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rebouks · 10 months ago

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[Brodie flicked through the mail, instantly recognising the scrawling handwriting of a certain redheaded little boy. Scaring a few birds in the process, he bellowed up the stairs: ALEEEEX!] Alex: [breathless] Is it for me?! Brodie: Nah, but I could do with some help carrying this super heavy envelope upstairs. Alex: Who do you think you are, Johnny Zest? Brodie: I’m better than that guy, c’mon…

… Hi Alex! Sorry it’s taken me so long to reply to you, I promise I didn’t forget! I guess I just didn’t really know what to say cos I’ve sorta not felt like myself recently. My mom says I disappear into my own world sometimes so I sorta did that again and found it hard to think of anything fun to say. I don’t think I’d mind if you wrote to me about the less fun parts of your life though n’ my dad says you shouldn’t really keep everything to yourself all the time cos it ends up hurting so I thought I’d write anyway n’ just force myself not to worry about being boring or whatever. Your letters and your life always sound so exciting compared to mine though so sometimes it’s hard not to!!

I got in a fight at school which sounds like it should be an exciting story, but it wasn’t really. There’s this kid called Levi in my class that always picks on me (don’t worry though, I don’t care about that) and I couldn’t be bothered listening to him anymore so I hit him a couple times, I thought he’d hit me back but he just freaked out so I sorta felt bad about it afterward. He still makes fun of me but he doesn’t get up in my face as much so that’s a plus. Who says violence doesn’t solve anything? Hahaha I’m kidding! It wasn’t nice of me but maybe he should know better than to push people around so much.

I’m looking forward to summer so I can wander off a bit more and maybe it won’t rain so much! My mom doesn’t really like it when I go too far but as long as I’m back before curfew she tries not to freak out about it which is nice of her cos she knows I like to explore n’ stuff. I shouldn’t complain about my family cos I love them n’ stuff but I like being on my own sometimes and it’d be nice to have a bit of peace now n’ then. I’ve got SUPER good hearing so it’s hard to find anywhere quiet in my house, especially cos there’s always something crazy going on. My aunt Alma is sorta similar to me so she’s been helping me block out the noise with this meditation sorta thing, I guess it’s hard to explain but it’s not as lame as it sounds, it’s kinda fun to see how long you can stay in your own brain without people interrupting you. That probably sounds really weird but maybe you sorta get what I mean?

I finally have a treehouse now too!! It reminds me of your watchtower in some ways, but I guess it’s no way cooler than that, even though I know you’re bored of it by now. I wish we could hang out in it together cos it’s super awesome! Mom n’ dad don’t really bother me when I’m up there n’ my brother n’ sisters can’t manage the ladder yet so it’s all mine! It’s right at the bottom of the garden and looks out over the whole Bay too! Mom said she might let me sleep in it once it gets a bit warmer! It’d be cool falling asleep to the sound of the waves.. I hope it doesn’t end up making me need to pee all night though haha!!

Wren’s been obsessed with watching me play on the computer recently and I keep tryna teach her how to play herself but her little fingers can’t really reach all the buttons on the keyboard too well and she gets stupid mad when she dies so she just makes me play instead. She’d kick me if I told anyone but she’s a bit scared of some of the monsters too lol!! Mom told me I shouldn’t let her watch those ones but they’re the only ones she WANTS to watch and she jumps all over me until I give in so idk what they expect me to do other than lock her in the pantry, but I got told off for that so I guess I shouldn’t do that again haha (Wren thought it was funny though so it’s all good!) It’s a shame you don’t have a computer in the tower otherwise we could play together! Jude n’ Jacob aren’t really into that sorta thing so I usually just play on my own. Do you have a computer back home??

Oh! I got another badge for my swimming lessons too! I’ve almost got em all now which is neat but I sorta wanna avoid getting the last ones cos anyone that gets them all or has good attendance n’ whatever get an award at the end of the school year. They save em all up to give out at some stupid last year disco thing they put on before summer for the last year kids n’ it’d be so cringe to get called out in front of everyone like that. Some people think it’s gonna be amazing like my friend Jude, but I’d rather not go at all. Mom n’ dad keep saying it’ll be fun n’ everyone else is excited about it too but how fun could something be if you’re technically at SCHOOL? Bleh! I know you said you hate it sometimes, but being homeschooled sounds awesome to me lol.

I keep tryna bug my parents to go camping again so we could maybe see each other but they won’t take me out of school for a holiday n’ dad’s too busy with some work project so I guess we’ll have to keep writing to each other instead! Maybe if I keep annoying them about it we can come back in the summer! I hope so anyway but I guess I don’t wanna piss em off TOO much just in case my plan backfires or something.

I still feel really bad about not writing sooner but my dad said better late than never so hopefully you’re not too upset with me! I’ll try my best to write faster next time so you don’t have to wait as long. I’m looking forward to hearing about everything you’ve been up to!! Love Robin c: ps. my dad’s friend finally helped me fix that old polaroid so I’ve sent you some random pictures I took to test it out! I’m still getting used to it but the next ones will be better, I swear!

… the treehouse! it even has cool lights on it!! the back of our house! it’s so big it’s hard to fit in a picture.. it sorta looks fancy but it’s not really n’ dad said it was cheap cos it was a shithole a rare Byrd! (grumpy too – dad tried to take his dummy off him lol) he’s not supposed to be on my bed… the Bay! Jude says I sound girly for saying it’s so pretty here but I don’t care I could take a million pictures of this place n’ never get bored (I’ll stop now though cos mom says these polaroid things aren’t cheap for this model.. oops lol!!)

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pdpenpals · 2 months ago

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Hiii could I get a love letter from pdh!vylad.

For context he’s sending it to his gf/ reader who he’s away from at the moment because he’s on vacation with his family and lost his phone or just wanted to write her a personal physical letter so it would never get lost in there text. She/her pronouns please.

hey, nonnie! this prompt’s pretty lovely, actually. i’ve always wanted to write to friends (and i suppose those who’ve set my heart ablaze) while traveling myself, letting them know what i’m thinking of, feeling, and seeing in the moment, but they all just end up as messages unsent that i hoard under my bed like a dragon, haha!

anyway, i’m hoping you find that this delivery does this ro’meave justice. i’ll be honest with you, i had the most fun making the envelope header accompanying this request. enjoy!

what promises to be a boring day is immediately taken back when the mailman pops up at your doorstep unexpectedly. he usually never shows up unless there are bills to be paid. the envelope looks and smells pretty old, but the date listed on its back indicates it was clearly made in the last week at the very least. a smile creeps onto your face when you recognize the handwriting, and you waste no time opening it up when you’re in the privacy of your own room, careful not to damage the stamp sealing it. it’s way too pretty to break, and you want to keep it.

not only is there a letter inside, but three laminated bookmarks. they contain real pressed flowers against a painted background. it’s a bit reminiscent of some art movement vylad mentioned before. art nouveau, was it? just like the rest of the materials used to make this letter, it appears to be pretty…antique. not that it’s a bad thing! it feels just like receiving a little time capsule, a blast from the past if you will.

but irene above, the more time you spend not reading, the more you miss him. you carefully unfold the paper and let your eyes glaze over the paper.

Hey!

Missed y (too desperate? hope you don't mind.)

Hope this reaches you as soon as it can. Did all the bookmarks make it in one piece? Do you like them? I’ve looked high and low through some pretty old catalogs to see where they came from and how much they sold for, but it would seem that they’re all individually handpainted and hand-pressed, therefore one of a kind.

I’m still quite bummed that I didn’t get a choice between going here or not during break. It was all so last minute! But I’ll be honest: O’Khasis is much prettier than I remember. What isn’t pretty is that Aunt Tilly (apparently she’s not our actual aunt? I guess we’re just used to calling her that.) absolutely insists that the place we spend our vacation at just happens to have no signal. Before, I absolutely wouldn’t have minded as there’s so much to do around here, but I can’t help but lie awake at night with the guilt eating at me thinking about how your messages must not be reaching my inbox. I’m sorry for not finding a way sooner. If anything, I didn’t quite expect the way this letter would find its way to you.

One thing you need to know is that up until yesterday, Aunt Tilly did not like me. At all. It kind of broke my heart a little as a kid because I didn’t know why. Now I can name a few reasons, but that’s not really what’s important right now. As usual, she would come with boxes full of stuff that she brought home from where she’s based abroad and let us pick what we wanted. There were a few old books and vintage clothes that interested me, but what caught my eye the most were the pressed flower bookmarks you got in this very envelope. And that’s just a fraction of them! You’d be amazed to see how many of them are in the collection.

