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Resurface 35 - Reappraise
Story to date in order (Tumblr / AO3)
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ART!VIRGIL KLAXON
Perhaps if you hadnât read them before these two chapters (here and here) may make more sense of what Virgil has been drawing.
And if you missed the wee!Earth&Sky flying machine adventure, that is contained in this one and this one.
But now, onwards! Virgy-boy still has some demons to exorcise and needs Scooter to help him. Points to whoever spots the cameo from an old friend đ
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The view from Virgilâs balcony was very similar, but subtly different. They werenât adjacent - both Johnâs often-empty and Dadâs always-empty room lay between - and the shift of a few metres to the left meant the light reflected off different facets of the damp rocks of Mateo and the shadows changed shape. The sea met the shore at a marginally different angle, the light refracting through the shallows and hitting the greener end of blue. Two of the trees visible from Scottâs were hidden by the curve of Roundhouse Peak.
Scott hadnât noticed any of this before Virgil pointed it out. What he did know was that on his own the breeze was stronger and there was fractionally more sky. On a hot day heâd always advocate for the cooler, more exposed position. Where he could see as far as possible. Where he could breathe.
But on a cooler evening, there was something comforting about how the sunâs residual heat radiated from the stone and bathed Virgilâs preferred haven in a warm glow.
Virgil had added to the warmth that evening by opening a bottle of Scottâs favourite scotch which heâd clearly stashed away at some point. Had it been one of the others who produced such a thing, Scott would be waiting for âThe Favourâ or âThe Difficult Questionâ. In Gordonâs case, quite frequently âThe Confessionâ.
Virgil, however, often just did it to be nice. And Virgil knew that, unlike Dad and himself, Scott preferred his liquor without rocks. He took another sip and rested his head back with a contented sigh, allowing the liquid to rest on his tongue.
âScott?â
âMmmmhmm?â The heat spread through his sinuses as he breathed over it.
âCan I ask you a favour?â
Oh!
The whiskey hit the back of Scottâs throat and his eyeballs burned. Virgil seemed hesitant which mean this was going to be important! He coughed and croaked out a hurried confirmation:
âAlways.â
Virgil, staring out to sea, appeared not to notice his brotherâs nasal passages vaporising which, again, indicated something was Up. Scott scrubbed at his eyes with a sleeve and with an iron will, forced himself to get a grip of his respiratory system. He was about to say something else encouraging when Virgil suddenly spun to face him and in a voice of utmost seriousness stated:
âItâs a weird one.â
Scott raised an amused eyebrow.
âI can do weird.â
âWould you wear it again?â
The other eyebrow joined it with vigour.
âWear what? If youâre asking about Halloween and that cursed Superman costume, Alan beat you to it and itâs a hard no. I might be persuaded to consider Batman but only if youâre Robin.â
Virgil snorted and swirled the ice in his glass. The not ungenerous measure heâd poured himself having already disappeared.
âAs you very well know I donât do tights. Not after the Christmas debacle.â
âI think you made a lovely elf.â
âYouâre deranged.â
âYeah but you love me.â
Virgil threw an ice cube at his head before conceding: âI do. Yes.â
He then frowned.
âScooter, are you CRYING?â
âNope. No no Iâm just⊠enjoying this with ALL my senses.â He raised the glass and winked.
Virgil narrowed his eyes as if invisibly scanning his brother, then with a quirk of an eyebrow seemed to conclude there was no sudden emotional devastation and released him from scrutiny. He looked back out towards Mateo and tracked the petrels swooping to and from their rocky nests.
Scott followed his line of sight and started a little. There was a small cave at the base of Mateo which was invisible from Scottâs balcony. How had he never seen that before? He was about to point it out when he realised heâd distracted Virgil from his question.
âIf you didnât mean Halloween⊠what are you asking?â
âYour uniform. The, uh, air force one.â
âHell no. Iâm planning to burn it. Thatâs not part of my life anymore.â
âThat doesnât sound very environmentally friendlyâŠâ
âAlright bury it then. Shred it and bury it. No⊠shred it, dissolve it in acid then bury it.â
Virgil blinked. âHave you been watching murder mystery reruns again?â
âTheyâre relaxing.â
âRiiiiiiight.â Despite the feigned disbelief, Scott knew that Virgil had been the one to add three hundred and thirty-six hours worth of âA Century of Detective Classicsâ to the family server and he knew Virgil knew that he knew that heâd done it as a cunning way to tempt Scott into some downtime. Devious little brothers⊠who⊠needed reassuring, immediately.
âIt hurt you so itâs got to die. Donât worry. I donât even want to touch it again. If Grandma hadnât spirited it away somewhere to clean it would be gone already.â
âOh.â Perhaps imbibing scotch straight into his brain had slowed him down, but Virgil didnât seem as reassured as Scott had intended.
âDonât you need it for Ashâs dinner? You should go to that, itâs important.â
âIâll work something out.â
âOh, ok.â Virgil went quiet again and Scott realised heâd given the wrong answer somehow but wasnât quite sure how to change it.
âWhatâs on your mind, Virgil?â
He sighed and cracked his knuckles one by one, making Scott cringe.
