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carpisuns · 2 years ago
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she puts on the crown of fools of her own will and then suffers under its weight
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callmehere-iwillappear · 2 years ago
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ngl seeing your chapter outlines REALLY made me feel better about my own fic planning, bc i love ur work so much and your planning is like "heehoo aprils in this one" and its just.. me too thats how you do it.
YEAH FR LIKE. my fic planning consists of:
figure out the very very basic plot
maybe a few specific details or scenes
let the characters possess me and write whole scenes and chapters
struggle through the rest
the rest of my outline is very similar its like. mostly just one or two bullet points per chapter with the general events of the chapter or specific conversations/points i want to hit
and then i get stuff like THIS
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because hueso was SUPPOSED to happen in the most recent chapter but casey and leo talked for ALMOST 3K WORDS at which point i was like. ........ yeah this is getting a separate chapter at this point
(which. also happened w the reunion chapters. those were supposed to be all one chapter, MAYBE two, ended up being three)
also THANK YOUUUUU i'm glad to hear you're enjoying it!!!
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adjl-week · 8 months ago
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ADJL 20th Anniversary Celebration
Hello American Dragon: Jake Long fans! I think Jake Long deserves a small, concentrated explosion of fanworks, read on if you do too. You may or may not be aware that January 21st 2025 is the 20th anniversary of Jake Long! Not only that, but this anniversary also marks the 'tail' end of the Year of the Dragon, which has its last day on January 28th, 2025.
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((Art by @caroline-draws-stuff))
In light of all this, we are running a week-long fandom event starting from the 20th anniversary date, hosted on tumblr! The event is planned to feature 7 prompts, where fans will post a fanwork inspired by that prompt for every day of ADJL Week! Fanart, fanfics, drabbles, sketches, playlists, edits, giftsets, cosplay, and anything else you can think of are all welcome. You can participate for the entire week, or just for one or two days, its entirely up to you! We are now taking suggestions for one or two-word prompts! (Some examples are Rain, Unlikely Duo, Reunion, etc.)
We'll be posting a followup poll after prompt suggestions are collected so the community can vote on their favorites. Be sure to follow the @adjl-week blog and keep an eye on the #adjlweek tag so you don't miss the poll, or the results. Anything Jake Long related is fair game to be created during the event, except NSFW/18+ works! This is so the event can be accessible to as many fans as possible. That means crossovers, AUs, fan-characters, etc. are all welcome and encouraged!
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ninja-knox-ur-sox-off · 1 year ago
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my besties were random strangers once upon a time i’ll have you know-
also welcome to chaos, you’re welcome for bringing you here
I KEEP FINDING OUT SOME OF MY BESTIES I MET THROUGH MONKIE KID WATCHED THE SHOW BECAUSE OF MY AMVS
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sarkaariresult · 2 years ago
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Railway NEFR Apprentice Online Form
Railway NEFR Apprentice Online Form . If you want to apply online or know complete details about this exam and many other exams, now you can SEE HERE
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abrielarnold · 1 year ago
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Her physiology wasn’t that volatile, if you asked Valerie. Sure, it was a little unconventional, and as much as she would never ever admit it, she wasn’t perfect, but she was in control. In fact, she was really proud of how fantastically in-control she was. 
Let Sleeping Dogs Rise
by @raaorqtpbpdy and @nefres
the @ecto-implosion has been one of the most fun events i've participated in- it's been interesting being on the other side of a big bang (the low lows of waiting and anticipation, the high highs of reading something amazing inspired by your art.) i am so grateful to the mods and everyone who participated for making this event happen!
(the authors did such a fantastic job that i ended up making more art for one of their later scenes, which will be posted in a few days!)
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marzfartz · 11 months ago
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A Touch of Death
I really enjoyed getting to participate in the reverse bang! The amazing author @nefres wrote an absolutely incredible (and deliciously gory) fic called A Touch of Death that everyone should go read asap!!
Warning: it really is gory
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jndzine · 7 months ago
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Info Masterpost!
Links
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IG
Email: jndzine (at) gmail
Schedule
April 27 - Mod applications open
May 4 - Mod apps close @ 11:59PM EST
May 11 - Contributor applications open
May 25 - Contributor apps close @ 11:59PM EST
June 8 - Acceptance emails sent out
June 22 - All artists confirmed
July 20 - 1st draft due
Aug 17 - 2nd draft due
Sept 14 - Final draft due
Oct 19 - Contributor pre-order
Nov 9 - Public pre-order! Happy anniversary!
