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thequietkid-moonie · 2 years ago

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omg i love your headcanons so much??

Also congrats on 100 followers!

could i request headcanons for poseidon, hades, thor and jack with an s/o who acts really stoic and always has a blank face but on the inside they act like a giant fangirl and fawns over everything they do even if its just as simple as drinking something

Stoic S/O is their biggest fan

[ HEADCANONS ] [ Hades, Thor, Jack ]

[ Records of Ragnarok / Shuumatsu no Valkyrie ]

Im so happy that you like my writing so much dear!! Thank you so much!! ❤️

So, we are Nightfall now huh? Haha I like it, its so funny to think!! sempai suki

I don't write for Poseidon but I gladly write for the others, I hope you like it!

Hades

Hades doesn't mind at all your stoic personality, he loves you just the way you are, besides your personality seems to match really well with his own (well, thats what others says) since he is mature and most of the time serious, you two usually are look up at as a couple, saying that you truly are the image of kings. But it isn't like Hades care about appearances, he just care about you and your happiness

However it could be the case that someone doesn't really likes you, maybe becouse they think you don't deserve him if you aren't going to apreciate him, but is better that Hades doesn't get to know that someone actually think this or else he will get really mad, he isn't someone who recurre to violence but he name alone intimidates people, so, even that he just scold that person for thinking such things (even if you don't mind) that person will never dare to say something like that again

He is recognized and admired by all the gods, but the way you admire him is new, is completely different from the others, yours is more discreet and almost unnoticible, people could bet that you don't think much of him, but he is observant and really intelligent of course he will notice it, maybe not inmediatly but he does

He has never doubt that you love him, but the intensity of you love for him actually flattered him. He could be admired and loved by all the gods, but, since you are so special for him (his special someone, his beloved partner) is the fact that you love him so much what make him feel special

He isn't someone who show off but is like he do it without even trying, and he doesn't mind having you around while is doing his usual work, he even invite you over whenever he go to do it or have to go somewhere else

Also, from time to time Hades have really romantic gestures with you, giving you a gift (mainly flowers), compliments or expresing his love for you in a rather poetic way, and every time he does it he notice those little hints of how you really love him, how your eyes widen a little, your cheeks get just a little more pink and a smile threatening to appear

Although, he is not egocentric so he probably will never know the whole extent of your feelings for him, how with every gestures he have towards you you feel like you can explode, or how just by seeing him work you melt in your spot, not even how you will do (willingly and happyly) anything for him

Thor

There is not doubt why you two are together, you two are the same, always with a blank face and barely expresing something, but at the same time is a mistery how you two end together for this. But others opinion doesn't matter to the both of you, the only thing that matter is the inmense love you two have for each other

He doesn't mind your stoic personality at all, if you don't like expresing much or strugle with it is fine you don't have to force yourself to do it, and he doesn't have problem with telling you this, remembering you all the times you need how much he loves you just the way you are

Thor himself have some troubles when it comes to expresing his feelings, and sometimes he wonders if you love him or if you just get bored of him (he doesn't doubt you though), so he probably ended up asking you right away (thanks to this you will have a lot of communication between the two of you)

He probably won't notice the inmense love and admiration you have for him, he knows you love him yes, but he doesn't know at what extent that loves is. Is more probably that it will be others gods who actually notice it, and even so they will just think that they are just imagining things since you didn't seem to be that type

When he get to know this (maybe someone told him or he just start noticing it, or maybe even it was you who tell him) he will take some time to think about it, again is becouse you doesn't seem the type to get so intense for someone, he will have a hard time to actually accept this (however that won't change anything, not the way he sees you and neither your relationship)

He isn't someone who show off and still that doesn't stop you from looking at him like he is the most amazing person in the whole universe, and with time he will start noticing the way you look at him and everytime he catch you staring at him he laugh softly and pet your head gently or hug you, sometimes he even gives you a soft kiss in the head. You make him feel like he actually is that special

If you like to be by his side all the time and even follow him around he won't mind it too much, he loves spending time with you too, he was used to feel apathy for not having an opponent but you bring happines to his days, he adores you so much that he just cannot say no to you

Jack the Ripper

The contrast you two have is really big and obvious, he is a gentelman, poetic and eloquent while you are stoic and barely express something if isn't need it, but that doesn't mean he doesn't love you, even if you don't express it he know you love him, and he loves you with the same intensity (well, maybe not the same but can be compared)

It wasn't difficult for him to notice your feelings for him, even if you don't express much he can see your true colors and he see nothing but love, happines and admiration, and this makes him feel really loved and he likes this feeling

The first time he notice the intensity of your feelings towards him he didn't know how to react, he have seen people with bright colors but not with this intensity (probably just his mother, or Heracles), but with time he get used to always seeing you with this colors when you two are together, and this never fails to make him smile (either a soft smile or, sometimes, laugh)

He notice that you sometimes change between an undying love to the biggest admiration and that makes him really curious, he could pass hours just watching you to find out what exactly makes you feel what, what do you express when he hugs you? what do you express when he says that he loves you? what do you express when you two have some tea together? what do you express when he is reading to you? He wants to know

More than once he had catch you staring at him or how you inmediatly getting cover in bright colors by just the mention of his name or by hearing his voice and that truly amused him, it makes him feel so loved and even like he is someone really special, you never fail to make him smile and even laugh

When he feels pretty flirty he will show of his skills and elegancy a little just to make you flustered (you may no express it in your face but he still can notice it). Besides, Jack is pretty romantic and cheesy so it isn't weird for him to give you flowers or little gifts from time to time

Also, he doesn't mind at all your stoic personality, he fell in love with you just the way you are, so you don't have to try to be something you aren't just for others. Although, If someone say something bad about you for it he won't tolerate it, even if you don't mind he do, and will take care of the problem later

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mahvaladara · 10 months ago

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List 5 facts about a favorite sim of yours, and send this to 10 simblrs whose sims you adore ♥♥♥

I am going to this for the twins Myra and Aniara:

Myra:

1 - His named is actually wrong. He was supposed to be named Myma after the AI who commits suicide in the movie Aniara but due to the Rot, Arlo got the name wrong. Myra much prefers Myra to Myma.

2 - Refuses to cut his hair so he doesn't look like his dad. Since he found out the past abuse his father subjected his mother to and all he did, Myra wants nothing to do with it.

3 - Great at practical magic (like his dad), but refuses to use it.

4 - Bought an Akyia in mount Komerobi because it was rumoured to be haunted by the souls of all the sims who died up the mountain pass and forest.

5 - Would have been an amazing singer. Knows how to sing very well and plays the piano in his free time. But snowboarding is his passion.

Aniara:

1 - Is a foodie with a love for food and cooking. Has no other creative talent other than being a great cook and is happy with that. She often cooks for her brother and invites him over for dinner, otherwise man will only eat a cup of noddles and two boiled eggs.

2 - As a teen she used to be quite fat. She would have been bullied, had she not become the bully first. But has always been very insecure about her looks. When she moved to Komerobi she started becoming more mindful of her diet and exercising and lost a lot of weight. Still as weight anxiety.

