#ok it's gonna haunt me but pos/

[yorshie]

hit me up with the S I N in the fanfic game >:)

Staring. Staring. Realizing I might be about to nuke my own existence. Devil pops up on my shoulder: C'mon, there's no way this will spell your demise. Angel Pops up on the other shoulder, suspiciously looking like the devil with a little cardboard halo attached over the horns: I agree! This definitely does not look like a cardboard box with a stick and a string attached to it.

S - Soulmate Tropes, Reader in Peril, oh my god there was only one bed, the. the fucking running from danger and character pops up to protect reader

I - Guilty Pleasure? No. Shameless Pleasure? making/reading two idiots slowly realize they're in love with each other. And chase sequences. Don't. don't perceive me

N - staring at the little package of marshmallows underneath the cardboard box Fuck. I am so mad (joking) and I'm shaking you rn for making me admit anything with bayverse leo is my favorite. Dammit. Turtle Jail. Turtle Jail for 1000 years.

[stunie]

i just WOKE UP !!?????!!!!!!

2024.07.15 — dinner date with Ume. ♡

(hands up if you know where the reference photo’s froooommmmm!!!! >:3 aju nice.)

[annahanover]

i'm watching lempicka so i'm gonna put my thoughts here as they come ( @allieswithbenefits cause you reccomended this to me)

review: fucking beautiful. i don't have the words to describe it right now, but. oh my god. what a beautiful show.

this got a lot longer than i thought it would!! live reactions under the cut :)

act 1!

the music is all very pretty!

i'm a lightning nerd :) i really like the lighting

"do the bruises show? he can never know-" SHE FEELS SO GUILTY I'M GOING TO BE SICK

"what did you do to get me out?" "shh..." FUCK

"a painting is not a woman." "but i'm painting a woman?"

uh oh!! lesbianism?

LESBIANISM !!

"she's just a woman who's- pretty." uh huh yeah she is <3333

"won't rest 'til i have her- portrait." yeah ok, whatever you say ;)

BETH LEAVEL JUMPSCARE!! /aff

"a poet and a faggot, i don't know which i hate more." omg

once again!! lights!!

"you'll be surprised where a pretty smile can- take you... no, no, you don't have to smile for anyone." jesus christ i'm gonna be sick

"i had to become different from who i was. become steel to survive." "yeah. know all about that." i really love this conversation.

i wanna bite this audience /neg

i love Amber Iman actually

me too girlie. the audience going wild for a solid ten seconds yeah i would too

THEY KISSED !!

fucking. hate. this audience.

oh no slurs!

sobbing my eyes out right now demon what have you done to me

act 2!

"the world is changing. women like us are changing it." "it can always change back. and if it does, they will come for you."

this is staged so well!

this is starting to remind me of Cabaret

"you have other women, why shouldn't i?" one of my favorite lines ever actually

i love this dynamic so much actually. they still clearly love each other, they just... have others, too. they're doing great (<- hoping that this doesn't come back to haunt him)

"my husband, frank." "but francine to my friends." TRANS?? OR A DRAG QUEEN?? OR BOTH??

anyway song about loving women <33

small demon child

polyamory wouldn't fix them but it would be fun

i can't do this the music is so pretty it's killing me

these fucking sapphics

noooo the dynamic went wrong :(

"when?" "when the world is not in flames." "when will that be?"

hi beth leavel <33 it's really nice not seeing her in a heavily comedic role! obviously, in the prom, she was a hillarious character, and in bandstand, she had deeply serious moments, but seeing her in a role like this is... really special.

i'm crying 👍

and people didn't like this show??? broadway hates lesbians /hj

you coulda killed me and it would've hurt less /pos /pos /pos

[abcwordsurge]

hello my good friend mx surge! what kind of music do you like/prefer, genre-wise? got any favorite songs? and then can i get some favorite lyrics? smile! and. tell me what characters/stuff the lyrics make you think of if you'd like to go that far! doesn't have to be any characters I'd know about or even any at all. i am Curious <- all /nf! do as much as you like. i love asking questions and hearing your thoughts 🫡🫡 —marley

hello my wonderful friend marley! eeee I love talking about music. this is gonna be a long one

(disclaimer: I am admittedly Very Bad at genres, so I'm gonna give you artists and maybe you can decide for yourself what genres they are)

AJR is a big one, I could talk for days about AJR. they're one of the only bands I've been to a concert for (very very good concert, very fun, very dramatic, highly recommend, they are clearly showmen, not just musicians, and that makes for entertaining shows). I'm unironically following someone on tumblr who posts ONLY AJR stuff because every time I see the name "AJR" it's like a visceral reaction that makes me grin. ooh, also Twenty One Pilots. I love then. looking forward to their new album

I listen to a lot of broadway. some of my favorites are Be More Chill, Mean Girls, Six, and Titanic the Musical, just to name a few. I love seeing live shows especially- I saw Something Rotten not too long ago, and the Nick was BRILLIANT it. was, admittedly, a high school production, but nonetheless. he danced a lot, even unchoreographed dancing in the background, just like, vibing, and it was so obvious that he was just having a good time and enjoyed being there (the actor, that is, not the character) and I just liked watching him

oh, and Sleeping at Last! I first discovered them by their Atlas: Enneagram album, because I'm a nerd and adore personality tests (I'm an INTP and a 5 in case anyone was wondering), but I've been slowly absorbing the rest of their music, and it's all so beautiful

favorite songs... hm. I can't not say "2085," the closer to AJR's most recent album, and perhaps the most emotionally devastating song they have released as of yet (which is really saying something). best lyrics from that song are undoubtedly the last bit, where they say "you gotta get better, you've all that I got," then it gets softer and the lyrics change to "I gotta get better, I'm all that I've got." HEARTBREAKING /pos. I mean, I like that part enough that I wrote a whole fic inspired by it. one of my very few angst fics. "All That I've Got," a Minnesconsin fic (link here if you're curious). by the way, the first song of that album, "Maybe Man," is also a banger, highly recommend

I love "96000" from "In the Heights" (I think it's only in the movie version, not the musical version? not 100% sure though). ooh this song makes me crazy. this song... ok. I can't talk about this song without being a bit weird about it, but stick with me. this song always makes me think of the people on the Titanic. I read a book once with fictionalized versions of a few of the Titanic's officers and crew members, and once I was listening to this song and when it got to Sonny's verse, all I could think about was how exactly it matched fifth officer Harold Lowe's vibes. it's not really the lyrics, but several of the verses just remind me of various crew members' vibes. and it's. it's just a great song

"Air Catcher" by TOP. that's another wonderful song. always makes me think of Iowa to Wisconsin, for no particular reason. best lyric is "I don't believe in talking just to breathe," which is an idea that always appealed to me

Tyler Joseph is a BRILLIANT lyricist, actually. other great lyrics by him:

"our words are loud but now I'm talking action" (Neon Gravestones)

"for us to think is to be alive / and I will try with every rhyme / to come across like I am dying / to let you know you need to try to think" (Car Radio)

"death inspires me like a dog inspires a rabbit" (Heavydirtysoul)

"haunted by a couple big mistakes / she covers all the dents with the way she decorates" (Redecorate)

"like an "I love you" / that isn't words / like a song he wrote that's never heard" (Shy Away)

I love "despair" by leo. always makes me think of florida talking to loui (in a queerplatonic way, of course). another great floui song is "Tightrope" from The Greatest Showman, but I picture this one as loui to florida

holy moly this is even longer than expected. I'll leave you with this for now. you've probably gotten a good grasp of my taste by now haha. thank you sm for the ask, I had a delightful time answering :D

[nerdyenby]

Green time :D I’m watching Ranboo

“I can take myself seriously, I can do it” mmm I don’t think you can

TINKERBOO MY BELOVED <3333

THATS TERRIFYING HOLY CRAP

I got timed out for saying this will haunt my nightmares????

Welp, he was a fairy for all of five minutes before getting possessed

“If I have the opportunity to get rid of my eyes, I’m going to” yeah ok

This team is going to be so freaking chaotic

Them all yelling swears as soon as they establish no one’s pg 😂

Them just straight up missing the ready up 😂😂😂

Rocket Spleef

Relentlessly unhinged already, I’m losing it

“She green on my gecko til I’m insured” MICHELA 😭😭😭

*grandpa voice* “What the hell is a they/them??”

PHIL MVP!!!!!!

WHAT IS HAPPENINGGGG

I’m not even processing the event what game are we even playing??????

Hole in the Wall

Send help

“It’s called hole in the wall, not hole in the ground” so true Krinios

I go get a sandwich and come back to them adding an age requirement???

Skybattle

Omg people are dying so fast what

They popped off!!!

Phil is so good at surviving in Minecraft you guys

This is a great pov to watch live because I have no idea what’s actually happening, it’s like I get to experience it for the first time twice lol

“They got the slight cognitive abilities” I zone out for ten seconds lol

Someone help Sniff 😭😭😭

Meltdown

“Time to have a meltdown on stream” so true Philza Minecraft

I’m losing my mind

Michela hit the “girl dinner” note perfectly holy crap

Npc team fr, Krin didn’t get the memo

“To be fair… it was funny” - MCC33 Green Geckos motto

Pink popping off!!

“Icy take: let’s not die”

Michela needs to be a voice actor fr

Manifesting Aimsey back to back wins <333

Battle Box

“I’m about to run this team like it’s the navy” as they should!! Krinios igl arc

Michela 😭😭😭

Sapnap crit is so based

Omg teamwork <333

“New strat: the same thing we’ve already been doing” BASED

THAT LAST ROUND 😂😂😂

“I have no boys in my yard ;-;” lmao

Ran and Phil are holding hands this MCC

“I’m really good at acting like I’m dead, it’s my speciality” RANBOO GENERATION LOSS LIVE I STG

“Oh shi-oot” ran whatchu doin, you can swear now, it’s okay

Ace Race

Noooooo Michela 😭😭😭

Jojo calling the tie sexist is so

“The m in MCC stands for misogyny” so true aimseytv!!!!!

Literally no one wants pkt, so true

Grid Runners

Do we think they’ll try or nah?

You know what? No, I’m gonna stop holding back, Sapnap can stfu, I’m so serious

THEYRE CRAZY WITH IT!!!!!!

NEW ROOM NEW ROOM NEW ROOM :D

That was so clutch!!!

