#she has the bicolored eyes

[txtsfrmth-morgue]

Are you a shmoopity-boop? Are you a shmoopity-boop *and* a gobbley-gook? That’s quite the resume!

[skiiyoomin]

Potential on Actually writing the gangbang?

I'm sorry if you don't want to but if you want to I'd like it be older au (Like mid 20-early 30) if you can and with Kirishima,bakugou,midoriya,shoto?

And you can add more if you want:)

If you just want too!!

Thank youu if you do

– jUNA:]

ʚft.Deku, Bakugou, Todoroki, Kirishima

ʚCont: SMUT, p in v, gangbang!! double penetration, cunnilingus, blowjob, creampie, anal, reader has female anatomy, smut with no plot, aged up characters (mid 20s), Kirishima and reader are in an established relationship ⤑Back to navigation

a/n this has been rotting in my inbox for MONTHS, im so sorry for the long wait but its here at last! also, ive never written something like this so if its a little shitty im sorry i tried

You´re not very sure how you ended up in this situation. Scratch that, you do know, you just never thought it´d actually happen. It all started when your sweet boyfriend, Eijiro, suggested spicing things up in bed by having a gangbang. Admittedly, it took you by surprise that he´d be into that sort of thing, but how he had painted it so vividly in your mind made it hard to deny how arousing it was.

So that´s how you found yourself laid back on the mattress, completely bare and writhing under the dark lustful gazes of four pairs of eyes. The apples of your cheeks were decorated a rosy pink, both from arousal and from the embarrassment of being exposed to so many eyes.

"We haven´t done anything and she´s already dripping wet"

Izuku coos, his green eyes trailing over your body in a way that has you clenching around nothing. A needy whine rumbles from your throat as you attempt to close your legs, but a familiar calloused hand takes hold of your thigh, forcing your legs to stay spread open.

"Don´t close your legs sweet girl, let us see you" The warmth of Eijiros hand on your skin fills you with a sense of comfort, easing you into a more relaxed position on the bed. He crawls over onto your side, sliding his hand up to your chin as he places his lips over yours.

Izuku takes your other side, peppering kisses down your neck and shoulders. His lips curl into a smug grin from your gasp when he kisses the juncture between your neck and shoulder. Eijiro takes advantage of this to slide his tongue into your warm cavern, twirling his tongue with yours in a lazy dance.

A pair of warm lips wrap around a perk nipple, while fingers play with the other, making your head dizzy with stimulation. It´s not until you take a breather from the intense make-out with Eijiro, that you look down to see Katsukis blonde locks and his lips wrapped around the skin of your breasts. He´s relentless with the hickeys he leaves on your smooth skin but it only turns you on more.

Another gasp escapes your swollen lips when Shoto takes place between your thighs and slides his warm tongue up your inner thigh. Close, but not close enough to your dripping core. Without thinking, you grab hold of his bicolored locks and push his head towards your needy cunt. "So needy" He chuckles, yet he doesn´t waste a second in pressing his tongue flat on your slit. The deep guttural groan that leaves his lips vibrates against your pussy, making you moan from the slight stimulation.

He takes his time tasting you, sliding his tongue inside your hole and sucking your swollen bud. But your attention is from him to Izuku, who grabs your chin and forces your head to him. You don´t have time to focus on his soft lips before he slides his tongue into your mouth, your teeth clashing together in a heated make-out.

The familiar knot in your stomach tightens as Shoto continues to thrust his tongue into your tight entrance. Occasionally his nose rubs against your clit, making your mind go insane with pleasure. But just as you´re about to reach your first orgasm of the night, Katsukis gruff voice intervenes"Move over icyhot, I want a taste" He pushes a pussy drunk Shoto back, his chin glistening with your arousal. Rough hands flip you over onto your stomach, raising your hips so your ass is in the air.

Unlike Shoto, who took his time tasting you, Katsuki ate you out like a starved man having his last meal. His hands are on your ass, spreading them apart while he has you spread open for him to devour. "Fuuuuck ya taste so good doll"

You´d moan into the pillows if you could, but Eijiro grabs a fistful of your hair and forces you into all fours. He taps the angry red tip of his cock against your red lips coaxing you to open your mouth. Obediently, you grab the base of his thick length, taking what you can in your mouth. Eijiro gives you a moment to get used to the feeling but soon his pleasure overrides his patience and his thrusts turn more animalistic. He throws his head back with a groan when you gag around his cock, your throat clenching around him. Tears threaten to fall down your cheeks from the soreness of your slack jaw and the almost painful feeling of his cock down your throat. The pain mixed with the pleasure of Katsukis tongue flicking your clit is enough to make your eyes roll to the back of your head, the tears spilling from your eyes.

Just as Eijiro was about to cum, he pulls out with a groan "Not yet doll, I wanna cum inside you" Your heavy breaths slow down for a moment, but once again, the knot in your stomach tightens, making your breath hitch. Katsuki seemed to sense this too because he pulled away, smirking at your whine from being edged twice. He sits up to line his aching hard cock to your entrance "Been dreamin´ ´bout this pussy for the longest time" He groans while sheathing himself inside you, stretching your inside open. He´s big and with him inside you, it felt like being full to the brim. "ngh too big!"

He pulls back almost completely before slamming back in with a loud groan. "You can take it pretty girl" he sighs while fastening his pace. The sounds of your mewls, the skin slapping on skin and the squelching of your cunt sound pornographic. The view must be just as erotic because Shoto was sitting back, stroking his cock shamelessly at an agonizingly slow pace.

Izuku takes place at your front, easing his cock into your mouth. You moan around him, running your tongue along the protruding veins. "You´re taking us so well~" He coos sweetly, contrasting the rough pace of his cock down your throat. All you can do is moan in reply, satisfied by the twitch of his dick that sits heavy on your tongue.

Katsukis heavy balls slapping against your clit have you reaching your peak fast, and this time your allowed release. The vice grip of your gummy walls on his cock has him spurting his warm seed inside you, adding to the pleasure of your mind-blowing orgasm. Izuku isn´t too far off, thrusting a few more times before shooting his milky white cum down your throat. He watches with a hungry gaze as you swallow, sticking your tongue out to show you swallowed every last drop. "What a good girl"

When the high subsides, Katsuki pulls out his softening member from your sensitive pussy, giving it one last slap before pulling back. You´d barely regained your breath when Shoto pulled you up on your knees. "Think you can go again?" He asks while pressing lingering kisses on your neck, though you were so fucked out you could barely manage a coherent response.

He doesn´t wait, slipping his cock into your overstimulated cunt. The feeling makes you cry out in both pain and pleasure, but the way he was bouncing you on his cock was too good for you to use the safe word. A hard chest presses against your back, his rough hands resting on your waist. Eijiro nuzzles his face against the crook of your neck. "Can you take two?" He muses as if the mere thought was amusing to him. "Fuck please Eijiro, need you" You cry out, both from the pleasure of Shotos cock pounding into you, and the thought of taking Eijiro at the same time.

He obliges, pressing his tip against your other hole. Slowly he pushes in, splitting you open as you all but scream out. You´ve never felt so full in your life. The feeling of both of your holes being stretched open has your mind reeling in a hazy fucked-out daze. When Shoto and Eijiro move in sync, your breath disappears from your lungs, your mouth drops into an `o´ and your eyes cross from pleasure. The air is hot and heavy as both men fuck you, squishing you between them and leaving you breathless. Air is overrated anyway.

You´re soon reaching your second orgasm, the twitching of their cocks inside you meaning they wouldn´t last too long either. "M´ gonna cum" You manage to whine out. "We know doll" Shoto captures your lips into a kiss just as you reach your peak, your body shuddering violently while you clench around them. They follow after you, spilling their cum inside until it overflows and drips down your thighs.

"You did so good" "Such a good girl" They praise, whispering sweet nothings into your ear. They lay your hickey and sweat covered body down on the mattress. You huff tiredly "It felt good"

[lichenes]

Lockjaw

Someone requested Silco x brothel worker!reader (AND I WILL WRITE IT, KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED.) but. I raise you one better. Silco in love with a brothel worker, NOT reciprocated HAHAHAHAAAAAA. I'm going fucking insane. I'm going crazy. The smut is also here... ig... I did a shit ton of research cuz my seasoned writer best friend said it was difficult to get right. Any feedback is appreciated!! CW: reader has a pseudonym (Lulu), porn with plot (AND ANGST HAHAHAHA), SW!reader, eating out (reader receiving), piv briefly mentioned, wear protection kids, fleabag reference - i couldn't help myself. wc: 639 .  * 　　 ✦ . 　⁺ 　 .⁺ 　　 ˚ .  * 　　 ✦ . 　⁺ 　 .⁺ 　　 ˚.  * 　　 ✦ . 　⁺ 　 .⁺ 　　 ˚.  * 　　 ✦ . 　⁺ 　 .⁺ 　　 ˚.  * 　　 ✦ . 　⁺ 　 .⁺ 　　 ˚

Dark drapes. Burgundy carpets. Gold candleholders. You could smell the incense all around you. The cool, night air calmly was circulating and mixing with the warm feeling spreading in your chest. The room was overflowing with prestige and cachet. 

Silco was between your legs as you stared at his beautiful, bicolored eyes. You were toying with his locks as he greedily pleasured you. He couldn’t take his own eyes off of you. He was mesmerised by your squirming body, by your quiet moans and by the way you were just- almost there. 

He detached himself from you, denying you pleasure once more. You whined at the sudden loss but were eager to get even more from him and tonight, he wanted to give you it all. He hurriedly unbuckled his belt and slid his pants down his legs putting the garment neatly on the chair behind him. 

“Hi Lulu!” Said Juliette entering the break room where you were spending your last moments alone for the night. “Hi Julie, how you doin’?” She was in a good mood. “I’m doing okay! I got a massive tip from this one guy, and-” She trailed off saying how glad she was to not have taken a sick day today. You didn’t quite listen. “Lulu? I asked you a question.” You came back to your senses and answered the trivial question she presented you with. 