Nov 23 - Pre-orders closed
Delivery by Feb 2025
Leftover sales & donation after initial deliveries
Mods
Head mod: @adhdavinci
Organizers: @sarandipitywrites maxialstar
Graphics: @aave @latenightowl
Finance: @nefres
Formatting: @silent-but-here
Stretch goal progress
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UNLOCKED! 5x7" print of Jak and Daxter from Jak II, and four 3" stickers
UNLOCKED! 3" shaker keychain of a Precursor orb with Jak II minis inside
UNLOCKED! 25-page notepad designed like the TPL pause screen
400 orders: 1.5" Precursor orb enamel pin
FAQ
General FAQ
What is this project?
We're creating a fandom zine - a collection of fanworks made by fans, for fans. This book will be an art anthology, with contributions from 50 different artists!
Is the zine for profit or charity?
Charity! All proceeds will be donated to The River Otter Ecology Project.
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What is the rating/content?
This is a safe-for-work, art-only zine featuring anything from the Jak and Daxter series. No other forms of media can be accepted this time around, sorry!
Are there mod positions available?
Yes! Applications will be live from April 27 thru May 8.
Is global shipping available?
Yes. Options will be released during the preorder phase.
What are the zine dimensions and page count?
5.5in x 8.5in, 60 pages including front and back cover!
Will there be a merch bundle?
Yes, there will be merch, as well as a digital version of the zine!
Where can I get that cool font?
The font is Ottselesque by Christopher Kirk-Nielsen, and can be downloaded here!
Mod FAQ
Application closed
Do you need previous experience as a zine mod?
No - any relevant experience will improve your application. Previous modding is just a bonus!
Is there an age limit?
Yes, all mods must be over 18.
What positions are available?
Organizers: run the Discord and help contributors meet deadlines 
Graphics: make graphics for social posts and zine page decor
Marketing: draft and post on socials according to schedule
Formatting: put the actual zine pages together for distribution
Financials: assist Head Mod in budgeting and researching shipping options
Contributor FAQ
Application closed
What is the contributor compensation (including merch)?
Contributors get free physical and digital copies of the zine, shipping included. Merch can be purchased at cost. Preorder is now open and closes Nov. 23rd!
First time contributor here - what do I need to submit to apply?
Please submit a portfolio that shows off your art. This can be a social media or a website, though for socials please submit a dedicated art tag!
Can I use an old piece for the zine?
Please draw something specifically for the zine and refrain from posting it anywhere until the zine's completion!
How many contributors will be accepted? How many pieces per contributor?
Determined based on number of submissions! The zine will likely be capped around 50 pages due to physical and financial constraints.
Is traditional art allowed?
Yes, it must be scanned in high quality (at least 300 dpi).
Is there an age limit?
No, just make sure you can meet the deadlines!
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pebblepeb · 1 year ago
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I so loved working on this art, a commission for a fic you can read here https://archiveofourown.org/works/42928311/chapters/107850759
A Ben10 and rottmnt crossover ✨
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nefres · 1 year ago
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Welcome to our work for @ecto-implosion! This is a joint effort between @raaorqtpbpdy and I, and we are extremely proud to share it with you!
The idea for the crossover is all @abrielarnold, who has created some amazing art you can find here!
The fic is complete, and chapters will be posted daily.
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alandove · 2 months ago
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do you have the time
to listen to me whine
abkoiudfb ntohifna nefr wevruthg all ataonce
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yes i do screaming the lyrics at the top of my lungs
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zabrya-art · 8 months ago
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hey I just did a commission for @nefres
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raaorqtpbpdy · 10 months ago
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A Rift Forms
In this world, nanites exist inside every living thing, and can activate without warning, turning ordinary people into mutants and monsters. Danny is separated from his family during the chaos of the initial Nanite Event, after his sister is mutated. Before he can reunite with his family, Danny himself mutates as well, and the emergence of strange new powers transports him to a mysterious island.
This fic was written for Crossover Danuary Week 2024, Day 2: General Cartoons Generator Rex | Voyage Thanks @crossoverdanuary for running this event, and thanks @nefres for beta reading this for me 🧡
You can also read this fic on AO3, as well as Let Sleeping Dogs Rise, which this fic is a prequel to.
