#rosa | val

[eclvpses]

closed for @demidevildiva ; val's place

The moment Rosa got the text back from Val, she was running - Rosa didn't run, but she'd done it twice tonight. First to Talon's, and now to Val's. She was still in shock, she was sure - and Atticus would have a heart attack after noticing Rosa wasn't at his place anymore. She'd return afterwards, but she had to do this first. The second Val opened her door, Rosa was on her - grasping her by the shoulders and shoving her into the closest wall, before pinning her there with an arm across her throat. The same maneuver she'd taught Rosa ages ago - and she'd never forgotten. She was so glad she'd never forgotten. "Did you do this?" she hissed under her breath, so close to Val's face she could feel their noses brushing. "You're a sick fucking liar most of the time, but I know you. Tell me the truth - did you do this?!"

[eclvpses]

The last time Rosa had seen Val, it hadn’t ended well. Half the time, it never does. Rosa was too explosive when it came to the possessiveness Val felt - and it’s what she always reminded herself of when they had moments like this. The tender ones that made Rosa first fall for the girl soothing her, making her feel safer than anyone else did. The reminders almost never worked, because in the end, Rosa wanted love as bad as the next person, even if she denied it, or thought she was above it. And it was always a nice thought, that she could have it with Val. She wanted that, constantly. Pushing aside their differences, the things that drove each other crazy, they did work. And then they didn’t - and Rosa was always scared of those moments most. “I always want you,” she whispered, cupping Val’s face one she’d pulled back from where she’d pressed a kiss to Rosa’s now blushing cheek, “I want you to always want me too.” Because as intense as Val could be with her love, she could be just as cold, too. It always felt like when Rosa was pulling away, she wanted to push her to her breaking point. When Rosa wanted nothing but Val’s devotion, she got a cold shoulder in return. It always left her confused and heartbroken - and angry, above all else. And Rosa was mean when she was angry. She hated the fact, but it was the truth, and Val always got the brunt of it. “I feel - my head’s confused. I know what I want and what I don’t want.” Both answers pointed in Val’s direction. But tonight, with adrenaline on high and Val’s hands on her waist, reminding her of far more intimate moments, Rosa didn’t particularly want to listen to her head. It was fuzzy anyway, and though she liked to think she listened to it far more than her heart, she seemed to always be making the wrong choices. Rosa stepped into Val’s space like she belonged there, couldn’t even bring herself to fight against her hold if she tried. What was the point anymore? She knew she’d end up wrapped around Val’s finger no matter what. “I would like to see you punch that guy again.” Taking Val’s hand into her own, Rosa gently ran her thumb over her knuckles - they must’ve been sore, but if they were, she couldn’t possibly tell. With a gentle tug, she started guiding them to the exit. “Okay - c’mon, I’m ready to go home.”

Throughout the years Valentina had never really cared for how she comes off to people. She was either lovely or a completely monster and there was never really an in between. She knew this and it never really affected her as much as it did when she was with Rosa. It was a normal habit of hers to shower her with love and affection, but the moment Rosa showed any emotions back Valentina didn’t know how to proceed. Valentina dropped her free hand to her waist instantly- leaving her other interlocked with Rosa's- her emotions turning to that of real concern. Please, don't do that she thought to whisper, Don't cry, my love. But she didn't say it. Didn't want to push any more emotions forwards when they hadn't really spoken much in the last few months. She knew that anything else that came out of her lips would be a sentence for the both of them and for once she didn't want to be selfish, but it was hard not to speak her truth. "I'm always here you know that." Val placed a kiss on her cheek slowly enough to give her the time and space to move away if she wanted or needed to, "That's never going to change for as long as you want me." And even beyond that. There wasn't a week that went by that Val didn't see her. In the comfort of her bed beneath the sheets fast asleep, out eating with her friends, at the bar interlocking arms with those who were not her, taking pictures, or even when she foamed at the mouth for that little therapist at the beach... she wasn't jealous though. If she were then none of them would still be here today, but it made her think Rosa was possibly moving on. Which again- good for her but Val was always going to be there. Waiting quietly, and expectantly but overall just a fly on the wall. Always watching, always listening. "I'd love nothing more. Can't be too careful you know, that asshole might still be out there just waiting." she said with a big smile, knowing that it probably wasn't what she meant. Or perhaps what Val may have thought she meant. "We could always go now... drink once there?" Val pulled her a bit closer and made eye contact, trying to read her for a response before she even had the chance to speak.

[woodsdyke]

a selection of my gayest illustrations in celebration of the gayest month, let’s give it up for dykes!!!!! (and also two gayboys. it's only fair)

[wanderingaldecaldo]

Never enough time for kisses

A couple more I liked...

[pensieri-liberi-nella-mente]

Una piccola passeggiata per arrivare alla sorgente del Lys, in Val d'Aosta. Sentire il rumore della natura, nel silenzio è pace per i sensi e per l'anima

[sp1rit-realm]

tumblr is not saving my tags so im gonna just make a big post with my mutual’s little things!

@ttulipwritezz -- tulip ✮⁺˚⋆｡°

@hotchfiles -- lari ‧₊˚✩ ₊

@juneberrie -- lizzie ✩彡 ･ﾟ *:

@iwilldeletethisblogprobably -- leaf ‧₊˚༉‧₊˚.