Anyway, Aunt Tilly seemed reluctant to give them to me, even surprised to see that they were in the box in the first place. But ever since that, she’s warmed up to me, and it’s honestly much more terrifying than the times she’s barely acknowledged me. I should be upfront about it and ask her why soon. I suppose now should be the time to say that she even helped me pick out which flowers would be on the bookmarks I sent you. Says I should treat it like I’m actually picking out a bouquet or something. That woman takes her flowers seriously. At least now she knows she isn’t the only one in the family with an interest in floriography. She seemed even more delighted learning this letter was for a special someone, so she talked Mom and Dad into letting me have a few hours to myself in the town nearby just to have this letter delivered. I’m grateful to get a bonding experience with her out of this, but I really need to figure out what brought on this sudden change. Will definitely update you about it in another letter. This is quite fun, actually. Writing to you, pen on paper, feels way more personal, don’t you think?

Back to the bookmarks though, I’m not sure if you can read the text on them, but if I had to pick out a bouquet for you right now, I’d choose these three. Imagine the following with me now, will you? White clovers, balsamine, and pale red carnations. I don’t trust the Internet at the moment to be able to give you the exact message I want to convey, and I think it’s something better said in person.

I promise I’ll make things up to you when I get back soon. A date maybe? Please write back soon. I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Yours evermore, V.R.

PS. In the future, we should definitely go on a proper sightseeing trip around O’Khasis. Just you and me. How does that sound?

#💌 — from the mailroom!#aphmau #aphblr #mystreet #mystreet x reader #phoenix drop high #phoenix drop high x reader #pdh x reader #mystreet vylad #pdh vylad #vylad ro'meave #vylad x reader #vylad ro'meave x reader #IN THE TRENCHES ACADS-WISE RN.......BUT AT LEAST I'M EATING GOOD!!#no beta we die like mcd aaron

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schoenpepper · 3 months ago

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You Are My Sunshine

Intro: It turns out soulmate marks don’t work over text.

Warnings: bad writing, awful grammar, reader is not yuu, unrequited love, kinda angsty idk, love triangle kinda, shipping crumbs haha, self esteem issues, reader kinda judgmental, angst, open ish ending, not proofread

A/N: I think the account is deleted but this is for a requester in my 300 follower event, I can't tag them though. Sorry it took so long.

Masterlist

‘I love you.’

Your soulmate is quite the straightforward guy.

Your mark’s been inscribed from birth; on your wrist is a scrawling, messy sort of handwriting that speaks of feelings you didn’t understand until you were at least 12.

In the form of Jamil Viper.

Maybe it’s the way he helped you so effortlessly with your chores, or even how he’s still so kind to you despite the way he’s so obviously favored by master Kalim. You’d long since been taught to be invisible as you serve food and drinks on banquet tables and be silent as you run through the halls. Perhaps those parts of your servant training inevitably bled through to your everyday life. Compared to other children your age, you’re barely noticeable. Nothing but a speck in the backdrop.

In the darkness, Jamil is a shadow slithered alongside you, as silent and invisible. It’s a comforting presence.

It’s unfortunate that he’s not your soulmate. Wrapped around his wrist in elegant cursive, like those you’d see written by quill and ink, ‘It’s my pleasure to meet you, truly. You certainly seem like a worthy…client.’, whatever that meant. Your first words to him are certainly not up to that standard. It fit him though, surely only someone of grace and eloquence is deserving of someone like Jamil.

That’s not to say it makes your pining hurt any less. Or that it helps at all. Still, it comforts you that the one you adore will find a future with someone who’s…not you. Someone better, presumably.

At fifteen, Jamil gets a black envelope.

You’re happy for him; his chance to become someone more than just a servant, far away from the master, it’s already in his hands. Being a mage makes for a lot more job opportunities than constantly cleaning up master Kalim’s messes, right? It was funny to see the master bawling his eyes out at the night of Jamil’s departure (definitely not out of spite but also, why is the master clingier towards Jamil than you are?).

Ah, but he gets invited to NRC too.

The house throws a huge party (that you have to serve for, of course), and you decide to work in the kitchen instead of weaving around the crowd of higher echelon folks in the ballroom. The smell of spices is stronger than the breeze carrying expensive colognes, so it’s a rather comforting place for you as you ponder over the situation. The situation technically has nothing to do with you. But gossip spreads quick, from the lips of a maid who'd heard it from her lady, she whispers it to the chef and to the butler and eventually, the entire town knows. Behind the glamor of these rich and noble people, their dirt is scattered like crumbs in a park, feeding bored laborers like starved pigeons. Kalim Al Asim got into the prestigious college because his parents paid more than enough to build at least two more dormitories.

It’s a bit…gross.

There’s nothing more annoying to you than seeing scenes like this. Master Kalim is technically faultless—he doesn’t seem to have the scheming to do such a thing—but his original sin was being born with everything you could never have in your life. Money makes the world go round, and the Al Asim family makes the world turn on their palm like a hamster running desperately on its wheel.

You hope your soulmate could be less dependent. You’d had dreams before of course, imaginations and such of what kind of person your soulmate could possibly be. Wouldn’t it be perfect if they were just like Jamil? Smart, responsible, hardworking and independent. Does it make you a bit of a hateful person, being so envious of your master at times when he’s done nothing to deserve your ire? Perhaps. But that still doesn’t stop the feeling, does it? In your eyes, Kalim is an overgrown child whose naivete will get him in trouble one day.

Or maybe that’s just wishful thinking.

Why is it that you have to work so hard for a happy ending when it’s already set in stone for him?

(You hate Kalim. Really.)

There’s not too much to do without your master around. Sure there are the occasional chores, but since you’re part of Kalim’s personal entourage and he’s not exactly around, most days you’re free to do as you please. It’s easy to get bored—your life before this point had been studying and duties and such—so having so much free time is a strange concept, but not one you couldn’t grasp. You end up downloading Magicam and register an account.

It’s there that you meet the beginning of a series of endless problems.

Not that you knew it then.

User ‘sunshineSANDrain’ commented on one of your first posts. On a simple selfie in a new outfit you’d bought with some pocket money (the Al Asims were anything but stingy).

sunshineSANDrain: cute!

It was innocent enough, and you’d have overlooked it had their profile picture not been a band you really liked at the time. It was relatively unknown, so seeing someone who shared your interest made you happy. That happiness was like divine providence that probed you to message them privately.

thatoneweirdo: hey i saw u were into blottediamonds??? crazy!!!! me too 🥰

sunshineSANDrain: OMG I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE

They’re a very cheerful individual, which is…strange. Happiness is a luxury. It’s the kind of thing available only to the top brass, when their survival is ensured and their every whim is granted by virtue of several hundreds of servants. But this person that you don’t know, they’re overflowing with kindness and energy to live life as it goes. It’s refreshing to see.

They never post about their personal life, but they have so much in common with you that there’s no lack of topics. How dull would it be to describe; you’re two peas in a pod, fitting perfectly like a glove. Yet it’s accurate. This online friend is someone who’s so easy to get lost in. In the middle of the night when you’re laid down in bed, you’re still talking to them about every single aspect of your life that you’re not even aware is leaving your fingertips. Your guard is instinctually down and you don’t understand why.

You talk about Jamil.

You understand it’s likely just…a crush. You’re not his soulmate, after all. But all the bitterness, all claims of how unfair the world is, your Magicam friend takes it all in stride. They haven’t felt the way you do, they say, but they try to understand you.

For someone so used to invisibility, maybe that’s enough.

Your first year talking with sunshineSANDrain goes like this. The topics shift the following year.

Topics delve deeper into your personal life, and some of his. Nothing too in depth. But he wants to know your favorite color. Your favorite subject in school. Are you a mage? Are you studying right now?

It’s a bit flattering, to be honest. You enjoy the interest he has in you.

You learn about him too.

He likes baby’s breath and coconuts. He’s a mage, and he’s barely passing his classes. But he’s so optimistic it makes you think it’s okay.

(It shouldn’t be, right? Success should be more important to you.)

The master and Jamil come back for winter vacation, and you thought it would be a bigger event, of sorts, to see someone you’ve liked for a long while. It’s been so long since you’d last met him, right?

(Why do you feel a bit…empty?)

thatoneweirdo: r u busy

Jamil smiles at you, and you smile back. You ask him how he’s been. He says first year’s been tough, but he’d survived, if only barely.

You laugh.

sunshineSANDrain: nope!!!! just got back from college 🥳

He asks if you’d had lunch already. Maybe you’d like to join him in the kitchen.

thatoneweirdo: yayyyyy do u wanna

thatoneweirdo: typing…

You help Jamil make chicken curry with potatoes for dinner in the servants’ kitchens. He doesn’t need to cook for the master at home unless directly requested.

sunshineSANDrain: wanna???

You take another bite of your meal. The boy you love is right in front of you. Your attention is still on your phone.

thatoneweirdo: do u wanna meet up

Ah. A call of your name from Jamil makes you look back at him. Assure him it’s nothing. Just a message.

sunshineSANDrain: okay 🥰🥰🥰 looking forward to it 😀😍🤩

Jamil’s soulmate mark is gold.

(You can pretend it hurts. You know it doesn’t.)

Kalim’s been really into Magicam lately.

