#my mum is in her 60s and refuses to rest properly

[iliveinprocrasti-nationn]

my mum and sibling just got back from their trip. i knew once i got a selfie of them maskless on the plane that they’d probably get covid, and my suspicions were confirmed when i started getting texts going “all the rich food is giving me stomach problems” and “the jet lag is hitting really hard”. i didn’t think their positive test text would be 2 hours after they got home, though. my mum is currently pissed at me trying to give advice about resting and hydrating and is avoiding me asking for a grocery list so i can drop things off. i’m exhausted. i don’t know what to do anymore. i just keep crying.

[sarcastically-defensive17]

Times Like These - LRH Chapter 5: Rosie loves a virgin, but we don’t need one passing out on her

"Do you think my bangs look uneven? I cut them myself at 3 last night because I couldn't sleep," Marianne had randomly burst into the shop, blurting out her words before she caught the look on her best friends face, and more specifically, the child sat by her side. "Lexi?"

Audrey nodded, pulling a bag from the back room that was stacked with various toys for her toddler. Jeremy had a family emergency, so the day care was shut and the only person she didn't particularly want to see her brother - who was the only one she trusted to watch her daughter - and his friends at the time being.

"Jer is closed, his mum again," Audrey informed her tall friend, watching as her face dropped.

"We going to see him after work?" She asked, already knowing the answer.

Audrey made a noise of agreement, "I'll get Mikey to watch Lex. He could use a catch up tonight I think."

Marianne put a hand on her friends shoulder, sending her a sympathetic look.

Her and Jeremy had been close for years, and his mother is like family to both of the girls. That's why the news of her accelerated Alzheimer's hit them all so hard.

Audrey's phone started ringing on the desk, causing the two elder females to jump. She didn't know the number, and it was the fourth time it had called this morning.

She was starting to get fed up of declining the calls. They didn't leave a voicemail, so she refused to call them back until they left one.

"Somebody's popular," Marianne laughed. "A gentleman caller, perhaps?"

"As if," the blue haired girl scoffed, patting her daughters hair. "The last thing I need is another male worming their way into my life and making it difficult. Possibly the only good thing to come from the last mess was this munchkin."

She pinched her daughters cheek, but the little girl payed no mind as she focused on smacking the doll she held into a toy car.

It was silent for a moment until Marianne raised a question thy was burning on her tongue, "think it could be him?"

Audrey's response was quick, and she snapped without intending to, "Don't bring it up, Annie. He made his choice, and I'm not letting him hurt us again."

The dark skinned girl nodded softly, her hair bouncing with the movement.

Audrey sighed, at herself more than anything as she pinched her brows with her fingers, "I'm sorry, Annie. It's been a long day already."

Her friend smiled at her. Marianne knew the difficult time Audrey was experiencing at the moment, so she made sure to not take the emotional outburst to heart. She knew her mind-hearted best friend would never take a harsh tone unless it was warranted, or she was stressed.

Or tired. Audrey was a monster when she was tired.

A bell dinged from the front of the stood, signaling a customer and Marianne groaned.

"I'll go deal with the human invader. Check back soon, ladies." She kissed both Audrey and Lexi on the cheeks before leaving the room.

This left the short girl to set her daughter up on the side of the room and prep her gun and needles. She kept them at a high enough level that Lexi wouldn't grab them, nor did she leave her daughter unattended in the tattooing room.

She busied herself with sketching a design that had been emailed through the day before. A detailed hummingbird.

She could only imagine the type of person who would want the delicate but intricate tattoo. She had some surprising clients before.

Older women getting detailed chest pieces, burly men receiving dainty ankle tattoos. She loved how tattoos could break  the stereotypical molds that people were forced into.

She herself was an example. A young, single mother who valued kindness and her education above everything but her daughter and her brother, yet was also building a museum of tattoos along her arms and collarbones, and piercings in various spots of her face and ears.

