#or maybe he did in the earlier runs. still doesn't hide from the fact that he was cruel to everyone else. because thats dusttale 4 you

[triglycercule]

sleep deprived dust can't recognize what's dream and what's real when he goes in and out of consciousness so i think dust is allowed to be incredibly reckless when he's awake but thinks he's in a dream. he will kill whoever passes by him (or attempt to. for him it's an instict to shoot bones anyways.) he will drink 4 bottles of alcohol just because he thinks its just a lucid dream. have incredibly loud conversations with phantom paps because he's asleep so nobody will hear him talk. or just have loud ass breakdowns because again he thinks he's asleep!!! nobody's gonna know what he gets up to in his dreams. and until someone (probably phantom paps) tells him that he's not asleep and this is reality he won't realize until he's done something really reckless

horror is seconds away from exploding dust's skull open with his magic while dust is trying to strangle him and FINALLY phantom paps tells him he's awake and dust snaps out of it. killer is walking around the house with bones sticking out of him like pins on a sewing pattern (casually too. another day in the life for him) and he just asks dust what that was about. dust just gets off of horror and shrugs his shoulders with an idk. and then walks away. this is the 6th time its happened this month

[nyashykyunnie]

˗ˏˋ E-rank(?)! Jinwoo x E-rank Witch! Reader ◛⑅·˚ ༘ ♡ ˎˊ˗

ₓ˚. ୭ ˚○◦˚𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘 𝕁𝕚𝕟𝕨𝕠𝕠˚◦○˚ ୧ .˚ₓ

・┆✦ Entry : 029 ✦ ┆・

‼️[ TW: Yandere Jinwoo, Violence , Manipulation]

꒰ Reader's Powers are inspired by the beautiful manga titled "Witch Hat Atelier". Please give it a read if you're into otherwordly art and adore fantasy! ꒱

╰┈➤ ❝ [ Let Me Tear Apart Everything that Touched You ] ¡! ❞

You really don't know when exactly it had started, all you knew was that Jinwoo suddenly had a second puberty and his height doubled or maybe tripled. His lanky body turned from noodlesticks to buff and solid muscles seemingly carved out of stone with how sturdy they are. His muscles would in fact, even hurt you even as you try to inflict pain on him.

You wanted to ask him about it really, but maybe it's just Jinwoo having not reached full puberty in his teens so his hormones decided to finally pop-in and say hi in order to compensate for their lack of action during his supposed growing days.

Either way, you're proud of him.

Jinwoo's growth spurt had inspired you to work even harder. Thus, you started entering more and more gates much to Jinwoo's dismay.

You two had even argued over it several times but it ends with Jinwoo sighing in defeat and begging, begging, you to immediately leave the gate should anything weird transpire.

It's not that he doesn't have faith in you or he is underestimating you, it's just that he knows all too well the dangers of the gates. Still, he steps aside and lets you be on your way.

Your powers aren't really too great to be honest, consuming even. You needed to draw various symbols on the papers you carry around in order to cast spells. Sure, they could be intimidating sometimes since you can cast spells that are big— But otherwise? It's really just for show and doesn't do much damage.

Oftentimes you are ridiculed along with Jinwoo, two jokes of a hunter dating. Birds of the same feather really do flock together. Just like Jinwoo, you had your fair share of mockery and on more brutal days— Your fellow hunters would beat you up when a raid goes unsuccesful.

You never told Jinwoo about those days, you could never have the heart to make him worry more when he is already busy providing for his family and especially for his mother who is stuck in eternal sleep.

Swallow it done and smile whenever you're with him.

That's what you always do, praying so hard that your deceitful grins could fool him and mask the pain you're desperately trying to hide from his pretty grey eyes.

But... Now.

Maybe you should have listened to Jinwoo earlier when he said you shouldn't go out today.

What a big mistake was it.

You foolishly signed a contract with a raid team and did not thoroughly read the terms and conditions just like Jinwoo had strictly instructed you to do so.

Now you're here, absolutely horrified as the group of burly and violent men inched towards you, bloodlust evident as they inched closer and closer— Backing you up on a corner.

You wanted to cry, you wanted to scream, but your fight or flight instincts instantly turned into freeze.

Not a single muscle in your body would obey the hammering demands of your heart and mind to move— To run.

As your fear-stricken eyes glanced back at those animal-like men, you started to silently curse yourself too.

You should have been good and listened to Jinwoo, because that man's intuition had always been right. You shouldn't have argued with him when he pressed you to stay, you should have been goo.

You should have.

Now who's the fool cornered like a frozen rabbit in the den of lions? Who's the idiot about to piss their pants from sheer fear?

You shouldn't have cussed out Jinwoo before you left the door.

You should have said that you love him.

You should have told him how proud you are of his progress.

You should have told him that you would always be by his side.

You should have given him goodbye kisses.

But now, the last memory Jinwoo would have of you is your prissy face spatting out how nonesensically overprotective he is of you and that he should be worried about himself instead.

You closed your eyes, accepting your fate until you felt a shift in the air around you. The winds suddenly whistled an eerie tune and you stumbled on your feet as the shadows beneath you quivered and rose to be black flames.

In that blaze formed a man, a distinctive blue fabric popping out of nowhere and a shade that you instantly recognized.

Jinwoo.

His back was turned towards you, his hand shielding you away from the preying bastards.

"Fuck..." One of your kidnappers cusses, grinning maniacally. "I almost shit my pants there buddy, you tryna fucking film a movie or something?"

"He's got quite the pretty boy face, bet it'll be prettier once we rough him about. huh?" Another cackles, flaring Jinwoo's temper even more.

"Sarang," Jinwoo's deep voice calls out, causing your heart to tremble at the dangerous tone. "Close your eyes."

You obey his orders and close your eyes immediately. After having learned your lesson, you're not taking any chances after hearing that dangerous tone in his normally gentle and loving voice.

The next thing that happened was a cacophony of tortured moans and wails. Maybe you could hear some other things snapping, a sound you pray to never know since along with those sounds comes with the chorus of tortured cries for mercy.

Eventually, the brutal sounds would come to an end and you feel someone towering over you.

"Babe," Jinwoo calls out and your eyes would flutter open as you feel gentle fingers caressing the side of your cheek. "Look at me."

And so you do, your gaze falling on his blood-splattered features that looked hauntingly handsome.

Your sobs would eventually come out, both from being struck by fear from the earlier events, to feeling bad about how you yelled at him earlier, to feeling remourseful that this man had to put blood on his hands because of your recklessness.

A series of sorries would spill out from your mouth and Jinwoo only comforts you by pulling you to his chest.

"It's fine, it's fine" He says, kissing the side of your head affectionately as he runs a hand on the back of your head. "It's alright, don't cry, don't say sorry. I know it was scary. I know, baby."

His words would fill you with a sense of relief, not knowing the malintent behind it.

Truthfully, Jinwoo already knew of your predicament and had been aware since you first made contact with those bastards. But he needed you to have a glimpse of the horrors, he needed to make you afraid so that this wouldn't happen again.

He hoped by doing this, you would become traumatized and never dare to step in a gate ever again.

Reckless. Yes.

But he would do anything to keep you out of danger.

Again, and again, he kisses your pretty little face, whispering words of comfort in your ears and subtly manipulating you into never stepping inside these horrible places again.

All you need is Jinwoo.

You wont have to worry about money any more.

So don't step into these places, just be a good doll and stay home.

Let him do all the dirty work.

Or else Jinwoo will have to do this again. You don't want that, do you, dear?

You wouldn't want Jinwoo to cut off everyone's necks, do you?

Good?

Good.

Good.

A/N: Whoopsies, I made another Yandere Jinwoo fic... Hahah... Sorry guys.

ʚ(੭´͈ ᐜ `͈)੭ .｡✧･ﾟ: ~♡ —! stories written by kyunnie; translations, reposts, plagiarism are strictly forbidden.

[ryescapades]

I am so hopelessly in love with Narumi 😩❤️ he’s such a dork

Could you maybe do Narumi taking us on a date please 🥺👉🏽👈🏽 it would be so cute to see him fumble over his words tryna be all tough while he’s hiding how much of a simp he really is.

a/n: was planning on posting this tmr but since its 500 followers day today, i gib yall narumi as a present 🫴 tqsm anon !! i hope i did your request justice tho

the fact that you’re dating narumi gen isn't a secret in the defense force, per se. it's just that you never really flaunted your relationship because the two of you aren't the type to overdo the pda that much.

though you'd argue that gen would immediately stick himself to your side if he so much as catches sight of you in his peripheral. but nevertheless, the most you two would be doing out in the open is just narumi wrapping an arm around your waist as you explain to him about the findings you'd made that day, professionalism still bleeding out of your mannerisms.

intimacy behind closed doors and away from prying eyes is always the sweetest, you'd learned (read: narumi just doesn't want people to see how much of a putty he'd been reduced to whenever he's with you. he has a reputation to uphold, after all).

hence seeing him suddenly and openly asks you out during office hours kind of brings everyone to an immediate stop.

"hey. get ready in ten."

that's all he'd said, after bursting through the operation room door and marching to where you're currently working. you try not to cringe at the way the other officers in the room stare curiously and in interest at the two of you.

"excuse me?" you blink. narumi repeats his statement, making you gape even wider in disbelief. "gen, i'm still working. and you're..." you quietly trail off, eyes questioningly roving over his figure that's still clad in his numbers weapon 1 suit.

he only stands straighter, the looming bayonet in his hand is held carefully so that it's not bumping against the tables and shelves around him. by his stubborn stance, you know you're not winning this one.

and thus, you find yourself at a small family restaurant in the nearest neighborhood located in the inlands of koto city, shoulders brushing together as you sit beside narumi who is now dressed in the usual defense force uniform (you guys will eventually have to go back to work in a few hours, sadly).

"you know... we've been together for months. why do you look like you're taking me to our first date?" you say out of nowhere, mindlessly staring as plates upon plates of delicious food are being served in front of you. your mouth waters at the sight.

oh, forgot to mention how red your boyfriend has been for the past thirty minutes. he barely even looked at you ever since the two of you left the headquarters, opting to hide his eyes under the foggy grey of his bangs.

narumi seems genuinely triggered by your question. "h-hah?! i don't look like that! what the hell are you talking about?! maybe you just couldn't stop looking at me because i'm so good-looking, huh? i knew it!" he gloats, trying to play it off but his hand grips the chopstick so tightly you're worried they might snap in halves.