Not that he’s been posting a lot or going through trending stuff, no. But he did find a certain someone’s account.

Y/N L/N.

He’s a bit giddy upon the discovery. He’s never talked to you—sure you’re technically under his command, but at most, he can pine after you from afar. You’re a very quiet person. He’s not sure how to act around you, but Jamil said staying silent reduces the chances of you disliking what he says. So he shuts up.

Kalim Al-Asim, someone so extroverted and sunny, keeps to himself in front of you.

He wants a perfect ‘first meeting’.

But he never knows what to say.

Year after year after year, he’s really never met you.

He puts his phone down, your latest message flashing on his screen. You really want to meet him in person? He’s successful! You consider him a friend, even if only his online account with no pictures of him posted. At the movement of his arm, he catches a glimpse of the words wrapped around his wrist.

Jamil’s never told him what your soulmate mark said, and you cover it up constantly.

But his is…strange.

‘I’m sorry. I don’t feel the same way.’

His parents said it might be about some movie or game or something else of interest. He’s inclined to agree.

(He ignores the pang of pain in his chest.)

Jamil met his soulmate in NRC; same year, in Octavinelle. His family had hoped he would have a similar experience, but alas, nothing. They said the words would turn gold once they’d been spoken by the correct person. A part of Kalim still hopes it’s you. He’s never spoken to you before, and tomorrow will be the first time ever.

He rolls around in his sheets.

It’s so exciting!

Would you be shocked to find Kalim as your online friend? Jamil told him to relax and confess. The brunette is closer to you than Kalim has ever been, so he’ll trust his retainer’s judgment as he always has.

He’ll finally spill all his feelings towards you. Maybe not all of them. Just a few. Most of them?

The words and thoughts are hopping around in his head. Poetic or something else. He barely sleeps a wink, but back in his home turf, there’s an army of servants to give him a bath and fix him up to look like someone who’s slept more than two hours. He’s practically vibrating as he walks towards a car to get driven to one of the more secluded private oases in the Scalding Sands, where you’d agreed to meet him. Jamil follows right behind him with an umbrella.

You’re wearing new clothes.

He knows because you tend to post your shopping sprees to Magicam, and this particular outfit isn’t something he’s seen before.

You look so amazing.

And nervous. Really nervous.

Your hands are shaking but he really can’t wait anymore; Kalim bursts into a run and surprises you with a giddy smile. He’s prepared himself for this. Relaxed, as Jamil had said, and everything would turn out fine—

“I love you.”

He was not relaxed, no. Kalim couldn’t stop the words that left his lips. Like divine intervention almost. His first words to you are so blatant and straightforward, he’s thinking he might have scared you off.

His heart drops when he notices your wrist glowing gold.

That’s not…no…the context is wrong, right? You wouldn’t say that.

“I’m sorry. I don’t feel the same way.”

And just like that, the heir of the Al Asim estate is left crumpled, alone, on the ground. You’re gone and Jamil is right next to him again.

“Kalim. What happened?” His retainer stops upon seeing the swirling gold ink on Kalim’s wrist.

Tears are flooding down like a river rushing through a broken dam. He reaches up to tug at his best friend, choking out words through sobs. “I told them, I told Y/N that I, that I love them,” he stutters out. He’s having trouble breathing when his sinuses are clogged and he feels like a child all over again. Helpless. Crying because it’s the only thing he can really do.

Everything past that is a blur; he must’ve gotten home somehow, because he wakes up at the crack of dawn with swollen eyes, almost drowning in his bedsheets.

He just got rejected by his soulmate.

He looks at his Magicam account, only to find you’d blocked him.

Then…what does he do now?

It seems like love is unreachable for Kalim after all.

The words were spoken before you even had a minute to process them.

(You blurted them out, but are they true?)

It feels unfair to Kalim because you’d always held something against him—you’d always thought of him as some no-good brat who was born with a diamond encrusted spoon in his mouth, needing nor wanting for nothing. But now that you know who he is, when you’ve finally found out that behind that online persona that you actually liked, is the same person you hated in your ignorance…it feels so wrong. Just hearing those words from him felt so wrong. You feel unworthy. Kalim is not weak, he is not just some spoiled, overgrown child drowning in naivete. He is stronger than you realized, and perhaps you are the one who is weak, and you are the one stupid for assuming such things about your master who really never treated anyone with disrespect or disgust.

With all the sunlight pouring out from him, maybe you were blinded in your envy.

At the end of the day, being born as he had been was no fault of his.

(And maybe you would be happier if you stopped thinking it was a luxury.)

But none of that really matters now. Not when you’d run away from him. Not when you’d blocked him from the only method in which you’d let him get to know you better. How many years has it been, running around in the estate to avoid seeing him at all?

Things are too silent.

With the master so upset, you’d thought it a sure thing to be kicked out into the streets. You’d really only thought to beg for your family members to stay. After all, do you not deserve such horrid treatment after rejecting him so thoughtlessly?

Nothing happens.

You continue in fruitless days, ignoring the words on your wrist that had gone from black to a shining gold script, much like the bright fire he exudes. It burns you just to look at it. And you can almost swear that, in the dead of night, it starts to heat up your skin as if threatening to melt it off.

Do you still hate him? No, not really. Sometimes you catch yourself thinking of him.

Of who he was when he was your online friend, and nothing but that.

Kalim is a pure, kind soul. Always seeing the better side of everything. He was a good listener, though his advice never bode well for you, he never meant harm. He’s blunt and honest. He’s everything you lack in your life. Jamil was a comrade because he understood you and that bitter, resentful side of you that you keep at the forefront.

And maybe what you felt for him was never really love.

Kalim is a light that allows you to see past the darkness that you had shrouded yourself in. He is a glowing string mapping out the exit of the labyrinth.

And maybe that means his love is something you’re never allowed to have.

(You can’t touch the sun, lest you burn yourself alive.)

#disney twst #disney twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland #gender neutral reader #x reader #twst x reader #kalim x reader #kalim al asim x reader #kalim al asim

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mizukosaachi1 · 6 months ago

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Drew a JJK Comic with the Ship: SatoSugu!

left to right

up to down

got the idea from this hc

my handwriting is bad sorry

i put captions (i’m super extra) for dramatic effect and for those who can’t understand my handwriting and/or order <3

YA. akame-made ☹️

- “suguru!”

- “hm?”

shits and giggles

- “here!”

suguru opens the box

- “earrings?”

- “you’re making me look gay with these pinks.”

- “wear it!”

- “fine.”

suguru puts it on.

- “lookin’ good!”

- “it matches, suguru!”

- “oh shut up..”

- “where’d you buy it?”

- “at a random expensive store─”

- “stop flexing on me.”

- “haha!”

‘suguru....’

‘ah, you’re late, satoru. as usual.’

gojo silence

- “why were you late? i could’ve killed your students.”

- “i know you won’t kill young sorcerers.”

- “you know me so well, huh?” chuckle chuck

- “...you still wear it?”

- “wear what?”

- “the.. earrings.”

- “ofcourse.”

- “suguru.”

- “hm?”

- “i love you.”

- “the least you could do..”

- “is hit me with some curses..”

‘i can’t. sorry, suguru.’

- “i can’t lie to you.”

legendary hollow purple

‘“satoru.”’

‘suguru.’

‘i had to, suguru.’

- “sorry.”

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sweetcloverheart · 2 years ago

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Clover Rants Miraculously: Painting With The Same Brush

You know, I think the most saddest (and kind of funny in an ironic way) things about “Derision” and other episodes/scenes like it is that in the writers attempts to get Chloe to seem “irredeemably evil” to the audience, all they’ve done is make the rest of the cast look bad. Like those scenes don’t effect my view of her because the show already told us Chloe was a brat and bully from the get-go, so learning about the date prank and her forcing Marinette to stay home and the entire plot of “Collusion” and “Confrontation” just come off as learning nothing new. Complete net-zero information. Meanwhile...

Bustier (and by extension Damocles and Mendeleiev) looks like an even worse teacher for ignoring her misbehavior and constantly putting the onus on Marinette to solve the issue if things were this bad already, especially when “Revelation” shows she’s so oblivious to the things going on in class that she's actually genuinely shocked Chloe hasn’t been doing her own homework for the entirety of her middle school career and then some. Like I know the fandom likes to joke that she’s a kindergarten teacher at the wrong school and “haha public education sucks because teachers bad” but DAMN woman, are you telling me you never side-eyed how similar Sabrina and “Chloe” homework tended to be even once (or maybe Sabrina’s just that good at forging handwriting like I often headcanon)? Just how little is FD’s overall funding that no one ever tried double checking this stuff?! No wonder Chloe treats y’all like a joke!

The class comes off as pretty fairweather/uncaring as Marinette was being bullied by Chloe for years (especially since it was stated in canon that Marinette had no friends until “Origins”) but only are only now seem to care about it. Even with the potential excuse of “Well Marinette grew a backbone/they’re less scared of Chloe now”, “Derision” showed the kids cared less about Chloe’s opinion than they do now and were willing to comfort Marinette after the prank, so what was stopping them from openly helping her out up until “Origins”?

