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ali-anne-undertale-stoof · 2 months ago

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Hey, guys! Want some weird magic lore? Then here, have a chapter! I promise it won't hurt!

Second half

Chapter 19: Snail Races

UUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHH..."

Papyrus just got back from his shift, flipping and flopping himself back home and slamming the door shut. Sounds of suffering reverberated from his font. Oh, the pain! Oh, the agony! Oh, the sheer, utter-

"BOREDOM!!!"

Oh, it was more than just boredom. This was the death of stimulation. Even his own puzzles couldn't curb this monotonous feeling.

"UGGHHH... BORED, BORED, BORED... WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TO GET SOME MENTAL STIMULATION AROUND HERE?!"

With another exasperated groan, Papyrus slammed his entire body weight onto the sofa, unaware that a harmonious cacophony of farts was about to sing out directly under him.

PRRRRRRRRRRRT!

Yup. Seemed like Sans was bored too. On one hand, Papyrus was relieved that he wasn't alone in this mental torture. On the other, he wouldn't wish this agony on anyone, least of all his own brother.

"NNNGH."

The sound of sweet, mischievous giggling cut through Papyrus' state of suffering. Was he just waiting behind the kitchen's doorframe the entire time? Gosh, what a sad way to spend your time. Papyrus knew that Sans completed his shift three hours before he did. But still. If he planted the whoopie cushions as soon as he got home, that must mean he would've been waiting there for three hours at the most. Sad. Very, very sad.

Unusually for such an energetic person, Papyrus just couldn't summon the energy for a good reaction. And to Sans, when his precious twin brother can't even muster a glare... something must be really wrong. So he came out of hiding. Brother first, disappointment later, he always says. Well, not really, but you get the picture.

"somethin' wrong, bro?"

Papyrus huffed a frustrated sigh. "SANS... WHY IS EVERYTHING SO BORING TODAY?"

"no idea, bro." Sounds like Papyrus was right about Sans being bored too. With a solemn sigh, he flopped onto the couch, right where Papyrus' legs were sprawled. "today's just a drag."

"HHH."

"hhh."

"HHHH."

"hhhh."

"HHHHH!"

"hhhhh!"

"NNNGH!!!"

"nnngh..."

Papyrus powered through his blue-magic boredom only to kick Sans off the sofa.

Thud.

That was the most fun he's had all day.

Not for Sans, though. All he did was groan into the carpet, and not because he was just kicked off.

Papyrus sat up as an airy growl escaped his mandible. "UGH, SANS, HOW DO YOU DO IT? HOW DO YOU TOLERATE IT WHEN YOU'RE TIRED OF EVERYTHING?! NOT EVEN MY PUZZLES WERE ENOUGH TO SALVAGE ME!!! PUZZLES!!! MY FAVORITE SUBJECT EVER!!!"

"i know, it's terrible. honestly, i'd just get by by... uh, i dunno. i'd say sleep, but i haven't been doing much of that lately."

"OH, I UNDERSTAND WHY, SLEEPING'S FOR CHUMPS!!! NO OFFENCE."

"none taken."

The taller twin pounded one of his own hands with his fist. "WE NEED TO TRY SOMETHING NEW!!! ANY IDEAS?"

"hmm..." The shorter twin looked around the living room for any ideas. TV? Nah, none of the classics are on there anymore. It was just overdramatic Mettaton crap now. He'd fall asleep watching it. Cooking? Nah, neither of them can cook. And he definitely didn't want to try Papyrus' 'spaghetti' again. There was that joke quantum physics book. He could read to Papyrus. But nah, he didn't feel like it. He was at a loss.

...Until he remembered that interaction he had with a certain ghost about 3 or 4 days ago. Napstablook, was it? They sat together for a bit and watched snails. They mentioned something about racing them. Racing snails... That sounded like a fun new thing for them to do.

This idea sent a burst of energy through Sans' lazy bones, which enabled him to sit up.

"how do you feel about snail racing?"

Papyrus blinked. "SNAIL RACING?"

"yeah."

"I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS A THING! WE CAN REALLY DO THAT?"

"yeah, an old friend of ours talked about it."

Old friend? Papyrus had an old friend? The very thought contradicted everything Papyrus knew about his social life deep down... but at the same time, it filled him with hope. An old friend.

He didn't realise he was smiling until he watched Sans' face light up. "WELL, IF IT WAS AN OLD FRIEND'S SUGGESTION!!!"

"great. come on, bro. i know a shortcut."

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Papyrus knew this area of Waterfall. This was Undyne's neighbourhood, of which he practically knew by soul. Or at least, he thought he did. Truth be told, he had never thought to look next to Undyne's house. This was an exciting new adventure for him. So exciting that he had taken to eating everything new he could find on the way. Including lanterns. And mushrooms.

"bro, how many times do i have to tell you that just because something is bright..."

"...IT DOESN'T MAKE IT EDIBLE, YES!!! I KNOW!!! YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME EVERY TIME!!!" Despite Sans' lectures, he was still excited at the prospect at going somewhere he couldn't actually remember going to.

Until the brothers actually arrived at the snail farm, then the memories came tumbling back into his skull.

"WAIT A MINUTE!!!" Papyrus gasped, recollecting. "WHY IS IT SO DEAD?!?!?!"

Sans fought back an onslaught of laughter. "cuz it's a ghost's farm, bro. it's meant to be like that."

Speaking of ghosts...

"is it really that bad............."

If Sans and Papyrus had skin, they would've jumped out of it! Luckily for everyone involved, they don't, so instead their font boxes threatened to extract themselves out of their skeletons with how loud they shrieked.

Who knew jumpscares could work so well on two spooky scary skeletons?

"oh sorry.................."

Oh crap oh crap don't make this poor ghost sad! "NO NO IT'S FINE I LOVE GETTING SPOOKED NOT THAT I WAS SPOOKED OF COURSE BECAUSE I NEVER GET SPOOKED I'M THE GREAT PAPYRUS I'M NOT SCARED OF GH- I MEAN GHOSTS AREN'T SCARY THEY'RE CUTE YES YES VERY CUTE PLEASE DON'T BE OFFENDED BY ME!!!"

That would've been believable if his voice didn't jump up about 15 octaves whilst saying that.

"...dang, what a jumpscare." Papyrus smacked the back of Sans' head. "what did i say?"

"it's okay, guys........... really..........."

Okay, now they felt bad.

"so........... is there anything you guys need.............."

"OH, NO NO NO!!! SANS WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, UM... SNAIL RACES? WHAT'S THAT ABOUT?"

"wait, really............" The puzzled ghost looked at Sans for confirmation. The skeleton nodded kindly. Did they... really want to race snails? On their farm? No one has ever taken Napstablook up on their offer to hang out before... They just thought they were boring. That they were destined to be alone. And now there's these two...

Well. Well well welly well well well welly well well. Well. This certainly changed things. Though they had to be careful. There was always a chance these two would turn on them if they're too monotonous. Perhaps they should just... quietly guide them to the track and let them have their fun.

"snail races take place over there.............. let me get my snails in order............."

Aaaaaaaand they faded away. Well! That was a fun interaction! And Papyrus still looked confused. Luckily, Sans had an explanation on hand.

"yeah, uh, naps is just going through somethin' right now, so-"

"LET'S RACE!!!" Having regained his energy, Papyrus grabbed Sans' arm and ran off. With just his arm. The rest of Sans stayed behind. Welp. Good thing it wasn't his dominant arm. Sans just chuckled as he followed behind in his casual, leisurely manner.

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Sans found the races adorable. All those tiny little snails slowly slithering along the pen, racing each other and letting them take their bets. It's pretty fun. And Papyrus was having a blast, even if he had a bit of trouble encouraging his snail at first.

"I DON'T UNDERSTAND, WHY ISN'T MY SNAIL GOING? I'VE GIVEN IT ALL THE ENCOURAGEMENT I CAN!!!"

"um........... some snails are shyer than others........... sid over there is one of the shyer ones............."

"AH, I SEE!!! THEN PERHAPS I SHOULD HAVE A CALMER APPROACH! IT'S A GOOD THING THE GREAT PAPYRUS IS THE BEST AT BEING CALM! AHEM!" Shockingly, Papyrus lowered the volume of his voice and encouraged Sid in a calm, respectful way. "HELLO, SID. THERE'S NO NEED TO BE AFRAID. THIS IS ALL JUST A RACE. A RACE I KNOW YOU CAN WIN IF YOU TRY HARD ENOUGH. DON'T GIVE UP. I BELIEVE IN YOU."

Needless to say, Sid won the next snail race. Papyrus squealed and shook Sans so hard, he was so proud! And all Sans did was giggle in response.

"wow, bro. you're really good at that."

"REALLY?!"

"yeah. you took into account the snail's preferred method of encouragement and adjusted. that's really cool of you." That was an understatement on Sans' part - everything about Papyrus is cool.

"IT IS? WHY, OF COURSE IT IS!!! NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!!!" Papyrus was so busy puffing out his chest and laughing proudly that he didn't realise he scared Sid once again. It was just a one time thing, however.

Welp. Time for some good old fashioned brotherly teasing!

"...buuuuuut i bet leonard will win the next one. i see potential in him, you know."

"WHAT?! NO WAY!!! YOU SAW HOW SID PUSHED HIMSELF!!! HE'S NOT GOING TO LOSE!!!"

"hehe, man..." Sans sighed dreamily as he leaned on the fence. All those little snails gathering around, congratulating each other for a race well-run... "could you imagine if we were down there? racing snails? being their coaches?"

"oh.............. i think i know someone who can help you with that.............. maybe.............."

Oh boy, now the brothers were intrigued. Why did Napstablook say anything? What if they were wrong? Oh, jeez... Well, now they have no choice but to talk about him.

"there's this guy who runs a store not too far from here............. a war veteran who knows a lot about ancient magic and spells............."

"SPELLS?"

"yeah........... spells that were used to help humans before........... everything.............." The brothers glanced at each other before turning back to Napstablook. They continued their speech. "i can show you the way if you want.............."

Before Napstablook could even attempt to gauge the brothers' amount of interest in anything they had to say, Papyrus leapt up and tried to grab their shoulders to shake them.

"WE COULD USE OLD-" Flop! Right into the mud! Ghosts are incorporeal, Papyrus. Remember that.

Good for him, because Sans' goofy laugh at his expense ensured that that fact was definitely going to stick.

"SHUT UP, SANS!!!"

"oh.......... sorry..........."

"IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT!!!" Papyrus grunted as he got up and wiped the mud off his clothes the best he can. "IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. SHOW US THE WAY!!!"

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"BUT WHYYYYYYYYYYY?"

"we talked about this earlier, pap."

"BUT THEY LOOKED EDIBLE!!!"

"since when was a sickly green glow ever seen as edible?"

"SINCE VEGETABLES!!!"

"vegetables don't glow."

