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sarahthecoat · 2 years ago
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ooh, i like it! wonderful how new things still pop up! yes, for a graffiti artist, the spray paint is the pen, and he uses it to create a visual message rather than a verbal one, as one would with a pen.
Spray can versus Pen
Sometimes it helps to distance yourself from something. I watched TBB after a long time and one of the characters that I still hadn’t placed well seems to have found a place. Raz, the rebel graffiti artist, who smears walls for someone, makes art for others, and brings his message. I thought he might be the rebel Conan Doyle who hid the truth in the subtext. The one who knows the hidden, underground language and uses it expertly. We see him for the first time drawing on an institution wall, and within moments he throws his spray can at John. For a graffiti artist, the spray can is the pen. And Doyle gave his pen to John Watson making him the narrator. But what would have happened if he had given Watson the spray can can and not the pen? The subtext instead of the text. The police would have intervened to arrest Watson/Doyle, which exactly happened in TBB.
@possiblyimbiassed @ebaeschnbliah @gosherlocked @sagestreet @sarahthecoat
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knitmeapony · 9 months ago
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Fake blood recipes
Hey fronds -- I've been meaning for years to put together my recipe book for all the kinds of make-it-in-the-kitchen fake blood that I have tweaked/perfected over the years.
For LARPers, theater nerds, prop makers, etc -- all using things that 1) you can buy in most standard grocery stores or 'health food' stores with maybe one exception 2) you can buy year-round 3) are generally safe to handle (ymmv with allergies, kids, pets, etc, but in general nothing toxic)
yes, SFX makeup is pretty freely obtainable these days, but there's something nice about the DIY and the quick and easy
So just off the top of my head I can write about the following -- any questions I might be missing? Any strong opinions?
(stick the word 'fake' in front of blood for all these):
Materials:
standard corn syrup blood
honey and other syrup bloods for people with sensitivities to corn
blood that drinks well (using thickener, etc) even over several hours
blood that tastes good (cocktail garnishes, maybe some straight up cocktail and mocktail recipes)
blood that's not sweet (most are somehow sugar-syrup based, but there are vegetable juice based bloods that won't make your teeth ache)
Colors:
blood isn't plain red -- good dye balances to use
allergy friendly food dyes
Examples of matchable color swatches of real blood in medical settings, spilled, dried, etc. -- clipped as pure color swatches so you don't have to have possibly uncomfortable pictures lying around
examples of blood variations (blood banks separate red cells from plasma for instance)
making 'other blood' -- edible ways of making green, blue, and glowing blood
Problems to solve:
blood that flows vs blood that dries nicely (the actual material)
blood that looks new/wet even when the material is dry
blood that looks old/dry/scabbed but is still comfortable to touch or wear
Permanent staining blood (for costumes, art projects etc) vs washable blood (for LARPs or stunts at halloween)
Blood that is thin and writes and sprays smoothly (I start with soy sauce, usually); recommended dip pens and brushes
Blood that makes good fingerprints and other shapes
Make your own blood capsules (mouth friendly and otherwise)
Maybe with an extra index on how to make blisters, bubos, and such just with things you can buy at your local drug store.
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autisticsupervillain · 6 months ago
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It's Fictional Throwdown Friday!
This Week's Fighters...
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Agent 47 vs Bell!
Conditions:
Both sides have their entire canonical arsenals. Agent 47 does not have his Easter Egg feats and Bell has no scaling from COD Zombies.
Scenario:
After the United States declassifies Operation Greenlight, the program in which they hid nuclear bombs in every major European city in the world to detonate on the off chance any of them fell to Communism, the International community is outraged. They give Agent 47 a luxurious extended contract, as well as a blank check, to assassinate everyone who was involved in the project that's still alive to send the message not to do this again. Bell, who had retired to a beachside mansion in Florida after somehow surviving the ending of Cold War, notices several of their old colleagues dying in mysterious accidents and gears up to take on whoever's going after them.
Analysis: Agent 47
"Names are for friends, so I don't need one."
One day, the International Contract Agency found a mysterious man knocking on their front door. The man had no name, no history, and seemingly no personality. All he had was a remarkable gift for murder, as if he were the grim reaper himself. He said he went by 47. It wasn't a name, so he made it one. He became the ICA's greatest assassin and paved a legacy of death everywhere he went.
In truth, Agent 47 was a clone, created by Dr. Ortmyer in an attempt to create the world's greatest assassin. Unfortunately for Ortmyer, he succeeded. 47 killed his pseudo father, and struck out on his own. Left directionless by the revelation of his birth, 47 attempted to start a normal life for himself. Unfortunately, he found that his only talents were in killing people. So, he decided to he was going to be the best there ever was at it. He would kill the most powerful people in the world for the right price and prove that no one, no matter how powerful, was above consequences.
Agent 47 is a master of stealth and disguise unlike any other. He's considered a myth to law enforcement agencies all around the world and has repeatedly killed people with the same level of mythic status as himself. Those who do know he exists would much rather hire him than make him their enemy. A smart move considering he tears down international conspiracies on a weekly basis.
Agent 47 is quiet the Renaissance Man, even rivaling Mario for the title. He's more than capable of doing nearly any job on the planet and is capable of using anything as a weapon. He can knock grown, fully armoured men out cold with snowballs and feather dusters. He can kill people with umbrellas, pencils, and pens. He can even use fire extinguishers as improvised grenades. An Agent 47 armed with only his garrote wire, silver baller pistol, and coins is best considered fully armed and dangerous, but he's capable of using much more. When even his standard, silenced Silverballer pistols are strong enough to kill elephants in one shot, you know he's a walking armory. Shotguns, SMGs, sniper rifles, and more. If 47 doesn't have them at home, he can buy them off of his arms dealers. And that's not even counting his truly ridiculous weapons, such as a briefcase that homes in on anyone he throws it at and goes through anything in its path, a variety of grenades and explosives disguised as rubber ducks, toys, or golf balls, and a whole host poisons he can inject, spray, or poison your drink with, ranging from emetic rat poison to make you vomit, sleeping drugs to knock you out cold, or traditional poisons that can enduce heart attacks or shut down your brain. Whether he's bringing it from home, finding it on sight, or making his weapons out of whatever he's found lying around, 47 always has countless weapons close to hand and he can kill you in at least five different ways with each.
Similarly, 47 is smart enough to competently perform any job on Earth, even frequently imitating and impressing experts in his field. Butlers, Doctors, DJs, CEOs, Engineers, and so on and so forth. He has successfully disguised himself as close loved ones of his targets and is fluent enough in most languages to pass himself off as a native speaker. This vast array of knowledge allows him to improvise countless ways to kill his targets. From drowning you in a toilet, tricking your bodyguards into killing you, manipulating your wife into pushing you off a bridge, driving you to grief stricken suicide, or even running you over with a goddamn train, if there's a way to kill someone, he's thought of it and performed it with no one any the wiser.
On top of his superhuman intellect, 47 is superhuman physically as well. He can survive exposure to the freezing cold temperatures of the Carpathian mountains while mostly naked, is immune to nearly every poison and disease known to man (baring few exceptions) has survived being electrocuted while standing in water (albiet was knocked out by this), tanked a hit from an RPG-7 (which explode with a minimum energy of 3,600 kilojoules) and has a resistance to mind control so great that the person trying to mind control him died from the sheer backlash. It has even been noted by an implied psychic (who was clairvoyant enough to deduce a client's criminal history) that 47 has an aura of death looming around him that strikes terror into anyone capable of seeing it. And since 47 doesn't physically age, he will never grow out of his prime. As such, he's still kicking ass well into 59, easily outperforming men half his age.
Agent 47 also has the Instinct ability, a sixth sense that allows him to see through walls and can predict where his targets are going.
47 has snuck into the White House undetected, frequently dismantles international conspiracies and secret societies, and is strong and skilled enough to defeat a middleweight MMA World Champion in only three blows. He even bested Sanchez, a genetically engineered superhuman who was twice his size, in unarmed combat.
If 47 has any weaknesses at all, it's that he rarely makes an emotional connections with anyone. The trauma of his ruthless upbringing has left him emotionally distant and he struggles to emotionally connect with others. Those he does care about he will do anything to protect, even against suicidal odds. Similarly, he has repressed many of the memories of his childhood, partly due to trauma and partly due to mindwiping drugs, and he frequently questions his place in the universe due to his upbringing. 47 doesn't think he's capable of committing to any line of work that doesn't involve murder, without hurting the few people he holds dear.
Agent 47 was an attempt to create the world's greatest assassin and he was a complete success. Unfortunately for his creators, he was still human. This meant that they were the first in a long list of people to discover just how well they'd succeeded.
Analysis: Bell
The year is 1981. The Cold War rages on. Even with both the United States and the Soviet Union staring down economic crises, both hover over the nuclear button waiting for the other to blink. The fate of billions lay in the hubris of empires.
It is in the midst of this chaos, American black ops operative Russell Adler, known and feared as "America's Monster", stumbles across the master plan of the mythical Russian spy Purseus. Supposedly the spy that leaked the Manhattan Project, though until now, he was considered nothing more than an urban legend. The reveal that the agent was involved the Iranian Hostage Crisis and seemingly had bigger plans on a global scale, was enough to put the United States on high alert. President Reagan authorized Adler to take Purseus down by any means necessary, treaties and international laws be damned. This gave Adler the green light to concoct a particularly devious plan.
Abducting one of Purseus's top agents, Adler subjected them to the United States's experimental mind control program. He tore apart their old personality and rebuilt them from the ground up, creating new memories for them to recontextualize the vital knowledge they already had. They weren't a co-conspirator in Purseus's plans, they were sn American agent who decoded them. They weren't a Soviet operative, they were MI6, no CIA, no ex-KGB. Whatever Adler needed them to be for his current narrative and operation. Their old self was gone, rebuilt and replaced with a codename. Bell. And they had a job to do.
They could still be nonbinary though. Adler didn't care about that. He may be America's Monster, but he's not transphobic. Diversity win?
As amoral as the action was, Bell proved to be worth the risk. They're highly trained in weapons from all over the globe of the Cold War era, including those which technically shouldn't even exist yet. For close range combat and stealth operations, they carry knives, throwing knives, smoke grenades, stun grenades, M67 grenades, tomahawks, and even C4. But for full on gun battles, they come decked out with a variety of rifles, machine guns, and pistols. From the tranquilizer gun when stealth is of the essence, to the glorious and iconic SPAS 12 shotgun. Oh, sorry, the "Gallo SA12". It's a SPAS 12 guys. The trusty recursive bow and "Pellington" (*cough* R700 *cough cough*) sniper rifles make silenced sniping a breeze, while the War Machine and Thumper Grenade Launchers helpfully obliterate everything in their path. And for everything in between, the MP5 and AK-47 submachine guns and automatics shred through dirty communists and filthy capitalists alike.
Bell possesses a remarkable intellect beneath all that firepower too. They're smart enough to track Purseus's best agents across the globe, covert enough to infiltrate the KGB Headquarters in the heart of Moscow, and deadly enough to kill everyone there should their cover be blown and leave no witnesses. The sheer fact that they can get away with half of what they do without causing World War 3 is a testament to their skill and lethality. Hell, the whole reason Adler mind controlled them was because traditional interrogation techniques just wouldn't work on the bastard. And with a willpower like Bell's even that only gets you so far...
As Purseus's plan unraveled, more dark secrets about both sides were revealed. The United States had secretly inserted nuclear weapons inside of allied nations "just in case" they needed to be detonated, and Purseus was planning to activate them to turn the world against the US. Cornered and desperate, Adler had no choice but to dive even further into Bell's mind... inadvertently allowing them to break free of their control in the process.
Bell had seen the worst sides of both halves of the Cold War. Seen that both were perfectly happy to kill billions for their own benefit. The Cold War wasn't a war of ideology, it was two dying empires using foreign nations as a chess board to stroke their ego. And now Bell, fully themselves again, had to choose which one would decide the fate of history.
Should Bell choose to rejoin their Soviet Allies, they'll get the rare pleasure of facing the legendary Alex Mason in combat. The one who fought his way out of a gulag with just a rusty handgun. The one who, when under Soviet mind control, assassinated John F Kennedy. And they would have the even rarer pleasure of killing him.
Early in that very game, Mason would survive an aircraft wing falling right on top of him and get up completely unharmed. A 48,000 kg aircraft wing falling from a height of 48 meters would hit with a force of roughly 1,686 kilojoules. And Bell could still kill him.
Of course, the cost of that honor would be allowing Purseus to kill billions. Would it be worth it? Which of these rotting empires deserves the world on a string? And which is the least likely to have Bell killed once the choice is made?
Throwdown Breakdown:
The AroAce assassin the kills capitalists for a living vs the nonbinary communist who started world war three. If these two black ops operatives offering their handlers plausible deniability met in one-on-one combat, who would win?
In terms of weaponry, these characters run broadly even when it comes to their standard firearms. While 47's weapons are technically more advanced due to coming from the modern day, a gun is a gun and neither of these fighters are bullet proof. Bell has the advantage of usually coming into a fight dressed for combat with typical military grade protective clothing, while 47 enters situations dressed in his typical suit, but I'd argue that difference is minimal too. 47 has consistently proven that his firearms can pierce standard bullet proof vests and military gear quite easily if needed, and while Call of Duty is unrealistic, it doesn't present its setting's military gear as completely impenetrable to bullets. Far from it, actually.
The real deciding factor here is 47's other gadgets. While Bell's guns can sometimes be anachronistic and unrealistically advanced for the time period, 47's stranger tools border on Bond weapons compared to their relatively grounded arsenal. The homing intangible briefcase is something Bell has no answer for, while 47's variety of poisons attack from a vector Bell has no resistance to. Meanwhile, 47's built in immunity to most poisons makes Bell's tranquilizers nearly useless and 47 has more means of getting sleep inducers into his enemy's system, from gases from a distance, to injections in melee.
On the other hand, overtly powerful explosives are a rarity in 47's arsenal, making the destructive capacity of Bell's grenades and rockets an advantage. If 47 wants to match thr destructive capacity of his opponent, he's going to need to get creative. Propane tanks, fire extinguishers, gas lines, and other environmental factors to undermine Bell, but those are moreso a tactics thing than an equipment thing.
Stealth skills are another near deadlock. I consider their immediate skill in covert operations to be nearly equal, with equally impossible feats under the belts of both: 47 infiltrating the White House, vs Bell infiltrating a meeting of the heads of state of the Soviet Union. Normally I'd give 47 the edge for improvisation. Bell is usually following a preset plan in most of their missions while 47 inprovises on site, but Bell's plans end up going to hell in such a way that they end up improvising anyways. The thing that nudges this field juuuuuuuust into 47's ball park here is creativity, Instinct, and quality of diguises.