[Warnings for graphic body horror, violence, and manipulation]
The time immediately following the Nanite Event was pure chaos. It was days before anyone knew what happened, and all the while the nanites were spreading throughout the world, infecting everything—from plants and animals, to humans, to the very ground they walked on.
It was the most significant catastrophe in human history.
The Fenton family was on vacation.
Ten-year-old Danny, his twelve-year-old sister Jazz, and his mom and dad, who were both scientists, were all in Bulgaria for a big science symposium. They'd traveled all the way from the United States that summer for the event. 
Though only his parents would be attending the symposium, the whole family was brimming with excitement. It was Danny and his sister's first time out of the US. And while their parents were at the symposium, they got to explore the city, as long as they stayed together. 
Balchik was beautiful, if a bit crowded this time of year, and there was so much to see and do. Even if most of it involved frantically flipping through an English to Bulgarian phrasebook.
It was such a shame. Their timing couldn't have been worse.
It was a few days into their trip, and the family had just met up for a late lunch at a seaside restaurant when it happened.
A massive explosion, audible for miles.
No one knew what happened at first. But within the first hour, the changes began. In every country on the Black Sea, a mysterious dark cloud swept through in an ominous wave. It eclipsed the sun, and turned the sky a terrible red.
Then the monsters appeared.
What once had been a rat, a flower bush, a child—became something entirely else. Their bodies twisted, engorged, constricted, features vanishing, or multiplying. Their forms warped and mutated until they became unrecognizable as anything but abominations.
And these were not peaceful monsters.
They raged and rampaged. Attacked indiscriminately, with seemingly no rhyme or reason. They did not respond to pleas or screams of terror. And it didn't seem as though it was going to wear off any time soon.
Some people tried to fight back. Most recognized the hopelessness of such attempts, and chose to run instead. The Fentons were the latter. They slipped down side-streets where they were less likely to be seen and targeted by the monsters and kept moving.
"Stay calm, kids," Mom said. "We just have to stick together. Remember those camping trips we used to do for survival training. Everything will be alright."
Danny nodded and followed closely. The last thing he wanted was to be separated from them during a crisis of this magnitude.
"What's happening?!" Jazz shrieked over the sound of a building collapsing. 
"I don't know. But that sounded close," Dad observed, his huge shoulders tensing.
"We need to get out of the city," Mom said.
Even though the rest of them were barely holding it together, she was staying remarkably calm. It was like the air around her had changed. Her expression was severe, her shoulders squared, her gait confident. 
Danny didn't think his mother had ever experienced something like this before—heck, he didn't think anyone had ever experienced something like this before—but she suddenly carried herself like the knew exactly what she was doing.
His mom was always good in an emergency, but this was incredible, even for her.
"We have to see if this is happening other places, or just here," she continued. "Even if it's not just in the city, we'll be safer someplace there are fewer people. The last thing we need right now is to get caught in a huge crowd."
"The rental car is still parked near our hotel," Dad remembered. His voice was steady, but Danny could see his hands trembling, and knew he was just trying to stay strong for the rest of them. "If it hasn't been crushed, I mean." 
They'd already seen quite a few cars get crushed, so that was hardly a guarantee.
"That's a start," mom said. "It'll get us out of town, but it's low on gas right now, and I hardly think now's the time to stop and fill the tank."
"As long as it gets us out of town, we can wing it afterwards, right?" Danny said. "I just don't want to spend any more time around here if we can help it."
"Good enough for me!" Jazz agreed.
With that decided, they adjusted course toward their hotel, with their mother leading the way and father bringing up the rear. Mom held up a hand to stop them, looking around to ensure their surroundings were clear before they crossed through an open area.
When she was sure it was safe, she started moving again, and they cautiously started through square. There were still a few people running, trying to get to safety, but this area had been among the first to clear out, most people opting to hide in their homes or back-alleys. 
After seeing so much destruction already, though, Danny didn't think it was wise to entrust their safety to the structural integrity of these buildings. 
They were about halfway across the square.
It seemed like they were going to make it across safely.
Then the unthinkable happened.
Jazz stopped walking. She grunted and doubled over.
"Jazz?" Danny asked, stopping as well.