3 - Is in love with her 'sempai' Tomoyo-chan whose family runs and owns the bakery she works at. Becomes increasingly more interested in bakery when for no reason whatsoever Tomoyo decides to work the same shifts as her.

4 - Keeps adopting random cats, usually to gift her lonely twin brother.

5 - On her free time she adores exploring Komerobi and going to the Onsen.

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ramblebramblefun · 2 years ago

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Itachi considered the carrot gravely. It was, he judged, about the length and thickness of an adult man's forearm.

He recalled the enormous cabbage that Eri-sempai had been in the process of massacring on the coffee table when Wolf-taichou dumped him in the living room.

Friends got each other... gifts, correct? And he and Eri-sempai were friends now. Wolf-taichou was quite insistent.

Eri-sempai clearly had a preference for over-sized produce, so an unusually large carrot would be a good gift that was not weapons. Eri-sempai had plenty of weapons. Mostly knives.

Hm.

You could eat carrots.

Sustenance was a useful thing for a carrot to be. Therefore an extremely large carrot would be a practical gift as well as well-suited to Eri-sempai's preferences. Itachi liked practical gifts, even if he did not like carrots.

He nodded to himself. Yes, this was perfect.

#naruto #hope is an essential mineral #itachi uchiha #uchiha itachi #this is when he's recently joined anbu #he is tiny #he's not sure of the etiquette of going up to eri-sempai without wolf-taichou present or his mask on #so he goes to anbu hq and hopes Wolf-taichou is there #he is! itachi presents the carrot to him: for sempai #shisui watches this with interest from behind his own mask: oh. we're giving wolf giant vegetables now? neat!#he brings in an enormous cabbage because he thinks it's funny #itachi gravely informs him that sempai already has plenty of cabbage (there's no way two people could have eaten it all that quickly)#ah! shisui says. so he /eats/ them (the giant vegetables)!#itachi does not dare to ponder the depths of shisui's mind #yes. he says and does not elaborate

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twstinginthewind · 2 years ago

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With a focused look she walked around the venue carrying somewhat of a basket in her head. Some nice white flowers, some bought pastries cause her own were messed up again, a single apple, some different tea bag, an CD from her world about music from there and some parts she got from Monsville... it was a little heavy to carry but after she found Punch, she could take a deep breath.

"I hope I am not late... happy birthday to you. I was indecisive what to get you so I kinda picked a little bit of everything."

After settling it down on the ground before him she also put her arm around his and leaned closer.

"Although one gift I also wanna give you personally now."

She leaned up giving him a small cheek kiss and giggled.

"I had to. But anyways... I just stopped by, after the celebration my tutoring courses should be done as well so... we might be able to spend more time by then. Of course if you want to... wish I could celebrate now with you but some students need some help so I take my time later."

(Also not me realizing Carol and Punch are in the same club too...)

She was nervous, hence Julian had to come with her to push her forward. She hid behind a pillar of the birthday Venue but her brother pushed her out to face Joker and hand her a red box with different things.

Mostly sweets, yarns, a poker set and some gemstones.

"I j-just thought you might like this and um... I hope y-your birthday will be nice anyways."

"Oh no you don't run away April. You can stay and celebrate with your girlfriend right?"

"Julian!"

"She has a lot of time today, so take care of her... "

And so he pushed her in Jokers arms and left the venue as April cursed him under his breath for getting her into this situation while she was emberassed enough already.

"Carol!!" Punch looked up from the table he was helping to decorate in the Ignihyde lounge, and smiled broadly at the lovely brunette approaching him. "I'm just happy that you were able to stop by at all. I know how many responsibilities you have..." He shuffled a foot against the ground, sheepishly. "I'm so happy you were able to make time for me."

His cheeks flushed pink in response to the kiss, and he chuckled. "I'm gonna incorporate these flowers into the main table decoration. They deserve to be seen. And when you come by later, let's listen to this music together? I wanna hear all about these bands."

"If you want..," he added, with a mischievous look on his face, "I can give you a preview of a game that we're gonna be playing next week at club, before Idia-sempai and Azul get a chance to go all competitive over it. It'll play just fine with us two..."

•••••••

The sounds of a small, quiet scuffle got Joker's attention. She looked around the Heartslabyul lounge curiously until she spotted the source - oh!! The Richters were able to come, after all! What was Julian up to...?

Oh. Joker giggled as her girlfriend's brother neatly deposited April in front of her, and gestured to hand off the bright box she carried. "Aw, Lucky, you don't gotta be shy just because there's folks around. You know I'm still just me, right? Even if I am kinda the little queen for a day, haha!" She oohed over the assortment of gifts, admiring the polished gems and complimenting the color choices for the yarn in particular.

Then, Joker found herself with an armful of cute girl, watching as Julian made his retreat. He was a piece of work, she thought, but his techniques definitely worked.

She helped April to get back to her feet. "You know, you still haven't been able to show me those winning strategies for cards..," she said with a wink. "If you wanna stick around a while and play a few hands, I can't say I'd mind at all. Whatdya say?"

#THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!#the girls are so sweet... i always love seeing them 💚💚#i'm so glad you had them drop in ;-3 #and the gifts!! wow!#friend's ocs #carol ann #april richter #twisted wonderland oc #joker carder #punch carder

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electrasev5nwrites · 2 years ago

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Ninja Daily: Vapors 13

"Buuuurn!" Anko's long coat flapped around her shins from the explosive force she had just released in training ground 44. She all but cackled, her fingers curled into claws and arms raised above her head in a V shape. "Burn baby, burn!"

A small figure stood on the other side of the clearing, eyes widening at the wall of fire traveling her way at high speed.

"Oh holy hell."

Aiko did her best to ignore the smoke in her face, flashing through the hand-signs for a truly epic water jutsu. The resultant wave splashed over the burning patch of forest in a sizzling tidal force. The other kunoichi leapt straight up, over the cresting water and flipped mid-air with panache before landing silently on top of the moving water in a theatrical pose.

"I had it under control, kid," Anko growled. "That was deliberate."

'Sure it was.'

Aiko shrugged apologetically. "I can't help but find open flames in the middle of Konoha a bit unnerving, Anko-sempai."

"Eh." The curvy brunette ('Does it count as brunette even though it has purple tints?', Aiko wondered) shrugged away the implications of that statement. "So, you're my new minion?" She spat a short wooden stick out from between her lips, letting it slide into the charred ground. "Hope you're ready to do a whole load of shit work." She gifted the chuunin with a feral grin. "Because we got a lot to do. Starting with remodeling this training ground to be suitable for the chuunin exams."

Slowly, deliberately Aiko turned to survey the area. She hadn't trained in the 'Forest of Death' before, but it looked like any other training ground- thick forested areas cut by occasional streams. Then she raised an eyebrow at her supervisor.

The older girl scowled. "It wouldn't be much fun to herd the brats through a plain, boring set up. We're going to wire this place up for surveillance, plant the motherload of traps, and spruce up the wildlife."

