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[oraeliaa]

Flash, Bam, Alakazam - Act 1, Chapter Six

I posted a day early for the lovely @fancyfauns 💕

This is the last chapter of Act 1, we go into Act 2 next week, probably on Wednesday again if people like this time!

[justanothervaultie]

[hi-fidelitea]

ghoulcy prompts

@oraeliaa's prompt: I always always love a quiet campfire moment 🔥 Far out in the desert, they come across an outcrop of rocks. A lonely shack hangs off the side, half-buried by sand.

It's a good place for 'a little R-and-R', as the Ghoul says—that stands for rest and relaxation.

Inside the shack is a dried-out corpse. That doesn't surprise Lucy. What does give her pause is the position of body—curled in the corner, clasped hands pillowed under dusty red hair.

Not dead, just sleeping.

The shack's roof is mostly gone and beyond the rafters, the sky grows dark.

The Ghoul wrenches a board from the wall and uses his heel to break the dry rot apart, then stacks it in the middle of the room like Lincoln Logs. Lucy watches with some curiosity until his attention turns to the body. When the knife comes out, she turns away.

She flicks to the map on the Pip-boy.

Zooms out.

Tries to measure the time between here and New Vegas. Tries not to listen as the Ghoul reduces the body to parts. The sound is hard to ignore—a soft, dry sawing that turns her stomach. This far out, the radio only picks up static, so she hums a little to herself.

But then there's a sharp, stinging smell. Burnt hair.

Lucy looks up. The Ghoul is on one knee, fanning the beginnings of a campfire, using corpse hair as kindling.

"I don't think you should build a fire inside."

"Given the state of this shithole,"—he makes an empty gesture to the dirt floor, and all the holes in the siding—"I'd say the inside's outside."

"Well, okay, but won't the light attract attention? Or the smoke? I made a campfire my first night up here and almost got my face chewed off by a radroach."

The Ghoul gravely says: "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for I am the baddest motherfucker in the goddamn valley." "Is that...a quote from something?"

"Don't worry about it," he sighs with a shake of the head. "Listen, Vaultie, there's a couple miles of sand between us and anything worth shooting. The only thing to worry about out here is me."

"Oh. Okie dokie, then."

She drags her bedroll into the circle of warmth. Dogmeat grumbles at the relocation, but is soon back to making small sleeping noises at the foot of the bedding. Lucy sits and hugs her knees to her chest.

Smoke drifts into the night sky. Pop—a burst of sparks shoots upward.

Across the campfire, the Ghoul lies on his side on the bare earth, propped up on his elbows. He takes a swig from a flask and bares his teeth on swallowing. She drops her stare into the bright center of the flames.

Lucy wonders how he'd use her body if she died.

"That looks uncomfortable," she says, making conversation to distract from going down morbid rabbit holes. "Laying on the ground like that."

The Ghoul shrugs. "I got whiskey, jerky, and enough chems to get to where I'm goin'. Can't get any more comfortable than that." Then he looks at her in a sly, angling way. "Why? You got room in there for me?"

And there's just something in the way he says it— When Norm was little, he would wake her up every other night. He was afraid of everything; afraid of the dark, afraid of the HVAC sounds, and afraid of the closet, and the underside of his bed, and he was afraid of having that one dream again, it was so scary, Lucy, can I sleep in bed with you, please? Just this once?

The firelight casts strange, flickering shadows over the skeletal remains of the shack. The Ghoul doesn't need her to check for a monster under the bed, he is the monster. But she's feeling tender and lonely, and a little afraid of everything.

Lucy wiggles into the bedroll and holds the corner open.

Just this once.

"Sure."

The next morning, the cinders of the campfire have long cooled. The Ghoul does not protest as she digs a shallow grave and lays the body to rest.

[arbutus-blossoms]

“A pair of boots like that though, Goose, well…they need spurs”

"Tickled Pink" by Oraeliaa

Ghoulcy Artwork for @oraeliaa wonderful Fic. Part of the Ghoulcy Big Bang Event

[cat-shepard]

Art I drew after reading this fic!!! @wastelandbfs @oraeliaa thanks for the inspo on your story!!!

[horrrorsh0w]

tiny moodboard + fic rec // Mortem Obire by Oraeliaa

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58939969/chapters/150243712

[nocapesdahling]

I want adventure in the great wide somewhere I want it more than I can tell And for once it might be grand To have someone understand I want so much more than they've got planned.

Inspired by @oraeliaa’s Ghoulcy Beauty and the Beast AU, “He’s a Demon, He’s a Devil, He’s a Doll.”

[whatsorceressisthis]

"I Ship It" — an Icona Pop parody by Not Literally Productions

I feel like this is an A03 and Tumblr anthem. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@faembrosia

@thattrainwreckmama

@hartwinorlose

@its-in-the-woods

@oraeliaa

@gloomytk

@winnernotwonner

[thegayestcat]

"You like that, Doll?"

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@oraeliaa and @wastelandbfs 's fic Good Vibrations has me in a chokehold still so I took it upon myself to draw a scene from it

This is also my first time drawing Nick so bare with me here haha

(better quality below the cut v)

Also I hope you like my Nora! As you can tell this kinda turned into lighting practice... whooops 🤷

And I hope the colors are okay they look different on every screen 😩

[oraeliaa]

Flash, Bam, Alakazam

Fic 10 in the series is officially up!!

(I cannot believe we're at 10 fics, so happy!!)

This one'll be a multichapter fic, which you all know I adore, and hopefully you do too!

Synopsis

When Lucy agrees to go and look for some woman's missing husband, Cooper knows he's in for a day - what he doesn't expect though, is to be shot, stabbed, and end up in a ghoul-infested horror show of a hospital. When Lucy gets it in her do-gooder, golden little heart that they're helping someone though...well he knows there's no point fightin'. He'll just go along and try and keep the whole lot of them alive.