âWould you⊠um, would you wear it once more if⊠Iïżœïżœïżœ for me to⊠uhâŠâ
âFor you?! But⊠I donât understand! It made you so unwell? I thought you hated it?â
âI did. I do. But⊠I donât want to carry that fear anymore, I canât be scared of CLOTHES. Itâs⊠I just canât. Itâs ridiculous. And, well⊠and I was thinking perhaps if I was prepared⊠if it wasnât a surprise⊠it might⊠I might not react quite so badly? My last memory of it wouldnât be⊠uh⊠so heavy? And maybe I could finish my book.â
âYour book?â Now Scott was really bewildered.
Virgil put down his glass and disappeared into his suite, returning swiftly with one of the large black ring-bound pads of thick art paper the like of which Scott had seen many times. This one was more battered than most and his little brother clutched it to his chest for a moment then cleared his throat awkwardly as he sat down.
âI found it when I was hunting for a sketch I wanted to work up for the exhibition next month. Some of them arenât⊠very nice. I was going to just throw it away but Gordon thinks I should complete it⊠finish the story.â
âGordonâs seen it?â Scott wasnât actually jealous, he was relieved to discover - the little snakelike green monsterâs appearance seemed to have been limited to the âotherâ version of himself. But he found himself kind of intrigued that their fish brother was apparently giving art advice these days.
Virgil rolled his eyes and growled quietly. âYou know what heâs like⊠I foolishly tried to hide it when he burst into the room and of course he noticed and he wouldnât let up until I showed him.â
âMay I see?â
Virgil chewed his lip and nodded. Scott shuffled his lounger closer such that they were shoulder to shoulder and felt his jaw drop as Virgil opened to the first page and he saw a vivid recreation in pastel of his toddler self proudly holding a tiny baby Virgil, Mom and Dad hovering in the background. The babyâs fingers were wrapped tightly around his thumb and Virgil had sketched several enlarged views of their chubby hands in pencil along the bottom.
He turned the pages slowly and Scott saw several scenes he definitely recognised from childhood photographs and some he thought must have come from Virgilâs memory. They paddled in a watercolour sea together, rode their bikes in oils, Scott dangled upside down from a charcoal tree with chalky Virgil underneath, arms stretched upwards. There was a cartoon school bus with a dimpled stickman waving from the window.
He smiled as he recognised the two of them with the flying machine on the roof, although he remembered it as much sturdier than the painting suggested. The faded but detailed cross-section taped in to the next double page disabused him of that impression. This one was covered in his own scrawly handwriting. Scott chuckled and raised a hand to the scar on his jaw.
âOh DEAR, Iâd thought it was a much better design than that!â
âHmmmm.â Virgil rumbled âThe basic concept was sound but the materials and our duct tape-biased construction methods left something to be desired and yeah⊠your âmathâ was a touch⊠shakyâŠâ
Virgil smiled and turned over to another cross-section, only this time of a much more elegant design which was surrounded by small sketches of joints and diagrams showing balanced forces, each with the appropriate calculations painstakingly recorded in Virgilâs neat handwriting.
Scott gasped as he realised that this⊠this could work. Who was he kidding - it was Virgilâs design - of course it would work.
âYou fixed it!â
âI did. I felt⊠bad that we never tried again and you didnât get your moment.â
âMy moment?! Virgil! I nearly killed us both!â
âYou were only eleven.â
âEven soâŠâ Scott tried very hard not to think of all the occasions since then when he hadnât had âbeing only elevenâ as an excuse but the more he tried the more of them bubbled up in his memory like some kind of noxious gas polluting his only fresh water source. No. They were past this now⊠it was better. Things were changing. He was changing.
âI guess I had this idea that I could build it and if⊠if you ever came backâŠâ he shook his head âit was just a sillyâŠâ
âNo.â Scott interrupted, grabbing his arm and pressing his forehead into the side of Virgilâs head. âNot silly. Thoughtful. Ingenious. Seeing the potential in an idea and making it work? Very⊠YOU.â
Virgil gave a small smile and turned back to the book. Scott felt himself blush at page after page of sketches, all of himself - as a wide eyed child, a cocky teenager winking, a laughing adult flipping pancakes⊠even a few where he had apparently sprouted falcon wings, one where Virgil had them too.
Scott couldnât imagine how many hours these must have taken to create
âWhen did you do all this?â
As soon as the words had left his mouth he knew it was a stupid question. Virgil shrugged and turned the page.
âWhen you were gone.â
Scott put his arm around Virgilâs shoulders and squeezed as he turned again, seemingly keen not to linger on any one image.
A blazing sun burned out of the page, the wall of colour marred only by a silhouette of the falcon-winged man, clearly falling, curled in on himself as the wings trailed limply behind, the dark shapes of lost feathers becoming larger and more detailed towards the top. No prizes for spotting the reference there. The real sun, heading swiftly towards the horizon seemed to lose most of its heat and a modern day Icarus-but-for-Many-Miraculous-Escapes wondered yet again how he could have been so blind.
If that one gave him a chill, the next made him shiver, the warmth from the whiskey had now entirely dissipated - a faint pencil outline Scott holding a heavily shadowed Virgil in his arms. Then⊠there was that same Air Force Grad photo, reproduced in a dozen different styles. The last one almost photo-realistic but crossed through in heavy red pen.
Virgil tried to skip several pages but Scott gently took his hand and turned back. He recognised the image of the crashing jet, over and over⊠pencil drawn, painted, scratched with a blade into a thick black layer of wax crayon. There followed a page solely of fire. Skeletal outlines of fighter jets. Storms. Crowds of agonised faces. An incredibly detailed map of Bereznik decorated with vicious-looking black insects.
