#oh arthur im gonna draw you in so many things

[andr0nap-wf]

OHMYGOD??? god. i.. get to dress up arthur in pretty things and hed actually be into it??? im winning?? like actually??? i dont even have to be delusional???

[aggressiveglockenspiel]

hi! im the anon from a bit ago who was going feral abt your desert duo bbc merlin au (i finally got tumblr) and I HAVE MANY THOUGHTS but yeah please know i am still brainrotting about this concept. i was wondering if you had any headcannons/more thoughts abt it?

anywayyyy have a great day/night!!! :)

HELLO HELLO HELLO omg sorry im so late a-levels are kicking me in the balls rn but BOY DO I HAVE SOME WORDS FOR YOU !! funnily enough i've been on a merlin rewatch. s2e9 as we speak (i lied. i've been typing so long s2e10 is on)

this is all gonna be so vague but just THINK about the way they are so interconnected -- both pairings. you can read it platonic, queerplatonic or romantic it literally doesn't matter but like it goes. two sides of the same coin. and there's always gonna be some underlying subtext

they both start out not on uh- good terms with one another. merthur moreso than desertduo but there's still that sense of "oh god i'm with him" that we at least get from grian's pov, if we dig our heels a lil bit into the lore.

merthur begins (first of all with a homoerotic fight, but moving on) with merlin saving arthur, albeit not intentionally intentionally, and then he gets stuck as his manservant -- a position that he actually grows very fond of despite his grievances at the beginning of the series. desertduo begins in the complete opposite way -- grian accidentally takes scar's first life and feels indebted to him until his first life is gone, except he carries on by scar's side until the very end, pretty much, and his feelings can easily be described as "exasperated, but fond".

scar is arthur and grian is merlin, no matter what the colour schemes of the pairings may suggest. it is well known and absolutely no secret that both grian and merlin, the 'sidekicks' and right-hand men of their respective series, are the true brains behind the brawn. (thinks of scar's abs) god, i could even link a million things between the magic of both but then i'd be getting a bit too much into watcher lore. wings, dragons, etc etc etc I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE DYNAMIC.

skipping over the middle part, for there are a lot of details and i like to ramble, we move to the end of both series (third life specifically). at the bare bone of it -- one (literally and... practically) dies in the arms of the other. you could even stretch it as far as by the hand of the other, if you think back to merlin allowing mordred to live, consequences and all (grian (minecraft) punches scar to (minecraft) death, and by that you could say scar died in the arms of grian... technically.) (im not grasping at straws in just drawing parallels)

and so, both grian and scar are left to deal with the grief of the death of their... friend? companion? partner? soulmate? or a million other words that don't exist in the english language that describe this connection. merthur and desertduo gravitate towards each other, in a frantic, scrambling but firm hand hold that just. isn't. enough. to save both of them from falling.

a small note, because my brain never has had enough: "i warn you, i've been trained to kill since birth" is something i can exactly imagine scar saying (and "how long have you been training to be a prat" is in turn a grian line)

[honeyjaws]

im gonna scream u know. questionarie!!! lua and arthur!!! i efbsnmdakjsdn

@koalateamusings​ @lauriejuspeczyk​ r just out to get me

1. How did they first meet?

in St Denis at a bar lmao. he finds Bill and Lua and Vi after they saved Bill’s ass on a job that went awwwwwry. Bill’s fucken sloshed and like ‘they gotta come with us they would be useful aorthur’ and Arthur would be like ‘.... I GUESS’ and Lua n Vi are like cheers i’ll drink to that.

2. What did they think of each other at first? What was their first impression of the other?

Lua thought he was fucking handsome but quiet as alll hell a little awkward lol. also guarded; she’d wanna ask about the things he’s writing and drawing in his journal but wouldn’t ask because she feels it’d cross some boundary with him. Arthurrrrrrrr would draw her (like he does everyone its no big shut up!!!) and write something about how she’s new but he’d like to know her, he’s liked how he is around her and hopes that lasts. also she’s pretty sure sure.

3. Were they immediately interested / attracted, or did that come later?

UM like! yes and no! attraction was TOTAAALLLLY there but they both have,,, issues (because u fucking know Arthur is there like ‘well im fucking ugly’ and everyone else in the world is like ??? ??? but anyway) and so nothing actuallllly substantial happened until Arthur almost died in Guarma because of course it takes a big dramatic event for them to accept their,,,, feelings. crazy kids!!!

4. Why did they fall for each other?

just because~~~~

ok but like Arthur is the nicest and most genuine person Lua’s ever met and when she finally does ask about his journal she asks if he draws places he’d like to go one day because lord knooows she would love to be anywhere but the camp and he tells her he only draws what he knows and she says maybe it’s worth leaving to see more and when he tells her that if she left he’d go too she believes him and thinks maybe they could get away from all this and find something that fits and works for them in the world that’s changing and shifting away from the type of life they lead far faster than they can keep up with. maybe when arthur takes a moment to brush a feather or a flower or dried fucking grass out of lua’s hair and uses it as an opportunity to tuck her hair behind her ear and be close to her for a moment he doesn’t think he should have, a moment he’s feels he’s stealing from her, he knows that when she tells him he’s a good man she’s sincere and he wants so badly to believe it when it comes from her lips so in that moment he does.

did this answer the q? no! it’s just because!!!

5. Who flirted more before they started their relationship and how?

Lua lol. But that’s also kind of just how she is as a person. but with Arthur she’d actually mean it lol. He would make his self-deprecating comments about how he’s super ugly or a bad baaaad man she’d say he’s far from it.

6. Who made the first move/confessed first?

um it was a mutual thing u know. Arthur’s like basicalllllly dead and sun roasted on a horse returning from Guarma w a fresh case of TB and i have to pause a moment brb

ok right so with Lua seeing Arthur not dead like she thought is fucking overwhelmed by what she’s feeling and rushes to hug his crispy ass and when all their excitement and the Big Energy from that has passed Lua says “i love you, just. by the way. I’m glad you’re back” and Arthur responds by holding her face and telling her how when he was out there he kept thinking that one of the first things he needed to do when he got back was tell her that he loved her because he didn’t want to die without telling her. hmmm foreshadowing wrow.

7. When did they have their first kiss and under what circumstances?

one time when they were drunk and they didn’t talk about it after don’t worry about it mind your business, they did so why cant you???

8.  Which one is more easily made jealous?

I honestly cannnnot see Arthur being a jealous type because he’s got that self esteeeeem issue problem and would go for some self-deprecating shit before jealousy like “yeah there’s someone out there better than me, I don’t blame her”. so i guess the answer there is Lua?? but at the end of the day i dont see them caring too much because they’ve gotttta make up for lost time lol.

9. What do they fight about? Who’s the first to apologize?

haha after Arthur Realizes™ how he feels about Lua they go on a heist and she gets hurt but hides it until they’re back at camp and he gets so! mad! when he finds out he snaps at her like ‘what if it were worse what if she didnt make it back?’ and then Realizes™ part 2 that he was just scared of losing her and apologizes but doesn’t go into big big detail because this is stillll before anything actually significant has happened w them and they’re both like “oh my feelings couldn’t possibly be requited and therefore are not real.”

10. Did they have a first date? Where did they go?

not realllllly the closest thing would be pretending to be newlyweds on a heist n_~

11. What do their friends and family think? Do they approve of the relationship?

ALL PARTIES APPROVE LMAO. e v e r y o n e  knew how they felt about each other before they did and would try to get them to admit it especiallllly Vi and Rosa!!! they’d tease Lua like “ADMIT IT U IDIOT” and she’d be like “shut up Kieran is,,, weird and John smells like a horse!!!”

Most importantly tho Hosea thinks it’s good and that they’d be able to make a nice life together. lol.

12. Do they like to cuddle/hold hands? Do they prefer to do it privately rather than in public?

FUCKING YA FUCK. catch Arthur and Lua at the campfire w Arthur’s arm around her or just ~*cozied up*~ because time is fleeting bitch :~)

13. How long do they wait before sleeping together for the first time (If they do)? Under what circumstances does it happen?

i just said time is fleeting!!! but also ok like! they’re drunk one night, shortly after Lua and Vi join the gang, and the night ends w just them at the campfire and some romantic (but like when youre just meeting someone and ur drunk and like sure romance lol) shit happens. lua’s like ‘just dance with me it’ll be fun! there’s no one around!’ and arthur, reluctant, is like ‘well alright’ but he’s smiling he’s content and then they have a really sloppy night together that afterwards neither of them acknowledge for a long long while. after theyre like fucken weird around each other for a bit. Lua obviously tells Vi and then Rosa because she caannnnot keep that secret for long but what she can do for a long is deny any feelings she has for Arthur lol. Things stop being weird when she tells herself it was just a one night thing and Arthur isn’t into her like that. Put it in a box amirite n_~

14. Who tops?

oh my god

15. Do they get married? Who proposes & how?

cruel cruel world must i go on

16. Do they have children? How many? What are their names?

cruel cruel world im gone

[rcris123]

There was no reason, no reason at all, why he should be seeing the man again. Well, no rational one. But there he was, back at the goddamn Molly-house, and after what Trelawny trudged him through he was really needing something to look up to.

Well... It was that and the fact that Dutch said Isaac was ready to start earning his keep like one of them men. He might have been almost 17, but the boy ain’t meant for that. Dutch insisted.

And Arthur did as asked: took Isaac with Charles to rescue Trelawny. With it all on his head he almost got strangled in one of them cornfields – if it weren’t for Charles. Big man shot the bastard. Thankfully Isaac ain’t seen more than an Arthur a bit out of breath, but that was the usual for the two of them... Then to take the kid stagecoach robbing with Trelawny of all people.

He said no. And if it weren’t for Abigail and Miss Grimshaw, he might have not seen the end of it. Micah of all people jumped in Dutch’s defense about Arthur taking his kid robbing, like some lunatic. But what word out of Micah’s mouth can he trust.

Turned out to be nothing dangerous – unless you value your eardrums and possibly your sanity.

And here he found himself; hoping to see a familiar face. What a strange world. Bein’ always on the move felt right, even if with that you left behind every single person you could have considered a friend before. Maybe it was Isaac; maybe it was them both, that kept returning to the same people to see if they were all a’right; that the world ain’t done ‘em in yet.

“You looking for something, honey?” a woman asked.

“I-” Arthur looked around her. “Yes. You know Sebastian? Castellanos?”

“Oh, he’s inside, honey.” She fluttered her fan. “If you swing both ways just you know I’m waiting, pretty bh’oy.”

He’s into women a’right but that’s ain’t what he’s here for. Arthur gets inside. A few of the boys there, give him looks up and down. He glares back. A breath gets caught in his chest.

“I’m just lookin’ for a friend that’s all.” Arthur puts his hands up, announcing loudly.

And sure enough there he was: in a cream coat, head slumped between his hands.

“Sebastian?”

A hand on his shoulder that stops him from going any further:

“He’s out of it, pardner. Let him have that.”

Arthur pushes the man off: “What’s happened?”

“Dunno. Been cranky an’ gloomy ever since he came back from that Valentini feller this morning.”

“Touch ‘im and you’ll hear a man hiss.” A brawny man laughed from behind a table.

“I heard that.” Sebastian growled from there. The saloon wasn’t all that big.

“So? Ain’t seen you this pissy since you came- wait no. I did. Whenever someone mentions that precious lil’ daughter of yours-”

Sebastian bolted straight up, step harsh and fast, fists raised. Arthur and the other man barely managed to hold him back.

“STAY OUT OF IT!” The man was all a rage; Arthur held him firm, the other boy however flinched away. Sebastian snarls like some animal, turns ‘round an grabs at Arthur’s clothes: “I said. Stay out of it.” It was a bellow, a rumble from deep within the chest.

They’re too close. He can smell the whiskey on his breath. He’s probably drunk. A quick gaze down- bandages? And bloody at that.

“You need to calm down, friend...” Arthur says, low, serious.

“We ain’t friends, Mister Morgan.” Sebastian lets go of him and Arthur returns the gesture, then man storms out. Limping.

A glance at the other two strangers, who are in shock, especially the brutish one, pale as a ghost.

“Guess I’ll go talk to him then...” Arthur says, finally walking outside.

Sebastian’s leaned against a wall and he tries to approach with caution. He stands by him, saying nothing. With a trembling hand Sebastian lights up a cigarette and takes a really long draw from it.

“Why are you here?” No anger now, more like heartache.

“I don’t know.”

Silence. For a while.

“I have nothing you want.” Sebastian puffs out.

“Maybe it’s the other way around.”

A dry laugh: “And what the fuck would I need from you?”

“You’re bleedin’. Did you have anyone take a look at those wounds?”

Sebastian pins him with a gaze; another long, heavy inhale from the cigarette, the head falls to look at the ground again with the smoky exhale.

“That ain’t your business.”

“It ain’t been your business saving my ass back there.” Arthur snapped; lips pursed when the mouth closes. Sebastian stood quiet. “Look, I ain’t a good man, but I gotta give back what was given to me.” Putting it into words made it clearer.

“Was a pelt not enough?...”

“No.” And that’s ‘cause Sebastian saved his life for the sake of his son and he can’t even think what it would of meant to the boy if he was to die. Like that of all things... “Take care of ye’rself, Sebastian.”

Another draw; a puff. “You too, Arthur.”

As if that’s meant as a goodbye...

“Let’s get you to a doctor to have a look at those.” Arthur speaks up again. “You patched them ye’rself?”

No reply for a long while: “Yeah.”

Arthur unglued himself from the wall, a hand round his back: “C’mon.”

For once the man followed along. Arthur knew the way to the Doctor by now, and unlike the other time this was leisurely. Steps were taken in silence.

At least halfway through the walk:

“How are you feeling...” Sebastian asks, voice quiet.

“The wounds healed long ago.” It’s a smile. “I’m good.” In no small part thanks to him.

Sebastian spared Isaac...

The Doctor gave them both a look upon entering, but Sebastian went into the office alone. Arthur waited outside. It was a sunny day when him and Isaac got here. Now the sun was hidden between clouds, air hot, soupy, electricity in the air, prickling on his skin. Arthur rubbed his arms, drawing in air between his teeth. Then an exhale as head was left to hang low. Eyes close.

He knew why he was here. But it ain’t a clear thought inside his head, but a feeling inside his chest. Oh, how much of a fool he feels he’s gonna be... Same foolishness got him here and many other places. Somehow through all of this he has a son. A son of all things... He was barely 19 when Isaac was born and he ain’t known what to do back then. He half guessed all of it to be perfectly honest.

But he ain’t ever gonna forget the day he brought Isaac back. They shot his mother, Eliza, poor girl, for 10 bucks or something. The kid, 4 at the time, ran and hid under some crates, so people made two crosses. Yet somehow Arthur still looked inside the house and found the poor boy, pale as a ghost and dirty, perched upon the bed with a wild look in his face. Isaac had his mother’s rich brown eyes; in them he still saw embers glowing green when angered or when the sun shone on his face and the boy laughed-

The click of the doorknob stole the thoughts from him:

“Everything a’ri-”

Sebastian just went and grabbed his collar with force, then just stared, lips a thin line and eyes glistening, wet. Head bows as both fists crumple his shirt. Heart drums within his chest and he ain’t knowin’ quite hot to react. Well, man pinned him before, but this ain’t a time requiring of such kindnesses. Lips puckered Arthur stood there, huffing.

“You shouldn’t’ave to look after me...” Is that where this all comes from? Did he disturb his lone wolf antics ‘cause he decided to be a decent human for once in his goddamn life of robbery and murder? If that’s so why in Christ’s name would you save his ass, Sebastian? Arthur’s jaws clench- “Thank you...” Sebastian spoke slow, low, breathy. And muscles soften.

And he wouldn’t let go.

“What the doctor say?” Arthur’s voice was probably rougher than intended, but can you blame him: he’s pinned to a goddamn wall by the man he was tryinna’ help!

“Health cure, bed rest...”

“Need a drink?...” Arthur’s still within his grip. “You sure look like ye’r needin’ it.”

“Yeah...” Sebastian, at last, let go. “I’ll buy you a whiskey.”

For all that trouble, you better be-

They got the whiskey in the next bar over; a shoddy, grim place that may or may not be crawling with rats. And the goddamn drink was 2$ each shot. No chance they getting drunk on it; they ain’t that rich.

They still got themselves two rounds of the thing. And he really wanted to say this for some reason:

“You know the night I brought Isaac back, after his mother got robbed to death, the boy cried all the way. I thought he died when he finally had no more lungs to scream. He looked at me with the fiercest eyes. He wouldn’t go sleep. Stood on my bed, glaring at everyone like a cornered racoon. I took him in my arms – he was 4 at the time, lil’ thing – and he fell asleep there. I ain’t been a father before that. Only visited from time to time. I just... I had to protect that kid.”

What’s 2 more dollars? Arthur threw the cents for his glass to be filled again. He barely waited for it, drinking the liquor in one go. It burned.

Then Arthur continued: “And somehow I think I failed.”

“You’re still a better father than I ever was, Arthur. They took my daughter... Wife, the new Sheriff. I used to be a Sheriff. In Rhodes. It’s been... 5 years...” Sebastian sounds entirely exhausted, words roll out with sighs. “She was so young... She was... 5 I think. Maybe 6...” Fists slam on the bar: “All because some fucking Nightfolk!”

“Sir, keep it down or I’ll have to ‘kindly’ escort ya out.”

“Sorry...” Sebastian bows his head and huffs- or maybe it was a sob.

“I’m so sorry for what happened, Sebastian. I really am.” A hand plants on the man’s back; it trembled.

Sebastian waves him away: “We should be leaving...” He even stands up.

And Arthur follows him outside.

“She was so small...” Sebastian continues, rested against the wall, hat on his head, tipped forward. “She was so small in my arms.” His arms cradled air. “Such a sweet little thing. She would be playing with my fingers, stick ‘em in her mouth and chew on them like a puppy.” That may be the first time Arthur’s heard him laugh. “So small, so fierce, she kept tugging at her mother’s hair, so she handed her to me ‘cause I had no locks.” Smile fades. “And I ain’t sure if I ever loved her as I should... I like women; guess I like men better...” Tone shifts to a growl. “And that was a problem. That and the undead in the bayou.”

Arthur couldn’t help it: “Watchu mean the undead in the bayou-”

“It’s... a long story.” Then head tilts up to look at him. Yeah, Sebastian’s eyes are wet, dried tears in the corners, but his gaze is soft. “You really ain’t got a problem with me bein’ your friend?”

‘cause Sebastian liked men?...

“ ‘couse not.”

“Hm...” head tilts back down. “That’s... good to hear.” For a moment Sebastian’s hand ghosts over Arthur’s, leaned over the wall. But only for a moment. It sent a shiver down his chest. “Thank you... Once again.”

He should probably get back to camp, to Isaac. He’s been gone for too long. And well, he sort of told the boy that he’ll be seeing Sebastian, but well not directly.

The alcohol made him dizzy. He stood silent.

“And I’m sorry I’ve been an asshole.” Sebastian continues; it had Arthur snorting.

“You better be.” Tone’s harsh. And then a sigh. “Guess I should be goin’ then.”

“Take care of yourself, Arthur.”

“You too, Sebastian.”

So it was a goodbye after all...

[arthur-morgan-slap-my-ass]

I think I've seen you mention either here or on twitter some modern day headcanons for Arthur. Would you care to share?

*rubbing hands covered in dirty fingerless gloves* oh i’m just a wittle creetcher, with so many headcanons and im’ SO FUCKING GLAD YOU ASKED ME OF IT, I’M LITERALLY RCYIN OG MY GOD

It gonna be long.

He’s an artist. Like, literally, an artist. 

Mostly does digital art commissions - but he’s so FOND of watercolors, for real. And is quite good at it, his favorite subject of drawing/coloring are the plants

That’s the main reason why he lives in a studio apartment - I KNOW - near to a park. As much as Arthur isn’t overly fond of big cities, he has to get around that to make a living - plus the flowers of the park are so pretty when they bloom, he’s particularly fond of the forget-me-nots. Blue is his favorite color.

ARTHUR WEAR READING GLASSES.

I mean. Glasses.

They’re not roundy nor anything, it’s the Default glasses for me, really thin frame and discreet in a light brown color

He smokes here too, but is trying to quit because it’s bad for your health. You can usually see him wearing a nicotine patch on the inside of his arm, just peeking out of the sleeve of his long sleeved tshirt.

I’m torn apart between his pet, because Arthur is such an introvert... he wouldn’t have a dog FOR SURE, because those are too high maintenance for him - but he enjoys going over to visit John and Abigail and pass some time playing with Jack and Caim and Rufus. 

So I say he’d either have a very fluffy and grumpy looking cat - probably a maine coon or a russian blue, or a white bunny. I fond of the bunny. Arthur loves sketching on the floor of his studio apartment, facing the window and his pet just comes up to snuggle beside his leg. He always talks softly to it, making small questions on coloring options that he knows they won’t answer, but they’re good company either way.

He dresses so casually, is a big fan of graphic t-shirts and “worn out” jeans. He also does a lot of plaid!!!!! Loves his dark brown winter boots, but won’t say no to an old all star he has styled himself back in the day.

He’s currently trying to save up enough to buy a better - and faster - motorcycle. He’s fond of it, but not overly obsessed of the thing. It’s a casual interest. But sometimes, he’d rather take the public transportation because it gets the creative flare of his mind working, there are interesting people in the metro sometimes

Lives. For. Takeout. 

He loves ordering in chinese food. Usually rotates a cycle of chinese/japanese -> mexican -> pizza -> tai -> hamburger. But don’t be disappointed, he’s really good at cooking too. Cooks pretty well and his favorite meal - or comfort food, if you prefer - is pasta. 

Literally breathes coffee. Literally. I wish I was joking. But Arthur will down two cups of 4 shots espresso each without batting an eye.

Prefers his usual coffee straight black, but with lots of sugar. He’s really fond of sugary things!

As I said, he has a sweet tooth - so you can usually catch him munching through a pack of skittles - his favorites are the yellow ones - as he works on commissions. Also likes chocolate!

If he has a cat, would probably name it something like Romeo or Macbeth. Sneaks lots of pieces of meat from his meal to the cat. He eats the tiny itsy bits from his fingers and purrs for more.

HE LOVES WATCHING TV SHOWS. He’s a huge enthusiast about the things he enjoys and has a tendency to go to midnight premieres of a couple movies he’s been waiting around - mostly Marvel, I see him enjoying Marvel movies cuz I do, sue me. His favorite character is Tony, sue me again.

Game of Thrones. Such a big fucking nerd of Game of Thrones. He’s read the A Song of Ice and Fire books too. Big fucking nerd.

He’s actually very fond of reading, but doesn’t get to it much because time won’t let him. He likes mystery, Agatha Christie and Stephen King are his favorite writers. Lovecraft too, although his writing is too dark for Arthur’s liking.

He volunteers once or twice a week as an art teacher in your local nursery home - and I can actually see him working with children as the sweet art teacher who draws pretty flower pictures.

Usually spends his sundays in, but won’t complain if John invites him over to his house for some drinking, barbecue and to spend some time with the gang.

[pinkykitten]

The best date ever

DC

Arthur Curry x female! reader

Warning: curse words

Specifics: fluff, romance, comedy, one-shot, pictures, gifs, race-neutral reader

People: arthur curry, you, diana prince 

Words: 2,620

Requested: By @divaanya Hi!!! So about that sequel to The Old Man's Tale.. 😍😂 I'm not sure if you wanted specifics here or in submissions, so I'll put them here... I was thinking simply about them having that dinner, maybe Arthur picking her up in the morning, showing her around the town, then them eating and talking about her drawings and just fluff...😍😍😍 And I'd love to read anyting you feel like writing about them... And any other aquaman fics you come up with!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Authors Note: srry fam for not posting in a while, ive just been rlly stressed out lately with some personal things like my plate is so full. so pls fam be patient i am still writing just at a slow pace, i need to find a good time to write so im still working that out rn. i hope u guys like this, again srry my peeps! <3<3<3

“Oh my god,” you shouted as you quickly rose up from your slumber, remembering today was the day. “Crap! I have that date with,” you sigh. “My sexy hunk of a hero.”

At the speed of light you got ready, making sure you looked beautiful and glamorous for this date. 

“Perfect,” you chuckled as you looked at yourself in the mirror, posing and modeling to yourself. 

All of a sudden you heard a car’s horn beep from outside. You grabbed your things such as your sketchbook, your phone, the same things Arthur had saved. You open the door and there is standing Arthur with a bouquet of flowers. 

“I found these and thought ‘hey they are beautiful’, and then I thought for a while ‘who could I give this to,’ and then I thought of you.” Arthur grinned from ear to ear, his personality seemed to beam and make the world a better place. 

“Awww these are for me? Arthur they are extremely beautiful,” you stand on your tippy toes and give him a peck on his cheek. “Thank you! Let me find a vase for these.”

While you are putting the flowers away, Arthur stares at you from afar. You are truly a beauty. He can’t help but linger longer in looking at your curves, your body. The way the dress hugged you tightly, the curve of your butt. Your legs that to him looked better than even Diana Prince. The way you moved yourself about made Arthur like you more, made him want to understand you and get to know you more. 

“You look really, really, really, pretty today y/n.” 

You turn around, bashful and place the vase on a nearby table, “oh stop you! But thank you, you always look handsome yourself Curry. Whelp are you ready to go?”

“Ready as ready can get sweetheart,” Arthur opened the door for you. “But before we eat, how about I show you the best places around town?”

“I would really like that,” you smile as you take Arthur’s hand that he offered you and go to his car.

As Arthur’s driving a sweet melody of a tune is playing on the radio, making the morning relaxing. 

“I can’t wait to see where you live! All the stuff you do daily, things that make you happy, stuff like that,” you smile as you wrap your tiny arm around his strong, muscled one. Arthur grins seeing how adorable you are and how interested you look at knowing about his home. 

(ok but i love this gif because his smile is the bomb and the scrunchie is my life; sometimes i ask myself, how r we the same species?)

He gently holds your small hand and laces his thick fingers with yours. You peer up at him and see he is speaking about something the opposite way. Your heart beats vigorously, you are bashful and try to hear what he is talking about but you just stare at your two hands together, his and yours. They looked perfect as one, this meant something right?

“So what do you think, onto another sight?” Arthur asked, now his focus was on you. You fanned yourself and breathed harshly, “ooh is it me or is it extremely hot in here? Wooo, woah, ok, wow.”

“Y/n, its colder than an igloo in here, how in god’s name are you hot?”

“...menopause?”

Arthur chuckled, knowing exactly why you were like this. He knew it was about him holding your hand. He felt the way you tensed up when he did that, it made him for some reason happy. Happy to know that you were nervous around him because then you care about how he sees you, you care about his feelings. 

“You look beautiful by the way sweetheart. You know what I don’t think there has ever been a day for you when you didn’t look beautiful.”

