob pulled his truck over and looked at Ana. "Your parents sound like bad people. Do they hurt you Ana?".

"Umm. No of course not. They are just trying to be good parents" Ana lied.

"That's not what your brother said at the church. Abusive parents are the worst" Jacob looked out the window. "My brothers copped it from our abusive parents. They've got the marks to prove it but it made them stronger".

"They don't abuse me Jacob but thank you for your concern" Ana said and placed her hand on Jacob's scarred arm. "I'll call you when I want to go to the Mountains. Thank you again Jacob". With that being said, Ana jumped out of the truck and walked the remaining distance, home.

She walked in and was greeted by her brother. The two of them spent the evening speaking about what they did when the four siblings split up. Hannah and Haley had gone to Falls End to shop around while Blake had gone to the bar for a few drinks. Ana explained to her brother about Jacob's generous offer to take her to Whitetail Mountain's to see the mountains and forest it had to offer. Blake thought it would be a good way for his sister to make some friends, since she barely had any friends back in New York. Again, that came down their parents but he was going to make sure his sister made friends here in Hope County.

"I think these Seed's are going to be great people to hang with" Blake said and sat back on the couch. "What do you think?"

"I agree. Jacob looks like a very intimidating person but I like him" Ana said. "He'd be nice to be friends with".

"When are you going to meet up with him again?" Blake asked.

"Maybe Tuesday. He gave me his number and told me to give him a call whenever I wanted to go" Ana replied back. "I'm going to get some sleep. Goodnight".

"Night" Blake responded back and decided to go to bed himself. "What a fucking awesome day".

Laying in bed, Ana couldn't stop thinking about Jacob Seed. In the morning, seeing him for the first time was awkward and uncomfortable. He continually stared at her the whole time but after seeing up closer and talking to him, Ana could help but feel a tingly while thinking about him. He seemed like a really nice guy and he was extremely handsome but the only problem she had with him, was the age. He was almost 50 years old, so hanging out with a much older man, may seem a little disturbing for others.

Ana bit on her lip and smiled, wiping out that memory and thinking about the good things about Jacob. She couldn't wait to hang out and get to know him a lot more. He seemed like a guy full of mysteries and stories.

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✨☀️ my heart & soul are so full.

This was truly the best experience of my life. Envision is something else. I danced and sweat out every negative energy that I had stored away before I came here. I feel like a new person..

🌊 I loved the whole vibe of the Uvita area. Everyone was so nice. I've missed the salty air in my hair and on my lips. Being surrounded by the jungle and the ocean is a euphoric feeling. 🐟 I ate a lot of good fish outside the festival and I am definitely missing it. I loved the fresh fruits and coconuts everywhere 🥥🌴🍍🍌🍓

🏕️ our air b&b was just a couple minutes away from the festival and our host Jose was the nicest human ever. He was constantly making sure everything was perfect for us and coming back to get sleep in the ac was prime. I'm very glad we did that. Cabinas yuriel 💛💚❤️☁️

🐳 we went on a whale watching tour and we're blessed to see a male and a mama and her baby playing around! Humpback whales are my flavorite animal and I haven't seen them since I was in Hawaii so it was an epic treat.

🌄Then Dan and I watched our last Costa Rican sunset for the trip and took a nice stroll home. On the way we saw a sloth in the tree, a crazy poisonous snake and a gnarly looking centipede. 🐍🌙

I have fallen in love with envision and everything it stands for and for the beautiful country of Costa Rica. I will be back there's no doubt about that. I want to explore everything. Thankful for this trip and all the lessons learned and friends I met along the way. Until next time 🥥✨ Pura Vida ✨🥥

✨ Top Envision Moments & Music ✨

🔥 the sunset and fire spinners on the beach with the drum circle. I had hoped to spin some fire down there but I'll be a little more prepared next time.. you walk up the path onto the beach and you are met with various vendors with cool bones and jewelery, cheap beer and food as you emerge into a sea of people on the sand. The sky was on fire and the vibes were hiiiigh. The drum circle was tribal and euphoric. Looking around me being surrounded by jungle and ocean and beautiful people was straight bliss.

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🍄 seeing Paul staments talk about mushrooms. I only caught one but it was so cool to hear him share his stories and experiences with us.

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🍽️💦the dishcoteque

The waste at this festival was pretty much non existent. It always makes me sad how people can leave a place so destroyed and covered in trash. I had to pick up no trash from the ground and all the volunteers who were picking up trash barely had anything in their buckets. When you got food at any vendor here you received an actual dish, bowl, silverware or cup. When you were done you'd bring it to the "dishcoteque" and recieve a voucher for your next one. No plastic at all barely any paper products besides some paper straws .. the bathrooms also did not have toilet paper in them.. you had to get it from the outside and bring it with you so they were not overflowing with paper and and overuse of products.

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✨🎨✨ the art & the stages

There was so much phenomenal art. I was blown away by the murals everywhere and the art gallery was bursting with talent and creative energy.

