#tell me why it took so very long to even get here aaaaaaaaaaaa

[dragon-tamer-1]

Finally getting close to finishing last year's Flighteningverse Week prompt writing! Man it took so long but I'm nearing the end of the writing!

[meowmeowmessi]

Your post about Dean treating others like family in a different way made me rethink what he said in 15x17. He tells Sam Jack isn't family like Cass. And then later he thanks Jack for his sacrifice since he and Sam (just them) will get to live in peace. It's like Dean knew Cass wouldn't stay after Jack's gone, knew how much the kid meant to Cass and he accepted that. But he also knew how much Jack meant to Sam (they just had a fight about it). But to him, not having Sam is incomprehensible.

Well nonnie now YOUR ask is making ME think about Dean and Jack's relationship AAAAAAAAAAAA. Ok so I think the funniest thing (ok not funny? More like interesting) is that Sam and Jack's relationship is the easiest one to understand. No, I don't mean it's shallow (if I hear another "Sam is Jack's uncle!!!" I'll cut a bitch), but it's very clear why Sam took to Jack so quickly and why Jack basically imprinted on Sam. Jack is literally Sam 2.0 and he even got a whole bunch of Sam's arcs in 3 seasons lol. ANYWAY BACK TO DEAN AND JACK: I've seen a lot of Sam stans getting pissed bc the writers APPARENTLY made Jack "like Dean more all of a sudden" and I totally disagree??? I think the thing is, Sam is like the mom who is openly affectionate with Jack so Jack doesn't have to work as hard for his approval, whereas Dean is the distant father figure who is hard to please so Jack is always trying to imitate and impress him to gain his love. I believe Dean loves Jack, I really do, but in a way a stepfather does ig???  As you said so yourself, not having Sam is incomprehensible to Dean, and Sam and Jack are kind of a package deal. Dean gave Jack a chance only bc Sam puppy dog eyed him into it, but most importantly, bc Jack SAVED SAM. And I think the kid grew on him after that, until he smoked Mary (can't really blame Dean here since that's his m o t h e r that Jack killed rip). But in Last Holiday we saw that Dean was trying to forgive Jack for that, which is a pretty big deal since we all know Dean doesn't forgive easily. And then Unity happened. HERE Dean's "everyone is family to me except Sam who is so much more than just family" policy comes into play for the umpteenth time. Sam says Jack is like family to them so they shouldn't let him turn himself into a bomb, Dean says Sam is his family (and throws in a mention of Cass bc he knows Sam is selfless and mentioning only him won't sway him) (which is funnily enough the reverse of what Sam does later on, he talks about the AU hunters and Eileen but Dean won't budge, so he uses the Sammy card on Dean: "What about me? Would you trade me?" It's super effective) and not Jack. Jack can never be on Sam's level no matter what. And he later thanks Jack for willing to sacrifice himself so that he and Sam can live a normal life off of Chuck's hamster wheel (and you realize here just how desperately he needs Sam bc the WORLD is going to get destroyed if Jack doesn't sacrifice himself but Dean only cares about him and Sam wow) (and as you said nonnie, no mention of Cass either). I have a lot of conflicting feelings on Cass and Jack's relationship which I won't elaborate on rn bc this is getting way too long as is and I'm rambling (orz) but I totally agree that Dean realized Cass wouldn't stick around after Jack's gone. And he really didn't! It's canon! Jack pulled Cass out of the empty and Cass didn't bother to visit Sam and Dean between 15×19 and 15×20. Since Jack's put everything back to the way it was and Cass is in heaven and thus no longer in need of a vessel, he's most likely abandoned poor unwilling Jimmy's body and gone back to his original form aka a beam of light the size of the Chrysler Building. Back to my original point: Dean loves Jack, but that love is conditional imo, while Sam is his whole world, so it's no wonder he was okay with Jack willing to turn himself into a bomb. Sure, saving the world was important to him, but him and Sam being free from Chuck was clearly what Dean really wanted. So in conclusion, I 100% agree with you nonnie.

[qweeby]

Nine Lives To Short Part 7: And the Ugly

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Paring: Shinsou x Reader

Genre: Angst

Taglist: @bakuhoetoedoroki @foxypuppy

A/n: MAKING THIS HURT. AAAAAAAAAaaa-

Plot: You only have nine days to tell him how you feel but maybe 9 days just isn't enough.

Bang

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You close your eyes bracing for the bullet's impact. But nothing happens. You open your eyes to see Shinsou standing in front of you his body trembling .

He looks back at you and smiles seeing that you're unharmed.

" G-good looks like....I made it in time huh?"

"H-hitoshi...you..."

Hitoshi then takes a knees while holding his shoulder grunting fighting back the pain.

"HITOSHI! OH GOD ARE YOU OK!"

"Y-yeah I'm ok it's nothing b-but a scratch"

Hitoshi moves his hand from the gun shot wound the blood completely covering his palm.

"THAT BASTARD! HE GAVE ME A REAL BULLET! UGH THIS THING IS FUCKING USELESS!"

Your father throws the gun to the ground and run to the door trying to escape but he bumps into someone unexpected.

It's Hitoshi Father Hajime Shinsou.

" H-Haji-!"

Before he can finish even saying his name Hajime gives your father a nasty right hook knocking him out cold.

" That's for shooting my kid".

-A few minutes goes by-

The police and the nearby pro heroes are already on the scene, the police go inside the house to retrieve your still unconscious father and the pro hero finds your mother pulling up in her car and proceed to take her out and arrest her.

"HITOSHI MY BABY ARE YOU ALRIGHT! YOU'VE BEEN SHOT OH MY GOD!"

The lady rightfully freaking out is Mihoko Shinsou.

"Mom please stop screaming. Dad please hold her back If she hugs me I'm pretty sure I'll bleed out" Hitoshi says while a paramedic a tending to his shoulder.

"I'LL BE GENTLE I PROMISE" she cries out.

"Knock it off, Hitoshi has more things to deal with than that shot wound".

Hajime points at the spot you were just standing at but there's no one there.

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You hide behind a tree slowly making your way to a weird looking fence. But of course "death himself" catches the "sinner" mid escape.

" And where do you think you're going Y/n?" Yokai turns his head watching struggle to hop over the fence that leads to Shinsou's backyard which also leads to the woods.

" There's no way I'm staying here".

"Running away again? Isn't this song and dance getting old"

"I just....need to go"

"And where are you gonna go"

"I DON'T KNOW the woods maybe! I just can't be here with pros and police around....my parents are apart of the yakuza....a-and there gonna get locked up then the next thing you know I'm getting pulled in jail!".

" Correct my foolish user, Right now your mom and dad are villains...twisted people wanting to clean a mistake that they made. NO the curse they made."

"That's you."

You stay quiet because sadly he's right...

"Y/N! HEY WHERE DO YOU THINK YOUR GOING!".

"S-SHINSOU?!".

You see Hitoshi running towards you at fully speed, as you lean on the fence trying to hop on over it once again. Surprisingly it turns out the fence was gate that just needed to push open .

" ARE YOU SERIOUS!"

"Dumbass there's even a sign that says push".

You run to the backyard trip on garden hose, as Hitoshi jumps over the gate you spends years trying to hop over.

"YOU'RE SUCH A SHOW OFF!"

"WELL YOU'RE STUPID! There's no way I'm letting you run off."

Hitoshi walks up to you holding out his hand "Come on get let's get you up".

"But...What if the police take me away! I won't know for how long they'll hold me for! T-they can't take me you can't let them!".

Hitoshi holds your face rubbing your check in the process.

"Hey hey...it's ok they won't take you it's just your parents don't worry kitty..." he exhales "No need for the waterworks".

" I can't help it...it's just.." you grab onto Shinsou hands with tears streaming down your face.

"I want spend the rest of the time I have on this earth with you Shinsou!".

Hitoshi hands suddenly get real sweaty as his face turns red with embarrassment.

"A-AND YOU WILL OBVIOUSLY! I'LL BE HERE 100% EVERY STEP OF THE WAY!".

Right.

Hitoshi has been with you since way before the curse came along.

Even though you lied to him.

Even though you made him worried

Even though your time is limited....and he's basically wasting his time talking to you

He's still here.

"As you can see I'm here for you now aren't I?, as soon, as I left off the bus I followed you right inside the house and you never suspected a thing ! Then I peeked at you holding a bird mask and that's when I knew I had to call mymhphh-"

Y/n cover Shisou mouth not saying a word.

("Shit! Did I pull a Izuku and rambled on for to long! Dammit...my bad..").

"Shinsou...promise me that you won't say anything until i say so...even when i move my hand y-you can't say anything".

He nods and says "I promise" but it's muffled.

After hearing him promise.... you take a deep breath then move your hand from his mouth.

That night was such a cold night for the two of them but in this moment it didn't matter nothing mattered, as Y/n slowly inches her way towards Shinsou.

He notices that you started to move forward and he can't help but to do the same, as Shinsou moves in he can't help but to look at Y/n.

("Her eyes did they always look this innocent.....and....did her lips...always looked soft.)

Hitoshi gets way to eager and rushes his and gives you a quick peck on the lips.

.....

Shinsou starts stomping his feet as he tries his hardest to not scream at himself. (FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! NOOOOO! I DID ALL.IF THAT BUILD UP JUST TO FUCK IT UP! I- I WANNA REDO I WANNA REDO! I WANNA-)

" Hitoshi I'm in love with you!".

Y/n says before she kisses the angry cat out of his split second rage.

(" She....i-..h-her lips are so fucking soft..)

Hitoshi runs his finger through your hair and you loved that...

You love how Shinsou touches your body, when he's pulling your waste or rubbing your leg or even when his fingers brush up against you.

Y/n loves this feeling and couldn't help but to moan his name.

S-shinou~

.....

"AHEM!"

"AH! S-SHINOU!"

You quickly snap out of if shoving Shinsou back.

"SHINSOU DON'T RESPOND!"

He has completely curled up into a ball rolling on the floor and that can be heard from him is a muffled scream.

" I can see the steam coming off of his head, Y/n is that normal".

Y/n turns her back on Yokai and Shinsou.

"Hitoshi Shinsou".

Shinsou peeks out of his hood looking out the hole with one eye "Hm?".

" Whatever happens from this moment on you can't fall in love with me. Also you can talk now."

"I-I can't fall in love with you? W-what do you mean"? Why does that almost make feel sad.

"This isn't the time nor place to having this conversation"

"BUT I WAS A TIME TO KISS ME! This is just some sick little game to get me to kiss you wasn't it.

"HITOSHI DON'T BE SO LOUD! AND STOP TALKING ABOUT IT SO CASUALLY".

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A lot of time has pass since then. You fill the Shinsou family in on everything explain your unfortunate quirk and your unfortunate fate that has yet to come.

Hajime sips his coffee " So 9 days huh damn that sucks dont it"

" Well Y/n you know you can stay here as long you need"

"That you aunty Mihoko but...I don't think I'll stay for long".

Hitoshi flicks your forehead like always.

"I doesn't matter how long you stay for. When you leave I leave so don't even think about taking off".

"OW! I-I WASN'T THINKING THAT AT ALL!...that really hurts you know."

Mihoko gasp very loudly before screaming realizing her baby boy is gonna leave along side her."HITOSHI YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE ME TOO!"

"Well yeah I wanna spend all the time I have left with Y/n so I won't leave her side".