When the plan goes to shit and 47 is left scrambling, his immediate instinct is to break off as quietly as possible to strike back at a more opportune moment. When Bell is up shits creak without a paddle, their first instinct is to get out of dodge shooting down everything in their path with whatever weapon they can find. Both of these have been highly successful approaches, but 47's has a better payoff in a one-on-one like this. Furthermore, Instinct will allow 47 to keep an eye in Bell and maneuver them into unwinnable situations, even from far away, or while retreating undercover. And finally, while both are experts of disguise and infiltration, 47 has a better track record owing to his specialization in that field, successful passing himself off as loved ones to complete strangers, where Bell had to rely on prior familiarity with the Soviets they were infiltrating.
On the other hand, this is only an advantage if 47 manages to break off from the engagement. Even then, Bell's equal skill does give good odds that they could get the drop on 47 as well. Instinct does not make 47 omniscient.
Finally, we have hand to hand combat, which is 47's most definitive edge. He is a little over twice as strong as his competition (3,600 vs 1,686), has more modern training, and has fought more people in hand to hand combat in more varied situations across various different fields of combat, while Bell as specifically fought only soldiers like themself in specifically battlefield situations with similar training and tactics to themself. But, this advantage is solely predicated of experience and strength. In terms of skill and caliber of opponents fought, 47 and Bell are once again equals, with Alex Mason in particularly either evenly matching (Lucas Grey) or downright surpassing some of 47's toughest foes (Sanchez and The Rage).
All that said, 47 does not sweep Bell by any stretch. Most of his advantages are only by slight margins. Ever single skill that Bell and 47 share is a field they are nearly equal in. I'd even go so far as to put marksmanship slightly in Bell's corner given the caliber of opponent (Mason) that Bell has outsniped, 47 just has more skills generally to draw on.
Part of this is due to experience, yes. 47 is nearly 60 compared to his opponent's "unspecified but 30s at the youngest". But this mostly comes down to their exact specializations. Bell is a black ops soldier might to fight and infiltrate in Cold War military environments. 47 is an all purpose assassin built to operate in *any* environment. The areas that 47 outclasses Bell, particular in creativity and bizarre weaponry, are areas that wouldn't be useful behind cover in the battlefield and are only coming up as shortcomings here in a one on one fight against someone who does those skills.
That's what happens when you put the protagonist of a military FPS against a Stealth Sandbox protagonist. One has to be built for doing one specific thing very well, while the other has to do *everything* very well. And when the sandbox character has six games to perfect their arsenal, well... there's only one conclusion to be reached.
Here's how I think this fight would roughly play out.
This would start out as your standard shootout and they two would stand evenly matched for a long time. Eventually, one or the other gets forced back. Either 47 gets forced to retreat by Bell's destructive arsenal and battlefield experience, or Bell is driven to retreat by 47's bizarre weaponry. More likely the former. What ensues is a game of stealth and misdirection as the two try to get the drop on each other.
47 would use his Instinct to keep an eye on Bell while using every weapon he can find to set up an ambush. Given 47's experience outsmarting Cold War operatives, such as Eric Soders and Janus, both of whom were major players in undercover operations in the Cold War, 47 would use prior knowledge of that sort of mindset to set a purposefully inconspicuous trap, all the while trying to keep hidden with sporadic movements. Given Bell's own considerable skill, especially considering their defective work, this would take some time to pull off...
Both characters would ambush and escape each other back and forth with gas grenades and flash bangs, wearing each other down with traded bullet wounds, stab wounds, and cholk holds before disappearing again.
47's victory wouldn't come from a superior display of martial arts, or gun play, or even stealth. It'd come from the perfectly laid trap. An entire room set to blow with a leaking stove before Bell takes a shot... flooding a room before carefully using a loose cord... or loosening the supports right below the most viable sniping perch right when Bell goes to take the high ground. One mistep and it would just be over. No muss. No fuss.
"Target down, 47. Now find an exit."
This Throwdown's Winner is...
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Agent 47!
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papayasnz · 1 year ago
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Hi Papaya! I'm the anon who commented about Gemsden's boss tag stuff. While I know Fukuchi is your favorite, I'm gonna throw in a couple other characters too. Here is a list of Gemsden stuff that really feels like a bsd character to me that you haven't already posted on.
Nikolai:
a chronic into-hands sneezer and their partner who automatically whips out tissues and sanitizer for them (Snzy is Nikolai) (Could be Sigma but wouldn't be a relationship)
Sigma:
thinking about how sneezing into your elbow is supposed to be the most effective way of not spreading your cold, but is rendered useless by someone who maybe has a habit of crossing their arms whenever they're nervous \ maybe they're feeling fidgety so they stuff their hands into their pockets, which also happens to be where their germy tissues are stored
Fukuchi:
a boss with a bad cold but he still goes to work, but he's so bad at keeping his germs to himself. in a meeting, he paws at his nose absentmindedly while listening to the presentation. but it's hard to find him intimidating when his pink nose is quivering incessantly. every so often, he will erupt in a thunderous, throaty sneeze that makes his subordinates jump and bless him. he sprays all over the conference table, before running a finger languidly under his stuffy nose again. then his biohazard hands touch the papers, the pens, the doorknob. it is only a matter of time before someone else catches his cold.
boss who holes themself up in their office when they have a cold. their sneezes are so loud that they can be heard through the walls. nobody knows why they trap themself in their room, maybe it's because they're in a bad mood. one day, a brave person dares to venture in, and quickly realise that there was a good reason why they hide in their office when they're sick. their sneezes fly openly and uncovered, saturating the vicinity with their germs. they look up from their work and greet with a congested, "did i say you could come in."
it's not that they want to spread their cold, they're genuinely just one of those people who aren't self-conscious enough to be aware that they're being unhygienic. if they want to shake hands with someone else, they're going to do it. it doesn't occur to them what they were just using their hand to do - scratching the itch in their nose and balling up used tissues. they have to touch the doorknob to open a door, no problem, they've already completely forgotten that they sneezed into their hands a few minutes earlier. wherever they go, they leave behind a trail of germy evidence of their presence.
Kunikida:
using a handkerchief to wipe your partner's nose for them because they're lying against you, too tired to even lift an arm to wipe their runny nose. using that same handkerchief to tend to your own runny nose because you've already caught their cold, and getting up to fetch a new handkerchief would mean disturbing their much-needed rest.
people who take time to cup tissues neatly over their nose, folding them into halves and quarters, corner to corner VS. people who just kinda crumple and ball them up (Kunikida is the first)
someone who really wants to work through a sneeze fit. they're [flipping though their notebook] with one hand, and holding a tissue in the other. they're stuck in a vicious cycle of turning to sneeze in one hand, and then immediately going back to their [notebook]. after a while, they get confused about what's in which hand and they sneeze right onto their [notebook] instead. they quickly wipe away the droplets on their screen, looking around to check if anybody caught that.
someone with a cold never moving the tissue/handkerchief away from their face like god forbid they let anyone lay eyes on their sick nose
germaphobe lathering on hand sanitizer after a sickly-sounding sneeze is unleashed next to them, but the scent of their hand sanitizer irritates the cold-ridden nose even more...
Dazai:
just love when someone stretches their top lip over their teeth for easier access to their nose and they're just very openly dabbing at their wet-rimmed nostrils
people who take time to cup tissues neatly over their nose, folding them into halves and quarters, corner to corner VS. people who just kinda crumple and ball them up (Dazai is the second)
someone with a runny cold leaning over your shoulder to look at your computer screen. bracing a hand on your table, they lower their face to your height. you can hear their wet sniffling right next to your ear, feel puffs of air on your cheek as they breathe through their mouth. they suddenly gasp and you turn just in time to see them wrench their head away from you to sneeze over their shoulder, spraying whatever and whoever's on the other side. continuing as if nothing happened, they rub their nose distractedly as they continue to read from your screen. then they stand back up. "this is good," they tell you, patting you on the back. (Dazai is snzy) (aku or sushi is other)
having an online meeting with someone that has a cold, but they don't bother to mute themself. all their sniffles and throat-clears are picked up by their mic and transmitted directly into your ears. they don't bother turning away when they sneeze, directly facing the webcam. you hear the rustle of tissues before you actually see them, then a long, wet noseblow. if this had been an in-person meeting...
an unapologetically germy sneeze right into their palm, then a congested sniffle and "excuse mbe, i'b ndot feeligg well."
Chuuya:
someone out and about with a cold. their nose starts to run and they swipe a finger under their nose, thinking that's going to be enough. it's not. they have to engage their knuckle, their thumb, the back of their wrist, their other hand, and every single swipe comes back with a shiny streak. they feel a dangerous sneeze building, they need to find a tissue very soon.
Sokokou:
using a handkerchief to wipe your partner's nose for them because they're lying against you, too tired to even lift an arm to wipe their runny nose. using that same handkerchief to tend to your own runny nose because you've already caught their cold, and getting up to fetch a new handkerchief would mean disturbing their much-needed rest. (Chuuya)
Little sniffles can be heard from A throughout the livestream, audibly growing wetter in quality as time passes. They quickly rub their nose boyishly against the back of their wrist before continuing the game without missing a beat. Their nostrils flare and they gasp, then sneeze directly onto the controller. They groan congestedly. Then, the sound of a door opening can be heard as B enters the room. "Cover me for a second," they tell B.
B takes over the controller without questioning. A walks off camera and the sound of a harsh set of sneezes can be heard, then a long, wet noseblow. The livechat scrolls past quickly with a myriad of blessings.
"Caught a cold?" B [smirked]. A returns, nose an angrier shade of red and takes the controller back. "No." (A is Chuuya. B is Dazai.)
bunk bed roommates. the one in the bottom bunk is laid up with a cold and they sneeze openly in their sleep, misting the air on top of them. for the one in the top bunk, a wooden plank and a mattress are the only things protecting them from a contagious direct spray
sharing a bed with someone with a cold, but you really don't want to catch it. you listen to them snore and snuffle through their cold in their sleep. your arm is starting to numb from lying on one side so you turn to your other, only to come face-to-face with a swollen red nose. their mouth hangs open and you can see up their wet, inflamed nostrils. you turn back around because there's no way you're sleeping with your face inches away from that. (Dazai is snzy)
"(annoyed) god, your immune system is terrible. (begrudgingly) take my jacket..." (Dazai is snzy)
Mori:
Someone with a cold showing up to work because unfortunately, they have to personally submit a report to their boss. As they gather papers from the printer and collate them together, they repeatedly rub and swipe tissues under their runny nose.
They're making their way to the boss' office when they suddenly sneeze... straight onto the file that they have to submit. This cold has been merciless on them, the sneezes always coming without warning. They quickly wipe the file with their sleeve but some wet specks remain, undoubtedly laden with germs. Tucking the file under their arm, they take out a well-used tissue and blow their nose one last time before knocking on the door. Then they push down on the door handle, entering the office.
Just as they open their mouth to speak, their nose ignites with another intense tickle. They only manage to move the file away from the spray zone as they let loose a misty, uncovered sneeze towards the floor.
The boss raises an eyebrow. "Tracking germs into my office?" he asks in a low voice.
"It's allergies," they quickly say, hopefully convincingly. "Here's the report you asked for." They hold out the file. The boss accepts it and thanks them. Then, they watch with knowing dread as he licks his finger once before flipping the first page by the corner. (I know he's a doctor but...) (Feels a bit like Higuchi, but could be anyone) (If Higuchi, could also be aku for boss)
Ranpoe:
holding hands while strolling with your partner who has a cold but every minute or so, they have to deal with their demanding nose in some way. hypothetically they could use their other free hand to rub their itchy nose but why would they, when they can use the hand that they're holding yours with to cover their sneeze, then slip it back into yours again (Ranpo is snzy)
your sick partner laying against your chest in bed, snuffling into an overused tissue, and when they finally fall asleep and the crumpled tissue falls out of their grasp, it just sits there on your chest for you to clear away
I love waiting room sneezes. Someone so tired that they have no energy to cover their sneezes, so their caretaker has to cover their sneezes for them. The first sneeze comes unexpected, flying into the air in front of them. Caretaker raises their hand to their partner's face to catch the second, spraying against their palm. They shyly take the tissue box from the counter and bring it back to their seat, they're going to need it, and the receptionist is more than happy to give it to them as well.
If caretaker is also sick, they've caught their partner's cold from taking care of them, but their partner is still far sicker than they are, then they've got to cover both their partner's sneezes and their own. But because they're not feeling too well themself, their movements are a little slow, uncoordinated. Two cold-ridden noses, only two hands, and they're so busy trying to predict when their partner's going to sneeze while also anticipating their own. When they're a little too clumsy, they clamp their tissue-covered hand over their partner's nose, only for their own nose to dissolve into a fit. Or when they manage to get a tissue over their own nose, their partner explodes uncovered. It becomes far too much to remember who sneezed into which tissue, and they accidentally use the same tissue to catch both their sneezes.
Also thinking about the stares from other people in the waiting room. One sneezy person draws enough attention, but two sniffly noses side by side? Tending to someone else's nose with a shared tissue is such an intimate action, and they're just doing this in public in front of everyone? They have no choice unless they want to be known as the germ spreader in the waiting room.
Tanizaki:
love when a person's nose itches but they're holding onto something, maybe their phone or a spoon, and instead of putting it down or switching it to their other hand, they just rub their nose while still grabbing onto it
absent-minded nose rubbing. the person doesn't even realise that they're doing it, until someone breaks them out of their daze by asking them, "got an itchy nose?" their hand pauses mid-air as they look at it. "oh? yeah."
