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Welp, it's already Halloween over here, so have our little Halloween fanart: Axe Ending Four from our LU Zero Escape AU! (999 spoilers I guess? So also AU spoilers but like, everything's been a spoiler lol)

With and without filter XD his design sheet will be coming at some point, but I couldn't wait to draw him, this needed to be done for Halloween!

I'm really happy with the way we managed to fit his colors into it XD big fan of the result of the skirt but honestly I love all of it

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two in one theory... i am listening very intently if you ever feel up to share it!!

Alright, so this is gonna be... as close to an Abridged explanation of the theory as I can make, because if I went off on everything about it I would end up writing a whole dissertation or five hour video essay script on this shit.

There are gonna be three main sections to this post - Hong Lu's Daiyuisms, Hong Lu's Themes of Identity and how that connects to the concept of Two in One, and the Daiyu-Baoyu theory itself.

Strap in folks.

Hong Lu's Daiyuisms

If you know anything about my theories in the earlier days of Limbus, you might know that I'm one of the very few people who was convinced Hong Lu is actually Daiyu, due to some evidence I found personally compelling. This has not changed, as we've only gotten just as much extra evidence to this as we have to him being Baoyu. So let me just speedrun through some of these points.

The Fucking Jade Eye

Ok hear me out. This is maybe the least important piece of evidence but I can never stop thinking about it. Hong Lu's jade eye? Not actually fully blue! If you look closely on most of his sprites, you can see that he actually has sectoral heterochromia, meaning his jade eye is both blue and black.

Daiyu's name, quite literally, translates to blue-black jade.

Now, you could claim that this is merely meant to be an easter egg reference to her, but... is that really Project Moon's style? After all, when people speculated on Don Quixote being Sancho or a Bloodfiend partially based on her appearance all the way back since near launch, they turned out to be right.

Hong Lu's Father

As of now, there is only one instance of Hong Lu referencing his Father in Limbus, and it's a voiceline from his Base Identity:

Now, if you know anything about DOTRC, this should already be raising some flags, because if Hong Lu was just Baoyu, he would not fucking talk like that about his Father.

In the book, Baoyu is consistently shown to be afraid of his Father, for a good reason mind you, as he's his main abuser. Baoyu would not be looking forward to introducing his friends to that man.

Even if Hong Lu was trying to downplay the abuse he's recieved, this would still not fit his pattern of behavior. When topics that genuinely bother Hong Lu come up, such as what could make him distort or how rich people would enjoy gifts made of humans, he immediately pivots and tries to avoid the topic at all cost. He would not bring up his main abuser in such a lighthearted manner, he would avoid bringing him up at all cost.

However, there is a character in DOTRC which does in fact have a more positive relationship to her Father, and would likely be the one with an opinion such as that - Daiyu. Daiyu loves her Father, and when he dies she completely disappears from the story for a bit to attend his funeral. If there was anyone who would be excited to introduce their friends to their Father, it'd be Daiyu.

Lasso Hong Lu's Corrosion

I made a whole seperate post about this, but I might as well mention it here as well for the sake of completion. The design choices made for Hong Lu which are missing for Faust are very, very Daiyu-coded.

For one, not only does Hong Lu completely turn into a flower, unlike Faust, his horse also gains a flower in its mouth. For those whose knowledge of DOTRC is zero to none, Daiyu is a reincarnation of a Flower given sentience due to being watered by the Jade. I don't think I have to be the one to connect the dots between those two pieces of info for you.

The second is how the halters become a noose for Hong Lu. This, too, is a very Daiyu thing - Rose Hunter as an Abnormality represents the inability to escape one's fate, and Daiyu's fate is to die - the Jia Family arranging a marriage between Baoyu and Baochai leads to Daiyu falling deathly ill, which in itself could be considered a part of her repaying her Debt of Tears - the debt she swore to repay to the Jade/Baoyu when she was still a Flower.

The hilarity of the fact that this E.G.O came out in the same update as Hong Lu being called Baoyu in-story is not lost on me.

Rose Sign Abnormality Log

The third Log for Rose Sign ends in a very peculiar way.

There's multiple ways one can tie Hong Lu's odd reluctance to talk about flowers and the petals. One is the obvious "he's being reminded of Daiyu because she was a Flower" connection, but there's another one.

One of the most commonly potrayed images of Daiyu relates to a scene in DOTRC where she buries fallen flower petals, weeping for and lamenting the mortality of the flowers and herself. Hong Lu's reaction here to his fellow Sinners being reduced to nothing but petals upon Rose Sign's death feels like a notable parallel to Daiyu's flower burial scene.

Like literally everything about Kurokumo Hong Lu

The title for this is a bit of an exaggeration, but at the same time. I'm serious. Kurokumo Hong Lu is perhaps the most Daiyu Identity out of all the Hong Lu Identities we have, and the way he is designed to stand out among them further makes me go insane.

Kurokumo Hong Lu's most defining trait is his attitude - he often complains about his position and how authority treats him, though he doesn't really act out against them in any major way outside of making snarky or sarcastic remarks.

This is, frankly, an extremely Daiyu thing to do. Daiyu is one of the few characters who audibly complains about her treatment in the household. For example she complains about not being given as many opportunities to show off her poetry skills as her male peers are, and she recognises how, when all the girls in the family are given flowers, she's the last one to recieve them and thus is stripped of the ability to pick, being only given the leftovers.

Then there's the whole. Everything about Kurokumo Hong Lu's visual design. Because once you realize just how Daiyu-like the Identity is, you realize just how weird he is compared to other Hong Lu Identities. I mean just look how he compares to his other Identities.

He's the only Hong Lu Identity with a blue tint to his hair in the combat sprite rather than the usual purple.

He's the only Hong Lu Identity whose hairtie is a ribbon rather than a jade ring (Liu Hong Lu technically has the ribbon in his post-uptie art, but he doesn't have it in his combat sprite so I'm not counting him).

He's the only Hong Lu Identity to not be smiling in his combat sprites.

And he's the only Hong Lu Identity (and one of only four Identities in the game) whose Idle sprite has its body facing away from the opponent rather than facing towards them.

All of those combine to make him stand out like a sore thumb in a Hong Lu Identity lineup in a way that makes it feel intentional, especially since he's also the only Hong Lu Identity with that kind of notable attitude towards authority. Other Hong Lu Identities are either obedient, don't express any opinion, or just straight up are the authority.

The Baoyu reveal is framed in a very weird way

This is, admittedly, less of a Daiyuism and more of a not-Baoyuism, but I thought it'd be important to mention nonetheless.

There are a lot of things about Canto 7's reveal of Hong Lu's name being Baoyu that are very strange, especially compared to how the Canto frames Don Quixote's own reveal of actually being Sancho.

For one, the timing itself - why is such an important piece of info being revealed so early? Again, compare to Donqui - she was revealed to be a Bloodfiend in the Intervallo right before Canto 7, and the Sancho reveal only came in the second half of the Canto.

For two, the framing - Donqui's reveals are treated as what they are, Major Reveals. The Baoyu reveal on the other hand happens in a single off-handed line, with nobody reacting to it in any way. Neither Hong Lu nor the other Sinners seem to hear it after all.

And mind you, it's not like Limbus is opposed to giving us important information in off-handed lines - far from it in fact. Project Moon loves shoving little bits of foreshadowing and reveals you don't realize are reveals until way later in these kinds of off-handed lines. But the way those lines are treated is still very different to how the Baoyu reveal is treated.

Usually, when there's foreshadowing in off-handed lines, it's usually either vague enough to be something a character could say regardless of context (see Yi Sang getting hung up on the Sedatives bit in Canto 2 or Ishmael's comment about Syndicates pretending to be Families foreshadowing her own history with the Middle via Queequeg) or something that is in the middle of a scene that distracts from what is actually being said (like Hong Lu's distortion foreshadowing being in the middle of an important infodump or most of everything in Canto 2 being surrounded by a comedic tone).

None of this is present for the Baoyu reveal. There's nothing to distract you from this information, as the scene is already focused on discussing Hong Lu, meaning you're already likely to be paying attention to what is being said about him. There's also no vagueness about it, there's no way you can brush it off since not only are Wei and Xichun newly introduced characters, but it's a whole ass clearcut namedrop.

The only way I can justify that reveal being there in the form it takes is that it in itself is the distraction. Think about it. Didn't I point it out earlier that this reveal came in the same update as the E.G.O with an extremely Daiyu-coded corrosion design? Wouldn't it make sense for that reveal to be there to lower your guard, make you think you resolved that mystery, only to later on reveal it wasn't the whole story after all?

Hong Lu's Themes of Identity

So this section is a bit more vague than the Daiyuism section, because Hong Lu is the type of guy to just Say Shit all the time. It's basically just. Anything that I find relevant to the idea of Hong Lu's Identity being more complex than him just being a random guy using a pseudonym, with some (but maybe not all) of them directly tying to the idea of Two in One.

