#nova my beloved never change <3

[disaster-magician]

Sorry your crush is oblivious Qiu, better luck next time!

(Fake screenshots! These are fan made based on incorrect quotes and not in the game)

[onewingedsparrow]

Six Sentence Sunday

Tagged by @novafire-is-thinking! Thank you! <3 I know this was a tag from a while ago, but here it is, finally, lol Rise of the Beasts has inspired me greatly, so I wanted to write something for it ✨ ~ Optimus stared intently at the projection Arcee’s visor was generating. Such a curious hologram it was—some sort of oblong, hunched-over being, with narrow but chunky appendages, and transparent protrusions on its back, boasting a fuzzy frame splashed with bold markings of black and yellow. “B,” said Optimus Prime, “what is this creature that you are showing me?” As the knobby horns of his helmet perked, the young bot straightened his back; his optics seemed to shine brighter as a soft, shy voice answered from his radio, “Bumblebee.” So this is what you spoke of, Optimus realized, as even this small piece of new knowledge transformed his entire perspective towards the name he had never before understood. He then touched a hand to his friend’s shoulder, fully aware of how his voice became huskier as he replied, “Your human friend chose aptly...’Bee.” ~ Tagging (only if you want!) @louwhose @maqiisan @afaroffsong @flutefemme @zelzenik and anybody else who wants to join ;) Also tagging @novafire-is-thinking in case you wanted to do this again! :D

[jennajaeger]

once you're stripped clean, what's at your core?

My good friend @damngoodbabysiitter got me to take the above uquiz for my self insert OCs and share the results for each of them!!

(if anyone else wants to do the same for their OCs, feel free to do so and say I tagged you!! <3)

Jenna, Persephone, Gigi

acerbic wit

you're a mentor — an old scarred wolf, an injured soldier, a disgraced paladin. your teachings read as shamelessly pretentious, speaking in rhymes and biting down hard into anyone stupid enough to make the wrong move. this isn't your first life, nor your second, nor your sixth — you'll make the most of your time shackled to this world, no matter how many loops it takes to get it right. with every defeat, you reincarnate; a little smarter, a little quicker, crueler and nastier. will you choose to be brutal, equalizing, that final strike in the face of your enemies? will you go soft, become tender and domesticated? the choice is yours. it's not like i can stop you.

Nyx

silent admission

in tarot, the fool is numbered 0 – the number of unlimited potential. as the protagonist, he is ever present and therefore needs no number as well as no introduction. the world revolves around you in ways that i can't begin to describe, though you'd shrug it off if i were to begin to explain. i need you to know that time is running out. if you want to get this done, you need to start now. sloth is your greatest enemy in this world, and you can only run so far from the opposition when you start with such a disadvantage. keep your head high, yeah? the kid you were is still in there somewhere. you need to show him that it was worth it.

Soraya, Nova

rippling sunset

you’re the nicest person i’ll ever meet, probably. with an undying passion to protect those who can’t protect themselves, you’re energetic and bubbly to a fault. it’s cute, watching you run around trying to tie up loose ends. i feel bad for you — out of everyone you know, you probably have some of the deepest trauma, more than anyone’s aware of. this isn’t something that you want attention for at all, and you’d really just rather forget it exists at all… even then, it seems like you can never escape it. i wish you a pleasant rest of your life, full of rippling sunsets and free of prying eyes.

Annette, Jacaera

fractured glass

no amount of orchestrated class is ever going to hide the fact that you’re doomed to be alone. you’re a puppet, you’re a weapon, but most importantly? you’re a fraud. your facade isn’t malicious, but that doesn’t change a thing. everything in your life is in your control now, and you chose to let yourself become stiff and distant. you’re guilty of everything you blame yourself for, and your misfortune is the fault of nobody but yourself. your selfish nature forges you into a man-made monster, so quick to blame and so desperate to escape consequence. i hope that you can become someone you’re proud of soon.

Liesel

sympathy for the devil

you try so hard to be a beacon of hope for everyone, but nobody’s a beacon of hope for you. most likely, someone’s betrayed you in the past. it’s not like you’re easy to walk over, you just believe(d) too much in the inherent good of people. that isn’t a bad thing, and there’s nothing wrong with being kind and forgiving… i just feel kind of bad for you. i hope you can get a friend who doesn’t fuck with your head and take advantage of your kindness for once.

Valkyrie, Naomi

animal intuition

loyalty is the saint you pray to. if you ever were stabbed in the back by your beloved, you'd probably apologize. to your enemies, you're fierce. to your allies, even fiercer. you cultivate a thick inner circle built on promises and devotion, fit only for the best of the best. it's impossible for most to even begin to dissect the type of person you are, owing to your unbreakable emotional walls and confusing philosophies. dream careers? body guard, movie star, unwitting pawn. don't let people get the best of that loyalty.

Melody

spun gossamer

the easiest thing to do is stay quiet when something’s up. you’re not bothered, and you know what? you shouldn’t be! it’s none of your business, even when it’s entirely your business. it’s difficult (read: impossible) to tell if your cheery demeanor is a cover-up for something sadder, or if it’s simply your natural state of mind. you see a lot of things: people coming through town, people leaving the house and never coming back, lies and deceit of the highest degree. what happened to you? will you ever be that kid again? your presence smells like cotton candy, and your fingertips sparkle like stars. whatever white rabbit you’re chasing isn’t going to lead you to wonderland if you don’t start reaching out when you’re not feeling okay.

Ianthe

behind the mask

you aren’t slick about whatever you think you’re hiding. glass shatters in your midst, blood spills, children scream. like some of your friends, your personality of choice is entirely artificial. the difference between you and them is that you can get away with it. you’re unknown, perhaps even to yourself, and your goals are complex and unknown. anyone stupid enough to fall for you is setting themselves up to be frustrated and confused, owing to your being ultimately unknowable. i hope you can find an identity that makes you comfortable.

Corie

benign culpability

everyone hates you because you are a facetious lying bitch. …kidding, i think. seriously, though! you try way too hard to look like a picturesque example of class and responsibility, but you use your position as a social butterfly to take advantage of those weaker than you. it’s rare for anything not to be your fault, and everyone thinks you’re crying wolf when you actually HAVEN’T done anything. it gets kind of tiring to have everyone on your dick all the time, but it’s less interesting to actually behave. good luck with the therapy?

[tahdashi]

hii sayuuu !! hm.. what song reminds you of your mutuals ( ,: OR can you describe some of your mutuals to me?? i want to follow more people, and I want to see who makes sayu happy ( :

OH MY GOD i love song related asks & my mutuals of course i can !! heads up, i have around 120 mutuals so i can’t include all of them but i’ll def do a part 2+ if requested !!

♡︎ @cyuus — stick around by ENVYOU [“but you make it worth it, so i’ll stick around”] — ris is one of the most special people i’ve met on here and i feel so lucky to have him :(( he’s someone i confide in when i’m feeling down and i feel so comfortable and safe when i talk to him. he’s someone i can be my true self with. to describe ris, i’d say he’s talented, caring, creative, and makes me feel really loved <33 my angel.

♡︎ @rinesei — circles by honeycraft [“it’s worth a mention that you are made of stars”] — rine is so talented and fun to talk to !! i never get bored when i talk to them and their selfship hcs are SO CUTE i get all giddy when i read them. they’re so friendly i love interacting w rine sm :( even though we seem like opposites, we’re such a good duo <33

♡︎ @kodzukoi — 0X1=LOVESONG by txt [“in this world of ice, you’re the only one shining gold”] — koi loml <3 koi and i have so much in common it’s almost scary i love talking to her so much, whether it be about haikyuu, tot, kpop, or anything else! she’s so incredibly sweet and caring i’d genuinely do anything for her oh my god.

♡︎ @bokubear — angel baby by troye sivan [“you came out the blue on a rainy night”] — maak is truly an angel. she’s one of the sweetest people i’ve ever met, and SO CREATIVE. her writing abilities amaze me and i feel so warm n cozy whenever i talk to her. she has a comforting presence and i feel really lucky to have her as a mutual <33

♡︎ @cumfuyu — lovers in the night by seori [“we could be lovers in the night… oh, my love”] — sar my pretty bby !!! they remind me of spontaneity and love at first sight <3 they’re so talented have you seen their themes and writing?? i’m in awe every time. they always make my day just by popping up on my dash. i love talking to them hehe <3

♡︎ @mysterystarz — we’ll be beautiful by tobias dray and POLYDRIVE [“if you get high or the sky falls down, just take my hand and we will fly this out”] — nova my beloved! i think nova and i are such a good pair i truly feel like she gets me and i get her <33 she’s so so sweet and deserves all the love for her hard work and talent !!! she's someone who you can go to when you wanna smile <3

♡︎ @bontens-sweetheart — my whole life by alina baraz [“sunsets never been so bright when you look into my eyes”] — ahh maia, the angel who reminds me of sunsets. maia’s just a ray of sunshine who never fails to brighten my day. they always boost my confidence when i’m feeling down and just make me feel so much happier when i talk to them. they deserve all the hugs n kisses ever <3

♡︎ @sunhee-sun — 8nights by dafna and cameron desnoes [“but right now what feels true is i wanna spend all these next eight nights with you”] — SUNHEE my pretty bby :( i love talking to her she’s so sweet and cute and i wanna give her a thousand hugs every time i talk to her. she’s one of the most caring people ever and SO TALENTED i’m truly in love with her writing. go check out all her works rn. go do it.

♡︎ @sunahearts — sanctuary by laica [“and if only i could change the fact that you’re not here”] — fawn <3 the sweetest baby ever they’re so cute i wanna hang out w them and buy them pretty cakes and pastries and everything pretty in the world :(( they always pop up in my inbox saying the sweetest things and their whole aesthetic is so lovable n sweet (just like them) :(

♡︎ @sourstars — misty by butterknife [“you felt like summer and i was spring”] — pandora’s my other half !!! i don’t know how she deals w me complaining all the time but she’s so so smart and gives me the best advice ever. i trust her w my life for anything, really. music recs? a pep talk? feeling lonely? pandora saves me every time <33 i love her sm :( words can’t describe how much i appreciate her

♡︎ @sunaerin — twentytwo by thea [“i know you’re scared, but i am scared too. life is unpredictable and we’re barely twenty two”] — my aengel !! ae’s someone i feel so so comfortable and safe talking to despite not talking every day. i really look up to her and her positivity. she’s beautiful and talented and genuinely so caring and sweet. i know that if i’m ever looking for advice, i can go to my aengel. i feel so lucky to be mutuals with her :( i don’t deserve her and her endless kindness

♡︎ @shinomiis — almost home by mxmtoon [“just close your eyes, soon we’ll be home, fall asleep to the radio”] — athena is one of my oldest moots we’ve known each other ever since i started this blog, really! i’m so glad she’s back <33 she’s like a breath of fresh air and reminds me of home for some reason. maybe it’s because i’ve known her for so long <3 she’s so sweet, funny, and an amazing writer !!!

♡︎ @satoruic — pretty lips by winehouse [“i’ve got a lot to miss like your pretty lips”] — sav makes me so giddy n smiley i love her so much first of all she’s such an incredible writer she NEVER MISSES. she’s also really fun to talk to and i haven’t bothered her in her inbox in a while :00 i should get to that. but she reminds me of that nice breeze on a dewy morning where you just know you’re gonna have a good day.

♡︎ @kentophobic — chai tea by audrey [“i love hearing your voice talkin bout nothing, this is heaven”] — HANNAH my beloved <33 i feel like hannah and i really could talk about anything and everything and she’s someone i’d listen to no matter what. she’s also an amazing writer i wanna give her writing the biggest smooch. i also haven’t bothered her in her inbox in a while :00 but just know she’s the sweetest and funniest and most caring person ever !!!

♡︎ @kiyelle — effortlessly by lo-1 and samantha davidson [there’s nothing that i’d change about you. you are so lovely”] — isabelle, my first love <3 how could i not include my first love on this list? she truly is the embodiment of an angel. everything about her amazes me: her writing, her beauty, her creativity. talking to isabelle is so refreshing and she makes me feel so loved :( she has such a positive vibe that makes me fall for her more and more each day !!

[tulipfromtheinternet]

Here's what happened: @novemberhush tagged me to do several tag games and I wrote the answers out all at once but I'm too lazy to separate them! So, here I am! Let me know how far you get into reading this🤣

Five questions to get to know you better.

1) What colour are your eyes? Brown

2) What little thing instantly tells you that a person is good? Someone who helps others without needing to be asked. It's in the little things, like opening doors or helping someone carry something.

3) Do you have a recurring dream? I dont remember my dreams anymore but I used to have horrible recurring dreams where I spent the whole time trying to keep my teeth from falling out. They would get really lose and I'd push them back into place and the more I messed with them the looser theyd get until they just fell out in bunches

Also, there's a dream where my family and I are being chased and everyone manages to jump in the car except for me and I spend the whole dream trying to reach someone's hand so they can help me get in because whoever is chasing us is very close. I have never managed to catch a hand.

And finally. I'm in a huge house looking for someone and there's people in all the rooms and they're all distracting me from finding whoever I'm looking for. And im late. I have to leave right now but I can't until I find whoever.

4) What is the most interesting class you have taken? I think it was my women in American history class. It was just like a regular history class but it focused on how whatever was happening at the time affected the women or how the women affected what was happening at the time.

5) How often do you find yourself daydreaming? I think pretty often!

Name/nickname: Tulip

Zodiac: libra

Height: 5’1

Languages: just 2: English and Spanish

Nationality: American

Favourite season: Fall! As I've gotten older I've learned to appreciate it more.

Favourite color: pink and yellow! I cant decide which one i like more I love them both (no decisions because I'm a libra😌)

Favourite animals: whales, elephants, bears, sharks: my beloveds!

Favourite fictional character: oh this one is hard! ...Sailor Moon (watch me change my mind 2 seconds after posting 🤣)

Tea, coffee or hot chocolate: hot chocolate

Average hours of sleep: maybe 6???