Atsushi:
absent-minded nose rubbing. the person doesn't even realise that they're doing it, until someone breaks them out of their daze by asking them, "got an itchy nose?" their hand pauses mid-air as they look at it. "oh? yeah."
someone succumbing to an absolutely helpless sneezing fit in a quiet place, and they can't even get their legs to move, eyes squeezed shut, completely overtaken by the tickle, and they have to be escorted off the premises by a friend as sneeze after sneeze shoots out of them
someone who brings tissues out with them because they know for a fact they're going to sneeze at some point and it's going to be messy. but when the sneezes actually come, they completely forget about them and end up sneezing uncovered or into their hands, spreading their cold around in public
Fukumori:
So many great doctors getting sick snzarios today 🥵 I think my personal fav's got to be double exposure. A doctor getting sneezed on by multiple patients during cold season, then returning home to their partner sneezing messily over their blanket
Tachihara:
just love when someone is completely adamant about not blowing their nose in front of someone else and it's just swipe, swipe, swipe over and over again under their nostrils, the tip of their nose being squished from side to side from how hard they're fruitlessly swiping
Higuchi:
someone scrambling for a tissue to cover with but they don't make it in time and end up sneezing all over the tissue box, inadvertently passing on their cold to the next person who just wanted a tissue to clean up a stain
Tachihara:
love when someone wants to swipe a tissue under their runny nose but they want to be really quick and inconspicuous about it. because of how quick they're trying to be, the movement itself becomes rather sloppy, and then they find themself having to do it more frequently, thus becoming more conspicuous...
someone out and about with a cold. their nose starts to run and they swipe a finger under their nose, thinking that's going to be enough. it's not. they have to engage their knuckle, their thumb, the back of their wrist, their other hand, and every single swipe comes back with a shiny streak. they feel a dangerous sneeze building, they need to find a tissue very soon.
Also, while its not Gemsden, here are a couple from Coldshare and that Coldshare reblogged:
Dazai:
having super normal thoughts about someone who doesn’t care at all about contagion or politeness, or who perhaps *enjoys* spreading their snot and germs; they’ll sniffle until their sinuses are so incredibly waterlogged that not a single drop more of snot can be contained, then let it all out in a closed-mouth sneeze that sprays ropes of watery snot all over whatever’s in front of them. forcing all the pressure of the sneeze through their nostrils ensures the contents of their snot-filled nose will coat everything in a ten-foot cone. and they’re perfectly fine with that.
someone (A) at a party with someone (B) they despise.
maybe B has been outwardly rude to A in the past, or maybe B has wronged A or A's friends in some way. maybe B has lied their way into a role that A deserved, or maybe B has spread nasty rumors about A to their friend group. and worst of all, B has the nerve to act as though they've done nothing wrong, as if it's A who's making a big deal out of nothing.
at first, A didn't want to come at all - this party is going to last all evening, and they can feel themselves coming down with the beginnings of a terrible cold. their nose has been running all day, their throat is tellingly sore, and now there's a slight, irritating tickle in their nose that they can't quite ignore. there's no doubt that they're contagious.
but for whatever reason - a desire to keep up appearances, or an invitation from a friend, or even a desire to have their fun before this cold really hits - they show up anyways.
when they spot B at the party, it's with a sense of exasperation. truthfully, they can't think of anyone they'd rather see less right now. it's so unfair that A is the one stuck here with such a miserable cold, while B gets to stand halfway across the room, taking no accountability and having the time of their life...
but then it occurs to them... maybe with this cold, they can give B a little taste of what they rightfully deserve...
A heads up to B under friendly pretenses to say hello. after all, B has always acted as though they've never done anything wrong, right?
from there on, A plays friendly. B is a little tipsy, so thankfully, they don't seem to notice anything off.
A talks with B for a while, doing a terrible job in covering their sneezes - they turn slightly off to the side, but some of the spray still mists the air where B's standing. they raise a hand to cover, but either their hand is held just a little too low, or some of the contagious spray escapes from in between their fingers.
whenever they blow their nose, they make sure to crumple the tissue up in their hands, practically ensuring that their cold germs are all over their fingers. they're so sniffly anyways, it's only natural that they have to wipe their nose on their hand to keep it from running, right? and if they happen to open a door they know B's going to touch later, or they 'accidentally' reach for the silverware they know B is about to use, all of that can just be a simple coincidence, can it not?
when B isn't watching, they switch their drink glass - the same glass A's been drinking from all night - with B's. they keep their expression straight, subtly diverting B's attention away from hitch after hitch until they finally explode with a sneeze, messy and uncovered, right into B's direction, filling the air with millions of contagious droplets.
it feels so good to let out every messy, spraying sneeze, to give into every lingering tickle, to let themselves sneeze freely - all over B and B's things. their nose just tickles so badly, and it's been given the perfect outlet.
A leaves the party satisfied that B will have a taste of their cold to take home with them. it's no match for all the things B has done to them over the years, of course, but it's just a little taste of B's own medicine.
(and seeing B a few days later, their nose red and running openly, their breath hitching and hitching, fighting helplessly against a relentless tickle, until they snap forwards a the waist with a loud, messy, spraying sneeze of their own, so messy that they have to scramble to find a tissue or handkerchief to contain the mess... well, A can't claim that sight doesn't make the feel a little better.) (B is Ango)
Atsushi:
someone trying to stave off a sneeze, but every effort they take backfires terribly.
they try to press a finger under their nose? well, their nose won't stop running - they can feel the dampness on their finger already, and that really tiiihckles...
they blow their nose? well, that seems to clear their congestion a little, but now that they can properly breathe again, their next breath only seems to expose them more to whatever allergen/irritant is present...
if they try to go inside? their tickle in their nose increases tenfold... this puzzles them until they realize - how long has it been since this room has been dusted?
or outside? it's springtime, and the trees are fully in bloom, and the slightest glance at the sun is enough to send their breath into another sharp, ticklish hitch...
they try to rub their nose? oh, but their fingers have just managed to graze the most sensitive part of it, worsening the tickle tenfold. what started off as a small, distracting tickle has become an intense, fiercely irritating - hHiiiH!
(not to mention, all this holding back is practically enough to guarantee that when they do finally sneeze - when the tickle they've denied themself relief from for so long finally has its chance to surface, it will be quite the display)
Ranpo:
“I thidk by cold’s gettidg—ehh-heh—worse!” Followed by the tickly-est, highest pitch sneeze, the kind that sends spray everywhere. 
Sorry for the lack of Fukuchi stuff in this; I'm sending an ask right after this with some stuff I thought you would like.
I already mentioned this in the other reply but I’ll have it posted because the world should also see the work you put in, and also maybe it will inspire someone to make something. (Plz let it be me who gets motivated plz plz I want to write again ARGH)
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Week 1
Socialization
Watching people and dogs politely when they pass (so so atm, a little wary of people and then warms up VERY fast, and over excited of dogs)
Exposure to different surfaces/regular outdoor objects (grass, mud, bark, weird trees, parking lots, storm drains, etc)
Car/truck watching (wary here as well)
Vet visit! Car ride, everything about being at the vet (strangers touching her, being manipulated, doing her new skills in a new location, smells, sounds, things in her mouth ears and ass, being taken back for shots & nasal spray...) etc etc etc
Household noises (garbage disposal, children/adults outdoors, dish washer, oven, microwave, electric kettle, white noise machine, every possible noise from computers, shower fan, etc). Have NOT done the vacuum yet.
Outside of the vet have met a couple people, a nice young man who lives across the hallway, and a woman + two of her kids (aged about 1 and 4) and STROLLER. Big victory all around for K'seil who thought this was all delightful once she thought about it.
Went to the park today and was exposed to LOTS of screamy children, a few strange dogs, adults chatting, playground equipment (visual only), etc etc etc.
In-home skills
Play with Hazard in the morning/afternoon can be largely uninterrupted, he's doing much better at handicapping himself. Evenings are still a struggle. She's not afraid of him at all anymore.
She does need to be supervised when she goes to interact with Penny. She's trying VERY hard to get her to play (play-bows and everything) and Penny is Not Interested.
Potty training is...coming along. We've yet to have a day without accidents. They're no longer entirely my fault (I mean, they are, but not because I'm delaying taking her out). The last couple days they've been more because she was busy and got distracted and peed. She's perfectly happy to pee/poop outside, anywhere as long as it's grass (sure), on leash, etc.
I now have a bucket inside her pen fastened so it's HARDER to tip over, and a "splash proof" bowl outside her pen. This has dramatically reduced the amount of digging behavior in water. I live in hope we'll be able to go back to the regular bowls by the time she's a teen.
She's good about going in/being put in her crate or pen--thus far I haven't put them on cue or gotten a voluntary entry, I'm mostly putting food in and releasing her to go in. Once in, she might fuss a bit (especially in the crate at night) but then passes out. Overnight she only fusses if she has to pee.
Reinforcement skills
Did not come with the ability to find food on the ground (lmao bless, I love babies), now knows how to do that and is getting better at finding treat scatters
Treat scatter will be on "find it" but that's a WIP
Knows both the clicker and "yes", and today was able to distinguish between two clickers (box vs button) and remember which one was 'hers'. Both refer to treat delivery from hand (or if you're FRAGILE and TENDER, on the ground).
Can work a snuffle mat and snoop, will introduce other treat dispensing puzzles next week
Worked out like, half of the kong with canned dog food. I'll try again with kibbles mixed in.
Tug is eh, she'll tug a bit but won't bring it back at all
Fetch is nonexistent 🤣
Can usually follow a tossed treat
Cues
Sit: Hand signal and verbal sometimes. Came preinstalled with sit as a mand behavior
Touch: Sometimes.
K'seil as a focus: MUCH better than it should be for the amount of work we've done tbh!
recall is currently pup-pup-pup-puppy!!! which she's very good at
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merrybrides · 1 year ago
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How To Decide Between Airbrush vs Traditional Makeup for Your Wedding Day
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On the big day, you're going to want to look your best, which also means you want your skin to look amazing. Deciding between airbrush vs traditional makeup is one way to get flawless skin for the wedding. But it's important to know that when it comes to types of foundations, there are pros and cons to the technique. Sure, when done correctly, an airbrush finish can give you the complexion of your dreams, but there are also some drawbacks to consider before you commit.
So how do you decide if airbrush makeup vs regular is right for you? Check out these pros and cons. Whatever you decide, work with your makeup artist to ensure that you feel comfortable and confident on your special day—with or without airbrush.
What is Airbrush Makeup?
Airbrush makeup uses the power of compressed air to mist foundation gently across your skin using special foundation cartridges that fit into a corresponding airbrushing device. You may have seen makeup artists putting airbrush makeup on celebrities before they walk down the red carpet or step in front of the cameras. Typically, these systems include a small pen-like applicator that sprays the foundation. Why might you want to try airbrush makeup?
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As stated above, airbrushing uses the power of compressed air to mist foundation onto your face, as opposed to using a brush, fingers, or sponge. When it comes time to decide between airbrush makeup vs traditional, it mostly comes down to longevity and thickness. If you don't want to feel like you're wearing a heavy coat of foundation, this method is for you. Airbrush makeup requires less product but can give you more coverage because of the spray application process. It's ideal for people who:
Don't want to have to keep slipping away during their wedding to touch up their makeup.
Want the smooth finish airbrushed makeup offers.
Prefer lightweight makeup that won't distract them during their big day.
How Long Does Airbrush Foundation Lasts
Airbrush makeup can last about 12 hours, sometimes even longer. Most airbrush makeup is silicone-based, which means it's more water-resistant than regular makeup. Meaning, it will withstand all the hugging and kissing that will inevitably happen throughout your wedding day. Besides, you most certainly don't want to waste precious time touching up foundation because your makeup faded.
How It's Applied
Airbrush makeup is applied using a small pen-like applicator that sprays the foundation on to the skin. Doing so allows for your makeup to be applied evenly for an impeccably smooth finish. Making it perfect for the hundreds of pictures that you'll be taking all day.
How Much Coverage It Has
When it comes to airbrush makeup pros and cons, the customizable level of coverage is definitely a pro. Whether you prefer light coverage or love a full face, the layers of airbrush you want is totally up to you. Since airbrush makeup can be applied in such fine layers, it dries super quickly, which means you can add more layers for extra coverage if you want.
How Well Does It Shade Match
One of the drawbacks of this particular beauty service is the lack of shade ranges. The type of foundation formula used with an airbrush is different than everyday foundation, and there can be a limited selection of shades and brands to choose from. You may find that your skin matches better with traditional foundation. If your exact shade match isn't available, they can be mixed and matched to create the perfect custom color. Doing this on your own may be difficult unless you are a properly trained makeup professional.
How Much It Costs
Airbrush makeup will typically cost around $100-$200. Most professional makeup artists will consider airbrush an add-on service, meaning it's typically more expensive than your regular makeup application.
Is airbrushing something you need? That really depends on your wedding goals and whether you think the benefits of airbrushing are worth the extra cost. If you plan to pay for your bridal party's services as well, airbrush makeup may not be a very cost-effective choice. Curious about trying airbrush? We recommend asking about it during your makeup trial, which is the ideal time to see if airbrush makeup is worth the price tag.
How It Photographs
Simply put, airbrush makeup looks beautiful in pictures. It is also a great upgrade choice for brides who love a more natural bridal makeup look. If you're wanting a full coverage glam look for your wedding photos, it may be best to stick to traditional foundations and application methods.
How to Hire an Airbrush Makeup Artist for Your Wedding
The perfect airbrush makeup finish comes with a lot of technique and practice, which is why we always recommend hiring a pro. When looking for a makeup artist, check out online reviews and ask to see their airbrush makeup portfolio so you can get a better idea of their style. If their website says they offer the service, but you can't find any pictures, don't hesitate to ask. If you're still unsure if airbrush makeup is for you, see if you can try it out at your hair and makeup trial. Your artist can help you decide based on your skin type and goals.
If you really want to up your makeup game and apply airbrush foundation yourself, one of the best options for beginners is Sephora Perfection Mist Airbrush Foundation. The beauty of this option is that you won't have to buy a special airbrush device and separate foundation cartridges. Instead, Sephora's foundation gives you the entire system built right into the foundation bottle. Ultimately, you want to look and feel like the most beautiful version of yourself on your wedding day. That's why you should consult your makeup artist to see what he or she recommends for your skin type, budget and wedding goals.
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bumblebeeappletree · 2 years ago
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swimmingeaglemusic · 2 years ago
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vr-trakowski · 2 years ago
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I’ve been seeing a lot of fic and fic ideas set in the 1980s show up on my dash lately.  It’s great stuff!  But every so often I (as someone who lived through that decade) trip over an anachronism.  It happens frequently in writing - if you weren’t there, or then, sometimes you just can’t see the error.  I used to do it all the time when I was writing stuff set in Britain.  
So in the interest of accuracy regarding the United States in the ‘80s, let me just say:
Gel pens didn’t make it to the U.S. until 1989.  They weren’t sparkly, either, sorry.  There were cool paint pens that drew in various colors outlined with silver - they had to be shaken like spray paint cans, with pleasantly rattly ball bearings inside.  They dried up at the slightest provocation, though.
Other things that are out of period:
Earbuds.  They did exist, but they weren’t at all common.  Headphones were the big over-the-ear kind, or cheap ones on flimsy metal bands with foam caps.  Mono vs. stereo was a big thing.  If your headphone wires started to wear out, or the jack on your device started to go, you might end up getting sound in only one ear.  Also, those foam caps wore through really quickly, and the metal earphone part hurt.  