You swatted his way as you chuckled while rolling your eyes, “you’re too much Arthur Curry. Do you flirt with all your girls like this?”

“No...just you.”

Your eyes bugged wide open and you tried to change the subject. “What’s that place over there?”

“Oh that, that’s the ice skating rink. Its been there for like forever, its really fun. It may not look much but that’s where people just enjoy each others company, love birds, kids, teenagers, you name it, they go there.”

“That sounds so nice. Lovebirds you say though?” You raise your brow as your arm rests on the center console of the car. Arthur turns his head from the window to you and his head moves closer to yours. In a sultry, raspy, deep voice he says, “yeah many, many lovebirds go there. They dance around each other and sometimes get to touch.” Arthur comes closer and his lips almost go to yours, but then he stops. He smiles, “that means then we should go!” He gets out of the car so quickly you didn’t have a chance to think about what just happened. 

“What!?!”

One minute you thought you were going to kiss this hunk of a merman and now he’s wanting to go ice skating, and you don’t even know how to ice skate! Then you realized, he was trying to play hard to get. He flirts and tries to kiss you and then he doesn’t! “Well, two can play it that game!” You thought in your head. 

“Okay I should of told you this but Arthur...I can’t skate!” Your holding onto Arthur for dear life as you stand on the ice with the skates on.

“Well lets just practice a little, I’m gonna let go-

“No Arthur don’t you let go I swear if you let go I’m gonna punch you in the balls so hard that you’re gonna wish you were a woman, don’t you let go!”

“And when I let go y/n, lets see if you can skate on your own. Okay 1, 2, 3.” Arthur lets you go and pushes you forward to bring speed to you. You slide forward with a shriek as you can’t stop. As you’re about to fall to your death Arthur comes to the rescue and picks you up with ease. “Man, sweetheart I’ve already saved your life twice. I should get a reward.”

Arthur holds your hand as he practically guides you through on the ice. “Yeah you want to see your reward?” You smack his torso and shoulders but unfortunately with your size compared to his you didn’t really do much damage.

“Ouch what was that for?”

“What was that for? Arthur I nearly almost died...again! You pushed me you hot, idiot, jerk, stupid, guy!” You look straight up into his eyes with an angry face. 

“So you think I’m hot?” Arthur comes closer to you. 

You try to slide back but you trip and that makes Arthur strong hands go to your back, near your butt and bring you closer to his body. “I never said a thing like that.”

Arthur’s handsome face gets closer with yours and his body is touching your body, tightly pressed together. “I think you did, I know you did.”

You look away as you put your hands up. His lips go to your ear, “don’t worry y/n, I think I’m hot as well.”

Your face becomes annoyed as you shove his face away from you and roll your eyes. “Haha, good one.” You say sarcastically as his laughter booms loudly. He laughed so hard he had to wipe a tear. “Was it really that funny Arthur?”

Arthur nods, “oh yeah definitely. You should of seen your face!”

“HAHAHAHAHA WELL YOU SHOULD OF FELT YOUR JUNK, CUZ IT WAS GIVING A STANDING OVATION!” You then laugh really hard at your joke and pretend to wipe a tear. You see Arthur’s face as he gives you a death glare. You chuckle some more as he skates towards you. He wraps his hand in yours and you two skate like normal people do, or how the lovebirds do. 

It was actually really romantic. 

“There you go sweetheart, just like that.” You actually were skating correctly, of course holding for dear life onto Arthur, but still you did it. You were skating smoothly, almost perfectly. 

“Oh my god, I can’t believe I’m doing it!” You smiled up at Arthur, your smile beaming. This made Arthur happy and his heart pound. He couldn’t focus on anything except you, the way you looked up at him. You looked like a goddess, like his whole life revolved around you. Like you were meant to be his, and he was meant to be yours. 

“Arthur, Arthur, Arthur! We’re gonna crash!”

As soon as you said that you and him crashed into the wall. Before your body could hit the cold, harsh ice, Arthur fell on his back but caught you just in time. 

“Oh my! Arthur are you okay?” You felt yourself being carried and laid, on your stomach, on his chest. His eyes were shut, so you shook him and tried to get him to wake up. “Arthur please wake up! Are you okay?”

You were starting to get worried that he hurt himself badly until he woke up. “Did I scare you?”

You smacked his face a couple of times, “Are you serious? Yes you scared me Arthur! I thought you were hurt. C’mon lets go somewhere to eat because I am starving.”

Arthur got up with your help and placed his hand on your hip as you two walked to the car. “Hey, thanks for worrying about me.” Arthur bent down and kissed your cheek, then he walked to his car leaving you all bashful. 

“I swear this boy,” you muttered.

You two ended up deciding to go to a pizza restaurant. (if u dont like pizza then u r cursed and have sinned because pizza is a gift from god) 

As you walked in the smell was good! It smelled delicious! Your stomach growled at the thought of fresh, hot pizza. 

“Sorry for keeping you waiting. We could of gotten food sooner.” Arthur looked at the menu by the cashier. His arm was wrapped around your shoulder. If no one knew it, it looked as if you two were a couple.

Suddenly Arthur stomach growls. “Well if you were hungry Arthur, we could of gotten some food.”

Arthur puts his hair in a man bun with his light pink scrunchie, you could tell he was embarrassed. “I didn’t want to interrupt you having fun on the ice.”

You stood on your tippy toes and kissed Arthur’s cheek, “thank you, that was really sweet of you.”

After you two bought the pizza, you guys sat at the booth by the window. 

“This looks so good! I’m starving!”

“Well y/n, bon appetit!”

You ate like you haven’t eaten in years, the pizza was so perfect and so delicious in your mouth. The atmosphere was perfect. Jazz music was playing in the background, there were not too many people there but enough to hear talking. It was gloomy looking outside since it was so cold. You took your coat off and placed it next to you. 

“So I saw your sketchbook, what do you draw?” Arthur asked, taking a gigantic bite out of his Hawaiian pizza. 

“Oh pretty much everything. Yeah, I like to draw animals, settings, but mostly people. I mean I love art but sketching and drawing is my passion, it lets me vent as much as possible. I just think about life when I draw. Think about how I want to better my life, how to better me.” You find yourself getting off the discussion. “Sorry, I’m talking too much aren’t I?”

Arthur placed his hand on yours and smiled, “not at all. Please continue.”

“I wanted to get away from my day to day life. Sometimes doing the same thing over and over, day by day can be such a bore and honestly tiresome. That’s why I needed to come here. I wanted to experience a place like never before, and also encourage myself to draw more.”

“Well I’m glad you made that decision to come here, if you hand’t then I would not have met you.”

“Thank you Arthur.”

“Can I see your drawings?”

You started choking on your piece of pizza, “what? You mean like mine, my drawing as in my own, like mine?”

“I’m pretty sure mine means that.”

You chuckled and scratched the back of your head, “I don’t know Arthur, they’re not that good.”

Arthur gave you a wink, “c’mon y/n, I know they’ll look amazing.”

You pull out your sketchbook from your bag and hand it to him. 

“Wow y/n,” was all he said as he was mesmerized, captivated by your art. “You are incredible y/n, just incredible! I’m speechless with how you draw.”

“Thanks, it feels good to have someone important say such great things about them.”

Arthur almost turns to the page you don’t want him to see. “Um don’t see that drawing.”

Arthur raises his brow, “why not?”

“Because it has something personal on there.” You try to grab it but Arthur is too quick and moves it away from you. “Give it back Arthur!”

“Wait! I want to see what it is.” As he says this he turns the page to show a drawing of him. 

You feel hot and so embarrassed. Your hands become so sweaty and your heart pounds. Will he think your drawing is weird or stupid? 

“Y/n, this is so beautiful. I can’t believe you drew me.” Arthur was baffled at your gift. Just from seeing him in a short time you sketched him out like you knew him for many years. You got each curve and each detail of his face and body. 

“I studied your face long and hard when you picked me up. I had to draw out my hero.” 

Arthur’s smile made you fall more in love with him. “I’m sorry if me drawing you was weird. I can just get rid of it when I go back to my cabin.”

“No! Please y/n, don’t. Please don’t get rid of this amazing drawing. Hel* I wish I could draw you, but not even a dam* drawing would show and describe how beautiful you are, not words not art, nothing. You are so frickin gorgeous and sweet y/n, you really are.” Next thing you knew Arthur got up and sat next to you in the booth. Feeling shy you backed away in the booth but this just made Arthur get extremely closer to you. His wild blue eyes were half lidded as he was overpowered with love and lust for you, and to be honest so were you. Arthur came closer and closer to you until his huge body trapped your tiny, fragile one against the wall. “I so wanna kiss you right now,” breathed out Arthur, rubbing delicately your cheek. 

“I wanna kiss you so bad too,” you said in a whisper, looking directly at Arthur’s plump lips. Without no hesitation Arthur’s lips crashed on yours. You two didn’t care who was watching or who was there. This kiss was needed. Arthur’s tongue slipped in your mouth in one swift movement, but just as quick as it went in it went out. He was teasing you! He was showing you what was to come if you two spent the night in a sexual escapade. You two made out a few more seconds until you and him separated to catch your breaths. He leaned his forehead against yours, “boy am I glad you decided to come here for your vacation.”

You chuckled and touched Arthur’s facial hair, “me too Arthur. Me too.”

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[tex-studmister]

11 Questions

I was tagged by @arthurmorgansgf! thank you! ive already done this but its been a while and these are dif questions so why not

arthurmorgansgf

1.what’s the most useless talent you got?  

oh man u wanna talk about useless? think those horse girls acting like horses. now imagine them trying to do more of a dog-like run. i can do that but fucking fast, or at least i could when i was younger. im not tall so i probably still could.

now thats useless!

2.whats the dumbest way youve injured yourself?  

ive injured myself in so many fucking dumb ways but ill go with the one that left a scar which is a box of assortments slipped out of my hands and scored down my knee and rested itself on a cart, (so nothing happened!) which i then slammed my knee into as i was curling my knee bcus OW. theres a scar to the left side of my right knee now sgdjsldkg

3. first fandom?  

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters

4.favourite season? why?  

Spring, bcus gimme that sweet sweet rain. not as many thunderstorms as summer but not as ungodly hot, and my bday is in the spring sjdgk

5.best ice cream flavour  

watermelon sherbet hands down

6.whats your comfort food?  

chocolate cupcakes or lasagna

7. If you had to compare yourself to one fictional character, who would it be? 

im gonna be That Guy and say Arthur Morgan. We both scribble and draw, both constantly confused by the things people say to us, both see our worth as what we can do for other people and if we’re not providing we’re Horrible, both dont always wanna help people bcus of some reason or another but do anyways bcus its family/friends/a good thing to do, both like dogs, list goes on.

8.funniest joke you know?

bold of you to assume im funny 

my sense of humor is wack and all thats coming to mind is vine jokes

i guess i still love the whole joke of  “hi im michael with a b and ive been afraid of insects my whole li-”

“stop stop stop. where”

“hm?”

“wheres the b”

“tHe R e S  a  B e E ? ?”

9. favourite animal? why?  

foxes! they’re so good and soft in the winter, they’re like both cats and dogs so the best of both worlds! their liddle fluffy tail....small noises i love themmmmm,,,,wolves close second bcus of the wolf girl in me rising up (princess mononoke had some lasting effects, as did okami)

10.first video game you ever played  

either some disney princess game or pokemon ruby both on the PS

11.favourite console? why? 

hmmm....that’s hard. im stuck between gamecube, nintendo64, ps2, and wii. all bcus of nostalgic reasons, but im gonna go forward and say gamecube. 

gamecube had animal crossing for me, which was one of the first games that i played for over a year, one that i would strive to MAKE time for especially when getting ready for school, just to hear that sweet sweet 7AM and 8AM osts.....god those two songs are so fucking good,,,

and fuck, wind waker. god, wind waker. wind waker was the second LoZ game i ever beat, first being Twilight Princess just because i didnt...want WW to end. i still replay that game often and BOTW only SLIGHTLY beats WW for my favorite LoZ game. very, very close. wind waker just has a beautiful fun art style, i love the music, the characters....i just. i really love that game.

gamecube also held warioware and smash melee both of which i played ALL THE TIME with my brothers. i have a lot of good memories with those games.

TLDR gamecube bcus of nostalgic games, those i still play.

My Questions!

1. What’s your favorite time of day?

2. What’s your favorite smell?

3. What’s the best dream you’ve had? the worst?

4. What is the strangest thing you remember someone has said to you?

5. What is your favorite thing you’ve overheard from a conversation?

6. Fav viddy game?

7. What character would you love to hang out with the most? (can be from movie, game, tv series, book etc)

8. What’s a game you’ve been wanting to play, if any? (If this doesn’t apply then a movie/tv series you’ve been wanting to watch, book youve been wanting to read etc)

9. Which do you prefer? A day at the beach, walk in the forest, day out on the town, or getting cozy staying at home?

10. Describe the outfit you feel the most you in.

11. When’s the last time someone complimented you?

Not gonna tag many people, but consider yourself tagged if you haven’t done this and see this! Apologies if yall have already been tagged in something like this

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[squidproquoclarice]

Lil’ Arthur and Sadie meeting for the first time and how it went. Always wondered how these 2 would be like as kids.

I didn’t get to do as much with this as you may have liked, but given the timeline, Sadie’s only two years old by the time Arthur’s all the way out in California and Oregon, so she had to be younger than that for them to meet in Tumbleweed.  I doubt either of them clearly remember this brief encounter, but she’s a year and a half here, and Arthur is six.  So this ended up a bit more Arthur and Beatrice than Arthur and Sadie, but I hope you still enjoy a bit of BB!Sadithur all the same.  ;)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~November 1869Tumbleweed, New AustinThey’d run from Rhondda, and now they were running from Armadillo too, one step ahead of the law again.  Apparently Lyle’s lofty ambitions had gotten him in the end again–a stagecoach, he said.  She wished he would stop with all of that.  So now here Beatrice was in Tumbleweed, provisioning for the trip to Oregon or maybe California or whatever point Lyle had decided would be their next stopover, because by this point she found it hard to believe it could be anything but temporary.  Her man was in the saloon, and she only hoped he wouldn’t lose too much money while he was there.  The cards rarely favored him anyway, and it tended to make him drink more than was good for him.  The shopkeeper’s boy helped her bring the supplies out: flour, sugar, oats, bacon, saleratus, so many things.  Stepping out on the porch, she saw Arthur where she had left him, though now he’d apparently made some friends, both human and canine.  Sitting on the worn boards, petting a black-and-white dog whose tail was wagging with delight, there were two younger children sitting there with him, all three children’s fair hair shining in the strangely bright November desert sun.  As if they could all have been hers–though she thought more often than not that given the life she lived, it was better that it was only Arthur for now, and perhaps for always.  The boy looked to be about three, the same age she’d lost David, and she still missed him so fiercely.  The little girl, maybe a year or so, and she’d always wanted a girl.“Gotta be nice,” Arthur insisted earnestly, watching the other two kids, the boy now happily stroking the dog between the ears.  “You pulled her tail, that ain’t nice.”  He glanced at the girl.  “How about you?  You wanna pet him?”She cocked her head, looking at him with a look of intense concentration.  “Want dog?”  She pointed to the dog, still basking in the attention.  “Yeah, you ‘want dog’ or no?”She scooted closer, patted the dog on the side, giggling at the feeling of the plush fur under her fingers, doing it again.  “Like dog!”“Me too.”  Arthur grinned at that, and it did Beatrice good to see him smiling like this.  There were times she thought perhaps it would have been better…no, never mind it.  She kept trying to believe Lyle only needed to find a place where things could be better.  Somewhere peaceful and with opportunities that could help quiet the anger in his heart.  Though in the deepest corners of her own heart, she still thanked God that Arthur seemed to take after his father very little.  A sweet child, he was, running to her with a fistful of flowers to try and make her smile, always drawing those little animals on any paper he could get his hands on.  Her grocery list today had, as usual, the small sketches of things in her careful hand–a flower for flour, and didn’t the sound of English help with that one, and help her remember the word?  She’d drawn bread back in Wales for it.  A sweet in its wrapper for sugar, a percolator for coffee, and so on.  Her doodles, lacking the ability to simply write the list, obviously been an invitation to Arthur for his own contribution, as it now had what she thought were charmingly lumpy deer and horses at the bottom edge.  He was mad for horses, and even back in Rhondda, from the moment he could walk, she’d had to save him from getting himself kicked more than once trying to be friends with horses who were too nervous for it.  He kept pleading for a horse.“Henry, Sadie, Pa’s done, let’s go!”  Lost in the sight as she’d been, she hadn’t noticed the woman standing near the edge of the porch, keeping an eye on the children.  It looked as though her third child was already on the way.  She nodded to Beatrice in acknowledgment.  “Is that your boy?”  She wasn’t from these parts either, as her accent wasn’t this strange New Austin twang either, the way Arthur sounded, and that would serve him better than a Welsh lilt in this country.      “Yes, that’s my Arthur.”  She couldn’t help a smile of pride coming over her.  

She got a smile and a nod of approval in return.  “Nice kid.  Maybe Henry will stop trying to pull them dogs’ tails now.  You from around here?”“No, passing through, I’m afraid.”  Too bad, at that.  Arthur probably could have used friends.  She certainly could.  But things would be better in California.  They would settle down.  She could send Arthur to school, to get that smart mind of his all that it needed.  Unlike her and Lyle, because back in the village, the closest school was twenty miles away.  Not many educated spinsters were of a mood to come work in Welsh coal valleys.  She’d get her citizenship next year, and Arthur with her, and as a true American, an educated man, he’d have any number of roads open to him.  He’d be able to read, write, vote–with all of that, and the kind heart she knew he had, he could be far more than his father before him, and wasn’t that the dream of America?The two younger kids pushed up off the boards, heading to their mother. She reached down to grab the hand of the little girl, who already looked prepared to rush off into all sorts of mischief.  “Say goodbye now.”Sadie, the little girl, waved enthusiastically at Arthur with her free hand, beaming at him.  “Bye-bye!”He waved back with a shy smile, watching her toddle off with her mother.  “Yeah, bye.”  Once they were gone, headed for a wagon of their own with the husband already waiting, watching him help his wife into the wagon with a wistfulness in her heart, she looked back at the porch.  “Come, Arthur, we’d best go find your da and be on our way.”He nodded at that, coming down the steps to her.  Hesitated a moment, looking back at the dog still sitting there, looking at him hopefully.  “That dog ain’t nobody’s, Momma, can we take her with us?”She sighed, hating to disappoint him.  And for just a brief moment that felt like biting into a rotten apple, she had the thought that perhaps it would be better to have a poor beast there when Lyle grew angry–better the dog than her or Arthur.  But she dismissed it, ashamed at herself.  No, what temper he had, he had his reasons, and it wasn’t fair he should go after a little boy, so she would take that on herself, but his anger with her had its explanations.  “We’ve a long journey ahead, love.  I don’t think that a dog would take to it so kindly.  And your da might not like it.”“Daddy don’t like much,” he said, features drawing into a scowl, kicking at a rock in the street.  “Whiskey, maybe.”  Yes, he was far too smart for his own good.She sighed, crouching down to meet his eyes, putting a hand on his shoulder.  He’d gotten her green-blue eyes, and his hair was too fair to be Lyle’s, though she expected it would darken from that bright gold it was right now, as hers had.  “Things have been hard, and that makes him angry.  He’s still your da, for all that.  But maybe when we get to California we’ll see about a dog for you.  Things will be better there, you’ll see.”He smiled at that, eyes lighting up again with happiness.  “What’s California gonna be like?”“Oh, I don’t know.  I’ve never seen it, mind.  People say it’s lovely land, though.  Gold there, too, so perhaps we’ll become prospectors!”  With him by her side, they walked towards the saloon.

[hayleysstark]

Queenie with another Merlin binge reaction! Today I watched The Hollow Queen and the Kindness of Strangers. Sheesh, you weren't kidding, the Merlin whump was strong in THQ. I just wanted to reach through my screen and help the poor boy. And then when the young traitor boy later helped him and got killed, oof, that was heartbreaking. KoS was also full of whump (how many times is Merlin gonna get stabbed, poisoned or pierced by projectile give him a break). Finna was a great character too

LMAOOOOO “how many times is Merlin gonna get stabbed, poisoned, or pierced by a projectile give him a break” CAN I JUST. CAN I JUST TALK. FOR A SECOND. ABOUT WHAT AN ETERNAL MOOD THAT IS. BECAUSE THAT???? IS AN ETERNAL MOOD. OH MY GOD THATS AN ETERNAL MOOD YOU HAVE NO IDEA IM C R Y I N G. ((Hang on, now I’m going to go through the episodes one by one and count up the number of times he gets hurt because I simply must know lol I will keep you informed))

Yeah, both The Hollow Queen and The Kindness of Strangers are pretty sad episodes as a whole, i??? probably should have warned you??? sdfghgtfgff i didnt think abt it i am,,,,, desensitized,,,,, to the pain of season five. oh, hey, also, if you saw the Hollow Queen, you’ve gotten to the point in the series where Colin Morgan straight-up stopped enunciating lmao like that man??? saw the light at the end of the tunnel??? and stopped giving a fuck??? lmao same Mr. Morgan. same. 

I LOVED Finna omg!!! Ultimately, her character and the episode itself proved unnecessary in the grand scheme of things - the prophecy Merlin procured at the end of the episode doesn’t really help, at all, it just reiterates, again, that Arthur’s reign is drawing to a close - but I am so about the parallels between Finna and Merlin, as she’s obviously meant to be a look at where that level of devotion and loyalty can lead you, where that devotion and loyalty has led Merlin countless times.

Anyway oh man i am SO GLAD you’re watching these episodes dfbgfggfdfgfdfg  

[artcanary]

1-50

oh my god dude 

im gonna put this under a cut bc this is a lot. this is a ride, have fun i guess

1. Your first OC ever?god. its got to be Super Kitty. when i was like … an incredibly small child I used to draw comic strips about this feline caped crusader, who was friends with everyone in the city, and the comics always involved him stopping an evil banana man from stealing money from the local bank. He was paid with donuts for his service to the city. i still remember how to draw him. 

2. Do you have a personal favourite among your OCs?i’d get arrested if I didn’t answer this with Bronze, probably… but really, they’re very important to me

3. Have you ever adopted a character or gotten a character from someone else?man, i cant remember! i really dont think i have… P:

4. A character you rarely talk about?there’s loads of characters ive never even posted a single picture of on tumblr, i wouldnt even know where to start asdf

5. If you could make only one of your OCs popular/known, who would it be? bronze is the easy answer, but… i guess that could also go to Servant or Westrin. Servant has a comic project in the works that basically stars him, sort of a series of one-shots about the things he’s experienced, i feel like that would be a good thing to take off and run with. Westrin’s just fun as hell, i love the guy.

6. Two OCs of yours that look alike despite not being related?real talk now… there’s at least five different characters that i refer to as a whole as “bronze-tangential”, who started out as, “what would bronze be like if they were in this world?” and then becoming their own thing within said world because i just get stupid attached 

its an epidemic

7. Are your OCs part of any story or stories?nearly all of them, actually. that’s the main reason i make characters, after all! too many to really go into specifics here, again P: 

8. Do you RP as any of your OCs? If you do, introduce one of your RP OCs here!not often, but i think Bronze and Westrin are the most common ones. unless playing a character in dnd, or running an npc in dnd counts… then a whole lot more hahaha

9. Would you ever be willing to give any of your OCs to someone else?it depends on the circumstances. i don’t really like the idea, though. 

10. Introduce an OC with a complicated design? Westrin’s old getup is a pain to draw, and there was one other design i did that I cant find anywhere… whichever way, i dont often tend to draw super complicated things often 

a couple fakemon ive designed though… heheh those can get pretty finicky

11. Is there any OC of yours you could describe as a “sunshine”? hmmmmmmmm my immediate thought was Eric Silverdale from a comic i was working on a few years ago. hes a darling, i want him to be my friend irl

12. Name an OC that isn’t yours but who you like a lothow could you do this to me i love each and every one of all my friends ocs GOD the first one who comes to mind is @d20-official‘s Smith, whos Bronze’s friend… everyone in that DND party actually

13. Do you have any troublemaker OCs? Rated on a scale from “harmless” to “honestly somewhat frightening”: -Baromet (charming and quite friendly but definitely a kleptomaniac),-Westrin (demigod of bards and travelers), -XEN09 (a nonsense hacker), -Conny (needlessly contrarian and dumb as HELL), -Enza Colie (long fucking story but hes a good-for-nothing), -Hemlocke (mad scientist, chaotic evil), -Iris (AI and hacker, VERY bad), -The Terminus (glitch-in-the-matrix demon, chaotic evil), -and Sydd (the Queen of the Faeries, hopefully the danger there needs no explaining :’D)

14. Introduce an OC with a tragic backstory Mmm… there’s a few of them, most obviously Lent (whose background I did a short comic about). Basically his entire town got eaten by ghosts and turned into zombies, he only barely survived with a sliver of his soul left. 

15. Do you like to talk about your OCs with other people?yes, i often discuss storylines and such with friends

16. Which one of your OCs would be the best at biology (school subject)? Probably Bronze’s dad! I don’t talk about him much, but his name’s Devon Reed, and he was a biotech developer specialising in android design. 

I often describe him as being something of a reverse Arthur Weasley - a very fatherly scientist fascinated to the moon and back with the concept of magic. 

17. Any OC OTPs? having trouble thinking of a lot of them right now, but there’s Eric + Lent & Naiadine + Tailias from Emerald Sigil, Avken + Baromet from my space campaign world, Sydd + Wyvv from my unnamed campaign world, and I’ve been considering Westrin + Servant as an interesting dynamic in Servant’s story

18. Any OC crackships? My character Bismuth and @autistictimeknight​‘s oc Eros. Theyre so fucking in love, I love it. Its been awhile but I do still think about them sometimes.

As I recall, Eros is an empath, she can read other people’s emotions. But Bismuth is a robot, and Eros can’t read her. Because of this Eros can let go of her fear of unintentionally manipulating the emotions of her date, which would hold her back from most other relationships. 

19. Introduce an OC that means a lot to you (and explain why)Hey, meet Bronze! I definitely do not talk about them every five minutes, why would you say that. 

Bronze was with me through two of the hardest years of my life so far, and being a DND character they grew with me, both as a fighter and as a person. They were non-binary before I started using those pronouns, they were the first character or person or anything who I fought someone about using the right pronouns for, they make a great icebreaker for if I want to see how someone reacts to non-binary pronouns … 

One funny anecdote about Bronze is that when I first made them, their “gimmick” was that they would sometimes glitch out and mess up their speech, mostly because I wanted an excuse not to engage in the roleplaying (which I was very bad at). The interesting thing is that as I got better at interacting with the group, we both grew out of needing it very quickly. 

