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#man i'm so fucking depressed these days#i hate my life#jobless and on a gap year rn#moved away from my country and left literally my entire life behind#and for what#i miss my friends#i've applied for like 50 jobs and had 2 interviews and gotten none of them#idk when my family's refugee case is going to go to hearing or even get accepted#if it doesn't get approved my life is basically ruined.#if it doesn't get approved by the time i go to uni next year my family won't be able to afford the international student fees#so i'll have to put uni off by another year or two and there's no guarantee i'll get admission a second time#and most of all#i miss my fucking friends#they're on a grade trip right now#every kid i went to school with is literally on vacation together#i've been to the place they're at#it was my dream to go there with my best friends#and now they're there#without me#cause i'm sitting on the other side of the globe#my future in limbo#i'm so fucking sad and scared and tired.#i miss my room.#i miss my city#my friends are slowly forgetting about me#it was one of my biggest fears before i left you know#that they'd forget about me even though i love them all so much#and they said they wouldn't and now they are#i don't want to kill myself because i do know all these problems are temporary and life goes on#i'll make new friends and get settled here and have a job and grow up eventually
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Just wanted to show them off all together :D
#warframe#tennocreate#digital art#my art#digital drawing#digital painting#artists on tumblr#digital portrait#really happy with how they all turned out :D#still a little sad about having to crop Limbo but I'll add him to my future project list#can you tell that i really like purples and pinks lmao
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I think what might actually help the families of trans loved ones is to actually engage with where the trans person is at - especially if the family isn't quite understanding yet. When I came out, I was completely alone in figuring out my manhood. I had peers and I had exposed myself to so many trans people who explored gender, and while it was amazing, it isn't quite the same at times. I grieve quietly, sometimes, about all the missed opportunities that might have just made it easier for my family to have seen how utterly happy I was. It took them a very long time to actually notice that I was happy, especially once I got on testosterone. I'm lucky that they saw that happiness eventually, and slowly accepted it. My manhood is completely detached from their influence, both to my relief and chagrin. It's sad to me that I learned to shave from a kind online stranger, somebody who didn't even have a father and yet, I do. I have a father. I grieve at the loss of a potential shared experience. I grieve about the pain I went through when I was in that stage of transition, especially because it was raw and vulnerable. I grieve that many trans people today are traversing the path I had to, because it's sometimes lonely (even when you do have other forms of support).
It's hard to know that I will never have gotten my sense of being from my family. In many ways, it has severed a lot of connection with them because there were so many times that I was begging them to see happiness when they were focused on the idea that I was almost in a state of purgatory - flesh which felt warm but held no familiarity to them. I don't harbor ill-will toward them, I hope I don't leave the impression that I despise them. I understand what they felt, even if I can't conceptualize it myself. However, it's a raw wound in my heart, and I don't want to leave anybody else feeling that way, either.
#trans#transgender#lgbt#lgbtq#ftm#mtf#nonbinary#ally advice#i'm thankful that my manhood is the way it is. but it was a painful journey to get here and i did it partially alone#i absolutely am grateful to have had my friends and the trans people who made themselves known though. i owe these people my life#i still think it's not unreasonable to have wished for my /family/ to have been part of that journey sooner especially when i was young#sometimes it seems like parents who believe their child has died after they express their transness make that a self-fulfilling prophecy...#...in that the parent often aloenates themself/themselves from their child in a variety of ways...#...i was alienated from my dad when he threatened my transition - it became a self-fulfilling prophecy in that i shut myself down...#...i retreated inward and in a way became a ghost - corporeal to the touch but a spirit who may not be seen...#...in many ways i felt in limbo between life and death. it was a cycle of purgatory#and that is something i think is best avoided. it's lonely and scary and it makes it hard to imagine a future#i need to emphasize that even though this was shitty i am still lucky in so many ways#i just faced a lot of undue shit even so - shit i don't think was conducive to a good environment or well-being
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Hi, I'm back from the dead! (For approximately 28 more hours. Don't get a job, kids. Whole day I'm fucking busy, only get few money.)
Question for the void: If I were to hypothetically post the first chapter of a 5-6 chapter fic this week, knowing that it will probably be updated on my usual schedule (approximately 1.25 chapters per year), would y'all throw rocks at me?