The last few pages shocked Scott the most - all the pictures were drawn on scraps of paper, and then glued in. The largest was a drawing in black ballpoint pen of an almost unrecognisable bearded stranger in a hospital bed, covered in bandages and tubes. There were smaller pencil studies of bruised hands, a foot, an ear, eyebrows over sunken eye sockets, a nearly skeletal chin with a scar⊠his scar. Scott swallowed hard - heâd looked that bad?
One smaller image stood out as it had clearly been screwed into a ball before being flattened out to stick on to the page. Scottâs younger self winked and laughed up at him from behind the creases, one arm wrapped around a huge box of popcorn, the other hand reaching out of the page towards him. Virgil had clearly got hold of a blue ballpoint pen for this one and had skilfully used it to produce a rainbowâs worth of blue shades. The picture somehow gleamed at him and Scott felt the green serpent stir in his gut. He bit the side of his tongue and motioned for Virgil to turn over to the next.
The very last page contained only the sky in vivid shades of blue with light wisps of cloud: Virgilâs starting place.
Scott swallowed hard as he realised Gordon hadnât been giving art advice at all.
âI put it away when dad brought you home.â
âItâs⊠WowâŠâ
âIt was an outlet.â
âIâm sorry.â
âIt wasnât your fault, Scotty.â
âNot all of it. Some things though.â
He pulled his brother close again and planted a kiss in his hair.
âSo how do you want to finish it?â
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#thunderbirds are go#thunderbirds#thunderbirds fanfiction#scott tracy#virgil tracy#earth&sky#idontknowreallywhy fanfic#resurface fic#fluff minor razors#art Virgil#he has done many many arts here#only some of them are scary#Scott does not recommend inhaling strong liquor#and yes#I spent way too long agonising over pictures of the Tracy villa while writing the intro#they just have balconies ok? they do.#everything else should work⊠sight line wise#Scottâs is on the far left#Virgilâs closer to the middle
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There's too many monsters to pick the favorite but I think there's only a few spooky(?) ones. So I wanna know
*doesn't need to be scary looking just which one makes you scared, if none of them makes you scared which one would be a good scary movie monster?
#Dungeon Meshi#Dungeon Meshi Spoilers#Monsters#Poll#I think I got a good spread of options there was more than I expected that sounded scary#none of them makes me scared but when you think about it some are very scary concepts#I think there's an obvious scariest choice but maybe not?#dunmeshi#Halloween#Monster#delicious in dungeon#only 1 day cause I realized I should have posted this before
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Rouge-like tendencies, courtesy of grandpa
#scary is a clothes thief i believe it#one day she takes off a jacket to reveal one of lincs Garfield shirts that no one even knew was missing#normals like: âscary do you like... not own any clothes??? is that what this is??? we can BUY you some clothes scary.â#scarys like: âare you just jealous cause i dont steal any of your clothes?â#normal: âYOUVE TAKEN EVERYONE ELSES!!! WHATS WRONG WITH MY CLOTHES??? IS IT THE SHADE OF BLUE? DO YOU HATE THE BLUE?? I CAN CHANGE!â#scary: âits cause they all have fuckin teeny the teen on them.â#normal: âthats.... okay. actually thats kinda reasonable. i was worried you didnt like them because-â#scary: â-also they REEK. have you ever washed any of these?â#normal: âoh. yeah. thats.... thats what i thought you were gonna say.â#her justification for why she steals everyones clothes is to show those losers how much better they look on her#(its cause she loves them. and only knows how to express herself through her appearance.)#scary marlowe#dndads#dungeons & daddies#dungeons and daddies#terry jr stampler#terry junior#taylor swift#dndads s2#fanart#digital drawing#my artwork#fan art#taylor swift close foster#terry jr#my art
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HELLO I MUST SCREAM ABOUT UR ENTERPRISE ART. THIS IS ME SCREAMING AT YOU. I LOVE IT SM. PLS KNOW I LOVE IT. UR STYLE IS SO COOL.
what!! đ you're way too kind omg... ;; take this doodle of the lads <3
#( and some mini ensigns in the bg :] )#you're way too kind for real tho omg đ <3 thank you for this little message <3#i certainly wasn't expecting it!! the ent fans dont seem super vocal over here#hopefully I'll get around to some more drawings and stuff but so far I've just been posting doodles in between other stuff im working on-#that cant really be posted#so many thoughts and ideas about the ent crew tho... scooping them all up into my hands and making their show better myself#im almost toward the end of season 2. scary how fast this series feels it's going considering it only has 4 seasons... đš#i shall cease my ramblings in the tags here tho otherwise ill be here all night đ#star trek enterprise#star trek#malcolm reed#trip tucker#tuckerreed#graffart#telegraff#themurdochmemesteries
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Okay listen. When I decided to give squid Jean (squean) bite marks/scars last year I was just making it make sense that he lived with a pod of orcas who thought it was super fun to scare him and threaten him, I didnât know tsc would come out and make that detail somehow 100x worse
Someone get this kid to Whalemack and Abby stat :( thank you Renee
Find the mer aus masterpost here
#I was just thinking in the very real sense that some orcas have been known to eat squid#and yeah maybe mers have a general thing about not eating other mers#(who knows. maybe itâs only most mers/more social mers)#(and this is not a hard and fast rule)#(idk the ocean is scary)#but this is the raven equivalent. jeans probably right to be actually worried#but hey! he gets a new hairstyle while I test them out#more of the external gill/regular hair look#anyway. sorry#aftg#tsc#the sunshine court#in a weird way we have managed to have to tag#tsc spoilers#fan art#my art#mer au#oops all mers au#squean#renee swimmer#<< I give. renee swimmer#next Iâm gonna have to stoop to shaaron#for shark Aaron đđ#uhhh if I need to tag anything else lmk
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I think itâs so ironic that the Pony Express escapes a lot if not all blame in discussion. I canât even say I am excused from it but itâs just how hard people circle back to the characters alone without considering the environment they were made to be in.