@elysianymph -- nymph ✧˚ ༘ ⋆。˚

@violetteshoneybee -- violette ⊹˚. ♡

@forevermoreluver -- julian ᕙ(  •̀ ᗜ •́  )ᕗ

@ay0nha -- glory *:･ﾟ✧

@remuslovebot -- natalie  ˖⋆⭒˚。⋆ 

@bearrbug-- vaishnavi ໒꒱ *·

@baker-coded -- baker 𓇚

@saintchaser -- marceline ๋࣭ ⭑

@inkluvs -- ivy 𓇙 / iby / ibe

@bullshit-bulltrue -- levi ₊‧⁺˖

@prongsio -- lola ✧࿐

@ghostlyfleur -- ˚₊‧⁺˖ harmonia ˖⁺‧₊˚

@lavendermunson -- leia 𑙖✺𑛂 

@spaceagebachelormann -- ziggy ✯༉

@imabee-oralizard -- kylie ᨦ❤︎ᨩ

@faerieroyal-- dolly ˚₊‧꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚

@dancinglikeaballerina -- rosa ⊱✿⊰ 

@lovertunnel -- mary ✩‧₊˚

@buckys-little-belle -- ˚⋆ ౨ৎ belle ౨ৎ ⋆˚

@that-bitch-kat3 -- kat ✩₊˚.⋆☾

@zvdvdlvr -- kj ˚₊‧⁺˖✮

@reysdriver -- xena ｡✧* ♡

@starsval -- val . •:. *₊ ° . ☆

@moonys-bf -- archer ✶*₊∙꩟

@vampieteeth -- vampie ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

@knaveism -- dd *ੈ✩‧₊˚

@isitovrnow -- jas ࿓₊❤︎*∙

@esperisdrunkinwonderland -- espie ✧˚ ༘ ⋆。˚

@turvi -- turvi ✧˖°

@hob1e-br0wn -- marty ༅∘₊*꩟

@storyofaromance -- yasmin („• ֊ •„)♡

@woahlifehitsyahuh -- jasmine 𐦖

@maddipoof -- mara ✩‧₊˚

@doyouknowwhoyouare13 -- nyx ✭₊࿔∘

@bruisedboys -- mal✧:･.☽˚｡

@queerpumpkinnn -- autumn ♡‧₊˚

@basicallyjustmuggleremuslupin -- cay 𓆩✶𓆪

@starstruckmoony -- solaris 𖤓༅

@ell0ra-br3kk3r -- ellora ★⋆. ࿐

@lesbianjackies -- meredith *ೃ༄

@evergreenlover -- ૮ ˶′ﻌ ‵˶ ა alice

@cosmal -- aerial ⋆。°✩

[milflewis]

dantteri + meeting rosa

“Uh, okay, she,” Daniel says, squinting, his whole body one long line of tension. “She kinda has big teeth, huh?”

Valtteri grins. “All the better to eat you with.”

Daniel cuts him a sideways glare. “That’s, like, so not funny.” He frowns then, hand tightening around Valtteri’s fingers, vaguely clammy. “Wait, what do reindeers eat?”

Valtteri rolls his eyes and pulls Daniel forward, ignoring his protests, reaching out with his other hand for Rosa to snuffle.

[waru-chan8]

It’s mostly safe. Between 1:09 and 1:33 there’s a slow-Mo of Jorge moving and setting the torches on fire with his own body.

Roberto:Let’s take a bit of air as the team also does the cleaning/removing of all the torches and we lower the heart beat (he uses turn them back on place)

Mariló: Jorge guy (in surprise/disbelieve)

Roberto: a big (gigantic) applause for Jorge Lorenzo

Jorge and Pedro talk but is not cached by the microphone.

Rosa: you can see the back he has burned it. Damn it!.

Roberto: let’s turn him around as it was suggested by his coach Pedro, so we ha can see how Jorge Lorenzo’s back looks like. Jorge. We where saying 30 seconds

Juan: To 0

Roberto:...and 0

Juan: to 0

Roberto: you’ve gone to the limit

Jorge: (Jorge is barely making sense in Spanish, probably still shaky from the experience) No.. one can get used to.. they are always... when you have the fire... in the back, in the back... You want to go as fast as you can, but I had to be precises, and wait 2-3 seconds. It was difficult, but... everything went well

Boris: very well, extraordinarily well

Jorge: I was feeling very hot, but I don’t think I got burned, but we will check later but

Other contestant: you are incredible.

Boris: you are the king

Roberto: let’s see you never better said. Look at yourself in the slow-Mo cam. The very slow one.

Jorge: I never watched myself Damn it! (I’m not sure, but I think Jorge says ‘Que putada’ which could be interpreted and how insane, but music is too low for me to understand it properly

Roberto: well *without words* all yours

Juan: For moments like, I believe that this programme is the best in the TV (someone said arghsi in complain) because in here, there’s an emotion and tension eh enormous.

Jorge: I did well in taking this off (? what is he talking about? The balaclava?)

Juan: and we feel it like this from here. Congratulations Jorge for the temperance of stopping to set all the torches on fire. For me it’s a challenge, with this I always have an small argument with Santiago, it’s a challenge that enraptures me and I think it holds lots of credits just for trying to do it. (Pilar(?) says yes). Congratulation.

Jorge: thanks!

Pilar: I’m going to congratulate Jorge and I’m going to give a small scold/reprimand to the program in general. Let’s see, on each side, we had 15 torches. 15 torches  and we said he needed about.. that he could only stay 30 seconds with the suit (Waru’s note, Jorge said 2-3 seconds per torch and it was 15 torches per side, so he actually needed 30-45. Conclusion: it was a miracle he managed to complete the challenge). He only has 2 seconds per torch (Waru’s note (again) this considering that each torch at each side is lit at the same time and easily). You gone a little on the limit (Waru’s note (again) this is like going to Austria with normal brake disc and expect that nothing happen (reference to Race 2 in Austria in 2020 and Maverick Viñales). Poor Jorge ,Poor Jorge

Jorge: Knowing... I don’t know my time.

Someone: guy  it was 30 seconds

Pilar: this was was very extreme

Santiago: Pilar

Pilar: no, no, no

Santiago: to defend the programme, I’ll tell you that the torches where covered with a flammable liquid and I don’t think that the precision was so good

Pilar: would you be able to do this?

