#maybe we’ll get a trailer in June

[jesaerii]

Waiting for the kh4 trailer to drop any day now….

[incorrect-pipravi]

OMGGG DID YOU SEE THE TEASE THEY RELEASED OF THE CALAMITY PARTY SKDHDISBSKWMAKS the trailer is close I can feel it

YES I SAW IT AND I WENT INSANE!!!! Emma is going to slay. They really picked the perfect Pip like she has everything I imagined while reading. Cute face, sharp eyes and very expressive features! And the way she embodied Pip’s panic in the calamity. Like we only had a few seconds of her acting, but she ATE AND LEFT NO CRUMBS.

As for the trailer, someone said that BBC usually releases trailers a few weeks before the show comes out, so I think we’ll get a trailer in June and maybe another teaser in May or late April!

[satoshi-mochida]

ASTRO BOT announced for PS5

From Gematsu

Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Team ASOBI have announced ASTRO BOT for PlayStation 5. It will launch on September 6. Pre-orders will open on June 6.

ASTRO BOT is described as “a brand-new, supersized adventure” set across “more than 50 exciting and diverse worlds.”

Here is an overview of the game, via Team ASOBI studio director Nicolas Doucet:

Hi everyone! On behalf of Team Asobi, I have the immense pleasure to unveil our new game ASTRO BOT coming to PlayStation 5. A video speaks a thousand words so please check out our first trailer to see the game in action. Since making an appearance at the launch of PlayStation 5, ASTRO has introduced many players to the magic of PlayStation. We received a ton of heart-warming comments about how much fun the game was, how it utilized the DualSense wireless controller in fun ways and how it paid tribute to 25 years of PlayStation history. From the bottom of our robotic hearts, thank you very much for all your support! We listened to your comments and now, ASTRO is back in a super-sized space adventure, his biggest to date. In this brand-new game, you will explore 6 galaxies and over 80 levels in search of ASTRO’s scattered crew. Hold on tight to your Dual Speeder and dive down to each unique planet, from lush forests, sandy beaches, hot volcanoes to more surprising locations such as a gigantic hourglass or the canopy of a singing tree! To get help on his mission, ASTRO can use over 15 new abilities offering unique play styles. As you would expect from an ASTRO game, these take full advantage of the DualSense controller, its haptic feedback and adaptive triggers so you can feel every little step along the journey. Among the many new powers, you will find Barkster, the Bulldog Booster that lets you air-dash and smash through enemies, metal and glass, the Twin-Frog Gloves that offer long-range punching and the ability to swing and the Giant Sponge that lets you suck up water from the environment to grow huge and cause massive (and slightly moist) destruction. Combined with improved ASTRO controls, these new powers take the ASTRO platforming experience to new heights, while remaining accessible for all. We can’t wait for you to get your hands on these and let us know how they feel. We also cranked up the number of baddies too with over 70 new types, including massive bosses at the end of each galaxy. Special mention to the deadly cobra queen Lady Venomara who appears in the trailer, waiting for you in her golden lair. Defeating each boss will uncover a wonderful secret but we don’t want to spoil that, so our lips are sealed😊. And for the brave ones of you craving even more challenge, the game comes packed with die-and-retry levels to test your reflexes. But that’s not all, during this epic adventure, ASTRO will reunite with many friends from the PlayStation universe. The trailer shows only a few but we double down on the cast and hope to delight every PlayStation fan out there. And who knows, maybe this time, these characters will play an even bigger part in saving the day? (wink) That’s all for now. Thank you for reading. At Team ASOBI, we believe in the second-to-second fun and joy of video games. And with this new ASTRO BOT game, we invested all our love and craft to bring a constant smile to your face, as you run, jump, bop enemies and find the many secrets and jokes we dotted around. We will be waiting for you on September 6! We’ll be back soon with more details about the game as well as pre-orders opening up June 7. Until then, power up your DualSense, Team ASOBI and ASTRO are taking you on a PlayStation space adventure to remember!

Watch the announcement trailer below.

Announce Trailer

[demifiendrsa]

ASTRO BOT - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games

ASTRO BOT will launch on September 6, 2024. Pre-orders will open on June 6, 2024.

First details

Hi everyone! On behalf of Team Asobi, I have the immense pleasure to unveil our new game ASTRO BOT coming to PlayStation 5.

A video speaks a thousand words so please check out our first trailer to see the game in action.

Since making an appearance at the launch of PlayStation 5, ASTRO has introduced many players to the magic of PlayStation. We received a ton of heart-warming comments about how much fun the game was, how it utilized the DualSense wireless controller in fun ways and how it paid tribute to 25 years of PlayStation history. From the bottom of our robotic hearts, thank you very much for all your support!

We listened to your comments and now, ASTRO is back in a super-sized space adventure, his biggest to date.

In this brand-new game, you will explore 6 galaxies and over 80 levels in search of ASTRO’s scattered crew. Hold on tight to your Dual Speeder and dive down to each unique planet, from lush forests, sandy beaches, hot volcanoes to more surprising locations such as a gigantic hourglass or the canopy of a singing tree!

To get help on his mission, ASTRO can use over 15 new abilities offering unique play styles. As you would expect from an ASTRO game, these take full advantage of the DualSense controller, its haptic feedback and adaptive triggers so you can feel every little step along the journey. Among the many new powers, you will find Barkster, the Bulldog Booster that lets you air-dash and smash through enemies, metal and glass, the Twin-Frog Gloves that offer long-range punching and the ability to swing and the Giant Sponge that lets you suck up water from the environment to grow huge and cause massive (and slightly moist) destruction. Combined with improved ASTRO controls, these new powers take the ASTRO platforming experience to new heights, while remaining accessible for all. We can’t wait for you to get your hands on these and let us know how they feel.

But that’s not all, during this epic adventure, ASTRO will reunite with many friends from the PlayStation universe. The trailer shows only a few but we double down on the cast and hope to delight every PlayStation fan out there. And who knows, maybe this time, these characters will play an even bigger part in saving the day? (wink)

That’s all for now. Thank you for reading. At Team ASOBI, we believe in the second-to-second fun and joy of video games. And with this new ASTRO BOT game, we invested all our love and craft to bring a constant smile to your face, as you run, jump, bop enemies and find the many secrets and jokes we dotted around. We will be waiting for you on September 6!

We’ll be back soon with more details about the game as well as pre-orders opening up June 7. Until then, power up your DualSense, Team ASOBI and ASTRO are taking you on a PlayStation space adventure to remember!

[the-witty-nerd]

Maybe we’ll get a trailer tomorrow and I can end this poll early lol 😅 What do you all think??

[britesparc]

Weekend Top Ten #585

Top Ten Games I’d Like to See at Not-E3

Welcome to the latest edition of David��s Hastily Rewritten at the Last Minute Top Ten!

So here’s a little peek behind the curtain. I’d planned to do a couple of weeks of gaming-themed Top Tens (Tops Ten) leading up to a “prediction special” before the Xbox summer showcase in late June. And I am still doing that, more or less – except, with the announcement of the PlayStation showcase this coming week, I decided late in the day to switch gears a little bit. I had thought, well, I don’t really play on the PlayStation – or even on the Switch that much, to be honest – so making bold predictions was rather daft. But then maybe trying to make any kind of predictions was a bit daft in any weather.

It used to be that E3 was a big deal, with all the major platform holders having a showcase and revealing their big news – alongside smaller, indie news nuggets too. But during the last console generation that stopped being as much of a thing, with multiple events spread across the year now dispensing news more evenly. Plus it feels like journalists – and Reddit – have gotten smarter at predicting what the major players are doing. For instance, they know when Nintendo are ordering processors or whatever, indicating they’re producing new hardware. That sort of thing. This detective work, although kinda cool, also robs us of a lot of genuine unexpected surprises. We knew Playground Games was working on a Fable reboot for, what, a year or two before it was announced. That’s just how these things happen I guess, and I don’t even feel I’m trawling for news or anything. I quite like to be surprised.

So anyway, I did have some Xbox-specific predictions written down but they seemed perfunctory and slight and, crucially, mostly unfunny. So instead I’ve once again cast my net industry-wide and rather than making bold and preposterous predictions – or even accurate ones – I’m just going to talk about what I’d like to see. Closer to the time I might go over some of my Xbox dreams, but it’ll be body text and not in the list. For now, here’s a list of ten games – some real, some imagined! – that I would love to hear about in the various shows and presentations over the next few weeks.

And that’s it!

Fable: we know it exists, we know Playground are making it… and that’s about it. What form, exactly, will Fable take? I assume it’ll be a third-person RPG as per the previous games. But Fable had such a distinct style, not just in art but also in tone and gameplay. Even if original developer Lionhead still existed, would it be possible for new people to recapture the magic of (especially) the first two Fable games? Will there be a dog? Will there be the simplistic one-button combat? Or breadcrumb trail? Will it be super-accessible but also really naughty? And just when can we play it? I’m hoping, with a tiny touch of realism, that it might be out by Christmas 2024, and we’ll get a bit of gameplay or at least an in-engine trailer this year.

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2: a game that feels like it’s really taking its sweet time but which – I have decided to believe – will be out this year. Maybe. Anyway, I’d like to see more gameplay – a proper extended live playthrough, right there on stage. And I’d like it to end with “November 2023” or something. That’s it!

Ara: History Untold: I’m fascinated and intrigued by Microsoft’s Civ-a-like. We’ve had a sort-of cinematic trailer and a few ambiguous screenshots, but I really want a serious deep-dive into what it’s like, how it plays, and why it’s different to the all-conquering Civ. I’ll be playing this regardless – Game Pass, natch – but I want to see it in action, and I want some seriously detailed articles from embedded journalists.

Mass Effect: another game that’s taking its sweet time, and one we’ve seen even less about than Hellblade 2. The first Mass Effect trilogy is tremendous, one of the best game series of the 360/PS3 era – and that’s really saying something. After the misfire of (slightly underrated) Mass Effect: Andromeda, we’re all rooting for this new game, especially as it looks like it’ll have some returning characters from the classic trilogy. I’ve no idea when it’s due, but it’d be great if EA could show it off a bit this year.

Indiana Jones: another one that’s shrouded in mystery, but surely with Dial of Destiny in cinemas now would be a good time to see the first Indy game in an age? I’ve no idea what to expect – presumably a third-person action-adventure, hopefully one that puts as much emphasis on Indy’s wits and smarts as it does on his ability to punch Nazis. It’d also be great if it was due in the next eighteen months. One thing I’m not looking forward to is the inevitable console war it’ll kick off: produced by a Microsoft-owned studio, but featuring a huge global franchise, I genuinely could see it going either way vis-à-vis its appearance on a PlayStation. And whatever happens, some people are going to be very vocally annoyed.