Y/n and Hitoshi then stare at one another blushing.

Hajime see the two of you making googly eyes at each other. "Ohhhhhhhh....now it makes sense "

"WHAT WAS THAT OHHH FOR!?"

"Nothing Toshi nothing at all".

All of you have a great time just taking and chatting and all around having fun together. Hajime...Mihoko...even though you aren't related to them in any way the Shinsou's are willing to take you in. Saying thank you wouldn't ever been enough to express your gratitude.

But the fun stops abruptly when Hitoshi has to steps outside for moment.

" I'll be right back..."

"Ok kid just don't run away now "

"Shut up old man! I'm not a run away cat!".

"And where are you going~" You say holding up Kabuki like baby. "You're such a cool cat Kabuki! Way better than another cat I know.

"Oh bite me!" Yokai then bites your legs

"OW YOU LITTLE SHIT I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU BITE ME!"

"That's what you get for going in the backyard, there's bugs everywhere back there I'm not surprised you got bit".

As the joints in your leg start to tighten you begin to break out into a sweat.

"Yeah....nothing but a big bite".

Hitoshi stands outside in front of Mei Hatsume. "Why did you answered any of my calls Shinsou".

"Well as you can see-" he waved his arm that's wrapped in bandages " I've been pretty busy. Plus I just got your text...all 65 missed messages and 15 miss calls".

"WHAT HAPPENED?!"

"Eh nothing really I only got shot".

" SHINSOU THIS IS SERIOUS!".

" Look I know you didn't come here to talk about my injury, so why are you here".

" Us. I want to talk about us".

"What are you talking about".

" You been avoiding me...why! Don't tell me it's because of that girl again!"

"That's not her name".

"I DONT CARE! AND YOU SHOULDN'T EITHER! SHE'S GONNA DIE AND YOUR STILL GONNA BE HERE".

...

"Hatsume do yourself a favor and leave now..quietly".

"No-no! NO! I WILL NOT LEAVE AT ALL I CAN'T BELIEVE YOUR SO ATTACHED TO HER! EVERYONE KNOWS SHE'S A LOST CAUSE-".

Mei's body goes stiff and her pupil dilate.

Shinsou let's out a sigh, as he walks up to Hatsume seeing how this is the second time he had to use his quirk on someone he cared for.

Like your dad at the hospital.

Even though your parents were apart of yakuza Shinsou knew them for basically his whole life. He remembers the time his family would go over Y/n's for a big family dinner, he remembers all the trips they would go on like the beach or that one time they took everyone to America.

Then he thinks about Hastume and can't help but to frowns.

"Hatsume I want you to forget about what we had...whatever we had....and I want you to just go home. Please".

Hatsume does just that. Turning and waking away as commended.

.....

Shinsou walks back inside trying to shake off what he just did.

"So care to explain that sweetie?"

"I would rather not", he looks around "where's dad and y/n?"

"Y/n leg was hurting so Hajime carried her to your room so she could rest".

"Oh ok so I'll just-"

Mihoko yanks his hood.

"Don't make use my quirk on you now, Hitoshi"

"....fine I'll talk I'll talk."

"This girl Mei I guess was going around and tell people that we date...it caused a lot a problems so I chose to not talk to her anymore.

She raises one of her eyebrows questioning her son's words.

"We didn't even have anything I just gave her my number after so we can talk about the support item she's making for me".

Mama Shinsou pats her son on the back

"That just means your a lady's man right!"

" M-MOM!"

After his mom picks on him some more Hitoshi finally makes it to his room to see you fast asleep, he walks up to his bed and lays next you watching you sleep.

"I can't blame you for being tired...you've been through a lot today".

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Hitoshi can't help but to think about what you said in the backyard.

" Hitoshi I love you! "

Why does that make his heart beat 10 times faster, the way you stared into his soul why does that make him wanna look more. The way you said his name....

"Hitoshi~"

God! He'd give anything just to hear you say one more time. Just thinking about it makes his the tip of his ears turn pink as they twitch slightly.

But then that praise fades, when Hitoshi realize what you really wanted him to remember from that moment....

"Whatever happens you can't fall in love with me".

He lays a kiss on your cheek.

"No promises".

....

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Now...officially...your first life has been lost but at least your wasting away with him by your side.

[loyally-unfaithful]

pairing: agatsuma zenitsu & hashibira inosuke — though it can be interpreted as pre-relationship

genre: crack (?)

prompt: “I can’t believe I’m sitting in a mall jail with you of all people” (23.) + modern!au

a/n: aaaaaaaaaaaa thank you 🥺🥺🥺

and thank u for requesting ! kinda nervous since this is the first request i’ve ever received haha,,, you didn’t specify a format ? so i wrote it in scenario/hc form—if that’s not what you wanted, you can send a message and i can turn it into a ficlet (Ф∀Ф )

edit: reposted because to my displeasure, this would not show up in the tags :(

« i can’t believe i’m sitting in mail jail with you, of all people… » zenitsu groaned, burying his face into his hands.

how did he even get into this situation in the first place?? how does inosuke always manage to rope him into doing some dumb, impulsive, potentially life-threatening shenanigans???

this was supposed to be a completely mundane, uneventful, trivial, everyday trip to the mall.

the pantry was starting to look rather sad and it was his turn to go grocery shopping, so he asked his flatmates if they wanted something while he’s at the shops and started organising his shopping list.

he doesn’t quite understand why tanjiro needed 20 pairs of cheap earphones, but he feels like he shouldn’t question it…

zenitsu hated shopping, absolutely abhors it. something about spending time in the supermarket with the monotonous droning of the cooling systems and the machines singing a duet with that same pop song put on repeat just drained the energy out of him. going shopping was just a drag.

but it was his turn, and he’ll get it done and over with.

everything was gonna be normal and ok.

as he made his way to the shops, he’d mentally pat himself down to check if he had everything on him and go through his list again.

keys? check.

wallet? check.

face-mask? check. (not because of corona, it’s just because it’s common courtesy in japan.)

mobile? check.

hotel? trivago.

inosuke? check.

wait inosuke?!

« wait inosuke?! what are you doing here??! » the blond shrieked in surprise, stopping dead on his tracks.

the loud young man would halt next to him and ask him if he’s gone blind/deaf as inosuke has been « following you since way before. »

now that zenitsu thinks about it, he did remember inosuke exclaiming something like being bored at home and wanting to tag along…

regardless, he doesn’t know if he’s more alarmed by the fact that he didn’t notice inosuke was trailing beside him this whole time or by the fact that the boisterous young man actually had it in him to be sneaky.

zenitsu grinned nervously, praying to whatever god or gods above that everything will be okay despite the human sized tornado he has with him…

even so, the shopping trip was characterised by more peripeteias and tribulations than it really should:

they haven’t even gotten near to the actual store within the mall and inosuke has  already tried to punt a 5 year old for apparently staring at the black haired man for too long.

zenitsu had to quickly defuse the situation and apologise the very alarmed mother and petrified child as inosuke stood still in his shadow, clutching the corner of the blond’s sweater and watched the interaction, not saying a word.

zenitsu grumbled something about dragging him into inosuke’s mess and returned to his walk to the market, inosuke still hanging on the blond’s sweater.

zenitsu’s mind is still boggled. why does tanjiro want 20 pairs of earphones…?

but he ignored this riddle and took inosuke’s hand in his, leading the both of them to the shops—the blond found it oddly endearing how there was such a juxtaposition of inosuke’s rough hand paired with how softly and carefully he’s returning the blond’s hold.

zenitsu allowed the warmth to ground him and, thankfully, they’ve soon made it to their destination safe and sound, without yet another disaster

the two would disperse once in the market, zenitsu collecting these 20 damn pairs of earphones and go down his list while inosuke ran off to god knows which aisle to go ham on the snacks.

the blond would casually shop when he’d hear hurried footsteps before a bunch of product was dumped in his cart. the raven-haired boy would then dash off again to repeat the cycle. the same cycle that has spooked zenitsu more than it should.

one time, zenitsu turned around to find two piercing blue eyes stare back at him. he swore his heart leapt out of his chest as he screeched at the uncannily realistic boar mask that greeted him.

zenitsu is still recovering from his mini heart attack while inosuke bursts into hysterical laughter at the blond’s ‘near-death’ experience.

the latter has just caught his breath when the energetic young man has run off yet again. zenitsu wants to know where the hell inosuke procured such a mask and who the hell put it there. it’s not even near halloween?? they’re literally in june???

when most of the items have been retrieved, zenitsu would window shop as he waits for inosuke to bring yet another armful of snacks. the blond’s current preoccupation was a hair trimmer. should he buy it? his hand hovers as he reaches out, but then halts it to slowly retract it back. he looks at the hair trimmer again… his dilemma. then again it looks scary, maybe he shouldn’t… his gordian knot.

deciding that buying the item would be pointless, the blond looked around. inosuke hasn’t returned in a while…

it seemed that inosuke had already grabbed everything he wanted, and soon found himself bored in a quiet and empty supermarket—boredom and an empty mall: a couple made in hell, a recipe for disaster.

the quieter of the two has started to make his way to the till when he heard a large crash. he silently hopes it has nothing to do with him or the person he brought with him. but of course it did.

inosuke had dived into one of those ball racks near the toy aisle, the rack itself not looking as upright as it should and its content having spilt all over the place.

zenitsu just… takes one look and pretends not to see it.

he just

walks away

so close yet so far. the blond has managed to reach the cash register and has started unloading the contents of his cart when he sees inosuke with his own.

they make eye contact.

zenitsu knows what he’s gonna do.

the black haired man puts one foot on the empty cart.

the blond slowly shakes his head, half trying to tell him to not do it because it’s fucking stupid and half pleading him to not cause more trouble.

inosuke eyes contained a determination and resolve that not even god can stop.

almost like watching an accident in slow motion, zenitsu watched, petrified, as inosuke yeets himself on the cart and send it speeding down the aisle with more force and a higher velocity than what was considered safe.

surprisingly, or unsurprisingly, zenitsu hears a loud crash and a noise that sounded like a potato sack was thrown on the floor—and he was sure he didn’t just hear it because of his sensitive ears.

abandoning his own groceries, he ran off to join inosuke, who laid by a couple of soup cans, some still rolling anyway somewhere—the stand that held them and the splash zone surrounding area having been reduced to chaos.

the young man was comically strewn upside down on his upper back, his lower half flopping over and folding into himself.

ok ooc, but i suck at anatomy but suck even more at describinf so here’s an artistic depiction of how zenitsu found inosuke

ok bye bye sorry for bothering you

« inosuke what…?!! i— are you literally dumb? »

the boarheaded young man just shook off his injuries and righted himself, unfazed, as zenitsu continued his yapping and rambling.

« monitsu..

– what?! zenitsu stopped midword in his lecture, having long stopped bothering to correct inosuke.

– monitsu, run. inosuke finished as he rushed to make a quick dash. »

zenitsu was just sat there, stunned, when he felt an ominous presence behind him.

he slowly turned his head around to delay the inevitable, offering a nervous and fearful grin to the shadow hovering behind him.

with a pathetic expression and an even more pitiful shriek, he was dragged into the mall security office by a guard as another security member chased after the other young man.

despite having run like a bat out of hell, inosuke soon joined zenitsu in the mall jail.