"BUT THEY MAKE YOUR SKIN GLOW!!!"

"that wasn't a vegetable, pap. that was mold."

"CHEESE IS ALSO MOLD!!!"

"...bad mold."

Were these two always like this? It was probably none of Napstablook's business. Besides, they were coming up to the little shop anyway.

"HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S BAD MOLD IF YOU'VE NEVER TRIED IT?"

"oh my god, papyrus..."

"um........... i'm sorry to interrupt, but............ we're here now............ ooooooooooooo.........." In an effort to sound interesting and mysterious, Napstablook phased through the wall of the store, which only left the brothers to figure out where they were exactly.

The first thing they did was read the sign.

"GERSON'S. WHO'S GERSON?"

"must be that war veteran naps was talkin' about. there's only one way to find out."

"ALRIGHT, LET'S GO!!!" Papyrus ran straight into the wall Napstablook phased through, thinking it was a door.

Thud! "OW!!!" Never mind, he'll just go through the window. Meanwhile, Sans went in through the door like a normal person.

"dude, you good? you're makin' a lot of dumb decisions today."

"I'M FINE!!! I JUST GOT OVERZEALOUS, THAT'S ALL!" The bombastic skeleton aimed to keep his composure, but at the same time, he really needed to rub the area between his eye sockets. He wondered if it would bruise.

Sans rolled his eyes and chuckled. Ah, Papyrus, never change. Though looking away from his brother brought the opportunity to get a glimpse of what the actual store looked like. It was dark, yet warm and inviting, not too dissimilar to the atmosphere of the Snowdin Shop. Ancient relics from before the war lined the shelves. Helmets, swords, spears, books, statues and more. It felt more like a museum than a store, however the shelves were also full of junk from the dump, snacks and beverage to keep it from being such. Nonetheless, it was a history nerd's paradise... or the paradise for someone with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge.

With that in mind, Sans found himself drawn to the relics and books in the store. The books weren't just history books - they were old storybooks that were written by monsters back when they lived on the surface. Fairy tales, romance novels, fantasy novels... It was like going back in time to see an old library. Sans reached over and picked up one of the fairytale books, only to discover that it was covered in dust when he opened it.

The dust flew straight into his face, most of all his nasal cavity.

"hhh! hhh! pshew!" One could mistake his sneeze for a squeaky toy.

"NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!!! YOU SNEEZE LIKE A KITTEN!!!"

...

Sans shut the book in Papyrus' face, making dust fly into his eye sockets. In response, he coughed and hacked. And coughed and hacked and coughed and choked and- No, Papyrus wasn't dying. But all of this 'drama' managed to capture the attention of the owner of the store - an old tortoise monster, the guy who Napstablook claimed to be a war veteran.

"Woah there! We don't want two youngins fighting in my store, do we?"

Funny how as soon as an authority figure came out, all urges to continue squabbling stopped. The skeletons turned to look at the funny tortoise, who looked at them with a goofy smile and a look of- Is that... Who is this guy?

This intrigue, this mystery... That's what had drawn the brothers towards him. As if they were on autopilot, the skellies practically tip toed to the counter.

"Ah, but still. It reminds me of the good old days. I used to fight with my friends all the time! Wa ha ha ha!" The old man shared a kind smile. "So, what are ya lookin for?"

"UM... WELL..." Papyrus glanced at Sans. Seeing that he's not going to speak, he decided to do it himself. Time to be The Great Papyrus once again! "MY SINCEREST APOLOGIES, SIR! MY BROTHER AND I WERE JUST LOOKING FOR SOMEONE! TELL ME, HAVE YOU HEARD OF A GERSON?"

"Wa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!" The reptile laughed so hard he almost fell over.

"WHA- HEY!!!" Papyrus couldn't hold back a scoff as this tortoise had the audacity to laugh in his face. How dare he! This is a very serious, very important query! He looked at Sans with a look of pure indignation. All Sans did was raise a bonebrow and shrug back. "DON'T LAUGH!!! THIS IS SERIOUS!!! WHO IS THIS GERSON?!"

"oh............ that is gerson............"

"EEEEEEE!!!" Papyrus jolted so hard he almost fell onto Sans, which only caused the tortoise to laugh even harder. After a while, he finally calmed down enough to speak.

"The ghost is right, boy! Is is I, Gerson! Or as the people call me, the Hammer of Justice. Wa ha ha!"

"O-OH... OF COURSE!! SILLY ME!!! APOLOGIES AGAIN!!!" The overenthusiastic skeleton felt heat rising to his cheekbones. He hoped his embarrassment didn't show too much. Unfortunately for him, his hope was quickly dashed when he caught Sans holding back a snicker from the corner of his eye socket. He knew Gerson didn't want a fight to break out in his store, so he just opted to pout instead.

"Ah, don't worry about it, boy. These mistakes happen. Sometimes even I forget my own name! Wa ha ha!"

"REALLY?"

"Yes!"

"ME TOO!!! WELL, ACTUALLY, ONCE WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, SANS HERE REFUSED TO CALL ME ANYTHING BUT PAPAYAS FOR A WEEK TO THE POINT WHERE I STARTED TO THINK THAT WAS MY REAL NAME!!!"

Having been reminded of that, Sans burst into a fit of laughter. "hehehehehehehehe! hilarious."

"Ah, siblings. They always come up with the funniest ways to mess with each other." Gerson squinted, lost in thought. "My sister and I prank each other all the time... Wa ha ha! So, what are you three lookin for?"

The brothers turned to Napstablook to let them speak first. They responded by fading a little. Okay, looks like the more extroverted twins have to talk for them.

Sans started off. "so our buddy here told us that you, uh, know a lot of spells."

"AND WE HAVE TO SAY, WE WERE SPELLBOUND BY THIS INFORMATION!!! NYEH HEH HEH!!!"

Papyrus received a playful elbow shove from Sans, as it told him, "nice one!"

"SO WE WERE WONDERING IF THERE WAS A SPELL WE COULD USE TO BECOME BONE-FIDE SNAIL RACERS?"

"Wa ha ha ha! Oh, you youngins and your imaginations." For a moment, Sans and Papyrus looked ready to deflate, but then Gerson came at them with something else. "You know, you weren't wrong. I do know a spell that's perfect for putting those creative minds to good use."

The curious skeletons perked up as Gerson rummaged through the box of books he kept under the counter, all the while he kept mumbling to himself.

"How to build a boat- 1000 songs to sing to your rubber duck- Nope, that's not it. Aha!" The old tortoise pulled out a large, old, dusty book. It was a large brown leather book that was about as big as Sans' head, etched with gold swirls and patterns on the front and the spine. And in the dead center was the emblem of the Kingdom of Monsters - the Delta Rune, also carved in with that golden finish. The brothers looked down at it and stared in awe, watching the light reflect off the gold. Captivating. Mesmerising.

"This is a very old spell book. The Book of Magic. Wa ha ha. Fluffybuns may be a mighty fine king, but he still can't name for beans!" The wise old man watched as the two young skeletons finally managed to tear their eye sockets away from the book, just for a moment before being entranced by the cover again. Sans even began to pull the book towards him before Gerson slammed his hand onto the book. That action threw up dust and stopped Sans in his tracks.

"Not so fast. This book is full of spells that fell out of use a long time ago. Plenty of banned spells in there too. And all of them require a lot of magical energy to cast."

"ah, i get it. how much is a lot, exactly?"

"A lotta lotta lot, boy! Wa ha ha!" Gerson took the book and flipped the pages, leaving the twins to gloss over the amount of spells available in the book. "Back when humans and monsters were friends, we helped each other in our own unique ways. Humans, with their strength and determination, shielded us from harm and helped us develop our kingdoms, and in return, monsters helped them with old magic spells used to make life easier for them. Humans would farm food, and fire magic would cook it on stormy nights. Life was simpler back then."

Finally, Gerson flipped to a page with the spell he alluded to before. He spun the book around and showed it to Sans, Papyrus, and Napstablook, who was just staying out of the way.

There it was. The Lifeination spell.

"LIFEINATION?"

"that's a stupid name." Papyrus gasped and smacked upside Sans' head. "ow, what did i say?"

"Wa ha ha! It's alright, boys. Bad names are just a commonality here. You can thank King Fluffybuns for that."

"NYEH HEH HEH..."

"so how do we use it?"

"I'M SURE WE CAN FIND OUT IF WE READ THE BOOK, SANS!!!"

"ok, ok, i get it. heh heh."

"Wa ha ha! Just follow the instructions, boys. Just remember that the Lifeination spell requires a lot of creativity, concentration and magical energy."

"gotcha. magical energy." After checking to see if it was okay, Sans pulled the book towards him for a quick read. "mind if we borrow it?"

"Nah, keep it! I have a feeling you two will get a lot more use out of it than I will." The wise war veteran gave them a playful yet fond smile.

Those words surprised Sans a little. "oh, really? heh, thanks, old man. that means a lot."

As for Papyrus, he was bubbling with excitement. His hands flapped up and down sporadically. It was a good thing he wasn't near any shelves... and that Napstablook was incorporeal. "WOWIE!!! A WHOLE BOOK OF OLD SPELLS, AT THE TIPS OF OUR PHALANGES!!! I WONDER IF THERE'S A SPELL THAT COULD GIVE ME A REALLY COOL OUTFIT THAT INCREASES MY CHANCE TO MAKE FRIENDS!!!"

"maybe. thanks, mr. gerson."

"Anytime, boys." As the twins turned to leave with Napstablook, Gerson's attitude started... veering. His expression grew dark as he started to give a forewarning. "Just remember... some of those spells were banned for a reason."

The warning was not lost on the brothers. Jeez. Was this what the patrons at Grillby's felt when Sans used that black-eyed stare on them? Well... It's nice to know that he came off as deep and mysterious. Papyrus, on the other hand, while he was used to Sans' attempts to creep him out or intimidate people, wasn't used to someone like Gerson being like this at all. It was... creepy... eerie.

"O-OKAY, WE'LL KEEP IN TOUCH!!! B-BYE!!!" And with that, the brothers left.

Napstablook knew they should follow them... but then... they caught that look in Gerson's eye. That look of fondness, as if he already... Oh. It wouldn't be polite of them to pry, especially after Gerson's been so kind to them. Napstablook knew they had no business to be here in the first place other than being a guide for the twins. So... They might as well keep their mouth shut. Just stay invisible... Stay out of the way.

The bedsheet ghost could only muster a "thank you" before leaving.

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Back at the farm, the trio found that they had a lot of spells to go through. The banned spells were marked with a red highlighter: the EMPATH spell, the KARMA spell, the K-POP spell... They still couldn't believe Gerson let them keep it. How much faith did he have in the twins, really? Finally, they flipped back to the Lifeination spell.

"The Lifeination spell requires a lot of magical power. It grants the user the ability to bring their imagination to life until they choose to end the spell, but it'll take a LOT of magic to activate it. So if you plan to use this spell, it is recommended that you have a mage, a boss monster, or extra monster power to activate it, or you may pass out and waste your magic."