Quake 2: “but Quake 2 has been out since 1997,” I hear you cry. Yes, but not on Xbox Series X/S. After Quake’s surprising (but delightful) console remaster, I want Quake 2 to get the same treatment. But – here’s the thing – I want to see them implement the fantastic ray tracing effects you can get on PC. There just isn’t enough ray tracing on console, people! I know this would be smaller potatoes than some of the other huge fries in this list, but then I like a bit of retro fun.

Civilization VII: I mentioned Ara above, but the daddy of the genre is obviously still Civ. I’ve played Civ VI a frankly unhealthy amount – 1,700 hours on PC and another 200 on Xbox by last count – so even though there’s still (still!) a lot to do I’m ready and willing to see what’s next. Now, I’m certainly not expecting a deep dive filled with gameplay; they’ve only recently released DLC for the latest game. But a proper announcement and maybe even tentative release date (2024?) would be enough. Although I’d love a screenshot.

Mario Kart: now, realistically, I’m not expecting a new Kart – or a new Mario – until the Switch’s successor is released. But maybe that’ll happen soon! I’ve seen some prognosticators assuming that the “Switch 2” (please, please call it the “Super Switch”) will be out by next March. If so, they’d better start announcing games soon, and one I’d love to see would be a brand-new Mario Kart. Where do they go from here, is the question? Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was almost a best-of package of the entire Kart saga. What more can they do, really? I’m fascinated to find out. And – selfishly – I’d like it to still come out on the old, original Switch too.

Lego… Something: yeah, vague. I dunno. After last year’s Skywalker Saga – a bit jaggedy round the edges but still excellent overall – I’m hankering for more TT Lego action. The company has a long history of making these fantastic, immersive, damn fun little games filled with Lego renditions of your favourite characters. I know they’re working on a new game – rumours have swirled about Marvel Super Heroes, Batman, and a general “Disney” game featuring Disney Animation and Pixar characters – but rumours have also swirled about development hell and projects being cancelled and rebooted. I hope they’re working on something, and I hope it’s in a good enough state to show, and I hope – for my own personal satisfaction – it’s either a DC or Marvel project. Adopting the open world hubs of Skywalker seems cool, but I’d rather they kept the actual missions tighter and more focused. And, personally, after revisiting their first success (Star Wars), I think they should go back to their second success (Batman). How about a multiversal mashup – Lego Batman: Infinite Crisis perhaps?

Lemmings: look, a guy can dream. I know Sony are working on some cool things – I’m very intrigued to see Wolverine – but they’re also sitting on Lemmings. Not literally, that’d be uncomfortable. But after the recent success of EA’s Command and Conquer remaster, I would love – love – for Sony to give the first two Lemmings games a spruce up with 4K graphics. Just make them inherently more playable and accessible on modern hardware; stick them on Steam, Epic, GOG, whatever. Hey! Howsabout you do some funky VR shit and put them on PSVR2 while you’re at it? I don’t care; I just want to easily play Lemmings 2: The Tribes on my PC. And after all my old wishes – new Fable, new Perfect Dark, Ron Gilbert returning to Monkey Island – actually went and came true, I’ve got to find another unrealistic aspiration.

So I tried to be more-or-less realistic here – Lemmings is the only one that’s truly out-there and very unlikely – but I could pluck from my ether several more games that I would like to see. A remaster of Fate of Atlantis in the manner of LucasArts’ other graphic adventures? Yes please! A new Banjo Kazooie? Seems inevitable at this point! More Crackdown? I doubt it! But all the same, the next few weeks should be full of incident and – hopefully – some of those surprises I mentioned before.

Zool on Game Pass! Red Alert 2 remaster!! HALF-LIFE 3!!!

[theselightsareblinding]

Currently watching (june 2023)

(only thai dramas right now)

Be my favorite (ep5)

I started getting interested in this series when they announced the cast change, mostly for the drama. Then when the actual trailer aired I was like uhhh this could go very badly or turn out quite good, and at episode 5 I think we're going to get the second option. But I loved Vice Versa's first episodes and then it stopped making sense so I'm not 100% confident yet. This being said, I'm enjoying it a lot, both Gawin and Krist are doing an excellent job so far, all the characters have unique personalities and development, it has beautiful reflections about life and personal relationships. I can't wait for fridays so I can watch the next episode and that's the real test to know I'm loving it so far. Next week we'll get the "why do you like me?" and hair touch scene and I'm obsessed since I saw it in the trailer, I literally can not wait to watch it

Loneliness society (ep4)

I haven’t seen anyone mention this but this is an adaptation of a Sandra Bullock movie, which I like a lot so I decided to give it a try. So far so good, the mains are nice, have chemistry and it’s entertaining so far

Step by Step (ep9)

The problem I have with this series is that I was never able to connect with Pat, maybe because he’s so openly emotional and I’m not? But I can’t, I tried but no. I’m sorry but in my eyes he’s quite self centered and self important, I don’t understand why everybody, especially Jeng (who is his boss), has to change but not Pat. Like, at the start of the series he had been working there a month, I think? I don’t hate him, at all, but I don’t understand his character, I was waiting for him to get better, to have development, and it didn’t happen.

I was starting to get bored, and then we started getting Jeng’s perspective and I fell in love, so now I’m enjoying the series and I have a character I can root for. I don’t fully understand him falling in love with Pat but I want his happy ending so I still want them to get together

3 will be free (ep7)

This is one of The Series you’re supposed to watch and everybody says is so good, and in this case I agree so far. I was not expecting such quality and to get hooked so easily, I started it two days ago and I’ll probably finish it today or tomorrow, and I’m supposed to be busy right now. I love that there’s a bisexual character and obviously the relationship between the three of them but I can’t say anything else until I know how it ends. I’m very scared it’s not going to be a happy ending and I could accept that even if I’m going to suffer, but please I don’t want any of them to regret what happened or treat it like an adventure and not a real romance. That being said, if something happens to Shin I will kill everybody in this room and then myself

Finished

Our Sky 2

I don’t feel like writing a separate review for each series but in general I’d say it was kinda underwhelming. I knew it wasn’t going to be a masterpiece but I did expect it to be a bit better, especially the Aof ones. I wish they just showed the pairs being cute in their normal lives instead of creating plots that made no sense. MSP and NLMG are the only ones I can honestly say I liked, the others had great moments but it wasn’t enough. In order of enjoyment:

My school president

Never let me go

A tale of a thousand stars

Bad Buddy

Star in my mind

The eclipse

(I haven’t watched the ABAAB and VV ones)

Past-senger

This was a wild and silly ride from start to finish (especially finish). I did enjoy it, like reading a crack fic, sometimes what I need is bad watches with no expectations. Until the end, that was way too much for me, what in the world were they thinking I’d never know. One thing I have to say is the chemistry between the main characters was quite decent

Plan to watch

Hidden agenda (july 9th)

I didn’t hate Star in my mind but it was a bit of a waste of JoongDunk’s chemistry, they had a good connection in it and it was what saved the series, but it’s nothing compared to how comfortable they are doing fanservice in real life. I need whoever is directing this to please get that and carry it to the series intact. The first trailer showed more of the plot and the second one was basically them being cute together and even if I liked it, I hope that plot points still somewhat exist in the series

Wedding Plan (july 19th)

Another Mame series, I didn’t hate Love in the air so I think this could be good. The part I was more excited about was the supposed gl pairing but they didn’t appear at all in the trailer so I’m a bit worried about that

[themovieblogonline]

Trailer Drops for "Bad Boys: Ride or Die"

Yo movie lovers, get ready to dust off your best Miami Vice outfits, the iconic Bad Boys are back for another round of high-octane action and hilarious banter! That's right, the trailer for "Bad Boys: Ride or Die" just dropped, and it looks like Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) are about to blow things up (literally and figuratively) in a whole new way. Remember how the last movie had us glued to our seats with its insane stunts and laugh-out-loud moments? Well, "Ride or Die" promises to deliver that same explosive energy, but with a twist: this time, Miami's finest are on the run! Yep, you read that right. Lowrey and Burnett are dodging bullets and causing mayhem, but from whom exactly? The trailer keeps that under wraps, but you know it's gonna be epic. Will Smith looks like he's back in top form, delivering his signature cocky charm as Mike Lowrey. And Martin Lawrence? The man hasn't lost a beat when it comes to his hilarious reactions and witty one-liners. These two together are pure comedic gold, and it's gonna be amazing to see them trade insults and take down bad guys in style. Speaking of bad guys, the trailer hints at a whole new crew of villains for our heroes to face. We see some serious firepower, explosions galore, and enough car chases to make your head spin. But with Mike and Marcus on the case (even if they are technically fugitives), you just know justice will be served, Miami style. One thing the trailer doesn't reveal is whether we'll see Mike Lowrey's son in this film. Remember in the last movie how we got a glimpse of him all grown up? It would be cool to see him interact with his dad, especially if Mike's in hot water. Maybe there's a chance for a family team-up? Only time will tell! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FYlvGAf-iM So, mark your calendars, movie fans! "Bad Boys: Ride or Die" hits theaters on June 7th, 2024, and it looks like it's gonna be a wild ride. Get ready for non-stop action, laugh-out-loud moments, and the return of the iconic duo that defined 90s action cinema. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back together, and they're ready to prove that some things, like bad boys and good times, never go out of style. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOd-uGLIaJo Read the full article

[scratchtovoid]

If season two is coming in June, we’ll probably get the full trailer in April, maybe even sooner 👀

[swordswoman97]

With the Direct today I decided to note down my predictions, hopes, and things I pretty much know aren’t gonna happen but damn wouldn’t it be cool if they did.

Predictions

1. Tears of the Kingdom Trailer. Honestly I am like 99% sure we’re whether getting an actual gameplay trailer or the announcement of a short direct solely about ToTK in the near future.

2. Splatoon 3 new season trailer and DLC teaser. New season starts in March, the trailer is coming soon anyway, makes sense to just put it in the direct. And then assuming we follow a similar pattern to the Octo Expansion where we got the announcement trailer in the March 2017 direct, it’s about the right time. I’m a bit less certain on the DLC teaser but I do still find it more likely we get it than not

3. No Pokémon DLC announcement. Pokémon day is just over two weeks away, most likely we’ll get a special Pokémon day direct and if they’re doing SV DLC (which I do find likely) they’ll announce it then.

4. Something big for this Holiday season. Everything we currently know about whether comes out in the earlier part of this year or is Pikmin which I don’t think is popular enough to be their big Holiday game. Maybe another Mario title?

5. Xenoblade DLC wave 3. We know it’s coming eventually, it’s probably gonna be there.

Hopes

1. Pikmin 4. I have been waiting for this game for so long but I also find it likely we won’t get it till later this year so I wouldn’t be surprised if we don’t see anything till June.