« i can’t believe i’m sitting in mail jail with you, of all people… » zenitsu echoed, having dragged his palm down to cover his mouth.

he sat immobile waiting for inosuke’s apology, or maybe any sign of repentance.

he waited.

and waited some more.

« at least try to pretend you’re sorry?!? » the blond gaped in disbelief.

« huh? why? » inosuke just turned around to look at zenitsu blankly. « it was your fault we got caught anyway… »

the blond’s immediate reaction was to retort and argue but swallowed down his arguments. he’s fighting a losing battle.

snapping his mouth shut, he sulked in his own corner as the two waited for tanjiro to collect them.

he sighed, it was… embarrassing. but it didn’t really matter that much at the end of the day: inosuke would probably forget most of the incident within 20 minutes of being freed, and zenitsu just doesn’t find it in him to be mad forever. especially at inosuke.

did zenitsu ever mention he absolutely detests going grocery shopping?

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Sense and Sensibility Readthrough Part 10

Chapter 13, Pages 54-61

Today I actually paid attention to the meaning of the lyrics to Rolling Girl, and couldn't stop myself from crying. Then, like a sucker, I looked for English covers, and cried again. Oops. Song hits too close to home. Anyways.

Previously, Margaret was the best character. Marianne x Willougby now confirmed beyond reasonable doubt to Elinor, and Mrs. Jennings and everybody else now knows that Elinor has a secret beau. Poor Elinor, and probably poor Edward in advance, too.

Relatedly, two old friends dragged me out last night to witness the rare event of yours truly drinking, which mostly involves me pulling entertaining faces at weak cocktails after a single sip, because alcohol tastes as powerful and godforsaken as nuclear fallout to me, and lingers just about as long on the poor blasted wasteland of my helpless tongue. I don't have a secret beau, but they still did insist on dragging out of me every plausibly hypothetical detail, and then proceeded to try to set me up with the waitress of the night when there predictably turned out to be none. I dearly love my friends, but, Elinor, my point is that I want you to know that I feel for you.

I feel like sometimes I turn these preambles into diary entries. I'm entirely okay with this, though I should probably tag them somehow.

Also, oh my lord, this chapter sure happened, wow.

Readthrough below.

Chapter 13 Apparently things start really evolving now. Exciting. (EDIT: THEY SURE DID)

THEIR INTENDED excursion to Whitwell turned out very differently from what Elinor had expected. She was prepared to be wet through, fatigued and frightened;

Aha, Austenism coming up, first thing.

but the event was still more unfortunate,

Yess called it. So how was it worse? Were there floods? Surprise Edward & Mrs. Jennings meeting?

for they did not go at all.

... my expectations got double-subverted. Well, something is about to happen. I see now why all the details of the coming trip were attached to the last chapter instead of opening this one. They're out to picnic, and;

eager to be happy, and determined to submit to the greatest inconveniences and hardships rather than be otherwise.

I love this line. Anyway, while they're eating, Colonel Brandon receives a concerning letter though; his faces changes colour and he has to leave temporarily, like a really important phone call.

I guess this will be the impetus for change?

Haha, Lady M tries to stop her mother from prying into Brandon's personal business but Mrs Jennings is just not that type of person. Brandon's not really forthcoming and says it's just business in town, but he does have to leave immediately to attend to it.

It sounds really urgent. Him not being present means they can't go to the venue Sir Middleton wanted to use, which was an estate Brandon was related to. He's effectively cancelled the whole party for a business that where apparently, "I cannot afford to lose one hour." He's still not forthcoming on what though.

Willoughby and Marianne make snide comments betting that Brandon has invented the excuse himself to cancel the party because he's a spoilsport. Guys, please. :(

Sir M is very accomodating of Brandon regardless. He's a good-hearted fellow, really, if a little dim occasionally. Aww, Brandon says goodbye to Elinor. That's sweet, I really enjoy their friendship. Help I teared up slightly, I think I'm still emotional from the song. Marianne gets a silent nod. Yeah, I understand.

Anyway, now that he's gone, Mrs. Jennings starts eagerly speculating the reason for his urgency. A "Miss Williams" supposedly.

WHAT

SHE'S HIS DAUGHTER? BRANDON HAS A DAUGHTER? His NATURAL DAUGHTER? She's good enough at least to only reveal the daughter part to Elinor, but, damn. Wow, uh. Wow. People sure gonna bug him about Miss Williams now.

Wait but he's 35 right, so how old is Miss Williams?? When do people have kids again?? Oh my gosh, is Margaret going get a FRIEND HER OWN AGE?? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

"Oh yes; and as like him as she can stare. I dare say the Colonel will leave her all his fortune."

But WHAT HAPPENED? Why aren't they together right now? Why is he attending random parties alone? aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Though I do wanna say that does make the Mrs. Jennings' hypothetical Marianne/Brandon pair a bit stranger. Beyond just a man who could be her father, a daughter who could be her sister? That's something alright.

after some consultation, it was agreed, that although happiness could only be enjoyed at Whitwell,

HAHA, I really enjoy these lines. It's the kind of thing where it's not what anyone is intending on meaning, but it's accurate to what's happening in a roundabout way. Anyone everyone goes on a drive instead and presumably Willoughby and Marianne have a very romantic time on theirs.

Another dance in the evening? Is that just what rich people do all day? ... Do rich people still do that all day? Wow, there are like 20 Careys, a family who has now been mentioned twice that I recall and I don't know if they'll be important or just filling up the numbers.

Also I admire and yet detest the seating arrangements haha.

Mrs Jennings -> Elinor -> Willoughby -> Marianne. Willoughby, why you separate the sisters? You don't seem to talk much to Elinor anyway. ... are you trying to hog Marianne? Is that the play? I'm not judging here, I'm just curious. Would be sneaky play.

Despite the general pattern of narrative voice, it is abundantly clear that Elinor is the primary focus here as all the information is exactly and only what passes through her ears; makes the seating arrangement of Mrs Jennings on the other side very clever too, beyond just the charming blocking of having her lean over two people to harass Marianne with her mysterious Romance Sleuthing Acumen. Apparently she has figured out exactly where Marianne and Willoughby have gone on their "drive", and thanks to seating Elinor will now hear too.

HAHA SHE CALLS WILLOUGHBY MR. IMPUDENCE. This and Willoughby calling Elinor saucy, the dialogue really doesn't pull punches sometimes. Apparently Willoughby took her on a tour of his to-be-inherited estate. Elinor pieces together that Mrs. Jennings got the beans spilled from the servants. I told you two! Don't discount the servants! Mrs Jennings sure doesn't! Treat your groom a greater friend, Willoughby, and mayhap the seal of loyalty might have affixed his lips. :'D

Ah, but Elinor is still worried about propriety. Elinor, I love you dearly, but this is most harmless romanticism really. It's not like the horse thing. Haha, aww, Elinor's tactitly acknowledged Marianne’s relationship and intentions with Willoughby, and Marianne does that thing where she sort of lost the argument but is too pleased to really turn it around.

Haha, Marianne returns later to describe the actual house she saw with great enthusiasm. She's just that excited, how very Marianne to gush so; she might also be gloating juuuuust a little over having seen the house and expecting to inherit it. :'D Very amusing; poor Elinor to have to listen to it though, deliberate or not. Her own beau is so far away, and his own inheritance dicier. Must sting a bit.

AaaaaAAAAAAAA this has been my hour but I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MISS WILLIAMS. I would have continued onto the next chapter, hour be damned because it's saturday, but skimming through Brandon doesn't come back. I don't want to skim too far ahead but as far as I can tell he doesn't come back for at least 10 chapters noooooooooooo you can't just spring that on me and leave me hanging aaaaaaaaaaaa. :'(

Ahh well, I suppose if I were any of the Dashwoods I wouldn't expect to see him until "after winter" anyway, whenever that will be. That'll be it for today then, I suppose. :'D

I think with the addition of Miss Williams, Colonel Brandon and his DAUGHTER are now the most intriguing characters to me. Not being able to find out their deal for weeks is gonna drive me nuts. I hope he's not an absent father though...

Miss Williams is also an instant favourite for just existing, because as you can see with Margaret, I have a soft spot for children caught in an adult world.

[crackimagines]

May I please have either a Child!Blyth AU headcanon or story, where Alois is insistent on being called "uncle" instead of "big brother" and embarrasses Byleth to no end due to Alois's boastfulness that everyone in the monastery can hear him. And everyone is like "Alois, dude. As funny as this is, this child looks like they are going to kill you at any minute" and of course Alois is obvious to it

Child!Byleth Post Masterlist here!

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“AAAAAAAAAAAA”    “WHY ARE YOU RUNNING?! WHY ARE YOU RUNNING?!-”

The one man, to bring child!Byleth to his knees and beg for mercy with words alone.

ALOIS.

Thanks for the ask anon, I absolutely love it! I hope you enjoy!

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Say ‘Uncle’ (FE: Three Houses Short Fic)

child!Byleth Professor AU

Byleth didn’t know why Jeralt felt ill when he saw Alois back at the village. He understands now, and by Sothis he wish he didn’t.

—–

Byleth watched over the students training. Today all three houses were present.

Ashe was practicing his archery while Felix trained his swordsmanship.

Caspar and Raphael brawled using their fists while Ferdinand and Leonie sparred with lances.

Byleth kept mental notes of who was improving or not, making sure to talk with them once the free form training was over.

He was writing with a quill on a bench, writing onto a paper, several notes next to the student’s names. No one dared to bother him, as he was extremely focused.

However, his concentration completely shattered as he heard a voice call out to him, making his eyes go wide.

“AH, THERE’S MY LITTLE NEPHEW! BYLETH, UNCLE ALOIS IS HERE!”

Byleth broke his quill from the sheer shock of hearing such an embarrassing title.

That sure as hell wasn’t Jeralt, he’d rather throw himself into lava than shout something like that.

But, who in Sothis’s name would call him his nephew?

…Wait a second, did that person say ‘Alois’?

He turned around quickly and saw Alois, his arms wide.

Everyone stopped their training to look at Alois and Byleth.

(Caspar) “The professor has an uncle?”

(Leonie) “No…I just think Alois likes to think that…”

Felix and Ferdinand smirked while Ashe and Raphael laughed, seeing Byleth’s reaction.

“Come on, I’m waiting for a hug!” Alois shouted, making Byleth’s eyes go wider.

“What in the HELL is this nutjob talking about?!” Byleth shouted in his head. He put down his broken and quill and gently set his papers down.

He cleared his throat, and tried to appear calm.

“Um…what are you talking about, Alois?”

“Whaaa?! Come on, I’m Jeralt’s best friend, and the fact you’re such a young lad practically makes you my nephew!”

Everyone laughed now, seeing the utter confusion on Byleth’s face.

“I uh…I’m afraid I don’t know you quite well enough to-”

“Then let’s change that! COME ON, KIDDO!”

Now, Byleth was by no means weak. Even for his height, he was quite agile and sturdy. It’d take a lot, even for an adult in full plated armor, to lift Byleth up like any other child.

Alois? He doesn’t care about the info above. He simply picked up Byleth and put him on his shoulders, as if he were giving him a piggyback ride.

The fact Alois of all people was able to pick him up so easily broke any calm Byleth had in him.

“W-WHAT THE HELL?! I’M STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF-”

“Hey, someone your age shouldn’t be cursing like that! Now come on, lets enjoy some time together!”