I’m very proud of Bronze. 

20. Do any of your OCs sing? If they sing, care to share more details (headcanon voice, what kind of songs they like etc)?Westrin is a bard! His singing voice sounds like Bill Wurtz and these are his theme songs.

21. Your most artistic OCProbably Westrin again, he writes a lot of songs… and Hallux is a game designer?

22. Is there any OC of yours people tend to mischaracterize? If yes, how? I honestly dont know… no-one talks to me about them, haha! 

people use all manner of pronouns for bronze, though. 

23. Introduce OC that has changed from your first idea concerning what the character would be like?I’m gonna go with Enza for this one. Enza Colie was originally written entirely because I wanted an antagonist for a short starring his sister, Jane Colie. But the more I fleshed out his reasonings for acting how he did and explored his character, the more I realised he’d make an even more interesting character if allowed to have a redemption arc, too. 

I just want to state for the record that I was very reluctant to the idea, and he basically dragged his way out of the villain pit entirely of his own accord. I am dubiously proud of him, and also a bit scared. 

24. If you could meet one OC of yours, who would it be and why?Probably either Eric (Big Man, Best Friend), Crocus (Mother figure), Reed (Father Figure), Westrin (hed just make a good friend u kno??), or Bismuth (she makes good conversation!)

25. The OC that resembles you the most (same hobby, height, shared like/dislike for something etc?)probably the homestuck fan-troll Hallux, but that’s mostly because they were based on a troll-sona I made awhile ago. They’re a hope/prospit game designer who is small and full of rage and love

oh, and there’s dave! dave’s a superhero speedster, existing in a modern-day superhero version of seattle. theyre idiot, just like me,

26. Have you ever had to change your OC’s design or something else about them against your will? this is an interesting one… i don’t think ive ever had something Bad in a design ive done called to my attention by someone, but I did create my character Servant at around the same time I was first really expanding the diversity of my casts. (since i don’t talk about him often, a little context: he’s a magic spirit creature bound to human form to serve the royal family of the land and follow their orders.) 

somehow, younger-and-more-stupid me managed to have the revelation that making this “eternal slave” character literally anything other than a white man, especially as a white author, would be Pretty Not Good. im … thats really, really not something i should pat myself on the back for, but i do consider it one of the biggest bullets dodged in my artistic career so far that i realised that not all representation is good representation so quickly, before i could make that incredibly, incurably stupid mistake. 

after that, trying to make sure my characters and their presentations don’t harm anyone pretty much has become a paranoia. i don’t seem to have stepped on any toes yet, but when it inevitably happens, please let me know - i didnt know, and i want to fix it! 

27. Any OCs that were inspired by a certain song? None that I can think of, actually! I don’t really do that often. 

28. Your most dangerous OC? god damn it i have no idea!!! is it the terminus? glitch in the matrix god of chaos motherfucker?is it sarle? terrifying calculating scientist with the power of the soul at her fingertips ??? is it ares??? is it athena????? is it petra?????? the gatekeeper???? 

… actually, the gatekeeper might be it, if “dangerous” just refers to “the amount of raw power it can wield”. the Gatekeeper is a titanic entity that exists in interdimensional multiverse space, and its implied to have the ability to create and destroy entire universe bubbles at will. for what cosmic purpose, no-one knows. 

at a more personal scale, though, literally all of the aforementioned characters are pretty bad to run into too. 

29. Which one of your OCs would go investigate an abandoned house at night without telling anyone they’re going?god. Mina or Tawn. Tawn is the Indiana Jonesy type and probably dumb enough, but also competent enough not to get into too much trouble there. Mina would probably drag her friends along. 

30. Which one of your OCs would most likely have a secret stuffed animal collection? XEN09. No-one knows, because no-one knows xir personal identity. Xe absolutely does, though. It’s less of a secret if you know xir in person, but good luck finding out about it otherwise. 

31. Pick one OC of yours and explain what their tumblr blog would be like (what they reblog, layout, anything really)dave just reblogs memes all the time tbh. they like to keep tabs on the ridiculous superhero news going on, and they show human jokes and cat videos to their alien gf. they dont really post or add to posts, but they talk in tags a lot. 

32. Which one of your OCs would be the most suitable horror game protagonist and why? i want to say tawn because i literally just realised ive been imagining their voice as sounding like luigi this entire fucking time and i never realised until this exact instant

33. Your shyest OC?probably baromet. they prefer to keep to themself in their hideout, with their collection of shiny things. they don’t really enjoy trying to communicate much, mostly because they expect to get yelled at. 

34. Do you have any twin characters?Yes! At least two sets; 

- Crocus and Sarle. (x) (x) They don’t exactly have a very well-developed relationship, but they are both quite important to the plot of my campaign world, and they are both very interesting. Crocus is a motherly figure who just exudes friendliness, while Sarle is .. very much not that, a researcher studying very gruesome things and pushing the boundaries of reality. 

- Jane and Enza Colie. I haven’t talked a whole lot about either of them here, but I’d rather leave their story to do the talking whenever I get around to it. Essentially, the both of them were intended to do the dirty work for their crime boss family, but Jane ditched to study medicine. Most of the conflict between the two of them comes out of Enza not understanding why she made the choice she did, and coming to understand how he’s been manipulated. 

35. Any sibling characters? I can’t really think of any off the top of my head, I should … I should really work on that. 

I can talk about Westrin, though. Westrin (a demigod of many things, but namely bards, travel, travelers, and people who are lost) often becomes close friends with mortals, sometimes practically adopting them. These people who consider him family, and people who have received his blessing, are able to use his surname, Brilanta, as their own if they choose. So I guess all of the Brilantas are siblings, at least in spirit. 

Oh, and XEN09 has like, seven siblings. Xe is the second-oldest, and least remarkable. 

36. Do you have OC pairs where the other part belongs to someone else (siblings, lovers, friends etc)? I already talked about Eros and Bismuth up there a ways in question 18, but I’ll talk about another relationship here. @autistictimeknight​‘s character, Nova the Alchemist, is mentor and adopted parental figure to my character Munna. Munna … Munna isn’t a very good apprentice. She tries very hard. 

37. Introduce an OC who is not quite human That’s most of them, I’m not quite sure what to say here. Bronze is an android? Bronze again? Westrin? All the aliens ?? 

38. Which one of your OCs would be the best dancer? man. uh. westrin or jean. or perhaps valencia. 

39. Introduce any character you want ??? uhhhHHHhhHHH Lord Brillium is the reigning deity of the Cloud Kingdoms in the other campaign setting I’m working on. They represent light and the quest for knowledge, and spend most of their days in the Cathedral Observatory watching the stars. 

40. Any fond memories linked to your characters? Feel free to share!one time bronze flew a hover-bike through the stained glass window in a cathedral blaring all star by smash mouth on their iguana

also one time bronze rickrolled a rakshasa demon and then pulled updog on it like, two minutes later

another time bronze scared off an entire army by pretending to be an automated security system 

41. Has anyone drawn fanart of your OCs? If yes, maybe show a picture or two here (remember sources & permissions!)ive got a whole little folder on here from all you blessed people !!!! right now ive got a drawing quinn did of one o fmy characters as my lockscreen

but i think the one i’ll really never ever get over is this piece of Jane, by @rabendraws​ / @owoltron​: 

(i bet you thought i forgot about this, dude. dude. think again.) 

42. Which one of your OCs would be the most interested in Greek gods? this is kind of a weird question, m, I feel like Bismuth would find learning about the mythos utterly fascinating, as would Tawn. 

43. Do you have any certain type when you create your OCs? Do you tend to favour some certain traits or looks? It’s time to confesshaha. uh. i might. 

aside from the entire “bronze-tangential characters” thing i mentioned awhile back, I tend to really like designing characters with hair color lighter than their skin color. it just looks so cool man. i love drawing freckles but dont put them on enough characters. i like really curly hair, but also really long and flowy hair. i like drawing triangular body types, and pointy/prominent noses. 

44. Something you like about your OCs in generaluhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this is a really vague question. m. m. 

45. A character you no longer use?there’s old versions of characters, but a lot of my older ones have been somehow repurposed. I guess there’s Turien, my first-ever DND character, who’s just kind of sitting dead now. Haven’t really done anything with him other than a pretty recent tangential character. 

46. Has anyone ever told you that you treat your OCs badly?Not that I can think of.

47. Has anyone ever (friendly) claimed any of your OCs as their child? Im certain it’s happened, but I can’t remember any specific instances. 

48. OC who is a perfect cinnamon roll, too good for this world, too pureSpring. spring knows nothing of th dangers of the world who is letting them into fights someon eneeds to stop this

(spring roll, hehe.) 

49. Which one of your OCs would most likely enjoy memesim not sure what this question is asking since many of my ocs actively enjoy memes including but not limited to westrin, dave, bronze, xen09, iris, and doctor archersen

50. Give me the good ol’ OC talk here. Talk about anything you wanti think. i think im going to pass on this one. i gave you the good old oc talk. your damn turn, yall: 

if you have any questions about any of these guys feel free to shoot one at me!

thats all from me im tired and its one am. techskylander you absolute madman 

[ber-bonfamille-lyons]

BDRP Resolutions

in which this is long 

Write your RPer Resolutions for 2018!

-Plot with more members, definitely! I try to expand of course and rp threads with everyone but I think I could do better and could def do bigger plots with more people.

-Complete more tasks tbh. This one is gonna be hard for me to do but idk if I could do at least one task every other month that would be an improvement over last year haha.

-Continue to work on scenery and detail etc. My weaknesses. I hope that rping more detail-oriented characters, like Charlie or even Mowgli, or exploring the lake with Andrina or the forest with Prince/Merida will help with this. Though also just being more aware of it in the day to day

-Dream Journal for Charlie/More music stuff for radio

Write at least one resolution, or “goal,” that you have as an RPer for your character(s)

Mel: This was on last year’s so that tells u something but I think it’s gonna happen-- explore her feelings for Howl! Also would love for her to do some more seedy things and i see want an apprentice!!

Ber: Explore Berlioz’s mental health more. Whether I do this through tasks/one-shots or something, Ber is kinda in this weird place where he’s blurring the line between reality/fantasy and I think that’s interesting. A lot of it has to do with things he isn’t dealing with (trauma from Taka and going down into hell). Also very specifically I want him to rp with Marie more bc Berrie is kinda underdeveloped both on my part as an rper and his part as like a mediocre brother lmao. I also like him as a supporting role in other people’s plots and I hope I can keep pushing him in those directions. And of course I’m very interested to see him and Simba repair and grow their relationship hopefully stronger than ever. <3 OH and g row a backbone tbh stand up for himself more do it ber

Kiara: Figure out her school life!! I still want to have her shadow someone sooo I think I could see her shadowing Minnie or even Jiminy since she’s sort of into health and social work. Also explore her envy of her friends with magic bc she had powers in Star wars and lowkey she still wants powers (opportunity for Feys Gold Antics here-- also feel liek there could be something interesting in Kiara v. Jake if Jake really does start getting more elitist)

Hades: BOARD STUFF. Im really excited to play Hades as a politician and like-- authority figure in town. Though he’s gotta save his own soul first lol. Also supporting Belle in hopefully going back to school. Alsoooo there are loose threads in hell that I have and would like 2 look into…

Milo: Talk with Jane about what comes next after pride u because his grant is almost up! Plot with BIANCA/BERNARD hopefully about the rescue aid society.

Nala: ONE NIGHT STAND SERIOUSLY. Let loose. Date someone bc if she fell in love work wouldnt be her focus and she’d grow a lot. Uh repair relationship with Simba?

Kiki: bring back jiji lmfao i suck. Finish her apprenticeship and unlock the trU nature of her powers and stuff mhm. Also kiss someone lol

Anita: Bring her fam in town and explore like, this clash between her old life and the new life now that she has grown so much.

Prince: ACCEPT UR FEELINGS FOR ELLA. Embrace them! Continue to train Bambi/find the fucker who shot u/be a Dad and do Dad things like idk a parent teacher conference??? Thats hilarious. Somehow I want him to become like a guest lecturer at Pride U but I’m not sure how yet. I also feel like idk Akela could draw him into becoming slightly darker after this shooting and that might be interesting so who knows, maybe he should join Akela’s morally gray magic club,

Paul: GO TO PRIDE U PLZ. Deal with the paulina plot lol. Contend with his inferiority issues that stem from the financial inequality between him and Perdy. Just rly go into their relationship and figure it out post-break up post-make up u know

Andrina: Explore the lake. Get into seedy stuff with Ursula maybe??? Continue to sleep with people thats very fun for me. FIND OUT WHO RAVEN IS. Get a cat.

Merida: I need her to make more friends bc I want her to fuck up and then ruin all those friendships ahaha. Want to have a showdown with some powerful magicks, gimme Akela and Max, all the shapeshifters!!!

Mowgli: Meet the Bonfamilles (lmao). Uhhh would lvoe to rp more with Akela i need to brainstorm how. I’d also like him to become more extreme tbh? Maybe start having night terrors or something bc of all his suppressed guilt wow just got a good idea ahha. Alsoooo maybe get a mentoooor…

Charlie: HAVE A PROPHECY ABOUT SOMEONE PPL HIT ME UP. I wanna start him on the research train when I get that in place and also maybe abuse hospital equipment (aka scan his own brain ehhe)  but also maybe save someone’s life would be cool, ok, yeah. Also hopefully grow his relationships with all hospital personnel and patients, and maybe get a  mentorship with Tibbs and/or Sweet. In fact it’d be really cooool if he could eventually help Sweet with his research like as an intern or assistant or something. And also i want to get him to an event but i need him to get a friend for that so!!! A texting buddy friend, that is a specific goal.

Write at least one resolution IN CHARACTER for your characters. What do THEY want to accomplish or change in the New Year? 

Mel: “Do something impossible.”

Ber: “Be a better brother and friend and boyfriend… be less crazy lol ahah”

Kiara: “figure out my LIFE lmao”

Hades: “Make real change in Swynlake.”

Milo: “Apply for a grant to study Atlantis...again.”

Nala: “Be my oWN love of my life. I’m a single independent woman and that’s amazing, I’m AMAZING.”

Kiki: “Restore Jiji D:”

Anita: “Direct a play again! That would be very fun. Oh, and paint more, I really do need to paint.”

Prince: “Be a good father to Bambi… make the forest a safe place again.”

Paul: “Be a good father, a good partner-- find better ways to support my kids.”

Andrina: “lol i dont DO goals bye.”

Merida: “Shoot Mor’du. Become a Prince.”

Mowgli: “... don’t make any trouble.”

Charlie: Bitch has a list.

Get phlebotomist license!!

Renew certs: CPR/AED/First Aid/Wilderness First Aid/BLS

Give up gluten! Again!

Exercise.

Go to a Swynlake Event! It will be fine no one will die!!! (!!!)

Plotting Exercise! Pick one of the resolutions/goals in #2 and plan a rough guideline to how you could accomplish it.

Mowgli explores his powers/grief

PARA 1: Has a  nightmare and accidentally sets something on fire (Akela)

PARA 2: Frightened, Mowgli confides in someone about his powers (Peach/Will)

PARA 3: Seeks help from either Howl or Ursula--depending on which one, it could litERally change the direction of the entire plot.

List of Characters I want to RP with:

I went through character by character but I would love to do more than this I am sure ahah.

Mel: Mateo, Ursula, Sophie (bc duh Howl), Akela

Ber: Irma, Sophie because they should be better friends, more Peg, JENNy bc they play piano ok!!, ANNETTE bc they totally know each other!!, tbh daisy and ber could do something with anxiety, Rita for sure, more Simon somehow i swear it

Hades: Sally, more stuff with Miguel, Jack, Shock/Samara, Al, Cruella, Simba, Oogie, maybe Dipper

Kiara: more stuff with Jake, Jiminy, Minnie/Rama maybe, Isa, Wilbur, Penny, Ollie, Jenny. Also lowkey Ursula.

Milo: more stuff with Kida, Bianca, Elena, also Goliath and Thomas (teachers!!)

Nala: MAUI. sorry look i just want maui its been a year. Also maybe some board members and stuff since she’ll be politically active? So Al, Cruella, Soleil for that (and Simba, but I rp with simba allll the time). Also Arthur, Adam.

Kiki: Mateo as well!! More young-ish people: Dipper, Maui (she’s a #bigfan), Callie.   

Anita: more stuff with Perdita. Also other artists: Pascal, Jane, Namine, Violet, maybe Art if he does art??, Peach, Peri, Duchess etc!! Hit me up please.

Prince: all the forest politics okay: Alasdair, Akela, Goliath, Shere, why are these men. Also just big Magicks in general: Ursula, Namine maybe. More fairies so Peri and Terence. Also very specifically: Theo and Thomas O’Malley. Maybe Jake tbh if he starts like patrolling the forest?

Paul: Goliath bc he’s a lit professor! Thomas bc they are bros now!!!! Maybe some other mersisters-- Aqua, Alana, Arista. Peach bc writing? Lmao. Also some lowkey shady people like Roscoe or Lock would be really great. Possibly Oogie bc he owns a casino and gambling~

Andrina: URSULA ok sorry i just want the sea witch. TBH Hiro or Tombo could be cool bc she’s into STEM stuff. Ken because I want to rp with Ken and I don’t think anyone else would get along? Ahah. Arista, Aqua and Alana. Herculessss.

Merida: Bambi bc scottish and also lowkey was involved in mother’s death!!! Maximus bc she should shoot him!! More Shere! Follow-up with Goliath tbh in class lmao would be funny. CORNY bc thye r destined to be friends. Callie!!! Oo, also more Eric.

Mowgli: Howl, Ursula, Mateo, more Peach, Jenny, Wilbur, Theo, Bambi Penny (yay orphans). Maybe a professor: Thomas, Goliath, Shere?

Charlie: so many ok. Ellie, Sweet, Shock, Jack, SALLY thats in caps bc I need it, Dipper, Boo, tbh could do some drug stuff with Roscoe, Lock and Theo. Rita bc she can be his mom, Oogie, anyone with trauma who wants charlie to relive it with them: eric, thomas, shere, lou the list can go on-- annnnd belle and callie also

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“Let me get this straight,” Lance said, after a long pause.

Arthur glanced up at him from his supine position on the creeper, his legs under the hood of Lance's tow truck. “Take your time,” he said. “And I, um, don't mean that in a condescending way, I just mean that it is honestly a lot to take in, so—”

“Stop being a dingus, Art. You didn't sound condescending.”

Arthur grunted and pulled himself entirely underneath. That was how he'd related his long, crazy story, once Lance had finally managed to cajole him into relaying it. He'd been under Lance's truck, devoutly fixing the car, and explaining what had happened like it was some kind of idle gossip about celebrities, or hair, or something.

“So, Lew's a ghost, tried to kill you because he thought you killed him, but now he knows about that demon thing that got in your arm, so he doesn't try to kill you—as often. Vivi can remember Lew except she still doesn't. And her dog can talk. And isn't a dog.”

“That's the essentials, yeah.”

It wasn't even like when Arthur had told him about the cave. He'd been sobbing then, still lying on the hospital bed, curling up instinctively and without enough arms to hold himself.

Gritting his back teeth, Lance stepped forward and leaned on the truck. “Art?” he asked. “Are you okay?”

“Yeah. Why?”

Offhand. Disinterested.

“Why? What the—God's name—Christ, are you kidding?” After some aggressive yanks at his mustache, Lance crouched down, looking Arthur in the tops of his eyes. “You didn't exactly describe a trip to the spa there, kiddo!”

“Oh, I see what you mean. It's just....” Arthur glanced at him. “Everyone made it out fine. So I'm fine.” His gaze returned to the car above him.

“For real?” Lance gestured futilely, since Arthur wasn't looking at that moment. “How about your prosthetic? It's looking beat-up. Sounds like it's taken some abuse the past forty-eight hours.”

He waited, but Arthur seemed content to let the silence draw out. Eventually, Lance continued, “Don't you wanna take it into, y'know, the shop? Before it breaks on you?”

“It can take more abuse. I built it pretty strong.”

Arthur's mouth moved, and the rest of his body kept working, and they might as well have belonged to two different people. The answer was dispassionate—no, automatic. He'd been stockpiling answers like this.

“What about your van? That's still not fixed, and it's your car.” Lance winced as he glanced once more at Arthur's van, its insides still blackened and melted. “How are you gonna go pick up that Surf's Up Pizza you like? You know they ain't delivering any time soon, no matter how well you tip 'em.”

“Eh. You know it's not good for me.”

“Art, when you get to my age, you're gonna find out that sometimes terrible pizza is the best thing for you.” Lance blinked a few imes as an unhappy hypothesis occurred to him. “Besides, your friend's not gonna be able to go on cases without a working vehicle, either.”

Arthur didn't respond immediately, and when he did, the response didn't sound as rehearsed. “That's a good point, actually. I didn't think of that.”

Lance sighed. Everyone made it out fine. It seemed Arthur hadn't been counting one crucial person among 'everyone'.

Scratching his hair, Lance trudged back not to his office, but to the second floor stairs leading to where he lived, above the shop. Sure, the oil smells could be bad sometimes, but after a while they just started smelling like home.

It wasn't a large home—just a hallway with rooms hanging off like grapes. Lance's room was at the end, past the living room, kitchen/dining room, bathroom... Art's old room.

The door was closed, and his hand rose to the knob for a second—but then he let it fall. It hadn't really changed much since the last time he saw it, now that Arthur didn't live here anymore. Lance had forced him to find his own place once he'd reached eighteen and had, frankly, outgrown the room.

Pushing forward, he opened his own door, revealing a room even smaller than Arthur's: no one could accuse him of outgrowing the space. He crossed to the wardrobe and opened it. Then, he opened the second wardrobe within.

Lance stared at what hung behind the false wall; he squinted, clenched his jaw, and sighed; and then he closed the wall back up, climbed onto his bed, and lay there. He knew how this worked: the decision wasn't made yet, but it was coming, bit by bit. And once he was fully sure—

He closed his eyes, but still felt the deja vu. “It's gonna be like last time, huh?” he muttered.

“Heya there! How's my least favorite sister doing?”

Niav rolled her eyes, looking down at Lance from her doorway. “Do we really need to do this? Every time, doing this?”

“Aw, you know you're my favorite sister too.” Lance grinned up at Niav Kingsman, his only sister. “Now get down here so I can noogie ya.”

She did no such thing, but did step aside to allow him entry. “You're a bit overdressed,” she murmured with a little smile. “And what are you hiding back there?—and I use the word 'hiding' loosely.”

Indeed, Lance wore not his usual torn-sleeved white shirt and jeans, but instead a suit and tie. It was a special day, after all, for a special person. “Now where's the birthday boy?” he called out, holding a box half his own size behind his back.

Looking around, it wasn't what he'd expected. Obviously he'd been there before, so he knew that the couch would be there, on the left, facing the TV—and then a staircase on the right, on the hallway to the main living room, dining room, and kitchen—but where were the decorations? The stack of presents? (Or maybe he was thinking of Christmas—who knew.)

“Arthur!” called another voice, from the kitchen: this had to be Wayne, Niav's husband, making the cake. “Your uncle's here!”

After maybe half a minute, Arthur finally came down the steps and around the corner. “Hi, Uncle Lance,” he said, a little smile on his face.

“Oh, don't be so shy—” Lance dropped the box, letting it rattle on the floor, and rushed forward to grab Arthur in a bear hug. “Happy birthday, Arthur, and welcome to double digits!”

Arthur let out a little surprised cry as Lance picked him up, then a laugh that wasn't quite as little. “You too, Uncle Lance—wait, I mean—”

“Ah, I know what you mean, it's okay.” Lance released him, and looked up at his nephew. Up, he realized ruefully. “You've finally gotten taller than I have, huh? That's pretty rude of you, y'know....”

“Oh? Sorry—”

“I'm messing with ya, you smarty pants! Grow all you want!” Lance reached up and ruffled the unruly shock of orange-yellow hair that mirrored his own so closely. He wouldn't get too many more chances to ruffle like this, he knew, before the kid inevitably became a beanpole.

“So, what'd you guys get him?” Lance asked, grinning at his sister. “Come on, let's compare gifts. I bet my uncle gift is better, whatcha think?”

Niav groaned and rolled her eyes. “Ugh, uncle gifts.”

“No, not that kind of—look, it doesn't need batteries and it doesn't make loud noise, okay? I'm not that much of a rascal.” Lance backed up enough to grab his gift, then trotted forward, presenting it to his nephew. “I'm not gonna be here all day, so you should open this now.”

Arthur took off the bow, carefully so that the paper didn't rip as the adhesive came off. Then he untied the ribbons with similar caution.

“Jeez, did you raise him in a barn?” Lance whispered to Niav, as Arthur kept going. “Also, seriously, what'd you get him, while we're waiting for an hour. I don't wanna have gotten the same thing as you and made you look like a jackass. Where's the present?”

“Oh, well, the thing about that is....” After a moment, Niav smiled. “Let's just say it's not a physical present. We're taking him on a trip.”

“Good! No chance of overlap.” Lance winked, and then sniffed. “I smell... chocolate? I thought he didn't like chocolate.”

“Kid's gotta try new things, shortstuff.”

“Fair enough, I guess.”

They smiled at Arthur as, finally, he finished unwrapping the box without a single tear in the paper. “Oh, wow,” he said with a look of disbelief, looking at his gift. “What is this?”

“Well,” Lance said, stepping forward, “I've seen you always fiddling with spare parts when you're over at my shop, trying to make stuff. You're a smart kid, and I thought, what's a good gift for smart kids who like making stuff? But then I realized you wouldn't have anywhere to put a spare engine—” he laughed, because this joke was hilarious “—so here's the next best thing!”

Lance drew a finger along the name on the box: “Bionicle! It's like Legos except with joints and axles and motors and stuff, and you can make your own action figures, or vehicles, or whatever you want!” He pointed out a bunch of the examples on the box, and it seemed like Arthur's eyes were literally shining.

“Ooh.” Wayne had come in from the kitchen with oven mitts. “Arthur, now make sure you don't leave those out in the hallway where someone could step on them. Remember to be responsible.”

“Oh, okay,” Arthur said. The light in his eyes died away a bit.

“Shaddup, Wayne, you're ruining his birthday.” Lance put an arm around Arthur, squeezing him close. “So, what do you wanna do while I'm here? Build those action figures? Watch TV? Try booze?”

“Lance!” Niav blurted out.

“Kidding! But seriously, don't listen to these mopers—what do you wanna do, and we'll do it! I'm the fun-uncle. The funcle.”

Arthur hesitated, then leaned in close. “Could we watch,” he whispered, and then hesitated some more, and finally managed to hiss out, “wrestling?”

Lance wiggled his eyebrows. “That's pretty violent, kid. Sure you're up for it?”

Arthur blinked, then shied away. “No, you're right, I shouldn't—”

“I'm kidding, ya big goof! Come on, let's watch some wrestling! Where's the dang remote around here?”