“So, how long are you staying?” You began answering but she interrupted you. “Oh!” She hit herself lightly on the forehead. “Silco’s coming today right? It’s Wednesday after all.” You nodded. “Looks like you’ve got quite a night in front of you.”

Your thoughts were interrupted by him getting close to your face. He was breathing heavily, yet a certain intimateness was flowing from him today. As he kissed you, you could taste yourself on his tongue. Slight hints of expensive cigars were also there, the taste was intoxicating. 

With his lips still on your own ones, he pushed you back onto the bed and caged you in his arms. He kissed a trail down your neck and chest before he put his hands on your thighs and spread them wider- right to his liking. He pulled back for a second. “You look divine.” 

He entered you with a slight resistance and let you accommodate his size before he started moving. With each encounter he was becoming more gentle. You never mentioned it, you never even noticed it up until now. You were fearing the- worst. 

Your legs were bent at the knees, you were trembling a bit from the intrusion. You were propped up by your elbow watching him enter and exit you. You reminisced about the first time he ever showed up here. Quickly you were pulled away from your thoughts by him burying himself to the hilt. 

“Lulu you were requested.” 

“Lu- oh, Lulu.” Moaned the most powerful man in all of Zaun. 

“I’ve been watching you for quite some time.” 

He emptied himself into the rubber and stayed inside you for a moment more, relishing in the closeness. Closeness he was to lose soon enough.

The break room was empty. “I’ve loved you from the moment I saw you.” The silence was filled with his confession. “Clients aren’t supposed to be here.” You said, dressed only in a warm robe, keeping you from getting goosebumps. He leaned against the doorframe, his eyes becoming dark, darker than any substance ever synthesised, soulless and- subdued.

He hung his head and turned his back to you, his coat in hand as he professed. “What’s keeping you here?” You didn’t answer. “Lulu.” He pleaded. “It’ll pass.” You answered. 

He walked onto the street, rain falling freely from the sky. His messed up hair was becoming wet. “I don't think it will.” He said to no one in particular.

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[amber-tortoiseshell]

Please tell me about the genetically accurate warrior cats head cannons :3

Hell yeah.

You gave me a wildcard warriors ask without any character request, which means i can choose, so i'll go excessive and present you: my color headcanons for the entire Sun Trail travelling group!

I tried to stay as close to their canon description as i could, and at the same time make everyone unique.

Our protagonists: Gray Wing, Clear Sky and Jagged Peak; blue, blue ticked tabby and blue blotched tabby. (Their mother Quiet Rain is a blue spotted tabby for me. Very blue family.)

The girlies: Bright Stream (black mackerel tabby bicolor) and Turtle Tail (black tortoiseshell blotched tabby bicolor; she's heterozygous for white spotting)

Black leadership: Shaded Moss, Tall Shadow, Moon Shadow - obviously the latter two has the same color, but i'm sure we could make them unique enough with different body shapes and eye colors.

Medicine gang: Dappled Pelt - black tortoiseshell (she has white spotting only on illustrations, never is the text*, and i wanted a tortie without white in the cast), Cloud Spots - black with white (white ears are unusual but not impossible, can be added)

*well, except for one time in Moth Flight's Vision, where she supposed to have "Orange-and-white fur". I declared that one a mistake. Even the alligances call her tortoiseshell, never tortoiseshell-and-white)

Background warriors with awesome names: Rainswept Flower (black spotted tabby), Quick Water (blue mackerel tabby with white), Shattered Ice (blue tabby harlequin)

Youngsters: Falling Feather (white), Jackdaw's Cry (black, which is unfortunate, but i'd give him a blue eyes mutation which would put some white on his muzzle), Hawk Swoop (red mackerel tabby; i could keep her kits more canon-compliant if i'd make her a tortie, but she's the only red cat in the group and I want to have one).

Bonus:

Bumble (black tortie tabby with white - i purposefully made her echo Turtle Tail's colors) and Storm (she gets a fun color because this way Thunder can inherit every allele he needs: black tortoiseshell silver blotched tabby with with white).

[elisnightmare]

«Bad news»

Adam rarely cries.

Even as a small kitten, he only cried a few times. No, he could get upset, or tear up a little, but full-blown crying was rare for him. So when he cried, it was a really bad day.

One of those days was his younger brother's birthday. The day his mother died.

He was 8, and his sister was only 6 years old.

Elis did not yet fully understand what death was. She stood next to her brother and asked if their mother would be able to return soon. He didn’t know how to explain to her that their mother was no more.

ID in alt and under cut

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A colored full-body digital doodle of Adam and Elis, the artist's Ducktales 2017 OCs.

They are both bicolor ragdoll cats. In the drawing they are 8 (Adam) and 6 (Elis) years old. Adam has curly fur and dark short hair, while Elis has straighter fur and lighter, shoulder blades length hair that rests on her shoulder and is tied with a red ribbon at the end.

Adam is wearing a light shirt, a dark brown sweater and gray trousers. Elis is wearing a light beige dress with a floral pattern and a red-brown sweater.

They stand next to each other facing the viewer, Adam on the left and Elis on the right.

Adam looks down with tears in his eyes, his ears drooping down and his right hand clenched into a fist. Elis holds her brother's hand, looking at him with concern and confusion.

The drawing is made in grayish tones.

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[aspoonofsugar]

Blake Belladonna's Design

This is a quick appreciation of our Cat Girl's design. Its objective is to offer a short analysis by incorporating elements of other metas. Ideally, the end result will be something similar to Yang's post. Finally, this is the final piece of my mid-summer Blake meta spree :) So, enjoy!

JUST ANOTHER CAT GIRL?

Blake's design plays with the idea of "cat girl". Cat girls are common in anime and mangas, but are often overly sexualized. In particular, cat ears are usually presented as an overly cute trait and sometimes a fetish.

RWBY takes this idea and subverts it in 2 ways.

Blake's ears are initially hidden, so that her affinity with cats gets highlighted through other aesthetical elements:

Gambol Shroud's ribbon resembles a cat's tail and it being a whip may reference the infamous cat o' nine tails

She decorates her eyes with cat eye makeup

She is able to make copies of herself, which get jokingly referred to as copycats

In Mistral she wears leg boots, which bring to mind Puss in Boots

In Atlas she wears a catsuit

Blake's cat trait becomes a core part of her identity, which is explored on a double level:

It represents her faunus heritage, which makes her different from humans and discriminated

It is a symbol of Blake's troubled past and of her involvement with the White Fang

So, Blake covers her cat ears to run from both society and herself. Just like a scaredy cat ;)

As you see, with some limitations and worldbuilding, Blake manages to be a cat girl with much depth to her. Still, there is more to her cat design.

FROM CALICO TO TUXEDO

Let's juxtapose Blake's initial concept art with her final design:

What changes is the cat used as the main inspiration.

In the initial concept art it is the calico cat (tricolor cat):

In the final character design it is the tuxedo cat (bicolor cat):

Why the change? Let's explain it by highlighting one similarity (1) and one difference (2) between the two kitties.

1- Both cats are called after a type of cloth:

Calico is a fabric, which originates in India (the set of the Jungle Book - Blake's secondary allusion) and is famous for its colorful printed patterns. I wouldn't be surprised if Blake's clothes in the concept art were meant to be calico made.

Tuxedo is a formal wear, which consists of a black suit over a white shirt and a bow tie. Well, Blake's final design is a revisitation of the traditional tuxedo with a shorter jacket and a bow worn in the hair, instead than as a tie.

The idea of "cloth" is heavily used in Blake's design, which may be one of the reasons why the tuxedo is eventually chosen. This kitty, thus, offers a pretty poignant metaphor.

It all starts with Gambol Shroud, where shroud means a piece of cloth that conceals or protects:

Here come two thoughts:

Blake's bow is her shroud which is why it resembles her weapon’s ribbon (same color and similar material). The bow is the ears, while the ribbon is the tail. Together they complement Blake’s cat design.

Some tuxedo cats are called tuxedo masks because it is as if a black mask covers their whole faces. It is easy to see how this concept fits Blake, who conceals herself thanks to a little piece of fabric.

Basically, Blakes's bow is her tuxedo tie, which is worn as a mask.

2- The two cats differ when it comes to their color:

The calico is a tricolor cat, which is mostly known as having a white coat with some orange and black patches

The tuxedo is a bicolor cat, which has white and black fur

These two color patterns are another reason why Blake has been characterized as a tuxedo instead than a calico. As a matter of fact the black and white dychotomy fits our beautiful faunus girl more.

WHITE AND BLACK = BEAUTY AND BEAST

In old English, Blake's name means both black and white. As a result, she is linked to both colors, which tie with her light and shadow motif:

Blake is associated to the twilight because it is where light and shadow meet. What's more, her musical theme is built on this duality. She starts in the shadows and climbs her way up towards the light.

Well, Light and Shadow are linked to two Jungian Archetypes:

The Light is the persona, so what is shown to others

The Shadow is what is repressed, so the hidden parts

And these two archetypes are explored in The Beauty and The Beast:

The Beauty is the light - she is beautiful, lovable and accepted

The Beast is the shadow - he is ferocious, scary and misunderstood

So, Blake's own allusion can be read as the integration of beauty and beast, light and shadow, so that a new unit (a new individual) is born. This is also Blake's arc in a nutshell. She starts as a shadow because she hides herself, but with time she steps into the light and shows the world who she is.

In other words, Blake's Beauty and Beast allusion is referenced in her appearence not only in her nature as a faunus, but in her color scheme too. She is both beauty and beast, light and shadow, white and black.

This is also why these two colors are incorporated in respectively Sun and Ilia.

Sun is white, as he leads Blake towards the light:

Ilia is black, as she forces Blake to face her own shadows:

Through them Blake integrates her shadows and stops hiding:

This is why her design changes in Mistral in two notables ways:

She gives up her bow once and for all

She wears a white jacket over a black top

These two details mirror Blake's inner journey. She learns to show herself more, so her ears get to be out in the open and the light (white) surfaces. In Beacon, instead, the ears are concealed and Blake is wrapped in shadows (black).

