#longest night stories

[jackfromthefairytale]

INVENT ANIMATE - Without A Whisper [2023]

dir. Chris Klumpp

[martiwikiwiocwiki]

Series: BELLADONNA WOODS Name: Prince Forgotten Love Song Gender: cis man (he/him) Race: half-human half-werelion Age: 16 Sexual orientation: bisexual Alignment/Covenant: True neutral/Demon worshippers

Special trait: Chest scar due to heart surgery. Can talk Old Demon language that allows him to communicate with animals.

Job: Spy disguised as prince of the Church of Twilight Weapon of choice: short sword and dagger Magic: Sunlight miracles LV 3 Special skill: Master of trickery, can easily make up very solid lies and play along

Enjoys: playing the ukelele, witchy stuff, forbidden demon knowledge Hates: Church of Twilight hierarchical system, demon hunters, being told his efforts are in vain

Story: Song is a demon worshipper spy infiltrated in the Church of Twilight along with his elder brother in order to politically control the covenant. He quickly gained the covenant support thanks to his skill for casting and inventing high level sunlight miracles, one of which saved a princess of the church from a certain death. He deeply cares about his elder brother's health but can't seem to find the proper words and somehow he always end up screwing up and hurting him. Despite of being an easygoing and carefree person, he feels deeply alone and sometimes finds refuge in a strange world of nightmares where he dreams he can control fire.

Main series: FIGHTING NIGHTMARES AND FEARS [Comicfury] BELLADONNA WOODLANDS (wip) DEMON WORSHIPPER (still a script) THE LONGEST NIGHT (preview) Also: SLOW TENDER SAMHAIN STORY [Ko-fi] ELLIS (featured as Ko) [Comicfury]

[reading-writing-dying]

Having a job is really cutting into my fanfic writing productivity because apparently I'm most capable of writing when I should already be in bed sleeping to prepare for a 13 hour workday the next morning

All this to say next chapter of The Other Me is written and ready to be edited over the next few days as I find time

[sualne]

colored a WIP from 2021, about ocs from 2011!

[starpros-sunshine]

also i think that after seeing that Something is going out with his eichisama tori should also sneak into town to go and see what's the deal with this wataru guy. and he inevitably gets lost but meets hajime and they have a bonding moment barbie movie-style and him and tomoya help tori meet wataru. and then wataru sees tomoya and goes "oho! interesting child!" which once again leads to eichi unreasonable jealousy against this poor random kid

Okay so I've been thinking on this and I've been trying to get something coherent and bear with me right right.

(this got so long again I just started going into detail and detail and detail and oh god I am so sorry)

So Tori, poor, innocent Tori, has to come to terms with the fact that Eichi is hiding something from him (that "Something" being a tall blue-haired extra of unknown origin) and he knows that, technically, the mature thing would be to leave it alone. Eichi will have his reasons for being a little secretive about it. He has his own life and if he doesn't want to be open about...whatever it is that seems to be going on there.... then he doesn't have to be because the man has a right to privacy.

Tori knows that. But Tori also knows that being mature doesn't matter if, technically, his beloved Eichi-sama could be at risk of giving his heart away to a scoundrel that only wishes to play with him until he's bored and then throws him away, breaking Eichis heart in the process. We couldn't have that! And what if he's a criminal? Can you really trust someone who snoops around on other peoples property without their knowing? No you can't! So really it's only natural Tori wants to know what that guys deal is. Out of a genuine concern for his friend. Of course.

And so obviously it's a completely acceptable and normal and rational decision when he sees that Yuzuru isn't there for a moment to keep watch over him like the guard dog that he is (really Tori isn't a child anymore there's no need to be so overprotective) and the other staff members also don't seem to be around and Eichi is also nowhere to be seen, that he decides to take his coat and pack his little bag with some money (read: more money than just "some" money) and tries to sneak out of the house and down the path across the small meadow and the bit of forest that separates their not-so-humble abode from the small town where the other people live.

