#our team is now 5 people because they brought on 2 other people who had good handwriting

[mishthefish]

Actually I'm not done venting

[yuurei20]

I had been wondering about this since the friend thing was brought up, but Idia says “not all of these people are our friends,” which suggests that he considers at least some or one of the people present to be a friend. Since he follows it up by stating that, “Ramshackle dorm isn’t the prefect’s house,” in response to Ortho declaring they’ve visited a ‘friend’s house’—add in the whole yobiste moment with the prefect in the Glorious Masquerade, which occurs after Book 6–could it be that Idia actually considers the prefect to be a friend?

I could be wrong about these two moments on the EN server, since I don’t think he really uses the word ‘friend’ in the Ceremonial Robes quote and even on EN I can’t be certain about whether or not he’s solely referring to Grim when the Ramshackle duo or added to the Glorious Masquerade trip and he says “AND valuable emotional support,” or if he even mentioned it in JP. But they seem to lend credence to the idea that Idia considers the prefect a friend or at least more than an acquaintance.

Hello hello!! Thank you so much for this question! 

This is a very good point!! When Ortho points out that they have "traveled to the residence of an acquaintance" Idia responds, "not all of these people are our friends," and one interpretation could be that there is at least one person who counts as a friend present at the time! 👀 (another interpretation may be, "It's not like we're all friends.")

(While Ortho does say "we've experienced hanging out at a friend's house" at first, he then corrects himself to call the prefect "an acquaintance." Referring to other students as Idia's friends despite Idia's and/or others' protests is something Ortho has done before!)

Idia himself says that he has no friends at NRC, but the characters having a less-than-accurate understanding of their own interpersonal relationships is a running theme! (Re: Idia and Azul)

As you say, one of the rare interactions between Idia and the prefect involved Idia not using an honorific during Glorious Masquerade, but this was revealed to be a proof-reading error:

The re-release of Glorious Masquerade in 2023 added "-shi" to Idia's dialogue when he is speaking with the prefect ^^ (This was actually on my posting schedule to share today! You have amazing timing!)

You are also very right about Idia's ceremonial robe's voice line! He does not use the word "friend," but he does say that he trusts the prefect as a fellow introvert!

While looking for the best way to describe the word Idia actually uses (仲間) I found an interesting explanation on the One Piece wikipedia!

(It reminded me of these screenshots from the American drama Firefly!)

The person explains, "The word simply means '(part of a) group' you use it to refer to members a group or members of a group of friends just as you would also refer to your coworkers as your 'nakama' in Japanese, even the ones you hate, because they're part of the same group as you," and I agree ^^ (EN translating the word 仲間 as "friend" is not unusual!)

Concerning Idia's comment early in Glorious Masquerade, I think you are right again and he might have been commenting on the emotional support that Grim provides as a cat!*

*We do not yet know whether or not Grim is technically a cat 👀

Overall I am not sure that we have seen enough of Idia and the prefect interacting on-screen together to be able to say that they are objectively, officially and canonically more than acquaintances, and this is likely by design: the game seems to be going to great lengths to leave as much up to interpretation as possible so that it as many different people as possible can enjoy it.

That said, up until now the pattern has largely been "the prefect teams up with the main character of the previous story in order to solve the issue of the current story," re: teaming up with Riddle in Book 2, Leona in Book 3, Azul in Book 4, Jamil (and others) in Book 5 and Vil in Book 6, so it is possible that we may see more of Idia and the prefect moving forward!

And there is of course no harm in someone going in the direction of "maybe the prefect and Idia are friends" for something like fanfic purposes, for example, if they so wish ^^ It is all a part of the fun! But I might not call it canon just yet :>

[dc-marvel-life]

Perfect Fit Part 3

Pairing: Wanda x Natasha x reader

Summary: Y/N is the new member joining the Avengers that came from a top-secret program in SHIELD that she was in all her life. Now that she has joined the team, she is experiencing life for the first time. She has caught the eye of the two most powerful women on the team.

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Part 1 Part 2 Part 4 Part 5

“Y/N, come on, the party is about to start, and that means drinks should be in use already,” Carol says through Y/N’s door. Y/N laughs at opens the door to Carol, who is wearing black leather pants and a black leather jacket. She is wearing a worn rock band shirt on, and she looks very hot. 

“You look so hot right now, Carol,” Y/N says shamelessly, looking her up and down. Y/N hasn’t had any action in a long time. Right now, she has her eyes on Wanda and Natasha, but they are in a long-term relationship, so why not try your hand at the all-powerful blonde woman in front of her. Y/N knew she loved powerful women and had no shame in it. Y/N knew it was wrong to think about hooking up with team members and could end badly, but look at all the women she works with. It will be hard not to hook up with all of them. Natasha and Wanda are dating, and everyone thinks Yelena and Kate are dating.

“Thanks, Y/N, you don’t look bad yourself,” Carol says, checking out Y/N. Y/N and Carol just stood there for a second, checking each other. They turn away from each other when they hear a door open, and it is Natasha and Wanda’s door. 

“Didn’t yall hear? The party is about to start, so let’s make our way to the living room to start drinking,” Wanda says, then grabs Y/N’s hands to lead her to the living room while Natasha glares at Carol. Y/N didn’t understand what was happening because she was too distracted by Wanda holding her hand. All four ladies entered the living room, and Tony, Bucky, and Thor were already there. 

“Ladies! How great to see you guys again! There is a new one here too! My name is Thor, the God of Thunder. What a pleasure meeting you,” Thor says, bowing to Y/N. Y/N bows back at him.

“Nice to meet you, Thor. I heard so much about you,” Y/N says, smiling. 

“Well, I hope all good things. I wish I had been here sooner, but I am king, and my people needed me. The good news is that I am here now, and I brought Asgardian booze and Valkyrie,” Thor says. Valkyrie comes busting in the door with two barrels of Asgardian Booze. Y/N lets go of Wanda’s hand that she forgot she was holding to go and help Valkyrie with the barrels.

“Let me help you out there,” Y/N says, trying to take a barrel away.

“Trust me, I can handle-” Valkyrie stopped talking when she saw Y/N. 

“Actually, you can take it, pretty lady,” Valkyrie says, winking at Y/N. Y/N takes the barrel quickly and places it on the table with all the other alcohol. 

“Better be careful with that, Y/N. That booze will get you drunk with only one sip,” Thor jokingly tells her.

“I bet it is not that strong,” Y/N teases back.

“The last person who said that was Nat, and I drank her under the table before Valkyrie, and I had a buzz with this stuff,” Thor tells her.

“I bet I can handle you guys. I am not a lightweight,” Y/N challenges them.

“Alright, I like this one. How about this? Once everyone gets here, we can open this barrel and see who can drink the most,” Valkyrie says.

“I am in,” Y/N says with her hand out. Thor and Valkyrie all shake on it.

“We will call you when we are about to start,” Thor says and go and talk with Tony. 

A few hours go back, and the place is packed with people. The whole team was able to show up, like T-Challa. The drinks are flowing, and everyone is having a great time. Y/N is on the couch with Natasha and Wanda talking. 

“And that is how I was able to take down a 6’5, 300-pound man in a padded room with just a pencil,” Y/N finished telling them the story.

“Wow, you seem pretty talented; I can’t wait to see what you can do on a mission. You will be a huge help,” Natasha says, placing her hand on Y/N’s thigh. Y/N looks down at Natasha's hand and tries not to freak out; Thor hops onto the couch to sit with them. 

“It is time, Y/N! It is time to see if you can hold your liquor,” Thor says and hands Y/N a cup of booze. Y/N takes a sniff, then chugs the liquid into her cup.

“Mmmm, that was good. Can I have another?” Y/N says, handing back her cup to Thor.

“Oh, this is going to be a good night. Come on, Y/N,” Thor says and gets up from the couch to go to the kitchen with the barrel.

“Looks like I will see you two ladies later because I need to go and drink Thor and Valkyrie under the table,” Y/N says, laughing, going to Thor and Valkyrie. They both watch Y/N walk away from them.

“We are fuck aren’t we,” Wanda says to Natasha, then sipping her drink.

“Oh yeah, we are. No doubt about it,” Natasha says and sipping her drink too.

“Dragoste, I just want you to know that I do love you, and my feelings haven’t changed for you,” Wanda says, a little tipsy.

“Dorogoy, I feel the same way about you. I love you so much and wouldn’t change anything about you. I am confused about why I… I mean, we have a strong attraction toward Y/N,” Nat confesses.

“Me either, but let’s just let her settle into her new life and see if we still feel the same in a few months” Wanda grabbed Natasha's hand and kissed her knuckles. 

“Agree, now let’s go watch Y/N get drunk and try to out-drink Gods,” Natasha laughs, and they go and watch Y/N, Thor, and Valkyrie.

Everyone at the party watches all three of them drink. No one thought that Y/N couldn’t hang with Thor and Valkyrie, but she shockingly did. She was going back to back with the drinking duo; yes, she was getting drunk but holding her own. Later in the night, 6 barrels have been through, most strangers have left the compound, and only the team is left. They are all hanging out on the living room couch, winding down for the night.

“Val, I don’t think I can drink anymore. You have to hold down the fort,” Thor says to Valkyrie, then stumbles to sit on the couch but misses and sleeps on the floor. 

“Oh no, it looks like Thor is out, and there are two left. I’ll put some money on Y/N,” Tony says, waving his drink around. 

“I will say I am... I am… I am very impressed by you, Y/N, for holding your booze well. Thor is out, and I think I am next. Great job because now I found a new drinking buddy,” Valkyrie says, putting down her last drink of the night.

“YESSSS, I win!” Y/N cheers.

“Wait for a second; you still have to finish that last drink to prove to us that you can out-drink them,” Sam says, egging her on more.

“Deal” Y/N stands up with her cup and chugs the last drink with the team cheering her on. Y/N finishes her drink and puts it on the coffee table. Y/N then loses her balance and falls back onto Natasha and Wanda’s laps.

“I am alright! I just want to say that this is the best day ever, and I am happy to be a part of this team. This is my first time letting loose, and it is great. I am happy to make even more memories with you all,” Y/N says, and everyone claps to that.

“Sorry for landing on you two, but I wouldn’t have it any other way to land on the two most beautiful women in the world,” Y/N says drunkenly. Everyone was too drunk to hear what she said, but Natasha and Wanda weren’t. 

“Thank you, Y/N, but I think it is time to go to bed for you,” Natasha says, patting Y/N's thigh.

“No! I am having so much fun with my new friends,” Y/N whines and pouts at Natasha.

“Okay I can’t handle her pouting because she is too cute. Dorogoy, deal with this,” Natasha tells Wanda. Wanda gives Natasha a little smirk and looks down at Y/N.

“Dulceata, if you go to bed now, then Nat and I will tuck you in,” Wanda says sweetly.

“I have no idea what you just called me, but it sounded so sexy, and of course, I want to be tucked in by you two,” Y/N says, getting up and running into her room. Everyone turns to watch Y/N run into her room. Wanda and Natasha laugh and explain that she is going to bed now. Natasha and Wanda get up, bid the team goodnight, and head to Y/N’s room. When they get to Y/N’s room, Y/N struggles to remove her pants.

“I need help,” Y/N says, frustrated like a child, and lets out a big huff. Natasha and Wanda look at each other and smile. They go over and help Y/N out of her clothes into some sleeping clothes, tuck her into bed, then give her a goodnight kiss on the forehead.

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[louisisalarrie]

i guess he’ll have to stop singing “i love him, i hate it” then. who else would it be about? simon cowell? like please.

This whole thing is weird, everything about it.

yep! Such an obviously timed denial that it’s basically transparent. I will reiterate my points here again, because this has frustrated me dearly as someone who is actively in the industry and has seen successful pr stunts and coverups. His team can’t crack the larries tho.

1. Timing - pre recorded denial dropped for promo as he left LATAM to go MIA before going back to tour in a few weeks + everyone will cool off by then

2. Urgency - there are no current media publications or any GP chats suggesting Louis and Harry are together, and there hasn’t been for a long time now, so there’s no damage control to be done (unless something hasn’t come out yet and it’s in preparation for said thing, BUA perhaps)

3. Content - drops the “my son Freddie” during it as well, boosting that stunt because it’s been pretty quiet since AOTV and a couple of tweets ages ago. again, no explicit denial and poor body language

4. Blacklisted Topic - we saw the other interviewer shut down the F thing, and he’s had many interviews where Larry and F aren’t brought up at all. It’s a topic put in there when it’s useful

5. Relevancy - not relevant to tour or current media presence whatsoever

6. Consistency - all interviews we have gotten recently have been strictly about his career, his festival, tour, inspirations etc., and we have one very personal and touchy topic randomly brought in with no context whatsoever

But I think what is making people stressed about this particular denial is because there was nothing calling for it. No media stir, no mentions of their names together or directly tied in media, no scandal or damage control (unless something breaks), so it seems more genuine and not just like he’s trying to clean up a mess like so many times before. But it’s also very obvious promo. Dropped as soon as he leaves LATAM? And everyone will cool off by the time he’s back. Absolutely standard and poorly done PR.