"Which one is the real you?"

There are currently two seperate scenes where Hong Lu muses on the idea of someone's identity being in some way vague or obscured.

Is Dante the person or the clock? Is the dreamer the one in the dream or the one who wakes from it? Which you is the real you? Does it even matter if that you will flutter away in the end?

This idea of there being one true self. That even if there are two, there is only one of them that is actually you. Curious, right?

Face-changing dance

During the Canto 2 scene where everyone gives their reasons for whether or not they'd be a good pick for being the one to dance, Hong Lu says this.

Bian lian is a kind of dance literally translated as "face-changing". It involves rapid changes between various masks and make-up to represent different emotions or characters.

Now, it's no secret that Hong Lu is a great actor, as we see in Canto 4, and Canto 7 shows how the comparison to theatre and actors can be used to symbolize one's performance of identity, as it does for Sancho and her Don Quixote persona.

Mind you, this reveal comes in the same scene as Sinclair's dance invoking the image of a bonfire burning all through the night according to the Mariachis, a clear foreshadowing to Canto 3 and the Literal burning down of Sinclair's home.

Hong Lu knowing bian lian could be further foreshadowing to his own skills in deception, and how he too is a sort of actor, not unlike Don Quixote. On the other hand however, it could also be a more literal foreshadowing, that he (Baoyu) Quite Literally changed his face. We won't know until Canto 8, but it is an option you know.

The HamHamPangPang dish(es)

For those who don't know, here is a list of the Sinner-themed dishes that were available at HamHamPangPang.

Now, chances are, not all of them have deep meanings. I don't think there's much of a deep meaning to Heathcliff and Ishmael's dishes, I think PJM just legit don't know much about British/American cuisine so they just picked something recogniseable.

However, not all of them are meaningless picks either. Ryoshu, likely a mother, has a meal literally called "parent-and-child donburi". Don Quixote, a Bloodfiend, has a garlic-based dish. These were clearly done on purpose.

So, what does it say that Hong Lu's dish is actually two different dishes? That he's the only one whose dish is two different dishes? And it's not like the two are in some way inherently connected, since they're of completely different cuisines. Japchae is a Korean dish, not Chinese like the Mandarin rolls.

And just in case you weren't convinced that Hong Lu's choice of dishes is purposeful - another name for Mandarin rolls is flower buns, and one of the special occasions japchae is commonly served for is weddings. If you had read through the Daiyuisms section and somehow have no idea what the significance of that is, I don't know what to tell you.

The Daiyu-Baoyu Theory (finally)

So. I gave some evidence for why I think Hong Lu could still be Daiyu despite being revealed as Baoyu. I gave some evidence for why I think Hong Lu could be a Two in One deal, or that at the very least there's something more complex going on with his identity. But let's discuss the theory itself, how it would recontextualize certain things, and why I think it's an extremely fitting an thematically resonant direction for Hong Lu's Canto to go in.

The Theory

Here's what I speculate is going on.

Daiyu, just like in DOTRC, is someone who was taken in into the Jia Household rather than born in it, and who strongly connected with Baoyu upon meeting him. The two would end up forming a bond strong enough that they would be willing to die for one another (or, if they're in particularly argumentative moods, to kill themselves just to force the other to have to live a long life grieving over them - this is an actual argument they have in DOTRC and I pray to god this is adapted into Limbus because it's too fucking funny).

At some point, Baoyu either dies or is brought to near death, likely through the same circumstances as in DOTRC - being beaten by his Father. To save him, his memories and consciousness would be transferred to his eye, a process not dissimilar to the one Xichun brings up in Canto 7, and implanted into Daiyu's body, causing them to become a vessel for Baoyu. This would be how Hong Lu as he is now is created.

All of the above is the main basis for this theory. Everything else that I might speculate about, such as the exact nature of the two's relationship, Daiyu's more exact background and personality, how their pre-reincarnation lives could be adapted - all of those are things that are purely speculative and ones that I don't really expect to be actually fulfilled. The only bits that I am sure are likely to be true is what I laid out above.

So... what does it all mean for the future? I'm glad you asked!

The Recontextualization

Here's a collection of just a couple of things that Hong Lu has said or is depicted as that would be heavily recontextualized if this theory ends up being true.

Hong Lu surviving despite claiming he didn't fight back when his siblings first tried to kill him: With the context that he used to be two seperate people, the answer to how he survived is made very simple. Baoyu is the one who wasn't fighting back. Daiyu, however, could have still protected him in turn.

The red ribbon on Hong Lu's weapon: There is only one other Sinner who has a similar decoration on their weapon - Ryoshu, who also has a red ribbon on her sword, which could be easily connected to Yuzuki and her death. With the context of Hong Lu being Baoyu occupying Daiyu's body and thus effectively rendering their self non-existent, the red ribbon could be a parallel symbol - a symbol of Daiyu and their 'death'.

How Hong Lu treats his weapon in his base E.G.O: The way Hong Lu holds his weapon in the illustration is more like he's cradling another person. This could be a representation of how he feels about Daiyu's situation. Likewise, in the attack animation, he's not really attacking with the weapon itself, is he? He's simply using it to direct a ribbon (which in itself is missing in the illustration), the part that is actually the attack. If the weapon in the base E.G.O represents Daiyu, this could be a parallel to how Baoyu feels like he's merely directing Daiyu's body to attack, rather than being the one actually attacking.

The duality of Hong Lu IDs: There is a notable pattern among Hong Lu IDs, and that is the focus on his attitude to violence. When he's in a situation where he's obedient towards his Family, he's either uninterested in violence, bored of it, or otherwise given no other choice but to use it as a reprieve from boredom. However, when he's in a situation where he's disconnected from his Family or otherwise questioning the status quo, he's shown to not only be much more aggressive and violent, but to outright enjoy it. With the context of Hong Lu being composed of two people, this duality could represent each of his components - the obedient and violence-averse being more Baoyu-like, while the questioning and violence-favoring being more Daiyu-like.

So, there's a bunch of stuff that would be given new meaning under the premise of this theory being true. But now, what about the future? What would this theory mean for the themes and ending of Canto 8?

The Resolution

I believe this is how the Daiyu-Baoyu theory will affect Canto 8.

At some point, whether before or during the Canto, it will be revealed that Hong Lu is both Daiyu and Baoyu. There will be an attempt to seperate the two, perhaps to implant Baoyu into a more fitting, more Jia Family-approved Vessel. Perhaps because the 'arranged marriage' from DOTRC could be adapted into something more... let's say Fear and Hunger kind of marriage rather than traditional marriage.

This will leave Hong Lu to be returned to their state as Daiyu, who will be revealed to be a very different person to what the Sinners knew Hong Lu as. There is a non-zero chance that Daiyu will be unable to hear Dante or be revived by them due to the one who signed the contract being Baoyu, and so they could end up acting as an uncontrollable ally unit not unlike Xichun in Canto 7.

The climax would then be Daiyu and Baoyu reuniting and being unwilling to part with each other again, even for the sake of returning to being the fake persona that is Hong Lu, leading to a potential duo boss fight/distortion boss fight/duo distortion boss fight.

The ending would be the two of them deciding to embrace their new identity as Hong Lu and truly becoming one, discarding their pasts and the selves that had been forced on them by the Jia Family. This ending would have a twofold meaning regarding how it connects to the DOTRC adaptation.

One - it would be a direct parallel to the ending of DOTRC where Baoyu leaves to become a monk. By becoming Hong Lu and discaring his previous identities, he'd be leaving behind the earthly attachments inherent to being Baoyu and Daiyu and become spiritually whole.

Two - it would be a reflection of the major theme of DOTRC, that being "Truth becomes fiction when the fiction's true. Real becomes not-real when the unreal's real." Hong Lu, as a person, is a 'fake' persona used by the 'real' Baoyu and Daiyu. However, by discarding those two identities and deciding to just be Hong Lu, the fiction of his existence becomes the truth, while his former real selves become not real.

Conclusion?

I could honestly just keep going with this post, but I think I'm going to stop myself here before I'm forced to find out what tumblr's character limit on posts is. Believe me, I was trying to be brief, and still this post is. This fucking long.

I hope this explains why this theory has been the subject of my brainrot for the past however long, and why I feel like it's surprisingly plausible despite being as deranged as it is.

Godspeed and godbless, I have classes tomorrow and I'm spending my time on this.

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POSEIDON who tries his best to not show his frustration, how dare a mere human like you be so casual about him? It takes him a while to understand it's not disrespect it's friendship and you just have a strong personality, tough love if you will.

HADES who sees so many similarities between you two yet so many differences, you're not mean you can be pretty caring. But the way you so casually talk and even slap gods is amusing to him.

ADAMAS who tried to be all angry and grumpy with you but ended up being the biggest puppy. He comes to you when Hades isn't available, he doesn't know what it is but you kinda remind him of his big brother.