And if he's feelin' adventurous, try and process his emotions at the same time.

Preview

“Remind me why we’re once again going completely off route? I thought you wanted to rest and recuperate” he imitated, earning a glare, “so explain to me why we’re up at the ass crack o’dawn, headin’ out?”.

“Because I told the lady at the local store that we’d go find her husband in exchange for Stimpacks and Radaway?”

He shot her a withering look, glad to return to normal - snarkin’ at her like she hadn’t glowed with gunfire in that hallway, like she hadn’t reminded him in one perfect storm of a moment that he wasn’t alone anymore, that she wouldn’t just leave him to die like every other fucker out here. 

“And why did you advise that, when we have perfectly good caps? More than we’ve had in a long time, thanks to these jobs you signed us up for - which thank you, by the way. I completely asked to spend my evenings freezin’ my balls off on top of a goddamn wall”

She looked across at him with an expression that said ‘if you’re done?’ and spoke, eyes sincere. “She seemed so heartbroken, and-“

“Everyone out here is heartbroken and-“ he interrupted himself, exhaling and flexing his hands. “You and your bleedin’ heart. I take it there’s no chance you’ll let us just ignore it and let her down? Do a bit o’shootin’ and turn back around and go find somethin’ better to do?”

[thesinwyrm]

I NOTICED AND I WAS WONDERING WHEN YOU WOULD. I hunted for that damn gif too, it is my favorite. That bit is a work of art.

Tagged by @oraeliaa - 10 gifs of my favourite tv shows!! I'm tagging @writebythecside

[justanothervaultie]

Been thinking about the upcoming Beauty and the beast AU from oraeliaa

@oraeliaa

I'm fairly certain this counts as research. 😇

[heartfluttered]

— what color is your writing?

thank you @eupheme for the tag ( ᵔ▽ᵔ)♡ i got:

i don't think i've written enough stuff to develop a style or know how to write raw emotions well yet, but i hope this quiz result will be true for me one day..!

quiz link ♡

i'm tagging @mel-hath-no-fury @forget-me-maybe @oraeliaa (no pressure!)

[justafoxhound]

The Blorbo Mural

Tagged by @lucien-lachance to make a collage of my fave characters. Thanks!!😆

Pinterest made this too easy and fun haha!

Trevor Phillips, Jericho, Snake and Otacon, Mr Burke, DD, Marcurio, Henry of Skalitz and Hans Capon, Arthur and Dutch, Lucien Lachance, Sniper Wolf

Tagging anyone who wants to play,lmk! @jentucker @wastelandbfs @oraeliaa @chennnington @zomboidatomic

[ladydorian05]

Make Me Write!! (seriously, make me)

@theotherbuckley @made-ofmemories @hippolotamus @wikiangela Thank you for the tags My lovely friends.

Rules: Send me an emoji corresponding to the WIP - as many as you want! - and I'll write 3 sentences for each emoji and share it.

I'm currently drowning in WIPS, so I'm only picking a couple for this to see if I can get back to writing (I hate this fucking block and I hate myself for not keeping a good sleep schedule)

🤝 I'll Follow You Into The Dark-Buddie

😮‍💨 Eddie VS The grudge (he does not have) against Buck’s exes-Buddie

🫴🏼 I’m letting go- Kinkley(bucktommy) at the begining- Buddie endgame (and no, I'm not mean to Tommy and it's not Tommy hate or anything)

🌹 Ghoulcy AU inspired by The Phantom of the Opera (Fallout series fanfic)

There, that's my offering!

umm I don't know who to tag, but let's give it a shot, like always, no pressure tags:

@oraeliaa @thewolvesof1998 @loserdiaz @jesuisici33 @daffi-990 @pirrusstuff @exhuastedpigeon @saybiwithme

[wastelandbfs]

Fallout Fanfic Masterlist

Fallout 4

John Hancock / Nora

Do Not Go Gentle - M - Angsty - One-shot - Complete

Scorched Earth - E - Porn with a tiny bit of Plot - Ongoing

A series of Impure Thoughts - E - Porn without Plot - One-shot - Complete

Happy Birthday, Hancock - E - Porn with a tiny bit of Plot - Complete

A Mardi Gras Birthday - E - Porn without Plot - One-shot - Follow up to Happy Birthday, Hancock - Complete

Bad Man - T - Flirty Fun - One-shot - Complete

Nick Valentine / Nora

Serendipity - T - Fluffy coffee shop - Ongoing

Good Vibrations - E - Porn with Plot - One-shot - Complete - Written with @oraeliaa

Makin' Memories - E - Porn with Plot - One-shot - Follow up to Good Vibrations - Complete - Written with Oraeliaa

Danse / Nora

Happy Birthday, Danse - E - Porn without Plot - Complete

Drinking Games - T - Fun Flirty Fluffy - One-shot - Complete

After Effects - E - Porn with a tiny bit of Plot - One-shot - Follow up to Drinking Games - Complete

Double Blind - M - Angsty/Fluffy Idiots to Lovers - Medium - Ongoing

Arthur Maxon / Nora

Happy Birthday, Arthur - E - Porn without Plot - One-shot - Complete

First Times - E - Porn without Plot - One-shot - Complete

Mistaken Identities - E - Porn with a tiny bit of Plot - Ongoing (Will finish in 2025)

Fallout TV Show

Cooper Howard | The Ghoul / Lucy MacLean

Ain't that somethin' - T - Flirty fun psychic fingers - One-Shot - Complete

Somethin' Else - E - Porn without Plot follow up to Ain't that somethin' - One-shot - Complete

Somethin' Extra - E - Porn without Plot follow up to Somethin' Else One-shot - Complete