I don’t think managers know what they’re getting into when they start handling a 1d boy, frankly because our fandom is truly one of a kind. But, as much as I hate to say it, the Azoff’s have done what louis’ team should have done too. Stay silent about it, it’s not necessary to comment unless something big happens and it needs damage control. you’re only attacking your fans here, bud.

so, anyway… the patterns of every other denial have led to a BUA, a scandal, or their names being tied together and Larry being of public interest. Or have come from those things prior. However, this denial will probably pick up in the media, and tie louis’ name to Harry’s once more, to boost him a bit to sell some tickets.

everything was going so well, it was great to see him not talk about his personal life. so, it’s foreshadowing and a poor promo move, or just a poor promo move.

[sorryimananti-romantic]

Rating ateez on how much childhood me would've clung to them:

8. Hongjoong: There's no reason other than he's maths teacher coded and I never liked maths so I never went near the maths teachers either. I am mathphobic.

7. Jongho: Idk man he looks like he would've put me in air jail.

6. Yeosang: Bro's so pretty I would've been too shy to go up and talk😭😭 But I would've probably clung to him a little once I started talking.

5. Mingi: A bit intimidating at first but later you'd find me climbing up to his face to bite his head just because it looked tasty.

4. Yunho: Again, I'll be climbing up him but would just stay in his arm. He isn't as biteable as Mingi.

3. Wooyoung: Would probably instigate me to climb Mingi and bite him. Two peas in a pod.

2. San: No.1 most Huggable Hug Shaped Hug person I'd like to hug.

1. Seonghwa: Will sit on his lap and fight children who try to share the lap with me. You'd normally find me hanging from his neck like a human necklace. Bro would have back issues by the end of the year.

Also I have this weird feeling in my brain that Jungkook from BTS is made of Blueberry cake and Jimin is made of Strawberry parfait. Both of them are cake.

Proof:

Jimin-

Koo-

Do not ask me why I just have pictures of their booty lying around. I don't have any idea either.

you must really miss your childhood kaya :') that's actually cute (me i don't want to go through the trauma my childhood brought me again i'm good 😃)

but n e ways here's my personal rating (disclaimer: i was never a clingy kid and i was shy asf and also somehow both way too mature as a child and dumb asf idk how that works)

8. mingi: we'd prob just stare at each other without talking i'm sorry (but present me would prob get along best with mingi which is funny)

7. wooyoung: i really didn't like loud people as a kid and that's bc i wanted to be them- carefree and wild. he would have to involve me himself but i would make myself appear very uninterested.

6. san: i would be way too shy to talk to him bc i know even as a child i would have thought wow he would have been my first crush before i knew what a crush meant.

5. yeosang: absolutely right bro's so pretty i would want to talk to him so bad and honestly he might be the only one childhood me would have made an effort to talk to

4. jongho: too mature for our age? check. we would team up to talk about life and make fun of ppl

3. yunho: he seems like such a friendly person i would prob just watch him talk and slowly open up to him hehe

2. hongjoong: childhood me and him have the same interests so we might have actually gotten along pretty well (plus he may be math coded but childhood me loved maths

1- seonghwa: there's absolutely no need to think about this. his presence is so welcoming and i feel like he would have made an effort to bring me out of my shy bubble and we would have had a lot to talk about

(yours is like reality show material AHAHAHAHA now i want to see atz try to befriend a kid like you)

also thank you for gracing me with some cake today 😃 and honestly, i really do think jimin as strawberry and jk as blueberry makes sense.

if we're talking about flavours im having a thought- yunho feels like he's made of vanilla cake LDFGJDKLFJG DONT ASK ME WHY

(hj is the white frosting cake that when you cut reveals a rainbow sponge KJHFJGKHDFJKG) (san also has a cake on him i assign him chocolate)

[automeris-io-moth]

I'd love to see more of Request #5 if you're up to it, where Hero loses their memory

The kindness of a stranger pt.2

Part one

A hand grabbed them by their shoulder, a strong grip twisted Teammate around, not needlessly harsh but firm enough not to allow them much fight, less even when taken by surprise. 

The night was quiet in the mountains, that was certain, some night birds and some cicadas were the only sounds, and it felt like a mockery then, how quickly the calm was brought back to that side of the hills, when in the other, right across the kilometres long crater, their team kept searching, kept looking for the place Teammate stood then, such a quiet, picturesque cottage, not a high security base, not a complex meant to keep someone as powerful as Hero in. 

Teammate laughed at themselves as they turned to face the other, flowers on the windows, bread still warm over the table, candle and fireplace light illuminating the room. 

Of course they could not get to the location, they were looking for something completely different.

A blade was held to their throat. 

“What do you want here?” 

 Hero. 

In their eyes fear was prevalent, their pupils dilated, perhaps because of the darkness still in the room, perhaps because of the adrenaline of having a stranger break in their home, but Teammate was no stranger, and they needed to make them remember such. 

The blade pushed closer. 

“I mean no harm, I promise Hero,” they rushed to say. 

“Don’t call me that.” 

“Okay, all right,” Teammate answered, thinking for a moment “[Civilian Name]...?” 

Skin broke under the edge, warm liquid trickling to stain their jacket. 

“And how the hell do you know that?” 

The door didn’t make a sound as it opened. 

“Because I know you, you were friends,” they gulped “we are friends. You disappeared and we had no idea where you were. Leader hasn’t stopped looking for you.” 

“That is exactly what Villain said you would say.” 

“Villain was the one who took you!” 

“Why would I ever?” 

“Villain!” 

“I leave for a moment and look what happens, I knew your little crew only meant problems,” they sighed, extending a hand forward as the other looked for something in their back pocket “Come here sweetheart, we don’t know what they could do.” 

When the blade left their throat, a thin like left behind as a proof it was there, Teammate swallowed back the bile rising in their throat, get a hold of their shaking legs. 

Hero had demonstrated being a powerful enemy that evening, capable of more than they had ever shown in their team, but of course, fear was a capable booster, and when surviving was a compelling reason to let control slip, protecting, for Hero, Teammate reasoned, was an even stronger one. 

When they reached Villain’s side, the blade slipped from their hand. 

“I don’t know what they’ve done to you, Villain’s been targeting you for months, and we didn't give it the importance we should have, and I’m sorry.” Teammate said, looking for something, anything, they could use as a weapon as the threat of the criminal grew with their impatience. “But please try to make sense of all of this, how on Earth did you end up here? Who even are them? We need you, you’re valuable to our team, but we’re looking to save you right now, please believe me, please…” 

Teammate fell with a thud. They never saw the dart flying from the corner of the room. 

“Oh my what a mess,” Villain complained, brushing their hair off their face “Are you all right, sweetheart?” 

Hero nodded.

Villain reached for their face, their index finger holding their chin up as the thumb stoked their lips. 

“It’s okay, you handled them well until I arrived,” they sighed “but now we need to move somewhere safe, we don’t know what they’re capable of.” 

“But you said we had to stay here in case my family…” 

“I know what I said, love,” Villain cut off “but these people are dangerous, I don’t know what they’d do to get you know that they know about your power.” 

Hero gazed down, nodding, feeling as the other mobed their hands to cup their face, lifting it back up, meeting their eyes. 

“I hope you know how deeply I care about you, I just want to keep you safe,” they declared, their breath hitting close to Hero’s face “I know you’re confused, but trust me when I tell you only I have your best interest in mind.” 

Soft, careful hands brushed a tear from Hero’s face, they didn't even know they were crying. 

“Do you trust me?” 

Hero nodded.

“Say it to me.” 

“I trust you, Villain.” they swallowed. 

But then why did a holiday cottage have darts in its security system? 

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I found a cat under a truck in the rain, last week was full of vet trips for vaccines and all that stuff because my mom can't say no to rescued cats.

(Btw I also think it's a good time to remind you that English it's not my first language, please tell me if I make any mistakes).

Hope you like it!

[davisexplainableart]

May 25, 2018 (Half-O-Ween 2018):

*a coffin is shown in front of a fake graveyard*

*the coffin's door slowly opens, and I.M. Weasel (dressed as a vampire) rises up from the casket*

I.M. Weasel (in a slightly harrowing tone): Good evening, ladies and gentlemen! I am Count Weasel, and welcome to Fridays. It is Friday, May 25th, and that means it's almost time for Half-O-Ween!

*Weasel laughs evilly as the headlights off camera flicker to resemble lightning, while lightning sound effects play in the background*

I.M. Weasel (speaks in his normal voice again): *looks back at the camera* Oh, but don't worry about Tommy and Tara, they're taking the week off. Not to worry, everyone, we'll be able to make do without them, at least for this week.

*Weasel steps out of the coffin*

I.M. Weasel: As you may already know if you saw last week's show, we're preparing a little game show for you viewers at home tonight. We have teamed up with some animators and copyright owners from Burbank, CA to give some lucky winners a chance to go trick-or-treating early this year.

*footage of this game show appears onscreen*

I.M. Weasel: Every half hour tonight, one of you lucky viewers will get a chance to go on a 40-second scavenger hunt. There will be 6 different house, but choose carefully! Some of them are filled with prizes for you to keep as your own, but others will be home to the scariest creatures you'll have ever laid your eyes upon!!!

*cuts back to Weasel as he laughs again*

I.M. Weasel: But not yet, of course. We've still got a night of Fridays to enjoy. But stay by your phones as you watch tonight's shows. Those who submitted texts and/or post cards and memorized our caller ID must be dying to get the opportunity of a lifetime. For now, however, let us commence with tonight's brand new Stick Friends, because we can't actually play the game until the episode is over...

..........

I.M. Weasel (drops character): Also because this isn't the costume I'm going to wear. I-I'm going to be wearing something else after the break...

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While Fridays did do something Half-O-Ween related for May 31, 2019, I was more interested in including a segment from this night instead because of how interesting it is.

Here's what happened, as part of a collaboration between Great 5 Productions and Nickelodeon, we were given permission to utilize one of their Halloween events from the 90s for ourselves.

In this case, we were allowed to utilize the format of a call-in trick-or-treating game show, where players had 40-seconds to search for prizes (it's explained at 0:25 in this video).

Back when it was first created, the event was part of a yearly Halloween event/contest that Nickelodeon held known as "Nick or Treat".

We decided to remove every mention of Nickelodeon's name (including the "Nick or Treat" name) from the packaging for 2 reasons:

Some of the higher-ups were worried that the inclusion of the Nickelodeon name would be a bit too distracting on Cartoon Network.

Well... the original name sounds like... yeah, you know...

Now, how exactly did we do this call-in thing without the trademark... name...?

Well, what we did was give out a phone number and caller ID (I believe it was "CN Fridays" or something) on May 18, 2018 for people to write down and memorize. Viewers who texted "Half-O-Ween" to that phone number were asked to label that number with the ID that was featured on Fridays. The viewers would know that they won based on what the caller ID was.

Oh yeah, and we managed to get a hold of the original game show's music, as well as a non-music version to prevent musical confusion with sound effects during the game. That was weird because when TeenNick's "The Splat" brought back the game show thing for Halloween 2015 (a few years before this), they apparently didn't have the original track with them. Not sure what happened there.

For this Fridays show, 2 games were played every hour of the block. Each hour was hosted by different Cartoon Cartoon characters (while Tommy and Tara had the week off), each wearing costumes that were similar to (or exactly) the ones they wore during the CCF Halloween Party.

I can't quite remember all of the hosts, or what order they went in, but I believe Dexter (as Courage) and Blossom (as Eddy) were 2 of the ones who appeared (as well as Weasel of course).

As for why the Halloween CNF logo is here despite being May? Well, since we forgot to use the logo in October 2017, we decided to make up for that by using it here.

Alright, that's all I got for you guys. Happy Half-O-Ween, everybody!

[jokertrap-ran]

[スタオケ] La Corda d'Oro Starlight Orchestra Main Story Chapter 2-5 Translation

*Starlight Orchestra Masterlist *Spoiler free: Translations will remain under cut *Main story tag will be #Main Starlight

Yasu: Huh?

☆ ━━━━━━━ ∘◦♬◦∘ ━━━━━━━ ☆

⊳ Choice: You’re Kirigaya’s friend aren’t you…? / You were at Ouroboros…

Yasu: Ohh! You’re the leader of the Orchestra that came down from Yokohama, right?

Yasu: I heard about it from Kirigaya-san! You came to recruit both him and the Student Council President, yeah? You have guts!

Yasu: Kirigaya-san’s an amazin’ person! With him, you’ll definitely be able to reach the top of the world!

Yasu: And you set your eye on him, so you’re not bad yourself either.

Yasu: Because he’s a legend! A true legend!

Yasu: What? You invited him to join you without knowing anything about that?

Yasu: Seriously? You people of Southern Kanto are really unbothered by your own lack of common knowledge, huh.

Yasu: Joyo Technical High School was nothing but just a bunch of good-for-nothings gathered together in a school a couple of years back.