She was a walking contradiction of appearance vs personality and she loved it.

~~~~~

Luke didn't know what to expect as he left the cafe. He was frustrated at the situation, but mainly at the guilt that was swelling in his stomach.

He was not the kind to feel guilty for others. He simply had mode important things to do than worry about other people. Especially the short girl and her young daughter who found Luke more fascinating than he found her.

He didn't like kids. He only enjoyed being around his eldest brothers children. He could never see himself being the type to raise snotty, loud humans who needed food every few minutes and threw tantrums when they didn't get their way.

He was content with dealing with Calum.

Nevertheless, he felt horrible that he is the reason the pair are stuck in their less than enjoyable living situation, and he felt as if he needed to get rid of the guilt somehow.

The bell above the door chimed as he entered the tattoo parlor. The decor was unexpected, and seemed to resemble that of a 60's diner.

The waiting room was empty, and there were no staff members in the front area of the stood which did nothing to settle his growing nerves.

The walls were painted the colour red; not too vibrant, but not dull or dark. A nice matte finish that seemed to brighten the room and make it appear slightly bigger than it is. There were various neon signs on the wall, and drawings of classic cars and landscapes, all signed with a simple rose signature.

He couldn't help but admire the skill of the artist.

He waited for a few minutes, alternating between gnawing on the hoop through his lip, to running his long fingers through his hair that lay flat against his forehead.

He stopped styling it almost a year before, wanting a more mature look than the quiffed style he used to adorn.

His nerves were bubbling at this point. He was growing nervous at the idea of a permanent mark on his body, and at the level of pain it would cause.

Eventually, his frustration got the better of him and he slammed his palm on the small bell that rested on the counter top.

With haste, a tall dark skin girl made her way towards him from a hallway that led to the back of the store.

Marianne took a moment to survey the man in front of her, and she found herself wondering if the pissed off expression on his beautiful face was permanent, or one he chose to adopt in her fathers store.

"How may I help you?" She fixed him with a warm smile, waiting as his gaze trailed the length of her body with a teasing glance.

If he wasn't so full of nerves and annoyance, Luke would have tried to shoot his shot with the tall girl. For now, he simply wanted to get his tattoo and figure out a way to get rid of the guilt that was eating away at him.

"I have an appointment for 1, Luke Hemmings," his words were harsh and straight to the point. He didn't want to wait any longer than he already had, considering it was 5 minutes to 1.

"Ahh, the bird boy," she smirked and his brows furrowed deeper than that already were. "You ever had a tattoo before?"

He shook his head no, watching as she pulled a juice box from a fridge behind the counter and handed him a cookie.

"Eat and drink, reduces the risk of fainting from any pain. Rosie loves a virgin, but we don't need one passing out on her. I'll be with you soon," she took her leave, strutting down the back hallway, and Luke didn't try to hide the way he gazed at her backside in her blue skinny jeans.

Marianne pushes open the green door to Audrey's room, a soft knock on the door to signal her entrance.

"What's up, Annie?" She asked, adjusting her mask on her chin so that it can be easily pulled up when she starts tattooing.

"Your 1 o'clock is here. A virgin," she winks at her friend, holding her arms out to her goddaughter who coos.

"Tell your dad I said thank you for watching her," she tests her gun again, ensuring it is plugged in correctly. "If Jer was doing alright then I wouldn't need to bring her with me-"

Marianne tuts, cutting Audrey off, "nonsense! You know how much daddy and I love having this little squirt around!" She tickles the little girls stomach softly, laughing as she squeals in excitement. "I'll send him in for you."

"Thank you, love you!" Audrey calls after her friend, who leaves after gathering the toys for her toddler.

The blue haired girl busies herself with inspecting the sketch she finished printing for her client.

She was a perfectionist if ever she'd seen one, and considering her work is a permanent scar on a person, she was determined to make it as perfect as she could get it.

