#most of the time is relatively chill but

[oyasumillie]

This year I have been attacked by a patient, having to repost criminal acts from patients to the justice and yesterday there was a shooting at the place I work at... huh

[egophiliac]

have you seen the new nightwear groovy? alas, the dream of the animal onesies or the pillow fight groovy are dashed 😞 - i have yet to see the card's story but i assume that yuu is interviewing the boys again this year like the birthday boy cards cause there's no other characters in the card (?)

I too am disappointed that we didn't get a big full-on pillow fight. 😔 but he DOES battle by throwing his pillow, so at least we get some cushion action in there!

it looks like this round of birthday cards aren't going to be interviews/conversations, at least not for most of it -- the first part was Jamil talking to Ortho (who he duos with) about what his dormmates are doing for his birthday (they're setting up a surprise party/parade (because Kalim) but they're doing an extremely bad job of it and he's having to go around making sure that they don't screw it up) (being Jamil is suffering). second part was Jamil talking to his (unvoiced mob) roommate and answering Crowley's School Improvement Survey (he wants bigger bathrooms) (also a fridge in his room) (actually, make that a whole kitchen) (but mostly bigger bathrooms). then third part was his ~morning routine~, aka talking to himself about his hair and makeup, as one does in a visual novel. it's less cohesive than the previous birthday stories, but it's all pretty chill and there's some fun stuff in there! (Najma sent him hair stuff for his birthday that's way too fancy and he can't decide if she did it to annoy him or not. truly, being Jamil is indeed suffering.)

if all the cards are going to be about nightly/morning routine though, we're going to absolutely melt when we get to Vil, brace yourselves

[one-eternal-sigh]

pissing off both mary and lily at the same time is a mistake no one wants to make lmaooo lily can read people to filth if she needs to and mary will just be standing beside her glaring at the offender in question in this firm, unwavering way that just makes you want to look away because it’s kind of sinister with the occasional dry, cutting remark piercing through lily’s rant (but if you insult lily she will 100% take it there and have it out)

[ancha-aus]

RealAgeAU drabble - Moving

Hello I am back and I got another idea for this little silly au that I have @spotaus to thank for for the original idea :3 Though I think this may be officially becoming one of my AUs hahahaha

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Also yes. I know it would work better to number these uploads but also i am not writing these in any set order so it will become miserable for all of us if i number them because either they will be out of order or I will have to rework all the names and I am already editing links I don't need that extra energy in my life.

ANYWAY! :D

Next part! The one I lovingly clal in my head - The one where the gang finds a more permanent temporary home. (also yes. Before this they all speed-run the whole Parental bonding and emotional bonding to the idea of having a babybones. Which honestly can and probably will make four different drabbles)

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Horror stares at the door and wonders once again how he got to this point.

Well, no. That is a lie. He knows exactly how he got to his point.

He glances over his shoulder where the other four at hiding off to the side. Out of view from the doorway but still visable for Horror if he looks just right. Seems like Dust won the discussion, again, and is holding Nightmare, again.

Horror wants to say it is surprising how quickly they all just... accepted the situation they got into but he really isn't. Monsters are weird like that. Forced adoption is not that wild all things considered when you are talking about beings made of magic and emotions.

Horror stares at the door and raises his hand before knocking twice.

He really hadn't wanted to do this but they have no other choice. As he waits he can't help but think back to what made them decide this.

Cross walks from side to side "That was way to close! That was the third time we came across the Stars with Nightmare out. Third!"

Killer nods from where he is sitting wiht the sleeping Nightmare in his lap "Yeah no kidding. It is annoying as shit that they are hunting us."

Dust shrugs "Not surprising. Nightmare 'disappeared' after all. We are their only lead."

Killer grins "We were lucky Cross managed to lie his way out of the last one." and he shoots Cross a wink.

Cross sputters "I panicked!"

Killer grins and winks "Sure sure daddy crossy."

Horror holds up his hands between his two... co-parents "This is not the time. We need to figure out where we can go." and he thinks things over.