“What?! N-NO! CLASSES ARE IN SESSION AND- PUT ME DOWN!”

If everyone was laughing before, they were now dying.

Raphael and Caspar completely lost focus and put their arms on each other’s shoulders. They were barely able to keep upright.

Ashe laughed so hard tears were coming out of his face, while Felix covered his mouth as he laughed.

Ferdinand waved goodbye to Byleth, laughing while saying “Don’t worry, professor! We’ll finish training, go have fun!”

Leonie was…less than amused. She looked to the ground, grumbling to herself.

“He never did that with ME…Hmph!”

As they left the training grounds, Byleth was somehow still on Alois’s shoulders, and from there he saw countless students and knights staring.

Claude and Hilda were waving at him, Edelgard and Hubert looked extremely confused as to what was happening while Dimitri started cracking up, confusing Dedue until he saw what made him laugh.

Several of the knights started laughing as well, nudging nearby guards to look at the scene, and in turn getting more onlookers.

(Claude) “Hey teach! How’s it like being tall?”

(Dimitri) “PFFFT, HAHAHAHA!-”

(Edelgard) “I didn’t think the professor could make a face that looked THAT mortified…Snrrk!”

Byleth on the outside did indeed look mortified, but on the inside, it was terrifying.

This was the angriest Sothis had ever heard Byleth scream.

“SOTHIS! ACTIVATE DIVINE PULSE RIGHT DAMNED NOW, OR I AM GOING TO RIP YOU IN HALF!”

“Ha, and miss this reaction from the oh so calm child? Not a chance!”

Byleth actively looked for a way to get off, and eventually had to stand on top of his shoulders.

Barely giving anytime for Alois to react, he backflipped off and landed perfectly onto the ground behind him. He had to find an escape route, and FAST.

“W-Wha?! Why did you go and do that for?!”

He sounded genuinely heartbroken.

“Is that any way to treat an uncle? I just wanted to spend some time with you is all!”

“L-Listen, I appreciate it but, please don’t shout things like that!”

“Nonsense! You’re Jeralt’s pride and joy! As his best friend, it’s my duty to make sure you enjoy yourself time to time! Besides, how come those kids, Mercedes and Annette got you to smile, but I can’t?”

DAMN THOSE TWO! THOSE BROWNIES WERE A MISTAKE!

“Alois, I am NOT a child!”

He raised an eyebrow, prompting everyone to laugh even harder than before.

Byleth was only making the situation worse, he realized.

“Ugh…if I go with you, can you please stop shouting all this embarrassing stuff?”

“OF COURSE- Er I mean! Of course, I wouldn’t want to embarrass my little nephew!”

He barely lowered his voice.

Against his will Byleth looked at the ground, his face starting to turn red.

“Fine…Let’s go…”

Alois’s eyes lit back up, and took Byleth to the market in town.

All the while, Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude watched the professor be dragged along against his will.

(Claude) “Never a dull moment, eh?”

(Dimitri) “I’m starting to feel bad for him.”

(Edelgard) “…Is anyone supervising the students he was looking after?”

CRASH!

(Claude) “…Oh no.”

Later…

It was now early evening when they finally got back. Alois was smiling brightly as he proudly marched back into the Monastery.

Byleth sighed, realizing that an entire day passed with his students doing goddess knows what.

Alois dragged him from food stand to food stand, then going window shopping around town.

There was a cute stuffed bear, but like hell Byleth was going to say something like that in front of Alois.

“Professor! What do you think you’re doing, leaving your class behind?!”

They both heard Seteth shout out.

“You cannot just-”

Seteth then saw Alois, and slowly began connecting the dots himself.

“…You were dragged along, weren’t you, Professor?”

“S-Sorry, Seteth.” Alois said, scratching the back of his head.

“Looks like I got a bit carried away. Heh!-”

“You carried the professor out of a lesson! There was a freak accident that had happened without his supervision that involved Caspar, Raphael and a suit of armor!-”

Byleth cut in, getting in front of Alois.

“It’s alright Seteth. I’ll personally take care of the problems that have arised myself…Though I’m afraid to ask what even happened.” He said, face palming.

Seteth looked at Byleth, then to Alois.

“If you are to take the professor out, please make sure it’s not during class hours. That is all.”

Seteth then left, with Alois looking at Byleth.

“Hah, thanks for that! Sorry to drag you out Byleth-”

“It’s okay. You just wanted to spend some time with your closest friend’s kid. No one can fault you for that.”

He turned around, his stone face intact, but Alois could tell he was sort of smiling.

“Today was…fun, if not completely ruinous for my reputation…”

Byleth bowed, saying “Thank you for today, Alois. I should take care of anything that happened. Good night.”

Byleth walked off, hearing Alois laugh heartily.

“Good night, my nephew!”

He cringed a little when he said that but…he wasn’t a bad man. He must’ve had a kid, because he made sure he was very attentive to Byleth.

Regardless, the problem still remained. It wasn’t whatever Seteth said, it was how the students were going to react tomorrow.

…It was going to be a LONG day, tomorrow…

[razorblade180]

Shackles pt4: A Rocky Start

“So let’s get started shall we?” A click of a button illuminates a completely white room devoid of windows. The gaurd reaches for Jasmine’s wrist and she promptly yanks a way and walks to the only chair in the middle of a room. She knew the drill already. Jasmine was at least gonna do it at her own pace.

The child sat down and placed both arms on the arm rest in between the thick leather straps. Her mind was racing; the nerves in her body already feeling like fire and making the chair creak with her slight trembling. “Let’s just get this over with already.” The soldier scoffs and tightens the straps before leaving the room. It wasn’t long before the door opens again with Sobek himself coming through it with a utility cart that has an array of tools. Each one unnerving her more. Regular needles, injections, a metal bar, wire, and worst of all, the shears. Jasmine can’t keep her eyes off them.

Sobek:So you’re causing trouble little one? I had I feeling I’d see you in this room again. You’re pretty feisty for a girl your age; certainly more grit than your brother it seems. Not to mention your parents.....you have your father’s charisma.

Jasmine:And then you tried to beat it out of him....

Sobek:Correction, I tried to carve it out of him. Unfortunately the man was beyond salvation much like your mother. *grabs injections*

The man methodically stares at the tip of it as he stands in front of her. Jasmine jumps slightly the moment Sobek’s hand grabs her arm.

Sobek:Don’t be scared, I’m not going to be as crude with you. Children....don’t survive that kind of strain.

The need goes into her arm easily. Jasmine stares at the mysterious clear liquid gets injected into her right arm. In mere seconds she started feeling strange. The room started getting even brighter to the point it was straining to keep both eyes completely open. A rapid pounded in her ears and Sobek’s calm grip felt more like a vice. Even the air itself stung each time she took a shallow breath. The man before her watched the drug kick in then snapped his fingers. The sound made her yelp in pain like a gunshot had went off right next to her. “Several hours of pure sensory overload should change your tune nicely.” He spoke in a hushed tone for her sake. It was last bit of mercy she would be given.

Sobek left the room but left the tools. His way or keeping her alert and making the girls own heartbeat a weapon against her. He walked into room that was right before her where the wall that would be her back wall was in fact a one way mirror. Connected to it was a panel with a variety of switches and knobs. He reached for one that was labeled temperature and dialed it down to forty degrees Fahrenheit then reached for another that increased volume. The only sound was feedback steadily rising. Waiting for just the level until.... “Aaaaaaaaaaaa~” he turned it back down on notch and could see Jasmine heaving; cold air visible with each exhale.

“Poor child. I’ll cure you in no time.”

xxxx

Yang:Are you sure this is the right way?

Blake:I don’t travel in the desert Yang. This is just as much of a leap of faith for me as it is for you.

Jacquelyn:Gee I’m glad I can feel the trust in this group.

The three had been walking through the desert for at least half an hour now. It was the dead of night, cold, and the moon was the only witness to anything out here. Yang was not a happy camper about any of that. She might’ve been aggressive to Jacquelyn earlier today but it was from a mix of shock and other things that were going on. Fighting a maiden was absolutely in every worse case scenario she came up with. Yang had sparred with her mother and helped Ruby push back Cinder in battle, however that only told her how different maidens all are from one another. Case in point, the floor right below them.

Right now the three women were walking in a straight line about a foot away from each other. Jacquelyn was of course in the front. Not simply because she’s the one with direction, but because she’s keeping them out of danger. Her powers allow her to change the sand below their feet into rock temporarily; a trick like that had to come with tons of practice. It stayed long enough in that state for Yang to tail her. Followed by Blake and the sand returned to normal.

Yang:Can’t you make this strip of solid land wider? You aren’t exactly lacking in resources.

Jacquelyn:The point is to disturb the ground as little as possible. White Fang and Nightstalkers burrow underground and sense vibrations in shifting sands so they can set sinkholes in appropriate spots. If I change the terrain too much then I’m bound to attract something.

Yang:White Fang....? You can’t be talking about the group right?

Blake:The group got its name from a grimm indigenous to menagerie. They’re build is almost like an dingo and they walk on all fours constantly unlike beowulves. Their face is a strange mix of feline and canine structure. Digging is sort of their thing and you might’ve guessed but their canines are white as bone; incredibly long too.

Jacquelyn:Being bitten by them with or without aura is a real pain. Let’s not deal with that shall we?

Yang:Why would your dad name an organization after a grimm?

Blake:One White Fang is ferocious and will do just about anything to get by.

Jacquelyn:A pack becomes organized and follows the alpha. In numbers they can shape the land around them and will try and stand against just about anything that stops them. That unity is the reason right?

Blake:Adam tell you that?

Jacquelyn:Who else? You gonna tell me that was a lie?

Blake:N...no....

Yang:......So Nightstalkers?

Jacquelyn:They’re basically Deathstalkers but prefer to trap their enemies instead of coming above ground. They do not waste time. The moment you fall into a trap they will try and sting you to stun you, then immediately eat you.

Yang:Yet these are the ones without “death” in their name.

Jacquelyn:I don’t name them. I just try to avoid them. I almost got eaten once but luckily I wasn’t alone.

Yang:I’m pretty sure magic helped.

Jacquelyn:That too...

Yang:Speaking of which, I can’t imagine this stone stepping trick is easy. Must have taken a lot of practice to get it right.

Blake:Yang....

Jacquelyn:It’s fine Blake. I know she’s gauging my strength; I can feel your eyes on me the entire time. It must be a bit unnerving for you to not to be the toughest person around right now isn’t it? Adam had a similar problem.

Yang:Never compare us.

That was a nerve hit Jacquelyn expected. The way Yang said that was enough to tell just how serious she was about it. A blast of warm air against her back was also a sign that the blonde was quite literally heated. It didn’t help that Yang probably could tell that she said that last part on purpose.

Jacquelyn:I was simply making conversation. Are you always like this? You must save hundreds on heating; I know I do. My maiden powers were given to me from a very young age. So yes, I’ve had plenty of time to learn “tricks” like controlling sediments.

Blake:Given?

Jacquelyn:From my mother. She lost her life when I was seven. Been more or less on my ever since. Well I guess that’s not true. James and even Ozpin made sure I lived well; it was in their best interest after all. They taught-

Blake:Wait. Your mom was all you had?

Yang:No town? No dad or anything. A grimm simply killed your maiden powered mom and left you defenseless.