“Lance,” Niav whined again, but Lance ignored her and grabbed the remote from the coffee table. In about half a minute, he found the wrestling channel, and broke into a grin when he saw who was on it.

“Sit down, kid!” he said, and Arthur did with barely restrained eagerness, and heavy rock and roll blasted out from the TV. “This is one of the greatest wrestling legends of all time you're looking at: Hulk Hogan! I'm so glad they got him back.”

“I didn't mean to take up your sweet time,” drawled the barely-tonal voice of Jimi Hendrix as Hogan postured in front of a roaring crowd. “I'll give it right back to ya one of these days.”

“He always wins, isn't that the great thing?” Lance said excitedly as Hogan approached his challenger. “No matter how tight a jam he's in, he always comes out ahead! And the crowd loves him!”

“Everyone loves him!” Arthur replied.

“Damn right they do!”

Lance walked up to the door and knocked three times, his other arm behind his back. After several seconds, it opened to reveal Wayne behind it. He looked forward, then looked down and started. “Oh, Lance! Didn't see you there. How have you been?”

“Pretty well,” Lance said. “Where's Art?”

Wayne frowned. “Why do you ask?”

“Well, I haven't even seen the kid since his birthday, it's been a couple months, and I was thinking I'd check in on how he's enjoying his uncle gift—”

Wayne flinched. Lance squinted, but continued on. “Anyway, I was also thinking, since he liked watching the wrestling so much... ta-dah!” With a flourish he revealed the tickets he'd had behind his back. “Two seats, next Saturday. Not exactly ringside, I don't have that kinda cash, but....”

Oh, now Wayne was definitely wincing. Lance shut up for a few seconds, and then, when Wayne wasn't talking, he said, “What's up with Art?”

“Well, the thing is... he's grounded.”

“Grounded?” Lance's eyebrows flew up his face. “He's a good kid! What'd he get grounded for?”

“Leaving a mess everywhere. It's all month, and that's the same time as your tickets... sorry you wasted the money.”

“Oh. Can I at least chat with—”

Lance tried to step forward, but Wayne held out an arm. It was actually higher than Lance's head, and he could have squeezed under it, but he stopped anyway. “Sorry,” Wayne said, “but he's grounded.”

Lance made a “tch” noise. “You guys are too hard on him, y'know that?”

Wayne sighed. “It's part of raising a responsible kid. You'd know that if you were a parent.”

“Maybe, maybe.... I hope he at least had fun on his birthday trip.”

The look on Wayne's face suggested that Lance had suddenly broken into Klingon, or something. “The birthday trip?” Lance added, prodding. “The one that he got for his birthday from you guys rather than, like, a computer game or something?”

“Huh? Oh, yeah, that. He had a blast. See you later.”

Without further ceremony, the door was closed in Lance's face. He almost sputtered with indignation, but took a deep breath and turned around instead, and started walking off their front steps back to his pickup. I only see the kid some of the time, they have to live with him—maybe they know something I don't?

But how bad a mess could one kid make, to get grounded?

And then Lance was grounded, too, because lost as thought as he was, he didn't notice he was walking straight into Wayne and Niav's trash cans. He stumbled to the ground as the trash can fell over, vomiting its contents onto the grass.

Lance grunted in indignation and pushed himself up; then he started picking up stuff from the ground, and putting it back into the trash can. One big bag with tomato sauce, one filled with paper, one box of Bionicles—

Lance stopped and stared. Then he took the box, which had been taped shut, and ripped it open. It was bulging in places, which were revealed to be where various creations on the inside pressed against the cardboard.

He squinted: these were really creative designs. Arthur had clearly put a lot of time into them. Who had thrown them out?

It had been another six months, the next time Lance knocked on that door. This time he wasn't alone.

Niav opened up, and first looked at the fellow next to Lance, and asked, “Who are you?” Then she noticed Lance, a bit further down, and her face broke into a smile. “Oh, hi, Lance!”

“Hi there! How's my least favorite sister doing?” Lance smiled. Well, his teeth were visible, at least.

“Ugh, this again,” Niav groaned.

“And since you asked, might I introduce my buddy Paul Irmand? We're drinking buddies after work.”

Paul nodded respectfully. “Good to meet you, Mrs. Kingsman. Might we come in?”

“What are you, a PI?” Niav asked it, and then giggled. “You know, because your initials....”

“Well, I will admit I'm dressed for the part,” Paul said, glancing down at his dress shirt, tie, and slacks—and the briefcase in his hand. “So people do tend to assume that. And you know what?” He winked. “They're right. P.I. the private eye.”

Niav laughed. “You're not here to see Arthur, are you? He's not back from school—”

“Nah, we're not here to see Arthur, yet.” Lance pushed past her into the house, and sprawled on the couch. “Can you get Wayne? We've got a yarn to spin, we know you'll both love it.”

String them along, he thought, feeling his shaking muscles and willing them to calm down. It was like he was filled with electricity, desperate for a chance to ground itself.

“Lance, is that your voice I hear?” said Wayne from the kitchen. He walked in wearing oven mitts. “There's a quiche in the oven, but it won't be ready for who is that?” he blurted, pointing his whole mitted hand at Paul.

Paul inclined his head. “Paul Irmand, PI. Profession and initials. Your wife loved that joke. May I sit down?” He'd been respectfully standing next to one of the chairs. Once Wayne nodded, he took a seat.

“Anyway,” Wayne said, “what's the visit for? It's a bit out of the blue.”

“Well, I thought I could introduce some of my favorite people to each other! Just never got the chance because, well, work.” Lance laughed and clapped Niav on the shoulder—she'd sat next to him on the sofa, with Wayne opposite the coffee table from Paul. “Not even my work so much as his! Do you know how many hours this guy puts in?”

“Hours and hours,” Paul answered, nodding solemnly. “This one case has been taking up a lot of my time, these past six months.”

“Right, right!” Lance said, waving his arm in vague recognition, as if he didn't immediately know what Paul was talking about. “That, uh, that kid, right?”

“The kid.” Paul frowned. “Someone gave me a tip that said they thought a kid they knew was being abused. He wasn't sure, and he said that in the best case scenario the child would be fine and he'd look like a fool. But he had to make sure. So he offered to pay full price for my services, or even more, but of course, I gave him a discount.”

“Ah, shouldn't do that, Paul! It's bad business!” Lance laughed again, a bit louder than necessary. “Anyway, tell em what happened.”

“What I did was, I set up a stakeout. Got some cameras going. All legal, though it's a bit hard to make sure sometimes—you've got to know the law quite thoroughly as a private eye. And, lady and gentlemen, I'm sorry to announce,” Paul said, his voice growing solemn, “that there was bad stuff going on in that household. Things no kid should go through.”

Niav shivered. “Oh, we would never do that to our Arthur.”

“Who said anything about Arthur?” Lance felt his facial expression blurring the line between grin and grimace.

“So what happened?” Wayne said, leaning forward. “Did you get the kid out?”

Paul shook his head. “Actually, that case is still ongoing. But I hope to get it resolved very soon. Would you like to see some of the photos?”

“Isn't that illegal or something?” Niav asked with an uneasy frown. “I don't think we should....”

“Oh, I insist.” With utterly calm motions—Lance had always admired his friend's cool head—Paul opened his briefcase, pulled out a folder, and opened it quite deliberately. Like Arthur with his present, Lance thought, and suppressed and uncalled-for laugh.

Finally, he pulled out the first photo. It was a very specific house.

Wayne stared at it for several seconds before comprehension started dawning in his eyes. “Wait a second. This is our house.”

Paul kept on pulling out pictures, taken surreptitiously through windows and open doors. A child with shockingly orange hair, sitting in his room for what seemed to be days at a time. That same child, crying in a corner of the living room, as Wayne taped up a box of his toys to throw out.

“And this one,” Paul said, pulling out the last photo, “is from when you two went on vacation and left him alone in the house over a long weekend.  Alone with no babysitter, and debatably enough food.”

He looked up at the two of them, as they stared motionless at the array of photographic evidence laid down on the coffee table. It was as if he'd been pulling out the head of Medusa, and they'd been turned to stone. “Did you know that it is illegal to leave a child alone for that long, and what the maximum prison sentence is?”

They didn't answer, and just continued gaping. For the first time, Paul's expression erred from one of respectful politeness—just a slight inclination of the eyebrows. “Did you even realize that what you were doing was wrong?”

Finally Niav found a voice. “But—but—are you kidding me!? This isn't abuse, this is—this is parenting, you jackass!” She snatched up the photos, as if to steal them—as if there weren't copies back at Paul's office. “This is teaching him to be a responsible kid!”

Lance found his arm shaking. “Responsible,” he repeated. “You neglect your kid and you call it responsible.” With difficulty, he took a deep breath. “Niav, you're my sister, and I used to love you. So here's my final act of brotherly consideration. We've made it easy for you.”

Paul withdrew another folder from his briefcase, this one labeled Legal Documents. “What we've brought,” Lance said, as Paul pulled out the documents in question, “are all the forms you need to sign to give up custody of Arthur to me. It'll take you five minutes, and the kid you clearly don't want is gonna be out of your life. You can get back to... cooking, or partying, or whatever the hell it is you do while you're neglecting him.”

Lance took another deep breath. “That's the easy way. The hard way is, we take this to the cops. We have a long court battle, which you're gonna lose, and you go to prison for a good long time. You know how most prisoners aren't fond of people who mess with kids?”

“You assholes!” Niav stood up, her face enraged. “You think you can just walk into my house and take my kid?”

She swung at Lance. This was a mistake.

Lance moved automatically, grabbing her arm and kicking her leg, slamming her down into the coffee table. “Give me another reason,” he hissed, pinning her back with his other arm, using leverage to keep her immobile even with his much lighter weight. “Give me another reason because Christ help me, I've been looking for one.”

Niav laughed without humor. “You think you'll be any better a parent than we are, short stuff?” She struggled under his grip, but he held firm. “Think you're any better at holding together a family after what happened with Vera, you midget hypocrite?”

Before Lance could react—or rather, before his body could, as Lance wasn't sure any conscious thought would be involved—he felt Paul's hand on his shoulder. “Don't, Lance,” he said firmly. “What you're doing here is self-defense. She attacked first, that's fine. If you take it any further... don't give her a leg to stand on in court. That's all she wants.”

Niav spat into the documents her face was pressed against.

Lance let her go. “So, what do you say, least favorite sister? How do you want to do this?”

The forms were signed by three o'clock, at which point the door creaked open.

“I'm home,” Arthur called out at half-volume, and then he saw the four of them seated around the coffee table. His eyes widened. The kid wasn't stupid, and the air here was so thick with tension you could crash a car into it. He knew something was wrong.

“Uncle Lance,” he mumbled. “What are you doing here? And who's he?”

Paul smiled, and crouched down to Arthur's eye level. “Paul Irmand. I'm a friend of Lance's. Nice to meet you.” He put his hand out, which Arthur shook uncertainly.

“So,” Arthur said, “what are you doing... here?” He almost swallowed the last word.

Lance felt himself in a similar predicament, with his words stuck in his throat. Breaking the news to his... to Niav, that had been one thing. How to break this to someone he cared about?

Unfortunately, he took too long. “We were talking, your uncle and I,” Niav said sweetly, “and we decided that you should live with him now. Because you're too much trouble around here.” Her sweetness was like one of those candies from urban legends about Halloween—a sweet with a razor blade hidden inside.

Arthur looked down, punctured. “Um... okay? Okay.”

Lance felt Paul's hand on his shoulder again. He didn't need the reminder. Provocation. “Arthur,” he said, “go to your room and gather all your things. I'll help you carry them out. Okay?”

Arthur nodded and walked, dumbly, to his room—like a robot, told to obey without really understanding the instruction. It had to be a lot to process.

Lance glared venom at his sister, who smiled back. “You're not even trying to hurt him anymore, are you?” he spat. “You don't even care that much about Art. You're just using the child as some kind of voodoo doll, because you know I care.”

Niav winked. “Have fun with family life, short stuff.”

By the time Lance was done seething, they'd gathered all of Arthur's things in a bunch of boxes Lance had brought, and he and Paul had hauled them to the bed of his pickup. Paul shook Arthur's hand again before leaving in his own car, leaving Lance and Arthur together.

Not for the first time, Lance wished he was taller. It was harder to physically comfort someone who, well, dwarfed him, but he gave the tightest hug he could to Arthur anyway. “Uncle Lance,” Arthur asked, not hugging back. “What are you doing?”

“Arthur, listen to me,” he said. “You're a genius. You're better than both of those scumbags. And you are gonna have a great life.”

“Um... okay?” Arthur awkwardly patted him on the back.

“And one more thing,” he said, reaching up to his car door. “Because the last time I tried this, it got messed up, so....”

He yanked open his car door. Inside was the box of Bionicles that had been in the trash. “Happy birthday, Art.”

Arthur froze for a few seconds. Then he ran forward and grabbed the box, and tore open the cardboard, and pulled out all the things he’d created. Clutching two of them, he looked up at Lance, tears forming in his eyes.

Arthur looked at the car underside, situated four inches from his face, and tried not to imagine what would happen if he licked it. Nevertheless, the taste and texture crawled onto his tongue, into his head. He scraped his tongue with his teeth, as if he'd actually done it.

You said I forgave you, and you were wrong. But you’ve said, over and over, that you were sorry. And now I think that’s wrong too.

He chuckled: the intrusive thoughts were getting so crowded up in his belfry, he'd need to institute some sort of number system like at the DMV. He kept working as Lewis's voice echoed in his head, pretending he didn't hear—like he'd pretended these past several days.

And I wish I knew how to show you that you don’t have to be sorry, that you deserve better. But if you’ve done anything this past year to hurt me, to hurt anyone? Then I forgive you.

“Why,” Arthur mouthed, as his raised arm sagged from the car.

Because... it hurts. You see your own hands, hurting the people you love…. I just want it to stop hurting.

That was the fun thing about replaying conversations in your head, over and over and over. You got to come up with the perfect comeback.

But you're wrong, he thought, watching Lewis reunite with his family through the lens of a car-bottom. You don't understand, because when your hands were gonna hurt them... you stopped it.

“Art?” said Lance's voice from somewhere behind and above him.

He lifted up his metal arm and examined it, noticing the scratches and scuffs with disinterest.

“Earth to Art, you awake?”

He blinked and, for just the space of a moment—the moment his eyes were closed—it turned fleshy, and dark green.

“Dammit, Art, are you listening or not? This is important!”

Arthur jumped, or at least he jumped as much as a prone man could. He's catching on.

It had been a few days since Arthur's confessions about Lewis's return, and Lance had looked increasingly troubled each day. Arthur could guess what was bothering him: Arthur himself. Goodness knew he'd been acting unfairly morose, and Lance would probably prefer having him around if he were more chipper.

“Come on, I know you can hear me.”

“Yeah, Lance?” he replied, injecting an emergency supply of energy into his voice. His eyes didn't waver from the car-guts above him, or the metal hand in front of them.

Whose car was this, even? Somewhere in the last few days, he'd lost count. Did a robotic arm on an assembly line keep track of which car it was working on? His certainly hadn't.

“Good, you can hear me. Well, I've got a job for you.”

“Really? Sure, let me—”

“But first, well, uh....” Arthur heard what sounded like Lance scratching his brow. “I've got a confession to make.”

“Oh? Neat!” He picked up a wrench and tried loosening a nut above him, hoping this sounded like an eager silence instead of a disinterested one. How did you make a silence sound different, anyway?

“Y'know,” Lance finally said, after maybe ten seconds, “this is usually the point where you say something like, 'Oh, Lance, you finally admit you're secretly a wrestler', or something.”

Arthur forced a laugh. “Yeah, eh. I just kinda felt the joke was getting old. Beating a dead horse, you know? Not very funny any—”

The creeper he was lying on got yanked out from beneath the car, and Arthur stared up at his uncle.

His uncle, dressed in shiny yellow spandex.

[lowkey-dying-art]

P.E.T ep 2

Aris body was there, and silverware was scattered around the ground, a knife dug deep into her neck, blood leaking out of it. Era skids to a stop, a few feet away from Ari's body. She freezes.. staring at the body silently "....." "Oh god! Ari!" Angy went to Ari's side, seeing the blood and her dead expression. She felt her stomach knot and herself getting light headed again but not from the ghost. The boy didn't even bother. His friends can handle it, right? For now, he just. Continues drawing. What a great brother teammate. Era begins to hyperventilate, it becoming harder to breath and- oh god it feels like the walls are closing in and the world is slowly falling apart and you can't speak or move and everything hurts Angy cursed under her breath, not knowing what to do exactly. All she knew is that she couldn't panic, not now. Eras vision starts blurring and everything around her is drowned out and oh god the only thing there is in the room is the dead body of your friend and th e y are n ..' t. .. .. Era falls to the ground A little voice is heard from the corner, a feminine raspy voice. "O-oh no. A-are your friends ok?" Two small little purple woolen cat ears poke from behind the counter to the kitchen. Angy heard a thud and saw that now Era was in the ground. "Era!" She crawled over to her boss, not caring if she got her pants soaked with Ari's blood. Luckily nothing had happened to her, Angy thought that she had simply passed out. She took off her sweater and placed it under Era's head. Where the hell was Arthur?

He'd jUMP- And whip his head around, looking at the random girl just happened to be like, right there. What. "Okay," He'd inhale, putting the journal away and facing this random lady, and exhale. "Who are you?" Yelping as she got hit, she stumbled backwards. Climbing out from the back of her shirt, a small pig plushie looked at Arthur with beady little eyes. "I am Klondike. The girl you just bonked is Spop Spooker. What human meat name do you go by?" Angy had grown impatient. She couldn't deal with one of team mates  being dead and the other one being passed out. "ARTHUR! GET YOUR ASS IN HERE!" She yelled to the young boy, not leaving because she didn't want to leave both Ari and Era alone. The pig turned his head towards the shouting. "Another meat person is here..... lovely" He's?? What. W h a t. "What." Ok ay- oh jesus Angry's angry. Or, Angy's angry. He'd make his way over there, probably jumping over the counter if that's an option. "Wha- OH. Oh. She's, uh.." Yeah, she's dead, Arthur. Spop poked her head over the counter, curious as to who the new voice was. Klondike how ever was annoyed. "These meat creatures look like they want me dead. We need to flee, energy- I mean friend..." Era shuffles slightly, blinking her eyes open. The smell of blood immediately hits her as she quickly sits up. Everything feels hazy and blurry and- wh.. what's even going on right now. Era doesn't care right now, being more focused on the blurry world around her before she quietly whispers "wha.."

Angy noticed Era had finally woken up "Oh thank goodness you're okay, I sort of freaked out because of you and Ari and-" she stopped herself when she realized that Era was probably more confused than anything "You passed out.." Spop walked over to the door and pushed gently, but alas she could not open the door. "hmm.." She backed up and charged forwards, slamming herself against the door, causing an echo throughout the whole cafateria. Angy jumped a bit when she heard the echo. Was that Arthur? Era flinches slightly when hearing the loud noise, before slowly looking towards Angy "I- I did?" her voice is quiet and confused, and she attempts to stand up before stumbling slightly. Her body feels like jello right now jUMP-- okay what the f u c k is going on at this point. He's like, so confused. Why did he come to this. What is he doing here. He's gonna stand there. An echoy voice is heard saying "you had one job Spop, not to slam yourself against the door. And what did you do. SLAM YOURSELF AGAINST THE DOOR " The loud talking and noises doesn't help the headache Era just now realizes she has, as she firmly presses her hands on each side of her head as they try not to fall over The young girl was confused now. She had heard a voice yell but her attention went back to Era when she saw her trying to get up but obviously not really big able to "What's wrong Era?" Y'know what? He's not just gonna stand. He's gonna sit on the counter. what a boy. Era doesn't respond for a moment before whispering "I uhm.. I don't- everything feels.. hazy,,"

A piece of the ceiling hits Arthur on the head. This is what you get for not helping with your dead sister Era flinches again when hearing a loud thump. She's so confused and everything looks like they're melting wH-- WOW OKAY. He's probably passed out at this point. That or close to unconcsciousness, because he's trying to get over the fact he got hit in the with a piece of the fucking roof. Angy, growing more and more annoyed with not knowing what the hell was going on, helped Era by putting her arm around her neck for her to support herself. Angy then walked with Era back to where Arthur was. Era is just,, so,, confused Spop cries quietly, sitting against the door A small mumble noise came from the 'body' on the floor, and a tiny cough. Aris hands moved up and just, fiddled with the knife for a second, before it disappeared entirely. She sat up, holding her head. "..wh..?" she muttered, looking around,e yes only half open. In a few seconds she focused on Arthur and the two girls, and concerned filled her eyes "Era are you okay- oh my god Arthur your bleeding- wait was i bleeding, theres blood, on my neck, what- what- okay, nono." she took a deep breath, stumbling to her feet "Arthur are you okay what happened- Era you look like you just had a panic attack- i feel like, i lost...something. What is going on-- okay, no, worry about others. okay. okay. uh." she kind of, realized Angy was handling Era, and made a grab to try and see the wound on Arthurs head Spop- "to many people" : ( He'd swat the hand away, no don't touch he doesn't like. "I'm- i'm i'm, i'm fine, it's cool, uh you're, you died actually." Era blinks. Her head feels like it's pounding but she makes them attempt to look over at Ari anyways "di.. wh. whaa." 

Ari blinked at Arthur for a second, then looked at Era. But in a moment she had looked back at Arthur again "alright, fine, i wont touch you, but. your heads obviously going to feel like shit, and you are obviously bleeding and in pain." she took off the thing that held arrows and stuck her arm in, handing Arthur pain reliever and taking out Eras anxiety pills, giving them to the female. Out bandages come and she attempts to wrap Arthurs forehead in bandagas™ Era just, stares at the pills, not even attempting to grab them as she confusedly says "You were dead." "H-.. howww..." "What." The pig plush sits next  to Arthur "Hello. Can you unlock the door woo mern" He's gonna grab fo- where's his water. Where's his bag. Where the fuc k. He's not gonna move though, seeing as he's being wrapped in bandages. He probably also took off the headlamp. Oh hey, it's that plush again. "I'm not a woman? Or whatever a 'woo mern' is?" Ari just,, puts the bag on his lap. there you go brother please stop being so confused yes thank u. Now he can swallow the medication with a low chance of choking. Era is just so confused and feels like she's melting Ari finishes wrapping Arthurs wound, completely not acknowledging the pig plush "I swear Arthur! if your not more careful you'll-" she cut off, clenching a fist and sighing "Just be more careful." Ari you're the one that just died. Ari looked at the pig plush finally and immediatly backed up "uh guys." she pointed at it "That would be a level twenty-five demon. capable of destroying planets.." she muttered, narrowing her eyes at it "I advise you all to back away from it." "I am not a demon. I'm a pig"

Era sluggishly walks over to Ari, squinting her eyes slightly as she lightly pats her on the shoulder "How are you alive?" she asks slowly, as if saying the wrong thing could suddenly make Ari disappear Klondike waves his plush hoof Klondike looked around "So.... how many more meat people are around here?" Angy stood silently, trying to process all that was going on. Era had fainted but was "alright" now. Ari had come back from dead somehow ven though she had a knife stuck into her neck and Arthur, was just being Arthur. Not to mention, there was a new person and plushie that was talking to all of them and they were still trapped in an asylum cafeteria. She wouldn't be surprised if she managed to lose her mind at the end of this exploration. "No other meat people.. just us," He'd take out his journal again, making another entry about this weird pig thing, titling it 'Plush Demon?'. this is a b  a d  time boy Ari looked at Era "Not explaining it right now. But i guess its not YOLO anymore amirite?" Ari gave a tiny grin, before going and picking up Arthur, carrying him over to the other side of the room, away from the pig. Ari how did you even, hes only one inch-..yknow what. dont question the mother. "Can you get away from us small demon pig?" she asked politely, smiling Era doesn't really accept that as an answer, but she's to jumbled up right now to really care. Her mind always gets confused after panic attacks (In a state of panic yet not which results in feeling like jello and being confused all around)

"I guess it's YOLF n- HEY !!" He doesn't like this, no stop. He struggle. "How rude. I only wish to conversate with you. Well do be careful to not step on my prey- friend. That's her there in the corner" Ari looked at Spop and she immediatly became entranced, she softly patted Arthurs back after setting him down, and got onto her hands and knees, crawling over to the other girl. She extended a hand. "Im..im uh..uh..hh..hi!!" o boi here comes that shy waddup Spop backed further into the corner. "H-hi...?" She was looking curiously at Ari's hand Era is just sitting against the wall now He's gonna return to the talking pig. Yes talk to the demon, Arthur. Great idea. Totally fullproof plan. 100%. "So what exactly ARE you? Besides being a plush doll of a Minecraft pig or whatever," He's trying to sketch out this thin g, Glaring at Arthur "MINECRAFT?! I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT I AM NOT A BLOCKY PIECE OF BACON! I AM THE GREATEST PIG YOU WILL SEE!" "..That's probably true, seeing as most other pigs live in mud," How does it glare at him when it can't move it's eyelids. Or can it? He can. And he is Ari smiled slightly "Its fine, no need to-to shake it" she chuckled quietly, putting her hand down and moving into a sitting position "My name ...my name is Eliza. Nice to meet you!" nice alias there Ari.