#K talks#I have an outline! a detailed one! and a huge pile of half-written drafts of future chapters#I so do not want to start another longfic that's gonna end up in Work Hell limbo but this one's been cooking for a long time#and if I wait until I finish it to start posting#it's never gonna see the light of day#so you see my dilemma
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can someone plz cry with me
#txt#so overwhelmed#and dreading work#I am so nervous about my future#I don’t see a point in working towards a career that isn’t based on passion#and I’m so tired of the advice I get being “do something you can tolerate that pays well so you can focus on hobbies outside of work#bcuz like where? how? I can’t do anything without a degree. and degrees are expensive. and even if I had a degree. I’ll need to have years#of experience#I don’t want to do something boring even if it gets me by#and there probably aren’t that many jobs available any#so I’m in this limbo where I can quit work yet cuz I don’t fucking know what I should have lined up#and I wanna go back to school but the only in person classes I can take are 2 hours from me#and I can do it online but I won’t get the same connections#so I just have to exist in this state of unhappiness and know in the back of my mind that no job will ever satisfy me#bCUZ WORK FUCKING SUCKS UNLESS ITS SLEMTHING YOU LOVE AND TJAHS HARD TTO COME BY#thank you this is my rant. if you don’t like it jump off a cliff. it’s my blog and I’m blogging dumb a as
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OKAY NOW THAT IM FINALLY FREE PREPARE FOR MY ASKS TO STEADILY FLOW IN BECAUSE YOU GET ME™️ was having thoughts about waking up to cécile thanks to your artwork (other things were going on that didn’t involve sleeping anndkss) but idk something about the softness of that vs him is just…it does something to me okay
also having thoughts about him fighting the urge to look at you in a certain way while you interact with gael
also having thoughts about taking advantage of him being off duty
and your tags on my fic meant sooo much to me, thank you again I’m so happy you liked it, talking to you about him made me think how important picking up on his body language would be for your mental sanity, and you’d have to be damn good at it too
no literally!!!! waking to cécile KILLS ME BECAUSE OF THAT ONE ASKKKK 😭😭😭👊👊👊👊
nsfw mention in the last paragraph
WHAT DO YOU MEAN CÉCILE DOESN'T SLEEP THE WHOLE NIGHT BECAUSE HE'S TOO ENAMOURED BY THE VULNERABILITY YOU'VE SHOWN HIM BY FALLING ASLEEP IN HIS BED AND THE VULNERABILITY YOU'VE PRIED OUT OF HIM FOR EVEN LETTING YOU BETWEEN THE SHEETS?????? OR MAYBE HE'S SCARED AS IN SO VERY SCARED OF THE WAY YOU'VE DESTROYED HIM BEYOND REPAIR BECAUSE NOW THAT HE'S HAD YOU HE'S GONNA KEEP WANTING YOU TILL HE HAS ALL OF YOU AND THAT THOUGHT IS MORTIFYING TO THE CLOSED, HOLLOW HEART OF HIS??? OR MAYBE HE HASN'T SLEPT NEXT TO SOMEONE IN SO LONG THAT THE FEELING OF YOUR BODY IS TRULY FOREIGN TO HIM AND HE CAN'T HELP BUT LEARN ALL OF YOU EVEN WHEN, OR ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE ASLEEP????????????? WHAT THA FARRKKKKK i think the first night with cécile is gonna be 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 because he's denied you for so long that he just... snaps. he snaps and he'll have you no natter what. but after the sex, after the passion? he's angry, shocked— scared. what have you done to him? and he has to get up early in the morning because he can't stand the thought of you seeing him like this past the lust BUT HE STAYS ANYWAYS UNTIL YOU WAKE UP. IM SICK. IM FUCKING SICK. RAVENSTAR DEVS ARE YOU HAPPY TO SEE ME CRY?? CÉCILE IS ALL DRESSED AND CLEANED UNTIL YOU WAKE UP AND KNOWING ACTS OF SERVICE IS SEWN INTO HIM, HE MIGHT HELP YOU FRESHEN UP BEFORE HE GOES OFF TO WORK. HE'LL SAY IT'S BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT ANYONE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN YOU TWO WITH YOUR ' GRAVE INABILITY FOR DECORUM' AND MAYBE SO BUT CÉCILE, FOR ALL HIS CUTTING FORTHRIGHTNESS, HAS THINGS HE CAN NEVER ADMIT. SO HE'LL ALLOW HIS GAZE TO LINGER ON YOU BEFORE HE GOES BACK TO FIGHTING OFF AN UNBIDDEN DESIRE (DESIRE? LUST? NEED? HE DAREN'T THINK OF THE OTHER DIRTIER WORD BEGINNING WITH 'L')
ahem. pardon my french i got a little carried away! also a certain way goes so many ways here LOL i think for the most part he'd just be looking at you like you're a roach buzzing around gael. his master is a respectable and noble man and you're... you 🤨🤨🤨 unfortunately he can't let his face do all the talking because believe it or not, gael doesn't want his bodyguard to stare murderously at his guest.
the other way is the one that screams with conflict. again i really have to know what cécile thinks of his love for mc in relation to his love for gael because i have no doubt that even when you reach the end goal and become cécile's world, gael is still gonna mean so so much to him. at that point, would he sacrifice everything else for you? yes. but he knows the world includes gael too and it's a part of him nothing, and i mean nothing can heal. what im trying to say is; does cécile feel even more pained, looking at you when you're standing right next to his master only in name, now? can he stand to look honestly at gael when the bane of existence and the recipient of all his need makes things so fucking difficult? he has never been on gael's level, and for good reason.