Cat or dog person: dogs! (I do love cats though 😊)

Number of blankets slept with: lately just 1 because it's hot. But when it gets cold like 3!

Places ancestors are from: honestly, who knows. My family is Mexican but that doesnt really tell me where my ancestors are from.

Dream trip: Iceland!!!

Blog established: 2016??? Maybe, I'm not sure

Random fact about yourself: I had lasik but my good vision only lasted 7 years... I miss wearing sunglasses I can see out of 😥🤣

Three ships: Buddie (9-1-1), eleanor and chidi (the good place), Jake and Amy (b99)

Last song: you asked for this by halsey

Last movie: legally blonde

Currently reading: Fanfic and that book I cant finish 😩

Currently watching: I've been watching shadow and bone, outer banks, happy endings, and virgin river... I havent finished any of them

Currently consuming: a salad!

Currently craving: a nap and a grasp of basic math

@northisnotup @mistmarauder @buckbuckley @ashavahishta @hmslusitania @johnbroutledge @from-nova @fleurdebeton if you guys would like to answer any of these questions? All of them or whichever ones seem more interesting? Or none, feel free to ignore!

[rai-knightshade]

I posted 23,545 times in 2021

16 posts created (0%)

23529 posts reblogged (100%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 1470.6 posts.

I added 777 tags in 2021

#zelink - 306 posts

#macdalton - 111 posts

#shirbert - 92 posts

#eurovision - 65 posts

#self reblog - 62 posts

#alexander rybak - 41 posts

#yes - 29 posts

#zelda my beloved - 26 posts

#🥺🥺🥺 - 23 posts

#yeah - 22 posts

Longest Tag: 138 characters

#scottish people landing in nova scotia and naming it that because it reminded them of home 🥺🥺 they had no idea!!! how right they were!!!

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

Random love: ❤️❤️❤️

What’s your favourite fluffy MacDalton headcanon?

*brain goes blank like a blue screened computer* uuuuuuhhhhhhhhh.......

Oh!

Headcanon: Mac tinkers a lot on their off days, doing stuff that would confuse even a moderate science enthusiast let alone Jack, so Jack usually just leaves him be for hours on end until he finally goes looking for him at bed time and finds Mac sprawled across whatever, dead asleep, so Jack usually picks him up bridal style and gets Mac back in bed for some proper sleep!

3 notes • Posted 2021-07-26 12:31:37 GMT

#4

4, 18 👀

Oh thank you! I never get asks so this is a treat 😂

4. A song that didn't qualify for the final but should have:

Alekseev, Forever, Belarus 2018 (it was good!! I'm sad!!!)

18. A song that qualified for the final but shouldn't have:

Uhhhh ok imma be real with you chief you probably should've led with the question about "first eurovision watched" because the answer to that is... 2019. Sort of. I got to see who won 😂 so my knowledge of the contest is limited to 2009, 2018, sort of 2019, 2020, and now 2021, with some random winners/straight bops thrown in from other years. All that is to say... I don't have one 😅 there's no song that comes to mind that I've actively listened to that makes me think "god how did this even get here". (Though that may change for this year, stay tuned.)

Ask me about eurovision and I'll try to answer

3 notes • Posted 2021-05-18 14:08:57 GMT

#3

Tumblr tag game

Tagged by @azurelacrima , thanks!!!!

Gender: Female

Star sign: Gemini

Height: 5'5" (just average 😅)

Time: by the time I get this posted it'll probably be 6pm/18:00

Favorite Bands: Pink Floyd, Def Leppard, Foreigner, KEiiNO, Maroon V but not super hardcore, ABBA, LOONA but it's still low level, Computer Games

Solo Artists: this is a hot take but I'm putting Panic! At the Disco here cause one man does not a band make, Alexander Rybak, TSwift but not Swifty level ya know?, Katy Perry but mostly just her og classics, Elvis

Following: 1380 (a solid chunk of which probably are not active)

Followers: 441 on my main, though @rai-knightshade-art only has 51. V small blogs 😅

Last Show Binged: Macgyver when I went through all of season 1 and the first few episodes of 2, like, a year ago or something. ...I don't watch tv much 😂

When did I create this blog?: 2013 I think, I'm an oldie

Last thing googled: Dala Horses, cause I was decorating Dala Horse cookies and wanted to try to get the icing to look like the paint!

Why I chose this URL: it's been my internet handle since I created Rai the character in 2013, keeps everything consistent under the pseudonym

Hours of sleep: idk depends on the night. 8-10ish is the goal usually, tho?

Lucky Number: 8!

Instruments: played the flute for about 9 years but haven't picked it up in about 4, and I own a Kalimba now!

Favorite food: tortellini! Usually in a red sauce, tho I've tested it in others (red is best)

Favorite song: uhhhhh like right now? All time? From different eras? Fuck it in answering all those questions.

Childhood favorite: Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson

Teen/Early College favorite: Stressed Out by Twenty Øne Piløts

Pandemic rediscovered favorites: tie between Hey You by Pink Floyd and Europe's Skies by Alexander Rybak

Current favorite: toss up between Monument by KEiiNO and Strela Amura by Alexander Rybak, tho his new collab with Sirusho, Stay, is becoming a new fave

Dream Trip: I've got a few in mind, mainly a tour of Europe (especially the Nordics + the UK) and New Zealand

Dream Job: ideally irl I wanna be a head web designer somewhere, but if I could do anything ever I'd be, like, someone that's just paid to travel the world and experience new stuff and maybe draw it. That would be so cool

Nationality: U.S. American, specifically Kansas!

Tagging: @panchostokes @impossiblepluto @thesammykinz and anyone else who wants to give it a go!

3 notes • Posted 2021-02-15 00:11:39 GMT

#2

Tagged by Ezra aka @thesorrowoflizards , thanks my dude! "You can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to. Put your favorite playlist on shuffle and list the first 10 songs then tag 10 people! no skipping!"

Aiight, let's see.... Probably shouldn't use the one-artist-only playlist huh? 😂 Let's go with my Lovecore Playlist instead:

1. Cold Hearted (Glee Cast Version)

2. Danse for Trærne (Dancing for the Trees), Alexander Rybak (lovecore includes all forms of love, actually, including friendship)

3. La Vie En Rose (Single Version), Louis Armstrong

4. You Can't Hurry Love, The Supremes

5. A Winter's Night, KEiiNO

6. Is This Love (2018 Remaster), Whitesnake

7. Once Upon a Dream (from Disney's Sleeping Beauty)

8. I'm a Believer (Soundtrack Version), Smash Mouth

9. Rainbow Connection (from The Muppet Movie)

10. Say You Won't Let Go, James Arthur

My taste is.... Eclectic, shall we say 😂 the unifying connector though? Lovecore 😍😍 (and violins 🎻)

Tagging: @parttimetrickster , @beautiful-flutey , @lord-owlsnake , @thesammykinz , @panchostokes , @deanbennyforthewin , @telltaleclerk and anyone else who'd like to do this!

4 notes • Posted 2021-02-21 15:56:26 GMT

#1

Tumblr Catch Up! Thanks for tagging me @mojsvijet!

Rules: answer the questions and tag the nine people you wanna catch up with!

Last Song I Listened To: technically I'm still listening to it but I've had it on loop for a bit so still counts. It's Looking My Way by Alexander Rybak and Philip Cecil

Last Film? Sonic the Hedgehog. Yes, really. It was fun! Not stellar, but it was good clean fun

Show I'm Watching: ostensibly Macgyver but I haven't actually watched a full episode since last summer soooooo none? None I don't watch tv nearly enough

Book I'm Reading: I haven't read a book in years 😅😅 I suck at this catch up I'm sorry

Tagging: @panchostokes @thesammykinz @dont-stop-believin-in-klaine @thesorrowoflizards @telltaleclerk @lavendersblues @thethistlegirl @impossiblepluto @deanbennyforthewin @spiritsontheroof please be marginally better at this than I am djsjfkskdkd

5 notes • Posted 2021-01-10 06:55:13 GMT

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[scottymcgeesterwrites]

Final Fantasy XIII Review

Year: 2009

Original Platform: PlayStation 3

Also available on: Xbox 360, PC, Android, iOS

Version I Played: PlayStation 3

Synopsis:

On the planet Cocoon, those who come into contact with anything from the planet Pulse are purged to that planet. Pulse is a feared planet full of monsters and strange creatures. Both planets are ruled by fal’Cie, mechanical godlike beings who sometimes brand humans as their servants for specific tasks, called a focus. Those who fulfill their focus are turned into crystals and obtain eternal life. Those who do not fulfill their focus turn into mindless monsters. Lightning is a former soldier whose sister, Serah, is branded by a fal’Cie and taken to be purged. Lightning sets off to rescue her.

Gameplay:

Going to say this now – the worst gameplay in the entire Final Fantasy series.

The battles are Active Time Battles but instead of you inputting individual commands, there are what’s called paradigms. Paradigms are somewhat like Job Classes from the old Final Fantasy games, except less fun and more automated. You can switch to a Medic paradigm in battle and every time you press “Auto-Battle” your character automatically performs a series of necessary cure and restore spells, based on what’s going on in the battle. The Sentinel paradigm specializes in keeping the enemy at bay. The Ravager paradigm uses magic. The Commando paradigm uses physical attacks. You get the picture.

As a result, the gameplay could be best described as:

With occasional switching of paradigms whenever you see fit. You can set up a number of combinations across the characters. Two Commandos and one Sentinel. One Sentinel and one Ravager and One Commando, etc.

The party automatically heals after each battle – you can even press start during a battle and restart the battle.

I probably only used an item once or twice. I honestly don’t see why they bothered putting any items if you hardly ever use them.

You can upgrade your weapons with pieces and junk you find after battles. You find so many of them that you hardly ever think about what you’re upgrading so long as whatever you make upgrades your stats. Is this better? No? What about this? Okay, good. Moving on.

Like Final Fantasy X, the game is linear. Much more linear. You follow a long hallway for about 30 hours of the game before you can do sidequests. The sidequests involve completing other people’s focus. That’s about it. There are no towns, no inns, no villages. You are entirely on the road, constantly in battle (Okay, there’s like one time where Sazh and Vanille are in a casino or something but that’s about it).

I wrote a blog piece a while back about what exactly was wrong with Final Fantasy XIII, and it’s not that it’s linear. We play really great linear games all the time. It’s the automation – the feeling that you’re not really doing anything.

There isn’t an ounce of customization. Leveling up is similar to the Sphere Grid of Final Fantasy X. It’s called the Crystarium but it follows a strict path. You can’t actually stray anywhere or customize anything. If that’s the case, why bother making you open the menu to level up through the Crystarium? Why not just automatically do it? I guess they want to give you some ounce (more like a milligram) of control over the game.

Basically – you’re watching a long movie and occasionally get to move the people around. That’s how I see it.

Graphics:

PLAYSTATION 3 HD GRAPHICS HOMG DO YOU HAVEA BONER YET? LOOK AT THIS. FIRST FINAL FANTASY GAME IN GLORIOUS HD.

Everything is pretty in this game. Everything. There is nothing wrong with this at all.

Story:

The characters appear to reference those in Final Fantasy VII. Director Motomu Toriyama wanted Lightning to essentially be a female Cloud Strife. She’s a no-nonsense, athletic female lead. While Cloud and Squall were introspective and antisocial, Lightning is slightly different by actively ordering people around. She comes off as a dick to everyone, and that’s due to her ex-soldier background. Think of your stereotypical ex-cop/ex-CIA/ex-military action movie hero, like Liam Neeson (Bryan Mills in Taken) or Bruce Willis (John McClane in Die Hard). That’s basically Lightning.

Can we go on a short tangent for a moment to talk about how weird it is that Lightning was also used as a model for advertising in Japan?

Here she is driving a Nissan.

And wearing Louis Vitton.

Cool? I guess? Unless you start to realize that Toriyama wanted to design his own personal waifu, and that he’s completely obsessed with her. That gets really weird. And sad? A little? Anyway.

Vanille has some reminiscent of Yuffie from Final Fantasy VII, although with more character via her inner monologues and narration. Fang is vaguely like Vincent Valentine. Sazh takes the place of Barrett as the token black dude, except instead of being aggressive he’s more like the comic relief and wants nothing to do with anything. Every time you control him, jazz music plays, because black people I guess. Hope doesn’t appear to be reminiscent of anyone – he’s just this boy who yells and complains a lot with Lightning. Snow meanwhile is a ripoff of Zell from Final Fantasy VIII, except somehow even more annoying.

(Every time I see his picture I think about your typical dude bro at a frat.)

The story starts of a bit choppy as you follow almost each character separately, then they run into each other, then separate again, then join again. The first 30 hours or so gives flashbacks of 13 days prior- BECAUSE IT’S FINAL FANTASY XIII GET IT? Vanille actually narrates some events but it’s not exactly clear why or from when – but that’s a spoiler. Along the way, I got really confused because I didn’t know why some people were fighting each other when they were on the same side a moment ago. The concept of the “focus” is really weird and sometimes confusing. People with a focus simply have visions or a general idea of what they’re supposed to do, but they don’t actually know for sure unless they actively seek it. If the gods granted them a focus, wouldn’t it make more sense if the gods just told them what to do? Seemed to work in Final Fantasy XII. 

In short, the narrative weaves around a lot. If you stop playing in the middle and pick up the game again months later, you’re bound to forget what’s going on. I know I did.

The characters didn’t annoy me as much as you would think they would on paper. They all have character development and that’s good. The only character that effectively got on my nerves was Snow. Snow is Serah’s fiancé, and Lightning hates him because of course you need some family drama. I don’t blame Lightning though. Snow shouts cheesy lines left and right, like “Heroes never die!”. He shouts Serah’s name the same way Christian Bale shouts Rachel’s name in the Christopher Nolan Batman films. Snow is quite possibly the most irritating character of all the Final Fantasy games. He will not shut the fuck up about what it means to be a hero.