“She run on my grid til I ers” thank you Krinios

“I’m in Texas” “Oh. Sorry” 😂😂😂😂

NOOOOO

YESSSSSSSSSS

Sands of Time

WHY IS RAN GIVING PHIL A KISS AAAAAAAAAAAA

*Slow pan* “You’re homophobic”

I hate that so much, thanks noxcrew <333 /lh

This is so painful

The belated “hi HBomb” my beloved

OH MY GOSH

This red path is wild

NOOOOOO Phil :((

“At the end of the day, we are the silly team” so true Michela!!!

Movies don’t exist, we love writers and actors

Krin’s reaction to “cream crew” killed me

Yellow supremacy!!!!!

Dodgebolt

Unanimous yellow support my beloved <33

They’re gonna ambush Scott and harass him into getting this team every event from here on out, so true

MY streamers stan Oli Orionsound, as they should!!

“No one’s rooting for red” hmm that’s so weird and quirky, I wonder why /s

JORDAN SUPREMACY!!!!!!!

Welp that’s what I get for sharing a negative opinion on the internet, not apologizing tho

“Not this time, anime protagonist, now the villains win” PHILZAAAAAAAAAAAA /pos

[zip-toonz]

hi okay, this is probably gonna be a WALL of text but i am being haunted by these questions and this AU has me in a death grip /pos, and i am so curious to learn more about it, oughhhhh i am so sorry for how long this is probably gonna get askdajkdkjass also i am so sorry if you’ve already mentioned these somewhere before or have literally never even thought about them at all OKAY SO

1. okay so its mentioned before that Trevor overall can’t stray too far from Xerneas, and this is the main reason why Trevor can’t go into probably any large towns or cities in Kalos since Xerneas won’t go there, but does Xerneas stay away from ALL towns or do they sometimes go near the outskirts of any? I’m also curious, is Trevor basically following Xerneas around, or is it usually the other way, where if Trevor goes down a certain path in the woods Xerneas will follow him, like does Xerneas allow Trevor to take the lead sometimes or do they just do their own thing and Trevor overall just HAS to follow them or else?

2. What do Trevor’s friends think overall about all of this? So far, I assume they don’t KNOW he’s dead, but again I don’t know if you’ve talked about it or not. Do they know he’s a walking corpse roaming the woods with Xerneas? Or has everyone labeled him as missing and thus they’re all worried and still trying to find him? Do they ever go out and run into him? Is Trevor too scared to talk to them with what he is now? Like he stays in the shadows since he doesn’t want them to know?

3. Overall how does Trevor feel about Xerneas in this AU? He always seems like the type to be mega and heavily interested in Pokemon and learning about them and I feel like legendaries are no different. However, I imagine after dying and being brought back to life by a literal God of sorts would probably mess with his mind somewhat. Is Trevor somewhat fascinated by Xerneas and it’s ability to have brought him back to life? Or is he more terrified of them and the amount of power they seem to have? Is it a mixture of both? Where sometimes Trevor will be excited about being so close to a legendary but other times will be terrified of angering it??

4. is there a reason Xerneas brought Trevor back to life in the first place? Did they just feel sorry and guilty that he died so young and wanted him to live longer? Or did they just randomly decide to use part of their power to bring him back? OH OH also Idk if you’ve thought of this much but what about the other legendaries? Since Trevor died that would mean that Yveltal would use that to gather energy in a sort of way right? Did Xerneas bringing back Trevor upset a small balance of some kind that Yveltal and Zygarde dislike? Does Xerneas protect Trevor from any outside Pokemon like them and other wild Pokemon? Or does Xerneas just let Trevor protect himself?? OH its also mentioned Trevor CAN talk to Pokemon now, does this include Xerneas?? If so, has Trevor tried asking Xerneas themself why they brought him back, etc. etc.???

again i am so sorry for all this text omg,, its so much reading, but i am curious oughhhkjasjkkjs but ALSO i mean feel free to answer just what you can/what you want, you don’t have to answer them all or anything!!! KJSDNKJ

Hey! I'm happy to answer questions about the au! I'm honestly glad there's this much interest in the au! I don't believe I've talked too much in depth about the au so this is a great opportunity to do so!

For the sake of minimizing scrolling all responses will be under the read more

Ok here we go!

1a. Xerneas doesn't frequently venture near cities and towns. Like most legendaries and mythicals it prefers to remain elusive to humans. It doesn't actively avoid human settlements. Especially those close to forested areas. But it doesn't want to be seen. As such the only places Xerneas seriously makes an effort to avoid is Lumiose. Which does mean Trevor can't return to his home. It also never steps into the cities or towns itself, However Trevor does. Smaller towns like Santalune, Aquacord or Vaniville are small enough that Trevor can traverse them freely without leaving Xerneas' aura. Larger Towns have restrictions on how far he can go depending on where Xerneas currently is. 1b. Technically Trevor is allowed to go where he wants, But at the risk of losing consciousness or de-animating(?). As such Trevor tends to follow Xerneas. It sort of pong back and forth between who's leading. Most of the time it's Xerneas but Xerneas isn't unyeilding if Trevor wants to do something. Xerneas is no forcing him to follow him with force. But since Trevor still has some kind of desire to live he trails behind.

2a. Trevor's friend do know something is different about him when they do reunite. They don't exactly know he's dead but they can tell he's not exactly all there. They find it odd that he's not keeping in contact like he usually does. Tierno especially is worried about the lack of communication from him. 2b. At one point he was actually labeled missing. The gang (+Sycamore) put their own personal journeys on hold to help search for him. During those months everyone was fearing the worse and doing everything in their power to hunt him down in hopes he'd still be alive. 2c. They do run into him while out on their own journeys. Trevor does talk to them when they do and even attends events to keep up some sort of appearances. But most of the time he tends to lurk and avoid human contact. He's aware there's something weird going on with him and doesn't want to worry his friends nor does he want to be experimented on or put Xerneas in danger.

3. Trevor has very mixed feelings on Xerneas. He is the type to be heavily interested in Pokémon and learning all he can about them and you are right to assume legendaries are no different. Under normal circumstances he'd be ecstatic to be in such close proximity for as long as he has been. However this isn't the normal circumstances and a small part of him resents Xerneas for doing this to him and yet he feels guilty about it. Xerenas gave him a second chance and he's mad at it? There is no real fear towards Xerneas. Just confusion and fascination that have amalgamated into a weird bond he now has with this pokemon.

4a. The reason Xerenas brought Trevor back to life was in fact pity. It felt sorry for this kid having lost his life before it ever really began. As such it made a small sacrifice to give him that chance without realizing the repercussions that would follow. Think of it like a monkey paw situation. What was brought back was never going to be the original. 4b. As for the other legendaries and the order of things? There is (currently) hardly any disrupt with the order. Yveltal is upset at Xerneas for taking this matter into its own....Hooves? however. Death is suppose to be permanent. It should not be up to Xerneas to make a decision like this on a whim. However Trevors resurrection was not enough of a disruption that it had negative effects on anything besides him. So Yeveltal yeilds, making it know that it will be waiting for the day this hiccup is amended. 4b-cont. Xerneas does protect Trevor to some degree and vise versa. Xerneas knows that Trevor cannot always fend for himself even with the aide of pokemon and especially not against things like the elements. Its protection of him is more in the sense of helping him find shelter or fending off Pokémon much stronger than his own. And Trevor protects Xerneas from humans. He knows that if this incident where to slip Xerneas would be sought after by potentially nefarious individuals and exploited. 4c. He sure can talk to Xerneas! and he has indeed talked to it about why It brought him back. He knows Xerneas took pity on him, he knows it meant well. And yet there is still that little bit of resentment caused by him being stripped of living a normal life now.

Thank you for your questions by the way! it means a lot to me that you are this interested in what I've made! If you have anymore please feel free to send them my way!

[amara-laz]

Hi I don't want to do my physics assignment so I'm gonna pick my favourite songs from the mechs albums I've listened to so far :p

Ok so in the order I listened to the albums!!

High Noon Over Camelot

Right off the bat, Skin and Bone was my favourite. Like, the vibe?? And also the Saxons singing off of each other like that?? It's so bouncy /pos

Holder of the GRAIL joined like 5 minutes later lmao. I love the story and Captain Mathea is honestly a character I got way too invested in!! Helps that it's very nice sounding to my ear :))

I am now also partial to Blood and Whiskey!! Tbh at first I didn't get the hype but damn is fucking good. Jessica Law, you terrify me /pos my voice actually gives out if I try to sing Guinevere's parts

The Bifrost Incident

Loki immediately was one of my favourites bc of the way the words are sung?? It's just so?? Auditorially pleasing?? Like it??? Just slips on my brain??? God I love it shsjdjr

Ragnarok II is also really good especially the ending ahdjfjf Void is banging and Raphaella as Odin is just so haunting but also creepy but also also also /pos

Losing Track also charmed me eventually, mostly with the chorus :p absolute banging lyrics and the way it fragmented and stuff was so hshjwsjrjrk

Fun fact actually about my TBI experience!! My phone refused to play Red Signal for a good several hours!! I changed devices, turned WiFi off and on, my phone off and on, changed videos, etc, etc!! It took me days to hear Red Signal for a second time!! Oh also I have the Expert Testimony segment memorized now :p I can only recite it with my shitty British accent tho

Once Upon A Time In Space

Rose Red!!! It's a round!! It's pretty!! Is that a viola??? Another immediate favourite!! Oh and also, Jessica Law!!!! Old King Cole is another one, I just think it's neat :))

Honourable mention to Sleeping Beauty bc it gave me actual whiplash the first time I listened lmaooo

Ulysses Dies At Dawn

Riddle of the Sphinx!!! Trial by Song!!!!!!!

Trial of Song (listening to it rn!!) is so melancholy and so beautiful nejdjjffnr (LOOK I AM NORMAL ABOUT JESSICA LAW AND THE SONGS SHE SINGS THAT IVE HEARD OKAY) (Okay I did loop the Mermaid's Revenge for like 3 days and landed it in my top 3 most played songs on Spotify. So what.) and I just jwjeje it's so pretty!!! Sbbsbdbdb

Riddle of the Sphinx is so like?? Catchy?? I love the chorus?? Again, story is good!! Oedipus' rise and fall is so interesting?? And also good vibes 👍

Honourable mention to Ties that Bind!! Ariadne's story is also very interesting and also RAPHAELLA LA COGNIZI??? THAT IS SOME BANGING SINGING LIKE HOLY SHIT!!!