he has no right to ask for gael's forgiveness nor understanding - even though gael would forgive him in every life time like jesus willingly kissed judas - but he can't help but... need to know. just this once, the loyal hound strays and he's sorry. he's so, so sorry. please know (yes, i know) that he did not go willingly (of course you did, and it's okay), that he will always love gael (i have no doubts about that, but it's about time you have a love to call your own, now - a master and a pet only for you).
and he can't help it, the smaller feeling crawling underneath his skin. that the exact same master he loves so dearly could treat you better than cécile could by miles— gael could sweep you off your feet, and cécile wouldn't even be angry.
also sorry but 'taking advantage of him' while he's off duty snapped me out of my angsty mindset and immediately got me huffing like a dog. heartbreak time over, we're pulling cécile into a bathroom stall to suck that dick till it's blue and black before sending him off again 🤷
#lost in limbo#lost in limbo cécile#cécile lost in limbo#lost in limbo vn#sighhhhh#i want him. so bad#also it really was my pleasure your writing is fabulous and i can't wait to see what you'll cook in the future <3 /gen#cécile eyefucking you so hard that you tell him you might catch a cold if he keeps undressing you with his eyes#and he can only narrow them in a mix of irritation and desire#cécile usually rubbing his hands on the norm but when with you he literally clenches his fists all the time#IM STILL INSANE ABOUT WHAT YOU WROTE OK THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW IT'S GOOD#WDYM HIS LEGS PARTED AND HIS PALM HAD TO REST ON HIS THIGH COME BACK HEREEEE 😭😭📷📷📷 /pos
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Revenant Side Stories
Story III: Gaz
[Konchar] [Graves] [AO3]
I worked on both this and that Ghost painting I posted earlier in the time I was away from this blog, and I apparently had enough motivation to finish both today haha
If you remember the conversation Gaz and Soap had on the helo in chapter 14 of Not Alive, Nor Dead (the one where they were talking about the worst time they've used their powers), then the events in this story might be familiar...
I enjoyed writing this so much, I absolutely love Gaz (and more specifically rev AU's version of him <3)
Alright enough yapping time for pain
Kyle should be used to the feeling of free-falling. To the air rushing past his ears, to the sting in his eyes as the ground approaches him rapidly. The pull that catches him not a moment too soon, invisible ribbons wrapping him in their safe embrace.
It was perhaps a little naive of him to think gravity will never betray him again.
The whistling wind is what wakes him first, that familiar tune Gaz made his own in the past year. Familiar, but out of place - wasn’t he just running after the HVT…?
Kyle opens his eyes.
The sky warps around him, skyscrapers higher than the heavens towering over him like giants, silhouettes in the night. His body twists uncontrollably, and his view shifts to the ground, people nothing but ants, growing larger and larger-
The sinking feeling in his gut screams one thing, and one thing only.
You’re going to die again.
Several hours earlier
“Sergeant Garrick!” someone calls from behind him. Gaz turns, expecting to have to search for the source in the pre-mission rush of soldiers. He instead instantly zeroed in on a frankly giant man. To his credit, he wasn’t expecting a soldier clad in all black tactical gear, and a stark white skull mask.
Well, only one guy in the SAS that fits this description, “Lieutenant Ghost, sir.” Gaz’s head tilts up to look at the eyes behind the mask.
He’s heard a lot about the legendary revenant, and while most are probably the works of the rumor mill working overtime, just the presence of Ghost emanates a sort of unrivalled power that raises the hairs at Kyle’s nape.
It’s unlikely any of them will see the Lieutenant in action today; he’s here to fill in for Captain Price in overwatch, but he can’t help but have a sort of morbid curiosity, a craving to know if the revenant lives up to the myth.
Ghost motions with his head for him to follow, and begins walking towards the tents that have been set up as their temporary base of operations, “Captain told me you can fly.” he begins.
Gaz smiles nervously, “uh, not exactly. I got gravity manipulation.” they enter the tent, the flurry of activity as disorienting as it is outside, with squad leaders confirming last-minute details about the mission. “Can use it on others as well, but I have to be in direct skin contact.”
“Won’t need it in this op either way,” Ghost rumbles, a somewhat bitter note in his words. A few men do a double take at the two of them, and Gaz suppresses an eye roll.
Being a revenant turned out… different than he thought it would be. Sure, he knew they had superpowers and the ability to converse with extradimensional beings, but he wasn’t ready for the staring.
He knows he’s not human anymore, that he lost a fundamental part of himself the moment he left that helo crash alive, but he doesn’t need to be reminded at any turn.
Perhaps Ghost is onto something with the mask. At least he can roll his eyes all he wants.
Ghost addresses the soldiers in the tent, everyone snapping into attention, “Sergeant Garrick will lead the infil team. Target is at the suite of the Amandi Hotel, possibly guarded and armed.” the Lieutenant scrutinizes them, “I’ll be on overwatch on the comms tower north of the hotel. Helo circles the sky in case we need to extract from the roof.”