The rest of the cast works well in that their motives and desires clash with each other. But I’m still sore about the wasted potential for a great character in Jihl Nabaat. Sazh wants his son Dejh back, who was taken to be purged by the sinister and extremely hot Jihl Nabaat.

 Goddaaayyyum. Seriously, look at her.

Too bad, because she’s only featured in a handful of scenes and then dies. Her death isn’t a major spoiler, at least one that I consider, because she hardly does anything except get in the way for a moment. You don’t even fight her. How lame is that?

Then you have this annoying bastard – Primarch Dysley.

When I think of him, I think of Mitch McConnell.

Old. Disagreeable. Been in power for too long. Always in the way of progress.

Primarch Dysley happens to be as annoying as Seymour from Final Fantasy X, so expect to be overjoyed every time you run into him.

Overall, the story isn’t as bad as you’d think. You just have to pay close attention. The gameplay is far worse than the story. I could easily slip into a coma while playing this game and still make it pretty far.

Music:

Final Fantasy XII saw the departure of Nobuo Uematsu (well with the exception of the pop song “Kiss Me Goodbye”). Final Fantasy XIII continues to head into the unknown without the beloved longtime composer. This game’s score is composed entirely by Masashi Hamauzu, who if you haven’t been paying attention, already partly worked on Final Fantasy X.  I immediately saw how “Saber’s Edge”, the boss theme, is similar in nature to the boss theme of Final Fantasy X.

Final Fantasy XIII made the most radical changes to the score. There are no signature themes from the series. No “Prelude” theme, no “Main Theme”, no “Victory Fanfare” theme. Instead, we get a theme called “Fabula Nova Crystallis”.  It plays frequently throughout the game, and almost acts as Serah and Snow’s love theme. In some portions of the game, some woman is singing along. Yes – this is the first time where you roam around a world in a Final Fantasy game with actual pop music playing in the background – “Sunleth Waterscape” to be exact. Final Fantasy XIII’s music gets pretty poppy.

Not saying it’s a bad idea.

Just.

You got pop music playing in the background now.

“Lightning’s Theme” is pretty sick. Her theme plays during the battles in a rendition called “Blinded by Light” – HA GET IT BECAUSE SHE’S LIGHTNING. SO CLEVER.

But Hamauzu was a good choice – the entire score holds up well and sounds like a movie score, with varying motifs running across. It can be a bit more subdued but that’s how contemporary instrumental music is nowadays, especially with film composers like Hans Zimmer.

 Notable Theme:

“Blinded by Light”

Really epic, unique song. I always scat along to it as it plays.

Verdict:

Uff. 

Look, if you just search on YouTube for all the cutscenes, there you go. That’s the game. And it’s entertaining to watch. But it has the worst gameplay that doesn’t feel like you’re even doing anything. No sense of customization or originality.

Direct Sequel?

Yes, two.

Final Fantasy XIII-2.

I started it around the time it first came out, but I’m still in the middle of playing it and I have no idea what’s going on in the story. NO idea. NONE at all. They use time travel but none of it makes sense. Apparently changing things in the future can change the past. I don’t know how. I only understand a vague semblance of a plot with the bad guy Caius. While it doesn’t tarnish the dignity of the original like Final Fantasy X-2 did, it’s still offbeat with its metal (yes, metal) music and utterly confounding story. It’s infamous for this metal rendition of the sweet and innocent Chocobo theme.

Then there’s the third game, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

I plan on playing it after I finish Final Fantasy XIII-2, if I don’t already die from an aneurysm by then. It’s supposed to be better than Final Fantasy XIII-2 but lacking in graphics.

[karmotrinedreams91]

Nine Legacies: The Balefire Rekindled Masterpost

Prelude:  Magic’s resurgence has changed almost every aspect of life. The “mundane” world cannot deny magic’s existence, and is both fearful and all too curious about its capabilities. Despite public and private pushback against the forces of Olde and Arcane, society must come to accept the presence of Fae and other magical phenomena as something “normal,” just as it did during the golden age of magic. But with the benefits of magic’s return comes the many horrors fueled by it: Vengeful dead have begun to rise, monsters stalk the lands, and legends of old reveal their long denied truths to the “modern” world. Luna Nova itself faces one these emboldened threats now, as a shadowy coven that has plagued the legacies left behind by The Nine Old Witches for centuries plots their destruction yet again. The New Nine and their companions stand firm against the darkness, but it will be the dare-devil firebrand Amanda O'Neill, and the reserved and calculating Constanze Amalie Von Braunschbank-Albrechtsberger who must first answer the call of Olde Legacies. When fate calls them to action, they waste no time in taking up the torch, and light Luna Nova’s way to a brighter tomorrow.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22429150/chapters/62068246

Author’s Note:  Hello, and thank you, first off, for reading this post! I hope that I’ve piqued interest! To explain further though, Nine Legacies: The Balefire Rekindled, is the first installment in a series of fanfiction I plan to write, titled under the series name Nine Legacies, as one might expect. This fic, and all of the fics that follow it in the series, are/will be a deep expansion and exploration of the Little Witch Academia world. The main focus of the OG series/ovas was never world building. It was focused on Akko and her journey, and that’s amazing. The original series is possibly one of my favorite and most beloved pieces of media. But it leaves much for the viewer to ponder on, doesn’t it? Who were the Nine Olde Witches? As in, who were they as people? What were they like? What was life really like during the golden age of magic? Where do the Fae come from? How did magical societies organize themselves? How will they do so again now that magic is returned, and how will non-magical, or “mundane” society, as I call it, react to such a sudden paradigm shift?  These questions and more are what drove me to write this fic/series. It’s not just an exercise in world building, of course. While that may be one of my great loves when it comes to writing, Nine Legacies is primarily a story about Found Families, love (for the self and others), and how those two things are tested by a world around us that, at times, feels wholly uncaring and apathetic to your very existence. It deals in the above themes as well as in political struggle, fighting for the right to live as you are, with trauma and how to overcome/live with trauma, and especially with the first installment, Balefire, with Vengeance.

It features some horror elements, lots of action, and cosmic horror elements (IE Lovecraftian horror elements; think Cthuluhu, if you’re not aware). 

(Credit for above image goes to Alexis Kennedy, and all of the artists who worked on the Weather Factory game named: Cultist Simulator)

It’s not all gloom and doom though; I’m not here to write an unsatisfying story. It may be gritty and grim at times, but I try to balance that out with humor and fluff, both dark humor, and much more light hearted fair that you’d expect from LWA. And yes, it is VERY gay (I’m a trans lesbian woman, if this wasn’t extremely gay then I would have failed myself). This might sound like quite the departure from what you usually read for LWA, and it probably is, but I hope that this is an enjoying and stimulating experience! While it is very much my own canon, I’ve based just about everything I’ve done with the setting on the original series’ material, as well as materials adjacent to the canon, such as mangas, light novels, and the OVAS. 

This series will be a four-five part installment of novel length fics. Nine Legacies: The Balefire rekindled, is currently, as of August second 8/2/2020, unfinished, as I write chapter 20 of what will like be 27-28 chapters in total, and it is already the third longest LWA fic on AO3 (archive of our own) at 442,068 words. I began properly writing this fic in full in January, for reference, and started planning out the whole story/what I wanted out of it in november of 2019. I try to update every other week, or every week if possible, and do weekly/two weekly updates on my progress, all posted to this tumblr. 

Lastly, and most importantly, there are two things to note about Balefire, and about Nine Legacies as a whole: I give antagonists their own scenes and perspectives quite a bit. I feel it is imperative to my story that the antagonists all get screen time to help better flesh them out. And secondly, each installment in the series will focus on 2-3 of the “New Nine” witches (The New Nine in this case being Red, Green, and Blue teams. Chariot and Croix are NOT New Nine in this, but will play important roles for various characters throughout. Think of them more as mentors for the New Nine). Balefire specifically focuses on Constanze and Amanda, but it also sets up the plots and development for just about every other New Nine witch, and you can expect to see other OC characters in important side roles that will develop and enhance the story, as well as lesser used characters from LWA, such as Wangari making appearances as important side characters. I can’t say much more on the specifics, but I’ll leave this section off with something to entice you: ALL of the Nine Olde Witches (as written by my own canon, essentially) will be fleshed out in full. Their origin, who they were, why they were important, all of that is crucial to the story, hence the series title, Nine Legacies. 

“Perhaps they, the new blood.... Perhaps they hold the strength to rekindle our flame.” 

I hope all of this has you interested and ready to read! ITS FINISHED NOW! All the main chapters are done, but I intend to go back and do a FULL re-edit, with criticisms, suggestions, and corrections in mind from YOU GUYS, the readers. PLEASE: Never hesitate to send me asks, comment, leave kudos, etc. ALL of that stuff shows me whether or not I’ve done good work, and even if I haven't, telling me HOW I may have failed will always be helpful. I want to make this the best fic it possibly can be, but I can’t do that without reader participation. 

Without further adieu: Nine Legacies: The Balefire Rekindled

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22429150/chapters/53589904

[spell-cleaver]

“Before you knew me,” Luke asked Nova, “What was your job?”

This is an immediate continuation of Part 5

Part 0.5, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

Masterpost here!

“Before you knew me,”Luke asked Nova, “what was your job?”

She smiled.

Let out a breath.

“I’ve had a lot of jobs,” she admitted. “I was a fighter pilot at one point, a spy at another… but I think the one you’re asking about is the time when I was working for your mother.”

He nodded, eyes wide. The pain in his side was all but forgotten.

She smiled at his eagerness. “What do you want to know about her?”

Luke paused. Gathered his thoughts.

Then let them tumble out.

“Who was she? How did you meet her? What was she like? Who was my father? Did you know him too?”

Then, the slower, more hesitant ones, tagged on the end: “Did— did they want me? Did they love each other? Are— are they dead?”

She smiled wider, than got to her feet, smoothing the creases of her dress in a far more regal manner than Luke could ever hope to achieve, and seating herself back on the armchair. Luke sat back himself, anticipating a long story.

She began.

“Your mother was my dearest friend, and probably one of the most influential people in my life,” she told him. “She was kind, and steadfast, and brave, and believed fiercely in helping other people.” She ruffled her hair, her smile nostalgic. “I see a lot of her in you.”

Luke ducked his head and flushed red. “I— I doubt—”

“Really?” Her lips twisted suddenly, violently—her anger wasn’t directed at him, he could sense, but he couldn’t sense who it was directed at before it cleared like summer rain. “I see it. She was Padmé Amidala of Naboo. She was queen of an entire planet when she was fourteen—not quite an Empire, but she was as brave and just as you are now. As I’m sure you’ll show everyone that you are, once we’ve dealt with Vader.”

Luke shivered. She said it with such certainty, such conviction, but doubt still chilled him.

“I— I remember you talking about Queen Amidala, in history lessons,” he offered. “And Senator Amidala.”

Her smile returned. “One and the same, little emperor. I was her handmaiden when she was queen—we were both fourteen when we met—and served her for the duration of her term. She was an extremely beloved queen, enough that the people of Naboo tried to amend the constitution so that she could serve for longer, but she believed in term limits. She’d no sooner stepped down than the new queen asked her to serve as senator, and she did, until the day she died.”

Luke nodded, leaning forwards with his chin on his hands. Nova—Sabé? He knew handmaidens had always changed their names to reflect their monarch’s, as a badge of pride and prestige—was sitting very still, staring at Naboo’s white dot on the star charts on the wall of the office, lost in memory. In her dark blue and grey ensemble, her intricate hairstyle and the neat fold of her hands on her tunic, she looked like a living oil painting of a famous, ancient stateswoman.

“She was just as much of a force in the Senate,” she said wistfully, “though by that point I was serving her less directly—I teamed up with Captain Tonra to help on a mission near and dear to her heart, but we failed, and then I was carrying out other tasks I could for her across the galaxy…”

She shook herself. “But she still trusted me, and I trusted her, so I knew about her marriage to the Jedi Knight who’d been tasked with her defence when someone started trying to kill her. And… they definitely loved each other.” She bowed her head a little to hide her smirk. “They were not subtle, either—all the handmaidens knew, I’m sure of that.”

But Luke had gone cold.

“My father,” he said, “was a Jedi?”

“No, Luke! That is— yes.” She huffed out a breath, snapped back to reality. “He was a Jedi, and he was a great man. The Jedi were bastions of peace and justice in the Republic, no matter how your fat— how Palpatine— agh.” She laughed; shook her head. “No matter how Palpatine, your false father, may have slandered them, they were good.”

Her lip curled. “He just needed to justify setting Vader on them like an attack dog, to secure his reign, so he framed them with treason and made sure no one was strong enough to challenge him.”

Luke tensed up a little.

Nova had never sounded so… critical.

Well, she’d always sounded critical. In an intellectual way, trying to think of all sides, evaluate whether decisions made were the best possible ones or not, to teach him leadership skills even if he had a father who despised his heir. But not…

“Nova,” Luke said, and fought to keep the tremor out of his voice. He failed. “You sound like a Rebel.”

She deflated at the fear in his eyes.

“Maybe I do,” she conceded, brushing hair out of his face. “I’m sorry—and I recognise that my personal politics, as the most devoted supporter of a senator who never stopped fighting for democracy, will differ from what you’ve been taught. I am a Rebel, in that sense. I wasn’t here for love of the Empire; I was only ever here for you.

"And I will stay for you,” she promised. “I’m not going to stop believing in democracy, but I won’t hurt you, or put you at risk to further that. I will not harm one part of my lady’s legacy in a desperate attempt to save the other. You’re new to the world of politics, Luke. Think over what you believe in, not what I believe in, or what Palpatine believed in. I trust that you will make a better choice than any of us.”

Luke relaxed again.

Nova always knew what to say.

He wondered what would happen when Vader found a way to take her away, too.