Yasu: And the one person responsible for making our school as ballsy as we are now, is the “Yaksha of Route 6”— and that’s Kirigaya-san!

Yasu: He had a reputation! Everyone out there had heard of him around the time he was in middle school.

Yasu: Teamed with the speedily swift Captain “Rasetsu of Route 6”, they managed to quash 3 large teams!

Yasu: The “Rasetsu of Route 6”  always wore a full-face helmet, brandishing an iron pipe. Those were his items of office and he was a right mystery!

Yasu: *sigh* I should have joined them back then. I even got their signature!

Yasu: Well, he was THAT notorious back then, so I s’pose there was no helpin’ it when our Student Council President made it a point to keep an eye on him. 

Yasu: Huh? What if we changed the Gyojo?

Yasu: I don't know what that is. Gyojo might be Gyoza's cousin or something or whatever, but I'm vehemently against that!

Yasu: If we do things half-heartedly, we might end up backtracking and reverting to the old Joyo where everyone was half-assed at everything!

Yasu: I heard that in the past, Joyo was a school that was looked down upon, and no one could do anything to help it.

Yasu: I mean, I'm only the way I am right not because I don't want to be belittled by the Student Council either.

Yasu: Huh?

Tomoeda: It's a bag check. Open your bags so that I can see the items within.

Tomoeda: Magazines are prohibited. I'll be confiscating this.

Joyo Male Student: I only brought that here because I was going to return it to a friend.

Tomoeda: No exceptions.

Yasu: They're going around doing that again?

Tomoeda: Hm? You, over there. Yasuda from 2nd year, correct? Open your bag too.

Yasu: Hah? Thanks, but no thanks. I'll have to decline.

Tomoeda: Wait… You're being undeniably suspicious. We'll open your bag.

Tomoeda: I knew it. Why do you have so many snacks on you? What are you, an elementary schooler? We'll be confiscating these.

Yasu: Ahh! That's enough, don'cha think!? Give it back!

Tomoeda: What's with that attitude? Don't tell me you're still hiding something else in here.

Yasu: I'm not hidin' anythin'!

Tomoeda: And that's what everyone who breaks the rules says. Hmm, and what do we have here? What's this scrap of paper?

Tomoeda: "I've always adored you. I've never had the chance to say it, but I love you."

Yasu: G-Gi-Give it back!

Tomoeda: "I only started liking Japanese after meeting you, Sakuma-sensei."

Tomoeda: Hahaha! This is addressed to the Japanese Language Teacher, Sakuma-sensei? Well, she's beautiful, no doubt~ But, to write a love letter to your teacher?

Tomoeda: Plus, you even spelled "meet" wrongly. What a dumb fool.

Yasu: Shut up! Give it back!! *sobs*

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⊳ Choice: You're going too far!

Tomoeda: What's it to you?

⊳ Choice: You should return it.

Yasu: You're… for me…

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Tomoeda: This shouldn't have anything to do with students from other schools.

Akira: Enough.

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Akira: Stop being so lame. Don't tell me you're even going to confiscate that one little, harmless, letter? 

Tomoeda: …Kirigaya…

Akira: Here you go, Yasu. Take this, tuck it away in your bag, and get inside the school.

Yasu: Kirigaya-san… T-Thank you!

Tomoeda: What do you think you're doing? You should open your bag too, senpai.

Akira: Huh? You for real?

Tomoeda: ……

Seiji: Enough, Tomoeda.

Seiji: Please excuse us. I believe we've overstepped our boundaries this time.

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Akira: If you can't discipline your underlings, then maybe you should let them out without a leash, Student Council President.

Seiji: Never thought that the leader of a pack of wild dogs would be giving me a piece of his mind either.

Joyo Male Student 1: Yikes! They're terrifying…

Joyo Male Student 2: Our Student Council President really doesn't get along well with the leader of the delinquents…

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Seiji: Now, now, this isn't a show either, you lot. Scram.

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TDC Episode 2: All Aboard part 2

A/N: *This season of TDC all players are adults even the reboot ones. they are 20, PI are 24, ROTI are 25 and the Original cast are 27.*

Previous Episode:

All Aboard part 1

Recap Voice Over:

"Last Time on Total Drama Cruiser! 36 crew member were brought back for an exciting new season, divided in to 4 teams of 9. some liked their teams others not so much. We learned why some people didn't return to the game and we also found out who might be this season's antagonist jajaja. We also found out the way of elimination the plank of shame. who will be the first one to dive into shark infested waters? and who will be setting foot in our economy class? Find out right here on Total! Drama! Cruise!"

Chris and the crew mates were all on the beach of Hawaii a familiar beach for everyone who was a spectator of the World Tour Finally "Today's challenge we will be divided into 3 parts. first part you will decide who will sit out of the second and third part of the challenge." Chris smirked as he pointed to the four cages "That person will sit there on their first half and they have to eat disgusting food prepared by today's surprise guess. World Tour's Winner, Alejandro!" As Chriss announces who would be preparing the disgusting food, a Helicopter drops Alejandro with him Heather. "Al Buddy, I am only needed you. That who I'm paying only 50 dollars. " Chris said "Well, I don't go anywhere with out Alejandro" Heather spoke as she held Alejandro's hand. "So these are the pathetic looser you chose for your new season?" Alejandro sneered as he saw everyone "Oh looked an Eel dipped in Grease." Noah said. "Al" Justin said "Justin" Alejandro replied. Justin glaring at him while Alejandro just smirked.

"I hate that smooth talker! He thinks he is better than me because he could get more people to fall for him! He is nothing compared to me! I'm the original pretty boy! He is just a copy!" Justin's Confessional.

"The Last person to puke their disgusting food would get a 5 min head start in the next part of the challenge." Chris said "Alejandro and Heather will make the grossest food, while each of you choose who is going to eat from your own team." Everyone looked at eachother and they got in circle. Screaming Eagles: "Okay Team, we need someone who isn't grossed out easily and cost us the advantage." Carlos said taking the lead "Blainley can't do it because she cheated during her gross food challenge." Blainley glared at him "Who volunteers? Kyle? Julia? Your season had really disgusting food." Carlos pointed out "Yeah but I wasn't the one to eat a type wyrm that was Julia." Kyle smirked as Julia glared at him "Gross! No I am not Doing it! Why not you big guy?" She points to rodney "You were raised on a farm" Everyone turns to Rodney "Me? I.. Uhhh.. well you see...." Rodney began stuttering before he shrugs. "It might be the best plan, most of us here dont tolerate gross foods" Trent said thinking back to season 1. "And I can't eat anything gross! Not Even Chef's Food!" Anna Maria said. "That's because paying attention to your physical appearance is a cry of help! and you secretly love the fact that you can get to be yourself with daniel." Dawn said as Anne Maria glared t Dawn.

"Carlos and maybe Kyle, Julia and Rodney seem to be the only other strong competitors in our team... Blainley should go out as soon as we get a change and Carlos and Trent agree. But right now I need to focus and don't let my anger take over" Eva's Confessional.

"So Rodney is our pick?" Eva asked. "Seems like it." Kyle said smiling. Julia then pulls Kyle aside "Hey We need to talk" She told him as he pulled him away from the team "Yes Julia?" He asked "You know we are at A voting dis advantage right? If we lose, Eva, Carlos, Trent, Dawn and Anne Maria could team up to vote us off. We are the newbies and despite our differences we have to work together at least until we reach the merge." Julia said as Kyle listened "Yeah but how can i trust you? You aren't exactly trustworthy Julia. I Haven't forgotten what You did to Caleb and Priya." Kyle said with his hands on his hips "True I am not exactly trust worthy. But. If we could work together we could ride the challenges." She said. "Yeah but if we work together our team will avoid most eliminations, Not Counting Blainley and Anne Maria the rest of us are good at challenges." Kyle said "That what we need. Work together and not Kill each other in the prosses." Julia though about it "You are right..." She said.

"Kyle, is smart. and He knows how to play well as a team... which is why he can't stay longer that 25th place. I'll keep him for as long as I can and then Boot him. Like his Cousin Eric he always make it far and I am planning to stop that." Julia's Confessional.

"I don't trust Julia One bit! But if I can help my team work together we could ride off every challenge without going to the poop deck and manage to avoid elimination. With me, Carlos, Julia, Eva, Trent, Dawn and Rodney. we have a fair chance. I'm doing this for Wayner and Rajie.... and Bowie. and to get back into the Hockey team. If i prove that I can be a team player the coach has to let me back right?" Kyle's Confessional.

Killer Hornets: "Okay so which of us has the most Iron stomach?" Daniel asked as all The girls looked away avoiding Daniel's eye. "Great.. None of us have guts." Noah said as he looked at everyone "Yeah, My Great Great Great Great Great Great-" Daniel sighed "For Crying out loud Stacy be useful and shut your damn Mouth for once!" He snapped. "I Vote Staci for the eating part!" Sadie said as she raised her hand. "Me too." Katie said smiling "What?! Why me" Stacy replied. "I'm not against it" Daniel smirked "Sure why not. Nichelle? Sammy? Jane? Beardo?" Noah asked "Fine by me! I don't like disgusting foods" Sammy said. Both Beardo and Jane agreed. "I also agree with that." Nichelle said as they all looked at Stacy who is worried and confused.

"I had to take the leadership role of my team. we are the worst team. Worst than the grips. Maybe I need a new game strategy this season." Daniel's confessional.

"It's strange to see Daniel take a leader ship role. He usually stays in the back hidden. But I don't blame him. Have you seen our team?" Noah's confessional.

"My Great Great great Great great great grandfather created prisons, Before him, people used to walk cuffed all around and even ran away and policeman had to round them up.... And My great Great great great great-" Stacy's Confessional.

"So yeah, this team sucks.... At least my previous teams had good players, but this one?! This one is the worst! The other three teams are better especially the Pidgeon's, They have a mutant! A Mutant! They have the advantage." Jane's Confessional.

Ferocious Pidgeons: "Okay we all have to agree that Dakotazoid will do the first part of the challenge right?" Bryan said as he rounded up the team. "And why should we listen to you man?" Tyler asked as he looked at Bryan "You haven't been the best player in previous seasons and a cheater mind you." Geoff added. "Sam yeah... You are like Alejandro and Heather but Worst" Sam said.

"I am nothing Like Alejandro or Heather! And I learned strategy, My girl back home aka Courtney taught me a few strategies i could use to make it far, And one thing is being a team player. She made me watch every season of total drama, learn from everyone's mistakes." Bryan's Confessional.

"I fine with Bryan's Plan" Dakotazoid said as Bryan smiled "Alright who is against it?" He looked at the others and they stayed silent "Good, with Dakotazoid we might win this first half." He smiled.

Turkeys of Death: "I volunteer myself for the challenge" Ezekiel said "With my toxic saliva i could dissolve the food and when i eat it I wont have must taste." He said as everyone looked at him "But isn't eating Toxines dangerous for you" Millie asked. "Not since i got mutated in Chris' mine." He said nodding. "I like you enthusiasm Zeke, but Ripper is the grossest one here, I bet he can eat without vomiting" Sierra said. "Me? why?!" He asked. "Mmmm I don't know.... Be who do you think should do the challenge?" Brick asked B and B pointed at Ripper. "agreed." Brick added. "I think Zeke should do it if he want's to do it" Justin said smiling

"If Zeke's looses us the advantage guess who the team votes for.... Yeah Mutant Homeschool. This is my season. I need to show them that I'm a better version of my Action self." Justin's confessional.

"What do you think cutie" Justin asked Amy who had been staring at him. "Oh me? Uh I vote Zeke!" She smiled and looks away blushing. "okay that's 3 votes Zeke, 3 votes Ripper. Millie? Topher Ripper?" Sierras asked them "Definitely I vote ripper!" Millie said. "And I vote Zeke I don't want to eat disgusting Foods!"

"Justin is so attractive!" Amy's Confessional.

"I won't eat anything disgusting! I made a deal with Axel's brother that i will refrain from gross things!" Ripper's Confessional.

"I vote for....." Topher began as both Zeke and Ripper waited with anticipation for him to choose. "Zeke. It's the best choice! The toxic Saliva sounds like a good plan!"

The time to choose their prisoner was over as Chris told the selected person to walk forward. Rodney, Stacy, Dakotazoid and Zeke walked forward "Okay! You four step into your cages! Heather and Alejandro are finishing the gross food you four have to stomach." He smirked "The brough from the most disgusting trash they could find. While they finish, I'll give you the rules for the second part of the challenge, 7 members of each team, will create a sacrifice with no pineapple head, off Heather or Alejandro. If you have a female contestant in the cage you will build an Alejandro dummy, if you have a female you build a Heather dummy." Chris said. "Excellent! I wanted some revenge on Al, and now it is time. Even if it's a dummy" Bryan's Confessional.