He crosses his arms, the perfect image of authority, “any questions?”
“No, sir!” the soldiers in the tent echo.
“Good. Garrick’s team is up in 5.” Ghost’s attention turns to him, “you’ll treat the Sergeant like any other soldier - his powers are irrelevant here.”
Gaz’s eyes widen as the rest of his squad gives Ghost the affirmative. The Lieutenant leaves the tent, ordering the others, and he shakes away from his stupor. A surprisingly warm feeling spreads through his chest.
No time to wonder about Ghost’s intentions, they have a man to catch.
It takes only ten minutes for the mission to go completely off rails.
Ghost wasn’t lying when he said his powers are irrelevant here. With the narrow hallways of the hotel, and lack of loose, heavy objects around ready to be thrown, Gaz is as good as any of his human squad mates.
He grits his teeth, popping out of cover to shoot yet another henchman down. The HVT must be bloody loaded to afford this much manpower.
“Be advised Bravo 6-1, enemy reinforcements approaching your position. I don’t have a clear shot on them.” Ghost’s low voice sounds from his comms.
Gaz returns to cover when a bullet grazes his cheek, and he answers between a hiss of pain, “copy, attempting to advance to the suite now.”
“Stevenson, Ellis, take the left hallway, the rest with me!” Kyle orders the corporals. He’s betting on the fact the henchmen will be too preoccupied with their assault to notice the two soldiers flanking them.
Gaz and his team goes on the offensive, unnerved by the bullets ricocheting around them. A few fast heartbeats later, the hostiles go down with gasps of surprise. He allows himself a moment of celebration, before pushing onwards.
This is another thing he had to learn in his new second life. Turns out, the brass promotes revenants faster than other soldiers, and soon after his Reaping he was promoted to Sergeant. He will probably never forget the nasty looks he got from his old mates after that, people he thought were his friends. Sometimes Kyle wanted to scream that he didn’t ask for this, he didn’t ask to be the only one left alive.
Usually following that thought is a reminder that he very much did. He asked to live.
Gaz knew what he was wishing for.
Stevenson and Ellis join them, and he makes sure to order most of the squad to watch their six, Ghost’s warning still fresh in his mind.
“Lieutenant, got sights on the HVT?” Gaz radios in.
The comms crackle before he gets an answer, “negative, he went to the back two minutes ago, likely holing up in the bathroom.” he can hear the faint sound of wind through his mic, “stay sharp, this might be a trap.”
“Understood, sir.”
Gaz holds a fist up to signal the squad to stop, and attempts to listen for any movements inside the suite. Price’s mind reading abilities would’ve been nice to have around right about now…
He lets out a shaky breath. Going in blind never gets less nerve wracking, “Smith, Farage, keep watch on the hallways, Ellis, Stevenson and Wright, prepare for breach in three…”
The soldiers move to their positions, and the moment his count reaches zero, Gaz kicks the door down and begins clearing the room. Every dark corner becomes a potential hiding spot for hostiles, every flickering shadow catches his attention.
The main area of the suite is an open floor plan room, floor-to-ceiling windows making up the whole front part. The city lights twinkle through the clear glass, unaware of the danger that dwells above them.
“Main room clear, moving to the bathroom.” Gaz relays to Ghost and the rest. He lowers his rifle and reaches for the handle. The door creaks ominously when he shoves it open, revealing a dark and completely empty space. He clears it in a few seconds, all the while his confusion grows.
“Ghost” he clicks his comms on, “the HVT isn’t here.”
The Lieutenant is silent for a brief moment, “He didn’t leave the suite, Garrick. Keep searching the other rooms.” Gaz opens his mouth to give the affirmative, when he hears Wright and Stevenson give the clear for the two bedrooms. A twisting feeling in his gut grows.
“Sir, I think we’re missing something-”
Loud bangs echo from the main bedroom, Gaz instantly exiting the bathroom to watch Stevenson go down, “fuck!”
Hostiles stream out of the room in an endless swarm, the rest of his squad taking cover around the suite. “Garrick! What the fuck is going on there?!”
“Stevenson missed a bloody secret room, sir!” Gaz grunts, shooting two men down. From the corner of his eye, he sees Wright push forward, so he joins him.
A shattering sound alerts him to Ghost’s shots, “do you have eyes on the target?!” the Lieutenant’s voice echoes through comms. Another shot rings out, and a body drops to his right.
“Negative!” he answers. Smith and Farage are fighting further out, enemies forcing them back to the hallway, Stevenson motionless on the ground. Wright snarls beside him, his left arm bleeding from a graze. Ellis…
“Sergeant! Behind you!” Ghost shouts. Gaz whips around, to watch the HVT drag himself to the broken windows.
Himself, and the unconscious body of Ellis. Gaz charges forward before the HVT locks eyes with him, a manic sort of fury burning within them.
The bastard smiles at him, blood staining his bright white teeth. He heaves Ellis, dragging him right to the edge.