Santiago: for me it was more difficult, what Rosa López did

Rosa: no way

Santiago eating the plastic with the teeth upside down (she and Ana Guerra had to scape from the plastic covering the torso while being upside down at 6m of high and then jump) than what Jorge (driving a 3000kg truck over a 8m long line of glasses) and Jorge (this challenge)

rosa *laughs* no

Roberto: if anybody understands about fires in this table, it’s Roberto Brasero

Brasero (invited judge. He had his own challenge that does is not in contest. He usually is the weatherman for Antena3, the channel where El Desafío is broadcast). No, you went for a walk of 400ºC, as you told us. In here, you can also smell it because people from home can’t smell it. The smell of burning of petrol/gasoline, that you felt so many times. I think that apart from the physical abilities, it had a mental component your ... moment as a rider,

Jorge: yeah, totally

Brasero: I suppose it was one of your nightmares, seeing yourself engulfed in flames and it this case, you have surpassed it. And I’ll only say something to you, the hood goes directly to the trash. Do not try to

Jorge, that’s for sure

Rosa: look, it’s cool

Roberto: Well, Jorge Lorenzo, challenge completed, we will see ho the jury will asses it later. You can go calmly there, (signals one side), they are saying there (shows the other way) But before, go there and change (and that we see is... announcing the next challenge and contestant)

[therubyreader]

My Review of Ana Maria and the Fox by Liana De la Rosa

See a full list of my book reviews here

Review Word Count Total: 1,109

Hello again! It’s been too long. I’ve finally been inspired to write after reading this book in four hours and feeling such strong emotions that I’m sitting to write this review within an hour of finishing it because I need to just let those emotions out. I, like most people, have been bitten by the Bridgerton bug and in an attempt to get my fill of period drama with people of color I have turned to Ana Maria and the Fox, a book that promises Bridgerton vibes but featuring main characters from Mexico. The first book in the trilogy revolving around a trio of sisters finding love in Victorian England, introduces us to the titular Ana Maria, the eldest of the three Luna sisters, and her kind of forbidden but ultimately forced romance to Gideon Fox, a member of British Parliament and the grandson of an enslaved woman hoping to abolish the Atlantic slave trade. 

The book, while presenting as a basic run of the mill romance novel with no depth is actually a very emotional story, we have two characters who have essentially dedicated their lives to their families learning how to, for once in their lives, chose each other. Ana Maria and her sisters are forced to flee Mexico during the French occupation of the country in the 1860s and they are sent to London with their uncle, the Mexican ambassador to England, to keep them safe due to their father’s association with the Mexican government. As the eldest sister, Ana Maria has dealt with the brunt of her father’s expectations, having been betrothed to a member of the Mexican government to advance her father’s position, as well as being forced to be the perfect young lady and set an example for her younger sisters with whom she has a strained relationship. Though the girls had been forced to compete with each other for as long as they can remember, Ana Maria has a deep love for them and does everything in her power to keep them safe in this new country far from home.  

While Ana Maria is worried about keeping her family safe, Gideon has dedicated his entire career in Parliment to honoring his late grandmother’s memory and ending the Atlantic slave trade. His maternal grandmother was able to sneak aboard a ship leaving Charleston, unknowingly pregnant with her master’s child, and gain her freedom in England, a story which she told young Gideon who made it his life’s mission to eradicate the evil of slavery while navigating the political world as a middle-class biracial man.  

Though the book is marketed as a romance novel, which is true, it is also a love story between the two protagonists and their families. Every action they take and decision they make they do it with their families in the forefront and we get to watch these two characters learn that they are able to love and be loved outside of their devotion to their families. This book really spoke to me as the oldest daughter in Mexican family because I see myself a lot in Ana Maria, though not in such drastic circumstances, but the way she is forced to carry herself as the eldest and the sacrifices she makes out of love for her sisters is something I deeply relate to. And as a Mexican, seeing a protagonist of my same ethnic background being the subject of a period romance is something I didn’t think I’d ever see, and it was really refreshing to be able to have this type of representation in a genre I’d never really thought was for me. All the awkward Spanish aside, because there were moments that gave very much “I forgot to switch languages” which I can tell you now is the biggest myth in the land, the representation was really well done. The author is Mexican so it’s not a surprise, but she was able to seamlessly add Mexican people and culture into a Victorian English backdrop so their experience in high society was done very realistically and the whole thing felt natural, like something that could’ve happened in real life. Her use of period accurate language not just in the dialogue but also in the exposition was a great touch that helped me as the reader stay immersed in the story.  

I think my main complaints about this book are the clunky writing style of the first two chapters where it feels like everything is being rushed to get to the point that almost made me put the book down and also the lack of backstory we get for Gideon. While reading the book I think there was a lot of focus on Ana Maria and her sisters, which makes sense since the story is about them, but most of Gideon’s backstory we got as him telling Ana Maria about himself, there were no flashbacks or barely any exposition on his part about his past save for the constant reminder that his grandmother was a slave. His motivations all stem from his honoring of not only his grandmother but his parents and their backgrounds, but yet we don’t get anything about them. The most we get is his grandmother’s first name and I don’t recall him ever giving out his parents’ names, especially since we’re led to believe that his closed off and “grumpy” personality is based in part on the grief of him losing his entire family at a young age, but we don’t see any of it. The reader is just told this fact, but we don’t get any glimpses of his upbringing and how he was as a child before he lost everything, and I think that’s a great disservice to his character because we get to see his growth without being able to see the starting point. Because of this we’re only seeing his character arc in a very surface level way, which is disappointing since I know he is a very interesting and complex character, but the author doesn’t go very much into it.  

I do think overall this book had more hits than misses, this looks like the author’s first go at traditional publishing and stepping out of the stereotypical period romance, so I do applaud her for the effort as it really paid off. I recommend this book to anyone who has a Bridgerton obsession and wants to read something similar or anyone who wants to get into period pieces but doesn’t know where to start. I’d give this book a much better than I expected in the best way out of ten and I will be reading the sequel soon.  