2. Tomodachi Live 2. I’m not the only one wanting it. It would be fun.

3. Kid Icarus Uprising Port. That game was so good and I’d love a port so more people can play it.

Desperate Hopes

1. New Mario RPG. I’m pretty sure Miyamoto prefers to keep the Mario RPGs dead but I still want one.

2. New Kid Icarus. I just love Kid Icarus okay.

I’m on the fence about the idea of a new console announcement. On one hand it is about the right time frame for one, but I also feel like that’s something they’d save for their June direct, which, even with Nintendo supposedly not partaking in E3 this year, I’m pretty sure it’ll still happen. I’ll put it in the same category as Pikmin, I wouldn’t bet on it but I also wouldn’t be willing to bet against it. I’m not gonna be surprised either way.

[ilomilo]

(Disclaimer: This post is not my own. This is a repost from the official ilomilo developers on blog.ilomilo.com (only accessible on the wayback machine)!)

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multitap interview

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Brazilian videogameblog multitap interviewed me the other day. If you can read portuguese Click here for to read the interview!

Even if you can’t read it, you should head over anyway as there are some new screenshots there.

Want to read the interview in english? Why, here it is then:

Where did the inspiration for ilomilo and its art style came from? Inspiration comes from a lot of places. It can be from everyday things but I’m also inspired by artists such as Hundertwasser and Klimt. There’s a lot of inspiration drawn from the world of animation. For example i’m a big fan of hedgehog in the fog, cheburashka and russian winnie the pooh.

What does “ilo” and “milo” mean? What are they? ilo and milo are names, and ilo and milo are whatever you want them to be. I like to think of them as represantions of two peoples minds.

What’s the main objective on every level? Is there an “end spot” to reach? The main goal is to unite ilo and milo wherever possible on the level. There’s no “end spot”. There’s also other stuff to do on the levels, such as collecting stuff to unlock secret things and stories.

Is there any difference in gameplay between ilo and milo? They play exactly the same.

How many levels there will be in the game? About fifty, including the super hardcore bonus levels that features a lot of fun stuff that we haven’t shown yet!

Is there some kind of plot, story mode? What is it about? There is a story yes. In fact there are several stories told in different ways, on different consciousness levels. But we would like the players to find out for themselves when playing the game.

In the last trailer for ilomilo, you show some kind of 8-bit ilomilo. Is that just a minigame, or maybe a standalone title (for XBLA)? You’re talking about ILOMILO SHUFFLE! It’s a minigame that you find somewhere within the main game. It’s more of an action oriented game than the main game. It also has it’s own leaderboard!

The game seems too cute, at the same time complex for little kids. Who are you aiming to? Everyone that likes fun experiences. To get through the main story is probably not too complex for not so experienced players. But if you want to unlock everything, play all the bonus levels and such you have to be pretty clever. So there’s hopefully something in ilomilo for players of all skill levels.

Certainly this is not the first new IP Southend is creating and developing, but you have been more famous with remakes like Lode Runner, R-Type Dimensions and Tecmo Bowl Throwback. What are the difference between working in a new IP and a licensed game? There’s a lot of differences. The bigges one is that there is of course greater freedom when working with your own IP. Since we’re creating this world by ourselves we set the rules on what is fitting in the universe and stuff like that.

Most games from Southend Interactive are for Xbox LIVE Arcade. Another one is being developed for Windows Phone. What about making or porting games for iPhone or PSN (at least a PSP Minis)? Maybe WiiWare? Tecmo Bowl was actually released for PSN, so we have experiences from other consoles. There’s nothing specific going on for the platforms you mention, but surely it would be fun to work with either some day.

Any news about the release date for ilomilo, or how much it will cost? Releasing this year, that’s all I can say! We’re hoping to be able to offer it at an affordable price point, but in the end it’s all up to the publisher.

Besides the new trailer unveiled a few days before, I haven’t heard from ilomilo or Southend Interactive at E3. Maybe you will show ilomilo (and other games?) at gamescom? There’s no specific plans at this moment, but ilomilo might be shown on some upcoming events this summer and fall. We’ll have to wait and see.

[lilyginnyblackv2]

Looking at that trailer, we’re also getting Sports Day.

I actually won’t be surprised if it ends up being this week’s episode (Episode 6), since we are at the beginning of April now, and Sports Day is usually between April - June, and I feel like a Sports Day focused episode wouldn’t fit later into the season. 

So, Episode 6: Sports Day (in April) and Episode 7: Kazuki’s Birthday (in May). It does make me wonder if they’ll touch on Mother’s Day at all (May 14th). Maybe with Episode 7 focusing on that (since in Japan, Mother’s Day is a big thing, but Father’s Day isn’t) and Episode 8 on Kazuki’s birthday. But, it’s also quite possible that they’ll skip Mother’s Day entirely. It could make for interesting commentary to see how they navigate that and if shares any more of her experiences with her mother/a way for Misaki to show up again, etc. We’ll have to wait and see though.

If the fifth episode encompasses the changing of months from (the end of) March to (the start of) April, will the writers include a special episode where Rei, Miri, and perhaps, Kyu-chan, celebrate Kazuki’s birthday on the 16th of May? Or are they going to remain in the April timeframe?

It is already spring in the story.

[janicho88]

The Trouble with Co-Stars

Pairing- Jensen, x Female! Reader

Word count- 9,154

Warnings- Possible language, some angst, implied smut, bad co-stars/bullying, manipulation, mentions of cheating. 

A/N-  This is for @deanwanddamons 3k Follower Challenge three’s a crowd.  Congrats girl!!  You deserve each and every one!  Prompts Quote- You know who starts a sentence with ‘truth is’? Liars. Troupe-secret dating and Third wheel-coworker.  

This takes place during hiatus between season 2 and 3 of Supernatural. I’ve changed the years the guys filmed some of their other movies.  This is unbetaed, all mistakes are mine.

Summary- Filming has just wrapped on season 2 and you are leaving Vancouver for the summer.  Summer is busy with a movie you are excited to be working on, even though it’s going to take you away from someone special to you.  He has his own movie to film in California.  That’s not a big deal right?  Meeting new people can be a good thing for both of you, or not.

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“That’s a wrap on season two of Supernatural!” you hear the episode director, Bob Singer call out.

Looking over at Jared and Jensen they are high fiving and congratulating those around them.  Jensen looks up catching your eye, giving you a wink, he turns back to the people around him.  

You smile and nod to those you pass on the way to the guys.

“Drinks at The Diamond, eight o'clock!” Jared calls out.

“Better see you all there!” Jensen adds.

Looking at your watch you notice that is two hours away.  Trisha comes over and gives you a side hug, “ready to party tonight?  Maybe we can even find you a guy?” she suggests with a nudge. 

“You’re going to find me a guy just before I leave for hiatus.  Thanks, but I’m good.”

“Well, he can be a guy for the night then.  Or you could just stay in Vancouver until next season starts.”

You laugh at that.  “So, tempting, but I already have a movie lined up in Chicago.  That will keep me busy most of May and June.”

“Ugh, fine.”

She heads over to the guys as you change directions and move to gather your things from your chair.  Jensen comes over as you finish up.

“Hey.”

“Hey, congrats on finishing season two, and getting the good news on season three.”

“Thank you, right back at you.  You are coming out tonight, right?”

“Maybe for a little bit, I have packing I need to finish.”

“You have all day tomorrow to do it.”

“I thought that was when I was going to end up helping with yours?”

“Well, I won’t turn down the help.”

Jared calls Jensen back over, and you leave the set, heading for your trailer.  This past week you’ve worked on picking up and packing your items in there.  Your apartment lease is through the month of July and you plan on renewing it when you return, so you will be able to leave whatever you don’t have to take home there.  Loading up your vehicle, you leave the studio behind for the next few months.

You don’t end up getting much packing done before it’s time for you to get ready for the night.  Drying off after your shower, you hear a knock on the door.  Grabbing the robe hanging on the back of the bathroom door you go check it out.  Through the peephole you see Jensen standing in the hall.  Quickly, opening the door you let him in.

“Hey, what are you doing here?” you ask as he walks in.

“I thought we could ride over together.  Maybe that way I could get you to stay a little longer.” he tells you leaning in for a kiss once the door is closed.  “Maybe even have a sleepover after.”

“Oh yeah?  Is that your plan?”

“Tonight at your place, tomorrow at mine?”

“Only if you’re a good boy.”

“Sweetheart, you know I like to be bad though.”

“Yeah, yeah, I need to finish getting ready.”

“Or I could take that off of you and we don’t leave?”

“Aren’t you the one who said they better see everyone there tonight?”

“So we’ll be fashionably late.”

“Just the two of us?  Yeah, that won’t raise any eyebrows.”

Walking away you shake your head.  The two of you started dating after New Year’s Eve, but no one else on set knows about it yet.  Actually no one anywhere knew, not even Jared.  Since you both work together, the two of you didn’t want it to be a problem or distraction on set.  Especially if you ended up being better as just friends.  It was almost the end of April and things were going well.    

Once you are ready to go, both of you head downstairs to wait for the cab Jensen already called.  The bar is fairly busy by the time you arrive.  Once inside you split up, Jensen heads to the group at the bar, and you to the one in the back of the room.  Trisha and Zabrina are among that group.

The three of you make your way to the bar for a round of drinks a short time later.  

“Looks like he’s got his choice of girls for the night,” Trisha says with a laugh.

Turning to see what she does, you notice Jensen surrounded by a crowd of girls.  Some are from set, others must be bar patrons. This is the biggest downside of a secret relationship: seeing the girls all over your boyfriend when you go out and you really can’t do anything about it.

“He might have some willing participants, but when was the last time you actually saw the man leave with anyone.  Just not his style.” Zabrina states.

“True,” Trisha agrees.  Then she turns to you, “but we should make it your style tonight.  Come on Zabrina, let's find a guy for Y/N to take home.

“Does Y/N get a say in this?  Because she would much rather you didn’t,” you tell the ladies. 

They don’t listen and disappear into the crowd.  Taking a seat at the bar you order a shot. Jared comes up and takes the seat next to you watching you down the liquid.

“Hey, enjoying yourself?” he asks. 

“Of course.  How about you?”

“Definitely,” he looks over at Jensen, “although not as much as him maybe.  So what are your plans this summer?  Going to be around LA much with me and Jay?”

“I’ll be there for a week, then I’m off to Chicago for the movie.  I’ll be back after.  It’s supposed to wrap somewhere near the end of June.”

“That’s right.  Too bad you aren’t filming near LA like we both are.”

“When does Friday the 13th start?  Two weeks after we get back. Then we should wrap around the start of July.”

As the night goes on Trisha and Zabrina have sent a few guys your way, all of whom you have politely turned down.  Two hours after you arrived, you’re ready to go.  Making your way over to Jensen for the first time since you arrived, you finally get close enough to tap him on the shoulder.  Turning he looks over and excuses himself from the group around him.

“Hey, I was just letting you know I’m going to head out.  I’ll talk to you later.”