“You take one more step, and I drop your friend.” the target drawls.
Kyle stops, raising his arms in surrender, mind rapidly trying to pinpoint the location of each hostile and soldier left in the room. If he could be sure his squad will be able to apprehend the HVT by themselves, he could be free to follow Ellis, and catch him before they both hit the ground.
“Alright.” Gaz swallows thickly, keeping his voice as calm as he can, “we’ll give you what you want, just let him go.”
The target’s smile widens, “tell your soldiers to drop their weapons” he shakes Ellis, Gaz’s heart jumping to his throat. He nods, slowly lowering a hand to his radio.
“All stations, hold fire, we’ve got a hostage.”
The commotion behind him stops abruptly, his soldiers murmuring in confusion but listening to him all the same. Gaz scans the HVT for weapons - a pistol at his right hip, a knife strapped to the other. As long as he doesn’t use those on Ellis, he still has a chance to save him.
“You’re playing a dangerous game here.” Ghost warns, “I don’t have a clear shot, don’t doom the entire squad to save one man.”
His jaw tightens in response. He’s not going to allow any more of them to die today.
“Good” the target’s voice drips with satisfaction, “at least one of you soldier boys has more than half a brain. Now… I have other matters to attend to, so if you will leave the premises peacefully, that would be helpful.”
“Not without him.” Gaz motions to Ellis.
The HVT tsks, “do I look stupid? I know you’ll shoot my men down the moment I let him go.” his head tilts mockingly, “no, he’s coming with me.”
“Garrick…” Ghost growls. “Ellis’ chances are low. Get the HVT secure and get out.” This is taking too long.
“I prefer to have… insurance.” the target continues.
Gaz’s lips pull back in disgust, “for a cornered man, you’re asking for a lot, mate.”
“Am I cornered, though?”
The telltale click of a trigger shoots adrenaline down Kyle’s limbs, and he moves out of the bullet’s way a second before it reaches him. He grunts as he grasps at the attacker’s rifle over his shoulder, twisting it around his torso to disarm the man.
Lieutenant Ghost’s voice booms through comms, “Bravo, get your guns up! More hostiles are entering your floor!!!”
Gaz barely avoids a fist coming from his left, ducking and dodging a knee to his guts. Gunshots echo behind him, grunts and growls and screams of pain almost deafening.
Two hostiles manage to get a hold of him, and over their massive shoulders Kyle watches in horror as the target pulls Ellis up over the window’s edge, and lets go.
“Corporal Ellis is falling, I repeat, the Corporal is falling!” Ghost yells. Gaz’s heart hammers away at his chest, his breaths becoming shorter and heavier.
Through the cacophony of combat, anger and agony, one voice stands out from the rest.
The HVT’s mirthful laugh, high and grating as he watches Ellis fall down, down, down-
Gaz screams, grabbing the arms around him, and reverting gravity on all three of them. He lowers his head, avoiding the ceiling. His attackers, however, are taken by surprise, and hit their head against the concrete with a sickening thunk.
The laughter ceases, but he pays it no mind. If Gaz jumps off now, he could strengthen the effect of gravity on himself, and fall faster, reach Ellis before the ground does-
A sniper shot splices the air beside him, the bullet hitting the floor, Ghost’s voice loud when he calls out, “Gaz-!”, Kyle turning around to find the stock of a rifle approaching his face, his foot slips, and-
His vision goes dark.
He’s going to die. The wind beats at his body, howling and shrieking and stealing the air from his lungs. He’s going to die. The city lights smear and create blinding trails at his periphery.
He’s going to die.
Kyle locks onto a dark shape, several feet below him, and the fog of panic clears for long enough for him to remember why he’s falling.
Ellis. He fell before him. He’s going to die.
But Gaz won’t. His powers rush forth, otherworldly ribbons wrapping around his fingertips at his command. Instead of hanging from the sky, he orders them down.
They’re about 100 feet from the harsh asphalt roads when he starts descending at an inhuman speed, eyes watering and muscles trembling from the lack of oxygen, but it doesn’t matter, not until he touches Ellis, not until he pulls him back from certain death.
50 feet. 40. 30. 20. 10-
Kyle barely manages to brush a finger on Ellis’ tacvest before he pulls back, his face mere inches from the ground. His eyes are closed, his mouth gaping as he takes in air for the first time in minutes.
He heard the crunch. He knows his ribbons didn’t wrap around Ellis. Yet, there’s a little naive voice in his mind, holding onto hope that the Corporal has been saved.
The screams of the ground team tell him otherwise.
Kyle releases his powers, his body dropping. Voices echo around him, words unintelligible through the rushing blood in his ears.
Ellis is dead. He doesn’t want to open his eyes. You failed again, he screams at himself in the recesses of his mind.
Kyle chokes on a sob, only then registering the tears flowing down his cheeks. He curls further into himself. Selfishly, he doesn’t want the others to see his pathetic crying. Not only did he fail, he’s also weak.