"gen, i could feel you hesitating to hold my hand one too many times when we were walking earlier." you point out with a teasing smile, sending him into a frenzy of offended swears as you secretly eye the way the tips of his ears are tinted pink.

a wave of emotions rush through you as he continues to grumpily denies your claim, your chest suddenly feeling tight with how fast your heart is beating.

narumi's ramblings stop when you reach a hand out to tenderly hold his face, the other moves to run through his hair back to reveal the beautiful pair of rouge eyes that you've grown to love. "there’s my baby." you giggle.

it's like someone has turned up the dial on his internal embarrassment thermostat to maximum, his insides are almost set ablaze at your loving gaze. "w-what are you saying, you—!" blood shoots up to his cheeks, painting the soft skin a pretty shade of red.

saving himself from further humiliation, narumi pulls away from your touch and bites out, "start eating or i'll finish everything so you won't get to eat at all!"

you take note of the small adorable pout on his lips, and that each one of the food he shoves onto your plate is your favorite kind.

©🅁🅈🄴🅂🄲🄰🄿🄰🄳🄴🅂. do not steal, translate or repost my work anywhere else !

[absolutely-not-my-main-blog]

Writing this on my phone at work so a lil jumbled but one of the things that really does make Macdennis one of the greatest will-they-won't-theys in tv history and why it doesn't annoy me they haven't gotten together yet even this far in when I would usually be pulling out my hair in other cases much earlier on is that it doesn't fall into a lot of the common pitfalls of the genre because in most shows, you *know* the characters are going to be together from the start and they don't actually have a solid reason why it can't happen sooner, other than they need to drag it out for the show, so rather than use the tools they have and naturally play off the existing tension between characters, they almost always feel the need to throw in arbitrary, extraneous, and often frustrating external obstacles instead, like a series of random cardboard cutout boyfriends/girlfriends/wrong place/wrong times that last entire arcs over and over again for the *sole purpose* of keeping them apart and being like not yet tee hee, to the point where you're just like okay, okay, get on with it, already, but with Sunny, almost every obstacle is *internal* (or based on already built in external factors that affect them internally and haven't just been fabricated on the spot to create problems in the relationship): Mac's struggles with his sexuality and religion, both their parents' intense homophobia and neglect, Dennis' past experience of being sexually assaulted, and his fear of being perceived as anything less than perfect in a society he's learned he has to hide from/always be stealthy in, lest you be taken advantage of or hurt, in general that societal expectation, you will get married to a woman (Maureen), start a family, live a "normal" nuclear life, that's how the story goes, etc. etc. not to mention the culture of the time the show itself first aired, network tv of 2005, they didn't start with this endgame in mind, practically unheard of that they would ever get together in any official capacity even if they did, so they were able to grow separately from each other before starting to grow together, naturally inclined toward each other, yet just as naturally held back by themselves and the world that made them this way. But eventually... they outlived that world, and after being so used to standing still, now they're struggling to keep up, to find themselves, to find their place in an environment they no longer recognize, and to reconcile the fact that maybe they don't have to hide anymore, maybe they don't have to be miserable, to run away, it's okay it's okay, but it was not okay for so long, they need time. And I'll get into the parallels more another time because I'm obsessed with them, but in Waiting for Godot (and in turn Big Mo), there's the theme of "The whole world changes, only we can't," but Mac comes out, Dennis claims back his heart, Big Mo shows up, so maybe they can maybe they can, and that change is necessary before anything else can move forward. And god, do I have a lot more to say on *that* topic and theme of change, but I'm saving it for a full essay, god willing🤞

[yan-randomfandom]

Yandere!Romeo x GN!Architect!Reader

a/n: Reader isn't Jesse here, but Romeo is. This was when he pretended to be him. My first work for the yandere MCSM fandom... Romeo probably isn't even in my top 10 characters but he managed to be my very first idea.

Btw, IF YOU DO NOT LIKE YANDERE, FEEL FREE TO BLOCK ME. This is purely fiction and I would never tolerate it IRL.

A bunch of hooligans. This is utterly ridiculous. Annoyance seeped through his very code, his eyebrows furrowing.

"Jesse! Are you planning to do a show later again? What you did earlier was so cool!!"

Again? This is the umpteenth time they asked. How do they never get sick of asking Jesse for so many things? He gives, and gives, and he gives. They keep taking from him. This is what the original Jesse had to deal with?

"Psst, Jesse," someone unfamiliar calls out. Romeo turns to you, who hides behind a pillar, gesturing him to come over.

Of course, he immediately accepts the sketchy invitation. Anything else would be better than Jesse's irritating subjects.

When he gets near you, he didn't expect you to just blatantly grab his hand and lead him somewhere. He almost wanted to bleep you out of the city just for that.

But he didn't. That would be the best decision he made as Jesse so far.

You stop running, turning to him with a smile. He doesn't smile back, but he's genuinely intrigued by your behavior.

"Must be tiring leading the town so often, huh?" you muse, resting one hand on your waist. Your other hand still held his. Romeo doesn't do anything to separate them, though.

"You have no idea," he rolled his eyes, "Don't they have anything else to do with their lives?"

You snort. "Woah there, Jesse. I wouldn't be that mean to them. Anyway, remember that build I was telling you about?"

Of course he doesn't. He doesn't hide the fact. "No."

Your shoulders slump. "Oh. Well, I don't blame you. It's been two months, maybe?"

Romeo watches you run to a corner, and he follows you only to find himself starstruck...

...by the ugliest build he's ever seen.

You gaze at him with a proud grin, but there's seriously nothing to be proud of. The build in front of him is a massive tornado of colored sand and other blocks, with redstone torches beneath them, some kind of abstract-looking painting.

This took you two months?? He won't even try to cover his distaste. "This is awful!"

To his utter surprise, you laugh. If someone told him that, he's sure that someone would be gone.

"I think this would be better if a crowd of people are watching," you admit, gently grabbing his hand again. You sure are touchy, but for some reason, he's not one to complain. "But this build is specifically for you."

... For him. Rather, Jesse. He knows he isn't Jesse. Maybe that's why his chest is hurting.

You guide his hand to a lever beside him, he didn't even notice that, and push it.

The torches break one by one, and the blocks fell down one by one. He stares at them with his mouth open, genuinely not able to look away.

Slowly, your blocks form into an image of him in an armor. He guesses this is when Jesse defeated the witherstorm.

You beam, turning to him. "So? What do you think?"

He pauses. How would Jesse react to this...

"Y'know, you've been busy a lot lately. I figured this was the perfect time to show you this. You keep showing Beacontown cool things, and I guess I just wanted to show you something in return!"

...

This is certainly different. It's a sudden change of pace. You're actually thinking about how he feels. You understand the pain of Jesse.

"I love it. That was awesome. But," he smiles, intending to weaken you, "Can you change some things?"

You blink, silent. That's right. He's trying to see how you'd react. Building with falling blocks is never a good idea.

"Yeah, of course," you grin. "It's gonna be a tedious task but I'll manage through it!"

Romeo's smile widens. He pulls you in for a hug.

"You're perfect."

The perfect kind of friend.

→ part 2 here :)c

[asharkapologist]

mini rant about Julia Brine's wasted potential

hi. I am back with even more Ad Astra stuff, this time with something to complain about. I'm hardly the first person to talk about this, but it's something that's bothered me ever since I played The Conspiracy. Spoilers under the cut.

Julia Brine is so underdeveloped and underused compared to her fellow Ad Astrans -- she's literally the only one of them who doesn't get a quote on the wiki page -- and Pretty Simple did not always use her screen time well. I don't hate Julia or anything, but she ranks as my second least favorite of the main five Ad Astrans (we don't talk about the junior Ad Astrans), not because I don't like her but because there's so little to work with. Note that this isn't a character analysis of her or anything, just complaining about how she was written.

She is introduced SO late in the game, for one. We literally see Louis in the first case in the entire game on video, are properly introduced to him in the second district and he pops in and out a few times throughout the districts, are introduced to Bateman in the second district even if he goes away for a while, are introduced to Rozetta in the first case of the third district and she is extremely important to the rest of the game, and are introduced to Warren halfway through the game, and although Warren doesn't have as much of a presence as the other three initially, he does a lot in Newmark. But Julia isn't introduced until the 8th district, and she barely does anything in Newmark compared to the other three. I feel like they definitely could have woven her into the game earlier somehow. Maybe her company has some shareholders in the Financial Center, or she's invited to some events in Maple Heights or something. I don't know, they surely could have done something to make her relevant before the third to last district!

Speaking of which, her story is so rushed in Spring Fields. That district was juggling Mia's story, the Fornax plot, and Bateman's reintroduction. I think that Mia's story was handled pretty well, but the same cannot be said for Julia. Her plot was chilling-- burn the fields, then distribute corn she'd been growing laced with drugs to brainwash and mind control the population through their food. But it's also over by the halfway point of the district and she's unceremoniously dumped in prison and swapped for Bateman, who the team focused on. I feel like the Fornax plot should have been the entire district, with Mia's story being in some other district or somehow tied to Julia's. You can release Bateman from prison, sure, but have him and Julia's stories combine somehow, so it doesn't seem like you're just abruptly ending one Ad Astra story thread and swapping it for another.

And finally, Newmark, the biggest bit of wasted potential. I've heard people say that Julia should have survived the blast and been a suspect in Blaze of Glory instead of Joe, but I think if they did that, then Joe would be pretty underdeveloped, since he also appeared sparingly up until that point, plus they were kinda setting up something with him starting in Reap What You Sow, and I feel like him surviving the neohumans initially and being in Blaze of Glory makes sense logically with the way his character arc was going in Newmark and wouldn't have made sense if Julia was there instead. Either way, lose-lose situation, I guess. She kidnapped Jake and Carter, yes, but Ad Astra is more of a felt, not seen, presence at the start of Newmark. They're mostly running and hiding then (while still managing to hurt and traumatize people in the process because that's what they do best sorrynotsorry). But the fact that. The ONLY thing that Pretty Simple could figure out to write for Julia in Reap What You Sow. Is having her be in love with Christian "I fantasize about torturing women and brutally murdered a woman for rejecting me and enjoyed it" Bateman is WILD. WHAT?! Joe and Rozetta both were vital to the plot of that case, but Julia? She did nothing! The only thing she did was talk about how she was in love with Bateman but he insulted her! How on EARTH is that a good use of her limited (because you don't talk to her in the AI) screen time?! Yes, I know that unfortunately, some women do fall in love with murderers. But like.... seriously??? Pretty Simple couldn't think of another way she could have had strife with Bateman?? That's it??? Of all the characters she could be in love with.... him?? Meera is cursing her out somewhere.

And then of course, she agrees to fight with Joe and then later with Rozetta against the neohumans. Joe initially proposes the idea, saying Julia was already on his side regarding the idea, and you have to work to find and convince Rozetta to do so, once again pushing Julia aside in favor of Warren and Rozetta being developed. It's nice that she agreed with Warren to fight against the neohumans, but that agreement happened completely off-screen, with no conversation with her one-on-one. And then she dies in an explosion unceremoniously. The end.