ZEUS who pokes fun at you just cause he knows you won't do anything, he doesn't try to "break" your facade and annoys you the same way he does Odin....by making you babysit him and essentially give him scary dog privileges.

APHRODITE who tries to get any reaction out of you, she isn't used to someone looking at her and not at least smiling.

HERMES who pokes you just for fun, he says it's to get a reaction out of you but we all know he does it for the funsies.

HERACLES who rants to you about anything that comes to his mind, he likes your strong personality and how you so casually talk to him, it's a breathe of fresh air.

ARES who started off with seeing you as a disrespecting mortal to then come to the conclusion that you're a glorified babysitter taking care of beings much older then yourself, including him.

LOKI who bugs you on a daily to try and get a reaction out of you, he obviously fails miserably but at least give him points for effort. He hasn't had this much trouble with a mortal since Jack bamboozled him about tea.

THOR who doesn't pay much attention to you, he doesn't mind your "attitude", high chance it's Forseti causing more noise about respect then Thor himself.

ODIN who much like Thor doesn't mind all that much about hoe indifferent you are however, unlike Thor he has limits. His crows are still the ones causing way too much noise about respect and shit, but if he does eventually get bothered by the "disrespect" he'll just get up and leave. He's not a child and can leave places if he feels like it, so shut up you two bird brains.

SHIVA who can and will make you join him and Rudra dance. He also tries to break your facade but that doesn't work. Shiva is pretty chill about most things but is still slightly irked that you have absolutely no reaction to being face to face with a god that uses the earth as his animal crossing island.

BUDDHA who just vibes under a tree with you, you both don't talk and just enjoy being close to each other.

ZERO who is basically your unofficial child, he's the only one who can make you break away from the tough love and "indifference" just by being himself.

BEELZEBUB who tries to keep his distance from you since he's afraid he'll get attached. He doesn't hate you, he just doesn't want to kill his new friend.

SASAKI who's normal cheery and laid-back attitude made you gravitate to him. His grandpa vibes give you more then enough comfort.

QIN who is adamant in making you his friend, no you can't escape him and the power of friendship shall be blasted upon thou.

ADAM who has the same nature and therefore doesn't mind, you're his child and that's that.

TESLA who took your silence as the greenlight to go on a rant about science and his latest inventions, you two have an odd friendship, he rants and you listen.

LU BU who normally wouldn't go out of his way to befriend some, but he hasn't had someone who doesn't run or worship him immediately in a while. Can you fight? Cause he wants to fight you.

RAIDEN who takes his time to stare at you, he yaps your ear off but he's also staring at you without blinking to make sure you don't "make a cute face" without him seeing....apparently it's not fair Thrud can see you crack a smile or giggle.

JACK who would normally stick to himself will try to socialize with you, he ended up enjoying you silent company and is one of the few who managed to get a smile and full sentence out of you.

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Day 7 - Only for Emergencies

Character(s): Hyrule (LU)

Words: 1096

Summary: Thunder is a powerful and expensive spell. Even with all that, will be enough?

Whump scale: 2 (see the full scale here)

Warnings: Injuries and burns

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In fights the ones that stay in front are Time, Sky and Warriors. Wild, Wind and Four play support. Twilight, Legend and Hyrule attack the ones that try to get away.

Usually this method works very well, until it doesn’t.

There were reports of an army of monsters going around the edge of the forest in Warriors’ era, and they needed to get rid of them.

It would be easy, if only these weren’t overpowered monsters. The locals weren’t lying when they called it a whole army.

Soon it was clear that their normal formation wouldn’t work here, Four being the first to be outnumbered and get a hit in the shoulder.

Hyrule wasn’t sure where to go. They didn’t discuss the tactic here with this number of enemies, so he ran to the first one that he saw.

“Wild!” When usually the champion was on top of a tree he was fighting with all the ferocity that gave away his title. There were at least 15 monsters around him trying to land a fatal hit.

The traveler made his way through the horde and took down a good amount of the enemies. More were coming, now trying to close any gap or chance for escape.

It was clear that in no time they will be again cornered. This seems to be the last ones at least, but that didn’t make it easier.

Then the roar was heard.

A lynel, maybe from Wild’s era, came running to aid the rest of the small army.

The fact that it had a golden fur with black spots didn’t give Hyrule any positive thoughts.

“Golden Lynel!” Wild shouted from behind him. “They’re fast, try to stay away from its way when running!”

He had zero plans of staying in front of it, don’t worry.

The first one to go for it was Wild, obviously for being the most familiar with these monsters, the rest of them kept the other enemies from going after him. The champion has fought bigger ones, he could handle this.

Hyrule was now with Legend, defending the corners where the fight with the lynel was taking place. They were the most coordinated when fighting, it came natural with their skills.

Another roar made him stop a second, maybe Wild landed a decent hit.

Then the world was on fire.

“BACK UP! NOW!!” The warning came a little late, fire was already too close to do almost anything.

He heard Wind’s scream, and looked around to find him with his arm burned. Warriors was already next to him with a potion, taking him temporally away from the fight.

Hyrule scanned the surroundings, Time seems to be okay with Four next to him, Sky was supporting Twilight who seemed that had gotten a decent 2nd grade burn on his arm and leg.

Legend was safe next to him, that were eight of them… And Wild?

His silent question was answered seconds later, the sound of a weapon breaking coming to his ears after the sound of things burning ceased.

The champion was throwing a lot of his arsenal to the lynel, blue light coming from his hip non-stop with the weapons appearing in his hands. If he continued with this he will not have any way to attack.

“That fucking idiot!” Legend hissed behind him, the false venom hiding that worry in his tone for the champion.

“We need to do something.” The monsters were still too many to move around without getting into a fight, at this rate they will get killed.

He needs to kill them all, now.

Plan made he ran, leaving his place next to the veteran, ignoring his yell of warning.

He needed to get to the center, from there he will get the most of them. And if he wants to really help, kill that lynel.

When he arrived to where was the main fight, Wild was just avoiding getting hit with only a simple sword on his hands. He was already out of weapons.

Ignoring how the champion looked alarmed with how he sprinted towards the lynel he used his magic to jump and get to its back. Grabbing with all the strength he had its mane he called.

Electricity ran through his fingers, exploding with a strong charge and burning anything that came in contact with it.

He concentrated in no hurting his brothers, only focusing on the cursed blood of the monsters to channel all the energy.

Screams and roars from the enemies didn’t came to his ears, silent by the sound of all the powerful energy coming from his hands.

The spell dissipated and colors aside from white and hints of blue came to his vision, together with the sound around him.

Most of the monsters were already dead, burned down by the lighting and only a few being taken care of by his brothers.

The lynel was still alive, though.

It tried to get free from the uninvited passenger on its back, jumping even with sudden spams came through its limbs.

This thing wasn’t dying easily. Hyrule wasn’t either.

He called again for his magic, he still had enough to cast lighting again. This time, he used a little more of energy.

The buzzing came again with the blinding light, now concentrating all that in one objective. The spell stopped and the damn thing was still alive.

He was about to just grab his sword and try to stab it multiple times, but now seeing how it was running towards Wild made him act on instinct.

Lighting hit again the beast, stopping it on its tracks and giving the champion time to move. It was still alive. What did this lynel eat when growing up?!

His magic was running low, he only had a little of his normal reserve and the one for emergencies.

It was running towards the wounded of the group, now not paying attention to who was on its back. This was an emergency.

The traveler, with all the strength he had left, grabbed big amounts of the lynel’s mane, filling his lungs with air, and then lighting exploded.

It was almost like a big boom around; the world being covered in a blinding white and the only noise that came to his ears was the buzzing of electricity.

It stopped, his magic maybe now completely empty and leaving his fingers. His hands couldn’t keep grabbing the mane and he let go.

Falling from its back he heard a distant call for his name, at least the lynel was falling together with him.

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This will have a continuation! (not on whumptober tho)

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How would you rewrite Atmos most wanted?🤔🤔🤔

Oh this is a good one. Anyone who's been in the discord for a while will know more or less my ideas for this one.

Unlike Energy Crisis, I have actual grievances with this episode, and they are as follows:

The Raptors' disguises were just… why? I know why, it's because Storm Hawks is a kid's show, but surely you can give your audience a bit more credit than that. It's Dark Ace in Velocity all over again. I forgive it for the most part because it's a cartoon, but Nerd Corps is on thin ice XD

The people who are on the war path after the Hawks makes no bloody sense for when the episode happens in relation to the rest of the show. Yes, the show has episodic writing but by AMW, the Rex Guardians, Absolute Zeroes and Rebel Ducks all have an established history with the Hawks. If anything, more people than just Dove should've been trying to help them clear their names.

The crimes and items stolen is just nonsensical. There was no end goal for the Raptors here, they were just being evil for the sake of it and as a result the stakes were depressingly low. We deserved a bigger threat than what we got.