But h o w, "You wanna tell me anything else about you? It'd be nice to know." "Okay then.." Angy sat down on the floor finally coming back to herself and not being completly confused "I guess we are doing this even though it's a.. plushie.. that can.. talk.." Spop hugged her knees "My name is... Spop". Klondike raised a plushie eyebrow "Why are you so curious..." "Because you're a talking plush? I mean, those aren't exactly common. Except for the ones with pre-recorded messages." "How do you know my words aren't pretty recorded, flesh person" Ari smiled slightly at Spop, moving a hand to touch the girls leg softly "alright.. definently real." she moved her hand off, just smiling "Spop huh? How'd you end up here? exploring, like us?" She adjusted her beanie. "Mama left me here to be taken care of" Ari blinked "..what" she blinked again "how long ago was t-that darlin?" here comes mother mode, "Cause...this place has been shut down for two hundred years." "Because you just responded to me about the topic? Also because you can move on your own." "Which is.. really creepy, like something from a fuckin' horror movie." Angy listened in to what Ari had said. It was true, the place had been shut down for quite a bit. Did this mean Spop was a ghost? Era tries to recollect her thoughts as everyone else talks before suddenly jolting up, her face scrunched into a look of confusion. She stares at the group for a moment before calling out "Hey- Shouldn't we be trying to find a way out of this place instead of doing little five hour introductions?? We can do those back at the HQ." By what she's saying it seems like she'd be annoyed but her voice is more tired then anything

Ari looked at Era, "Thats definently a good idea. alright" she got to her feet "Arthur, you keep questioning that pig. Make sure it doesnt fuckin move. And..uh dont get hurt. it might be bad. call for me if you need help or if it attacks. Spop, your job is to try finding a window. Angy, if your still panicked, take a few deep breaths then get your ass back to work, try and find a ventalation system, Era, come help me try breaking down the damn door." and off Ari goes. "And if the ghost comes back, dont attack!" she called behind her Era quietly follows Ari, catching up with her pretty quickly. It seems she's a lot better now "Is there any plans on how to break down the door? Or are we just winging it and using a grenade?" Spop was now curious "what is a grenade?" Ari glanced sighed slightly, not answering Spop. "I said look for a window you stupid cat!" she snapped, whipping around to face Spop, glaring at her Era stares at Ari "Don't call them stupid-" Spop backed up "Im not a real cat..." She takes off the hat, revealing only messy hair. Era blinks, then turns to Spop "Wait- who are you??" "Knowing Ari, she'll probably still use a grenade because that worked soo well last time" Angy crossed her arms Ari just narrowed her eyes, walking forward and snatching the hat away, putting it in her quiver. (thingt hat holds arrows) She sighed again, staring at Spop "Look. For. A. Window." she snapped at Spop, then glanced at Angy "And you look for a fucking vent before i have to kick you out of this group!" Ari blease this is your first mission Era pats Ari "Shhh don't yell at them." Spop backed up "I'm sorry for wasting your time......" and back where she came from "Hey by the way, you guys can blast open the doors, you know that right?" He'd shout to Ari. Ari sighed "Arthur did you not watch the documentaries! Ghost locked doors cannot be blown up!"

Angy simply glared at Ari "I'm sorry but last time I remember I wasn't the one who was being a reckless jerk." She then stormed off, not wanting to deal with this crap "Actually no, I didn't because they're absolutely unrealistic!" He'd sigh, facing the pig. "Anyways, Klondike, why are you named after an ice cream bar?" Era inhales, then exhales "Ari you should probably calm down- lets just,, go try and get the door open." Deep inhale from the pig "Ghost and Toast are one state above us Arthur! When we move on to North Carolina explorations we might meet them. Then you can shove that statement down your throat!" Ari please. She looked at Era "Fine! fine. Whatever." she stormed over to the door, trying to pull and shove at it aggresively. The building rumbled slightly, floor shaking a bit Era looks over to Ari in concern before blinking, looking around nervously "Uh.. oh no.." Angy had heard the rumbling "Are you trying to kill us again!?!" Ari stopped, backing up a bit from the door. Worry filling her. The rumbling from the building got worse, as well as the shaking of the building. Kind of like how a building will move in movies before it collapses. Have fun getting out of the cafeteria Era turns her head, calling out to the others "THE BUILDING'S GOING TO COLLAPSE!" "Oh shi-" before she could finish her sentence, however, the building finally collapsed, various debree crushing Angy in the process.

Oh shit uh. He's gonna just grab the pig, stuff that in his hood. Probably a bad idea, but until Spop got back this was the best he could do. Plus, the thing might've been useful. Arthur scurried under the counter as the ceiling caved in. The ghost children in the corner of the room dispersed as the building shook, small screeching as it fell. Ari moved quick to duck and skid under a table, pressing herself aganist the back of it, holding her breath in order to not breath in too much dust or debri Era looks to Ari, joining her and sliding under the table as the ceiling crumbles and collapses around them, the table above their heads getting crushed by the amount of debris and chunks of the ceiling falling onto it A scream from Spop is heard

[elliotthezubat]