"SANS? DO YOU THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH MAGIC TO HANDLE THIS?" Papyrus fidgeted with his scarf, trying to keep a brave face. "I'M ONLY ASKING BECAUSE I KNOW HOW YOU CAN BE, BROTHER! I-I JUST WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT WITH OUR STRENGTH, I'M SURE WE CAN HANDLE IT!!!"

"um.............. sorry............... but you're sweating a bit............"

Papyrus quickly tried to laugh of Napstablook's observation. Yes. Very convincing laugh. Definitely didn't make him look like a madman.

"are you scared of passin' out, bro?"

"WHAT?! NO!! IT'S JUST- UH, YOU- GAH!!!" The bombastic skeleton gesticulated wildly before Sans put a tiny baby hand to his chest. That abruptly stopped him.

"i have an idea. remember in magic school when we used to do those little hand-holding exercises to jumpstart our magic bullets?"

"...ARE YOU REALLY SUGGESTING WE DO SOMETHING SO CHILDISH?"

"hey, adults do it too. and it might even be necessary."

To be fair, Papyrus was mostly worried that Sans would pass out. After all, he was never exactly the most stable monster around... physically. Mentally, he was as tough as nails. He'd seen that, which is why he fully trusted Sans with this.

"WELL... ALRIGHT, THEN!!!" He took Sans' hand firmly before turning to Napstablook. They haven't said much. Are they alright? "HEY, NAPSTABLOOK! ARE YOU JOINING US?"

Napstablook was thrown out of their thoughts at the suggestion. "oh........... i wouldn't want to ruin your fun.........."

Sad host alert! Sad ghost alert! Commence cheering protocol!

"ya kiddin'? it's your farm, your snails. what kinda guests would we be if we didn't include ya?"

"EXACTLY! AND WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'RUIN YOUR FUN'?! WHEN WE WERE BORED, SANS SUGGESTED WE COME HERE!"

Now that was confusing. "you came here......... for fun.......... why............."

"BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER TRIED BEFORE!!! AND BECAUSE OF YOU, WE CAN!!! YOU MIGHT NOT BE THE MOST UPBEAT, BUT YOU CERTAINLY KNOW HOW TO SHOW YOUR GUESTS A GOOD TIME!"

"makin' others happy when you aren't... heh. i gotta say, people like that deserve appreciation."

"SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY WE DON'T WANT TO DO THIS WITHOUT YOU, RIGHT? COME ON, LET'S DO THIS!!!"

This was probably the nicest anyone had ever been to Napstablook since... since their cousin... Why though is another story. They should stay out of the way, but... They look so sincere... Like they WANT them to join in... Turning them down wouldn't be very nice. But if they joined in... How will they screw it all up? How will they inevitably drive them away with their depressing self? Or maybe refusal would drive them away anyway. Well... it wouldn't hurt to join in on the fun, would it?

"ok.............. i'll join you............."

"YES!!! NYEH HEH HEH HEH!!!"

"but i don't have hands to hold.............."

Oh, yeah. They hadn't thought of that. Luckily for the brothers, they should have more than enough magical energy to make this spell work without collapsing.

"hey, that's cool. you can stand in the middle of us."

"YEAH!!! LIKE..." Papyrus grabbed the sides of Napstablook's head and gently positioned them just between Sans and himself. Well, actually, he couldn't touch them, but Napstablook moved around anyway, to be polite, of course. "THERE!!! PERFECT!!! NOW I'M SURE YOU CAN JOIN US TOO!!!"

"oh.......... hooray........... thank you..........."

"ALRIGHT, LET'S GO!!!" With Napstablook positioned perfectly in the center, Sans and Papyrus reached their arms out towards each other and held hands. Both pairs of hands, mind you. After one last gloss over the page, they proceeded to activate the spell.

It started with Papyrus' right hand. The taller skeleton squeezed his eye sockets shut as he focused on running as much magic through his right arm as possible. What resulted was his right hand glowing through his thick wooly glove. A rich integrity blue interlaced with streaks of orange. It was much easier to see up close, if you didn't get blinded by the light first. Luckily, no one involved in this spell had eyes that could be potentially blinded.

The raw power of Papyrus' magic ran through Sans' hand and up his left arm, finally running across his face as his left, then his right, eye socket lit up with cyan interlaced with yellow. On his own, he could only light up his left eye, and it usually meant he was overusing his magic a bit, but here, he was supported by his brother's magic. Even through the cracks of his closed sockets, one could just about see the flashing lights.

Just as Papyrus gave Sans extra power, Sans sought to return the favour. His own cyan and yellow energy ran down his right arm and into Papyrus' left hand, which made his hand pulse blue interlaced with traces of orange under his glove. But it didn't stop there. Finally, it ran through Papyrus' face and ignited his own eye sockets, blue and orange flickering around under his inexplicably existent eyelids.

Napstablook watched with fascination as the yellow and orange melded together into a beautiful gold, and the two blues formed a perfect balance between light and dark. It was truly a spectacle, something the average monster could never dream of doing.

And when the twins finally opened their eyes, revealing the rapid flickering of colours all around...

All they could see was green.

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vestaclinicpod · 1 year ago

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Audio Drama Sunday - 14th April ✨

Oh my god, the audio sure did drama this week!!

👻 @tellnotalespod (S2E7.5) HOW did none of us put this together sooner?! Oh my god, what an absolutely INCREDIBLE little twist. I love the undercurrent of hopeful resilience in Tell No Tales (Leo is going to get with the programme really soon 🤞) and I am screaming, crying and throwing up imagining the end of season reunion 😭 HOWEVER, don’t think I missed for a second that Riley is asking for another packet of painkillers . . . it would be so like him to think that 16 paracetamol is two doses of paracetamol but still! He needs to be okay!!

🌲 @hellofromthehallowoods (147) hhhhh what a GOOD episode. There’s something different about the horror of season 4 that I want someone with a literature degree to talk to me about for hours. Can we please talk about how the murder victim had a treble clef carved into them . . . i.e. the symbol at the start of a piece of music. It’S SO CLEVER I love the intricate details of this show!!!!! And, can we also talk about how emotional I feel about Clem (namer of everything) is in love with Shelby (has a cat named Cat). There’s something in that which is giving me palpitations.

🦀 @thesiltverses (39) You wouldn’t think one would be happy to have silt in their ears, but I am!! I’ve missed this story so much and I loved the twist in this episode. Carson has practically wrapped Shrue in a bow and handed them to Carpenter and Hayward. I can’t WAIT for that conversation.

🧳 Travelling Light @monstrousproductions (17) Oh this is so beautiful! Do humans do this with ice?? I think we should 1000% do this with ice! I don’t have voting privileges (yet 💸) but I think they should go easy on their foes in the snowball fight. I would love to see how adorably smug Óli is if allowed to win 🥺

🤴 Inco @itmeblog (S3E20-34) If anyone takes SAWA away from Nova again I am going to throw HANDS. I’ve always considered SAWA to be endearingly overbearing with her prompts to Nova but we got such a good glimpse of how vital she is in the library/archives and I love her 😭

♦️@grottopod (8) Grotto finale! I loved the music at the start of this episode and it was so satisfying to hear David get to express some of his frustrations. Season two sounds like it’s going to be wild.

⚔️ @camlannpod (7) This episode KILLED me. Here are the quotes that made me scream: “GWEN: You can’t love the mental illness out of someone.” (10/10, true, valid, hurts) “PERRY: Eat a dick, Kay.” (11/10 the crowd goes WILD) “RHIANNON: (calling to the group as they leave) Cousin. About your lover. You didn’t fail him. You just needed more time.” (1/10 OW?????? OW OW WHY? OW!!!!) “MORGAN: You’re just as bad as Arthur. Worse. At least he was honest about it.” (??/10 JAW ON THE FLOOR) I need this podcast forever 🥺

🖥️ The Magnus Protocol (11) Oooh I liked this episode!! I love it when you’re left to fill in the blanks in a horror story - my mind is still whirring through so many awful scenarios.

🍎 @notquitedeadpod (XXXIV-XXXV) ah! I’ve accidentally caught up to Not Quite Dead! What will my Sunday afternoons look like now?? There were so many moments in these eps which made me laugh but I’m mostly just so in awe of how complex and real these characters are. Neige genuinely feels 10000 years old and shaped by the trauma of each of them. I need to check the release schedule because I cannot wait for more!!

Have a good week of listening, everyone! 🌈

#audio drama sunday #tell no tales #hfth spoilers #tsv spoilers #travelling light #inco #tmagp spoilers #camlann #not quite dead #the grotto

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A Man on its Back

Part 17 of Adventure Log+ (sequel to Link's Thought Brambles - best to read in order, also on ao3). Warning for strong language, violence, and suggestion of character death. Trigger warning for intense fire. Disclaimer: The content of this chapter is fiction only, and is not intended to contain advice or instructions for surviving hazardous conditions involving fire. Edited 4/8/25 for clarity and typos.

Oh no, her eyes- I must look awful. Even more awful? Pretty sure I’ve looked like rot melting on toast since the first ReDead.

“Kh.”

Spin-no no no no, Link. No spinning. Not allowed.

You are not yet fully oxygenated, master.

I figured.

Her hands-

No, no no no you don’t have to do that- you don’t have topain- quiet, Link, I’m fine I’m fine, no really, let’s move even though I love your hands relief they feel like relief- looking everyone else over, too, okay, but we’re fine enough, painnot great, which is kind of the point, let’s move, even though Varniro’s even more burnt than I am, still have to get out of here- we can sweep the rest of the north for survivors though realistically probably none, there’s no one is there, they all at least tried to leave- huh? What’s that hard look for?

I just- don’t feel up topain whatever that is. Did I do something wrong again? I thought she was relieved to see me.

Bite it back bite it backpain, more important things than your stupid heart right now, your stupid chest tightening up-

Breathe, master.

Yeah, trying, I’m trying, I really am-

“Link.”

Voice good. Face bad- oh? Holding my hand?

Pain. Back. Don’t- don’t think. Hot.

She waspain about to say something. Why didn’t she? Just some side-eye for the others?

Oh. I get a little smile. An eyeless one though.

There’s another hotlook. It’s not paintears. But-

“Khh- hhhh- khh- hh.”

Terial?

“Sit, man- yeah. Rest it.”

“Khhh- hh. Ahhm. Yeah.”

“Sir Terial?”

“Sorry P- prihhncesskhh. Was- t-hhhrying not tohoo.”

S$%^. S$%^, I shouldn’t’ve taken him in with us. “Water.”

“Indeehkhd. Link, come regardless- the well.”

“We- already-“ hot

“Something else. Kh. Khh.”

Hot hotter BLAZING now we’re in the through-street holy s$%& we made itpain even worse. The lynel. More heat, more flame and spreading SPREADING- “Z- Princess, we- have to move, and fast.”