“Give me a minute and I'll be right there.”

You try to tell him he doesn't have to leave with you, but he doesn’t listen.  While he says his goodbyes you make your way outside to wait for the cab.  He walks up next to you just as your ride home pulls up.

The next day is a busy one as you both work to finish getting your own places cleaned and the things you are bringing back to the States packed up. Jensen invites you out to dinner later that evening, you don’t realize until you arrive that he called Jared also.  

After dinner the three of you share a ride home, Jared is dropped off first.  On the way to Jensen’s he asks you to stay with him.

“Are you all done cleaning and packing?”

“Pretty much, just have to double check it all.”

“Good, then stay over at my place tonight.”

“I should…”

“Please?”

“Okay, sure, fine.”

The cab drops you both off and you follow Jensen up.  His building is actually just down the street from your own.   It’s late enough the two of you just curl up in bed and watch a movie before drifting off to sleep.  Both tired from the day of cleaning and packing.

In the morning you walk back to your place to finish up and grab your things.  The three of you are on the same flight back to LA, which leaves at three.  Somehow the guys end up in the same row and you have the one in front of them.  Neither one of you wants to say anything about switching with Jared and raise any suspicions.

Everyone goes their separate ways once you land.  Your apartment is about half an hour from Jensen’s house, so it’s out of the way to share a ride.  Taking your bags inside you deposit them in the guest room since you will have to repack them over the next week. 

The next seven days keep you busy as you are preparing to leave again, going over the movie script and a pointless meeting with your agent.  Jensen’s schedule is lighter right now, so he has been over to help or keep you company as you pack, do laundry and clean up the dust around your place.  

When it comes time to leave for Chicago, he drives you to the airport and surprises you when he parks in a short-term lot instead of dropping you off.  

“What are you doing?”

“Parking.”

“Why?”

“It’s usually what you do when you get to the airport to leave for a trip.”

As he unloads your bags, he grabs one of his own.  

“Jay, are you going somewhere?”

“I thought I would come along for the weekend and help you get settled.”

“That’s sweet of you.” Leaning up you give him a kiss on the cheek as you walk toward the airport. 

The weekend went too fast and soon he was on his way back to LA. The two of you promise to talk everyday.  It’s the first time since you have started dating you will be away from each other for a long period of time. 

The first few weeks everything is going well.  You two text throughout the day, and skype every night.  But it is the last week of May when it slowly begins to change.  Jensen starts work on the movie he’s filming this summer, Ten Inch Hero. 

They are trying to finish in just six weeks so his days on set are a little longer. When filming first starts for him he calls to talk on his drive to set.  That stops after the first week.  You might get a text or two on his way in a few days a week.  

Wednesday morning of the first week without the phone calls, a text comes through, you respond asking if he can talk.  You are having a problem on set with a costar giving you trouble, and want to hear his opinion on what you should do. 

No, can’t talk now, sorry. Is all you got back.  

You have night shoots the next few days and were not able to talk to him then either.  The comments and little pushes or trips here and there, got so bad you finally spoke to the director over the weekend.  From then on you were known as the tattletale on set, and your castmates barely spoke to you out of a scene. By the time the following Friday comes along, and you leave set, you are at the end of your rope.  Talking to Jensen always calms you down, so you try to skype him, but the call is declined after the second ring. So you text instead.

Hey, I guess you’re busy.  Will you give me a call when you can talk please? 💗

You expected an answer since he must have his phone on him, but nothing comes.  Turning on a movie to distract yourself, you grab the open gallon of ice cream out of the fridge and hit the couch succumbing to tears. .  

The next morning your stiff neck is the first you notice as you start to wake up.  Looking around you realize you fell asleep on the couch. The ice cream you had is sitting on the table in front of you a melted mess. With a groan you get up taking that over to the garbage and come back with a rag to clean up the table. 

You have nowhere to be today, and you don’t plan on leaving the long-term hotel room you are staying in. After brushing your teeth and changing the pajamas for some sweats you are back on the couch.  Things aren’t going as you had hoped.  Being on the Supernatural set the last two years has spoiled you. This type of behavior isn’t tolerated there. Thinking of SPN reminds you of your boyfriend you are missing terribly. 

Picking up your phone there is a text message from him.

Just getting back to the house, I know it’s late there.  Talk to you later. Love you, Jay. 

It came in at 2am your time, yeah it was late for him to expect you to be up. You are surprised he was out till midnight.  You remember him saying Friday was just day shoots.

Scrolling through twitter nothing catches your attention until you see something Jared replied to.  It’s a post from a Victoria Thomas, you don’t know her.  She sure is pretty though, tan long blonde hair.  There is a picture of her and Jensen at a bar.  Jared had commented It’s about time he had some fun!, so you click on it to see what it’s from.

Nothing better than a little fun after work.  Grabbing a few drinks with this amazing costar and driving buddy.

You guess that explains why he was out so late, what’s she mean ‘driving buddy’?  Did they just share a ride there?  With the time difference it’s barely 7 am back in LA, so you know it’s too early to call him.  Which gives you time to calm down a little, it’s probably nothing.  Just a night out with a costar, it’s nothing you all haven’t done before.

Later that afternoon you still haven’t heard from Jensen, so you try calling him again.  He doesn’t answer, but texts you back.

Sorry Sweatheart, going over lines for Monday with other cast, call you when I leave  💗

‘I wonder if she’s there?’ you think.  Y/N stop, don't go there.  Not leaving the apartment goes out the window, or the door, in your case.  As you leave for a walk on the beach around Lake Michigan.  You end up sitting down on the sand and watching the waves crash upon the shore.  The section of beach you’ve stopped at is further out from the city and fairly quiet.  You stay for a while and enjoy it. 

Walking back to the hotel, your phone rings, it’s actually Jensen. 

“Hey Jay,” you softly greet him.

“Hi pretty girl.  How’s it going?”

“It’s been better, I miss you.  How’s the movie coming?”

“It’s been great.  We’ve got an amazing cast.  Everyone gets along so well.  My character is nuts, and so different from me.  He’s been fun to play.”

“I’m glad everything is going well.”

“Thanks.  You sound down though.  What’s going on?”

“One of my coworkers hasn’t been so great, and because I said something.  Noone likes me now.  It was miserable on set this week.”

“What happened?  Why didn’t you tell me earlier?’

You tell him how one of the veteran actors had been making inappropriate comments, and when you kept shutting him down he took to calling you names.  Trying to trip you in order to embarrass you, one day he succeeded while you were carrying your lunch to a table and you ended up wearing it. He ran into you another day, but louded blamed it on you not watching where you were going.  You had been standing still next to the makeup trailer at the time.  

“I went to the director, and he said something to him in front of the whole cast.  Told them I reported him.  So now everyone hates me,” you finish off. 

“I’m so sorry. Why didn’t you tell me?”

“I tried.  That’s why I asked if you could talk on the way into work one day, but you said no.  Our shooting schedules haven’t lined up to talk.  I tried to skype last night but I guess you were busy.”

“I didn’t get your call last night.  I went out with some of the cast for drinks.”

“Saw that.  Well I saw you went out with one co-star, it was on Twitter this morning. She said you were her driving buddy.”

“Oh, um, yeah.  We drive to set together. That's why I haven't been calling you.  I don’t want to talk in front of her, that would be rude.  But it wasn’t just her and I at the bar.”

“I get not calling me everyday while you’re driving, but once in a while it would be nice, even if it’s while you are getting ready or something.”

“I’m a little busy.”

“Yeah, I guess.  I’ll let you go, I’m getting in an elevator.  Bye.”

You hang up before he can reply.  You’re not back to your place yet, but that conversation took a turn that wasn’t going to help bring you out of your funk. 

The two of you don’t talk the rest of the weekend, he apparently wasn’t happy with you either.  You are dreading going back to set on Monday, and more of the same treatment from the week before.  You had been wishfully thinking he would call you Monday on his way in, but it never came. You send him a text instead in way of a truce.

I hope the rest of your weekend was good.  Have a great Monday! 💗

It was later that afternoon when you finally got a reply.

Thanks, I hope things are going better for you today.  Talk to you tonight.  Love you

Sitting on the couch watching that evening your phone rings with a call from Jensen.

“Hey honey, how was work today?”

“A lot like last week.  I just want to get this done so I can get out of here.  How was your Monday?”

“It was good.  We were mostly in the sub shop set today.  This cast is a lot of fun.”

“I’m happy for you.”

He must have picked up on something in your tone.  “I thought you knew me better than that.”

“What?”

“What you’re thinking.  There is nothing going on between me and Victoria.  I’m not that kind of guy.”

“Yeah, I know.”

“Do you?  Majority of the time that I might spend with her, other cast members are around.  On set, when we grab dinner or drinks.  It’s not just her and I.”

The conversation goes on for a little longer with Jensen promising to keep in touch better.  But over the next week things don’t seem to improve.  Many of your text messages don’t receive a reply and your calls seem to go unanswered.  You’ve seen a new interview from his set with the two of them.  Both look pretty chummy as you watch.  

“So we’ve seen the pictures of the two of you out and around after filming.  What’s going on there?” the main conducting the interview asks.

“Just friends out after a long day,” Jensen replies. 

 “Yeah, good friends,” the woman sitting next to your boyfriend replies with a wink. 

You groan and close the page on your computer.  Looks like you aren’t the only one who is seeing more there. 

Getting down to the last week of your film, you are having a particular bad day.  Things on set never got better, but today seems to be going particularly awful.  When a break is finally called you quickly make your way to your trailer.  Grabbing your phone you send a skype call to Jensen hoping he has a minute.  The call is declined quickly. Sending a text, asking him to call you later if he’s free, you put your phone down.  He’s called a few times when you were unable to answer, but then he never answers when you call back.  With a sigh, you do your best to calm yourself down before having to head back.

Out in California, Jensen is going over notes with the director for the next scene while his phone is lighting up in his chair.  Looking over her shoulder, Victoria picks it up, declining the call.  Making sure Jensen is still busy she erases the call from his history.  It’s not the first time she’s done it over the last few weeks.  She waits to make sure nothing else comes through, sure enough a text comes.

Hey Jay, I guess you’re still filming.  Been a rough day, just needed to hear your voice, give me a call later. 💗

She deletes that from the phone as well and sets it back down before moving to her own chair.  Jensen has mentioned your name a few times, and she got the idea that there was something between the two of you.  And she is going to do all she can to end it. 

A few minutes later, Jensen comes back over and grabs his phone.  He checks for any notifications before sitting down.

“Got everything all figured out?”

“Yep, should be good to go.”

“Great.  We should be done early tonight, do you have any plans?”

“Yeah, I was meeting up with my friend Jared for dinner.”

“Sounds like fun.”

“I’m sure it will be.”

“My plans kinda of went south.  I don’t have anything to do now.”