Ironically, this means Blake's design loses the core traits of her tuxedo cat inspiration. As a matter of fact she has no bow tie anymore and the color pattern is inverted, which doesn't work. Why this choice? It is because Blake is going from Beast (black + cat) to Beauty (white + individual). Symbolically, this happens as she shows her faunus trait more openly:

She grows more beautiful (human) as she openly embraces her beast side (cat).

GOLD, BLUE AND PURPLE = HOT, COLD AND JUST RIGHT

The shift from calico to tuxedo brings some consequences to Blake and Yang's complementary designs.

Let's compare the bees exploratory ideas:

As people have noticed, Blake and Yang are aesthetically and symbolically linked since early on.

Here, we have:

Blake with one gold eye and one blue eye

Yang with a blue bandana

This chromatic choice ties into Yang's allusion and design. As a matter of fact our Goldilocks uses colors to represent the too hot, too cold and just right. Specifically:

red/orange is the too hot

blue/green is the too cold

purple (blue + red) is the just right

So, in the picture above Yang's looks play with the dychotomy between too hot and too cold. This same duality is mirrored in Blake:

She is both too hot (gold eye) and too cold (blue eye)

She wears much gold in general (Yang's main color)

The idea is clear. Blake is Yang's hot and cold. In particular, she brings some needed blue in Yang's life. She helps Goldilocks cool down and become more balanced. Similarly, Blake proudly wears Yang's golden tones, as she has to grow more like her Golden Beauty.

So, how have these ideas evolved in Blake’s final design?

Blake has gained a strong association with purple, which makes her Yang's just right

Blake's color scheme has ditched gold in favor of silver, which makes her and Yang complementary

Blake's link to purple is interesting because this color calls back to her family and to the surname Belladonna (beautiful woman in Italian). In other words, it is connected to both Ghira's legacy and her Beauty side. So, it is not a surprise that Blake grows more purple in each arc:

She is slowly blooming into Yang's just right by reconciling with her legacy and by becoming a person worthy of our golden girl.

This transformation is highlighted also by Blake integrating some gold into her:

In both her Vale and Atlas's designs Blake is linked to silver, so that she can complete Yang's gold. Still, in Mistral she has some gold details because this is the arc where she integrates her missing parts. This integration ends with Adam's death and Blake's rebirth:

So, Blake's design tells a story of inner growth, which leads her to stand beside Yang as an equal:

Blake: She's not protecting me, Adam. And I'm not protecting her. We're protecting each other.

This theme is important for Blake's Cat Girl archetype. Cat Girls, thus, are often reduced to love interests, but Blake's arc is a deconstruction of this idea. What would happen if the male partner of a Cat Girl is abusive? Blake explores this concept and tells a story of liberation and development, which ends with a reconstruction of the trope. Our Cat Girl ends up in a happy relationship, but not as a shallow prize. Rather as a winner.

BEASTS, LIONS AND WOLVES

In conclusion, Blake's design alludes to the Beauty and Beast on three levels:

Society= Blake is both human (beauty) and animal (beast)

Couple = Blake and Yang are drawn as complementary

Individual = Blake is both white (light) and black (shadow)

Still, this is not the only fairy tale our Cat Girl ties into thanks to her animal features. Here come three examples.

Blake is Bagheera's daughter and a small panther (a cat) in the Jungle Book

Blake is a Scaredy Cat to Lioneheart's Cowardly Lion. Except that of course the cat is braver than the lion

Blake is Ruby's black beast in team RWBY's LRRH team allusion

This last reference is foreshadowed since Red Like Roses:

Black the beast descends from shadows.

After all, the Beowolves appear when Blake's line comes up.

Moreover, Blake's secondary allusions all come together to strongly link our Black Shadow to wolves. In the Jungle Book, Mowgli is raised by wolves, just like Blake grows up in the White Fang. The name of the group itself calls back to wolves, as it references the title of Jack London's book about a half-dog half-wolf, who fights to be accepted by humans.

Finally, it turns out Blake is not the only Cat, who turns out to be a Wolf:

In short, Blake's design lets her freely move between allusions and references. Not only that, but it is crafted to add depth and thematic resonance to her character and her arc. Not bad for just another Cat Girl, uh?

[cottoncandy-cult]

Second Choice, Second Chance

Inuyasha X Priestess! Reader

So in this I'm exaggerating Kagome's behavior in this, I do ship Kagome with Inuyasha. Occasionally with Koga, but mostly because I find Ayame somewhat annoying personally. I could rant about it but for the Ayame fans I'm not going to, like I don't hate her but I did want to see her humbled a bit so that she'd pull back her obsessive behavior just a bit.

(Y/n) sighed as she walked with the group of misfits she called friends, the 18-year-old had been a reincarnation similar to Kagome. Only (Y/n) was a healer, and rather than a well she had fallen through the floor of an old shrine high up in the mountain. The bicolor haired girl had hated her life in her era, her life having been less than ideal. With her hair being 2 colors, (H/C1) on the left and (H/C2) on the right. It often drew unwanted attention, what made it worse was her dual-colored eyes. (E/C1) on the left and (E/C2) on the right. She had always been teased by the younger generation and out casted, the older generation treated he as if she was ill or a demon. So, she had ran away at the age of 16, the dual toned girl going high into the mountains when a storm hit. She took shelter in a shrine but fell through a large hole, even if she wanted to go back through the shrine she couldn't as the one in the feudal era had been destroyed by Naraku.

She has passed through the well before to go get Kagome, and she was able to do so through the sheer power of her soul unlike Kagome who needed at least a shard of the jewel. But she usually preferred staying behind with Inuyasha and the others, she had gotten the garb of a priestess from a priestess in the village at the base of the mountain when she came stumbling down bruised and dirty from the fall and the subsequent wandering around the mountainside the shrine had been on, on day one of being there. Deciding that she wanted to try and at least blend in a little, plus the outfit was rather comfortable. She had spent a lot of time with Inuyasha as of late, he and Kagome had been fighting a lot recently and most of her anger was unreasonable in (Y/n)'s eyes. She and the half demon had grown close, both able to understand each other's pain. (Y/n) also understood how fresh his grief and heart break was, in his mind it had only been at most a few months since he was "betrayed". He had truly loved Kikyo, the pain of their fight worsened by learning the truth behind that day and Kikyo's resurrection. Kagome's pressure only making things worse for Inuyasha, it was as if the girl thought they had an unspoken relationship.

When the group finally made it to Kaede's village, she watched Kagome ride with Sango and Miroku on Kirara's back towards the well. Leaving her to walk with Inuyasha to Kaede's hut. "Hey (Y/n), come with me." Inuyasha began walking towards the woods, the girl quietly following as she figured he wanted to talk about his fight with Kagome. She always had to try and explain things to him, what made it hard was a lot of Kagome's actions could be immature and hard to rationalize to the male. So, after the attempt to explain things is made the two usually said screw it and just had a drink, it being the feudal era no one cared as she was considered plenty old enough.

So, the girl had no problem dipping into the barrel, Inuyasha didn't care one way or the other. They got to their usual spot by the river, Inuyasha moving a rock to reveal a small barrel of sake and 2 cups hidden beneath it in a hole. She could tell by the look on his face that he was in deep thought, so she remained silent and went to her place by the river. It was a large smooth rock, where she would be able to dangle her feet over the edge and her toes would barely touch the water. Not being a true priestess, she was not bound by their rules, really it was just a guise she used. Her abilities were similar to that of a priestess, so it was really the best option to keep people from questioning her.

She lowered her feet into the water, closing her eyes and listening as Inuyasha moved beside her and set the small barrel between them. "So, what did you want to talk about?" She spoke softly and dipped her small sake glass into the barrel, Inuyasha had stayed quiet as he slowly sipped down his glass. "Kagome has just been driving me crazy, I'm starting to think her looking like Kikyo may have been the only thing that truly brought me to her. I was still grieving for Kikyo, and Kagome was someone I had to be around because she broke the sacred jewel, and she could sense it... I think I only loved her out of necessity and heartache, but now that everything's over though..."

He stared deeply at the water, (Y/n) quietly listening to him as she nodded. "It's understandable, somethings aren't meant to be. I mean you two aren't even actually together, you've just done this weird crap since the beginning." She sipped her drink as Inuyasha nodded, sipping at his own before he looked at her. "You know, I don't think I've ever seen you take an interest in anyone since you joined us." Now that made her cheeks heat up, she was quick to down her drink and refill. "There was one guy, but he never once looked at me the way I did him... But he has girl troubles of his own even without me." She hadn't been lying, she had always had an interest in him but between Kikyo and Kagome she never felt there would be room for her in his heart. She knew a part of him at least cared deeply for Kagome, after all she had helped him move on from Kikyo and helped to soften his rough personality.

"I see... It must be painful loving someone who doesn't return it... At first when Kikyo was resurrected, she hated me, it tore me up cause I loved her so much. I guess that's why your smile hasn't been the same for a while... Right?" His words took her by surprise, she never realized anyone had noticed. (Y/n) hadn't been herself for a while, she hated watching Inuyasha and Kagome fight only for him to seek her out for comfort and return to Kagome the moment she was willing to let him back in. With a sigh she chugged down her drink, her cheeks now red from alcohol rather than embarrassment. "Yeah... I just... I love him a lot but... I'm not even sure if I'm really his friend or someone he uses to soothe himself when he's hurt... " Her chest tightened as her eyes welled with tears, she could feel his golden orbs locked on her form.

"Is it Koga!? Just say the word and kill that mangey flea bag!" She was shocked by his words, her small hands wiping her tears away as she shook her head. "No but it's fine, it doesn't matter I'l-" Her sentence was cut short as Inuyasha pinned her down, hands on either side of her head. His claws dug into the dirt as he stared down at her in an intense gaze, anger on his features. "Don't you dare say that! It does matter! He's hurting you and I won't let that happen! I'm not going to let anyone hurt you, you hear me!?" His reddened face was inches from hers, the temptation was so overwhelming that before she knew it her lips were attached to his. He was quick to return the kiss, he was harsh and feverish. The kiss deepening as little fingers tangled in snow white hair, when the kiss broke, they were left breathless, and the half demon rested his forehead against hers.

