#pier fish are annoying

[sl33py-g4m3r]

rambling about my new horizons island~~ 🏝️

just thinking about stuff at this point without a plan yet~~~

need to deforest my island and plant trees at the back or something so they’re out of the way and I don’t spend a good chunk of time shaking reees for nothing.

iirc the limit for money, items, and wasps was 17 trees, right?

I figure putting them in the back of the island cause I might want to terraform later ~~~

maybe I should have some semblance of an idea of what I want to do before I start that to actually get it done and like the island I made~~~ unlike when I flattened one and then deleted it after trying something that I didn’t like and didn’t work; simply because I didn’t want to flatten it again~~~

I never know what to go for at all tho~~~ got a lot of room for cliffs and a grand entrance tho this time~~ but I still don’t know what I want to do with it~~~

And it looks cool but I don’t think fish can spawn in that one pond in the back~~~ could be wrong but I never saw a fish in there myself and would need to dig more bait to see~~

also autofill gave me Mathilda, wasn’t big on the kangaroo villagers but I like Mathilda’s design. Autofill also gave me Rolf (sp?) ~~ black kangaroo and white tiger~~~ let’s go~~~~

Counting my pumpkin patch I wonder if I went a little bit nuts? Orange pumpkins take up a 6 by 12 plot, coloured pumpkins take up a 6 by 10, as do potatoes and wheat I just bought from Leif yesterday ~~~

got a farm kind of market aesthetic behind the houses I first placed in the beach, that’s also where I’m trying to breed blue roses at….

finally got purples and special whites lined up and need to get purples from them and test them w yellows to see if we get more yellows. Phase two let’s go~~~

wonder how much all my crops are going to sell for, and how many watering cans it’ll take to water everything if it’s not raining, lol.

I like the 6 by (whatever number you want vertically) cause it makes it easy to water cause the good watering can is a 2 by 3 grid~~

so many crops~~~~~ thinking about it I don’t think I can go that massive with any other crops there are in the game unless I want my entire main island just full of produce ~~~

still wondering where to put all the trees I need~~~ I’m doing nothing w the small island or the cliffs for now~~< so maybe leave some trees there and plant some hardwood ones? Don’t just want to have cedar trees at all cause variety is nice and rip acorns if I do that~~

also~~~ finally caught all of the fish that spawns this month~~~ including the stupid pier fish~~~~ both close together which is cool~~~ I almost caught them back to back~~~ but oh my god do I have problems telling size 5 and 6 fish apart~~~~ like how????

1 is itty bitty, two is slightly bigger, 3 is average, 4 is bigger still, ya get the point~~~

but I also have a hard time telling size 3 and 4 apart sometimes ~~~~

fishing got me thinking, like in the older animal crossing game, like the GameCube one, how far away do you have to go to get other creatures to spawn? Or does that only work on GameCube cause the acre system that game uses?

cause I ran back and forth between the river bridge and the dock scaring fish away and I don’t think it worked ~~~ rip. I did that for the golden trouts I found but don’t know if it’s better than bait or bait is just better? Probably faster that way~~~ honestly.

[rea-grimm]

Merman Kid

You went to a familiar pier like you did every three days. It was pure coincidence that you met a certain red-haired and slightly annoying merman there some time ago. 

His name was the Kid and he had a thing for human things. He liked to collect it and make new inventions out of it. He had even built himself a suit of aarmourfor one arm that was weak from a fight.

You even thought it was a prosthetic or robotic arm at first, but then you realized it was armour. He was puffing like a peacock when you complimented him on his sleeve and inventions. 

You sat down on the sand next to the bike and waited for the merman. As you waited, you thought back to your first encounter, which was pretty much by accident. 

You were walking along the beach at the time, picking up interesting things in the sand. Mostly, though, you were collecting shells and such. Occasionally you'd pick up some crap that people had left behind and then you'd throw it in the trash. 

You noticed something glinting in the sand and bent down to pick it up. Just as you picked it up off the ground, you noticed a second, larger hand with red webbing between its fingers as it retreated into the water. 

"Hey, that's mine!" He croaked at you. You'd never seen a merman before, and as he circled you you got scared and hit him over the head with your bag. Kid muttered something and gave you a murderous look before grabbing your leg and throwing you into the sand. 

From that point on, you started bumping into each other more and more and eventually started talking. And eventually, it ended in a deal where you would bring him what he thought were interesting human things and he would give you pearls, fish and such in return. 

When the Kid was in a good mood, he'd tell you about the underwater world and how he was going to be the strongest sea king. He'd tell about the other sea people, his gang, and the others who got on his nerves.

One day, you gave him a pair of metal glasses. It was shortly after he complained he'd lost his when he was shark hunting. 

You went shopping and when you saw them, you immediately thought of the redheaded merman and had to hand them over the next day. 

When you told him you had a present for him, you caught him completely off guard. And as soon as he took the gift bag with the glasses from you, his eyes lit up with joy like a child's at Christmas. 

That was the day he started giving you little presents along with the fish. He referred to it as trinkets he found by chance while hunting and such, but you could see the greater meaning in it. 

Among these gifts were various pearl bracelets, for example, or expensive jewels he found in the wreckage of sunken ships, which if they fell into other hands could be worth an incredible amount. He would even cut you handmade things that you could see his signature on. 

When you thanked him, he turned as red as his hair and muttered it wasn't worth it. But then he paused and denied everything and didn't even give you a gift. It was almost comical at times. 

You finally saw a redfin in the water. Today Kid brought you a gold ring along with some pearls. You showed him the things you brought me in return. 

"Is that all?" He asked, slightly disappointed, but he took everything you brought anyway. After that, you just sat there and talked for a while. 

You told him about life on land and you could see that he devoured every word you said, even though he wouldn't admit it. 

Then the kid told you about how Law and Luffy had set him off again, and finally, you got onto a completely different subject. 

"People are weak anyway. They couldn't survive an hour underwater without the machines," he pronounced proudly. 

"You'd be like a fish out of water on land yourself. You'd die on dry land before that," you retorted. 

He refuted you again, and you didn't give in either. And as explosive as the Kid was, very soon you started arguing. This eventually resulted in the Kid saying something that offended you and you weren't going to listen to it anymore. You got up angrily and looked at him. 

"If you're so good, try and stop me," you snapped and walked away. You didn't even wait for his reaction, and you didn't even turn around when he yelled at you to come back, that he wasn't done with you yet. You, however, kept walking.

Every time you walked towards the beach, you remembered your last fight. It overcame everything nice you had between you and you refused to go back. 

You didn't even want to see the Kid, much less listen to his stupid talk. On the one hand, you missed him, but on the other, you were a stickler and refused to back down. 

Plus, you happened to have a boyfriend who didn't give you much time for the merman. You felt like he was finally the one. Someone you got along with like never before. 

He was thoughtful, and kind, and you had a lot of fun with them. He took you out on dates and even made you forget about merman for a while. 

Unfortunately, it wasn't as rosy as you imagined and you felt like it wasn't the same. 

You went on a date with your boyfriend, and you had a picnic on your bike, not far from where you had interacted with the Kid. 

That was the moment you realized it was better to end the relationship. For both you and him. 

But the Kid didn't know that and just saw how happy you were with him. He was boiling like a volcano and had to scramble not to swim to the pier and drown your boyfriend. 

When he saw you get up and he kissed you and you hugged him, he couldn't stand it any longer and swam away. 

After the picnic, you wanted to enjoy some quiet time and you were probably drawn to your favourite spot, but soon you settled on the spot where you used to hang out with the Kid. 

You sat in the sand and watched the slowly sinking sun as it flooded the sea with more and more goldencolourr. 

"Hey," came a familiar voice from the water, and Kid came swimming up to you. 

"Hey..." you replied, looking up at him. "... Sorry..." you finally apologized, as sorry as you were and mostly because you knew someone had to make that first move. You were glad he'd approached you first. 

"What happened? ' He asked, settling down next to you before taking you around the waist, pulling you in slightly and wrapping one arm around you. 

You shook your head at his question, not wanting to tell him about the breakup. Instead, you told him that you missed him. 

"I highly doubt that," he snorted, but pulled you more tightly against him. "... I missed you too..." he finally muttered, gasping slightly when you hugged him back. You didn't even see that he turned as red as the scales on his tail, and he finally wrapped both arms around you and rested his chin on your head.

Kid Masterlist

[lovelynim]

TickleTober2024/Day 17 - Underwater

Love and Deepspace - Rafayel x Reader

It was kind of unfair, to be honest. This thought had crossed your mind a couple of times that afternoon, but you still couldn’t help it but pout whenever it popped back up.