“That gives you a night to relax and chill now,” Jensen responds with a shrug while looking through his phone.

“My roommate is gone this week and I just hate being in my apartment alone for too long at night.”

He finally looks up,  “You could see if Liz has anything going on tonight.”

“She does.”

Jensen bites his lip while thinking.  He’s been looking forward to hanging out with Jared since they planned this a week ago.  There is something he wants to talk to him about, and he doesn’t want Victoria there when he does.   But he feels bad about leaving her alone.  Maybe she can meet up with them for drinks after dinner.  That would get her out of the apartment for a bit.

“Jared and I are going to dinner at the STK Steakhouse then probably hit a bar after.  If you wanted to meet up with us after…”

“I would love to go out with your friend after work.  I can’t wait to meet him.  I’m sure we’ll all have a great time.”

“Yeah, great.”

He sends a text to let Jared know about the added guest and then goes back through his other messages.  He pulls up your name and double checks there isn’t anything new from you.  He hasn’t had a call or text from you in a few days.  He’s tried calling a couple times, but you are either on set, or it’s too late and you’ve gone to bed.  He’s a little hurt that you haven’t been reaching out to him.  It’s got him wondering if you are still worried about him and his costar.  

That’s part of why he invited Jared out tonight.  Jensen told Jared he had something important to talk to him about.  He wants to tell his friend about the two of you, and stop hiding it from everyone else.  That doesn’t quite go as planned. 

They all get to the restaurant within a few minutes of each other and are led to a table in the back.  After ordering, Jensen asks his friend about the movie he’s working on.  When Jared finishes telling them both about it, he asks about Ten Inch Hero.  Victoria starts talking before Jensen even gets a chance. There isn’t much to add when she finally finishes talking.

“I haven’t talked to Y/N much this summer, how’s she doing?” Jared questions.

“She can’t wait to be done, it’s not going very well.  There were some issues with a co-star that really escalated,” Jensen tells him with a sigh.

“Dang, that’s really too bad.  She should at least be wrapping soon right?”

“I think there’s a week, maybe slightly more filming of left.”  

“That’s good she’ll be out of there soon  I’ll give her a call later.”

“So do the two of you know what’s in store for your next season of Supernatural?” Victoria interrupts, changing the topic away from you. 

“No not yet,” Jensen tells her.

Their food arrives and the conversation slows.  Jensen steps outside to take a call from his mom leaving the other two alone.  

Victoria leans closer to Jared speaking softly, “I’m so glad Jensen wanted us to meet, I’m sure we’ll be spending a lot of time together when he and I are dating.”

“Oh, I didn’t know that you two were…”

“Not officially, but it’s definitely going there.”

“Must be what he wanted to talk to me about tonight.  That’s great, I’m happy for you both.  Can’t wait to get to hang out with you in Vancouver.  Y/N will be around then too.  Her and Jay are pretty good friends also.”

“Oh, Can’t wait to meet her,” she tells Jared with much less enthusiasm. 

After dinner they head down the street for drinks, Jensen keeps trying to get Jared alone to talk but never gets the opportunity.  Victoria just won’t leave them alone.  Jared has his phone off to check a message, when the girl between them lets out a gasp.

“Ya know what we need?  A picture to remember this night.”  She pulls out her phone and hands it to Jared, “you have the longest arms.”

He takes a few and hands the phone back to her.   

As the night goes on  Victoria starts to get a little tippy and wraps an arm around Jensen’s waist.  He tries to sit her down, but she won’t let go.  When this continues on he’s decided he’s had enough and calls it a night. Trying to put the woman in a cab, she holds on to his hand. 

“Don’t let go, I can’t go alone.”

“You’ll be fine.  This nice gentleman is going to take you home.”

“How does he know where that is?”

“You’ll tell him.”

“But I don’t know it.”

Jensen turns to give the driver the address, but Jared cuts him off.  “Go help her Jay, it’s fine.”

“I um…”

“Jensen come with me,” she wines.

“Alright, fine.  I’ll talk to you later, man.  Maybe this weekend we can catch up again?”

“Yeah sure.  Take care Ackles.”

“You too.”

Jensen helps Victoria to her door and then returns to the cab to head home.  This night had not gone the way he had hoped at all.  Checking his phone he still doesn’t find anything from you, thinking you must have been busy on set he sends off a text.

Hey, hope this last week is starting off well.  You got this!  Talk soon, Love you ~J

Waking up the next morning you see two notifications, a missed call from Jared and a text from Jensen.  It’s too early to call Jare, so you check the text first. 

‘Really Jay, I tell you it’s been rough and you hope it’s starting off well.  You didn't even attempt to call me back.’  With a sigh you roll out of bed to start your day.  One that already seems to have started out wrong. 

During lunch that afternoon you try and return Jared’s call, hoping he isn’t tied up on set.  Just when you are getting ready to leave a voicemail you hear a breathless answer.

“Hey, hello,” he answers a little out of breath.

“Hey Jared, sorry I missed you last night.”

“Y/N!  You’re fine, I knew with the time difference I might be catching you too late.  How are you?”

“Oh, um, good.  How are you doing?  How’s the movie?”

“I’m good.  Movie is going really well.  But how about the truth from you?”

“What does that mean?”

“I was out with Ackles and his girlfriend last night.  He said the two of you have talked and you’re having trouble on set.”

You tuned out everything after he mentioned Jensen’s girlfriend.  “Um, what girlfriend?”

“His co-star in this movie, Victoria.”

“I had no idea.”

“He deserves someone good, but let’s not talk about Ackles.  What is your problem?”

“Just a jerk co-star.  This is the last week of filming, and I can’t wait to be done and out of here.”

“I’m ready to get the three of us back together in Vancouver.”

You talk for a little bit longer before you have to get back to work, your mood now considerably worse than this morning.

That night you are curled up on the couch with a tub of ice cream after seeing pictures on twitter of Jensen’s night out.  There was one shared by Victoria of the three of them, she had another with just her and Jensen.  Then TMZ had pictures of her hanging all over him in the bar.  When your phone rings and his name appears you seriously consider not answering it, but pick it up at the last minute.

“Hello.”

“Hey babe, how are you?  How is the end of filming going?”

“I’m great.  How’s your girlfriend?”

There is silence on the other end before a confused Jensen speaks up, “that’s what I was trying to find out.  What are you talking about?”

“I’m referring to the girlfriend Jared met last night.”

“What? He didn’t.  Wait, he just met Victoria.”

“Well he informed me today he met your girlfriend.”

“Y/N, I promise you, there is absolutely nothing going on between her and I.  Nothing.”

“You keep saying that, and I want to believe you, but it’s getting harder.”

“Why? Why  is it so hard to trust me?”

“Why is it so hard to return a missed call or text?”

“What missed calls and messages?  I haven’t had any.”

“Yeah, sure.”

“This is getting us nowhere over the phone.  I don’t want to fight with you, when do you get home?”

“We wrap filming Saturday,, I have to stick around a few days in case anything has to be reshot, or whatever.  Then I fly out Thursday afternoon.” 

“I’ll recheck my shooting schedule for next Friday, I don’t think I’m supposed to film late.  How about you come over to my place, I’ll make dinner and we can talk?  Please?”

“Sure, alright.”

“Thank you.  Now will you tell me how things are going?”

“Pretty much the same as it has been.  It’s the last week, I’m fairly certain no one cares how they treat me now.  I just want to wrap and be done with everyone.”

“I’m really sorry it’s been so bad for you there, and that I can’t even be there for you at the end of the day since we are working in different states.”

“That’s been the worst part.”

“I’m going to let you go get some sleep.  I’ll talk to you soon.  Hang in there.  I really do love you.”

“I love you, too.  Thanks, I’ll do my best.  See you next weekend.”

Hanging up from Jensen, you feel slightly better about things, but you still have some doubts floating in the back of your mind.  You’ve looked the woman up, she’s pretty, talented, there isn’t any reason for Jensen not to be interested in someone like her.  Maybe she’s even a better fit for him then you are.  Getting up and heading to the bedroom you mind is anything but quiet.

Out in California, Jensen ends your conversation to make another. He waits a few rings for his friend to answer, but it ends up going to voicemail.

“Hey Jare, give me a call when you get a chance.  Thanks.”

He and Jared end up playing phone tag because of their shooting schedules for a few days, and make plans to meet up again on Saturday.  When Jensen walks into the bar Jared is already sitting at a corner table.

“Hey Ackles, what’s up?  Miss me already?”

“You’re hilarious Padalecki, how could I not.”

“I know right.  What’s up?  What was so important you were calling every day and needed to meet back up.  Not that I don’t enjoy hanging out with my tv brother.”

“I talked to Y/N, she mentioned she spoke to you.”

“Yeah, we talked Monday or Tuesday, I think..”

“Did you say something to her about meeting my girlfriend?”

“Yeah, I told her about having dinner with you and Victoria.  How is she doing by the way?  She seems really great.”

“She’s fine.  Did you tell Y/N Victoria was my girlfriend.”

Jared pauses for a moment, “Yeah, sorry.  I should have let you tell her, it just came out. I didn’t think.”

“Why would you tell Y/N she was my girlfriend?”

“I’m sorry, I will let you tell everyone else the news.  It was a little slip.”

“SHE is not my girlfriend.”

“Still haven’t made it official, she said you were going in that direction.”

It’s Jensen’s turn to pause the conversation.  “Who said it was going official?”

“Victoria, when she said you two were dating.  I figured that was what you wanted to talk to me about when we had dinner.”

“I’m not dating Victoria.  I’m dating Y/N, and I have been since New Year’s.  That’s what I wanted to tell you.  We kept it on the downlow the last few months of filming and until now.  I don’t want to hide it anymore.  She doesn’t deserve to be hidden away like that.  I wanted to tell you first, before we go back up to Vancouver.”

The younger man stares at his friend, recalling the phone conversation with you earlier in the week.  “That’s why she seemed a little surprised and upset when I mentioned Victoria as your girlfriend. Dude, I’m sorry.  I didn’t know.”

“I’ve already talked to Y/N about it, she’ll be back next week.  I’m hoping I can calm down any other fears she has then.”

The two of you, huh.  That’s awesome, I’m really happy for you both.  A little upset, you both kept it from me.”

“Thanks, and sorry.  We didn’t want things to be awkward if we realized after a few weeks we were better as friends, and then it just became, how do we share this?”

The men talk and enjoy the rest of their evening before parting.  

You were so happy to hear the director call cut the final time Saturday night.  You thought this movie was never going to end. Jensen had sent a text this morning wishing you a happy last day of filming.  You were thrilled not to see any more pictures of him and co-star out together this week.  

Luck was on your side and you weren’t called back to set to refilm anything, there would be some audio work that might need to be done later, but that could be done in LA or Vancouver.  You ship a few of your things back to LA on Monday, the rest are packed up and ready to fly home with you Thursday. 