[eclvpses]

Rosa felt like she was being stretched thin, pulled in two opposite directions. It’d always felt like that when it came to Val, but it was worse this time around. Now, she had Talon that she had to consider. Wanted to consider, because he was her boyfriend and first real relationship that felt… healthy. She didn’t want to toss whatever she’d ever had with Val, because at the end of the day it was a relationship, but it’d never been healthy. Rosa couldn’t remember the amount of times she’d promised herself that she’d never go back down that road again, but Val knew her to her core. Rosa wish she didn’t, but she knew Val to her core, too - or she thought she did. She’d never be confident that she did, even when she could read her like a book. “This is so unfair.” WIth a heaving gasp, Rosa clapped her hands over her face - Val had seen her cry too many times to count, but it didn’t feel right this time. Instead of seeking her comfort, or crying because their relationship was at a stand still again, Rosa cried out of pure frustration with the turn around that was the Rosa and Val saga. “So - unfair, Val… this is so unfair!” She couldn’t help but blurt out the last part as a scream - therapeutic a bit, but because every enraged and hurt emotion within her burst forward. Dropping her hands, Rosa flinched when she realised how close Val was to her now. Usually, she would’ve leaned into it - used to hearing Val’s words and taking them as truth. Now, she moved back, made it clear when she wanted distance between them, glare paralyzed on her features. “I have… begged you, with my entire - being! My entire soul, to want me. So many times. When I’ve wanted you, you’ve tossed me to the side. And now - I’m happy, I’m with someone, and you’re doing this to me. What - how could you do this to me? Again? How can you claim to love me, again, and then do this. Again! I’m so fucking tired! I’m tired, Val!” Rosa’s heart and breath skipped momentum at the intensity of Val’s eye contact. This - was it. This was their end. Rosa felt the heartbreak of it, but knew it was for the best. For her own sake, if anything. It was this reason alone that she finally did step forward, forcefully grabbing Val by the shoulder and tugging her into a hug - rough with her movements. “Yes - Yes, Val I wish I’d never met you. I regret every second of us together.” It wasn’t the whole truth. But Val needed to hear an exaggerated version if she were to ever move on from… this. “I never want to see or talk to you again. You can’t manipulate me anymore - I won’t let you. I hope you find someone who’ll love you as casually as you want. I don’t think you know how to love. And I feel sorry for you. I’ll never love you again like I used to.” By this point, Rosa had broken into sobs - it hurt to say it. It hurt to hurt Val, even if she was mad at her, even if she should hate her. Rosa was scared she’d never fully hate Val - she needed this forceful and painful closure. Pulling away from the hug, Rosa took another step back, but didn’t fully walk away. She wanted to see if Val would. “Now go away. And don’t look back at me - we’re done. Forever.”

Valentina watched Rosa with sad eyes. It was just as she thought. She wanted to scream. Wanted to throw the biggest fucking tantrum and burn everything around her to the ground. Burn everyone to the ground. "I can't lose you." Val said, filled with the sinful need to covet her. No matter how wrong she was for wanting even just a little piece of her. "I can't lose you... I can't do it, Rosa, I really can't." her words became huskier, and breathless. Engorged in whatever pest had carved it's way to her insides - eating at her. "You don't understand, and I'm so sorry that I cannot explain it any better. I don't know how to..." The reality of it all was that Valentina would always be there. There was something criminal about the hold that Rosa had over her. Something cynical about the way she loved that she never truly understood. Hurting Rosa directly was the last thing she'd ever do, but that didn't apply to the people around her. Her fury knew no bounds, and as much as she tried to keep those feelings at bay they always found a way to come out. It had been the same way she found herself in Viktor's bed. She hadn't really thought about it. Rosa and her hadn't been together at the time, but she knew it was wrong. Knew it would hurt if Rosa ever found out, so as bad as she wanted to be completely transparent - she couldn't."... I can't lose you too." This is what she wanted, though, wasn't it? To be alone... to be so fucking miserable that she could do anything and everything she wanted with no rhyme or reason. To be as wild, and unaffected by the shit day to day thing she called a life. The pain that was in her chest kept growing - piercing her canvas and mocking her suffering. Valentina flew to her side in mere second unable to stand the distance between them but didn't dare touch her. "I'm sorry." she said unable to recognize her own voice. Desperation tearing her limb by limb as her mind swirled in it's attempt to navigate a life without her. "I fucked up, Rosa. I really fucked us up, and I'm so sorry... I know it’s on me". Even if it wasn’t, she’d take all the blame. Val lifted a hand towards her face, wanting to touch her but failing to make contact so she let her hand fall. She had never asked Rosa for anything; not acceptance, and most definitely not love, but she couldn't live a life knowing that Rosa hated her. Taking a step back, Val looked her in the eyes, wanting to measure the true gravity of their departure. "Do you... wish you had never met me?"

[dutchjan]

November 14, 2023

[wanderingaldecaldo]

Val's fav jeans | Val's fave jacket | Val's new fave tank soon ™️

Waiting...

A few more because, legs.

You're welcome, @imaginarycyberpunk2023 😘

Also...

the reason she smiles...

[unovasrose]

@mirroredranger / continued from here

She can't help but shake her head at Valerie's response, a rueful smile playing on her lips.

"Honestly, I was wondering the same thing myself. Like, how much of a faux pas would it be for me to wear my gown from the Ball of Hearts? I feel like the media would crucify me, though." She clears her throat and puts on her most obnoxious news reporter voice. "'Can you believe that Champion Rosa was seen in the same dress for two events two years apart? Unbelievable! Is that woman broke?' Ugh..."

With furrowed brows, she idly examines her nails. She got a manicure last week in an attempt to salvage her hands after she'd spent a few days inside Twist Mountain. It's recent enough that it's at least one less thing for her to worry about.

"Hmm, maybe we can do some window shopping to see if there's anything out there we like?"