It's unfortunate. They really could have done a lot with her, but just....they kept pushing her aside in favor of other members of Ad Astra throughout the game and did not always use her screen time wisely. She could have done a lot more and been a lot better.

Thanks for reading!

[goosewriting]

How about a romantic Donnie x Reader, with purple 1 said by the reader? I was thinking maybe the reader has been trying for quite a while to impress Donnie, doing all kinds of things that often only lead to trouble and to a seemingly annoyed Donnie. What reader doesn't know tho is that he's in love with them too, and just really sucked at showing it?

I see you (rottmnt Donnie x reader)

prompt 1: “All I’ve ever wanted is for you to see me.”

summary: reader wants to impress Donnie, which leads to a confession. 

relationship: Rise!Donnie x GN reader

warnings: i don’t think this counts as angsty right? fluffy ending!

word count: ~660

A/N: not the avatar sounding title lmao sorry if this one is kinda bland,, i couldn’t come up with anything better sdfdsf hope it’s still to your liking :’)

(english is not my first language. constructive criticism and grammar corrections are very appreciated!)

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Ever since coming to terms with the fact that you were crushing on your best friend, the purple clad turtle, you had set your mind to sweep him off his feet. You tried so hard to impress him, even  going as far as taking online courses on programming and reading several chapters of the book “Engineering for Dummies”. You just really wanted him to notice you and figured that the best way to do that would be to impress him with your newly acquired skills.

Since you would hang out a lot in his lab, you started offering to help on his projects. You had done so before, but suddenly you were able to somewhat follow his explanations and contribute your thoughts on the topic, which was met with a raised eyebrow on Donnie’s part. You couldn’t tell if he was intrigued or felt like you were overstepping a line of sorts.

The very few times he had agreed in the past to have you help out was to mainly pass him tools. But now you were suddenly welding one of the simpler circuits on his project. Donnie stopped working for a second and you could feel his gaze on you, still unable to read him, which got you self-conscious and you ended up burning a wire, making the whole thing unusable. You gasped in shock, and were about to apologise and tell him you’d redo it, but he was quicker.

“What are you doing?!” Donnie asked in a rather harsh tone, swatting away your confidence and eagerness to work with him in one blow. He came around the table to stand next to you and basically yanked the tools out of your hands.

By now you were holding back your tears, cursing at yourself in your mind, thinking how stupid of an idea this had been. One choked sob escaped you, and you brought your hands up to cover your face, turning away from him.

“All I’ve ever wanted was for you to see me” you said over your shoulder. “I like you, Donnie. Sorry for being a bother.” 

You were already taking a step to walk out of the lab, but a hand around your arm held you in place. You turned back around to face the turtle, and you could tell his mind was running at a thousand miles an hour. He was looking at the ground with furrowed brows. It took him a moment to figure out what to say. It was a rather uncomfortable silence but you waited for him. 

Donnie was at a real loss for words. First of all, his comment earlier had been way harsher than intended; he just didn’t want you to get hurt. Which was the main reason he was so reluctant to let you help out in the lab in the first place. And second, he liked you too, he just didn’t know how to tell you.

When his gaze finally found its way back to yours, you gave him a questioning look. Before you realised what was happening he pulled you in for a hug. You were so stunned at his gesture that it took you a second to process it and hug him back. When you finally did, you gave him a reassuring squeeze.

“I do see you” Donnie said and nuzzled his face into the crook of your neck, mainly to hide his face for what he was about to say next. “Thank you for telling me how you feel. It’s the same for me, you know.”

If your heart wasn’t racing before, it surely was now. You two stayed like that for a moment until you separated, a huge smile and tinted cheeks on your face. 