Rafayel liked the sea. More than he liked you, probably.

And was this exact stupid thought that made you feel… jealous of a body of water. How could waves and foam make him swim around so happily, almost as if flying on the water, while he gave you those mild reactions - at least, that’s how they felt when compared to how Rafayel acted underwater.

“Rafayel, it’s getting late!” You shouted from the pier, watching the water splash around as he continued to swim and play around, making the ocean his own. “We should head back!”

You couldn’t exactly make out what he said back at you, but definitely it wasn’t “coming” or “alright, let’s go back”. You sat down, a bit more annoyed as he began to dive, disappearing under the clashing waves and then emerging back up in a beautiful motion that made your heart-

No! You were angry at him! This wasn’t the time to compliment his looks.

You shook your head, knocking the last bits of your sense back into it and deciding this was the time to change your strategy. You were determined, you were going to drag him back to the shore one way or another. Without warning or telling him, you dove into the ocean, going as deep as you possibly could. 

It took Rafayel a couple moments to realize you were no longer on the pier, on the shore or anywhere near the land. He moved one hand through his hair, trying to see the surroundings to check where you could possibly be.

“H-hey!” Rafayel shouted, hoping to get an answer from somewhere out of his sight, but all he could hear was the waves going back and forth, the little splashes of water carried by the wind. “Wait for meHEHEH!”

He squealed as, like a shark biting on its prey, your fingers dug into his sides, successfully landing a sneak attack from under the water. “W-wahait, whahat are y-AHAHah, s-stohohop it!”

“What?” You gasped, struggling a little to keep your head out of the water and your hands on his body, “I-I came to swim with you, didn’t you say the water is great?!”

“Y-Yohohou ahahre tihihickling me! AHAhah, this is nohohot swihihiming!” Rafayel groaned, squirming like a fish on a hook as you latched your hands onto his waist, pinching and squeezing the spot as much as you could and nearly stripping him from his swim trunks as he flailed away from you.

You grinned, chasing your prey as it managed to escape your attack. “Rafayel, wait for me!” You shouted, swimming after him and, like you planned, guiding him towards the beach where all your stuff was waiting for you.

A/N: Fishie was my got to go character from this prompt, but I hope you guys could still enjoy this cliche nyehehe

[alexa-yukiyu]

Helloooo.

So this is going to be oddly specific, so pleasssse bear with me.

Sanji x Platonic!mer

Sanji and Zeff had found/rescued a very young mermaid, and ever since, theyve done their best to try and raise her near the Baratie (shes not one of the mermaids that can go between legs and tail). Sanji always goes down to the docks by the Baratie, visiting her before/after closing, bringing her food, talking with her, etc. In return, she brings him and Zeff ingredients from the sea. Shes 14 -15ish now, and still quite curious, but not bubbly.

Could I have a oneshot about them? Ill list a couple prompts in case you get stuck, but do whatever you want!

Just what a normal day looks like for them

The conversation he has with her when he decides he is going to join the Strawhats

A close call with a hunter

Thank you, but no pressure to write this one if youre uncomfortable or dont want to!

Have a good day <3

Thank you for visiting the confectionary! Here is your Monster Cookie Bar with Marshmallows

Fintastic Begginings Ft Sanji and Zeff

A/N Okay first of all sorry this aint’t really the greatest work, I think it’s jumping all over the place with timeskips not done correctly but hey! Just like promised I finished it 👊🏼

Reader here is replaced by Dokucha which stabds for reader in japanese for the enjoyment of both reader and oc character readers.

The Baratie sailed on, the vessel gently riding the waves of the East Blue. It was a tranquil day, perfect for smooth sailing. The people aboard the ship could agree as gentle chatter and laughter rang around the dining halls, with the harmonic sounds of chopping and sizzling food echoed in the kitchen. Yes, everything was tranquil. Everyone was enjoying such a day—except one blond boy, it seemed.

“Ugh! That old man doesn’t know what he’s talking about!” The child yelled as he bolted out the door, slamming it behind him as he stomped his way to the deck.

“Always the same boorish recipes! He’s a damn caveman!” He groaned out, kicking at a small piece of debris that had fallen on the deck, following its path as it rolled down the platform and into the sea; it wasn’t this that took his attention, however, as hanging into the pier of the boat was a smaller child, face masked in pain as she struggled to hold on.

“H-Hey!” he cried, running towards the girl, dropping to the ground as he pulled her to the deck. His words escaped him as, rather than legs coming out of the water; a large tail followed as he pulled her out.

“I-It hurts,” she cried, gesturing to her tail. At this, Sanji broke out from his trance at her cries and took in the sight of her tail or what was left of it. Alarmed at the situation and fearing for her life, he took no time to lift her into his arms, hauling her into the baratie’s dining room as he cried for help.

The next hour passed in a blur in his young mind. Struggling to piece in what had just happened, he could only recall the sight of the old man running to meet his pleas for help, taking the girl into his own arms as he ran into the kitchen. Sanji hurried after him. He placed the girl on one of the counters, and the pirate tended to her until she was stabilized.

“What happened to her?” Sanji questioned, looking up at her

“Fish Rot,” Zeff muttered as he applied a mixture of herbs and ingredients to her shredded fins.

“What are you putting on her?”

“An old sailer’s remedy for infections out at sea, the honey and garlic in it will help her fight the bacterial infection that’s causing her fins to erode. The Oregano-” he started putting aside the concoction he had prepared as he placed his hand on the girl’s face, frowning at the heat emitting from it.

“You put Oregano on her?! What is wrong with you?!”

“What are you on about?” the chef growled, annoyed at the sudden hollering coming from the ten-year-old

“The oregano will strengthen her immune system and allow her to fight it off”

"It’s for savages. How could you use it on her?!” he cried, horrified.

“Shut up and go do something useful! Empty one of the tanks in the kitchen,” he yelled, sending Sanji flying out of the room with a swift kick.

Dokucha groaned, opening her eyes only to shut them again as the light overwhelmed her eyes, blinking to clear her vision, her confusion growing as she pushed herself to the top of the aquarium, head peaking out of the tank.

“You’re awake!” A voice cut in; looking down, she easily found the source to be coming from a blond boy who sent her a grin that she mirrored with her own smile

“Where am I?” she questioned as she looked around in awe at the bustling kitchen.

“You’re in the Baratie!”

“What’s a Baratie?”

"it's a restauraunt!"

“You’re going to cook me?!” She wailed terrified

“NO!”

It had been a few months since those events had occurred; during that time due to the state of her tail she was unable to hold herself in the water much less swim against the strong currents of the sea, and had to remain on the aquarium that Zeff had provided to her; despite the small size of her temporary home, she didn't mind as the staff aboard the ship constantly kept her company.

She never had a dull moment with Sanji; he constantly kept her entertained for hours on end as he talked to her about anything and everything he could come up with, usually his ideas on new recipes or the repulsion he felt towards some existing dishes. Although the chef would deny it and scratch it off as having to work near that area, Zeff also kept her company, watching out for her her and ensuring her conditioned did not worsen. Despite this, it did not make her eventual return to sea any less exciting, jumping over the waves in glee as she could finally use her tail again. She remembered the Captain’s grumbling of ‘Do what you want’ when she stubbornly insisted on following the Baratie.

“What is that?” Dokucha questioned, as her crossed arms lay on the platform of the Baratie, her head placed lazily above them

“Oh, it’s my notebook. I’m trying to make a new recipe, but I don’t think I will be able to find the ingredients any time soon,” he sighed, sitting next to the mermaid, his feet absentmindedly kicking the water beneath him.

"What are you missing?” She called, trying to glance at the paper on his hands

“It’s a type of algae,” he replied as he flipped the paper around, showing the mermaid a rough sketch of said ingredient.

“Oh! That’s sea truffles!” She beamed as she dived back into the water, ignoring Sanji's confused shouts as she disappeared beneath the water.

“She must have gone exploring...” Sanji muttered, preparing himself to retire for the day as his waiting had reached the hour mark, only to let out a small squeak in surprise as Dokucha shot out from the water

“I’m Sorry! I didn’t know how much you needed, and I wanted to get enough for you.” She apologized as she shoved a small bundle of wiry bushes into the hands of a still-stunned Sanji.

“Y-You found it?” He gaped, glancing from the algae to the nodding girl

“I can finally finish the recipe..” he called as an excited smile broke on his face.

“Ne, can I try it then? Your food is always so yummy, Sanji-nii!” She gleamed with a mouth-watering grin as she thought back on all the past recipes he had allowed her to taste.