"After building the dummy from those 7 , 3 will work together to the volcano and throw their sacrifice, after than they will race back down and run towards that side of the beach where depending the order you arrive in with is the order we will have the one on one part of the challenge. the first one to win 3 fights win immunity and get to travel to our next destination in first class. the team that losses 3 fights will get the poop deck and are forced to send someone home." Chris explain the rules, just as Alejandro, Chef, Heather and a red Head Inter. "Izzy?!" Everyone gasped when they saw the familiar crazy "Yep, Izzy Agreed to be my intern in exchange for fix her image, after her out burst on set" Chris smirked "Give the prisoner their, food." Chris said as the four went to each of the person in the cage, Chris press the airhorn signaling for the challenge too start

"This is so entertaining, Watching those loser eat disgusting food , for a million dollars. I Know I wanted the Money but, seeing them squirm is more entertaining. But I still want the Million don't get me wrong." Heather's confessional.

Dakotazoid and Zeke were having an easy time with the challenge, Zeke's saliva making it easy for him to eat, while Dakotazoid's stomach allowed her to eat without vomiting. How every Stacy couldn't eat one spoon full as she tried to eat she couldn't help but vomit. "And Stacy is Out!" Chris said as the Hornets sighed. Rodney wasn't that behind when he vomited. "And Rodney is also Out! Only Dakotazoid and Zeke's left maybe it's time to see some of the most disgusting blunders from total drama history, gotten from Sierra's blog." Chris said as Chef brought Chris' monitor. Izzy notices Al and Heather weren't there so he left into the boat to find them. While the challenge progressed Izzy was looking for Heather and Alejandro around the cruise ship

"If I had to think like those two, They'd be looking for the briefcase with the money in Chris quarters. He hired me as a Inter but I'm more like security. and Maybe explosive will get to Boom Boom!" Izzy's Confessional.

Heather and Alejandro were in the production suite of the production. Alejandro was looking near Chris' room while heather kept look out. "Hurry Up Alejandro! we need the money and then leave out of here." Heather said as she gave Alejandro a side eye as she kept watch. "Don't rush me! McLean's Room is disturbing! he has pictures of himself everywhere in this suite." Alejandro said from the room "And there is no way of knowing where he would hide the case.": he added. "There should be a safe around there." Heather said as he kept watch. "Ugh this is so frustrating!" Alejandro groaned. "That's How I wanted to catch you two jaja" Izzy said as Heather notices her "Oh Crap! Alejandro! IT's the Crazy girl!" Heather shouted at Alejandro. "What?! She was with Chef and Chris!" He said walking out and his eyes widening as he saw Izzy standing there "You two are not supposed to be here." She smirked "Production team and staff only! You two are only here to Demo the challenge.". Heather back away "I got lost Izzy... I was looking for the Confessional." She said trying to get away. "Yeah that's what we were doing" Alejandro said calm. "OH i do not believe that...." She smiled "Prepare to Face the power of Izzy" She began charging towards them, as Heather first instinct was to bolt out of there. "I am Out of here" Heather said running. "Pft I am not scared of You Izzy" Alejandro said

"Alejandro Is Crazy For challenging Izzy like that. I know he is muscular and a force to be reckoned with but Izzy is unpredictable and she can go on a head to head fight with Chef so I know he is risking loosing. But right now I needed to save my ass" Heather's confessional.

"I delt with Izzy during season 3 and she is nothing but a joke. I can easily take her" Alejandro's confessional.

"Heather is a smart cookie for running from the Izzy! But Alejandro will see just how capable this nut case is!" Izzy's confessional.

Izzy and Alejandro began having a hand to hand combat. Their fight were head to head as they fought, an Intense battle for two of the strongest ex competitors. Heather was running off from the Production suite. While they fought for a long time, and it appeared liked Alejandro had the upper hand when Izzy slowly changed the tides, tripping Alejandro and then tasing him "Izzy wins!" She exclaims as she then puts cuffs on Alejandro's wrist "Time to take you to the boats punishment cells" She said as she took Alejandro to the lower parts of the cruise ship where there were cells and she pushed Alejandro towards one of the cells "Now I need to find Heather" She said as she closed Alejandro's cell and left to go find heather.

"Izzy won't find me if I hide in first class right?" Heather's confessional.

Back with the Challenge They were still seeing disgusting scenes of Total Drama of people vomiting and Dakotazoid couldn't take it anymore. She had an Iron Stomach and she couldn't take much more of seeing past people vomiting. "And Zeke wins the advantage for the Turkeys of Death! they won the 5 min advantage in the Sacrifice Building Challenge!" Chris said as the Turkeys of Death celebrated. "Now teams choose who is going to be waiting at the other side of the island for the third part of the challenge.." Chris said as the teams reunited again

Turkeys of Death: The team were together except Ezekiel "Okay Who is the strongest member of our team?" Millie asked "I am!" Both Ripper and Brick spoke at the same time. "What? You are not the strong one I am!" They continued to talk at the same time "No I am!"

"I need to prove I'm the alpha male of the team! and show them I am the strongest here!" Ripper's confessional.

"I have military training, There is no doubt I am the strongest one!" Brick's confessional.

"Ugh, Can we just not Argue!" Amy said crossing her arms "Ripper will take the last part challenge and that's final!" She said as everyone stared at her. "Wow oaky miss bossy pants, Brick is the best choice he has military training!" Sierra said crossing her arms "But if we choose Ripper we could blame him if we loose, and he can be booted off" Justin said "Hey! I am not that bad! My girlfriend's brothers taught me how to be strong so i can keep their sister safe!" Ripper said as everyone exchanged glances at him "Okay Fine!" They all said at the same time. "If that's who is going to take the final challenge, then Me, Brick and B will take the Dummy up to the Volcano." Sierra said smiling.

Ferocious Pigeons: "Okay who will we send to the last challenge?" Bryan asked as everyone exchanged glances. "I could-" Tyler began but Bryan stopped him "Not you Tyler...." Bryan said

"No one here is good for the last challenge.... this is so.... UGh! Maybe.... Axel? I don't know Sam, Tyler, Leonard and Ella are no good for the one on one challenge. Geoff, Axel and Damien seem perfectly fit but Geoff is too much of a nice guy and Damien.... well is Damien... and there is no way they'll beat the eagles if they pick Eva." Bryan's confessional.

"Axel? Will you do it for us?" Damien asked "you are the strongest one of out team" Everyone turned to Axel. "And you could beat the crap out of who ever you are placed against to." Axel looked at Damien and smirked "I accept it!" She smiled. "Great we have our fighter!" Geoff smiled. "Then Me, Tyler and Bryan will take the dummy to the volcano" Geoff added.

Killer Hornets: None of the team spoke up to take the last spot of the challenge. they were all glancing at each other hoping for to volunteer for the last challenge.

"The sacrifices we have to take to lead a team of complete dumb shits. Noah is the only smart one but we don't need brain in the final challenge. Jane is just a flexible girl but not good in fighting challenges and Nichelle.... welll yeah" Daniel's cponfessional.

"Okay, okay. I'll take The final spot!" He sighed "But you guys better be fast and carry the heavy Alejandro Sacrifice." Daniel said. "We will, There is nothing I'd like more than to see Alejandro fall into that volcano even if it's just a dummy." Noah said as Daniel nodded. "As for who will take the dummy, it will be Nichelle, Jane and Beardo" Daniel said "Sure I see no problem with that."

Screaming Eagles: "Eva you want to go to the last Challenge?" Carlos asked her "Yeah, I'd bring our team the win." Eva said with no hesitation. "To have a better chance to arrive first to the volcano and the beach, me, Trent and Kyle will take the Heather dummy up the volcano." Carlos said hoping the team agreed. "I'm fine with that" Julia said as she just looked at her Nails. "Yeah because there is no way my good looking body will get near the heat of that volcano" Anne Maria said. "And I'm not risking letting my body get burned by lava Blainley Said.

Meanwhile Izzy finally found Heather and Heather began running off from Izzy "I almost got you!" She laughed crazily as she ran. "You can run as much as you Can Heather! But you can't hide from the E-scope!" Izzy said as she chased Heather "Come on Izzy! We were friends! Can't you just let this slide?" She asked laughing crazily and Tackling Heather "I got you Now! Wait till Chris Hears this" She smiled as she took Heather toward the cell and locked her up in the cell next to Alejandro's.

"You think Chris, would give me a raise for what i Did?" Izzy's Confessional.

Chris Blew the air horn and the building challenge began. The turkeys of death began their 5 minute head start to build their sacrfice with Dekotazoid's intructions. When the 5 mins were over the other teams following the guidance of their caged teammate began their sacrifices, Sadly the Hornets were getting nothing since, Staci was focused on talking about he great great great great greet. "Yeah! My great great great great great Grandfather, invented Logs! Before him people used to burn trees with out cutting them... and my Great great great great great great great -" Staci continued "Ugh! Tgis is Frustrating!" Jane complained as she covered her ears tired of Staci "Can't we just glue her mouth shut?" She asked as the other shrugs. "Staci! Can you just tell us what to get? We are going to lose if you don't help us." Noah yelled "This is so Humiliating The other team will win!" Sammy said frowning. Beardo nods making a losing tune. as The other teams kept working on their sacrifices slowly the teams finished their their sacrifices and the 3 for each team began taking the sacrifices up. leaving the hornets behind. Chris walks towards the last place team "If you don't put the work your team automatically loose the challenge and head to the poop deck." He laughed at them. They all glared at Stacy. "Okay I Am Done with Mrs Nice Girl!" Jane spat "You will shut you mouth up and tell us what to do or So help me You will be the one going home tonight!" Jane yelled ar her

"It's obvious who is going home if we loose" Jane's confessional

"Honestly.... Why is should we win at this Point. The other 3 teams are ahead by a lot!" Nichelle's confessional.

"Why is she sooo Useless!" Noah's Confessional

"Is she kidding? Who here buys her lies?" Beardo's Confessional

"Not even me and Sadie are that annoying!" Katie's Confessional.

Eventually they managed to build their Alejandro Sacrifice, So that allowed Nichelle, Beardo and Jane to began working together to carry the Alejandro Sacrifice towards the Volcano. Meanwhile the other three teams were far away from them They were basically just finishing throwing their sacrifices. "Trent, Carlos, we Should go Now!" Kyle said as he began running down the volcano the mentioned guys following behind him. Once Tyler, Geoff and Bryan threw their sacrifice they began running behind the first place team, Tyler then tripped and began falling down the volcano. Geoff and Bryan exchanged glances. After Throwing the the sacrifices the three members of Turkeys of Death began running towards the beach. B had offered Carrying Brick and Sierra so they could arrive together. The three teams in the lead were head to head, except Tyler who had fallen from the side of the volcano.

"Chris never said that the whole 3 members should arrive to the beach together so, We should yell at Tyler to run towards the beach. But first...." Bryan's confessional.

Bryan pushed Kyle, and he provoked Kyle to tumble and and make the rest of his teammates fall.

"What is Wrong with Bryan! I know this is a race but he doesn't have to push me!" Kyle's confessional.

"Wow So typical of Bryan tripping the enemy, I better keep an eye on him...." Sierra's Confessional.

"Tyler! Run to the beach! Hurry! IF we cross first Axel will have her 3 fights firs!" Bryan yelled still running down the volcano just in case. Tyler groaned as he got up from the floor and began making his way to the beach. "Oh No he is not arriving First!" Carlos said as He got up first than Kyle and Trent and he began running down as fast as he could. Behind Him followed B carrying Brick and Sierra. Finally reaching the top of the volcano was Jane, Nichelle and Beardo, They threw their sacrifice as Nichelle observed a faster way to climb down the Volcano.

"I need to reach the beach first! we could give Daniel the chance to win the challenge.... But I am Tempted to stay back so we could Vote off Staci" Nichelle's confessional.

"Look Nichelle!" Jane said as Nichelle and Beardo looked at her "You could climb thru there and reach the ground first that B, and Carlos. and Since you will land safely you could beat Tyler to the end." Jane said as Nichelle smiled and Began climbing down the way Jane said. Jane smiled.

"I want to win. Even if I dislike Staci and she made us fall behind.... I still don't want use to lose a teammate, No matter how useless they are" Jane's confessional.

The race was close, Tyler going slowly to the end. B and Carlos running at the same pace as Nichelle had just landed in at the ground and she began running towards the beach. "This I going to be close! Tyler has the lead! but Nichelle just landed first to the ground! and But Carlos and B are both running at an Alarming rate! First class is on the line! first fights will be given to the team who arrives first" Chris said as he watched thru the monitors the 4 four main runners. "chef should we make the fight the way to chose a real looser between 3rd and 4th place?" Chris asked Chef. "Yes! That'd be excellent!" Chef smiled. from where he was Bryan could see that Nichelle was going to beat Tyler.

"Desperate Times calls for desperate Measures!" Bryan's Confessional.