Okay cool now I need to go do my physics

[sandsofsolstice]

spoilers for the fic just in case anyones actually interested, but i am going to show all my little fav lines because i am obsessed with my ocs

this fic starting with these lines. i fear ill never live up to this standard ever again. youre just freaking kidding me. i havent written in this sort of POV style before and it turned out to feel so good in my soul.

jackal/dune just destroys me ok. nothing more to it

i just liked how i wrote this little visualization. and i love repeating things for effect its my fav

i am just obsessed with jackal. this is So Jackal. righteous anger is so jackalcore. he is so. i cant even think about it i will start. crying or something

see above

i am fucking obsessed with dune/locust

dunes priorities and his though processes are just so fucked. this guys thinking about how hed clean this up as if hes not literally knocking on deaths door

this is a very large chunk but it is what spurred this whole idea, so long ago. dune begging locust to save his life. dune, who is so repressed and hates being vulnerable and genuine in front of anyone, begging locust to not let him die. showing his fear.

i just. i cant. i cant even fully explain the ocean metaphor for my ocs' story because my brain just circuts out as i get way too frazzled /pos in the brain. its just so RRRAAAAAHHHHHHHGGGH

i need to crush them under my heel. i adore them. oh my god. im going to transform under the full moon.

"so mortifying it never happened" is definitely a memory-folder in dunes brain. he files things away in there all of the time. i adore him

dune when he is loved and cared for and has worth and value and the people he loves want him around and to keep him safe (shocked emoji) (i loved describing everything that pisses dune off even though theyre Good Things dune tries so hard. hes trying so hard to be so angry and not let anything through)

jackal/dune. once again coming in with the metal chair. i just cant take it anymore man

the best part of the og fic is that it ended by them holding hands. so. naturally, its here again. they make me feel like i need to take my brain out. i love them. and i love "a horrible affectionate coo"

dune you are so sad and tortured and haunted and i just. i need to squeeze the life out of you. i love you so goddamn much. i love you. and this is Lore Callbacks! i dont have the actual Lore written out and its Such A Treat when i get to write a bit!

i fucking Love the rage inside locust. i love it. i LOVE IT. its so freaking awesome i love you locust

I LOVE YOU ROSYYY!!!!!!

jackal/dune.

i. erm. yeah

he is So Dramatic.

he makes me so goddamn sad. he used to be so happy. everyone shut the fuck up

ok i am gonna reblog another time so it doesnt get too long. this was chapter 1 & 2. thank u for tuning in

(((ok this drawing will probs not be finished so take this sort-of-okay version, an illustration from a scene in the fic)))

Rating: M

Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence + Blood

Pairings: The PolyculeTM (Jackal/Dune/Carrion/Locust)

Summary: During one of his late night patrols, Dune Zerda is ambushed by Sphinx's lackeys. Although he's able to stumble home, he's been seriously stabbed - it'll take him quite a bit to recover. Will he be able to let down his walls and allow his partners to take care of him? Will he brave accepting tender loving care from them?

Excerpt:

“Tell me who did this,” Jackal says. His rage is barely concealed, shaking with fury, all that righteous anger bubbling up to protect Dune. “Tell me who, and I will kill them.”

“Guess who’s little henchmen,” Dune snarls with a scoff. Who else could it have been besides Sphinx’s underlings? No one wants him dead more than Jackal’s ex, the man’s jealousy running even hotter than his vengeance. It makes him wonder why he isn’t well and truly dead in the sands right now.

Jackal’s scorpion-like tail thrashes angrily as he turns towards the door, hands balled into fists, his pacifism abandoned. He can’t quite remember the last time he saw Jackal this angry: maybe the last time he was actually face-to-face with Sphinx? Perhaps it was the time someone had vandalized the graveyard.

“You will make him better,” Jackal hisses, looking at Locust, the man shrinking a little under his gaze. It’s easy to forget that below his quietness and kindness that the man was practically raised to be a weapon. It’s easy to forget that he runs this town, that he protects it. He’s always so… mellow, when he’s at home. Dune wishes he could fully appreciate the moment.

Instead, when Jackal races out the door, pure panic grips his heart. “Go after him,” Dune says, voice shaking. “If anything happens to him-” his voice breaks, cutting him off.

Locust starts to object before cutting himself off. “Go. But be back fast,” he tells his husband, who spreads his giant wings as he runs out the door next. Dune can faintly hear the powerful wingbeats beating through the air. Jackal couldn’t have gotten far, and Carrion’s faster flying then Jackal is sprinting. It eases the pain in his chest, ever so slightly.

“Just us two, then,” Locust says, sadly, holding Dune up by his shoulders.

“I really hope you’re not the last bastard I see,” Dune says back, trying to put some bite behind his words. He wants to argue and bicker with Locust, for things to feel normal, like he wasn’t bleeding out on the kitchen counter.

[beardedhandstoadshark]

Katfl commentrough, part/world 3!

Theme Park visit and Colosseum brawl!

Elfilin‘s little comments on the side are cute

THERES LIL BABY DUCKS FOLLOWING ME AWW

Café my beloved

Ohhh for some abilities the "weaker“ versions have advantages too! That’s neat

The haunted house is giving me Power-Paintbrush meets electro remix vibes

Some of these secrets are so well hidden /pos

Not sure what’s more concerning: Kirby being able to stop time, that a waddle dee build that ability, or that Elfilin isn’t affected

Love how the parade level starts all silent and then goes full bright

The secret south of the Duck momma makes five bottles spawn because there’s five ducklings 🥺

Ok how did the parade level NOT need me to carry the fire ability through the whole level. It’s a dark level with lots of lamps that puts a single fire enemy in front of you right at the start. That just screams for it.

The cat should’ve kept her top-hat tbh, would’ve loved to see that design (…also is that why I keep seeing fanart of her with the Squeak Squad?)

Got an extra dee for not flying while fighting her. Did not know you were supposed to fly during the fight.

There‘s an arena

There‘s a Meta Knight in that arena

My man crashed into a colosseum that was built 2 minutes ago and already got a tournament named after him, bet they already expected his fighting-obsessed hemisphere lol

They put the blade there yeeessss! …wonder if he‘ll just starting here too if you don’t pick it up for long enough? Ehh maybe next time, it‘ll be a fair fight for this one!

Nvm I got the upgraded giant blade. Well RIP Meta Knight. Music slaps tho

WHO ALLOWED HIM TO KEEP HIS STAR ALLIES SITH LORD STONE TELEKINESIS MOVES Oh my void he was about to kick Kirby‘s hemisphere, first time I genuinely had to use an item oof

Omv is that what I think it is…OMV IT IS

BAPEY

They went all out on that bat-motif with the blue bat borb and it’s very appreciated, really hope the hammer gets the same treatment

Bruh I‘m never gonna change this ability out ever it’s so fun to play and looks stylish af

[blazewatergem]

DO I HAVE A STORY FOR Y’ALL

Let’s backtrack to say...two weeks ago? Yeah ok two weeks ago my Mum finally had enough. The people at her work(my old high school’s transportation office. She plots the routes and is a absolute hard worker who DESERVES CREDIT FOR EVERYTHING SHES DONE, MARK) none of them have been treating her right. They’ve been hoisting all the work on her to the point where she’s been staying three hours after when she’s supposed to leave AND doing work at home PLUS the weekends. I’d even help her out most days.

Now in case you didn’t know I lose both my grandparents within a year. My Grandma(Mum’s mom) and my Papa(Mum’s dad). It only just passed a year for Grandma in August(you want the exact date, it was the day I first posted Curse of Eden. Fanfic has been keeping me sane for a while now) when Papa later passed in December(I miss him so much. We shared books, ideas, and rocks. He called me his “Adventuring Companion” because we went everywhere together. I miss him so. He left me his rock tumbler, his books, and a old key we’re not sure what it went to. He also insisted I take his old timey tavern stuff, which includes a literal bar and ale mugs) yet only, again, two weeks ago we sold the house.

We’re pretty sure it’s haunted. I’ll tell that story later though.

After the selling of said house, Mum made a comment at work that with some of the money, we might take a staycation into the mountains at a cabin. Safe, isolated, no people and well deserved! It’s her and Dad’s 30th anniversary this year, and her birthday is the 23rd of October so the vacation could be a mix of both celebrations. Now here’s the stressful part, see you remember how I mentioned she works at the school? Yeah, look at the news. See how bad the schools are getting hit? Yeah. Her coworkers don’t wear masks. She’s the only one. Plus her boss(MARK YOU BIT—) is having the bus drivers do all this extra work and not having them be paid for it. Mum spoke up about that, which started a argument, which somehow led to her implying that perhaps it’s time she retire. He basically went “Yeah, ok. That way I can put *insert coworker here* into your spot easy and have a dream team.”

You catch that? Dream team. This POS has my mother stressed out to the point of migraines in a unsafe environment for COVID19 AND HE BASICALLY ACTS LIKE HE CAN REPLACE HER. IM GONNA FIGHT A GROWN ADULT(which ok ok I’m an adult too nineteen and college but like he’s older so) IM GONNA THROW H A N D S.

Anyways Mum quit. She’s helping out because she’s a good person, but the 16th should be her last day(maybe...? It’s weird but she’s leaving so idk. Sad because she loved the job, super hard worker and loyal to a fault, but she’s not gonna stay if they “don’t want her” 🥺) but as of right now she’s only working on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

This, everyone, is where we finally reach our story(lmao that was all BACKGROUND).

As previously stated, Mum’s birthday is October 23rd. She LOVES the Peanuts. Called me her Charlie Brown because I’d totally be ok with getting rocks for Halloween and I’m clumsy AF. Well my Dad found her a amazing birthday present! It’s a Peanuts Calender that you can:

Change the dates on it.

Put in cute slides for holidays and important dates.

At the top, put a special statue designed for each month.

Hang it on the wall.

It’s all reusable, no year on it so she can keep it year after year after year!

So of course we order it, excited because now we have a nice family trip planned(that cabin trip I mentioned. Going the end of the month. Excited!) and now a awesome birthday present that will get delivered to the house.

Dad got an email today.

It’s been shipped.

We don’t have a tracking number.

We don’t know when it will arrive.

Dad works first shift and is gone most of the day.