"I love you (Y/n), for so long I tried to learn to love Kagome, but it always felt like I was with her cause I had to be... But then you came a long and I couldn't help but to love you from the start. That's why it matters, because you matter." The girl felt her heart swell as she kissed him once more, neither noticing the schoolgirl quietly walking away from the scene.

[snowywolf1005]

@endism : SORRY THAT I REPLIED LATE BUTTT

How did y/n meet the cats, would they be clingy, cautious etc etc about it, maybe even what would they do when y/n invited someone in

Oh and, how will they react when y/n has to go to work? Thats all!! Ohmigosh i can't wait 😭😭😭🤭🤭🤭

@snowywolf1005 The straw hats pirates and the whitebeard pirates pls!

You got it!

The whitebeard pirate, um... there are a lot of crew, so I'll put Ace and marco if that okay.

"Aw, geez, it raining! Good thing I have my umbrella!" You said you just finished working at the vet. You walked holding some gift of basket, and you heard a meow, you turn to your left to see a small calico kitten, wearing a strawhat.

"Hey, kitty! Are you alone?" You said, picking the calico cat, then you saw the whole kitten running up to you. "Oh my goodness! Oh my gosh! We have a kitten problem!" You said.

You watch the kittens run around you, meowing, it look like they're cold and hungry. You can't just leave, so you decided to take all of them, there only 12 of them. So, you put them in them in the basket you have.

It was really hard to catch them, but you managed to catch them. "Okay! Let head home!" You said you finally made it back home. You let all cats out, and they started exploring around your house. You did bring some cat food and toys.

But you realize something you check what gender are they, you pick up one of the cat wearing a strawhat and the cat who is bicolor cat. And wearing an orango hat.

You check, "mhm, they're male. Well, let hope they don't all neutered," you put them down, and the bicolor cat wearing an orange hat just ran away. 'That wried...' You thought, but you ignore it and keep looking gender. It wasn't easy when all the cat just saw what you just did.

They started running and hiding, "What the!?" You said, so you captured them seeing their gender. "Okay, 2 female and 10 males." The cats were shaken what had just happened (by the way! You notice the cat have tag on their name)

"Oh! I forgot it dinner time!" You went to the kitchen to peared for dinner, some cat watch you cook.

One of them went to the cabinets, "No, luffy! You can't eat while I'm cooking, I'll do your food later." You grab luffy and put him on the ground with the rest of the cats. "Okay, done! Now it is time to feed the cat!" You grab out some cat tuna and place it in plates, two of them to share.

The cat ate really fast, "Aw geez, I should head back to bed." You went to your bedroom, some cats notices and follows you. Cat sanji saw you change your clothes and tries not to bleed his nose.

"Goodnight, kitty~" you said, shut your eyes, luffy jump to your bed and sleep next to you. The others join in too, marco sleep on your pillow.

THE NEXT DAY

You woke up, yawning. "The fuck!?" You yelled, when you saw cats sleeping on your bed. The cats jump when they hear you yell, you see Luffy on your lap, meowing of food, "Okay, luffy, I'll get you some food" you said, come out of bed and go to the kitchen.

"Here you go." You put the plates down, the cats came, you watch them eat. You drink some coffee, then you hear someone is knocking.

You check who it is, and it your friend, "Hey, (Y/N)! I bought some cake!" Said (F/N), but she leaned over. She saw that you had cats, and she gasped. "(Y/N)! You have cats! There are so many!" (F/N) sequel, you sigh.

You explained to your friend what just happened and what there name are, while the strawhat cat watched you two talking and luffy wants your attention cause last you pet him. So luffy come closer to get your attention, but you aren't paying attention.

Luffy meow, even the others want your attention. So they started climbing on you, "Um, (Y/N), ace is climbing on you," she said, trying not to laugh and almost take a picture.

You grab ace put on the ground, and Ace came and started licking on you. You shoo him away, but he couldn't stop there. After your friend.

"Oh! I forgot something! I brought you guys some gifts!" You show them some toys, and you brought meat plushy and luffy love it so much. They love it, and they love you too.

It wasn't until when you had to go work and they couldn't let you go. They just blocked the door, climbed on to you, and steal your car keys. So you have an idea, you lead them to your room, put more cat food or toys and run to the door.

When you come back from work, they climb on to you and give you kisses 💓💓💓💗💗💗💖💖💖💖.

[sweetness-pop]

Imagine when Anya is around 9 or 10, she becomes a big sister after the birth of her little brother. Loid and Yor's son has bicolored hair that was blonde on top while black on the bottom. He also has heterochromia eyes because his right eye is red and left eye is blue. Perfect combination of his spy papa and assassin mama. Even though she's adopted, it doesn't matter. Loid and Yor will, of course, always love Anya as their own even after having their biological son. Even though she won't be an only child anymore, at least she'll always be their only daughter. They will love and treat their children equally. The TwiYor baby boy could be born 4 or 5 years after the SxF plot. Loid and Yor would name their son......Axl. His name is of Scandinavian origin, derived from Axel, and it means "Father of Peace". Peace the true, desired mission of the Forgers. Axl Forger. You know how the names of Loid, Anya, and pet dog Bond all have 4 letters in their names? Well, how about if Yor and Axl were to be the two Forgers to have names with 3 letters. Plus, Loid and Yor would love to give their second child a name starting with and A like his Anya-Onee-Chan. This could also prove how much they love their daughter very much as they give her newborn brother a name with a matching letter. Just like the Briar siblings: Yor (older sister) & Yuri (younger brother), and Desmond brothers: Demetrius (first son) & Damian (second son). Therefore, the upcoming Forger siblings: Anya the big sis and Axl the lil bro. And imagine seeing a very upcoming precious family photo of Loid and Yor with their two children: tween (you know, preteen) Anya and baby Axl, and big, white & fluffy Great Pyrenees Bond. All 5 members of the Forger family together!

👨‍👩‍👧👶🐕

[fallenpetalau]

i got a little distracted with making these little gems and backstories that go with them 😭 I'm back on the comic! I promise!

I kept the circus/clown theme i felt our Spinel had, so Yellow is a Sword Swallower, Blue is a Juggler and White is a Pierrot. All of these Spinels are part of troupes - having at least 10-20 of their same gems alongside them while our Pink Spinel is a one-of-a-kind.

Yellow Spinel snaps just like in canon. Except she attacks the colony where her Olivine resides and destroys stuff. Blue Spinel runs away and lets herself corrupt and disappears in the wilderness of a planet near a colony. And White Spinel gets shattered the instant that the fun moment is over. She gets harvested and recycled into remaking new White Spinels

ETA Image Description

[Image Description: Three pictures, each depicting a different circus themed character in the style of Steven Universe.

Image 1 is of a Yellow Spinel proudly holding a sword. She has twin vertical pigtails tied at the end, a yellow court jester themed outfit and a large white Ruff collar that leads to pants that poof out with diamonds on her thigh and solid color to her shoes. Surrounding her is different depictions of herself in various poses, bowing, a size comparison to her diamond, Yellow, and on of her in a state of anger, large black drops overtake much of her outfit and her collar is tattered and stained. Instead of her usual outfit, her goofy pants were replaced with a too-tall alternative that rose past her stomach and only ended at the start of her shirt. Her hair is messed up and her gem is upside down.

Image 2 is of a cat themed Blue Spinel, she acts as a juggler and is noticeably taller than a regular Spinel. Her two-pointed hat moves to her emotions like it were actually a cat's ears. Her arms are made of bicolor streams of ribbon, blue and white alternating and look like baggy sleeves but can be used outside of being as an arm. She has a black upper lip and white lower lip with white upside down drops on her eyelid acting as face makeup. The collar of her outfit and the decoration around her hip is sharper looking than Yellow Spinel's, jutting out and up in multiple points. Also surrounding her is other depictions of her, one holding her juggling pins, one of her crying due to Blue Diamond's oppressive power and three of her corrupted form as a Panther-like creature. It's blue with dark blue teeth, white under the eyes and like a tiger- has two fake eyes imaged on the fur of the back of its ears- it has two sets of ears and two extra limbs on it's shoulders that act similar to the destructive claws of the Mantis Shrimp and is aggressively solitary.

Image 3 is of a White Spinel , much smaller than the other two, both in gem size and in body size and almost completely white in front of a slightly-lit black background. Her gem is the size of a pupil and lacks pigmentation - being almost solid white itself. Her gem is in place of her pupil on her eyeball and she would be only half of Steven's height if lined up next to him with her hat making up the difference. She is an old-fashioned mime themed with a tall cap with black pompoms, a soft two-layered Ruff draping around her neck and a baggy jumper with a simple cord tying the loose fabric close to her form. There are triangles on top and bottom lid that fit together to make black diamonds on her face and each have a small black dot at the outer point of it. ]

I've never written an image description for my art before, I hope it's understandable haha😄

[immortalmint]

How many people on the Boiling Isles are related to Caleb? And are Dell and/or Gwendolyn related?

In The Owl House, there is strong evidence the Clawthornes are related to Caleb Wittebane and Evelyn (Clawthorne?). Many fans point to a connection through Gwendolyn, via the ‘lyn family suffix shared by Gwendolyn, Edalyn, and Evelyn. There is also Gwendolyn’s family knowledge of a human previously living in Bonesborough:

“My great-grandmother told me about a human who once lived here. But one day he just vanished. Rumor has it he left something in the library, and if you can find out more about him...”

A Gwendolyn connection is very plausible. We’ll get into family resemblances later.

But a connection through Dell has merit as well, given his palisman’s striking resemblance to Flapjack. We’ll call our yellow cardinal Biscuit for now. (Biscuits were ship rations in the late 1500s onward, and absolutely have been eaten for breakfast. They work in any meal. Every meal. Caleb was poor and hungry, okay?)