“In- indeed.”

It’s howling, absolutely howling, and I’m shakinghot already, physical limits, hotlimitspain

“Khhh- hhahh. Phh.”

I only have one body and it’s limited no matter how much I want it not to bepain and it needs a hotbreak- dehydrated, way too hot- burnt, wonder how bad it looks from the hotback and how much worse it’ll hurt when I peel what’s left of these clothes off and how infected it’s going to get and I’m so glad she didn’tpain go there with us.

Maybe the heat will’ve bought me some time?

Master-

“We found Huiru down here. See?”

Down there? See what?

Oh?pain “Mushrooms?”

“Heh- hehe khhhh kh hh- hhhkhhkhh-“

“Z-? Zelda?!” I’ve got you I’ve got you

“Khhhhhh- gh-“

Lookhot around Link

“HH. Hhhh. Hhh.”

eyes peeled, everyone else’s are too at least except Terial, he’s just trying to painbreathe normal and Huiru’s inching this way not sure what he thinks he can do to help with a hotcoughing fit but ”We have to finish up and leave.”

“Agreed, but- Link- not the mushrooms. What they’re lighting. Mpkeh.”

That’s somepain look exchanged with Huiru, what’d he see down there?

Hard to see.

Water… duh. It’s a well.

“KhhHHHH- HHH- khhhHHHHhh.”

We really have to get Terial out of hothere- oh- oh!

“Yes. You see? It’s a stream-“

“They’re connected.”

“Yes.”

Duh, Link, ultra duh, if there’s a stream it’s flowing both to and from somewhere

“HHhhh-khhh. Mgheh.”

not that the somewhere has to be somewhere a person could pass through, it could just bepain a dead end air-wise and the water flows just totally against stone but the people living here probably had at least some idea where it led to. “They went down.”

”HhhHHHHhhhhkhhhkhhkhh-hhh- khhh.”

Terial, man, breathe.

“Quite khh- likely. Huiru- relayed having seen some dead.”

“I also felt wind.”

That tracks. Alright then, it’d be cooler and a lot safer down there then, right? “Are we going down?”

MASTER

“What?” Zelda blinkies sorry did I not get it-?!

Under no circumstances should you venture below!

“Why not?” Oh good she’s lookingpain-

What you think of as air has layers. The fire is producing large amounts of suffocating gas, master. This gas is heavier than the air you breathe. It may build up and kill you below.

Oh no.

“Khh-hh.”

Oh no, but Fi, all those people-

Your Sheikah companion found bodies below.

We don’t know how they died, though-

Plunging into a death trap behind them is futile, regardless of how they perished. They are lost already, Master. If some were fortunate, there was sufficient fresh airflow from elsewhere to sustain them- or they were able to exit quickly. Moving in that direction is not worth the risk—it will not change the outcome.

What if monsters followed them? If the air’s alright, the monsters couldpain breathe too.

“Listen.”

“Zelda?”

“For sounds from the well.”

…That’s a pointhotter. Fighting down there anywhere nearby? Screaming? We’d hotterhear it echoing. “Yeah. Yeah, I don’t hear any, but still, I...” Look at her looking at you, Link, she knows you want to go anyway, how could I not want- WOAH!!

“HOLy!” “Whhfft?” “Sir!” “Princess!”

EXPLODING HOUSES

“Indeed, we go!! Northwhahh- west! Now!!”

DEFINITELY NOW YES but not down apparently

“Northwest?! What of those who went below, Princess?!”

Zelda agrees with Fi and I- am really, really supposed to follow her orders

“T-hhoo follow directly would be most- khh- unwise, Huiru.”

Goddess- Goddess forgive me-

“But we can’t-!”

And oh no you DON'T! “Obey the Princess! Isn’t that supposed to be your thing?!” If I have to, you do too and oooh- temper lost, lost, Link, and he looks PISSED but everyone’s moving- moving away

...Speed. Speed, speed, we go as fast as we can.

“KHHHHhhh-hhh!”

We- can still sweep for anyone still alive

“Come on man, come on-“

and then we f^*#ing RUN, Link

“KhhhHHHHh- co- cohhming.“

by all that’s good and holy in this world fire does not have any mercy in it to show oh and look at that, embers above you high up it’s going to light the treeline, just a question of how long “SPEED!”

“Yes SIR!” “YES SIR!”

Her hand- holding me back?

“Kh- hh.”

She wants me here with her. Streets narrow anyway. Daile can take front.

“Khh-hh- SHOUT FOR SURVIVORS!”

“YES PRINCESS!”

“TO US!”

She’s right

“TO US!”

monsters’ll hear us

“TO US!”

too buthot we can’t stop to hotcheck houses

“TO UUUS!”

“Hhh- hh-“

there’spain no time, they have to come to us

“SURVIVORS-”

and RUN if they’re hereWH-?!

“TO US QUICKLY!” “Holy HYLIA!” “Goddess have mercy!”

Another explosion, south, doesn’t seem that far just keep running

“S- survivors- here, HERE!”

HOTit's not about you, Link. It's about Zelda-

“MOVE, TERIAL!”

-and Terial

“I AM!”

It is also about you, master. Oxygenation level 94%.

That doesn't seem so badpain.

It is quite low for you.

At least I'm not spinning.

“ANYONE?”

And it's about them, too- anyone left has more chance than they did when the lynel could hear them

“ANYONE-”

toohot or us

“TO US!” “Khh- kh-hh.”

at least a better chance

“AH!”

“Margil?!”

of not being murderedpain

“I’m fine, go!”

but dying in a wildfire? That chance just went up even moreSH!!!

“TO US!” “What the hell’s blowing up?”

“Don’t KNOW!” We- couldn’t leave that lynel there

“ANYONE!”

but we’d’ve beenhotHOT safer if we’d snuck away

“RR-GH!”

Moblin, knew THAT would happen “TAKE IT OUT-” ARROW to an eye already

“HAH!” “AAAAHH!”

and there’s about five swords heading for its throat

“KhHHHHhhh hhhh khhh.”

wow we surprised the s$%& out of it, it’s the painvolume, it’s loud, the wind and fire howling it’s down already only a red did the others run did the smart ones run whenhot we did or even before or are thereANOTHER BOOM

“Hhh- hh!” “Hell hell hell-“

a whole lot of them waiting for us

“Hell hell HELL.”

in the treeline like we thought there’d be?

That scenario is quite likely, master.

Glad we agree. Not glad what we agree ABOUT, but at least we’re ready.

“T-TO US!”

hottoohot

“T- To- US!”

hotterHOTTER

“MO-oah- khh-hh… Move NORTH!”

Yes next street away away definitely, the “Khh-“ smoke damn. Damn the smoke, the cloth’s helping less it’s like- like acid-

“To- UHHHS!” “KhhHHHHHH-hh.”

“NORTH! WE’RE MOVING NORTH!”

Cohl’s got a pair of lungs on him

“FOLLOW! FOLLOW!” “Khh-hh-hah. Khhh”

Cool down please please less smoke Terial and Zelda need-

“GRKH- RR!”

ANOTHERpainMOBLIN

“Hmph- huh!”

Daile, man- good duck and ANOTHERBOOM MY GODDESS I FELT THAT ONE SEAR THE AIR “ZELDA?!”

“Khhhahlrighthh-hh!”

Daile’s sword’s through it already Reida just slicing it on her way past and she just keeps going wow

“Khh- hh.” “HH- KH.”

Varniro, Genenko and Cohl, too it’s down Zelda-? Good, I’ll just LEAPpain and SWIPE for good measure, that would be its neck it’s not getting up not getting up, deadhot or soon will be just keep checking keep checking “Khh.”

“Khhhhkh.”

I think Margil’s

“KhKHHH-kh.”

Started to have a hard time “YOU OKAY?”

“ALRIGHT SIR!”

Alright is relativesweat relative

“Khh-HHHHHHH-KH-“

TERIAL “WooOAH!”

“Sokhhrry, sohrry, Sir, go, justKHH- just-“

“NO WAY NO SLOWING NO STOPPING”check! clearbehindpain “YOU’RE WITH US COME ON! COME ON!” He's not coming “KH-hh-“ his arm then Link, pull him pull him with you “PRINCESS-“

“COHKHNTINUE NORTH!”

No more northwest, no morehot, if there’s anyone there we’ll miss them- ! “LIFF KHCAN YOU STILL HOLD THAT SHIELD?”

“YEHHS SIR!”

Is he sure he didn’t try it yet oh there he goes-

“AH! Fff-“

“WOAH WOAH” it must be so hot “LET IT KHH GO!”

“I’VE GOHHT IT!”

Wow “BANG IT THEN!” please don’t sear your painskin off

Check behind!

“Khhh-hh. Hhh. Haaah.”

Clear ”kh“ clear

“KhHHH-HH-hhh hhhkhh.”

Liff’s getting burntpain isn’t he?

All we can “Kh-hh“ do, make noise

“HH- kh.”

maybe if there’s anyone they’ll follow it but at thishot point I don’t think there is, not at all

“Kh-hh.” “Kh- khh.”

they’re either gonepain or deadTHATWASCLOSERSOHOT sohot somethingwrong seemswrong

“Mmm-hh-hhhehhh-hh.”

Beraya?

“Khhhhhh-hh-gh-hem.”

And Margil

Margil’s wavering but “khh- hh-“ it’s the smoke

Beraya, though, her facepain, I can’t tell

“Khah- khhh.”

if she’s sweating or crying I’m so sorry Beraya, I’m so sorry, your family

“Khh-“ “Kh-khh-khh-kh-khhh.”

And with that racket Liff’s making painnow we have more reach but the monsters will absolutely

“Khh-hh-hhh! Khhhh-hh.”

one hundred percent know we’retoohot coming. Toward the trees. “Khh-kh.” They're close now. “READY!”

Link.

“KHhh.”

As if they weren’tpain ready alreadyBLAST!

“S-sir!”

“KEEP RUNNING!” Aree’s scared she’s scared I can’t say I blame her you can’t fight a fire there’s nothing to kill and not a soul- not a single soul joined us here. No one. And we didn't follow below, didn't send-

Master, to do so-

Would be stupid, YES, I get it, doesn't mean it won't eat me alive paininside for the rest of my life and Goddess forgive me, I don’t have time to mourn it now, not now, save your air for running, LinkCoOOHL-

“GH!”

Fire chuchu- no, DEAD fire chuchu, wide berth

“KHH.”

give it a WIDE berth wide and YANK Terial, his head’s not great is it he’s woozy not good not good AH! HOTBLAST back there HOT no more ENOUGH HEAT

“KhHHHhh-!”

as if we needed morehot fireISEEIT. The tops of the trees. “Princess?”

“I-hh- ahm ready.”

She is. Bow out.

“KhhhhhHHHHHH- hhhhHHhhhh.”