Your time in Chicago could not end on a high note though.  The 5:30 flight back home, which should have had you in LA before 8, was now moved back to depart at 8:45.  That pushes the arrival time back past 11. Jensen had offered earlier in the week to pick you up at the airport, but you didn’t want him doing that now.  He still has to film in the morning.   When you text him to let him know, he tells you it still isn’t a problem, but you aren’t sure if there will be other delays.  Telling him not to worry, you wander through the airport to pass the time. 

It’s well after midnight by the time you make it home, glad you didn’t have Jensen out driving you this late.  Your luggage is left in the corner of your room and you collapse on your bed falling asleep without even changing.  

The next morning you go through the apartment dusting and cleaning up.  Your luggage is unpacked, and a trip to the grocery store is definitely needed.  The day passes quickly and soon you need to get yourself ready for dinner at Jensen’s. 

You arrive by 6, and he has one big smile on his face when he opens the front door.  The two of you enjoy a nice steak dinner he had ready when you arrive. While you are finishing up, he sets a frozen pie in the oven.  As you are helping him clean up the main course there’s a knock on his door.  While you finish washing the dishes, he goes to answer it. 

“Hey, I’ve been texting but you haven’t answered me.  Did you want to go grab some drinks downtown?”

“Hi Victoria, I didn’t see your messages.  I’ve been busy, I have company over.”

“Well, we can stay here then.”  Jensen grits his teeth as she walks past him uninvited inside the house.  He’s tried to stay as far away from Victoria as he could this past week after Jared told him what she said. 

“I don’t think we’re up for company tonight.”

“That’s silly.  You already said you have company over.  What’s the harm in a little more?”

Before anything else is said, you walk into the hallway from the kitchen.  Jensen looks over and his face falls when he sees you focus on Victoria.  This is not how he wanted this evening to go at all. 

She smiles sweetly and makes her way over to stand in front of you.  “Hi, I’m Victoria.  Jensen and I are working on a film together right now.”  She holds out her hand, which you force yourself to shake. “Who are you?”

“Y/N.  I work with Jay on Supernatural.”

“She is also my…” Jensen starts to explain your relationship but is cut off

“Oh, how sweet.  Did you finally decide to come visit your co-star during hiatus”

“No, I just got back to LA, I finally finished filming in Chicago.”

“Why are we all standing here, we should take this little party to the living room.”  Grabbing Jensen’s hand she starts to pull him with her. 

 Seems like she is familiar with his place, you think.

He turns to you with a stunned expression on his face.  “I didn’t invite her,” he mouths. 

She stops in front of the couch taking a seat and pulling the still bewildered Jensen down with her.  That leaves you with the chair across from them.

“So, tell me about yourself.  I would love to get to know another friend of Jensen.  What movie were you working on?”  She starts firing off questions.

You’re unaware that Jensen is done hiding your relationship and you do your best to answer civilly, and as his friend, not an unhappy girlfriend.. 

The oven timer dings, signaling the pie Jensen set in there to bake is finished.  You start to get up to grab it out, but Victoria grabs your arm.

“You’re his guest, let Jensen grab that.”  When he’s out of sight she turns to you, with a fake smile you can see right through. “So do you have any insider tips on him?”

“I’m sorry?”

“Between you and me, I'm pretty sure he's working up the nerve to ask me to be his girlfriend. The two of us are constantly hanging out together.  Look at the man.  Who wouldn't want a piece of that? I wasn't sure if you knew anything about his exes, why it never worked with them, or things he likes.”

“Just you two hang out? Or the whole the whole cast?”  Because that was what Jensen was constantly telling you. 

“Maybe once or twice with everyone. Mostly just the two of us.  He prefers our time together, to be well, alone, if you know what I mean.  So are you going to help me?”

Just then Jensen comes back into the room, you are fuming inside.  He hadn’t been telling you the truth, just what you were afraid of.  He sits back down on the couch and she grabs his arm leaning in close to his side, while looking over at you.

“Do you have any plans for tonight?”

“No.”

“The Roger Room just opened, and I was able to get Jay and I on the list for tonight.  We’ve been talking about this for weeks.  Since the two of you don’t have plans, you wouldn't mind if I steal him away for the evening would you?”

“No, I’m not interested in…” Jensen starts to speak up.

 You stand up from the chair, “you know what, take him. I'm leaving anyway.”

“No, Y/N, don’t leave.” Jensen starts to plead as he gets up.

Grabbing your purse from the table you quickly exit the house ignoring him.  The front door is barely shut behind you, before he opens it and follows you outside. 

“Y/N, I didn’t invite her over, I don’t want to go out with her.  I want to stay here and talk this over with you.  Please don’t leave.”

“Do you know what she just told me in there?  That you two spend a lot of time together alone, because you prefer your alone time with her. If I know what she means.  And guess what Jensen I do.”

“Y/N, come on, please calm down.”

“Do not tell me to calm down Ackles!”

“The truth is…”

“You know who starts a sentence with ‘truth is’? Liars, that’s who.  You know it’s getting clearer and clearer, where I really rank with you, Ackles.  I don’t think this is working out anymore.”

“What, no you don’t mean that.  We were going to talk about everything tonight.   I’m not lying to you about anything.  Come on, we can fix this.”

“Now you’re going to a bar instead.  The time to talk would have been the last few weeks when you were ignoring my text messages, calls and skypes.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about!” he yells out in frustration.  “I didn’t ignore anything from you.  You were barely reaching out to me.”

“Yeah, sure blame me, when you’re the one with a replacement girlfriend in their living room.”

“She doesn’t mean anything to me.”

“Yeah, right.  I’m done.  At least we never told anyone about us, nothing we have to explain there.  Just like you wanted it to be,” you say just before closing the car door.   

“I just told Jared,” Jensen whispers as he watches your car pull out of his driveway and take off. 

Going back inside he catches Victoria hurrying to sit back down.  “Is your friend gone?  A few drinks will cheer you up, change and we’ll get going.”

“I’m not going anywhere with you. I haven't been talking to you about going out at all.   My friend didn’t just leave, my girlfriend did.  Rather upset because of you.  I’m not interested in you like that Victoria, I’m sorry if I did something to lead you on, but I’m not.  I think you need to leave now.”

“But I, well, I…”

“Now.”

“Jensen don’t be ridiculous,” she finally gets out.

“Oh, I’m not.  It’s time for you to go.”  He walks to the front door and holds it open

She grabs her coat and purse with a huff walking out the open door.  The night did not end like she was hoping.

In the house, Jensen tries calling you, but it just goes directly to voicemail.  He asks Jared to reach out to you, but you don’t answer him either.  He contemplates driving over to your house, but he figures you probably need a little space right now.  He’ll talk to you tomorrow. 

That conversation doesn’t happen.  You have been refusing his calls all weekend, when he goes by your apartment, you won’t answer the door.  He even asked your landlord to let him in, but he won’t. It’s the middle of the following week before you text Jared back that yes you are alive, but you just need time and space.  You will talk to him soon.  No, you don’t want to get together for the 4th of July with him and some friends.  No you don’t want to talk right now.   Jensen, on the other hand, doesn't get any kind of response.  

Before you know it, it’s the second week of July and it’s time to head back to Vancouver. You find out from the studio when the guys are scheduled to fly and change your ticket to the day before.  You arrive in Vancouver by yourself and get a cab to take you and your luggage back to your apartment.

The next day, the guys are in LAX waiting for the plane to board, while Jensen keeps looking around.  He’s waiting for you to arrive at the terminal.  The three of you always fly up together.  Jensen was hoping, if he had you stuck on an airplane with him, you would finally listen to him.  Maybe then things between the two of you could be fixed.  No such luck. 

After dropping off his luggage, he walks down to your apartment, but the doorman tells him you are unavailable.  Jensen has a sneaking suspicion you took him off the visitors lists. He ends up showing up at Jared’s apartment with a case of beer, where he has to crash on the couch because he’s too wasted to leave. 

Jared has had enough of this and pays his own visit to your place.  He is still cleared to go up at least. Once you let him in, he follows you back over to the couch where you have Hallmark Christmas in July on.  

“We missed you yesterday on the flight.”

“I think that was just you who missed me.  I missed you when I flew up too.”

“That’s not true.”

“Jare, you don’t know what’s…”

“I know plenty.”

When you turn to look at him, he stares right back.  “Okay, what do you know?” you challenge.

“I know you and Ackles are dating.”

“Were.  He has Victoria now.  You said so yourself.”

“I was wrong and so are you.  The two of you just had a fight.”

“When did he tell you?”

“About your fight?  Right after it happened and you wouldn’t answer him.  He needed to know you were okay.  Not that I helped much since it took you almost a week to answer me.”

“Is that when he told you we had been dating?”

“No, it was the week before.  He didn’t want to hide your relationship anymore.  He wanted to let me know what was going on.  The night Victoria told me they were dating, he didn’t really invite her along.  She ended up inviting herself along to dinner, and you know Ackles.  He’s too nice to just turn someone away.  He had no idea she was going to tell me that, or that she even had until after he heard from you.    Jensen wanted to tell me about the two of you and wasn’t able to with her interference.  So he was going to wait and talk to me another night, but she made a comment about the two of them going out, and I jumped to the conclusion that’s what he wanted to tell me.  I was wrong.”

“The night I was at his place, she said they had been spending a lot of time together, just the two of them.  It was mostly alone time.  He told me it was mostly with more of the cast.  She said he was going to be asking her to be his girlfriend soon.  Why would she lie about that?  Not to mention all the times I reached out and he ignored me.  Then he acts like it never happened.”

“Jensen’s been thinking about why she did that.  He said he talked about you on set and thinks she figured out who you were to him, so she was trying to push you out of the way that night.  What do you mean he was ignoring you?”

Grabbing your phone, you pull up your message thread with Jensen and all show Jared all the unread, and unreplied to messages.  “Then there were calls or skypes he would just decline and forget about.”

“I don’t know about any of that.  But I do know that what is happening between you two right now, is driving him crazy.  He’s hurting, you're hurting.  Will you please talk to him so you can both stop hurting?”

“I’m not sure I’m ready.”

“Would you rather continue on with this pity party you have?”

“That’s mean.”

“It’s true.”

You two stare at each other, neither wants to give in. 

“Fine, I’ll talk to him.”

“Great, I’ll call him right now.”

“Now?”

“Yes.”

“I didn’t agree to right now.  I’m not ready.”

“You didn’t not agree to it.”

You look down at the baggy worn out sweats you’re wearing and remember you haven’t showered since yesterday morning.  Making your way to the bathroom you quickly clean yourself up.  Jared takes your key and goes downstairs to meet Jensen and bring him up.  Once they are both inside, he puts the key back and makes his exit.

“Jared you don’t have to leave,” you try to keep him close for a buffer.

“I think I do.  This is between the two of you.”