The school faculty, despite Chloe having a reputation for exaggerating things and being purposely petty when demanding “punishments” when she feels slighted, constantly not only immediately believing her when she’s clearly making stuff up, but also still refusing to put their foots down (waiting until the grand coincidence of an Akumatized!Bustier forcing Andre to step down as opposed to, IDK, showing solidarity and care for their students by choosing to refuse Chloe’s demands and meeting her threats head on?). Again, what is the school paying you for?

Kim looks like a complete jerk now seeing as how he doesn’t seem to see anything wrong with that he did to Marinette in “Derision” and gives a rather poor apology afterwards - one he had to be shamed into rather than realizing and giving it on his own. Heck the only reason he even gets Akumatized over it is because everyone else was riding him on how messed up it was and he got fed up with it. It also kind of puts into question why Marinette is so friendly with him/still gave him a Miraculous if he participated in what was such a traumatic event for her. And that’s not even getting into poor Ondine having to hear her own boyfriend call another girl (whom is established as a huge jerk) “The prettiest girl in the world” Kim bby I’m so sorry the writers are doing you so dirty

Sabrina’s upgrade to Miraculous holder/her redemption feels even more unearned now because like above, she shows no remorse for her actions in “Derision” or the bullying she’s been (willingly in some parts) participating in for the last four seasons and before then, and only ends up leaving Chloe because Lila takes her spot as Chloe’s bestie and she hated having to share (and because their latest scheme in “Collusion” potentially involved jail time for her if they got caught) instead of genuine disgust at Chloe’s growing nastiness or her own mistreatment because of it. All those years of waiting and fics about Sabrina finally breaking free and realizing she could be better - rewarded with her instead abandoning Chloe to save her own skin and hopping onto the SS.Marinette because it benefited her more (and again, doesn’t involve jail time) rather than genuine regret of her actions. So inspiring

Andre basically allowed Chloe to get away with using his position as mayor to mistreat her classmates+the citizens and flaunt her status as his daughter for years, and only starts caring/putting his foot down when she starts doing it to Zoe and only for Zoe (the “good” non-blood daughter that the original script had him state he “liked better”) before he immediately abandons her to Audrey the first chance he gets, despite understanding what a terrible and abusive person his wife is - And let’s not forget him calling his 14 year old daughter that he raised “heartless” and terrible (to the man who frequently overrides his own child’s freewill with magic mind you). What’s worse is that the show plays this off like it’s his reward for having “suffered” under Chloe’s demands and that it’s all her fault he’s a terrible mayor (like he hadn’t often willingly broken laws or abused his position on his own with no prompting from her for his personal benefit). I’m sure all the neglectful dads who replace affection towards their children with gifts and indulgences watching feel totally respected and represented now.

Poor Sabine and Tom already get a bad enough rep as it is thanks to some of the story decisions made *COUGH*A//doration*COUGH*Ladybug*COUGHCOUGH*, but now we’ve been basically informed that they knew Marinette was being bullied to the point of actually pretending to be sick and...did nothing. And not even in a “We want to help but we’re limited thanks to school bureaucracy and/or our own financial situation” way but at “Yeah we know you’re terrified of your classmate tormenting you again and that this constant slew of harassment from all sides is slowly destroying your mental health but we’re just gonna tell you to buck up”. Yeah, they gave her Socqueline keeping an eye out but that ultimately ended up doing nothing to really protect her in the end

Zoe, for all her goodness and being portrayed as a “better redeemed!Chloe” as her claim to fame, does nothing to make good on her promise to love Chloe no matter what in “Queen Banana” and watches her half-sister being abandoned by her entire immediate family while reaping all the benefits from it (Not to say that’s her fault or she’s required to, just that it’s...well, not a good look for her tbh). While Zoe isn’t obligated to put up with Chloe’s mistreatment (and she isn’t), it def makes her look super hypocritical to claim to love Chloe “even if the whole world hates [her]” and then do/say nothing as her stepdad basically leaves her half sister to suffer from the same fate she escaped from in New York.

Adrien, despite having a front row seat to how awful and nasty Chloe can be to people who aren’t him and watching her torment his classmates for the past 9 months in canon, only now ends their friendship - and over an event that happened a year ago when he wasn’t there that she isn’t sorry for, when she’s been doing worse since he arrived with no remorse then either, with his only response back then being to chuckle and go “Chloe will never change” like a wistful friend. After 5 whole seasons of handwaving his handwaving of Chloe’s bullying, they only now have him care, with the catalyst being that Marinette won’t give him happy-smoochy-times because of whatever happened - and then make it worst by having him try to kill Kim for it, after having him have a near mental breakdown over accidentally giving the terrorist responsible for every one of his current life issues a death sentence with the same method (and also trying to do it to another akuma victim). My sincerest condolences Adrien please join Kim in the “You got screwed badly by the episode narrative” corner

Like, I genuinely have to wonder how they wrote out those episodes and thought anyone involved looked good afterwards. Peoples opinions on Chloe can’t sink any lower than they already are (and if they can, that’s mostly because they already disliked her), but you aren’t making her look worse by slinging mud on everyone else, even unintentionally.

#ML Salt #Clover Rants Miraculously #ML Leaks

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Hi!! Im looking for this klance soulmate fic on a03 where whatever they write on their skin it appears on the other and in this story keith tries avoiding writing on his skin and lance doesnt know about the soulmate thing so he does write on his skin (a grocery list i believe). Anyways, matt ends up drawing a d!ck on keith while he's asleep and lance ends up seeing it and gets mad at pidge (poor pidge it aint them) for drawing on him as he tries (and fails) to get it off. Until, he sees it blur off his skin and lance, hunk, n pidge end up freaking out bcuz they think its a ghost. Keith feels bad and writes im sorry on his skin as an apology and yeah. Theres also a scene where keith draws a pretty picture on his thigh with watercolor pencils for lance as a goodluck charm for his swim comp (this is later in the fic tho). I know its multiple chapters and its completed. Im an idiot and didnt bookmark it yrs ago and ive been trying for DAYS to find it again. Thank uuu if you DO end up finding it!! or thx anyways for trying haha !!

hii!! found it :) i remember reading this when it first came out so this was a THROWBACK i found it in the depths of my ao3 history hahah

written on your skin by trashness

rating: teens

published: 2017-12-12

completed: 2017-12-30

chapters as of november 5, 2023: [3/3]

summary: [ Keith is your typical troubled kid who's just trying to sort his life out. Things aren't perfect, but he's attending night school to get enough credits for university, he loves hanging out with Shiro and Matt on the weekends, and he's prepped to be the youngest member of his martial arts club to get his second Dan black belt. Things are looking up for Keith!

That is until strange notes start to appear on his arm.

They don't come off. At least, not when Keith tries to remove them. And they're written in handwriting that Keith knows isn't his.

So where are they coming from? ]

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jankwritten · 1 year ago

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Jasico Bingo Challenge: love letter

A sheet of paper, folded into thirds, dotted in places with what must be water and grass stains. The handwriting is legible in some places, and shaky in others. In the margins are small doodles of birds, clouds, trees, and other miscellaneous, abstract shapes, as if the writer’s mind kept wandering.

TO: Nico di Angelo

FROM: Jason Grace

Hey, Nico. If you’re reading this, something probably happened to me. Maybe I hit my head again and lost my memories, or something, and you went through my stuff to try and find things to remind me of who I was. Maybe this fell out while we were hanging out, one day, and you saw it was addressed to you and you picked it up. Maybe I died—

However you found this, I guess, surprise! :)

First thing’s first: I’m sorry for leaving. I know I begged you to stay, and then turned around and left, and I really hope you understand - I didn’t leave because of you. I needed to find Leo, and leaving with Piper was the easiest way to do that. I had to try and get him back.

I wanted you to come with, but you were still healing and things were going really well with you and Will. I hope things still are, in fact. Wherever I am, I’m so proud of you for how far you’ve come, and how much I’m sure you continued to grow even after I left.

I really love you, man. I never got to tell you that, but you’re one of my best, closest friends. You mean so much to me. You showed me a side of the world that I never would’ve seen otherwise, and gave me a space to be myself, and I will never, ever know how I deserved that. How I deserve you.

Is that out of left field? Haha it definitely is. Sorry.

I’m sorry. I’m so sorry, Nico. I didn’t want to leave. I’m so sorry for leaving you. I’m sorry I had to go and I’m sorry it had to be me, but it couldn’t be her, Nico, it can’t be her, it can’t be. It has to be me.

It has to be.

Here, some of the words are smeared from the water marks. Lines cross through some words that have then been re-written, as if in after-thought the author realized they were too important to delete.

If you really are reading this, after the worst case scenario, I understand if you’re angry. I understand if you never want to think about me again, after what I’ve done. I’ll understand if you storm to your father’s palace and demand I be placed in the worst of the worst punishments for being so stupid.