You ended up leaving the lab together to go for a supply run, spending the rest of the afternoon shopping for materials. When you came back, Donnie let you do the circuit again, but this time he helped you, guiding you through the steps.

~~~~~

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[acreattaviacco]

My MLQC Experience Log#1

Welcome to my somewhat reaction, I just want to gush about this game. I didn't know anything about this game but I like the art and premise so yeah!

I am not gonna get attached to these characters real quick no I am not

First time doing this let's go

First things first, hello our cute MC❤️

I must admit I did not expect we would run a company let alone our parents died???? But glad to know we have a backstory for ourselves

Another thing that surprised me was that they did voice acting in English!

Unfortunately, we didn't meet Victor in person but the first one we did meet was KIRO!...Oh no....I'm in trouble

Sir you smell like sunshine and that innocent smile is making me melt

You are literally shinning aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh🔅

also-

Don't do this Kiro (Childhood) friends-to-lovers trope is my weakness so don't add more fuel to the fire but sure I can give the prize card inside the potato chips. He's so extroverted!! But he's so sweet 💕

After our separate ways, we try going back to our company and-

Hello there Victor sudden entrance but thanks for saving me. (Wait what do you mean I am an Evol?) Sadly it was short but now it's Gavin!!!

Wait!! Gavin!!...you just left

Okay new plan for the last episode of Miracle Finder instead of Kiro it's Lucien the Professor but

Not only that he was really good at being cheeky and a tease I might have gone red from that conversation alone! Can you blame me? The man slowly whispered in our ear and hahahahahahaha😳

Okay����

Luckily He agreed to be on the show and I like this side of him as well

aaaaawww 10/10 Domestic life Husband material

After finishing the last episode some good news!

I didn't mention this earlier but the side characters have sprites, some even have voices which is really nice

Now we report the good news to our boss, negotiate and-

Can we trick him with puppy eyes? Oh he's a cat person sadge : (

Okay, seriously both Lucien and Victor's voices are so soothing to hear can you record an audiobook for us? no wait I would sleep through it

Though this is funny

I really like Victor, he's the right amount of tsundere that I like it's cute. Sadly he had the last laugh

We are going through places so fast and this is chapter 2 But we get to meet Gavin now!

You faced Victor you'll be fine...wait he works as a cop?

WAIT! WAIT! WAIT! WAIT! GAVIN! WE ARE CHILDHOOD FRIENDS :D !!!!!

But at the same time aaawww Gavin what happened? What blood-soaked letter? I need to know more!!! (Also that scar, he doesn't hide it)

Hahahahahahaha I'm sorry why are you a lot cuter now? The fact we go to the same school and even after all these years? Shoot weren't we here on assignment?

After that investigation, there is this

It's sweet only to realize it's a tracker(Actually don't mind this, no I am not delulu) But hey the sentiment is there!

Now to report to Victor! But if he was my boss in real life I swear to you unless he makes moves first I would just be talking business and nothing else

I know we are in the entertainment industry but man our life is dramatic

Dammit why do you have to be our boss, still would romance you though, and 0 to 100 real quick

You call us from time to time and I wonder why Victor is so uh..."soft" to us. Don't stop though keep calling and texting even how much you deny it 💗

After that Business deal, we went out and dun dun dun trouble

!

Hooray! The sweet release of death! /j (Seriously I am joking but a lot of people want us dead)

Luckily Gavin (and Lucien's advice) saves the day!

I know the main story is linear but I still feel spoiled by all these CGs it feels unreal

Also did not expect I would fall for Gavin this hard, look at that warm smile!!! :D

It's nice to know we are still wearing our tracker, no I still don't mind this (Okay maybe I am a little delulu but let me have this)

I will gush on you later my sweet Kiro for now I will add you to the list of my bundle of sunshine characters I love and adore(It's a small list but I adore them aahhhhh)

Chapter two is done!

That's about it I haven't even touched the dates and events heck there are so many I just wanted to focus on the main story, for now, I need to figure out the game mechanics and grind to level up my cards

I should have looked at a tutorial first but now I will!!

@jozhenji , @celiciaa must taggy tag you :D

[kiss-my-freckle]

Most episodes are written like their seasons - they end opposite how they start. This is the 4th installment of my 14 episode series post. For those who don't know me, you can take and use my gifs any time you want.

3x4: Disturbing Behavior

3x4 opens with Elena at home, still wearing the necklace. 3x4 ends with 20s Elena at home, Katherine with the necklace.

Their necklace switch from Elena to Katherine flips the script. Once Katherine has it, they start their 20s storyline in current timeline. When I do my post for 3x5, I'll show what they did with the 20s and the necklace.

They spent much of this episode pushing both sides of Delena for the sake of sending Damon out of town. They needed him out of town to pull off what they do. This is what the double push did to Delena...

They opened like this -

And ended like this -

This is Alaric and Caroline at work, and they'll regret it after 3x5.

Either denial or extreme hope. Not only shown in the fact that she continues wearing the necklace, but in the way she holds it in the car at the end of 3x3.

If Elena truly believed it was over between her and Stefan, she wouldn't be wearing it. The necklace would be a reminder of her loss, yet she wears it like a beacon of hope. So denial or extreme hope. She's gorgeous in this scene, the way she looks at Damon... her eyes falling on his lips.

A quick look here.

Elena isn't blind to the reality of Damon. He's the bad brother. Her and Caroline go round and round in this episode, and it's all about Damon. As I explain Elena, understand she's dealing with the same thing Stefan did with Katherine. So when I get to the end of this post, you'll know why Damon pushed Elena to admit her feeings in 3x2.

Three good girls talking about one bad brother.

"He's just trying to be a good..." Cut-off sentences should be viewed like fill in the blanks. Is Damon trying to be a good friend or a good boyfriend? "Both of you stop judging." Bonnie spent the summer with her father, so she has no idea what's been going on. That's why she responds differently. She can't judge when she hasn't been home. She tries to stop Caroline, but Caroline is eager to flesh this out. I'm talking about the same girl that knows Elena kissed Damon on his deathbed. They want to know why the bad brother is helping her cook now. "Maybe it's a sign you shouldn't be wearing it. What, I'm just saying. If you're going to be cooking without Stefan." Stefan being the good brother.

Two good girls talking about one bad brother.

"So you're not, like, switching Salvatores, are you?" The vibe in Caroline's wording is stunning, and it's there because Elena isn't good at hiding like Damon and Stefan are. Caroline wants to make sure Elena isn't considering a brother switch. Again, Bonnie tries to stop Caroline and fails. Intimate distance cooking in the kitchen. Add in the fact that she defended Damon earlier. "Both of you stop judging. He's just trying to be a good..." Elena is hilarious. "What?" She can't believe she's being asked this question.

"Stay focused."

"As your friend who worries for you daily, what is the deal with you and Damon?" Caroline wants to know why she's letting Damon cook with her in the kitchen because she's worried . Elena lies to her. "There is no deal." And again, she defends Damon. "He's been just as focused on finding Stefan as I have."

Two trains running. Train one, saving Stefan. "Yeah, but that doesn't make him any less Damon" Train two, Elena's love for Damon. "If my own father, who I love dearly, can't change me... no one's changing Damon. Not even you." I'm gonna put Damon and Elena into this very context so you can see how idiotic Caroline's statement is. It would be like Damon saying, "If the voice of my humanity, who I love dearly, can't change me... no one's changing Caroline" Know this, you'll know why Damon's scene with Bill exists. "What makes you think that you can change the basic nature of a vampire?" An idiotic statement for Caroline because she's comparing basic nature to learned behavior. The difference between craving and resisting. Stefan will alway crave human blood, but he can choose to survive on animal blood. Caroline will always crave human blood, but she can choose to survive on blood bags. Shove that blood bag in her face and she'll crave it. That's her basic nature.

They mix Bill's homosexuality with vampirism to explain there's no burning away the hunger just as there's no burning away the gay. That's why Damon says what he does to Liz. "Is that what you told him when you two got divorced?" Isobel had this same chat with John in season one. "My lifestyle?" Vampirism isn't a lifestyle, it's a state of being. They're predators. If Damon couldn't change, they would've spent their summer running for cover while Stefan played Ripper with Klaus. Damon can be extremely dangerous lol. "Look, why are we even talking about this?" This question is Elena's way of denying her feelings for Damon. There's no point for them to talk about Damon's love for her and his ability to change if she doesn't feel the same in return.

Damon can be reeducated, and Elena knows it. That's why Caroline's comment has the opposite effect. It fuels her argument with Damon. You see this switch happen on screen. If she can make him more like Stefan, she won't have to be so afraid of loving him... and she very much loves him.

"Maybe it's not a bad idea. I mean, it'll help you keep yourself in control now that Stefan's not here to…" Damon tells Alaric and Elena that Bil has plans to put vervain in the town's water supply. Neither Alaric nor Elena know that Damon built his tolerance to it in the second season and he never stopped drinking it. For Damon, vervain sits at the very heart of the matter. Neither Alaric nor Elena know that it hasn't grown in Mystic Falls since 1864 because of him. He's the one that watched 27 vampires get taken away with the use of vervain, and for the sole purpose of burning them alive in Fell's church. He then relived it in 1x22 with the vampire device.

Fell family chili. "I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Founders parties are just an excuse for the council to gather in back rooms and plot against vampires." No one's been keeping Damon in check all summer. Elena's sudden need to keep him in check and so much as bringing Stefan's name into it... that was enough for Damon. He's been dealing with this through the entire episode, everyone telling him how to behave. Elena just added fuel to that fire.

Caroline's comment pushes Elena's rush to change Damon. To make him more like Stefan. He doesn't have to act like a vampire, but she got it because she pushed it. "Okay, you and Damon were both right. I was trying to change him. But if he wants to be in my life..." This sets the tone for 3x5 as they completely switch shoes. Elena is about to meet Ripper Stefan.

Consider this following scene Elena's second confession. It's much like her confession in 3x2, only she's confessing to Caroline.

Caroline: Wait. I... It's been a long week, so I'm just going to be blunt. It doesn't matter what he does, Damon's gotten under your skin. Elena: That's not true.

Elena lies to Caroline. This is her fear.

Caroline: God, just admit it, Elena, okay? You are attracted to him! In all of his bad brother glory. Elena: No.

Elena lies to Caroline again. This is her fear.

Caroline: Wait, no, you're not attracted to him, or no, you just won't admit it? Elena: I can't, Caroline! 

Caroline's question and the way Elena answers that question is her confession. She's in love with Damon.

Elena: I can't, Caroline! If I admit it, if I even thought it for just a second...What does that say about me?

Similar in concept, "You are who you surround yourself with." What does being in love with Damon say about Elena. What does being in love with Katherine say about Stefan. The purest of hearts and the allure of darkness. The very reason Stefan lived in denial for 145 years. He finds it easier to blame Katherine's compulsion and hate her for it rather than know what loving Katherine says about him. His love for her was real, and so is Elena's love for Damon. Elena never stops confessing her love for Damon, it's just a matter of how she does. The writers didn't want her to spell it out until after she beomes a vampire.

Caroline: It says you're human, Elena.

Love is emotion, love is humanity. This plays out in season 4 with the sire bond. Being in love with Damon doesn't mean that Elena is anything like Katherine.

[darkestrellar]

Another cold night in White Forest, it truly is enough to make someone wonder exactly what had put the haunted woods in such a mood. It had come to know by now though that the cold bothered Svern to some extent, so... in all likelihood he did something to annoy it, or it just felt like being this way. It didn't really matter. When Blanc first noticed the chill in the room, he thought about getting up to go toss one of his extra blankets over to Svern. Providing he was still awake anyway, this sort of temperature didn't seem to agree much with him so he would've thought he would be. But as he sat up to do just that, he quickly realizes that he's no longer alone in his own bed.

The other side of his bed, usually taken over by his resident Flareon, actually had certain other person claiming it. Autumn was dozing at the edge instead and completely unbothered, while Svern was turned away from him. Asleep? He can't tell from this angle, but it is the first time he's really witnessed him seemingly asleep anyway.

There's a lot of questions running through his mind upon realizing, some mundane, some curious, but there is one that's standing out in all his thoughts that he ends up finding himself speaking softly into the night air.

"You trust me this much?"

He doesn't want to wake him, the question doesn't need an answer, and he hadn't meant to say it out loud. But it is always nice to know the amount of trust that someone has in you, if they're willing to do something like this.

Earlier...