Also, you might have a Walkman that played cassette tapes, but transistor radios were out of fashion by then.  Boomboxes were a thing, but people didn’t really use headphones with them.  
Multiple phone numbers for one house.  This was possible, but very rare.  More likely someone had a phone jack in their room that was part of the house phone line, so anyone picking up another handset elsewhere in the house could listen in on the conversation (or join it).  
Also, unless you were calling long-distance, you wouldn’t have used an area code.  Long-distance calls were expensive, and were often planned so that no time would be wasted.  Pre-purchased phone cards came into common use, and there were public pay phones all over the place.  A local payphone call in the late ‘80s probably cost 25 cents.  
Crop tops - sort of.  They were much more common on boys than girls, unless the girls were wearing athletic outfits (over a leotard, for instance).  
Bottled water.  Designer/fizzy water, such as Perrier, was available, but otherwise nope.  Reusable water bottles weren’t available, either.  Thermoses were common, like the kind that came in lunchboxes, but the only people who carried water were hikers, and they used canteens.  Find a water fountain, or buy a soda.  Occasionally people would fill up a soda bottle and carry that around, but again, not often.
Energy drinks.  Gatorade was a thing, but it only came in one flavor.  
String lights - at least the kind that are currently popular.  Christmas tree light strings were available in stores around the holiday, but using them the rest of the year as decoration wasn’t a trend, and they would have been finicky and slightly dangerous (due to the heat of the bulbs).  
Things that did exist:
Neon colors!  These came into popularity in the late 1970s and were part of the clothing trends for some time - especially for jocks and athletic types.  Also animal prints!  Leopard spots in particular.  Terrycloth sweatbands for heads and wrists.  Massively puffy jackets for girls.  Leg warmers.  
Digital watches.  The calculator watch was a huge hit.  Also Swatches.  Look them up, the colors were incredible.  
Multiple ear piercings, running from the lobe up through the shell of the ear.  Mostly girls, except for punks.  Boys might have one earring, but it wasn’t common.  Outside of cultural traditions, facial piercings were considered very radical.  
Bookstores were much more common.  The local mall would have had one, B. Dalton/Waldenbooks/Crown Books, and a decent-sized town would probably also have had at least one used bookstore somewhere.  The prices were much cheaper, and while quality-sized paperbacks existed, most popular titles were hardcover and/or mass-market paperback only.  Bookstores also sold a limited selection of porn magazines, discreetly blocked off at the top of the magazine display.  
Trapper Keepers!  Sticker collections (particularly for the younger crowd) - the range of stickers available for purchase was huge.  The original My Little Ponies, but also Cabbage Patch Kids, Gremlins, Care Bears, Pound Puppies.  Rubik’s Cube, and similar puzzles.  Star Wars toys (no SW Legos yet).  Hot Wheels track setups.  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  Quad rollerskates, but not inlines.  Mittens that changed color when the temperature dropped.  Underoos!  
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bokunoartacademia · 2 years ago
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BNHA Art Academia Au
No Quirks Au/ No real ship present/ Main character? I’d Like to give every character their own Spotlight
U. Arts-Universal Arts College
An au where the BNHA Students are artists in art school (College) instead of heroes. Like in BNHA all teachers are professional and accomplished artists.
Class 1-A: (Art Identity) A class dedicated to developing your art skills and encouraging interaction between artists of various focuses.
Home Room Teacher- Aizawa Shouta: Creative Writer- Got his claim to fame through his novel "Erasure". Specializes in themes of Man vs self, and Man vs Man.
Favorite Medium: Writing on his phone. Yes, he wrote an entire novel on his phone.
Toshinori Yagi: Comic Writer, Has lived every Artist's fantasy, self-published a comic, All Might, that later turned into a long-running animated tv series popular with all ages. His series has spawned tons of merch and awards. Now he just has to write an ending.
Favorite Medium: Traditional Ink and screen tones.
Midoriya Izuku: Comic artist (Superhero/Action genre), Great at writing and planning but always struggled with the fundamentals of art? Understands the fundamentals but putting ideas to paper is complex, never really developed a "style" for drawing.
Favorite Medium: Digital art
Bakugou Katsuki: Comic artist (Superhero/Action genre), Quickly grasped and applied the fundamentals of drawing. Though he's still a hard worker, has won contests as a child, and wrote comics for his school's newspaper.
Favorite Medium: Traditional pen and ink, + Markers
Uraraka Ochako: Concept Artist(Sci-Fi), Loves sci-fi or anything space-related, wants to become a concept artist for the sci-fi genre. Has a secret commission account where she'll draw Almost Anything for the right price. Favorite Medium- Digital Art
Iida Tenya: Technical artist, Planning to get an engineering degree to pair with his art skills. Likes drawing machinery and designing how they move. Enjoys building models too.
Favorite Medium: Fine Point Drafting Pens and alcohol markers
Kirishima Eijiro: Sculpture, Makes Sculptures by carving stone, terrible at making clay sculptures and pottery. Work part-time at a gym.
Favorite Medium: Stone, Hammer, and Chisel
Mina Ashido: Abstract/Graffiti/Performance Artist, Makes very popular videos on Instagram, however, has a terrible uploading schedule due to time management issues. Her videos features her dancing and creating abstract paintings through her movement.
Medium: Acrylic and Spray Paint
Todoroki Shoto: Hyper-realistic Oil Painter
A known child 'Prodigy', in reality, he's taken art lessons ever since he could hold a pencil, never got to experiment with different mediums, emotions, or styles, just paint what's in front of you exactly how you see it.
Favorite Medium: Oil Paint, for now
Yaoyorozou Momo: Multimedia Artist, Dabbles in everything, sculpture, painting, collages, etc. Doesn’t care for making digital art though.
Favorite medium: Everything except digital
Koda Koji: Photographer/Artist, Main subjects are Animals, makes scrapbook pages for his pictures.
Favorite medium: Polaroid pictures
Shoji Mezo: Dancer, Wears a mask so people focus on his movements and not the expression on his face.
Favorite medium: Interpretive Dance
Tokoyami Fumikage: Creative Writer, His writing falls into the drama and gothic literature field. Drabbles in poetry and short stories. Has an antique-type writer but it’s too heavy to carry around.
Medium: pen and quill
Sero Hanta: Multimedia, Makes art and sculpture using tape. It’s impressive what he can make out of tape and random parts. So far he’s made clothes, shoes, and a tea set. Always gets looks from other shoppers when they see his cart full of duct-taped.
Medium: Tape
Jiro Kyoka: Musician, Solo Popular musician on youtube, has opened for various musicians and has performed at festivals.
Medium: Vocals
Kaminari Denki: Musician/Influencer/model, makes rap, remixes, and pop music. When he’s not making music he actually models for some clothing brands and boasts on Instagram about “Chillin with the boys”
Medium: Turn Tables
Ojiro Mashirao: Sculptor, makes 3-d models in digital format, also makes sculpts of characters using clay.
Favorite Medium:3d Modelling Software
Mineta Minoru: Photographer, Mainly photographs/ draws women, honestly don’t know what I’m gonna do with him.
Favorite Medium: Digital camera,
Sato Rikido: Food Photographer, Loves cooking and posting his photos online. Yes, Cooking is an art and like Koda, he’s putting together a book with all of his picture. 
Favorite Medium: Digital Camera
Toru Hagakure: Fashion Designer, Loves see-through fabrics and hair accessories.
Favorite Medium: Vinyl Fabric
Tsuyu Asui: Children Books Artist, has been developing her book series “Froppy” since she was a little kid. Posts little comics online and has an online store where she sells stickers and pins.
Favorite Medium: Watercolor
Aoyama Yuga: Fashion Designer, calls his work “Flashion” everything is covered with glitter and sequins. Carries a bedazzler arounds
Favorite Medium: Sequins
More Characters to be introduced and more character details to be revealed in the future!
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3,7,17,29,42,44,47,56,74,82,83,90,91,97 >:)
3.How do they like their eggs? (Fried, poached, soft-boiled, etc.)
Scrambled
7.Muffins or cupcakes? Write at least one page of their rant about muffins vs cupcakes.
Look at the previous ask
17.If they spray-painted a wall, what would they write / draw?
Probably something like "fuck cops" or y'know, dickbutt
29.What are their three favorite types of flowers?
Peony, Sunflowers and Siberian trout lilies
42.When they’re stressed, do they stress shop, bake, eat, or clean?
Oh, Timur stress bake A LOT
44.Do they prefer raw cookie dough or fully baked cookies?
Fully baked cookies (he ate the raw dough and got sick-)
47.Are they ticklish?
Yes but he can control it well (unless you tickle his sides, they're his weak spot)
56.How can the other characters tell when they’re lying? (Looking down, picking at fingernails, not blinking, etc.)
Timur is a pretty good liar, being a soldier and all but if he's lying to someone he knows and cares about he can't look them in the eyes
74.Do they prefer to write with a pencil or a pen? If they use pens, what color is the ink?
Uuuh I'd say a pencil, because his writing can be very messy so he likes being able to write it again if needed
82.Do they have a harder time going to sleep at night or getting out of bed in the morning?
Mostly he has trouble getting out of bed (because depression) but he has some pretty bad episodes of insomnia
83.What’s the weirdest place they’ve climbed up on?
This idiot managed to get on the feet of Worker and Kolkhoznitza Woman
90.For a million dollars, would they punch their best friend in the nose? Either way, have the character defend their answer.
Timur: "I would, because you see- that's a lot of money and me and my friend can split the money and have a lot of fun! Plus, it doesn't say how hard I have to punch them"
91.Are they able to fall asleep in the car? On an airplane? On a boat?
Yes, to all of those he just needs to be tired enough
97.How do they like their coffee? (Or tea if they don’t drink coffee)
He likes black coffee
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FTF: Crossover Competition
The show where we take two characters from different franchises and make them compete in something that ISN'T a fight to the death.
This Week's Competitors...
Agent 47 vs I.M.P.
Competition:
Agent 47 is tasked with assassinating all of the targets IMP is sent to the human world to deal with during Season 1 of Helluva Boss, while IMP is tasked with assassinating all of the story mission targets in Hitman 2016. Which side succeeds in fulfilling all their contracts?
Conditions:
Stats Equalized. Agent 47 is at the level of IMP, while IMP is at the level of 47, to keep any stat differences between universes negating the challenge.
Both characters are given the same mission briefing for each target that the other was canonically provided with, just from canonically appropriate sources (IMP getting the briefing from whatever sinner hired them while 47 gets his briefing from Diana, but the intel granted is the same)
Neither are allowed outside help (while IMP will still have Stolas's book to allow them to persue the contracts in the first place, Stolas himself cannot keep watch or bail them out. Similarly, 47 will not be supplied weapons by his ICA or black market contacts and will only be allowed the weapons it is shown he owns and keeps at home in Freelancer)
Agent 47 does not have any feats granted to him by easter eggs.
Analysis: Agent 47
"Names are for friends, so I don't need one."
One day, the International Contract Agency found a mysterious man knocking on their front door. The man had no name, no history, and seemingly no personality. All he had was a remarkable gift for murder, as if he were the grim reaper himself. He said he went by 47. It wasn't a name, so he made it one. He became the ICA's greatest assassin and paved a legacy of death everywhere he went.
In truth, Agent 47 was a clone, created by Dr. Ortmyer in an attempt to create the world's greatest assassin. Unfortunately for Ortmyer, he succeeded. 47 killed his pseudo father, and struck out on his own. Left directionless by the revelation of his birth, 47 attempted to start a normal life for himself. Unfortunately, he found that his only talents were in killing people. So, he decided to he was going to be the best there ever was at it. He would kill the most powerful people in the world for the right price and prove that no one, no matter how powerful, was above consequences.
Agent 47 is a master of stealth and disguise unlike any other. He's considered a myth to law enforcement agencies all around the world and has repeatedly killed people with the same level of mythic status as himself. Those who do know he exists would much rather hire him than make him their enemy. A smart move considering he tears down international conspiracies on a weekly basis.
Agent 47 is quiet the Renaissance Man, even rivaling Mario for the title. He's more than capable of doing nearly any job on the planet and is capable of using anything as a weapon. He can knock grown, fully armoured men out cold with snowballs and feather dusters. He can kill people with umbrellas, pencils, and pens. He can even use fire extinguishers as improvised grenades. An Agent 47 armed with only his garrote wire, silver baller pistol, and coins is best considered fully armed and dangerous, but he's capable of using much more. When even his standard, silenced Silverballer pistols are strong enough to kill elephants in one shot, you know he's a walking armory. Shotguns, SMGs, sniper rifles, and more. If 47 doesn't have them at home, he can buy them off of his arms dealers. And that's not even counting his truly ridiculous weapons, such as a briefcase that homes in on anyone he throws it at and goes through anything in its path, a variety of grenades and explosives disguised as rubber ducks, toys, or golf balls, and a whole host poisons he can inject, spray, or poison your drink with, ranging from emetic rat poison to make you vomit, sleeping drugs to knock you out cold, or traditional poisons that can enduce heart attacks or shut down your brain. Whether he's bringing it from home, finding it on sight, or making his weapons out of whatever he's found lying around, 47 always has countless weapons close to hand and he can kill you in at least five different ways with each.
Similarly, 47 is smart enough to competently perform any job on Earth, even frequently imitating and impressing experts in his field. Butlers, Doctors, DJs, CEOs, Engineers, and so on and so forth. He has successfully disguised himself as close loved ones of his targets and is fluent enough in most languages to pass himself off as a native speaker. This vast array of knowledge allows him to improvise countless ways to kill his targets. From drowning you in a toilet, tricking your bodyguards into killing you, manipulating your wife into pushing you off a bridge, driving you to grief stricken suicide, or even running you over with a goddamn train, if there's a way to kill someone, he's thought of it and performed it with no one any the wiser.
On top of his superhuman intellect, 47 is superhuman physically as well. He can survive exposure to the freezing cold temperatures of the Carpathian mountains while mostly naked, is immune to nearly every poison and disease known to man (baring few exceptions) has survived being electrocuted while standing in water (albiet was knocked out by this) and has a resistance to mind control so great that the person trying to mind control him died from the sheer backlash. It has even been noted by an implied psychic (who was clairvoyant enough to deduce a client's criminal history) that 47 has an aura of death looming around him that strikes terror into anyone capable of seeing it. And since 47 doesn't physically age, he will never grow out of his prime. As such, he's still kicking ass well into 59, easily outperforming men half his age.
Agent 47 also has the Instinct ability, a sixth sense that allows him to see through walls and can predict where his targets are going. However, he cannot use this ability in open combat.