Why would they design a ship where only two of the rooms lock? Not the bathroom? Not the sleeping quarters? We assume that all the companies in the universe are this shallow and careless to their workers but we explicitly know the Pony Express in extra vile. They are fed processed slop pack they canât even really cook and the ration of those pack is meager at best. They hired and made people with a plethora of conflicting demeanors and beliefs work together on a mission where cohesion is important if not an outright necessity and punish them for not being happy about it. Thereâs no social protocols, not chain of command other than Captainâs word/choice and the only way to enforce that is with a literal firearm. They donât allow them to celebrate freely and even took away leisure activities that would make them less stir crazy. They are only allowed a few hours of sleep despite their being no other real responsibilities or work on the ship, no matter the position or its importance. With any crew, with any level of synergy, this was a powder keg waiting for a spark.
Iâm not saying characters that made mistakes didnât make huge ones, but I think part of the horror is that at least for some (this is targeting Jimathan) those mistakes are partly made by a force of the hand. Thereâs a running theme of lack of choice and being forced into something and the very nature of how The Pony Express expected them to function plays a big part.
#like even I forget that all actions taken in the game were people trying to remain in protocol outside of Jimmy#Anya couldnât have jus stolen the scanner and got the gun cause sheâs a sensible person and knows sheâd be in legal trouble#or get everyoneâs credits docked or just hoping that thereâs some chain of command for this sort of thing#Daisuke only really acted in accordance to his direct superiors because heâs an intern he wouldnât know the first thing about protocol or#what to do in any situation. like this is essentially implied to be his first real job#Curly may be the captain but he still has to follow rules and procedures and we see with the letter the Pony Express likely has very shady#and shitty ones. he gives the best not depressing or totalitarian options he can otherwise everything is just his word which arenât even his#or like him just asserting his position with the gun which he wouldnât do#Swansea follows the book begrudgingly because heâs trying to stay right and not fall back into who he once was#I feel like itâs not incorporated nearly enough that the environment they were dropped into heavily affected their actions#say there was a single person higher than Curly or a plan of action when a crew member is considered a danger to himself or others#I think itâs fascinating how people will stick to protocol and break when they get scared or to their limit#cause the game shows how normalcy deteriorates and I think discounting what the characters where put through by the company takes a way a#real and scary aspect of what happened to Anya because as a friend Curly didnât do enough for her at all his comfort was there and he#appreciated but it was a distracted sort of care but as a Captain he didnât protect her but heâs was a Captain of the Pony Express like what#if they told him to wait to? he still shouldâve done something because Anya was actively suffering and Jimmy shouldâve been reprimanded but#heâs a captain with orders like the Tulpar isnât his ship in the same way like#god I wanna explain this in a way that makes sense but the Tulpar is like designed to breed animosity and work on the bare requirements one#needs to get things done thatâs not how people work and if anyone deviates or interrupts that it literally has nothing to handle it#it becomes clear that if any social unrest happens why they just say fuck it and give the Captain the gun because if something happens the#blame can easily be placed on the person they put in charge despite what they put them#in charge of like this is just like work place harassment irl because often the perpetrators are not punished but the supervisors for not#stopping them with meetings or cuts or whatever but the environment the company fostered is rarely fixed or blamed#like why was this allowed to occur? and honestly that is because Jimmy did what he did#ask me about this if this is confusing cause I worded it crazy#mouthwashing#mouthwashing game#the pony express
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Outside, night.
A girl stands in a blue hoodie and jeans, ignoring the suburbia around her to stare at the clear, starry night. She looks up, peacefully.
Girl (loudly): MAN IT SURE WOULD SUCK IF THE TEMPORAL ANOMALY KNOWN AS THE MIDNIGHT DINER CAME AROUND. IT SURE WOULD BE BAD IF THE POINT OF NULL ENTROPY DROPPED RIGHT INFRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE. MAN, I DO HOPE IT DOES NOT HAPPEN!
#midnight burger#Podcast#USA#I hate it here#I'm so fucking happy#I have a decent family#But we can't kill Trump đ#Because it would give them a martyr#And I do NOT want to give them a martyr#Just.#Look at how Kelsier's martyr turned out.#That shit is scary#Anyway.#Gloria could do it tho.#Gloria is the best.#Besides Effie#Of course#(Of course)#And maybe the rest of the world.#Let Leif run ham with a Lazer cannon.#Release the BTS wolves.#If we put Caspar and Ava in a duo and let them loose we can depress the entire government#Please have this be the timeline where unrealistic shit happens.#Time and ride are roiling and I only recently got a grip#Please let me go at least a year with a grip on my mental state#But no.#The president#Shit#The country#Is putting some very good friends in danger
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Warning for: The (spider) legs showing below!