[rubyroboticalt]

the fucking news

i lost the audio and the whatever and two of my pc parts are breaking and my eyes hurt bc ive been rationing drops so no news video and this is zero effort. heres the qblr news

untamed wilds down! it has caused so many crashes and so much lag that the admins got sick of it and nuked it. to compensate for the loss of cage traps, supplementaries cages got buffed to hold any entity including corpses.

create engineers have been alloted 5 water wheels in one area and begin to drill out the entire bottom of the world. i give it like a week max until sinkholes begin to open up.

on the surface side, Tonmy has a party in a rose field! it's full of friends, food, and fdinosaurs.

rosas moves from their spawn location! while cozy, spawn is crowded and there are build restrictions due to perpetual spawn chunk loading. a dinner is held at teal's new rosas restaurant, though rising tensions end in a fight and wind up with cheez killing midori. way to lose a fight to a toddler online, cmon.

we also learn the nether will open soon! don't let that fool you. multiple players already have netherite ingots, and portal places have been built. the server is ready.

what says love more than a wedding? val gets hitched with gwen, almos, and positron. the event is invite only for lag reasons.

see those snowblossom trees? lots of players think they're lovely! splat builds a cool lake in a snowblossom grove, best viewed at night.

apple finishes a greenhouse with trees and flowers! it's beautiful.

and now, the autistic minecraft behaviors, maze edition:

an official market area has been selected! inkia gets started with show rooms for furniture, and of course an ad board because there is no freedom from hell is there.

photo op! then some clurbing. with the crurb. doing drurg. what the furk i guess.

after the drurgs, croptopia farms get made because the croptopia crops did Not spawn in. also levi finishes a stained glass fish.

birthday party! the 20th, 21st, and 22nd are birthdays for event creatures! they've made it one whole month!

sunny dabbles in the mystic dark magics, and constructs a room dedicated to the practice.

you'll never guess who is causing trouble again! that's right, white baby. it's spawning in stronger mobs with more buffs. creatures and cubitos get downed left and right.

residents display the full gamut of coping methods. the coordination on the pole dancers is incredible.

and if you want to cope with gambling, we got horse races now!

and the dark magician opens a diner where residents can eat a fda-safety-compliant meal. the week ends with tense waiting for the next white baby strike.

[spicyraeman]

What if i told you I have a giant fuckin 7000x7000 px sketch file full of my OG V that ive never posted before

[rascalentertainments]

Wish Granted 🌟👩🏾🎶 (Wish Reimagined)

Chapter 11: (Not So) Jolly Holiday 🐮🐎🐔

Chapter 10

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We cut to the next morning, where Rosas seems to be returning to mostly normal. The center of the city looks to be back in its former state before Star had charged through the place. The town looks more crowded than usual.

Going to Gabo's hidden shelter, we see Asha had fallen asleep on the mattress, with Valentino snoozing by her feet. The little goat yawned as he stretched his little legs so he could start the new day. Val looked around and noticed the room was unusually quiet.

Valentino leaped onto the other side of the mattress and nudged Asha's arm, but she remained asleep, still holding the newly fixed pencil in her hand. He then walked over to her head and nuzzled her ear, hoping that would do the trick.

Asha's began to shift slightly, but her eyes were still closed. Still half asleep, she tried to shoo the feeling away. "Stop that, we can do that later..." she answered in a groggy voice.

Valentino didn't want to hear anymore of her sleep talking, so he made a rather childish move and licked her ear.

That did the trick. Asha bolted right up and grabbed her left ear. "I don't remember asking for a gross wake up call, Val." she grumbled as she rolled her eyes at the goat.

Valentino snickered and hopped down from the mattress.

Asha yawned and took a stretch. She had been so busy drawing up the next plan to get the wishes, she must've fallen asleep. Before then, the new little team had decided to work together (at least temporarily) to quietly return the wishes. Simon would look for Flazino and gain extra help while Gabo kept an eye out for the king and queen and let Asha and Star know when it was safe to leave.

She figured Simon and Gabo had gone back home until the next day, but didn't know where Star was when she looked around the room. Asha had offered to share her space with Star for the night, but he nervously insisted he'd be more comfortable on the wooden floor. She did wonder why he was shinning so brightly when she offered...

Valentino bleated as he gestured over to the far corner of the other side of the room.

Asha looked over and saw a large glowing dog lying down in the corner with his eyes closed. Now she remembered; When Gabo and Simon had left in the evening, Star stayed with her since he would draw too much attention now. Not to mention that anyone could notify the guards the minute they saw something unusual.

Star's ear perked up as he heard Asha approaching. He opened his eyes and tail started to wag. "Oh good, you're awake! I guess you got a great new plan for us to save those wishes?" he asked, stretching his legs.

"You'd guess right. Once Gabo comes back, we can..." Asha's voice trailed off when she noticed a small area on his shoulder was a dark green. She remembered Magnifico stabbed him there yesterday, but she assumed that it had healed by now.

Asha was going to ask about it until he instantly turned back into his human form.

"You sure sleep a while. I ended up talking to Val here for a few hours until he got tired too." He kneeled down and affectionately rubbed the top of Valentino head. The goat bleated happily.

"Well, I'm glad that— Wait, stars sleep?" Asha asked curiously.

"Oh yeah! Just not as long as humans, though. Yesterday took a lot out of me, I had to sleep an entire hour!"

Asha had to put her several questions about how did that even work like that, but their conversation was cut short when they heard a knock at the door. Gabo's voice immediately followed.

"You guys awake? If you are, please me tell you're not-"

"No, Gabo. Just get in here." Asha sighed in frustration. For some reason this guy thought something weird was happening every time he left them alone.

Gabo quickly entered the room, looked around to make sure he wasn't followed and shut the door behind him. "All right, I got some good news and I got some bad news." His face looked nervous.

Asha braced herself. "What news?"

Gabo straightened up. "Good news is that Simon found where Flazino is!"