"Hold on!" Dad called forward to halt their progress so she wouldn't be left behind. "Jazz! Jazzy! What's wrong?"
Before their very eyes, she started to change. Her skin turned to gray, her hair dark blue, her eyes a glowing red. Sharp mandibles sprouted from her jaw, and hideous bulbous growths from her back, tearing her clothes. Her arms and legs grew longer, and spindly, fingers twisting together, joints inverting.
And all the while, she screamed. She screamed and screamed, the sound becoming steadily less human, until finally—agony gave way to rage.
"Jazz, no!" Danny shouted as the thing that had once been his sister attacked. "Stop, please!"
He dove out of the way of a spray of black acid that sizzled and ate a crater into the ground where he'd been standing an instant before. He shouldn't have looked back. Horror gripped him so he couldn't even move.
His parents rushed to his defense, but Jazz was strong, and wild, and they couldn't hold her down. She roared and screeched, and spat acid and spun webs. She moved at incredible speeds, and it was only thanks to his parents' strength and skill that Danny managed not to be killed in an instant.
"Danny, run!" his mother screamed. "Go north! Get as far away from here as possible! We'll find you!"
Danny hesitated. This didn't feel right. Rule number one was stick together. If they got separated they were done for. But... he couldn't fight this. He wasn't strong like his father, and he wasn't a karate master like his mom. He was good for a kid, but he was still just a kid. He was only ten, and he couldn't fight monsters.
"You heard your mother!" his dad yelled, keeping Jazz's attention firmly off of Danny. "Run!"
And so Danny did something he would always regret.
He ran.
He ran as fast and as far as his legs would carry him. And when his muscles burned and ached and he felt like he couldn't take another step, he kept running. 
He ran north, just like his mother had told him to, and didn't stop until his body collapsed from exhaustion. Then he dragged himself to the nearest shelter, an abandoned book shop with a shattered glass door, and tried to catch his breath. He'd run for miles by now, and had to be near the edge of town by now. The sun was still out, but steadily sinking in the west.
He was sheltered for now, but he wasn't safe just yet. There were still monsters around. As soon as he recovered, he had to find food and water, and then keep going. His parents would look for him outside of the city limits, since that's where they'd been planning to go.
Danny forced himself to take slow, deep breaths, even as his lungs screamed against them, and tried to come up with a plan. The electricity was still on, except in parts of the city where some creature had downed power lines, so it stood to reason that there would still be running water. 
Looking around, it seemed the book shop also sold things like book-bags and water-bottles. A backpack would be better, but a book bag would do. He knew stealing was wrong, but given the circumstances, he didn't think anyone would blame him. There wasn't any food here, but it was a bookstore, so maybe there would be a book about edible plants in this region.
It was twilight by the time Danny was back on his feet, bag packed. He'd picked out a dark green bag with black letters claiming Обичам да чета!, which, according to Danny's pocket phrasebook, meant 'I love to read!'. He'd found a book on regional plants, too, but it was also in Bulgarian. Luckily, he'd also found a Bulgarian to English dictionary, and had already memorized the words храна: 'food', and ядивен: 'edible'.
He'd been able to fill up two water bottles in the employee restroom, and had already drunk plenty enough to stay hydrated for a while, so he could preserve them. He'd also found some promotional matchbooks with the name of the bookstore on them, and stuffed a whole bunch in his bag. He knew how to start a fire without them, of course, but they still made things easier. He didn't know why a bookstore, of all places, would advertise with matches, but he wasn't complaining.
Since it was starting to get dark, Danny thought about hunkering down in the bookstore overnight, but changed his mind when all those building collapses he'd seen that day flashed through his mind. He had to stay alive until his parents found him again, and he couldn't do that if he was crushed under rubble while he slept. He had to get out of the city limits as soon as possible.
He couldn't run anymore, but he kept moving forward. His legs felt like jelly, and with each step, he worried they might give out on him, but he pressed onward. His stomach groaned, but he grit his teeth and ignored it. There was little chance of him being able to find something to eat before it was fully dark, and even less chance afterwards. He resolved himself to go to sleep hungry tonight.
It was well after sundown when he finally reached the city limits. Once he crossed an empty highway, he entered a forest. The stars were completely blotted out, and the light of the red-stained moon was not enough to build a proper shelter by. 