Someone touches his shoulder, and he freezes. His eyes are glued to the dark grey of the road below him, its rough texture digging into his trembling palms. The voices stray closer, words still incomprehensible but concern clear, and yet he refuses to lift his head.
He doesn’t want to see Ellis. He knows what gravity does to a person, how it tugs at their limbs until they break, how bones stab at soft flesh, how muscles are ripped apart like a rag doll’s stitches. He knows, saw five different bodies, all twisted beyond recognition, by the very power he controls. The memory makes bile rise to his mouth, acrid taste spreading on his tongue. The sight of mangled soldiers, the smell of burning fuel, the whistle of an RPG.
If only he was strong enough to truly control it.
The hands tug at him more forcibly now, attempting to roll him over, but Kyle resists. His mouth tries to form words, but only whines and muted sobs stream from his clenched teeth.
‘Leave me alone’, he wants to whisper. ‘I already know I failed’.
A deeper voice rumbles above him, and the hands stop and leave. Kyle hears the rustling of fabric before the voice begins calling his name.
“-arrick. Sergeant. We need to know if you’re broken.”
He shakes his head, shoulders shuddering along his sobs.
“You’re not injured? Good.” the voice answers calmly, as if they’re not sitting beside a dead body, blood pooling, bones sticking out of place-
“Stay with me, soldier. Focus on me.” the voice orders, and Kyle knows, somewhere in his fractured mind, that he needs to listen.
He risks lifting his gaze a little towards the voice, a knee clad in dark pants coming into view, “you’re safe, Gaz. Take all the time you need to collect yourself. The others won’t bother you now.”
He nods minutely, wanting to show his gratitude to the voice, but refusing to lift his head any higher.
They sit in silence for a few minutes, and Kyle tries to keep his focus on the person in front of him, but his brain continues to pull at his thoughts, get them to drift to Ellis, his cooling body dead not 3 feet from them-
“You know why blind people don’t like going skydiving?”
Kyle blinks down at his hands. What…?
“‘Cause it scares the shit outta their dogs.”
…That’s the dumbest joke he’s ever heard. What’s dumber, that it’s actually making him huff in amusement.
“That deserves at least a little laugh.” the voice sulks, the deadpan quality of it making their words funnier to Kyle.
He clears his throat before saying, “all that deserves is a groan of disappointment, Lieutenant.”
His head lifts to look at Ghost’s dark eyes behind his skull mask, “you wound my poor feeble heart, Garrick.”
A wobbly smile spreads on his lips, before he slowly looks away from the Lieutenant at the scene around them.
They must’ve already moved the body, leaving dark red blood seeping into the cracks in the road as the only sign anything went wrong. Some combat medics have stayed behind, but from the look on their face Kyle can tell they’re too afraid of Ghost to get any closer.
He casts a questioning look at the Lieutenant, who sighs, “they shouldn’t toss you around while you’re in shock.”
Kyle frowns, “they didn’t ‘toss me around’, but… thanks.”
Ghost simply hums.
It takes him a few more seconds to gather the courage to ask, “the mission… did it fail?”
Did I make us fail?
Ghost regards him with narrowed eyes, “HVT has been secured and is in transport awaiting questioning.”
He lets out a small sigh of relief, nodding.
The Lieutenant stares at him, “you did everything you could, Gaz.” he opens his mouth to disagree, but Ghost lifts a hand, “no. Ellis was dead the moment he was captured. If I was in your position, I wouldn’t have risked the mission, the team, myself to try and save him against the odds.”
Kyle sputters, “but- I didn’t save him.”
“But you tried.”
“It doesn’t matter if he’s dead!”
Ghost’s tone lowers dangerously, “it may not matter to Ellis, but to the rest of your squad? His teammates? They know you tried, and they will remember in the future that Sergeant Garrick will endanger his own life for his subordinates.”
Kyle’s eyes widen, Ghost’s voice gaining a somber tone, “you haven’t had a lot of experience in leading.” he half-states, half-asks, so Kyle shakes his head.
“The trust your men have in you is fragile, and invaluable. Today, you’ve gained something many others can’t. You have respect, the kind that is hard-earned in battle.” His eyes look away, lost in memories Kyle will probably never be privy to, “that’s why it matters.”
He thinks back to the way everyone approaches Ghost, fear and awe in their eyes, “are you talking from experience?”
Ghost’s eyes refocus on him, “my soldiers respect me because I’m powerful. They respect me out of terror, not trust.”
“Respect is respect, no?”
“None of them would risk their lives to save mine, if it came to it.” Ghost rises to his feet, “respect born of fear is weak compared to respect born from admiration.”
A gloved hand, adorned with skeletal markings, is offered to him. Kyle takes it, allowing Ghost to pull him up to his own shaky legs.
Gaz takes a good look at the grotesque mask, at the appearance that signals danger and unmatched strength.
And at the hand in his, grip powerful enough that he doesn’t have any doubt it will catch him if he falls.