DEATH CITY DAYS CHAPTER 58

fuuuck yoooou kohaku aanbaaaaa~

and the impure king

also papa chuuya is best chuuya

Stein: *sips* valentine: *writing down notes* Stein: "Okay..." *draws a line on the chalkboard* "That's it." valentine: hmm? *The chalkboard has a few symbols: a flame, a foot, a soul...* valentine: what's that? Stein: "Biology. An understand of so many abilities..." valentine: ah. Stein: "...Just about there...and then...then... valentine: hmm Stein: "...Something is missing. There is this connection between these abilities..." valentine: how so? Stein: *taps the chalk between the soul and the fire* "Weapons and fire users seem to draw upon similar energies in similar ways..." valentine: ah. like elemental alignment? Stein: "Yes..." *opens an exorcist book* "...There has to be a connection..." -elsewhere- Chuuya: "Hmm...What'd you get for #4?" ochako: great wall of china. Chuuya: "Yes. But I can't get the year on it..." ochako: what about you, iida? Iida: "7th Century BCE." ochako: ah. mikami: i-i guess that makes sense? ryuuko: hmm... Iida: "And who was blocked by the Great Wall?" sayu: the hunny nut cheerios! Chuuya: ._.; sayu:...sorry~ i forgot breakfast this morning. ^^; Chuuya: "Order something?" mikami: i-it's ok sayu. you can have part of our bento. sayu: awesome! thanks mikamika! mikami: ^^ *her smile is soft, almost like rain's had been...* Chuuya: Q\\Q *covers his face with his book* ryuuko: *staaaaare* Iida: "...Close reader." ryuuko:...*holding mikami close* mikami: eh? r-ryuuko? .///.; Chuuya: *sweating, still staring at the book covering his face* -elsewhere- Tsukiyo: "Commander still under the weather?" fang-hua: a bit. Tsukiyo: "D'aw, that's too bad...Doc saw him?" fang-hua: *nods* Tsukiyo: "Hope he recovers soon--Konro seems stressed." -elsewhere- rowena: well, that should be everything. Poe: "..." rowena: hmm? is something on your mind? Poe: "I-I don't know..." ???: well, look what we have here? freak one and freak two out an about~ rowena: ??? *turns* kohaku: heh. Poe: O~O kohaku: out in the middle of the day? im kind of shocked. rowena: you're that aanba girl i've heard about, arent you? kohaku: holy shit she got it. someone give this bitch a fuckin medal. Poe: "..." *stare* kohaku: nyeh? the fuck are _you_ staring at? trying to think up some riddle to stump me? yeah, from what i hear, you try to do that to that detective, but it never works~! rowena: ?! Poe: *opens a book...* kohaku: and what about that clerk? do you really think she gives a single ounce of a shit about you? you're just a pathetic loser who only has a raccoon for a friend! how about you do us a favor and just drop dead? Poe: "I-I could suck you into a world of your worst nightmares!" kohaku: oh? and what will that do? nothing. because you're still going to be a piece of shit who cant even beat one of the greatest minds he's ever encountered! Poe: "I-I-I can suck you in!" kohaku: i can see you trembling, and you're stuttering. you cant do a single thing to me. you're nothing. nothing but a waste. rowena: ....*gripping fist* Poe: "I-I-I am-" kohaku: you're a freak! a freak of nature who couldnt even win the attention of his childhood sweetheart. you're going to die alone and unloved like the filth you are. rowena: stop it... Poe: … *trembling* *drops his book* kohaku: look at you. a pathetic mess. do us all a favor and die <3 Poe: *falls to his knees* kohaku: heh~ rowena: *slams kohaku against the wall, strangling her* kohaku: grk- rowena: insult me all you like....*glare* but dont you _ever_ insult my brother... Poe: QWQ -after that- rowena: are you ok brother? Poe: *sniff* "I-I hurt..." rowena: .....lets get you home... Poe: *sniff* *holds her hand...* rowena: .... lana: ?? edgar, rowena, hey! rowena: !!...good evening. Poe: "Eep!" *hides under his cloak* lana:....?? edgar? are you ok? Poe: *shakes* lana: ??... rowena: .....some rude person said some rather cruel things.... Poe: "I-I-I-I'm worthless..." lana: ...edgar.....*holds his hand*.... -after dropping them off at his house, rowena went back to the dorm- lana: .....*holding his hand and patting his back* Poe: *whimper whimper* "So pathetic..." lana: you arent pathetic edgar. you're sweet, smart. Poe: "I-I-I couldn't even attack her..." *holds up his book* "I was going to pull her into this tome of ceaseless torment* lana: .... Poe: "Th-The old me would have trapped her in a book and let her die in it..." lana: *stroking his back* -you're no better than when you were young- Poe: "I-I-I should be alone...That's all I deserve." lana: ....you got it all wrong! just because some asshole told you that doesnt mean it's true. they dont know a single thing about you. who you are and what you want in life... to be fair, i dont entirely know either, but i want to. Poe: "...I thought I wanted t-to make the best d-d-detective story ever..." lana: you will someday. Poe: "I-I can't even make one that Ranpo can't solve..." lana: well, he did say it was fun, from what i recall. Poe: "...Is that really enough?" lana: i believe in you, edgar. *smiles and hugs him* Poe: o\\\\o "..." *pat pat* lana: .....was there anything else bothering you? Poe: "...I don't know...So much..." lana: im here if you want to talk. Poe: "...Have I gotten worse?" lana: ?? Poe: "I-I feel ill, I sweat more, I write more poetically..." lana: ?? edgar.... Poe: "...Since I met you, I...I..." lana: ??.... ./////. Poe: "...I have felt weird..." lana: .... *brushing his bangs away from his eyes* Poe: *stares at her* "...L-Lana?" lana: ...your eyes are... ./////////. Poe: "..." .\\\. "Y-Yes...They have been this way all my life..." lana: ..... beautiful. *blushing* Poe: "???" lana: *smiles* *kiss* i love you. Poe: o\\\\\\\\o "...I love you, too." (*screaming internally* "I JUST SAID WHAT I WAS FEELING WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?!") lana: *blushing* >////////< Poe: "...Am I still alive?" lana: hehe, yes edgar, you're alive. Poe: "..." *smiles* "I am glad." lana: *smiles and hugs him* Poe: *hug, soft sigh* =w= lana: this is nice... Poe: *nods* "You hug well." lana: ^///^ Poe: "..." *closes his eyes, letting out small pleased murmur* lana: *nuzzle* u////u Poe: *lies back, letting her head rest on his shoulder* =\\\\= -elsewhere- Akitaru: *sips coffee* iris: late night? Akitaru: "Yeah...kinda nervous about this mission..." iris: hard not to be. Akitaru: "You got the supplies ready?" iris: *nods* Akitaru: "Awesome...Well, get some sleep. I have to finish these papers." -elsewhere- Kepuri: *inhales deeply* akaderu: doing better? Kepuri: *nod nod* "I'm fully over this stupid cold." *sips orange juice--then grimaces* >___< -morning- Kid: *sits up in bed, stretches* stocking: zzzzzz..... Kid: *smiles...grabs his robe...* stocking: *shivering* Kid: *tucks her in...* stocking: =u= Kid: *goes to the kitchen, turns on the stove* stocking: *yaaaawn* Kid: *enters with a tray* stocking: aww~ *The tray has a heart-shaped pancake* stocking: cute~ Kid: "Suits you~" -elsewhere- Poe: "Zzzz..." lana: *yawns and smiles* Poe: *small grumble noise* lana:... ^///^ (thinking: cute) *small forehead kiss* Poe: "Hu-wha?" *opens one eye* o///- lana: morning, edgar. Poe: "...Dream wraith?" lana: *small giggle* nope. just me. Poe: "...Oh. That's...pleasantly surprising." lana: sleep well? Poe: "Yes. My dreams were quite satisfactory. And you?" lana: yeah. same here. .///. Poe: .////. "...So..." lana: ....did you want breakfast yet? Poe: "..." *stomach growls* .////. -elsewhere- Akitaru: "Rise and shine!" shinra: *yaaaawn* Arthur: =-= "Kill all...*yawn* dragons." Victor: owo *shaking violently* tamaki: zzzzzz...... Relan: *nudges Tamaki* tamaki: n-nyeh?! whodat? Relan: "Commander said to wake up--" tamaki: im up im up! Takehisa: *cooking breakfast* Vulcan: *thumbing through phone* maki: mornin'! karin: mornin’! Vulcan: "Hey, Doc, Maki." yu: *yawn* nozomi: good morning. Victor: "MOAR COFFEE." -elsewhere- Meme: *singing to herself* "La la la..." mio: zzzz Meme: "???" *leans down* mio: *mumbling incoherently* Meme: *smooch* mio: O///////////O MIIIIIIIIII! M-m-m-mEME! Meme: "Good morning!" mio: ./////. m-morning... Meme: "Ready to start today?" mio: yeah. *streeeeetch* -elsewhere- mito: *licking chuuya's face* Chuuya: *small grumble* "Huh? ..." *pets Mito* mito: mew~ Chuuya: *yawn* "Some night..." *gets out of bed* mito: ^^ Chuuya: *drags himself to the kitchen, looking back to see whether Mito is following* mito: *yep, she's following him* Chuuya: *sets down plate with food, refills Mito's water* mito: ^^ Chuuya: *pets Mito before pulling out a bowl and pouring in cereal* *checks his phone* -one text from kouyou, one from naoya, and one from an unlisted number- Chuuya: *goes to Kouyou's first* kouyou: [did you sleep well?] Chuuya: [woke up exhausted but got studying done] kouyou: [that's good] Chuuya: [thanks] *looks at Naoya's texts* naoya: [not comin in today. feel like shit -_- bleugh] Chuuya: [sick?] naoya: [ya] Chuuya: [feel better. want anything while i'm out?] naoya: [nah. hirotsu's got it covered] Chuuya: [cool. feel better] *looks at text from unknown number* ochako: [hey ozaki! U hyped for the sports festival? \(^o^)/ ] Chuuya: "???" [hadn't thought of it] ochako: [it's gonna be epic! i can feel it!] Chuuya: [okay?] -elsewhere- Mori: *tossing half-asleep* miura: good morning, sir. Mori: *wakes up with a start* "DON'T PUT THE BOW ON ME!" miura: i had no intention of that, sir. Mori: .____. "...Thank goodness--it was just a dream..." miura: likewise. anyway, i have your schedule for today printed out. Mori: "What's on it?" *gets out of bed, shaking a bit* miura: the usual, executive meeting later at 4...sir? Mori: "What? What is it?" miura: you seem uneasy... Mori: "Just a...bizarre dream." miura: hmm. Mori: ("Why did I look like...that?") -elsewhere- Shotaro: *eating cereal* nea: *yaaaaawn* Yohei: "Long night?" -elsewhere- todo: mamushi. get up. it's time. Mamushi: *groans* "Wh-What?" todo: it is time for us to begin. i trust you know the way. Mamushi: "..." *points into the forest* "That way..." todo: *nods and follows* Mamushi: "..." *stares at the trees* "I used to play here." todo: *saying nothing* -up ahead is a deralict building- todo: is this goma hall? Mamushi: "...It's seen better days." *rubs her eye* todo: then we must hurry. we've been wasting enough time as is. Mamushi: "R-Right..." *pushes away a large plank of debris from the entryway* todo: *entering* Mamushi: *looking around* "It's...all demolished?" todo: *peeeeek* hmm? Mamushi: *spots a light underneath debris* "...Wait..." *moves aside some debris with a grunt* "...A flame?" todo: how peculiar...im sure there is a secret entryway somewhere.... ah! there we go. Mamushi: "I do not understand. Why is there a cellar down--*cough cough*" todo: are you alright, miss hojo? Mamushi: "It-It's nothing I can't handle." todo: perhaps let me hold onto the right eye? Mamushi: "What?! But, teacher...you said it was dangerous to have both in your body." todo: it's alright. we're just about there. right now, im more concerned with your well-being... Mamushi: "..." *reaches a hand to her eye* todo: there we go...*small smile* -after busting down the door- -inside the room, a strange thing is suspended by chains and ofuda- Mamushi: *stares in confusion* todo: so this is the 'impure king'.....in 1858, the monk known as 'fukaku' made a deal with karura, a spirit that possessed the kurikura blade. but even with that, he was unable to fully defeat the impure king, so he subdued him by removing both the 'eyes' and sealing them away... *smirks* so this is what the myoda has been hiding for all these years...i wonder....if we return the eyes....will that revive the impure king? Mamushi: "Wh-What? But that--that idea is monstrous..." todo: then again....i am a monstrous man. Mamushi: "...What the hell are you?" -FWOOOOOM- tatsuma: ... todo: well, i was wondering when you would show up… Mamushi: "High priest!" tatsuma: not to worry mamushi, we'll finish this and get you home safe and sound, ok? Mamushi: *stares in shock* tatsuma: i will make sure this ends with me, and i wont let it plague another generation. -a bird like entity appears besides him- todo: the vermillion phoenix karura....what a splendid familiar... Mamushi: "High Priest...?" tatsuma: now, put the eyes down...and begone! -several fireballs shoot at todo- todo: *rushing at him* -FWOOOOOOM- tatsuma:..... !!!!! todo: heh... *removing the left eye* wakey wakey~ tatsuma: NO DON'T- -too late- Mamushi: *shudders* tatsuma: hold on mamushi, we need to go warn the others! Mamushi: " 'Hold on'?" -BOOOOOOOOOM- juzo: ?!?!?! w-what the? tatsuma: right on time, get mamushi back to the inn. juzo: w-wha? -a cancerous blob bursts out of the shrine- juzo: ???!!!! w-what is.... tatsuma: the impure king. -back at the inn- madoka: *walking through the halls, but hears two members of true cross* ???: they're seriously gonna kill the kid? madoka: ?? *listening in* ???: "He released his power. What else can be done?" ???: not sure what to tell fujimoto... ???: "...Wait until the task is completed." madoka:.... *her heart sinks and she sneaks to rin's room* rin...rin get up! Rin: *sleep talking* "I can't eat another bite..." madoka: *shaking him* rin get up! we need to go, now! Rin: *eyes snap open* "...Madoka? Why aren't I at dinner?" madoka: come on, we need to go, it isnt safe here. *getting her jacket on* Rin: "..." *grabs his sword* "Explain on the way." madoka:.... -elsewhere- uwabami hojo:..... !!!!! is...is that-? kinzo: HOLY FUCK IT'S THE BLOB! Bon: "...Oh no..." izumo: i-is that.... shura: motherfucker! uwabami hojo: everyone! front and center now! Shima: Q~Q konekomaru: what do you think is going on? shiemi: *going to check on rin and madoka* rin? madoka? are you in he-.... !!!!! Shima: "...They doing the nasty?" izumo: SHIEMI DONT LOO-....where the fuck are they? -they flew the coop- shura:.....fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. Bon: "...Damn it. What the hell did he do now?" shura: of all the times to go awol! *grumbles* did he find out about the execution notice? shiemi: EXE-WHAT!?! Shima: "Oh, man! If they weren't going to kill him before, they're going to now--" -shura's phone rings- shura: WHAT. IS IT? Mephisto: "Guess who it iiiiiiis~." shura: -_________- what the hell do you want? Mephisto: "I have a fun little document. Guess whose name is on it." shura: ....is this about rin? Mephisto: "Bingo! Give the lady a prize!" felisia: *clapping* shura: can you get to the point? we got kind of a situation here called THE IMPURE KING IS WAKING UP! D8< Mephisto: "Short version: Rin's gonna die." shura: I GOT THAT PART! and, spoiler alert, he and kaname flew the coop. Mephisto: "Oh! Where are they registered?" shura: we're trying to find that out! shiemi: w-we can help look for them! Shima: "Rin's pretty fast, though..." shiemi: he and madoka can help us fight the impure king, then that will clear his name right? Mephisto: "How am I supposed to know--I'm not Head Pope." "...Okay, sure." shura:.....we're on speaker mode, arent we? felisia: yep. shura: -__________________-;;;;; Mephisto: "So, have Rin defeat the Impure King, or kill Rin. Take your pick." shura:....*siiiighs* alright then kids, you heard the man. go find rin and madoka, then kick some impure king ass. shiemi: oh thank you miss shu- shura: just keep this under wraps for now, ok? shiemi: *nods* konekomaru: but....where are they? Bon: *stares at Shura* shura: that's the problem... *notices something on her phone*...............mephisto......why....DIDNT YOU TELL ME....there was a GPS tracker?! Mephisto: "I put those things on so often I lost track." *holds up his map--and sees 40 different color spots on it* "...Huh. Why did I put a tracker on _that_ person?" shura: can i narrow it down? Mephisto: "The blue dot." shura: right. *hands her phone to bon* you guys find rin and madoka, i'll help subdue the impure king. Bon: "How are you going to do that?" shura: just leave it to the pros kiddos~<3 -in the woods someplace- madoka: .....*uneasy* Rin: "..." *hugging his legs, turned away from her, seated in the tree branches* madoka: ....rin?... Rin: "...How high are we?" madoka: im not sure.......rin.....am i....being selfish? Rin: "...How?" madoka: when i heard they were going to kill you....i was so scared....and i made you run away with me because i wanted to keep you safe.....i dont want you to get hurt, rin....*trembling* Rin: "..." *hug* "Love is selfish--because the person you see completes you." madoka:...*hugs him* i guess....t-that makes sense... Rin: "...Where are we going? We can't just..." madoka:....im not sure.... -creeeak- madoka: WOAH! -CRASH- Rin: "Ow..." madoka: ow....a-are you ok? *she landed on top of him* Rin: .///. *nod nod* madoka: t-thats good... *blush* konekomaru: ._.;;;; um..... izumo: there you are! madoka: O-O;; Rin: o\\\\o madoka: w-w-we-we werent doing anything lewd!! >////< izumo: um...i didnt say you were? madoka: *realizing...and grabs a branch* im not letting you hurt rin! *her hands are shaking* izumo: *facepalm* oh for the love of. we're here to _help_ him. Rin: " 'Help'?" *holds his scabbard* "Funny way to 'help' when I got a death warrant." izumo: listen knuckleheads. do you want to stay on the run forever, or do you want a chance to clear your name? Rin: "..." *puts down scabbard* "What're you thinking?" shiemi: *turns him around.....to face part of the impure king* that. madoka: ....how did we miss that? -shiemi and the others explain the situation- Rin: "...So, it's weak to fire?" izumo: *nods* madoka: you're able to control the flames better now, right rin? Rin: owo;;;; "Kinda?" izumo: good enough. let's go! Rin: "Well, I'll need something to get up there--" ???: *cough cough* madoka: ?? izumo: ??... !!! bon! isnt that your dad?! Bon: "!!!" *runs to him* "Dad? What happened?" tatsuma: s-son? is...that you?...guess...i didnt die... -a small bird appears- karura: i have healed your wounds, but you must take it easy, or else you will certainly die. Rin: "...Why is that bird talking? And on fire?" karura: i am known as karura. once upon a time i was servant of the myoda dharmani, but when the secret was exposed, that pact was anulled. i am now bound to tatsuma suguro by a personal agreement. Bon: "So Dad can stop the Impure King--" tatsuma: i cant....im already spent. but i can tell you how to beat the impure king. it will continue to grow until it is the size of a fortress. then a large spore sack will form in the center. Rin: "...Then we just got to burn this mushroom. Where's the weak spot?" tatsuma: inside of the sack. but should it rupture, it will release a deadly miasma. Rin: "Right, that thing!" *starts running* tatsuma:....15 years ago, i made a deal with karura to use the aeon wave flame. it converts one's lifespan into flames. i was planning to use it to defeat the pure king, but i was only able to hold it in place. Bon: " 'One's lifespan'..." *looks at his dad* tatsuma:...rin...i want you to use the kurikura to cleave the impure king's core like fukaku did many years prior...then i will use the remaining aeon wave to finish it off... Bon: "And what will happen to you?!" tatsuma: *smiles* the lives of hundreds are more important than the life of your good for nothing father. karura: oh? you are tatsuma's son? Bon: "...Yes, I am." karura: i am able to transfer the aeon wave to one of the high priests blood. tatsuma: NO! bon's still so young, you musnt get him involved!! i swore on my life this plague would end with me! Bon: *bites his finger, revealing blood* tatsuma: !! karura: so that's how it is then? Bon: "It is. Give it to me." karura: so be it... -a flame appears from the blood- Bon: "!!!" tatsuma:....*sigh* i never wanted you to bear this burden... Bon: *stares at the flames* "...Just have to stop this miasma before it's too late." tatsuma:...listen close son. im going to reach you a barrier sutra. listen well... izumo: .... konekomaru: .... Bon: "Barrier...How?" tatsuma: should the spore sack burst, this will prevent the miasma from escaping....so pay close attention... Bon: "Right..." *watches* -elsewhere- shura: *slicing* damn! they keep multiplying... uwabami hojo: how are things on your end, mr okumura? Yukio: *firing shots* "Trying to hold the line--with little luck!" ???: mr okumuuuuraaaa~ Yukio: *freezes* -a red light is seen in the distance- Yukio: "...!! A fire!" myoda: good! bring it over here! Yukio: "I-I don't think that's an ally coming..." Yukio: *runs towards it* -a young man with feathered ears is staring up at the sky- Yukio: "!!! Todo..." todo: *grins* lovely evening, isnt it, mr okumura? -elsewhere- tatsuma: do you get it now son? Bon: *nods* tatsuma:...you're finally becoming a man. Bon: -___-;;; "...Whatever. Let's go kill this thing." madoka: we're right behind you, bon. *smiles* Rin: *nod nod* "Let's get going!" -back with yukio- todo: come on out boy, i just want a friendly chat <3 *throws a fireball* Yukio: *dodges, fires a shot* todo: ah, there you are. you look tired. busy night i take it? Yukio: *firing more shots* todo: tsk tsk, so violent. *It's coming down onto Todo* todo: *dodge* phew. that could have gone badly. i just want to talk. so tell me, how is your brother these days? Yukio: "Nowhere near you." -elsewhere- madoka: it almost looks like a real fortress... Rin: "With a giant mushroom in the center." kuro: rin! there's a really stinky monster around! Rin: "?! Which direction?" kuro: *points to the impure king* Rin: "...Oh. Um...Well, spores kinda smell, and you got a strong sense of smell..." madoka: kuro, do you want to help us get up there? kuro: NYEH?! rin! you guys cant be serious! Rin: "Well, yeah! We need your size and great leaping ability to get us up there to squash that thing!" kuro: *sigh* alright then. *POOF* madoka: thanks kuro! ^^ Rin: "Yay!" -elsewhere- todo: *dodging bullets* my my, what got into you tonight? Yukio: *silent, firing more shots* todo: did i touch a nerve? how's your dad? Yukio: "Quiet!" *shoots at Todo's feet* todo: i heard he's in weak condition. who knows how long the old codger has left- Yukio: *leaps at Todo, firing* todo: *punch* oops. Yukio: *knocked back* "Ugh..." todo: you must be so stressed from your family holding you back. i understand that completely... -he grins- todo: you're a doctor, correct? Yukio: "Yes...and you'll need one..." todo: from what i heard, fujimoto was also a skilled doctor. as well as a skilled dragoon, but such is to be expected of a former paladin....he always gave your brother the better treatment....and what of you? you were trained to be a weapon. his replacement, so to speak. Yukio: "Quiet..." todo: you think to yourself 'this isnt fair'....admit it. you hate your brother, dont you? Yukio: "N-No! I don't--" -elsewhere- kuro: *running along the 'walls' of the impure king* madoka: woah! Rin: *hanging on* O_O -tendrils shoot at them, but madoka shoots at the tendrils with her arrows- Rin: *flames along his scabbard, as he tries to swing at them* kuro: rin! i see a bolder down there! Rin: "To land on, or toss at this thing?" kuro: to land on! Rin: "Okay! Then do it, buddy!" -nice landing- Rin: "Okay! Now, point me to it's soft spot!" madoka: bon, get ready. -a large round shape is in the center- Bon: "Okay...Just got to prepare the incantation..." madoka: we'll hold off the enemy. Rin: "Right!" *holds the scabbard on fire* madoka: *shooting arrows* Rin: *striking at flames* Bon: *inhales* -elsewhere- todo: already tired? Yukio: *panting, struggling to stay standing* todo: *smirks*.....?? oh? what's this now? Yukio: *aims again--but stumbles, firing just past Todo* -several magic circles begin to glow- todo: so you werent just aimlessly shooting....clever boy. Yukio: *smirks* "You will be contained now..." -several watery creatures appear, some female looking, some male looking, some resembling children- Yukio: "Naiads..." todo: *smirks* water beats fire....well im right in a pickle, arent i? Yukio: *gets on his knees, panting, exhausted* todo: heh. you cant even keep up...so much for in your prime....*lunges and pins him to the ground* how boring...perhaps i should kill you here and now... Yukio: "L-Let go!" -inside the impure king- madoka: rin! look out! *shooting arrows* Rin: *dodges, still trying to unsheathe his sword* "Damn it..." -elsewhere- shura: ..... !!!! oh shit- everyone! outside the barrier! now! Monk #1: "!!!" -the spore sack twitches violently- Monk #2: "That d..."Monk #2: "That ain't good..." -BOOOOOOOOOOOM- Monk #1: !!!! -elsewhere- todo: *pulls back fist* good night, yukio okumura~ *about to punch* Yukio: "NO!" *he's feeling warm...* todo: hmm? *FWOOSH* todo: *jumps back* well, this certainly is a game changer... Yukio: *trying to look* ("Everything's dark...No...Blue?") todo: seems i underestimated you...those eyes.....they arent your own... -POW- todo: *knocked back* oof- Yukio: *vision slowly returning* "Wh-What?" todo: well, fancy seeing you here mr shima. juzo: word to the wise, it's not a smart idea to go flaunting your flames about like that if you're trying to hide. Yukio: ("...Flames...") juzo: after all the lives you have ruined, there wont even be ashes left of you, todo! -inside the impure king- madoka: *cough* rin! bon! are you guys ok?? Rin: *forcing a smile, as he swings his sheathed sword at tendrils* "Just fine!" Bon: *focusing the fire* "..." kuro: *looking at a large entity* t-that's- impure king: *ROARS* -outside the barrier, rain begins to fall- Bon: "...W-We can't stop this thing...It's not possible..." -elsewhere- Yukio: "..." *light bulb* todo: *still battling juzo and the others of the myoda* Yukio: "Um, excuse me? I think I have an idea..." juzo: eh? monk: you want to make a strategy now?! Yukio: *shrug* "It's that or Todo keeps gaining ground..." juzo: ....alright. what do you have in mind? todo: done already? awww, but im just getting started~ Yukio: "So you'll hold him while we let Mother Nature weaken him..." juzo: right. narumi! shishamo! take the lead! Narumi: "Have at thee!" todo: *battling* *smirks* have at me all you like, i'll just absorb the weaker flames anyway. it's almost like trick-or-treating! juzo: TRICK OR TREAT THIS! FIRE LIFE SAMAHDI! *throws a bigass fireball at todo* -BOOOOOM- Yukio: *watches* "Just a bit more..." todo: fighting fire with fire? despite how the saying goes. it wont work-...urk-...w-what? Yukio: "Over-working yourself in your old age, teach?" todo: ....clever boy... -FWOOOOOOM- *Everyone is blown back, Yukio having to hang onto a boulder...* juzo: is he....dead? Yukio: "He's ash." ???: huhuhuhu~ Yukio: "!!!" todo: *getting up, his body ash and crumbling* making me overheat. not a bad plan...however, dont underestimate the healing abilities of a phoenix... Yukio: "No..." todo: *crumbling in the rain* oh...i forgot its raining...this might....make recovery difficult... -inside the impure king- madoka: *panting* this is bad... Rin: "J-Just have to keep going...as long as we can..." madoka: r-right. cant give up now... Bon: *stumbling, his finger still pressed to the ground* kuro: *clawing at tendrils* Bon: *panting, staring* "How much longer...?" karura: with thing going the way they are, the barrier may not last if you continue to be exposed to the miasma. Bon: "I'm fine--" *cough cough* madoka: !! Rin: "Bon! Hang on! Let us protect you like those princesses in fairy tales!" Bon: "...The hell you just call me?!" madoka: ^^;; dont worry, we got you covered! Rin: "Yep! Shining Knight Madoka and Rin to the rescu--" *cough cough* madoka: rin! Rin: *waves his hand* "I-I can do it..." *smiles* "Just trust me..." madoka: *nods and keeps shooting arrows* Bon: *on his knees and hand, trying to keep a hold...* Rin: *knocking down tendrils* impure king *ROAAAAAR* Rin: *thinking, as he sees a small flame on his shoulder* "...Could I...?" madoka: *nearly about to collapse* Rin: *remembers...* "Do these flames only burn humans or..." *spots Madoka* "!!!" *catches her* madoka: *pant* t-thanks.... RIN! BEHIND YOU! Rin: "?!" *turns* -a large tendril is coming down onto them- Rin: *tugging at his sword* "Come on, come on!" -why was i saved?- Rin: ("...I just wanted to be a hero...But then...I'm...") -why did fujimoto save me?- Rin: ("Because...Because...I...don't know.") -why are you alive?- madoka: RIN! Rin: *flames are along his back* "..." madoka: ....*holds his hand* Rin: "!!!" madoka:....*smiles* Bon: "Urk..." *falling down* madoka: !!! Bon: *he lets go* Rin: "Oh crap..." shura: *fighting off tendrils* GUYS! NOW ISNT THE TIME FOR MAKING GOOGOO EYES AT EACH OTHER! D8< Rin: "THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING! I'm trying to figure out how to burn these things!" shura: USE YOUR SWORD THEN! PROVE FUJIMOTO HE WAS RIGHT TO RAISE YOU! Rin: *tugs on the sword from its sheathe* -why did he save me?- Rin: *removes the sword* "So I can do this!" *ignites in blue flames* madoka: !!! *smiles* shura: *grins* raise hell, kid. Rin: *leaps and slices at tendrils* ("This is too slow...") ???: good grief. this is pathetic to watch. Bon: *lying on the ground* "Wh-What...?" Rin: "?!" -a large bird like creature has appeared besides rin- bird: i am ucchusma. the impurity kongo. the impure king is my age old foe. the blade you wield was once our lord's weapon. if you desire to defeat the impure king, i will teach you how to guide the flame. Rin: ._. "...'Kay. What's Step #1?" -the bird has now possessed the koma sword- Rin: " So, you gave me a power-up?" ucchusma: more or less speaking. i will call forth the fire life samadhi, a flame with the power to burn anything in the material world. with that, i will purify the impure king and the whole mountain with flame using your flames of satan. Rin: "Wh-What?! By 'material,' that'd kill everyone on this mountain!" ucchusma: so? it is of little consequence. all those who entered the impure palace and were touched by its servants are contaminated. the impure king can come back from even a remnant, therefore each one must be purified. let us go. Rin: "...So, just need to burn away impurities...even those attached to living flesh..." *small sneer* ucchusma: *chanting the sutra* Rin: *repeating the chant* ("So what do I do...") madoka: *running up the steps, shooting at tendrils as she does* Rin: ("Just need to burn...") impure king: *ROOOOOOOARS* madoka: RIN! Rin: ("Burn it all...Burn it all!") -CLANG- ucchusma: ?? why do you hesitate? Rin: "...Because...I can't kill them..." -its in your nature- Rin: ("No...I mean, I know I am...Satan's son...") madoka: *jumps* -BURN IT ALL! BURN IT! SCORCH THEM! THEY WANT YOU DEAD! KILL THEM BEFORE THEY KILL YOU!- Rin: ("...I want to...") -hug- madoka: *she had jumped onto his back, and is holding him* it's ok rin... Rin: "...What do I do...?" madoka: *holds his hands* we got this. all of us. *smiles* Rin: *inhales* "O-Okay...I just have to focus--* *FWOOM* *Flames cover Rin and Madoka* madoka: !!!....*closes her eyes* it feels warm... -a large wave of blue flames appears- uwabami hojo: !!!.... wha? monk: hey, only the fungus is burning off... monk 2: feels kinda nice actually... Yukio: "...Rin...What the hell have you done...?" monk 3: LOOK! THE IMPURE KING! -the impure palace is vanishing- Shima: "...Wow..." konekomaru: he...he did it! shiemi: *smiles* i knew he could do it! izumo: well i'll be... true cross member: wait, satan's son is...helping us? true cross member 2: am i tripping balls right now? Monk #3: "Not exactly proper language..." -the impure king has vanished, and rain still falls- Rin: *panting* "...Damn..." madoka: ha.....we....*she hugs rin tightly* we did it!! Rin: .\\\\. "...We did?" *looks around...then smiles widely* madoka: ^////^ *tears falling* Rin: "???" *hug* madoka: im so proud of you rin. Rin: "...You are?" madoka: ^^ of course rin. *smiles* shura: great job, kiddos. the three of you are heroes. -several people come running up- konekomaru: okumura! Bon: *struggling to stand* Shima: "What the heck did you all do up here?!" madoka: well...we beat the impure king. ^^ izumo: *JAWDROP* she says it so casually....are you _sure_ she's a rookie? shiemi: wow! so brave. madoka: oh, i was terrified! but i couldnt let that stop me. Rin: "Always brave is more like it..." *rubs the back of his head* ^\\\^ shiemi: ?? yuki? Yukio: *grim stare, as he marches up the hill* Rin: "!!! Bro! Look what I did! I told you I'd do this!" shura: ?? Rin: "I said I'd be the hero you wanted me to be, who Dad would want, who could leave you eating my-" Yukio: *Punch* madoka: !!! shiemi: YUKI! Rin: *stunned, down on the grass* "...What the hell?!" Yukio: "I told you not to use those flames!" shura: those flames just saved our asses! Yukio: "And what if he got out of control? He is Satan's son! The powers that be could still kill him! I told you to keep control of him, and you just did not list--" Rin: *Punch* shura: *grabs him* RIN! YUKIO! CALM DOWN! *clunks their heads together* Rin: X_X Yukio: X_X madoka: D8> shura: -_-; -later- Rin: *snoring* madoka: zzzzz....*asleep next to him* Rin: *yawns, opens his eyes* "..." o\\\o madoka: *yawn* hmm? hey rin....how's your head? Rin: "..." *touches his head--and winces* "Gah! Man...The Impure King must've hit me hard..." madoka:..... rin... Rin: "??? A-Are you okay? Did we win?" madoka: *she nods* yeah. we did it. we beat it. Rin: "..." *hug* madoka: *smooch* u/////u i love you. Rin: .\\\. "I-I love you...And I...I..." Shima: "OooooooOOOOOOOOoooo..." madoka: O////O s-sh-shima?! shiemi: oh my. .///.; Rin: o\\\\\o "WHY ARE YOU ALL IN MY ROOM?!" izumo: this is an inn, remember? Rin: "THEN CAN'T WE BUY EXTRA ROOMS?!" Shima: "So you can do things alone in this room?" madoka: eh......EHHHHHHHHHHHHH?!?!?! O///////////////////////////O *KO* awawawawawa -elsewhere- yaozo: and that's what happened. felisia: ... Mephisto: "...So, I guess we can't kill Rin?" yaozo: the boy is a hero. Mephisto: "So, no killing, got it." *sips his drink* "Sweet." yaozo: right....i'll just be going then. Mephisto: "So soon?" yaozo: *nods* if the vatican needs me to give a testimony, i shall do so. *exits* felisia: well.....*cuddles up to mephisto* seems we have the room all to ourselves now~<3 Mephisto: "Indeed~" felisia: i brought something special for the trip. so im just gonna put that on real quick, ok~? Mephisto: *chuckles* "Alright..." felisia: i'll only be a moment~ -after a short moment, something is felt pressed against his back- Mephisto: "...Oh. You." shura: *holding a kunai to his neck* alright. start talkin... Mephisto: -_-; "...Fine. So, the key is to use honey, not sugar--" shura: just what are you planning to use rin for, huh? Mephisto: "..." *smiles at her* "You know what would be a shame?" shura: is this going to be some vague threat? Mephisto: "Not vague. A promise." shura:.....*removes the kunai and heads for the door* i got my eye on you.........oh...and tell felisia i said congrats on her pregnancy. *exits* Mephisto: "...Huh." felisia:....*hug* i trust your judgement...call it instinct i guess.... Mephisto: "..." *hug* "So trusting..." felisia: *crawling onto his lap* now, where were we~? Mephisto: *smirks* "In the best place possible..." *smooch* felisia: ah~<3 konekomaru: *opens the door* mr yaozo are you-............. O____________________O;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; *closes the door* felisia: OuO;;;; Mephisto: "...I usually enjoy audiences, but not like that." -morning- izumo: finally, we're heading on home. unagi: *peeeeek* Shima: .\\\. *waves* unagi: <um....shima-kun.....you'll....write back....wont you?> Shima: <Of-Of course!> o\\\w\\\o unagi:....t-thank you....renzou. uwabami hojo: ..... renzou. a word with you for a moment. Shima: "??? Um...Yes?" uwabami hojo: im fine with you having unagi as a friend, but that's as far as i can allow your relationship to go. Shima: "Huh? I mean...Wait, why not further? I mean, if I wanted something more--" uwabami hojo: *grabs shima by the shoulders and looks him straight in the eye* renzou. unagi is 12. Shima: “Eh-…….EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH?!?!?!?!” -on the plane home- Rin: "..." izumo: koneko, shima, you guys look awful. konekomaru: i saw nothing...i saw nothing... Shima: Q____Q "The universe hates me as much as I hate myself." izumo: good. madoka: *holding rin's hand* Rin: "..." *pat pat* -upon arriving to the airport, several people are there with a sign that reads 'welcome home exwires'!- adrian: well if it aint the heroes of kyoto! seiya: congratulations. gilda: ^^ Rin: owo kyouko: oi! rin! yukio! Rin: *waves, smiling* kyouko: you....*shaking him* YOU ALMOST DIED MORON! D8< madoka: ^^; ???: -aAAAAADOOOOKAAAAAAAAA!!!! *TACKLES HER* madoka: AH sayaka: I MISSED YOU SO MUUUUUUUUUUCH! TT~TT Rin: X____X Bon: "..." sayaka: hey guys! how was kyoto? did you see kyoto tower? did you take pics? we got new students at school! one girl considers me her senpai now! kyouko: sayaka, inhale. sayaka: *BREATHES IN...then out* sorry. im just so hyped! Yukio: *grabbing his bag* Rin: "That's great news!" *shaking still from Kyouko's attack* -elsewhere- ???: right....i see.....i'll keep an eye on them....understood lord lucifer... -elsewhere- ango: ._.; um.....this is.....er...... Kunikida: "...Why?" ango: exactly. dazai, what are you trying to do here? Dazai: "You two have so much in common!" ango: i dont see it. Kunikida: "Agreed." Dazai: owo;;; "...You both can't stand me.* ango: .... Kunikida: "...He is quite annoying." ango: what you mean to say is 'neither of you can stand me'. Dazai: -3- Kunikida: "His grammar is atrocious." ango: isnt that the truth. -_.-; Dazai: "See? You're getting along great!" ango: -_.-; Kunikida: "...I'm going to need more alcohol." ango: tomato juice please. im driving. Dazai: *pouts* "Fine...I'll get your drinks." Kunikida: "...Was he always like this?" ango:....to be honest, he has improved quite a bit....thought that's a stretch. Kunikida: "...I'm reticent to admit the same. I can only imagine how worse he was before the Agency." ango: ......you're better off not knowing... Kunikida: "Perhaps. After his behavior at work..." ango: ....being in the mafia...can mess a person up...a lot...especially under the care of the mafia's boss... Kunikida: "Hmm...I cannot imagine." ango: .... Kunikida: *holds up glass* -elsewhere- Rin: "I just want to sleep for days..." kyouko: i can imagine. we got your bed all set up for you. oh, and you start classes again the day after tomorrow, just to give you a day to get your bearings back. Rin: "...Only a day?" Q_Q kyouko:....rin? are you sure you're alright? Rin: *nods* *yawn* "Just exhausted..." kyouko:..well, if you need anything, let us know, ok? Rin: *weak smile* "R-Right...Thanks." -elsewhere- Kid: "Feeling better?" stocking: yeah. *yawn* Kid: *rubs her back* "Need more sleep?" -elsewhere- Relan: *kitten yawn* shinra: zzzz Relan: "..." *hug* shinra: =///w///= Relan: "Feel okay?" shinra: yeah. Relan: "..." *rubs his hand lightly through his hair* shinra: =/////= Relan: "It's soft." -elsewhere- keek: Q_____Q Hawthorne: "..." barkova: *growls* heheheh~ Hawthorne: "Stop that noise, you mutt." barkova: *snarls* Hawthorne: *glare* barkova: *snarling* FD: "Down." barkova: !!....*silences herself, trembling...almost as if afraid* FD: "Corner." barkova: *crawling to a corner and curls into a ball* .... Hawthorne: "...Disgusting." yana: ... keek: Q_Q FD: "??? Why are you crying?" keek: THIS PLACE IS TERRIFYING AND I WANNA GO HOME! FD: "..." keek: i-i never asked to be brought here. i just want to go home and see my mom again... FD: "I can arrange that." keek: r-really? FD: "Yes. She would look nice with a bomb along her neck as well." keek: !!! no please! dont involve her in this! i-i'll be good! just dont hurt her! FD: "Then do as I say, before I get angry." keek: o-ok.... FD: "Zoey, what shall we do with them..." zoey: whatever you see fit, master fyodor... FD: "..." *smirks* "Care to have some fun?" zoey: for you, anything! FD: "Good. Take the pastor and get him to change that expression. Make the girl watch." -elsewhere- Yohei: *shivers* chie: everything ok, honey? Yohei: "...Fine. It's fine." chie: yohei...i can tell when something is bothering you...*hug* Yohei: "...Don't tell the others. Not yet." chie: *nods* is it....him? Yohei: *nods* chie:....*rubs his back* Yohei: "...New info at work. Just...Why?" chie: ....... medea: ....... *walking back to her room* ..... Shotaro: "G'morning Medea!" medea: !!! Shotaro: "Ready for breakfast? ...You okay?" medea: just....just tired is all....i think...i will sleep in today... Shotaro: "...Well, feel better soon." medea:.....right...... -elsewhere- Lucy: *grumble* anne: *poke poke* Lucy: =_____= "Stupid sleep..." -in another room- kirako: zzzz.... Dazai: *whistling in the kitchen* mii: *mreeeeeow* Dazai: "???" *looks down* -it appears to be a mouse.....with a camera inside it?- Dazai: "Hmm..." kirako: *yaaaawns* morning... *in a nightshirt and panties* Dazai: *kicks the mouse behind him* *smiles* "Hey there." kirako: making breakfast? Dazai: "Surprised?" -elsewhere- Hibana: "And pancakes are done!" *sets down...very burnt pancakes* mikami: um...thank you commander ^^; gabriella: ^^; hanako: yay! Hibana: Eat up~ -elsewhere- Meme: *puts on her sweater vest* mio: *yaaaawn* -at school- atsushi: *working hard* Kyoka: "Impressive." atsushi: *hella focused* Kyoka: *looks over his shoulder* -elsewhere- tsuyu: seems they're setting up for the sports festival more and more each day. Izuku: owo *shaking* ochako: this is gonna be so exciting! Iida: "An important moment to demonstrate our improved skills since last time we engaged in competition!" Bakugo: -____- ochako: what do you think, todoroki? Todoroki: *staring at an envelope in his hands* "..." ochako: >w> what's that ya got there? Todoroki: "Nothing." ochako: hmmm... Iida: "That looks like the envelope of tickets that were distributed to all students. ... !!!! You mean you haven't given your tickets to anyone?!" Todoroki: "Quiet." ochako: .... Bakugo: "What, you don't want your mom going?" Todoroki: "..." Izuku: "..." *light bulb* "!!!" eijiro: what about your sister? Todoroki: "...I haven't given her a ticket yet." eijiro: planning on doing that when you get home? Todoroki: "...I don't know." -elsewhere- Student: *running, tossing off his jacket--which is on fire* "Get away from me!" shinra: ?!?! Student: "They're not leaving me alone! Call the cops!" shinra: oi! the hell are you guys doing? girl in glasses: nyeh? who's this brat? Student: "Th-They wanted money! I gave it to them! Then they burned my jacket!" TT~TT girl in glasses: yeah, it wasnt enough brat. shinra: *KICK ATTACK* girl in glasses: tch- oh, you really want to go up against an oni? heh, be my guest. *holding a die, and rolls it. 3* -BOOOOM- shinra: *has already ran with the student* girl in glasses: !!! fuck! -elsewhere- Arthur: *puts on a mask* "..." mina: is that a welding mask, boyle? jirou: nice. Arthur: "I thought if the new recruit Vulcan can do it, so can I..." mina: like from star trek?! *shiny eyes* Arthur: "...What is this 'Trek in the Stars' of which you speak?" mina: dude, have you been like, living in the middle ages or something?! Arthur: "No era in this world ever dies, so long as it lives on, in our hearts and minds!" *holds up blow torch* -he was put on janitorial duty- Arthur: *holding a plunger* "...Vile toilet. I will be the end of you." marie: *SCREAMING* -BOOOOOOM- Arthur: o____o "...Truly, you are an expert..." -elsewhere- Kunikida: *holding his head, groaning* -the apartment is empty- Kunikida: "..." *stumbles out of bed* "Medicine..." -elsewhere- Benimaru: "Right there." kirei: *rubbing his shoulders* Benimaru: =\\\= "That's good..." -elsewhere- Poe: *humming* rowena: doing well, i see. *smiles* Poe: .w. "...Maybe?" rowena: how is lana? Poe: o\\\\o "...Lana-y?" rowena: ...brother? are you ok? Poe: *nod nod nod* rowena: ....did something happen? *worried* Poe: "...I have a girlfriend. I'm scared." rowena: !! brother, im so happy for you! Poe: .\\\. "I'm going to screw this up." rowena: o.o; why do you think that? Poe: "...Because I'm cursed." rowena:....brother.... Poe: "I'm not worthy..." -elsewhere- FD: "You completed punishment?" zoey: yes.... keek: *still shaking, horrified* Hawthorne: ………. FD: "Good..." *pats Zoey's head* zoey: ah~ sonia: *peeking out her door, just out of sight* FD: "..." *spots Sonia* "..." sonia: *has already gone back inside her room* ...... FD: "...Zoey, perhaps you should punish the other one..." *walks to Sonia's door* keek: *already hiding in her room* zoey: open up.....OPEN THE DOOR! keek: *whimpering* sonia:....... FD: *knocks on Sonia's door* sonia: .... FD: "Sonia? May I enter?" sonia:......... FD: *opens the door* sonia:....*stares at him* ....... FD: "...Are you hungry?" sonia:.... yana: not much of a conversationalist, is she? FD: "No. But she looks hungry. Might as well give her something." sonia: ...... -elsewhere- Bon: "..." *tosses a ball against the wall* konekomaru: *already catching up with school work* Shima: "..." *headdesk* konekomaru: ?? Shima: "I'm an idiot." konekomaru: is this about unagi still? Shima: *nods* konekomaru: ^^; well, to be fair you never actually asked. Shima: "She looked like her older sister!" konekomaru: *sweatdrop* oh, by the way, night market is open tonight. did you want to go? Shima: TT~TT *nod nod* Bon: "..." -elsewhere- Vulcan: *pouts* nozomi: everything alright? Vulcan: "Just thinking...about those Hoods..." nozomi: ....oh.... Vulcan: "Yeah. Just nervous about this mission." -elsewhere- Anya: *looking up at the sky* bailey: thinking about stuff, princess? Anya: -_-; "Don't call me that." bailey: isnt it true though? O.O; Anya: "...I just don't like being called that while I'm here." bailey: oh. im sorry. D8> Anya: "It's fine. Just don't make a habit of it, please." bailey: noted! -elsewhere- Giriko: *holding a ping pong paddle* "Ready!" -elsewhere- Gopher: "SMASH IT!" kirika: *squish* freaking roaches... Gopher: *huge sigh of relief, as he leans against Kirika* "So grateful..." kirika: -_-; Gopher: "I hate those tiny creatures, with their antenna and legs and...and..." o_____o kirika: what? Gopher: "...What if there are more of them?" -elsewhere- Medusa: *sips juice* neian: zzzz Medusa: "..." *rocks the crib just a bit* neian: =w= Medusa: *content sigh* grimoire: seems the child has mellowed you out after hundreds of years. Medusa: -_-;;; "I have not changed that much." -elsewhere- Yumi: *making Shiori's bed* shiori: zzz lord death: ^^ Yumi: *whispers* "She's growing so big..." lord death: i know. Yumi: "...Death?" lord death: hmm? Yumi: "...She's going to need you." lord death:....i know...hey shiori.. shiori: *yawn* pa! pa! lord death:...*craddling her* Yumi: TTWTT stocking:.....*walking away*....