Under the hoodie/layers, she tends to wrap her legs around her kinda like a hug! And so in the first part that's the weird bumps under the hoodie. They're starting to unravel a bit. She hates being called a monkey cause it's NOT her fault she's short and has to climb on things and up things and includes people in "things" category.
#my characters#911 and 810 and 666 (Satan) are all just agents and everyone except 911 has an odd feature of sorts#such as her spider legs and 666s tail and 343s eye on her chest and so on#they just go by their assigned numbers usually until 666 overheard 911 talking on the phone and heard him say#yeah yeah its eric sorry for a new number again#bc he tends to get new phone numbers for secret keeping reasons#but he has to call his parent to check on em! so hes like yup its me! that guy with an actual name!#and 666 is like oh thats hilarious and starts to call him Prince (since he likes to sing a lot and also prince eric sooo)#and in return to being dubbed prince he starts calling 666 satan#but! 810 and 666 become really good friends and she decides it might not be his name but its more personal than a number#so she adopts the teasing nickname as an affectionate nickname#also 911 is distinctly the only actual boring human amidst the group and he just keeps finding out about the others on accident#and then since he lives at HQ he starts to offer his very boring room up to his friends so they can strip down#and let the extra limbs or parts get some air#so hes constantly just walking into his own room and having 810 in her underwear face down on his bed with her legs out#and he sighs and goes about his day#hes kinda grateful 666 just lets his tail out and keeps his pants on most days but hes also walked into his room and#no pants only boxers tail out and flicking happily#so he just kinda counts it as a win for everyone if satan is happy (satan is the nicest of them lmao)#but yes! in the first part shes basically yelling shes gonna kill him she swears to her best friend#and 911 is like yeah ok thats scary please do NOT actually choke your human jungle gym lets just not do that actually thanks!#anyway sorry for the heap of tags i wont stop overall but i will for now ty for looking at my ocs
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john x fuuta ?đđ or 090309
I love the dynamic between them all, thank you for the request! I went with an earlier meeting for them (well, one of the first times Fuuta's aware of speaking with John, at least). As much as I joke about Fuuta being starstruck by his strength in the attack, I tried to take a more serious route for the "something to rely on" vibe.
Johnâs eyes flicked over Fuuta, sprawled out on his bedding and looking up expectantly.
âMan, you look like shit.â
Fuuta scowled deeper. âI asked for the reason youâre here in the middle of the fucking night, not your opinion.â
âThat is the reason I came.â
Somehow, amid all the other things he had to worry about given the horror of the past few days and exile that followed, Mikoto had still found the time to lose sleep over Fuutaâs condition. John had always liked the guy, but he wasnât in the business of watching over people he didnât truly care about. He didnât know what Mikoto saw in him to cause such an overreaction.
Though, with the futon dragged to the bars of the cell, and bathing him in the dim light of the guardâs tower, it was becoming clear that Mikotoâs concern was indeed warranted. Fuuta appeared deathly. The fresh injuries had been bandaged, but there were stains where blood was beginning to seep through. His eye â the one that had survived the ordeal â was bloodshot and rimmed with dark bags. His hair was as tangled as the rumpled hoodie it poked out of.
Fuuta was still staring in anticipation. It took John a moment to understand why.Â
âYou recognize me.â
âNo shit. Mikoto came in here like a fumbling idiot earlier today. He wanted to make sure I was okay or whatever. Like Iâd be okay after what happened!â He paused, a clanging from someone elseâs cell briefly distracting him. âBut you⊠the way you carry yourself⊠itâs different.â
âNot that different. Iâm here for the same reason.â
The plan was simple. Once Fuuta slept, Mikoto would relax, and everyone would be happy. If it turned out to be his injuries keeping him awake, John didnât mind crushing Fuutaâs pride and explaining his weakness to the doctor to get more painkillers. If it was noisy neighbors, heâd teach one of those girls a lesson the following day. If the problem was just plain insomnia, well, Johnâs swinging arm was still completely functional...
âI just want to make sure youâre sleeping.â
âDonât tell me youâre as disgustingly sentimental as him.â
Johnâs expression twitched. He didnât appreciate the condescension. That was Mikotoâs most admirable trait, after all â offering help to others even when he was falling apart himself. He was so selfless, so self-sacrificial. It was no wonder John felt compelled to do the same for him. But FuutaâŠ
âUgh, heâs always trying to be buddy-buddy with everyone around here, it makes me sick. Nice words donât do shit. Look where his friendship with Kotoko got him, eh? Thatâs what these fools still donât understand â you need to face these things head-on.â
âOi, donât be hard on me just for caring.â He didnât say it as any sort of gentle encouragement; it was a command, and Fuuta understood. He snapped his attention away from where heâd been peering around the bars. âThe world needs more people with that kindness. That optimistic view of life, of others, no matter what â itâs why Iâll do everything I can to save me.â
Silence stretched after the intense comment. Fuuta was looking away again, and John couldnât read him. When he did speak, his voice came out more defeated than expected.
âTch. Well. Not all of us have that luxury.â
âOf what?â
âOf you.â
His eyebrows raised.