Searching mostly by feel, Danny found a nest of fallen trees that had naturally formed something like a lean-to. The boy was just small enough to crawl under it and be protected from predators and the elements. He wrapped his arms around himself and thanked whoever or whatever might be listening for the warm summer weather. Then he fell into a fitful sleep.
Over the next few days, Danny shifted into survival mode. He studied his book of plants religiously, and foraged like his life depended on it—because it did. Survival mode was exhausting. When his life hung in the balance, a day felt like a week, and when he slept, he had to sleep lightly.
There were still monsters in the forest. But the ones that had once been plants were easy to avoid because they stayed rooted in the soil, and couldn't reach him if he ran away. And the ones that had once been animals were easy to avoid because they weren't very smart, and couldn't usually find him if he hid. Some of them could find him by scent, but so far, none of them could climb trees, so he'd found a way to avoid them as well.
He'd never been more grateful in his life for all those survival training camping trips his parents have made him and his sister do. Without them, he knew he would have been dead already.
Each day he watched and waited for his family to come and find him. He listened for his parents' voices calling his name. For his sister's voice, too. Although he hadn't yet seen any of the monsters return to their original form, a small part of him hoped that Jazz would be the exception. As annoying as his older sister was, he still wanted her back.
It was on the third day that the infection came for him as well. One moment, he was flipping through his guidebook to figure out whether a certain type of mushroom was edible or not; the next, all his muscles seized up. 
He howled in agony as he felt his hand and arms warp, bones stretching, muscles engorging, skin bulging. A splitting pain ripped through his sides and he screeched. Behind his eyes, he felt a horrible pressure and his vision blurred and refocused over and over again in rapid succession. He didn't know or want to know what was happening there.
Desperately, grunting and panting, he stumbled to the nearby creek, finding it mostly by sound, hoping to find relief in the cool waters. 
Something was seriously wrong. 
No.
Everything was seriously wrong.
He tried to reach up to push a branch out of the way, but his arm was so heavy. His vision cleared up again just long enough for him to see something swollen and flesh-colored where his forearm had once been, but it hardly looked like a forearm. He felt like a gorilla, pushing himself along with both his hands and feet, just trying to move. The angle was wrong. Was he standing? Were his arms always this long?
He never made it to the creek.
His shouts had attracted a group of hungry monsters that probably used to be wolves. He could see them clearly now, but he almost wished he couldn't. He scrambled back, despite his body screaming at him to stop moving! It hurts, god, it hurts so much! 
The once-wolves surrounded him, were practically on top of him. 
One of them leaped.
Unthinkingly, he swiped at it with an absolutely massive hand, the force of the motion dragging him off balance so he fully collapsed onto the mossy ground. He didn't know what his goal was, to let it gnaw on his fingers, or bat it to the ground. 
What actually happened was a rip in space appearing between him and the once-wolf, bright green and pulsing with energy. When the creature ran into it, it fell right through and disappeared. Then the rip closed.
The rest of the once-wolves snarled, snapping at him with two sets of teeth in their wide maws, their eyes glowing red and fixed right on him. But they didn't seem too eager to get close.
They were afraid.
Danny was afraid too.
Now that he could see again he glanced down and saw that the pain in his sides was caused by two bony protrusions that had ripped right through the sides of his shirt, small now, but slowly growing. He tore his eyes away, first looking up into the dark branches above and taking a sharp breath in, then looking back at the creatures.
He just wanted to go home. He wanted to be with his family again. Really, he would take being anywhere but here, as long as he wasn't alone. He forced himself not to squeeze his eyes closed and wish everything away. Not now, not when he was surrounded and in pain. There was a more immediate problem to deal with.
Another once-wolf decided to take the leap, and Danny swiped a hand again, and again, a glowing green rip opened up. But this time, the creature dodged it. At a loss for anything else to do, and without enough time to think of a proper plan, Danny summoned all the strength he had left and jumped through it himself. Then it closed behind him. 
He had no idea where he would end up, or if he'd even survive, but he hadn't really been thinking. He'd just acted.
He landed prone on dark, damp soil and rolled onto his back with a groan. He could hear the sound of waves nearby, but he didn't have the energy to lift his head. The sky above him was red. The land around him was barren.
Either he hadn't gone very far, or the whole world was like this.