“I…” He swallowed, and bit his lip. “Vader called you by— by another name.”

“Sabé,” she finished.

“Yes.”

She shrugged. “What do you want me to say? It’s my name—one of them, at least. I was born Tsabin, took on the name Sabé when I served your mother, and took on the name Nova to hide my identity so I could serve you.” Her smile fell a little. “I didn’t think Palpatine would want any of your parents’ acquaintances anywhere near you.”

Luke nodded. That made sense. “What do you want me to call you?”

“Nova,” she said simply. “Or Sabé. Tsabin is an old, archaic name to me now, though you can use it if you want, little emperor. But Nova was the nickname my family still call me, from something I did when I was too young to remember it, and you’re a firm part of my family, too.” She ruffled his hair. “I’d be honoured if you kept using it.”

“Your name is Sabé,” he said slowly, “but your nickname is Nova?”

“Yes.”

“Then I’ll call you Nova.” He beamed as he said it, and something seemed to fit into place in his chest.

His father was dead. His tormentor essentially held him prisoner. He had no power, he had no hope, he had no allies.

Except one.

He had his Nova.

And she was going to support him no matter what.

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[lihikainanea]

I wasn’t lying I need to just like...not think about some stuff for awhile.

your favourite playlist (made by yourself or someone else)

I’m kind of meh on playlists, but I have Sirius radio and I LOVE their 90′s channel, and the coffeehouse acoustic one.

2) how many houseplants in your room, and what kinds are they?

Oh fuck, like....7? A string of pearls, a big jade plant, a ZZ plant, my beloved burrow’s tail, a watermelon peperomia and a pilea. Oh! And a few strands of English ivy that I propagated.

3) your favourite “grounding” activity (anything that involves using the hands/doesn’t involve “spacing out” or escapism - something like gardening, knitting, dancing, cooking)

Taking care of my plant babies, cooking, baking, and definitely fiddling with my tarot cards. Even if they stress me out sometimes.

3) an account on social media whose posts make you smile

I follow a fantastic photographer from Nova Scotia, and his specialty is shooting the moon. His shots are just....incredible.

4) 5 tv shows that cheer you up

I’m. not a TV person. I love Friends, and that’s about it. I got super into Sherlock for awhile, but that’s not really a feel-good show.

5) how you get relaxed when you’re struggling to sleep

I read, I meditate with stones. I’m not a sleeper but I can tell the difference between anxiety and just my regular insomnia. Regular insomnia, Might just take my sleeping pill for it. If it’s anxiety I kind of start drawing some cards, trying to figure out the root of it.

6) your favourite board game

I am not ALLOWED to play board games anymore but I have always, always loved Clue. Failing that, Monopoly. But it always ends in a fight.

7) If you were going to write a non-fiction book on any topic, what would it be?

Definitely, definitely human behaviour.

8) a quote that you would consider getting tattooed or putting in a frame

I have a few. The concept of mūshin in martial arts is of extreme importance to me, and as soon as I find an artist to illustrate what it means to me, I’ll be getting that tattooed. The enso, too. Other than that, my dad used to always repeat to me--the best way out, is through. That has always stuck with me.

And, for the record--I would never get this tattooed or put into a frame, but my dad has also given me the sole piece of advice that has single-handedly gotten me to where I am in my career, now: An idiot doesn’t need your help proving they’re an idiot.

9) something you’ve created in the last year that you’re proud of (a playlist, a piece of art, some writing, a craft hobby, a social media account, etc)

Honestly, this. This right here. BFF!Bill, tiger, and this blog.

10) a tip or hack you’ve learned that makes cleaning or tidying easier

Hide your mess if you have to (in pretty boxes) but also--organize the mess. Drawer organizers changed my fucking life.

11) if you could make a candle that smelt like anything, what would you pick?

Sweden’s forests.

12) the last so-bad-it’s-good joke you heard

I am NOTORIOUS for the worst jokes ever and I love them so much. Like....like, what does a house wear? A DRESS. ADDRESS. HAHAHAHAHA.

13) an artist (of any kind) whose work you look forward to seeing

Hmmmm. I’m really, really looking forward to Nine Days, if that counts? If not, my friend in Sweden has a band that I would love to see play live one day. IF WE ARE EVER ALLOWED TO GO ANYWHERE EVER AGAIN.

14) the last tv episode that made you laugh out loud

I have a really weird sense of humour and I actually can’t remember. But that one clip of a really calm school teacher who said she wrote a nice song about this pandemic, then she brought out a ukulele and started strumming softly--and then just pterodactyl screamed? See, THAT shit is hilarious to me.

15) how you wake your body up when it’s feeling tired, achy or needs a stretch

I usually...stretch. My body needs to move, I’m not good at sitting still. I don’t drink near enough water so I try to do that too but there’s also very little in the world that three deep breaths from your gut can’t help fix.

[stormhawksplanb]

Alphabet Headcannon With Nova and Stork!

(I know I said I wasn’t gonna turn this blog into a romance between Nova and Stork but people are requesting me to do Alphabet challenges so here- List created by @houndofjustice-imagines​ <3 )

A for Arguments - How often do you two argue? Who apologies first? How do they make up? etc

They rarely Argue unless it’s over something that was miscommunication. Who ever misunderstood is usually the one to apologize first. But Stork has a bad habit of avoiding, and giving Nova the silent treatment when he’s mad, or thinks she’s done something that hurts him. This usually ends in her having a break down, and him feeling guilty. The after effect of this can continue for a couple days, and it makes everyone on the ship concerned.

B for Bedtime Routine - Do they prefer to be the big spoon or little spoon? Favorite sleeping position? etc

Nova likes to curl up and cuddle his side, usually with one leg over his waist. This is usually what happens when stork wants to have a personal furnace since she gives off a lot of heat. He will sometimes pull her closer onto him and surround them in blankets. If it’s too hot stork will get on top of her with his arms tucked under her back.

C for Cook - Do they cook? Can they cook? What type of food do they like to cook for their partner?

Nova is trying to teach him to cook, and it’s not going well. She winds up doing most of the cooking, and he’s doing the cleaning up part. Stork will also try and eat the food in the process. Even if it’s something like cookie dough. Nova tried to stop him by pointing out how he could get sick from eating raw eggs and he’ll shrug it off. “At least I’ll die happy” or a “It’s slightly romantic and twisted if I die from you’re cooking.” is usually his retort. Stork can’t cook. But he can kind of bake, or make french toast.

D for DIY - Do they like to make gifts for their partner? Are they good at general DIY around the house? Do they enjoy doing it?

100% They both do it, but not all the time. Usually if one or the other is upset or depressed they’ll make something silly, or charming to cheer the other up. Stork tries to teach Nova about mechanical stuff, but it usually doesn’t stick, word wise. She can do the thing, but can not explain it nor keep the technical terms. They both enjoy it and stork likes the sensation of being proud whenever she randomly pulls his little tricks out of her hat and shows off. They both have a habit of buying random junk to try and fix anything broken. It’s ‘quality’ time for them, but it’s really just an excuse for them to be together without drawing too much teasing from the others.

E for Effort - How much effort do they put into their relationship?

It’s 100% give and take. They’ve both been in pretty rough relationships with other people, friends and/or potential lovers, and they both have trust issues. Even though they seemingly get along like their already married, they made a rule to be honest with each other. The only one who struggles with it is Nova. She likes to keep things bottled up because she thinks her high energy will scare him off. Stork on the other hand is sensitive to this and thinks it’s because she doesn’t want to put in the effort. They eventually clear this up and things start to go smoother than before. Every now and then one of the other storm hawks will catch them sobbing or consoling each other, and will let the others know to give the couple some space for a bit.

F for First Date - Where do you go on your first date? How does it go etc?

They didn’t have an official date until they became official, which was a really weird, slow, conversion of just silently accepting each other. It just kind of happened, but once it was agreed they’d be official, and tell everyone, Stork woke Nova up in the middle of the night to show her the migration of the shimmering locus (a locus that’s wings are covered in colorful crystal dust) that was feeding on the flowers on Terra Fauna. He also brought with him a late night snack. Nova declared it, be accident, as “The best date I’ve ever been on” while slowly falling asleep again. Stork silently agreed and that’s what they considered their very first date. It was a quiet, and soft date.

G for Gifts - What kind of gifts do they gift their partner? What kind of gifts do they receive? etc

Stork recently build a glass case for her gifts, and has sacrificed space on his wall for her drawings. He’s even got a few of her doodles he’s stolen from her sticky note pads and stuck them to the fridge. Nova has a jewelry box contained of the little gadgets and chokers stork makes her. Jewelry is her biggest weakness, and he 100% knows if it’s got little moving parts or shiny things she can fiddle with, she’ll be over the moon about it. There is the occasional buying of the gifts, but that’s usually books, or something they other really wants, or needs. Examples are: Nova hunting down and buying stork that Brain worm helmet, or stork catching glimpses of dud crystals or crafty related things he finds at a cheap price since Nova already has enough time making profit off of commissions.

H for Honeymoon - Where do they go on Honeymoon? Details on the honeymoon etc.

They spent their Honey moon during one of Terra Merbia’s Blackout Festivals. Once a year the Terra’s storms stop completely and the sky becomes engulfed in colorful rays from the crystal energies, and it covered everything in saturated blended colors. Stork never got to see it due to the damage caused by war, and him running off into the waste lands. Both Stork and Nova cried that night, but it was happy tears. The rest of the week they spent just being together. One day they almost forgot to eat breakfast because they were both physically, and emotionally tired, but in a good way. They were just in a lazy mindset.

I for Intimacy - What do like they like? Where do they like to be intimate? Are they experienced etc?

Both virgins, and when it comes down to where and when, it’s in privacy and with no one around, and as little chance of getting caught. On the rare occasion they can’t get ‘alone time’ on the ship they will go camping, or out to a Bed and breakfast to get away. They will also take the opportunity as soon as the others fly off for training or a mission. When they do have intimate moments it’s usually planned, and sometimes it has nothing to do with sex/making love. Most of the time it’s them just being in the same room reading, or being goofy. Stork and Nova have the most fun when they act out old fashion plays.

J for Jealously - How jealous are they? How often do they get jealous? How they react? etc

Stork is a long distance jealousy guy. Nova becomes unwanted pray. He’ll observe his dark beloved from afar. If he sees anything he doesn’t like, or if Nova seems uncomfortable he’ll swoop by and come up with some bizarre excuse to take Nova away from the situation. Nova is the type of jealous that will wait to be alone and breakdown and cry if she thinks she’s endanger of losing stork. This usually ends when stork realizes she’s been avoiding her. She gets better about expressing it after a while.

K for Kink - Do they have any particular kinks?

Yes. Funny thing is it’s constantly changing. Neither of them like lewd kinks, it’s usually just small things that make it more sensual. It could be the way one of them moans, or wiggles. Nova, however, enjoys sensitive play after her climax, and it’s especially a turn on when Stork holds her wrists above her head. He does it so firm, but loose enough to where she knows she can stop him if needed. Storks kink is the aftermath of their passion. He likes it when she twirls his piercings or lightly scratches behind his neck, and ears. He has one kink he’ll never admit to her about, but it flips a switch in him when she snorts, so yes, he tries to get her to laugh during sex, and knows exactly how to do it. And if he times it just right with her release it’s his favorite sound in the world.

L for Long Distance - How do they cope with Long Distance? How they prefer to keep in contact? etc

They don’t keep in contact when they’re apart. They are both really good when it comes to being on time when leaving, and coming back. They love each other dearly, but they aren't dependent on one another. They can still live their lives so long they know they’re ok and safe. They might send a carrier pigeon to be like “I made it, but there’s a chicken and it wants to eat my noodles” Usually light hearted letters. Stork keeps those in a box under his bed to read when he does miss her. Nova is usually so busy when she leaves the condor she usually forgets, but she makes sure to carry something to cuddle when she gets lonely. When they return, it’s over the top and dramatic. Mostly to annoy anyone within ear shot. A few attempts of foreplay, or reunion sex is attempted, but it’s rather quick, and they try to be as silent as possible about it. The others, of course, don’t know where they went for those handful of minutes.

M for Marriage - Do they want to get married? Their wedding etc.

They never really thought of getting married until one day a letter from Terra Merbia came saying stork was to marry someone else. It was just a miscommunication, stork never told Nova, and then proceeded to give her a heart attack after proposing to her once he realized he ‘Didn’t want to give any other person the chance to taker her away. Even if that makes him selfish- he’s only selfish for her’. It was a traditional Merbian marriage. Yet with Nova around there was a few tweaks. Stork was grateful of the whole ‘The groom’s outfit is practically a dress, and that ain’t happening’ edit Nova made. The ceremony usually starts out with announcements of the soon to be married lives, written by their family or friends. There’s also, a rather potent, drink they both take a sip from, to signify their willingness to sacrifice and share in hard times. Nova cringed at the taste and it made everyone giggle. The thing that ties the knot is the drawn lines painted on their wrists, to signify their unity as one and their effects on each other. No two symbols are the same since it’s a one time, improvised moment. Stork gave Nova a heart with a sideways infinity symbol, and Nova drew a tight swirl that had A large dot leading to a smaller dot going out towards the end. Merbs are not an outwardly intimate species, all that stuff is saved for in the bedroom just because Merbs are the type to be quiet and keep to themselves to avoid conflict. So any kissing or anything too ‘show offy’ is out of the ceremony, but not unwelcomed. Merbs are also pretty understanding and relaxed about their won rules, given it won’t get anyone hurt, or killed.

N for Night’s Out - Where do they take their partner on nights out? How often do nights out happen?

Night outs happen whenever they get the chance. The others leave for a week to screw around- I mean train with the Absolute Zeros? Let’s take a much needed nap, and drink coffee out on the deck. Stork will have something planned for them as soon as he catches whiff of a vacation. they travel off during vacations and the others just know better to not go looking for them.