47 has snuck into the White House undetected, frequently dismantles international conspiracies and secret societies, and is strong and skilled enough to defeat a middleweight MMA World Champion in only three blows. He even bested Sanchez, a genetically engineered superhuman who was twice his size, in unarmed combat.
If 47 has any weaknesses at all, it's that he rarely makes an emotional connections with anyone. The trauma of his ruthless upbringing has left him emotionally distant and he struggles to emotionally connect with others. Those he does care about he will do anything to protect, even against suicidal odds. Similarly, he has repressed many of the memories of his childhood, partly due to trauma and partly due to mindwiping drugs, and he frequently questions his place in the universe due to his upbringing. 47 doesn't think he's capable of committing to any line of work that doesn't involve murder, without hurting the few people he holds dear.
Agent 47 was an attempt to create the world's greatest assassin and he was a complete success. Unfortunately for his creators, he was still human. This meant that they were the first in a long list of people to discover just how well they'd succeeded.
Analysis: The Immediate Murder Professionals
It is remarkably easy to go to hell.
Cheat on your wife? Hell. Kill your husband for cheating on you? Hell. Build miraculous futuristic technologies by experimenting on the poor? Straight to hell! It's hardly fair! No wonder hell is suffering from an overpopulation crisis, it's so easy to get stuck there! And the worst part is, you don't get to enact brutal revenge on those who wronged you in life! What's a forsaken soul to do?
Call the Immediate Murder Professionals!
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Some of the finest... well... deadliest... no... some of the luckiest imps in hell have gained special access to the human world, and they're using that incredible power to kill whatever puny earthlings you get around to in life. Thanks to their... "business arrangement" with the demon prince Stolas Goetia, these professional killers have special access to the grimoire of the Ars Goetia, permitting them to create portals anywhere in the human world.
They're lead by Blitzo. The O is silent. Once a simple circus performer whose life was destroyed in a fire that killed his family, scarred him for life, and destroyed his relationship with his best friend, he now runs one of hell's most unique up and coming businesses. Despite being a loud, vulgar, abrasive wind bag, he's a deadly proficient killer and assassin. A master acrobat with a flair for the dramatic, he's never caught without a flintlock, a semiautomatic, and a sniper rifle. And he's the one who arranged the business deal with his.... partner Stolas.
It's a transactional fucking, he swears.
But despite his numerous flaws, he's a loving father to his beloved hellhound daughter Loona.
Moxie Knolastname was once an enforcer for his abusive father's mafia family, joining up with Blitzo in prison after a job gone wrong and... begrudgingly... respecting him for being a truly loving father and, on occasion, a good friend. The greatest marksman on the team, this well read thespian and historian is just as deadly an assassin as any of his teammates.
With him, he brings his loving wife Millie, arguably the single most bloodthirsty imp this side of the ring of wrath. Armed with a short temper and a massive battle axe, she can cleave targets in half by the hundreds and will happily slaughter an army to reunite with her dear husband.
Together, this scrappy rag tag team is capable of taking down any target you hire them for, from a family of cannibalistic serial killers to an entire building of demon hunters. Despite their lack of magical glamours, they're still masters of practical disguises, able to easily blend in to the human world and take any identity they might need, even disguising as world famous celebrities. They carry every kind of weapon they might need, from pistols to sniper rifles, battle axes to swords, crossbows, grenades, and even a big, fuck off rocket launcher nearly the size of a building.
But their deadliest weapon of all would have to be their holy tipped gun. As an ordinary gun enhanced with the melted down weapons of angels, these fire arms are powerful and deadly enough to even kill demon royalty, nullifying their powers and destroying their souls completely.
As demons from hell, they're far more resilient than any ordinary human. They've regularly shrugged off being shot, stabbed, blown up, and crushed. They can drink demonic alcohol with no ill effects, which can transform earth animals into monsterous sea beasts, and Blitzo in particular can even beat out Queen Beelzebub, Queen of Gluttony herself, in a drinking contest. They're completely immune to Earth fire and can even tank an explosion that destroyed all of Loo Loo Land.
Millie was singlehandedly capable of slaughtering the Knolastname mob family, they've massacred their way through the demon hunting D.H.O.R.K.S., defeated Striker, one of the deadliest assassins in the entirety of the wrath ring, and even managed to kill a target who was protected by the angels of heaven. The team can consistently dodge arrows, bullets, and even automatic fire, and can keep up with the Robotic Fizzarolli in combat, who can dodge Blitzo's guns at close range.
But despite all of their on paper impressive feats, they are still held back by some massive glaring flaws. As imps, they're some of the lowest ranking demons in hell's hierarchy, having none of the special powers of royal or sinner demons. They're just as mortal as regular humans. But Blitzo in particular can sometimes by the tean's biggest liability. He blames himself for the fire that destroyed his life, and has developed a repugnant personality that pushes away the people closest to him because that's what he believes he deserves. He refuses to acknowledge his deeper feelings for Stolas because he can't comprehend someone genuinely loving him back and his inappropriate behavior can at times put strain on his team's coordination.
Despite that, I.M.P can simultaneously be some of the luckiest demons in hell. So lucky that Blitzo was once able to trick an entire room full of gangsters into killing each other by tipping over a box. They've even recently gained an ally in Asmodeus, the King of Lust himself, via Blitzo repairing his old relationship with his long lost childhood friend Fizzarolli.
Life in hell might shit all over them, but they'll never be down for long. So if you're a sinner with a score to settle, hire the Immediate Murder Professionals! Kids die for freeeeee~
Throwdown Theme:
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Competition Breakdown:
Agent 47's Section
Murder Family
The target, "Mama" Martha, is launched into stardom and hailed as a hero after she cheats on her husband with a married man and survives the impromptu murder suicide that occurs when the wife gets home. The grieving family of the deceased Mrs. Mayberry hire 47 to get revenge on the woman they blame for ruining her perfect life.
As per the rules, Agent 47 will not know ahead of time that he's dealing with a family of cannibalistic satanists, but I honestly doubt he'd be thrown by such a revelation. 47 is very used to his targets being comically terrible people and his reaction to being confronted by serial killers is to bluntly tell them he's not impressed and that he's seen worse. He'd probably just go:
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If he even reacts at all. The dude is hilariously unflappable. He'd honestly kinda fit in on the Hazbinverse's comically terrible Earth.
As for the Murder Family themselves, I don't see 47 having much trouble. By Hazbinverse standards, they're just ordinary humans. While they are skilled enough to put IMP on the backfoot, it's very out of character for 47 to directly confront them in open combat. Especially when Martha's the one he's here to kill. 47's biggest issue is he refuses to hurt children, so he'd likely avoid a direct confrontation. Likely by hiding in the closet until the family goes to bed and smothering Martha in her sleep with a pillow, which he's been known to do before. 47 clears pretty easily here.
Spring Broken:
This is an interesting one. The premise of this episode is that Blitzo is competing with his ex to kill more targets than she can fuck in a day by taking thousands of contracts at once with all the targets being in the same spring break crowd.
To set this up on 47's side. 47 in character is not going to get in a competitive dick measuring contest with a succubus he doesn't know. In fact, his reaction in that scenario would be "wait, demons are real?"
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This is the man who reacted to meeting the actual Santa Claus by bludgeoning him unconscious, stealing his clothes, and stealing his sleigh to escape the crime scene. He's not phased by damn near anything.
In character, 47 would imbark on this kind of challenge... because he can. 47 canonically loves to test his skills with complicated, over the top kills that he somehow pulls off undetected. Taking thousands of contracts whose targets are all attending the same spring break party would be completely in character for him if he's bored and in the mood to flex a bit.
But that set up removes any prior knowledge of Verosika, who is hosting the party in her human disguise. This creates a problem, as during the party, Verosika carelessly tosses a demonic alcoholic drink into the ocean, transforming a passing fish into a giant sea monster that IMP must then take down. With no prior inclination that this is something that could happen, how does 47 fair?
Well, hilariously, I think his in character approach would side step this in a very practical way. 47 would likely drug the party's alcohol with sleeping drugs to knock out everyone at the party, inadvertently KO'ing Verosika before she can create the ocean monster. This leaves Verosika's bodyguard, Tex, left to deal with, as he's too professional and responsible to be caught drinking on the job. But 47 could just follow up by shooting him in the neck with a sleeping dart. Demons have been effected by Earth sleeping drugs before and 47's can knock out hippos in seconds, so that should still bring down the Hellhound.
After that, 47 can kill his targets at his leisure, leaving Verosika to wake up hours later surrounded by a lot of conspicuously dead party goers and no clue that 47 was ever there.
C.H.E.R.U.B.
Lyle Lipton is a corrupt inventor who experiments on the poor to create advanced technology for the world's three trillionaires. That isn't too outside 47's wheelhouse. The issue is CHERUB, angels from heaven who arrive to talk Lyle out of suicide.
Thing is... 47 is Christian. He donates to Christian charities and orphanages to settle his conscience and he genuinely struggles with whether a clone like him has a soul. The second game has him adopted by a Christian pastor and try and retire under his care. Would 47 kill someone who is under the protection of angels?
The thing is the context. For one, 47 ultimately concludes at the end of that game that his nature as an assassin will always win out over his faith and returning to his life of crime. While he still values those close to him, 47 continues being an assassin because he thinks that's all he's capable of being.
Ultimately, if 47's faith didn't protect Saint Nick himself, it wouldn't protect Lyle. He'd just go...
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In character, I think 47 would just wait for CHERUB to finish talking Lyle out of suicide. Either they fail and 47 succeeds, or they succeed and leave, at which point 47 snipes Lyle through his bedroom window. Without CHERUB involved, Lyle's just a sick old billionaire and 47's killed plenty of those.
I won't be covering DHORKS. IMP weren't hired to go after them, they got kidnapped by them. DHORKS are demon hunters who'd have no reason to go after 47 if they even know he exists. He's outside their jurisdiction.
IMP's section
The Showstopper
Viktor Novikov and Dalia Margolis are the biggest fashion icons in the world and the heads of an international blackmail operation called Iago. IMP is hired by one their indirect victims after they're killed by a terrorist group that Iago sold their location out to.
This presents an immediate problem: IMP doesn't speak French. Well... maybe.
They've never taken a contract outside of America before and there's no indication that demons automatically understand every language in this universe. (For example, we know for a fact that Fizzarolli can't speak Italian, because Crimson is insulted by his mangled attempt to do so.) At least, not Imps or Hellhounds, who aren't supposed to go to the mortal world in the first place and thus usually wouldn't have any reason to learn these languages.
But, there is a caveat there. IMP does regularly interact with Sinners from Earth, who can come from everywhere on Earth. It just hasn't come up because we've never seen them operate outside of America yet. And we also know full well that Imps can learn second languages, as Fizzarolli can speak ASL and Crimson can understand Italian. It's something that would likely come up in IMP's job, so I'll consider the possibility here for the sake of argument.
While IMP can use convincing human disguises, they can't get into the party without an invite and, without 47's ICA connections, cannot forge an ID to get one like he did. But that can be subverted by just hoping over the bushes. Due to security being widly split between both the fashion show and the Iago meeting upstairs, I can see IMP climbing up the side if the building and breaking into the Iago meeting via the balcony.
There, they'd burst into the Iago meeting and gun down everyone in the room, including Dalia.
This is where the whole "Stats Equalized" thing comes into play. IMP are bullet dodgers in their universe. 47 is not. And IMP are Equalized to 47's level. Does this mean they're screwed whenever they start a big gun fight like this?
I'd say no. For one, IMP is tough enough to shrug off wounds like stabs and gunshots to nonvital areas. Imps in general are. But mainly, they have a massive leg up in skill compared to 47 and most of his opposition. IMP are one man armies who should still be more than capable of aim dodging their way through gun fights in the Hitman universe. Especially due to their superhuman agility that the soldiers of the Hitman universe would have little experience dealing with.
Viktor would be informed of the massacre and taken to the saferoom immediately, as IMP aren't particularly known for being quiet. As such, IMP will have to shoot their way down to the basement to get to him. The team's specialties should make this fairly easy though. The supporting fire provided by Moxxie and Blitzo as they bounce around off the walls will keep the heat off Millie and (if she's allowed to come along by Blitzo) Loona as they charge down and maul everyone. Millie alone has singlehandedly carved her way out of the guts of a giant sea monster, so bodyguards with standard issue fire arms won't pose to much trouble. Especially if they try snd shoot her down, they leave themselves open to being sniped by Blitzo and Moxxie.
Combine all that with their supernatural luck and Viktor's a dead man. Worst case scenario and IMP starts getting overwhelmed, they can pull out the giant rocket launcher and bring the whole building down on his head. IMP can and has escaped such things. Viktor has not.
World of Tomorrow
Silvio Caruso and Francesca De Santis are two brilliant scientists working on a bio-weapon that can specifically target certain people based on their DNA. It's a virus with no symptoms that travels harmlessly through targets until it infects and kills the one person it is programmed to. The ultimate assassin.
Viewing this as a threat to his business, Blitzo decides to gather the team to assassinate both scientists and destroy the virus.
Seeing how the team is this time in Sapienza, Italy, I'll be taking into account the potential language barrier again. As far as eliminating the targets goes, I can see IMP not needing to go loud at all. Sapienze provides plenty of sniping vantage spots to eliminate both targets from the other side of the city and Blitzo has proven to be a crack shot with his sniper rifle. The virus itself is a bit more tricky, as it's secure in the underground lab beneath Caruso's mansion. But there is still a stealthy solution there.
The underground lab connects to a dock that is opposite a small island. Use the Ars Goetia to portal over to that island or one of the boats and snipe the stalagmite overtop the virus's containment unit. Done. IMP is capable of being stealthy when they want to be. They just don't always want to be. Depends on what's more convenient for them at the moment.
Of course, they're not gonna care if anyone finds the bodies and that'll put them on the radar of Providence, the secret society bsnkrolling Caruso's experiment. This will be an issue for them in the next hit.
A Guilded Cage
Banker Claus Hugo Strandberg and General Reza Zaydan are co-conspiring a plan to turn the country of Morocco into a military state. After Hugo stole millions from the Moroccan people, he had his envoy break him out of jail in a violent coup, inspiring outraged riots and protests around the country. Zaydan plans to escalate these riots and use them as an excuse to enact martial law and overthrow the government. A wrench is thrown into the works when one of the security guards killed during Strandberg's escape is sent to hell and hires IMP to get revenge.