Bryan grabbed a coconut and tossed it towards Brick, The coconut hit him making him fall from B's arm and by pure change he fell on top of Nichelle. Seeing that Provoked Sierra to tackle Bryan and began beating the crap out of him. Carlos too advantage of this and speed up towards the finish line Just as Tyler was about to win Carlos passed By Tyler. "And The Screaming Eagles! Won first place!" Chris said as Carlos crossed. "What!? What about the fights!?" Eva asked. "Well! The fight will still happen but that to choose the ultimate loser between the last two team and It appears that the fight will happen between Daniel and Ripper because the Ferocious Pigeons win second place." Chris said as Tyler finally crossed the line.

"This Is Bryan's fault! It's really un fair that Bryan's team got second Place!" Sierra's Confessional.

As the sun hung low in the sky, casting an orange hue over the arena, Ripper and Daniel stood atop platforms, each armed with jousting sticks, their eyes locked in a battle of wills. Ripper flexed his muscles, a cocky grin spreading across his rugged face. "You ready to taste defeat, Daniel?" Daniel smirked, adjusting his grip on the jousting stick. "I wouldn't be so sure, Ripper. I've got a few tricks up my sleeve." With a Air horn from Chris, the duel to avoid elimination ceremony began. The platforms rocked as Ripper and Daniel charged towards each other, their jousting sticks clashing with thunderous force. "Is that all you've got, Daniel?!" Ripper taunted, his voice booming across the arena. Daniel gritted his teeth, his focus unwavering. "You haven't seen anything yet, Ripper!" Back and forth they battled, neither willing to give an inch. The tension in the air was palpable as the spectators held their breath, waiting for the decisive moment. Suddenly, Ripper unleashed a powerful strike, catching Daniel off guard and sending him staggering backward towards the edge of the platform. "You're finished, Daniel!" Ripper roared triumphantly, preparing for the final blow. "Go Ripper Beat His ass!" Amy shouted. "Don't let that Jerk beat you Daniel!" Nichelle shouted. But Daniel wasn't about to go down without a fight. With a swift maneuver, he regained his balance and countered Ripper's attack, sending him reeling. The rest of Daniel's erupted into cheers as the duel reached its climax, the combatants locked in a fierce struggle for dominance. As the dust settled, it seemed as though Daniel had gained the upper hand, poised to send Ripper tumbling into the shark-infested waters below. "Any last words Ripper!" But then, Ripper unleashed his secret weapon. "Ah, what's that smell?!" Daniel exclaimed, his nose wrinkling in disgust. Ripper grinned wickedly, raising his arms to reveal his potent secret. "what you smell is my natural yeast smell." The foul stench emanating from Ripper's pits was enough to make Daniel dizzy, his senses overwhelmed by the noxious fumes With a final shove, Ripper sent Daniel plummeting into the waters below, victorious in the ultimate showdown of strength and strategy. "And Ripper wins it for the Turkeys of Death!" Chris shouted in his mega phone as the team cheered and the Killer Hornets groaned.

"I don't Blame Daniel for loosing.. Ripper stinks like crap" Jane's Confessional.

"Anyone would have lost that fight even Eva... well not Axel.... Some how she can handle his stink" Kyle's Confessiona.

"Well Killer Hornets, You are the first ones to go to the Poop deck to eliminate your first Team mate." Chris laughed as Everyone from the team glanced at eachother.

Soon it was dark and the Killer Hornets were sitting on lounge chairs in the poop deck Chris was Standing Near the Plank of shame as the team looked at him "Welcome to your first elimination Ceremony Killer Hornets. Just like in season 3 You will vote in the confessional by stamping a red X on the passport of the desired crewmate you want to vote off." Chris smirked "Now Chef is going to remind you what you did to be here." He smiled as Chef walked next to chris "Daniel, You let something as simple as Ripper stinky pits to make you lose the jousing fight which caused your team to be sent here." Chef pointed to Daniel "You would have too if You smelled those really stinky Pits!" He said trying not to vomit. "Nichelle you almost reached the finish line but you let Brick fall on top of you and that caused your team to end in 3/4th place." He said pointing to Nichelle. "I couldn't anticipate that Brick would fall on me! Those stinky Pigeons are cheaters" Nichelle growled. "And Lastly, Staci, your excessive lying, caused your team to be left behind in the race. if your team hadn't threatened you you would have automatically lost." Chef said "Well, My great great great great-" Chris interrupted him "Shut it! Nobody cares!" He said "Get to voting Loser!"

"Nichelle could have arrived first if Bryan didn't knock Brick on top of her, Daniel Lost to Rippers stinky pits... but" Jane stamps Staci's passport "Ms Lying got my vote"

"Is it debatable?" Nichelle stamped Staci's passport without saying anything

"Daniel lost the tie breaker... sorry buddy" Noah said stamping Daniel's Passport.

"Yeah Daniel.... I know he is evil" Staci Stamped Daniel's passport.

Daniel aggressively stamped multiple times Staci's passport "Bye Bye girly!"

Sadie and Katie together stamped on Staci's Passport.

"we are all tired of her stories... she seems nice but she should interact instead of lying" Sammy stamped Staci's Passport.

Beardo making sound effects stamped Staci's passport.

Chris was holding a plate of of chocolate made cruise tickets as he stared at the team "The crew mate who doesn't receive their cruise pass, will have to walk the poop deck and jump out on the plank of shame, and you can never come back... Ever!" Chris smirked "Before i give the passes if anyone here wants to use the Hatchet Totem to chose someone else to be booted? If you found it." Chris asked as everyone glanced at each other. "Very well, The pass will go to...Sadie!" He tossed the pass to Sadie "Katie!" He tossed it "Nichelle, Jane!" He tossed two more passed "Noah, Beardo, Sammy" He said as he tossed 3 more passes. Having now only one pass left "We got now 1 pass left and 2 crewmates." he said as Daniel and Staci exchanged glances "The last pass goes to....." Chris said as he extended the tension as Daniel began looking worried for a minute and Staci was almost biting her nails. ".... Daniel!" Chris said as he tossed the pass to Daniel "Yes!" He smiled and then quickly put on his sorry mask "Ooops Sorry Staci...." He said . "First Boot again!" Staci sighed frowning "Plant of Shame that Way stacy." Chris smirked pointing to the dock of shame.

"I can't believe I am being first boot again! I did good this time and shared interesting facts of my relatives with my team... why do they have to be such haters!" Stacy's Last Confessional.

Staci walked towards the Plank as Chris and the rest of the ream followed behind her. "Any last words Staci?" Chris asked. "Yeah!, My Great great great great great-" Chris nods to chef and chef pushed Staci off the plank "Greaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh" She fell and splashed. "What will Bryan do next? Who will be winnign next time and Will Julia backstab Kyle? Find out next time on Total Drama Cruiser!" With that the camera pans away and the camera fades to black.

Next Episode:

A/N: I almost never finished episode 2 of TDC, I was having a hard time to write the challenge the protagonist of this challenge were the killer Hornets. I hope you guys enjoy it!

[39confetti]

Introducing you to one of my OC (rp Uncanny Valley)

So, most of you do not care about it, which is perfectly okay (I am absolutely nobody after all) but I'd like to share with you my OC Lucie.

Context :

I created her for a rp I'm doing with @atomicfr0g , that take place in Uncanny Valley (but actually we mixed A LOT of other franchise like Sunnyday Jack, Tate Frost and other horror/romance visual novels...) in our rp, we're a part of the PSD (paranormal supervision district) which is a branch of the FBI. There has been strange disappearance in a lost island called "Uncanny Valley". No proof, no digital print, nothing, our OCs have been sent there to learn what is going on and study paranormal events.

My OC : Lucie Lacroix

She's a 32yo woman, and her missions are always linked to paranormal activities and unknown events.

She grew up in France, at Bordeaux, her family used to be extremely religious, spending more time at the church than with their children. She have 2 sisters and 5 brothers. As the oldest sister, she had to raise them while her parents were helping the community. This experience brought her patients and a certain talent to remain calm. But the love her family felt toward god drove her mad, and she developed a perfectionist trait that she can't control. Everything must be perfect so she can have some attention, even if it's for 5 seconds. But worse than that, she have an important interest into divinities and demons. At some points in her life Lucie had a dream. To become a goddess, to control people, to see their actions and to be worshipped. Even tho her dream seems gone, it didn't totally disappear and could at some point, make her a danger.

They flew away from France, infested by atheist and moved to America. During high school, she had a boyfriend, sweet, kind and everything nice. At least, she thought he was nice. But he couldn't handle her wish of superiority. So one day, to humble her, he tried to leak her nude, but she didn't let him get away with this, they fought during lunchtime, which led her family to know about the pictures. At her 18th birthday, she was kicked out of her home because of this event . She worked as a cashier, but couldn't stop searching about paranormal events and creatures around the globe. At the age of 23, after a lot of work, she participated in the entrance exam of the FBI, which she successfully passed.

Determined, strict, and observant, she's the perfect woman to send on negotiations missions. Her superiors were surprised when she asked to be in the paranormal branch. With such a tongue, she could have been in any other teams, yet she have chosen the one everyone is making fun of. Her god complex make her think that if she approaches such creatures one day, she could maybe have more power, not only over the fbi, but over humanity. Lucie doesn't truly work FOR the fbi, well, she officially do work for them, but to her, she mostly work for her own sake. Now, she have always found a reasonable reason to the paranormal events, but Lucie still has hope. A real mystery will come into her hand one day.

Her dream of being a goddess is still hidden in a secret closet. Who knows when she'll let it out...

Note : Okay I know like this she kind of sound... Too powerful? But her strength is pretty low, it's her charisma and manipulation that make her a great agent.

[watmalik]

Oversharing on the internet

Thank you @ambiguouspenny​ for the tag!! <3

1. Are you named after anyone?

Ohhh yes. My first name is literally the female version of my dad and brother’s name… Patricio/Patrick. My middle name is after my Abuela (dad’s side) bc she died a couple of months before I was born.

2. When was the last time you cried?

HA! I’m actually proud of this one *clears throat* ever since the 911 Lone Star finale...for now.

3. Do you have kids?

I’m 22 almost 23, so my only child has four legs and lives in my apt rent free. I’m also undecided about having them in general (bio or adopted)? I have a autoimmune disease that makes it harder for me to have them and I also had surgery when I was 14… lets say I have 1/3 of my left ovary chopped off bc of a random health issue I had as a kid and now I have a faint smiley face on my bikini line :) talk about oversharing.

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

*Takes sunglasses off* Babes, I invented sarcasm. It’s the fourth language I’m fluent in… its a culture thing.

5. What sports have you played/do you play?

Fútbol and futsal. Loved them. Stopped when I got into college but I still participated in intramural games in my sorority/club. I also played basketball in middle school for a bit, but ultimately gave it up bc there wasn't really a girl’s team in my school.

6. What's the first thing you notice about people?

Their personality so I don't make them angry on purpose. I’m a notorious people pleaser, and I hate confrontation when it comes to myself, so I need you to like me…. LIKE ME 

7. What's your eye colour?

I have dark, brown cow eyes

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

Scary movies bc I cry when movies have happy endings and I don't like tearing up at the movies. Emotions? me? pfttt

9. Any special talents?

I can meow like an actual cat, and put my feet at the back of my head, you know the usual.

10. Where were you born?

El Caribe 😎

11. What are your hobbies?

Singing, drawing, playing the ukulele

12: Do you have any pets?

My 3 year old cat, harry :)

13. How tall are you?

I’m Jennifer Love Hewitt, inches tall.

14. Favourite subject in school?

P.E and Maths. Mind you, I hate Maths with a great passion, but I was in group B (When you reached the 6th grade, they will separate the two form groups of your year group, in my school there was two class groups per year, and they will separate students in A and B group depending on how well you were doing in that specific subject). B group was always the funniest class to be in. I was usually an A group type of student but I always made sure I was in B group for at least a few of my classes and in Maths? It was inevitable. 

Anyways, I sat in the middle of the most chaotic pair of people, this dude (a twin) who had a crush on me at the time and this volleyball player who I once had a fall out with. For context, back home I went to a small British school, pre-k––12th grade, and from the 6th grade until I left on 10th grade, I always sat with them bc I will always LAUGH MY ASS OFF every damn class period. Our teacher was this 24 year old guy from Scotland and he was fine with us being together because we got good grades and did the work. I like looking back at this because, we weren't friends, we didn't hang out or talked after class much, but we always sat together because it brought us joy. 

Oddly enough I will always miss the poorly drawn dicks at the last page of my maths notebook, the stupid jokes, and the dumb noises they will make on purpose 😂

15. Dream job

 To be an immigration lawyer and help other minorities. I just graduated from college, so I’m taking a much needed year off and then law school here I come!

And my “You probs already did this, and def don't do it again if you have, but I’m still tagging you because its 2am” tag goes to: @noxsoulmate​ @itsneonbright​ @tailoredshirt​ @anchor-bird-94​ @taralaurel​ @tylerkennedys​ @catanisspicy​ and anyone else who wants to do this :)

[dazycat]

Thoughts on Rookie 5X20

Ok so now we've seen it. Best moments are clearly the domestic breakfast scenes. They are unmatched in chemistry. When we get time with them together. Which has been SO FAR and FEW in between, so brief, so rudely and obnoxiously interrupted by a petty immature Tamara. You can gag me with a spoon all you like as a 15 year old teenage brat but isn't she 18? College age? Can you barf in the corner about their love without literally coming in the middle of them and physically splitting them apart? Pardon me but what the actual fuck?? Grow up and get some damn respect for these adults!