But those two do NOT need to drop back like that-

“Huiru, Reida, ahKHHs stealth and speed are your advantages, I direct you to f-KHh- flank the front. Cihhrcle around any monsters we approach and strike quickly.”

That’s some look they’re giving-

“We are sworn to protect the royal family.”

“We all are! Obey the Princess!” I had to say it AGAIN?!

“We would leave our Princess vulnerable!”

"Ffffffffffff…"

Is Reida HISSING at me? “MargilKHH-, Beraya, flank the Princess!”

“Yehs-“ “Khhess, sir!”

“That IS an improvement.”

Wh-?!

There she goes, rushingpain to Daile’s left, but she practically spat that at me. What the hell is her problem? An improvement? Over what? Huiru, too, to the front right like he should now. “…Terial, man, I’m gonnahhkh let your arm go but you STAY WITH US, got it?”

“YKhHHHHhh- Yehs- sir.” “Khh-hh-khhhh.”

Getting cooler north better “Stay with the Princess.”

He’s nodding but look at Aree so she knows, she knows she has to drag him along if he stops. “Aree, you too. Genenko, bring up the rear.”

“Yes, sir.” “Khhhhhhh. Hhh.”

Sorry, man. “Khh-kh.” I know I’m being kind of a jerk, but your bad arm means the front isn’t the greatest spot for you.

“Khh-hh-hh-hh.”

To the front with me instead. Right in the damn middle. Spearhead.

It’s getting dark-er…

No. No, there’s less fire, but the sky’s lighter? I think I see it through tiny gaps in the leaves… smoke messing up the view. So BE READY, Link. That treeline? It’spain right on top of you.

You know what?

If there was anyone alive here, they know we’re here by now. “ENOUGH, LIFF!”

“Yehs SIR!”

He sounds pleased about that.

The air got a little better

“Khh.” “Hh.”

but there’s stillpain no one moving to join us. No one-

No one moving.

Don’t look too hard, Link.

That’s a body, isn’t it? Crumpled right in front of the trees. “Varniro.” Point, just- he sees.

“Kh- Oh.”

And he’s speeding up speeding, sliding, checking. Checking.

Hand up, slow, just a moment Link, wait for it.

“Khh-hh-hh-hhhhHhhh.”

He’s shaking his head.

“KhhhHHhhh- hh.”

Dead.

We go – come on!

Hylia, please – please, let those people have made it out. Thepain well system.

“KH-HH-hh-HH-KhHHh.”

Where does it let out?

“KH-hh. Terial?”

Where does the water come from?

“OhhhHH-kay KH- P- rincehhss.”

It’s got to be Salari Hill or Lindor’s Brow, right, or both?

“KHHHHhhhh.”

The plain’s so flat, anywhere the water goes has to be further off

“Khh-khh-hh.” “KHH-hh.”

into the distance or it painjust stays beneath- or- the canyon? But the canyon’s dry.

“HhhHH. Uch.”

The kids.

“Kh-HHY- yeahHh.”

Just waiting on the plain to the east.

Don’t, Link. There’s nothing you can do yet, and they, unlike you, currently have horses and that’s another body, Link, you checkpain this time

“Kh- hh, another…”

more in your path-

Dead. Very.

Unclench your muscles, Link, your empathy can stuff itself into yourpain nightmares instead.

Did I hear Cohl pause, too-?

“Kh-hh- better- better here.”

I did. And getting back up, another body rubbingpain ignore

“A- KHHhhH- little, Princess.”

Must be must be monsters near, look-?

“Khh-hh.”

Everyone’s still there. Keep moving.

Grip.

Front.

Search.

No shield, kind of idioticpain in this position, thanks for breaking it ridiculous yellow bokoblin I could’ve used-

“KRRGGH!”

“MOBLIN TEN O’CLOCK!” NO TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT veer and you know what Link you might as well SWITCH HANDS and slide and let this bastard have it in the gut UNDERITSGUARD THROUGH kick upPAINPAINSTUPID THROW IT BACK couldbedeadalready butcouldn’tseecolor flip upPAIN, back and no need Beraya’s sword in its throat already-

“RR-“ “KKROOGHH!” “KWEYKEWEE-R-“ “GHAKKHR!” “RRRRHHGR.”

Wewereright they’rewaiting foranyonerunning

“KGR-“ “HAAAAH!”

That was Liff

“Kh- there, fire!”

and that’saBLACKMOBLIN

“Khhh- kh- khhhh-hh-” “KRFHHGHHH!” “Kh- there!”

WITHONEARROWINITSEYEALREADY IT'SREELING swing your sword like a club, Link

“Mmm- Gah!” “Support, Aree!”

you might get lucky and SLICE

“I have it, Princess!”

WOW cleavedhalfwaythroughribcage stillstanding?!

“We-ekhll- done- there!”

Stronger-? DODGE!missedme niceclubbutSTRIKESTRIKESTRIKESTRIKESTRIKESTRIKE

“I- I’ll hit Cohl!”

my sword’s nicer and it’s STILL NOT DOWN tough tough skin I hear the clangingothers clangingoccupied and this one’s recoup-NO!CATCHITLINKCATCHTHESPEAR HOLYS$!^

“Princess!!” “Ah-Khh!”

OFFCOURSE I KNOCKED ITOFFCOURSE

“Fire!”

DOWNPAIN!! leavestwigs SHARPsplintersPAIN BaARK”Ah-hh-“

“L- hink!”

Hervoicesoundsoff Idon’tlikeitpain butatleastshedoesn’thaveaspearinherchest but THROWSPEAR themoblinwill

“KHHH!khh-“

does

“hhhhhh”

more arrows, good, finishitoffpain

It’sdead wherewho-?Cohl!

“Khh-hhkhh-“ “P-rincess-“

HelpCohlSPRINT

“I- am well- khh-“

strugglingGOGOGO hisownswordathisthroat!

“-enough, Margil.”

“Gr-Rgh!” STRONGanotherblackboko rare theseuesdtoberare baaaackPUNCHyourFACE yes MORE STOMPchest down DOWNSWORDTHROUGH THROUGHAGAIN

Dead

One came up behind Huiru but he has it, Cohl’s sword back, good, quieter, dead Moblins or dead us?

“AaaAAH!”

screamVarniro! FIRE firechuchu BIGone NODON’TKILLITYET ”HOLD! HOLD!!!!” F&@# REIDA ARE YOU SOME KIND OF F&@#INGMORON?! SAVEHIMSAVEHIMLINK REACHHIM HE’SBURNING INCAPACITATEDCONFUSED “VARNIRO NOW!” HISARMPULLPULL “NOOOW!”

“SIR-”

DOWN!!!!

“SIR!” “NO!” “LIH-NK!”

PAIN!! OHSWEETHYLIABURNING

“Princess, stay back!”

THEBOOTSTHELEGS VARNIRO TOO BOTHROLLING GOOD OUTfine butpain

“Oh- Ohkhhh- khh-“

dealdeal painfine he’sgettinguptoo hearhim painpanting?

“Mmm- hmm-“

That’s a bit of a whimper toopain and flames more hotsohotflames as if we needed thatpain and I see more lights in the dark they’re lighting the brush the leaves and the fire behind us it’ll catch up-!

There are more of themhot, aren’t there, up there, unlit “ARCHERS!” point yespain they get it shoot them before they land and lightpain MOVELINK chuchu rain FOUL and WHERE DID SHE GO- “REIDA- FF!“ technically she did what she was told butFIRE! MOVE!- keepmoving “EVERYONE NORTH!”…but holypain HELL slashing it like crazy with Varniro still there for it to blow up in his face, and those big ones blastpain FAR, that’s just stupid, stupid stupid

…Stupid.

Ohhh.

Oh, Link

Oh f^$#

F^$#pain

No, Link. YOU are stupidpain.

Painpain playitcoolwhereisReida? There- “HEY!” …She’s looking. “BE MORE CAREFUL!”

…Just a bitpain. Just a bit stupid, Link, but you’re a little smarterpain than you were a few days ago.

Play it cool, play it cool and painwatch them WATCH THEM while we keep running don’t let them get behind you not behind, Zelda’s dark look right before the well, hotsticky the well system connected, is that where Huiru had disappeared to? Then he just happenshot to painpop up right where they were? Cracklingcracklingaboveus was she trying to tell me he waspain following them? Staying hidden- MORE “BOKO, MOBLIN!”

“QUEKWEYEEE!” “KRRRGH-GHR-GHR.”

Good, GOOD you quite-possibly-yiga-asshole, glad you’re on the left to get monster-smacked, keep you busy whilethecanopysmolders, Daile’s going to help her though, of course he is, and embers and-!

“QWEAHEHRE!”

BOKOTACKLED FALLINGBACK"AaAAHF-HH!"F$&%INGHURTS GETOFFME“RrrrrRR!” BACKGODDESSHURTS KICKKICKOFF“Ah!” YES! Cohl-

“HAH!”

good stabbing but Huiru’s RIGHT BEHIND HIM FLIP UPPAIN LINK nevermind how muchpain it hurts

“P-rincess?”

just make sure Huiru sees you looking

“Yes, Aree!”

and try not to give away you werepain wondering

“M-my bowstring!”

whether he was going to stab the boko or Cohl

“I know- kh-“

that’s right Huiru back off return to position, keep moving

“The heat!”

Hot hotter monsters?

“Tahkhe care! Use it only when necekhh-ssary!”

Dead already arrows in them, Reida back in position am I overreacting, being paranoid?

“KhhhHHHHHhhh- hh- hh- hh hoh.”

Move move move back to running.

Zelda didn’t dopain what Huiru wanted. Didn’t go down the well, Then she sent them embersaway from her, sent them as far to the front as they could get.

“Khh-hh. Kh.”

They botched just about everything they could on the plain. Messing with the Princess’ line of firehotEMBERpain, the other archers, too. They practically herded those bokos toward Zelda.

“KhhhHHHhhh. Khhhh.”

They didn’t help us prepare for the fire.

“Fff- s ss-“

Varniro- he’s hurting. That was a pain-hiss.

Was Reida trying to keep us inpain the smoke longer? Pretty s$(^^y plan if so. She was in it too.

And that- arrow earlier- nearly hit me, would’ve if I hadn’t noticed and it could’ve hit Zelda, too. Thought it was that boko but what if it was Huiru? He could’ve picked upembers a monster’s bow.

If it IS them… then this must be what Yiga do. They wait

“Khh-“

hiding in plain sight

“Khh-hh.”

until a chance to strikeEMBERpain unseen. Carok guy neverhot intended for us to see him fire. I turned because I figured it out… just in time. Vayden thought he’d get away with killing me ‘by accident’ in the melee.

Fi???

I detect nothing, master, but that means little.

No repression fields.

None I know of.

But you couldn’t tell with not-Erl, either.

Precisely. I recommend extreme caution.

Extreme. Strong wordembers.