Gods. Gods, Nico, I’m never going to get to tell you how I really feel. About all of this, about everything I’m going through, I’m never going to be able to tell you and that hurts. It hurts more than knowing I’m going to die, it hurts more than getting stabbed and poisoned. I’m going to die loving you and you won’t even know until it’s too late.

Maybe this is a stupid bad idea. Maybe I should let it die with me. Is it cruel, to tell you how I feel if I’m gone? Does this make me an awful person?

Shit. I think I’m an awful person, Nico. I’m awful and I’m selfish and I can never choose things for myself, it always has to be for the greater good, so this is it. This is as selfish as I can be. This is all I can be for you.

I want to see you on the other side. I want you to punch me for getting myself killed and hate me for being a hero and I want you to know that I didn’t want this but it needed to be me. It has to be me.

I’m still wrapping my head around it, but it has to be me, okay? So if I’m really gone when you’re reading this, okay, you have to let me stay gone. Please. If you get hurt, if you die, and it’s my fault, I could never—

Here, the letter abruptly stops. Then, it continues:

That’s all I wanted to say, anyway. That I love you. I love you in any way I can, and even if I’ve done it silently, and stupidly, from a distance, just know that it was there, the whole time. It’s still there, wherever I am. Dead, or lost, or whatever. I love you, Nico. I’m sorry.

-- Jason Grace :)

#jasicobingochallenge2024 #love letter #tw major character death ment #tw suicidal ideation #i haven't read TOA so I don't really know what Went Down with this shit but I think Jason did journal-type letters to people #he wrote down whatever it was he wished he could say to them before he died #I think there's one to Piper about how much he loves her and wishes things could've been different for them #I think there's one to Leo where Jason pours his guts out about how much he hates him and needs him and wishes he hadn't died #(the irony of that is lost on him)#he writes one to Reyna about how he wishes they had more time to be friends again #He writes one to Hazel begging her to keep an eye on Nico. pleasing for her forgiveness because he knows she'll be so angry #one to Percy and Annabeth in a similar vein.#i thik Jason just had a lot of feelings that he never let himself feel until he decided to die for everyone #and in that moment his dams broke and he realized that he was never going to have the chance to be himself #not really #he was destined for this. he was destined to be the son of jupiter champion of hera sacrifice of olympus.#who knew the boy raised by wolves was really a lamb for the slaughter #ANYWAY. :)#pjo #jason grace #hoo #nico di angelo #jasico

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kageyama-shigeo · 2 years ago

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decided to draw shigeo in a couple of my silly positions that i sit/lay in when i'm extra sleepy (sorry for my bad handwriting haha)

#mp100 #mob psycho 100 #kageyama shigeo #shigeo kageyama #shigeo #mob doodles

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hiii, first off im gonna say I love your fics, and I love your analysis of all the NXX boys, it rlly made me wanna learn more about the non-luke characters lol. (plus that one fic of yours that was omega luke going into heat permanently lives inside my head)

I just wanted to say abt the ask that wonders if Rosa knows Luke's illness is chronic - he tells her explicitly that the doctors have told him he has less than three years of life left in story 3 of under the milky way. it's right at the start of story 3, in the letter he sends rosa.

which also leads me to a question about the canonicity? canon-ness? canonnity? of the cards. I'm sorry if I'm just completely out of the loop, I dropped ToT for a bit before coming back and I have a terrible memory. but are all the events in these cards canon? because like the asker said, it rlly would change the dynamic if Rosa thought the illness was just chronic. (also I forgot if he mentioned the 3 year thing elsewhere). post-utmw Rosa knows he only has 3 years left but does regular rosa know?

I think I'm just incoherent and I'm sorry for the long ask haha it was rlly rambly but yeah that's basically what I wanted to ask.

hi anon!! first off oh gosh, thank you for your kind words!!

im so glad you like both my analyses and my fics (especially the omega luke fic gosh, it’s been so long since then, i almost forgot i wrote that HAHA)

now in regards to that ask youre mentioning, i fear there mightve been a misunderstanding! cuz in that ask, we were pertaining to the mc that exists within the Main Story Route. whereas the mc youre describing is the mc that exists within the Luke Personal Story route. forgive me if i misunderstood but to explain, eventually, main story and personal story (aka where all the respective cards, respective personal stories, and probably even the team events in a wibbly wobbly timey wimey way, exist in) diverges

to better visualize this, ive made a chart. but you caught me at a time i was doodling and had my drawing tablet plugged in so we’re all getting a taste of my bad handwriting

so if you look at this, you'll first notice how i forgot the number 6 in main story and then rushed to squeeze it in. but more importantly this is what i mean by diverging

based on what i remember, im pretty sure (....okay semi-pretty sure) that for all of the boys, main stories 1-5 has happened. this is because cards will mention dangerous/busy work (nxx work) and thus mc must be part of the team first for that work to happen. main stories 1-5 also must have happened because thats how she meets/works with (or re-meets, in luke's case) all of the boys one by one. after which, the personal story routes (along with all the cards) happens in a divergent timeline

there are some caveats tho. very very early cards of luke (and for this ask i will focus on luke's divergent personal story route timeline, just for simplicities sake.....should i abbreviate too? Luke's DPSRT = divergent personal story route timeline. Luke's MSRT = main story route timeline. perfect. that totally makes things less confusing!) mention mc not yet knowing where luke was during his 8 year disappearance, meaning that those cards MUST have happened BEFORE main story 5, when he tells the truth about where he went

barring little bits like those though, this divergence generally stands. the biggest proof of the divergence showed up in main story 9 because at that point, mc in Luke's DPRST already Knew about luke's illness. but mc in Luke's MSRT does not, and does not know as much as of the details as well.

another smaller proof that Luke's DPRST and Luke's MSRT are divergent is aaron. in Luke's DPRST, mc meets aaron for the very first time in bloom chapter personal story 4. but in Luke's MSRT, mc meets aaron for the first time in main story 9.

now on canonicity? my answer is yes

on like, everything.

barring the AU cards (like sott and gufeng cards, yknow), everything in all timelines is canon. just NOT at the same time. you can only choose one and---

oh my god wAIT THIS RESPONSE IS ONE I CAN USE TO ANSWER ANOTHER ASK IN MY INBOX, SIT TIGHT ANON 1

CUZ I GOT THIS ASK A FEW DAYS AGO FROM AN ANON I WILL CALL ANON 2:

and my answer to anon 2 over here is

i think the prologue is a dream sequence or some kind of metaphor or some kind of fever dream, yeah, but one that takes place in the Main Story Route Timeline specifically. and that something went wrong. terribly wrong, though idk what yet exactly.

the reason i think this happens in the MSRT in particular is cuz of 1) it's a prologue to main story in particular, i feel + 2) because of what we call "pulls" in this game: we use a Tear (of themis) to receive a pull of a card, which are called Visions.

all the cards of happier romances take place in divergent timelines, and these are visions because maybe it is MSRT mc who is having visions of these different possibilities that couldve happened, if only she werent in this timeline she chose, in the main story timeline where so many horrible things happen.

.....i feel as if ive said the word "timeline" way too many times to be making sense now, but theres my answers, anon 1 and anon 2!!

i hope something in here was useful and/or interesting ;w;

#asks #anon #ive said it once and ive said it again: thinking about the timelines gives me a headache so most of the time i just dont VKJSHDFDS

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linagram · 1 year ago

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[ 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝-𝚝𝟸 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊 #𝟶𝟸] 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕

THE SECOND TRIAL IS OFFICIALLY OVER. YIPPEEEEEEEEE 🎉🎉🎉 i was about to type "are we ready to see them suffer even more" but ykw. ykw. some characters actually are going to get better :) and some relationship dynamics are going to become a bit more wholesome. some other ones though...

Hinode: So, Miki-san, are you ready to start?

Miki: ...

Hinode: If you want, I can do the talking instead.

Miki: .. N-no, I'm fine. I don't want you to waste your energy on this, so..

Hinode: Haha, you're too kind.

Miki: I just.. I don't get it. Why did they choose you as a guard? It's too hard for you to even walk and they're making you go through all of this..

Miki: A-ah, it's not like I'm saying you're weak or a burden or anything like that-

Hinode: Well, Eiji-san's arms and legs are covered in bandages and he's in a constant pain, but he still was forced to become a guard, so..

Hinode: It looks like they don't really care about things like that.

Hinode: I'm fine, Miki-san, trust me. Please don't worry about me, okay?

Miki: .. O-okay.

Miki: S-so, the second trial has ended and all prisoners know what verdicts they got this time.

Hinode: I imagine not all of them were satisfied with the result.

Miki: .. Yeah. Definitely.

Miki: So, um, let's start with the first prisoner, I guess.

Miki: Prisoner 001, Miyagawa Akio.

Miki: If we voted him guilty, even though Eiji-san is not able to do the punishing himself right now, we'd still have to do something to him and..