It had been too late at night, with yet another unexpected and drastic temperature plummet. He had been too tired for that kind of bone-chilling cold; and maybe the Forest knew that. Had it learned his habits? Was it a coincidence that it brought this on just as he was hitting one of those points when he'd succeeded in exhausting himself well and truly?

No matter how he'd tried, he hadn't been able to ignore the cold, and he couldn't combat it himself. He'd been stuck in shivering agony. Wasn't the cold supposed to numb you out, eventually? Maybe at least that way he could have dropped safely into unconsciousness and been free of it.

That hadn't happened, and no other intervention had come. White Forest could be cruel: if it wanted you to be cold, your list of reliable options to not be cold were limited. Still, Svern did know of one such option... so, getting sick of this, in the dark he picked himself up from his usual place on the couch and dragged his weary body to a different room in the house.

There was one place he knew he could find a reliable source of warmth.

...

There was no answer to Blanc's quiet question, just the faint sound of slow, deep breathing from an otherwise motionless Svern.

His back was to Blanc and he had curled in on himself under the blanket, one arm pulled up to in front of his face as if to hide it. The fact he didn't so much as stir in response to either Blanc talking (soft as it was) or sitting up seemed to indicate that he really was asleep.

Maybe that in and of itself was answer enough.

[the-firebird69]

and we are back the volkswagen jedda series and more used a german frame but designd off of a japanese style. a nd the cart is a rickshaw but for horse and it has straight arms and is a german design. from germany but made in the usa. the top of it was like a rickshaw and the seats in the middle no towwrad the back. and was easy to use maneuver and covered ony a bit. ok stolen from gemany true. well bought and braoug over by tommy f yes.

and used it...yes he did and sold it to dave a

the rickshaw was mr dodos porche and not a 44 no it was a new one. and our son loved it. and they were not used on the coyote x they were earlier porche. same model. and now the newer one has a chassis. and is our sons. and he rode in it. and had fun. he thinks he will own it and then sell it and it will return as a Coyote X2. we do think so. nope. he wont have one. too rich for him to do. and od and mr dodos is around. the chassis will be used. and might have been and due to mac daddy running for office now. and trump took it as te war was on and to threaten. So we did figure that's what the rickshaw was and Tommy F said that rickshaw there is the one I need and our son says no that's just an old rickshaw and I can't write in that even though you're probably trying he says shut up I can't lift that up it's made out of wood said 0 Brian can build a wooden car and he can hide the fact that you pull the motor and the rest of it wouldn't fall apart he says you can't ride on the street he says yeah you can if he says you can't ride on the street he says yeah you can if you get a special plate experimental car but I'd have to be on the payroll I guess and he says why don't you shut up you stupid idiot there re other joke now. We have a couple other things but really it goes from the Porsche to the coyote X 2 the X1 is integrated racecar look antiquated. That's in the future people think he has the Porsche first and he was thinking it maybe too but we don't think so and he is changing it because it becomes a fight with us. A little bit now this is gonna be a big deal

It's really a matter of two seater or 4 seater when it comes to the cart which only has two wheels one would think it's like a three Wheeler people still think that and he thinks it sometimes and we do too but we don't want him in a three Wheeler they're too small it's a motorcycle or an E bike can they suck and he says it too it takes too long to get there it's the same damn thing and these work fine and I'm not falling over and a regular horse is far too fast. We do know about the correlation today it's considered to be a car to have a cart because it is hooked onto the horse and it's not pulled by a person it's pulled by a horse. And he doesn't wanna be in a motorcycle and it's pretty strong he doesn't want his mom's trunk he doesn't want a small rev trike car what is the arrow he does not want one it's not right it doesn't fit anything in it and the horse that was pulling that carriage or cart was fairly good sized it seems that it is like that because it handles very well and it goes the direction the horses right away it's kind of an analogy is really not perfect a lot of people are bothered by it it's bothering me because it seems like what it is

Thor Freya nd no way not with thm here nope and no reason to have one and the epense

true too

Olympus

[cave-monkey]

Monkey King 2009 Episode 8 (Part 1/2)

This episode makes me scared for the future. It's so wholesome. This episode was all about what great friends these guys are, how much they care about each other, how important these relationships are to them, and I mean. It did a great job. It did a wonderful job!

They are definitely getting ready to rip them apart. They might let it ride a few episodes more only to spring it on us when we've let our guards down, but it's coming.

But!

Okay, so I already broke and talked a bit about Six Ears and Stone Monkey in this episode, so I won't go too crazy on that (maybe), but I do want to mention Stone Monkey's furiously intent expression while running to save Six Ears's life, and then how the second he was in range to attack that expression flipped to a smile. He also ripped Six Ears out of there and slipped back to a more serious expression when he asked him what he was doing out here all by himself. This entire episode Stone Monkey's kind of flipping between...really intense and then really flippant, which was interesting to watch? But also a bit whiplash-inducing. Jade Rabbit definitely took it as 100% real, and maybe it is - it's not like you can expect any version of Monkey King to not to be a little cocky - but...I dunno. I think there's some nuance there. It reminds me a bit of how he'd go from 0 to 60 when confronted with the four generals in Episode 6 compared to how carefree he might have been acting even just seconds earlier.

That smile is also only moments after he just watched the Demon King send Six Ears flying, and we got a shot of his face immediately after that too, and he wasn't happy about it. Stone Monkey, I think, can smile maliciously, but he still...hm.

I get the impression Stone Monkey doesn't really like showing that something's actually getting to him, especially when his "enemies" can see it. He'll pretend he's more confident than he is, or otherwise that it doesn't actually bother him at all, at least until he can't hide it anymore and it comes out of him snarling (we saw this in action in Episode 6, where he went from avoidance/running away at the beginning of the episode to passive-aggressive antagonism in the middle to having to be held back from squaring up to Marshal Ma at the end). Even when he's genuinely (or "genuinely") annoyed with someone, there's generally a sort of playful air of exaggeration, or he'll teasingly escalate for fun. What it looks like to me is Stone Monkey enjoys confrontation so long as it's basically harmless, but he doesn't like being actually angry. This might have something to do with the fact that when he actually loses his temper, he gets violent. We see this with the Demon King and with Ginseng Fruit.

Which isn't to say all his quick changes in mood are deliberate obfuscation. That's going too far. But I do think it's a part of his character that pokes its head out of the brush every now and then.

We also see a little of how people react to it. Stone Monkey was visibly struggling enough during his fight against the Demon King that Jade Rabbit was moved to help him a few times even though she was still very angry with him, and when she'd knock the Demon King down or trip him up (from hiding, Stone Monkey didn't know (maybe) that she was there) he'd immediately flip over to mocking laughter and confident poses like he hadn't been worried at all. This PISSED her OFF.

It also makes me kind of wonder how Six Ears perceives it. Both Stone Monkey and Six Ears will default to mocking and taunts and making fun when they can during a fight, so it's not like Six Ears isn't familiar with the tactic, but he also doesn't see how stressed Stone Monkey gets when trying to get to him before a rescue, either. He only sees the smiling entrance.

I'm feeling this out because of the part in this episode where Stone Monkey - for probably the first time ever - refuses to let Six Ears fight with him, and even throws him away from danger. (I LOVE that scene.) I have a lot to say about it, actually, and I'll get into what I think was going on from Stone Monkey's perspective there in a second, but from Six Ears's side that cannot feel good. Yeah, Stone Monkey's just trying to protect him, but he's also not trusting Six Ears to help. He's forcing Six Ears to leave his best friend alone in the middle of an enemy war party, because he doesn't trust him to help. That's got to feel like a horrible slap in the face, at least once the battle is over and Six Ears has time to process it.

And I'm sure that's not going to have any consequences whatsoever.

From Stone Monkey's side (didn't I say I wasn't going to talk about them that much? well I lied), going back to their earlier conversation where Stone Monkey asks Six Ears what he's doing out here alone, and then the look on his face when Six Ears explains (plainly and almost casually for the situation, like he doesn't realize he's rocking Stone Monkey's entire world) that he noticed Stone Monkey missing and went looking for him because he was worried that he might be in danger somewhere.

Stone Monkey's shocked.

It isn't that I think he didn't realize Six Ears cared about him before this moment; it's that this is the moment where I think it really clicked. That Six Ears will notice and miss him when he's not there, that he'll worry about him, that Stone Monkey has someone who will come try to find him when he's lost and help him when he's hurt. Six Ears has been doing this for him since they met, even outright scolding him for always vanishing without telling anyone, so Stone Monkey's definitely been a little slow on the uptake here, but I also think this is the first time Stone Monkey's heard Six Ears actually spell it out like this.

The progression of Stone Monkey's face during this conversation.

Six Ears also tells him not to apologize or say anything about always getting Six Ears into trouble, since Stone Monkey's always having to save him anyway. I mentioned before that I thought the sworn brothers thing was really important to Stone Monkey at the time, just because of how rough things had been with the troop and how nice it probably was for him to have someone willing to claim him and to let him claim them in turn, and I think this is something very similar. Confirmation that he's as important to Six Ears as Six Ears is to him. That they'll take care of each other.

Then fast forward a couple minutes and Stone Monkey throws Six Ears to the top of the cliff instead of letting him fall with him. I think this conversation is definitely a huge part of that.

It's not that I think Stone Monkey wouldn't have wanted to save Six Ears even before it, but I do think his emotions are running a little high at that moment. He saw Six Ears get flattened by the Demon King not long ago, they just had a very important conversation for Stone Monkey, and I think in that moment the thought of losing Six Ears when he probably feels he just got him (or had just allowed himself to believe he really had him, not much difference) was probably overwhelmingly horrible. He's already proven himself protective of Six Ears in the past, and I think that feeling is probably dialed up to a million at that moment, and so it's probably not surprising if he panicked and took a chance to shove him up on a high shelf for safekeeping. (Maybe Stone Monkey's mystic universe powers make him capable of recognizing narrative death flags and he said NOT TODAY.) (I kid.) (Or do I?)

There's also a possibility - way more of a stretch, not sure how I feel about this idea one way or another honestly - that he maybe now feels he can trust Six Ears to come back even if he isn't right next to Stone Monkey. That Six Ears won't leave him for dead, but will go get help and bring it as fast as he can, or will return to help on his own.

Or it's just that Stone Monkey 100% would have thrown Six Ears to safety in the past, but this is just coincidentally the first time there's been an opportunity. (Stone Monkey, shrugging: If you don't want to be tossed out of the fight, don't be so tossable.)

This ties into what I was talking about above (way, way above, oops) that Six Ears isn't always privy to the times Stone Monkey isn't confident. Maybe Stone Monkey didn't like even their combined chances and chose to save Six Ears because he genuinely thought they were going to die there when that tree went down, maybe he really did think he had a better chance of holding out longer than Six Ears, maybe he was going full big brain and knew that if he went back and tried to bring the army, there was a good chance the four generals just wouldn't listen to him, and it's just good luck that sending Six Ears lets him get his best friend safely out of the way. Maybe it's a weird mashup of many different reasons.

I don't think he genuinely believed he could single-handedly fight his way out of that canyon. I'm not sure if Six Ears knows that.

I'm not finishing this thought now, but I'm stewing on it.

And anyway, on a lighter note, most of Stone Monkey's intentions are totally moot because Six Ears - the universe's favorite trouble magnet - manages to either run immediately into another division of enemy soldiers (tiger guy probably had a grudge and went looking for him, actually) who bailed out of the canyon for their own reasons and gets tree-ed again for awhile.

There's also the possibility he took it upon himself to guide off some of the army from the canyon so Stone Monkey wasn't overrun while also handling the Demon King!

Anyway, I love these monkeys. This also totally derailed from being about Episode 8 so I'm going to do a part 2 to get things back on track.

[walkeddeath]

14. for one muse to get killed while protecting the other / superhero verse. buck yeeting himself into the sun?