Cheeks reddening, Fuuta hurried to add, âI mean someone to have your back like that. I wish I could be half as relaxed as that, but I canât afford to let my guard down. I need to be strong myself, I donât have anyone else to take care of my problems for me.â
It hit him suddenly, that everything came down to that. Relief washed over him, now that a clear, easy, (and nonviolent) solution had presented itself.
âWhat if you did? I could take over your little sentry duty for the night.â
âW-what do you â?â
He gestured to where Fuuta was laying. âNo need to play dumb. Youâve been keeping an eye on everything, even the other side of the guardâs tower. The sounds from around cell eight have caught your attention. Youâre positioned so you can see cell six, but havenât moved all the way over, because cell ten has easiest access from the right.â
âThe others would say itâs pointless, or that theyâre handling it. Iâm not buying it, though. I donât care if they say itâs crazy of me to do.â
âI thinkâŠâ Johnâs posture softened. âI think itâs very selfless of you.â
He was constantly amazed at Fuutaâs tendency to react to everything as if it were some world-shattering statement just told to him.
âSo?â He prodded before Fuutaâs expression could grow any more wide-eyed. âHow about it?â
 âI mean⊠they told me about the attacks⊠what you didâŠâ
John set his jaw. No matter how many times it had happened in the past few days, it still stung to see how quickly people turned against him because of the fight. He thought they all had come to terms with each otherâs capabilities for violence, but as usual, the moment he showed his true face, the world turned against him.
Of course Fuuta could never relax knowing such a violent and unpredictable person was sitting right beside him through the night. It was a miracle he hadnât panicked immediately at the sight of yet another cold, towering figure appearing at his door in the middle of the night.
John stretched his right arm across his chest. It looked like his original solution still stood. Fuuta said problems should be faced head-on. Surely heâd understand this was for his own good.
ââŠYeah, okay.â Fuuta gave a decisive nod. He beckoned with a jerk of his head. âI trust you.â
âI ââ John blinked. âWhat?â
âYou understand me. You understand what it takes to be in a place like this.â His gaze flit away momentarily. âYouâre incredibly strong. Youâre prepared, and have good instincts, and your confidence is â" Noticing how intently John was listening, he interrupted himself to bark, âbut donât think I couldnât handle this on my own! Itâs only because you offered, and itâs a smart move. Iâll just sleep for a bit, we can take shifts. Wake me in three hours, okay?â
âFine by me.â A little lying was definitely better than what else heâd had in mind.
Fuuta moved his futon over a few feet so John could settle into his carefully chosen spot on the ground. Everything was all set to begin keeping watch, until a new sound rose up to drown out the other noises in the panopticon â soft snoring from beside him.
He glanced over in disbelief at the instantaneous security Fuuta had sunk into. All the tension had melted away from his face and shoulders. He lay completely at peace.
John had achieved his goal. He should be celebrating. Instead, he couldnât help heaving a heavy sigh.
How did he end up with two self-destructive idiots to watch over?
#milgram#john milgram#fuuta kajiyama#0309#030909#mikoto is mentioned to care deeply for fuuta but not tagging him#ive had this idea forever and it was so difficult putting it into a concise flow for some reason? so im super happy with how it came out!#originally i wanted actual dialogue about it being their first meeting but it took the focus too off topic#i imagine john has fronted before without anyone knowing he was watching and learning about them#fuuta would be freaking out about that being creepy and rude (isnt it polite to introduce yourself when you first meet someone?)#but john was glad for fuutas treatment back then#(and he also reminds fuuta that his own 'watching others from the safety of anonymity' habits werent that different...)#i know i wrote this as a change in johns mind about fuuta but i like the thought that he came in the first place because he already cared#then seeing how much fuuta trusts him (especially after everyone - including mikoto himself - turns against him) really makes him fall hard#also the fact that fuuta is the only one to see his strength as something helpful instead of scary#in my original draft john comes right at the curfew bell and locks himself into fuutas cell much to his dismay#but the cells locking got rid of the point of the fic lmao so fuuta had to be a little nicer in this version and let him stay willingly đ#i liked the very purposeful show of trust though <3#i also love how much they relate to one another#john thinks fuuta has to deal with the same issues as him but also thinks he and mikoto are very similar in their care for others#mikoto thinks john and fuuta are similar in their approach to problems and communication and protection#meanwhile fuuta believes hes more like john when in reality hes more like mikoto - leading him to connect well with both#anyway sorry for rambling asdfsdf i hope you enjoyed! thanks for the ask!!#drabbles
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I somehow only Just noticed how Lucifer's wings move when he laughs in Surprise Guest interactions and I'm. Kind of obsessed? Like that's inexplicably adorable what
I've been due for some wings brainrot for a while now, hoping this one sticks around for a while afhsfjsf the tails got more than their fair share of my attention i Need to be spinning the concept of wings around in my brain at all times for the next three months At Least--
(Bonus hc infodump in the tags bc I have minimal self restraint)