“Yeah! You will be the first one to taste it!”

“Promise?” she asked, extending her pinky finger to him, which he happily wrapped around his own

“Promise!”

“You came back! And you brought it!” She cheered, watching as Sanji jogged his way to her, a small dish on his hands as he crouched next to her

“I promised I would!” he called with a laugh, offering the dish to her, watching as she happily dug in, a squeal escaping her as the taste settled on her tongue.

“It’s so yummy!!!” she exclaimed as she made quick work of the dish, a pleased look on her face.

"Thank you Sanji-nii!" She yelled, wrapping her smaller hands around his neck in a sudden show of affection.

“W-Wait, Dokuch-” He started only to stop as the sudden embrace caused him to lose his footing, falling face-first into the water, sputtering and gasping as he righted himself.

“Ah, sorry,” she called, letting out a giggle, quickly growing into a cackle; Sanji following short after

“I couldn't do it without you; the algae are pretty rare, so I was about to toss the recipe.” He grinned as he, too, beamed in excitement

“Here you are, little eggplant, slacking off,” Zeff’s gruff voice called as he made his way to the two.

“What did you say, old man?!” Sanji piped up, annoyance quickly feeling him

“Has the water clogged your ears?” The man called with a frown

“Come at me then, you old fart!”

“Don’t Fight!” Dokucha boomed, using her power to send a splash to both men in an attempt to halt the growing argument between the two

“I don’t like it when you two fight,” she muttered nervously as she caught the glare of the head chef

“S-Sorry, Dad,” She apologized, tilting her head confused as the man paused at her words

“Dad?” she called concerned.

“You’re on berthing duty for a week,” he ordered. Although his words had a bite to them, a watchful eye could have detected the softening in his tone and stance after the young girl’s words.

What do you think? I’m not sure about it

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[arkanis-englishupdates]

SUMMARY OF ALL ARKANIS POVS

DAY 58 & DAY 59 — 31/10/2024 & 01/11/2024

DAY 58 — 31/10/2024

The day in Valigma begins with a spooky look in preparation for Halloween!

Pac starts cleaning up his house for Fit (and Badboyhalo)'s visit. He is very anxious.

All the specialists and ghosts dressed up for the occasion, with unique or nostalgic costumes (Choke even dressed up as Huggy Wuggy in real life).

The list of all costumes:

Guaxinim — "Fuga Impossível" uniform but he changed to Arthur Cervero;

Bagi — Detective/"Oppenheimer";

Malena — Shrek in a bikini;

Moonkase — Jack Skellington;

Himaru — Spider-Man;

Mike — "Herobrine A Lenda" costume;

Gabepeixe — Atomic fish skeleton;

JVNQ — Maid costume;

Beatriz — Bonnie animatronic;

Quel — Freddy Fazbear animatronic;

Denix — Devil/Demon;

Pactw — Finn Martens;

Gris — Witch;

Milo — Vampire;

Tucupi — Joker;

Amora — Angel;

[I will update the list as soon as I know all the costumes]

The costume parade begins, with bombastic performances (some of them literally). After the parade, the rules of the event were handed out in books.

All specialists are taken to a large village, and there, a huge castle can be seen filled with countless monsters. They manage to enter the castle and inside a black dog resembling AuAu appears, informing everyone about his master and the castle owner, Mr. X (Badboyhalo), who was waiting for them.

Unfortunately, Mr. X deceives them and they all fall into the trap he prepared. It is revealed by him that there was someone — a bald man — that they needed to save if they wanted to leave the place alive.

DAY 59 — 01/11/2024

All the specialists wake up in the basement they fell into because of Mr. X's trap. In the immense place, they find the bald man who was kidnapped by him, called Fit.

After a fun encounter with the then rescued prisoner, all the specialists have to solve puzzles to get out of the place alive. The ghost children, instead of helping the large group, were supposedly bewitched to help Mr. X distract everyone from completing the puzzles (My theory is that they just wanted to play and annoy their parents and uncles).

The first puzzle was easily solved despite the large number of monsters attacking everyone. The second puzzle was so complicated that even Denix helped with tips (Bala Likah showed up on the place to play with the specialists while everything was going on). The third was much easier, leading to doors for each of the participants, behind the doors a warp plate was inside the compartment. The warp plate took the specialists to an immense three-story maze, where everyone was in different places.

When everyone managed to find the exit (a warpstone), everyone was teleported to a huge Halloween cemetery, where Mr. X appeared again to explain that everything is not over yet, the last challenge being an immense battle against countless monsters commanded by him.

After the fierce battle, everyone (including the ghosts and Mr. X/Badboyhalo) was teleported to the lake pier of Valigma's City.

Now everyone could talk properly with the two foreign visitors.

Pac and Fit soon became close again and Pac gave Fit a tour of his house (HIDEDUO AHH).

Meanwhile, some specialists dispersed to talk to the ghosts or Badboyhalo. Gabepeixe and Bagi soon show the new visitor their atomic bombs (They end up killing Badboyhalo and some players nearby, in addition to making a crater near the city hall).

After the house tour, Pac and Fit meet up with the rest of the specialists. Mayor Jota appears and asks everyone who created a crater near the city hall (he says he passed by the place and fell into the large and sudden crater), Fit takes the blame for the crater and Jota readily forgives him, giving him a hug before leaving.

Badboyhalo is taken on a tour of the city by Coreano and some other specialists, taking him to their homes (Badboyhalo takes advantage of his hobby of stealing other people's furniture).

Then Fit is taken by Pac and some specialists for a tour of the city, going to the Entertainment District for a drink (being served by JVNQ in his maid costume).

Suddenly, Samir appears to chat in a relaxed way, laughing and telling some of Pac's embarrassing secrets to Fit and everyone there.

Soon Badboyhalo appears with some specialists, and everyone starts talking. Beatriz then has the idea of ​​taking them to her house so everyone can celebrate and get to know the place.

The party is interrupted when Badboyhalo is teleported by Araldo to his office. He tells the demon that he loved watching the tricks and traps he did against the specialists. They talk a little before saying goodbye and Araldo sending him back to Beatriz's house.

Now, when it's Fit's turn, he is teleported by Bia Raux who thanks him for his efforts in protecting the specialists. They talk for a bit before Fit is sent back.

After a big bug in the voice chat and Nicklink killing others with his power for fun, everyone gathers in the secret basement of Beatriz's house to dance to Brazilian songs.

Fit says goodbye to Pac and everyone, ending up dying from another Nicklink power along with other people after saying goodbye.

Badboyhalo is taken on another tour, this time to Choke's house with Moonkase, Gabepeixe, Denix, Amora and Malena. Choke shows him the place and, after they kill the frogs (first accidentally and then on purpose) in her house, Gabepeixe, Denix and Amora take Badboyhalo to the half-fish laboratory.

There they show Badboyhalo a rocket prepared especially for him and the three take the demon for a tour of the moon. They loot a dungeon, try to summon the Wither and Badboyhalo puts a flag on the moon.

Returning to Valigma, Gabepeixe shows the leaderboard, the cinema and tells more about what he went through with the other specialists. In the end, Gabepeixe takes Badboyhalo to his dinosaur cave and, After Badboyhalo meets Raccoon again, he says goodbye while everyone dances with the dinosaurs (As a souvenir, Badboyhalo asks Denix to kill him [one more time] and the group makes a tomb for the demon).

[Sorry for the general summary, I'm dead sleepy lmao

If there is any wrong or missing information, let us know!]

[akwolfgrl]

LFT PART 40

Nami was walking through the town, a huge sack of clothes tossed over her shoulder, Usopp with his own sack walked beside her. Nami could feel a shift in the air around her, she was fascinated with the shift in weather patterns, which at first had been necessary for navigation and had become something of a hobby.

“Hey Usopp, we need to head back to the ship right now.”

“Huh? How come I thought you wanted to look around more? Maybe stop for lunch,” Usopp asked, confused.

“The air pressure is dropping rapidly at a rather abnormal rate, there is a Storm coming and fast, unless you and your bag of goodies want to get soaked,” Nami pointed out, changing direction towards the pier.

“All right you have a good point,” Usopp followed behind her. “Hey look, it's Sanji and Zoro, hey guys!” Usopp called out, waving in their direction. Nami stopped walking and they all gathered together. Zoro had the same shirt on from last night and two new swords, where he got the money is what Nami wanted to know. Sanji on the other hand was wearing a bright colored fish shirt that she had made him buy yesterday, he also had a few shopping bags on his arm and his other was linked with Zoro's. The date must have gone well.

“Nami-swan and Usopp, funny running into you two here,” Sanji called out to them.