"Is it for a survival exercise, then?" That made sense. As it was now, traveling through the forest would be little challenge even for a group of genin. It was likely that when she designed the second task, Anko had the twin concerns of wanting to intimidate foreign ninja (making a lasting impression that would keep them from underestimating Konoha) and wanting to ensure the general safety of the participants. It would be a waste to kill off more promising ninja than they had to. As this exam was going to be flooded with clan heirs and other genin of interest, the council was probably more invested in keeping them alive than in other years.

Her own chuunin exam had been in Sand, where they apparently weren't as big on teamwork as Konoha was. She had been allowed to compete alone, which had been both a curse and a blessing.

That would never happen in Konoha, though. In only a few hours they blazed trails through the forest, creating clearings and minimizing water supplies according to a map Anko had dreamed up. By changing the layout, even ninja who had trained in the area would be at a loss.

Plus it was a marvelous opportunity to destroy a whole lot of the environment. Aiko couldn't help but wince when hundred-year old trees were crisped and her new supervisor enthusiastically used earth jutsu to creatively add hills, holes and artfully shaped outcroppings. Her job was mainly the water system- they were redirecting entire streams into just two water pathways in order to create conflict by forcing teams together.

The whole thing was exhausting, and Aiko was about ready to collapse when they had finally altered the landscape to Anko's specifications. A nap was not in the cards, however.

"Get your lazy ass up, minion. How are you with summoning scrolls?"

Aiko blinked. "Using them?"

The older kunoichi gave her a disparaging look that was enhanced by the severely singed state of her clothes. "Don't be thick. I hope your calligraphy is good, because you are going to be making up scrolls and copying a lot of fancy poetry." She grimaced and scraped her tongue out over her teeth as if to get rid of a bad taste. "Better you than me. Just remember, failure on your part will end in the maiming of your fellow shinobi. No pressure."

For some reason it hadn't occurred to her that her home village was shamefully cheap. Instead of just paying a real seal maker to produce the dual scrolls to summon chuunin at the end of the task, it had been included as one of many items that had to be done by the two of them before the exams. That meant that she was essentially learning an entirely new skill set for B-class compensation that also included a host of other duties, a prospect that she was a little bitter about.

In a strangely domestic turn of events, they went together to pick up the supplies for her next task. Aiko was not surprised in the least to see that shopkeepers bowed anxiously and hurried to get her adult companion out of their stores.

She quite liked Anko and had for all the time she had known her. That didn't change the fact that it was easy to see Anko had a huge personality and verbally abusive tendencies when she got impatient.

Since her brother was probably going to be in the exam, for confidentiality reasons Aiko could only work on that project at Anko's home, a traditional styled house with a completely dead garden out front. The black vines and crunchy leaves had hinted at the state of the place, but it was only clear once she stepped inside that said dwelling place was a terrifying pit. She knew intellectually that many powerful shinobi had coping mechanisms. Apparently, one of Anko's was hoarding. The front room had artfully stacked piles of boxes of chocolate up to her waist, what appeared to be every dvd available in the fire nation and an entire wall of bookshelves full of everything from Jiraiya's porn series to ghost stories to a glittery red tome with the somewhat ominous title 'The Art of the Bitch'.

The twelve (almost thirteen!) year old carefully stepped into the room around piles of mission reports and identical pairs of sandals ("I can only ever find the left ones," Anko had explained contemplatively when she noticed Aiko's incredulous expression), clutching her supplies carefully. She had taken the academy classes on introductory level seal work, but they had never actually made seals. Knowing the symbols and having a keen eye for detail would probably get her through this exercise, however. She hoped.

At Anko's direction, she gingerly piled the fancy scrolls onto the central table next to what appeared to be a naked painting of Anko generously splattered in blood, signed 'from a fan'. The older kunoichi grinned at the sight, helping Aiko set out the bottles of special ink without breaking or spilling anything.

"Open those up and bleed in them," she commanded, as casually imperious as any queen could hope to speak. The redhead dutifully followed directions while Anko flickered out of the room to rustle around. She winced when something shattered. The voice that called back sounded a little distant. "I have plenty of brushes around here somewhere… Did I give you the scroll you'll be copying already?"

Aiko rolled her eyes and pulled a short bandage out from her thigh pouch to wrap around her bleeding palm, swiping up the droplets she'd accidentally gotten on the table's surface before they dried. "Not yet." With a chink, the now-closed bottles were shoved into a wide wooden box in order to keep them all in one place.

"Here." A scroll landed on the couch beside Aiko, on top of a purple decorative pillow. Her companion's aesthetic tastes seemed to run to purple, red, and tan, though the walls were traditional rice paper. "And this is the sissy fucking poem you'll be writing out. Let me check your work once you've copied one of each. I'm going to do a food run. Have any requests?"

Working on the preparations for the Chuunin exams was long, boring, and occasionally ended in hand cramps or mild electrical shocks from those sketchy surveillance units they planted in the forest at strategic locations. It also had the unpleasant side effect of completely disrupting her usual schedule- she hadn't had so much as a spar with Ino or morning conditioning with Team 7 since she had gotten reassigned.

More than once, Aiko found herself wondering how her genin were doing—and wasn't that a funny way for her to think of a group of kids her age? Still, she couldn't help but feel protective. If her foreknowledge was worth half a damn, shit was going to get serious soon.

The thought made her glum. Through sheer luck (and the fact that someone had tattled on her for having a decent working relationship with the occasionally terrifying Mitarashi Anko) she had gotten the one assignment that would place her sort-of close to team 7 when they encountered Orochimaru, but there was likely jack shit that she could do. There would be serious diplomatic repercussions if there was any hint of favoritism on her part—her career would pretty much be over. No one would trust her on a mission above C-class importance.

Besides all that, there was approximately zero chance that she could help fight off a sannin anyways. The one thing she kept wondering:

'Are they really in danger anyways?'

As far as she knew, Orochimaru wouldn't kill any of them. That was largely out of selfishness. He wanted Sasuke alive, and that meant someone had to watch out for him while he was assimilating the curse seal. There was absolutely zero chance that any of them would have escaped if he really wanted them dead.

She could only conclude that if things went predictably, her otouto and her team would not be in life-threatening danger. That was a pretty big 'if' to work with, however.

The issue was further complicated by the fact that she was starting to like Sasuke. It was hard to cold-bloodedly choose not to interfere in an attack on his person that would irrevocably change his personality, body, and put him in danger when she actually knew the kid. He was actually sweet underneath all the prickles—he would have done well in his family's police force. Sasuke seemed to want to protect people. The obsession with power wasn't really present yet.

Sakura, on the other hand, Aiko wouldn't have minded throwing to the wolves. Whatever potential the girl had was still invisible at this point, obscured behind her obnoxious personality, simpering mannerisms, and hair-trigger temper.

Feeling snippy, Aiko closed the tub of wax she had been rubbing into her boots and moodily tossed it aside. She was thoroughly sick of being responsible, but she dutifully trudged off to the kitchen and pulled out rubber gloves, a white sanitary face mask and the herbs and agents she used for her paralytic. She started the non-toxic base in the pot reserved for this task before slipping on the mask and hanging the "Mixing chemicals, do not disturb" sign on her front door. Naruto would probably still be at training for several hours and she didn't often get other visitors, but it was better to be safe than be stuck paying someone's hospital bills.