*sigh* Kid: *whispers* "Found you..." stocking: !!!! kid! jeez, i nearly jumped out of my skin! Kid: ._.; "S-Sorry..." stocking: *sigh* i-it's fine... Kid: "...What's wrong?" stocking: just this whole sibling thing im trying to get used to....it feels so surreal. Kid: *nods* "I have...some familiarity with that." stocking:...s-sorry... Kid: "It's fine...I have a sense how you may feel...but maybe I could ask, do you feel badly about this?" stocking:....how so? Kid: "Are you upset with the situation?" stocking: i wouldnt go that far. i mean, i am shocked, but im not mad or anything. Kid: *nods* "Any sense how you'll react when your parents have this child?" stocking: i dont really know....i'll just have to take it in stride. Kid: "...I think...your sibling will have the best sister possible." stocking: ^^; Kid: *pats her hand* -elsewhere- ebie: maaaaaail caaaaaaall! oscar: *looking at a letter*....i'll read this one in secret~<3 Steinbeck: "...We get mail?" ebie: yep! oh, and your sister sent you a letter! Steinbeck: *takes it* "..." rosasharn: [dear big brother, how are you doing? we're all doing well so far back home. midge is growing up so quick, she looks just like her papa. ruthie and winfield ask about you every day, as does ma. you know how she worries, haha. write back soon, your sister, rose of sharon.] Steinbeck: "..." *his hand shakes slightly* twain:..you ok? Steinbeck: "Fine! Just...fine." twain: ok then. Steinbeck: "..." *folds the letter, puts it in his pocket* -elsewhere- Lucy: "Another!" clerk: ma'am...you've had 9 shots of orange juice... Lucy: "A. NOTH. ER!" atsushi: OwO;;;; Lucy: *stares at Atsushi* "...Be my drinking buddy." atsushi: um... okaaaay? OwO;;;; odasaku: *sweatdrop* Lucy: *leans forward, holding the glass up to him* atsushi: here i go! *takes a full chug* haa... Lucy: "...I like a man who can hold his juice..." atsushi: ^^; (thinking: at least it isnt something like alchohol, i would die) odasaku: you and ango would get along great in that aspect. Lucy: *leans against him* =w= atsushi: O////////////O um... odasaku: .... 7.7; Lucy: *holds his hand, breathes calmly* "..." -a shiver goes up atsushi's body....and his tail pops out- Lucy: *feels the tail hit her* o\\\\\\o atsushi: O/////////O;;;; Lucy: O\\\\\O "...It's big." odasaku: you two um....need a moment alone? atsushi: yeah... Lucy: o\\\\\o "...Have you always been able to have that...tail?" atsushi: since this summer, yeah....i think? Lucy: "...What about..." *pats his head, rubbing his hair* "...ears?" atsushi: uhhh...... o/////////////o *sweating, tail twitching all over* Kyoka: "Is there sinning here?" atsushi: O_O;;;; odasaku: busted. ._.; Lucy: -_-; "Not now..." o\\\o "I mean...no?" atsushi:.... *atsushi.exe has stopped responding* Kyoka: "..." *takes Atsushi's hand* "He's going home. He is not feeling well. Goodbye." Lucy: D:< -outside- naoya: tough break, kiddo. Akutagawa: *clawing a pillar* naoya:...say, something rather funny happened the other day! Akutagawa: "ThERE'S NOthing fuNNY..." naoya: O-O;....well i was hiking through the woods the other day, and guess who i ran into... Akutagawa: "Dead hiker." naoya: no....mori. *she cracks up laughing* Akutagawa: "...Ha ha ha..." naoya: *grins* see, there ya go! Akutagawa: "..." -\\\\- "Let's just go." -elsewhere- akaderu: *in a fast food uniform, collapsed on the couch* X_X im dead.... -elsewhere- miura: ... Mori: "Well? What is it?" miura: no comment, sir... Mori: "Hmph. Not much of a conversationalist..." miura: -.-; Mori: "Can't you tell a joke?" miura: you mean besides kajii's 'sex life'? Mori: "...High five?" miura: *high five* Mori: "Good one!" miura: thank you sir. Mori: "You're welcome....You drink?" miura: im not physically able to sir, given that, in case you forgot, i'm a goddamn robot. Mori: "Motor oil?" miura: hah. funny. Mori: "...Do you do anything for fun? I mean, if you can't drink, what do you do?" -elsewhere- Mephisto: "How are you~?" stocking: doing well dad. how was the trip? Mephisto: "Illuminating." *holds up a gift bag* stocking: oh? Mephisto: "Something sweet for our sweet daughter~" stocking: *shiny eyes* felisia: hope you like it. stocking: *HUG* TTuTT Mephisto: "!!!" *pat pat* "Are you okay?" stocking: just happy... -elsewhere- Dazai: "Where did it come from?" atsushi: i think it just popped out cause i was nervous... i mean, i know it's a side effect of my ability but.... ./////.; it's still awkward... Dazai: "...Maybe see a doctor? Or...a vet?" atsushi: -_-; odasaku: that...actually is kinda funny. atsushi: no one is asking you od- Dazai: "??? 'Odd'?" atsushi: ._.; oddly enough? OuO;; Dazai: "...Okay. But maybe it's tiger puberty." atsushi: =////=; what was it like for you?.....when you started having those.....weird feelings that make you feel funny? Dazai: "...You mean when I noticed how attractive certain people were?" atsushi: i guess? Dazai: "...I think I lost my virginity before I realized how attractive people are." atsushi: O-O; um- Dazai: "It didn't feel like anything. Maybe other people's first time is good. But it felt empty. Just happened." atsushi:.....oh... Dazai: "With time, I had good experiences, and bad experiences. I screwed up, a lot." atsushi:....*pats his back* Dazai: *small smile* "You're going to be fine." atsushi:....t-thanks... odasaku:....*pats his back* Dazai: "And hey, you're getting sex education at school, so just be smart." atsushi: o-of course! .... .//////.;;;; Dazai: "??? What, you need some more sex ed?" atsushi: im fine thank you! Dazai: *nods, pats his head* -elsewhere- Jacqueline: "!!!!" *holds up the newspaper* kim: what happened? Jacqueline: "Doesn't this surveillance photo have someone who looks familiar?" kim: *examines* ?? *squiiiint* *It looks like her mom* kim:...*her stomach drops* Jacqueline: "...What is she doing?" -elsewhere- Todoroki: *holding the envelope* fuyumi: more fan mail? ^^; Todoroki: *holds it to her* "Take it." fuyumi: oh? um... *opens it* !! Todoroki: "...Will you be in attendance?" fuyumi: *smiles* it'd be my pleasure. -elsewhere- Meme: *frowning* tsugumi: is everything ok, meme? mio: you look uneasy... Meme: "Just tense...irritated...Want to punch something..." mio: did someone say some shit to you? Meme: "..." *nod nod* mio: want me to beat them up? Meme: *shakes her head* "...I want a punching bag. Can you hold it for me?" -elsewhere- eijiro: SPORTS FESTIVAL HYYYYPE! atsushi: ???? i am so confused. Lucy: "That thing where the Quirk students compete against each other?" momo: not just quirk students. over the years, it has grown and expanded to various types of students. Kyoka: "Such as ability users?" momo: i dont see why not. ^^ Kyoka: *looks at Lucy* Lucy: *looks at Kyoka* Lucy and Kyoka: "..." *look at Atsushi* atsushi: um.... ^^; ochako: deku. iida.....*her face is intense* LET'S DO OUR BEST!! Iida: ._. Izuku: o_o "Y-Yeah..." mina: its like she's possessed all the sudden. ._.; Izuku: "M-Must be pumped up?" ^^; Todoroki: "..." ochako: IM TOTALLY GONNA WRECK THIS! YEEEEAH! Izuku: o_____o Todoroki: "..." -later, at lunch- Izuku: "...So, I was wondering..." ochako: hmm? whats up? Izuku: "I'm sorry if this seems intrusive, and you're totally free not to answer. I mean, I wouldn't want to look like I'm delving into other people's business, but at the same time I think learning more about my classmates can help me rationalize what is--" Iida: *slaps Izuku upside the head* Izuku: *focused* "Why did you want to become a hero?" ochako: oh! um...well...uhh....i-if i tell you, you promise you wont look down on me? Izuku: "O-Of course I won't!" Iida: *nod nod* ("...Although I am taller than you.") ochako: well.....*sigh* im doing it for money. ^^;; Izuku: "!!!" Iida: "...Well, why is that wrong to seek a more comfortable lifestyle?" ochako: it's just...well, my family owns a construction company, but we dont get much business, so we're kinda broke. Izuku: "...Oh." ochako: thats why i want to become a pro hero. i can earn lots of money so my family can live easier lives! Iida: "That is quite noble!" Izuku: "Yeah! It's what anyone would want..." Todoroki: *around the corner* "..." -elsewhere- Yohei: *flipping through documents* coworker: oi, nanami. how's the fam? Yohei: *smiles* "Quite well. Kiddo will be doing computer coding in no time." coworker: haha. Yohei: *points to a pic on his desk* "Looks like his mom." coworker: he's got your eyes though. Yohei: "...A bit gentler than mine." -elsewhere- Hibana: *mixing chemicals* -elsewhere- Bakugo: *drinking milk--looking around him* "..." eijiro: you excited man? Bakugo: "...Just something to do. Got to show this class is the best. And that I'm the best." eijiro: yeah! ....you feel like someone is staring at us right now? Bakugo: "Every. Damn. Day." eijiro: almost feels malicious. creepy. *shivers* Bakugo: "..." *hands Eijiro a knife* "Toss this." eijiro: HUEH?! O_O; Bakugo: "He'll dodge it. He always does." eijiro: uuuuhhhh ._.;;;;;;;; Bakugo: "..." *takes the knife back* "I'll do it." *tosses it into shrubs in the cafeteria--and a loud yell is heard* eijiro: HOLY SHIT! Mineta: *sits up out of the bushes* Q__Q *he's holding a camera...* eijiro: oh. it was nothing important then. Bakugo: "Yep." Mineta: "YOU COULD'VE KILLED ME!" student: so? pony: *gives him a cup full of ice* Mineta: TT~TT "Thank you, Pony." pony: yeah, ya needed some ice for dat burn. Mineta: Q_______Q "EVERYONE IS SO MEAN!" -elsewhere- Stein: "...What's security like at this festival?" marie: they've strengthened it up five times since last time, given the incidents that have been occurring recently. Stein: *nods* "Gonna be loud...but it'll bring in ratings." marie: remember how fun it was when we were taking part? Stein: "...I was just there to win." marie: ...still, it was fun. Stein: "Hmm...It was kind of funny seeing Spirit lose." marie: yeah. kami was so pissed off at him for that. kneed him right in the balls. Stein: "...Ha." Spirit: *flames around him* "..." marie: OuO; Stein: "Oh. Hello, Spir--" Spirit: "LET ME TELL YOU ONE THING! THIS COMPETITION IS GOING TO BE MASSIVE! AND I'M GOING TO RECLAIM MY CREDIBILITY AT IT!" marie: are you...saying you're going to compete? ._.; Spirit: "...Sure?" -elsewhere- Master: "Put that banner up higher." miranda: *nods and putting it up* Master: *thumbs up* "The Sports Festival should be a killer for business." miranda: yeah. *smiles* remember that year i was in the olympics? good times. *smiles* Master: *nods* "We are still proud of you." miranda: ^^ -elsewhere- Hyde: *drops a TV into the living room* licht: *raises a brow* romina: ooh. Hyde: "Guess who's watching the festival?!" julian: us? Hyde: "Yep!" *hands Julian a bowl and a bag of microwavable popcorn* julian: ._.; Hyde: "I got plenty! So keep making it!" -elsewhere- Izuku: o_______o *looking into a shop window* "New...alternative...action figures...of All Might..." *grabs his wallet--and sees the cash* "Aw...I don't have enough money." ???: *hands him some cash* Izuku: "?!" *looks* ???: here. take it....dont worry, its not stolen or something, haha. Izuku: "I-I can't take your money! I mean, I didn't earn it. And it could be a poor example if I wish to be a model superhero. Furthermore--" -she smiles- yana: easy kiddo. im just trying to be a good Samaritan here. ^^ i can tell you really want it. if you want, you could pay me back some time later. Izuku: "..." *nod nod* "Th-Thank you! Um...Where do I send you the money?" atsushi: !!! here! let me! yana: ... Izuku: "???" atsushi: it's this one, right? -elsewhere- Iida: *doing squats* -elsewhere- Meme: *pants, pants...takes another swing at the punching bag* mio: *timing her* Meme: *punch punch punch* -elsewhere- Kepuri: "We're home." nea: welcome back! medea: *still in her room* ... Kepuri: "...Where's the psychic?" mana: she's in her room. she hasnt left since this morning... Kepuri: "..." *takes bags of fast food, hands them to Mana--then takes out a bag labeled 'Medea'* "Give the rest to everyone. Tell Shotaro I got him the Happy Meal he wanted." *walks to the stairs* mana: ok....medea? we got you lunch. medea:...not hungry... Kepuri: "Come on--you need to eat something." *shakes the bag* "We got you fries!" medea:...*takes the bag and closes the door* Kepuri: -_- "...You're welcome." medea:..*silently weeping* -elsewhere- Kunikida: "Report." atsushi: *hands it to him* Kunikida: "...You have not let this work get in the way of what you need to finish in school, have you?" atsushi: no sir. Kunikida: "Even that competition?" atsushi: *nods* Kunikida: "...Then wear this." *holds up a uniform* atsushi: oh.. um... ._.; Kunikida: "Promote us." atsushi: .___.; this is...um.... *The uniform has the Agency's name in big letters* Kunikida: "Is there a problem?" atsushi: not at all sir! Kunikida: "Good. Then get back to training. Dazai said something about sparring--" atsushi: *looks at the door* Dazai: *opens the door* "Meet your sparring partner!" *Someone seven feet tall is behind Dazai* atsushi: O_O;;;;; um...who is that? Dazai: "Meet Winnifred! She's a great compet--" Winnifred: *grabs Dazai by the head--and tosses him back like a ragdoll* -elsewhere- Kid: *sips his hot chocolate* kirika: *playing her game with mocha resting on her head* Patty: *collapsed on the couch* "Zzz..." liz: peaceful. Wes: *sighs, smiles* "Yeah." lord death: ^^ my precious family. Yumi: *small smile* "Indeed." *sets down drinks* -elsewhere- Bakugo: "I'm home." mitsuki bakugou: welcome back kiddo! so i heard you're takin part in the sports festival? Bakugo: " 'Course I am. Got to make an impression." -elsewhere- himiko: *watching tv* fang: guuba! guubaguu! Dabi: “…” compress: the joys of fatherhood? Dabi: "...Kill me..." compress: no help there. Dabi: Q_______Q -elsewhere- FD: "And done." yana: *takes a peek* huh. FD: "...'Huh'? I only get a 'huh'?" yana: i mean, what kind of reaction are you looking for here man, like 'woooah that is so cool!' or 'eeew what the fuck man?!' FD: "...Drive the fear of death into people." yana: ...dark. FD: ^^ "Thank you." yana: no probs. FD: "Now, I have to complete a task for our 'guests.' Care to assist?" yana: sure, got time to kill. FD: "Take care of the children. I'll deal with Hawthorne." yana: yep. sonia: .... barkova: 8D keek: Q_Q FD: "Have fun~" *closes the door* yana: alright brats, listen the fuck up. it's story time. FD: *approaches Hawthorne's room--and spots blood under the door* "..." *knocks down the door* "...What fun is this if you're going to torture yourself?" Hawthorne: "..." mitchell?: h e  a s k e d  y o u  a  q u e s t i o n... Hawthorne: "I...am not here for anyone's amusement--" FD: "Really? Because this is rather amusing in how pathetic you look." Hawthorne: "..." zoey: he is pathetic, isnt he master fyodor? FD: "Indeed. Zoey, he is filthy. Remove those rags from him." zoey: *tearing them off* Hawthorne: *does not resist, stares at the floor* FD: "Look at me." Hawthorne: "..." FD: "...Zoey..." zoey:...*slaps hawthorne* he gave you an order. Hawthorne: *swallows...looks up* FD: "I need you at your best. This is not it. Your mind is like clay, which we will mold. But your body...Zoey will now do what is necessary to fix you up. Fix his wounds and heal his scars as well as you can." zoey: of course, master fyodor. FD: *nods* "I will leave you to it." *turns to depart* Hawthorne: "Will you give me what I ask?" FD: "...And more." *departs* -elsewhere- Chuuya: *looks at the poster* " 'Sports festival'?" kouyou: i even went and got you some new gym clothes~ *holding up a green track suit* Chuuya: "...Green?" naoya: she said something about it bringing your hair out? kouyou: ... Chuuya: "...F-Fine..." -elsewhere- Mori: "Now, get some sleep." elise: zzzzz =u= Mori: *small smile, as he tucks her in and exits* -...- Mori: *sighs* ("Too quiet.") -....- Mori: *presses a button on the intercom* miura: yes sir? Mori: "Come here." miura: do you require something, sir? Mori: "...Someone to speak with. I...want company." miura:...are you requesting anything lewd of me, sir? Mori: *shakes his head 'no'* "...I don't want to be alone tonight." miura:...very well then, sir. Mori: *nods* "Thank you...Do you...drink tea?" miura: no. Mori: "...Do you have more jokes memorized?" miura:...sir.. Mori: "...What? Are you suggesting _I_ am a joke?" miura: not at all sir. Mori: "...Do you dream?" miura: surprisingly, no. i do not dream of electric sheep. Mori: *smirks* "And that, Miura, is a joke." miura:...ah. Mori: "...Do you like it here?" miura: it's the only place i really know, so i suppose yes. Mori: "You can always see more places." miura: i have no particular interest at present. Mori: "But is there anything keeping you here?" miura: simple. i have a job to do. Mori: "...What if there was more to keep you?" miura: if you're suggesting anything sexual, im afraid i will have to decline. Mori: "...Not what I..." *sighs* "Nevermind. But promise me, you will consider not some_one_, but some_thing_, that fulfills you, makes you want to stay other than work." miura:...i'll consider it. Mori: *nods* "...May you sleep by my side tonight? Nothing sexual. Just to know I am not alone." miura:...very well. Mori: *opens the door to his room...stays dressed, just lies down...* miura:...*pats his head, like a mother would to her child* Mori: *small shake...* miura:.......*small humming* Mori: *closes his eyes* "M..." miura: .... Mori: "Zzz..." miura:...sleep well sir.... Mori: *sleeps* -elsewhere- Giovanni: "Unacceptable." lisa: .... Giovanni: *holds the photo up to her* "You took this from the workshop, didn't you?" lisa: ..... -elsewhere- Relan: *shivers* shinra: *hug* ^^ Relan: *calms down...* "Zzz..." -morning- Motojirou: *snoring* ayako: WAAAAKEE UUUUUUUP! *banging pans together* Motojirou: O___O *falls off* "Ouch!" ayako: YAAAAY HE'S UP! Motojirou: "...What now? I was having good dreams." ayako: we got stuff to do today! Motojirou: -____- "Can I at least eat first?" -elsewhere- Mori: *snoring* miura: .... (thinking: he was...almost like a child in that moment....) Mori: *turns over, yawns, opens his eyes* "...???" miura: good morning sir. Mori: ._. "...Good morning. Did you sleep?" -elsewhere- atsushi: .... odasaku: nervous? atsushi:...i dunno.... odasaku:....*head pat* atsushi: thanks. odasaku: no probs. *Knock knock* atsushi: it's open. Lucy: *pops in her head* "Ready?" atsushi: yeah. *smiles* Lucy: "...You look better smiling." *smiles back* atsushi: .///////////. Lucy: "Now hurry up." -elsewhere- Kid: *hums* stocking: =////u////= Kid: *smiles* "Well, look at that..." stocking: hmm? what? Kid: *small smooch on her nose* stocking: hehe~ Kid: "And what are you up to today?" *hug* stocking: not much, you? Kid: "I have the day off..." stocking: ah. Kid: "May I spend my day with you?" stocking: it would be my pleasure~ Kid: *offers his arm, smiles* stocking: *smooch* ~<3 Kid: ^\\\^ -elsewhere- Todoroki: *jogging* ochako: *whistling* Todoroki: "???" ochako: hey todoroki! training hard? Todoroki: "...Oh. Hello. Yes." ochako: this is gonna be eeeepiiiic! Todoroki: "...It will be an opportunity for true heroes to rise to prominence." ochako: i know! >u< Todoroki: "...Well, good luck." ochako: you too, todoroki! ^^ Todoroki: -\\\\- "...Okay." ochako: ^^ Todoroki: "...Are you jogging as well?" ochako: yep! im pumped! Todoroki: "...I was taking this path..." ochako: cool! i think the observatory tower is up ahead. you can see a huge part of the city from there! Todoroki: "Oh. I have not been there." ochako: eh? for real? well, death city is a huge place. maybe we could stop by? Todoroki: "...If we can climb the stairs." ochako: you're on! Todoroki: *follows...small smile* -elsewhere- FD: "And did he learn his lesson?" zoey: yes... FD: "Very good...What is he doing now?" zoey: healing for now.... FD: "Good...Because you and I must speak." zoey: what is it? FD: "Are you happy here?" zoey: of course i am! if i can be by your side, i'm more than happy! FD: "Because I would hate to think you are as miserable as others occupying this location...After how Hawthorne behaved, I cannot afford to have you be unhappy." zoey: *blush* FD: "How may I improve your mood?" -elsewhere- Relan: "I can't imagine being in that festival..." shinra: i think you could have the potential. Relan: "When the competitors include...that explode-y guy?" shinra: we could take him on! >u< Bakugo: "...Really?" Relan: Q_Q shinra: JEZZUSFUCK! iris: how long was he....? Relan: *hides behind Iris* -elsewhere- Dazai: *staring at the dish in the oven* "..." *in an apron and with oven mitts* "...Just a bit more." -ding- Dazai: ^W^ *opens the oven removes the dish* "..." *inhales* "Ah, good..." -elsewhere- Akutagawa: "This outfit is stupid." gin: well it's practical. Akutagawa: "I fail to see why I must wear this." naoya: ceremonial. i wore the same kind of outfit when i was in high school. Akutagawa: "Yours was this goofy?" naoya: eh. i had no real opinion. could have been worse, you could be down to practically your underwear! Akutagawa: "...I'm debating that point..." higuchi:.... ._.; Akutagawa: "I have no more time for this. Are the measurements sufficient on this attire?" -elsewhere- Akane: *speaking to security* "Be sure to check in and check out when you finish your shift." guard: *salutes* sir. Akane: "...Interesting cape. Your name?" guy: they call me 'the crooster!' clay: ACK! Akane: *writing down the name, then looks at Clay* "???" clay: MY EYES BURN DUDE! namiko: TT_TT *hiding under the bleachers* Akane: *sighs, puts on goggles, tosses bottle of drops to Clay* "At least we have 'tear gas' as a superhero this year..." namiko: that's fair. midnight: it's 'teary blue' actually. Akane: "Just describing the practical technique...So, all exits are guarded. After the last attack on students, whether by villains or rogue witches, I'm happy to have most preparations completed." clay: and protection from giant whales falling out of the sky! Akane: "...I told you, they don't migrate here." clay: then explain the one that fell into the lake then a few months ago, huh? Akane: "...That was a whale commandeered by electronic implants." clay: so like a robo whale? Akane: "Yes." clay: oh. Akane: "Professor Midnight, who is your biggest hero, height-wise?" midnight: in terms of height? as in all the time or maximum growth? -elsewhere- Iida: "...Brother? It's me..." tensei: oh, a pleasure to hear from you, tenya. what's up? Iida: *small smile* "I'm preparing for the festival. I've been improving my training. I...just want..." tensei: hmm? Iida: "...bring honor to our family." tensei: *smiles* i think you already are. Iida: "..." *manly tears, bows* "THANK YOU, BROTHER!" -elsewhere- Hiro: *looking at festival schedule* "Some musical performances on some evenings..." EF: ah. Hiro: "You get tickets?" EF: yep. Hiro: "Same. Guess I'll see you there! I hope I can actually see it this year--usually, someone is blocking my view..." -elsewhere- Reporter: *waving at teachers* "Excuse me! An interview, please!" marie: oh. you're ann terveau, from the news station? Reporter: *beaming* "Yes, I am! And you...Mjolnir, correct? The student from an earlier festival and now a teacher here, correct?" marie: that's correct. and dont forget that im a death scythe~ ^^ *wink* Ann: "...O-Of course not." ^^; "I wanted to ask about the upcoming Festival. Who are the students favored to win this year?" marie: well, as a teacher, i shouldnt really be picking favorites out of fairness to the others. Ann: "Aw, come on--there has to be a few you're mentoring for this event." -elsewhere- Stein: *falls down onto the couch* valentine: long day? Stein: "Security protocols, stocking the medical offices...Will be over-time at the infirmary during the games." valentine: ah. Stein: "...Could I have your assistance in the infirmary during the games?" valentine: already way ahead of you. Stein: "Thanks, Val..." *lies back* -elsewhere- Mr. Tsubaki: *whistling, as he sets out a photo...showing some students in sports uniforms* reimi: that's...watanuki, isnt it? Mr. Tsubaki: *nods* "Sakuya, yes. And Naho. And Lilac." reimi:...you miss them, dont you...? Mr. Tsubaki: "..." *nods* -elsewhere- Shamrock: "Eat well. You'll need the energy." lilac:...t-thank you. Shamrock: "You're welcome." X_^ tsubaki: ^^ Sakuya: "Could someone pass the salt?" -elsewhere- Todoroki: "..." ochako: wooooah! the view is awesome from up here! Todoroki: "...There is a lot to see." ochako: *smiles* can you see your house from here? Todoroki: "..." *points* ochako: woah! Todoroki: "And yours?" ochako: oh, it's on the other side of town. Todoroki: "Point it to me." -elsewhere- Yohei: *sips coffee* chie: *kiss* Yohei: ^\\^ "What's that for?" chie: love you~ Yohei: *smiles* "Love you, too." chie: ^///^~<3 Yohei: *puts a hand on her hip, letting her sit in his lap* chie: o///o Yohei: *rests his head along her shoulder* chie: *hug* Yohei: *hug* chie: =////= Yohei: "Are you...okay?" chie: yeah. of course i am. Yohei: *nods* "I'm glad...Toru sleeping okay?" chie: *nods* Yohei: "...Want to lie down for a bit?" chie: ....yeah. Yohei: *picks her up, takes her to their bed* -elsewhere- Hawthorne: *in a suit again...but his eyes look out, dead* "..." zoey: well?.....say something you.... Hawthorne: "...What would you have me say?" zoey: ..... Hawthorne: "...Why are you here?" zoey:...it's simple. im here only to serve the man i love Hawthorne: "And what if he does not return those feelings?" zoey: *grabs him by the neck* YOU DONT KNOW A THING ABOUT MASTER FYODOR!! HE LOVES ME MORE THAN ANYONE!! Hawthorne: *choking, but smirking* "Love...Hate...Same emotion...I see how he looks at you. He has no love for you. Just hatred..." zoey: *grabbing tighter* SHUT UP! SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!!!! Hawthorne: *grabs her wrists, trying to pull them away, bringing up his knees to push her away* "Yes, woman, suffer as I have suffered, in sight of me, your worst enemy...No friendly hand pulls at his heart-strings, for he has no love in his heart. How could he love a monster like you, who murders her only friend?" zoey: he...hehehe..AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! ahhh~ i only....did...what master fyodor...asked of me... Hawthorne: "And you killed your friend. You killed your friend because a madman told you to. You killed your only friend because a madman told you to. You killed your only friend because a madman told you to--then defiled you, from the inside out, like the base whore you are--" zoey: *slaps him...with a lead pipe* Hawthorne: *knocked to the floor, bleeding from the head* zoey: ......*exits the room* ......... FD: "..." *steps out, looks at Hawthorne...follows Zoey* zoey: master fyodor...? you...dont believe him....do you? FD: "Of course not." *rests his hand along her cheek* "I love you." zoey: ahhh *blush* FD: "But there are two problems." zoey: w-what is it, master fyodor? FD: "First, you have damaged one of our members. He will need your medical treatment." zoey:....understood. FD: "Second, you will treat him..." *turns her around--and slams her against the wall* "...after your punishment." zoey: ah! *pant* m-master fyo- FD: *slaps a hand over her mouth, as he leans onto her* "I can't have you killing my soldiers..." *jams his nails into her side* zoey: *letting out a muffled moan* FD: *rips her skirt with his nails, tearing it off of her* "You like blood so much?" *digs his nails into her bare leg* zoey: a-ahhh~!' FD: *grabs her underwear by the edge--tugging on them until they start to tatter* zoey: *blush* FD: "Are you really so embarrassed, Zoey, at being in a state of undress before me?" *turns her around, lifting up her shirt over her head* "You have no reason to be ashamed, before the man who loves you, who has seen all of you." zoey: it...f-feels good... FD: *grabs her bra--and rips it down, his mouth reaching her breast* -elsewhere- Spirit: "Hey, Kim. How're you holding up?" kim: good. you? Spirit: "A'ight. Just working out for the Festival..." kim: you're...taking part? sachiko:.... >////>; Spirit: "Yeah. What's wrong with that?" kim: no, nothing at all!....hey sachiko. sachiko: miss diehl. Spirit: "We're getting items for dinner. You hungry?" kim: eh, sure. Spirit: "Feel free to invite Jackie--plenty of food tonight!" kim: cool. Spirit: "And bring dessert!" -elsewhere- Kepuri: "What is her deal?!" chie: im not sure....she seems....hurt. Kepuri: "Then go to a doctor!" chie: i dont mean physical hurting. -_-; Kepuri: "Then a head doctor! You know, a shrink!" chie: perhaps... -elsewhere- Izuku: *sets his new action figure on the shelf* "...I'll make you proud, sir." -elsewhere- rowena: *reading* Poe: "Sister? I finished the cookies." rowena: *smiles* that's great. ^^ lenore: *casually perched on her head* Poe: *offers a cookie to Lenore* lenore *nom nom* Poe: ^^ "Glad you like it." -elsewhere- Todoroki: "I'm home." fuyumi: welcome back! Todoroki: "May I provide any assistance with dinner?" fuyumi: sure. Todoroki: *grabs an apron* "...Anything interesting happen?" -elsewhere- Mr. Urakaka: *asleep on the couch, still in his work clothes* "Zzz..." ochako:...*smiles and puts the blanket over him* -elsewhere- Black Star: *snoring* kilik: guess he's crashing here tonight then? soul: seems like. Black Star: *swings his arm* soul:...whatcha think he's dreaming about? kilik: *shrug* Black Star: "Give it to me..." kilik:...*smirks, pulling out shaving cream and putting it into the palm of black*star's hand* Black Star: "Yeah, that's it...Big burger..." *moves his hand up to his mouth* "NOM." kilik + soul: *holding in laughter* Black Star: *muttering* "Tsubaaaaaaaakiiii....I told you I don't like whipped cream on my burger." -they just lose it- Black Star: *wakes up* "..." *growls* -elsewhere- kenji: *humming* Kunikida: "I have an errand for you." kenji: okay! what is it? Kunikida: "Delivers this package to the police." kenji: okay! hey kyouka, lets do our best! Kyouka: "Yay." -elsewhere- yana: *checking the cameras* *Dazai is washing dishes, Lucy is...holding up a sports uniform?* yana: *yawn* uuuugh. so laaaaame. are we ever gonna get this damned plan going? FD: *enters, buttoning his shirt* "What do we need to move forward?" yana: *looks back at him ala shaft head tilt* well, for starters, we need to finish contacting that guy, but it may take months. FD: "Can you make it 'weeks'?" yana: i could try, but i cant guarantee it. -_-; FD: "Please do." *adjusts his tie* yana: *nods* *glances through the door* zoey: *panting, laying on the floor* yana: *cringe* FD: "...I'll be done in a few minutes. Tend to the children." yana:....right. -elsewhere- Tsukiyo: *hands out towels* -elsewhere- kenji: ^^ Kyoka: "...There it is." -after that- kenji: what do you want to do now? ^^ Kyoka: "Crepes." kenji: that sounds yummy! Kyoka: "Good. I hope you have money." ???: hueeeee....the city is so big and scary. i wish i could go home... kenji: !!!! ???: *a young boy, around 14, looks up* ueh? k-kenji? kenji: *HUG* NANKICHI!! Kyoka: "???" kenji: oh! kyouka, this is nankichii, he's from ihatov like me! nankichii, this is kyouka, she's one of my coworkers! nankichii: e-e-ehhh? coworkers? what? *confused* Kyoka: "Student employee." nankichii: ehhhh??? -elsewhere- hirotsu + naoya: *belting out an epic enka duet. it is a marvelous sight to behold* higuchi: ^^; Gin: "..." *downs another shot* higuchi: wait, where did tachihara and ryunosuke go? Gin: "??? ... Oh no." clerk: sir. you're drunk. go back to your room please. -_-; Tachihara: "No, you go back to your room!" Akutagawa: *shivering* -a voice can be heard singing in one of the rooms...atsushi's voice- Akutagawa: "..." *follows the voice* atsushi: *singing karaoke* Lucy: QWQ Akutagawa: *staring from the window* Q~Q kirako: *claps* naomi: ^^ Lucy: "Bravo!" atsushi: aw, shucks guys. ^^ *scratching the back of his head, blushing a bit* Lucy: "Encore!" atsushi: well- *notices the window* *SCREAM* Lucy: "!!!" Akutagawa: *face pressed against the glass* naomi: WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?! Akutagawa: *smashes the window* -he got tazed- Lucy: o_o; atsushi: that was terrifying. -underground- RHOD member: <boss, we have a problem. someone leaked our location. we'll need to move to the secondary base.> FD: *sigh* <Begin.> -elsewhere- Mori: "???" miura: someone sent us the location of the rats... Mori: *smiles* "Send our team!" miura: understood. -and so- naoya: look out fuckers, pest control is in town! hirotsu: *approaching the door....he sent it flying back* -silence.......no one is here...- Akutagawa: "..." Chuuya: "Damn it." *sniffle* naoya: ??? -a small child can be heard whimpering from one of the rooms- Chuuya: "???" *follows the sound* -the room is empty, save for two beds....the sound is coming from under one of them- sonia: *whimpering, clutching a stuffed bear* Chuuya: "..." *approaches one bed* sonia: ??? .....*staring up at him* Chuuya: "...Hey." sonia: .....are you....going to kill me? Chuuya: "No...Why would you think that?" sonia:....are you....an angel? Chuuya: "No. Human. Like you." *removes his glove* sonia: ....... *staring out the door* Akutagawa: "...Why is there a small person under that bed?" sonia: ......they left me in this place.....told me i was nothing more than dead weight....*crawling out and going out of the room* Chuuya: "...What is your name?" sonia:.....sonia.....*points to the incubator* i came out of here....from a dead thing.... naoya: the heck is that? hirotsu: an incubator? *examining it* nirvana corporation...? how long has this been here...? Chuuya: ("...Dead thing?") higuchi: *checking rooms*.... ?? *spots a box with 'to mr nakahara' written on it with a letter* what the....?......hey chuuya? you might want to see this. Chuuya: "??? ..." sonia:....*points to the box* mommy in there. Chuuya: "...What do you mean--" sonia: mommy in there.....she died.....i was supposed to be dead too.....but then they grew me in the tube...and now im here.... naoya: that's pretty freaky.... Chuuya: "..." *opens the box* -rain's body is left inside- higuchi: *screaming in horror* hirotsu: !!!! Chuuya: "..." *turns his head--and vomits* naoya: what the fucking shit?!?! sonia:....mommy in there. naoya: w-what the fuck does she mean 'mommy in there'?! Chuuya: "..." *looks up, cleaning his mouth, stares at Higuchi* "...No..." higuchi:....*realization* ......*her face went pale* Chuuya: *stares at Sonia...* naoya: t-the fuck did they do?! th-they turned her into some fucking doll.....what kind of sick fucks are we dealing with?! sonia:.....mommy died..... Chuuya: "..." *sobbing* higuchi:.....chuuya....we should probably leave now....we should bring her with us... Chuuya: "The...The..." naoya: h-h-hey, g-get a hold of yourself! Chuuya: *crying, walking ahead* hirotsu: ..... -in the mafia office- kouyou: !!!! miura: .... elise: EEEEEW SO CREEPY! Mori: "...Uuuuuuuuuummmmm..." hirotsu: and that's the report. naoya: what the hell kind of sick, deprived bastards are we dealing with, mori?! Mori: "...Truly disturbing ones. Poor Rain." higuchi: .........*hard stare at mori* hirotsu: what do we do with her now? *glances at chuuya* Chuuya: "...Sonia? Are you hungry?" Mori: *calm smile before Higuchi* sonia: *hugging his leg, as if hiding from mori* ...... kouyou:..... Mori: "???" Chuuya: *pats Sonia's head* "Come along. I'll make you something good to eat." sonia:....*holding onto the back of his shirt and following* Mori: "At least someone here is good with children." kouyou: .....*small smile* Chuuya: "You like pizza?" sonia:....what's that, papa? Chuuya: .\\\. "...Um...I'm not...Um...It-It's bread with cheese on it..." sonia: *imagining a bread loaf with a slice of cheese on it* oh. Chuuya: "And tomato sauce." -elsewhere- keek: *terrified* FD: "Which of you told them our location?" -no one says anything- keek: *tears falling* FD: "...Keek. Child. Come here..." keek: *trembling* FD: *approach Keek...and hugs her* keek: ??? zoey: .....*malicious glare at keek* FD: "You know who did it. And I promise, if you tell me, I won’t hurt you." keek: i-i dont.... ???: it was me sir! -a young lady approaches- ???: im the one who told the mafia our location FD: "...Why?" ???: i thought......if we lured them into a trap...we could....kill them.... FD: "And so you risk our location on that gamble? What is your name?" ???:....sasha...sir.... FD: "I appreciate your honesty, Sasha. Thank you." sasha:..... FD: "I would like to reward you. Zoey, if you would be so kind..." zoey: *goes up to sasha......and slits her throat* sasha: !!!! *choking on her blood and twitching.....before finally dying* FD: "Oh, you've made a mess, Sasha." sasha: ........ -no one says a thing- keek: *tears still falling* FD: "Well, now that this task has been taken care of, I want all but Zoey and Keek to begin the clean up, unpacking, and organizing. Dismissed." -they all go about their business- keek: ......... zoey: *glaring at keek* FD: *pats Keek's shoulder* "And this is what happens...to anyone who goes against my wishes. Do you understand, Keek?" keek:....*nods. still whimpering* FD: "Good. Now get Sasha out of here. Zoey and I must talk." keek: ......*staring at sasha's corpse* -sasha's eyes are wide in shock...- zoey: ...... FD: "...Zoey? Will you miss Sonia?" zoey: ......will we.....retrieve the new child soon...? FD: "When you wish me to do so, I will." zoey: ah~ FD: "..." *pats her cheek* "That's my girl." zoey: ^^ FD: "...I think I can help you with the new child, too." -elsewhere- Chuuya: *staring at Sonia* "..." sonia: *nom nom* *shiny eyes* delicious! {higuchi: i think....this kid is rain and mori's child....they must have revived her with the incubator....} {Chuuya: "...Same."} {higuchi:....what do we do with her?} {Chuuya: "...Keep her away from Mori."} {higuchi: no arguments from me on that...} {Chuuya: "I just...think that look on his face..." *shudders* "I don't want to know what is going through his mind."} {sonia: *holding her stuffed bear* .....} {Chuuya: "...Hey, Sonia...Does your bear have a name?"} {sonia:....*shakes head* i hid my dream drawings in it...} {Chuuya: "...Drawings?"} {sonia:....i have.....dreams about mommy. about papa......about the demon....} {Chuuya: " 'Demon'?"} -tug tug- Chuuya: "???" sonia: are you ok, papa? Chuuya: "...Fine...Why do you call me 'Papa'?" sonia:....*pulls out a drawing of herself, rain....and chuuya* Chuuya: *holding back tears* "...Oh." *small smile* sonia: you look like the same papa in my dreams..... Chuuya: "In these dreams...what is your mama like?" sonia: mama's really nice....she gives the best hugs. Chuuya: "...Yeah." sonia: ......where are they gonna put mommy now? Chuuya: "...They're...going to let her rest." sonia:.....oh....i wish mommy wasnt dead. Chuuya: "...Me too, Sonia." sonia:.....*hug* Chuuya: "!!! ..." *pat pat, hug* -elsewhere- Gin: "How is Chuuya dealing with all of this?" higuchi: im not sure.....i think....taking sonia in might help him.....god....i can still see her in there.....she looked peaceful... Gin: *nods* "...That they would do such a thing to her...is mortifying.” higuchi:......why would they.....is this some kind of sick joke to them? Gin: "Likely. And to send a message, not only to Mori...but to Chuuya." higuchi: .....*trembling* she never deserved any of this.... Gin: *holds her hand* "No. She did not." higuchi: *hugs and whimpers* Gin: *hug, strokes her back* "..." -elsewhere- Mori: "But Elise, aren't you happy to have another child here to play with?" elise: i gueeeesss... she kinda looks like you a bit. how gross. Mori: ^^;;;; "...Just your imagination." elise: and i think she already hates your guts, rintarou. Mori: ^^;;;;;;;;;; "...I'm sure we'll get along when we get to know each other." -elsewhere- Rin: "How's your mom doing, Stocking?" stocking: doing well. im gonna help set the nursery up later. Rin: "D'aw! I can't imagine how they'll set it up...Your dad's going to add any of his otaku stuff?" stocking:....*excalibur face* that's a scary thought. Rin: "Maybe you could get some candy-shaped plushie for your future sibling." stocking: that would be cute ^^ Rin: "Darn right it would be!" *opens another can of soda* "So, how long before you have a kid?" stocking: RIN! D8< Rin: "What? I thought that's what would happen next after the wedding. I already have a bet going how long before--" izumo: *tapes his mouth shut* stop. Rin: OXO "Hmph?!" Yukio: -_-;;; "My apologies." -elsewhere- Ann: "Thanks for your time!" *turns off her recorder* "Great interview." -elsewhere- Arthur: -_____- "It's him..." tamaki: ??? *excalibur face* dear god. Aoyama: "Bonjour, chaton! Hello, Boyle." tamaki: *siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh* hello aoyama. -_-; Aoyama: "You look in fine form today. Excited for the upcoming Festival?" tamaki: yeah, i guess. (thinking: knowing my luck, im gonna be humiliated most likely...) Aoyama: *takes her hand* "Then I wish you the best of luck. And I hope you will be cheering for me." *kisses her hand* Arthur: "..." tamaki: .......... nozomi: oh, hello mr aoyama. it's been a while since we spoke last. Aoyama: "Ah, Miss Nozomi! Hello. You are looking well." -elsewhere- Lucy: *sigh* "Craziness." atsushi: yeah, no kidding. odasaku: .... Lucy: "..." *hug* "Don't get killed by that weirdo." atsushi: !! *hug* i wont... Lucy: *pat pat* "Good...Good." *leans her head on his shoulder* odasaku:...i'll just....*ahem* let you two have a moment.. 7.7 Lucy: "...Atsushi...Thanks." atsushi: *smiles* you're welcome. Lucy: *pulls back, smiles--and pats his head* "Good boy." atsushi: >///<; Lucy: *stretches* "Well, I'm starving. Make me something~" -elsewhere- Hibana: "Mmm~" *smooch* gabriella: *smooch* ~<3 Hibana: *lies down* "Did you ever think it'd be like this?" gabriella: no....but im so happy it is... Hibana: *hug* "...Thank you, for not giving up on me." gabriella:....*hug* Hibana: "I love you, so much... -elsewhere- FD: *seated, in front of a white wall...just staring at it* "..." yana: im back! i got you a housewarming gift. *hands him a mug* FD: "..." *blinks* "Huh?" *looks around, then at the mug* -it has '#1 boss' written on it- FD: "..." yana: im gonna go set my room out. FD: "...Thank you." -elsewhere- Sakuya: *pouting* naho: you ok? Sakuya: "Just...irritated." naho:....*hug* Sakuya: "..." *sniff, hugs* naho: do you want to watch some movies? Sakuya: *nods* "Something...kind of light." naho: ok~ ^^ Sakuya: *sits on the couch* "..." naho: ^^ -elsewhere- Benimaru: *staring up at the Moon* kirei: *asleep, resting her head against his shoulder* Benimaru: *glances at her* "..." ("The Moon only makes her look more beautiful.") kirei: =///= Benimaru: "..." *cheek smooch* -elsewhere- Medusa: -___-; "She's drunk again." shaula: awwwcumooooon im not daaat druuunk. Medusa: "Do I need to show you what you have been shit-posting during your video game playing?" -elsewhere- Emine: *picking a lock* *whispers* "How is this a 'good deed' again?" Shotaro: "Shh!" -elsewhere- Kid: "Welcome home.” stocking: hey kiddo~ *hug* Kid: ^^ *hug* "How was it?" stocking: today went pretty well. Kid: *smiles* "I'm glad." *smooch* stocking: mmm~<3 Kid: *rubs her arm* "All finished for the day?" stocking: yep. shiori: stocky! stocky! stocking: *picks her up* hey to you too, kiddo! shiori: ^o^ Kid: *smiles* "...Perfect." stocking: ^^ Kid: *takes his phone--and snaps a pic* -elsewhere- Vulcan: o_o;;; "...Why does this new robot have...ostrich legs?" karin: we got a commission for a promotional poster by the UA. one of their students is gonna pose with this thing to promote the sports festival. Vulcan: "...That is so rad. Have you named it?" -elsewhere- PlushFix: *shudders, covered in blood* hina: *whistling and playing with a butterfly knife* that was fun, right guys? saku: ... PlushFix: "...I need a bath." *shakes like a dog* hina: *picks him up and throws him into the washing machine* PlushFix: D: "At least let me take a bath with someone hot!" hina: *tosses in a plush toy of a fire ball* PlushFix: -___- "...Cute. How am I supposed to fuck this?" -elsewhere- Anya: *snores* -elsewhere- Jacqueline: "Thank you for the meal, ma'am." sachiko: no problem, kiddos ^^ kim: ^^ izumi: jackie, how do you like working in the library? Jacqueline: "It's enjoyable enough: quiet, get to keep things organized...But I do not like the rabies shots." izumi: O-O; eh? Jacqueline: "...I was kidding, about Poe's raccoon in the library?" izumi: oh, i see. i think i've seen that raccoon. Jacqueline: "Cute enough--but kind of noisy." kim: from what i've seen in pictures, he's kind of become the library mascot, haha! Jacqueline: "And leaving his fruit-juice footprints everywhere..." -__-; -elsewhere- Stein: *sips a beer* -elsewhere- Akitaru: "Zzz..." -morning- sonia: zzzzz.... Chuuya: "..." mito: *sleeping next to her* Chuuya: *steps away to the kitchen* -there is a few texts, from kouyou, naoya, hirotsu, higuchi, and akutagawa- Chuuya: "?!" *pulls up Kouyou's* kouyou: [how did sonia sleep the first night?] Chuuya: [a bit of adjustment but okay. had her take my bed, i took the couch] kouyou: [i'll be buying her some new clothes today ^^ #proudgrandma] Chuuya: -_-; ['kay] *looks at Hirotsu's* hirotsu: [congratulations on parenthood. if you ever need a nanny, let me know. im already taking care of four children as it is. ie tachihara, naoya, and the akutagawas] hirotsu: [*congratulations] Chuuya: [lol. thanx] *pulls up Higuchi's* higuchi: [u feeling any better? if u want to talk about it, let me know, k?] Chuuya: "..." [thanks.] higuchi: [ok] Chuuya: *pulls up Akutagawa's* Akutagawa: [how is the child?] Chuuya: [sleeping. seems to be resting.] Akutagawa: [good. let me know whether you need me to pick something up.] Chuuya: "..." [okay] *glancing at Naoya's text* naoya: [eyyy congrats on the kid!] Chuuya: -____-;;; [i'm just watching her today.] naoya: [u on parental leave or somethin?] Chuuya: [i don't know. i may have to ask akutagawa for class notes] naoya: [ah.] Chuuya: [can you cover for me at work?] naoya: [are you asking me to play 'executive'? like? for legits?] Chuuya: "..." [no. i am asking you to take on some of my lesser tasks. i have kouyou covering executive duties] naoya: .... [oh. can do] Chuuya: [thanks. make sure akutagawa doesn't do anything stupid] naoya: [*thumbs up emoticon*] Chuuya: *small smile...sets down the phone, opens the fridge, removes some eggs and milk...* sonia: zzz.... mito: *yawns* =w= Chuuya: *pours some milk into Mito's dish, then starts mixing items into bowl...* sonia: *waking up* ??? Chuuya: *already pouring pancake mix into skillet* sonia: *walking into the room and looking around* Chuuya: "...Good morning, Sonia. I'm making breakfast for us." sonia: .....*trying to get up onto the bar seat* Chuuya: "..." *sets down skillet, removes oven mitts* "Here, let me help you up." sonia: ... Chuuya: *picks her up with his hands to drop her into the seat* sonia: thank you. Chuuya: "You're welcome! So, what do you like on your pancakes?" sonia:...? Chuuya: "Maybe banana slices? Chocolate chips? Berries?" -elsewhere- Takehisa: *loading his rifle* -elsewhere- Kid: *yawns* stocking: morning~ Kid: *smiles* "Good morning, Stocking." stocking: *smooch* Kid: *small giggle* "Aw...How was your sleep?" -elsewhere- Vulcan: *staring at an octopus plushie* "..." nozomi: is everything ok? Vulcan: "Y-Yeah...This plushie just...looks familiar. Whose is it?" -elsewhere- Akutagawa: =_= teacher: mr araragi? Akutagawa: "...What?" teacher: please pay attention.