O for Often - How often do you see each other? How many times a week? etc

Well they live on the condor together, but know full well not to be too clingy or else they get bored and wind up doing whatever. It’s actually pretty simple the way they function. Eventually it just all becomes a comfy habit to do what they want when they want, and if either wants attention they are more than allowed to seek each other out.

P for Public Displays of Affection - Do they like PDA? Do they have boundaries etc.

Stork surprisingly shows more PDA than Nova. Mostly due to the fact he enjoys embarrassing her when ever he gets the chance. Much play fighting btw. Nova is more spontaneous, and usually only shows her PDA if he’s been close to death, Stork gifts her with something neat, or get excited, and uses him as an outlet. Other than that it’s a game of who can sneak more kisses with out anyone seeing. This makes for some interesting teasing when caught. Stork is currently winning, 32 to 12. The count starts over when wolf whistles are heard, or the “aawwwww” comment is made. Stork has a high score of 456 kisses.

Q for Quiet - Why do they get quiet? How does their partner solve it?

Nova gets quiet when she get depressed or over stressed. Stork kind of just, suddenly realizes it and doesn’t care how long it’s been, he just wants his overly excited, bouncy nova back. This will probably end in a sob session if it’s something close to heart, and if not a cuddle session or a mini nap. When stork get’s quiet it’s usually because of frustration, or if he decides to overwork himself. He will also go quiet all day if he has flashbacks, or night terrors from the war. No one else realizes this, but Nova suffers from those things as well, but get’s over it as soon as it comes. Stork likes to beat himself up. And these always end in sob sessions because he’s so sensitive. Thankfully all it takes is a few minutes of back rubs, and ear kisses to get him back to where he needs to be. Nova’s narcissistic, pessimistic, oddball self.

R for Reunion - How they like to reunite with their partner?

Dramatic. Very dramatic. They do it to annoy the others, and Nova gets the most kicks out of it. But later on there will be lots of cuddling, and kissing. Sometimes they go further than that, but keep it on the down low. Stork will 100% try and break Nova at least once in the more intimate moments. He’ll only stop once he gets at least, one sound from her.

S for Surprise - Do they like surprises? What kind of surprises do they like to get etc?

Nova loves it, and stork only likes it in the form of food. Fried Merb cabbage and mushrooms is his favorite. Nova likes it when stork comes from behind her and hugs her, those are the best surprises. It’s even better with a light bite of her upper cartilage ear piercing. so long there’s no earring. Stork choked on one of her backings once so he’s more careful about it.

T for Texts - How often do they text? How do they react when they receive texts from their partner?

Changing this to messages, but Nova likes to paper air plane drawings and little “You did an awesome job! Show the enemy no mercy!” notes for stork to chuckle at. Stork, on the other hand, loves leaving her poetry. Dark, sexual, playful, romantic or ironic poems. Stork has her wrapped around his finger in whatever mood he wants to see from her with his writing and takes 100% pride in it. If he wants something specific from her he knows how to get it. But doesn’t care if she says no.

U for Unity - How well do they work with their partner? Do they make a good team?

Deadly team. Don’t be at the wrong side of the dagger if you piss off , or hurt, either of them. They have that stupid, unspoken understanding with each other. It’s more of a “do you have an idea” look, followed by who ever nods first is the leader, while the other is the back up to make sure the ‘leader’ stays unharmed. There was one time Dark ace fucked stork up pretty badly and if it wasn’t for The others showing up, and accidentally giving him an escape route, Nova would have killed him.

V for Vacation - Favorite vacation spot to take their partner?

Nova likes being taken to Terra Neon, but mostly for the games and plays at the theater , which they both enjoy. Stork also showed off his skill on the bull ride to Nova, and it was one looong night after that. Stork likes going to Terra Fauna for a vacation. Simply because it’s a nice refreshing place to just be lazy with Nova. They have a wicked nice hiding spot when ever they wanna ‘get it on’. It’s a little cave that has glowing water that shimmers when the moon hits it, and they try and go there when ever they pass by the Terra. Needless to say the spot was picked out because Nova really likes the reflection of the colors, and will get distracted, giving stork the opportunity to give her little nibbles and surprises.

W for When - At what point do they move into together? What kind of place? etc

Welp- Nova was originally just bumming a ride from the storm hawks but due to wanting to learn to be a sky knight ‘from the best squad ever’ she got stuck with them. It started to become more and more permanent when Nova learned that her home Terra was slowly becoming inhabitable. She was then slowly taken on as a storm hawks because no one wanted to say goodbye. Nova even saved Aerrow a few times and got major points for it. Stork was happy, and it showed, when she was written down in the books at Terra Atmosia. He even cried a bit, and then she started up.

X for X-ray - What is their favorite body part on their partner?

Stork loves Nova’s hands, and feet. Not like as in a fetish, it’s just she’s so small, and her hands and feet are just as tiny. also he sometimes does this weird ‘foot holding’ with his feet and hers when they play footsie. It’s not ever really discussed, and it just happens. It mostly happens because her feet are her tickle spot, and he loves her silly snorting. Nova is over the moon about storks ears. If his ears twitch, or droop, chances are you will get a verbal response from her. Stork doesn’t get the obsession about it, but enjoys the foreplay, and piercing twirls.

Y for you - A random head canon about your relationship.

They can’t take a bath alone. Stork started this habit waaay before they got married, and it was really relaxing, and now they can’t relax without each other. Same thing with sleeping, but Nova got stork into the habit of sleeping naked. Not for sexual reasons but because she has silk bedding and they both really like the feeling of sleeping in pure silk.

Z for Zoom - Zoom into the future, what does your future look like?

Nova eventually is taught everything she needs, and these two become makeshift monster hunters. Nova is stork’s damage control, and they’re a force to mess with. Nova even knows how to navigate all of storks traps on the condor. They eventually move into one room together. They never have kids, but they do wind up adopting a ‘guard dog’ for the condor.Nova cries when the other storm hawks hit the ‘official’ minimum age to be a squadron. Stork has no problem leaving the condor, and eventually actually sells it for scrap, and nova and him make the ultimate Ship they dub the Vulture. Stork says it’s his proudest work and makes Nova his first mate. Slowly but surely they separate from the rest of the storm hawks as Aerrow, Piper, Finn, and Junko return to live on their home Terra that Cyclonis took at the start of it all. Stork and Nova stayed for the ceremony of the newly Raised flag, and they rename their Home Terra, Terra Argonia, after Nova’s destroyed Terra. Stork and Nova don’t leave the team, it’s just now that everything is where it should be, and everyone is learning how to fully defend themselves, and rebuild their lives, there’s no major need for the storm hawks. Terra Argonia is now the home base of the team, but Nova and Stork still have a whole world to explore, and they do so. Piper and Raddar eventually get a second ship in case Stork and Nova are gone, and the others want to head out on an adventure. Every now and then the team fully assembles to fight against retaliation, but in the end the world of Atmos is left in capable hands. Especially now that Piper is the head leader of teaching the future fighters, along with the skills taught by the others. Nothing could have prepared them for the end as life is given a steady pace.

(FUCK- THE LAST ONE MADE ME CRY A BIT FUUUUUUCK- Please! ASK ME MORE QUESTIONS LIKE THIS, I’M HAVING FUN WITH THISIIIISISISIS~~~)

[solartranslations]

Liberta: Heart Voice

Main. S

Name (Dante’s Birthday): My name? That’s a weird thing to ask, Ojou. Well, it’s fine. I’m Liberta. I’m part of Intelligence. If it’s about the sea, leave it to me!

Age (Rooftop Express Flight): I’m 18. Huh? You thought I was younger? That’s mean, Ojou!

Hobby (Mask of Admiration): Hehehe. Tada! Masked Man Liberta is here! Haha! Ojou, are you surprised? Well, does it look good on me? Ah, hey, Ojou! Don’t look at me with that annoyed face!

Arcana (Seen Through): Jolly calls me a fool, and Debito called me Foolerta earlier too. Aren’t they awful!? I’ve changed from before you know!

Arcana Powers (Growing Fool): My Arcana power is to make my words into reality. Like if I yell “burn!”, something will catch on fire and stuff. That’s my power. …Sometimes talking is scary…just sometimes

A secret from others (To the Captain’s Cabin): I saw it. I saw Nova. Earlier…he was right in Mama’s cleavage! Ah, I’m not jealous or anything! Nosebleed!? No, I’m not! Ah…I am

When asking the subordinates about their superiors as animals (Thoughts Towards Papa): A monkey!? What!? Orso and the others said that? I’m more like a lion, aren’t I! A lion cub? Well that’s better than a kitten!

Any parts of a girl you like seeing on accident? (A Date at Sea): Wh, wh, wh, why’re you asking that!? …Honestly!? Uh…boobs

Food. S

Disliked food (Lovely Cose Piccante): Food I don’t like? There isn’t really any but, if I had to say, I guess sweet things. Ah, but! I don’t hate it. Right, Limone pie. I like that! You like it too, right Ojou? Then, we’re the same! Liking the same thing is nice, huh

Favourite food (Favorite Cose Piccante): Of course my favourite food is penne arabbiata. That’s the one thing that hasn’t changed. I like the spiciness. I can eat anything that has a lot of peperoncino or peppers in it

Family (Beloved Cose Piccante): I never thought about my real family at all until recently. I thought I didn’t need to. Knowing that I’m Papa’s grandson and that my family is close makes me kind of happy. Of course, it doesn’t change that I think of Dante as my father

Date. S

Situation Voice 1 (Girasole): Good work, Ojou! Today was busy too. I’m tired too. But, when I see your smile, I feel better! Hehe, I wonder why!

Situation Voice 2 (Squeeze): Want to go eat at a ristorante today? Dressing up and going out once in a while is fun, right? It’s a date! Hehe, saying it out loud is embarrassing though. Come on, let’s go, Ojou!

Situation Voice 3 (Storm Warning at the Water’s Edge): Happy birthday! Celebrating your birthday like this is pretty fun! I want to be with you next year too. Even if you don’t want to I will be! Hehe, prepare yourself

Family. S

A person you respect? (Man of Il Mare): A person I respect? Hehe, you don’t need to ask. Of course, it’s Dante! He looks cool, and he helps people in trouble. I really admire him! I hope I can be like him someday!

Height (They Get Along Enough to Fight?): I’m 173cm. Mm, it’s not quite enough. I want to grow at least as tall as Dante…

Anyone you don’t like? (Triangolo): Someone I don’t like? There isn’t really anyone I hate but…oh, Nova then. I don’t really hate him, but we clash on things. So we end up fighting. If I did hate him I wouldn’t get close to him

Secret. S

Instrument (The Tune that Echoes Across the Sea): I like how energetic the trumpet sounds. Oh yeah, everyone in the Family can play an instrument, right? It’d be fun if we all did a concert! I’ll go talk to everyone about it!

Skills (Self Made Accessory): Skills? Yeah…I guess I’m good with delicate things. I’m good at making accessories. Everything I’m wearing now is handmade! People often say I’m not detail orientated. But I’m actually good with my hands

Stigmata (All Secrets in a Notebook): My stigmata is on my forehead. It’s always covered by my bangs so you don’t see it often, right? Maybe I should shave my head like Dante!

Dream for the future? (Liberta the Hero): My dream for the future? I want to go to different countries and islands and travel the whole world! I want to see a lot of things, and get stronger. When I do…if you were with me, Ojou…ah, no, never mind!

Weapon (Sword of Hope Speranza): I actually got this cutlass from Dante! It says Speranza on the back of my sword, right? Hope is great, isn’t it! It’s my treasure, so I’ve got to take care of it!

Birthday (Birthday Promise): I was born in May! I just found out so I haven’t had time to think about it. But, if you and Dante celebrate with me, just that will make it feel special!

Ending. S

Is that a romance novel in your hand… (ED1): Wah, O, Ojou! You were here!? Ah, you surprised me… huh? This book? Um, this book is…um, a tactics manual, yeah! A tactics manual! So, it wouldn’t be fun for you to read at all, so don’t worry about it! A, anyway, what did you come here to read? Let’s look together!

Meeting in an unusual place… (ED2): Don’t laugh, Ojou. Is it really so weird for me to be in the study? I think so a bit too but…hey, Ojou! I said don’t laugh!

Come visit Regalo (ED3): There’s still a lot of places in Regalo that I don’t know. Ojou, let’s look for them together! It’ll be fine! If I’m with you, it won’t be dangerous at all!

(Back to Directory)

[novaent]

The difference between this and any other episode is clear from the start. The camera hovers over the crowd and the currently empty stage as everything happens live. A single low note plays from the speakers and the lights start moving around the set. Receiving the change as a notice of an episode that is about to start, the crowd cheers for what is actually going to be the end.

Shadows can be seen walking to the center of the stage and they’re a total of six. When the view zooms in, the proper song starts to play and what appears to be a boys-only special stage. While they start dancing together, the performance breaks into pieces as each trainee gets their chance to shine with a solo dance break before they come back together to proceed with what was prepared. Once they stop in place for their final pose and the song slowly starts to fade away, the camera pans over the crowd while they quickly leave the stage.

A new song starts to play and when the stage is shown again, there are a total of eight different people. This time, it’s time for the girls to shine. The structure it follows is about the same. They start together, each gets their own time for a solo dance break and then come back together to finalize the special performance. This is something the public had no idea would happen, but also something expected to come from Nova. When they’re done, though, the special stage isn’t.

The boys return to the scene and a piece of new music starts. They keep the dancing groove, continuing with a new flow. When they walk towards the center of the stage, the girls join them, bringing the performance to its final and, probably, most exciting part. It wasn’t any day you got two see males and females dancing together under these companies. Through the course of the show, even if they were close enough to be living together, it is the first time this happens.

When they’re done, the song slowly fades into something the public is familiar with. The screen and lights turn blue and the opening tune starts to play along with the known animation. It’d be the last time now.