“Anyone know where Luffy is?” Zoro asked not to bother with any greetings. Although he did have a point, they should find their captain.

“Is he still looking for the platform?” Usopp asked from beside her. “I believe it's right here in Town Square.”

“Shit, I think he found it,” Sanji pointed out. There was Luffy atop the executioner's platform, a large piece of wood with a hole on top with his head and hands secured, a man sitting atop of it with Buggy the annoying clown next to him. It felt like ages ago that she had stolen from him, and met Luffy and Zoro.

“Why is he on the platform about to be executed?!” Nami wasn't wasn't sure who said it or if it was everyone.

“Sanji give me your bags so you and Zoro can go save our captain, meet you back at the ship,” Nami offered, holding out her hand. “No argument, just give it here,” She told him as he opened his mouth to protest. He reluctantly handed over before following after Zoro who had already taken off. She turned around and began to head towards the docks where she was originally intending to go.

“Um Nami, shouldn't we try to help them save Luffy?” Usopp asked, walking beside her.

“Usopp what would we do that they can't do? Do you really think you can get a good shot with all those people running around? Beside Buggy the clown has a devil fruit,” Nami shook her head pointing out the facts. She didn't have her staff on her, she had come here to shop not to fight.

“Hey! I'll have you know I took down a fishmen all by myself and proved myself to Daddy the parent!” Usopp argued with her, he was lucky he was her gossip buddy and that her hands were full. “We could provide back up at least,” He must still be riding the high of serving his duel.

“Well even if that's the case we have a more important task,” her voice was sharp as ever almost as if it was the crack of lightning.

“like what?”

“Like the Storm I mentioned earlier, the air pressure and temperature have been dropping rapidly for the past while. Plus I saw cumulus clouds heading from the east. That's a sure sign of a Storm rolling in, a big one to boot. What with the ruckus going on in town Square the marines are bound to be out, I really don't want to run into Captain Smoker I've heard terrible things about him,” The lady who owned the boutique she had visited had told her all about the new captain with a devil fruit who had put this town on lockdown, there haven't been any pirates making it out of here. Their business had been surfing from his influence. “What would we do if Merry was washed away when we needed a quick get away? This way we can get her ready to sail away as soon as those three make it back,” She was just glad Sanji was there, she didn't trust Luffy and Zoro to make it back in one piece.

“Holy crap you're right! That absolutely more important Sanji and Zoro will be fine on their own!” Usopp rushed ahead of her. Lucky bastard only had one bag to carry and it had straps.

“Hey wait for me!”

[patchworkgargoyle]

i'll miss you more than anyone

Time for some Steddie yearning hours!

1.9k words, rated T for language. Angsty pining with a happy, fluffy ending. Basically unedited because I'm posing this at 1am. Forgive any wonky tenses. Now on ao3!

Title from Something About Us by Daft Punk.

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It took considerable force, but Eddie managed to wedge open the only window in his tiny, shitty apartment with a grunt and a sigh. No matter how much WD-40 he forced into it, the damn thing's determined to stick and squeal. If he didn't know any better Eddie would swear it did this just to annoy him. Stubborn piece of shit. Takes one to know one, he figured.

He let out another sigh. Leaning his elbows on the kitchen counter, he flicked his zippo open and lit a smoke, relishing that first warm draw of acridness with his eyes closed. Robin would snark at him about the fact that his lease specified no smoking, but fuck the landlord. He needed this. Eddie tilted his head back and exhaled, watching the smoke curl out and away into the darkened alley between the buildings.

The day had been… hard, to put it lightly. It was the last day of Steve's visit. He'd come to see Eddie, to explore Seattle, for a whole week. Just the two of them. It'd been so good, even if Eddie's backstabbing heart wouldn't stop hoping that the visit would end up as something more. It was stupid, a useless hope. Stubborn.

They'd meandered around Capitol Hill so Eddie could show off the first place he'd ever felt safe enough to be queer and loud about it, unable to look too long at Steve's expression of relieved pride in him. He let Eddie drag him to a few bars, introduced him to some new friends who welcomed him with open arms and pointed, knowing stares in Eddie's direction. They'd walked along the pier, doing the touristy shit, ate greasy fish and chips wrapped in newspaper and watched seals play and beg for food in the harbour. 

Hell, Eddie even let Steve drag him up to the Space Needle. It was something Eddie had refused to do when he first moved, not wanting to do something so mundane and cliché when he was trying to become a local. But of course as soon as Steve insisted he folded like wet tissue.

Now Eddie knew he'd be cursed with the image of Steve, his hair windswept, gazing out at the city with wide-eyed wonder at the sparkling sprawl of buildings as the sunset painted him in pink and golden hues.

Eddie didn't even bother looking at the city, the ocean. They couldn't ever compare.

Not for the first time that night, Eddie hung his head and rubbed at his eye with the heel of his palm, wishing the image would stop fucking tormenting him. He was so fucking hopeless.

Raising his head again, he took another drag and stared up at the moon. Light pollution blotted out everything but the moon and Venus. It was the one thing he missed about Hawkins (that was a lie, always a lie), seeing the stars appear in the deep, dark blue above like all the gods took a needle to the fabric of the sky. Here, Eddie's only two stellar companions danced around each other every night. Sometimes closer, nearly touching it seemed, other times further away, locked in an eternal game of will-they-won't-they.

Tonight he only saw the lonely moon through the gap in the buildings. A waning crescent that shone bright enough that it lit up the darkness of Eddie's silent kitchen with a silvery glow. It was silly, but he held a tiny wish that Venus wouldn't be too far behind so at least Eddie would be the only lonely sad sack tonight. At least the thought made him chuckle at himself slightly.

Seeing Steve off at the airport that morning felt like Eddie was about to rip himself in two. If it weren't so public, if it weren't so risky, he might've confessed to Steve right then and there in some desperate attempt to get him to stay just a few days, hours, seconds longer. He'd dig his own heart out of his chest and offer it up on a silver platter; anything for the man that carried him out of hell. But Eddie was nothing if not a coward. They'd hugged each other tightly, just shy of too long, and Steve waved goodbye with a bittersweet smile and something shining in his eyes.

Eddie'd had to wait an hour in the airport parking lot before he was stable enough to drive back home.

Thing was, he was so fucking lonely out here. He'd moved to get away from the pitchfork-wielding, grudge-carrying people that never bought the government's cover story, to stop the vitriolic graffiti that had kept getting sprayed on Wayne's new trailer. The kids would get caught up in it too if they were caught hanging around The Freak. Eddie couldn't fucking go anywhere without keeping his head on a swivel, and it was so exhausting. He'd needed to leave. Even if it meant having to leave his family, the only people who knew the real story behind his scars and nightmares–even if it meant leaving Steve. So, it was hard, having Steve–a piece of his home, maybe even his heart–come visit and then leave after just a handful of days. Great days, but still. 

Choking out a bitter laugh, Eddie scrubbed at the tears starting to trail down his cheeks. Stupid, he was so stupid. His throat closed up around another laugh, turning it into a silent sob, a frustrated growl as he begged his stupid heart to just let it fucking go, to stop hurting, stop tantruming pathetically inside his ribcage about a man he could never have.

Just as another sob threatened to claw its way out of his chest, the phone rang. The shrill sound made him jump, nearly dropping his cigarette out the window. Swearing, he reached and pulled it over, answering.

"H'lo?" he rasped.

"Jesus, Munson, you sound rough," Steve's tinny voice replied, amused, "did I wake you up?"

The tightness in Eddie's chest burst into butterflies and he couldn't help but laugh around a sniffle. "Nah man, I was up. Shouldn't you be asleep, though? Isn't it 3am there or something?"

"Yeah, or something. Just got home though."

"Wait, what? The fuck are you calling me for, then?"

Steve chuckled. Christ, it was a great sound, filtered through endless miles of telephone lines though it was. "You told me to call when I got home safe, remember?"

"After you'd slept or something, dude, jesus christ. You didn't have to call at the ass crack of dawn."

"Well I wanted to."

Eddie mentally started stomping out the fresh butterfly swarm fluttering around in his guts. Unfortunately, he couldn't hold back the smile on his lips, wide enough that he knew Steve could hear it in his voice. So he teased, "Wow, Harrington, it's almost like you miss me or something." There was a pause.

"I do."

Sincerity weighed down Steve's words, two syllables dropping into the well of silence left in their wake. Eddie felt the ripples through his whole body, leaving stillness behind.

"Really?" Eddie whispered. He heard Steve inhale shakily and ached to be beside him again, to have him near, pull him close, feel him again.