Keep eyeing them, Link. Eyeing…

S$%#pain, I don’t really know Varniro, Terial, Aree, Liff, or Cohl, either. At least I’d seen them before, but Vayden- it’s not like I hadn’t known him, too, at least a little...

Their actions thus far appear unsuspicious. Why have you excluded your associate Daile from this list? He, too, is not well-known to you.

He- no wayembersEMBERpain. Not with how we fought together. If he wanted me dead, he had many chances, and he instead helped every single time. He kicked ASS. And he had Jeralt’s full confidence.

Then I suggest you apply this reasoning to the others.

Embers we need to hurry I don’t know what Jeralt thinks of them.

“KhhhHHHHHHhhhh-hh.”

I advise taking the first possible opportunity to find out.

Goddess knows when hotthat’ll be and if I’m too paranoid I’ll be a horrendous commander- I should’ve takenpain the time to grill Purah on these two. Did she know them well? Were they new? Did they volunteer to go or were they assigned?

You don’t… REALLY know for sure. But it’s off. WAY off.

Carok Bridge.

Not at all far from the lab.

Coincidence?

Embers thicker, behind- orange-

They’re still both at the periphery. Right where she told them to be.

Another way to see it, though, is that they’re flanking us.

That line of monsters wasn’t as bad as I was expecting. We’re making good time. So is the fire. But we’repain ahead. The heat’s making plenty of wind, but eastward earlier, right? The prevailing wind?

“CHHH- CHHF.”

What- what was that-

“D- ah-fffff- did you hear?”

“Yeah, Varniro.” Daile? I see him running, but it’s still too dark and there’s too many hottrees, can’t see his face. To see if he also thought ‘lynel but weird.’

I didn’t want Zelda anywhere NEARembers a lynel.

And if that’s what it was, it has most definitely heard usFIREFIRE!!!!! “RUUUUUUN!!” IN A COLUMN IT’SACOLUMN COMINGTHISWAY “GOGOGOGOGOGOOO!”

“Rightward RIGHTWARD!”

“Princess!!!” “N-OO!” “AHH!” “FF-KHH-FFrrR!”

DODGEDLink but my Goddess the wall of fire behind you, and the ‘no’ what was the no for?! SEPARATED! “BERAYA, AREE! GENENKO!”

“HERE!” “HEERE!” “WE’LL CIRCLE!!”

It’s how they turned they turned the others still with us “FAST EVERYONE MOVE, MOVE- ANOTHER!”

“Ah-hh- ahh- fff-“

It’s west it’s west no southwest the angle the way the FIREBALL’sGOING ZELDA? STILL WITHUS STILL FIREBALLPASSED- MYGODDESS “TERIAL!!”

“KHH- ca-n’t- GO HHHHkhhh-“

NO ZELDA DON’T STOP DON’T HELP-

GOOD GOOD GOOD MAN MARGIL BUT

ANOTHER ONE AND MARGIL YANKINGHIM TOOSLOW NO NO ZELDA NO ONE NO ONE FLANKING DROP BACK DROP BACK, LINK, OHS$#^ “COHL! VARNIRO! TO US!”

“YES SIRRR!”

“L- Link-“

Oh s$%^ did I give the game away

“Hhh-hh-“

I didn’t call Huiru-

“hhh-hh- kh-h-“

play it play it Link “HUIRU, ON POINT!”

Not Liff not Daile want them to see his back see it, Reida, where is she? Look- Margil he has Terial they’re coming they’re coming slow though slow “COME OOONN!”

NO! “ANOTHER, ANOTHER!” She’s slowing, Link!! Help her, help, bicep- why is she?!

“Khh- HH- Hhhh!”

She’s not getting full AIR THEFIREBALL right behind us, missed usDAMMIT MARGIL TERIAL- “CIRCLE!!!”

“YES SIR!!”

Not good not good dividing dividing usEMBERS

“Hh- Ff- f- ff-“

and Varniro he’s slowing down he’s so next, it’s the burns, he’s painhurting, running, friction- “COME ON MAN STAY WITH US!”

“J- UST GO!”

My Goddess withEMBERSpain Zelda slowing too and it must hurt, the embers, her too, she's not crying out, but air, air, her and Terial can’t get enough

“Hh-tsss- sss- rr-”

Hylia SERIOUSLY?! You make your champion super strong but with fragile painlungs?! Are you fricking KIDDING me?! WHO DO I COMPLAIN TO ABOUT THIS?!

IF THE ANSWER IS THAT S$&^^Y GLOWER-PRIESTESS AND HER COPPER-INFUSED POOL TORTUREembersPAIN I WILL BE SO PISSED OFF BECAUSE I COULD EASILY IMAGINE MAYBE COPPERY STUFF BURNING IN THAT FIRE AND SCREWING HER UP I DON’T KNOW IS THAT A THING??!!

And why is Liff turning left, why? Daile- Daile, too- are they thinking to engage?! “LIFF! DAILE! DON’T ENGAGE!”

“Ah-“ “Yes, sir!”

Good- goodpain- Huiru- turned more that way too-

And they’re still veering that wasn’t what they were thinking “HARD NORTH!”

“It’skhhh- Reida.“

Justpain loud enough for me to hear I’m not wrong, she’s thinking the same thing just nod, nod, Link-

“I can seehhh her- pulling west.”

They’re following her. Because they don’t knowembers not to trust her and they can’t TELLpain exactly which way is north can they and it’s RESHAPING OUR FORMATION “VEER RIGHT!”

YES, now theyFIREBALL!!!!! CLOSERCLOSER RUN RUN RUN RUN ZELDA FASTERHOTHOTTTTTT

“AHHhhHH! KH- HHH- hh!”

TOOCLOSE “You’re alright, you’re alright, I have you!” HAIR singed, Link, her hair- just- a little- and WE’RE OUT OF THE TREES lighter sky lighter sky hope but we lost Varniro didn’t we? He was slowing slowing he’spain behind it somewhere dammit dammit dammit dammit where the hell is the fire coming from?

Oh my Goddess-

They’vecutthemoff DaileandLiff they’renotontheplain muststillbeintrees it’sjustusandCohlandtheSheikah pain becausewewerefaster andthewaytheyturned tacticalerrorLink youcould’veyankedherback behindthenextone’spath butnononono youcouldn’t- the FIRE incredibledangerfromthefireitself cuttingusoff playitcoolplayitcool canstillseethem stillseethem bladeright straight out everythingintotheblade theydon’tknow theydon’tknowwhatIcando do they? Andthey’renotlooking

“Sir?!”

COHL“SH-”NOW! HE ALMOST GAVE IT AWAY BUT HUIRU’S painBLOWN FORWARD AND HE KNOWS WE KNOW HE KNOWS LET GO OF ZELDA SO SHE CAN-

“Kh- hhh- hh! Hh- ah!”

“AaAAAHH! FF-“

Knee shot

“G- GGr!”

wait, did she mean to do th-

Cohl veering way off! I think I scared him sorry man I’ll explain later but REIDA’STURN doitagainpain doitagain makesureit’shertoo everythingintothesw- FIREBALL!!! DON’T YELL JUST PULL JUST GRAB HER FORWARD FORWARD OTHERWISEWE’RETRAPPED FIRE ANDWHATISTHAT HE’STHROWING GLINTINGGLINTING DODGE!

“AHH!”

Daggermissedmeasshole oh no I yankedherhardpain issheokay?

“PRINCESS!”

GuessCohlsaw, almostthere do I do this do I kill Huiru- redSMOKE!!

“LINK!”

PUSHHER, BACKFLIP, REIDA JUST LIKE VAYDEN JUST LIKE HIM YIGA THEY’RE YIGA HERSWORD’SSTUCKINTHEDIRT WHEREIJUSTWAS ZELDA’SPRONE DOITLINK GODDESSDON’THESITATE CAN I DO THIS CAN I

FIREBALL “ZELDA!!!”

“HH- hh!”

SCRAMBLING I HAVE HER “GO GO GO GO GO!”

“NOOO- AAAHH! HHH- EEHHHH!” “AAAAAAAAHHHHHH! AAAAAAAAAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA!”

Don’t listen don’t LISTEN don’t feel bad for them what's this face you're making, Link? They’re here to kill you both

“Khh-HH! KHH.”

they deserve itpain and MORE FIRE- “ZELDA!”

“Ye- hs!”

Whereisit mustbeanotherlynel wasintrees? I have to engage it FLAMEsohot neartoonear she made it I have to killit it’ll drive us to the canyon

West- I go west! Let her go and SPRINT!

“NO, Link! We- khh- stay together!”

“I have to kill it!”

“WE shall kh- khill it!”

“You’re not well!”

“Dead- is worse!”

“EXACTLY!”

“We are mohre lhikely to KH-hh- prevail together!”

Goddess I hope that’s true because I see it coming out of painthe trees way far off its range must be incredible the fire!

It doesn’t look right what what what whatpain what white but not right doesn’t look right where’s its mane FIREBALL “BOTH RIGHT!”

“YES!”

We can’t split it’ll split us up if weHOT let it but she’s not as fast as usual I have to slow down again, don’t leave her- or- or- “To my right!”

“I- Uhhkh-nderstand!”

We slow we slow a little, it aims, we both speed, keep it easier, a little easier, but how smart are these things, will it catch on, and what’s that is something on its back?

Its-

“Link- Link, it’s- it’s-“

That eyebrow crease

I can hear it in her voice

What the hell, it’s a skeleton isn’t it, like the stalnox, the white is bone, it’s alreadypain dead how do you kill a Lynel that’s dead already?

Oh my- is it the same ONE?

Why is it-

Why would it be back?!

This creature is unknown to me, master.

FIREBALL“Move!”

“Ye- hs!”

It’s fine, it’s fine, we’re well past it, the way we were moving, but we’re getting paincloser on purpose and “I have no idea how to kill it! Fi, do I go for its head?!”

Severing it would be a prudent start, but the Princess is not-

“Link?”

“Yes!”

“There’skhhh- a man- on its back!”

"A man?"

Master—run!