With those problems established, let's go over how I'd fix them, starting with the teams who think the Storm Hawks robbed them.

This episode would've been a great opportunity to introduce some squadrons we don't know very well. Perhaps the Buff Buzzards and the Screaming Queens, both teams we've seen in passing during Velocity, but that never got much development.

As for the teams we do know better. All of them felt like they were being written terribly out of character, excluding Wren. Wren can stay the crazy accusing old man he originally was. This man almost yeeted these kids into the Wastelands on their first meeting because he refused to believe that they weren't Cyclonians until Radarr bit him.

So we have Wren on the war path making false accusations again. How about the rest of the Rebel Ducks are following him to make sure he doesn't give himself an aneurism. Meanwhile Harrier and Suzy Lu are trying to get to the bottom of these thefts before pinning it on the Hawks. These kids surely wouldn't steal such valuable and even dangerous items, would they?

Now what is actually being stolen? And why?

The Cheese Stone is funny but ultimately useless. Let's replace it with a box of high-grade explosives, because one of my headcanons for the Rebel Ducks is that blowing things up is their favourite way to get shit done. Nobody makes a bomb like a Galeman can.

The snow blaster is… ok, I guess? One of the few instances of gun weapons being seen in Storm Hawks. But let's make it a bit more specific and have it that one of Suzy-Lu's frost crystals was stolen. An extremely rare one that's capable of freezing metal to the point where it shatters.

The Rex Guardians always seemed to me like one of the most influential squadrons in the Free Atmos, so as well as old Sky Knight relics they probably have archives of current and recent goings-on in the war, maybe even things that let them access high-security locations such as prisons.

If anyone can see where I'm going with this, you can have a cookie.

Stealing the Aurora Stone pieces is a brave move, and I'm sure anyone's attention would be grabbed by an attempt at such a crime.

So we have some new antagonists, and a running theme for the items that have been stolen. What can these things be used for? What goal shall we give the thieves of this rewrite?

How about a prison break?

The Atmosia Stockade is a high-security prison that houses Carver, and no doubt numerous other prisoners of war, such as high ranking Talons, turncoat Sky Knights, powerful Murk Raiders, the list goes on. The Free Atmos would stand to lose a lot if so many dangerous individuals escaped. Imagine the chaos!

And if that wasn't enough, I have one last major change to bring out.

The Raptors aren't the thieves in this. Not the main ones anyway. Perhaps they were hired as distractions, perhaps they did help with a couple of the thefts, but they're not the primary culprits. It's the Storm Hawks Reserve team.

This ties into other rewrite ideas I've got lined up, specifically Talon Academy. I decided a while back that several members of the Reserves that Aerrow suggested in TA and that never got mentioned again what the hell were in fact Cyclonian double agents. People with a huge motivation to break people out of the Stockade. And it'd explain why the likes of Wren are so sure that it was the Storm Hawks who robbed them. They have the right uniforms, the right insignia, and they are not a pack of giant lizards in paper masks.

...Sorry, I'm a bit salty.

I want the Storm Hawks to fail in this episode. It would've been interesting to see how they handle a loss like this, and I think it would make things incredibly interesting for the lead-up to Cyclonia Rising. Imagine all the new threats we could've gotten.

So that's my extensive ideas for how I'd rewrite Atmos's Most Wanted. Maybe one day I'll do a fanfic or even an audio drama based on this rewrite, because apparently recording my attempts at voice acting is something I want to so. I hope you enjoyed my ramblings!

[theunholybastard]

Kinktober: October 24th - Threesome (Papa Emeritus IV x Cumulus x Female!Reader)

Tags: Porn With No Plot, Threesome F/F/M, Praise, Restraints, Cunilingus, Creampie, Cum Eating, 1st Person POV

Cumulus tugs at the ropes binding my wrists, tightening them. "Is that good, baby?" She asks, sickeningly sweet. I nod nervously, mentally preparing myself for what activities will soon ensue. We were both already completely naked and exposed. Cumulus' body is that of a goddess, sculpted by Venus herself. I'm intimidated, quite frankly, despite her soft and safe demeanour. The only one not fully naked yet was Copia, still clad in his tight pants. That, and his socks, which he was not planning on taking off.

"How are my beautiful ladies doing, eh?" Copia grins, coming up behind Cumulus and running his hands up her waist, grasping at her plump skin. "Good, Papa." She purrs, shivering at his touch. A hand comes up to pinch at her nipple, a little moan escaping her. "And you, cara mia?" He turns his focus to me, his gaze fogged with lust, looking at me as if I was his prey he was stalking.

"I'm okay, Papa." I shudder, the temperature in the room too cold to remain nude and untouched for much longer. "Just c-chilly..." Copia nods sympathetically, his hands now coming to rub up my leg. "Poor thing. We must show you some attention now, shouldn't we?" He coos. "Or perhaps, you'd like it if we put on a show for you first?" As much as I'd like to watch Cumulus fall apart on Copia, or vice-versa, my cunt is aching for some sort of attention, for a release.

"Please just fuck me." I mutter. The two smile excitedly, Copia starting to undo the laces of his confining pants. "Of course. Cumulus, would you be a doll and warm her up for me? I'll make it worth your while." Cumulus grins ear to ear, fangs shining in the candle light filling the room. She dips her body down, hot breath zeroed in on my cunt. I don't even have the time to take a deep breath before her tongue is lapping violently at my clit, sucking on me like she wants to get to my centre.

Copia gets behind her once he frees himself from the confines of his pants, lining himself up with her entrance. He pushes in, her copious amounts of slick making it extremely easy to slide in. I could practically hear the squishing sound of her wetness enveloping him. She moans against my folds, the vibration feeling fucking incredible against my swollen clit. The pleasure he was giving her only encouraged her further to suck and lick at my pussy, devouring me frantically like I was her favorite meal.

He bucked into her at a slow pace, wanting to save some stamina for me too. She growls impatiently, rocking her hips harshly against his, causing him to cry out. His grip on her hips is almost bruising, desperately trying to contain himself. "F-fuck, 'Lus. You're so tight..." He gasps, bucking faster, her tongue only flicking faster in return. She smiles cheekily against my sex, a light blush on her cheeks. Her growing cockiness encourages her to add two fingers inside my hole, pumping and curling in order to hit the spot. Thank Lucifer she trimmed her claws beforehand like I told her to.

Her mouth attacking the most sensitive part of me, all while I was forced to watch her body jiggle deliciously as he fucked into her, was too much to handle, practically screaming from the overwhelming pleasure and extreme arousal I was experiencing. The recoil of her ass and tits bouncing and swaying from the force, and the tip of her tongue flicking in a rapid succession, I was tipping over, close to reaching the precipice.

I clench around her fingers, and throw my head back, letting out a choked moan at the feeling of it washing over me. My body felt like it was completely factory resetting, like a bucket of cold water was dumped all over me, and simultaneously, my cunt was on fire. My thighs cramped firmly around her ears, and though they weren't nearly as luscious and life-ending as hers were, I couldn't help but worry I hurt her. My body couldn't control itself however, bucking against her face, my hips rolling with each wave that crashed upon me.

When she was finally able to pull away, she did so very hesitantly, as if she wanted to live down there for the rest of her days. She licked her lips seductively, licking her fingers clean as well. "You taste so fucking good, darling." She huffs, Copias thrusts perfectly timed in between each word. "Do you think shes ready for my cock?" Copia asked, out of breath from how hard he was fucking into the curvaceous Ghoulette. She nods enthusiastically, popping herself off of his dick and shuffling her body upwards. She hovers over my face, her dripping pussy in full view.

"Do you need me to hover, or can you take it all?" Cumulus purrs, stroking my cheek. I can feel Copia's cock rubbing against my sensitive folds, not yet pushing in until I answer her. "Make me take it. Please." I plead, needy and desperate to feel her whole weight crush me. She beamed, explained to me how all I needed to do to get her to stop was tap twice against the bedframe, and finally plopped down. Her cunt tasted incredible, and I slurped her up with equal intensity that she did to me. I could only hope I was doing half as well as she did.

Copia pushed in, giving it his all as he fucked into me. The stretch felt incredible, his cock a lot bigger than I had anticipated. "Brava ragazza." Copia praised. "Take it like a good girl. Take the both of us." I could barely breathe, and the way I was constricting around Copia, he could barely breathe either. It was so fucking worth it. I would die happily drowned in Cumulus' liquids, and Copia would gladly let his heart give out if it meant pulling another orgasm from me.

"You're so big." My words are barely coherent, severely muffled by the wet pussy suffocating me. He seemed to understand just fine, his hand coming to press on my lower stomach. "Am I now?" He huffs. "I understand how you feel that way. I can feel myself reaching all the way up here. I feel my cock bucking into your fucking stomach. Isn't that incredible, amore mio?" His words make me feel lightheaded, or maybe it was the lack of oxygen. Probably both. I still won't let up, not until her cum covers my face will I grant myself permission to breathe.