it wasn't supposed to go like this. she was never supposed to get this close, get comfortable, want something normal. gen has never been one to follow rules, but at least her own were ones she would. until now until him and of course it's coming back to bite her. returning to the shadows now impossible that there's light in her life, one that's now insisting on taking itself out.

sure, it's to save the world, but he'd infected her with hope that things don't always have to be cut and dry. so why does this have to be? gen knows it's selfish, that what she wants him to do would doom everyone, but at the moment she doesn't care. hates herself for it, knows he would never forgive himself, and deep down she knows she'd never be able to do the same if the roles were reversed. 

it isn't her call to make, they're not the one face to face with the ultimate choice. gen wishes she was the one, would trade places without hesitation, and the fact that she can't is killing her. well, that and the heat surrounding her. maybe if she'd gotten to him three minutes earlier, when the moon still had influence, gen could have stopped him. how? unknown and she never will know but now that she has hope it's impossible for her to stop doing it. the heat gets stronger and really she should be running away. 

she stays put, forcing back pained tears and panic, but it's clear on her face and unobstructed by her usual swarm of shadows. knees hit ground as if they're praying, for a moment she starts to, pleading with whatever the fuck is out there to keep him safe. don't let him die, take her instead, she's the one that deserves this fate. buck is too fucking good to warrant the weight of the world on his shoulders. it's unfair it's not right it's ––– too late.

they swear they see his eyes for a flash second, see that he isn't backing down from this and that she can't stop him. so why she still decides to reach out for his hand, knowing full well the pain it will bring both physical and otherwise, gen doesn't know. could be impulse or hell maybe it's her trying to get him to take her with him. love is fucking weird like that, gen has learned why it's always been something she's been told to avoid.

gen takes the pain and does not let go of his hand, feels the world starting to go dark, knows that her touch won't do shit but it isn't the why anyways. they're not sure if they'll ever know the why. certainly won't when asked by the team later on, hand already healed, the only reminder a faint scar. everything that happens in these three minutes goes out of her head, all she knows is that he did not look back or stop. that the world went dark once he'd vanished from sight. 

she tells him she loves him while holding tight to his hand, tells him she hates him for what he's about to do, swears that she'll take care of the others in his absence. tells him that he saved her without realizing it, knows she's babbling and stalling something that can't be prevented. 

they hope this isn't him trying to save her that it really is him saving the world and not throwing it all away for someone like her , but before she can ask, he's gone. it's too late. the heat dies and with it so does her heart. the pain is worse than the searing burn on her hand, something raw and akin to undiluted acid floods her chest. 

gen hides herself in darkness, it takes the team four days to find her, still on the cliff, off her knees but still begging for the gods to bring him back. 

it takes four weeks for her to speak to any of them, blaming herself for buck's death, for not getting there in time. 

it takes four months for her to stop crying every night.

the healing she's used to came back as soon as the sun moved away from the moon, but it was and never will be a match for the hole in her chest. still, with gentle pushes, she starts to try. writes his obituary, finally, for herself more than anything. mourns him, stops looking at the door waiting for him to suddenly burst in. 

her last article about him is her last completely. leaves a copy at Evan Buckley's grave, the two deaths both tragic but as the story goes , unrelated. doesn't say goodbye.

Dear Readers,

The Inferno died a hero, in more ways than one. He saved the world without asking for a thing in return, without expecting anything either. keep him alive, keep writing stories about his adventures like i have, keep his memory alive and he will always be with us. have hope that we'll be lucky enough to have another hero even half as brave as him again one day. 

[allforafro]

the continuation of season 3 or, if you prefer, volume 4

this time all 12 episodes because I didn't have time to deal with it earlier

3.14

I see that Nathan's political career is gaining momentum

who are these masked guys?

Hiro tries to make Ando a hero

I hope they won't argue again

peter got paramedic, this guy really likes helping people

claire still lives in fear of sylar, poor girl

Sylar is dead? I wouldn't be so sure about that, I mean, this guy came close to death 3-4 times, he's a real cockroach

I understand them but they could stop treating her like a child

I told you he's alive, he's like a cockroach

I don't know why, but I was speechless when Sylar was talking to his dad

I see you haven't changed much, Daphne

this African (do you know what his name is) haunts Matt in visions, reminding him of the inevitable fate that awaits him

too late daddy

don't kill him, phew good thing he didn't kill him

This is getting interesting, I mean kidnapping people is bad

I wanted to comment on the idea of "camps for people with abilities", but I think everyone knows what thoughts immediately come to mind

nice to see peter and mohinder seem to have a good relationship

a group of kidnappers and there is a bald man among them - yes

such actions during the day

ouch! it must hurt

why does noah always have to be like this - facepalm

really nathan?

You didn't think peter would agree to this

Matt sees the future? ok

they kidnapped hiro, Ando, go to save him

it's quite cool, he can't draw but when he gained this ability he learned it, not bad

why do they have to have such a difficult relationship

you haven't watched doctor who peter you shouldn't trust hug

Is that boy in the photo is him? cute

this house is a bit weird

it won't be easy to catch sylar

I thought it was yaeko but it was ando's name, I like their friendship 😊

it's sick

what ability do you really have, Peter?

and there's her dad wow!

no peter!

3.15

what a disaster, why do they do this

run hiro run

I would also be shocked if I saw that my friend had white eyes

Girl, you don't know anything about hiding the truth

okay this part is going to be crazy

danko hehe (sorry to everyone whose name is danko but this name makes me laugh)

Nathan, you really thought that this action would be flowers and rainbows

in these clothes? I doubt; They'll think you've escaped from prison

yes, daphne and ando duo again

oh my, these poor people; sylar acts like a typical crazy killer from the show

well, I don't know if his survival now is that comforting since you have to kill him later

just one power, a bit like a rogue

why no one ever comes up with the idea of helping people with abilities but they always have to act aggressively; I know it's because people are afraid of what is different, but...

this is also your daughter nathan

so what? I honestly doubt he would turn a blind eye to it

why does Sylar have a mommy issue (remembers what happened earlier in the series) oh

he does all these terrible things and drink tea; I don't know why but I somehow like the fact that Sylar drinks tea; or maybe it's coffee? no, I decided it was tea - ignore that part, I don't even know what it is lol

the rest are unlucky

Tracy: I have peter; nathana: damn! (good scene)

I'll surprise you, Sylar, but murder is not solution for everyone

sylar has a bad influence on kid

or that's just what you think

I even liked this kid Luke, I hope he doesn't end badly

It was to be expected that it would not be easy

I wonder who Nathan is talking to

rebel? I wonder who it is

angela is - hand movement - she's scary but I like her

oh nathana, nathana, what are you doing?

3.16

Did Sandra suspect that they were hiding something

why is he lying,?checking him? not afraid?

sylar has parents issue

I'm not surprised he didn't believe her

oh no they are already here

run away

I wonder why they had to cancel the wedding

everything is starting to get out of your control nathan

I have no words

help will come but not that quickly

breathe underwater like a fish

maybe you're getting it wrong, hiro

you could have expected that noah

an ambush in a bar is probably a bit of an exaggeration

what did you expect, kid; It'll be better this way Sylar is not good company unless he finally gets his act together

Well, hiro, it's not only power that makes you a hero

do you believe me now?

the fact that sandra didn't seem surprised by what noah was actually doing says a lot

if nathana really did it? ok, nathan is acting weird

so you decided to save him, oh sylar you're getting softer in your old age (kidding, good thing he helped him; like a sucker for redemption arcs, fingers crossed that sylar will change)

I wonder who this rebel is?

they broke up ouch!

She hid that guy Alex's from comic book store at her place

of course, tell yourself that

Danko is that type of person

they drugged him

it's their business, good

3.17

unfortunately matt is right with noah it might not going easy

but I can't live in other way

angry matt is dangerous

the peaceful day is interrupted by the arrival of the second daddy

everyone, but of course there will be exceptions

and you think that by doing this you will fix anything

nathan has a strange understanding of things

Don't argue, boys

that's right, peter will be able to get there faster

they could have expected that this place would be monitored

Damn I like Danko

but noah can't be fooled that easily

it looks like only matt didn't know anything about it

you weren't supposed to kill each other

classic hostage turns his kidnappers against each other so he can escape

Good entrance peter

he did it because not all of them are bad

Listen to him, Peter, because if you go there, it won't be a one-on-one situation

why does he care so much about catching the special ones?

maybe because he didn't want peter to become a killer

Daphne is alive

They've already caught one

so noah and angela have their own plan

3.18

I'm sorry Alex, sometimes it's necessary

it was funny

this rebel again

honesty probably won't help you at this moment

what if not

you see, alex was right

what did you expect

mind powers

crazy things are happening in the world and lyle is playing games; All jokes aside, he wouldn't be of any use to them anyway, and they would only endanger him unnecessarily

Have I already said that Sandra is the best?

you don't deserve this queen noah

he was a sweet child

alex is right claire marriages aren't that bad but you have to remember not to lie to the other person

she really knows more than everyone thought

especially since you probably can't just search their house (or maybe you can? I don't know, I don't know anything about American law)

that's a pretty good idea

he sold his own son; is this woman his mother? so that's why he cuts people's skulls open

it's sad

and we'll figure out how to help others later

I wonder if they will manage to escape

this had to happen

claire really has a thing for dangerous boys

If Peter had his old powers, they wouldn't stand a chance against him

how is it possible that he flew, he can only have one ability at a time,maybe it was nathan who saved him

yes it was nathan

he used your hug trick on you

her whispering in his ear somehow seems suspicious, I wonder what Angela came up with

you better go home kid

Well, it turned out good, I didn't expect such an ending

3.19

hey barbie lol

I don't know

good question

I wonder if it's true

we don't trust each other

Will matt explode?

trust him matt

uuu Danko is starting to suspect Nathan more and more

what?!

Phew

will they die?

it worked

he hit him 🙄

is this his father's house. why his father has so many weird things. you accidentally end up at his house, it's disturbing, so you leave

I didn't see him in the first take

lionel luthor? that is, whatever his father's name was

you have cancer, you die and you still smoke 🤦

nathan vs danko lol

what are they going to do to her?

wow, this is getting interesting

what did he whisper to her?

I doubt that Danko is interested in such information about Nathan, or maybe he is 😏

she saved your ass, now you have to come up with a good plan that will finally work and undo this madness

the most unusual job interview

you might have expected it

wasn't there anything mentioned about such a situation in the first season, and peter also had a similar ability to arthur

interesting life philosophy

cute bunny

Dude, you have a very weird approach to life

the challenges/trials that life (or God, if you prefer) put in front of you are supposed to make us better people than we are - sorry for these moralizing texts

but he probably doesn't know how to do it

because with Angela it's hard to tell what she's on about at this moment

looks like doyle is really trying to change

angela is 👌

thinking doesn't threaten him

Is it just me or did he really sound proud when he said that

she didn't live in texas

I thought that if he found out that Sylar can healed himself, he would want to kill him

that's the advantage of being intoxicated often, after a while your body gets used to it

because nathan is a badass

so he has changed or not

they were tricked into taking care of the child 🤣

3.20

this time it's more of a summary of the episode than a live commentary, but I was eating a kebab and didn't feel like writing

good episode, the action thickens

I like danko - but I think I've already mentioned it

I liked that there was more Angela in this episode - I like her, do you have a problem with that?

I could guess that rebel was a micah, after all his ability allowed him to do all the things that rebel did

It's a pity that Daphne died 🥲

Janice seems fine than in the first season

so this kid is Matt's son after all, I thought it was the policeman with whom Janice cheated on him - but maybe I remembered it wrong, I have the impression that I watched the first season a long time ago, ah! I would love to watch it again

3.21

he can't arrest them from mexico but he could arrest hiro from japan, international law doesn't work like that, I guess

did you just say you would steal this food

awkwardly

I understand that you are angry because your people didn't work out, but you better listen to Noah, because he has more experience in catching people with ability

o lol

I don't swing that way

how did he disappear so quickly?

danko and sylar hmm, not in that sense of course, it's about the team