#obey me#obey me headcanons#<- all in the tagsđ#obey me nightbringer#obey me lucifer#lucifer#how have i not fully processed this big scary* demon having big fluffy probably emotionally reactive wings#his feathers probably fluff up when he's content and comfy#he 100% uses them to make himself seem even bigger and more threatening when he feels like he needs to#which now has lost its threatening capabilities to me bc he's just doing Bird Things xfjjgxgx#he's threatening enough on his own adding the bird tactics on top just loops back around to Little Guy territory somehow--#anyways wings good#they probably make nice sounds when they move and the feathers brush against each other and they're probably really soft in some places and#he'd probably start purring if you pet them (while you're alone ofc lol) especially the places closer to his back#or wherever else he might struggle to reach himself#I'm gonna be so real tho i think doing anything that could qualify as preening to Any of the former/current angels would get to them a bit-#Lucifer would be more subject to returning the favor tho (subconsciously or intentionally. probably both at different times lmao)#the instinct/cultural association with it has died down a bit in the rest of the brothers (at least conciously)#bc it did mostly just apply to helping other angels they were close with with their wings specifically#so lucifer being the only one with feathers would've probably had that habit/association stay more ingraned than it did for the rest of them#bc he'd be reminded of it all the time#ok i should make an actual post about this at some point i think instead of dumping it in the tags bc jfc-#bc im about to start spiraling into how the brothers adapted to their new bodies and being so out of their own culture when they fell#and etc etc#and I'll yap for Years and also maybe cry a lil--#tldr Preening As A Sign Of Affection (mutual) and it effects Lucifer the most for several reasons#personal headcanons
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Hancock: âThe Halloween scares this year have been fun and all, but letâs not forget that the scariest thing on earth is when Dad calls your full name. If he ever does that- then know you best say your prayers and get on your knees to beg for forgiveness.â
Nick: âMr John Hancock! Why in Sam Hill is the kitchen covered in smoke???â
Hancock: (Puts his hands in his pockets) âChem lab gone wrong⊠sorry Papa Nick.â
Nick: (Jabs his finger to the person next to the ghoul) âMr Deacon John Doe, you better not have been sneaking around last night spying on the old folks!â
Deacon: (Holds up his hands in surrender) âHey- in my own defense, you never know who could be a big fat faker in disguise!â
Nick: âAnd Miss Piper Wright, how many times do I hafta tell you that posing as a Gunner with a temporary tattoo on your forehead is not a safe or even reliable way of getting the latest scoop?â
Piper: (Rubs her hands together) âEeeeuuuuuhh⊠I was hoping that you would over look thatâŠâ
Jasmine: (Watching this all play out from the sidelines)
Nick: âCanât hide from a Detective, Pipes. Especially one that cares dearly about you.â
Piper: âAaaw⊠and sorry, Nicky.â
Nick: (Points to Cait next) âAnd you, Miss Cait.â
Cait: (Snaps her bubble gum in her mouth) âHm?â
Nick: âI have a lot to say to you- but weâd be here all day. However, donât think that Iâll forget this!â
Cait: (Actually shudders for once at his tone) âOkay, you rusted bucket of bolts that strangely enough I give a shit about.â
Jasmine: (Tilts her head slightly at all the drama)
Nick: (Now turns to his daughter) âNow Miss Rosalinda-Marie-Esperanza-Gloria-Pacita-Estrella-Brookes-Romero-Valentine!â
Jasmine: (Drops her hands to her side with wide eyes at her full legal name)
Hancock: âDang baby sister- thatâs quite a mouthful.â
Deacon: (Raises a brow and whistles) âIs that your name or your address?â
Jasmine: âThatâs my real and full name⊠My family talked my mother into it⊠She had a big message she wanted to put in my nameâŠâ
Cait: âMost people donât even HAVE a last name to begin with. Like myself.â
Jasmine: âI know⊠I know- and I have THREE last names because of Nickâs that added to my other two.â
Deacon: âWait- so why do we call you Jasmine?â
Jasmine: âBecause people used to tease me with a song, saying that one day a boy will sing it to me in order to woo me.â (Starts dancing adorably as she sings) âRosalinda, divina mujer hermosa. Que perfumas como aroma de jazmĂn.â
Nick: (Crosses his arms and taps his foot) âDonât think that youâll get away with this just by being cute.â
Jasmine: (Puts on puppy eyes) âBut Daddy, am I cute???â đ„șđ„șđ„șđ„ș
Nick: (Heavy sigh) âVery cute indeed- but also youâre a very naughty troublemaker. What the hell were you thinking when you snuck away to take on a Super Mutant camp on your own?â
Jasmine: (Looks up in thought) âI was thinking⊠That I would give them all a scare of the lifetime for Halloween by slaughtering them one by one in a bloodied murder bath!â
Cait: âThat-a-girl lass!!!â (High-fives the teen)
Nick: âFor the love of God! Donât encourage this!â
#The scariest family in the Commonwealth is made up of these people who are all scared of RoboDad.#Heâs only scary because he cares deeply about all of them. Most of the companions are like his kids.#And Jasmine is his actual kid.#Yes- Iâve decided that thatâs Jasmines full name. Iâve just been waiting to sneak it in somewhere but Iâm tired of waiting for myself.#So hereâs the debut of Jasmines real name in some random Halloween skit instead of my main fic.#fallout 4#fallout#fallout4#fo4#nick valentine#piper wright#deacon fo4#deacon fallout 4#john hancock#fo4 companions#fallout companions#fallout oc#fallout original character#cait fallout 4#cait#cait fo4
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Hail Apollo and Hermes for helping me get my ass in gear to take care of a couple financial things that have been stressing me out for a while! ...and for the reminder to not impulse spend.