Jacquelyn:Sigh...I said she lost her life; never mentioned any grimm. As for my dad and the village I grew up in, well, they’re the reason my mom lost her life in the first place.

This new information made the partners stop on their tracks. Yang looks at Blake who is just as surprised as she is. They look forward to see Jacquelyn staring at both of them. Her face was calm and more befuddled by the reason stopped.

Jacquelyn:Uhhh we’re sort on a time crunch and I can see my house from here. What’s with the stopping?

Yang:You just told us something heavy. Like really heavy.

Blake:Your dad and own people killed your mom?

Jacquelyn:Don’t forget smashed my hands and tried killing me as well hehe.....*frowns* people fear power, especially power they don’t understand. I don’t let it weigh me down anymore so no need for it to start weighing you both down. Let’s get a move on alright?

Blake:O...okay. I just don’t believe I could handle something like that if I was in your shoes; even with time that’s-

Yang:Extreme. Traumatic doesn’t even begin to describe it. People change after that. Not necessarily for the best, but to survive.

Jacquelyn:You’re not entirely wrong. I wouldn’t exactly say I’m the best version of myself or probably even the most sane.

Yang:That’s not what I want to hear. *scowls*

Jacquelyn:Would you have preferred a lie? I know how you and Blake feel about that sort of thing. You know, people pretending to be what they aren’t? Listen I get why you’re doing psychoanalysis on me, trying to figure me out, and you’ve made it very clear from the start that everything about this situation upsets you. I can understand that; respect it even. However, you’re being really annoying and pissing me off so either ask direct question or shut up.

Yang:Oh you have another thing coming if you think you can talk to me like that.

Jacquelyn:What are you gonna do about it? Did you learn enough about me to think you handle me.

Blake:Guys.....

Yang:I know I can handle you. I just wanted to know how much effort I was gonna need.

Blake:Guys yo-

Jacquelyn:That’s big talk from someone who needed help from her partner and bike to take down Adam. I beat him first try you know? Complete child’s play and I did it over and over again. I bet you figured that at though. After all... you don’t see any metal parts on me right?

Yang:Oh I am gonna-

Blake:GUYS! THE SAND!

Jacquelyn and Yang stop arguing and look around them. Moving mounds circle around them. Their speed makes it hard to count but it’s clear there’s a massive pack around them. Yang starts rolling her shoulders and puts her fist up. “So much for avoiding conflict.”

“Yeah well getting angry in the middle of nowhere might as well be a dinner bell.” Blake said with annoyance as she cocked her gun. “What were you two thinking?”

Yang bites her lips. “Not my finest moment I’ll admit. What’s the best way to deal with White Fang?”

“Ugh, against these numbers, we don’t.” Jacquelyn raises her right foot and then slams it against the sand. Her eyes glow and the ground below all three turns to rock and raises into air ten feet; creating a pillar of rock. Blake and Yang watch Jacquelyn take a knee I’m exhaustion. ‘Damn...I’m more drained than I thought.’ Her body trembling slightly. “We’re going to have to wait.”

Yang:Wait!? We can’t just-

Jacquelyn:There’s at least thirty down there and trust me, you do not want to fight these things right now.

Blake:She’s right. I can definitely hear more of them around. Who knows how many sink wholes are around. Nice going you two; we were almost there.

Yang:I...Jacquelyn, can’t you float or move this hunk of rock to your house? I can see the oasis. That’s the place right?

Jacquelyn:I am tired and moving the entire rock causes vibrations. No way you slice it, we are stuck until they leave.

Yang:....*sits down* Shit.... how long is that gonna take?

Jacquelyn:Few hours maybe? I don’t know when grimm give up.

Yang:*lays down* Juuuussssst great.

Blake:Hopefully before the Sun comes out. I hope no one notices we’re gone too long.

She layed down on her back and stared at the shattered moon. Thoughts lingered aimlessly one after another; so many things were on her mind to keep up with. So many things that she wanted to say about the situation but didn’t. Instead she laid there quietly. ‘Sun, what would you do if you were here? Probably find a way to make those two get along no doubt. Hopefully whatever you’re doing is a walk in the park.’

xxxx

Ilia:Sun this is crazy.

Neptune:You can’t be serious. This is a life or death decision.

Ilia:If you screw up then that’s it. Your life is over. Just another man who lost it all in the streets of Vacou.

Sun:*sweating* Guys relax, I got this.

The trip goes silent as well does the audience around them. Many on lookers watch the monkey faunus stare at three upside cups in front of a well known peddler and part time scam artist. It all comes down this, one cup holds the boy’s future while the others hold despair. Slowly he reaches for the cup in the middle.

Peddler:Are you sure about that one?

Sun:I’m as sure as the rising tides and the fish that travel along them.

He lifts the cup triumphantly to find....nothing. The crowd groans in mass disappointment and dispersed in seconds. Neptune dropped to the ground in defeat. While Ilia face palmed. “Hahahaha! Better luck next time kid” the peddler laughed heavily and proceeded to gather his things and walk off with lien in his pocket and a new pair of goggles.

Neptune:Un....believable.

Sun:I know right? I was so sure it was the middle one.

Neptune:You just lost my money and goggles!

Sun:For the chance to get anything for free he had. That dude always has the best gems. You know we always gotta pay the minimum fee for those sort of deals.

Neptune:So why didn’t you borrow any money from Ilia!!!!?

Ilia:Because you’re his best friend. Plus I couldn’t have an invested interest in the wager. That means I’d have to watch the whole time instead of stealing from him.

Neptune:Still you-....you what?

The girl smiled and put her hands together before rubbing the right one over left and revealing a black diamond ring. “Sun taught me some things. A fitting jewel for your future bride to be huh?”

Sun:That’s if she says yes. *takes the ring* You are right though. I can’t wait to show Blake!

Neptune:Hopefully she doesn’t ask a receipt.

Ilia:Pffft just don’t mention one. Let’s go back to the hotel before-

“My Diamond!”

Neptune:Scatter?

Sun and Ilia:Scatter.....

All three make a dash in different direction through the busy crowd with laughter in their voice. Well, two of them at least were laughing. Ilia watched her idiotic enemy turned best friend climb up on buildings and start booking it like there was no tomorrow. ‘Yeah like that isn’t obvious.’ She took a different approach; maneuvering through people almost like a snake so any pesky peddlers couldn’t get a fixed location on her. The moment she had the opportunity to duck into an alleyway she did so with a gleeful hop; satisfied her years of espionage had not gone to waste or gotten rusty. “Child’s play...”

“Having fun, you little thief?” Said an unfamiliar voice behind her that made her jump. ‘Okay, maybe not child’s play.’ Ilia put up her hands and slowly turned around. “Listen if a peddler that rigs games by secretly hiding things in his sleeves was-” her train of thought was cut off by what stood in front of her. Ilia has expected an angry peddler or some sort cop. Not several armed men wearing cloaks and gripping guns. Each one giving her a look as if she was cornered prey. “Asking.....for....it.”

Captor:Well look at we stumbled across here men. Ilia Amitola, another sick beast in need of curing. The doctor will be pleased.

Part 3

[sinofdelusion]

SINoALICE x Code Geass: Resolve to Take Up a Sword: Turn 3

*As usual, text that is just italicized indicate in-battle dialogue

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Part 1

"This is all your fault!" A young man suddenly yelled, attacking Suzaku. "You?!" "Why did you kill the shrine maiden?! Even though she wished for the peoples' happiness!" With those words, Suzaku guessed in that instant. This young man was probably the chief priest the girl had mentioned. "... It can't be helped. It couldn't be helped. She became a Nightmare." "You made her do that!" "No! I tried to help her!" "But you killed her!"

"Once someone becomes a Nightmare, they're no longer human. Surely you know that? If I had let her be, more people would've died." "Yeah, I know that. What you did was right. People will praise you for it. But do you understand what killing someone precious does to someone?!" The chief priest's shout struck Suzaku's heart. (... Euphie, I...) "Even though there might have been a way to turn her back to normal... Shrine maiden, shrine maiden...!" A black mist slowly covered the chief priest who was howling with fury.

" W h y  d i d  y o u  k i l l . . .  w h y  d i d  y o u  k i l l  h e r . . . "

"— If I had left her like that, she would've killed other people!"

"W h a t ' s  w r o n g  w i t h  t h a t ? !  I  h a v e  m a n y  m o r e  l i v e s —  I  l o n g e d  t o  b e  c l o s e  t o  j u s t  o n e  p e r s o n ,  I  j u s t  w a n t e d  t o  s a v e  h e r !  I s  t h a t  w r o n g  a s  a  h u m a n ? ! "

Suzaku looked at his sword in half-dazed state, the corpse of the chief priest who had loved the dead shrine maiden dearly in front of him. The blade of his sword was wet and red with the blood of the things he had killed. (Since that day, both of my hands have been soaked in red.) — Yes, from when he was very young, trying to stop his father from escalating the war. And then— (Now my entire body is... covered in blood) How many would you say you've killed for the sake of saving people? How many people's desires have you trampled? "Aa... aaaaaaaaaaaa!" Suzaku screamed, overflowing with unending repentance, but at that moment—

"Don't, you'll be swallowed up!" At the familiar sound of his best friend's voice, Suzaku regained his sanity. "Lelouch...?" "I finally came in time."

Breathing heavily, Suzaku met that familiar figure halfway. "Lelouch... is that really you?" "Yeah, sorry for being late." With the entrance of his childhood friend, a question burst out of Suzaku. "Lelouch, I've killed a lot of people. I've taken someone's beloved with these hands!" "Suzaku..." "What should I do—?!"

- Part 2

In front of his disoriented childhood friend, Lelouch took a deep breath and steeled his resolve. "Suzaku, listen well. The abnormalities in this world are our fault. So let's end it all." "How do we end it all?" "... You really don't know?" "What?" "With our own hands, we have to—" At that point, Lelouch stopped talking. (I'll let him calm down a little more before I continue talking... It's too soon right now.) "Suzaku, we're moving."

"My ally's house is here."

"Ally, you said?"

"Yes. My goals align with hers. To return the world back to normal."

"..."

Lelouch pointed ahead, to a house that looked like it came straight out of a fairy tale. "You made it this time." "Thanks to your help. Thank you, Alice." Inside the house, the girl called Alice stared blankly at Suzaku. "... Sleeping is the best way to recover. Because those who are weakened become a burden." "Eh? Y-Yeah." "Use the bed as you like." "Let's take advantage of her kindness. Come, Suzaku." Lelouch walked briskly, like he already knew the place.

Laying on the bed on the second floor, Suzaku spoke to Lelouch. "She's a little strange, isn't she?" "But her skills are reliable. She has deep knowledge of this world." "Alice... Like the 'Alice in Wonderland' Nunnally likes." "Yeah..." "Speaking of, Nunnally... your little sister..." Whether it was out of relief that he met up with his best friend or not, Suzaku lost consciousness.

- Part 3

Suzaku awoke to the sound of faint voices talking. Killing his presence, he headed towards the voices, where Lelouch and Alice were talking. "Is that so?" "Yeah. This world is looping according to Suzaku's desires. If we want to end it, he has to change himself." "The method for that is.... that, isn't it?" "Suzaku has to kill the Nightmare behind all of this with his own hands. The Nightmare in the form of someone dear to you. For you, it would be your little sister, Nunnally..." Killing someone dear to you with your own hands— The truth made Suzaku feel dizzy.