“I trust you, Lieutenant.”
Ghost freezes, before he begins walking towards the parked vehicles, “your mistake, Sergeant.”
Gaz follows, believing wholeheartedly in his words.
“I’m planning on building a task force.” Price begins the moment Gaz settles into the office chair in front of him, “a revenant-only task force.”
“And you’re inviting me?” he exclaims in disbelief.
“Don’t sound so surprised, Kyle, we both know your powers are extremely rare.”
Still, to be chosen by the Captain Price out of everyone…
“You’re giving me too much credit, son.” Price’s moustache twitches up with a hidden smirk, “I’ll take it as a yes?”
Gaz nods resolutely, “yes, sir!”
“That’s what I want to hear. Any questions?”
The words “no, sir” are ready on his tongue, but he retracts them to instead ask, “are there any other members yet?”
Price scans him for a moment, before he pulls out a folder, “you remember Ghost, I presume?”
He can see how Price clocks in the excitement in his mind, “of course.”
A warm smile crinkles Price’s blue eyes. He rises, offering Gaz a hand to shake. Gaz takes it.
“Welcome to Taskforce 141, Kyle.”
#call of duty modern warfare 2#cod mw2#cod gaz#cod ghost#cod price#kyle gaz garrick#simon ghost riley#john price#revenant au#call of duty fic#call of duty fanfic#call of duty modern warfare#cod fic#cod fanfic#gaz my beloved... ridden by survivor's guilt.....#you can see the parallels of how ghost first approached soap and how he approached gaz#with gaz he sees the opposite of himself - in that that gaz puts his team's life over the mission#compared to ghost who at this point is basically exiled to solo missions and separated from other soldiers#not only because of limbo but because everyone hates or fears him#but because gaz sees the similarities between them - how theyre both treated differently for being revenants#he can see theh humanity left in ghost in his actions#can you tell i love their friendship already#anyways these side stories give you foreshadowing to events in part 2#im excited to see yall maybe find them in the future :)
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Future Gate 2002
Emerald fOREST com_plete
Data file corrup_ted
#y2k futurism#cyber y2k#cybercore#webcore#y2kcore#2000s core#frutiger aero#old web#2000s nostalgia#my art <3#seapunk#vaporwave aesthetic#vaporaesthetic#vaporart#vaporwave#vaporcore#y2k aesthetic#shinecore#techcore#metalheart#bluecore#green#serial experiments lain#laincore#glitch aesthetic#glitchcore#mind corruption#hellcore#limbo#weirdcore aesthetic
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i know it’s been said before and everyone feels this way from time to time. but i really do believe there just isn’t a place for me in this world. i don’t think i belong anywhere. i just don’t fit in here and i can’t even understand why
#truly from the bottom of my heart i don’t think i have a future#i don’t think there’s anything waiting for me#i feel like i wasn’t exactly supposed to live this long#and now im just in limbo#just passing time. slowly accepting the fact that im really not meant to be here after all#it’s such a lonely feeling#snow.txt
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#what do you mean I'm just supposed to live and be okay with everything that's ever happened to me#and then be able to flipping talk about it#idk how to#and i can't do anything until i gaslight my whole self into believing it's fine#because i can't live being miserable#but it is fucking miserable#but i can't talk about it without being cripplingly scared of breaking down#and its *fine*#it was easier sometimes to live in misery#misery eats your time#but has no obligations#but sometimes it'll leave you later#but when it doesn't... well then things happen#and it's easier to believe things would be over if you're dead then#and if you don't die?#idk help and limbo and sometimes still having to stay alive in horrific circumstances#the world isn't fucking fair i guess but nothings changed yet for me and I'm just supposed to live because it's *fine*#idefk if it'll be *fine* when all my parents give a shit about is marriage what kinda future is that to hope for
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dont be shy bestie drop the gif version of that sebson photo 😋😋
I included it in this post but here it is on its own as well! :D
Also please take these as well :)
And it also my blog header, as you can tell, I'm very normal about it....