While she worked, Aiko turned on the radio (a new and expensive acquisition she never would have been able to purchase on a genin salary). Then she turned it off. "I fucking hate the koto," she muttered bitterly, stirring a little more vigorously than was necessarily wise. The process was intimately familiar and incredibly boring. Measure, pour. Stir, simmer, adjust heat. Prepare ingredient and measure, stir, turn up heat until roiling boil.

The last of the concoction was being carefully funneled into glass vials when enthusiastic thudding on the staircase alerted her that her otouto was barreling up. Aiko rolled her eyes, wondering if it was even worth it to scold him when the door burst open. The dangerous chemicals were put away, yes, but she had literally just finished and hadn't taken down the sign yet. For all he could have known, he was walking into thick clouds of lethal poison.

"Don't you read?"

Aiko slipped the first two vials into her equipment pouch and tucked the others safely away in the cupboard before her otouto wandered into the kitchen looking cheerfully disheveled.

"Whatcha mean, oneesan?" She heard the sound of porcelain and turned to smack his hand just as it escaped from the jar, cookie in hand. He flopped down into his chair, stretching back with both hands over his head so that the front legs came off the ground.

She sighed, rinsing her pot and setting it in the sink. "I had a note on the door that you shouldn't come in. Naruto, you need to pay attention. I was working with dangerous chemicals." She pulled the door open and ripped off her note before locking back up, setting down a quick genjutsu and kunai trap while she was at it. It was a little early to set up the nightly traps, but she might as well since they were both home early. It wasn't quite eight pm.

Frankly, she was tired of her current assignment and just wanted to get the stupid exam over with. It was now nine days until it started, which meant that the final preparations were being done in the next couple of days before foreigners started to arrive. She completely anticipated getting bit at least once by the rest of the exotic animals they were herding around in the forest.

"Why does it matter? I'm fine, aren't I?" Despite the pout she heard in his voice, Aiko wasn't willing to let it go. She rather frivolously used shunshin to position herself behind him and gave him a nougie, refusing to let go even when he shrieked and wiggled. "Hey, cut it out!"

"Then don't be such a butt!" A downright shocking amount of dirt and assorted filth fell out of his hair and gently drifted to the ground. She grimaced. "Oh, that's gross. Go wash yourself, stinky."

"Am not!"

"How would you know?" She slipped her hands to the back of his chair and pushed forward so that all four feet were on the ground. "I bet you can't even smell yourself over the sound of how loud you are."

"…wait, what?"

"You heard me."

"Who are you?"

Aiko narrowed her eyes at her idiot of a teacher. "Oh sorry, I forgot about your late-stage Alzheimers. I take it the treatment isn't going well."

"I suppose I wouldn't know." Kakashi calmly scanned his book.

Aiko, Sasuke and Sakura rolled their eyes in unison, getting to their feet/ jumping down from his tree. The wait for their sensei had been especially long today, which was more than a little annoying. Naruto had already lost interest in the conversation and was fidgeting, ready to get to work. It was the day before the exam—the culmination of what both groups had been working towards. Anko had laughed at Aiko when she showed up at her house that morning ("Idiot, take the day off").

"Well?" Sakura demanded, looking at her teacher. "How are you going to torment us today?"

Mildly surprised, Aiko gave the girl a once-over. Kakashi must have been especially mean in the month she'd been too busy to come to team practices in order to put her in the kind of mood where she'd abandon her thin veneer of politeness without provocation.

"Yeah, old man." Naruto bounded over, practically vibrating with excess energy. "A race or a free-for-all or maybe we can do that jutsu competition again! I'll kick the bastard's ass this time, 'ttbayo!"

If she hadn't been looking, she might have missed the twitch Sasuke suppressed.

"Mah," the man sighed, still not looking at any of them. "Actually, I just wanted to tell you we have no practice today."

The field was completely silent.

As if he was alone, Kakashi quietly mused, "Why does everyone call me old?"

"You made us wait four hours to tell us that there was no practice today," Sakura said, tone somewhere between incredulous and calm rage, ignoring his rumination.

Naruto's eye twitched rapidly and his cheeks started to fill with color. Sasuke and Aiko merely exchanged tired glances- why were those two so surprised? The enormous overreactions had ceased to be cute a long time ago.

"Mmhm. I just wanted to be sure you three had a nice, relaxing day before your test tomorrow." He casually raised a hand. "Bye." In a poof of foul-smelling smoke (and he could totally control that, he didn't have to make it so unpleasant) the figure that she now knew had been a clone dispersed. He was probably giggling miles away.

'Maybe that's what the giggles usually mean,' she thought crabbily. 'When he laughs it's because he's tormenting someone from a distance. It would explain a lot.'

Then Aiko sighed. 'If he isn't going to be an adult and make sure they're ready for the test, I'll do it.'

The three genin turned with varying levels of excitement when she clapped her hands decisively. "Alright then. We're going to hang out at my apartment."

Sakura's eyes flickered to Sasuke and she started to open her mouth—doubtlessly to make excuses and ask Sasuke to hang out alone. She stopped when Aiko turned a glare on her, then scanned the other two just as sternly. "We are having fun time," she said calmly. "Fun time is mandatory. I want the two of you to pack everything you think you will need for your tests tomorrow and meet in front of the red apartment complex on Tobirama and sixth in fifteen minutes, twenty for Sakura since she lives further away. If you aren't there, I will come and get you. Go now."

All three genin dashed away. Alone in the field, Aiko gave a yawn and slowly sauntered home. 'Why do they seem to think I have authority over them?' Her field authority ended when they weren't interacting in an official capacity.

Even Sakura made it within the allotted fifteen minutes, toting a heavy bag and a short stack of hair ties on her thing wrist. Aiko gave that concession a nod of approval—it was unusually practical for her, but still appreciated. The boys had packed lighter. They settled into the living room for Aiko to check it over. While Sakura pretended not to look at the pictures on the walls (all either photographs of the two of them, Kakashi or Ino or sketches) Sasuke slinked in looking spectacularly uncomfortable in the domestic setting.

"Naruto, make tea please." Aiko unzipped the first pack, checking the contents by feel.

"Uh, yeah." He picked his way to the kitchen and uncertainly rustled through the tins of tea. "Any preferences?"

Sasuke remained silent, so Naruto shrugged and made Sakura's pick. With her legs curled under the table and her back to the couch, Aiko bit her lower lip in thought. "Sasuke, did you intentionally leave out smoke pellets?"

"I've never used them,' he pointed out. Aiko tilted her head in thought, counting his soldier pills.

"Yes, but it's always good to be able to make a quick escape if a fight isn't worth your time and you're on a schedule."

He slowly cocked his head. "Is that a hint," he asked dryly, the slightest tinge of humor in his voice.

Aiko felt her face flushing. 'Oh, crap. I guess it was a little bit of a giveaway.'

"Definitely not," she said a little too weakly to be convincing, leaning her head forward to hide behind a curtain of hair. The follow-up huff of amusement let her know that he didn't buy it, but he dropped the topic. He wasn't very chatty anyways.