The bars and booths were all made from the materials surrounding them. Everything was made from the earth. The Sol stage was surrounded by a beautiful design with a big screen in the back that had really awesome visuals on it

The lapa stage was filled with house n deep techno vibes all day and night. It felt like something out of an epic movie in there with all the mist and the lights. The entrance to the beach was right there too. It was a great place to go to just dance and chill out.  And finally... The Luna stage. W o w. The most incredible stage I've EVER seen in my life and I've seen quite a few cool stage setups. It was a huge tower of Earth and wood and vines and beauty. There was a portal where people danced behind. The lighting was a1 from the lasers to the mapping on the funktions. It was truly other worldly there.  I will be riding the high of that stage for a long time. There was water refill stations in all the right spots which made staying hydrated in the jungle heat so easy.

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🌮🍓🍦🥑🥙 the food

It's usually hard for me to eat at festivals lately because I don't eat meat anymore. Chicken fingers was always a go to for me but I've sadly become very picky. Everyone was pretty accommodating to my needs ( I wish I thought about asking for no cilantro before the last day 😞 I hate that shit )and everything was so nourishing and healthy. I have not been eating well lately and I feel so nice and full after all the smoothies and juicy goodness I ingested over the weekend.

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🕷️ the huge tarantula like spider that happened to wander through the crowd of people dancing with the bass vibrating the floor and onto our blanket. It was SO BIG how did you even make it through the crowd?! Stealthy dude. That was wild.

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☕🍵The tea party!

I went to the bathroom and I came across a tiny but huge tea party. Everyone had tea cups along a very small rectangle table/stool and they were singing jungle tea time jungle tea time and cheersing to life it was so cute

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🎭🤸‍♀️🔥💃 the performers...

Wow. I haven't seen performances like that ever. Every collective blew my mind they all had a vibe of their own and absolutely slayed it on stage. Serious inspiration

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🎶🔊 the music

Every set was so good. Nothing was like oh that was cool .. everything i was was so we'll put together and everyone definitely out out jungle vibes.

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I'll just put this first in case you don't want to read all the way cause this was my flavorite part 💓

👽 Tipper 👽

This was my 30th show.. in the jungle...and the Luna stage couldn't have been any better. He played so many fat unreleased tracks and vips I have never heard before. Serious deep jungle vibes. I can honestly say that was my flave set I've seen by him so far. There were no visuals but I was so okay with that. the lights were so on point and the performers were so freaking good and well paired with what he was putting out. I am sooooo freaking thankful for that experience and to have had it with all my tipper family. This community has Brought me all over the country and now out of the US. I am constantly overstimulated and it's just getting more intense as I get older so traveling can be difficult for me. The high energy if the airport is a lot for me. Music festivals are even a lot for me but I eventually get comfortable..I just love the epic moments of euphoria through music and these experiences that I'll push myself through the rest of it. The way tippers music makes me feel is so worth trooping through a sea of energies to get to that moment. It's truly beautiful for me and I know others feel the same. Blessed to be alive for the making of tipper music

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Thursday

✨ the first real full set of music we saw was jpod.. someone ive never listened to and I'm so glad I know about him now. It was so fun I found all my friends and it was the perfect way to kick off the weekend.

✨Naughty princess was someone I didn't know as well and she threwwwww down a dirty heavy dubstep set. It was proper as fuck and she looked like a boss in the dj booth.

✨Honerable mention to Govinda and an-ten-ae

✨🔮Clozees first set on Friday night was so surreal. Seeing her live is a true experience. It got so heavy and blissful it was by far my flavorite set I've seen from her. She's so humble and cute and beyond excited to be doing this for us. When she plays she emmits such a powerful feminine vibe. The high that gave me was super intense.

✨ Honerable mention to

Stylust beats with the filthy dubstep set

Nico luminous

And attya to close was super smooth

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Saturday

✨ The funk hunters played two sets. The but their Saturday night set on the Luna stage was so fire. They're so fun and energetic

✨ Random rab was so beautiful. Probably the most beautiful performance I've seen by him yet. His voice is absolutely amazing.

✨LAZY SYRUP ORCHESTRA...... If you don't know them please go listen to their sets on SoundCloud. The sun had risen and the people were vibin.. 6am set - ???? It was so freaking good ahhhh words can't even decribes

They're all so talented I want to return to that moment forever.

Going to the beach and jumping in the ocean after that was so freaking cooooooool.

✨Honerable mention to symbolico for throwing down two dope sets & moontricks on the Sol stage

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Sunday

✨ Drrtywulvs ... Wowza. That was so fun and uplifting.. all the booty shaking..I love his music and all the noises. It always makes my body move in the weirdest of ways.

✨SUPERTASK..he's one of my flavorite artists ever and he threw downnnnnnnnn such a dope set in the jungle.

✨ SOOHAN was everything I wanted. His music makes me dance in all the best ways

✨🌄 Clozees played a sunrise set @ 545 and it was beautiful. She was very downtempo and played a lot of slower vibe songs.. it was perfect and blissful.

✨ and finally emancipator. They are forever one of my flavorites. They played at 7 am and closed out the Luna stage with the most magical morning vibes. I feel like they played a lot of new music and it was a perfect way to bring down the high energy from the night

✨Honerable mention to dirtwire on the Sol stage who pulled me out of my funk bc of the rain I love their music so much and Seeing them live is a huge treat.

If you've made it this far thanks for reading! Envision is my new flavorite place and I am already counting down the days until I can go back. ✨🥥