Miki: Considering his condition, that would simply kill him.

Hinode: Also, from what I've heard, his accomplice really was responsible for most of the work.

Hinode: I agree, it does sound like him just trying to shift the blame, but also..

Hinode: For some reason, I believe him.

Miki: *nods* S-so, he was voted innocent this time.

Miki: Um, Hinode-san, if it's okay.. Remember those questions you made everyone answer?

Hinode: Right. You want to know everyone's answers?

Miki: Y-yes, please. If you don't mind, of course.

Hinode: I have all of the papers with me. Let's see..

Hinode: I can tell by Akio-san's handwriting just how hard it was for him to write. He really was in pain.

Hinode: He talks a lot about his accomplice here. He really misses him a lot, haha..

Hinode: Sorry, that was a bad joke.

Miki: No, no, I.. think he really does miss him.

Hinode: According to Akio-san's answers, his accomplice was responsible for most of the "dirty work" related to their murder. He was the one who did the "physical" aspect of it, but Akio-san was the one who came up with everything.

Miki: H-he admitted it himself?..

Hinode: Yes. I guess this is what happens when someone's in so much pain: they start telling the truth without even noticing it.

Miki: So.. For some reason, Milgram saw Miyagawa-san as the actual murderer?

Hinode: I think it's because, again, he was the one who planned everything. Also, it was his wish to see Chise-san dead that motivated him to murder the boy. If it wasn't for that, it's possible that Chise-san would still be alive.

Hinode: .. I have my doubts though.

Miki: Hm? About what exactly?

Hinode: About Chise-san still being alive. I think it's possible that someone else would've still killed him even if it wasn't for Akio-san.

Miki: .. You're talking about Miyagawa-san's accomplice, aren't you?

Hinode: Yes. I think he would've still tried to kill him even if Akio-san refused to do it himself or join him.

Miki: May I ask why you think so?

Hinode: You can read Akio-san's answers later, if you want.

Hinode: I wonder how he reacted to hearing about his verdict.

Miki: He looked shocked at first, but then he sighed loudly and actually looked relieved for a moment. Before I told him that he was forgiven, he was.. shaking. It's like..

Miki: It's like he thought that we're going to punish him again.

Hinode: Haha, well, it's good to hear that he's happy about his verdict.

Hinode: I hope his condition gets better too. I hate seeing people in pain.

Miki: "Hinode-san sounds like a very nice person.. Maybe he will go easy on the guilty prisoners?"

Miki: "Actually.. I'm still not sure who exactly should punish the guilty prisoners this time."

Miki: "It used to be Eiji-san's job, but.."

Miki: "Never mind."

Miki: N-now.. Prisoner 002, Hanasaki Aimi.

Miki: Even though Eiji-san and some prisoners found her relationship with Miyagawa-san suspicious..

Miki: And her second video was darker and scarier than the first one..

Miki: We still voted her innocent.

Hinode: She had to go through so much, I can't imagine how she would react to getting voted guilty right after she found people that she thought she can trust.

Hinode: I can't help but feel sorry for her. Her problems just feel so..

Hinode: .. I just know a person who had to go through a similar thing, haha.

Miki: ".. Is he talking about his brother?"

Miki: Also, even though we still don't know some details of her murder, now we can say for certain that the murder took place at the amusement park that Hanasaki-san's family owned and Hanasaki-san had an accomplice.

Hinode: And her accomplice was..

Miki: .. I think it was her older brother.

Miki: It wouldn't make sense for a classmate or someone else to help her. It also took place at her family's amusement park and of course, a family member would know at least something about how it works. I doubt it would be a parent or a grandparent, so..

Hinode: Also remember what she said during that one interrogation?

Hinode: "Oh well, he's dead anyway".

Hinode: So, her accomplice is definitely a man and.. he's also dead.

Hinode: And her video even shows her killing her accomplice in the end.

Miki: .. So, Hanasaki-san is at least partially responsible for killing her classmates and she also killed her accomplice with her own hands..

Miki: And that accomplice was her own older brother..

Miki: S-she has a reason for doing that, right, Hinode-san? I mean, she has to!..

Miki: If she doesn't-

Hinode: That means you won't be able to forgive her?

Miki: .. I don't know. I-I don't want to think about it.

Miki: It's just.. I can understand why she would want to kill her classmates. I really do feel sorry for her. But her own brother?..

Hinode: Actually, judging from what she wrote here, her relationship with her brother was.. a bit strange.

Miki: Really? But I thought they were close..

Hinode: Oh, Miki-san, being close with someone doesn't always mean you have a perfect and healthy relationship with that person.

Hinode: A-anyway, how did she react to her verdict?

Miki: .. She smiled and ran to give me a hug and said that she knew I will forgive her this time as well.

Miki: "Because we're friends, after all"..

Miki: .. Prisoner 003, Ishizu Shun.

Miki: He looked like he really wanted to attack Eiji-san and even enjoyed seeing him terrified. And his video showed him killing his victim..

Miki: W-well, victims.

Hinode: Even someone like you couldn't forgive him this time, huh?

Miki: .. I don't want him to try to attack Eiji-san when he comes back.

Miki: And.. I just thought that my forgiveness won't save him this time.

Hinode: So, let's see..

Hinode: He claimed that he only killed his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend, correct?

Hinode: But his video clearly showed him killing both his ex and her boyfriend.

Hinode: Do you think he knows she's dead as well and he's just in denial or lying or he genuinely doesn't remember killing her?

Miki: .. I feel like he doesn't remember killing her and whenever he does remember it, he just tries to deny it.

Miki: When Eiji-san asked him if she's still alive, he refused to answer and just stared blankly at us and asked which girlfriend he's talking about.

Hinode: Speaking of Shun-san having multiple girlfriends.. What can you say about that?

Miki: Um, I don't know much about that topic..

Miki: But I guess they weren't real?

Miki: Judging from his video, it looked like Ishizu-san used video games and other things as something that could help him escape from his real life problems.

Miki: And because of his mental health issues, he wasn't able to tell which one is fiction and which one is reality and started to believe the connections and relationships he formed in those games were real.

Hinode: .. *laughs*

Hinode:��Oh, sorry, sorry. It's just..

Hinode: You know, there could've been some kind of twist, like, imagine him actually having so many girlfriends and not remembering him killing them..

Hinode: But no, he was just being delusional.

Hinode: I guess we expected too much from him.

Hinode: But I wonder just how he met that girl. To be honest, I feel like they weren't in any kind of relationship and he just made that all up and started to think that his fantasies are actually real.

Miki: .. You're saying he started to stalk a random girl and believed that she's actually his ex-girlfriend?

Hinode: It's possible.

Miki: ...

Miki: "W-why do I feel so disgusted whenever I think about Ishizu-san?"

Miki: So, when I told him about his verdict..

Miki: H-he didn't take it well.

Miki: He started panicking and mumbling something about it not making any sense and..

Miki: He tried to attack me, haha..

Miki: But he still wasn't able to touch me, so.. I'm okay.

Miki: "I still don't understand why the prisoners can touch Eiji-san, but they can't touch me.."

Hinode: Hmm..

Hinode: It looks like we've made the right decision, but this guy will definitely cause us a lot of trouble.

Miki: Right..

Miki: Prisoner 004, Chiba Naomi.

Hinode: She was a hard one.

Miki: May I ask why you voted her guilty, Hinode-san? I thought you'd sympathize with her..

Hinode: Well, you see..

Hinode: I hate seeing people in pain, I really do. And I don't want Naomi-san to end up in even more pain. However..

Hinode: First of all, her victim was a child. A ten year old. Who knows how long his life could've been if it wasn't for her.

Hinode: And second of all, her motive. Didn't she reveal that her killing that child was her "fighting for independence"?

Hinode:*laughs* God, this sounds so weird.

Hinode: She just got tired of that kid and got mad at him for calling her out.

Hinode: Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that kids can't be.. "evil", but so far I haven't seen any serious threats in her videos. It was just him laughing at her and "bullying" her in a way.

Hinode: But isn't she 30 years old? She's a teacher. She should be able to handle this. It's almost like she got so used to all of her students being so nice and polite, she completely forgot that kids can be annoying.

Hinode: And.. I think adults like that deserve to be punished.

Miki: .. Maybe you're right.

Hinode: Also, I read her answers and she seems to really dislike Asahi-san. Just what is her deal with kids..

Miki: .. C-can I also read that later?

Hinode: Sure.

Miki: "Why do I feel happy that I agreed to vote her guilty now?"

Hinode: By the way, how did she react to her verdict?

Miki: .. She wasn't happy about it.

Miki: It took her a moment to realize what happened and then she just started laughing uncontrollably. And then she sighed, looked at me and said..

Miki: "Well, you're the guard. Who am I to say that your decisions don't make any sense?"

Hinode: Doesn't sound like something a prisoner who truly wanted to be voted guilty would say.