"Yeah, Eddie. I miss you so much, it– god, it hurts," Steve said with a tiny, heartbreaking laugh.

"Fuck. I– same, Steve, I've been bawling my eyes out since this morning." His words were thick with even more tears threatening to spill but he blinked them back.

"I'm sorry."

Eddie snorted, though regretted it immediately and swiped at his nose with his sleeve. "Why're you apologising?"

"Hate knowing you're hurting too."

"Can't be helped, I'm afraid," Eddie sighed, then added quietly, nervously, "not like you could stay."

Speaking just as quietly, Steve said, "Maybe… maybe I could."

"Huh?"

"I've just, I've been thinking," Steve started, gathering steam, "for a while now but also on the flights home. It sucks that you're out there by yourself. And the kids are all graduated and leaving, and Robin and Nancy are planning on moving, and-"

Eddie's unable to help it, interrupting Steve's rambling that he definitely picked up from Robin, but he can't hold it back, hope forcing the words out. "Stevie, are you saying–?"

"UW accepted my application," Steve said. "I could move out there, get my teaching degree."

"Why?" 

The question hung in the air, all of Eddie's breathless wishes clinging to it. Steve took a steadying breath on the other end of the line.

"I have feelings for you Eddie. Might be kind of in love with you, and I really don't think it's one-sided. Should've told you at the airport."

"How did you know?" 

Chuckling, Steve said, "You're not subtle, but when I said the view from the Space Needle was beautiful, you agreed even though you never took your eyes off me."

"I wanted to tell you," Eddie said in a rush, heart in his throat, "all fucking week. I'm kind of in love with you too."

Steve laughed, full and warm, and Eddie might've collapsed with relief if he weren't leaning on the counter still. "We're idiots, huh?" Steve asked.

"Massive idiots. Complete morons. Absolute buffoons. You're telling me that we could've been kissing all week if one of us had just gotten the balls to confess?"

"Well, maybe more than just kissing." Steve's voice dropped suggestively and Eddie grinned at the bloom of desire that grew in his chest.

"A gentleman never assumes, big boy, but good to know."

A yawn echoed through the phone and the heat Eddie felt morphed into depthless fondness. "You should go sleep, Stevie."

"Probably. Gonna be wrecked for my shift tomorrow." He sighed softly. "Worth it, though."

"Worth having to pry your eyelids open while Marge berates you for letting her kid watch movies her husband rented?"

Steve snorted. "Yeah. Worth packing my bags and running off to the coast, too."

"Christ." Shaking a little, Eddie asked, "Are you sure?"

"Never been more sure of anything." He yawned again, hard enough Eddie could hear the receiver shudder in his hand. "I wanna keep talking to you but I'm dead on my feet. Can I call you tomorrow? Please?"

"You don't have to ask, sweetheart," Eddie said, pouring his fondness into every word to make up for the fact that he couldn't be there to see Steve's gorgeous, sleepy face, to fall into bed with him and wrap him in his arms. "Hell, call me when you wake up, before you go to work. You gotta tell me how your flights went anyway."

"Uhg, right. Ask me about the lady who scoffed at me reading The Hobbit."

He scoffed. "She dares to look down upon one of the great works of literature? I don't know her but she has made a mortal enemy on this day." The tired giggle Eddie heard made him smile so wide it almost hurt.

"You're so dramatic."

"You love it."

With a contented sigh, Steve said, "Yeah, I do." Another yawn, loud this time, and Steve continued, "Good night, Eddie. I'll call tomorrow. I miss you."

"Can't wait. Miss you too, Stevie."

Eddie hung up, the receiver settling in with a click. It felt like his body was made of bubbles, or fireworks. He almost couldn't believe it, that his hopes actually came true. Steve loves him, wants to move to Seattle for him. What!?

He let out a long, loud whoop that echoed in the alleyway. A distant neighbour yelled at him to shut the fuck up, but Eddie couldn't care less. He loved Steve, who loved him back.

Grinning, he looked up at the sky again. The moon had moved on, but there, creeping over the roof of the apartments next door, Venus finally made an appearance. Laye, but still there, still following. A beautiful, shining pinprick of light, trailing in the moon's wake.

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[obxthornton]

Shoes

JJ X Reader

Wc: 726

"I don't know where it is Y/n!" JJ yelled at me.

I stood there, water hose in one hand and the other on my hip. I had one eyebrow raised staring at the boy infront of me.

"Liar!" I yelled pushing the Handle on the nozzle spraying JJ. He stood there eyes closed annoyed as the water sprayed him in the face. I let go and he opened them, spitting water out of his mouth and shaking his hair like a wet dog.

"Now I'll ask again. Where are my shoes." I huffed.

JJ tried to hold back a smile as he shook his head. "Haven't seen them." His eyes darted to the roof of the house and I turned around looking on top of John b house.

I let out a loud groan seeing my shoes were thrown on the very top.

"JJ I'm going to hurt you." I growled turning around already seeing JJ running.

I sprinted after him as he did laps around John b house.

"You both are stupid!" Kie yelled from the porch. I flipped her off as I passed her. JJ laughed now skipping infront of me, a huge smile on his face.

A small smirk came on face as I saw the water hose nozzle placed right where he had ran. I let my foot get caught on it and I hit the ground alittle harder than expected to be honest.

I let the tears stream down my face as I let out an audible scream.

When I was younger when I would ask my brother to do something for me or help me with my homework, would always throw some tears in there just to sell it. That led me to be the queen of fake crying on command and right now it seemed to be working.

I grasped my foot and bit my lip as if I was trying not to scream again. I looked over at kie who looked at me amused knowing what I was doing. she held her hand over John b chest who had stood up and was about to run over.

"N/n? N/n are you okay?" JJ asked running over nealing infront of me, face filled with concern.

"JJ my foot." I cried holding onto my foot tightly.

"Can I see it?" He asked rubbing my arm softly.

I almost felt bad for pretending, he was being so nice. Almost.

"It's broken." I winced.

"Okay um. I'll go get your shoes and then we'll go to the hospital okay?" He said. I nodded and he stood up and walked up to the porch, climbing on to the roof.

He threw my shoes down and I smirked standing up.

"Thank you." I said sing song as I grabbed them putting them on.

"Oh you son of a-" he started but I held up my finger to stop him. "Daughter actually." I corrected walking up to the porch holding up my hand and helping him down.

He glared at me before scooping me up in his arms and throwing me over his shoulder.

"Maybanks put me down. We're even don't make it uneven." I huffed hitting his back. He ran to John b peir before patting my back and throwing me into the water.

"JJ!" I yelled coming up for air completely soaked

"Now we're both wet." He smiled.

"I am fully convinced you never graduated kindergarten." I huffed grabbing JJ hand as he pulled me up out of the dock.

He rolled his eyes. "Now we're even."

I raised and eyebrow at him before pushing his shoulders back and let him fall off the peir hitting the water.

"Now we are." I said smiling at he came up out of the water, spitting some out.

I waved at him before walking off the pier towards John b house, ringing out my shirt on the way.

"You both are children." Kie said as I sat next to her on the couch. I shrugged. "He started it."

John b snorted and shook his head.

"But hey I got my shoes back." I smiled wiggling my feet.

JJ walked on the porch coughing. "I think I swallowed a fish."

[homosexuality-and-morphine]

Fuck it I'm gonna talk about things the characters in my au that are infected do instead of going to sleep

Leon climbs things he probably shouldn't and if Chris tells him to get down he insists on Chris catching him (Chris usually agrees)

Piers forgets other people exist sometimes due to being isolated under water for years and will just not realize someone is trying to talk to him if he's too deep in thought (which usually looks like him stareing off into the distance or longingly at water)

Sherry still has a messed up eye from when she was a kid (because in my au if you get cured your mutations won't just go away they just get dampened or you loose access to other forms and any mutations that happen would need to be surgically removed to become normal again)

Chris, Sherry, and ethan are the only few that have visible mutations that could possibly be hidden and just don't try to hide them

Ethan is the main person to control the mold because of the fact that everyone else still infected were Brought back to life by Frankensteining a bunch of serial killer parts together and contain no part of their original body's which obviously weakens them

Everyone else calls Karl old since he's literally centuries old

Leon follows Chris when Chris goes on a smoke break and ends up complaining about freezing if it's cold out but Chris has to remind him that he chose to come out there too and that he can go in at any time but Leon refuses (it's a nice little break from work that he gets to spend with his boyfriend)

Piers can breath air but can't stay on land too long without suffocating (he an stay on land for a few hours but if he's being active he has less time on land And he's usually active while he's on land so they had to install things of water for him around the base so he doesn't die or something)

Luis doesn't have much going for him in terms of extra abilities and has become friends with Sherry on account of both of them only really getting regeneration stuff

Chris has always liked werewolves and probably has a fursona so he kind of likes his mutations (the fursona thing sparks from a joke I made of him being a furry bc of the cover of re8 and I just made it canon to my au)

Most of them get the urge to rip into flesh but they just eat meat to fill the void of consuming human flesh (piers tends to eat fish because ocean food chain or something)

Some of them will stare at someone intently and it will make the other person wonder if they wanna eat them but it's mostly them forgetting how to human properly and they're brains are just rebooting

Leon and Ethan are the most likely to bite someone but Ethan doesn't have much restraint while Leon has literally trained himself not to bit people unless he's actually trying to kill them

Leon constantly has to restrain himself from being a whimsical guy (being a general menace to everyone and running around on all fours) because he needs to have professionalism and has to take it out on Chris because he knows Chris won't care very much (by jumping on Chris randomly, wiggling his unecessarily long tongue at him, curling up in his lap at any given opportunity, and many other harmless but slightly annoying things)

[oblivionsdream]

Tiernan having a bit of a lazy day and wanting Skye to just carry him back to the lighthouse.