His inital plan simple. Go there; ask around a little, maybe try some tailing (after hearing stories from the other aristocrats about how one is able to hire people to follow their spouses around without them noticing - and that apparently being an actual thing people earn their money with - he's decided that it can't be that hard and he should try his luck.) and then leaving as quickly as possible, lest Yuzuru die of a heart attack after finding out Tori dissappeared. It would be quick and easy and nobody would ever find out. That was the original plan. But Tori very soon comes to find that that could prove harder than he thought when he notices he actually really really enjoys the feeling of not having anyone hover over him like some sort of falcon watching their prey.

The little river running by the path through the meadow is still frozen (It is winter after all) and the snow on the ground almost reaches his ankles. The 15 minute walk takes him 30 because he keeps jumping around in the snow (He's made three snow angels by now. For a second he has to think of his sister and of how nice it would be if she were here with him too and how they could make snow angels together were it not for her having to stay with their parents, but he pushes that thought to the back of his head again and decides to move on with his way).

When he eventually arrives at the town - and after just wandering aimlessly through the rather empty streets - there are three major epiphanies.

The first one is that he doesn't have a clear destination. He has no idea where to look for the blue-haired weirdo. The second is that, seeing as it is a forenoon in january, most people probably aren't spending their time outside. And if they are then they are at a different place than where he is. And the third and final one: He is completely and utterly lost.

It should be regarded as an accomplishment really. Getting lost in a town with a population of barely 300 locals living there. Indeed Tori would think it impossible. Yet here he is. If anything he's sure he's at least the only one who can claim this feat for himself. This is fine. He has this under control. If he just keeps walking then he's sure to come out somewhere (No there are no tears in his eyes anyone who says otherwise is just imagining things (he decidedly ignores the little voice in his head that tells him "Who's gonna say otherwise. Look around yourself, have you forgotten that you're all alone here?")). So the big brave boy that he is he marches onward, ignoring the way his fingers have started to feel numb from the cold and his eyes have not stopped watering and the little voice in the back of his head that tells him he should've just listened to Yuzuru (He banishes that one to the deepest depths of his subconscious very quickly. There are blows that his pride can take in these situations and then there's having to agree with "You should've just listened to Yuzuru". If There is one thing that can be said about Tori then it's that he is not one to simply give up. He has come this far and he'll be damed if he backs out now).

Lost in thought and not paying much attention to his surroundings (he has more important things to think about right now), he only manages to register a flash of blue in his peripheral vision. And because this could be what he's come here for in the first place but more importantly because this is a person and that is where the bar is set, Tori immediately tries to follow them. If Lady Luck is especially nice to him this time she lets this person be the mysterious stranger he's been looking for, but what feels like a day of walking through empty streets in the biting cold of a noon in late january have humbled him enough to not push it with his luck.

And when he turns the corner, calling out for the figure to wait, insted of the strange man he was expecting he comes face-to-face with a meekish looking boy with blue hair and big violet eyes and next to him there's a second boy, this one able to be described in all aspects with only one word: average. And for a solid ten seconds they all just stare at each other.

Tori doesn't really know how, he really has no idea, but somehow he ended up following the two home. Or, well, more or less. Following isn't really the right word here. After their almost-staring-competition on the street the meekish looking one with the blue hair asked him if he was alright because "he seemed lost" (he absolutely did not.) which then prompted an entire series of events that ended is Tori sitting in this strangers families home - with an entirely different stranger also there - getting a serving of what he assumes to be radish soup. Tori feels a little sorry for the boy, Tomoya, as he said his name was, who seemed like he was previously engaged in a conversation with the other boy, who later introduced himself as Hajime and who had spent the entire way asking him questions about how he ended up here and what someone like him was doing all alone in a sleepy village neighbourhood like theirs and if he really didn't need a tissue (He hadn't cried while explaining how he was lost. He totally hadn't) and on and on and on as Tomoya had to awkwardly walk behind them.

So now, sitting at this table with these two people who he has only met today and who have given him a bowl of soup to warm himself up with, he has to tell everything about how he ended up in this situation in the first place. At the end of his recollection of this oh so wonderful day he is met with two pitying looks an a laugh - apparently one of Hajimes younger siblings had joined them at their little impromptu gathering (he wonders, distantly, how his own sister is doing right now).