Without realizing it, Suzaku was outside of the house. (A Nightmare in the form of someone dear to you...) He knew that without a doubt, and he'd surely met it many times. That was the person who acknowledged him. The person he swore loyalty to. The person dear to him. — Someone he hadn't wanted to lose. "Euphie..."

"Can I kill this Nightmare that looks like Euphie... with my own hands?"

How many times has it been? How many mistakes have I made? How many lives have been taken by my hand? The truth is, I know. That Euphie died. The truth is, I know. What I have to do to that thing with Euphie's form. I have to have the resolve to move forward. Even so, I've always believed. In this world, you can live alongside everyone before you make a mistake. "... But that's no good. Time moves on."

- Part 4

Grasping his knight's pin tightly, Suzaku raised his voice. "Come out! I'm here!" Responding to his voice, the Nightmare with Euphemia's form appeared before him. "Suzaku... my knight..." Euphemia's hands reached for Suzaku. "... Thank you, Euphie. And, I'm sorry. I— can't take your hand!" A strong flame burned in Suzaku's eyes.

"Trust me, Suzaku. You can start over in this world!"

"I can't, Euphie. I... don't want to waste the real you's death!"

"Goodbye, Euphie." Suzaku turned to stop Euphie with one strike. But at that moment— "I'll tell you the truth." What he thought had been Euphemia's body dispersed in an instant and wrapped around Suzaku. "If you know the truth of how I was killed, will you still say you blame me?" Something popped up in his eye and images streamed in. "This is—?!" "Do you know why I massacred the Japanese...?"

Cold rain fell from the red skies. Cold drops fell relentlessly on Suzaku's body. "This is where you were, Suzaku!" Perhaps Lelouch had been looking for him, breathing heavily as he ran. "Let's go back in, you'll catch a cold." "You've been lying to me, haven't you?" "Suzaku...?" "You drove Euphie mad and killed her for your own goals— as Zero." "......... That's right." In the pouring rain, only the mystery and Lelouch's response echoed.

- Part 5

Lelouch's confession threw Suzaku's heart into disarray. "What about all that talk with Alice earlier? To stop this world's loop, I tried to kill Euphie, but is that really a Nightmare?! Isn't that... isn't that the real Euphie?!" "Calm down, Suzaku!" "You want to go back to the world where Nunnally is so you want to use me to—!" "No! I've already killed Nunnally to end this loop! It's useless if we both don't overcome this!" "You've betrayed me!" "Suzaku...!"

"I can't forgive you for this. Because it's important, because you're my friend... I can't forgive you... for lying to me and betraying me! You lied in both this world and in our world! Lelouch! You're covered in lies!"

"I am a liar. But that's enough! You're the only one who can defeat the cause of this abnormality!"

"Aa... aaaaaa!"

After yanking Lelouch close, Suzaku struck him with all of his strength. "You can't do anything alone!" "... Ah, that's true, isn't it." Spitting out the blood spilling out of his mouth, Lelouch grinned and laughed. "Alone, huh." "— tsk! Damn it!" By the time Suzaku noticed, his field of vision was spinning and his back was on the ground. "Tsk! Alice!" "Be quiet for a bit. Are you okay, Lelouch?" "Yeah..." Lelouch's eyes seemed sad as he nodded.

- Part 6

How much time has passed? The fortuneteller with dull rose-colored hair came to visit Suzaku while he was restrained to the bed. "You're..." "I'm Cinderella." "You're... Cinderella?" "If you say I'm different than you'd imagine, how about I take one of your arms?" She wasn't lying, only telling the truth, as the smile on her face showed. With that strange intensity, Suzaku gulped. "Now then, should I talk to you for a bit? If you don't change, the loop will never end. We can't go back to our world either."

"You know that too, don't you? That the Euphie or whatever's a fake. The more you loved the real thing, the better you can pick out the flaws in the fake." "... Ah." "You averted your eyes from that woman's death. This world captured that weakness. The real you would've had the courage to face that thing and give it what for by now." "Then I'm..." "A shadow that was left behind... or something." "That Lelouch too?" "The same as you. A shadow that averted his eyes at the moment that woman died."

"Well, I noticed the loop pretty early on and tried to get out of it quick." "Then Lelouch actually...?" "This isn't real. I killed it by declaring my weakness." "..." "If you two don't stop the loop, both of you will be suffering here forever, trapped in your regrets. Both of you need to get over it." "Both of us..." "Remember what the old lady said. There's some things you can't get across if you don't talk, yeah?" With that, Cinderella untied Suzaku and quietly left the room.

After a while, Suzaku left the room and knocked on a nearby door and Lelouch came out. "... Lelouch, I want to talk to you for a bit." "... Okay." The two said no more words than what was necessary, silently leaving the house.

"A human who has become a Nightmare can't be changed back."

"That's right. There's no way you can help them."

"... You drove Euphie mad. But I have regrets."

"... Ah. But that's why we're here."

"... Why?"

"That was an accident. My power went rampant..."

"Geass... an unusual power that lets you control other people."

"As long as I use it properly... I... wanted to take Euphie's hand..."

"Lelouch..."

"I used Euphie's death to make the most out of it. That was the path I believed I was bound to go down. But my feelings of regret brought forth this world..." "... I see. You accepted Euphie's death in your own way and tried to take responsibility for it." "Yeah, that's why I can't forgive my own weakness. And—" Lelouch pointed to a large number of Nightmares, all of which were being eaten by Euphemia's figure. "Whatever she is, I can't forgive her blasphemy!"

- Part 7

"Suzaku, those are the true colors of the one who's been showing you illusions. If we kill her, this world will return to the way it was before!" Suzaku pointed his sword towards the thing in Euphemia's form eating Nightmares. "Lelouch, before that, one more question. What happens to the people who turn into Nightmares?" "All of them will die. But the world will be saved." "... I have seen this world many times.There are those left behind by the people who were killed, mourning them." "Ah..." "You're..."

"You're telling me to bear the burden of all that hatred?" "Yes. Only those who are prepared to be killed should kill. But Suzaku— you've made a mistake." "Eh?" "You and I both carry that burden." "— Ah. Yeah, you're right! Lelouch!" "Let's go, Suzaku! To change this world without a future!"

"Don't you feel like we've been forgotten, Alice?"

"I don't care. As long as we can return to our original world. I only want to hurry up and revive my author."

"As usual, you're a boring girl."

"Are you two friends?"

"Ahaha! No way! Won't we kill each other at any rate?"

"Because only one person can have their wish granted."

"It doesn't matter if we're only temporarily fighting together. I'll use your power as I please!"

-

"Thank you... thank you, Suzaku. Your stubborn side and your kind side.... your sad eyes and your awkward side... the side of you that gets bitten by cats... I came to love all of it. Suzaku.... meeting you truly made me happy."

- Ending:

"It looks like we say goodbye here." "Are we finally free? God, those fucking dolls. Dragging us into annoying issues like this." Suzaku smiled and held out his hand to the two girls who had helped them. "Thank you, both of you. If it weren't for you two, Lelouch and I... we'd surely still be wandering around." "Thank you too." Seeing Alice as expressionless as ever, Cinderella let out an annoyed sigh— In the end, without shaking hands with anyone, the girls returned to their original world.

"So, what do we do now?" "We're shadows after all. Maybe one day, we'll disappear..." Lelouch held his hand over his left eye, where his power dwelled. "Maybe this world will be consumed by war again. And the weak will be oppressed. A world without a future will appear. To guard against that, this power of Geass will be needed." "Lelouch..." "Until the day I disappear, I intend to protect this word. I believe that's my duty, as one who holds the power of kings." "Yeah."

"So Suzaku... won't you wield your sword for that?" "— Of course. If we're together, nothing's impossible!" Lelouch and Suzaku's eyes met, and they laughed as they did when they were children. "Alright, let's go, Suzaku. To bring a future to this world." "Yeah!" Unnoticed by anyone, the swirling, red sky above turned a brilliant blue.

-

"And with t h a t ,  case closed."

" H a p p i l y  e v e r  a f t e r ~ ! "

"For a  w h i l e ,  I was  w o r r i e d  about what would happen."

" A s  e x p e c t e d ,  the power of friendship is strong."

"Now this  w o r l d  has a  f u t u r e . "

". . .  I s  t h a t  s o ? "

"Is something  t r o u b l i n g  you?"

"Is the loop  r e a l l y  over?"

"... Oh my,  o h  m y .  What an  o m i n o u s  thing to say."

"...."

" H e h e h e . . . ! "

" H e e  h e e  h e e . . . ! "

" W e l l  t h e n ,  everyone."

"Have a  g o o d  d a y . . . "

[on-the-brighter-side-au]

Don't leave me

Authors note:This is my first go round at Angst-fluff

This fic is about my au

Triggers : Death(not for to long), disgusting imagery, Blood, Gore, pain, limb breaking, you have been warned please be careful

"R-Roman?" All he felt was pain and wanted to leave but he didn't want to leave his brother behind

"Ah I see your awake"

"You" growled Remus "I thought we told you to leave us alone!"

"Yes you did but you see dear Remus I don't follow rules"

"You mother- what the?!" Remus yelled he tried to lunge himself at them only to find out that he was trapped by a long black like tentacles

"Did you really think I would just let you be free no no no that would ruin the whole show" "what are- ROMAN!"

Roman was suddenly in front of him with the same tentacles around him

"R-Remus help m-me" stuttered Roman in pain

"I will! Just you wait until I'm free I'm gonna-!" "Oh of course you will now let the show begin!"

Roman was suddenly screaming as the tentacles pulled on his arms and legs as if trying to pull them out of their sockets

Suddenly they stopped but not for long as next they were throwing Roman to the ground over again

No matter how much Remus or Roman begged they wouldn't stop even if blood was everywhere they kept going and going

Remus at this point was crying he already hated seeing his brother in pain but seeing him get tortured like this just made his heart ache

"How are you enjoying the show Remus?" "I fuc*king hate it and I hate you" "oh well I can turn it up a notch"

Before Remus could even respond the tentacles stopped throwing Roman but the sound he heard next made him wish he kept his mouth shut

*Crack!*

"AAAAA!* Roman screamed again as the tentacles broke his arm

"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Remus yelled again he just wanted this to end already "oh but my dear we just begun"

And with that the horrible cycle started over again and again with the same results with both the twins screaming, begging and crying just wanting the pain to stop

Until it did the tentacles around Roman put him on the ground and the ones around him let him go

Once he felt that they were gone he ran to Romans side

Roman was a mess with blood all on his face and body and his limbs were in angles that they weren't supposed to be in

"Roman! It's okay now" Remus said through tears "R-Remus everything hurts" "I know but your gonna be okay"

"No"

"What do you mean no-" "I mean it's over for me Remus"

Remus stood there shocked why would Roman say such a thing?

"Roman please-" "I'm sorry Rem" "Roman please no hang on for a little me your gonna be fine" "Remus I want to say one thing" "what is it"

"Your the best brother in the world"

And with that Roman eyes closed and his chest fell still

"Roman? Roman! Please no please open your eyes please" Remus said through tears "please don't leave me"

"Oh don't worry dear you'll be seeing him very soon"

As soon as Remus turned around the tentacles all lunged at him all at once

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"AAAAAAAAAAAA"

Remus shot up from his bed he couldn't see his eyes were blurry and stung from the tears he let out and started to sob

"Remus?"