The door opens softly, and she hears Marianne instruct the man to take a seat on the chair.

"I'll get you to have a look at the design before I put ink to skin. Where did you want it?" She asks with her back towards the client.

She knew it was rude, but she wanted to quadruple check that everything was fine, as she pulled her mask up properly.

She shed her jacket, and Luke noticed the familiar tattoos on her upper arm.

"Uh, inner bicep," he answered, and Audrey couldn't pick at the moment where she had heard the voice from before.

"No worries! Lay back on the chair, take your shirt off if you need and put your arm out horizontally," she turned towards the client, her eyes still running over the hummingbird design.

Luke's eyes zeroed in on the familiar tattoos decorating the collarbones if the blue haired girl, and the guilt flared in his stomach again.

"Audrey?" He gaped. He didn't know what she did for a living, but he would have never guessed the young mother to work as a tattoo artist at Michael's favourite parlor.

"You," she whispered, anger and stress boiling in her throat again.

"Me," he answered, mimicking their conversation from that morning.

She immediately went into artist/client mode, leaving no room for personal conversation.

She handed him the design, not meeting his icy blue eyes.

"Given our personal history you can request somebody else to be your artist, although they will most likely draw up a new design. We tend to prefer our own work as it is easier to ink," her voice is quiet, and anybody could tell that she is nervous around the man.

He knew what he had to do to make the guilt go away. He wasn't doing it for her, he was doing it for himself. And maybe for her daughter. But mainly to halt the guilt making him sick to his stomach.

He had to draw his eyes away from the immaculate work he held in his hands. She had exceptional skill, and he found himself directing a bit of inward respect to the girl.

He cleared his throat as his eyes met her downcast ones, "Look, Aubrey-"

"Audrey," she corrected softly.

"Right, Audrey. What I said earlier, it was rude and I am so sorry about it," lies, he knew it. "And I would really like it if you and the kid took Ashton's old room."

He sounded skeptical, anybody could tell so he was intrigued to see how she would react to his unconvinced tone.

She quirked a brow at him, her mouth hidden by the light blue mask. "What? You're not going to be a dick about it now?"

He sent her a dirty look, setting his jaw, "no. I'm not going to be a dick about it. I shouldn't have been so rude. If anybody deserves somewhere new to love, it's you."

She was confused. She didn't know whether or not to trust the man who had previously proven, on multiple occasions, to be an asshole.

"I'll, um, I'll think about it," he nodded at her words. "Want to start the tattoo?"

He nodded softly, making sure to brush any remaining cookie from his face, "I love the design".

"Okay." She said softly, applying the transfer to his arm and loading her needles with ink. "if it hurts, please don't scream. I hate when clients do that."

He nodded curtly, clenching his teeth together when the burning sensation trailed through the skin of his bicep.

She was unsure about how to take Luke's words. He hadn't shown in any of the interactions they had had to be any kind of a nice guy, so she wondered what the ulterior motives were behind his actions.

He was a confusing man, and while she was interested to get to know more about him, she also needed to decide if she could stomach living with him and subjecting her daughter to a living environment with the difficult man.

As the needles got closer to his armpit, he let out a hiss of air like a balloon being let down and a string of curses left his lips as the burning intensified.

Audrey couldn't deny that she was grinning behind her mask.

"Wait, whose Rosie?" He asked through a clenched jaw.

[shadowlink720]

FE: Birthright Randomised Chapters 5 and 6

(aka ‘Felicia’s throwing shade at everyone, please stop her’)

Time to get into Birthright and hopefully not break the gaaaaaame >:3

Time to get right into it with a cutscene with me mum talking about a fancy chair and all that yadda yadda convenient Conquest plot point all that stuff to regain true form and mind and stuffffffff

ayy it’s Ryoma! :D

..... oh my Farore

He’s a butler, oK THEN- At least it.... looks like a butler I can’t really tell- Yeah he’s a butler what were the chances, right?