And as he's about to say that he should probably make his way home and resume his mission another time when he has a map, Hajime mentions that he actually knows the guy Tori is talking about and that he lives at the local inn and that that isn't that far from them and that he and Tomoya can walk him there if he wants to. Tori agrees immediately. He is so over trying to be discreet about it at this point he really just wants some sort of success in this kind of ridiculous endeavour he's set out on.

So after the soup is finished and his limbs don't feel like they're about to fall off anymore the trio goes on their merry way and Tori feels a little silly because for all the walking around he did before they reach this inn really pretty quickly... maybe he should've thought to bring a map... The three of them venture further into the inn, and Tori only overhears Hajime talking to an older woman, but he's more occupied with looking around the place. It's father homely and rustic, a completely different atmosphere than at their place. There are noises from the few patrons sitting at the tables and chatting with each other, but it only add to the cozy feeling of the entire place.

When Hajime comes back he leads Tori up a little stairway and down a dimly lit hallway. They stop in front of a door at the very end of it (in my head there's a bit of a terasse thing happening there like. you can look down into the part where the tables are and such right right) and Tori barely has time to mentally prepare for the fact that this really is happening now before Hajime knocks and the sound of muffled steps approaching the door can be heard.

When the door finally opens (it's been a few seconds at best but it feels like an eternity), Tori is greeted by the lovely view of a pair of pale clavicles, barely covered by a black linen blouse. He has to actively look up to look at the face of their owner and when he is met with a pair of sharp, purple eyes he feels like his throat just sew itself shut. Hajime explains to Wataru that Tori was looking for him and suddenly a light seems to go up above Watarus head as a look of recognition flashes over his face and he turns around to Tori again and asks him if he's "the princess that Eichi's been telling him all about". Tori is confused. Hajime decides that this is his cue to leave and he slowly backs away to go back down and collect Tomoya, who's been roped into helping out with the catering by some elder gentleman (Wataru watches Hajime as he collects Tomoya and they leave, intrigued by this strangely average boy, as Tori just stares in horror as the realisation dawns upon him that he is now completely alone with this man whom he didn't even intend on speaking to in the first place).

So now he is here. In this very awkward situation. Sitting on a chair in this strangers room (for the second time today! Did he ever have a day this eventful? Who knows! Tori for sure doesn't.). He wants to talk, but Wataru is faster and asks him what he's doing here. Tori doesn't really know how to reply. How do you talk your way around having to tell someone that you actually got lost on the way to spy on them. That's right. You can't. Well, Eichi could. But Tori is Tori and he never wished for that to change more than he did now.

He looks out of the window and it is at that moment that another three major epiphanies reach him. Firstly that he doesn't know what to do now that he's here, secondly that he's going to get murdered by Yuzuru (and if worst comes to worst also Eichi) once he gets back because he's been gone all day without telling anyone and they're probably all worried sick, and last but not least: it is dark outside. He can't go home like that. He is virtually stuck in this predicament he found himself in.

Wataru seems to have a similar thought, because the immediate follow up question after not really getting a coherent answer from Tori is if anyone knows he's gone. Tori shakes his head. If Tsukasa ever finds out about this mess of a situation he will have to die because he would never let Tori live that down.

He gets ripped out of his incoming spiral by the bird that takes a seat on his head and Watarus over-the-top contemplative sigh and the slight lilt in his voice when he voices the next issue that's in the room. He isn't even speaking to Tori anymore, but to his bird that sits on Toris head, Jeanne, and Tori is starting to get annoyed by the way he jokes about this entire thing, calling Tori a "a little bird that escaped its nest", as if he isn't stuck having to prepare for his untimely demise. And by the way this guy hasn't put down his cryptic smile and teasing voice ever since he entered the room. When he thinks things can't get any more awkward for him Wataru proposes two options. Either he walks him home, or Tori has to stay at the inn for the night and he brings him back in the morning. Tori decides he'd rather go back home sooner than later (he'll have to take the lacture either way and he's probably caused everyone enough worries by now anyways. And also he misses his bed.). So Wataru grabs his coat, quickly goes to tell the inn-keepers he's "bringing retuening the princess to ger people" (Tori doesn't know if he liked the bird comparison better or not).