It took Remus a second to recognize that voice

"ROMAN!" "Oh my- Remus what happened?!"

Remus hugged his brother tightly and sobbed into his shirt

"Shhh shhh I'm here I'm not going anywhere your gonna be okay everything is going to be okay"

Roman let Remus cry a little longer before asking what happened again and Remus explain every little detail

Roman sat there and listened closely knowing if Remus let it all out he was going to calm down faster

And soon he did finish but had tear stains on his cheeks

"Well it wasn't real "but it felt like it" "Remus look at me I'm here your here every thing is okay it wasn't real got it"

Remus still wasn't sure but didn't want to make his brother upset so he agreed anyway "Okay"

But Roman could see right through him "I can tell your lying Remus do you know what happens to liars Remus?"

Remus was already smiling "Ro can we talk about this?" "I don't think we can"

And with that Roman lunged at Remus and sent an onslaught of tickles on Remus's side's all the while Remus let it happen it was fun and it helped him relax more

Until he got tired of course Roman saw this and quickly stopped letting Remus breathe

"Feel better?" "Much" "good let's go back to sleep"

Roman laid down and Remus quickly followed warping his arms around Roman to feel safer and soon both fell asleep calm and relaxed

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Authors note 2: I don't know how I feel about this fic but if you made it this far I hope you enjoyed it

Tags: No one

[breezy-cheezy]

Hi please have some Fire Emblem: 3 Houses thoughts because I JUST finished part 1 and it’s time for bed (my switch died on me too, playing on mobile mode, long story) and I’m CURRENTLY FREAKING OUT so I need to get this out somehow so I can friggin sleep---

Major spoilers for the game (all over part 1 and very beginning of part 2) under the cut!! I’m playing Blue Lions route but I’m sure this goes for all:

- Well THAT’S what happened to Dimitri. No sleep to the point he thinks he sees the ghosts of his dead family wanting revenge. *facepalm* or does he really see them...because that is really concerning...but yeah there goes his sanity. Byyyye Dimitri’s sanity. DX You were such a sweet boy...I’m sure he;s still under all that trauma........

- Felix: I KNEW IT I KNEW HE’S A MONSTER HE LOVES TO KILL but also is he ok who do I need to fite (I laugh because Felix is a jerk but he does care in his own way and it’s kinda adorable in a very Felix way)

- Byleth’s hair is green now?? Ok let’s roll with it, it IS a pretty color. Hey so green hair usually = dragon in FE lore, so like?? Dragon powers now or????

- I...did see Jeralt/dad dying from like a mile away. The whole “I have something important to tell you...AFTER THIS REALLY BIG FIGHT” just screams “parent/mentor gonna die” to me >.< It was more heart breaking that even time travel couldn’t save him...

- I did NOT, however, see it coming on who the flame emperor would be O.o Man I REALLY gotta play the Black Eagle route soon, what is the justification for THAT. Also. What is Claude up to...is he okay...?

- Side note, the ballroom scene, Claude insisting on a dance with Byleth no matter the gender (I figure the scene is the same for male!Byleth) is just...so pure, what a good man <333

- SligHTLY bitter Byleth didn’t get a small dance with Dimitri tho???? C’mon. Let Byleth dance with her precious students...!!!!

-ANOTHER side note I’m so SO glad romance is so much less of a focus in this game. It makes me enjoy the relationships alot more actually!! Do you even marry anyone in this game at all? I see S ranks possible but does that actually mean marriage like the other games? Because if it isn’t I am more than fine with it *shrug* 

- I recruited Bernadetta because she’s adorable, you can never have too many archers, and I wanna help her with her social anxiety...she has a hedgehog!! How cute!! 

- I also think it’s really cute you can sometimes find the gifts you gave some students in their rooms! For example, I’ve found the birthday flowers I gave to Caspar in his room once and like BOY you’re not even my student, awwwwww!!! That’s a really nice detail in the game!!

- Anyway, seeing Dimitri’s rage build up to mental instability just broke my heart all over...I kept having Byleth invite him to tea parties with camomile tea specifically, even if I know it  doesn’t really change anything just...*sigh* I both wanna smack him and hug him, revenge only makes things worse baby don’t!!!! Don’t!!!!!!!

- Ashe is still a sweetie-pie over here I love himm...Annette, Ingrid...also any Dedue stans out there?? What a good, very tall egg <33

- Back to story stuff: BIG DRAGON OUTTA NOWHERE OH K AY

- Byleth falls to her apparent death but not really because green hair powers...got it....ALRIGHT ASLEEP FOR 5 YEARS TO RECOVER seems logical, I too, would like to take a 5 year nap sometimes?? Because that’s normal...

- Oh oh this is what people mean by the time skip! I’ve avoided spoilers but I have seen that mentioned...On to part 2! So um. More sad stuff to come I’m guessing, that’s normal for act II’s in plays...

- Yeah alot can change in 5 years, like your star student going completely feral and thinks Byleth is a ghost too! Boy, Dimitri always needed a haircut but this is ridiculous...they started to talk but then my switch died then, which I took as a good signal to go to bed but aaaaaaaAAAAA this game!!! Is so much better than Fates!!! The story is so much better thought out and engaging, I’ve gotten so much more attached to the characters than I ever did in Fates?? I love a couple from Fates, but I have some level of attachment to all the students in this game, even the ones not in my class!! And they’re all so different too, wow, how did they pull that off...

- Also please let me hug Dimitri. 

- While we’re at it, all my students. Are they safe?? Where?? Are they?? What the h e ck???? Why isn’t there a hug option in this game???????? My biggest complaints!! No hug option and you can’t pick up/pet cats or dogs!! That’s about it haha

Whew...there’s alot I wanna draw for multiple fandoms now...but that was alot. It helped though! It was more for my sake but maybe someone got something out of that *shrug*

[soradgirl]

C3AFA Jakarta 2017

( this was so hard to work on I swear I have the worst memory)

Oh fun fact this was all actually broadcasted on Nico Nico, both panel and concert! (I think for the panel it was, but I’m definitely sure about the concert)

I came to the anifest for the anime.

Specifically the utaites 😏

There was also f'hana, Suzuki Konomi, May'n, and Usagi, but I’m not too familiar with them lol so I won’t write about them.

Also I’ll be writing about what they said to the audience but my Japanese isn’t… Perfect. I can understand it sometimes, but reading and writing is… Not good. 

S O R R Y.

Also because this was held in Indonesia I’ll be using Indonesian words when they spoke it, but in brackets I’ll put the English. I’ll also recap a few personally funny things that happened to me, specifically with my cousin that I brought along. (She isn’t even in a fandom, and doesn’t even know what utaites are)

NOW LET’S GO. (WARNING: LONG POST) 

I could only attend one day (Saturday), because of something I like to call hell school. Which I’m kind of sad about since Kradness is performing the second day and well, he’s the first utaite I’ve ever listened too. I’d go but there’s no way I’d be allowed to miss school Hahah :^)

The anifest exhibition, filled with little booths selling cute drawings, keychains, and a whole lot of Yuri on Ice yaoi. Official (?) booths include: Black Butler, Fate Apocalypse, some others I’m sure, but most were fan-run (?) booths. (I bought a set of Koi Yuri on Ice keychains that were adorable lol)

Of course that’s not what I came for. I came for the anisong concert. Specifically Tomohisa Sako.

The event began at 10:00 am. I arrived at 2:30 and bought the VIP tickets. To my dismay, T-kun had an autograph session at 12:30.

U N L U C K Y 

   To be fair was on the plane. Yes jakarta is not where I live. I live in another city boohoo. Flew out but missed autographs. 

And since I arrived late to purchase the tickets, the closest seats were row N. But at least had wasn’t in the standing area hahahahah. (Those who stood for three hours at the very back sorrymasen.) 

There was about five hours until concert doors opened. What can you do for five hours?? 

I took a look at the schedule. 

Wait. What’s this?

At 3:30 pm the beginning of nico nico panel!!? (Mind you I didn’t know this was happening.) I only came for the concert. This was great, I had some way to spend the time while waiting for the concert doors to open. 

 But who was performing? Was it anyone I knew? YES IT WAS. 

 Natsushiro Takaaki, Eve, and CleaNero (Clear and Nero.)

 L U C K Y. 

 I was so excited I stood in front of the small open stage thirty minutes early. Also because I wanted to be at the front. Then it happened. It begun. The crowd started to thicken. 

Anytime nico nico was mentioned me and a few other girls screamed like mad. 

(No pictures cause obviously they’re forbidden)

 I think the only downside of this short panel was that the time between each performance was really long XD. We had to wait around half an hour more or less for the next performer to come up. But they did provide entertainment in the middle of that wait.  

 Usagi was the first performer. She sang a song that I know the melody of but not the words or the title. (Shazam didn’t help either)

After her was my dear dear dearest Ikemennnnnnnnnnnn NATSUSHIRO TAKAAKI. He looked so good and ugh it was just amazing like how can someone be so cool lol. He came up on stage and pulled out a piece of paper. (a recurring theme.) 

“Selamat siang! (Good afternoon)” he said. Or tried to say, but he was cute for trying. “Nama saya Takaaki Natsushiro. (My name is Takaaki Natsushiro.)” he struggled to say it but we were patient. I was grinning so hard because him trying was so adorable. (”Ganbatte!” the crowd shouted in encouragement) 

Then he proceeded to speak in Japanese. “Do you understand Japanese?” he asked first. 

“We do!” the crowd, and me, answered. His smile grew like a little puppy as he complimented us it was amazing. (and adorable, they all were so dorky aa)

Okay here is where I apologize. I don’t remember any of the songs he sang. I KNOW I’M TERRIBLE BUT SERIOUSLY MY MIND BLANKED OUT. (I kept staring at his face I guess lol that’s not a valid excuse.) 

I think. THINK. He sang:  世界の真ん中を歩く(sekai no mannaka wo aruku)

BUT He was so enthusiastic as well, always getting the crowd to shout with the song, or clap our hands. (My cousin’s comment: How can he sing so perfectly while jumping?) ALSO DID I MENTION HOW STYLISH HIS OUTFIT WAS? HE WAS WEARING WHITE CLOTHES AND IT WAS WAS WAS COOLLLL.

He seriously looks like the drawings of him. Like with long white coat-thing with black underneath. And of course, a smile all the time. SO CUTE AGHHH

If anyone who was there knows any of the songs he sang please tell me ww I need help. 

Fun fact: during the performance I was looking at him then in the far corner I saw a guy wearing a mask. I stared for three seconds before almost, ALMOST shouting, “EVE.” 

Eve was watching the performance from a door to backstage it was so cute ww. 

A N D  

Eve was also the next performance. There was this one girl who seriously loved him, she kept shouting ‘kakkoi or kawaii’ when he came on stage ww and throughout the performance. So since no photos are allowed I have their faces branded into my brain haha. Okay but. Eve looks exactly like his avatar. Like the hair, the body shape, etc. I was gushing over it for the entire performance. He was wearing this blue patterned shirt with a floral jacket-thing over it, I think the pants matched the jacket. Why are Japanese people so stylish??? 

Now the performance. Not in correct order but he sang: 

ユ���バース (Universe)

スパークル(Sparkle from Your Name/Kimi no Nawa.)