“Hey,” Jensen greets you softly once his friend has left.

“Hey.” you respond looking him over.  He looks as tired as you feel.  You can see the dark tints underneath his eyes and the tired sadness in them. 

“I’ve missed you, especially yesterday.”

“I wasn’t ready to be in a confirmed space with you for that long yet.”

“You are today?”

“Jared didn’t give me a choice.”

“Why did you just leave like that?  I wasn't going to go out with her that night.  I wanted to clear things up with you.  So that we didn’t end up here.” 

“She told me you were getting ready to ask her out.  That the two of you hang out alone a lot.”  

“That’s not true.  The car rides were the only time we hung out alone.  That was just driving to work, going over lines on the way.  I wasn’t interested in her then or now, I’m only interested in you.  I was not looking to ask her out.”

“It seems like once you started filming she overtook your time and worries.  You couldn’t even talk to me because you couldn’t upset her by being on the phone.”

“Okay, that was not the best choice I made.  In how I said that or what I did.  I’m sorry.”

“If things were to work between us, we need better communication.  It really hurts when you just ignore me.  Especially when I was having such a rough time in Chicago.  I would send you a text and tell you something was wrong, and if I got a reply at all it’s about how great things were in LA.  I’m glad things were so good for you.  I really am.  It just hurt to have it rubbed in my face.”

“What are you talking about?   You’ve mentioned that before, I didn’t ignore your messages.  I never meant to rub anything in your face.  I expected to hear from you more after you said you were having trouble, not less.”

You hand your phone over and he scrolls through the text thread, then grabs his own phone.  “I don’t remember seeing most of these, and they aren’t on my phone.”

“What do you mean?”

“I don’t think they ever sent.”

You look through his tread and sure enough many of your texts aren’t there. “I would see a “read” notification on my end for some of them.  What about all the times I tried to call or skype, and you send me to voicemail and never call back?”

“I sent you to voicemail once or twice and I would always text you right back.  You’re the one who started calling less and less.”

“No, it was more than that.  You were just answering less, I wasn’t not calling you.”  You pull up the call log and show him. 

Once again things don’t match up with the two phones. 

“I don’t understand how so many of your messages didn’t make it though?”

“It’s almost like someone cleared them out,” you mutter.

“I don’t think anyone…” Jensen stops and thinks back. He looks at you with a wince, “okay, maybe.  There were a few times I thought I saw Victoria with my phone.  I always left in my chair when I was on set.  I couldn’t see where she had done anything so I didn’t question her.”

“Maybe you should have.”

“Maybe.  I’m sorry for the trouble she caused. I’m sorry for not being in Chicago when you needed backup.  I’m sorry that she made you so upset.  Can you please forgive me?  I really don’t want to lose you.  I love you Y/N Y/L/N, there is no one else I want to be with.”

You look at him for a long moment without saying or doing anything.  His hopeful expression slowly starts to fade before you start speaking. 

“I can’t really hold you responsible for what she did, especially if you didn’t know.  I’m sorry for not hearing your out. I wish you could have been in Chicago, but you had your own work going on.  I know it will be like that at times.  I understand.  I’m also sorry I called you a liar.  I love you too Jensen Ackles.  I hated the fighting and the being apart.  I want to be with you and just you, too.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah.”

With a small smirk Jensen softly grabs your face in his hands and leans in kissing you softly.  It doesn’t stay that way for long, being apart for so many weeks things tend to get heated pretty quickly.  He begins walking you back toward the bedroom, barely letting you come up for air.  

When the two of you are spent and laying wrapped in each other’s arms he leans down and kisses the top of your head.

“I don’t like being apart,” he tells you.

“I didn’t either.”

“Let’s change that.”

“I thought we just did.”

“I was thinking more along the lines of you moving in with me.  Then we don’t have to go back and forth between apartments, and I get to hold you every night.”

“Why don’t you move in with me then?”

He laughs, “I don’t care who’s apartment we end up keeping here as long as it’s got both of us there.”

“Sounds good to me.”

“The next time we have an issue because of some co-star, will you talk to me about it first before running off?” he asks.

“I would rather we just avoided the drama next time.”

“If we aren’t a secret, maybe that won’t be a problem.”

“You already told Jared, why not make it official?”

“Working on that.  What size ring do you wear?”

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Transcript of Jeff Grub’s latest DA4 info, from a GiantBomb livestream, for those who missed what was said:

“Then we get, um, a little bit of Dragon Age news. Now, I'm gonna like, temper expectations immediately. Don't expect a lot. Do not expect.. um. Don't - I don't think there's gonna be like a trailer or gameplay or anything like that. Um, and really I'm not even sure of the reason why they're doing exactly this thing that they're doing. It seems a little bit weird. But, um, in about an hour and a half or so, uh, they should come out and say the name of the game. And I think that might be it. So, if you are - okay, I always do this thing where I'm like 'Oh, you know, who's gonna care about that', and then I remember BioWare fans exist, and how nuts they are, 'cause this happened with Mass Effect, where I was talking about Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, and I was like 'yeah that sounds cool, I love those games, I'll play those games again', and there were people who were just like showing up for the first time in my comments or whatever, or showing up on GamesBeat, or showing up in the YouTube comments and just losing their minds. Just the biggest fans in the world. And then uh, so really, I think, just dropping the name, some Dragon Age fans are going to be like 'OH MY GOD, this is amazing' but I think if you are expecting more than that, today might be a little disappointing. But yeah, seems like they're coming out with the name, seems like they have their reasons, again I don't fully understand why exactly we're going to get just this little thing and then move on, um, but I mean maybe it's just like they wanna keep, give fans a sign of life, say 'Dragon Age is still coming, Dragon Age 4 is still coming'.

Now, when is it coming, we've talked about it before on this show, if you're a regular viewer or regular listener, you know this already, nothing's changed there, if you're just tuning in, I know more people watch during the E3 timeframe. If you're wondering when it's gonna come, it's still not coming until at least the middle of next year, and then probably a little bit later, towards the end of next year, um, so we're at least a year away, at least, and then probably closer to still a year and a quarter, a year and a half off, like, you know, we're talking about the end of next year, something like that. So yeah, it's not coming out this year, it's not coming out at the end of this fiscal year. Do not expect it before basically June of next year, is the earliest. And then, really, are they gonna put it out in the summer? I doubt it. It's probably gonna come out closer to the fall.

But yeah, that's like the big news I can give you there. They're gonna give you many of these details. They'll probably, they probably won't say a timeframe, cause they haven't really been saying that much, except for they might say, like, ‘oh, Dragon Age: Blank’, you know, the name is out there if you really want it, I've, we've teased it on Twitter a little bit. Credit to Tom Henderson who started doing this stuff, teasing this first this morning, if you really wanna know the name go check out his Twitter feed, he basically just said it, so. At least as far as I know. I guess, maybe they pulled a fast one on us, but that's my understanding, is, y'know, we'll get that name today. And yeah, that's it. So again, temper those expectations."

Source: Jeff Grubb / GiantBomb on Twitch

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Are You Satisfied?

Chapter One

Summary: Elvis Presley's day starts out normal, but ends not so normal.

Warnings: Swearing, existentialism, mentions of mental illness, horrible writing of a southern accent.

Word Count: 3.1k

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Los Angeles 

May, 1968

Elvis Presley.

A household name for the time, a man that was considered a rebel just about ten years prior. His name was on one of the many stars on Hollywood Boulevard, he starred in movies, he was listened to all over the world. It was safe to say Presley was once the most popular and famous man in the world. But the man himself was having doubts on how he went about it. Really? Advertisements for an at-home sewing machine? Did that really scream Elvis Presley? He was turning into a Hollywood joke the more and more he stayed, especially with the Colonel as his manager. We’ll leech ‘em of all their money and move onto greener pastures, He said. Sure, Elvis thought, but no one else'll wanna hire me after this. 

Speaking of, Elvis had just finished filming his newest movie that was set to come out sometime next year. He ran a hand through his silky black hair as he entered his trailer, slamming the door behind him with a frustrated sigh. Yet another argument with the Colonel about if all this was worth it. He thought so but Elvis, as always, thought differently. He wanted to support his friends and his family but was being pulled into things he would rather not do.

Elvis wished he could have a clean slate, go back to his early days where he was on the road and playing his music the way he wanted. The music he loved. Not the music other people wanted him to do. The man went to sleep that day, a sad look on his eyes before he closed them. He wished that maybe one day, Colonel Parker would finally see his perspective. Elvis was a showman.  He was meant for the stage, to have thousands of fans screaming his name…. Among other things. 

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Los Angeles 

May, 2022

June Monroe.

A young woman who was the polar opposite of…. A certain Rock n Roll star. Sure, she did love rock, but something with a bit more shredding of a guitar. Like AC/DC or Aerosmith. June wasn’t a household name but she was connected to many. After all, being a producer will do that for you. Sometimes, she would even be hired as a music specialist for certain movie productions. Her real dream, though, was to work with a music legend. Hard to do that when most of them are dead but she still held out hope. She could tell some of them were apprehensive, for good reason, she had the style of a goth with the music track record of Taylor Swift. 

June shook her head, adjusting her grip on the guitar case in her hand. She needed to get home. Thankfully, the recording studio she worked at wasn’t too far from her apartment–a small walk from East Hollywood to Central LA. After all, it was too expensive to own a car in California, let alone the busy city of LA.

Tourists were everywhere but it just depended on the route she took if there were more or less. Unfortunately, her route was crowded today. Stepping onto the Walk of Fame, there were what seemed like hundreds of Elvis impersonators with white jumpsuits and over the top accents within a few feet of each other. June was desensitized to it at this point, not sparing them a second glance. 

That was until one bumped right into her. “Hey! Bro, look where you’re fucking going!” June yelled, dropping her guitar case from the collision. “This guitar is expensive, asshole.” She grunted, going to grab it from the trashed sidewalk. As her hand touched the handle, so did the strangers. 

Her head snapped up to retort when her voice got caught in her throat. The man in front of her was the spitting image of him. Elvis Presley. Granted, less stereotypical. His hair slicked back with one simple stray strand across his forehead. He wore a simple black turtleneck with deep blue dress pants paired with glossy black heeled shoes. Was he an Elvis impersonator or some descendant no one knew of?

“I’m really sorry bout bumpin’ into you.” God, even his voice was like Elvis’--deep with a southern twang. But this didn’t seem like an impression, those were usually so eccentric to play up a schtick. How was that possible? June swore she was hallucinating or something, staring into the stranger’s dark blue eyes. “Must’ve gotten lost or somethin’.” He said, rubbing the back of his neck once the guitar was back into the hands of its owner.

June cleared her throat for a moment, her eyes scanning the man for any indication of lying. Usually, she could feel when someone was lying to her or had the intention of doing something wrong–either to her or just in general–but she didn’t get anything from him. Just the pure feeling of being lost or confused. 