Cross sighs "I don't get how they keep finding us!"

Dust huffs as he packs their bags "We go to too little universes. Makes it easy for Ink and Dream to pick us out because they recognise us personally."

Killer frowns "Meaning. we need a big universe?" he taps his chin "But also mostly positive as we still don't know how obvious Nightmare would be otherwise."

Cross frowns "I think it will be fine. He can't feel the balance anymore right? And no one seems to have a reaction to him like they had before nor how people have a reaction to Dream's aura thing. Maybe with the corruption gone he really is just... ex-guardian now?"

Killer groans "I hope so. I am not a fan of child labor."

That is when it hits him. Horror sits up "I think I know a place."

All of them turn to him and he immediantly regrets saying anything. See? This is why he normally tries to limit what he says.

Either way. Here they are now and Horror prays this works. Please. They need one thing to work in their favor.

The door opens and a gasp "Horror! It has been ages! It is great to see you. How have you been?" Crop smiles at him.

Horror steels his nerves. Come on. Too much hangs on this moment "Hey Crop. Nice to see you. I am... okay. How are you?"

Crop frowns at him instantly "You sure? You don't sound okay. Trouble at home?"

Horror chuckles "Kinda? Not exactly. Euh... Can't go back to that place now?"

Crop frowns "Why? Need a place to stay? I got a spare room."

Okay yes! this is going great! just... gotta make sure he knows.

Horror nods "I do need a room. Not just for me though..." Crop starts to frown and Horror raises his hands "Just temporarily!"

Crop frowns "Did... something go wrong?"

Horror pauses and thinks this through once more. He trusts Crop. Crop has never been anything but kind even when Horror had been an ass. Even when he had to once drag Dust here to get healing before they could make the jump back home.

Horror looks to the side and he sees the others just beyond the treeline, hidden in shadows and waiting. Crop takes a look as well but he can't quite spot them. Crop looks back up at him.

Horror takes a deep breath "You need... to promise me, no not just promise you need to swear. That what you are about to learn will not leave this universe."

Crop frowns as he immediantly looks uncomfortable. It is the reaction a promise gets from most of them. But Crop also shoots him a considering look before he nods. He holds out a hand "I swear and promise I will not share the about to be giving information. UNLESS! It endangers anyone." and he waits.

Horror stares at the hand and thinks. That... That is fine right? That should be fine. Nightmare being a child doesn't endanger anyone. Only them and Nightmare. Horror nods and shakes the hand.

Crop nods and steps aside "Come inside. I bet you will be more comfortable explaining there." he glances at the forest "Do your... friends? Want to come in too?" a guess clearly. probably on multiple fronts.

Horror shakes his skull "Not yet. Need to know your answer and reaction first." He turns to the forest and makes a signal to wait a bit longer. He sees a thumbs up shot his way back. Probably Killer. He never bothered with the signals they had learned together.

Crop nods as he steps aside and Horror walks in, having to duck slightly for the door. The door closes behind him and Horror sees the small living room with fireplace.

Crop leads him to the kitchen "Lets talk there. I will get some tea."

A few minutes later they are both seated and with a cup of tea. Crop looks at him expectingly.

Horror takes a deep breath and takes out their most valuable resourch. The Dreamtale book. And places it on the table. Crop frowns at it before looking at Horror.

Horror nods to it "It will help explain... Very long story short... Nightmare was never an adult. He was a child with a magical shield of some type. That magic has ran out."

Crop stares at him for a moment, then he pulls the book closer and starts reading it. He pauses at the title before opening it.

And now he waits.

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Crop sits wiht his skull in his hands. Horror just sits across from him, with his empty cup of tea. Crop's own cup has grown cold a long time ago. Horror just waits for anymore questions but Crop hasn't said anyhting in the last ten minutes.

Horror looks back at the book and sees that Crop has turned the pages back to the one with the drawing of Nightmare's head being cracked open. The image makes a very clear show on how small Nightmare was compared to the ones attacking him.