Sakura and Naruto fell into their usual bumbling comedy act, shouting, whining, and shaking fists (Sakura, Naruto and then Sakura again, respectively) while the tea steeped and Aiko supplemented Naruto's pack with some really nasty explosive tags. Then she thought better of that and handed them to Sasuke.

"Here you go." Naruto clanked down four cups of tea and collapsed to the floor criss-cross applesauce. Sakura leaned forward for a cup and gingerly settled onto a corner of the couch, looking uncertain and shy.

With a sigh, Aiko closed the last pack and set them by the door. "You're all good to go for tomorrow. I just wanted to be sure. Alright." She beamed at the three genin in her front room. "We're going to spend the night together so no one is late. Can't hurt to do some last-minute bonding, right? Anyone hungry?"

Naruto semi-frantically cleaned up the restroom while Sakura went on a run for fresh vegetables clutching a wad of Aiko's money. She set a sullen-faced brunette to work cutting and seasoning meat while she hummed, clearing the table of all seal ink and other assorted mess.

"Sasuke… you're going to make a great housewife for some guy."

The brunette made a violent jab for Naruto with his chopsticks, missing only because the blonde leaned back to pat his belly in a satisfied manner.

"Take it as a compliment," Sakura advised. "This is amazing!" The pink-haired girl practically had stars in her eyes.

'She would have thought it was amazing no matter what,' Aiko thought dryly. 'It was made by her precious Sasuke-kun. Can't help but notice that I'm getting no credit.'

There was some truth to Sakura's claim, however. "If only I had known you could cook like this earlier…" Aiko gave a long, luxurious stretch. The brunette turned his face away abruptly, but both girls could see the flush on his neck. They exchanged a rare, smug smile. "Hey Naruto, take care of the dishes."

"Why me?" he protested crossly, swinging back up.

The three kids who had worked on dinner simultaneously raised one eyebrow- the left for Sasuke and Sakura, the right on Aiko.

He scoffed. "Ugh, fine." With a clatter he gathered up the dirty plates and trudged off to the kitchen.

The room was momentarily awkward. Aiko felt like rolling her eyes- none of them knew how to interact outside of training and missions. 'How did Sakura get stuck with an entire team of socially awkward weirdoes?' Unfortunately, that category included herself, so she didn't really know how to break up the tension.

The girl might have been wondering the same thing.

"Ah, Aiko-san, thank you for helping us get ready." She inclined her head politely, and when the light caught green eyes on the way back up and glittered Aiko suddenly saw just what her otouto found so appealing about this girl.

"You're welcome, Sakura-chan. I'm really hoping all goes well for you three tomorrow." Her tone was a little wistful when she added, "I'm really hoping to get some good missions again. This last month has kind of been a bummer."

Sasuke snorted indelicately. "Couldn't possibly have been much worse than what Kakashi put us through." If anyone else had said that, Sakura would probably have protested. As it was, she merely looked a little uncomfortable.

"Sasuke-kun is right!" she declared. "I think he gets way too much fun out of tormenting us."

"You wanna bet?" Aiko asked jokingly. "I bet I have worse Sensei stories than you do."

Even Sakura looked skeptical. Aiko waved a hand sincerely. "No, really, it's true. You guys are benefitting from him having two years experience training a subordinate. When he first became my teacher… It was bad. Has he had you break into other ninja's houses yet?"

Big green eyes went even wider. "Isn't that illegal," Sakura asked, sounding scandalized.

Aiko curled and uncurled her toes inside her nice, warm boots, cursing the chilly morning air that raised goosebumps along her uncovered arms. She was the only one stationed in the central tower. Anko was likely running last minute preparations before she went to collect the ducklings from Ibiki.

Static hissed in her headset and she grimaced, pulling it slightly away from her ear. Not so much that she couldn't hear if someone else got on the frequency, however. She was one of only a few on that channel for the day, along with Anko and a squad that would be circling the training ground to make sure nothing got out of hand. Hours passed. Her headset clicked on and Anko's voice filtered through, sounding tinny.

"Midgets are on the move."

A male voice crackled on. "Mitarashi-san, you are supposed to say 'over' when you are finished transmitting. Over."

"Suck some big hairy balls, over."

Aiko snorted, and then gave a quick look around to make sure no one had heard. She was still alone. The sun had crawled along the skyline and at least an hour had passed before she heard signs of human life in person (the occasional reports on her headset didn't count. It was a mostly boring, methodical 'check in-check out' deal). Curious at who had made it to the tower so early, Aiko swung her legs over the railing of the curved staircase that lead all the way up to the top of the tower and allowed herself to go into a free falls head first, appreciating the feeling of air whipping over her face. She flipped midair to kick off of the wall and jump under the partial ceiling into the entry way.

Two of the three kids standing there looked at her curiously. Aiko grinned, leaning forward cheekily. "Hey, Kunoichi-san, shinobi-san! I remember you from Suna, two years ago. Whose your cute friend?"

The blonde who could only be Temari turned a thoroughly unbecoming shade of red.

'This is probably a really stupid idea,' she thought happily. 'Teasing Gaara is a downright awful idea.' It was awful… and she loved it.

Her fellow redhead turned to look at her for the first time (and he was REALLY a redhead, not like Kankuro's reddish brown). Well. It was more of a 'glare' than a 'look', she decided, popping her gum. Semantics.

"You're the first team in. I take it this was no trouble, then?"

"Mitarashi-san, we have trouble. Over."

Aiko stiffened, missing whatever Kankuro was saying. "Just a minute," she said distractedly, holding one hand to her ear to better position the headset. Temari gave her a rude look, turning away to confer with Kankuro about the scrolls. She heard the summoning go off, but didn't feel the urge to check her work.

"What is it, shitstain?"

"Bodies by the fifth gate, but they're like nothing I've ever seen. Their faces are just gone, like they melted off. I don't know who could do something like this. Over."

There was a long moment of silence on the headset and distracting chatter from whatever idiot chuunin had come to tell the sand kids they had passed. She crossed the room, listening intently, all but holding her breath.

"I do," Anko said, sounding more serious than Aiko had ever heard. She shivered. 'It's starting.' Aiko had been waiting anxiously, half-expecting that nothing would happen and the exam would go fine. "I want a full ANBU team. I'm heading in. That's Orochimaru's work, I bet anything. That fucker is in the forest."

Aiko clicked on her headset. "Permission to rendezvous, Mitarashi-san? Over."

"Fuck no," came the irritated reply. There was a short pause. Aiko found with mild surprise that her fingers were actually shaking where they were pressed against her fingers. "Actually, you can help. Soak the whole fucking forest and direct me to the biggest, baddest chakra signature in it."

"Understood, over."

She decisively turned her attention from the headset, surveying the room again. Kankuro was giving her a wary look as he trudged up the stairs behind his siblings. "Kunoichi-san!" Temari turned, a sneer on her face. "You and your team should be careful. We have an S-class criminal in the forest killing genin for some kami-forsaken reason." As the girl blanched, Aiko leapt ahead of the group, taking the stairs at a sprint, planning on going to the very top level. "Could I get your help for a moment?"