The visual clues we get are intermingled between Dell, Caleb, Biscuit, and Flapjack. When Dell is first injured by the Owl Beast, the red blood over his closed eye makes the same shape as Flapjack’s scar. Both Dell and Flapjack are wounded in the same eye, their left. These wounds share symbolic similarities, as they were both from family members: Dell’s injury was caused unintentionally by Eda when she was startled and turned into in Owl Beast form, and Flapjack’s injury likely occurred during Philip’s failed attempt to murder his sister-in-law Evelyn and Philip’s (also unintentional?) murder of his brother Caleb.

(As for physical appearance, note the similar nose shape between middle-aged Dell and teenage Hunter in the screenshots below.)

Looking at older Dell, the scar’s color and shape greatly resembles Flapjack’s head. Both Flapjack and Biscuit have two-peaks of feathers crowning their heads, similar shaped face and chest feather patterns, bicolor wings of light and dark from their respective color pallets, and identically shaped feet. These birds were clearly a matched set, Biscuit likely being carved by Caleb to complement Evelyn’s Flapjack. Sometime after Evelyn’s death, Flapjack presumably left for the Bat Queen, and Biscuit stayed on with the family (I strongly believe Biscuit was Caleb’s palisman, and bonded with his young daughter to relay the love of the father she was deprived of). Biscuit continues to stay with the family to this day, adopting a young witch every 3 to 4 generations. She now belongs with Dell.

It’s also telling that all the Clawthorne family palismen are birds.

If you’re wondering why Biscuit is a she, check out the Northern Cardinal, which is quite common in Connecticut. I took pictures from this lovely bird website: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Cardinal/id

Male Northern Cardinals are red, and females are supposedly “brown,” but if you told me that bird looked yellow, I’d agree with you.

What about family appearance? We’ve compared Dell to Caleb/Hunter. So let’s take a look at Evelyn. We’ve got a lot less to go on here. Just a few memory photos from Philip’s mindscape. But from what we can see, Evelyn has impressively full hair very similar to Gwendolyn and Eda. The washed out colors of the photo make it difficult to determine an exact hair color, but brown to reddish-brown seems plausible.

Looking at the Clawthornes, we see various shades of brown, red, and orange (yeah… I know they’re still called redheads, but that’s because the word ‘orange’ wasn’t in the language when redheads first showed up.) These are all plausible hair colors for the descendants of Caleb and Evelyn.

Am I saying that both Gwendolyn and Dell are related to Caleb and Evelyn?

Yes!

Yes, I am.

‘But isn’t that gross?’ you may wonder.

Eh, not really. They’re around 13 generations away from their shared common ancestor, Caleb and Evelyn’s daughter. We’ll call her Caylyn for convenience. With each generation, the percentage of DNA from a relative goes down by half. Example: You share 50% of your DNA with your mom, but only 25% of your DNA with your grandpa. The calculation is 1/(2^generation) x 100%, where that little ^ character means “to the power of.” So by the time we get to Dell and Gwendolyn, each would only have 1/(2^13) x 100% = 0.012% shared DNA. That’s very low risk for hereditary birth defects. You probably don’t have your own family tree documented well enough to avoid hooking up with your 13th cousin.

‘But what are the odds of two Caylyn relatives hooking up?’

After 13+ generations on an island? It’s more likely than you think!

Now that you’ve been lured in with screenshots and pretty birds, it’s time to get to my favorite part: MATH!

I mean, EVEN MORE MATH!

And dates. Yeah. They’re important too.

From Masha’s account, in 1613, the orphans Philip and Caleb Wittebane arrive in Gravesfield. Based on how small the boys are compared to a butter churner meant for adults, it’s safe to assume Caleb is 10 or younger. Philip is likely 7 or younger.

Now fast-forward to Evelyn’s pregnancy. Philip has a full beard in this photo, which means he’s at least 18, more likely in his early-to-mid 20s (most white males can’t grow a full beard until their 20s). That would put the date sometime between 1625 and 1630 for Caylyn’s birth.

To simplify our generational model, we’re going to assume that Caylyn was born in 1625 and that she and her descendants had 2 surviving children each when they were approximately 25 years old. That means in 1650, Caylyn had 2 children, and Evelyn became a grandmother.

If you’re wondering about my assumptions, the birthrate didn’t fall below 2 children in the USA until the 1970s. And before 1800, the birthrate was over 7 children! But when we look back at the 1600s-1800s, 40-50% of children died before adulthood, leaving only 3.5-4 children surviving to have kids of their own. I went with the assumption of 2 children per generation to account for additional factors such as people deciding not to have kids or cultural differences in family sizes that may have existed in the Boiling Isles. In all likelihood, Caleb’s descendants had a higher birthrate than 2. But we’ll stick with 2 to be conservative, and to make the math easy to see the effects of doubling!

Let’s finish the century out with 4 great-grandchildren (2 x 2, or 2^2) in 1675 and 8 great-great-grandchildren (2 x 2 x 2, or 2^3) by 1700. We get another 4 generations of descendants every century after this. So, by 1800, we have 128 (2^7). By 1900, we have 2,048 (2^11). And by the year 2000, we have 32,768 (2^15) new babies born related to a human! That’s a lot of people! And if we add together the most recent 3 generations, there’s even more living relations to Caleb on the Isles. At least 57,344 people!

Dell and Gwendolyn are 13 generations away from Caylyn, with birthdays approximately in 1950. I get this date based on Eda being in her mid to late 40s at the start of The Owl House (2020) according to Dana Terrance (so Eda’s birthday is ~1975). Her parents would be ~25 years older than her. So, when Dell and Gwendolyn meet, our number is around 8,192 (2^13) descendants of Caleb in their generation. And in all likelihood, Caleb’s descendants are more concentrated on the forearm where Evelyn originally lived. This makes it extremely likely that at least some of Caleb’s descendants marry each other.

How likely? First we need to know the approximate population of the Boiling Isles in the 1950s. Dana Terrance said the BI is roughly the size of Vermont in this interview. And in 1950, Vermont had a population of 377,700. We’ll use this as our rough population number for the 1950s BI. For the group born in 1950 (8,192 of which are descendants of Caleb), they make up 2.17% of the total population. But if we think about the number of people in that generation who would marry someone of similar age, we’re looking at the 20-30 year-old bracket, which is about 10% of the total population, or 37,770 people. And 8,192 is 21.7% of the people in Dell and Gwendolyn’s generation (gen 13). It isn’t a question of if two Caleb descendants got married, it’s a question of how many marriages!

(If you’re curious: [chance of person 1 being a Caleb descendant] x [chance of person 2 being a descendant] x [half of gen 13 population], because we’re looking at pairs of people, not individuals. So 21.7% of 21.7% = 4.7% of marriages in gen 13, times half the gen 13 population (18,885) is 887 marriages!)

Dell and Gwendolyn both being descendants of Caleb isn’t even that rare! The Clawthornes are one of multiple families where both sides of the family can claim human ancestry. It’s amazing how far one person’s genetics can spread in 400 years of breeding!

Alright, let’s get back to the main question: How many people on the Boiling Isles are related to Caleb?

By the Day of Unity (2022), we’re close enough to generation 16 (2025), which is 65,536 (2^16) babies, that we can look at a range between 2020 and 2025. In 2020, the 3 generations alive are 8,192 (2^13), 16,384 (2^14), and 32,768 (2^15), or 57,344 total living descendants. In 2025, the 3 generations alive are 16,384 (2^14), 32,768 (2^15), and 65,536 (2^16), or 114,688 total living descendants. In 2022, Vermont had a total population of 647,064 people, and we’re assuming the Boiling Isles population grew similarly. So we have between 8.9% and 17.8% of the BI population related to Caleb on the Day of Unity.

Belos wasn’t only attempting genocide against witches. Philip Wittebane was trying to kill thousands of his own relatives.

Food for thought.

[velting]

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SFW|| Rivalry|| Teasing

This is my FIRST fic on this APP so please bare with it and mind the spelling mistakes that are made, I'm not a professional at this so please if there's any tips or tricks to make this nicer then don't hesitate to ask me! I must know how to make this more smoother!

I understand mine is not the best compared to others but I do hope others enjoy this and send positive feedback and reviews. Now please don't let me hold you here from your reading, hope you enjoy 🙏.

Akira Endoji: Red with star eyes

Taiga Tsunzaki: Orange with stripes

Miyazaki Sanzuku: OC that wears glasses and has black hair with heterochromia eyes

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"Owowowow!"

Miyazaki was clutching her bloody nose for the fourth time this week. After Raichi punched her on the nose, she has been bleeding since then. The blood started to leak everywhere on her lips and hands, trying her best not to make it spill on the ground as it already stained her jersey.

"Me and my terrible lady luck! Goddamn you Raichi! The most terrible luck I could get!"  She quickly rushed to the nurse office to get it checked out and cleaned.

Finally she made it to the nurse's office and had it checked out with some water, bandages to cover up her injury, and added healing cream to clean off the excess.

She was given a note to visit them again but she was ordered to stay in the med bay to rest up, even though she didn't need to but didn't want to go against their word and listen to them.

The medic needed to go for an appointment and will be back, so the only Miyazaki can do is rest up for her nose to fully heal. At least she was given pain killers and water to ease her nerves.

"This sucks…." She rubbed her bandaged nose as she hissed at the stinging pain in her nerve system. "Ow!"

She thought she was the only one but she heard an added unfamiliar voice in the med bay.

"Well I be damned! It really is true that a girl is in blue lock, and here I thought things would just get more boring." 

A enthusiastic male voice called out catching the girl by surprise. She looked towards the scours of the voice and met eyes with red star ones.

"Hmm? Oh… uh hi!" She waved at him. He was resting his body on the medical bed, while having one hand supporting his head, and the other one had bandages wrapped around and supporting his hip. He had more of a tan-ish pigment while his hair was black he had a highlight of red in the front. 

He had his bodysuit sleeves rolled up to where it met his shoulders giving full view of his toned muscles, and last but not least he had a v shaped smile while winking at Miyazaki.

"Hiya! The name's Akria Endoji!"