Hinode: Who knows, maybe she was pretending to be nicer than she really is.

Miki: I feel like it's more complicated than that..

Miki: "It's like Chiba-san really does think she's guilty, but deep inside she wants someone to say that they forgive her.."

Miki: Prisoner 005, Sanada Kei.

Miki: .. Watching his video was.. hard.

Hinode: And painful.

Hinode: Just what did those women do to him?

Miki: .. I think it's related to those scars Eiji-san had mentioned.

Hinode: .. But why would they do that to him?

Miki: There was this moment in the video, when one of the women found some of the photographs made by Kei-san and she looked.. disgusted.

Miki: Maybe you already know about.. uh.. Kei-san's job.

Hinode: I do. You think she found those particular photos?

Miki: .. I think so.

Hinode: I find it interesting that Kei-san got so scared. I thought a person with a job like that would be more careful and would have a plan in case something like that happens.

Hinode: Maybe he believed that he would never get caught?

Miki: I'm just trying to understand..

Miki: Did those women try to..

Miki: Attack him, maybe? Did they think that he was going to do the same to them and that's why he invited them?

Hinode: But hey, why else would he invite them?

Miki: W-well..

Miki: ...

Miki: Actually, you're right. Why did he invite them to his house?

Miki: He had so many photographs of those women and it looked like he had some kind of plan..

Hinode: .. Perhaps he was already thinking of murdering them?

Miki: B-but why would he do that?! What did those women even do to him? I mean, before attacking him and all..

Hinode: From what I remember, those women also appeared in his first video and if I'm not wrong, they were dating his friends.

Hinode: Maybe.. something happened between him and his friends?

Miki: .. I feel like I might have an idea.

Hinode: Really? Please share.

Miki: I-I'm not so sure right now and I need more time to figure this out, but..

Miki: Kei-san's.. "partner" played a big part in his second video. And he also appeared in the first one too.

Miki: I have a feeling that it's not just because he's important to Kei-san, but it's also because he played an important role in Kei-san's crime as well.

Miki: Some lyrics of his song were also.. strange..

Miki: "Do I wanna be seen as strong? Do I wanna be seen as weak? I don't know, but just hug me already".

Miki: Or "Maybe I should accept that this world won't accept me".

Miki: Just what could those lyrics possibly mean?..

Miki: Oh, and when I told him about his verdict, he got really surprised and when I confirmed that it's true and he was forgiven, he laughed and asked..

Miki: "Just how does the guards' thought process work?"

Miki: H-he probably asked that because of us voting him guilty that last time. He looked happy, though he asked me about Eiji-san's condition..

Miki: And I couldn't give him an answer.

Miki: Prisoner 006, Yoshioka Eiko.

Miki: .. Both of us agreed that she should be voted guilty.

Miki: She's a bad influence for both Ishizu-san and Kei-san and she also doesn't feel any remorse for what she did.

Miki: I feel a bit.. sorry for her though.

Miki: I mean.. What if her victim really wasn't a good boyfriend-

Hinode: Does that mean he deserved to die?

Miki: N-no! No, of course not!

Miki: But.. I don't know. I can't say that Yoshioka-san is a bad person, but she clearly treats some of her fellow prisoners horribly.

Miki: And she doesn't feel any regret and thinks it's completely okay to do those things.

Miki: And also.. Her reaction to Kei-san hurting Eiji-san worries me.

Miki: She said that if anything happens, Eiji-san should tell her.

Hinode: .. Hey, wasn't it Yurika-san who broke Eiji-san's arm?

Miki: *nods*

Miki: .. Oh no.

Hinode: I think we should keep an eye on both of them, just in case.

Miki: When I told her about her verdict, she just rolled her eyes and said:

Miki: "Don't know what you saw in that video, but I guess it's understandable".

Hinode: .. At least she's chill when it comes to that.

Miki: She did ask me about Eiji-san and her eyes looked a little bit darker than usual, so..

Miki: M-maybe restraining her a bit wouldn't hurt.

Miki: Prisoner 007, Yano Asahi.

Miki: We decided to vote him innocent.

Miki: He.. he didn't look so well when me and Eiji-san interrogated him last time.

Miki: I don't know if he would be able to calm down if it wasn't for me.

Miki: Ah, it's not like I'm bragging or anything-

Hinode: No, no, you should be proud of yourself. You've calmed him down and comforted him when he needed it. You did a good job.

Miki: .. Ehehe~

Miki: His video was.. one of the hardest ones to watch.

Hinode: It clearly showed him as not the best person and he was more than okay with taking advantage of his adoptive mother's money.

Hinode: However, we should also remember that these videos are not only showing us the prisoners' extracted memories, but also their thoughts and we can see everything in the way the prisoners themselves saw their crimes.

Hinode: Do you think it's possible that Asahi-san feels guilty for his murder and the way he treated his adoptive mother?

Miki: .. I think it is. I doubt he would have reacted in the same way if he didn't feel anything. He was panicking, he refused to talk about it and he clearly looked traumatized. If he didn't feel bad about his murder, he wouldn't show any of those emotions.

Hinode: It's almost like you're speaking from experience, Miki-san.

Miki: .. W-what do you mean by-

Hinode: Or maybe you just understand children really well, haha.

Miki: .. Ahem.

Miki: And also.. he tries really hard to forget about what happened.

Miki: He never calls her his mother, only "that woman", not only because he doesn't see her as his mother, but also because it's almost like he's trying to push those memories away.

Miki: She's not his victim or anything, she's just.. "that woman".

Miki: "And also.."

Miki: ".. I can't believe I had to see him again while I was watching Marito's video."

Miki: "I almost broke the screen when I saw him, haha.."

Hinode: Miki-san, is everything alright? You look.. pale.

Miki: I-I'm fine, I'm fine.

Miki: .. Hm, come to think of it..

Miki: I'm not sure if you know about it, Hinode-san, but Asahi-san used to have..

Miki: Um.. An "imaginary friend" based on his mother. Or maybe his "idea" of a perfect mother.

Miki: And I've just realized that he kinda.. stopped talking to her or about her.

Miki: Maybe something happened-

Hinode: Maybe it's because he has you now?

Miki: .. Huh?

Hinode: O-oh, don't get me wrong! I don't mean it in a "he sees you as a mother figure" way.

Hinode: I mean it in more of a "he's not alone anymore" way.

Miki: .. Oh.

Miki: .. When I told him about his verdict, he looked really happy.

Miki: He even ran to hug me and thanked me, haha.

Miki: ".. I wonder if he will remember who I am one day. But I don't want to tell him yet, I'm afraid I will make him remember we had to go through.."

Miki: Prisoner 008, Maruyama Yurika.

Miki: .. Guilty. She's guilty.

Hinode: She broke Eiji-san's arm, threatened to start hurting the other prisoners, is definitely capable of doing that, considering that she had attacked Asahi-san in the past and almost attacked Kei-san and her video was..

Hinode: Even worse than Kei-san and Asahi-san's videos combined.

Miki: But I still don't understand anything. I still don't know how her crime went and we're supposed to judge them based on their crimes!..

Hinode: Not necessarily. We can judge them based on anything.

Hinode: And her being dangerous for us and other prisoners is most certainly a valid reason to vote her guilty.

Hinode: As for her video..

Hinode: I wonder just what kind of job she did while working at a maid cafe.

Hinode: It definitely doesn't seem legal.

Miki: If she has experience with torturing people and kidnapping them..

Miki: .. Huh.

Miki: T-there's this scene in her video where Maruyama-san and her.. manager, I assume, are filling everyone's buckets with some kind of liquid. And she says that "Everyone has their own needs and it's our job to satisfy them".

Miki: I think we should think about that scene more to understand what kind of job she had.

Miki: And I feel like her crime is related to her job too..

Miki: Ah, but that's just my opinion though-

Hinode: You know you sound like a real detective right now? *laughs*

Hinode: Seriously, Miki-san, you're really smart. Sorry for just sitting and listening to you like this, but I really am impressed.

Miki: .. Haha..

Hinode: W-why is your face becoming so red-

Miki: A-anyway, just as I've expected, she got mad at me when I told her about her verdict.

Hinode: Did she try to-

Miki: Yes, she tried to attack me just like Ishizu-san, but I just knocked her out. It's fine.

Hinode: .. Knocked her out?..

Hinode: Miki-san, you're stronger than I thought..

Hinode: .. We will definitely have to restrain her, huh..

Miki: Prisoner 009, Kuroki Riku.

Miki: .. Hinode-san-

Hinode: Yes, this is my brother. Yes.

Miki: .. I'm sorry.

Hinode: It's fine. I voted him guilty myself.

Miki: B-but why?! Why would you vote your own brother guilty? Do you want to see him in pain?!

Hinode: It's because I know everything about his crime, Miki-san.

Miki: !

Hinode: When everyone started talking about Yue-kun's death, I knew that Riku had something to do with it.