"You need my help in the shower room," Temari said flatly, looking almost literally deflated. It apparently wasn't the action she'd hoped for. Aiko ignored the attitude, leaping to the window and drawing her fist back to punch once, twice, and it shattered on the third blow, exploding mostly out into the forest. "Hey, what the hell-"

"Turn on all the faucets. Now." Aiko kicked the last bit of glass out from the edges and grabbed the sides, ignoring how it cut into her hands. "I'm going to siphon it outside. Leave it on and try to prevent flooding in the tower until I ask you to turn it off, okay?"

The other girl reluctantly followed directions, letting the water build up. Aiko flipped out onto the roof, landing on the roof like some kind of gargoyle. She took a long breath, and held, finding her center and preparing for a sustained technique. Then she reached for all the water below her, ripping it from the showers, drains, and speeding it out of the pipes. Something broke, but she calmly ignored Temari's shriek and subsequent cursing. She whipped her arms out to the sides, sweat forming as she accumulated a massive glob of liquid in front of her and infused it with her chakra.

Then she made it rain, all the way out to the gates and stretching into Konoha proper for good measure. Chakra signatures ping-ping-pinged on her radar- familiar and unfamiliar, ANBU, Anko, a veritable fuck ton of weak little genin, her brother… and.

"Holy shit."

Aiko clicked on her headset. "Anko, thirty degrees west of your position, about a mile out." Her voice cracked. "He's with my brother's team."

#vapors #uzumaki aiko #electrasev5n #ninja daily #fanfiction #naruto fanfiction

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somevirtualnolife · 1 year ago

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Mistletoe Mishaps

Rating: G Series: Tokimeki Memorial: Girls Side 2nd Kiss Pairing: Daisy (OC) x Masaki Motoharu Summary:

Masaki helps out his kohai when a frustrating customer demands their whole supply of mistletoes. (2024 Secret Santa gift for the TMGS Discord group)

Also on Ao3

Author’s Note:

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone! Secret Santa is still going on in the TMGS discord group and this year my person requested an OC/Masaki art or fic. Since I'm not a great artist, I of course, went with a fic.

Masaki-sempai was one of the first boys (perhaps the second) I completed a playthrough for, so I was SO excited to get a chance to write about him! He holds such a special place in my heart. The person's OC was also super fun to write as well! It's a good way to practice for me as well.

Happy reading~!

“Thank you for shopping with us!” Masaki grinned and waved at the customer who left with a large bouquet of red roses. Someone was going to have a great weekend, that was for sure.

Christmas was right around the corner, so Anneri was a bit busier than usual. They were a mix of pre-orders for Christmas Day itself and for those who wanted to miss the holiday madness and have their couple’s celebrations a bit earlier.

The young man gave a bit of a stretch as he looked at the clock on the wall. About one more hour before his shift ended. Normally he wasn’t this tired, but this time of the year really was one of their busiest. Thankfully, they always managed to push through.

“Come on! Can’t you just make the exception? Why you gotta be such a pain about this?”

Masaki looked over his shoulder as soon as he started to hear the complaining. It seemed to be coming from a guy, roughly his age with a gaudy leather jacket and slicked-back, fake-red hair. Not typically the type you’d see in a flower shop, but who was he to judge? That being said, customers here weren’t normally aggressive, considering the type of stuff they sold. Any that were difficult usually turned an about-face when Arisawa was around. That woman could just glare and people would stop dead in their tracks.

“S-s-sorry, but it really is just a maximum of two per customer…” A teen girl whimpered, lifting a clipboard just above her nose, only showing her blue eyes, which were starting to swell with tears.

Unlike Arisawa, Ali wasn’t exactly one to take on rude customers head-to-head. The second-year Hanegasaki student was much softer spoken and would rather not make any waves, even if she was in the right. It meant that anyone who could bulldoze, would bulldoze her.

“This is so bogus! Why can’t you just do what I say? Customer’s always right, ain’t they!?”

Masaki’s fist clenched he took a deep breath. Keep calm Motoharu. Be diplomatic about this. You don’t want to get the shop in trouble either. But he certainly wasn’t going to leave Ali hanging either.

“She’s right. Only two per customer,” he finally said, strolling up towards the two. He had a welcoming smile on his face, but the tone of his voice had a slight edge to it. “Maybe there’s something else we can help you with?”

“Masaki-sempai!” she let out a long exhale, a relieved smile appearing on her face. He gave her a quick wink and tilted his head slightly to motion for her to get behind him. She quickly did, clutching onto the loose sleeve of his white hoodie and peering over. He felt a slight tingle on the back of his neck when she did that but focused on the current issue in front of him.

“Come on, man, I’m sure you have tons! You’d be helpin’ a guy out!”

Masaki let out a bit of a sigh. Being clear on the rules wasn’t going to persuade him to do differently, so maybe he just needed someone to lend an ear.

“Why would you need so many anyway?”

“It’s for a goukon party!” the customer continued to plead. “I get these above every doorframe, my car, maybe above some of the classrooms at uni… there’s no way I’m not getting lucky!”

Ah.

So, he’s that type of guy. Mistletoes weren’t just cute little decorations that couples would playfully use as an excuse to show their affection to him. No, they were his way to not be alone this holiday.

“Well, if you put those in any classroom, you’re definitely going to get kicked out for harassment.” Masaki continued calmly.

“Dude, it’s Christmas! Cut me some slack here!” the customer’s voice started to crack like he was a toddler instead of an 18-year-old.

“How about we give you three?” Masaki lifted his hand. “One for your party, one for your room, one for… uhhh…”

“O-on your keychain,” Ali peeped. “T-t-hat way you can use it a-a-anytime, a-a-anyplace.”

An eyebrow lifted, impressed with the quick thinking. “Yeah! Why waste your time putting a bunch of mistletoes everywhere, when you could just reuse one when that special moment arises?”

This finally gave the red-haired customer pause, as he was doing the mental calculations in his head.

“That does save me a wad of cash. Fine! I’ll take three.”

The two flower shop workers let out a sigh of relief as they rang the guy through the cash register and gave him his three mistletoes. Sure, they were still breaking the ‘max two per customer’ rule, but it was better than selling the guy their entire stock. They were a hot item considering they imported them all the way from Europe. By the time all was said and done it was time to close up for the evening.

“Do you need a ride home tonight?” Masaki asked.

“Ah, no, it’s okay,” Ali said as she zipped up her coat. “My mom is going to come pick me up this time since it’s cold.”

“I’ll wait for her to come then. I’d hate to leave you outside in the snowy and dark all by yourself.”

The two then did another check around the store, making sure that everything was in its place.

“… Thanks, by the way,” Ali continued. “It’s really hard d-dealing with people sometimes.”

“To be fair, that guy was the exception. You did fine,” Masaki grinned. Sure, Ali was incredibly shy, but she was always trying her best. She worked so hard to try and be more sociable. It was endearing. “You were the one who suggested the keychain thing. Though now I’m worried about what kind of menace we just enabled.”

He then scratched the back of his head, letting out a bit of a sigh. “God, barely anyone does mistletoe kissing in Japan unless you’re at like, partying with some exchange students. He just wants to find an excuse. I bet if he just turns it down a notch, he’d probably be fine. This kind of stuff is supposed to be fun and sporadic. Not forced.”