He said pointing at himself with his bandage hand. Miyazaki smiled and also introduced herself. "Nice to meet ya Endoji -kun, names Sanzuku Miyazaki! But you can call me Miyazaki!" She smiled.

"Hah! You use your first name already?! That's alright you can call me Akria then!" He got up from his bedding and approached the sitting girl. Miyazaki nervously looked at him, as she tried to look away from him with a bashful face. "O-okay Akira…"

Akria scoffed and sat next to her on the medical bed. Miyazaki looked at him, seeing his shining starry eyes reflecting off her bicolor ones. She gulped and wanted to break this awkward silence 

"Eh… So what happened to you getting into the nurse's office?" She asked, pointing at his injured wrist. Akira acknowledged her stare and lifted up his bandage hand. "Oh this? My hand hit the goalie pole while we were in a match. Dumbass Taiga laughed at me."

She didn't know who this Taiga character was but she can only presume that it was one of his teammates. "Oh, I'm so sorry to hear, I hope it gets better." She worriedly said, but Akria just shrugged it off.

"It's not your fault! Shit like this bound to happen when you're having it rough out there on the football field, no one said it was going to be easy play." He scratched the back of his head with a little red on his face.

"Yeah, no sport is easy to master. Everyone has their flaws." Miyazaki suggested to which Akria agreed on.

Akria took notice of the dried up blood on her stained jersey and some still on her face, he couldn't help but ask "So… what happened to you? Looks like you came out of a Friday the thirteenth trailer!" He joked as Miyazaki rolled her eyes at his choice of words.

"Thanks, but to answer your question, a teammate hit me on the face after our last game."  She rubbed her nose but the nerve system still didn't heal which caused an audible 'ow' coming from her.

"Yikes, that's the worst kind of pain, are you sure you're okay?" He asked in a worried tone. Miyazaki just snickered. "Heh, yeah. This wasn't the first time this happened to me, and besides it's bound to happen like you said, nothing is easy." 

The two chuckled as they started to make conversation with one another. Talking about movies, shows, what they like. Anything in particular to get along. 

"No way! Kyoto?! My grandparents live there! It's such a nice and peaceful place too!" Akria said with stars twinkling in his eyes. Considering his eyes are star shaped.

"Mhm! My dad also owns a gym too! He used to be a professional kickboxer but now he retired about 3 years ago but now he's dedicated to his gym that he hoped for! Ah wait! I'm blabbering again! Sorry!" Miyazaki had a flustered face as she covered her mouth but Akria just chuckled.

"Haha! Don't be! I like listening to you! Your life seems so interesting too! Hey, maybe we should hang out after blue lock! I wanna come visit you so we could hangout too! I hear that the matcha there is the best in Kyoto!" He said with a wink.

Miyazaki snickered and agreed. "Of course! I would love to hang out with you some time! But we don't have our phones to contact each other!" She noticed at the last minute. 

"Ah! Don't worry about it! Here I can give you my phone number!" He got up and took a pen and a small note pad, scribbled his phone number and handed it to her, "here! This is my number so you can contact me when we get our phones back! I'm looking forward to meeting you again, Miyazaki!"

Miyazaki thanked him and took the note from his hands.they went back to their conversation until the medic came back.

"Endoji Akria, you may go back to your wing, make sure you apply healing cream and don't put too much pressure on that wrist, with that you're free to leave " he said, giving Akria a pass.

"Anyways Miyazaki! See ya later! Hoping to meet you again" He winked at the girl. Miyazaki smiled and waved at the leaving male. "Of course! I enjoy our time! Hope we can one day meet again!" And with that they parted ways.

Akria had a bashful face, he fist bumped the air in triumph from finally meeting the only girl in blue lock. He enjoyed talking to her and Akira admits that he fell in love with her. Akira was into Tall girls and she had a fun personality too, something that Akira likes the most. And now he can rub it in Taiga's face from not only meeting her first, but also giving his phone number too. 

After Akria left the nurse's office, Miyazaki now was left to ponder about her and Akria's time together, when it was her time to leave all she could think about is Akira in her mind. Those star-like eyes were very unique and she couldn't stop thinking about them. A noticeable blush appeared on her cheeks as she walked back to her dorm room.

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Two days past and all day Akria can only think of him and Miyazaki when they met, a blissful thought appears in his mind with only him and Miyazaki holding hands and touring around Kyoto, just the two of them together. Having his head in the clouds he didn't notice his teammate approaching with a water bottle in hand.

Ever since Akira came back from med bay, he completely had his head in the clouds and became oblivious to his surroundings. He was lying on the grassy ground as he had his hands behind his back while his legs were crossed and eyes closed, so lost in thought that he didn't notice Taiga approaching.

He unscrewed the lid to the water bottle and splashed it on Akria's face, which caused him to shoot up from the unexpected cold water making contact with his skin.

"*Cough cough* Augh! What the hell Taiga! What was that for!" He got up on his feet as Taiga's eye began to twitch.

"Ever since you came back from that med bay you have done nothing but daydream! What the hell happened to make you space out so late!" He argued to the star eyed male. Akira remembered that he was going to tell him about the girl in blue lock to rub it in his face, but since he was daydreaming about him and Miyazaki together that it slipped his mind without noticing.

Akria snickered and faced his tanned teammate. "So you wanna know so bad?!" He smiled at Taiga who just crossed his arms.

"Uh yeah! I wanna know damn well what the hell happened! I didn't just splashed water on you to snap your thoughts out! Now stop stalling and hurry up and answer my question!" He demanded.

Akira was whipping his face off with his jersey as he looked at the striped hair male. "Okay, okay guess I should've said it but I forgot. Okay so like when I was in med bay, I met someone… and that someone was the only girl in blue lock too!"

After those words came out of his mouth. Taiga looked at him in disbelief.

"Nuh uh!"

"Yuh hu!"

"Say on God!"

"Bro! You should've seen her!"

Taiga couldn't believe what he's hearing. Akira met the only girl here, and what Akira has been thinking about for the past two days. But the real question is… what did she look like?

"Endoji! Tell me! What was she like?! Was she small and cute?! Tall? Does she have muscles? Does she have a nice ass? How big were her boobs?! How did she talk? Was she shy girly or deep and demanding?! C'mon tell me! Tell me!"

"GODDAMNIT TAIGA! SHUT THE HELL UP! AND STOP SHAKING ME!" Akira disarmed Taiga from his shoulders and his constant rant about what the girl looks like.

He dusted himself off and huffed. Taiga just scratched the back of his nape while looking away.

"And for your information…. Y'know what… I'm not going to say it." Akira crossed his hands while having a smug face.

"DUDE YOU CAN'T DO THAT! YOU GOTTA TELL ME WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE!" Taiga begged his friend but Akria just scoffed.

"Nah man, she's only for me to think about. You can meet her when you get the chance." He put his hands behind his head but Taiga continued to egg on. He grabbed him by the shoulders and began to shake him more. "C'MON BRO! AT LEAST TELL ME HER NAME! YOU JUST CAN'T KEEP HIDING HER LIKE THAT!"

"TAIGA! STOP IT!" Akira was trying to shake off the striped hair male off. But he didn't stop until Akria confessed.

"OKAY OKAY! FINE! HER NAME IS SANZUKU MIYAZAKI! THERE HAPPY?!" Akira shouted which made Taiga stop his frantic shaking.

"Sanzuku Miyazaki…. Wow what a beautiful name! Ah I wonder what she looks like! I bet she's a short average girl with blonde hair, OH! I bet she has blue eyes! Or maybe green! Shit maybe she had cute pink ones! Agh! They're the best!"

Akria rolled his eyes at Taiga's wrong description of Miyazaki but he didn't want to ruin his crappy imagination and rolled with it. Hey at least Akria didn't say anything about the phone number thing, Taiga will go INSANE FOR THAT!

But for now, he was thinking about himself and Miyazaki in Kyoto holding hands.

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"Bleh! My throat is so dry."

Taiga complained as he sat up from his futon. It was late at night and the majority of the blue lock was sleeping at this hour, and Taiga groaned in his sleep after the dryness on his mouth. He couldn't sleep with a dry mouth. It's going to be a bother, and it's really annoying to deal with in the morning.

He got up and stretched his limbs before sighing. He looked around to see all the snoring guys, to his left he saw Akria hugging his pillow as if it was a person. Taiga rolled his eyes at him. It's been four days since Akira met Miyazaki and he still didn't say anything about what she was like and that seemed to piss off Taiga more.

"Jerk, you may have met her but at least you haven't gotten her number! I'll be the one to get it then you!" He whispered at a quiet time not to wake up others, but made sure to give angry glares at the star eyed male. He wishes he could grab his pillow and smack it on his face constantly, but that would take too much work and he would rather not do it in the middle of the night.

But first he needed to get himself water to wash away this dryness that antagonized him. With a groan he walked out the door and started to head to the cafeteria to get water and probably something to eat while he's there.

He saw the time on the wall and it was starting to turn at 5am, way too late for anyone to wake up but he didn't care, water was all in his mind for his aching throat.

His hands in his pockets as he walked down the hallway to which it led to the cafeteria. Finally making it to the cafeteria he opened the door to the empty room, looking around he made a few glances to make sure the coast was clear.

He shuffled to where the water bottles were provided, he was going to drab one for himself but a voice called out from behind.

"Um, can you give me a water bottle please?" Miyazaki asked the male In front of her.

Taiga groaned tiredly but complied. "Huh, yeah sure. Here" he handed her an extra water bottle to the person behind him.

"Thanks!" She thanked him. Taiga Opened his water bottle before taking a few gulps before spitting it out.

"HOLY SHIT IT'S YOU!" He turned around to meet the tall dark haired girl that had just finished taking her last gulp of water before looking at the shocked male In Front of her.

"Hm? Oh uh .. hey! Sorry to scare you, I didn't know other people woke up this early other than me," she said as she shrugged taking another sip from her water

Taiga couldn't comprehend what he's seeing right now, tall slim buff body with long black wet hair down, average pale skin tone, she had bicolor eyes that wears red glasses resting on the bridge of her nose, wearing the blue lock sweatpants but had a black tank top while a towel hung around her shoulders.