[tex-studmister]

11 Questions

Two people actually tagged me in this but I’m doing @gentle-outlaw‘s here so its not a ridiculously long post. they’re both gonna have the same 11 questions but all the tagged people will be here sorry gfsjk

Gentle-Outlaw’s Questions:

1. Get the closest book next to you, open it to page 42, what’s the 3rd line on that page?

-...”the sun in? We must look into it!” - Gandalf from The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.

2. What is your happiest memory and why?

- i have many happy memories to choose from so i have no idea! i guess when we got marley would be an extremely happy memory, and when i got accepted to the university i wanted are both contenders

3. Do you have any OC’s (for fanfiction or totally original)? If so, describe them or if you have more than one, describe your favorite one!

- i have so many ocs its actually not funny anymore sklgdj i have maybe? 70? Anyway Alex Mercado and Tei Owka-Romero both contend for my favorite but Alex is the one I create more scenarios for so uhh here we go

Alex is 22 and lived in Alabama for a while before he and his mom moved to Ohio to escape Bad Situations. His mom and dad were both from Puerto Rico before they moved to America. He has medium length curly dark brown hair that he keeps in a small ponytail, umber eyes, and relatively short.

Timeskip forward he was lucky enough to have the money and the time to go to a con and met someone who was the counterpart to his cosplay, and they became friends. Oops that person wasn’t human and could cross dimensions, he grabbed onto them as they were crossing and now he doesn’t belong to any dimension or world, so time tosses him around.

Basically a load/save function in a game: that’s his life but he remembers it. if he dies he goes back to his last save, unless that save was considered “too late,” and eventually time puts him back further. time (the player?) decides when he can leave a world, and if they’re a completionist (like me with certain games) hes potentially not gonna have a fun time. some games he loves being in, like stardew valley. others....not so much.

4. Who is your all time favorite fictional character and why?

- ....arthur bcus shit he pretty and he so so good as a character but also? very relatable in the way he acts and like,,, thinks of things? if that makes sense?? im v bad with words gsjdk

5. What do you find yourself thinking about the most?

- ....cowboys. drawings of cowboys. cowboys

6. Look out your nearest window and describe what you see!

- its night so theres not much but uhhhh i can see the silhouette of my neighbors house in the backyard, i can see the light of the moon against the leaves of the bigger tree in the backyard, i can see the yellow crescent moon, and a lit window from someone far off behind my neighbor

7. What makes you feel nostalgic?

- childhood games and music from them. u play animal crossing, paper mario ttyd or mario galaxy osts and im humming along, and potentially crying a bit skjlgd

8. You have two hours left on earth, how do you spend them?

- probably blasting all my favorite songs, if it’s night, get in my car drive the gravel roads alone, at my own pace, alone

if its day see if anyone will eat sushi with me then go to the forest alone and walk

9. What’s your favorite sound?

-there is no way to describe this without sounding fucking crazy sdgkjl

in princess mononoke san’s mask gets shot and the sound it makes ive always adored?? like glass breaking but its lilted and then her EARRINGS SOUND is such soft pure ringing IM GSJKDGJ!!

THAT or the rising sun sound in okami....very good

10. What was the first fandom you were involved in?

-first fandom i like,,, looked at content other than the original source would be Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters when i was super young, but the first one i actually MADE content and posted for would be Overwatch i think

11. Describe your idea of a perfect day!

- waking up late but not considered afternoon, well rested, not a big breakfast but a satisfying one. walk marley for at least 30 minutes, go to the forest and walk around, draw or paint there for at least 2 hours,

come home, then it starts to storm but not bad but a low rumble and heavy rain, and i change into comfiest clothes possible, play viddy games with friends for a while, then make something either more drawing, felting, bracelet making, whatever.

dinner is my fav dish, i have ice cream as a snack at night, chocolate coffee, im in my fuzzy blanket, marley is on my lap, i am happy i am content i am safe

I’ll tag: @arthurmorgansgf​ @mary-gillis​ @jewishmatsuda​ @antonymmouse​ @albertmasonry​ @chonkyarthur​ @gwennolmarie​ @vandermatthews​ @katjiit​ @nyoom-bum​ @cyberpunk-keanu​ @my-funky-little-cowboy​

Sorry for anyone who was already tagged!

Here are your questions!

1. What’s your favorite type of music?

2. Do you like pineapple on pizza? (im not someone who will end u dont worry)

3. Tell me a random fact about the OC you’ve most recently created content for! (Or just your favorite one!)

4. If you were to meet any character/person from anything, who would it be?

5. What was the last book you read? (If you can’t remember you can say your favorite book)

6. Where do you want to be right now?

7. Last time you cried?

8. How many hours of sleep did you get last night? (pls go to bed at a good time if possible fellers)

9. Do you prefer dogs, cats, both, or other?

10. Who is the person you look up to the most in your life? (Can be anyone, real or not)

11. Favorite flower/plant?