it’s so weird that he’s not calling Corrin his sister lmao;;;;

ayyy there are the royal sibliings! (including Felicia)

oh man are u ready to see Felicia being salty to Corrin? I’m not-

Takumi as Hinoka is great b/c of how much nicer he is to Corrin now ahahahh Oh hey! Kagero’s there too!

holy hylia

The salt begins >:3cccccc

She’s so cute I’mma Die aahhhh

There they all gooooo

.... ya know what? I’m perfectly ok with Butler!Ryoma then again I just love formal attire like tailcoats also please stop yelling Ryoma, use ur inside voice

off to the castle tooowwwwnn! with so many people wearing kitsune masks and that woman with her potatoooes We’re gonna see a lot of Kagero in this randomiser, so that’s super neat

I could get used to it, I like Kagero :D oh man here comes Felicia with that shade again

Ya know, Felicia; your voiceline of ‘It’s my pleasure’ really begs to differ about you not trusting me

Felicia! Don’t be mean to Kagero! >:c

Well gee, thanks Felicia o<o I’m sorry I’m taking so many pictures of Felicia’s dialogue because it’s just so great honestly her as Takumi is just so out of character but in a way that I love-

Yeah, she should go spend some time with the Ice Tribe and learn to chill like Flora :’D I love these Hoshidan siblings ashdauihdiausd

cutsceeeeeeene mysterious hooded person is lurkin’ and schemin’ exploooosioooooon

Nooo, mum! oAo ok but the voice acting is pretty darn good in this cutscene, just saying-

Dragon time! >:D

Hey, Felicia; Flora’s back in Nohr so she can’t hear ya-

time to properly start the chapter! >:D ah yeah, Wyrmslayers for the obligatory bonus damage tutoriaaaals

hey we can see Mozu and Kagero’s stats now!

Let’s start with Mozu

ok so she’s an Apothecary, pretty neat her personal skill is Countercurse which is actually pretty neat, it makes an attacker who uses magic against Mozu suffer half the damage they dealt :V of course that’s only useful with magic users, who would probably go for other units who can’t retaliate or smth ANYWAY C rank in bows :o pretty sweeeeet base stats are pretty low (she is level one tho) but she’s got a lot of strength :V I’ve never really used Apothecary units much, since the only one you can get without capturing one is Midori hahah;; (growth rates: HP - 40, Str - 50, Mag - 55, Skill - 20, Spd - 50, Lck - 35, Def - 30, Res - 30, basically really darn mcfreaking good)

anyway let’s have a look at Kagero!

ooOOOoo Hunter’s Knife :o that’ll be usefuuuul

She has Playthings as a personal, which means adjacent enemies take 5 hp damage at the start of the Player Phase; niiiice (it could be useful when paired with Jakob’s Pragmatic too :o) and she also has Wary Fighter, preventing either side from performing followups :V not... all that great b/c she has amazing speed and would double most people I’d think but we can remove it later if need be also YO LOOK AT HER SKILL AND SPEED WOW-- she has pretty bad strength.... and a lot of other stats aren’t great either, but that’s ok! :O I’m beginning to think that C rank in weapons isn’t randomised or smth-- (growth rates: HP - 40, Str - 60, Mag - 25, Skill - 15, Spd - 25, Lck - 30, Def - 55, Res - 60)

aaanyway let’s goooo

Azura still showing up as a Swordmaster lol I’m gonna keep everyone together because there still isn’t any healers, only 6 vulneraries between us and I don’t think Corrin can trade when she’s a Feral Dragon heck

wait nvm, we can still trade with her

Kagero, you aren’t a songstress; you can’t sing to let people move again- also Saizo isn’t here yet ausdaiusdauh

Oh man, Azura’s not gonna take shit from anyone .... kick their ass, Azura >:V both of them missed, ok

level up for Corrin!

Pretty decent :V

still misses all around from Azura and the hooded persooon

and a level up for Rinkaaaah (who kicked one of the Mercenaries’ asses w/ Mozu)

pretty deceeeent, I wonder what her growths are :V

anyway, we gooooo

ooh hey a dodge from Azura and she managed to hit the hooded person :D and again! :D ohh, nvm, they’ve hit her now misses all round again

...Seal Defence from Rinkah is really good when following up with Kagero because of her shit strength--

ok but have I mentioned I love Spear Fighters? because I do, one reason being that their animations are cool :V

yikes, there goes Azura oAo she got quite a good bit of the mystery person’s health down tho (i keep calling them mysterious person b/c spoilers for Revelation, if memory serves, so uhh.... yeah)