#ugh i wrote good tags but i tried answering this on mobile and it left it in limbo so ill have to try and rewrite them!#i was gonna add a tag on the og post abt how this is basically the spiritual successor to the infamous monaco 2010 martian hug#which is funny bcs originally a gif of that monaco 2010 hug was gonna be header until I gifed this#and so thats why i said 'the inherent romance of monaco parc ferme'#(lol future post hehehehe shhhhhh)#seriously i think theres love in the air at monaco everyone is always so lovey dovey with each other#also with that i think its funny how drivers always do the one handed bro hug which imo always ends up being more intimate#because their interlinked hands always end up smushed btwn their bodies and like in this they just keep holding hands for an extended time#like????? the way jense tugs him over a bit while theyre still holding hands??????#i wanna know what they're saying to each other!!#but i can already tell seb is being cheeky by the way jense slaps him on the shoulder and the way seb smiles proudly to himself at the end#i think thats one of my aspects of sebson:#the way jense is endeared to and indulges seb's brattiness and then how proud Seb is of himself in return#catie.asks.#sebson
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ugh
#i can’t lock in and summon the will to finish this project within two days#it would probably just make the art ugly and fall short of my vision#but i was really hoping to get it done by then#is it because i’m burnt out???#i absolutely want it done it’s not like i want to abandon it#it’s on my mind i’m interested in it#i just can’t pull myself together#i mean it is a lot#but like why can’t i find the will to do anything#is there simply nothing that can make me feel happiness ‘em#is that why i’ve been doing weirdly healthy things the past few days#usually when i feel crappy i run the systems troubleshooter and it gives me a diagnosis#like lack of sleep or food or water or fresh air or exercise#i’ve done all of that#it could be because i have nothing to look forward to#nothing happening#no serotonin#starting a new media might help#but i’ve been prohibiting myself from doing so entirely because i want this project done#because i know i’ll never put in the effort to finish non-essential work when i have a video game calling my name#but like i feel so bad that i can’t even finish the project so i’ve just been lying around in boredom frustration insanity limbo#should i just give up and do it later. way later#just like all my projects#just wip after wip after wip#i was really hoping i could finally do something#for my own personal satisfaction plus then my friends could hype me up over it#that would give me a dopamine hit or two at least temporarily#wish i could Do things man!!!!#i hate having to tell myself i’m putting off yet another project until a future date#peach rambles
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THIS SNIPPET IS BREAKING MY HEART 💔😭 WHAT'S GOING ON?!?!
WAUHG I'M SORRY it's nothing too bad I promise!!! Leo and Donnie are having a spat because of Leo's prison dimension stunt and Casey accidentally stuck his spoon in that soup.
It's gonna be alright, I'm forcing them to talk it out :D
#asks#casey's a sadboy here because there is no future leonardo in this fic and it's breaking MY heart#thus keeping this fic in the wip limbo for the foreseeable future
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I’m eating that bridge up
#I just like how much he’s really using vibrato for the sake of expression instead of as an impressive thing#lee knowwwwwwwwwww#he’s not going high to just go high. he’s using his range that he’s worked on to effectively sing the song#and I think that’s my problem w limbo#it’s not bad but it’s not great. I look forward to what he’ll want to do in the future bc he clearly wants to#how fun#he’s still my dance guy but he can be my singing guy too
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need yaoi and yuri combined but not in the fucked up way of a man and a woman shipped but in the way 2 gender-fluid people switch at the same time so that they’re always gay
#yuri#yaoi#me and who?#got that XAND synergyyy#would be a fun read tbh#imagine one switchgear and the other goes in the bathroom for like 10 minutes to do their makeup to match their partner#using they/them because#like schrödingers cat they could be either gender at any moment#so they are in this limbo#of always sharing pronouns#but being neither gender and both at the same time#gender particle theory??#that’s what the gpt in chat gpt stands for#hahaha no i hate ai and i’m holding in my piss to use on its future grave
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#out of sight out of mind....#im not gonna check his blogs every day from here on out#and i hid/archived our chat so i dont have to see it when i open the messaging app#i do have some kind of 'fomo' lol bc i dont wanna miss out on any potential glimpse into his mind or days#esp now when he doesnt tell me anything anymore. idk anything abt what goes on with him#but .. i am allowing and letting him control my life#i obsessively check my phone and refresh his blogs ALL day#it's extremely unhealthy and pathetic and i know this#it's just hard to stop bc i genuinely... love him sm#plus he told me he wanted me for real so he made me not only dream of a life i thought wasnt possible for me#but also WANT it. i only want him and to live with him and be his. that's all i want but he just cut me off out of nowhere lol#and im still hung up on it... i dont want my boring reality. current nor future. i just want the reality where im with him which he made me#think was smth i could have one day soon.#but anyway. if his feelings changed that's how it is. it's not even his fault it's just how things work in life#even if i dont want to accept it i have to. i cant keep living in this limbo. i try to talk to him but he's a wall so that's a No.#so i cant let him control my life and waste away all my days on him#i need to stop checking his blogs and our chat. that's the first step#im still gonna allow myself to think of him and daydream and fantasize. but that will have to stop soon too#then i have to focus on doing my assignments and read books and go to the gym#things that will help me get realistically where i want in my current reality#i want to finish highschool and then apply for a preschool or library program#and hopefully the plan is to get a student housing apartment so i can move out finally and live on my own and study#then when i finish i'll look for a job as either of those things. and a place to live (which is super fkn hard in these modern chaos times)#even if i have to live my life all alone... i want to be as comfortable as i can at least#i can live in my own row house and have pets and work and read and play games and watch shows#and see and talk to my mom#i mean hopefullyyyy i'll be able to try to make at least some shallow connections so i have ppl to hang out with#i can always hope to meet someone who'll fall in love with me but im not counting on it#ugh.. bc as it is now#i dont do ANYTHING but be on my phone
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