Hinode: Riku told everyone just how much he loved Yue-kun, but he was honest with me and even when he didn't say anything, I could see in his eyes just how much he hated that guy.

Hinode: He wanted him dead, Miki-san. And he would do anything to achieve his goal.

Miki: .. But why didn't you stop him?

Hinode: .. When even waking up is too physically painful for you, you don't have enough time and energy to talk your brother out of murdering his best friend.

Miki: .. May I ask what was your first thought after you found out about Shiozaki-san's death?

Hinode: I just turned to Riku, who was watching TV with me and quietly asked him if it was him.

Miki: And what did he do?

Hinode: He smiled and left the room.

Hinode: Listen, I don't want to see him in pain. I don't want to hurt him. But I want Riku to understand that even though he really was a victim in a way..

Hinode: Murder isn't an answer.At least it definitely wasn't the right answer for him.

Hinode: He really could've just talked to Yue-kun. Maybe Yue-kun wouldn't like it, but at least Riku could say that he tried.

Hinode: But instead he decided to abuse his popularity and turn all of his classmates into loyal dogs that followed his every move and listened to his every command.

Miki: So what you're saying is..

Hinode: Yes, Miki-san. Riku made his entire class and possibly other students bully Yue-kun into committing suicide.

Miki: .. B-but do you think his death really was-

Hinode: I doubt it. Especially considering the way Riku's first video ends.

Miki: .. When I told him about his verdict..

Miki: .. He just asked me to bring him some hair dye later.

Miki: He said he wants to dye his hair black before he gets punished, haha..

Hinode: Are you planning on doing that?

Miki: O-of course! Even if we voted him guilty, I still want to fulfill his request before..

Miki: Well.. you know.

Miki: And finally..

Miki: Prisoner 010, Himura Reina.

Miki: .. We voted her innocent. Again.

Hinode: She didn't like that, did she?

Miki: She has to accept that it's the only way she can be saved. I don't think Himura-san deserves to be punished.

Miki: If Himura-san can accept that she deserves to be forgiven.. I think everything will get better for her after that.

Hinode: We never see her killing someone directly. It's always her witnessing a murder or hiding the body..

Hinode: No matter how much she tries to portray herself as guilty, her videos can't lie.

Miki: And.. Now we know that her "victim" was her little brother.

Miki: But I still don't understand what happened to him. If Himura-san is somehow responsible for his death, but she's not the murderer, then..

Miki: Who is?

Hinode: Maybe his death was an accident, but it could've been prevented if Himura-san was there?

Miki: If that's the case..

Miki: ...

Miki: "I wanted to say that she doesn't deserve to be here, but also.."

Miki: "Marito running away was an accident too. I didn't mean for that to happen."

Miki: "So if we're guilty of doing almost the same thing.."

Hinode: Hey, Miki-san.

Hinode: When you say that she doesn't deserve to be punished, does that mean you think that somebody else in this prison deserves to be punished?

Miki:...

Miki: I-it's okay.

Miki: When Eiji-san was punishing them, he was.. I have to say that he was really cruel for no reason.

Miki: I really do respect Eiji-san, but he punished them not to save them, but to torture them.

Miki: But when I punish them.. I do it because I love everyone here.

Miki: Uh, even Maruyama-san.

Miki: I really do want to save them. I want them to get better.

Miki: So if punishing them will help them understand that they've done something wrong and they will try to change for the better..

Miki: I don't see any problem with it.

Hinode: .. Heh. I see.

Hinode: It's actually a good thing though because I was worried that you might not like the new punishment method.

Miki: .. The new punishment method?

Hinode: Well, since it used to be Eiji-san's job, now we're the ones who have to punish the guilty prisoners, right?

Miki: B-but what about you not wanting to-

Hinode: I hate seeing people in pain, Miki-san.

Hinode: I hate seeing them in physical pain.

Hinode: I feel like punishing everyone physically is just so.. tasteless. Everyone can cry and suffer if you hurt them too badly, what's so special about it?

Hinode: I've spent my whole life in pain like that. I know what it's like and I hate it when it's used as a punishment.

Hinode: But this method isn't about the physical pain. It's more about..

Hinode: Here. Do you see this little thing?

Miki: It looks like some kind of.. remote, maybe? It's pretty small though..

Hinode: Yes, you're supposed to keep it in your pocket actually. Make sure to always have it on you.

Miki: But what does it do?

Hinode: Well, you need everyone's memories to see their videos, right? Otherwise their videos simply can't be created.

Hinode: And this thing..

Hinode: This thing extracts everyone's memories, but doesn't turn them into videos or whatever. It simply keeps them inside.

Hinode: You can also give those memories back if you so desire.

Miki: ...

Hinode: I know, this might sound strange, Miki-san, but considering that we have a whole music video machine, this shouldn't be surprising.

Miki: .. And.. Why exactly do we need this machine? What are we going to use it for?

Hinode: I have one with me as well. There's two of them.

Hinode: So, uh.. You see, Miki-san.. *laughs*

Hinode: I was planning to kind of.. play with the guilty prisoners' memories a little bit.

Miki: !

Hinode: For example, maybe we can take the memories of their childhood and see what kind of people they would become without them. Maybe we can take the memories of their murder and see how they would act.

Hinode: We can't actually watch the memories we've taken from them though, which is a shame.

Miki: .. And.. How will they-

Hinode: Ah, the physical side effects may be..

Hinode: *takes a breath* Dissociation, dizziness, headache, anxiety, depression, nausea, mood swings, even bigger memory loss in the process..

Hinode: But at least it's not cutting their fingers off or beating them up, right?

Miki: .. Can't we come up with a better punishment?

Hinode: But I thought you wanted to save everyone, Miki-san.

Hinode: It's not going to hurt. They're not going to feel any pain. They're just gonna forget some things, actually, it might make them happier.

Hinode: And if anything goes wrong, we can just give those memories back to them.

Miki: .. A weird question, but where did you get this machine?

Hinode: Oh, uh..

Hinode: The rabbit thing from earlier gave it to me.

Miki: ...

Miki: I have a bad feeling about this.

Hinode: Come on, Miki-san, you know we have to do something to the guilty prisoners.

Miki: Can't we just restrain them?! Can't we just lock them up or something?!

Hinode: You will be in control, Miki-san.

Hinode: You can always adjust the settings. You can even choose how many memories you wish to extract.

Hinode: You can go for a small memory loss or a big one.

Hinode: It's your choice. They don't have to lose all of their memories and they don't have to lose them forever.

Hinode: It's not like they're going to turn into mindless zombies and their brains are going to melt.

Miki: ...

Hinode: .. Are you ready to give it a try?

Miki: .. I-I'll go pay a visit to Ishizu-san.

***

???: It seems like the third trial is going to start soon. Are you excited?

???: Hm?.. I don't know, should I?

???: It's like.. I want to know how all of this ends, but at the same time..

???: These guards are way too slow. They're not even trying to uncover this place's secrets.

???: But.. Isn't that actually good for us? I mean, that would be a pain to deal with.

???: True, but it also would be more entertaining.

???: These guys just feel like lab rats to me. They're so obsessed with their morals, they don't feel like real people to me, haha.

???: "Everyone is guilty!" "No, everyone is innocent!" A bunch of clowns, that's who they are.

???: *sighs* Well, at least the future guards should be more fun.

???: Ah, have you already made your choice?

???: Yeah. Here, take a look.

???: ...

???: .. O-oh. U-understood.

???: Sorry about this. I know it sounds like I don't care, but..

???: No, no, I.. I understand.

???: I will-

???: Woah, this tea tastes really good!

???: Oh, sorry for interrupting you. Anyway, can you tell Jackalope to bring this to, uh.. you know, that girl?

???: S-sure, but.. Sorry if this sounds rude, but why can't you do it yourself?

???: He's taking a nap right now. Getting enough sleep is very important.

???: S-so you're just telling me to sit there and wait until he wakes up?

???: Yep.

???: ...

???: Y-you really love him, huh..

???: Okay. Well, if you'll excuse me.

(sounds of footsteps that become more and more quiet)

???: He's a good guy.

???: But sadly, good guys like him either don't live long here or just get taken advantage of.

???: I'll prefer it to be the second option-

???: Huh?

???: What's that noise..

???: .. The third prisoner.

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The second trial is over. Thank you for participating!

#so yeah. yeah. naomi ended up getting voted guilty. yeah #but at least now we have five inno and five guilty prisoners! kinda cool!#but i really do think her being voted guilty this time is better storywise and makes more sense #ahaha.. so yeah.. just as shun's memory started to get better this happens.#oh btw those two characters in the last part aren't someone we already know. but they've always been there #i mean of course we have someone working behind the scenes :)#the “girl” they mention is someone we do know though #.. i don't want to tag all of them JDJAKSKLASL #🌼guard 002: andou miki 🌼#❤️‍🩹 guard 003: kuroki hinode ❤️‍🩹#milgram #milgram oc #ocgram #milgram project

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