All of his thrusts met my cervix each time, an involuntary scream erupting from my throat each time. Cumulus seemed to appreciate my vocalizations, no doubt feeling amazing against her perky clit. Her hips rocked on their own accord over my face, and I welcomed it. I loved that she was so lost in the pleasure I was making her receive that she didn't even notice. She looked so beautiful above me, looking down at me with half-lidded eyes, lips parted sensually.

She came very soon, shaking and back arching, only further pressing her mound into my face. I lapped up all her exquisite juices, like a runner after a marathon. It was warm and salty, running down my throat seamlessly. Her voice sounded so beautiful when she cried out my name, a sense of pride filling me. I did that. The excitement alone was enough to send me over the edge once more, shattering against Copia, legs kicking aggressively.

Like a chain reaction, it wasn't long before he followed suit, cumming from the sheer force of me clamping down on his cock. He painted my walls white, deep as possible as he fills me with his seed. Catching our breaths, Cumulus sits up as to not kill me, leaning over to press a kiss to my raw lips. "Did such a good job. Such a pretty girl, honey. So perfect for us..." I soaked up the praise like a sponge, her soft, caring voice filling me with a fuzzy warmth. Copia pulled out, stumbling forward to untie my wrists.

"Can I clean you up, darling?" Cumulus cooed. I nodded thoughtlessly, mind focused on the overwhelming pleasure, and the stinging on my poor wrists. Copia rubbed a soothing ointment on them, kissing and caressing my rope burned wounds. He sang praises to me as Cumulus went down a second time, eating Copia's spend from my leaking hole. I almost feared I would cum a third time, till she finished after what felt like forever, swallowing the last drop of Copias semen.

Copia smiles in satisfaction, waving Cumulus over while pulling me in for an embrace, providing comfort after all the exertion. "Come. I want to hold my two favorite girls." His voice rumbles in his chest. My heart flutters, the noises around me slowly fading as I succumb to sweet sleep. Sweaty, exhausted, and completely at peace in the arms of both of my compassionate lovers.

-

[thedevilrisen]

Hello! Big Congrats in your celly.......

I'm so bloody happy we met on here 💛

I like the prompt "Not everyone is going to hurt you.” “I want to believe you, I do." For maybe some Nova/Luke Hughes action if your feeling it?

-🐨

Thank you my love! The feeling is mutual! 🫶🏻

-:-

After her reconciliation with her father, Nova cut ties with all of her old 'friends.' She knew there was only really one way to get herself back on track and that was to take herself away from any and all bad influences. No flower did not count, he was a good-bad influence. Or at least a dad approved one.

This action however means she faced a severe amount of scrutiny, particularly from the popular kids. She often got mocked and bullied, ridiculed for going from hero to zero.

She went from having everyone love her to everyone around her possessing malicious intentions. Re-making friends became a nightmare, everyone wanted to hurt her. Some people were her friends before the popular girls told them what happened and they became cold and distant, shutting her out, other's pretended to be her friend before embarrassing Nova in front of everyone.

Eventually after many nights spent crying in her dad's arm begging him to take her out of school, but Sidney refusing until she finished the year as much as it pained him to see her tormented by her peers, they decided as a small family that's what would be in their best interests for Nova to finish high school online.

-

"I can't do this Lu." Nova murrmed, digging her heals in slightly as they approached the restaurant.

"Novs." Luke looked his girlfriend in the eye, or tried to as her eyes scatted all over, scanning her surroundings. "It's going to be alright!"

"Lu, what if they know? What if they pretend, becau-" Nova was rambling now, breaths coming fast, looking at him with frantic eyes.

She was meeting his friends for the first time and after the debacle that was meeting his brothers she was terrified. Quinn and Jack thought she was already a horrid influence on Luke, what if his friends thought the same. She thought off handedly about how his friends could do what her 'friends' did to her and then Luke wouldn't want to date her anymore.

"Not everyone is going to hurt you." Luke mumbled as he pulled the brunette into his arms, brushing her hair out of her face and rocking the two of them gently side to side.

"I want to believe you, I do." Nova mumbled, twisting the ring on his right hand, "My prior experience tells me otherwise."

Luke let out a sigh, he knew that this would be an arduous task but in his eyes, every second he spent helping or being with Nova was worth it. “How about if we go for ten minutes and if you are uncomfortable I will suddenly come down with crippling food poisoning from some bad shrimp we had for lunch.”

Nova stood there and contemplated weather or not that’s would suffice, deciding that not much could go wrong in ten minutes she nodded to herself, took a deep breath.

“Let’s do this. You better be a good actor as well.”

“Don’t worry Novs, I bullshited my brothers my whole life, a little food poisoning won’t be hard to fake.”

-:-

HI! This took forever and I’m still not happy with it but I’m using this as an escape because of you know what! Enjoy!

[lumisnowy]

Hello my beautiful people

How are you? I hope you are well and that you are taking care of yourself. Drink enough and do something good for yourself. The current time is hard at the moment, the world is permanently changing, I hope you can cope with it. You deserve to be heard, you deserve to be loved. You deserve the world.

I am not doing well at the moment. I am empty. My energy is now at zero percent. Everything feels heavy, so damn heavy. As if the little boat on which I sail through my life is sinking. It is a feeling of heaviness and emptiness. Do you understand what I mean?

A dark hole, from which I actually already wanted to escape. But again and again my arms pull me down into this hole. I try to deal with it. But… it is not easy.

I wish I had a person who would sincerely listen to me. I am always the person who listens and gives advice. I give a lot. I give so much of myself that sometimes I lose myself.

That's how it feels. Like I've lost my own self. I hope this feeling ends soon.

Love, Lu

[utopianparadoxist]

Prince English POV @ Dirk, mostly. Jake is in bold. Dirk is in italics. Overlaps are in both. Complete song under the cut so as not to stretch the dash too much.

(And I can't look up and I can't look down When the whole wide world reveals its death And I can't take a breath 'cause I haven't escaped And I haven't escaped because I can't take a breath)

Oh zookeeper, we're gonna help each other through Zookeeper, I don't trust anyone but you Leave the enclosure, lower our gaze Brace for the crush, here it comes, brace for the CRAZE!

(And I can't buy into the world that's sold But I can't afford to buy a ticket out And I can't reply to anything I'm told But they say they're just telling me to open my mouth And I can't shake the feeling there was something else There was something I believed in that got me here But I'm afraid to go back and find what it was Because the only belief that I held was fear)

Oh zookeeper, all my life through Zookeeper, it's been only me and you We govern the jungle, we scuttle the ark There go the cameras, here comes the darkHere comes the dark!

(And will you leave me behind because I cry too much? Well if you do then you know I'll cry and cry Or are you leaving 'cause you've never known another touch And you wonder what it's like on the other side? And the further you go, the less I care And the less I care, then the further you go And the smarter I get, the more I want to learn But the more that I learn, the less I realize I know)

'Cause there's There's nobody left There's nobody left There's nobody left There's nobody left but you and me

There's nobody left There's nobody left There's nobody left But you and me

(And everything that's new decays to something old And "new" is just a word, just an adjective And every part of speech that I conceive afresh Will do nothing to change the fact that it's live Or die, the two, the irreducible pair And it's yes or no, and it's you or me And it's stay or go, and it's earth or air And it's fast or slow, or it's in between)

Oh zookeeper, d'ya think we'll pull through? Zookeeper, and do we really have to? We could've stayed, we could still pretend But here come the birds of prey Here comes the end Here comes the end

(And it's up or down, and it's zero or one And we're made of ghosts, who're all keeping score It's all in the past or it's still to come And I feel like I'm the only one who cries for more 'Cause time is just one way, and a circle's closed And everyone I know retains a name Still I can't look up and I can't look down And for all the change, it's all the same)

And there's, There's nobody left There's nobody left There's nobody left There's nobody left but you and me!

There's nobody left There's nobody left There's nobody left But you and me!

There's nobody left There's nobody left There's nobody left There's nobody left but you and me!

(And if I stride into the heart of a factory Walking tall and fast so that no one asks Could I lay my head down on the iron press? And could I push the green button and end it fast? There's a black hole spiral with no inside Where nothing escapes and death is just a flash But to the bear in the cage is there a slowing of time? Does the split second noise just last and last?)

There's nobody left in the world In the place of predator and prey and boys and girls There's nobody left in the wild Ain't got no use for words like "animal" or "child"

(And does the lion grow love like wings of milk? And does the meat of my bones rise up and sing? And does my soul take flight into calcium dust? And does the map of the world blow apart in the wind? And does the boat on the water dissolve in tears? And does clearing in the forest mate intention with math? Is the emergence of a tumor just a god who tries To break into our world by the shortest path?)

Zookeeper Come on, open your heart up, open my cage Here comes the future Here comes the RAGE!