Horror still thinks the book doesn't do it justice. Nightmare is much smaller in person than the picture makes him seem. The cracks had been much worse than the picture showed. But it is the closest they got.

Crop finally sighs and speaks. He doesn't look away from the picture "I don't... Know a lot about this whole... multiverse stuff. It isn't my place at all. And that is fine." he pauses for a moment "But this... You are telling me... That the one being that had everyone afraid. That everyone saw as a demon. Is a child... is this child?"

Horror nods before he explains more "Nightmare... gained a lot of magic and powers when he ate those apples. At least that is what the story implied. We haven't managed to get him to tell us yet, mostly because well... he is six again." Crops pulls a face as well, yeah. Horror agrees. A PTSD filled six year old is not easy. But they are managing.

Horror nods "so... What Cross nad Dust think what happened is that... The magic and negativity of the apples bond itself to Nightmare. Which game him the magic and powers he would use. The connection to the balance because the apples were part of the balance. and more importantly, an adult form and mind to fit all the magic. There was just no way all that magic and energy would have fit a babybones. Especially one that hadn't shown much magic beforehand." an assumption on their end as Nightmare was never said to use magic in the book.

"We think... We think that this magic of the apples just. ran out. We had been in battle at the time and Nightmare had been hit but it shouldn't have had that much of an effect. it was the same type of attack he had been hit by before. Dust thinks it was just the last bit of magic that the apples had having run out. Meaning that with the magic and energy so went the form." all a theory of course. But it is the only thing they have.

Crop nods as he clearly thinks "And as he was suddenly an adult. instead of just being afraid and scared. all that pain and emotions took a more violent turn. As he was an adult and was suddenly able to realise that it was unfair which made him angry..." Crop pauses.

Crop glares back at the table and shakes his skull "It is... It is a whole story about victim blaming. A victim is blamed for the abuse they suffered. They are made to believe they deserve it and should be abused. Then as soon as they fight back and defend themselves they are seen as guilty." Crop takes adeep breath as he leans back "What I don't get... Why come here? I can't help with any of this."

Horror shakes his skull "This isn't about any of the big stuff. We don't even care about it. We just... Nightmare is himself again. His real self." he taps the page lightly "Not his aged-up self that the corruption enabled him to be."

Crop stares before his face changes to shock "You are trying to hide him." Then a frown "Why not go to your own home? Has it been compromised?"

Horror snorts "At this point? probably." a confused look and Horror continues "Nightmare used his magic to shield off an universe and make a castle." he shrugs at the glance "Nightmare likes to read. I imagine he liked to read back then too. He may have been an adult technically but he was still a child at soul. Child him wanted a home and wanted that to be a castle and adult him made it happen... probably... that is Killer's theory at the moment."

Crop laughs and nods "Suonds reasonable- oh... and with his magic disappearing."

Horror sighs "When I left his universe the castle had already been decaying..."

Crop frowns "Left? The five of you you mean?"

Horror looks to the side and feels the shame return "We.... we did not react well... when we saw the changes at first... we... we obviously dind't know what was going on and well." he looks down "We abandoned him. I know it was wrong and stupid and we all regret it. We came back but we still did it." shame.

shame shame shame shame shame shame shame-

A hand on his shoulder. Horror glances up and Crop smiles at him "It is okay. You are trying to fix it now right? obviously. Not cool that you abandoned a child... but it can be nerve wrecking. Suddenly going from a position where a person is mostly guiding you, to going to a position where you suddenly are responsible over that same person."

Horror looks to the side "We still left." he can't believe they just left!

Crop nods "But you returned." he grins "And you are trying to fix it."

Horror nods again "We are..." he chuckles "Not that we have been doing a good job at it. Jumping from place to place."

Crop hums "So you are looking to settle, at least for a little bit, while also hidding. Why this universe?"

Horror nods "Yeah..." He looks to the side "We... we don't know how everyone will react. To him being like this. Maybe they will react well. Maybe not. We don't want to risk it. Risk him."