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#botw #fanfiction #adventure log+#adventure log+ AU #three guesses who the man is #legend of zelda

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foxlessgloves · 3 months ago

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okay so like?? ive got 4 hours left of the current show im watching and part of me wants to be like! okay lets go! i can watch until 2am and resolve this show! but like,,,,,,, what if things don't go well for them :( i already feel like one of the characters is gonna die, there's what feels like plot indicators that things are gonna get pretty sad and tricky and aaaa why is there PLOT in my show i don't like it when they have plot!! i don't know where the storyline is going and if it's going to end happily and aaaaa is that something i can handle right now????? like okay my other option's basically just include starting a new show (i technically have three ongoing so i SHOULDNT) OR finishing one im watching but of the ones ive got left theres

-this one! could have a sad ending, they've p much confirmed mutual feelings but like, they're not together yet and bad things could still happen! there are hints of Consequences to certain actions that have been takes and i would prefer not to discover said consequences

-the other potentially sad one! they're together and happy and it looks like the next ep is kinda just,, them having a good time BUT there's also disaster and sadness looming and MAYBE it has a happy ending from what i glimpsed of the episode summaries when downloading eps but hhhhh WHAT IF ITS NOT HAPPY i don't want a sad ending I have to go to work and be a person tomorrow!! scared to Risk It

-the show thats going ok but im not really invested, episodes are short but they're also (very badly istg) dubbed into english so its one i can put on in the bg whilst i do puzzles so it ticks the Storyline Content box whilst also having the puzzle games keeping the rest of my focus which is alright

-and actually im bad at maths or just didnt include the first in my calculation but anyways the last one is the really happy sweet one which is adorable and full of fluff and i love them but i can't binge it right now! there's only a few episodes left and im hoping theyre just pure fluff so im saving them to watch when i need the dopamine,, is that the happy one? whatever it is its just aaaaa i cant use that as a show for the sake of watching sthn before sleeping

so basically none of my options work but i don't wanna just! not finish these shows i should just. see how long ive got left of each and decide from there, can i finish one tonight AND still sleep early enough that i'll wake up on time to be productive before work tomorrow?? also bonus note of can i sit and Just watch a show fr 4 hours rn or will i get restless from the reading and need a different task,, hmmmm we will see. farewell

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elvenbeard · 2 years ago

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Then and now - shippy edition! 💜

Enabled and inspired by @pinkyjulien @humberg @arcandoria @breezypunk @kharonion and everyone else who's done something similar XD My little VP and modding journey featuring Vince and Kerry over the last few months!

So, I figure, most of you can relate to my disappointment when I realized at the end of my first playthrough that there's so little interaction possible with the main NPCs outside of their respective questlines. The text messages your LI sends you are adorable, yes. Being able to sleep in their bed and then waking up next to them? A+ game design, 100/100, every game with romances needs this. But where is my option to hug, kiss, spend time with Kerry? Rude!!

Still though, I was undeterred to create some shots for my new favourite blorbos with my vanilla game (I had never heard of AMM then (or at least was too chickenshit still to install it)).

2023/Feb/06

Behold, my first attempts at creating something shippy (and I do still like these a lot) - title: Kerry meets Nibbles.

The idea behind this is probably kinda self-explainatory XD I had these as desktop background for so long, it feels so nostalgic to look back at them now. I think I have some slightly edited versions somewhere but cannot find them for the life of me, but there's no big difference really, just some slight colour/contrast editing.

I was always a bit bummed out by the fact that Kerry's default outfit for idling at the villa is the one with sunglasses on (while over the progression of his questline he wears it less and less as he gets to know V better, as if he is letting his guard down). But oh well! Also yes, that was and still is my favourite photomode pose for V really, because it is very versatile:

But that's... really it when it comes to opportunities for shippy moments outside of the quests.

2023/Feb/09

I was yearning for more!! As you can see, these are only 3 days apart. I had done some research and learned about the "[NPC] Interactions Enhanced" mods that I highly recommend for the options to kiss and hug your LIs alone :3 And! More shippy shot opportunities, because Kerry will finally be somewhere else in his huge-ass villa besides the sofa or the bed, and take off those beloathed sunglasses:

Hhhh.... I can't tell you how happy I was about this shot. I remember yelling to my friends on Discord about it half in tears (none of them really knowing much about the game yet apart from my occasional screaming about all the angst and plot twists). I think I described it as "Vince finally feeling some actual, real happiness, daring to imagine a future", just content and relaxed, having a late night talk with Kerry. I still like it a lot, and because of the mod enabling me to take this pic I still low-key wanna look into quest-modding some day and see if I can make something in a "romance-enhanced" direction. The "Kerry calls V and wants help with cleaning up the villa" quest we all deserve xD

2023/Feb/12

Another couple of days later, and with one toe dipped into modding now, I finally installed AMM (I think, since this was around Valentine's Day, this must've been when I saw a tutorial by @pinkyjulien on how to pose your blorbos for kissing poses with AMM, and my mind was blown XD). My first attempt to even get anything accomplished was kinda frustrating though (because I wanted to do too much too quickly). In a couple of the other "then and now" posts I saw earlier that the more common approach for getting into AMM used to be "swap your characters with NPCs around the city" and I was like.... "oh, yeah, that would've made things a lot easier" 🤡 Nope, I went right in with spawning them in and trying to squish them together with poses that somewhat matched XD

The following were my first AMM-posed screenshots that worked how I wanted them to, and aösdhfdsaf I am somewhat self-conscious about them still. What is a "look at" feature? What are expressions?

I never shared these publically before but hhhhh... this is it, this is the moment where the brainrot started. They're at Dark Matter, talking about V's childhood in Charter Hill, musing about how it's insane how they both occupied almost the same spaces for such long periods of their lives and only never ran into each other due to their age difference. I'm actually still (slooooowly) working on a little comic with this scene/story as topic, cause it is so essential and important to me (based on a random spontaneous decision I made about V's past before even knowing the Dark Matter existed... right across from V's childhood home asdöasdhfjds. Setting the whole "we were destined for each other" trope I have going on with them so much in stone ;A;). This is one of the shoots I'd also really like to redo with my current VP skills... maybe when I've finished my hand-holding poses, cause yeah... hand holding ;__;

Speaking of which:

2023/Jul/13

Five months later, still stupidly in love with each other, still regularly back at the Dark Matter because the place is so gorgeous and important to them. Kerry's getting some more outfits slowly but surely (even with sunglasses!), I have a much better understanding of AMM and the VP possibilities in general now. These two unlocked completely new ways of creative expression for me that I wouldn't even have dreamed of possessing or wanting to follow. VP has become such an amazing creative outlet, for creating all those little scenes I wish I existed in the base game, or which I'd love for them to have in their future.

Am I crying about fictional pixel men too much? Maybe. But over a short period of time they've become so important to me, and I got to meet so many cool and inspiring people in this community after not really feeling part of or even drawn to creating for a fandom for a long time anymore. Can't wait to update this post some time in the future to see where my and their journey will lead to!

I feel like my progress is kinda slow, and I wish I had more time to dedicate to them and all my creative endeavours, cause they'd deserve it for all the joy they bring me xD But alas... Fingers crossed for more spare time and better time management in my future! Thanks for reading this far and coming to my blorbo talk 💜

#cyberpunk 2077 #kerry eurodyne x v #kerry eurodyne #vincent ezaki #otp: to bad decisions #cyberpunk vp #cyberpunk 2077 vp #virtual photography #cyberpunk kerry #cyberpunk v #cyberpunk 2077 spoilers #<- just in case for the aforementioned friends that didn't finish the game yet XD #my vp

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bitterkarmaa · 2 years ago

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hhhhh I recently reread Karma and it's fun being so aware of like.. how everyone feels about Eclipse now vs then. Blood Moon especially is the most fun to look at, since they went from "fuck that guy we will literally tear him limb from limb if given the chance" to "you're our dad! boogiewoogiewoogie!". Moon, too. Like I know by the end of Karma that all of them wanted Eclipse to be alive, but "I want to save this guy because I've seen that potential to change that Lunar has faith in" is different from "I'm checking up on him because he's having a real bad mental health day and I'm concerned about him". And just! They didn't KNOW at the time, like none of them could have known what Eclipse was like under all of that. Blood Moon ruminates on it when they're upset: "A plague in their shared headspace, a constant reminder that neither tried to see past Eclipse’s mask, or what lies beyond. And now they know that there is something else there.. but they didn’t get enough time to see it." Idk, it's just something that's like-- the closer they get to Eclipse and the better he gets, the more retroactively horrible it is that he died briefly. They very nearly lost the chance to get to know this person who is a lot different from the Eclipse they thought they knew.

Gives me feelies, man.

I really wanted to emphasize the fact that everyone was so close to losing that chance and felt bad not because of the circumstances, but because they knew that was their only chance to make things right on THEIR END, too.

Moon especially feels bad about this, because he knows Eclipse is one of, if not THE ONLY one that can match his ideas and maybe even improve them, so losing that chance to not only be a friend to him, but also work alongside him to create better things really eats away at him.

Lunar saw little snippets of the REAL Eclipse, and he knew that it wasn’t right to just leave him to die because of twisted ideals that weren’t even his fault, really. That doesn’t excuse all that he did, but it EXPLAINS it, and Lunar only really wanted an explanation after all that.

This analysis is so in depth and you have, once again, awed me with your analysis <3

#karmas bitter but so am i #karma’s bitter #karma speaks

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gayandvibin · 5 years ago

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Me: *makes a fuckton of annotations for my school sketchbook, really actually tries for once, works on it for the whole 10 weeks I'm off, is really excited about the concept I'm going for*

My art teacher: hmm, idk I just don't see the journey?? I can't SEE, visually, where you're going? When you explain it to me verbally I get it, I just feel like you need to be here to explain it, yknow? I'm sure if I read it, it's there but -

Me, stood there for half an hour:

#vibe rambles #god i fucking hate this #just tell me to my face its all shit and how to fix it ffs #i am just HHHHH #they forget that i joined past year and i have no clue how to put together the tyoe of sketchbook they want #or even direct my own project (since none of my ideas are any fucking good apparently)#i just can't stop thinking about it >:/#its just like.... MAAM... theres at least five paragraphs on that page that explain exactly what i just said what part of #showing my process does that not include #i have to do this literally every time we have a different teacher im at my fuckin limit #READ THE FUCKING WORDS EYE????#i wanted to cry and now ive been stewing on it im just so pissed #tw vent #tw caps #im literally 12 months into this lmao so sorry mrs ive been teaching this course for 35 years jesus fucking christ #delete later #im a salty bitch sorry

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gatual · 3 years ago

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#stupid rant bc I'm annoyed bC #WHY when I do the slightest mean thing bc im either mad or in a bad mood then I'll overthink abt it and cry and feel like the worst piece o #and the 8 years will pass by and I'll remember that moment when I said sth mean and start crying again like bITCHH FIX URSELF GET OVER IT #or sometimes lmao. even remembering moments when other person was mean to someone dear of me makes me feel so bad like KSNSKRNSN WHATDIDIDO #I remember one time when I was around 7 my brother had an eyelash that had just fallen of his eyes #and he put it on his finger and told me to put my finger against it and ask for a wish it's a thing we used to do #but oh 7yo me was in a shitty mood and threw his eyelash away like bitch?????? mean mxthercuker u didn't have to do that HHHHHHHH he was be #being nice but like bro I should have gotten over this by now jdnwnekrbr mind I h8 u #I ALSO REMEMBER ONE TIME #my brother went on a trip and as a present he brought me a Keychain with my name on it and I liked it so much #I put on my school bag #but when I went to school (2nd grade one asshole of my classmates saw it and made fun of it saying that it looked cheap and fake #and I started crying bc I thought that my brother bought it with all his love for me and it didn't matter if it was cheap or fake #I still feel bad abt this WHY #well today mean thing was dad asking me what dish I wanted to eat bc he had three ideas and I said nOne bc I was in bad mood how rude bitch #but then they are the meanest to me but idt they regret it bc they keep doing it😞#but i love them sm I can't ve mad this is so toxic hhhhh #what a nonsense rant I'll go to sleep hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to study sth #dl #wait but how does actual mean ppl feel like Ik this is all stupid shit #don't they feel bad after being mean sjsjdbejeb how do they work #how can i be mean without feeling bad tell mE

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lemonlurkrr · 4 years ago

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@aureateart ok. My favourite parts of twilight princess (and some other random thoughts about TP sprinkled in there) taken from my monster TP word vomit google doc :

Link lmao

Ok but for real, I like this incarnation of Link :)

I love Ordon (it just seems like such a chill and cozy village)

ALSO love how easy it is to interpret Link as being a sort of older brother figure to the Ordon kiddos. It’s just,, super cute? AND GHHH nice nice good thanks nintendo for giving me characters to care about/characters that I can imagine Link caring about

He didn’t sign up for any of this (tbh, none of the Links really signed up for this jshdjsd). But I mean like, dude was just going to take a trip to castle town, drop a gift off for the royal family, and come back. But haHA oopsies he did get to castle town eventually but definitely not the way he expected hsjdhsd

He’s just a little dude?