"What got something on My face?" Miyazaki said as the male just continued to look at her in awe. Taiga couldn't help but point at her.

"A- are you Sanzuku Miyazaki?" He asked steadily. Miyazaki smiled and nodded. "Yup, that's me! And who might you be if you don't mind me asking?" She approached him a little.

Taiga coughed and stood up straight to make him presentable to the female. With a smirk he pointed at himself.

"Tsunzaki Taiga! Pleasure to meet ya Sanzuku!"

He said with confidence in his voice. Miyazaki Chuckled a little before realizing this is the same Taiga that Akira was talking about.

"So you're Taiga that Akria was talking about! It's nice to finally meet you Tsunzaki! And I don't mind if you call me Miyazaki, no need for formalities!" She introduced herself to the striped haired male.

Taiga couldn't help but clench his fists from the name of Akria's name leaving her mouth. And a visible vein mark on the side of his head. 'Curse you Endoji! You didn't tell me about her, but you told her about me?! When I get my hands on you!'

"Um… Tsunzaki… are you okay?" Miyazaki asked the visible pissed male before snapping back to the sound of her voice.

"Huh?! Oh uh yeah! Totally!" He bluffed, scratching the back of his nape.

"A-also… you don't have to call me Tsunzaki, you can call me Taiga if you want." He said smiling at her, she nodded with that and thanked him for that.

Taiga blushed by the way the girl approached, she wasn't what he thought of but God Damn was she hot. Curse Akira for hiding this beauty of being for himself. Well there's no more hiding, because now he finally has a chance to be with her since it's only them in the cafeteria.

"Hey Miyazaki, how about I get your number? I wanna get to know you more, and that dick head Endoji didn't introduce me to you. So it's only fair to get to know ya more!" He winked at her trying to impress the girl. Miyazaki's eyes widened from that but chuckled at his attempt.

"Yeah sure! But I don't have my phone on me nor any pen and paper to write it down, are you sure you can remember 10 numbers of my digits?" She lifted a brow with a grin.

'Shit, didn't think this through ' He groaned from the thought but did want to be seen like he was failing so putting his poker face back on he smirked at her.

"Yeah, totally! I can remember anything! 10 numbers is nothing!" He lied, he really didn't know how to remember that much, and remembering a phone number is gonna be a challenge for him.

"Well, alright but how about later? I'm actually here to eat Breakfast early." She said turning around but remember that she didn't have her sweatshirt with her number.

"Aw crap I forgot my sweatshirt, I'll be back to go get it" she was about to leave but Taiga stopped her. She mentally facepalmed herself for forgetting the important thing to get her food from.

"Ah! No worries! Here I can get it for ya! It's the least I can do!" He went out of his way to scan his number to retrieve his breakfast earlier. He usually eats in the morning when everyone else wakes up to eat but since he could make an exception to eat early, better yet with the only girl too. He can't WAIT to rub this in Akria's face.

"Ah! You don't have to do that! I don't ask others for food! That's unprofessional and unnecessary for it-"

"Nah, don't worry about your cute little head of yours," Taiga said as he offered the tray of food to her.

Miyazaki was trying to decline his offer but Taiga insisted and still offered her the food, sighing in defeat she couldn't do anything but accept the food that was offered.

"Fine, better than walking back and forth from here. But to make it fair it'll be best to share," She said, taking the tray from him. Taiga couldn't help but grin.

They sat at a random table and started to eat, and make conversation about each other and crack a few jokes.

"And I told him! 'that isn't just a pig! That's your mom!' And he said 'what's the difference?!' " He cracked a joke and Miyazaki couldn't hold in herself as she let out a full audible laugh coming from her.

"OMG OMG*hiccup!* OMG holy shit! No way! *Hiccup* Augh that was hilarious!" She tried to gain back her composer as she whipped a tear from her eye.

Taiga couldn't help but smile to himself from making her laugh. She didn't fake laugh like those girls who forced a small giggle for a guy, but her laughs were genuine and real, like how she banged the table a few times to make herself stop laughing but couldn't resist.

"*Ahem* Okay okay! My turn! So my family and I travel to Australia to visit our cousins in the summer and one time my uncle told us about the random animals in the wild near the house so when we were all getting to bed my older cousin pulled me aside so we could scare my brother and younger cousins. We shut the lights off and got on all fours so we could chase them upstairs while making weird shouting to scare them, OMG THEY'RE SCREAMS WERE HILARIOUS!"

They both laughed at her past. Miyazaki couldn't hold it in and hiccuped.

"Oh- *hiccup* shit!" She continues to laugh even when she hiccup, this made Taiga laugh more.

Then all the laughter begins to die down as they both finally gain back their composer. Miyazaki looked at the time on the clock and gasped at how much time passed from their joking conversation. Already beginning to be 6:36.

"Aw crap we better head back since it's going to be 7 not too soon.” Miyazaki got up from her seat but Taiga stopped her for a moment "wait what about the phone number?!"

"Ah sorry maybe later? I really have to head back! It was nice talking to you Taiga! Hope to meet you again!" And with that she quickly left. Leaving the male all alone.

"Oh…." Saying in a hush tone as he got up and went back to his dorm. He signed while thinking about the girl, "Miyazaki" now he knew why Akria was keeping her a secret, she was too good to be seen by others, he bet the boys in her dorm are very lucky to have a girl like her.

But all he could think about was him and Miyazaki together for that moment. He can't wait to brag about it to Akira.

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A day has gone by through the weekend, and slowly it started to turn at night. All blue lock members are in their rooms slowly sleeping away on this tireless night.

“Like Hell you met her!” Akira threw the pillow at the striped haired male who laughed at his teammate's face “Haha! Are you really Jealous!?” Taiga teased the star eyed male who had a furious blush across his face. He bit his bottom lip from anger, and picked up another pillow and started to chase the male with it.

“Like hell I’m jealous! You don’t know shit about her so cut the bull crap!” He threw the pillow at his head causing Taiga to once again burst in laughter while running away from the fuming male on his back.

“Can you two cut that shit out for god sake?!” A male with a blonde bob haircut that blended with green tips groaned by his teammates loud and obnoxious behavior, he glared at the two throwing at the pillows like they were some slumber party.

‘Geez, what got these guys so excited out of nowhere!’ He was enjoying his quick nap from all the training that had been done but couldn’t due to his teammates immature behavior. It's getting near their bedtime and those two suddenly had a burst of energy like little kids with candy in their veins.

“Aww what’s wrong Yuzu? Couldn't you sleep without your night light? Or do we want you to sing you a lullaby before your bedtime?” Taiga teased the short male in his futon.

“Yeah, for someone short you have quite the temper, and quite bossy” Akira remarked as he threw the pillow at Taiga who luckily caught it and went back to chasing him.

“Well Everyone is trying to get some shut eye around here while you two bozos are goofing around! And stop teasing about my damn height you nitwits!” Yuzu clenched his teeth at the problems of the group.

“I think I know what got those guys so excited is from a girl” A male who yawned and slowly sat up from the commotion that was being dealt with, with white locks and silver eyes he yawns resting his head on his hand while looking at the scene unfold. Yuzu supposedly heard this and turned around to the male half awake.

“The hell you mean girl?” Lifting a brow, Kairu fully sat up and began to explain “Akira spoke about a girl in the infirmary when he was there, and then after that Taiga probably met the girl in blue lock, that’s what all the fuss is about from what I know.”

Yuzu’s eyes widened to hear the only girl in blue lock is still here, and apparently these two bozo’s met her. So what? It’s just a girl, it’s not like it’s a big deal, all girls can play sports, it’s not just for males only. All Yuzu could do is roll his eyes at that information.

“They met a girl, so what? It’s not a big deal, ‘Wow! She can play football!’ Like I never knew! This is just a waste of time to begin with, how bothersome. She’s not anyone special because of her gender.” Yuzu grumbled underneath his breath and went to sleep, hiding underneath the covers and covering his ears with his pillow to muffle the noise. “Whatever you say man.” With another yawn, Kairu went back under his covers and slept the night away.

He was trying to get some shut eye but his mind was occupied by the thought of the mention of the girl. Sure he heard about that girl rumor but he didn’t care about it, but hearing that she’s actually here makes him wonder what she has been up to? Is she really that good to be here? What does she look like?.......... Is she shorter than him?

He scoffed at the last idea, ‘Oh course the girl will be shorter than me, there aren’t many tall girls in japan anyways’ He felt a scene of pride in him to the thought of being taller than someone for a change.

He felt winking himself to slumber but that was ruined when someone tripped on his body making him yelp while the male that tripped on his body clashed down on the ground.

“Whoa! Hahah! I didn’t see you from how short you were!” Taiga let out a laugh while pointing at the angered male.

A vein mark appeared on his head as he threw his pillow at the male.

“GO TO SLEEP DAMMIT!”

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© 2024 Ｖｅｌｖｅｔｅｅｎ — do not repost, copy, translate, modify, etc my work on any platform !

[seth-burroughs]

What if. What if they were cats. Today on rain code art that caters to me and me only

Some notes:

The ahoges are now adapted into ear tufts. I don't know how common or if possible are ear tufts on short-haired cats, so, assume artistic liberties or something. Rule of Pretty

Yuma now has blue eyes, because 1) I'm making all the charas have realistic cat genetics and bright purple eyes just. aren't really possible in cats unless they have albinism, and even then it's just a slight tint, and 2) he's a colorpoint now, and all colorpoint cats have blue eyes! That is because colorpoints have a form of partial albinism, and because of that all their eyes are blue because the blue layer in the eye (that's common to all cats) is not covered by another color :)

All the fur flying around Yuma is because of stress, as cats shed excessively when they're having a terrible time. Soon the whole Kanai Ward is covered in Kokohead memorabilia

Makoto gets a new mask and is now perpetually owo'ing. As soon as he takes it off he reveals the face of the most miserable cat alive after hours upon hours of getting whisker fatigue (causing sensory overload in cats, for ex. when rubbing whiskers on the side of a bowl that's too deep) wearing it. As for the fur, I have no idea how he dyes it that way and I will not make up one

Gave Kurumi appaloosa mutation (that I constantly mix up with finnish mutation in my head) to resemble her freckles :) she's a spotty kitty now :33

Also wanted to imitate a braid with her tail but couldn't really make it work, so instead it's now thin at the base and tufty at the end. Can you. Can you see it (also gave her detailed shading because she's a very special girl that deserves it)

Yomi & Martina are probably going to be next, I already have a very clear image of cat Yomi rotating in my head. To go along with my transmasc Yomi headcanon, and keep him dying his hair, he is now a black-red calico that paints over his black patches with orange dye to look like a bicolor. As torties/calicos are almost always female unless something funky is going on. To win boy kitty passing. Something which is possible to fail at

[kilgorezouzou]

We wanted to figure out what breed Zouzou (left) and Kilgore (right) our cats might be. You've probably seen that massive chart floating around for identifying cat breeds.