Crop stares at him for a long time and nods "There must be better places?"

Horror shakes his skull "The Stars kept finding us. Dust figured out we needed a big universe that leans towards positive. Yours is one of those. It is one of the wider and bigger ones. And overall leaning towards positive."

Crop frowns "It can't be the best one..."

Horror shrugs but continues "True... there are bigger and more positive ones. But those are busy. Many people. many places. Yours is quieter. more empty. Gives peace and room to work from."

Crop frowns as he taps his chin. He thinks deeply before sighing "You guys got any type of backstory we can use? The multiverse thing isn't a known thing here and the only reason my brother and I know is because you crash landed here."

Horror blinks "You will let us stay?"

Crop nods "Sure." and he grins "Can't kick out four parents with a babybones." and he gets up.

Horrro shakes his skull "That isn't... Well I mean technically." He knows that Killer has come close to killing quite a few people with how protective he has grown over Nightmare and that isn't even including the motherhenning of Cross nor the clinginess that Dust has.

Crop chuckles as he nods towards the stairs "The attic is messy and should be cleaned but can be used by you four, well five. There is an old bed and an old lounge chair up there." more thoughtful "How big is he exactly? we will need some clothes. Probably also get a healer to check him if he is developing okay after all those magical shenanigans."

Horror stares for a moment before smiling "Thank you... I know it is a lot."

Crop shrugs as he opens the linnen closet "Horror. Taking care of milking all the cows on your own is a lot. Having to fix your roof in the middle of a thunderstorm is a lot." He straightens his spine with blankets in his arms "Helping a friend and his friends who have somehow aqcuired a babybones, while strange, does not compare to either of those. Now get your friends out of those woods. They will make the animals nervous." he grins "I am excited to be one of the first ones to meet the real Nightmare."

Horror smiles as he packs his book and goes towards the door. "Thanks again Crop."

Crop waves it off as he moves the piles upstairs.

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Boom! and they are staying in FarmTale for now! Horror and Crop are homies and Dust is more of an acquaintance of Crop but it works. Aged-up Nightmare knew that Horror had an universe he liked to visit but never demanded details. *shrugs* Nightmare didn't see the point. as long as horror wasn't going to betray him what did it matter he didn't tell him?

Surprise Nightmare, this is your temporary home now. For a bit. or maybe longer? They are still figuring it out.

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[pidges-lost-robot]

I think Hunk and Keith love to just stand there as Lance and Pidge fucking roast the everloving shit out of each other and wonder whether people can just be nice and get along instead

(They are both hypocrites)

[todayisafridaynight]

what makes minedai even sadder is that we never rlly see daigo try to build a bond with anyone else like he did with mine it rlly shows how badly it effected him like yeah he reached out to shinada in y5 but that’s rlly it and he probably would wanna leave him alone after that and not involve him in any yakuza stuff so i don’t think they would’ve hung out or anything like that afterwards. All he rlly had were saejima and majima but they were more like babysitters than anything, wish we saw more of their dynamic tho like we did with majima and daigo in dead souls since that was fun and we were lowkey robbed but in canon he’s just as lonely as he was before majimas promise to kiryu. And mine is the only person he really had a meaningful relationship with romantic or not they were still really close and we don’t see that again with daigo ever (from what i recall after y3) ok sorry for rambling LMFAO

even with shinada, he reached out to him more so out of 'duty' and trying to make up for the misfortune that befell him because of yakuza than wanting to rekindle any kind of friendship they might have had in high school (though it sounds more like they were just acquaintances if shinada needing a second to remember who daigo was is anything), so yah i doubt they really had any kind of bond afterwards

dead souls really was the only time after Y3 where we got to see daigo be more sociable with someone, but its as you say majima and saejima are more like retainers than close friends

[soupmanspeaks]

silly salvaged and its greg interviewing everyone (all the animatronics) for a marketing class at school or something

[ashenwinds]

Thinking about D.reamlight Vall.ey and just how the skellies could fit in and it is a similar thing to like KH since SoT did a collab with Disney for the Pirate's Life Tall Tale ( both Jack and Davy Jones having a pretty big role in the timeline of the game ). Little bit of a backfire of magic visiting the Caribbean, instead finding the Sea of Thieves.