#and. of course. it wasnt as bad as i thought it would be!#i was told in no uncertain terms in my last tarot pull that some financial things would bite me in the ass if i didnt deal with them#so i said i would take care of them by the end of the month and i managed to!! well. mostly#im waiting for a checkbook to come in the mail so i can take care of the second one but the first one is settled#and im no longer terrified that i'm going to jail! (that was never going to be the outcome in the first place)#thank you apollo and hermes#i need to find something to offer. i'll figure something out#helpol#hermes#coriander says#hellenic pagan#hellenic polytheism#apollo#hellenic community#pagans of tumblr#theoi#'it's not as bad/scary/catastrophic as it feels' has been a theme atm#the tarot pull was from last week ive just been thinking about it. it's about time to do another check-in pull but i wont be able to till#friday probably#i owe. $7 to the state of texas but afaik i'm only able to pay via check b/c of the circumstances so i had to get *80* of them#the only person i know who still uses checks is my grandpa#...the checkbook would be a good thing to keep on hermesâ#*hermes's altar though#my post#gratitude post
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like everybody has been ignoring that these movies are copganda by saying "oh so because there is a police officer in the movies it's copganda? just being blind to this because they admire the movie.... you say spiderverse and the MCU are military and copaganda and everybody is on your case telling you to shut up and it's not that deep... if you can't fathom that you can critique the stuff you like I'm sorry for you.
and i know this is twitter and on top of that comic fans on twitter (have mercy) but these people don't even know what the fuck propaganda is if they think we're calling spiderverse police propaganda because miles and gwen's dads are police officers and it stops there.
nobody likes to think of themselves as liking propaganda but that's the fucking point.... it's propaganda because it almost just slips by you. it's not always in your face, it is unknowingly being told to you!
#like you guys cant even be critical of the things you like#ive only seen ppl bring up spiderverse is police propaganda on here like its getting scary#yes some of these tweets are replies to what ive said but its so incredible that nobody wants to admit this#because they believe it may take away from representation or they simply like the movie#like woah? how does what i said make me a white woman? đ what are these comic fans on???#some of them even said the ppl saying these movies are copganda have lost all critical thought.... WHO are the ppl who dont have a sense#of critical thinking? đ just saying words
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Had a dream last night
Best movie you'll never see
#got conjured up by a student witch#cute as a button#they don't make em like that in hollywood#great chef too#i was some kind of wolf-me but not a wearwolf#she tasked me to hunt invisible critters#kinda like rats or other pests#that only I could see (shimmering)#great fun#when I caught one I wrung it till it snapped#and then I tossed it to Pepper who bit them dead#while I was rummaging through her bed looking for critters#I found an entire live cow under her mattress#she said: off course there's a cow. then you sleep better#which I found made incredible sense#weird magic like that was all around#they also used rams to send messages#beasts would just run you over if you weren't careful#I think I was invisible to the headmistress too#and when witchgirl spoke to her all I heard was jibber jabber#but when she spoke to me I could understand perfectly fine#I love dreams wherein I am a beast#agile and fast#jumping around (from great heights!)#twas fun#lots of scary stuff went on#but you'd be surprised how fun scary stuff is#when you were conjured up by a witch#for the sole reason to take care of said scary stuff#oh and then the food
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the internet was cut off and i ran out of data so i asked my brother if i can connect to his hotspot and downloaded dol on my phone,,,,,,,,,
#were in the process of moving !!!!!!!!!! new apartment has wifi !!!!!!!!! but more importantly were not homeless !!!!!!!!!!!!!đđ#my time completely cut off from everyone was very much like the pic LMAOAOA#dol was the only offline game i could think of that wasnt some dumbass puzzle game or something#i even play this shit in public cause i literally have nothing to do without internet except maybe look at my gallery for the 400th time#i turn off the combat animations tho so its just all text when im outside đlike im brave but not THAT brave#but anyway its safe to say that im getting back into it again đ§ââïž#last time i played dol was before the pregnancy update and like knowing u can get pregnant now is scary#like what if im not prepared to take care of a fictional child#will i be a good mother?????????? i dont want to traumatize the kid and subject them to the horrors of the town like????????#im still like kind of early in + i still have yet to explore the other stuff i never did during my last playthrough so im pretty excited#also somehow course of temptation was still running in the browser i have opened on my chrome so yk..............#played a bit of that as well.........................#its so funny how every npc has names its insane and i love the phone thingy too#ok thats all i think#frambling...?
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Swansea also has like blueish grey eyes and I've talked about their faded nature compared to Curly's and how Curly's are similar to the mouthwash.
But the point is I think he has those like intense grey blues that make you just as uncomfortable as Curly's harsh crystalline blue eyes he just frowns and squints a lot so you cant see them.
#like these two look at you at once and suddenly you are flashbanged and frozone like they made the two whitest men#have scary colored eyes please im so upset cause i like them put on brown contacts bluey#mouthwashing#curly mouthwashing#swansea mouthwashing#been on a curly and swansea kick thinking about them in my head#no real reason just like he seemed to like Curly and that says a lot like he actually playfully busted his balls he clearly respected his#position as captain and thought he desereved some recognition possibly why he was so mean in the demo teasers cause like due wtf#mouthwashing game#concocting relationship headcanons between the crew as we speak these only make sense to me
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