In other news I feel like Skye is one of those people who could deadlift like three times her own weight just from all of the manual labor she has to do loading and unloading cases of food from the mainland from her skiff.

Just one day when he's being adorable but annoying, she just yoinks Tiernan up, in seal form and all and carts him off (potentially to drop him off the pier).

Tiernan falls in love all over again

Ahhh he would though!! Tiernan is so baby coded and would love nothing more than for his strong wife to sweep him off his feet (flippers?). I definitely always imagined Skye as being the stronger of the two since she works hard while Tiernan is just a complete adorable softie who enjoys dozing on the shore or collecting pretty gifts for her (though he does provide her with plenty of fish because any self respecting selkie husband would never let his wife go hungry!)

EEEEEE I love that so much it’s just so cute. I have no idea how you have such an understanding of my characters because that is seriously exactly something they would do. Skye just gets fed up with the needy adorable selkie who keeps getting underfoot while she’s working so she tosses him into the sea and he’s just more besotted than ever because wow that’s his WIFE.

[senka-mesecine]

Ok now, you told me to be annoying with asks so I'm gonna (sorry not sorry💟)- how about this weird idea. Could you write a little something about O'Neil walking in on something he shouldn't have witnessed, maybe he walked in/overheard his sargerooney being particularly sweet with reader? OR Something better or something way worse than that? 😈 I'll leave that choice up to you. And Red being the way he is, he puts that image in his little keepsake box so he can pull it out the next time he's gonna need a favour or something. You totally don't need to write this, I've just been thinking 🫡💟 love ya!

The Angel, Huh?

Robert Barnes x Reader (Feat. a Meddlesome O'Neill). @woman-with-no-name

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This was the only time in centuries anyone's seen Robert Barnes on R&R

Only time O'Neill has seen him, that's for sure.

Should've been a day marked in the calendar in red like a national holiday.

Up there with Thanksgiving.

Getting that cocksucker to stop fighting and go on a fucking break was like getting flies off of shit on a hot summer's day, which is why Red figured the whole situation caused so much...well...uh...universal uproar; even though nobody had the balls to actually be loud and open about it unless they wanted the attention of the man of the hour himself, which was always a bad idea. So, conspiratorial murmurings it was. Thing is, boys were talking and when boys talked, Red had the habit of listening and eating that crap up. Supposing he was curious himself and in any other situation, he figured he'd ask Chiefrooney about it himself, but as things stood...Barnes actually hung up the old magazine for three whole days and that was so shocking, Red wasn't sure how he'd vocalize anyone of his questions in the first place. Maybe why he was waiting for him at the hotel's front door, catching him exit, all of this, this whole situation, so strange Red found himself lighting a cigar, feeling his hand shake. A venue for military personnel in Hawaii, he might've slightly abused the fact that he knew which room Bob stayed in and he might've just, in equal measure, done some eavesdropping in the hallway. For all but five seconds, but still. Honestly, what he heard made him nervy. The man out of the hour busts out of the hotel's front door sauntering down the stairs still in his military fatigues and Red nearly jumps at the sight; Barnes was the only man alive, possibly, on vacation still in his green slacks, admittedly, with his sleeves rolled up --- a sign of relaxation or as close as Bob would allow himself to get to it. Red gleeful digs his teeth into his lower lip looking down at his own get up. He had one Hawaiian shirt and one pair of bell bottom jeans he intended to wear them to their maximum capacity these couple of days, admittedly, in the company of his bucket hat; a precaution against the sun. The contrast was just something, is all. Like they were headed to two entirely different places.

Sarge looked like he was off back to war.

And Red like he was about to order some Mai Tais on the nearest beach pier.

-"Hiya there, uh, Bob! Enjoying the break, huh? Enjoying the weather, huh? Seeing you out of the jungle is like seeing a fish playin' a trumpet. Can hardly believe it myself, uh-oh."-

He calls after him, rambling, keeping up pace, practically running after the man who didn't intend to stop; he was certain Bob noticed him but choose to tactically ignore him, stubbornly marching forward, down the street. Didn't even do as much to throw him a mean as shit, judgmental side-glance to appraise what he was wearing. Nah, nah, he wasn't getting off the hook easily. Something was going on here.

-"Why don'tcha take a picture, Red. It'll last'ya longer."-

Is all Bob says, not even looking back at him, just adamantly walking forward.

Red takes a long drag out of his cigar, feeling a wicked smile creep forth.

Now was his chance.

-"So, that her, Bob? That the lucky lady, huh?"-

Red feels himself grow emboldened, teasing deliberately and he swears he's never seen a man halt in his tracks so abruptly, so suddenly, doing a seamless turn on his heels at the very second the words were spoken, like an angry bull about to impale him on his horn in the middle of the street. All the playfulness evaporates and O'Neill's face to face with Barnes, and even in the mellow, warm sun of Hawaii, Bob still looked frightening as all shit, the vista doing nothing to soften his demeanor or features, perhaps causing them to seem even sharper than usual in a space that was so very open, wide and as light as this; like placing a piece of artillery in a flower garden. Especially now, when his buttons were clearly pushed, his eyes positively shark-like. Oh, so Red guessed correctly; what got Bob away from active combat was a woman. Story as old as time. He came to Hawaii for R&R to meet up with someone. You. He's sure heard some funky noises from behind that hotel door, uh-oh. But, judging by Chieferooney's reaction? It was confirmed. Was official. The O'Neill investigatory skills never fail.

-"What's it to you?"-

Bob questions and it was Red's turn to feel cocky.

Doesn't even bother dipping the ash hanging askew from his cigarette. He just lets it fall to the ground on its own because he didn't intend to miss a second of this. He wiggles his eyebrows. Taunting.

-"I don't know, angel, you tell me, huh? Huh?"-

Red cocks his head and he doesn't even have a solid moment to properly gloat.

At the mention of that moniker, Barnes jumps, piercing through his personal bubble.

Red's hands come up, defensively, as a shield.

He stands his ground against the one man tornado, but, holy shit, geez.

What's this? Kill O'Neill season!? Kill O'Neill the Cupid? Batshit.

-"Hey, hey, hey, easy there, tiger!"-

He jitters, only partially joking and on the other side, very seriously so, feeling his body shake. Last thing he wanted was Bob getting genuinely angry. Didn't matter if they were surrounded by palm trees, pina coladas, civilians and servicemen on a break, he knew the man would flat out throw him into the nearest magnolia bush and kick his ass, leaving him for dead in a nearby sandy ditch, baby. All of this had a humorous side to it, admittedly. Lucky for Bob O'Neill was as big of a love expert as he was. -"Got'cha real riled up, didn't I! Heh-he!"- Red chuckles into his own chin as Barnes holds his gaze for a couple of seconds to drill the point home that he wasn't in the mood, only to turn back and around and continue going where he was going with all the determination in the world. All Red could do was follow. What, they served for as long as they did together and he wasn't even going to tell him who you were!? C'mon. -"You know, I knew there had to be a reason because I told myself; Bob leaving The Nam voluntarily!? The Bob I know!? That fella'!? Uh-oh, uh-oh, ain't no way! No way! There gotta be something there! An agenda!"- He rants away, doing so to the outline of Bob's back as the man practically marched on in front of him in wide strides, not seeming terribly pleased even though his face was entirely turned and even though he wasn't exactly saying anything. Some of the guys didn't really believe that Sarge was here with them in the first place; they told him he was full of shit. Making crap up. Some of them devised entire conspiracy theories he was downright here to kill someone; covert Ops mission, blacklisted and all that. From the higher ups. They made bets on it. But, Red? Red discovered the real truth. Like Red knew he would. Catching up with Bob, or rather, feeling Bob allowed him to catch up with him, Red takes this as a sign he's allowed to make another joke. -"And now I know what it is, Sargerooney. The agenda! Yeah."- He quips, finding Bob gruff. Gloomy. Giving him a dark stare once they halt on vaguely desolate part of the coastline, in the relative shadow of the hotel; balconies and windows lining its facade. He catches the Sarge staring in that direction with a gaze he could only describe as unfathomable.