Once the lights were turned off and everything was well locked up, Masaki held the door open for them to both leave.

“You sound like you speak from experience,” she then clasped her hands over her mouth, perhaps realizing how that sounded and starting to sweat. “I d-d-didn’t mean it like you were a playboy or something. Just like -uh..!”

Masaki couldn’t help but laugh as he finally locked the store door behind them. He’d be lying if he denied it. “As long as you don’t think me a bad guy,”

Ali shook her head furiously, before staring up at him with her big blue eyes. “I could never think that of you. You’re the best.”

The back of his neck started to tingle just like earlier when she was holding onto him. But this time, he had nothing to distract him. All attention was on her.

He’d been feeling that sensation more and more with Ali. Not just when she would compliment him or grab onto him. But when she tried to smile or make eye contact with him. When she’d share what was going on at Hanegasaki. And while it always started on the back of his neck, it always expanded further, creating a certain tightness in his chest.

Masaki knew what this was of course, as much as he tried to ignore it. He wanted to be her reliable sempai who was always there for her no matter what.

And yet, seeing her now in the now dim light, part of him wanted to throw that away. His olive eyes gazed at the short brunette gently, which she took notice of.

“…Masaki-sempai?”

Damn, it. He was doing it again without thinking. His olive eyes lingered on her for a little bit longer before looking up above him.

“No mistletoe.”

“H-huh?”

“Above the door.” He pointed. “We sell it, but we haven’t put any up. Guess no kiss tonight, huh?”

Ali’s glasses then began to fog up as she started to babble incoherently, her arms waving around.

“Wh-wh-WHAT?” was the only clear word that she managed to finally spit out.

“I’m joking, don’t worry,” he replied, a large grin widening on his face. “Arisawa would tear me a new one if I put something up that encouraged couples to block our doorway.”

“Ughh… you almost gave me a heart attack,” she grasped at her chest, clearly trying to regain what little composure she had.

One of Masaki’s large hands ruffled her hair. “Sorry, you’re just so fun to tease. I just wanted to see how you’d react.”

A car then parked in one of the spots near his car. He lifted his hand off Ali’s head and waved politely.

“Looks like your ride’s here. Have a safe drive home and I’ll see you next week, right?”

“You have a safe drive home too, Masaki-sempai. And no more funny stuff!” she scolded before quickly bowing and running off to the car.

Masaki waved as they drove off before hopping into his car and starting it. He leaned back in his seat waiting for it to warm up a bit before hitting the road.

He closed his eyes, thinking about what he had just done.

“A joke, huh?” He said aloud to himself.

No. He knew it wasn’t a joke.

If a mistletoe had been there, he knew it would have been different. His hand would not have been ruffling her head, but instead, caressing her cheek, tilting her chin up, so he could continue to look into her eyes. He would lean in closely and then…

“I would have kissed you, Ali.”

#tokimeki memorial girl's side #tokimeki memorial girl's side 2nd kiss #masaki motoharu #masaki x oc #secret santa gift exchange #fanfiction #otome #also on ao3

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wendellcapili · 1 year ago

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(17 October 1993). my university of tokyo sempai dr. michaelangelo ebro dakudao (bs architecture, up diliman; m.a. & ph.d. in architecture, todai) took this photograph. dr. dakudao introduced me to the migitakas—(L) kazuko, aoe, and kenji. one of my foster families during my student years in japan. i call migitaka aoe "obaachan," the japanese word meaning "aunt" in a more affectionate way. migitaka obaachan regularly prepared meals for me in their family residence in kita-ku and their family restaurant in ueno. i received gifts, letters, and telephone calls from her. aoe obaachan and kenji ojiichan enchanted me with countless stories about their emigration to the philippines during the early 20th century and their repatriation to japan after world war II. we drank kirin lager beer and ate sukiyaki after this photograph was taken.

#university of tokyo

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nieonova · 7 years ago

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HNGGGG!!! FOR THE BEST SEMPAI! @amachi-blaze~!!!

Happy Birthday ya pooty wolf, u bootyful and you deserve this boi!! :y

I’ve been tryin out some new style?? of mine that I dunno wtf am I doing on this one hehe :)

#for frendo #sempai gift #and hello again!#been a long time huh #sorry if I'm not gonna like here and stuff cuz I'm in a hurry...so sorry :')))#my art #happy boithday again~!!#wish you good luck ^^

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bluwus-art · 5 years ago

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🎶 Nothing changes if you stay downhearted  so I’ll give you some of my strength! Come on, let’s Sing and Smile! 🎶

#Kaito #vocaloid #my art #a gift #for sempai #they always inspire me #thank #sing and smile #kai bean

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swapfreshsans · 6 years ago

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Gift draw for: ¡!¡!@ariscastleart!¡!¡

Espero que le agrado el dibujo que le hice y..... perdon por la tardanza n.nU

#art #arte #mi arte #gift #sempai ojala le guste jejeje.... no lo publique antes porque recien tengo denuevo internet n.nU #reblog plis #me costó un poco hacerlo #..............#Wea

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feekins · 2 years ago

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Rem (human) finds abandoned bby Nai (humanoid alien) and raises him as her own. no one knows what he is or where he came from - just that he's a rly smart teen at 7yo. also he doesn't need to eat or drink, but he does anyway to blend in (so only a few ppl know about that oddity). and! his all-time fav story! is the one about Treasure Planet! he was so drawn to it as a kid! but now he's a teen. taking dumb risks. solar surfing where he shouldn't. when the cops drag him back to the SEEDS Inn, they show Rem these strange blades they found on Nai. he gets in BIG trouble with Rem for using his recently-developed abilities outside the house! so Nai's grounded, solar surfer confiscated, nothing but school and helping out with the inn...

...until a badly-injured lil old man (Sempai from trimax!) crash-lands on their dock. at the time, family friend Luida (cat alien) is visiting. so Nai helps Sempai inside, but he keeps going on about a cyborg? and gives Nai this strange sphere? and then just fking DIES? and the next thing they know, they're speeding away in Luida's cruiser while the inn burns. and it rly sucks bc that inn was Rem's long-dead husband Alex's bby 🥲

so they're staying with Luida. she's a professor of xenoanthropology at the local (very prestigious) Noman University. she can't make heads or tails of that sphere. Nai feels so drawn to it, though... he solves it, revealing the map to Treasure Planet, and...as Nai's standing within it, strange markings similar to what's on the sphere appear on his skin. they disappear when the map is closed. Rem is even more scared for Nai, but...she lets him go with Luida to follow the map.

so Luida gets together a ship and crew, headed by Captain Brad (dog alien). Nai gets dumped on the ship's chef and doctor, a human with several cybernetic enhancements named William Conrad. he's kind but strict, which doesn't mesh well with Nai's distaste for authority figures 😅

SO THEIR VOYAGE BEGINS. Nai is his rebellious teenage self, feels like the underdog of the whole ship...but at least Conrad's pet, this lil yellow blobby shape-shifting fella named Vash, seems to rly like him, so much so that it's almost constantly at Nai's side! Vash helps bridge the gap between Conrad and Nai - they get to talking about Vash one night, Conrad saying he saved Vash from being destroyed along with his home planet. Nai's like "oh, so he's an orphan. like me." Conrad's all ??? bc what about Rem...? so Nai explains. he feels so lost, like a piece of him is missing, and without it, he just...doesn't feel like he belongs. anywhere.