He didn't know how long he laid there, taking slow, deep breaths, and willing the pain to fade. He was pretty sure his transformation was over. His arms were almost as long as his body now, and grew inhumanly larger below the elbows. His forearms and hands had engorged to a terrible size. The things protruding from either side of his torso had grown into a fully formed and functional second set of arms—otherwise ordinary, save for the placement. 
His legs seemed to be the same as before. His head was still screwed on straight. Whatever had happened to his eyes, he still didn't know, but thankfully it was over now, and he could see clearly again.
His body had changed, but his mind was the same. Was it the same way for Jazz? Had she just been freaking out about being turned into a monster? Would she be the same annoying sister he'd always known once she calmed down again?
No... probably not.
Danny had seen a lot of those monsters in the last three days. 
Some of them had clearly been human before. And they clearly weren't anymore. None of them were calm or reasonable. They were animalistic, their actions primal, and instinctual. Now he'd been transformed just like they had, with no signs of being able to turn back. But somehow he wasn't like the rest of them.
Danny had spent enough time around his scientist parents to know what an outlier was, and in this instance, he was one.
His parents.... 
How would they ever find him now? Even he had no idea where he was anymore, so how could they know? He was pretty sure he wasn't in the woods north of Balchik anymore. Not even close.
How was he going to get back to them?
He didn't know.
Finally, when the pain had eased to a dull enough ache that he could ignore it, Danny got to his feet—wobbling from the unexpected weight of his arms before he found his balance—and properly examined his surroundings. 
In one direction was a beach. Dark sand and dark water reflecting the red light of the sun. In the other direction was a forest, though all the trees looked dead, charred and blackened with ash, their branches bare. Not like the woods he'd just come from, which were still green and full of life. 
It seemed like something very bad had happened in this place. 
Danny didn't really want to find out what.
He'd dropped his book bag at some point, in his panic. Losing the books wasn't so bad. He had no idea if he was even in Bulgaria anymore, and if he wasn't, those books wouldn't do him much good. Losing his water bottles and his matchbooks, on the other hand, made things difficult. Luckily, he still had his knife in the pocket of his jeans, and one matchbook with three matches left.
"I guess I might as well test the water," he said to himself. 
If it was freshwater, he might be okay. He didn't have anything to boil it in, but he could risk it in an emergency. If it was salty, then he'd have to head into the woods and look for another water source. 
He reached one massive hand into the water and tried to bring it to his nose to smell. The size of his hand made him cringe, and using it was awkward. Instead of gently holding it near his nose, he overshot and smacked himself in the face, splashing himself with the water and knocking him onto his butt.
"Eugh!" he yelped, in a mixture of shock and disgust. 
Now that it was all over his face, he knew right away that it was salt water. He tried to wipe away the water with the back of his forearm, but he wasn't adjusted to the size and nearly smothered himself. Bruised and damp, he realized that he was going to have to get used to this. It wasn't going away, so he would have to learn to live with it, one way or another.
Danny took another deep breath, his chest shaking, his hands trembling—all four of them. His eyes watered and he blinked back tears. He had enough salt water on his face between the seawater and the sweat, and crying wouldn't help him, it would just make him even more vulnerable to attack from predators.
Thinking that didn't really help either though. He was just a kid, and he was lost, afraid, alone, separated from his family, and as if that wasn't bad enough, now he was a monster.
"Why is this happening?" he asked himself, his voice small and broken.
He'd never been so stressed in his entire life, and it was hard to push that down to focus on staying alive like his parents had always taught him to. Everything was hard. He just wanted to bury himself in the sand and cry until he was too dehydrated to think.
But now was not the time to succumb to his childish urge to cry. Now was not the time to curl up in a ball and give in to his fear and loneliness. Now was not the time to give up. If he gave up, he might as well be dead already. He had to survive. He had to, or abandon all hope of seeing his family again.
"First, find a source of fresh water," Danny recited with a wavering, choked up voice, reminding himself of his wilderness survival training. "Then build a shelter nearby. Then search for familiar-looking plants to forage, and small animals to hunt only if you have the means to safely prepare them."
Each footstep felt monumental as he started into the woods. Each step was harder than the last. He clenched his fists, too many of them, sending weird signals that his brain didn't quite know how to translate, and he gritted his teeth, and he pressed onward, struggling to stay on his feet. 