Strandberg is easy. He's held up in a news station that was turned into an impromptu fortress to protect himself from the angry mobs outside. All IMP needs to do is spark those riots into an open conflict. Blitzo has used his superhuman luck to spark large brawls under far less favorable circumstances and all he'd have to do here is shoot a guard from inside the crowd. Most of Strandberg's security will be distracted by the mob while a small portion stays to escort him to safety. This gives IMP the opportunity to burst into the building and shoot down everyone they see, including Strandberg, then get out in the chaos.
This will give Zaydan the opportunity to launch the second part of his plan, ordering his men to "secure" the city while he sits around comfortably in his military base. Zaydan earned his place through nepotism and ass kissing, so he'd never risk himself in active combat. This makes things... very difficult for IMP.
IMP has only fought one group with a level of skill comparable to an actual genuine army of a country. The demon hunting D.H.O.R.K.S. And they did as well as they did partially because D.H.O.R.K.S refused to use modern weapons like guns except as a last resort. Even then, IMP eventually had to be bailed out by Stolas. This is especially possible here, as Zaydan's forces will likely be buffed up by his backers in Providence after what happened to Caruso.
However, IMP can play this smart by letting the military stay distracted by the rioting crowds, but getting to Zaydan is going to be much trickier now. Zaydan will likely be managing the occupation from his office in the old school he turned into his base. This should allow IMP to pull out the really big rocket launcher and blow up his office from the roof of the building across the block, then portal out before the military can retaliate. It's tricky, but if IMP plays their cards right, they should take this one.
Club 27
After indie rock sensation Jordan Cross murders his girlfriend Hannah Highmoore in a fit of drunken rage, his corrupt lawyer, Ken Morgan gets him acquitted of all charges. Ms. Highmoore hires IMP in Hell to get revenge.
Yeah, IMP clean sweeps this one pretty handily. This one takes place in a massive hotel in Bangkok. Ken is freely roaming around the premises with exactly one bodyguard. While Jordan's presence has greatly increased security due to his rich Providence member father, there's only so much they can do to lock down such a public area. Especially as Providence's last two run ins with IMP involved them messing up their grander plans, not going after their family members, so they wouldn't be expecting it.
IMP could shoot their way through the whole hotel and still pull this off honestly.
Freedom Fighters
Here we go. The big one.
Lucas Grey, one of 47's fellow clones, has been stagging a secret war on his creators in Providence from his secret base in Colorado. He's hired lieutenants from all over the globe and turned some the most dangerous terrorists in the world to his side. These include explosives expert Sean Rose, former anti-terror analyst Penelope Graves, psychological torture expert Ezra Berg, and professional freedom fighter Maya Parvati.
One of Grey's officers tries to betray him to Providence and Grey kills him, sending him to hell. The officer decides to get his revenge by hiring IMP to dismantle his operation and kill his four main lieutenants listed above.
I'm gonna be honest, IMP can't fight their way through this one. Not with stats equalized anyways.
These are some of the very best that the Hitman universe can offer. The most dreaded terrorists from all over the globe trained to perfection by Lucas Grey. One of the only people in the world who can fight 47 head on and win. One of the only assassins to sneak up on Agent 47 himself. Frankly in a stats equalized fight, Grey one on ones any of IMP. They're not fighting through a whole army of people trained by him.
This small farm has been converted into a military base and everyone on site is armed to the teeth. So what's IMP to do?
Disguises. This is the only level thus far where everyone is canonically speaking and can perfectly understand English. Other than arguably Club 27. IMP can sell themselves as the assassins who took out Caruso and Strandberg looking for more work. While IMP likely won't know what Providence is by this point, the Freedom Fighters will still be very interested in working with the people who unknowingly stopped their plans in Morocco and Italy.
This won't likely earn them an audience with Grey himself though. Grey despises most of the terrorists he works with, viewing them as strictly a means to an end, and IMPs tendency towards collateral would put them at the top of his "dispose of as soon as convenient" list. He'd also be suspicious as to why he hadn't heard of them until recently and keep them at arms reach overall. Which is fine, as he's not on their list anyways.
Honestly, given IMP's complete lack of history in this world up to this point (baring prior kills from their own series), Grey might think they're more clones like himself and 47. I don't know if that'd improve his opinion of them or worsen it, but it would be hilarious.
From there, it's as simple as "wait to get invited to next strategy meeting and blow everyone away" before immediately portaling out before everyone 8n the building comes to kill them. Grey's operation continues mostly unharmed, as he planned to eliminate those four lieutenants anyways, but he's left very confused and concerned as to how the fuck IMP managed to disappear on him like that.
Situs Invertus
Alright, last stop.
Erich Soders is a former International Contracts Agency member who sold out his organization to Providence so they'd bankroll a life saving medical operation in Hokkaido, Japan. Yakuza lawyer Yuki Yamazaki is tasked to oversee the transaction. One of Soders's old victims sees this as an opportunity to get revenge and hires IMP to kill them both, with Yuki as collateral damage to punish Providence for trying to save his life.
Right away, loud is the only option here. The hospital is run by an AI and operates off of mechanical doors that scan for keycards in a patient or staff member's clothes. 47 got around by pretending to be a patient, but thst won't work for IMP because... well... demons. So, blow it all up it is.
That aside, IMP cakewalks this. Security is gonna prioritize escorting the patients away from the gunfight, which won't be an option for Soders mid-operation, so nothing stops IMP from going straight for him and Yuki. What's worse is the only way off the mountain is by cable car, so if Yuki nearly escapes, IMP can just shoot the car down. Clean sweep.
Conclusion:
So, both sides, more often than not, clear both rounds. I find it amusing that 47 didn't even need his wackier gadgets to get past the supernatural stuff of Helluva Boss. He could get through his targets with very mundane solutions. And I also appreciate IMP inadvertently smashing apart all the careful conspiracies of the Hitman-verse like the wrecking ball of death they are. Ironically, they struggled a lot more with completing Hitman's contracts that 47 did completing theirs, despite the more grounded tone.
Drspite the two series polar opposite tones and settings, this would be a fun crossover. I'd definitely read IMP going through all these assassinations.
This Throwdown is a Draw!
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greenstudies · 3 years ago
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I'm starting college this year to! In terms of glow up I recommend being prepared (having books, pens, notebooks, etc) and a main one I would like to do is gradually improve my wardrobe to stable pieces I like. as well as find a scent I can use for a majority of the year. Even a spray from VS or BBW or even TJMAX has nice one!
We're pretty much going to be doing this together! Thank you for the tips. I also think that the wardrobe is a big one!
I don't know any of the brands you mentioned but I can recommend The Body Shop! I have their Night Jasmine perfume and I love it a lot
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lovemesomesurveys · 4 years ago
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[yourheaventonight]
Where have you been all my life? I’ve always been right here.
Can you recite the Greek alphabet backwards? Nope. Or at all.
What social networks are you a part of? Like every main one.
Which of your fields of interest are you a total expert on? I’m not a total expert on anything.
What is one thing you will never understand? Why I’m like this.
Do you blog? This is it.
What was the last movie you watched? Godzilla vs Kong.
^Would you recommend it? Yeah, I enjoyed it. Admittedly, I was mainly interesting for Alexander Skarsgard, but I did think the movie was good.
With whom did you share your last awkward moment? My life is an awkward moment.
When was the last time you got all dolled up? It’s been yearsss.
Gimme yer best shot and insult me. Go ahead. Uh, no.
What do you think makes a person attractive? Physical attributes, certainly, but personality traits and who they are as a person makes a person attractive to me as well. Even more so.
Out of everyone you know, who has the worst taste in music? I don’t think anyone I know has bad taste in music, I share a lot of the same music taste.
^How about the best? ^^^
Can guys REALLY pull off skinny jeans? They can wear whatever they want.
What is one thing you missed out on that you wish you hadn't? I missed out on a lot of my 20s I feel like, it feels like a complete blur. I don’t know what happened to them. And now I’m in my 30s and I feel like I’m missing out on those, too. Just life, in general for the past several years. Everyone around is me is doing things and living life and I’m just wasting away.
What was the last thing/place you decorated? My room for Christmas.
Have you just recently started listening to any new bands? No. It’s been a long time since I’ve discovered any new bands.
How many windows/tabs are open on your computer right now? Two windows, 7 tabs.
Would you rather date someone really skinny or really overweight? I want to date someone based on other things. 
Let me in on a little secret of yours. Nah.
What is one habit you had as a child? Nail biting/picking. 
^Do you still have that habit today? Sigh, yes.
Is there someone you wish you were closer with? Yes.
^What's stopping you from being closer with them? I’ve been so distant and withdrawn from everyone.
Besides air, what was the last thing you inhaled? The scent of my ramen earlier.
Which point in life do you think is hardest? (i.e. childhood, adulthood...) For me it’s been the past few years.
How was life going for you, say, six months ago? Not well.
^Is that the same as today, or have things changed? Things have changed, but not in a good way.
Who was the last person to make you frown? It’s been things I’m struggling with doing that, not a person.
^Was anyone able to turn that frown upside-down? No.
What was the last non-papery substance you drew on? I have no idea.
What is one thing you wish you had the courage to do? Get certain things checked out and taken care of that I’ve put off for too long.
Which is bigger: Your iTunes library or your CD collection? My iTunes collection was definitely better. I haven’t used iTunes since like 2012, though, and I don’t have any CDs anymore.
What is your one true weakness? I’m just weak.
When is the last time you had hot chocolate? It’s been a couple years.
Composition notebooks or spiral notebooks? Why? Spiral. I just like them better.
What is the most bizarre compliment you've ever received? That I looked pretty for someone with polio. I don’t have polio, but they assumed I did just because I’m in a wheelchair. Also, what does that even mean? “For someone with polio.” Wtf?
Do you identify more with guys or girls? I think I relate more to girls.
When someone you know is sad, how do you go about cheering them up? I kinda suck at that and don’t know what to do or say.
Has someone ever accused you of not being creative enough? I say that about myself. I lack creativity or any artistic ability. 
Starbucks coffee or Dunkin Donuts coffee? I’ve only had Dunkin’s coffee a few times, but I’ve had Starbucks countless times and I do like it, so I’ll go with that. I do wish I had a Dunkin where I live cause apart from the donuts, I’ve heard they do have good brewed coffee.
Do you crack under peer pressure? Yepppp. And it doesn’t take much.
What do you think deserves more attention than it already gets? Hmm.
What song never fails to get stuck in your head? Songs I hear in commercials.
Who is your favorite vocalist? Why? Chester Bennington is one. His voice was incredible.
What is your most overused emoticon? This one: 😬 Do you ever name objects? (i.e. mp3 players, guitars, cars, etc.) Nah.
When was the last time you had a bagel? Hm. It’s been awhile, actually. I don’t even remember. Can you lick your own elbow? No.
What time during the day/night is your mind most active? At night when I’m up alone.
What color ink does your favorite pen have? I have a nice set of colorful pens that I really like.
What was the last thing you licked? My lips.
Who was the last person in your bed besides yourself? Just me. Can you touch your tongue to your nose? No.
What flavor mouthwash do you use? I don’t. Mouthwash irritates my mouth.
What tends to distract you most? I just find myself zoning out a lot. Like, someone will be talking to me and I feel myself getting overwhelmed quite easily and drift out and it doesn’t mean they’re boring or talking about heavy things (sometimes they are). I get like sensory overload. Or I’ll just be sitting in bed and zone out.
Is the perfect man or woman a myth? Yes. No one is perfect.
How do you feel about Bob Marley? I like a couple songs.
What's your favorite fairy tale? I liked reading or listening to all of them when I was growing up. <<<
Do you know who Tom Jones is? Yes.
Tell me one fact you know about horses (without using Google). They have manes.
When was the last time you had to walk up or down stairs? Well, never since I’m in a wheelchair.
Tell me one unique quality about your own handwriting. My handwriting is shit.
What daily chore do you secretly enjoy? I don’t enjoy any type of cleaning.
Has a child ever asked you a question you found difficult to answer? Definitely. Kids ask a lot of questions about everything and anything.
Name five books you've read in the past year. I’ve read a ton more than that, but I’ll give you the latest 5: Cold Highway, Cold Threat, Cold Hunt, Cold Truth, and To Die For.  You can probably tell the first 4 are by the same author, Mary Stone. The last one is by Willow Rose.
^Are any of those books your favorite? I’ve enjoyed ‘em all. I’ve read a lot of books from both authors.
Are you a person that enjoys re-reading books? I don’t re-read books, actually. 
Which hobby is the lamest: stamp collecting or spoon collecting? I wouldn’t call either of them lame just cause it might not be something I’m personally interested in. Those bring some people joy.
What do you daydream about most often? My mind wanders off to random stuff, stuff I’m dealing with, stuff I’m anxious and stressed out about, etc.
Why is your favorite band your favorite band? I’ve listened to them since middle school, so we have a lot of history. I really just connect and relate to their lyrics and I love their music.
Do you have a favorite talk show host? Nah.
What do you wish you could afford at the moment? A beach home with my own private beach area. 
What is the most unusual color you've ever painted your nails? I can’t think of any “unusual” colors that I’ve painted them. 
Which sounds the most refreshing: a hot shower or a cold one? I always take hot showers.
Have you ever made your own soap? No.
What's your favorite popsicle flavor? Not a popsicle fan.
Can you sleep with socks on? Yeah, I always have socks on.
When was the last time you were pissed beyond belief and why? I’ve been frustrated and pissed with some things I’ve been dealing with lately. 
Name a band with the word 'red' in their title. Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Do you have a favorite candle brand? I’m not a candle person. I just go for the room sprays.
How many years until you turn 38? 6. D:
What is your opinion on taxidermy? I find it super creepy and weird.
Would you ever want to own a body part in a jar? Uh, no.
What is the worst thing you have ever done to your own hair? Let it get really knotted up. :/
What do you think makes you a good girlfriend or boyfriend? Nothing.
What qualities of yours do you think could potentially harm a relationship? I’m a total mess, I wouldn’t make a good girlfriend. 
How often do you indulge in a favorite food from your childhood? I eat ramen regularly.
Have any of your childhood habits carried over into adolescence/adulthood? My damn nail picking habit. 
What is the nicest thing you've done for someone else in the past 24 hours? Nothing.
What sort of conditions do you require in order for you to fall asleep? It needs to be cool and I have to have the TV on.
What is the first band that comes to mind when I say 'dark'? Uhhh.
Do you have a favorite punk band? Green Day.
As far as relationships go, what are your biggest deal-breakers? Abuse and cheating. <<<
Be honest: do looks really matter to you? They’re like a bonus to me. <<<
Congratulations! Someone sent you flowers! What kind do you hope they are? I’m not picky, just a pretty assortment perhaps would be nice.