yIKES no one seems to be able to hit this guy (0 damage AND low hits rates aihifiudfsudh) except for Corrin uahfiuhds but I wanted to give it to another person to get them more exp >:V fine then

welp, they dead .... as much as they can be, at least lMAO

more cutsceeenes oh hey, Azura; I thought you had retreated :V aaaand i’m back to being a hooman and ANOTHER CUTSCENE this time the lowkey disturbing cutscene hey at least they didn’t show Sumeragi probably getting his throat slit open with that huge ass axe o<o;;;;;

Well, you’re awfully forgiving, aren’t you Kagero? :V

aaaand erryone’s ded

Azura being all ‘oh yeah, this is what the Nohri-asses do, so uhh.... yeah King Ganon- GARON set up the whole thing lmao’ AZURA, SAYING GARON MASTERMINDED THE WHOLE THING IS NO LAUGHING MATTER--

oh boi here comes Felicia I’msorry ;;A;;

I said I’m SORR Y (Felicia saying Takumi’s lines are pure gold, tbh)

Leave Kagero alo n e--

Yeah, you said it, Takumi :’’D i’m taking so many pictures of this cutscene lol;; here comes Ryomaaaaa

it’s so weird seeing him call Mikoto ‘Queen Mikoto’ and not ‘Mother’ lol

oh yeah, we need another sword after we lost Ganglari when it... exploded :’D so time to get the Yato! :D (or as I like to call it; ‘The Chainsaw’ b/c of the Omega Yato-) it would have been cool if all of the royal siblings had special weapons, tbh; like why did they brothers get the special treatment? >:V

Oh hey! I think Felicia’s a Sky Knight! So she has a chance of wealing the Fujin Yumi as a Kinshi Knight! :U

dang it, Felicia--

oh yeah, Corrin’s just not paying attention lmao;;;

welp, here comes the Nohrians oh man

I... I don’t even have anything to say to this it’s just Azura couldn’t have been randomised into a better person-

ah yeah, obligatory cutscene to give Corrin the dragonstone yadda yadda lol, Kagero did the animation of catching the Yato, except now it’s a Dragonstone the sound played and everything hahah

Time for Chapter 6, awwww yeeeaaaahh! >:3c

ah yes, vanilla Nohrians ‘why are you invading hoshido bro???’ all that stuff

If Takumi actually accepted you being his sibling in the early game lol

cutsceeeeeeene that makes little sense out of conteeeeext because ryoma, hinoka and sakura aren’t actually supposed to be heeeeeere

time to choose!

hah, there’s absolutely no message for saying that there is no Conquest data on the system I never want to play Conquest again anyway lol-

time to DEFEND HOSHIDO AND MY HOSHIBROS

hah, lyrics for the song ayyy //finger guns

oh yeah, Xander throwing a temper tantrum and all that ‘And Father will forgive you, I know it.’ yeah, actually he wants me to Suffer if I go there, bruh XANDER GDI YOU KNOW THAT HE’S MESSED UP MAN, YOU’VE NOTICED THE CHANGE IN HIM- ya said that your siblings are at least just as important as the people of Nohr >:V

well, Corrin’s Dead Here comes Azuraaaaa

And boi is she Ready to Fite

It seems like none of the Hoshibros have any chill lol and she had a fitting voiceline of ‘I’m gonna BREAK you!’ as well holy heck

time to start the chapter- AYYY it’s Kaze! :D

.... Felicia you had a 90% chance to hit that guy HOW COULD YOU MISS, YOU HAD THE FUJIN YUMI--

anyway, level up for Jakob instead

auhfiudhfsdud I should be happy given his poor HP and Skill growths tho ayyy he learned Nobility >:D

rest in pieces, Bohrther

Ayyy Kagero levelled up!

I’ll look at her growth rates after and add them in when I was looking at her stats and stuff- ayy she learned Locktouch!

welp, Xander’s dead again HAH, it’s showing Ryoma, Hinoka and Takumi instead of Azura, Takumi and Felicia hah

Kagero, I’m pretty sure the correct grammar is ‘Azura and I’ but w/e lmao ‘I know this is the right choice’ what if I told you that you could refuse to pick a side, Corrin-

time for the intro that we’ve seen before :’D and here’s Lilith!

.... why is Jakob showing up and not Kaze, lol

HAH Obligatory SECOND explanation of the astral plane ya know, just in case you forgot and a tutorial on how to place things and stuff geh-

it’s still Jakob that’s up at the top lol right time to fix up this mess and make it more organised because blech- let’s ALSO change our hair since we’re now officially playing Birthright :’D

.... heck it, I know I wanted to keep the symbolism of the change of hair length for Revelation but

I just really like the short hair :’’’D

anyway, I think this has been going on for long enough so I should stop here hahah;;;

I’m still having so much fun with thiiis, and next time we get to see who Silas is as well as who Mozu’s retainers are! ouo