Protag // you get to meet Duchess first, initially she thinks you are an intruder who plans to infiltrate the fortress and steal the special items hidden within ( Ashen Fort of Fortune bois ). End up assisting her with gathering a few items for her magic to break the seal upon the vault. She would reluctantly join the Valley, a little mini fortress to place. Duchess will be very sparce with her words until you get a higher friendship with her. Then, she will start using full sentences, and her friendship 10 quest would be assisting her in gathering items to help bring back her brother and the other Lords. Would require high friendship with Ursula as well, since Duchess' magic would not be enough to track down and enchant the urns.

From there you would unlock Chi, Ruth, Grimm, and Horatio ( focusing on Chi and Ruth for this blog of course ). Having to travel back to where you found Duchess and pass through the Devil's Shroud to revive the Ashen Lords. You would need to awaken each one with their urns, binding it to their souls and recreating their bodies. Careful though, they are all very spicy.

Chi will be especially hostile at first and remains within the Burning Blade home until you gain more friendship with them. They'll start to interact more with the villains and often get a little grumpy with you if you bother them while wandering about. Good friends with Scar, and gets along with Merlin mostly because he will humor them with a philosophical conversation. They won't completely warm up to you even after the friendship 10 event.

Ruth on the other hand will be a bit more friendly from the start, but often ask if you are coming around to be a test subject for one of her latest brews. Especially good friends with Ursula and Jaffar. Wanders around a lot since she has a deep curiosity of the Valley and what sort of things she could create with the new items. Staves off the creation of weapons. She will consider you an ally once you hit friendship 10, and give you access to helping create potions to further boost your tools.

Once you reach friendship 10 with all four Ashen Lords, you'll be able to unlock the final skellie: Flameheart. They will all take you back to their realm, this time to the Reaper's Hideout to meet the Servant of the Flame ( he refuses to join the Valley but will visit from time to time and hang around his father ). From there, you assist in the ritual and witness the resurrection of Flameheart.

Surprisingly, he's the friendliest out of the skellies. Of course, at the start he will be spicy and not the best to talk with, but in quicker time he will start being far more casual. All of his events will involve some sort of party, learning more about not himself but the Ashen Lords mid-way through. And his friendship 10 event would be learning that the Servant of the Flame is his son and it will be after then that Junior will visit the Valley.

[fingertipsmp3]

Had THE funniest dream last night

[dragpinkman]

seeing a dog breed most people do not have the capacity to handle and properly care for marketed as an easy adopt

[rockshortage]

Gathering information on Hector:

🍇🌽🍰🍷🍻🍔🍟

🍇: What sort of friend are they? Where are they in the group dynamic?

Most of the time he’s just that small weird guy off to the side who just quietly follows along with whatever the others are doing. Sticks close like a nervous dog, or may also wander off if distracted by something that interests him. Which may or may not be noticed because he doesn't really speak up all that much unless a special interest is touched upon or something pisses him off.

🌽: How does this OC feel about acts of affection? What's their favourite act of affection, physical or emotional?

Definitely more on the emotional side, he likes it when people tell him he did a good job with something :) Or when his coat is looking extra flowy and evil today :) :)

He may be touch starved, but he will only submit to his need to be hugged after kicking and screaming a whole bunch (can be figurative or literal). Unless of course he’s getting kisses and head bumps from animals, now that’s the Good Shit

🍰: What's something your OC counts as unforgivable?

Hard agree with Django about child abuse. Animal abuse is a close second but there has to be a little bit more leeway there, considering he sorta has to forgive the Pack’s past transgressions.

🍷: What's one of your OC's pet peeves concerning food?

He has a real hard time understanding picky eaters. Fair enough when people don’t want to partake in his creative cooking but is it really necessary for someone to take apart a whole sandwich because there is one pickle slice in it? And why the fuck would you not eat the crust? Unbelievable…

🍻: What's your OC's favourite comfort ritual? How do they calm themselves down after a rough day?