He was a little too quiet and intense. Even for Bob.

Red imagines you being kept behind lock and key on the other side of one of those balconies and it seemed so in line with the Bob he knew the notion sends a chill down his spine.

He knew what would cheer the man up and diffuse the situation. He pulls out a pack of Marlboros from his pocket, along with a lighter. An olive branch, of sorts. Offering a cigarette. Offering to light it too. To his shock, Robert Barnes hesitates, not accepting the gesture immediately, body as rigid as a rock, eyes travelling between the box and O'Neill's face, still seeming like he was ready pounce back into a fighting stance any minute, his thick, meaty fingers half-coiled, like a claw. Like all he lacked was the grip of an M16's handle around them and the momentary absence of his firearm while on vacation was like the feeling of a phantom limb after the actual flesh has already been cut and amputated. Red gulps heavy and loud.

Chief was pissed.

-"C'mon, Bob, uh, don't be like that."-

Red whines, feeling his lip shiver. What? Was this relationship that serious then?

Bob, in love!?

Geez, man. For Pete's sake. Gotta be a cold day in hell.

And here he thought it would be great blackmail fodder. Casually, in a joking way, between compatriots and all that. When he wanted extra privileges and perks. He just felt that strategically brining up the fact Robert Barnes had a girl he was soft and sweet on and who he referred to as angel behind closed doors was so crazy that Sarge himself wouldn't want the story to grow legs and start running, but by the looks of it --- it was gonna be Red who's gonna have to start running soon, the vice grip around his guts subsiding only when Bob actually decides to have mercy and reaches out, taking a single cigarette out of the white box and popping into his scarred, scowling mouth, without saying thanks, without saying anything actually, waiting the zippo to do its thing. Desperately in want of forgiveness and in equal measure fascinated with everything going on, like someone who just stumbled upon a rare insect, Red's hands shake as he apologetically and with clumsy speed brings the lighter's fire close to the filtration's tip, watching it erupt into embers and smoke. Most cocksuckers grow mushy when they get all googly eyed over a broad, but if anything, Chief only seemed to grow even scarier.

-"Your secret's safe with me, uh-oh."-

Red reassurances nervously, shaking his head vigorously, thinking that maybe, just maybe, Bob won't always be in such a foul mood and that he'll still be able to collect a favor, sometimes, occasionally, when the time is right. But, geez, you must've been really something to get Sarge so tense, huh? Part of him growing more curious by the second, the other side of him borderline daunted by the prospect of you. Another question bites him in the ass like a red ant there and then, unbidden, whirling around amidst the tempest of his desperation, curious and anxiety.

So, did Bob and Missus Bob need a best man or something?

The inquiry remains unasked, and they stand on the pier smoking together in silence.

[splendidgeryon]

Igor Sychev:

"drunken fairytales", canvas, oil, 90x80cm (35.4x31.4")🧜‍♂️🍾.

From the artist:

The subject of this painting is generally quite funny. I don't know about the rest of the world, but in ex-Soviet countries fishing as a phenomenon has long time ago become folklore. First of all, because most of the time men go fishing not to catch fish, but to get drunk without annoying female attention and reproaches. It's a moment of male freedom. In Russia, for example, at the end of the 90s even was filmed comedy "features of national fishing" which just showed a company of men who hard drinking on fishing and constantly got into all sorts of trouble for drunkenness. Secondly, men always exaggerate the size))) the size of the fish caught, of course, and not what you might think about.

So whether the mermaid is real, and came out of the water to meet the lone man on the pier, or it is a drunken vision of the protagonist, and its just a fish, and maybe even a dream, which this man tells someone in colors and details, of course a little exaggerating)))) After all, how else were myths born? Let it be at the discretion of your imagination.

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[klbwriting]

Adventures In Atlantean-Sitting

Chapter 7

Fandom: Aquaman

Pairing: Ormxfemale!Reader

Warnings: none

Summary: Arthur has power stripped and Orm recovers

Arthur knew something was off the moment he entered the council chamber. Horvath was smiling wide, Orlan was glowering at him more than usual and his normal allies seemed sullen. He sat in his seat and looked around before setting the bagged evidence on the table in front of them.

"I will be testing these today. They came from the attack two nights ago in Coastal City..." he began. Horvath snorted a laugh. "Is there a problem councilman? A barnacle in your throat?" Horvath just chuckled.

"Your pathetic attempts at humor won't help you today," he said. He produced a holodisk and set it on the table. He pressed a button and an image of Orm at the pier appeared, he had his weapon trained on something, but whatever it was couldn't be seen. Arthur inhaled deeply, annoyed. "We, the council, have decided, since this would clearly be a conflict of interest for you, that the investigation will be taken over by one of us. Orlan and I were just putting our fish in the ring so to speak, for the honor of capturing your brother and bringing him in." Arthur looked around, no one met his eyes except Horvath who looked ecstatic.

"I see," Arthur said. "Well I would like to extend to whoever heads the investigation to please test these materials. If he was using the weapon once again we have missed a weapons cache to reset the DNA. And he must not be working alone considering I went to the attack sight myself and saw multiple weapons and these gloves. I recognize this color and design. This was one of Orm's old suits, so strange that if he is the one doing these attacks, has a cotingent of soldiers with him, that they would all need to use his DNA, why wouldn't they just use their own?" This seemed to baffle the council for a moment, Horvath sputtering some.

"Perhaps it is a message he wants to send," Orlan offered. Arthur finally looked at him. He seemed completely neutral in all of this, which Arthur found unnerving. Orlan typically hated him, but in this regard, he seemed passive, as if he didn't care about any of it. "No matter what, he is always going to come back. They use his DNA so as not to expose those on his side in our ranks. Orm is a master strategist, the idea surly would occur to him to have plants among us all. Even in this room." He looked pointedly at Arthur, who glared.

"You think I would help the person who tried to harm my family?" he asked, voice low. Orlan just shrugged noncommittal, but his comment had worked. A few murmurs spread through the room and Arthur knew he was fighting a losing battle this time. He needed to regroup. "Well then, if you were going to vote on someone new to lead the investigation please do so now. I recuse myself." Orlan won and that was the only time Arthur saw any emotion, just a simple uptick of his mouth into a thinly veiled smile.

Orm slept on and off for two days recovering from the poison. YN kept watch over him, making sure he drank and ate, checking his fever, and keeping him warm. Despite Atlanna telling her that he would be fine after rest she still couldn't sleep, instead watching him for any signs that he was failing, that he was going to stop breathing. By day three she was exhausted but still going. She was so focused on making some soup for his dinner that she didn't hear him get up and start walking around. She nearly had a heart attack when she turned around he was just standing there by the counter.

"Fuck me Orm, what the hell?" she said, breathing deep, clutching her chest. He laughed. "Yes, very funny." She sighed and wiped her hands on the towel on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to sneak up on you," he said. He looked better, his color was back and his eyes were bright. She took a relieved breath and smiled at him. "How long have I been out?"

"You've been in and out of consciousness for two days. Arthur and Atlanna were here, they gave you the antidote to the poison." His eyebrows shot up. "Ya, they tried to poison you," she said, setting the soup to simmer. He frowned, he was trying to remember what had happened. He didn't remember anything from the attack at all. "What do you remember?"

"Nothing much, I remember the roller coaster," he said. YN felt her heart sink. He had forgotten about the kiss then. What if he changed his mind? She moved to turn back to the soup when she felt a hand in hers, pulling her to him. He wrapped his arms around her gently. "O...and I remember this." He leaned in and kissed her softly. Her hands went to his face, holding his cheeks as she kissed him back. When they parted she stared up at him. "I would never forget something as amazing as that kiss." She blushed and he couldn't help himself, he kissed again. He pushed her to the counter and tried to put her on it but faltered. "Sorry...I still feel weak."