(And does the flailing of my body on the foundry floor Give a scent of honey and a scent of luck So that the workers and overseer can't ignore The little moonglow breeze by which they're struck? And will we meet in the morning on the day we die? Will we chase our shadows like we never grew up? And will we laugh to the comedy of nuclei? And will we drink ourselves deep into the holy cup? And your very first word was your very last choice If your daughter doesn't get you then the government will I'm just hanging onto life for the sake of my cats And if I were their size, they would probably kill me too)

[layranh]

This looks like fun ;

I really don't have one, but I like the whole concept of Dawn FM - The Weeknd

I love you - Billie Eilish

Me cuesta tanto olvidarte-Mecano

Last Christmas-Wham!

I have been fan of Shakira since I was 4 years old!! And this my fav song of her : Hips don't lie - Shakira, Wycelf Jean

Cinammon Girl-Lana del Rey (I'm in my Lana era💞)

Feel Good Inc - Gorillaz. (I used to listen music with my best frend in class and I remember this song that I haved listen before but i didn't know the name, I loved it so much and then I searched it, and yeah it's a good song)

Omg there's alot of songs... But I feel that the most relevant r : Less than Zero-The Weeknd ; Everything I wanted - Billie Eilish ; Clocks and Speed of Sound - Coldplay.

Physical and Levitating - Dua Lipa ( My aspiration to be free and enjoy life while dancing. I also feel that I'm a "star /vanilla and nature girl" smoothie

Tu si sabes quererme-Natalia Lafourcade ft los Macorinos ( It's not "precisely" about where I live but it's music from my country, with characteristic rhythms from where I live , I love this song too)

Lento-Julieta Venegas ( from my country too)

Listen to your Heart-Roxette

Save your Tears-The Weeknd with Ariana Grande ; I found you-Stephen Sánchez with Em Beihold and Chamber of Reflection(acustic by Your Anxiety Buddy) -Mac deMarco

Hotel California - Eagles

Meet me hallway-Black Eyed Peas

There r alot of childhood fav songs , but this song, represent a good part : Tu no eres para mi-Fanny Lu

Lean On-Major Lanzer and I know you want me - Pitbull

Escapism-from Steven Universe ; La Bicicleta-Carlos Vives with Shakira ;C`mon-P!atd and Fun ;This is Gospel - Panic! at the disco ; Ghost-Mystery Skulls ; Save your Tears-The Weeknd

Las de la Intuición-Shakira ( I like her new songs, but I love more her old songs )

Spirit-Beyonce ; Just like Fire-P¡NK ; Roar-Katy Perry

No soy una de esas - Jesse &Joy ft Alejandro Sanz

I would say Life for the Rent-Dido and Dont Speak-No Doubt.

Kiss me more - Doja Cat ft SZA

IM a big fan of sountrascks , here r my fav ( I CANT DECIDE SORRY) : Truth,Spoils of War, The last War,The Children, Dracarys, Reign -Ramin Djawadi ; Young Love, Childrens of the prophecy ,To be close to you, Between Worlds- Lorne Balfe and The Golden Compass, Sky Ferry , Epiloge , Lyra- Alexander Desplat .And all of Toby Fox soundtracks <3

Summertime Sadness - Lana de Rey

Rainbow -Kesha , Batte Scars-Paradise Fears, and Less than Zero-The Weeknd . They taught me to keep it up going even if i was too mentally tired , to have a purpose in life and fight for it . I still learning to enjoy life as the way it is ...

Fallen Down- Toby Fox . ( I will put this soundtrack instead, since it means alot to me ...)

Mary on a Cross - Ghost . Dont get me wrong, its a pretty song bt it was SO USED for tiktok that i got tired of it XD-

GoodBye-Billie Eilish and Cake-Melanie Martinez

TAKE ON ME -A ha . No doubt

Those r the most reevant , but i like ALOT of songs

Music Asks

your favorite album opener

a song starting w/ the same first letter of your first name

a song outside of your usual genre

a song that reminds you of your favorite season

a song from a lifelong favorite artist

your current “on repeat” song

a song your friend introduced you to that you ended up loving

a song that speaks the words you couldn’t say

a song that captures your aesthetic (can be ideal!)

a song about the place where you live

a song from an international artist

a song you can scream all the words to

a reboot of a song/songs you already loved (remix, mashup, acoustic, etc.)

a song with the name of a place in the title

a song that reminds you of traveling

your favorite childhood song

a song that reminds you of a good time

a song that reminds you of a bad time

a song from an artist whose old music you enjoy more than their new music

a song that empowers you

a song from a local artist

a song you related to in the past and present, but for different reasons

your favorite cheesy pop song

a song from a soundtrack (musical, movie, video game, etc.)

the song currently stuck in your head OR the song you are listening to right now

a song that taught you a lesson

an instrumental song

a song you always skipped, but ended up loving once you listened to it

your favorite album closer

your all-time favorite song

[whatvioletdoes-blog]

Now that it's Monday, we can actually share our design for Warriors in our LU Zero Escape AU (that some of us are still trying to deny is an AU)!

He *is* blind, he just wasn't born blind like our file said for the past several months, by the way. I have no idea how we got that one mixed but it has been fixed lol

Shoutout to this taking so long that our lineart style changed slightly since we finished the big design and we actually use a different brush nowadays

[eimaremia]

Birthdays

✨ Multifandom Edition ✨

Ai: The Somnium Files

Date Kaname: August 3rd

Alien Stage

Luka:

Sua: December 22nd

Till: June 21st

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Yue: March 15th

Banana Fish

Ash Lynx: August 12th

Boku no Hero Academia

Aizawa Shouta: November 8th

Bakugou Katsuki: April 20th

Hagakure Tooru: June 16th

Kamihara Shinya: February 22nd

Takami Keigo: December 28th

Danganronpa

Tanaka Gundam: December 14th

Dragalia Lost

Fritz: November 30th

Harle:

Hildegarde: May 4th

Haikyuu!!

Kozume Kenma: October 16th

Hourou Musuko

Nitori Lily: January 10th

Kimetsu no Yaiba

Iguro Obanai: September 15th

The Legend of Zelda

Link: September 1st

“Oshi no Ko”

Hoshino Aquamarine:

Pokémon

N:

Natsume: January 20th

Shiguang Dailiren

Lu Guang: October 24th

Shiki

Koide Natsuno: December 15th

Shingeki no Kyojin

Eren Jaeger: March 30th

Uta no☆Prince-sama♪

Mikaze Ai: March 1st

Zero Escape

Light Field:

[pcrdita]

there she went again, stubbornly muttering away. they were pretty similar people in that way, always needing the upper hand to feel some sort of control over the fragility of life. he could never blame her for it, he understood the feeling well. jude looks to ramsey, a sweet woman that came with him tonight purely as a friend. he didn’t want to stray too far from her for too long, having zero intention of ditching her. she didn’t deserve to be cast aside like that because he wanted to satiate his curiosity of luciana. but as she begins to step to meet his stride, jude stops and glances back down at luciana. he was never sure what the woman wanted; sometimes wanting his attention, sometimes acting like she'd push him off a cliff if given the chance. he follows her glance over towards ramsey, and he suddenly feels the urge to defend the younger woman, that she was only a friend and jude didn't want her to feel somewhat in the middle of it all.

"i can say the exact same thing about you." he adds, gently, noting that even when they did kiss luciana still managed to seem closed off. in all, luciana teased jude just as much as he did to her. "lu—" jude presses his lips together, unsure of how the string to right words together in order to convey his thoughts. "there isn't a universal rulebook on these things, i promise you that." a bout of humoured air escapes the mans lips, shaking his head. "sure, you did. but straight after that you went to went to acting like i was an annoyance. i'm sure you see how that might of made me think you weren't that interested." jude doesn't mean to convict her, the half smile dangling off his lips should convey so.

it'd been a long time since jude had been in a relationship. after the ordeal of being emotionally torn to shreds by jane leaving him in a drugged stupor, jude swore he'd never get attached again. that definitiveness wore over time, but he wasn't overly invested in dating or relationships. he was a bitter, grump of a man that spent his days fixing cars and complaining that he had to put seasonal decorations up before pitstop stood out like a sore thumb next to it's neighbours. he could blame this all on jane, how her leaving changed him as a person, but that wouldn't help anything.