He kept going, deeper and deeper into the woods. Watching and listening for any signs of a river, or creek. All he heard was the wind through the dead trees, and all he saw was dust and ash.
As time passed, he began to notice a new problem.
Green crept into the edges of his vision. Not a dark green like the leaves of trees—certainly not in these woods. No, it was a bright green, toxic-looking, the same color as those rips he had created before. When he looked down, he noticed that green pulsing under his skin, in his veins, glowing in the dim light of the forest.
It didn't hurt—not yet, at least—but it felt like pressure was building up inside him. 
Then those green openings started to appear again. Small tears at first, like the ones he'd opened before, except he wasn't opening them on purpose anymore. He waved a gigantic hand at one, hoping to make it go away, but it only grew larger. A wide, round portal, big enough for him to walk through upright when the ones he'd opened before had barely had room enough to dive through headlong.
He swallowed anxiously, but stepped through. 
Maybe, he thought, it would take him home, or to his family.
The portal only took him even deeper into this same forest. Frustrated, Danny opened another portal, thinking of his mother, of hugging her tightly.
More dead, empty woods.
The pressure kept building. It felt like it was starting to push against his bones, now, like if he kept going they would crack. He clenched his jaw and tried to slow his breathing and stay calm.
He tried again, thinking of his father, of sitting on the large man's shoulders, and looking down at everyone, and feeling like the king of the world.
Again, the portal only led him deeper into the woods. But now, he could see a hill, covered in more dead trees, with a crumbling castle on the hilltop. Was that where these portals were trying to take him? Maybe he could find help there.
The pressure was too strong now. Painful, and impossible to ignore. A throbbing, burning sensation boiling inside him. His breathing grew heaving. Sweat poured off him. That painful pressure kept building and building until he thought he might burst.
A sharp pain shot through Danny's bulging upper arms and he groaned through gritted teeth.
More portals opened. And more. And more. Around him and through him, green light tearing openings in the fabric of space right through him. 
He screamed. He screamed for what felt like hours as he fought to remain conscious.
It was useless, screaming.
No one was around to hear him.
Or so he thought.
Green turned black as he fell through yet another portal before finally passing out from the pain. The last thing he registered was landing on cold stone.
———
Danny could hear an electric humming sound. Before he even opened his eyes, he heard that sound, like an old refrigerator, or a space heater. Neither of those things belonged in the woods. That meant he couldn't be in the woods anymore. Cautiously, Danny opened his eyes.
Hanging directly above him was a big, round hunk of metal which appeared to be the source of the humming sound. It looked heavy, like it might crush him if it fell, and he decided he'd better get up before that happened.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," a man's voice came from somewhere to Danny's left. "That magnet is the only thing keeping you alive right now."
"What?" Danny's voice was hoarse from screaming, and his throat was dry. He never had found a source of water. He swallowed.
Looking over, he saw a man sitting at a desk, tinkering with something. He wore a bulky gauntlet on one hand, made of bronze or brass, or one of those brownish metals. His long, gray hair was greasy, but pulled back into ponytail, neat on one side and messy on the other, like he'd been wearing his gauntlet when he put it up for some reason.
"Who are you?" Danny demanded, though he could barely raise his voice, so it didn't sound much like a demand. "What's going on?"
"I am Vlad Masters," the man said, turning in his chair to look at Danny for the first time. "Most people just call me by my surname, but you may call me what you please. I'm a scientist. You fell through some kind of portal into my lab, and were suffering from unstable activated nanites. To put it simply, you were dying. I saved you."
"But only as long as I stay under the magnet."
"For now," Vlad replied. "It was never going to be more than a temporary fix. I'm currently designing a device that will keep you alive long-term. Something much less crude and more effective than a simple electromagnet."
"And the magnet... attracts nanites away from me?" Danny asked, putting together the pieces of what this man had told him. Nanites were one of those sciencey things he'd heard his parents talking about back home. "Nanites like super tiny robots? Why are there nanites in me?"
"Well, that... is a longer story, but I suppose I can sum it up for you," Vlad said, frowning. "Not far from here, a group of scientists was experimenting with nanites, creating and programming them. But a few days ago there was... an accident. An explosion led to a massive containment breach. The nanites they had created were spread far and wide, but they were unfinished, and instead of helping people as they were intended to do...."