The way back is still very tense because Tori does not dare to walk next to Wataru (he's sketchy it's not Toris fault it's a normal reaction) and so he just awkwardly walks behind him, He doesn't really watch his surroundings - it is dark and the only nice thing is that it's snowing and there are animal sounds and they are spooky and he needs to watch the way and it's easier to think that way - until suddenly he gets hit by a snowball right in the head. And he is so baffled by this that he just stares at Wataru, and Wataru grins at him with his stupid stupid grin and somehow they end up in a snowball fight on this meadow where the only reason you can see anything is because of the snow and when they finally arrive at the mansion they both have so much snow in their hair and their clothes are wet from the melted snow and when they knock on the door and wait for someone to open Wataru gets some of the snow out of Toris hair and says that that snowball fight can be their little shared secret and Tori grins back at him and agrees and when the door opens and both of them are frantically ushered in by a maid that tells another one to get Yuzuru and Eichi Tori decides that maybe this guy isn'r so bad after all. Maybe he's actually quite nice.

[redglassbird]

Okay okay fine I'll tell you guys about my personal life.

So. (The vibe is that we're at a sleepover pretend we're at a sleepover) it all started with this fateful edit of Josh Hutcherson that I saw. Immediately sent it to my friends and guess what. Now my entire feed is filled with FNAF lore.

Yea it's a slippery slope guys. (Plato I'm sure you would've loved this story and all its philosophical elements). Well now I'm ina vicious FNAF cycle despite not ever being remotely interested in FNAF lore. But also. I am always curious. That's something about me I'm always curious. so I always click on the posts and they just keep coming in an inescapable avalanche.

Well. when I am tired my brain also likes to self sabotage and make me spooked w things that would not normally scare me. Anyways I'm trying to sleep the other night right. And I need this sleep it's like gold it's like treasure. But what does my brain manifest? Animatronics in my closet. Which. That's fine. Whatever. Brains gotta have fun sometimes I guess.

Anyways I take a melatonin for the first time in weeks to knock me out . I have a vivid melatonin dream where I am a poor beggar trying to get water from an Italian restaurant but they keep kicking me out.( I still remember the face of the manager who was mean to me btw even tho I remember no other faces).

Well one of the employees takes a liking to me and stands up for me and then naturally we start dating. It's me and Italian restaurant employee against the world (he is also rich somehow and his brother keeps having heart attacks which is also a central keystone to the dream but we won't delve into that).

A wandering narrative perhaps. but very emblematic of my life. Not the FNAF and Josh Hutcherson parts. Mostly the parts about melatonin dreams gaslighting me to oblivion.

(I'm scared to tag this FNAF bc I don't want Tumblr to get any ideas and think that I'm interested in any FNAF lore other than my own. But the things I do. The things I do for. Well I don't know what for)

[hearts4pearlescentmoon]

I’m getting back into my fnaf phase because I’ve been seeing it a lot on my dash and I have something to say to you all

TURN THE LIGHTS OF IS A GREAT FNAF 4 SONG, I HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT EVER SINCE I FIRST HEARD THE SONG AND BEFORE I EVEN KNEW WHAT TALLY HALL WAS. IVE BEEN IMAGINING THE ANIMATION IN MY HEAD FOR YEARS

I’m not crazy, you are

[skelebab]

I think a great form of characterization is taking a well known and simple song and having a character sing it just slightly different

K that's all gn now

[witchysolfan]

I love how Vanny! Alison stole William's spotlight from being the top security breach threat in your AU! XD

my question: how did Vanny get the power of the ghost children (remnant?) and how did the animatronics become semi-organic??

Oh hey! Happy you enjoyed that au.

To answer your question, I was kind of going with occult inspirations and stories related to it in how reality warped and became unstable. Silent Hill being a major draw of inspiration for that. I was also combining it with that old fashioned 80’s fantasy movie logic like The Neverending Story and Labryinth where when magic is involved things do get strange and not everything is as it’s seems.