Because they're from the street and clearly don't have any specific pedigree, it means they're going to be a mix of something. However we did narrow down a few things.

Since they are "black and white" that means they're black cats first. Which is confirmed by some of their paw pads and Kilgore's nose. They're also probably part tabby because of the hazel eyes, and because their tails are faintly tabby striped when you see them in bright light. Zouzou's striping is more pronounced.

So if they're black and white cats, that means they're bicolor:

They have mixed black and pink pads and toe beans, and Zouzou has a fully pink nose. They're definitely somewhere on the right half of the chart:

Zouzou is somewhere between Van or Magpie (bottom left, bottom middle) and Seychellois Huitième (middle left). She does have splotches on her legs, and her head/ear patterns aren't quite Van:

Kilgore seems to be some variation of Seychellois Huitième but he has no color splashes on his face. He does have a couple splashes on his legs and paws, like the "wedding ring" someone pointed out once on his left ring finger (no, we don't know the spouse. presumably estranged):

So yeah, that's our cats. They're basically black cats with a really big white spot. Or just black and white :)

[seleneprince]

Neris' daughters are named Sylvie and Gwyneth (yes, like Gwyn, one of Nesta's best friends), and they look like the perfect mix between their parents.

Sylvie is the firstborn, arriving four minutes earlier than her twin, something she playfully reminds her of quite often. She has bicolor hair, which its red from roots to the middle and gradually turns golden-brown towards the tips, and her mother's grey eyes. It's long enough to reach her waist, so she usually holds it out of the way with elegant braids or other hairstyles Nesta taught her. She has her mother's temper and her father's silver tongue. She loves animals, specially dogs because she's grown up with her Eris' hounds, and learning all she can about battle strategy. She's a great fighter, particularly talented with knives, and at fourteen she's known in court for defeating everyone that challenges her (and scarring people permanently for wronging her or her family). As Eris' heir, she's expected to command Autumn's tropes one day, so she has to train and study a lot. She's more than willing to kill for her loved ones. She can summon fire and her flames are reddish-orange. A daddy's girl through and through.

Gwyneth (called Neth or Nethie for short), has the same hair design but reversed. Instead, hers it's golden-brown from the roots and turns red to the tips, which she usually keeps shoulder-lenght, and Eris' amber eyes. She's shorter than her twin and looks like a sweeter, meek version of her (people foolishy understimate her for this and forget who raised her). She's more a diplomatic than a fighter, although she's trained in combat too just in case. She got her father's smooth, courtier personality, but in everything else she takes after her mother. She loves music, books and dance. She grew up watching her parents have duets whenever they pleased and she was enamoured by such art. She practices with them both, but its Nesta who teaches her the most. She's meant to become her twin's right hand in the future, so she's interested in politics and even becomes an ambassador for Autumn. Her weapon of choice are her words, but mind you, she can also burn you with her silver flames if you push her enough. She's a completely mommy's girl instead and, as a child, she was glued to Nesta's hips.

Both sisters are fiery in their own way, deadly protective of her loved ones and forces to be reckoned with. They're nicknamed "Autumn's Flames" because that's how strong their presence is. Sylvie is a warrior and a full-on strategist, while Neth is a diplomat and values discretion over open battles. They make the other courts shake in their boots, specially Night.

[wondwaeland]

Year Four - 21MARXXXX 23:09

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It wasn't uncommon for Caine to attend events like this. These hunting ground auctions honestly disgusted him, but it entertained his father.

"Just because you don't participate doesn't mean that you need to be so....off." President Adam Eden caught his son's attention. His cold stare bore into his son with conviction and disappointment.

"And you couldn't have brought Abel or Seth with you? They participate in this more than I." Caine leaned against the tall table, agitation clear on his face.

"It's the way of the Purge, Caine. Abel is busy with the overwatch program and Seth is off doing his own thing. I would've brought Eve, but she has her own plans tonight." Adam's lip twitched at the idea of his wife being elsewhere. "So, put on that smile and entertain the crowd. You wouldn't want another front page smear on you, would you?"

Caine merely huffed, grabbed his champagne flute, and walked away.

Adam sighed.

"Just like his mother."

"I take it that he said something off again?" General Reginald Henry sighed, stepping up to his side. "Does he suspect anything?"

"Not that I'm aware of." Caine looked out of the observation window. His brows furrowed as he watched another batch of pour souls be released into the dark obstacle course. "What about you? Did you and Diana get any information?"

With the two of them playing both sides with their public status, these auctions were the best way to get information for their groups for the next year.

"Martha finally got rid of Baron's boys. She put them in the pot this year."

The two of them looked over and spotted their ally with her niece, Lillian, at her side. She spotted them and waved, receiving a short nod from them.

"I take it that Rebecca and Diana are going to have some fun downstairs," Caine chuckled.

"Yeah. They're suiting up now." Reggie looked down and adjusted his cuffs. "I need you to do me a favor." Caine looked up at him. "A friend of Cosmo's, Nel, is here tonight. She's only nineteen, but established in the Court. The Court plans to ambush the facility in one hour. I'll be busy, so I need you to grab her and rendezvous back at the house."

"If she's as established, why do I need to get her out?"

"Because she'll try to fight before she's ready."

Reggie pointed behind him, gesturing to a short girl in a purple dress with a black shawl draped across her shoulders. That familiar red gem necklace of The Court sat just above her collarbone. Her dark brown hair was tied up in a bun and showing off a clover tattoo on the back of her neck.

The girl was chatting animatedly with President Eden, laughing at everything he said.

Caine could tell that she was playing up his father. Smart kid. Get in close and then use the information against them.

"I'll do my best."

23:59

The clock ticked by and the next batch of game was being loaded into the field.

Caine watched as Nel moved up to the window, brows furrowed as the lights dropped again.

"First hunt?" He asked, falling into place next to her.

"To watch, yes. I was stuck on tagging the past few years, so I never really got to see what happened." She took a sip from the drink in hand. "My brother was so adamant that I did not attend these until after I showed I was capable." She turned to him. "I take it Reggie spoke to you."

"He did."

"Escape route?"

"Everyone will be heading for the main archway, but it helps having friends in high places." He tilted his head to the employee doorway. "Service entrance is the best plan of action." She nodded and turned back to the window. "I'm Caine."

"I know. Reggie and Cosmo talk about you often."

"Good things I hope."

"Debatable." They chuckled before her eyes scanned the room. Reggie, Martha, and Diana had disappeared from the crowd. "Let's get moving. They're about to start."

She wrapped her hand around his bicep. Her bicolored nails digging into the fabric of his blazer. To the others, Caine had just picked up another round of arm candy. To her, she had just gotten a key to another puzzle.

As the lights dropped again, the first round of shots rang out in the observation deck.

Caine quickly wrapped his arms around Nel and pushed her to the service entrance as The King and The Maiden stormed into the room with guns locked and loaded.

The staff ignored them as everyone ran for cover.

Nel tripped on her heels again. With no time to waste, he scooped the girl into his arms and took off again. "Apologies."

He carried out to the back alley where a car was waiting for them. Setting her on her feet, he grabbed the keys from the front wheel. They both got in and shot out of there like they were being chased. Yet no cars followed.

"Where are we going?" Nel asked as they pulled onto the empty main road.

"To base." He began to rub at his side. "I think I got grazed."

"I can take a look at that since The Court is busy. I have decent medical knowledge."

"I'll take you up on that."

00:30

"Okay. I think you're good," Nel smiled as she threw the gloves into the trash. "Thankfully, you were right and it was a graze. I'm not trained in bullet retrieval yet."

Caine looked at the bandages, one on his shoulder and another on his waist. He watched as her hand lingered on his wrapped bicep. He studied her face and chuckled as he caught her staring.

Now he wasn't a defined guy like his younger brother or built like Reggie, but he was at least eye candy to most magazines and ladder climbers. Some may call him a sleeper build.

His shirt was long gone since they arrived. She had practically forced him out of it to check him over. It must have just registered what she was looking at.

He cleared his throat. Her eyes snapped up and her hand dropped, face turning red in the cheeks.

"So," he smirked, "will I live?"

"I...I think the odds are in your favor.”

The two sat frozen before the basement door clicked open.

Reggie came in, mask grasped in his hands, as The Jack and The Queen waltzed in.

"Nel, check them." Reggie didn't even blink at the ruined moment before ordering her to work. "I think Diana got knicked."

Nel simply nodded and stood, picking up the first aid kit again and rushing over.

"Good to see you two got out okay." The Jack smirked. "She give you any trouble?"

"None more so than you do, Cosmo." Caine laughed. "Raid go okay? I mean, other than a laughable scrape on Diana." Cosmo shook his head. "Good. Good."

"Are you still able to come to the wedding? I know Reggie already gave you an invite, but I just wanted to be sure. He put me in charge of seating, so I want to know if you're coming alone or with someone."

"It's not like the Secret Service cares about me. I'll be there. Alone."

"Not going to take Luna or Helia?" Caine visibly shuddered, pulling laughter out of him. "Not your type. Message received." Their eyes drifted to the other three. "You know, Nel needs a date."

"What?"