Ok there's that. And we LOVE the mention of the shower, and he then went in the shower and forgot all about the ex coming over. LOL hot, but also Ok lol, tough one to ignore though Tim, cause she's so notable in your history, but he's a guy, maybe as just a GUY he would flake on something like that. OK.

But the bottom line is, we had 5 and half seasons of Chenford working together day after day, fighting, betting, flirting, pranking, challenging each other, and we're not seeing it anymore. They are not ON THE SCREEN like that anymore. So when we get them, it's less than a minute of passing through, and petty teenagers, and there is no time to BUILD THEIR RELATIONSHIP IN FRONT OF OUR FACES AS LOVERS AT LAST. We saw them grow as friends, help each other, save each other, through the years, and now...they can barely show them kissing, and the rest of the show is everything else, police procedural without them in it together. Chenford I'm telling you, made this show, brought it the new viewers and the ratings skyrocketed. If they are going to let Lucy be UC for 6 months at a time - wait let's not even go that far yet. If they are going to show flaky, shallow scenes of them passing through a moment here or there, without SHOWING the PASSION on the screen, I mean built up sustained relationship adult passion (not just making out, not smut, head out of the gutter, but the TIME TOGETHER) showing the conversations, showing those firsts, which are now long past since they've been together for a few months now already - what the hell do you think is going to happen to the ratings? For people who really want to SEEEEEEEEEE Chenford on the screen? Having an actual relationship? Not like...every couple of episodes a 2 minute exchange at the most? Since again, they are not working together every day all the time the way they were when we fell in love with them.

I am emotional and disheartened because they are magic and it is being wasted. It just is. It's not enough. It's not going to sustain the hunger and craving of the shippers of Chenford to just have minutes every other show, without seeing the GROWTH and INTIMACY we want with them. The fun, the banter, the flirting. The time isn't given anymore. It's not there, they are working apart now. SOO deeply disappointing.

And now she's going to go UC and disappear for 6 months at a time? Will we care by the time this happens? Since we aren't there in their alone time to see them continue to fall deeper in love? We're not seeing it anymore. The time isn't given!

I know. I am belaboring. It's simply valid. Any relationship needs time together, including the fans and their ship. They need the time together. It ain't there. It's pining for more, and starving us out.

And so - it's a good reason for a Chenford spinoff...!!! Make it like a Hart to Hart, or Remington Steel. Married partnership PI team, so we can see them working and fighting and bickering and loving each other again, all the time. Cause the crumbs we're getting right now, it's not enough. It's not sustainable. The passion for Chenford was FED by their being together, engaging together, going UC together...being TOGETHER. ON THE SCREEN. ALL THE TIME LOL. IN FRONT OF OUR EYES. It's all off screen now.

So - Season 6 is coming and we need to see them to go UC together. Or do SOMETHING TOGETHER, more to have them ON THE SCREEN, in front of our FACES so we can stay in love with them the way we fell in love with them. Or the ratings are gonna crash. They just are.

Cause Skip tracer Randy? For me, a dud. Sorry just is. Tamara? Whatever, go to college, go away. Found family is sweet, but not brats who are immature and don't allow respectful room for a loving intimate relationship. Bye Tam.

Nolan and Bailey? You have to be kidding me right?

I love Lopez and Harper but I don't know that they can sustain the show on their own.

It's unraveling and I'm super sick about it. I love this show, I love Chenford, I love the cast. But it's...not being kept together well. PRAYING for a better writing team and vision for next season. Cause the direction is not good.

I love you Eric Winter and Melissa O'Neill, you're amazing. I hope you're not wasted and at least a show is born from you two. You deserve that, and television deserves that. We your Chenford army deserves it. Hoping it happens.

And that's my after Rookie 5X20 rant. Next week a crossover event with the unbelievably boring Rookie Feds, lol. Ugh sorry - the ratings tell it, it's not just me. Fan fiction is keeping Chenford alive at this point. And the stunning hotness of the actors who portray them so well. Cause it's all Chenford all the time in fan fiction land, that's why they thrive! Not like the show, 2 minutes of Chenford crumbs, with no meat, growth or extended exchange.

Truly bummed out...

Tim is more worried about the UC for Lucy than he's letting on by the way. It was a sweet moment on the couch. But...they feel so far away to me. I haven't seen them talking a lot or doing anything together since 5x12. God and remember 5x8? All that talking, sorting of problems, and asking questions and looking at each other longingly? Yeah I know..they were on patrol together, had the time.

EXACTLY. Exactly...the TIME was given, on screen. To talk. TO connect. To discover each other and for us to be there in that journey. Sigh, it's been taken away now, I don't know what's happening with them anymore.

Off to write chapter 8 of Kink, thanks for taking any time at all for my little blather.

[ironwoman18]

From competitors to lovers - Part 5

Disclaimer: The songs used in this chapter belongs to Queen and *NSYNC, I'm only using them for fun.

Chapter 5: Kaburamaru Bar

On Monday afternoon the eight bands arrived at the conference hall for their meeting with Mr. Ubuyashiki.

Giyuu’s band was the last to arrive and took their seats, and all looked at the stage, today they will find out who got to the final four in the competition.

Then eight people walked in, the judges, then mister Ubuyashiki, a really tall man and a woman in a white and purple kimono.

“First of all… give yourselves a round of applause because the last four days were amazing” they all did it, even the people on stage “second, I wish to tell you how proud I’m of all of you. You worked hard and it paid off for you” said Ubuyashiki with a big smile on his face and kind eyes “let me introduce you to the judges of this competition: from Japan we have the multitalented Tengen Uzui, from US we have Mark Smith, from Mexico we have Vanessa Ramirez, from Germany we have Martha Forger, from Spain we have Samantha Gonzalez, from South Korea we have Jin Sam Song, from Colombia we have Sebastian Hernandez and from Argentina we have Valeria Suarez.” they all raised their hand when he named them.

“This is Gyomei Himejima and he’s the owner of this place and my first vice president” he continued pointing to the tall man then he turned to the woman who arrived at last “and this is Amane, my wife and second vice president. Gyomei will speak to you now” he took a seat and the tall man stood up.

He had an overwhelming presence but it wasn’t a bad one, it was calm and you can feel at peace around him.

“Thank you, Mr. president. It’s always a privilege to be chosen to talk to our young artists which, if I may add, keep getting better year after year. Now I wish you congratulations to all you and hope that after this opportunity, all of you become great stars. Also I’m here to announce the final four then each band will talk with the judges to know their score and the audience score but I can assure you that you all did great, none of you got a score below five” he said and open the envelope “ok number 8 was Colombia, number 7 was Spain, number 6 was Argentina and number 5 was Germany. Neither of you will go to the final four but will have a prize in money from two thousand to six thousand dollars” the members of the four bottom bands looked down as tears ran down their faces “now the top four…” said Himejima after a long silence “…are… number 4 is South Korea, number 3 is Mexico, number 2 is Japan so number 1 is USA” the winners high-fived and didn’t do a big celebration so the others won’t feel sad.

“Before we let you with the judges. We wanted to pair you up and pick the cover songs for your duets and the day of your performance. USA and Japan will send a member from their teams and they will pick a ball each one, in that ball will be a song and a day. Then South Korea and Mexico will pick their balls and it will say which day they will perform. Another rule is that the USA and Japan will be last because they were the teams with the higher scores” they nodded and some even took notes.

Then Himejima moved his hand so the guys who work in the event brought the bowl. Then Giyuu and Kanae stood up and he let her pick one first then he picked the other. When they opened it, Giyuu said “Saturday” and their song would be "We Built this City” then Kanae got “Sunday” and their song was “Love Again”.

“Look what I got... a girly song” she whispered to him and he laughed then they sat next to their band. Then the Mexico and South Korea bands sent someone to pick their songs and days. First was Mexico who got “Sunday” and their song was “We found love” and South Korea got “Saturday” and their song was “Under Pressure”

“So it will be the USA and South Korea on Saturday and Japan and Mexico on Sunday. My kids please have fun and enjoy this week. For the Bottom four, don’t give up and keep looking for your dreams. I hope you stay for the rest of the month. We will have some special activities for all of you like tours and going shopping” they nodded and smiled but you can tell they were heartbroken.

Ubuyashiki and Himejima looked at each other and smiled, they had different relationships with kids, the first had a good relationship while the other didn't, however witnessing this warmed even Himejima’s heart.

Then each band was called to a separate room to talk about their performance. The judges explained why they got that score and gave them some advice.

When it was the Hashira’s, Tengen was the first to congratulate them with a warm smile.

“Let me congratulate you  guys, you scored the maximum score with the audience and got tied with the US band but we gave you the first place because they asked for another song but we have something to tell you” said Uzui with a serious tone “you ended up in second place because we consider your harmonies to be your weakest point. Something we noticed got better when Mr. Tomioka played, we even noticed the music to sound spotless compared with the regular show” said the man looking at them “I know he was part of your band before be you need to improve if you want to win” they nodded, Shinobu looked down, she was in charge of the harmonies and she was doing a bad job at it, her sister rubbed her back and she looked at Uzui.

“We are going to work on it” she said smiling and they left the room. 

Then it was the USA band to get in. They got a perfect score by the audience and an almost perfect performance by the judges which surprised them. They didn’t expect that but were proud of it and left with a few notes about a missing key here and there.

After this Kanae approached them “guy I would like to invite you to a restaurant owned by Sanemi’s best friend, Iguro Obanai” they nodded and walked towards her “Sanemi, could take them to the restaurant, I have to talk to Giyuu” the white haired guy nodded and his friends follow Sanemi while Kanae and Giyuu walked to her car.

“Was there something wrong?” she just nodded but didn’t say anything now he was worried about his friends.

They arrived at her car, it was a small car and pink, he smirked a little knowing her love for that color “you say anything and I will punch you” she said teasing him as they got in. She turned on the car and started to drive, then she spoke to him “The judges didn’t give us more points because of our harmonies” she looked at him from the corner of her eye “you know what that means right?”

“Shinobu feels it is her fault…”

“Exactly, and we realized it because he made it clear that when you played with us, that particular situation changed and our harmonies were better” Giyuu sighed “and of course my sister was disappointed by that”

“I understand… she’s amazing and I’m pretty sure that she worked hard after I left”

“Yes, she took over the harmonies because Rengoku was new and didn’t know our way to arrange songs. She was confident she was doing a good job but now she won’t be comfortable. Unless...”

“Unless I told her she can do it better” he said knowing his best friend’s intentions “You want me to cheer her up huh?”

“Pretty much...” she said with a sweet smile but he could tell she won’t accept a no for an answer.

“Fine. I will try to talk to her. Maybe tonight or tomorrow morning”

“YAY!! you are the best Giyuu” she smiled more after he accepted.

The rest of the journey was full of stories about those years they were apart. Like how Sanemi and Iguro met or how he must be careful with Mitsuri Kanroji since he has a huge crush on her and anyone who looks at her the wrong way, will end up in the hospital.

He hoped Sanemi told this to his friends because they flirt with anything with a skirt on. Also she told him that her parents adopted a little girl about Tanjiro’s age. She was so sweet but she was so abused that she didn’t talk without tossing a coin, her idea, and she only followed orders. Maybe someday he will meet her.

They arrived at the place, it was a bar but also a restaurant. They walked in immediately and a girl with long pink hair, wearing a shirt that leaves little to the imagination approached them “OMG!!! Kanae!!! I missed you so much!!” she hugged her blushing “And you must be Giyuu Tomioka, right?”

“And you must be Mitsuri Kanroji,” he said, keeping his blue eyes on her green ones. She blushed and nodded “Kanae told me about you” Kanae looked amused by their interaction, she could notice he was struggling keeping his eyes off her, he was a gentleman but Kanroji wasn’t subtle with her dress code.

“Good things, I hope”

“Yeah, only good things” she smiled big and held their hands.

“Let 's go!! your table is at the VIP section on the second floor” she led them there where their friends, with the special inclusion of the members of the Mexico and South Korea guys, were already in. It was quiet and less crowded than the first floor.

They ordered virgin cocktails since they were underage and the locals mustn’t sell alcohol to underage, and Iguro’s father knew he had a bunch of teenagers so he wouldn't believe any fake ID.

They also ordered food and had a good time that night then they opened the karaoke section and they decided to join the list of performers. The four girls of the group; Kanao, Shinobu, Veronica and Erika; stepped up and signed to sing Somebody to Love by Queen; Eddie wrote Giyuu, Sabito and Jin Chen into singing (God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You by *NSYNC.

“Didn’t know you were a romantic kind of guy” said Kanae teasing him as she read the song he signed the others to sing.