(as Nai's sharing this, lil Vash is all 🥺🥺🥺 and nuzzling his cheek)

SO ANYWAY. that's when Conrad decides to take Nai under his wing! the voyage continues. Nai and Conrad slowly build up this close rapport, and they rly start to open up! Conrad learns about the SEEDS Inn, the piano that burned with it, solar surfing... one evening, Nai even shows him how he's able to materialize knives, and it's amazing! except Conrad makes Nai promise not to let anyone else see him do it. even among the most exotic alien species, the ability to materialize things is an EXTREMELY rare gift, so ye. Nai understands that it's Conrad trying to protect him, so he only ever brings out his knives around Conrad and Vash...but he starts to get a little careless.

one day, they pass too close to a star that goes supernova, then collapses into a black hole. everyone ties themselves to the ship. at one point, when they're unfurling the sails, a rope gets caught keeping one sail from fully unfurling. Nai throws one of his blades and cuts it free. maybe this happens in like 1-2 other places? but anyway, they get through the crisis, everyone's celebrating...until this spindly-looking alien, Legato, sadly informs everyone that a deck hand's lifeline was cut...oh, and here's the knife that was embedded where it had been secured.

Nai is BEYOND upset, thinking he'd done it on accident (he did not - Legato's tricksy), and Conrad comforts him and it's rly sweet 🥹

but then they're getting closer to Treasure Planet. bullied into it by the crew, Conrad starts a mutiny. Nai narrowly manages to escape WITH THE MAP with Vash and Luida and Brad, and they crash-land on Treasure Planet.

it's. weird. the moment Nai steps foot on the planet, those markings on his skin reappear. even weirder, while they're poking around, they stumble upon a cold sleep pod that's miraculously intact...with this girl in it who's right around Nai's age and has? a lot of similar features? Luida is able to wake her up, and she's SO HAPPY TO SEE NAI? she calls herself Tesla and says she's his big sister? and asks where Vash is? but surely, she doesn't mean THIS Vash? until, as Conrad and the crew capture them, Vash gets shoved aside, hits the ground...and turns into a boy who's right around Nai's age? and could easily be his mirror image?!?!?! seeing this, the crew ties up him - and Conrad, as well. Legato and the crew are all 😈 bc to access the planet's treasure, they need the blood of an Independent royal - and now, they have the last 3!

(only another Independent royal could've accessed the area Tesla was found in)

Nai's obv pissed off at Conrad. he's even more pissed off bc Vash ISN'T. and yeah, it's amazing to see all that treasure, but under THESE circumstances???

Tesla is oddly silent for a while in that vast treasure chamber, during which Conrad's trying to get Nai to believe him.

see, Conrad WAS the cyborg they called Captain Revnant Vasquez. as a young man, he'd been kidnapped by pirates and forced to be the ship doctor. he traded hands a few times, then was left for dead when his crew tried to steal from the Independent Federation. Conrad was taken in, and as he recovered and got used to his cybernetic prosthetics and enhancements, he decided to study Independent biology. fast forward and Conrad's rly close to the royal family (he's like an uncle to Tesla!)......and Nai obv doesn't want to believe ANY of this!

at this point, Tesla finally speaks up like "he's telling the truth, ok, we need to get out of here NOW before this place BLOWS UP"

and then it starts to blow up.

bc when the pirates were trying to figure out how to get to the treasure in the center of the planet, they didn't know to read the map's fine print - the ancient writing in the lines covering its outside surface, saying something to the effect of "the key is three" - bc, following tradition, every generation of the royal family had at least 3 children.

only when they were all together would Tesla, Nai, and Vash be able to safely access their homeworld's core.

anyway! shit's blowing up! Conrad and the 3 royals are tied with ropes made of fiber Nai can't cut through! OR SO HE (and the pirates) THINK!!! Conrad and Tesla are yelling at Nai that YES HE CAN!!! bc Independents can manipulate what they produce however they want - meaning INSANELY sharp blades!!! so Nai cuts everyone free, it's a very dramatic escape with several near-death moments and Nai getting creative with his knives, including MAKING AN IMPROMPTU SOLAR SURFER SAIL?!?!?! and the 4 of them get out, get Brad and Luida, get back to the ship, and along with what crew WASN'T pirates, they escape the destruction of Treasure Planet!!!

they learn everything on the trip home.

about a year before the twins were born, members of one of the crews Conrad had been a part of reached out to him. they worked to gain his trust, then blackmailed him into helping them steal the Independent Federation's "treasure" - precious ores and other rare materials salvaged from the wreckage of their ACTUAL home planet, which had been rendered uninhabitable in a war millennia ago.

when the pirates attacked, the 3 siblings were separated. Tesla was hidden away and put into cold sleep. bby Nai was sent away in an escape pod. Conrad took bby Vash, was trusted AND INTENDED to do the same - until the last escape pods were destroyed. in their raid - WAY bigger than Conrad was led to believe it would be - the pirates just...laid waste to what was left of Independent civilization. killed off the rest of the royal family. left behind whoever somehow survived to starve on a ruined world.

Vash was the last living Independent royal - and as Conrad snuck him off-planet, something happened. The planet took it upon itself to CONCEAL VASH'S IDENTITY!!!

but that whole fiasco got pinned on Captain Revnant Vasquez, and Conrad was just. stuck. trapped in his role, even while he went into hiding, formed a new identity. His old crew had their claws in him THAT DEEP.

and then, a few with guilty consciences tried to break away. Conrad tried to let them escape, but the rest of the crew wasn't so lenient.

Conrad was the only non-Independent who'd seen the twins, who knew their names. so when Nai showed up in his galley, Conrad resolved not to lose him the same way he thought he'd lost Tesla.

but now, Conrad will probably be turned over to the authorities the moment they dock back at home. he says he'll go quietly...

...but then, the 3 siblings catch him with one of the lifeboats. they say their goodbyes, Nai makes Conrad PROMISE to come back once it's safe, a BIG TEARFUL HUG is had, the lifeboat's cut loose...and Conrad leaves them with more than enough pinched treasure to rebuild the SEEDS Inn 🥹

fast-forward and Rem has 2 more adopted kids who ADORE her. the inn isn't just rebuilt - it's built just the way Alex envisioned. Brad and Luida become a thing, Nai is getting to know these siblings he never knew he had, he's all-around DOING BETTER...

...and then about a decade later, a crudely-wrapped parcel shows up on the inn's front step, addressed to Nai. he opens it to find the charred (but surprisingly intact) remains of the map, along with a note.

just 2 words, in familiar doctor's chicken scratch:

"back soon."

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tristamp Treasure Planet AU feat. Conrad as the cyborg (rumors about him were Highly Exaggerated in some ways but not in others) & rebellious teen Nai & also Vash plushie is Morph 🥺

#trigun #trigun stampede

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