“You live around here?” June finally asked after an awkward moment of them just staring at each other. 

Much like how June was appalled as to how someone could look so much like Elvis, and sound like him too, the stranger was astonished by her looks as well. Long jet-black hair with two streaks of a bright blue flowing from around her ears, her face was sculpted beautifully with plump lips, sharp cheekbones, a nice jaw, perfect eyebrows, and freckles dotted on her nose and cheeks with a few larger beauty marks on her chin, cheeks, and forehead. Her eyes were both an icy blue with crystal-like specks of a darker, more saturated blue, but her right had some little specks of green as well. But…. what was in her face? Was that…. Metal? Piercings of silver were in both eyebrows, a ring between her nostrils, bulbs on her nose, and a spike was coming from under her bottom lip. The man also noticed black ink marks just over the neckline of her shirt. 

June wore a simple short-sleeved black turtleneck shirt and dark, ripped, belted high-waisted jeans that were cuffed to show off the boots underneath. The pants even had stitches on the back pockets, a star on the left one and a heart on the other. June even had tattoos on her lean muscled arms. She looked other-worldly to him while she looked like anyone to any other person’s eyes.

He shook his head, glancing over to one of the LED billboards. “No…. uh, not in a long time.” He responded softly, but there was a certain level of excitement beneath his eyes.

“Okay, well, walk with me then, stranger?” June asked before she could think. Something was compelling her to want to get to know this man better. Maybe even learn his name. “I’ll buy you a coffee.” She winked with a smile.

As if he was suddenly parched, the man’s tongue shot out and swiped against his lip. “I’d like that.” He smiled back at her. “My name is Elvis, by the way. May I have yours?” He asked innocently as they started to walk together. June was obviously leading the way. She was the one that knew where the coffee shop was.

June cocked an eyebrow at “Elvis” as she walked. Doubt was settling in her mind. No shot he coincidently looked like Elvis Presley and had his first name too so she simply played along. It had to be an impersonator…. But he was pretty young to be one. Usually, they were in their forties and up. Unless this one wanted a head start or something. For what? She didn’t know. 

“It’s June.” She said, glancing over at Elvis who had a look of excitement in his eyes. He was looking at all the different buildings, new cars, street vendors, and the people. It was like this was all new to him. He looked like a child who just got the newest toy. “Monroe.” June added, not knowing why.

Elvis’ eyes widened, snapping his gaze back to the woman next to him. “Like the movie star?” He asked, voice laced with excitement. Well, that could explain how perfect she looked.

“We’re not related but have the same last name, yes.” June laughed quietly, shaking her head a little before she stopped and opened the door to the coffee shop. She held the door open for Elvis to enter who bowed his head in thanks. When the man stopped at the line, June was concerned. He seemed a bit overwhelmed by the options as he looked up at the menu. “This is a Starbucks.” She whispered softly, confused but trying to comfort him.

“I don’t know what the hell a Starbuck is.” Elvis said, his eyebrows contorted into confusion. If June wasn’t so astonished by that, she would have laughed.

So, instead of letting Elvis pick for himself, June ordered for the both of them. A simple dragon fruit refresher for herself and a hot coffee with mocha for Elvis. As he took a sip of his, it was like he was filled with a new energy. Well, June might’ve just made another coffee addict by accident. She guided Elvis to a booth by the windows and let her guitar case lean against the side of the table.

After taking a sip of her drink, June’s eyes raked Elvis again. He was a little too believable. No one sounded so eerily similar to THE Elvis Presley. “Gimme your ID.” She said suddenly. The only way to confirm this. 

"Alrighty, darlin'." Elvis chuckled softly, hands going to his pockets before he fished out his wallet and plucked his ID from it. 

Before June grabbed it, the condition seemed like it was just brand new and her brain was relieved. Surely he was just coincidentally named Elvis and looked like him! Anything else would be preposterous. Right? Couldn't be anything else. When she did grab it though, that hope died out quickly.

Presley, Elvis Aaron

DOB: 01/08/1935

Issued: 08/16/1967

Expires: 08/16/1975

"Fuck." That couldn't be. Hell, it was even issued in Tennessee. Now, June didn't know the most about Elvis Presley but she knew he lived in Memphis, Tennessee. And this ID looked fairly real, it could probably fool even the police if they didn't look hard enough at it. "You're…. Elvis Presley." June blinked, sliding the ID back towards him as she took a deep breath.

This couldn’t be happening. Elvis was dead. Dead dead. He died decades ago, before she was even born. Speaking of, how old does that make him now? He was still born in ‘35, evident by the ID, but the person in front of her didn’t seem to be a day older than twenty-five. He looked about her age, maybe slightly older but not by much. This was too crazy for June’s already mentally ill brain to handle so she would just ignore it.

Elvis cocked his head at her for a moment, watching her breathing slow as her jaw clenched. “I was tryna tell you that.” He shrugged, a light, playful smile on his lips. 

“What year is it?” June asked quickly, her eyes were frantic. It was very contradictory to her body language that it almost scared Elvis. 

“Well, it ain’t the year I thought it was, that’s for sure.” Elvis joked softly before he answered honestly. “It was 1968, last time I checked.” Well fuck. He’s 54 years in the future.

June ran a hand down her face before she ran it through her hair as well, pursing her lips too. Should she break it to him? She might as well, who knows how long he’s gonna stay here. “It’s 2022.” She said, eyes snapping up to Elvis’ as she admitted that fact. 

She suspected anger, confusion, hell, even fear but what she saw was nothing of the sort. Like most of the emotions she’d seen just a few moments ago, the man’s blue eyes glimmered with excitement. For what? Who the hell knows. It confused June. He knew practically nothing of how the current world was. Perhaps, he was excited to get to know it. To see just how different it is, how better or worse it became.

“I, uh, have an extra room in my apartment if you’d like it?” The offer was out of June’s mouth before she had a second to think. Sure, this was Elvis Presley but she just met the man. She really shouldn’t be offering him a place to stay. 

“If it’s no trouble.” Elvis said softly, his southern accent weirdly comforting to June. She’d never really liked southern accents before, they seemed a little too strange to her. Maybe it’s because she grew up in the north.

June shook her head, “It’s alright, as long as you don’t eat all my food or go digging in my room.” She teased, but there was a glint of threat in her eyes.

Elvis wasn’t sure if he liked that or not. Probably the former. June was so different from any girl he’s ever seen or met before.

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June’s apartment was in East Hollywood, in a relatively new building. Only a few years old. She was lucky enough to get a two-bedroom, not to mention, an apartment close enough to her job that she could walk it. It had a modern style that was mixed with retro elements–mostly the colors–because white and black looked clean, it didn’t add much character. Her kitchen was off to the left as soon as the door opened, the living room just beyond that with the dining table off to the right of the door, there was the extra bedroom next to the stairs that lead up to the master. 

So, yeah, June was pretty lucky.

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Elvis blinked a little at the size of the apartment as he entered. This was much bigger than he expected. He was thinking something more like a New York apartment, although he's never seen one of those either. “Guess I’m with a high roller, huh?” He chuckled softly, nudging June.

The woman shook her head, a small smile on her face. “Not even close. I just have a nice job that gives me some good benefits.” June explained, setting her guitar on the couch before she stretched her arms out and rolled her shoulders. Producing, unfortunately, meant sitting down more than half the day.

As she stretched, Elvis noticed her arms flex ever so slightly and a light heat started to make its way to his cheeks. He never thought he’d like a strong woman before but there’s always a time for firsts.

“What’s that?” Elvis snapped his eyes to the flat black thing mounted on the wall in front of the couch. He went over to it, his eyebrows furrowing. It was glossy and sleek. Was this some sort of art piece?

“It’s a TV.” June laughed quietly, grabbing the remote to turn it on. Immediately, color filled the black screen. It was on some random channel.

The man stepped back and hummed, “I’on think I’ve ever seen a television like this before.” He then looked back at June, catching her gaze.

This had to seem weird. June was introducing Elvis into so many new things in a matter of hours. Starbucks, cars (he’d asked as they walked), electronic key cards (the way June got in her apartment), and now flat screen TVs. There was so much more to learn about this modern world and Elvis was excited to see it all, especially with June by his side. She was so kind and patient with him. He wanted to experience every new thing with her.

“Fifty plus years leaves a lot for improvement.” June winked before turning to the door behind her, motioning towards it. “That room is yours. Tomorrow, we’re going shopping ‘cause I don’t have any extra clothes for you.” She explained before she pulled out her phone to see what shops were around to have a similar style to what Elvis was wearing. 

Catching his eyes, though, June paused. “This is a phone. Telephone.” She clarified, “They improved it so you can’t just call people, but you can search things up, listen to music, play games, and text–write electronic letters to people.” June explained, watching as Elvis made a nod of acknowledgement. Then it dawned on her. June didn’t have a house phone. “I’ll probably have to buy you one….” She whispered to herself.

If Elvis needed her for something, he wouldn’t have any other way to communicate with her besides a phone. A phone he didn’t have. Nor did he know how to use one…. She’d have to teach him.

“Well, that’s a problem for tomorrow.” June hummed, pocketing her phone before she went to her kitchen while Elvis sat on the couch. He was enthralled with the movie playing on the TV. The superhero looked like Captain Marvel, his favorite comic book. June looked through her fridge, pursing her lips. “You got a taste for anything?”

Elvis’ gaze stayed on the TV, “Nah.” He responded, head cocked as he watched. The colors were so vibrant, so different to the unrealistic colorization of the last TV he had before this.

In some ways, Elvis was overwhelmed. Technology was so different, so improved that it propelled society in ways he didn’t quite understand. But June was there to help him understand. But when he found out about voice command technology, June wasn’t the best at explaining that. To her, it just worked.

June sighed, grabbing some leftovers from the previous night to heat up. “Ever try stir fry?” She asked, sure that he didn’t. Elvis probably had the palette of a classic 50s southern boy. Steaks and other hunky types of meat. 

“Can’t say I have.” Elvis hummed, his eyes finally ripping away from the movie playing. “S’good?” He asked as he walked over to the counter and sat down at it. The counter reminded him a bit of counters at some diners he’s been to before. So, it was a breath of something that was familiar with a breath of something new.

June shrugged, “I think so, it’s just meat and veggies with some brown sauce.” She grabbed the first bowl from the microwave before she set hers in there, punching in a time. Then she grabbed a fork for Elvis and set the bowl and silverware in front of him.

Elvis stared down at the bowl, eyebrows furrowing slightly at the contents. Yeah, he definitely liked steak a lot more but he was willing to try it. He speared a piece of chicken with some broccoli and hesitantly put the fork in his mouth. His eyes widened at the taste. It was like something he’s never had before. “Holy shit.” Elvis breathed.

“I know, right?” June winked, a smile on her perfectly sculpted lips.

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