"i'm not the type of guy to chase after someone i'm not certain actually wants to be. some people like to flirt, play the game, but don't want anymore than that." jude was happy to keep the sparring match was luciana for as long as the desire to banter was mutual. but there was always a line between play fighting and romance. a beat passes, as he steps a litte closer towards luciana as the music in the background rose in volume, closing the space between the,. "so i'm going to ask you again, do you want me to leave you alone, or are you interested?" he places his hand gently on luciana's hip, before meeting her line of sight one final time.

it was sad to think about; the raven-haired woman never had an actual relationship before. of course, she's had flings here and there, a few short term relationships but not an actual one. nothing close to this, the potential to put her heart out there and leaving it up to him to take care of stomp on to toss it away. she knew that, that the masks don't exactly conceal identities the way people here may want them too. "i won't lie, i have no idea who is wearing that phantom of the opera mask so..." she states stubbornly, at this point grasping at straws in order to have the upper hand in this conversation.

maybe, it was possible she was being unreasonable. but as she came to a party stag, he had someone else on his arm. is it jealousy that has her behaving like a child? or the voice in the back of her head that has always told her she was never going to be enough for anyone to keep close. her eyes rest on him, not a word leaves her. instead she presses her lips together. it's the first genuine conversation he's trying to have with her, to explain how he's feeling about their situation and that he's been playing the game she's been reeling out this entire time.

as he starts to move away, luciana steps after. "i didn't come with anyone." she tells him, her eyes raising up to look at his face, her eyes drifting to look at the space between him, where his own date was waiting. "you say i'm the one who is confusing but..." she shrugs her shoulders. "i just can't determine whether you can be serious with it or not," it being the one organ inside of her that is more delicate than she cares to admit. "this is the first time you haven't hid behind a joke or the playful banter." she keeps her gaze on him. "girls typically like a guy who makes the first move but as you stated... i kissed you first... as far as i know the rule book states that means the ball is in your court."

@pcrdita

[tiredsp7]

Okay. Since the zero escape trigger warning list is being shared around. I wanna see about another game I like, to advise people who want to get into it. So

Is there a trigger warning list for raging loop anywhere? If there is not. Would anybody like to help me make one?

[the-ashen-spectre]

Zero tilted her head. His explanation seemed to unsettle her somewhat, like an itch in her brain.

So is he like the Entity? There's more than one? Does that mean there is an escape outside of the Entity's power?

Of course, she knew there had to be a catch. If it were this easy, people would've escaped by now. Maybe this being was just as wicked as the Entity but came off as relaxed and polite? Maybe he wasn't able to encroach on the business of other... What's the term he used? "Lords of the Fog"?

The idea of there being more than one "Entity" made her nauseous with anxiety but also gave her a small glimmer of hope.

Patient Zero settled down beside where Lu's human torso lay, sitting criss cross with her hands resting on the front of her calves. If this lord could offer nothing else, she at least hoped to stay a while in his realm.

It was so warm and comfortable. Nothing like the Survivor Camp.

"I am... Unfortunately. My name is Patient Zero. Though I prefer just Zero." The bioweapon smiled a little at him, still a little wary of this Lord of the Fog. But she reasoned that if he had wanted to hurt her (or, more specifically, if he was anything like the Entity), he would have done so by now.

Starter for Dark-Lina ( Lu )

Zero despised the cold. It gnawed at her bones every waking second she continued to "live" past her short lifespan. Her undead flesh tried to generate its own heat by virtue of her still being a moving, bleeding creature... But it was always cool to the touch. Not quite cadaver cold but not the warmth expected of humans. The specter-like girl shuffled through the fog of the Entity's Realm. She knew she wasn't entirely welcomed by the campfire, though the other survivors never said as much. They were obviously wary of a monster among their midst. And she didn't blame them. Who would buy that the Entity made an undead freak a survivor in a realm where the killers were of the supernatural and the survivors were mere flesh and blood? Sighing, Zero rubbed her arms in some vain attempt to gain heat from the friction. But as she took a few more steps forward she felt it. The sensation she craved so desperately. Warmth. It was like some kind of air pocket and she was just outside of it, pressing up against it. Without the hesitation any sensible person would have, she pushed ahead towards the gentle heat that beckoned her. She broke into a run, panting like a mad dog as she barreled ahead with feverish desperation until... The fog dispersed, leaving her in a realm unfamiliar to the one she had come from. @dark-lina

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Welcome to the Nightmare Game II - CH48

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Chapter 48: Star Death Reality Show (XXXI) {cw: misgendering}

"Will Qi Leren be alright?" Dr. Lu, who had already run away, looked at Du Yue behind him in a panic and murmured in a low voice, "I have a bad feeling."

"Qianbei will be fine," Du Yue said confidently.

"No, let's go down and have a look. If he’s in trouble, we can help," Dr. Lu said.

"Okay, let's go." Du Yue was fine with it.

The two people studied the route to find the safest passage. Dr. Lu's sense of direction was bad, and Du Yue wasn’t much better. Two headless flies wandered around the institute and accidentally found intermittent blood on the ground.

The two walked along the blood trail, and finally found the injured Lara in a hidden room. Her injury wasn’t serious, but her spirit was not good. After seeing Du Yue and Dr. Lu, she was silent for a long time, and her voice was hoarse as she asked: "Have you seen Jing Siyu and Jing Sixue?"

The two shook their heads, and Lara sighed: "I'm afraid they’re in danger."

Lara told them what had happened after they ran away. Jing Siyu and Jing Sixue disappeared quickly, but Janet, Alex and Lara were together. They’d had an argument because Francis had been parasitized by an octopus. Janet strongly suspected that Lara was parasitized, and Lara would naturally not admit to such false accusations. During the argument, they met Leviathan, who had been thrown off by Qi Leren once before.

Janet, who was the closest to Leviathan, was the first to be killed. Alex tried to escape, but Leviathan jumped up again. Alex, who was eager to get rid of it, tried to push Lara out, and even stabbed Lara with a dagger. However, Lara had a strong will to survive. She took the dagger regardless of her injury and stabbed Alex’s vitals with a knife. She hid in a room, locked the door, and crawled away from the vents.

After that, Lara tenaciously fled the whole way, and finally came here and met Du Yue and Dr. Lu.

"We also met the monster, and Qi Leren led it away. Here's the thing..." Dr. Lu plainly told the story again, and finally asked, "We’re going to find Qi Leren. Would you like to join us?"

Lara touched the wound on her hand and nodded firmly: "Let's go."

This time, all three people were in a heavy mood. Especially after seeing the incomplete bodies of Jing Siyu and Jing Sixue, Lara cried sadly and asked aloud, "Are we the only ones left? Is Qi still alive?"

Janet and Alex had undoubtedly died by Leviathan's mouth, as well as Jing Siyu and Jing Siyue. Francis, Annie, Mark and Xue Jiahui were all parasitized. He Yi became Leviathan’s host. Only four of them had survived, and among them, Qi Leren’s life and death were still uncertain.

"Of course he’s still alive!" Dr. Lu said firmly. "He must still be alive!"

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In the vast underground ice palace.

"Prophet, are you awake?" A blindfolded woman stood up from the chair of carved ice and respectfully saluted him. The ice and snow maids who were responsible for guarding the underground ice palace also bent over in salute.

"Soothsayer? Is it your rotation today?" asked the Prophet.

"It should have been the Iillusionist’s turn, but he had something to do, so we changed it," the Soothsayer replied.

"How is that boy recently?" When it came to the Illusionist, the Prophet's tone was clearly casual.

"Not bad, I heard that he made an interesting new friend, and he played tricks on others all day long." The Soothsayer smiled and asked again, "This time, you slept for a much shorter time than expected. Is something wrong?"

"It's not an accident." The Prophet frowned and looked up at the dome of ice and snow, but his line of sight seemed to pass through the thick layer of ice and look at the vast universe.

The blindfolded Soothsayer could not see his expression at the moment, but she could feel his inner unrest.

"Someone has discovered their original force, and that force is biased towards us," said the Prophet.

The Soothsayer breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, and said, "Isn't this a good thing? Although it’s only the first step, it’s always ahead of the other sentient beings on the starting line. Maybe it will eventually condense a half-field or even a field."

It was only the first step to discover one's original force, and it would take some difficult self-testing to condense a half-field, but this already meant that this person was about to embark on a road different from ordinary players. Any master at the field level started from this first step. Although most people would fall in the long road of experience, everyone who had reached the field level had terrible strength.

The Prophet sighed faintly: "It’s too early to talk about field condensation... Although I’m optimistic about him, I didn’t expect it to be so fast. This may not be a good thing for him. There are still too many problems in his body that have not been solved."

The Soothsayer asked curiously, "Do you know that man? What is his original force?"

The Prophet sensed the new force full of vigor and hope, and gently spoke the answer:

"Rebirth."

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In the deep underground glacier wrapped in eternal cold, the temperature was 60 degrees below zero. When human beings were exposed to this environment, it only took a few minutes for the blood in the nose and ears to be unable to maintain circulation because of the cold, and the cells would quickly die.

This underground world without light seemed destined to be forgotten in the cold.

Crushed skull, whole body fracture, ruptured organs, internal and external bleeding... Worse than that, when falling from that height, the speed would return to zero at the moment of contact with the ground, and the body would be deformed instantly under the huge force of the impact. Even the space alien Leviathan, whose vitality was extremely terrible, was seriously injured after falling and fell into a deep sleep.

To say nothing of a human being.

Death was the only outcome.