noah in thoughts: I caught the sylar once, it shouldn't be difficult to do it again

Gambling is a bad idea

don't exaggerate only partially, you can't forget about arthur's participation

he'll probably lose money

wow, what a plot twist

transformation looks painful

I don't think that's what Peter had in mind

lol claire

what?

peter's praying scene was good

that's why you're making a mess

A moment ago they didn't know each other and now they solve riddles together, go to parties, just like homegirl

sylar and danko's banter is hilarious

Maybe I don't know much about it, but there are more things that influence whether you get drunk or not

drunk nathan 🥹

danko and sylar really make a good team, although I don't know if that's a good thing

so that's how they came up with it, clever

that's what he means

this episode was great, probably my favorite of this season

3.22

Trust me, Sylar won't come to life again - wink

it's likely, the two of you have a long history of hanging out together

Weird

it's because of the baby, it looks like you'll have to help mom first

matt and momo broke up

I wonder why Sandra came?

you have a good feeling noah

I hear you sandra but these two seem to be connected in some way or something

conversation in the toilet

I see that sylar still has hidden jealousy towards noah, i.e. he is angry about what bennet did to him

what kind of hat is that lol

I often forget that he is strong

does he have any relatives?

this will be funny

🥲

wtf? lol 😂

you are bad at taking care of children

hmmm?

You're not like that Matt

I like that Danko is a mysterious character

you still have a lot to learn if you want to trick people into shapeshifting

so it only works on appearance, actually it's good because if you changed more, sooner or later you would have an identity crisis

I wonder what kind of thing they were hiding, experiments?

but it's her - facepalm

it's sad

ex-soldier, I have a feeling he might know something about this mysterious case that Angela is going to tell her family about - or maybe I'm having too much imagination

no matt no

you do it to yourself

In the last moment

Damn, the best thing about this is that you don't know who Sylar might be pretending to be, he might even be this Danko

I had the same reaction as you Matt

it's probably not him

oh mother and daughter, if I were abnormal like Sylar, I wouldn't be able to resist laughing (I wouldn't be fit to be a crazy murderer). Noah will soon go crazy, just like Sylar planned, and Danko will be able to get rid of him because Bennet will lose in everyone's eyes. Then they will be able to work safely together

he played dead - they are crazy

coyote sands I wonder what's hidden there

3.23

me too

memories yey!

Zimmerman is back

I think I have some guesses as to what could have happened in Coyote Sands, but I'm not sure because this series has been surprising more than once

so that's where they all knew each other

angela was such a nice big sister

someone out there

peter is right

peter is most often right on moral issues

I understand that you don't want to scare her, but it will probably turn out that you should have told her earlier because then it will be too late

it's because he's your brother

he...he...he really killed these people?

I'm starting to understand why chandra was the way he was in the future, in the present

She disappeared

noah is right, you shouldn't judge others without knowing the truth

An interesting theme in the series is that our heroes go through similar things as their parents and we watch their struggles so that they do not make the same mistakes as their parents

I told you, Angela

massacre! it was a mistake, an accident and they all died because of it except her, a nightmare

26? hmm? 🤔

that's why she stole socks

I don't like the term necessary evil

sylar pretends to be nathan, I guess it had to happen

I have a bad feeling and I want to cry about it

3.24

what about the real taub?

ouch!

I thought that would happen

it was obvious that hiro wouldn't give up that easily

lol looks like danko is winning on every front

yes, he's crazy

Everyone would prefer to be themselves if the alternative was to lose their own personality

Of course, Ando is always the bait 😆

the scene of Sylar's conversation with his mother was sad, man, you should go to therapy

why do they still have problems with cooperation, or rather hiro does

micah is a good kid

Well, that was it for your plan

he decided to help him yey!

ok, that's weird

I have a feeling this is a trap

Fortunately not

Come on Nathan, haven't you learned anything from this whole situation you two went through?

peter is a saint, it would be hard for me to deal with someone like nathan

good thing you followed him

this makes it difficult

no one can be better than the original pathetic little meow meow sexy nathan - ok, sorry, I got carried away 😆

good thing danko saved him, i will never forgive if they kill nathan

so now he's totally immortal lol

3.25

I wanted to comment on it but then I remembered that this series is over 15 years old, so there were fewer people in the world

I'm sorry Claire but it has to be done

at least noah is trying to rehabilitate himself

wow

I thought the same thing

live by the sword, die by the sword

If you kick him, it will be hard for him to get up

it's not fair this guy is overwhelmingly powerful how are they supposed to stop him

come on claire think, this is obviously weird

It probably won't explode, but it might fry your brain

finally, why did he sleep for so long?

before it was just me and now it's us, oh nathan, nathan

an unwanted but necessary alliance

it's getting bad

they involuntarily helped them

You see, Claire, he's weird

You look worse and worse, hiro

no hiro, please let him live

why did he smell her, creepy

okay, this text was funny, considering how awkward this situation is

finally nathan is growing up 🤣

that's what happens with a low budget, they will never show the most interesting fights 😑

whether they succeeded

hey, not the piano, just a bit of culture, people

no

Telepathy is useful

maybe it wasn't that nathan

good move peter

this is the worst idea in the world

he's gone forever idiots

God, I'm sorry; I don't remember the last time I felt so much about what I was watching

you've already lost him, that's sick

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!

her life has been so fucked up for a long time and she's still be up to, how much things have to get fucked up for her to learn, same thing for noah

so now she controls water in every state of matter

it won't work, you'll end up bad on it, angela

someone in a comment suggested that they could have used claire's blood to revive him; it would be a good idea but angela and noah wouldn't be themselves if they didn't come up with the most crazy idea that would kick them in the ass

oh people, why do the characters I like have to be so stupid and crazy

I don't understand why some people complained season 3 was better than season 2

I can't wait to see what happens next

even though this season was cool, I have the impression that they didn't fully explain Danko's motives, personally I think it's a pity because he was an interesting character

it's a pity that mohinder and sylar didn't have any interaction this season

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La sparizione - chapter six

Summary: Plagued by the ghosts of her past, Riona has hidden away for centuries. That is until the call for help of a certain seer finds her and begs her to save her brother. Not knowing how her life will change, she finds her way to Volterra, directly in front of the leaders of the Volturi.

Trigger Warning: Violence, SA, blood, Death of Children, Murder, just some nasty things

<<<chapter five chapter seven>>>

I have been hiding for hours. The sun that was once high on the sky is long gone and the stars are now embellishing the dark blue night sky. The air is cool and smells like rain. Soon there will be thunder I'm sure.

I've found myself a nice place on a open windowsill in one of the corridors of the castle. While looking out into the night, watching the earth go quiet, I listen to the chaos that my vanishing has caused.

Of course Caius has ordered almost every guard to go an look for me. He even gave orders to Demetri to find me, knowing that if I don't want to be found then no one would even get close to figuring out where I am.

Aro and Marcus were both in utter shock as they learned of my dissaperance. As soon as Caius told them that I had run away they were both at his neck, yelling at him, wanting to know what he had done. Marcus came to the quick conclusion that fighting won't bring me back, although he still looked like he wanted to pull someones head off, but Aro had to be ripped away from Caius. The pain they felt was almost enough to make me go and show myself. Truly, I do not want to cause them pain. I know for a fact that it is the bond that makes me feel this way but it doesn't change that I care for them. Their pain is my pain, my pain is theirs.

I want to give them a chance. Afterall they are suppose to be my happiness. But it's so hard. They are stupporn, especially Caius. He doesn't seem to care at all. He must see me as a weakness that fate has laid upon him. Maybe that's what this is. Souls shouldn't be bonded.

A feeling of emptiness makes itself at home inside of me. I wish I could turn those feelings off. I wish I could leave. There is no place for me in those castlewalls.

Marcus had let his brothers know that he could still see their bond to me, that I wasn't gone too far away. And Aro soon realized that as long as they could still remember me, hope isn't to be lost.

The castle is still awfull loud, the shuffling of foodsteps and the whispers of guards can be heard. They all are wondering about their masters and me. Surely they did hear my yelling earlier in the garden. It must have been quiet entertaining.

I'm still wondering what I should do. If I should actually give them a chance or if I should just leave. But then again leaving is not a real option. It would only end in pain for both parties. Although I must say staying here isn't much better. Until now, staying in this cold castle has only lead to heartache.

The only way out I see at the current moment is death. Absolute death. Sleeping forever.

That acutally sounds quiet nice.

What bliss it must be to be able to sleep again. A neverending slumber. Peaceful.

It would be an option. I just need to find someone who would be able to rip my head apart. Someone who would know that they have to burn me in order to kill me. So a newborn isn't an option.

Edward had done it right. He came to the Volturi and gave them no other choice. If it wasn't for his mortal lover he would be dead for good.

But the Volturi aren't an option for me. Of course the kings would never even think about hurting me. And the guard would rather get killed by fire than face the wrath of their masters.

Who else is there to ask?

"Riona?", a voice behind me makes me turn around in surprise. My gaze meets the ruby eyes of the silent king. The one who had shown the most kindness and understanding towards me.

But how can he see me?

I look at him, my brows furrowed. Then I realize that the chaos in my mind must have made me slip up, my gift no longer hiding me.

"I thought you would have left the castle.", Marcus speaks again. I look at him, really look at him. His eyes are somewhat milky and the melancholy one can see in them usually is mixed with a glimmer of hope. His thin lips are partly liftet up into a slight smile. His long brown tresses of hair are not as well kept as they normally are, telling me that he must have run his hand through it more than once during this evening.

I hold my hands together, play with my own finger in order to not reach out to him. The way my body yearns to be near him, now that he is standing right in front of me even more, it almost hurts.

I sight and turn my head away, looking back out into the city. If I don't look at him, maybe the pain will lessen.

"I wanted to, at first.", I tell him. "But then I thought that it would be unfair."

I feel his presence behind me, coming closer as the bond pulls him forward towards me. I feel at ease.

"Unfair? How so?" His soft voice makes a warmth spread trough my veins, like blood once did. I look up at the sky, curious to see which stars I can see tonight. How bright they will shine. How strange to think that they are actually long gone.

"Unfair towards you. Unfair towards Aro too. Although mostly to you.", I explain. "You have been nothing but kind to me. There is no reason for me to feel any kind of displeasure when I'm around you. If there would be only a bond between us things would be much easier. But that isn't how things are. You're brothers are way more difficult. Especially Caius"

A low chuckle comes from Marcus and I turn around to see him looking down, adoration clear in his eyes. He slowly, almost as to not scare me away, takes a seat next to me. Leaving enough space between us. Only our knees are almost touching. Almost. And my skin begins to tinggle.

"It does fill me with joy that my presence does not make you feel uncomfortable, cara mia.", he says and his smile is contagious. If I could blush I think I would.

He takes his gaze away from me to look at the stars as well. Behind us I can hear the whispering of guards coming closer. As they turn the corner I hide both of us in the warm embrace of my gift.

It's exhausting. I never use it on anyone else besides myself, because I can almost not take it. At least not for an awefully long time. But for the seconds it takes for the guards to pass us I can make it possible.

Sitting here with Marcus feels right. It makes the hollow place inside of me sing with joy. The only thing that would make this more perfect would be his arms around my form. I know that every fibre of my being yearns to be closer to him. But it is simply to early. I do not feel ready yet.

The bond makes it feel like there is no time to waste. But you cannot waste time when you are living for all eternity. And so I want to drown in this moment and take my time. Slowly. So Slowly.

The king next to me has not noticed that I used my gift on him. Hasn't even noticed the guards that have passed us. I do not know if it's because his thoughts have led him to another place or if it maybe is because of my presence?

"My brothers are in fact not easy to understand. They are both peculiar creatures." he speaks. "I have lived with them for thousands of years and I have not yet found to understand their reasoning. They do and say things that I cannot follow."