The trainees all stand together now in a line. Beside them is the famous MC Lee Kyungjoon. “Welcome, everyone, to the last episode of the SuperNova Project!” The crowd roars in response and he hopes the people watching at home are excited too. “Today, the fate of these fourteen trainees will be decided all with the help of our amazing judges: Han Yonghwa!” The screen shows the coach’s face as he waves. “Kim Hyemi!” The only female trainer nods at the camera. “Park Minsoo!” The last of the three who closely spent their time with the trainees’ smiles. “And, of course, our beloved CEO, Hyun Bin!” The man shows off his best expressions, even turning a bit to smile at some of the people in the crowd.

“Now, we’ll let each of our contestants introduce themselves one final time. Why don’t we start with the girls?” And so they do. There are eight of them: Heo Solji, Kim Hyuna, Kim Yongsun, Lee Kaeun, Lee Sunmi, Meng Meiqi, Son Chaeyoung, and Son Seungwan. Each of them gets only a few moments to say their name and thank the audience before it’s the next one’s turn. They’re followed by the six boys: Ha Huidong, Joo Haknyeon, Kang Yuchan, Kim Hosung, Kim Jongin, and Kim Jungwoo. “Well, didn’t they all do great so far?”

The crowd cheers in response, some fans screaming specific names and love confessions. “They prepared this special opening stage through the course of this final month, as well as a lot more that is about to come. So why don’t we take a look back and see how their training was?” While people clap and the stream turns into recorded scenes, the trainees leave the stage to prepare themselves for their following performances.

As tradition goes, the screen shows an image from the top of the girls living room, and then it changes to the boys. While the images play on screen, the words on the bottom change from ‘Month 3, Week 2’ to ‘Month 3, Week 3’.

The three coaches are shown introducing to them their latest challenge: the opening stage. While at first the trainees may not have looked too surprised, the news of them having to choreograph something themselves hit some harder than others as the cameras do a good job of zooming into their surprised faces. Hosung sits in front of the camera by himself for the interview as he runs his hands through his face. “Then seconds doesn’t seem like a long time but when you’re creatively challenged - like me - ten seconds seems like a whole lifetime to fill.”

Followed by him is Solji sporting a golden vest. “It’s fun but hard at the same time. I haven’t done a lot of choreographing of my own dances, so that part was a bit of a struggle. I just hope that what I’ve come up with is acceptable!” She joked, her laugh sounding more out of nervousness than of thinking she was funny. “With things coming to an end soon, how are you feeling?” They ask her. “It feels more… real than it has ever felt before,” the woman admits. “Before, there was that thought of, oh, if I don’t do well, I have another chance to redeem myself. There’s no turning back at this point now. If you don’t do well, it’s over. There are no more chances.”

Yongsun appears practicing her dance by herself inside one of the practice rooms and when the camera slowly moves to the side, it shows Haknyeon silently watching her from the doorframe. When she’s done, he finally claps his hands, eyes bright and smiles wide. “Noona! That was great!” He walks over to her. “You think?” And she smiles back at him. “Yeah. Back during the MGAs, you were… lacking a little,” the boy says. “But you’re much better now noona. I’m really proud of you! As your old personal coach, it’s really great to see how much you’ve improved.”

“Thank you, Haknyeon-ah. I can’t let you down now, can I, coach?” She muses at him. “That’s right!” Haknyeon replies, smile bright as he laughs. “You’ve made your coach proud!” Meanwhile, another person who used to struggle appears on the screen. “Choreographing is hard.” And perhaps Jungwoo is still struggling as he sighs. The next scene is of him with one of his many coaches. “Noona, I have no idea how to choreograph something that doesn’t look stupid. Help, please.” The boy shows big puppy eyes at the other with a pout to complete the set. “I know you don’t,” Sunmi says with a sigh. “You doubt yourself too much to.”

She keeps looking at him, apparently unphased by his charm. “You know you can challenge yourself to show competence but… don’t try anything too ambitious. You’ll end up embarrassing yourself.” But she relents. “But I’ll help you so that doesn’t happen.” Jungwoo nods. “It’s not long, I’ll try o lean it quick. I know you need to practice a lot too.”

The one next on an interview is Kaeun. “This week felt like a lot of recap from the last two weeks in preparation for next week. Sometimes I feel like I fall asleep to the music of ‘Hush’ and wake up dancing to ‘Omona’.” Someone else doesn’t appear too excited. The local symbol of these types of emotions, Meng Meiqi. “Do you like the choreography?” They ask her. “That doesn’t really matter though, does it?” Her smile is clearly forced. “If i like it or I don’t, I still have to work hard and do my best to enjoy what I’m doing on stage because when if I’m not truly happy with it, won’t it reflect in the performance? Everyone will be able to tell.”

This time it’s a boy who’s asked questions, the youngest of them all. “The last week. Are you ready?” And Haknyeon replies. “I don’t know if I have an answer for that. I’ve practiced as much as I could...I’ve given my all… I want to believe that I’m ready. I-” He stops for a moment. “I’m scared. I want to do well. But I don’t know… I’m trying really hard, but I never know if it’s good enough,” the boy starts choking up. “I’m scared.”

The last of the three girls who made it up to the SAFE zone, Yongsun hears something in her own interview. “So here we are, at the end of the road.” Before the girl can reply, the scene shifts back to Haknyeon, except this time he’s practicing and a piano version of the usually happy opening tune starts to play. He stops and stares at himself in front of the mirror, drenched in sweat. “Am I good enough?” The boy asks himself.

[ tw: blood mention ]

Slowly, while the sad song continues to play, his nose starts to bleed. “Shoot,” he says before putting a hand over it. Haknyeon quickly rushes out of the room, but then returns with tissue paper and bends down to wipe the blood from the floor.

[ tw end ]

The boy remains squatted for a moment before he buries his face in his knees, bursting into tears. “Why can’t I be better?” He asks himself. It’s a feeling every other trainee has felt throughout the project. Scenes start to be replayed, showing highlights of the contestants while they gave their hardest. There’s Ricky, who after practicing too hard, fell asleep in the practice room and Hugo had to carry him to his bedroom. The boy’s voice appears in the background, mentioned how he couldn’t sleep well from the early episodes, and then him turning in his covers. There’s Jungwoo who, after trying his best to perfect different choreographies, received criticism from different people. Sunmi shows the bruisings on her legs before she’s crying in her room, receiving a visit from Wendy to make her feel better. It’s in the same room that the two had their discussion regarding Wendy’s lack of attention to her own health. Meiqi runs away from her rap performance after she forgets the lyrics to it.

There are new scenes now, too. Hosung is shown at a fast speed as he spends time and time trying to come up with a good choreography for his dance before he just lays on the floor, exhausted. Sunmi and Wendy get a new highlight again when the girls wrap up a group practice and the younger approaches the other to thank her. The two hug and Sunmi tells her some kind words. “I love you all very much, okay? I always want to make sure you guys are doing your best.”

The next scene is of Haknyeon back in his practice room, except he decides to wipe away his tears before he plays the song again. No matter what happened, they all continued giving their best. Then it returns to Yongsun’s interview, the one that was cut earlier on. “So here we are, at the end of the road.” They say again, but this time she gets to reply. “Maybe it will be the beginning of another road?” She smiles playfully.

To bring the scene to an end, deeply thought words from Chaeyoung herself. “If you asked me before this project why I wanted to become an idol, I think I would have given you a different answer to the one I’m about to give you right now.” She stops momentarily. “I want to be an idol so that I could inspire people. I want to be that person that advocates growth and development. I was just like the many people who so wanted to be an idol and I hope that throughout this project, people can see that it’s possible to be a talented performer with a good heart.” The screen freezes and the kind words ‘Thank you for your continuous dedication, trainees!’ appears before it’s back to the present time.

The MC stands in a corner of the stage, smiling at the camera until they give him the cue to keep the show going. “I’m certain that the public could all feel their passion and dedication through the screen. These fourteen trainees have been practicing under this project for three long months and today is the day that will conclude it all. The original songs they’ll show today for the first time learned under only one month but they can already be considered professionals. Please pay attention to the first song of the day, ‘OMONA!’ by the girls!”

There’s a warm reaction by the crowd while the trainees walk to the center of the stage, preparing themselves for their first concept. They start off with a cute song which is quite clear from the start. Even if it’s their first time listening to it, the crowd sways as if it’s their long-time favorite song. While its core concept is cuteness, the girls also get to show off their rap abilities quite well, as well as something off to a more mature side in certain moments. Once they’re done, claps and cheering can be heard all around before they quickly make their exit.

“Well, wasn’t that incredible?” The MC asks, and the crowd cheers in response. “Continuing on with their cute sides to show, this time we have the boys with their song ‘I Like It Too’!” There’s just as much cheering as before, and just as said, the boys make their way to the stage this time to show off their charms. The same way the girls had their chance to show off each of their talents, the boys also get the same opportunity, melting all of the listener’s ears like honey with their soft words about love. After they’re done and set on their final positions, the camera changes back to the MC so they may make their escape silently.

Just as before, the man takes a few seconds to smile and nod before he begins to speak. “I hope you enjoyed those cute, soft stages. Did you, audience?” The crowd shouts out different types ‘yes’ which makes the man chuckle before proceeding. “These trainees, however, are no one trick pony! They just showed you their cute sides, but this doesn’t mean that’s all they’re able to do! Their second songs are here to show off their tougher side. Maybe this change will make you say ‘omona!’ but their next song is ‘HUSH’! Please welcome our girls for their next performance!”

Even with only a few minutes to change, these trainees had to learn the hard way how to quickly become professionals. They’re all dressed in new clothes and ready for the second round of showing what they got. With a heavy contrast from the previous concept, the girls go off with a girl crush vibe this time around. Just as before, however, they aren’t stuck to one solid vibe and get to show off their different charms throughout the song. Both the vocalists and rappers get something that makes them shine. Once they’re done, the girls leave again, but this time this doesn’t mean they must get prepared for another performance. They’re done for their time, and must only wait for the boys before they can hear the results.

“They’re certainly girls you must keep your eye out for, but they’re not alone! Coming back with a new image, the boys return to the stage with the last song of the day, ‘WHAT?!” With the MC’s enthusiastically spoken english word, the camera changes over to the six boys onstage. This song certainly adds a new definition to the word ‘exciting’ and makes the crowd put their hands in the air, as the lyrics ask them. The rappers get a lot of highlight for this, but what the song slows down on the vocals, the trainees need to make up for in high-energy dancing. When they’re done, the crowd cheers for them just as energetically.

They don’t leave the stage this time, but the camera still pans over to the MC to hear his following words. “With this performance, the four original songs prepared came to an end. Our trainees have organized themselves in a line here,” the man stops to point at them, and the screen shares a common image. “Fans of the show may already know what this means. At the end of each month, the CEO, Hyun Bin, gives his thoughts on the completion of a mission. This is the third and last month and Hyun Bin’s original thoughts and plans will finally be shared with the public for the first time.”

When the man stops speaking, all eyes fall at the man in question who slowly picks up his microphone. “Firstly, I’d like to thank the trainees for all the dedication they put into this project. I got to watch you closely during these months and am happy to share with you what will be of you from here on out.” He stops for a moment to let the audience clap before he proceeds. “Overall, you all did a great job with the tools you were given. You only had under a month to learn two songs and their choreographies and I have to say your training wasn’t in vain. I believe everyone here and at home could see how much each of you grew under this project. However,” the soft cheering from the crowd stops, and a single ‘ey…’ can be heard.

“I can confirm that not all of you here will leave this project with a confirmed path to debut.” This time, more people in the audience react, but it’s still all self-contained. “There were a lot of questions throughout the show regarding why both male and female trainees were competing and what would be the outcome of this… well, you’ll have to wait just a bit longer to know that.” The audience complains again, but Hyun Bin carries a smirk on his lips. “What we’ll deal with right now is eliminations. While we took into consideration all of your progress up to here, it was this final month that confirmed each of our decisions, whether they were good or bad to you.”

The man stops a moment to irk his head before proceeding. “Those who trained for longer clearly had more advantages during this project, the same way that those who took part in competitions before this one also had tricks that others didn’t share. However, tricks can be learned, can’t they? If practice time was all it took, there’d be more of you here today. What was stuck in my mind was the composition of the group, and how well each of you would work together, and if each of you would have something to contribute.”

“Lee Sunmi and Ha Huidong… they both contribute with their dance abilities, but they also help the other trainees and bring the best out of them. Wendy and Jungwoo are both great singers that helped make their songs pop out. Just like that, I felt like someone had to be taken away for harmony to be better.” Hyun Bin stops, tension building up in the air. The more he waits, the more people anticipate a commercial break. “While this person’s abilities grew, they weren’t able to reach our expectations. Today, the one to be eliminated is Kim Yongsun. You’ve given your best this far, but it wasn’t the best we wanted. We could all agree that you’d be the best choice to make as far as eliminations go. You’ll continue with Nova Entertainment, of course, but you’ll remain with your trainee position.” The camera focuses on her face. “Thank you for your time here, and now you may leave the stage.”

And so the camera looks back to the CEO while the girl is escorted out. “And the next to be eliminated is…” the man continues only after a blink. “No one.” The crowd reacts one again, but this time in confusion, as many should be feeling. “When thinking about the outcome of this project, the question was always if it’d be boys or girls. I didn’t want to do a co-ed group, but that wasn’t a wall that’d stop us. When we gave you all the opportunity to take part in this project it was with the intention to debut two groups, a boy group, and a girl group.”

Hyun Bin takes a brief second to breathe in. “In case the message isn’t clear, all of you who are standing on stage right now will be debuting.” The man stops again, but this time the audience reacts more appropriately. “I give you all my word, both you, the trainees, and the public, that both groups will make their debut before the end of the year. They’ll be the latest addition to the Super Nova universe and new energy to this world.”