But suddenly, something moved in the ruinous "tomb" created from broken ice.

And then moved again.

Qi Leren felt as if he was in an icy hell. Every time he breathed, thousands of ice needles punctured his internal organs crazily, which made him feel miserable. He couldn't even think of why he felt so painful and cold, or where he was.

Under this inhuman pain, he only felt that he didn't want to live any longer, but he couldn't even die.

Breathing returned, heartbeat returned, he still couldn't open his eyes, he could only move with all his might. The stones and ice blocks on his arms also moved and collapsed violently, and his sound echoed in the lifeless darkness.

Qi Leren's consciousness gradually returned, and he remembered who he was, but he still didn't realize where he was. He complained crazily in his mind that the air conditioner in his room was too cold, and that he had even accidentally fallen from the bed, and now he couldn't move.

But how could it hurt so much? It was like all his bones were broken.

Qi Leren's confused thinking leaped illogically. He saw many things, and the broken pictures rampaged in front of his eyes, but they just passed away. All he remembered was that he saw a pair of blue eyes.

Blue eyes.

Ning Zhou.

The name suddenly appeared in Qi Leren’s, which was like a spell to unlock the seal on his memories. Countless heavy memories were bearing down, which were more painful than the rose thorn stuck in his heart.

He was going to find Ning Zhou, and he was going to bring him back.

Qi Leren finally recalled his mission, and he began to struggle, struggling to get up from the tomb built from broken ice. Just turning over exhausted his strength, and he had to lie prone on the ground and breathe for a while, only to recover his strength slowly.

He noticed the time. It has been twenty hours since he’d fallen from the ice cliff. It was ten o'clock on the fifth night. The fifth day’s Best of the Day had already been announced, but he didn't know who it was. At the same time, his privacy time has been reset with the new day day, and he had another ten hours.

If you fell from such a high place, the tracking camera should be damaged. If not, the low temperature here should make it unable to work normally. But just to be on the safe side, turn it off.

"Turn off the camera." Qi Leren squeezed his voice out of his dry throat, and coughed wildly as soon as he finished speaking. His mouth was full of the fishy sweetness of blood, which made Qi Leren feel queasy.

Suddenly there was a light sound in the dark, as if a stone had been pushed down.

Qi Leren immediately took out a flashlight from the item bar and shone it in the direction of the sound.

Not far away, there is a mound of rocks and crushed ice, and a tentacle was slowly sticking out from the inside, which was extremely slow and seems to be seriously injured.

That thing wasn't dead yet? Or did it sense the breath of the living again and wake up from hibernation?

Qi Leren struggled from the ground. Although he was mysteriously resurrected, his left hand, which was bitten off by Leviathan, still didn't grow back. If he tried this again, he would only die.

But fortunately, he had a key item that had cooled down.

When the Prophet's Heart was used again, Qi Leren felt subtly different from the last time. The phantom angel falling from the sky came to him and took him away from the terrible world to the carefree Garden of Eden. Under the cover of God's grace, he didn't need to worry, and he didn't feel fear. The world was like sand in his hand, and he could easily knead it into the shape he wanted.

Heavy rocks and ice were pushed away with a flick, exposing Leviathan lying on the ground dying. This horrible monster had a red eye, and this huge eyeball was full of ferocious madness.

There was an invisible giant clock behind him, and the pointer walked quickly. As long as it finished three laps, the power he borrowed would be like the chime of midnight, dissipating all magic.

He had to hurry.

Qi Leren held out his hand and raised his palm in the void. Leviathan floated and began to roar and struggle, but this degree of resistance had no effect before the original force. Moving the palm of his hand slowly, Qi Leren felt that he could easily knead it into pieces, just like what he did to Mark's octopus.

But this was not the only way. Qi Leren felt the mystery of time and carefully explored its secret. A mysterious feeling emerged in his heart. He rubbed his fingers and the sands of time slowly flowed down in his hands.

Leviathan floating in the air as if it had been cast in magic. Its shell was rapidly aging, coated with a layer of rust, and finally it seems to be petrified. Its body was full of cracks, and finally it turned into powder like beach sand, which sprinkled to the ground slowly, leaving a golden treasure chest and a round sphere.

Qi Leren waved his hand, and these two things fell into his hands. The treasure chest was opened, which was an item.

[Lucky Revolver: There are six slots in this gun’s chamber, one of which is loaded with a bullet. Shooting at one's own temple can give one minute of absolute defense within a radius of 500 meters around the locked target, but the absolute defense is invalid for this bullet. Even if you are lucky, God will only give you five minutes. If you are not afraid of death, you can continue for another minute. Locked target: not set.]

Qi Leren immediately decided that this was of no use to him, because he would blow his head off with the first shot, and unless it was matched with S/L, it was a waste.

Disappointed, he looked at the other object, which was an eyeball as big as a bowl. The scarlet pupil seemed familiar. It was called [Leviathan's Eyeball].

What was this thing? There wasn’t even a brief introductory description, which reminded Qi Leren of another prop without a brief introduction, namely, the "Scepter of Hell", which Maria had entrusted him to give to the Prophet.

Time was running out, and the clock representing his time limit only had half a rotation left. The translucent wings behind the Qi Leren lifted him, flying over the deep underground glacier, crossing the collapsed ice tunnel, flying all the way along the coming road, and returning to the iron door at the entrance before time ran out.

"Qi Leren? You’re still alive? That’s great!" "Qianbei! Are you alright? Qianbei! How did you grow wings!" "Qi, are you alright?" The three people wandering around the door with flashlights rushed up in surprise at the sight of Qi Leren.

Prophet's Heart’s time was up, and Qi Leren landed on the ground. After the sacred power retreated, he sat down weakly and walked out of the underground ice cave with the help of the three panicking people.

"It's okay, it's all taken care of. Just in case, we should quickly leave here, seal the exits, and wait for rescue." Although Qi Leren was still in the aftershocks of coming back from the dead, his mind was clear, and he clearly commanded the three people. He was worried about whether there were any octopuses hatching in the research institute, but he was afraid to say it now, for fear that after his mouth moved, his good luck would run out.

Du Yue had great strength, and single handedly carried Qi Leren, who had lost his arm, on his back. He listened to the three people say what had happened after they’d split up, learning that after discovering that the other people had become Leviathan's food, the three people had come to the bottom of the institute to look for Qi Leren. They went in several times, but the temperature inside was horribly low. Unlike Qi Leren who had been blessed by the holy light, they finally had to retreat, worried that Qi Leren was dead.

Qi Leren didn't say that he and Leviathan had fallen off the ice cliff together, only that Leviathan had fallen off, and that he was injured and unconscious for a long time but didn't die. Finally, God blessed him and gave him strength to return to them.

Dr. Lu and Du Yue were very embarrassed, but Lara was very moved. She took Qi Leren's remaining right hand and sincerely said, "When we go back, introduce me to your teachings. I’m willing to be baptized."

Qi Leren, who had no intention of preaching at all, was in a distressing situation. One atheist has destroyed the worldviews of another atheist through acting skills and unscientific miracles—maybe more than one. Should he be sealed as a saint or something?

They left the underground research institute, blocked the exit, left the basement, and returned to the surface. The night was bright and the whole land was covered with white snow and ice. Lara, who was the first to leave the room, pointed to the sky in surprise and shouted: "Look, what is that!"

The three people raised their heads and looked at the approaching black spots.

"Is it... Is the rescue coming?" Dr. Lu was excited.

"Great." Qi Leren also breathed a sigh of relief. The copy was coming to an end, and they could return to the Nightmare World soon.

The spacecraft was getting closer and closer, and before long, they would be able to board the spacecraft safely and leave, but the spacecraft was slow to land. The four people waited anxiously, just like waiting for a late plane.

"It seems like something’s wrong." Lara stood up and looked at more and more spacecrafts that had no intention of landing. "What are they waiting for?"

A thought flashed through Qi Leren's mind: "Are they a civilian spacecrafts?"

"No, these are..." Lara said, her voice stopping abruptly.

A beam more dazzling than sunlight converged on the muzzle of the spacecraft, and the terrible energy was aimed at this planet!

Stunned, the four people watched the devastating attack on the plane beneath their feet, and they couldn't help feeling shocked. They had never thought that, after escaping death from a horrible space alien, they would finally die at the hands of their own people. In order to prevent the octopus from spreading, the army gave up the idea of a rescue landing and blasted the whole planet to pieces at a safe distance, where there was no risk of contact.

At the last second in this copy world, Qi Leren and the others were judged to have completed the task requirement of "surviving until the army arrived", and left the world in the light of the blast.

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Editor’s Notes: Obviously those items can only have positive results, right?

As a bonus for the end of this arc, BMBL wrote a collection of the program audience’s reactions on her Weibo. They’re posted as images so I can’t easily throw them into an mtl, but here’s the link for anyone who wants to take a stab at it: https://weibo.com/1741082525/F4b6D7Upr

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