Mum is now home for every day except Tuesdays and Thursdays and we don’t know when her big birthday present will be here.

I have now been placed on “Jason Bourne Duty” where if the package arrives I must not only find out which package it’s in(WE DONT KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE) I must also distract my Mum(WITH WHAT IDK) and hide the present in my room. Without her SEEING ME DO THIS. TAKING A BIG OL PACKAGE INTO MY ROOM LIKE IM SNEAKING IN CONTRABAND.

😂 WISH ME LUCK Y’ALL!

[phantomphangphucker]

Vacations Provide Second Chances - PhannieMay - Day 28 Vacation

Summary; Vlad was always going break, eventually. Because somethings are just inevitable.

Warning: discussions of death, mentions of Dan, suicidal behaviour

As soon as Danny opens the door his smile drops to a harsh frown, “what do you want, Vlad?”. Danny’s not sure what to make of Vlad’s smile actually seeming soft and genuine, though he does find it a bit sad that friendliness looks out of place on the villainous halfa’s face.

“Relax, Daniel. I don’t exist to sour your mood”, Vlad sighs as Danny rolls his eyes exaggeratedly, “I’m here to invite you on a trip. With me. A mutual vacation if you will”.

Danny glares incredulously at Vlad, the fact that Vlad doesn’t gloat over that and hasn’t insulted him yet, tells Danny Vlad’s serious here. “What’s your plot this time, old man. And what? Not inviting my mom?”, Danny crosses his arms and glares a bit harder, but gets thrown off guard when Vlad sighs and looks almost...sad?

Vlad shakes his head slightly, “no, just us and no schemes. Just the two halfa’s taking a needed break from everything. Fights, schemes, lying, being the hero, being the villain”. Vlad knows stagnation doesn’t do anyone any good, and he’s been stagnant for a long time, and young Daniel has fallen into it himself. Contemplating the routine of it all and the future had brought him to this idea. Thinking back to a place he used to haunt, “I know you have no reason to believe me, Daniel. But this is no farce, there’s a place I used to go, that I’d like to again”.

Danny can practically read the words, “just not alone”, on Vlad’s face; that’s more than enough to remind him of future Vlad. Studying Vlad’s face, and finding that it really is genuine. That’s one thing about Vlad, the guy’s actually fairly easy to read. Tilting his head down and sighing before muttering to himself, “second chances, Fenton. Second chances”. Tilting his head up to the older halfa, “this doesn’t make us family, but alright, you weird frootloop”.

Vlad gives him a strong nod, he knows his pleasure is palpable to the boy. Even if he did want Daniel as a son, it was more than obvious that was never going to happen now. And Vlad’s starting to think that just might be best, they didn’t run in the same circles at all. Heck, their circles didn’t even overlap except when they inserted themselves into each other’s lives. All that bound them was species, a lonely species of two; and Vlad was done being lonely.

Tilting his head backwards and nodding his head in the direction of Amity Park’s mall, “when you’re ready, I’ll be waiting. I’m sure you can figure out what car is mine”.

Danny shakes his head, a little weirded out, as Vlad takes his leave. Closing the door softly and muttering at it, “something’s up with him, but for once, I don’t think it’s bad”. Turning back around and heading to his room, knowing full well that Vlad knew no one else was home right now.

He didn’t exactly know what to pack, so he went with the general stereotypical shit. Groaning a bit, as he realises it was probably pretty dumb to agree to go to some unknown place with his arch enemy. Heck, it was kind of dumb to do that with his own family. So, of course, he makes sure to pack anti-ghost crap, who knows what might happen.

Zipping the bag closed, before walking over and resting his arms on his windowsill, “it really would be nice to be gone and not worry about this place for a bit. Well, ok, I’m still gonna worry”, sighing, “I’ll have to find Red. Should at least give that stupidly determined hunter a heads up”. Plus, Danny knew she’d actually would be worried if Phantom just up and disappeared; even if she wouldn’t admit it to his face.

Transforming and flying out the window, eventually coming to perch himself on her opened windowsill. Chuckling as she spins around, ghost scanner going off, “relax, it’s just me. Your friendly neighbourhood dead man”. Valerie shakes her head but smiles at the sight of him, he’s glad they’re on good terms now; especially with his friends and Jazz all being off at university. Though he’s got a suspicion she’s being more than just friendly to him nowadays.

“What’s up Phantom?”

“Oh just making your life more hectic”, Danny shrugs good-naturedly, “gonna be out of town for a bit. So the ghosties are all yours for a while”. Valerie looks torn between liking that and being annoyed, “for how long and when you leaving?”. Danny shrugs again, “no clue actually, and I’m leaving pretty well immediately”.

“Of course you’d have no clue, you really are quite a mess, you know that?”, both of them snicker, because really, they’re both messes. “Always, Red, always”, both them smile as Valerie walks up and pats him on the arm. “You better come back, you floating bastard”, Danny only smirks as he pushes himself off the windowsill. Two finger saluting her with a soft smile, before zipping off.

Placing his feet back into his room and transforming before heading downstairs. Sticking his head into the kitchen and smiling at his mom. Obviously, he can’t exactly tell her the truth, his dad really was the only Fenton who wasn’t fully aware that Vlad wasn’t exactly a good person.

“So turns out Tuck is a bit of an idiot sometimes. Sam’s already over there but he pretty well blew up his dorm room. Overloaded the speakers, don’t ask me how exactly, I’m not sure I even want to know”, both them laugh as she motions for Danny to sit down. Danny takes and eats a couple of eggs before continuing, “so now he needs the place fixed up before the dorm officials find out”. Maddie sighs, “well, I guess it would be good for you to go visit. Maybe check out the campus while you’re at it”. Danny forces down a wince at her not so subtle hint. He knows they’re disappointed with his poor schooling, especially when they all know he is damn smart. Rubbing his neck and looking away from her a little, “can’t say how long I’ll be gone. No clue just how much damage he did”.

Danny finishes the rest of his food and does indeed notice that his mom’s smile is a bit forced. He’d like to think that was because of him not being at home for a while, but he knows it’s more likely because he avoided the topic of him going back to school. It did make it kind of obvious that he didn’t intend to, and how could he? He didn’t have the time. Maybe if there was a university in Amity he could, and sure there was online programs. But he knew himself well enough to know he’d put it off unless forced otherwise. Smiling apologetically at his mom before heading up to his room.

He’s not surprised his dad’s up from the lab, as Danny comes down the stairs with his bag in tow. Talking as he hugs them, “don’t worry about a ride, got one already”. Danny both likes and hates how they don’t push him for more information. Knowing full well they once would have, as he heads out the door.

Danny shakes his head at the dark purple Bugatti Chiron, which a few other people are also either staring or glancing at. Muttering, “I don’t think that man even knows what subtle is”. Before approaching the side of the car, with the door popping open before he even gets there.

Sticking his head inside, “is this even road trip worthy?”. Vlad rolls his eyes, “the best one for it”, sticking his thumb towards the back of the car, “just climb in and phase your stuff into the trunk. Blackout tint is very useful”. Danny shakes his head but does just that. That was one thing he missed about there being no one in Amity who knew about him, getting to use his powers liberally around other people.

Daniel can’t help but glance around the fancy car which Vlad smiles pridefully about as he drives off, if Daniel was a more shallow person Vlad might have been able to obtain him with his wealth alone. Vlad still found it odd that his wealth didn’t even slightly coax the boy, especially when he was younger; children tend to be more narcissistic.

It doesn’t take long for the two to settle into silence, but both of them are surprised to find that it’s a rather comfortable kind of quite. Danny smiles a bit sadly as he looks out the window, spotting a couple making out while taking selfies. Sure, he’d had his romantic stints but dating a hero wasn’t really the safest thing for anyone to do, without even throwing in the whole secret double life thing; secrets and romance didn’t really coexist well. Though he wouldn’t say no if asked, he’d just never be the one to do the asking.

Vlad side-eyes him, easily catching the expression and what brought it about. “Love isn’t something that’s come easy to either of us, has it”, Vlad’s never really had more than the odd one-nighter or single date. He still wanted Maddie of course, he’d just sort of...given up. It’s not that he’d moved on though, just stopped trying. That was almost worse sometimes, but he’d set his mind on that being the past now.

Normally, Danny would make some joke about the guy wanting to get with his mother again, but the slight resigned sadness in Vlad’s voice didn’t really call for that. Plus, Vlad wasn’t exactly wrong, “hiding yourself doesn’t beget affections”. Vlad blinks a bit, caught slightly off guard, “I forget you’re not a little child sometimes”. Danny snorts at that, “what? You think only kids want to play the hero?”, waving his hand at Vlad, “besides, I’ve been more grown-up than most adults for years”.

“Yeah, that’ll happen when you insist on fighting every battle and willingly yank every single responsibility on yourself”, Vlad shakes his head, Daniel instantly taking up the mantle for town protector really did shine a light on how utterly special he was. Nearly everyone, especially kids, would use power for personal gain; Daniel did the exact opposite. It was something Vlad himself had never even considered doing, maybe if he had he’d be in a different place. But he does also understand why Daniel did what he did, “power gives people the ability to act. The access to all the options. In a way, I don’t think it’s possible to not grow up some when becoming able to do what others can not even fathom”. Vlad knew he had grown up some too, sure he’d already been an adult but to say he had been mature would be bullshit. He’d just grown cold and weathered, rather than protective and boisterous.

Danny shakes his head, “and you had the option to be good, to help. Yet you didn’t”. Danny’s a bit thrown that Vlad nods and doesn’t even argue about that. Danny’s almost worried that means that Vlad has accepted the role of villain, which while the man’s actions were definitely villainous, he didn’t expect or even want him to actually fall into the role in genuine. He was the bad guy for sure, and Danny did see him as his enemy and villain, but he was just a man abusing his powers and with a broken moral compass. Frowning more as Vlad responds, “I never once considered it”.

“Well, you could. You did once, you could again”, Danny’s got a suspicion that his actions towards the older halfa have been pushing him further into the role of villain. After all, future Vlad was free of good guy Danny. He was left alone, sure he also lost his powers and the chance at his mom; but maybe all he needed was a friendly, not combative, push in the right direction. Maybe this little trip was a backhanded way off asking for exactly that. He had pretty well asked to not be enemies for a while, a vacation from being foes. And it’s not like Danny couldn’t do that, sure Vlad has done way worse than his other foes, but he literally was their friend at least one day a year.