"Where'd he find him?"

Gabo winced a little bit as he twisted his hat in his hands. "Wellll....that's the bad news. The thing is, we gotta leave here, like right now. There's tons of guards spread across Rosas. They're looking for you and they're knocking on people's doors to find out if anyone is hiding you and starboy here. They could check this place at any time and I really don't want to be thrown in the dungeon!"

"You know, I wish those two had better things to do than come after us..." Star chuckled, trying to ease the tension.

Asha could feel herself tensing up. It felt like just when she thought she was getting ahead of the royals, they turn out to be two steps ahead of her. She turned to Star and grabbed his shoulders.

"Listen to me, Star. The minute I give you the word, you have to change yourself into something small so they don't see you. Do you understand? I can't let them get you." Her voice was strict, but Star could feel the fear that she attempted to hide in it.

Star gave her a nod. "You got it."

The four of them quickly left Gabo's hideout and saw Simon outside waiting for them. The sleepy teen instructed them to stay close together and avoid looking suspicious. Star and Ashamed had put back on their cloaks, only this time they hoods needed to cover their faces more so than before. More eyes would be looking for them now.

Once they were a safe distance from the hideout, Asha pulled on Simon's baggy sleeve. "Okay, tell me what happened with Flazino."

"When I realized that he never woke me up early for my knight training-had to get an earful from dad-I checked the middle of the town in case he was on tour guide duty. He wasn't there either."

"Might want to speed this up, pal. Guards on duty, remember?" Gabo reminded him as he looked around and gripped the dagger on his belt.

"I went to see if he was home, and his parents acted like I was crazy. They said they didn't even have a son. Its like they forgot he existed. I overheard from one of the guards that Flazino was sent to a dungeon." Simon finished. The group turned a corner and could see way more guards were present in the town than usual.

"I knew there was a dungeon here!" Gabo quietly whispered gleefully. He waa having quite a good time being right lately.

Asha's heart sank. Magnifico had the power to change memories? Even ones of people they've known their whole lives? This was getting more and more dangerous by the hour. She started to believe that even the four of them wouldn't be enough against two powerful sorcerers.

Her thoughts were interrupted when she noticed out of the corner of her eye, she saw Star waved to a couple of girls who were passing by. The girls giggled and waved back at him.

Asha grabbed the back of his hood. "Star, change now."

Star was startled. "Already? We just got out here!"

"Now, Star." she insisted, with more force.

The star didn't argue, he made sure he wasn't seen, and with a small flash, he turned into a little yellow mouse. He was still buried under the cloak and finally poked his head out. "A little help here?" he squeaked.

(Finally got to use this cute concept! Look at him!)

Asha gently picked him up and placed him in the inside of her own cloak. The now rodent star made himself comfortable. "Actually, this isn't so bad. I've never been carried before!" he squeaked.

Asha looked around, and felt something else was off. "If all these guards are here, then where's the king and queen?" Not that she wasn't relieved they weren't around, but it seemed suspicious considering they want the attention of the people every other hour.

"Probably up in their big fancy tower making sure the king's hair doesn't look out of place." Gabo joked.

"Its more because of tonight's wish ceremony. This is the first time they haven't announced themselves in the morning. Or maybe they did, I...haven't gotten much sleep lately." Simon guessed as he rubbed his tired eyes.

"Don't know you know sarcasm when you hear it?" Gabo rolled his eyes.

"I still don't!" Star chimed in.

Carefully walking through the town, the group avoided the sight of the guards. There were even more citizens out this time, all abuzz about the big ceremony tonight. Asha noticed a lot of the adults looked as tired as Simon. Much older ones looked sad or slightly sick like her grandfather, she started to question if they had a connection after their wishes were taken. Still, they didn't stop bustling around in preparation.

Simon led them down a hall near the kitchen. "I know someone who can help us since Flazino's gone. She personally delivers the food to the king."

Asha raised an eyebrow. "How could someone like....wait, don't tell me its-"

"Dahlia! Over here, I need to talk to you!" Simon waved over to a girl dressed in red.

"Be there in just a sec!" she called as she was carefully putting in a tray of spinach puffs oven.

Oh no, there's was no way Asha was going through this. At least at this moment. She had to find a quick excuse to get away and think...

"Can you guys wait here? I don't think Dahlia is ready to meet 'you-know-who' just yet. I'll find somewhere safe to hide him." she hurried herself away before either of the boys could say anything.

When she left, Mouse!Star poked his head out from the hood. "Hey, where are we going?"

"I need to get you somewhere where the guard's won't think to look. At least until we can get away from Dahlia." Asha whispered to Mouse!Star as she looked for a temporary hiding spot.

"Isn't she your friend? Don't you want to talk to her a little bit?" He asked concerned.

"At one point, yes. But that was when we were kids. Now she's been wooed by Magnifico. How do I know if I can even trust her?"

"Well, I know if we got separated for a long time. I would want to talk to you the first chance I got. And I trust you more than anyone."

(*coughcough*)

The girl paused. She hadn't thought about it like that. Asha had very faint memories of Dahlia because of Magnifico practically destroying any good parts of her childhood. Maybe Dahlia did want to reconnect and she was being harsh? Asha felt selfish for thinking of her as a bad guy off the bat. After all, she trusted Star after one musical number.

Asha went to the first door she saw and carefully opened the door. Inside, some of the kingdom's livestock sleeping soundly inside. Perfect. She gently put Valentino and Star down inside.

"Okay, stay right here and don't make a lot of noise. I'll come back when its safe. Valentino, you're in charge for now.'" Asha instructed.

The goat bleated in confirmation, happy to be in charge.

"How long are you gonna be gone?" Star hesitated.

"Not long. Just stay quiet....It should be easy, now that you're in the right form for it." Asha slyly smirked before closing the door.

"Thank you!" Star beamed, then realized what she said. "Oh...she's getting good at doing that. Hehehe." He chuckled to himself.