AND FUCK. HE REALLY HAD NEVER BEEN OUTSIDE OF ORDON UNTIL ALL OF THAT

everything is new for the player AND Link

Midna

She’s cool :)

she really just

*teleports into your jail cell* hello whore.

I am no master at writing but AYYYY she do got a character arc!!!

She was actually pretty helpful sometimes, I ALWAYS checked in with her before turning to a game guide

Other NPCs

NICE

Love all of the TP character designs (ASHEI’S ARMOUR??? AOWOAOAOOAO)

Saving Zelda and all of Hyrule was important yea but thinking back maybe it was more like, the Ordonians and the kids were what was pushing Link to keep on going

I like the Resistance members :) Very video gamey of them to have one NPC assigned to each dungeon but hey!!! Kinda cool getting to see a little glimpse of each of em

Idk, it’s just fun to imagine Link popping into Telma’s bar after each dungeon and taking a little rest :) (or to celebrate? maybe just chat, idk, give this man some downtime!!)

Honestly it was just kind of nice that Link wasn’t entirely alone. I mean, I know Midna was there the whole time, but I am always for giving Link a big group of friends (see my love for hyrule warriors, age of calamity, and LU LMAO)

Hero’s shade, very very cool, kinda sad he died with regrets but HEY. He got to pass on his knowledge eventually

AND the connection to OoT?? AND assumed to be related by blood too????? GOOD SHIT

Ilia, I REALLY really wanted to like her (er, it’s not like I dislike her, she’s just,,, kinda there for me).

It definitely seems like Nintendo was pushing to make her the romantic interest, but GHHHHH they really threw that out of the window for me by having her lose her memories

I saw a text post a while ago that said it would have been interesting if Ilia was Link’s sister instead and YES!! That would have been cool too :0

Wish we got to know Zelda a little more

I feel like we barely know anything about her

Idk man, like I said earlier, I never really had any sort of drive to save Zelda during my playthroughs

She obviously knows Midna, so maybe if they gave us just a little bit more of that relationship I’d be more interested in her?

TP WORLD BUILDINGGGG

Botw has good world building too, but each race felt kinda,,, isolated? I absolutely love the different architecture and vibe each town has (and all the the weapons too) but ghhh yea everyone felt so separated. As far as I can remember, we don’t see tooo much of the races interacting with each other? Now that I’m typing that out maybe that’s to be expected because of the calamity but KLSJDKJFD ANYWAYS THIS IS ABOUT TP

The world feels nice and alive, love how populated everything is

Castle town I like castle town a lot, it feels dense and busy and I really like how you can’t talk to every NPC you see

Very cool very fun that we got to see the Gorons hanging out in multiple spots

kinda wish we got to see the Zoras a little more (I guess they are a bit limited since they need water but GHHHH the tp zoras are so prebby,,)

BUT HEY, I do remember seeing a zora or two hanging out in the hot springs around death mountain after beating the lakebed temple (I think, might have been a different dungeon)

but aaaa would have been nice to see them in at least a couple of other places. I think it would have really added to the “congrats Link!! You’re restoring peace to Hyrule” feeling you get from seeing the Gorons hanging out in Kakariko and Castle Town

ORDON

Love how chill it is and how it’s kind of separate from Hyrule proper

They really do seem to be doing their own thing apart from the rest of Hyrule

Just kinda adds onto the “he’s just a regular dude minding his own business” kind of vibes I get from TP Link

Also I like Ordona :)

THE LIGHT SPIRITS,,

Love their design

And love how they’re not exactly like a pure white?

Different spirit representing each aspect of the triforce my beloved

But yes hi I think Ordona is very cool

Who are you, how did you get here, which goddess do you represent? Do you even represent one of the three golden goddesses? Do the Ordonians know about you? Have any of them ever SEEN you??? Do they worship you? Does anybody even know about the existence of the light spirits?? FUCK so many questions but ghhh I like how they broke the status quo a bit by throwing in a fourth spirit :)

I feel like this one is kinda weird but I like that voice sample they used in the light spirit music. It’s spooky and pretty at the same time :)

cutscenes mmmmm

Ok ok, the spooky lanayru cutscene is very good

BUT THE “Link, Chosen Hero! Lend us the last of your power!” CUTSCENE MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM LOVE IT SO MUCH

IT just

Idk man

It just hit different

I like the music

And seeing the light spirits swimming around in the light juice water whatever it is

Summoning the light arrows?

AND HHHHH “Lend us the last of your power!” THIS IS IT. This is the final battle.

Seeing Zelda bow down, and then Link putting his hand out 👌👌👌

Link: ok bud, let’s do this together :)

Connection to OoT (did I already mention this? Maybe., Whatever)

Very cool nintendo :)

I love seeing connections between all the diff zelda games.

Because like, on one hand, they’re all separate from each other because of yknow, individual hero stuff. BUT ALSO, they’re all connected because of the reincarnation stuff

Grrrr walking through the sacred grove and going “The Hero of Time walked around here a long time ago” FUCK THATS SO COOL

Is the Hero’s Shade watching me? What does he think of me? DIsappointed? Proud? The Hero of Time went through HELL so this timeline didn’t have to deal with any of the shit Ganon was gonna pull with the triforce, better not fuck this UP Link!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Midlink is cute

Kinda hurts that she smashed the mirror but that was probably so Nintendo didn’t have to worry about people going “but what about the twili??????” for any of the other games LMAO

BUT ALSO LIKE SKJDKLJFJ There are some pretty massive plot holes in TP anyway so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ whatever it’s fine we’ll just use this for angst because GOD do y’all like angst

So is Shadlink

Honestly don’t know where this ship came from but it’s cute so whatever

THE MUSIC??

Love Midna’s theme and how they referenced the dark world theme from ALttP (I remember trying to learn the dark world theme on the piano and doing the Leonardo DiCaprio point meme at the little jingle I recognized from Midna’s theme)

Hyrule field theme SLAPS.

Apparently references a couple of the other over-world themes from the previous zelda games (I got this from 8-bit Music theory’s video on the over-world zelda themes, he talks about TP at around 11:40 but def recommend watching the whole video if you’re into music analysis stuff)

So there’s this bit of the Hyrule Field theme, I don’t know the official name for it but I remember seeing somewhere it being called the “at an advantage theme” since yeah, you hear it during the boss music whenever you expose their weak points. FUCKINGGG LOVE THAT. Didn’t notice it during my first playthrough, but hearing it during my second was like a little easter egg for my ears every time :)

Midna’s lament is very pretty (and fun to play on the piano)

COURAGE THEME.

I didn’t care for it too much when I started playing the game but hearing it in ZREO’s arrangement of the Hyrule Field theme literally makes me turn into a puddle of emotions. Also hearing it around and of the Ordon kids (I think it plays after Link saves Colin) AAAAAAAAAAAAA

Orchestra piece #1 and #2 HOLY SHIT????????????????

Literally, the first time I listened to those I just,,,, plugged in my headphones, volume 100, layed on the floor/against my desk and silently vibed. I don’t know what the hell it is, but those two just fit so well with TP?? I still avoid listening to them nowadays cause if I DO I definitely will get overwhelmed with the “god I love this game so FUCKING MUCH” kind of feels.

Wolf link sucks at singing

the first time I heard him howling Zelda’s Lullaby I lost my shit because LKSJLDKSGLKJFSKG god that was.,, Bad. Anyways, hearing him howl some of the songs from OoT was cute :)

TP STAFF ROLL???

VERY GOOD. IT’s like 10 minutes long and GOD do I love every single second of it. It doesn’t have the same energy as the skyward sword staff roll or the orchestra pieces but GOD does it hit good??

Nice and calm after that big exciting adventure. Maybe it would have been more fun or emotional to have a higher energy piece but it was really nice getting to sit back and watch the camera fly around Hyrule. Seeing like, the Gorons and the Zoras having a good time, the kids returning to Ordon? GOOD SHIT.

and AAAAA that end, when you hear the main Zelda theme and see Link riding off out of Faron woods on Epona… good shit. It gets you thinking, where the hell is he going? What is he doing? Off ot do more adventuring? Going to help out the resistance or something? Going to help Zelda? Or maybe he’s trying to figure out a way to restore the mirror of twilight? Whoooo knows.

hhHHHHhhh it’s just that final reminder that YES!!! YOU JUST PLAYED A ZELDA GAME. JUST ANOTHER STORY APART OF THE WHOLE EPIC OF THE ZELDA SERIES AS A WHOLE

I also want to acknowledge the instrument/samples they used for all the twili stuff.

They’re all just so unique and contrast SO well with the rest of the TP OST. LIKE FUCK!! Anytime I hear the screech from the Twilit Kargarok? Sends a shiver down my spine. I associate those sounds SO strongly with the twili realm. (Like, the same way you associate the BSHEWW VVWWMMM sounds with light sabers)

I love it so god damn much

literally any time there’s a certain sound or motif associated with something I lose my shit

Sacred grove sacred grove sacred gro-

lovely lovely lovely so much fun playing that on the piano. AND again, I did the Leonardo DiCaprio pointing meme when I heard the theme from the lost woods come in GHHHHHHHH

shoutout to TP Faron Woods for helping me study and get through all of my schoolwork

BLEGUUHHH can you tell that I really love music?

and also yea I guess TP is kinda cool too :\

IF YOU READ ALL OF THAT THANKS I GUESS

#lemonspeakrr #LEMON SPEAKS 2K WORDS ABOUT TWILIGHT PRINCESS BECAUSE THEY ARE INSANE.

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