Vlad is flat out confused by that response, having never know himself to ever play a helpful role to anyone other than himself; especially not up to Daniel standards. Sure he’d fought beside Daniel before, but that had been part of a scheme, and he knew Daniel knew that now. Giving Daniel a quizzical glance, “when was this “once”? I know you would not make that up simply to make an honest man of me. There may be a lot between us, but lies aren’t one of them”. Vlad knows full well Daniel lies, and lies a lot, to pretty well everyone around him. But one thing all the tv shows get right, is that arch enemies know each other intimately well.

Danny knows Vlad’s right on that, there’s a good chance Vlad knows him better than his friends actually do; partly because of spying though. But this, this is something Danny never talks about; does a lot of thinking on it though. Chuckling at the man’s confusion, “it was after my family and friends died, and you lost your powers. I still remember your words, “ten years without ghost powers, gave me the chance to see what a fool I had been”, though I still wouldn’t have called you a “good guy”. Just willing to do the right thing, even when presented with the, far easier to do, bad option”.

Vlad coughs and does have a hard time not jerking the steering wheel, he has no knowledge of this but he knows Daniel wouldn’t make something like anyone dying up. “I think an explanation might be in order for that”, glancing at Daniel as he chuckles with a bit of a frown. He shakes his head, “I’m not sure it really can be. Time travel and literally cheating the timestream makes things complicated. Simply put, they were supposed to die when I was fourteen. You would have adopted me but in a misguided attempt to make me happy, you tore out my humanity. As you told me, “no more human emotions to drag you down””.

Danny pauses as Vlad just pulls over on the side of the road, “Daniel, that seems like an extreme plan even for me. While I’m not about to claim to possess having limits I won’t cross, that is a bit much”. Danny shrugs, “you were the one who told me what you did, it’s completely possible you lied or omitted stuff. One thing I know you omitted was how exactly my human half died. You separated my human from my ghost basically. And I the same to you. You then told me our ghost halfs fused into one but that was a lie, found out later that my ghost half had actually basically absorbed or consumed yours. Taking all your power and destroying Plasmius. And this is were I mention my ghost half went pretty well insane”. Vlad doesn’t even attempt to cover up his shock as Danny shakes his head and chuckles hollowly, “turns out removing someone humanity, which even ghosts have, effectively obliterates their morals and renders them callous”.

Vlad blinks a bit realising Daniel’s basically saying he became evil, that Vlad had actually successfully corrupted the young halfa once. At one point in time, he might have felt pride over that, but now he likes Daniel the way he is. He actually doesn’t really want to know what actually gave him the idea or even desire to tear out anyone’s humanity. “Callous is never something I’ve wanted you to be. Use your powers for personal gain and status, sure; but I never looked to make you cold or uncaring”, Vlad feels almost bad at Daniel seeming slightly surprised at that.

Danny turns to Vlad, “sometimes I wonder. But I can read honesty on you pretty damn easily. Can’t say I’m too surprised though, you may not be good but you’re not evil. Dan made that so clear”, shaking his head and closing his eyes, “meeting real evil makes it easy to tell when someone isn’t evil”.

Vlad’s genuinely startled that Daniel doesn’t actually view him as evil, “so you do not believe me a monster?”. Daniel shakes his head almost aggressively, “no, just morally corrupt and selfish”.

Danny’s torn between pride and guilt at the small smile he catches on the old man’s face. It’s officially obvious to Danny that he’s sort of pushed Vlad into the role of a villain. That the way Vlad thought he was viewed likely made him view himself that way, thus accepting more and more bad behaviour. Thinking that was what was expected of him, so why bother changing? Vlad turns back to him, “then what must this “Dan”, whom I’ve never heard of, have done for you to call him evil. When, with all I’ve done, you won’t deem me such?”.

Vlad still has the car parked, as he’s sure this man must have done something truly bad. Maybe crossed a line that even Vlad wouldn’t, and Vlad can only think of a handful he wouldn’t cross. “Dan is short for Danny or Daniel. Dan Phantom. He’s what became of that callous full ghost me. I met him ten years after the whole humanity torn out thing, by time travelling into the future. See the Observants wanted me destroyed before my family and whatnot died, so that me getting my humanity torn out would never happen. Had to flee into the future to avoid that”. Now Vlad is both impressed and shocked, though he hides it well, “they only get involved in rather extreme things. They’ve never even meddled with my affairs”.

Danny nods, “indeed and Dan earned it. Their description of him, as I was told, was “the most evil and powerful ghost to ever exist”. And he lived up to that, by killing off nearly all of humanity and ghosts, destroying every city and lair, and then going back in time to make sure my family and friends died so I would become him. Eventually, he would have killed and destroyed everything”.

Vlad stares at him, he knew full well Daniel was more than just powerful but for him to cross that line, one that Vlad himself wouldn’t even consider getting close to, was one part baffling and one part horrifying. Add in mortifying, since Vlad was, in a sense, responsible. He more than just corrupted Daniel, he made a literal monster.

Vlad opts to just drive, focusing on the road rather than his brain trying to picture Daniel actually killing someone. But then blinking with genuine worry at realising Daniel probably did witness himself killing, “to know you could be capable of that and actually witnessing it, must have been more than just unpleasant”. Daniel nods, “to say traumatising would be putting it mildly. But the warning and message was damn clear, plus I made an amazing friend out of ClockWork due to it”. Vlad can’t help but smirk at that, he did wonder exactly how Daniel had met the enigmatic time ghost. Vlad’s rather glad life hasn’t tried to teach him “lessons” in such a manner, but judging by how he’s ended up, he probably could have used them. Shaking his head a bit sadly, “well, at least that unpleasant “message” is behind you. You being good to a fault, unbearably so at times, makes much more sense”.

Danny sighs, honestly wishing it actually was behind him, “Dan exists outside of time and could very well escape his prison and show up, in the here and now. I couldn’t beat him last time and he couldn’t kill me then. Now he could, and would”. Vlad jerks the wheel a bit, making his displeasure and worry very palpable to Danny before he even responds, “if you didn’t defeat him, then how? And I don’t want the world destroyed, arch enemies or not, I would help you fight him”. Danny already knows that but he also knows Vlad is the weaker halfa, “ClockWork cheated and it’s my fight to fight”.

“You are a self-sacrificial idiot”

“We’ve all got our downfalls. Mine gets me hurt a lot, yours get others hurt. I think I prefer mine”, Danny doesn’t care what Vlad thinks, what he does hurts people; including people Vlad doesn’t want to get hurt.

The two settle back into silence, not quite as comfortable but more in each other's bubbles. Until Vlad turns the car intangible and invisible, careening off into some trees. Danny raises an eyebrow, “so this is a sneaky place is it? Guess I shouldn’t be surprised. Weird trees though”. Vlad thought the same when he first spotted the faintly glowing trees, it’s why he checked this place out. And asking around the nearby town afterwards had revealed that no one else could see the glow; it seemed to be a ghost thing. Vlad nods, “closer to restricted than sneaky. Restricted in a ghosts only kind of way, half ghosts included”.

“Well, that explains why you invited me”, Danny gives a goofy grin to show he’s making a bit of a joke. He knew full well that Vlad didn’t hate him, or even dislike him. If it wasn’t for the enemies thing, and Vlad’s general behaviour, they’d probably be friends. Danny can’t even say he hates Vlad, though dislike is a bit of an understatement. Well, at least it was. Vlad could very well have invited any ghost, but it’s pretty obvious to Danny that Vlad views them beneath him or as lackies. Plus, Vlad wasn’t exactly well-liked by any ghost; even the ones that worked for him. His lack of getting invited to any Christmas truce parties made that extremely obvious. No friends in the ghost zone and no friends in the human realm, Danny can’t help but find that a lonely thing.

“I never do anything with such simple reason, Daniel. As you know”, Vlad can tell by Daniels smirk that he does indeed know. Vlad Parks the car far enough away to not disturb the place, he doesn’t even have to tell Daniel to get out; as both of them phase out the doors, neither bothering with actually opening them. That’s one thing he has noticed as he’d watched Daniel, he’s incredibly liberal and comfortable with his powers. They really are part of him as a person, not just tools like they are for Vlad. If Vlad’s honest, Daniel is much more of a ghost that he is. And seeing that made him think, think about how he viewed himself as a halfa. Realising he didn’t really see himself as half ghost, rather a human with ghost powers at his disposal.

Vlad walks through the barrier and pushes aside some of the tall grass, thoroughly amused at Daniel’s awareness of the barrier and then his barely hidden wonder.

Danny speaks as he takes in the black rock hot springs, neon green water that fizzes with the steam coming off a pale green and purple. Watching the colours swirl together, “wow Vlad, you aren’t capable of basic are you?”. Even if he’s bugging the guy, the place is pretty and smells nice. However, swimming trunks was not something he packed; and you can’t really do hot springs without actually getting in. Vlad apparently knew he wouldn’t though, as a pair identical to the ones he already owns smacks him in the face. Turning his head to Vlad and not even bothering to remove the offending garment, “see this, this is why you get called a creep”.

Danny’s at first very concerned that Vlad doesn’t even appear to be holding his own swimwear, but then shakes his head, “there’s no way swim trunks are comfortable under dress pants”. Vlad shrugs as he tosses his clothing over a tree branch. Danny shakes his head before invisibly slipping behind a tree to change. Sticking his head back around, he can’t help but smirk and raise an eyebrow at Vlad; who’s sitting in the water with his head and arms laying on the edge, eyes closed and blatantly relaxed. Danny tries to think of any time he’s actually seen the prideful man not stiff or without proper posture. At one time Danny would have thought it was just part of the rich act or his pride, but he knew now that it was part of Vlad’s self-worth.

Dipping his fingers in and promptly realising why Vlad, or any ghost, would want to come here. It has an intensely relaxing and soothing feel, the thickness was like that of liquified comfy blankets, combined with the smell of lavender and eucalyptus. Slipping in as he decides it’s definitely safe to do so, quickly feeling any stiffness or sore bruising pretty well disappearing, “healing springs? That’s a hell of a find Vladdie”. It was like aromatherapy combined with fine bath oils, all contained in a stone hot tub.