Asha sighed in relief. Both of them should be safe in there for time being. As she made her way back to Gabo and Simon, she realized that it was a lot quieter without Star being with her. Normally, Asha preferred when she was by herself (or at the very least, Valentino accompanied her) when she was in the Hamlet. Why did it feel strange without him now?

The girl braced herself as she finally joined the others again in the kitchen. Dahlia looked surprised to see her. "Asha! Where have you been? You had me worried after the royals said you were a criminal!"

"Yeah, I've been called that a lot lately..." Asha sighed. "Look, whatever they told you isn't true."

Dahlia placed a hand on Asha's shoulder. "Of course I know you aren't a criminal. I mean what harm could you possibly do?"

Asha, Gabo and Simon exchanged a nervous glance.

"Heck, Flazino even told me this crazy story that the royals are evil and their basically stealing our souls through the wishes!" She let out a laugh as she adjusted her glasses. "Which reminds me, have any of you seen Flazi today? Its been all morning and he hasn't stopped by once. Poor guy looks he needs some sleep."

"Ha! Like Simon here! Guess you guys are more alike than you thought!" Gabo teased as he lightly jabbed Simon with his elbow.

Simon looked half asleep, so he probably didn't even hear him.

"Yeaaaah...that's something we need to talk to you about." Asha tried to get the conversation back on track. She decided to take a chance and tell her the truth. "That's not a story he was telling."

Dahlia's smile faded away as she took a step back. "....What?"

Back in the coop, Valentino made himself comfortable in a pile of hay nearby.

Mouse!Star however was growing a little restless. It wasn't natural for him to just stay in one place for so long, but he could only scurry for so long in there before boredom hit him. He needed to do something keep himself from worrying about Asha.

"Maybe a mouse wasn't such a good idea. What if that lynx comes in eats us?" Star looked around, now slightly panicked.

The goat bleated in reassurance that they would be fine. He suggested the star turn into something else that doesn't stand out.

Valentino gestured to a nearby rooster preening its feathers. Star took a good look and nodded.

In a bright flash, Star had turned himself into a golden phoenix rooster. It was a lot more flashy than he was supposed to be, but he at least got the animal right.

(Yes, I did pick a golden rooster on purpose)

"See? I can blend in easily! We'll just sit here and wait for Asha and other the others." Star assured the goat with a feathered boop on his snout.

"Baaaah....?" Valentino questioned as he took in a mouth full of hay.

"How could I possibly get in trouble here? I don't even know what chickens do." Star responded as he strutted over to a nice pile of straw and made his own nest.

Valentino rolled his eyes. "Baah, Baaaah!"

"THE EGGS COME FROM WHERE??" Star squawked in horror, rattling the other chickens in the room.

The noise unintentionally startled the once asleep animals, causing a minor commotion amongst the poultry and started to awaken the cows. The chickens noticed these new animals were in their home. Valentino was fine, even though he was a little spooked himself.

But Rooster!Star seemed to attract the most attention, as their fear turned into intrigue.

"Hey, hey. Calm down, I'm just your average glowing rooster." He chuckled nervously as he realized he attracted an audience.

One of the chickens inspected Star for a few seconds, then made a happy cooing noise and nuzzled his feather wings with her head.

"See? Told you it wouldn't be a problem." He suddenly noticed that more of them were beginning to gather near him. "Um, should they all be doing this?"

Valentino began to laugh. "Baaaaahh!!" He could barely hold in his laughter.

"WHAT?! Nonononono!!" Rooster!Star started to flap away from the lovestruck birds. "I'm sorry ladies, but I'm not what you think I am!"

Outside, we see Safi carrying an egg basket, preparing to get his daily egg count. He stops just short of opening the door when he's startled by a loud noise. Safi felt a sneeze coming on, and when he felt a sneeze coming, it meant something bad was about to happen.

The other side of the door sounded like something was upsetting the animals, and whatever it is was very loud.

Safi opened the door and saw Rooster!Star getting pecked in the head mercilessly by another rooster taking residence there. It seemed that it felt threatened by another bird taking his territory and attacked him. Star however, had no idea and kept running around trying to escape.

"What's going on here? Why are two you fighting? AAAACHOO!" Safi questioned as he stopped the rooster from assaulting the star further. He picked up both of them in each hand. "I thought you all were getting-"

"He started it!" Rooster!Star exclaimed as he pointed at the angry bird. "I was trying to get away from the others and....he...attacked..." Star's voice faded once he saw Safi's eyes grow wide as he stared back at him.

"Uh....I mean....Cluck?" Star shrugged and shined his teeth that shouldn't exist in his beak.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!" Safi screamed as he fell backwards, causing the two roosters clumsily fly out of his hands. "DEMON ROOSTER!" he shouted, scrambling backwards in fear.

"Demon rooster?! Where?" Star exclaimed as he looked at the bird that attacked him earlier. Unfortunately, he believed this was why he went after him.

The two roosters looked atone another sqwaked in horror and flew away from each other.

Poor Safi couldn't run out of there fast enough as he grabbed the egg basket and slammed the door behind him.

All of the noise spooked the animals once again, with Valentino trying his best to calm everyone down, but it was futile. He gave Rooster!Star a sour look. "BAAAAHH!!" he shouted at him.

"Yeah, yeah, I know!" Star crowed and turned back to his human form. "I'm normally good with animals, well except for that lynx. But I don't know how to calm them down!"

"BAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Valentino head butted Star's leg in anger.

"All right, all right!" Star started to rub his knuckle into forehead. "Think! Think! Think!" His eyes popped open. "Oh, I know!"

We cut to Hal walking past the group, carrying a few sacks of oats and whistling when she's stopped by a screaming Safi. "Is everything alright, man?"

Safi grabbed Hal by the shirt, "THERE'S SOMETHING EVIL POSSESSING MY CHICKENS! WE NEED TO EXPEL IT! AAACHOO!"