I look at his face as he speaks, trying to memorize the way his lips curl as he speaks, how his brows furrow and how his eyes focus on the million stars on the sky.

"Do not feel obligated to them, Riona. Do not feel obligated to me. We may share a bond but you are as free now as you have been on the green island that you call home."

I raise my eyebrows at him, a laugh escaping me, missing any kind of amusement.

"Free?", I ask. "How am I free Marcus?" The smile on his lips dissapears as he looks into my eyes.

"We will not stop you if you truly want to return home. You know we couldn't", he tries to explain.

I shake my head, not believing that he truly thinks I can leave. Slowly I get up, bringing distance between me and the tall vampire in front of me.

"You think I could leave if I wanted to? You truly think that the bond would not effect me, would not rip me apart from the inside? You think I could let you three perish without looking back? There is no chance of me leaving, Marcus. There is no way, no other option, none of the freedom that you speak of." His eyes gleam with guilt and it hurts me to be so harsh with him. But my emotions are all over the place and it almost feels like I'm freshly turned all over again.

"You say that you will not hold me back. You will let me leave if I want to. Because even if you wanted me to stay you couldn't keep me. But that's exactly what you are doing. This bond, Marcus, it's a cage. A leash. Holding me captive like a pet. I know you do not do it on purpose. I know I cannot be angry at you for this. But please, never ever think again that I have any kind of chance, any kind of freedom."

Long strides take me through the castle, towards the throneroom. The guards that I pass look at me with wide eyes. No wonder, I have been gone for hours while they spend every minute searching for me on behalf of the angry blonde one. I do not want to know how terrifying it must have been for them to be on the reciving end of his wrath.

Though it has been his fault alone that I vanished. But he would never admitt that, I'm sure.

Marcus trails behind me, a painful look still present in his eyes. The guards that stand in front of the big doors, one with a shady dark skin and curly black hair while the other, much smaller, looks like one would describe a typicall italian men, missing the tanned skin of course, look at us curiously as we come closer. Before I even reach them I call out to them.

"I need to speak to them. Right now." My voice loud and powerful. Not leaving any space for doubt.

"They are currently in a trial, you will need to wa-" I cut the small one off.

"I do not care.", I say as I come to a stop in front of them. They both look at me, then behind me at Marcus. I cannot tell if they're scared of him but they surely do respect him enough, because not a second later they open the doors for us.

I step onto the marble floor, making my way to the middle of the room where a unknown immortal is being held down by Felix and Demetri, fear clear visible in his eyes. His ash-blond hair falling in wild locks into his face, his clothing dirty and torn, giving him a wild look.

I take a look at the two kings, both have gotten up the second I set foot into the room. A big, genuin smile on Aros lips as he traces my whole body with his eyes, he seems clearly relieved. His hands reach out to me as if he wants to pull me into his embrace. His blonde brother trying to hide the smile that tucks on the corners of his lips. As much as he tries to hide it, I can see the guilt in his red eyes. He does recognize his mistakes. But I doubt I will hear an apology.

"Sei tornato, tesoro.", Aro whispers as he steps towards me, the fearful immortal in front of him that is still waiting for his judgment, he has forgotten.

His hands are still reaching for me, even after he stands right in front of me. His eyes wandering over my face, studying me and my reactions.

"I need to talk to you and your brothers. Alone.", I say, not wasting any time. There is a silence that fills the room, making me suddenly realize that all eyes are on me. Nothing I would like more to do than use my gift and vanish in front of their eyes.

Aros eyes glance to the kneeling vampire, then back to me. I can see how his fingers twitch, trying to hold back the urge to take my hand in his and figure out what I'm thinking about.

"Of course, tesoro. Let us just finish this trial and then we will be all yours.", he speaks, his voice airy and almost like a whisper.

He looks back at Caius then at Marcus, who had found his place on his throne.

"Brothers, what is your judgment?" he asks them, a seemingly innocent smile on his face.

A smirk makes his way onto Caius' lips, making it obvious how much he enjoys this.

"Guilty." he speaks. Aros gaze shifts to Marcus.

He as always seems bored of the scene in front of him. His eyes barely moving to meet the eyes of the judged immortal.

He takes his time, before finally speaking up. "Guilty."

A whimper escapes the immortal in the middle of the room. "Please! No, no!", his cracked voice escapes him as Aro makes his way over to him, a wicked grin on his lips. "I didn't know! Please! Please!" His yelling tears at my unbeating heart but I know there is nothing I can do for him. Whatever he has done to deserve their judgment, the law is the law.

Aro grips his head and I turn away, not wanting to see what must happen.

To my surprise I meet the eyes of Caius, who has been staring at me since I got here. I stare into his ruby eyes, holding his gaze.

I can hear as Aro rips his head clean off, as if stone is ripped apart. The smell of smoke makes me cringe and a unpleasant warmth makes me step further away from the fire that has been lit. But even now I do not take away my eyes from Caius. Although I would think he would take this as an act of defiance, he does not seem angry, as an amused smirk lays on his lips. He sees this as a challenge, I am sure.

I don't notice as the fire goes out and not even ash stays behind, leaving no trace of the man that stood here only moments ago. The guards leave the room and suddenly I am alone with the three kings.

Aro turns to me, in a second he stands beside me, his hand laying softly on my lower back.

"Please tesoro, take a seat.", he says as he leads me to his throne. Something in me feels wrong as I look at it.

I do not belong here.

This throne is way to cold for me. Cold and hard and strange. A hollow pit in the depth of my stomach opens as I sit on it and look up at Aro. My fingers glide against he armrests, feeling the hard material. A shiver runs through my body.

I do not like this feeling. But it seems like the three immortals that are watching me intensily think I fit perfectly into the picture.

Aros gaze is filled with adoration. But looking closer I can see the fire in them.

"Sei perfetta, mia regina." he speaks as his eyes take me in, head to toe.

My body tingles, feeling their hungry gaze on me. Having them look at me like that makes me nervous and powerful at the same time. What a strange sensation.

"I am not here to play your little doll that you can look at all day, Aro.", I speak up, realizing that if I don't start talking, they will simply stare at me for all eternity. "I came so we could talk."

They all wake from the fantasy that has been playing in their mind.

"Of course, dear Riona. What is it you would like to talk to us about?", Marcus asks. I imagine he knows what I came here for but he is polite enough to give me a chance to explain.

"Do you not think that before we talk, she should feed, brother? Afterall it's what she promised us a few hours ago and still, she has not done so.", Caius hisses and I glare at him, anger boiling within me. "Look at her eyes. They are pure black."

"No.", I say firmly. His eyes find mine and his brows furrow.

"No? Wha-", he starts but I cut him off as I get up.

"No, you do not have a say in this." I step towards him, my anger clear on my face. "I am not yours. You have no say over me. I can do as I please. It must be hard for you to understand this after years and years of being one of the most feared beings in this world. But times change Caius. I am not afraid of you. I never will be. So get this through your skull or I will make sure you will never forget the memories of me after I've vanished out of your life forever."

In this moment I wish my form would be taller. Standing in front of him, being almost as tall as him sitting on his throne, I wish I could tower over him. But then again my words have been clear and for the first time I can see his fear. He tries to hide it. He tries so hard. But I can see it. I can feel it. It consumes my mind, makes my knees weak and aches in my chest.

His ruby eyes look into mine, searching for any kind of sign that would let him believe I was not serious. But he can't find any. His hand grip the wooden armrest and I can hear it splinter under the force.

I turn my back on him, not returning to the throne in the middle. Sitting on it makes me feel strangely vulrenable. Instead I take my place next to Aro, now being able to have them all in my view.

"So, let's talk."

[deviantartdramahub]

Loads of proof coming your way.

For some context, for the longest time, I had heard about a couple of people (Triagonal is the famous one) still being able to use the chat feature despite appearing banned and wanted to see if this was true or not. A relative of mine who lives out of town has a banned account, and it was useful to know which of the three theories about this were true, either A) she was given special privileges, B) every banned person can do it, or C) nobody can use the chat feature when banned and that's a myth.

The fact Triagonal showed proof she has other powers as well that demonstrated she was not fully banned (I had heard of these before my experiment) would've quelled any need to do such an experiment, but I didn't think of those at the time.

I asked my relative if he could do it. He could not. Then I sought it out. While this was happening, Lovelesslass' cult tried harassing me because it was considered speaking out against them. Much of their narrative, it would turn out, depended on the idea that Triagonal has no connections to anyone (she has shown proof of having connections to mods on several, several websites), and I was seen as breaking morale. Nevertheless I did the experiment, on August 16th 2023, in other words I got myself banned willingly to prove a point. It does not work. You can try this.

Much later, earlier today, I was reading DeviantArtDramaNow and saw the posts at https://deviantartdramanow.tumblr.com/post/726216136595800064/proof-tri-twat-is-lying-about-being-a-mod-gang and https://deviantartdramanow.tumblr.com/post/726216217515474944/club-is-now-hiding-in-chat

Isn't it kinda... odd that Lovelesslass, a VIP of DeviantArtDramaNow, doesn't honor the rule at https://deviantartdramanow.tumblr.com/post/668699002955563008/welcome-please-read-the-rules-before which clearly asks to take more than just screenshots, and we get a screenshot of a tiny black area with text on a font that doesn't match? There is no way that is not faked, as is https://deviantartdramanow.tumblr.com/post/726212772383375360/i-know-you-said-you-wouldnt-be-posting-anymore (and https://deviantartdramanow.tumblr.com/post/726216099524476928/the-user-formerly-known-as-niotabunny-commented which uses links to an off-site anecdote rather than a link to the proof itself in order to get around the self-imposed need for proof) because apparently you needed an excuse to call Club-Dreamiverse sad, you don't even have a Wayback machine version like they try to present themselves as having at https://deviantartdramanow.tumblr.com/post/726216450601287680/gellygirl-is-such-a-hypocrite-lmao in order to call someone a hypocrite (as if they're immune to this, as late as the combined links at https://deviantartdramanow.tumblr.com/post/726213609263366144/when-you-gound-out-the-homophobic-bible-thumpers and https://deviantartdramanow.tumblr.com/post/726213696293060609/every-time-i-run-across-those-i-dont-use and https://deviantartdramanow.tumblr.com/post/726215403539431424/rundown-of-the-cringe-bigot-legends-of-clarity and https://deviantartdramanow.tumblr.com/post/726213818084114432/maybe-its-tokophobia-talking-but-the-pregnancy they show they're not even when it comes to discrimination). And I thought he was banned, so where does it even come from?

Yeah, if anyone should cry it might be Mod S. Mod T/Triagonal has no reason to cry. Apparently someone checking out their old account is reason for Mod S to cry, she even said it was sad. Odd thing to say considering all the mass reports/raids as recently as https://deviantartdramanow.tumblr.com/post/726215977719791616/deviantartcomcomments19724677815075057287 and https://deviantartdramanow.tumblr.com/post/726216284764864513/once-again-mod-s-gets-busy-triangle-twat and https://deviantartdramanow.tumblr.com/post/726215864256544768/new-tri-alt-possibly-found come from DeviantArtDramaNow (that middle link is odd as at https://deviantartdramanow.tumblr.com/post/726213524301430785/when-request-beggars-tell-artists-to-get-a-job they said nobody should jobshame, since when is inn maintenance below artistry on the job scale) come from DeviantArtDramaNow, and how https://deviantartdramanow.tumblr.com/post/726215262854135808/sooo-da-took-down-my-journal-that-warned-others and https://deviantartdramanow.tumblr.com/post/726213779965231104/when-you-get-that-one-da-staff-member-known-for and https://web.archive.org/web/20230821141949/https://www.deviantart.com/comments/18/2706305/5079704247 show they're willing to pick and choose when a mod's authority is considered validated.

The fact that all the things they complain about will prevail will be proof of how wrong they are.

In the words of https://deviantartdramanow.tumblr.com/post/726212951142531072/what-a-perfect-profile-to-see-these-silly-dramas DeviantArtDramaNow's motives are dumb. And at https://deviantartdramanow.tumblr.com/post/726214430776492032/man-emperorservene-seems-obsessed-and-terminally and https://deviantartdramanow.tumblr.com/post/726215518892277760/thats-quite-the-claim-there-wolf they call EmperorServene and Wolfworths15menkey out when you must ask if it truly seems sillyheadish in comparison.

I can confirm, yes, I’m still able to use chat, and yes, it’s mod ordained. I don’t even do it like the screenshot says, I straight up chat. I can interact with posts too. I’ve proven many times my so-called “ban” isn’t ordinary in many, many ways. We’ve also proven many things here about others before, the links are all there. Even some of the most outlandish things have sources even though some of DeviantArtDramaNow’s most mundane things might not, yet the misinformation continues.