Vlad nods, he pretty well lounged around here like a cat for well over a month when he first found it. Why wouldn’t he? He didn’t exactly have anywhere to go or anyone to see. Even after that he rarely stayed away long, until the pull of wealth and seeing Maddie’s name in a paper. “This place was basically my haunt back in the day, you can see why. No one else really comes here though and while ghosts are quite content with their solitary lairs, I’m more of a human”.

Danny definitely gets why, though it’s clear this place wasn’t ever anyone’s lair. Which he does find kind of odd with how nice it is, “what does no ghost know of this? And never would have taken you for speeding you time or days lounging. Now fencing I could see”. Vlad laughs lightly, “to ghosts it’s just like a regular hot tub, like the ones in the ghost zone. This effect is a halfa thing and what do you take me for? Lex Luther?”. Danny makes a mock shocked expression, “did you just make a genuine joke? And you’re hardly different. Filthy rich philanthropist, owning massive corporations, intelligent, scheming, overly well dressed, engineering gadgets. And that’s not even mentioning being the arch enemy of an overpowered golden boy who lives the double life of an average jo; who’s two forms look borderline identical. Seriously, people are blind”.

Vlad chuckles, Daniel’s got a point there, “I’m not powerless though. And world domination is not in any of my playbooks. Though yeah, it’s rather absurd none have figured you out. But even I didn’t consider Phantom being a halfa when we first met, and I am one. Even with the near identical look and showing up at the same time”. Daniel nods but scrunches up his eyebrows, as he submerges everything but his neck and head, which he leans back against the stone, “like I said, you’re not really evil and I guess. You said you were more of a human earlier, do you not really view yourself half and half?”.

“Never did. My powers were, and are, just tools at my disposal. Like owning a gun, just better”, Danny’s a little thrown by that, a gun was something separate for your own body. It didn’t change your genetics and didn’t give you a new body. To Danny, seeing himself as equally both was just obvious. “Well, that’s something else we differ on. Half and half is what I am. My powers are simply me, not tools. Phantoms me, not some anonymous mask I can wear. Though I guess my lifestyle does favour my more ghostly activities”.

Now it’s Vlad’s turn to be a bit surprised, “could be because you’ve basically grown up this way. I already had life figured out and was grown, this threw a wrench in everything. But I can say leaning more ghost makes very little sense to me, you were still human first”. Vlad’s not sure what to make of Daniel’s loose shrug, “I viewed my self equal parts from the beginning really. Though my life didn’t start being more ghostly until I plopped myself into the role of Amity’s protector/ghost fighter. What I do is simply what I’m meant to do, just so happens to be a more ghost thing to do”, shrugging again, “you got a wrench, I got gift wrapped purpose”.

“I guess you were meant to be a halfa, I just stumbled on it”, Danny gets why Vlad’s frowning a bit, Danny viewing himself as both is pretty well proof of how comfortable and ok with what he is, that he is. Vlad’s lack of that shows he’s really not, he’s used to it rather than content with it. And Danny’s seen how Vlad would really be better off without it, Danny knows that he personally wouldn’t be. But he does chuckle a little, “I’m the one who stumbled on it, literally. You face planted”. Vlad shoves Danny’s head into the water, “can you ever resist a death joke?”.

Danny just goes with it and lays down under the water, “nope. It’s my hero trope”, chuckling at the confusion on Vlad’s face, “what? You can’t breathe underwater? Or have you just never tried”. Flat out laughing at Vlad scrunching up his eyebrows, making it very clear that he didn’t even know this was possible. Laughing even more as Vlad just ducks under and goes to sit on the bottom of one of the deeper sections.

Vlad’s not sure if he’s more impressed or annoyed that Daniel knew something about being a halfa that he did not, Vlad was supposed to be the experienced teacher here, well if Daniel had ever let him teach anyway. Rolling his eyes at Daniel, “why would I ever intentionally try something like this? We have lungs, this shouldn’t work”. Vlad’s not sure what about that is so funny to Daniel, “we’re literal schrodingers boys! Dead and alive! Impossible by our very nature!”. Vlad blinks, have never really thought of it that way at all, “well then”.

Danny underwater stargazes while Vlad contemplates just what other weirdness they could be capable of, and just how many Daniel had discovered. Both eventually falling asleep.

Danny’s not exactly surprised he’s the first to wake up, getting out of the water and stretching. Looking down at his chest to promptly realise that the water didn’t just have a healing feeling, as all the bruising on his chest is gone way quicker than it should have. “Huh, well this could come in very handy next time I get mauled by Zone knows what... or who”, chuckling before zipping back to Vlad’s car and phasing out some of his snacks.

And munching on cheezies is how Vlad finds him, when he pokes his head back out of the water. “Well, your tastes sure haven’t grown up. I’d offer up some octopops but I doubt you’d appreciate them”. Judging by Daniel’s confusion Vlad’s guess is quite right. Though Vlad does relent and eat some of the offered fake cheese food, much to Daniel’s amusement.

The two spend most of the day in the hot spring again, Danny fully gets how someone, or some halfa really, could just stay here. It’s lazy, comfortable and all around pleasant; it’s clear that affect it both physical and mental. And it’s not hard to admit that Danny really did and does need a break from the near constant action of his daily life. Even if he knows full well he’d eventually get antsy and paranoid if he stayed too long, he’s a protector by nature and nothing about this protected anyone.

Tilting his head back and snuggling into the grove of one of the rocks, “that still doesn’t beat flying a spaceship”. Vlad shakes his head, “you’re practically insulting yourself but not just going to university already”. Danny simply shrugs, higher education was a bit of a status symbol so Danny won’t claim to be surprised that Vlad holds value in it, “eh, I’ve got more important things to do than get some degree or human job. Phantom comes first, and jobs don’t really care for someone who runs off constantly or is bandaged up eighty percent of the time”.

At one point Vlad would have chalked Daniel’s disregard for education up to being a child, but he wasn’t anymore and he was mature beyond his years. Vlad also knows this disregard doesn’t actually help him in life, he’s seen how unhappy and unpleasant the Fenton parents are over it; and he knows Daniel’s aware of it too. “Your family mourns over that, you know”, Daniel’s slow nod only further shows he's aware of it.

The two sat silent for a while, Danny kicking lazily at the water finding it hard to really feel sad about much of anything here. The effect was soothing but people are meant to feel bad emotions sometimes, officially making him decide that he wouldn’t want to just stay here prolongedly. Flicking his eyes back over the Vlad as he talks, “my bridge to her, to Maddie, is pretty well butchered, isn’t it?”. Danny’s a bit shocked, wondering if Vlad’s really even considering letting go of her. “Oh yeah, though mine might be too. Too many lies and one too many let downs”, Vlad’s frown makes it clear he hasn’t really let go.

“That’s something I’d rather not have in common. Suffering from similar strife. But I guess that’s the past”, Vlad can tell that Daniel has little to no intention of telling his family. Resting his elbows on his knees, “you’re alone in Amity now, aren’t you?”. Daniel simply shrugs, “pretty well yeah, they’ll be back of course”.

“Don’t let yourself be alone, you won’t like where you end up”, Danny looks at Vlad curiously, with a hint of sadness. All his comments about Vlad being a lonely man were supposed to just be jokes, clearly, they were a little too true. “Being close to a hero is a dangerous thing, ain’t fair to drag other people into my life. So I’ll content myself with those who know”.

Vlad points at him, “eventually they’ll be gone. I know you’re aware of halfa life spans”. Vlad’s also pretty sure it’s far more dangerous to be close to the stories “villain”, regardless of how evil or not the “hero” thought them to be. “You mean half-life spans? Yes. But there’s no way other people aren’t going to find out accidentally over the years”, sure probability is on Daniel’s side here but Vlad’s far more aware of the ineptitude of people, especially normal people. “If you’re not around anyone then no one likely will”, that’s one thing Vlad will give Daniel, the boy is terrifyingly good at keeping his secrets.

Danny hates that he’s kind of got a point on that, the only person who’s found out without actually witnessing his accident is Jazz; and she only knows because she wouldn’t stop hounding him. No reason for someone who’s not already close to him to do that. Though Danny scrunches his eyebrows, “I’m not sure why you care. It’s not like they just recently left”.

“I do care about you Daniel, I just had no reason to voice it before. You figure out things on your own well enough but this time I can’t be assured you will. Mentoring you was something I was going to do, whether we wound up friend or foe”, Danny’s not quite sure what to make of that. Vlad trying to give him “advice” wasn’t out of the norm, heck it was commonplace. But for it to not be rather bad or “villainous” advice, was a bit strange. Everyone has their moments he guesses, but what really gets him is Vlad sounding like he needs to say this now, “why now then? You very well could have shown up on my doorstep two years ago”. Danny kind of wishes he had, because this, this screams making amends now and turning over a new leaf maybe. Sure, it’s entirely possible Vlad might just go back to his ways after they get back, but he doesn’t think Vlad could possibly be that cold. Cold enough to disregard friendly bonding, especially with the reinforcement of being the only members of an entire species. Even if there’s also Dani, but she was a fair bit different from them. Never fully human, no traditional family, and pretty well free. And genetically she wasn’t a full person, none the less a full halfa; she was her own unique thing. Like Danny, she could be content being a one and only, Vlad clearly couldn’t.

Danny gets jolted out of his thoughts by Vlad, “I’m dying, Daniel. Messed up in the lab, messed up my bodies ectoplasm production. Permanently corrupted it, like I’ve sort of corrupted everything else”. Danny’s not sure what to say for a couple of seconds, Vlad must have more than just messed up to make something immortal no longer so. Vlad confirms that as he continues speaking, “us halfas, our ectoplasm and blood’s pretty unique. Can’t be truly replicated and doesn’t occur naturally”. Danny, speaking quietly, “I’d guess that’s why you wanted to come here, but the “permanent” tells me you knew this wouldn’t fix you”. Vlad’s nod is all the confirmation he needs, and that makes Danny realise this wasn’t him making amends, but rather him making peace to the only person who would actually hear it. Danny’s no fool, his mom wouldn’t have even considered talking like they’ve been and really, what would he have to say to her? He’d have to reveal himself for her to really understand, making that the focus of discussion and risking Danny’s secret too. Even if they were archenemies, there was an inherent respect for secret identities and Danny knows Vlad wouldn’t risk his happiness or safety in such a manner.