The animatronics became semi organic as a result of uncontrolled residual energies in the area. Here I was gonna incorporate some witchcraft practices and methods to explain this one. Some of it lights goes into my own research and practices in real life I do. You see, energies tend to build up and up and there can be a focal point the caster can focus on. That is where magic circles come in as the energy is contained and can build up for magic purposes. But when the circle is broken, the energies are unexpectedly released and can be unstable and chaotic depending on the intent of the individual.

Vanny dabbled into her own research in au story and decided to ritualistically place the children’s bodies in certain locations to make her own markers and draw energies from there. Then, in a fit of rage in the narrative where Vanessa confronts her sister, she broke the circle and cast out her will and let herself be engulfed in the chaos. And drag everything nearby with her in it.

“This is my will. So mote it be!”

[maddilynmuse]

Dawn’s Shadow

Episode 13. Usually an unlucky number, but this update is one I’ve been looking forward to for a while!

Until now the plot’s been a softer thing, hiding within the worldbuilding and character, but now it comes to the forefront with a bang and the mystery begins.

Why is Asha here? What does Lottie know? And what has been forgotten? Come find out.

[crazycatladysims]

beginning // previous // next

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aubrey: do you happen to have anything to eat? haven't eaten since brunch i'm so hungry i could eat sausage and hate sausage

celene: sorry what? was distracted

aubrey: is there anything i can buy at the bar to eat?

celene: at the bar? nothing from that year, neither solid or without alcohol … but still have some cheese bread i brought from winderburg in the trailer, no need to pay tho

aubrey: hey! i ate the weirdest, tastiest thing. kinda rubbery but… oh

celene: why the long face?

aubrey: theo slept and made me realize how muchi want my bed right now.

wanted to wait for the Fangs but who knows when they'll come back

celene: it is better. and if they left with Kiril they will probably come back wild

i'll take you to the B&B, hold on going to get Annabeth

let's go

aubrey: is this really necessary?

celene: don't worry, she can't seriously hurt them. just repel them in case they try something funny

[martiwikiwiocwiki]

Series: FIGHTING NIGHTMARES AND FEARS Name: The Pyromancer Gender: cis man (he/him) Race: half-human half-werelion Age: 16 Sexual orientation: bisexual Alignment/Covenant: True neutral/Demon worshippers Special trait: Chest scar due to heart surgery, right arm third-grade burns, feet and legs with healed second-grade burns. Can't smell or taste. Can talk Old Demon language. --- Job: Pyromancer Weapon of choice: short sword and dagger Magic: Sunlight miracles LV 3 and Pyromancy LV 2 Special skill: Master of trickery, can easily make up very solid lies and play along --- Enjoys: playing the ukelele, witchy stuff, forbidden demon knowledge Hates: Church of Twilight, demon hunters, being told his efforts are in vain --- Story: Originally from another world, the Pyromancer feels very comfortable in the Nightmare and decides to stay there along with Lady Maria, the daughter of the vampire demon he worships. He kills the Guardian of the Nightmare in self-defence but rejects being the new guardian, leaving the door to the Nightmare without supervision. Hazelnut-Eyes Cleric is his type. --- Main series: FIGHTING NIGHTMARES AND FEARS [Comicfury] BELLADONNA WOODLANDS (wip) DEMON WORSHIPPER (still a script) THE LONGEST NIGHT (preview) Also: SLOW TENDER SAMHAIN STORY [Ko-fi] ELLIS (featured as Ko) [Comicfury]

[wewindondowntheroad]

i've got the doc open, i just can't bring myself to reread this chapter

[bisexualblckcanary]

Me: I'm not going to put The Longest Night on hold to read Oz: Into the Wild.

[jontycrane]

Best of 2024 - Hiking & Cycling

My annual look back at the best books I’ve read / listened to this year. I only read about 80 books, the lowest number since 2016, and well down from my peak of 308 in 2020. I spent almost the whole year living in Timor-Leste, one of the poorest countries in the world, where printed books are a rarity and there are no lending libraries. I borrowed eBooks on my iPad through my New Zealand library…

[outstanding-quotes]

Theodore C. Van Alst Jr., “The Longest Street in the World” in Never Whistle at Night