"They created monsters," Danny realized, anger rising hot in his chest. "The nanites did this! They made me like this! They mutated my sister!"
"I'm sorry," Vlad said. "I've faced off against a few mutated creatures and people in the past few days—around here, so close to ground zero, the only ones who survived were changed—you're the first person I've seen besides myself who didn't lose their mind. Is your sister like you?"
Danny looked down at his hands, but it wasn't long before he had to look away. They were wrong and disgusting, and he couldn't stand the sight of himself.
"No... she.... No."
"I'm sorry," Vlad said again. "What about the rest of your family?"
Danny didn't respond for a long moment, and when he finally spoke, his voice was even quieter than before.
"I don't know." It was the first time he had admitted that to himself, or at all. "My parents were still normal the last time I saw them, but that was days ago. We were supposed to meet up again north of Balchik in Bulgaria, but then... this happened to me, and I don't even know where I am anymore."
"You're on an island in the Black Sea," came the answer. "Officially, it's unnamed, but I call it Abysus."
Danny said nothing. Now that he'd said it, he couldn't stop thinking about the possibility that his parents had turned, like him... like Jazz. What if they weren't themselves anymore? What if he did manage to find them again, but they'd lost their minds and they tried to kill him?
"That's not your primary concern, is it?" Vlad surmised.
Danny inhaled sharply, shoulders tense, and shook his head.
"How old are you?"
"Ten," he answered.
"You need someone to look out for you then," said Vlad, thoughtfully. "I'll tell you what. I plan to turn Abysus into a safe haven for people like us. For those of us who were changed by the nanites, but still possess our reason and consciousness. If you stay here, and join me, I can take care of you. I can create a device that keeps your new powers from overwhelming or harming you like they were."
"What if I choose to leave and find my family?"
"Then I'm afraid I can't help you," came the response. Vlad's voice was gentle, but firm. "The device I'm designing to help you must be regularly drained of the excess nanites you attract, and I'm the only one who can do that. You see, when I changed, I gained the ability to manipulate nanites to an extent," he explained. "I am the only one who can help you."
"Can you help me find my family then?" Danny asked. Surely as long as the two of them stayed together they could still look.
"I'm afraid not," Vlad refused with a mournful shake of his head. "You see, I am dependent on the nanites here to survive. I was too near the explosion, I would have been vaporized. This nanite-rich environment is the only thing keeping me alive. If I leave this island... well, I don't know what could happen. I could very well crumble to dust.
"Perhaps... someday, once things have calmed down, I'll be able to invent something that allows me to leave, like I'm inventing something to help you."
Danny frowned, his brows furrowed. If that was the case, then he didn't have much of a choice, did he? He could either stay here with Vlad in the relative safety of Abysus, or he could leave and die. And if he died, then he would never see his family again. If he stayed, at least there would be a chance of reuniting with them, even if it was a long time before Vlad found a way to leave.
"Alright," he said. "I'll join you."
"Excellent," Vlad said. His smile was wide, but it still made Danny's stomach churn. "What's your name, son?"
"I'm not your son," Danny sneered. "My name is Danny."
"Oh, come now, we can do better than that," Vlad said dismissively. "You're a new man, you should have a name to reflect that." He thought about it only for a moment before saying, "How about Rift?"
"What's that mean?"
"A rift is a crack or opening in something," Vlad explained. "Like you create openings in space. What do you think?"
What Danny thought was that this man held his life in his hands, and arguing with him would be a really stupid thing to do.
"Alright," he agreed. "Rift is fine."
"I look forward to working with you, then, Rift."
"Sure," Danny—Rift agreed, though it wasn't true. Not in the slightest.
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stupidfuckingbird · 3 months ago
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nefr gun
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dokuntuler · 10 months ago
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2 gündür eksrta dikkat ediyorum sıfır kaçamak ile üçüncü gündeyim. Emzirirken canım aşırı tatlı istiyor ama su içiyorum. Suya dut attım öyle geçiştirmeye çalısıyorum. Doğuralım10 ay oldu. Yaza kadar şunlardan kurtulup kızımla rahat gezmek istiyorum. Nefrs alırken zorlanmayayım, yürüyence yorulmayayım, koşabileyim…
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pumpumkins · 2 months ago
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me staring at my screen when I defeat nerfed Radahn for...5 try ye
Joking! I enjoyed it, never regret da nefr
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