“Actually, it was Sabito and Giyuu’s idea”

“Well, I’m even more surprised about that,” she laughed.

Before it was the girls turn, Shinobu went to get a sprite when a guy with curious eyes and blonde hair said “Hello pretty girl” and he said with a silky voice “I haven’t seen you around, what’s your name?”

Shinobu shivers hearing him say “I’m Shinobu Kocho” she answers with fake security “and you are...?”

“I’m Douma. Nice to meet you” he said with a huge and creepy smile that looked fake “Want a drink? it’s on me and then maybe we can dance” Shinobu felt in danger, she remembered  Mitsuri and her sister  mentioned a man with those eyes, abusing women at the bar but he was smart enough to not let the cameras catch his face.

She was about to answer when she felt an arm around her shoulders “Oh her babe” it was Giyuu’s voice, she blushed a little “I lost you in the crowd, I’m sorry, Sabito wanted to show me pictures of his new guitar” he moved his hand to wrap it around her waist.

“No, I’m the one who was thirsty and left you” she said, playing along with him looking at him.

“It’s ok” he kissed her cheek and looked at Douma “And who is he?”

“Oh... just a guy who is at the bar” Giyuu’s eyes were colder than how they usually are “was he bothering you?”

“Oh no, don’t worry, I was trying to make a conversation while I wait for my date” said Douma as he left them.

His eyes remained on them for a while so Giyuu just kept the act whispering in her ears “Fake a laugh looking at him from the corner of your eye” She nodded softly and did as he said “good”

Finally Douma got busy with another woman and stopped looking at them but Giyuu kept his arm around her.

“I think he won’t bother me again” she whispered, taking a sip of her drink. 

“I won’t give him the luxury to be near you again. I felt like he’s dangerous”

“He is. According to Mitsuri and Kanae, they are looking for a man with that description" She said turning and holding his shirt a little."I was so scared... Thank you Giyuu” she looked up at him.

“No problem” he smiled, a warm one “I was wondering... Can we talk tomorrow? It’s kind of important”

“Sure”

Then she heard her friends called her to go on the stage, Giyuu reluctantly let her go and Kanae looked at him with a smirk and  asking with her eyes what happened, he moved his lips like saying “I’ll tell you later” and she nodded then they got on stage and the music began.

Shinobu

Can 

All

anybody find me somebody to love?

Shinobu (All)

Ooh

Each morning I get up, I die a little Can barely stand on my feet (Take a look at yourself in the mirror) take a look in the mirror And cry (and cry) Lord, what you're doing to me? (Yeah, yeah) I have spent all my years in believing You But I just can't get no relief, Lord

Somebody (somebody) Ooh, somebody (somebody)

Giyuu was impressed by her vocals, not that he wasn’t aware of her talent but it still blew him away. This song was challenging and she nailed it like nothing. He could see Douma was also looking at her but he felt pleased when she was looking at him and not paying attention to Douma.

All Can anybody find me 

Shinobu

somebody to love?

Veronica (All)

I work hard (he works hard) Everyday of my life I work till I ache my bones At the end (at the end of the day) I take home my hard-earned pay all on my own (goes home, goes home on his own) I get down (down) on my knees (knees) And I start to pray (praise the Lord) Till the tears run down from my eyes, Lord

Somebody (somebody) Ooh, somebody (please)

Veronica had a voice perfect for rock, raspy and deep, like the singer from Evanescence and hearing it singing Queen’s songs always gave him chills.

All Can anybody find me 

Kanao

somebody to love?

Erika (All)

(He wants help) every day (every day) I try, and I try, and I try But everybody wants to put me down, they say I'm goin' crazy They say I got a lot of water in my brain No, I got no common sense (he's got) I got nobody left to believe (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Ooh, somebody (somebody)

This girl will have a duet with Kanae next Sunday night and she wasn’t a bad singer.

All Can anybody find me 

Kanao (All)

somebody to love? (Anybody)

(Find me someone to love) got no feel, I got no rhythm I just keep losing my beat (you just keep losing and losing) I'm okay, I'm alright (he's alright, he's alright) Ain't gonna face no defeat (yeah, yeah) I just gotta get out of this prison cell Some day I'm gonna be free, Lord

Veronica

Find me somebody to love Find me somebody to love

Erika Find me somebody to love Find me somebody to love

Kanae (All) Find me somebody to love (find me, find me) Find me somebody to love (find me)

Shinobu (All) Find me somebody to love Find me somebody to love-ove-ove (ooh, find me, find me)

Erika (All) Find me somebody to love (somebody to love) Find me somebody to love

Veronica (All)

Somebody (somebody), somebody (somebody) Somebody (find me), somebody find me somebody to love Can anybody find me somebody to love?

Kanae (All)

Find me somebody to love Find me somebody to love (find me somebody)

Shinobu (All) Find me somebody to love (somebody, somebody, somebody to love) Find me, find me, find me (find me, find me, find me, find me, find me)

Erika (All) Find me somebody to love (ooh, somebody to love) Find me somebody to love (ooh, find me, find me, find me somebody to love)

Veronica (All) Find me somebody to love (anybody, anywhere, anybody find me somebody to love)

Shinobu Find me, find me, find me

The mix of their voices was amazing and all the people in the audience were amazed by them, they clapped as they jumped off the stage.

“You were amazing!” said Eddie excitedly hugging them “Ready guys?” he said looking at the boys.

“Hell yeah” said Sabito, smiling.

Giyuu

Can this be true?

Tell me, can this be real?

How can I put into words what I feel?

My life was complete

I thought I was whole

Shinobu and the rest of their friends were amazed by the song choice. They never expected that four rock men could pick a romantic ballad. But she couldn't deny that Giyuu sounded amazing singing it and that it makes her feel her heart beat faster.

Sabito

Why do I feel like I'm losing control?

I never thought that love could feel like this

And you've changed my world with just one kiss

All

How can it be that right here with me

Giyuu

There's an angel?

It's a miracle

All (Eddie)

Your love is like a river

Peaceful and deep

Your soul is like a secret

That I never could keep

When I look into your eyes

I know that it's true

God must have spent

A little more time on you

(A little more time) (I'm sure He did)

(Yes, He did, baby)

Jin Chen

In all of creation, all things great and small

You are the one that surpasses them all

More precious than any diamond or pearl

They broke the mold when you came in this world.

He had K-pop vibes so the girls fan of that gender of music were fainting by his smooth voice and charisma.

Eddie

And I'm trying hard to figure out

Just how I ever did without

All

The warmth of your smile

Eddie

The heart of a child

It's deep inside

Leaves me purified

Eddie was more like a rock star, with his long black hair, leather jacket and worn out jeans, but still had some fans in the audience.

All (Sabito)

Your love is like a river

Peaceful and deep 

Your soul is like a secret

That I never could keep

When I look into your eyes

I know that it's true

God must have spent

A little more time on you

Yes, He did, babe

Yes He did (on you, on you, on you, you)

(On you, on you, on you, you)

(On you, on you, on you, you)

Sabito

Never thought that love could feel like this

And you've changed my world with just one kiss

How can it be that right here with me

There's an angel?

It's just a miracle

Sabito wasn't a singer but the singing lessons at the academy still helped him to be pitch perfect and melt a couple of girls with his sweet singing voice.

All

Your love is like a river

Peaceful and deep

Your soul is like a secret

That I never could keep

When I look into your eyes

I know that it's true

God must have spent

A little more time on you

God must have spent

A little more time on you (on you, on you)

On you

A little more time

You, you

The women in the audience were sighing and clapping at the beautiful performance they did. Giyuu spotted that Shinobu and Kanae were with Sanemi and Iguro as he asked him before getting up on stage. Veronica was with Sam and Matt and Erika with her friends.

Giyuu decided to talk to Iguro’s father in his office.

“Excuse me sir” he said politely “there's something I want to talk with you” he nodded.

“Please take a seat” the man had the same look as his son, his eyes were green and his black hair was shorter.

“I heard you have a problem with a man who used drugs and then abused women in your bar, right?”

“Yes... That bastard knows where are the cameras and I couldn't have a clear shot, I only know he has rainbow eyes”

“I saw him... He tried to do something to Shinobu” The man's eyes got darker with anger.

“That bastard...”

“He was parallel to the bar table, he's blonde and he's wearing a red shirt and white pants” 

He nodded and made a quick phone call “the police are coming, keep the girls of your group protected while I catch him” Giyuu nodded and left the office then he headed to his friends. Now Sabito and Mitsuri were with Sanemi, Kanae and Shinobu.

They were talking and looking around when two men dressed in normal clothes walked in and straight to Douma who was about to drug the girl he was talking to.

“Sir, you are under arrest” one of the men says “and this is prove enough to send you to jail” he said holding the small bag with drugs, then they take him out of the bar, Douma didn't say anything but you can tell by his pout that he was upset to be caught.

The rest of the night was relaxed and they had fun, even Giyuu who wasn't a fan of parties but catching an abuser and protecting his friends were enough to lift his mood.

At one in the morning they left the bar and headed to their hotel. Giyuu was next to Eddie, who was driving their minivan.

“So... Why did you pick that song?”

“I wanted to make Shinobu better... She had a shitty day and I thought it would work”

“And... Did it work?”

“Yeah, it did... And getting rid of that idiot” you both laughed softly. The others were sleeping in the back seats.

“I saw you wrapping your arm around her very protective”

“Well I had to pretend to be her boyfriend in order to discourage that bastard,” said Giyuu like it was nothing.

“yeah but it didn't look like an act” said Eddie, smirking a little “do you like her?”

“W...what?!” Said Giyuu, blushing deeply “she's my friend... I would do the same for Vero and you know it”

“Yes, I know but no with the same possessiveness as with Shinobu” Eddie looked at him from the corner of his eye “just admit it... You like her”

Giyuu sighed, he wouldn't dare to say it out loud but, yes, he did like her and Eddie didn't need an answer, he knows it as well.

Giyuu Tomioka likes Shinobu Kocho.

OOooOOooOO

That's all for now. This one took me forever to write but it's finally here. I hope you liked it.

[fakinbaconpancakes]

Thoughts on Unemployment (Part 1)

This may be a long one because I have a lot of thoughts. Some of this may not be completely coherent.

I am annoyed that I was laid off. I was managing a group of 5, supporting a number of research groups, and getting the job done.

It was a decision because my boss thinks she could do it, I had 2 counterparts that did the same thing as I, and my boss' boss is a shitty manager.

My former manager was a piece of work. With a workaholic pathology, they had no personal boundaries. Working on holiday was the norm, and set a terrible standard in the group. If they weren't doing the job of 6 people, they weren't working hard enough. They resented the 20 people on the team who ultimately reported to her. How do you lead people you hate? I stopped providing information about my peers when I realized that they made it a point to weaponize it and attack others. Early on, and I'm only realizing it now, they were threatened by me and made it a point to threaten me. They said, when you do X, I can't protect you. I didn't work at a place where people were vindictive. They came from a place where backstabbing was the norm. And they brought that shit with them. The feeling of being threatened only increased when I learned how to make strong arguments, backed up by facts, and advocate for myself. I always made it a point to be convinced of better ideas, but I see now that my creativity and the slightest bit of willpower soured me on her. And now they think they can handle what I used to do. The team isn't stupid, and I see confidence in their abilities falling. I have more, but the one thing that always got me: "They (meaning the team members) aren't allowed to talk about their salaries with each other." I can't describe the number of times I had to step in to say "Yes they can," "Yes it's legal," "It's the National Labor Relations Act," "It's illegal for you tell them to not talk about their salaries," "Ask HR." And this was all before the pay transparency laws started popping up. By the time I got booted, pay transparency was part of the company culture, at lease seeing your own pay bands.

My boss' boss. What a piece of work. My first month, I went to say hello and got zero emotive reaction. My second month, they had a department meeting where they spent an hour yelling at the group. They made a statement saying they were there to help people in the department with their problems. I know our relationship went off the rails when I didn't come crying for help. I can handle my shit. And in the following 3 years, there was 1 instance where I needed assistance and they were completely ineffectual. Sometimes leaders are in leadership positions because they are great leaders. Other times it's because there was no one else in the start-up phase of the company.

Back to being unemployed. It feels terrible. I was sans work once before for about 8 months after returning from a job overseas. At least back then I had some hope and naiveite, but no plan other than just applying for jobs. That got tough, especially as time went on. I felt like such an awful person and it showed. At least this time I have some plans, which should lead to better patience.

My first month after the notice was terrible. Deep depression. All the cliches. Woke up late. Barely ate. Morning depression nap. Afternoon depression nap. No motivation to do anything. Went from 5 days a week workouts to zero. I went to a week-long hobby event, drove halfway across the country for it, and barely engaged. Spent some time with like 3 people instead of 100. Mostly sat and lost myself in some fiction. I left early to be miserable by myself at home.