What type of underwear do you personally prefer to wear? Hipsters.
What is the grossest chore you've ever been assigned? Nothing gross.
What band (BESIDES IRON MAIDEN) comes to mind when I say 'iron'? I got nothin. 
Have you ever done something simply because you were of age? I had to go out and buy alcohol the day I turned 21.
Do you think it's worth it to tell someone you had feelings for them when you don't have them anymore? Wait, tell them I used to have feelings for them but don’t anymore? If I don’t anymore then why tell them about when I used to? Unless of course we were in a relationship and I no longer felt that way.
What color shirts do you tend to buy most often? Black.
Have you ever done something you once thought you'd be too chicken to do? Yeah.
Where would you rather go: Portland, Oregon or Portland, Maine? Portland, Oregon.
Name a band that begins with the letter Y. Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Tell me about someone who has made a huge impact in your life. My mom most definitely has.
What can I usually find you doing at 4pm on a weekday? At that time any day I’m likely still sleeping.
What's a food you love but don't get to eat very often? I only eat the same few foods, so I eat them quite often. Like, I eat Wingstop 3-4 times a week...
Do you dot your lowercase i's? Yes.
What's the first song on your iPod/mp3 player that comes up under P? I use Spotify on my phone for music, but anyway nah I don’t feel like doing that. 
Do the words 'Amon' and 'Amarth' mean anything to you? No.
What's your favorite mythical being? I don’t really have a favorite.
Don't you hate surveys that end abruptly? As long as the question itself isn’t cut off, which I’ve seen, or it’s a numbered one and a question is completely missing then I don’t care.
Let's end this survey with a smile; tell me something funny. I’m not in a good mood to think of something funny right now.
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colbybrocksmolder · 5 years ago
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The Wilderness – Colby Brock x Reader 2/4
PART 1
“Why the fuck did you guys camp so far away from everyone?” Elton practically yelled, walking over the edge of the hill.
“The lake!” Colby laughed, watching Elton pan his camera over the whole scene.
“Dude, I don’t think anyone else knows this is even here.” Elton said, recording the four of you sat by the fire before walking around and showing your tents.
“Exactly.” Sam replied.
“You guys have a nice set-up here.” Elton said, turning off his camera after one final pan over the whole scene.
“Most of this is thanks to the boy scout right here.” You said, turning to smile at Colby.
“I wouldn’t have been able to pack everything we needed without you, though.” He rebutted, pressing another kiss to your shoulder.
“How DID you pack so much?” Elton asked, noticing you had more supplies than most.
“Vacuum bags.” You shrugged. “And not packing dumb shit we don’t need.”
“Touché.” Elton laughed, switching a new SD card for the one in Sam’s hand. “Remember to check in at some point tonight on the walkie talkie and try to film at least one update/diary entry each.”
“Will do!” the group confirmed.
“Here’s the first ‘event’, by the way.” Elton said, handing each pair a piece of paper and a pen. “We’re doing Camping BINGO.”
You looked at the paper he handed you. “Ooo, nice. Are there going to be prizes?” you asked.
“Oh, definitely.” Elton smirked, walking back towards the hill where he came from.
“Are the papers the same?” Sam asked, walking over to compare them.
“Looks like it!” Colby confirmed.
“Let’s go see how we did.” You said, climbing off of Colby’s lap.
You both crawled into your tent, sitting down on the comfy ‘bed’. “Let’s check and see what it says before we record it.” Colby said, reading the paper in your hands.
PACKED WATER – “Check” Colby pointed towards the gallons of water.
FOUND NATURAL RESOURCES – “The lake.” You said.
PACKED FOOD – “Who didn’t?” He laughed.
PACKED A WEAPON – “We have a bat and a knife.” Colby said.
TRADED SUPPLIES WITH ALLIANCE MEMBER – “We’ll trade something with Sam and Kat.” You suggested.
PACKED A FLASHLIGHT – “Multiple.” Colby clicked the one by him on and off a few times.
PACKED COOKING SUPPLIES – “First one we didn’t do.” You laughed.
PACKED PILLOWS – “Two in a row!” Colby pointed to the square.
PACKED A GAME – “We have playing cards!” You said, reaching in the tote and grabbing them.
MADE A FIRE – “Duh.” Colby bragged.
PACKED TOILET PAPER – “Thank god, because I’m about to need it.” He laughed.
PACKED SMORE SUPPLIES – “And you tried telling me to leave it at home.” You smirked at him.
FREE SPACE – “Self-explanatory.” You nodded.
MADE AN ALLIANCE – “Sam and Colby vs the world, bitch!” Colby said obnoxiously loud.
PACKED CONDOMS – “Check.” You said, moving on quickly.
“I knew you saw them.” He blushed, poking you in the side.
“Sweetie, I packed my own.” You snarked.
Colby’s eyes went wide. “I hope I was the person you planned on using them with!” he said sarcastically.
“I don’t know. Crawford is awfully cute. He’s got that whole Canadian thing going on…” You teased him. When you saw his smile drop, you couldn’t keep it up. “Colby.” You laughed, pressing a quick kiss to his lips. “I’m kidding.”
He smiled, pulling your lips back to his for a moment. “That was mean.”
“Not any meaner than you kissing me and then telling me it didn’t mean anything.” You raised your eyebrows at him.
He covered his face with his hands. “I knooooooow.” He groaned. “I panicked.”
“I didn’t actually sleep on the bus, you know.” You said, waiting for him to drop his hands. “I heard you, Sam and Kat talking.”
“So you know…Well it should be obvious…” Colby stuttered a bit.
“I like you, too.” You smiled, looking back down at your BINGO card.
SET UP A TENT – “Boy Scout for the win.” You laughed.
Colby leaned back over the paper, reading the next one on the list.
PACKED USB BATTERY PACK/S – “Nope. Worth it, though. I’m kind of excited not to have my phone for a while.” He confessed.
“Me too.” You nodded.
PACKED SOMETHING RIDICULOUS – “What is that supposed to mean?” Colby asked.
“I think I’ve got something.” You laughed, reaching for the nail polish and face masks. “Do you think these count?”
He laughed, grabbing the nail polish from you. “Definitely. Though, I’m kind of looking forward to using them.”
PACKED COMPASS – “Got it!” Colby said, grabbing it out of his bag.
TRADED WITH NON-ALLIANCE TEAM – “Maybe you and Sam can try and find someone to trade with.” You suggested.
PACKED FIRST-AID KIT – “Check.” Colby said.
PACKED CAMPING GUIDE – “We aren’t noobs.” You snarked.
RECORDED CONFESSION ABOUT PARTNER – “Ooo, this could be fun.” He said, kissing your cheek as you read the next item.
PACKED BUG SPRAY – “Fuck mosquitos.” You laughed.
CAN SEE RV FROM YOUR CAMP – “Well, at least Kian got one.” Colby laughed.
“We have 4 BINGOS.” You pointed out, marking the paper.
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“Let’s get the trading ones done and record our confessions and we’ll be set.” Colby replied.
Sam and Colby both grabbed a few things to potentially trade and wandered off to find another team. You and Kat both recorded your proof that you had the supplies you checked off, including filming the lake, the fire, and the tent.
“This is for ‘trading with an alliance member.’” You said, both you and Kat recording. You handed her a 5 hour energy shot and she handed you a candy bar.
“Nice doing business with you.” She teased.
“Always.” You both laughed.
When you got back to your tent you turned the camera on yourself. “And now for my confession about Colby…Hmmm…I think I’m going to go with…He’s a really good kisser.” You smiled at the camera, slightly blushing.
When the boys made their way back, Colby crawled into the tent. “How’d it go?” you asked, wondering what he traded.
“Well, they hadn’t even gotten their tent up, so I didn’t need to trade any of this stuff.” Colby laughed, tossing it into the bin. “And I felt too bad to take anything from them, so I traded a shoulder rub for setting up their tent.”
“Oh, my god.” You laughed. “Who was it?”
“Corey and Andrea.” Colby laid down on the ‘bed’.
“Oh, no.” you said, feeling bad for them. “At least they weren’t the first to quit.”
“True.” Colby said. “What’s left to do?”
“You need to confess something about me to the camera, and we’re all done.” You answered, handing Colby the camera and starting to crawl out of the tent.
“Don’t leave.” He said, handing you back the camera. “You can record mine.”
“The whole point of confessing to the camera is that the other person doesn’t see it.” You laughed.
Colby shrugged. “I was going to tell you anyways.”
“Okay.” You shook your head, a smile on your face.
“This is Colby confessing something about my partner Y/n to the camera.” Colby said, looking at you before looking back to the camera. “I really want to take her out on a date.”
You tried to keep your laugh silent, turning off the camera. “Just consider this one big long camping date.” You said, smiling at the adorable burgundy haired boy who was grinning at you.
“I like the sound of that.” He replied. “We should probably film our ‘diary entry’ while we’re at it.”
“True.” You said, turning the camera back on and sitting it on the bin. You moved to sit next to Colby, feeling him put his arm around your shoulders.
“This is our first official ‘diary’ entry.” Colby said.
“I think we’re just supposed to share what’s going on so far and how we think we’re doing.” You said, turning to face him.
“Well, we’ve got this cozy little set up.” Colby smiled. “We’re pretty much pros at this.”
You laughed. “Compared to some other people out here it feels like it.”
“But honestly, I think we’re doing great. We’ve got Sam and Kat like 25 feet from us and we all get along really well, obviously.”
“We’ve got our rations worked out and some things planned to keep us from getting too bored.” You added.
“It’s crazy that someone already quit.” Colby laughed. “They must have like, found a snake in their tent and just threw in the towel or something.”
“That or they didn’t get along. Like, what if they got in a fight, you know?” you wondered.
Colby looked at you, pressing a kiss to your temple. “That won’t happen to us.”
You smiled. “Definitely not.”
Colby leaned forward and turned the camera off, the two of you crawling out of the tent to check in with Sam and Kat.
“You guys done?” you asked, seeing Kat poking at the fire. It was actually getting really dark outside.
She nodded, looking tired. “We’re getting ready to eat.”
“Speaking of, I’m starving.” Colby said, going back to the tent to grab some crackers and a few protein bars. He grabbed a gallon of water, too. “Here you go.” He handed you a bar and a pack of crackers, grabbing a trash bag out of the bin before sitting down on it. He gave you a ‘what are you waiting for’ look and patted his lap.
You laughed, sitting down sideways on his thighs. You opened the protein bar first, taking a bite. “Ooo, these aren’t bad at all!” you said. “It tastes kind of like a peanut butter cup.”
“I got the mint one.” He replied, reading the packaging. “It’s pretty good, too.”
“How many BINGOS did you guys get?” you asked Sam and Kat. They were currently eating beef jerky.
“One.” Sam answered. “There’s stuff I wish we would have brought now, though.”
“How many did you guys get?” Kat asked.
“Four.” Colby answered, laughing at the look on Kat’s face.
“What time is it?” you asked, realizing you had no way of actually knowing anymore.
“I…have no idea.” Colby laughed, wrapping his arms around you. “It’s kind of nice.”
“I agree.” You said, yawning. “I’m just exhausted and I have a feeling we’re going to have to hike those BINGO cards back to the RV sometime tomorrow.”
“Probably.” Sam agreed. “We should probably do bathroom runs before it gets super late.”
“I’ll go with Kat.” You said, hopping off of Colby’s lap and handing him your crackers. “I have a flashlight and a little baggie full of bathroom stuff.” You grabbed the bathroom bag out of the tent and turned the flashlight on.
“Please be safe.” Colby said, pointing in the direction he had scouted earlier. “You shouldn’t trip over anything that way. We’re going to go this way and we’ll all just meet back up here.”
When the two of you had both used the restroom, you walked back. The two boys were sat at the fire. “I think I’m ready for bed.” You said, standing behind Colby and wrapping your arms around his shoulders.
“Me too.” He agreed. “Sam, remember to do your final check-in with Elton over the walkie talkie.”
Sam nodded, joining Kat in their tent.
“We can just let this burn out, right?” You asked, seeing the fire almost completely dead.
“Yeah, we dug down a bit and we’ve got the rocks around it. We should be fine.” He agreed, standing up and following your lead by brushing his teeth outside the tent before following you in.
You handed him his sweatpants and grabbed your baggy sleep shirt. Colby was kind of surprised when you started changing in front of him, but he watched you with a smile the whole time. You’d taken your shirt and bra off, pulling your sleep shirt on. You ditched your shoes and socks, followed quickly by your pants.
When you turned to him to grab his dirty clothes, he hadn’t changed yet. “Okay, slowpoke.” You laughed.
“Sorry, I got distracted.” He gave you a cheesy grin. “Here you go.” Colby stripped down to his boxers, chucking his shoes by the door and handing you his dirty clothes. He slipped his sweatpants on and watched as you put all of the dirty clothes in a trash bag.
“Do you think we can try washing this stuff in the lake?” You asked. “Maybe we can hang them up to dry with the paracord.”
“Definitely.” He nodded, waiting for you to finish sorting everything. “I want to swim tomorrow, too. I feel grimy.”
“Tell me about it.” You made a ‘yuck’ noise. “This should help, though.”
You grabbed a pack of the baby wipes, pulling one out of the pack. You slid it over your arms, armpits, neck. You grabbed another one and lifted your shirt to slide it across your stomach and your back, moving to your legs.
“Here.” You threw Colby the pack of baby wipes, pulling out your toiletries bag. You put on fresh deodorant, Chapstick, and lotion, and grabbed a make-up wipe to clean your face.
“You’re a genius.” He said, wiping all of the sweat and grime off of his skin.
“Don’t use that on your face, though.” You said, grabbing another make-up wipe and moving closer to Colby. “Close your eyes.” You pushed his hair back from his face, wiping it over his forehead and down his cheeks…being careful when you gently dragged the wipe over his eyes and around his piercings. “You need Chapstick.” You laughed, cleaning the skin around his lips and across his chin and neck.
“Did you pack any?” he asked, smiling with his eyes still closed.
You leaned forward and kissed him, rubbing your Chapstick against his lips. “I don’t mind sharing.” You laughed, grabbing the used baby wipes and throwing them in your little trash bag.
“Hand me the walkie talkie?” Colby remembered he needed to check in still.
“Here you go.” You moved the walkie talkie pack to Colby’s side of the tent.
“Hey guys, this is Colby and Y/n and we’re getting ready to go to bed. I don’t know if Sam and Kat remembered to check in, but they’re crashing soon, too.” Colby unclicked the button and waited for a response.