Like usual Daniel knows Vlad’s ways well, though Vlad doesn't really plan to admit that he didn’t look very hard to fix himself. After he’d give up or lost so much, death was a rather easy escape to accept. There was a sort of freedom to death after all, “I guess I didn’t exactly have any intention of leaving here. Couldn’t think of a more comfortable way to go”. No fights, no schemes, no business ventures, no mansion walls or fancy suits telling the tale of his, probably bad, life choices. Instead just healing waters to ease his mind and aged body, and soothing scents to ease his bruised and battered heart.

“So...you wanted a death buddy. That’s beyond depressing, Vladdie. And yet, oddly comical”, of course, Danny will stick around however long at this point, for Vlad’s final and permanent vacation. Though he’s by no means pleased or happy about this, but this place makes the sadness and loss of it so much less pungent. And the irony of two half-dead guys chilling in a neon green hot spring while one slowly becomes more dead, adds an air of humour; especially to a guy who’s a perpetual walking dead joke.

But then an idea strikes him as he looks curiously at his own veins, flicking his eyes up to the peaceful man with his eyes closed and the hint of a smile. He’s clearly accepted this, so Danny’s not sure if voicing his idea is a good thing. But Danny will be damned if he doesn’t at least attempt to save pretty well everyone, and that right there is one of his faults, “you could, just get exchange transfusions from me. I am a universal donor after all, if you exclude having ectoplasm, but that’s half the point here. Sure, it’d have to be a constant thing if your brutalisation of your body is so permanent”.

“That, that would probably work actually, and you really would do that, wouldn’t you? But I’m going to have to decline. I’ve put too many complications into your life already”, Vlad probably would have stumbled onto this idea himself, if he had bothered. But he was just done, done with all the wanting and taking from everyone. It just hurt him more, and them too; though he didn’t care about that nearly as much. Vlad can easily read the disappointment and determination, overshadowed by understanding, on Daniel’s face. If anyone could understand not wanting to burden someone else, it was the too-heroic-for-his-own-damn-good halfa. “Why’d you have to wait till now to follow me in being a self-sacrificial idiot”, Vlad’s not really being self-sacrificial, and he’s sure Daniel knows that. This, like everything else he’s ever done, is selfish. But he knows Daniel will somehow find a way to blame himself if he doesn’t make that clear, “it’s more that I’ve just given up. On all of it”.

“Well, I don’t do giving up”, and the Vlad Danny meet years ago didn’t give up either. But Danny knows how time can change you or beat you down, better than most do. He’s seen himself break after all, and Vlad tried to help him in his twisted and rather villainous way. Vlad didn’t exactly tend to come up with plans that actually helped people. But doing exactly that was a large part of Danny’s life, so he’ll save this damn frootloop. Though Danny doesn’t expect this will make Vlad any better of a person, maybe less actively a villain, but still morally corrupt.

No one says anything for a bit until Daniel pokes Vlad in the arm, “how about you do it anyway, come to stay in Amity, see if I can show you something new”. Vlad’s not sure whether to curse or appreciate Daniel’s determination and hero-complex. Vlad’s pretty sure he’ll wind up abusing this, or maybe he won’t; he doesn’t know. Though this does give Daniel something to lord over his head, even if he knows Daniel hasn’t and wouldn’t even consider that. He’ll literally need Daniel to survive, the ways that could be abused is utterly insane. And Vlad’s not really sure he even wants the surviving part.

The two stare at each other for a while, Danny’s got determination in spades and will damn well take on every extra “complication”, and if he has to bore mental holes through Vlad’s head to prove it, he damn well will. Vlad sighs, “alright Daniel. You always know the right things to say nowadays don’t you?”. Danny only smiles loosely at the burnt out man heading to a not so burnt out future. Second chances, it would seem, were a key component to life; or half-life in this case.

End.

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@pixiepoxy, La-La made her own OC.

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Name: Bonbella ‘Bombella’ La-Belle Age (at the start of Nonkina Ace): 28 DOB: Female Height: 6′5″ (7′0″ wearing the ball) Sexuality: Lesbian Occupation: Thief, Bomb Expert Nationality: European/French Likes: Balloons and anything inflatable, Bombs, Latex, Bondage Dislikes: Botched jobs, things literally blowing up right in her face, Cops Favorite Meal: Chocolate Ice Cream Personality: Annoying energetic, sultry Fighting Style: N/A Clown-Po abilities: Midas’ Explosive Touch

Can turn anything into a bomb by simply touching it at will.

Bombella..................Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh...

If it’s not obvious, she’s one of my least favorite characters...She was a mistake that I can’t erase...Get the popcorn ready folks, this is gonna be a long one...

So back when I was still living with my folks, they had this weird thing they’d do where they would take in random strangers off the street. Thankfully they never brought in anyone evil, but I always saw this as them being WAAAAAAAAAAAY too charitable.

Of the few they brought in, I can only remember two. The first one was this Sukeban who had a big latex fetish and claimed she was an alien or something, and the second one...Well, let’s call her ‘Lucy’.

Lucy was a mime/jester/whatever girl straight from France. She came to make it big as a street performer in the States, before my parents brought her in and had her join the circus we worked at.

Lucy was...lusty, to say the least. She REALLY loved latex and balloons and anything that could inflatable, from pool rings to parade floats, and she was not subtle about her fetishes. Hell, her jester outfit was made of latex and had multiple inflatable components to it.

While my parents didn’t mind her, Lucy proved to be a big pain in the ass to me and Dot. She eventually calmed down around us and we became ‘ok’ friends. Ok enough that I decided to allow her to make a character for Nonkina Ace, after having bugged me about for weeks on end as a B-Day gift.

I....regret that greatly...

I gave her a strict set of rules and guidelines on how to make her character, and you know what she did??? SHE FUCKIN’ IGNORED IT ALL. I remember her giving me her character sheet, and it was the most Mary Sue thing I had ever read. But I promised her that I would use the character in at least one chapter, so I took her sheets and said ‘This is great! But I’m gonna make a ‘‘‘‘‘‘‘few’’’’’’’ small adjustments~’.

Luckily she couldn’t tell that I was lieing, so I had to scramble to make an entirely new character using her aesthetics and self as a base, but ultimately I was able to make something that fit into the Nonkinaverse and was able to please her.

Thankfully when I did the OC Submissions for the Ironvein Team Tournament arc I didn’t run into any issues like with Lucy’s first pass. But still, the character will haunt me forever, while Deviantart creeps who haven’t even read NA will praise her as being the best character...

- C-KUN, from the Nonkinaverse Design Bible

Well that flavor text was lengthy, wasn’t it? While C-Kun might be ashamed of Bombella, I’m not! And thankfully her backstory isn’t a page long!

I’m not gonna lie tho, I didn’t really have much of a backstory for her anyways!

Bonbella’s deal is that she used to be a street performer who’s whole act revolved around balloons, but one day she found out that she could turn her balloons into highly destructible bombs.

So after making a fancy, puffy, flash outfit, she became a world class thief, Bombella, known for her potency with explosives, and the giant inflatable ball she wears from the waist down! It’s impervious to bullets, explosives, punctures, anything!

And that’s more or less it for her! Just a fun li’l side character with a fun li’l design!

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08/02/2021 DAB Transcript

2 Chronicles 32:1-33:13, Romans 15:23-16:9, Psalms 25:16-22, Proverbs 20:16-18

Today is the 2nd day of August welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it is great to be here with you today as we just keep moving in here trying to get moved into this new month of the year and take the journey that will be August. We’re reading from the Gods Word Translation this week. Today, second Chronicles chapter 32 verse 1 through 33 verse 13.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word and we thank You for the in opportunity in second Chronicles to move through this story with Hezekiah again and we are reminded of the taunts shouted out over the walls to the people in Jerusalem and it just brings us back to things that we've faced in our lives, and even things that we've talked about from the Scriptures this year, this haunting voice, this intimidation, this diminishment that comes against us to try to pull us into isolation and fear - fear that we will be overrun, fear that we will be overcome. And the truth is, the Army that was set against Jerusalem had pretty much leveled everything in their paths and that was acknowledged, but they had not leveled You and they were subsequently leveled because they decided they weren’t just gonna taunt Israel they were gonna taunt You. And, so, Father wanna get behind You. So often we find ourselves way out in front of You when we need to be following You. Nothing will knock You down or move You off Your intended purpose. And if we are behind You and we are safe. And, so, help us to remember this, our utter dependence upon You. It's not the voice of the taunt-er. It's not the threats. It's not the diminishment. It’s not this mighty army set against us. Any of these things could destroy us, but none of these things can destroy You. And, so, we follow You as we continue this journey forward step-by-step day by day. Come Holy Spirit. Lead us on the narrow path that leads to life. Lead us into all truth. Be a light to our path we pray. In Jesus name, we ask. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

Amen. Dear God thank You so much for the words that Brian spoke on the 29th. I pray that You will help us to humble ourselves and to make the choice and the decision to follow and to renew and to retrain ourselves to repay evil with good and to follow the way of life that Paul is describing. Lord I pray that You will just soften our hearts and that You will help us to all make the choice and to be intentional about it and help us to be determined and strong and successful Lord. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

OK this is Beloved in Texas, and this is for the guy who said he's just tired and he's tired of getting conflicting information and he doesn't know if…anyway you know who you are. This…you’re…I could feel in what you were saying how just…you’re exhausted, you are emotionally, mentally drained, you're just exhausted and your faith is starting to feel like work. I just wanted to give you a little bit of what I have learned. If this helps great, if it doesn't move on along. But I want you to think about your salvation as more like a relationship. When you love someone, you pursue them, and you want to do things for them, and you want to push through, and you want to seek that type of intimacy with that person. It's the same way with God. It's a two-way relationship. So, no it's not a, your salvation is not works based but once you get a revelation of how much God loves you and you love Him, I mean…you can't help it. You’re overcome with love for Him, then yes there is some…some work involved but it's not work it's because you love Him, it's a labor of love. It's seeking Him because you love Him so much and you want more. So, I don't I don't know if that helps but I hope it does and I'm praying for you.

Hi this is Vernon from Alberta just listening I'm a little bit behind but listening to the end of June and heard a call from a gentleman who said that he's been…God's been bringing him back in the last couple years but that he's so tired and…and just doesn't…feels like it's going the other way instead of getting better and so I just want to pray for you now. And God, I just thank You for the honesty of this Young man and I just pray that You would…would honor his…his honesty and just give him rest and heal him first of all in being able to rest and…and be able to hear You and then I just pray God that You would give him clarity and let him see Your hand in his life. And we just thank You for that in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Hey this is to Diane from Denver it's David here calling from Brisbane Australia. I have the privilege of serving as a chaplain to the prisoners in Queensland here. But Diane my heart broke for you when you told us your story of your daughter. I wept and wept. Bless you. Lord strengthen you, help you, guide you, His Holy Spirit encompass you. May He hide you under His fins. Bless you dear one. My heart breaks for you. Love from Australia.