The crowd cheers and a camera pans over the trainees' reactions. “The two groups will act as sibling groups and, for this, we’ll reveal their names right now.” Hyun Bin points a hand forward and to the screen behind the stage. An animation following the style of the usual intro twists and turns until two words appear on the screen. “Following the mythology, ANDROMEDA was saved by PERSEUS and shared their story until the end, when they both became constellations in the sky. These names were modified to fit the modern times.” While he speaks, the names are changed on the screen. “PERSEUS has become PER_SE, with a symbol representing the sea he lived his adventures in, while ANDROMEDA became AND*ROMA, with a symbol representing the stars.”

Once the explanation is done, the focus returns to the CEO. “Not all is done, however. The end of each month comes with another tradition. Even if your positions have already been confirmed, there is one more title to give. To congratulate you for your hard work, Lee Sunmi and Ha Huidong were chosen as the final MVPs of the project. You both showed not only talent by yourself, but through the help, you’ve provided to your fellow trainees.” The audience keeps on with their wave of cheering, the results appearing to satisfy them.

“Congratulations to all of you and, to all of you at home, you can be sure you’ll be hearing from them soon.” The camera changes over to the MC who stands beside the line of trainees. “Thank you all who tuned in for the grand finale of the SuperNova Project. Please look forward to your favorite picks in the future and make sure to tune in for further news with Nova Entertainment. Have a great Sunday, and thank you once again for your support. Goodbye!” The view is slowly zoomed out, showing the trainee reactions on the side. While the screen stops by the judges to show them clapping, ‘OMONA!’ starts to play as a background tune before attention returns to the grand victors of the day. The stream keeps live for one more minute before it simply comes to an end.

[explosiveglitterqueen]

A Day Full of Surprises

Here to wish a very special and a very amazing happy birthday to my beloved friend @nadia-the-wizardess! I hope you enjoy this as here’s to many more awesome birthdays to come in the future! <3 

“This shouldn’t be hard to write,” Felix growled in frustration as he started crumbling another paper and tossing it to the side, letting it add to the growing pile. Grabbing a blank piece of paper and re dipping his pen for ink as he started all over again as he’d mutter to himself while carefully writing, but of course like the several other times he crumbled it up and ditched it before running his hand through his blonde locks. For the past five hours Felix has been sitting at his desk in his cabin trying to write a note to go with the present he made for his dearly beloved as tomorrow was his girlfriend Nadia’s special day: her birthday in which he wanted to be perfect. “Why is this so difficult, I am a dragonkin of many words yet I can’t write this,” he said getting up from his seat to start pacing around the room. After having paced back and forth a couple of times he stopped to look over at the box he had sitting on the desk as he slumped his shoulders groaning when he had come to the realization that he the great Felix was going to need help if he was going to finish this in time.

Thankfully it wasn’t a long trip to his destination as he walked up the steps of the cabin that belonged to the person that was most likely his only hope as he knocked on the wooden door. “Lizzy open up,” he grumbled as he waited for the pastel blue haired girl to answer the door as the two had a very interesting friendship. There was no answer as inside the lights were on as the sound of music could be heard in which would mean she couldn’t hear him in which seeing that the door was unlocked he just decided to invite himself in. “Human” Felix called as instantly after saw a head pop up from the other side of the couch. “Zeus I swear that if you-oh hi there Felix what’s up buddy,” Lizzy started to say as she didn’t seem to look over at first but when she did along with seeing the small sized sphere in her hand that started to raised caused Felix to hold his breath. “Hello to you too… You… You weren’t about to throw that at me were you,” he asked slowly walking in more as he’d hate to get hit with one of the devious prefect’s glitter bombs at this hour. Seemed to take a moment to look between him and the bomb she laughed a bit before gently tossing is away to only wince a bit when the sound of a small explosion occurred which proceeded to stand to go sit down.

“How can I help you,” she asked sitting as Felix came around to sit on the other couch he saw a banner on the floor along with various paints, decorations, and of course glitter as the banner reads, “Happy Birthday Nadia!”