Hal looked at her friend with concern. "Safi, you really need stop visiting those chickens so much. You need a new hobby."

Safi tutted. "That's not important! Its yellow, its glowing and it talks! Its scaring the other animals and I'm pretty sure it put a curse on me!" he was on verge of crying.

Asha heard the frantic teen's cries and her eyes widened. He found Star.

"Look, Dahlia, I'd really love to tell you more, but we really need to go!" She pushed Gabo and Simon away as she tried to leave the conversation.

Unfortunately, Dahlia wasn't taking no for an answer. She stubbornly followed the three of them. "Look, I haven't seen you in years and I now you're running away again? I feel like you're avoiding me. Can you just tell me what's going on here?"

"Nope! Sorry! Need to go right now!" Asha was beginning get irritated. The three of them ran forward to the barn door, only to see Safi, Hal and Dario there.

Asha leaped in front of the door. "WAIT, YOU CAN'T GO IN THERE!"

"Where did you guys even come from?" Simon asked scratching his head.

"Safi's freaking out over some evil glowing chicken that's in there. I don't really get it, but I at least want to help a friend out." Hal explained.

"What about the tall guy?"

"I just wanna to see it up close. It sounds to cool to be evil!" Dario answered with a genuinely friendly smile.

Gabo pointed behind them. "Aaaaand.... what about her?"

Everyone turned and saw Bazeema suddenly behind Dario. Needless to say, a few of them were spooked. Safi ended up blushing now that she was there.

"I...um...just didn't...want to...see the poor thing-"

"Girl, would you please speak up?" Gabo sneered.

Asha took the opportunity to try and quickly see Star, but Dahlia finally caught up and grabbed her shoulder.

"What are you hiding, Asha? No more running away." Dahlia pressed on.

Asha groaned. This was getting more ridiculous by the minute.

"You better just tell them about 'you-know-who', Asha. This ain't gonna end well." Gabo replied, looking impatient.

"Well, the more people I tell, the less of a secret it is, Gabo..." Asha hissed. "Look, if I tell you, you all have to keep quiet, got it? A friend of mine is in there, and-"

"Is that what's scaring the animals and making all that noise? It better not be trying to take my chickens from me!" Safi said, raising the egg basket like was he about to bludgeon someone.

"What noises-"

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! 🐄

"Like that! AAACHOO!" Safi sneezed. "And it's making my allergies act up!"

"What is he doing in there?!" Gabo exclaimed, looking horribly confused.

🎶This might sink in in the morning🎶 🐮

🎶It's like your own origin story!🎶🐔

"There ya go! Move those hooves! Shake those feathers!" 🌟

"Its sounds like a party in there!" Dario said excitedly.

BAAAAAAAAA!!!! BAAAAAA!!! 🐐

"There shouldn't be any party!" Asha exclaimed.

"Move aside, Asha!" Gabo marched over to the barn door and kicked it with all his might.

When the door flung open, a cloud of yellow dust and feathers flew out, making Safi sneeze like crazy.

Asha's eyes widened with horror as she finally got a look inside.

The room was bathed in yellow and purple light as Star conducted the animals with his hands. "Now you're getting the hang of it! Altogether now!" He cheered as he floated in the air.

Safi's chicken's were line dancing on both sides of the room.

The cows were line stepping and bopping their heads in tune to the music of "I'm a Star".

A few of the pigs were gliding around the ceiling oinking away.

And Valentino was practically losing his mind as was jumping up and down trying to pull Star down by his cape, but he was out of reach.

🎶Ooh, you're a star!🎶

🎶Watch out, world, here you are (hey, hey)🎶

🎶You know who's lookin' sharp? (Who?)🎶

🎶You! You're a star!🎶

"Oh, sweet cheese and crackers..." Asha shuddered as she covered her eyes in embarrassment.

Star spread his arms wide and yellow sparkles and fireworks shot from his hands as he greeted them with a big grin. He didn't mean to make a big spectacle as Asha asked, but he couldn't help himself.

And it didn't help that the rest of the animals were posed behind him as if they were on a Broadway show with him.

It took a moment to realize what he had done as he looked at Asha with her face buried in her hands. He looked at the unexpected guests and simply said, "Uh....Hi!" 😁

The Teens stared at the star dumbfounded.

(I know this is from the storyboard, BUT THIS WAS WAY FUNNIER AND MORE EXPRESSIVE. I HAD TO USE IT!! 😂)

Hal finally spoke, "Yeeeeaaaahhhh....that's a big secret."

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FINAL THOUGHTS

I'M BAAAAAACK! 😃 Its still the holiday season, but I'm still working hard on this story, and I gotta say its fun going back to these guys again! Now that we're slightly over the halfway point, things are gonna start coming together leading to the finale. Like now, we have all teens together as a group! I wanted to lead up to them all meeting each other, but in the most ridiculous way possible. And I confess that the original chicken dance scene was a little funny, just until they started shooting eggs out their asses and it went wrong. So I decided to revamp the scene and turn it into a joke with a purpose. I also wanted to show that Star isn't exactly perfect when it comes to his transformations, and his magical ways with animals has been slightly affected by losing a little bit of his magic. That will come back later, I promise.

AND SAFI SPEAKS! HE ACTUALLY SPEAKS! And it only took 11 chapters for him to have some lines! 😂 Now the tricky part here is to give EVERYONE lines and importance to the story, since everyone is needed for the final battle. As a bonus, I'll be including a lot of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" references now. I genuinely liked the concept itself, I just think the movie missed the chance to have 7-8 characters bounce off each other with banter. They pulled it off 101 years ago, and recently in the 7D, so there's no reason they couldn't have given them better dialogue and purpose besides existing. 😅

It'll be a while before the next chapter, but I hope you enjoy this one! Soon Star and Asha are gonna go through hell soon. (Sorry, guys)

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