[autisticbokutoenthusiast]

olympic volleyball round-up

sad that this is possibly my last olympic vball post :(

my predictions:

following vnl i felt italy and brazil were strong contenders for gold and i maintained that thru semis

for bronze i was thinking poland or china tbh so it was surprising these teams didnt make it past qfs. i also had hopes for japan and turkiye- turkiye did indeed make it to the bronze medal match. usa i wasnt sure about because we havent seen a stable squad from them until the olympic games and even then they were still messing around with their outsides, but as former gold medalists i knew they had it in them

quarters and semis

italy and brazil making it to semis was obvious but i was surprised the usa beat poland and was undecided about china/turkiye.

for semis, i kinda knew italy would win but i really thought brazil was gonna take it- and they almost did.

thoughts on our top 4 teams:

4. turkiye: this team has had an interesting year. they got gold at 2023 vnls but weren't able to defend it in 2024. their biggest asset right now is melissa vargas joining them, but one player alone cant carry the team. i think the injury of gunes, baladin, and then ozbay hurt them, but we got to see more of their bench! i personally liked seeing how different the chemistry could be with different outsides, even if it didn't always lead to the results they wanted. speaking of outsides i wonder how they will use karakurt moving forward, at first they had her continue in opposite with that double switch but then moved to playing her outside and then the last few matches just not at all. if nothing else she is the teams mood maker! ive heard rumors but seen no confirmation but if erdem retires well be looking at a fairly young team going forward, it will be interesting to watch.

3. brazil: they played so well in vnl and so well in pool phases that i was almost sure theyd win the semis. i think it was down to gabi not scoring as highly as she usually has and the unforced errors that sometimes pile up for them. i still maintain that i wish they were in the gold medal match cause i think brazil was the only team that could have stretched it to at least 4 sets if not a 5 set thriller. they did go home with bronze so cant be too sad for them lol. the team was interesting considering the age and experiance mixed with players like ana christina and bergmann. despite the drama with the fans i really do like watching brazil play, especially gabi- the peoples princess of volleyball. i wonder how much of the national team will continue on and how many will retire.

2. usa: did NOT see them getting silver coming based on their performance the last few years. usa has a lot of star players but the past few seasons it felt like they werent working together as a team, and i dont mean this as in mentality they clearly have good comraderie, just in their play style. some of this might come from them not having the steady starting roster other teams have, but im not a professional. still to be able to get it together and make it to the final round is impressive, they couldnt defend their gold but silver is still something! im excited for the next generation thats coming up and to see if the lovb league changes how the national team plays

1. italy: going into this tournament i think we all knew who would get gold, and not jut because they got it 2 months ago at vnl. this italian team is the strongest ive ever seen them. they werent bad in 2023, but i think they were missing egonu and her returning has brought everything we knew she could bring! idk if it was having to play without her or something in the water or what but this italian team all around is much stronger from the setting to blocking to defense they just play like the best team in the world should. lets see if anyone can challenge them next year.

edit: I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT DREAM TEAM

dream team

egonu as best opposite and mvp, ikdfr. orro best setter again was earned! de gennaro best libero makes sense. danesi and ogbogu best middles was earned! SYLLA AND GABI BEST OUTSIDES IS LIKE MY DREAM COME TRUE was literally thinking during the game id want them as my opposites asdjfaklsfj.

i dont have a lot a lot to say, just that this tournament is bittersweet. 1- its over too fast. 2- were saying goodbye to a lot of really talented players (some will continue on with club tho!) and its always sad when you realize that the teams you just watched will never play that way again. looking forward to club starting soon tho!

to anyone who actually reads these i hope you enjoy them, and learn to enjoy the wonders of live volleyball too. im really excited that the us is getting its own league and i hope to see a game in person even tho ill have to drive 12+ hours or 20+ hours by train (amtrak wtf). im also excited that the college volleyball scene is picking up in my area, i hope to go support them as well.

until next tournament 🫡

[twelvejdbsna]

Another thing

Library of Knowledge, Written Artifacts Division, Aronary Sub-Division.

Description: Relatively small white notebook meant for recording the distribution of rations, spending of electricity and water, the actions of foraging units, and potential threats. Two hundred pages total, all written in with Aronarian ink. Text is written in Southern Aronarian script. Written by Rangers Eipuhk, Pried, Arei, Eikoir, and Keihuhk; their names are written on the cover. Written in 1492 ACW (After Celestial War). Given to an Escloan member of an exploration team who stumbled into Aronary by accident and brought to the Library in 1495 ACW.

Excerpt (translated into Central Iclinarian):

“Rangers Eipuhk, Preid, Arei, and Eikoir.

Dawn of 12/7/129-2

-Sent units 4–6 out to the north — told them to clear out as many fledgling hornet nests as possible. We can’t afford to lose more forest, especially not to the hornets. (Eipuhk, 3-23:48)

-Sent unit 7 to find the eikail pack, since they migrated during the night. Told all other units to keep an eye out for them, too. (Eikoir, 3-34:48)

-Moved the new couple to an apartment closer to a bunker — they said they might’ve heard the eikail by the southeastern bunker. (Arei, 3-47:48)

-Saw this — told unit 7 to go investigate. Told them to check for airir while they’re out there — we need the other units foraging to prepare for winter. (Eikoir, 3-50:48)

-Checked the hospital’s stores — they’re running low on just about everything. We need to send units out to restock. If they don’t find anything, we could always ask Epiai’s rangers for help. (Preid, 4-12:48)

-Epiai’s running low, too — they’ve been struggling since the Purge, with a third of their population gone because of the hornets. A few panicking eikail tore down some bunker doors — they and the people inside were killed. I’ve told units 8 through 12 to gather whatever they can find for the hospital, along with the water they’re bringing. (Arei, 4-21:48)

-Started organizing the school visits for the youngest kids and the training sessions for the older kids. The training sessions will happen around 5/8/129-3, and the visits around 10/8/129-3. I’m figuring out the specifics with the trainers and the school director — if any of you can come to the director’s office for about an hour, we won’t need to do so much rescheduling. (Preid, 4-34:48)

-Planning on making curfew start sooner. Our solar panels still aren’t working properly, and we’re already starting to get less sunlight. If we want enough energy to keep warm for the winter, we need to start saving it now. (Eikoir, 4-56:48)

-Unit 7 found the eikail pack in the southern fields, near the taproot forest. They got the idea to set up a camera nearby, so we’re not caught completely off guard when the eikail move again. We’ll need to put people on camera duty — preferably a double or a couple, so they don’t get sent out with their unit. (Eipuhk, 5-19:48)

-Unit 9 was nearly killed by an airir in the western fields. We’ll have to warn the other units before they wander in looking for resources, and keep a lookout on the western tower to watch for it. Hopefully we’ll be able to notice sooner when it leaves. (Eikoir, 5-49:48)

-The hospital barely has enough to keep Keihuhk alive — he hasn’t been conscious since yesterday — and we can’t afford to lose a ranger. We’re already struggling to manage things, and it’s barely been any time at all since the Purge. Two months and we’re falling apart. Keihuhk is — was — the one who kept us organized. He made sure we didn’t end up doing each other’s jobs, made sure we didn’t make bad decisions when things got worse (you remember how we panicked when the taproot got aggressive.) Either we ask other rangers for help or we let him die, and if any of you think the latter is acceptable I’ll throw you into the wilderness to freeze. (Arei, 6-57:48)

-Arei, this isn’t the place for arguing about Keihuhk. You’ve had no issues yelling at us about him ever since he got sick, so I’m not sure why you can’t now. We’ve been trying to contact other rangers for help, ever since you shouted at us to. You know we’re doing everything we can — you’ve always known. One thing that might calm you down — the hospital is getting more energy because half of unit 2 got mauled by a lone eikail before it was scared off. That means more energy for keeping Keihuhk alive, too. (Preid, 7-03:48)

-We’ve been doing well today, haven’t we? The last two months haven’t been terrible, either. I know things could be better — would be better — if Keihuhk was alright, but we haven’t been doing terribly. We’re all still alive — we haven’t lost any children or parents, which the other rangers can’t say, and we have a remarkably empty hospital. We’re all scared of what will happen when winter comes. One thing I know you’ll be happy to hear — Auʇok’s rangers have agreed to send aid. We’ll be getting medicine by dusk. (Eikoir, 7-34:48)

-Auʇok was the first city hit by Keihuhk’s disease, wasn’t it? I thought they needed all the medicine they could get their hooves on. Or have most of them died, and they couldn’t tell us? I suppose we’ll find out when their couriers arrive. I’ve told units 1–5 to start preparing for their arrival and to start lockdown now, before we forget. (Eipuhk, 7-49:48)

-The second I complain, this becomes a conversation log. Of course. I’ve sent out today’s rations — slightly reduced, since our foraging units haven’t had much luck. For Keihuhk’s sake (and our doctors’), I hope our Mother has mercy to spare for us. (Arei, 8-13:48)

-Can we afford for unit 12 to go on a daylight mission? They noticed a herd of sleeping eifah to the east of the northern forest. They couldn’t hunt them, of course — they were foraging then. We could let them rest until daylight, then send them out to hunt. Before any of you say “no, they might be diseased,” this is our herd — they moved south and further east before the Purge, but they’ve got our tags in their ears. If you’re still worried, we can test their meat before anyone eats it. (Eikoir, 8-28:48)

-Units 1–5 have finished preparing for Auʇok’s couriers and are nearly done with lockdown. All other units have safely returned to their apartments or are doing city-bound jobs. Eikoir, you have my approval for unit 12’s daylight mission. (As an aside, I think we’d all be glad if we made our messages here shorter, so as to not waste space). (Preid, 8-40:48)

-They managed to wake him up. The doctors managed it — don’t ask me how, they hardly knew themselves. Not for long, but they managed it. I was checking on unit 2 — they’re doing well — and the doctors rushed me and said he was awake. He was slipping away when I got to him, but I think he might’ve seen me. His eyes widened, and I think he tried to say something. The doctors said it could’ve been because of the new painkillers — the ones Epiai sent us before the Purge. Do we know exactly what we’re getting from Auʇok? We could save Keihuhk. We could save anyone sick like him. (Arei, 9-24:48)

-We shouldn’t get our hopes up. I don’t know what we’re getting from Auʇok, Arei, but we don’t know that the painkillers were what woke him up, or that they’ll cure him. I don’t see how they would — painkillers don’t treat pain, they deaden it. I know you’re desperate — we all are — but we can’t afford to think of anything as Keihuhk’s (or any person’s) salvation. We need to prepare for the worst. We can try to organize ourselves again. If the worst comes, we can split his work among ourselves. I’ve started making a plan for this — I want him to get better as much as you do, Arei, but it doesn’t seem likely. (On another note, I suppose we won’t be saving space). (Preid, 9-37:48)

-We need more ink. I’ve scheduled for unit 14 to get sap from the ink trees. We need to write less so we don’t run out until then. (Though, Arei, I do agree with Preid here). (Eikoir, 9-50:48)

-I’m preparing units 15–20 to get the farms in order come dusk. The hornets ate every last plant — we’ll have to start from seeds again. We should have at least one harvest before winter properly sets in, though. (And, before everything boils over, I think we need to have a proper discussion). (Eipuhk, 10-20:48)

-Checked on unit 2. The doctors don’t have enough to treat them properly, but they’re still doing quite well. We’ll probably need to assign more people to unit 2 — Eiʇdyr was slammed into a rock and lost a horn (and got a rather severe concussion — she may have fractured her skull as well), Reiʇhi may not walk ever again, and Aukoir was nearly torn in half. If possible, we should divert more energy to the hospital. We should be able to afford it, at least until dusk comes. (Eipuhk, 10-33:48)

-The hornets managed to break the sirens. I’ve gotten a few technicians on the job — unless they’re completely ruined, the sirens should be back in order before daylight. (Arei, 10-44:48)

-Do we have any paint left over from the Celebrations? If we do, we could organize a bit of mural painting for the kids still in school. It would give parents a bit of respite, and could give the youngest better directional markers for the bunkers. (If the older kids have the time, I’m sure they’d like to join in as well — we could ask the trainers about that). (Preid, 11-18:48).

-Got to reading messages — the outpost sent us a few. Everything’s going well over there, apparently — they didn’t lose anyone in the Purge, they took down most fledgling nests without getting stung, and they haven’t been sending as much timber because they’re still getting their equipment in order. They’ve sent the hornet’s wax to us. If possible, we should send a few technicians to the outpost come dusk — we need their equipment working now. (Eikoir, 11-30:48)

-We may need to replace our solar panels. The technicians have been working on them since the Purge, and they haven’t made any progress. Keʇed’s rangers reached out recently to say they could offer aid if ever necessary — we should ask if they have any panels to spare for us. If not, we could use some material for wiring — only some of the panels are ruined. (Eipuhk, 11-45:48)

-Power in every building except the hospital has been completely shut off. Get some sleep before daylight really comes. (Preid, 11-53:48)

…”

If you’d like to read the whole thing, you can check out a translated version on the Library’s website or ask a librarian to give you a transcript in the language of your choosing.