“I… Hate to admit this, but I need your assistance on writing a letter to Nadia,” Felix said as he didn’t want to admit it as he did ask for advice from Rembrandt before but it wasn’t exactly to Felix’s style. “Alright why not base it off of what you got her or how you feel at this point in your relationship,” Lizzy said while stretching. “I’ve tried and all of them went to waste, for some reason I can’t seem to think of the proper words I want to use,” Felix said slouching as he felt annoyed with himself as of course he loved his beautiful crimson haired girlfriend but of course lacked the proper knowledge or experience of how to put it into words. “Maybe you’re thinking about it too hard,” Lizzy said causing the dragonkin to raise an eyebrow at the girl before him clearly confused by what she was saying. “What I’m trying to say is don’t use your head too much; the right words you want to use are going to come from your heart,” she further explained herself as Felix sat there listening as he let the words sink in as it was starting to make sense. Having getting a better idea of how to go about it that it even gave him an even better.

~~~ The Next Day ~~~

Of course in the morning it was crunch time as Felix of course would be the first to see Nadia as he went to pick her up to buy their friends time to put everything together. Getting to her front door he took a breather and knocked on the door a few times as he patiently waited. After a little while of waiting he could hear running footsteps and then locks coming undone before finally seeing the door open to reveal his beloved as he couldn’t help but smile. She was wearing a beautiful mint colored dress that had sheer short sleeves and stopped at her knees as she had her hair done in her usual lovely style. “Oh good morning Felix,” she said with a bright smile as her mint colored eyes sparkled as he couldn’t help but chuckle slightly. “It is a very good morning, happy birthday my darling,” he said taking one of her hands into his so he could bring it to his face placing a delicate kiss on her hand.

“Th-Thank you! It’s nothing too big,” she said already completely flustered as once she got her hand back she instantly hugged him which he happily returned. “Of course it’s something big, if you hadn’t been born then I would of never had the chance to meet you as if that happened who knows where I'd be,” he whispered to her as she did play a huge role in his change of heart and how he was going to give the humans a chance. Before fully pulling away from the hug Felix placed a small kiss on her lips getting her even more flustered. “Well I thought we go on a small stroll, but before that I have my first gift to give to you,” Felix said as he figured he wait to give her the special gift later on in the evening in which he saw the twinkle of curiosity in her eyes. Soon enough from the air a minidragon flew down letting out a squeaky roar as it had a neatly tied blue bow causing Nadia coo over the cute creature as it landed in her arms. “W-Wait you’re giving me one of your minidragon’s,” Nadia asked as she was petting the little dragon as it happily accepted the affection while Felix watched with a light smile.

“Of course, she is your’s so in times we’re not together you’re not alone as well as she’s for protection,” he said as Nadia couldn’t help but snuggle up to the cutie which brought him joy to see since he knew how much she loved all the other minidragons. “I’m going to name you Nova,” Nadia said after a small moment in which the minidragon swishes its tail happily showing the approval of her new name. After closing and locking the door the couple went on a stroll to their usual path while holding hands as they’d enjoy the quiet morning. It was silent between the two as they could hear the birds singing and the gentle whistle of the wind. Making casual chit chat it passed the time as when they stopped in the field of light blue flowers Felix noticed two heads stick out from behind a tree as they belonged to none other than Mischa and Rufus which could only have meant one thing; Nadia’s surprise party was all set and ready to go.

Going back to walking Felix started leading her to where the party was being held as once they arrived there all of their friends jumped out and shouted, “HAPPY BIRTHDAY NADIA!” There was confetti and glitter in the air as Nadia jumped back a bit while clinging onto Felix’s sleeve in shock as she could only start smiling feeling the joy from seeing all of this. “Thank you so much, haha I’m just so speechless everything looks amazing,” Nadia said as she let go of Felix after having overcome the initial shock she was in. “Well what are we waiting for let’s start this party already,” Zeus shouted as he set of another one of the homemade poppers as everyone gathered around Nadia wishing her a happy birthday and some hugs.

The party went on throughout the day as they all ate and laughed while playing a bunch of different games. Of course they stopped so they could sing happy birthday and cut the cake as of course it wouldn’t be a normal party without a little bit of a food fight thanks to Zeus. After cake everyone sat around the on going fire as the sky was turning to night as the stars started to come out as it was some time ago that Felix had excused himself to use the bathroom. “How’s our birthday princess doing,” Lizzy said with a grin as she appeared by Nadia’s side giving her a hug. Happily returning the short hug Nadia smiled as she looked at her friend as she said, “I’m great everything was amazing as I just feel so lucky to have amazing friends like you guys.”

“Well of course you deserve it! We all know you’d do the same for all of us as of course we’re going to do this for you,” Lizzy said nudging the crimson haired playfully before glancing at the flames dancing around. “Oh I almost forgot I wanted to show you something come on,” Lizzy suddenly said as she hopped up and carefully tugged on Nadia’s arm lightly which she slowly got up from her seat as she could only imagine what it could be. Nadia followed as soon they were greeted with a view of a pathway made of Nadia’s favorite flowers along a few small floating orbs of light. “Wow where did this come from,” Nadia asked out loud as she admired the beauty as something shiny caught her attention as she carefully bent down to pick up what ended up being a crystal. “Huh what’s this, hey lizzy- huh? Lizzy where’d you go,” Nadia went to turn to her friend to have her take a look but when she did Lizzy was not there causing the birthday girl to look all around as she was so confused as to what was going on.

Soon the crystal glowed as soon a small hologram of Felix’s face appeared as it started to say, “Hello my darling I see that you successfully found your way to my surprise, follow the path with crystals like this one to find me for your gift.” It was something so unexpected but gave Nadia a big smile on her face warming her heart that he did something like this. Following his instructions Nadia started to follow the path in which behind a tree a small light blue fox poked its head out as it seemed to snicker a little bit before going off. Following the path Nadia found a couple more of the crystals as they were words full of love and endearment as there a few that sounded like an interview. At the current crystal Nadia was on she heard undeniably Lizzy’s voice ask, “What’s your favorite thing about Nadia?” Which after a short pause and seeing Felix’s smiling face he said, “Her smile; how warm it feels as it never fails to make me smile myself... Getting to see her smile makes me feel at home like I finally found the place where I belong.” His words touched Nadia’s heart as she almost had a few tears of joy fall as she was hoping she was getting closer to where she needed to go so she could see her boyfriend.

Adding it with the other small crystals she continued on her way as it seemed that the path came to an end as there was the very last crystal in which Nadia picked it up as she breathed preparing herself for what seems to be the last crystal as soon just like the others another hologram of Felix’s head appeared. “So what about your hopes for the future,” the question asked by Lizzy as just the question alone was starting to cause Nadia’s heart to beat faster feeling the heat rise in her face. “That I can be the man that makes her the happiest woman alive, that I get to one day be able to be lucky enough to wake up to the view of her right beside me everyday, but I think most importantly,” hologram Felix was saying until it suddenly cut off as Felix suddenly appeared with a little smile as he said, “I think most importantly that you’ll like my surprise for you.”

Speechless for a moment Nadia looked at him as of course Felix was always a handsome man but under the moonlight and how it made him appear even more charming had her in a small trance. Blinking a few times and snapping out of it she walked closer saying, “How could I not; everything so far was so romantic and so sweet that it made me really happy to hear all those things you said. This has been probably the most remembrall birthdays I’ll ever have as I have you and everyone else to thank this for,” she said as he simply reached a hand out to caress her face lightly before leaning down to kiss her forehead. “Well we’ll just have to see about that statement now when your next birthday comes around,” Felix said with a small chuckle as if teasing a bit though his face was starting to grow a bit pink himself.

Pulling away from Nadia standing just a few feet away from her he held both her smaller hands in his large ones. “Nadia there’s a lot I owe to you as if it wasn’t for you who knows what would have become of me. You’ve showed me what it's like to love as you’ve given me a new purpose to live and to fight as I want to experience this life with you; I want to see the world with you,” he said as pulling his hands away to reach into his robes to pull out an ornate box in which Nadia’s eyes widened as this wasn’t what it could be right. “Though it may not be happening soon, but I know in my heart that I want to stay by your side through whatever life has to offer as I want us to be the start of dragonkins and humans being able to coexist together,” Felix said as he opened the box to reveal a beautiful ring as it was made mostly out of a brilliant blue crystal as the band of the ring had gold.

Looking up into his green eyes that almost appeared to be glowing she saw the sincerity and passion that was in his eyes. “Nadia will you marry me,” he asked causing her heart feeling like it skipped a beat as this was really happening right. “Y-Yes, yes I will marry you,” Nadia finally said as she had a bigger smile on her face as a few tears of joy fell. Smiling more himself Felix took the ring out as he moved it to her ring finger. “With this ring may it protect you from all the evil in the world, but also symbolize all of my love for you and my promise to one day make you the happiest bride,” he said, giving the most genuine smile he could give. After putting on the ring Nadia engulfed Felix into a hug as she couldn’t be happier. “Thank you so much; I love it and I love you,” she said sweetly as Felix was the one to lean his face closer to close the gap between them. “I love you too with all of my heart,” he said before bestowing a tender and loving kiss onto her lips as there was still a long way to go before they could get married but just the thought of them having the married life and spending the rest of their lives together only made Nadia look forward to when that day would come when she would officially become his wife.

[stopforamoment]

“I’m Glad It’s Wick” (Bastien and Rinda Alternate Universe)

"It's as wick as you or me," he said; and Mary remembered that Martha had told her that "wick" meant "alive" or "lively."

"I'm glad it's wick!" she cried out in her whisper. "I want them all to be wick. Let us go round the garden and count how many wick ones there are."

-- Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden

Masterlist

Book: The Royal Romance (After Book Three) Pairing: Bastien Lykel x OC Rinda (Parks) Lykel Word Count: 1,568 Rating: M for Language Triggers: Mention of miscarriage and grief, non-graphic description of a child’s birth. Author’s Note: This is my submission for the @meeraaverywalker Choices March Challenge #3 Fluff, #5 Gardens, #9 Rainbow (Pregnancy/Baby), #10 Birth, and #30 Family. I’m posting so early because work gets crazy this month AND because it’s @bobasheebaby‘s birthday. This is an alternate universe for Bastien and Rinda!

Obligatory disclaimer that Pixelberry Studios owns the TRR characters and my pocketbook with those darn diamond scenes. Rinda with all of her quirks is all mine. My apologies if Tumblr or I do something stupid when I try to post this. The keep reading link shows up on my laptop but not my phone. Ugh.

Thank you @asherella-is-a-dork-3 and @bobasheebaby  for always being my sounding board! Thank you @cora-nova @silviasutton1989 ​ @riseandshinelittleblossom​ @tornbetween2loves for still being a part of the journey! Summary: This is an alternate universe for Bastien and Rinda! Rinda doesn’t want another child because she and Jameson experienced two miscarriages, and she’s 42 and a lot could go wrong with her advanced maternal age. Bastien is supportive of this, and they both agree that another child would be a blessing, but they know the risks and he won’t put her though that again. HOWEVER, when I saw the “birth” prompt I had to be a part of the sweet fluff! Hmm. Maybe it shouldn’t be alternate universe? 😊

In my fics Liam’s mother is Queen Évelyne and Bastien had a crush on her, but it was never reciprocated. Her favorite book was Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden, and she created the garden with its mazes and rose-covered tree to recreate the book’s magic of finding the garden and feeling that sense of belonging, selflessness, and renewed life that it brought the main characters.

“I’m Glad It’s Wick” (Bastien and Rinda Alternate Universe)

Bastien and Rinda were in the garden maze, holding hands and enjoying the beautiful evening. Rinda took a deep breath. “I love the smell of the roses. And you know I love how the roses ramble all over. You can’t tame them.” Bastien smiled and kissed her. “Just like you. That’s why you’re my Tria.” Triantáfyllo. The Greek word for rose. Rinda’s face beamed. “Ich liebe dich, Mein Herzschlag.” I love you, My Heartbeat. “Und ich liebe dich, meine geliebte Rinda Rose.” And I love you, my beloved Rinda Rose. . . . . . The doctor told them enough time passed since Bastien’s vasectomy, so they stopped using condoms. However, Queen Évelyne’s Secret Garden was a magical place. When Rinda missed her period she knew without a doubt their child was conceived under the tree with the rambling roses. Rinda was so excited, but so afraid. Her last two pregnancies ended in miscarriage, so she wasn’t able to feel that pure joy anymore. That elation she felt when she was pregnant with Henry, before she knew the pain of loss. She was so excited to tell Bastien, yet so afraid. Afraid they would lose their child. Afraid that her fear would stifle his joy. But when Rinda saw his eyes light up she kissed his idiotic grin, teasing him about the birds and the bees when he stammered “But how?” Bastien kissed her again and again, tears of joy on his cheeks, and Rinda felt hope. It will be okay. He kissed her stomach and told their child how much he loved them, how he couldn’t wait to meet them. Our child will be okay. She smiled when Bastien held her hand at their first ultrasound, how he squeezed it even tighter when he heard the whoosh whoosh of their child’s strong heartbeat. Tria, it sounds like horses galloping. He made copies of the ultrasound picture, giving them to everyone he could think of: her parents, Mr. Ariti, Cassie and her parents, Brigitte and George, Drake and Laura, Savanah and Bertrand, Liam and Riley, Leo and Katie, Alicia and Santos, Julian and Theo, Nadia and Kathleen, Collin and Deirdre, and even Notin and Maxwell. Yes, Maxwell could even have another copy because Betsy Beaumont the Bad-Ass Bastard Bird ran off with it when Maxwell tried to show him. Rinda smiled, her heart breaking. She knew it was tempting fate to share anything before 12 weeks, but she couldn’t deny her Tiger that joyful bliss. The weeks turned into months, and Rinda was finally able to relax. She laughed at the quickening, that feeling of bubbles popping when she first felt their baby move. It was too soon for Bastien or Henry to feel anything, but she still told them each time she felt it. She shared stories with them from her pregnancy with Henry. He liked to stretch out and explore. Rinda was so sore from his feet always in her ribs, and she swore she could feel his creepy little fingers exploring inside her womb. She told them how she would stand next to the empty crib, her arms wrapped protectively around her stomach, as she sang to Henry and told him how she couldn’t wait to meet him. And oh, the fun they would have when he was here. Bastien was already a doting father, but he made sure to spend extra time with Henry. He would always be Henry’s Bonk, and Henry would always be his Knuddelbär. That would never change. When Ollie first began sniffing Rinda’s stomach, realizing something was different, Bastien tensed. He began taking Ollie for longer walks and talks, explaining that Ollie would have another person in their house to guard. Of course Ollie was a good boy, and he quickly fell into the role of following Rinda around the house, cuddling up to her and resting his head on her lap when no one else was home. When the nursery was ready, Bastien let Ollie into the room. Ollie took several serious sniffs and turned in numerous dog circles before plunking down next to the rocker. That would be his spot to protect the baby when they were born. And of course Bastien was also a doting father to their Nesthäckchen, baby of the family, always reading books, whistling, and singing to Rinda’s stomach. When Rinda suddenly grabbed Bastien’s hand and held it on her side, his eyes widened when he felt their child move for the first time. And every night after they tucked in Henry, Bastien would gently rub Rinda’s stomach, give it a kiss, and say goodnight to his girls. Yes, she was a girl. Bastien just knew, and Rinda knew he was right. He was always rewarded with a goodnight kick that made Rinda wince, but she loved to hear him chuckle when their Nesthäckchen did that. She’s going to be a football player, Tria. Then Rinda would snuggle in his arms as Bastien kept his hand over her stomach, protecting their daughter, while Ollie took turns guarding the door to their room and Henry’s room. . . . . . Rinda was between Bastien’s legs, gripping his arms and leaning against him for support as he helped her push. Now he was leaning forward, hands under Rinda’s knees to lift them, slowly counting to ten as she bore down during each contraction. “She’s almost here, Tria. I can see her head. Sweetheart, you’re doing so good.” Rinda was shaking, exhausted. But Bastien guided her hand to feel their baby’s head. Then Rinda scrunched her face in determination, bearing down, grunting, pushing with everything she had left as Bastien helped her bring their child into the world. Bastien was beaming with pride when Rinda reached between her legs to pick up their daughter, and he helped Rinda settle their Évelyne Rose on her chest as their daughter instinctively nuzzled in to nurse. Her mouth was open, like a baby bird waiting to be fed, and Rinda chuckled as she guided Évelyne to her breast. Rinda’s curls were matted down with sweat, but Bastien lovingly ran his fingers through them and kissed his wife’s head. “You’re my beautiful Tria and you’ve given us our beautiful daughter. And I love you both so, so much.” Afterward the nurses took Évelyne to clean her, and when they brought her back she was swaddled in a blanket and wearing a hat. Évelyne hated it. She squawked and fussed until her papa took off the hat and unwrapped her, placing Evelyne back on Rinda’s chest. Then Évelyne gave a happy squeak, stretching out before curling back up on her mother’s chest. Bastien gently tucked the blanket around them, Evelyne’s defiant dark curls poking out from under it. Later Bastien solemnly counted ten fingers and ten toes, making sure they were all there--although Papa Toe Monster did nibble at a few delicious toes while Henry laughed at his Bonk. Évelyne was absolutely perfect, except she wouldn’t open her eyes. Instead, she lazily nursed some more and then fell asleep in her mother’s arms. When Henry held her, she farted loudly and gave her big brother a toothless grin that lit up her face. She has my Tria’s smile. But she wouldn’t open her eyes to see her brother’s shocked reaction when he realized her farts were smellier than his. . . . . . It was their first night as a family, but they were still in the hospital and Bastien couldn’t sleep. He gently eased Henry’s head off his lap before standing up and getting Henry resettled on the couch. Rinda was asleep, although Bastien knew she would wake at the slightest sound from Évelyne. He gently kissed his wife’s head before unbuttoning his shirt and picking up Évelyne, holding her against his bare skin. He looked at his daughter with solemn eyes. “Okay, Little Miss. This is your papa. I know it’s been a long day, but you haven’t opened your eyes for us yet.” He kissed her forehead. “Évelyne? Show me your eyes, sweetheart.” Évelyne arched and stretched as she slowly opened her eyes and stared, unblinking, into her father’s eyes. Bastien’s breath caught. They were the eyes of an old soul. Tranquil waters colored by the reflection of a silvery moon. “Thank you, my precious girl. Now remember, you must always listen to your papa because I love you so much and I don’t want you to break my heart.” Évelyne gave him a defiant little squawk and promptly shut her eyes again. Bastien chuckled as he held her tucked against his chest, her troll doll hair tickling his chin. “That’s okay Schatziküken. Treasured Little Bird. Your dearest mama doesn’t listen to me either. But I still love you, and I always will.” Évelyne nestled closer to her papa, lulled to sleep by the sound of his heartbeat. Her hand rested on his chest, against a scar from his childhood, and Bastien held his breath for a moment. Then he sat back down on the couch, one arm still holding Évelyne while he gently massaged Henry’s back. “I promise your mama and I will keep you both safe, and we won’t let anyone hurt you.” He looked over at Rinda who was still asleep in the bed, her wild curls poking out from the covers. His family. Their family. “I love you all. So, so much.”

[erinhime83]

Okay, so...it’s 3 days before NaNoWriMo officially starts.  I literally have two more chapters I need to outline before I’m done with it.  And what does my stupid mind do?

Give me an awesome dream this morning  before my alarm woke me up that immediately had me thinking ‘damn, this would make a great story idea!’.  >.<

I mean, granted, I don’t remember much about the dream, just certain details about it.  But it’s still enough to make a story out of!

Not to worry; I’m not abandoning Earthia.  That would be beyond stupid at this point in the game.  And this story is way too involved for me to just...decide to write it in two days.  There’re actually a lot of characters involved that I’d need to figure out that sort of featured in the dream, but not enough for me to know immediately what to do with them.  Hell, I barely know what to do with these three, and I’ve been thinking about it all day!

So this is just basically a muse appease, so it wouldn’t be completely bugging me during NaNo.

So anyway, the basis of the story is that people with superpowers exist, and while not super common, it’s common enough that there’s a bunch of them and a guild of sorts of maintain them.  The main girl (Nova) is an overpowered superhero, and like, ridiculously popular because of it.  Because of her parents cautioning her about people being jealous of her powers, she’s never let anyone know who she is, and wears that wig to help her hid her identity.

Before the start of the story, she’s involved in a fate-of-the-world fight that ends with her basically being blown up and thought for dead.  The whole world moaned, but she, of course, lived.  The problem was that she did sort of die, and as a result, lost her powers, and she’s been recovering for the past six months at home.  Her parents are trying their best to get her to start to look for a real job, but it’s a combination of she’s not ready, and she’s still recovering.

One day, she witnesses a crime or something and uses one of her powers, and she and her parents realize that her powers are returning.  Coincidentally, around this time, the guild decided to allow it’s superhero groups to add more members if they so chose, and as such, they start holding auditions.  Nova doesn’t want anything to do with superhero life, but her parents sign her up to audition for four different groups.

She accidentally made herself famous for stopping the crime, and all four of the groups accept her in.  She ends up choosing the first one she auditions for.  The story is basically her hiding the fact that she’s the superhero that everyone thinks is dead (and she sort of wants it that way) all the while her powers are slowly returning. 

So with Nova, the first design there is her original costume as Interstella.  Yes, I borrowed a lot for Vitruvia, because I really like that design.  But I think I changed it up enough that it’s fine?  I like the color scheme, because it’s different.  The second design is of her main costume in the story.  I haven’t figured out her superhero name here.  I mean, hell, Interstella just came to me in the shower.  And the last on is, of course, of Nova herself.   I liked the idea of her having the updercut and shorter hair to help with the whole wig situation.  :P  Oh, and yes, she actually needs glasses, because I thought it’d be sort of funny.  It’s the main reason she uses her Interstella mask for her other costumer - it’s already designed with her prescription.

The guy there is her love interest, and the only one with a full name - Gabriel Wolfhart, AKA, Matrix.  In my dream, he was actually a Robin sort of character (seriously, my mind told me he was a Robin despite being part of a team), but when I thought of the alias Matrix, I decided to use it to him, and give him technology based powers.  He’s a technopath, meaning he can manipulate all sorts of technology.  Which isn’t super useful.  His team is mostly comprised of weaker superheros out to prove themselves.  He and Interstella were a thing, except they never told each other their secret identities.  So he was hit rather hard by her ‘death’.  Nova auditions for his group, and they practically big her to join as a sort of mascot, but she turns them down.  But they tend to run into each other a lot.

Nova does know who Matrix is, mostly because they were childhood friends and she had a crush on him forever, that he was oblivious to.  She wasn’t allow to tell him she had powers, so when she shows up to audition using her real name, he’s rather surprised.  The two have a rather complicated relationship, because Gabe starts to fall for Nova, except he’s not quite over Interstella yet.

The other girl there I actually know nothing about other than a potential name - Astrid.  She was just a main character in the dream I had.  In the dream, she was this child-like girl who was in charge of the group the superhero ended up going to.  But when I started messing with a design, I came up with this, and, well, she changed.  ^^;  She’s still the tough-yet-beloved leader of the group Nova chooses, but...yeah.  I just sort of slapped something together with the idea that, for the most part, the superheros make their own costumes.  Sometimes, they’re lucky enough to be able to have elaborate costumes like Interstella, but most of them have to just make due.  It’s not like WfS where they basically only have access to what normal people have, though. 

Her civilian outfit is based on their outfit a saw a girl wear in the store that I was struck by, and have been wanting to put on someone for, like, ever.  So I figured I’d make her fashionable.

I’m hoping this’ll get this out of my system for now and I can go back to planning Earthia tomorrow, but I also hope the idea sticks with me so I can plan it after NaNo, because I think it’d be a really neat idea, and I already figured out how to make it a trilogy.  >.<