“Okay, thank you! You guys are good to go! Check in tomorrow morning and around mid-day everyone is going to get an announcement to meet at the RV with your BINGO cards and the SD card that your proof is recorded on. Have a good night!” One of Elton’s team members replied.
Colby turned the channel back to the announcements one and set the walkie talkie to the side. “Lets record a thing before bed.” He said, grabbing the camera.
“Wait!” you said, reaching for the facemasks. “Let’s put these on first.”
You opened the penguin one and told Colby to look at you, lining it up with his eyes and his mouth. “It feels slimy!” he laughed.
“Well it looks adorable.” You chuckled, smoothing down the edges of the facemask before putting your own on. Yours was a cat.
“Hey guys, we’ve officially survived our first day out here. We’re just getting ready for bed and making plans for tomorrow.” Colby said, running his fingers over the cool facemask.
“We filled out this BINGO card Elton gave us earlier and I think we may win it. There were only like 4 or 5 squares we didn’t get.” You added, trying to remember what all had happened since your check-in.
“Oh! And everyone has officially pissed in the woods.” Colby laughed. “Kat said it was traumatizing.”
“She was only traumatized because she thinks she peed on a spider.” You laughed, explaining what had happened.
“Aww, poor spider.” Colby made a fake pouty face.
“Oh, shut up. Don’t tease her.” You knocked Colby’s shoulder with yours.
“I think we’re both tired enough that we’re going to pass out pretty quickly. I’m looking forward to how tomorrow goes.” Colby nodded, looking towards you to see if you had anything to add.
“How many people do you think are going to quit tomorrow?” you asked, raising your eyebrows.
“Oh, god. At least two more teams.” Colby said confidently. “I think we’ll wake up to an announcement that someone quit tonight, actually.”
“The forest does get spooky at night.” You agreed. “Okay, well we just wanted to check in.” you smiled at the camera. “See you tomorrow!”
Colby waved before leaning forward to shut the camera off.
You crawled under the blanket before turning your tent’s little light off.
“This is way comfier than sleeping in a sleeping bag.” Colby said, sliding under the blankets.
“This whole thing turned out better than I thought it would.” You said, turning over to face Colby.
“We did a pretty good job.” He agreed, his hands reaching out to find you in the dark. “Come here.” He said, his hands finally finding you. “What did you confess about me for the BINGO thing earlier?” he asked, pulling your body to lay against his.
“I think you’ll have to watch Elton’s series to find out.” You teased, kissing his cheek.
“Just tell me.” Colby dramatically whined, turning over to pin you to the sleeping bags, holding himself above you.
“You’re so needy.” You laughed, your hands finding his face in the dark.
“I hope that isn’t what you confessed.” He said, dropping down to gently kiss your lips.
You smiled, breaking the kiss. “Nope. I told everyone how great you are at this.” You said, pulling his lips back to yours.
“We’ve given Elton so much clickbait.” Colby laughed, moving down to snuggle into your chest. “You really said I’m a great kisser?” He asked, his fingers moving in little patterns on your sides.
“I did. And you are.” You answered, kissing the top of his head. “You’re not too bad at this whole cuddling thing either.”
“Oh, I’m a pro.” Colby teased, snuggling his face against your chest. “I’m about to fall asleep. Do I need to get off of you?” he asked, worried he was too heavy.
“Nope.” You answered, softly running your fingers through his hair. “Sweet dreams, Colby.”
“Night, y/n.” Colby mumbled.
The next morning, Sam was the one to wake the two of you up. He’d quietly opened your tent door, camera in his hand. He found the two of you laying exactly how you’d fallen asleep. Sam whispered to the camera. “Aww, I feel bad I’m going to wake them up.” He whispered a “1…2…3…” before yelling into the tent.
“Jesus” Colby said, nearly jumping to his feet.
“I vote we break the alliance and let them fend for themselves.” You mumbled, hiding your face back in your pillow.
Sam was laughing from the doorway. “The sun is about to come up if you want to catch the sunrise.” He said, turning off the camera and leaving the two of you alone.
“You may as well check in with Elton.” You mumbled, snuggling back into the blankets.
Colby laughed, thinking you were kind of cute when you were grumpy. His voice was thick with sleep when he changed the channel on the walkie talkie and checked in. “Hey, Elton. Sam is an ass and woke us up, so Y/n and I are checking in.”
“Your voice is cute.” You said, turning to face the sleepy boy.
Elton replied. “He woke you up but didn’t check in?” Elton asked, laughing. “Remind him to do his check-in and make sure you record at least 3 ‘diary entries’ today. I’ll send out the announcement for everyone to meet at the RV in a few hours.”
“SAM!” Colby called out of the tent. “You’re in trouble! You didn’t check in with Elton!”  Colby laughed.
“Oh, shit!” Sam tripped, running back to his tent to check in.
“Record your diary thing too!” you yelled, moving to sit in Colby’s lap. You hid your face in his neck, feeling him wrap his arms around you.
“Good morning.” He said, one of his hands sliding up and down your thigh.
“Morning.” You mumbled into his neck. “Let’s record our thing so we can go watch the sunrise.” You said, pulling back to kiss his cheek.
“Hey guys.” Colby practically croaked.
“Are you losing your voice or do you sound like this every morning?” you laughed.
“It’s not normally this bad.” Colby laughed. “I think all the yelling yesterday for the series introduction didn’t really help.”
“Well, it’s cute.” You smiled at him, turning back to the camera. “Sam woke us up. The sun isn’t even up yet.”
“I’m kind of glad we get to see the sunrise, though.” Colby pointed out. “We’re right on the lake and it’s going to be beautiful.”
“We’ll make sure to record it so you guys can see it too.” You said, wiping the sleep from your eyes.
Colby turned off the camera and you guys got ready, changing clothes, brushing teeth, washing faces…After you recorded the sunrise so that Elton could time-lapse it, Colby got the fire going again. Everyone sat around it eating breakfast. This morning you had some sports drink, a 5 hour energy, and some trail mix.
Sam and Kat went on a short walk along the water, so it was just you and Colby sat around the fire. His arms tightened around you a bit, catching your attention. “What’s on your mind?” you asked, pressing a kiss to his temple.
“You.” He smiled, leaning his chin on your shoulder.
“I asked what was on your mind, not your lap.” You teased, booping his nose with your finger.
“I, uh…I just really want you to be my girlfriend.” He said, grinning ear to ear. “I feel like all of this happened out of order because I got shitfaced and kissed you. Then, for some reason, we’re living in the woods together for the foreseeable future.” He laughed. “But I really, really just want you to be my girlfriend.”
“It’s a good thing I really, really want to be your girlfriend then, isn’t it?” you had a soft smile on your face, leaning in to kiss Colby.
Colby deepened the kiss, one of his hands moving to rest against the side of your neck.
You didn’t break the kiss until you heard Sam teasing you. He even said it in a sing-songy voice. “I caught you kissing on camera.”
“I’m pretty sure we’ve already kissed on camera during our diary entries.” You laughed, crawling off of Colby’s lap to grab your water.
Colby nodded his head. “True.” He thought about it for a second. “We should do a check in together.”
“Like an update?” Sam asked.
“Yeah, our little alliance.” He said, looking for a place to set the camera. You guys settled on stacking the two outside totes as a tripod and standing far enough back that you were in frame.
Sam and Colby shared a funny look before Colby slipped right into their normal intro. “WHAT’S up guys, it’s Sam and Colby…”
“I feel like you’ve done that intro so many times that it’s just second nature at this point.” You laughed, slipping your arm around Colby’s waist.
“It really is.” He laughed, hanging his arm over your shoulders. “Okay, so we wanted to give you a little update as a group. We slept through the night, but THIS ONE” Colby pointed his thumb at Sam “woke us up super early. We already told you about that in our other update, but we don’t know what footage Elton is actually going to use.”
“You have to admit the sunrise was worth it.” Kat said, leaning into Sam.
“Oh, definitely.” You replied.
“I’ve managed to survive on crackers and protein bars so far.” Colby said, looking at Sam.
“I think we need to trade you some beef jerky for something because I’m already sick of it.” Sam laughed.
“Ooo, we can definitely make a deal. The more variety the better.” You said, glad you had packed some candy to mix things up.
“We wanted to ask you guys if you wanted to go swimming after we hike down to the RV.” Kat remembered.
“Yeah!” Colby replied. “We’re going to try to wash some of our clothes, too.”
“How did you guys sleep?” you asked Sam and Kat.
“Not too bad.” Sam answered. “It was kind of chilly in our tent.”
“I was fine after I layered up on hoodies.” Kat laughed.
You and Colby looked at each other. “We were fine.” Colby shrugged. “We’ve got like 4 blankets and we were laying on the sleeping bags.”
“Well if you feel people climb into bed with you guys, it’s just us.” Kat chuckled.
“They were cuddling half naked, I don’t know if I’d want to crawl into their tent in the middle of the night.” Sam teased.
“This kind of got derailed.” Colby laughed, pointing at the camera. “We’ll check in after the BINGO thing.” He said, walking towards the camera to turn it off. “Grab all of your used batteries and SD cards and we’ll switch them out when we get to the RV. Then we don’t have to worry about it for a while.”
“Good idea.” Sam said, ducking into his tent to grab them.
“Hello, hello, hello. In 30 minutes, everyone needs to be standing in the field by the RV with your BINGO cards and your SD cards.” You heard the Walkie Talkie go off, Elton’s voice coming through. “You can leave your cameras and your walkie talkie’s back at your camp sites.”
“Perfect timing.” You said, grabbing the BINGO card and watching Colby grab the used batteries and SD cards. “Let’s go.”
“You guys good to go?” Colby asked Sam and Kat.
“Let’s get a move on.” Sam answered, leading the four of you back down to the RV.
PART 3
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Gamera is Really Neat! Gamera is Full of Meat! (Gamera vs. Gyaos, 1967)
As the story goes, after the previous film in the Gamera series, Gamera vs. Barugon, Daiei had a problem. From what I’ve been able to piece together, the target audience (that is, preteen boys) ran amok during the boring bits where adults were talking about adult things. Clearly something had to change - and Daiei acted with surgical precision. They took the team from their hit Daimajin series and got them to work on Gamera.
Wait, who am I kidding? That didn’t happen, but what did was almost entirely predictable: They put Noriaki Yuasa back into the director’s chair, with Niisan Takahashi penning the script, and this dynamic duo would helm the series up until the 1980s when Daiei went belly up.
Remember back in the Gamera vs. Barugon review where I mentioned that by the first sequel, the Gamera series more or less had its formula in place for future installments? Well team, we’re there. Gamera vs. Gyaos is a lot of things, but honestly at this point in the series the plots, whatever the hell they even are, just kind of write themselves.
Anyway, the film starts off with a whole bunch of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that baffle scientists and reporters throughout Japan. Before we have a chance to let that whole situation breathe, we’re introduced to the real protagonist of the story, a young boy named Eichi (Naoyuki Abe) who lives in a village near Mt. Fuji where the movie’s B plot is getting going.
Kaiju film B plots are nearly always filler designed to kill time between guys in rubber suits beating the hell out of each other, but the good ones at least understand things like emotion and pacing, while the bad ones just plod along endlessly, repeating the same scenes so obviously that you can almost hear the director’s sigh of relief when the big monster shows up on screen.
Anyway, the B plot here involves a big corporation (literally called the Road Corporation in the cut I watched, which kind of hurts your buy-in a little) trying to buy up the land in a small village so they can continue their big highway project. Mt. Fuji is erupting and all, but we can’t stop progress!
Normally you might expect the big corporation to be up to no good, maybe trying to scare the villagers or trick them into bum deals, but nope, not at all what’s going on here, as the foreman on duty is a certified Nice Guy who refuses to take the low road in any kind of circumstance - meaning that the only real conflict here comes from the villagers, who are trying to hold out for a better deal.
I’ve already written more on this B-plot than I think the movie even cares about it, considering it doesn’t waste much time bringing up strange glowing green lights that shoot cheesy-looking lasers and blow up research helicopters. Before long Eichi and a conniving reporter character find out what’s doing the shooting - a giant bat like creature with a head like an anvil and nasty glowing eyes. The reporter gets eaten almost immediately, but Gamera shows up in time to save Eichi, and then promptly gets his butt kicked by the new monster before spiriting Eichi away to safety.
The next scene, in what can only be described as a comedy smash cut, shows Eichi at the head of a giant briefing table staffed full of sagely officials and scientists, while he chirps away that the monster, which he named Gyaos, for a reason no one elaborates on, is a big evil monster, while Gamera is good!
If this sounds familiar, that’s because it is. Though he’s nowhere near as bad as the little twerp from the first Gamera film, Eichi fills more or less the same role here, despite how often the film decides to inexplicably cut back to people moaning about land negotiations while there’s a giant monster grudge match going on.
Even so, it’s hard to call Gamera vs. Gyaos boring, especially when the monster fighting kicks in and the humans start concocting increasingly ludicrous plans to stop it. The monster battles follow the same general format from the preceding entry in the series, with Gamera being sorely outmatched, getting his shell kicked all over town, and then finally coming in with a clinch victory in the final few minutes.
Gyaos feels like a great Gamera opponent, an evil vampire bat that loves blood, only comes out at night, and can regenerate lost limbs (in one particularly violent scene, Gamera literally bites Gyaos’ toes off). As before, the fights are bloody and brutal - what the Gamera films lack in choreography and direction, they try to make up for with buckets of green monster blood that gush out in aggressive arterial sprays. Gyaos’ design, while retaining that cheap, chintzy feeling all the Gamera suits have, is simple and imposing enough that it works, without being so busy that it’s distracting. Gamera looks the same as he ever did, to the point where I have to assume it’s the same suit from the last two films, considering the amount of variation in Godzilla’s design.
The fights themselves mainly involve laser shooting, and when they don’t the monsters just kind of slam into each other until somebody either leaves or dies. This is pretty par for the course for Gamera, and the direction is fairly bland, mostly just concerned with putting the action in front of the camera without much thought paid to how it actually looks. That said, the brutality on display somewhat makes up for the lack of vision, though it can’t help but feel somewhat hollow, a cheap parlor trick designed to keep the kids’ asses in their seats.
Gamera vs. Gyaos is a thrill ride of weaponized nonsense that, especially when compared to what’s coming, is about as good as the kiddie-oriented films in the series get. Despite how hard the film tries to downplay them, the film feels like it has stakes, and there are moments where it actually looks like our preteen hero is in danger, which is more than I can say for what’s ahead. Considering how well the Gyaos are used in the 90s Gamera trilogy, this one is worth checking out if you’re interested in Gamera’s roots, though a casual fan should probably stick with Godzilla.
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