"Its alright, you should probably be in bed still," she said. He groaned and she laughed at his grumpy face. She had missed it honestly. "Fine, how about we hang out on the couch today? We still need to watch Blue Planet, I think you'll love it." Orm thought about it, what he really wanted did involve the bed, but he knew if he got into it, even with her, she would only let him sleep. He nodded.

"Better than sleeping all day again," he said. She led him to the couch and settled in to watch.

[sunflowers-and-scales]

HEY SO I SAW YOUR ASK AND 1:

although wait i have to pull up my refs i'll come back to this if u would like to....

yesssssss send them….. nyehehehe

also you are opening a CAN of worms but i’ll put brief personality/plot highlights for my main 4 (the ones i sent + alyce) under the cut

(girl is alyce lol)

alyce:

-legend with a bow and arrow

-easily annoyed but well composed

-half sister to ian (blonde)

-smart & well organized

ian:

-anxiety

-wants to be happy but the plot (me) forbids it

-bff of ryu (the one sitting on the pier in the ask i sent)

-can’t fly very well but Is Trying

-his fake dad burnt off part of his face (long story)

ryu:

-ambulatory wheelchair user on land

-fish boy (likes to swim)

-also anxiety but less active Fear

-vague nihilism

-likes boba tea + hot cocoa

kei (the one in purple):

-smarty pants

-biology and anthropology special interest

-very blunt

-drowning in guilt for half the plot bro has a whole arc

-real dad burnt off half his face (long story)

-elbowed ian in the face so hard it is now crooked forever. also caused the little scar on the nose

-can control fire but like Not Really bc he gets burns

OK NOW SEND URS >:)

[s-j320]

Truce

‘You’re literally embarrassing yourself right now.’

She rolled her eyes

‘I mean come on? Really? A basket?’

‘Aw so cute of you, you made me a basket. Again’ She fake smiled at him and kept her thought secret.

Finnick laughed behind her. She turned around and gave him a look that made him shut up.

He still giggled a bit but kept it to himself.

‘Thank you Caspian. I’m … gonna put it to the other ones that you weaved for me’ she looked at him.

Caspian smiled at her ‘hey Y/N are you coming to the race tonight by any chance?’ He asked her with confidence.

Finnick stopped laughing ‘oh she is.’ He nodded in a arrogant way

‘With me. Because I’m gonna win tonight’ he scoffed

Caspian looked at Finnick with disgust and bore.

‘Have I talked to you? She can use her own mouth, she’s not dumb’

Y/n was silent, she knew better than get between her bestfriend and her admirer.

‘Oh? Since when do you talk back Belltide?’

Finnick stepped closer pulling Y/N behind him.

Y/n was annoyed by them.

‘Stop.’ She said but both still argued

‘Stop!’ She said a bit louder

‘Oh my… fine if you won’t hear, you’ll feel.’ With that she threw both of them off the pier and into the water.

‘Both of you get over yourself! Fucking hell’ with that she stepped home.

The 13 year old Finnick couldn’t understand how his crush couldn’t see him the way he saw her.

He has been in love with her since he was 8, he would have never weaved her baskets or giftet her hair ties. No.

He giftet her the first ever pearl he found, even made her a trident when he was just barely 10 years old. And teached her how to swim and fish.

But she still sees him as a friend.

‘You’re a loser Odair’ Caspian said ‘no, no that’s not the right term… you’re a wuss.’

‘Be silent Belltide. Or you will regret it.’ He said dangerously silent

‘How long have you loved her now 3.. 4 years?’

‘6’

‘SIX YEARS!?’ Caspian was shocked

‘Six years and you never told her? Wow that’s actually sad. You make me sad Finnick’ he shook his head

Both of them finally got out of the water and sat down. Not talking.

‘You know. When I see her, I see the ocean.

I see the sun rising and setting on the horizon.

I see the reflection on the water surface. I see all that in just her eyes.’ He confessed

‘Her hair is silkier than the slimy fish we catch.

And no I don’t mean that her hair is slimy.

Or her lips. I love to look at her when she laughs, it’s real.’ He sighed

Caspian looked at him and said nothing

‘Every year since we turned 12, I’m scared, not for me.’

‘But for her’ he looked to the water

‘I imagine that she’s gonna be reaped, or the both of us. And that I kill her. I could never do that and that’s why I kill myself.

Or I’m reaped and die and she kills herself’

He shook his head to get rid of the thoughts.

Caspian looked at him and gave him his hand

‘Truce?’

Finnick looked at it and took it

‘Truce’

PT2?

[a-tale-of-legends]

Hey there! I just noticed your blog and I came to ask something! I’m glad you took notice of the gym challenger NPCs in Galar, and I was wondering about something, what are your thoughts on Pia, Deneb, Kent, and Yue? Do you have any headcanond about them, and if they had a bigger role in the Sword and Shield storyline, what would you have done?

FINALLY. AFTER ALL THIS TIME. SOMEONE ASKS ABOUT THE GYM CHALLENGER NPCS.

God it's been so long since I've even thought of them that I fear I might not remember my specific hcs, let alone their given personalities, but I'll try!!!!

Pia

MY GIRL PIA

Of all the gym challenger npcs, she's the only one who was able to make it to the semi finals...quarter finals? She's the one who is beaten by Hop before he faces the player! The fact that she even made it that far with just grass types is hella impressive!!!!

I've always seen Pia as a steady force. Stern, focused, but kind and willing to guide others if needed. She also isn't a stick in the mud, either! Just that she takes the gym challenge pretty seriously.

She's a gym trainer of Milo's gym, and was thus, nominated by him to go on the gym challenge. She seems to be a bit exasperated by him based on her dialogue in game, so I imagine working with Milo is something else, hehe. Enough for her to be just slightly annoyed ( though maybe it's also he believed in her enough to even do the gym challenge, haha! Pia seems like someone who is really humble, so recognizing her own achievements and skill might be hard for her)

I've always imagined her, Deneb and Dunne to be a trio! Two orange-brown haired idiots and their green haired friend that keeps them out of trouble.

Oh, yeah, and Deneb and her get into a relationship :)

One last thing: in general I don't really see the npcs getting super involved with the plot, but I can see Pia being like a semi mentor figure the player and Hop would encounter now and again. Someone older who's respected and kind.

Deneb

SPEAKING OF DENEB!!! Deneb my energetic athletic queen. This woman has a can do attitude about everything! Nothing can get her down. The gym challenge actively tests that, but it's fiiiiine.

I believe in game she said she's from kanto? ( checks) yep! she's from kanto! She also says she's from the fighting dojo, which means the place is still running lol

She kinda feels like a fish out of water, not only being from a different region, but just culturally speaking Galar is. Very different from Kanto. Much more flashy. A lot more eyes on you. But despite all that, she still carries one with a big ol grin and fierce determination!

She actually stopped the gym challenge around the same time as Dunne- around Piers gym. Between all the weird stuff that's been going around, plus just Spikemuth not being open, it was kinda a big morale dive. Still she doesn't regret it - she brought word of the fighting dojo in kanto, and she got to really bond with her pokemon. All in all, she's satisfied~

As for how her and Pia got together, I just like to think them traveling together with Deneb's energetic optimism and Pia's steadiness is what ultimately brought them together. Poor Dunne is a third wheel in all of this lol.

I think she does return to Kanto after the gym season has died down, but she and Pia still maintain their relationship. Maybe one moves to the other's region at some point?

Kent

I'm really sorry Kent, I do not have much for the guy, mainly bc I. Do not remember his quotes. So we're going off vibes and ignoring whatever he says canonically.

Kent, when I first saw him, gave me the vibe of honestly a good young lad.

Outside of the player, I always saw him as the youngest of the NPC trainers. Maybe in his late teens?

He's a sweetheart, always wanting to prove himself and be helpful to others!

Dreams of traveling across the world with his flying types.

Yue

Unlike Kent I do remember a small few hcs for her.

Her and Wei I hc as siblings!

Yue is.... Honestly a perfectionist lol. She likes to keep things clean and precise - this extends to herself greatly.

She tends to be very hard on herself when she doesn't reach a certain expectation. Compared to her brother's callous confidence, she uptight and insecure.

She loves food, but is insecure by how much she eats.

I don't remember when exactly she stopped appearing....I think maybe around Kabu's gym?

Her and Phoebus are friends :) I like to think Phoebus is a chef and encouraged Yue to simply enjoy her food instead of fretting over it ( note: I'm considering Yue being a picky eater, and if that's the case, he'll offer to cook her specific meals to her liking :) )

Thanks for the ask!!!! Not all the gym challenger NPCs rotate my head equally ( honestly it's. It's really just Pia and Deneb) but this was very fun!!!!