Talking to/at MAAK is his main go-to. He’ll do that no matter what kind of day it was though, sometimes in combination with writing in his journal to bounce thoughts and ideas off the robot.

🍔: Are there any recent trends you think your OC would hate? Or love?

Honestly his knee-jerk reaction would be to be a grumpy old man about most new trends. Kids these days… As long as they’re not hurting anyone or being particularly annoying, he has an easy enough time ignoring them though.

🍟: What does your OC admit to be their guilty pleasure? What actually is their guilty pleasure?

This question keeps coming up and I never have a good answer lmfao

👉All pleasures are guilty when you’re anxious enough

[fllagellant]

Went from working a 6 hour to a 9 hour bc im the only person available to stay longer to help cover for the night shift ( someone else will close thank god an 11 hour might knock me on my ass ) and im hoping . That it stays quiet like it is now but i also know im doing a beer shipment If it comes in ( it has to ) but also . Two 15 minutes breaks and one 30 minute break did make me go Yay !

[gods-favorite-autistic]

Actually I think 4 books is not overkill thank you very much I’m just being prepared

[particlepocket]

Land of fields and frogs

A vast world with grass fields that stretch on for miles and frogs hidden about.

The land is comfortable but stagnant. Though there are the familiar fields and picket fence with a clear sky overhead to lull in a sense of complacency, the air is heavy with no wind. The water is still and cold, and the tadpoles are unable to metamorphize.

The land quest would be to light the forge and disrupt the planets idleness. Yet, doing so would forever alter the planet. Theming surrounding having to go out of your comfort zone and the important things we lose even during change that is for the betterment.

[hershelwidget]

working on so many projects

tag yourself i'm "swap auuu"

[xinganhao]

Svt with a black cat s/o???

🐈‍⬛ svt with a 'black cat' partner.

⌗ ┆hyung line ★ ₊ ˚ maknae line.

‧₊˚✩彡 includes: established relationship, pet names, headcanons under the cut.

🐈‍⬛ headcanons .ᐟ

seungcheol would be relatively understanding of his black cat s/o. he's still prone to petulance when they don't pay attention to him, but his first instinct is always to care for them! hence: the usual gallant seungcheol allegations 🤲 he's more than willing to provide his s/o with the things that give them joy. their happiness is his, after all.

jeonghan is fairly chill about having a black cat s/o. in a way, he can also be very cat-like— playful, mischievous. he likes to tease his s/o every so often. for the most part, he feels the need to remind them that they have him. it's in part his own pride, and another part, just his way of showing his affection.

joshua, the angel that he is, understands that the type of person he's dating is... 'lowkey'. he may fumble a bit, being more of the romantic type, but his heart is in the right place. he always makes sure he's not impeding on his s/o's space or personal time, so he has the tendency to always check in.

junhui and soonyoung are two peas in a pod. jun, less so. he enjoys just being in his s/o's presence, even if they're not always doing the same thing. he has his moments where his childishness may rear its head, but for the most part, jun just enjoys being in their orbit. soonyoung— on the other hand— is excitable, and can border annoying. it seems to be his personal mission, getting his s/o to react to his antics. underneath all that, he's a guy who's madly in love, and who only wants his s/o's attention.

wonwoo having a 'black cat' s/o checks out in more ways than one, and not only because he's always been a cat person to begin with. he's the chill type, so a relationship with him like that is just easy, for the lack of better term. he often tries to bridge the gap by getting his s/o to play video games with him, which he considers the perfect shared activity for two laidback people.

when two black cats date, what does it look like? jihoon tends to communicate better in person; in moments of shared intimacy, in opportunities to co-work. when he's away from his s/o, he likes to send them songs that remind him of them. he doesn't ever expect a reply. often, it's just a thought he wants/needs to share— a quiet prompting of this song made me think of you. i'm remembering you, right now.