Hello Daily Audio Bible family this is God's Beautiful Pool of Repose. That's one of the meanings of my name and it's taken a lifetime to learn to live in it partly with the help of this family. This is the first time I've called but I've been around I think since about halfway through the first year Brian started this. So, there's so many of you that I consider family - Victoria Soldier, Blind Tony, Daniel Johnson Junior so many others from over the years and new. Just know that I am covering your prayer requests as well. Today I'm calling because I have a couple family members who are seriously ill. COVID is involved in one case and friends as well for sure and I'm not sure about the others but just would ask that you would add those to your list of those who are suffering in this time. And then the other request is that in the midst of this season when it seems like all of my local prayer partners are dealing with their own crises I am faced with two major life changing decisions that I need to make within the next few days. I know that I hear God. I know that he will lead me, but I would just appreciate your prayer cover that I will know what to do. It involves a move and what I'm going to do for a living, and it would mean leaving my local church and some friendships and so it's not an easy decision. So, thank you very much. God bless all of you and thank you for being a part of this global family. It is such a blessing. And thank you to Brian and Jill and family for making this possible. Goodbye.

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(Putting it under a read more because this is fricking long holy cow. Ah, that’s the price I have to pay for 7 muses...I’m coding everything in case anyone wants to focus on a specific muse)

Mun name: Sean

OOC Contact: IMs on tumblr work best for me, I have a Discord (ask me for the link) & a Discord Pokemon server as well if that’s more convenient

Who the heck is my muse anyway: 💜 The Fool (Eusine): Has no idea what he’s doing, but he’ll be damned if he does anything w/o his Rulebook. 💛 The Rulebook (Morty): Just trying to make it through the month to provide for his 3 roommates. 💎 The Stoic (Steven Stone): Just your average rich vagabond who has a boyfriend & refrains from speaking. 💙 The Wolf (Wolf Grunt): Trusted psychic bodyguard of Team Skull. Always itching for a battle, whether through Pokemon or through their paws. 💚 The Smart Aleck (N Harmonia): The Stoic’s somewhat narcissistic boyfriend. ❤️ The Grump (AZ): Just your average gentle giant going through the motions. Always sassy and never happy. 🖤 The Rebel (Guzma): It’s ya boi. If he’s not careful, his need for destruction will be his own downfall…

Points of interest: Everybody’s got issues! :D Some more noticeable than others…

💜💙💚🖤 Most of my muses (specifically Eusine, Wolf Grunt, N, and Guzma) typically act on a whim if no one keeps them in check. 💜💚 In Eusine and N’s case, they don’t actively want to hurt anyone, but they trust their own judgement better than anyone else's (even if their own judgement is terrible). Of course, Eusine will only do something stupid if Morty’s not around. 💙🖤 In Wolf Grunt & Guzma’s case, they’re not afraid to cross boundaries in order to get what they want. They are a part of Team Skull, after all. 🖤 Guzma swears like a sailor. (Mun disapproves of this & tries not to do this in real life.) 💎 Steven doesn’t talk much, and is very quiet compared to all my other muses. He may avoid you if he knows you’re psychic, or if he knows you know about his curse. 💚 As mentioned above, N is self-centered and typically only speaks for himself. ❤️ Besides his ridiculous height, AZ seems pretty normal, even if he rarely smiles. 💛 Morty’s pretty normal too, but he’s as stubborn as a mule when it comes to personal opinions.

What they’ve been up to recently: Uuuuuuuh my main verse could use some work so all the interactions I’ve made so far don’t pertain to it at all ._.; (I suppose I’ll just call it “The Verse that Never Was” since the Reincarnation AU & Spirits of Chaos AU is basically the aftermath of it. Technically, it involves all my AUs, but that’s a story for another day .-.)

💜 Eusine has no direction or plans, he’s a NEET. He does have a major crush for Morty, but he’s always turned down... 💛 Morty really misses his old job as a Gym Leader, but hasn’t done anything to get it back. Secretly, he does have a thing for Eusine, but he’s too afraid to admit it. 💙 Wolf Grunt was kicked out of the house by their adopted father, Morty, and both know they don’t belong in Team Skull. Despite this, Morty refuses to take them back until they earn his respect. Wolf Grunt couldn’t care less, as they’ve been living in Team Skull for almost two years now. Even if they do miss him every now and then… 💎 Steven is still learning to control his curse, and will not trust anyone to talk about it or help him control it. 💚 N doesn’t trust anyone with Steven’s powers either, and may seem overprotective of him at times. He believes he can help Steven by himself. (Spoiler alert: he can’t.) 💎💚 Steven & N have been dating for 5 years, and plan on engagement. That is, if either one of them are confident enough to propose to the other. Which they’re not. 💚 Like Eusine with Morty, N can’t go anywhere without Steven, and is lost without him. ❤️ Although AZ has finally reunited with his Floette, he is still fighting the old ghosts of his past, feeling great remorse & missing his brother greatly. 🖤 Although Lusamine is dead in my main verse, Guzma is plotting his revenge for what she did to him, starting with the destruction of Aether Paradise. He doesn’t really have a set plan (besides shooting everything), and if he carries his plans out now, he’ll be losing a lot more than Team Skull… (i.e. Ya boi’s gonna die, somebody stop him.)

Where to find them: All my muses currently live in Alola. 💛💚💜❤️ Morty, N, Eusine, and AZ all share a house on Route 1. 🖤💙 Guzma & Wolf Grunt, of course, live in Skull Mansion/Shady House/Po Town. 💎 Steven’s a vagabond and may switch between living in these two houses. Otherwise, it’s difficult to find Steven in one spot. In fact, he may fly to a different region on a good day.

Current plans: None of the stuff I plot with other people pertains to my main verse, as I still wish to develop it further. (Even though I’m torn between keeping it or letting it go c’: ) Since this is getting fricking long already I’m just gonna tag the people I have active threads for/want to plot with more. I apologize to all of you c’:

@dragonfly-grunt @heartbxnd @lushjunglesrecipes @steelwingchampion @thebella-matthews-666 @trainer-riz

Desired interactions: - Duplicates! Some of the best interactions I’ve had so far have been with duplicates, so if we share the same muse, I’d love to plot things between them ^_^ (or just have them be so confused as to why there’s two of them xD) - I’m a sucker for crossovers, as one of my AUs (Spirit of Chaos) is a crossover in and of itself. Here’s a list of all the fandoms I’m willing to interact with ^_^ - Feel free to interact with my AUs too! I love them all c: (you can find them in Rule 8 of the rule’s page.)

💜 For Eusine: He needs to learn that he can’t always depend on Morty to decide everything for him. This could be done by virtually anyone, though he does have a crush for Gym Leader Jasmine in my main verse. Oh yeah, and he needs a job. Or money. Or possibly both. 💛 For Morty: Any Sabrina muses or other Pokemon League muses with psychic powers? Sabrina may give Mortimer the motivation he needs to get his Gym Leader job back...if only because he hates her guts ._. (This could also be true in any other psychic’s case) 💎 For Steven: Steven may be the best option for any crossover interactions, only because his curse allows him to travel between different realities, and even merge realities if he’s not careful… (not to say that he’s the only muse I’ll use for crossovers: all my muses are open for that ^_^) 💙 For Wolf Grunt: They’re a lone wolf when it comes to Team Skull (pun intended), and actually have a hard time opening up to any other grunt. Deep down, they're homesick...not entirely for Morty’s home, but for Sinnoh. If there are any muses from Sinnoh, Wolf Grunt may latch onto you like a leech ._. 💚 For N Harmonia: Somebody help the poor tree boy learn that self-gratification is not the same as self-confidence c’: Yes, N actually has a really low self-esteem (as he’s still trying to find himself & his purpose), and only acts narcissistic as a facade to hide his true emotions. 💚 Also, since N talks to Pokemon, I’d love for him to interact with some Pokemon muses (again, not to say that I’ll only use N for interacting with Pokemon muses ^_^) ❤️ For AZ: Lysandre muses! AZ needs to learn that it’s ok to love his family. Even if he’ll act pretty hostile to Lysandre at first, deep down he wants nothing but the best for him. He sees his brother in Lysandre, and if he’s not true to his feelings, he may end up ignoring Lysandre like he did to his brother (which is the last thing he wants). ❤️ Otherwise, somebody. Hug the gentle giant. Please. Just. Go into my inbox right now and hug him. I’m a sucker for AZ hugs c’: 🖤 For Guzma: Er...I already get enough interaction with Guzma as is...But he does have a secret power that no one, not even himself, knows about. That’s all I’ll say...

Offered interactions: 💜 Eusine’s a musician: in fact, it’s his passion! If your band needs a drummer, he’s your guy. He’s also great for livening up parties, as he loves to do water tricks for anyone. 💛 Morty has his own Psychic reading business! Worried about the future? Old ghosts of the past keep haunting you? Or are you just curious about your lucky numbers? Morty can do it all. (interactions will need to be plotted first of course...unless you don’t mind any infomodding ._.; ) 💎 Steven doesn’t really have anything to offer...unless you’re itching for some reality-warping shenanigans. This can range from turning water into wine or turning the moon into a blood-red moon (again, must be plotted first, considering how reluctant he is with using his powers &  dark his powers can become…) 💙 Wolf Grunt can, and will, beat you up. In fact, they’re looking for someone to fight with everyday. 💚 N doesn’t have much to offer either...Unless you’re a Pokemon. He loves speaking to wild Pokemon. ❤️ AZ can do pretty much anything: cooking, playing musical instruments, designing clothes. The only person holding him back from doing it all is himself. 🖤 Like Wolf, Guzma can and will beat you up. He’s always armed.

Current open post/s: Check the #open rp tag & the #prompts tag, those are always open ^_^

Anything else?: - I live in US Central Time if that helps - All links to my muse’s pages & their relationship to each other can be found in the rules page (Rule 8 specifically) - Please for the love of AZ someone critique me on my main verse it sucks

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