惑星ループ (Wakusei Loop)

Now this cute boy also pulled out that fated paper. He stared at it sometime, trying to pronounce the first few syllables. 

“Se- Sela? se se... (G- Goo? G-Good...)” he kept trying, eventually people starting shouting in encouragement but he held his hand out like ‘please be quiet I must focus.’ 

He then said it properly (well kind of). “Selamat siang! (Good afternoon)” When we cheered in response he looked so relieved that he had done it w. After that he sang another song. The poor boy was starting to get sweaty, and when he ended the song we could see he was really out of breath. To play it off adorably he panted into the microphone. “Haah haah, it’s hot...” he said (In japanese). (Cue squeals, it was so adorable.) And then he asked for a towel. 

While waiting for the towel he decided to speak a little to us, albeit in Japanese. He said, “before I came on stage I was really nervous!” (That’s what I think he sort of said. Could be wrong)  We all aww-ed and someone yelled (in Japanese) for him not to be nervous, which he obviously in turn replied with a thank you. 

I felt so sorry for my poor sweaty boy, and they didn’t have any towels to give him, so I half-jokingly told my cousin that I wanted to throw him some tissues. (She then kept trying to take my tissues and throw them upstage. I WAS IN THE FRONT ROW I SWEAR HE COULD SEE THIS HAPPENING IT WAS VERYYY EMBARRASSING.)

During Universe he got us to sing along to the ‘woah woah yeah yeah’ parts in the song, and during the instrumental breaks the crowd was shouting like, ‘HEY HEY HEY.” It was really nice. 

Wakusei Loop started playing and I screamed because I love that song. Immediately the crowd goes ‘ tuttururuttu ruttutturu’ along with the song. And some rhythmic clapping during choruses/ instrumentals.

When he left the stage I got so sad jeez. But i remembered that there was still CLEANERO.

I mean, there was two of them! Both, one package. Win win right? 

And they ran up on stage, instead of having that little paper scene, they went straight into the first song. 

The songs they sang (that I remember) are: 

Butterfly

Cotton Candy Cloud

That One Song That Goes ‘Lalalalala’ And They Got The Crowd to Sing With Them. (Aka idk)

And I’m sure there were more but I forgot song

But the thing about Clear and Nero is: THEIR HARMONIES. They are so beautiful i felt like shedding a tear seriously. It was like the heavenly voices came down to bless me on that anime day. 

But these two knew how to interact with fans more while performing. Although Nero more than Clear. They always stood on the front and one time Nero pointed at at an audience member while singing. 

But after two songs they took a break, and the paper came out. Clear was cackling while Nero tried to pronounce the words. He did so pretty well actually. 

“Selamat siang (good afternoon) Jakarta!” he yelled, which in reply we cheered, but then he handed the paper to Clear, who stopped laughing as soon as he realized what he had to do. 

Clear said the exact same thing as Nero, but with stuttering and a heavy accent.You could tell he was really embarrassed, especially when some of us giggled. Luckily MOST of us were very encouraging and cheered for him instead.

After they were done I headed to the main stage where the concert was being held. 

That’s when I entered and realized, “Oh no it started already?!?” 

I swear they began early. So we headed to out seats and May’n was performing. While she was singing my cousin pointed to the poster-thing, where the performers were lined up in this order from bottom to top:

Tomohisa Sako

May’n

Konomi Suzuki

f’hana

She told me that if it was in the order of the pictures then that would mean that T-kun already performed. CUE PANIC. I tried to stay calm and enjoy the show but my mind was going a quadrillion miles per hour thinking of what would be of my life if I had indeed missed Tomohisa perform. 

May’n finished and left the stage and I sat down while waiting for the next performer to come up. We were sitting there staring at the screen playing advertisements when it flashed and in very loud volume it played:

COMING UP NEXT: TOMOHISA SAKO

I SCREAMED SO LOUDLY AND TEARED UP. SERIOUSLY. MY HEART EXPLODED AND I JUST FELT LIKE AAAAAAAAAAAA IT WAS PURE BLISS HOLY CRAP. 

T-kun ran onto stage, and the girls were deafening. I tried to calm myself but how could I?!?! HOW COULD I?!?

T-kun sang many songs, but instead of listing them I’ll go through them. 

(Although maybe not in correct order.)

So he sang Renai Saiban (Love Trial) and it reminded me of the little medley he did with Amatan and I was singing along like a little bird that doesn’t really know all the lyrics ww. 

He sang Mezase Pokemon Master and mad us shout that pikachu part LIKE FIVE TIMES. HE EVEN CALLED OUT SOMEONE. “Ahh... You only! You only, okay?” he said in english. It was cute and I was SO JEALOUS OF THAT PERSON. 

He sang Get a Ban Ban and I THINK I JUMPED ALL MY FAT AWAY WHILE SINGING WITH HIM BECAUSE I WAS SO ENERGETIC. 

Sugar Song and Bitter Step. At the beginning he trailed off one of the lyrics and twirled his finger at the audience... Thinking about it still makes my heart beat aa it was wonderful. 

He sang Floria and I felt a little nostalgic since I haven’t listened to that song in awhile it was so nice. T-kun really is cute and sweet...

And he sang Blue Bird!! I SWEAR THE CROWD WAS THE MOST ENERGETIC FOR THIS SONG, I SWUNG MY LIGHTSTICK AROUND UNTIL I FELT LIKE MY ARM WAS GOING TO FALL OFF. 

Some other things that happened. 

Him trying so hard to speak in Indonesian. While he was trying someone in the crowd yelled, “ T-kun daisuki!” and he was startled and replied, “a~a~ arigato!” 

He told us, “Saya makan nasi goreng. Enak sekali. (I ate fried rice. It was really good.)” 

Then he asked us what foods we liked, and my cousin shouted, “INDOMIE!” (Instant noodles ww) I swear the people by us were cracking up. 

Seriously my boy was so pure and I had so much fun I just felt so blessed the entire time ww. 

IKEMEN BOYSSSS <3 

I want to follow them forever! 

(I want to translate the footage of T-kun’s performance but I must brush up on my Japanese ww. I can do the Indonesian. Hopefully I can though.)

C3 ANIFEST WAS AMAZING I MISS THEM SO MUCH. I WANT TO WATCH MORE OF MY UTAITE BABIES I HOPE THEY CONTINUE COMING TO INDONESIA!! 

[loyally-unfaithful]

Hiii welcome to the community ! I heard you write for kny ! may i request some inozen chaos? (It can be platonic or shippy idm) with prompts 23. “I can’t believe I’m sitting in a mall jail with you of all people” orrrr 58. “Why do you always convince me of doing the stupidest shit”

pairing: agatsuma zenitsu & hashibira inosuke — though it can be interpreted as pre-relationship 

genre: crack (?)

prompt: “I can’t believe I’m sitting in a mall jail with you of all people” (23.) + modern!au

a/n: aaaaaaaaaaaa thank you 🥺🥺🥺

and thank u for requesting ! kinda nervous since this is the first request i’ve ever received haha,,, you didn’t specify a format ? so i wrote it in scenario/hc form—if that’s not what you wanted, you can send a message and i can turn it into a ficlet (Ф∀Ф )

« i can’t believe i’m sitting in mail jail with you, of all people... » zenitsu groaned, burying his face into his hands.

how did he even get into this situation in the first place?? how does inosuke always manage to rope him into doing some dumb, impulsive, potentially life-threatening shenanigans???

this was supposed to be a completely mundane, uneventful, trivial, everyday trip to the mall.

the pantry was starting to look rather sad and it was his turn to go grocery shopping, so he asked his flatmates if they wanted something while he’s at the shops and started organising his shopping list.

he doesn’t quite understand why tanjiro needed 20 pairs of cheap earphones, but he feels like he shouldn’t question it…

zenitsu hated shopping, absolutely abhors it. something about spending time in the supermarket with the monotonous droning of the cooling systems and the machines singing a duet with that same pop song put on repeat just drained the energy out of him. going shopping was just a drag.

but it was his turn, and he’ll get it done and over with.

everything was gonna be normal and ok.

as he made his way to the shops, he’d mentally pat himself down to check if he had everything on him and go through his list again.

keys? check.

wallet? check.

face-mask? check. (not because of corona, it’s just because it’s common courtesy in japan.)

mobile? check.

hotel? trivago.

inosuke? check.

wait inosuke?!

« wait inosuke?! what are you doing here??! » the blond shrieked in surprise, stopping dead on his tracks.

the loud young man would halt next to him and ask him if he’s gone blind/deaf as inosuke has been « following you since way before. »

now that zenitsu thinks about it, he did remember inosuke exclaiming something like being bored at home and wanting to tag along...

regardless, he doesn’t know if he’s more alarmed by the fact that he didn’t notice inosuke was trailing beside him this whole time or by the fact that the boisterous young man actually had it in him to be sneaky.

zenitsu grinned nervously, praying to whatever god or gods above that everything will be okay despite the human sized tornado he has with him...

even so, the shopping trip was characterised by more peripeteias and tribulations than it really should:

they haven’t even gotten near to the actual store within the mall and inosuke has  already tried to punt a 5 year old for apparently staring at the black haired man for too long. 

zenitsu had to quickly defuse the situation and apologise the very alarmed mother and petrified child as inosuke stood still in his shadow, clutching the corner of the blond’s sweater and watched the interaction, not saying a word.

zenitsu grumbled something about dragging him into inosuke’s mess and returned to his walk to the market, inosuke still hanging on the blond’s sweater.

zenitsu’s mind is still boggled. why does tanjiro want 20 pairs of earphones…?

but he ignored this riddle and took inosuke’s hand in his, leading the both of them to the shops—the blond found it oddly endearing how there was such a juxtaposition of inosuke’s rough hand paired with how softly and carefully he’s returning the blond’s hold.

zenitsu allowed the warmth to ground him and, thankfully, they’ve soon made it to their destination safe and sound, without yet another disaster 

the two would disperse once in the market, zenitsu collecting these 20 damn pairs of earphones and go down his list while inosuke ran off to god knows which aisle to go ham on the snacks.

the blond would casually shop when he’d hear hurried footsteps before a bunch of product was dumped in his cart. the raven-haired boy would then dash off again to repeat the cycle. the same cycle that has spooked zenitsu more than it should.

one time, zenitsu turned around to find two piercing blue eyes stare back at him. he swore his heart leapt out of his chest as he screeched at the uncannily realistic boar mask that greeted him. 

zenitsu is still recovering from his mini heart attack while inosuke bursts into hysterical laughter at the blond’s ‘near-death’ experience.

the latter has just caught his breath when the energetic young man has run off yet again. zenitsu wants to know where the hell inosuke procured such a mask and who the hell put it there. it’s not even near halloween?? they’re literally in june???

when most of the items have been retrieved, zenitsu would window shop as he waits for inosuke to bring yet another armful of snacks. the blond’s current preoccupation was a hair trimmer. should he buy it? his hand hovers as he reaches out, but then halts it to slowly retract it back. he looks at the hair trimmer again… his dilemma. then again it looks scary, maybe he shouldn’t… his gordian knot.

deciding that buying the item would be pointless, the blond looked around. inosuke hasn’t returned in a while...

it seemed that inosuke had already grabbed everything he wanted, and soon found himself bored in a quiet and empty supermarket—boredom and an empty mall: a couple made in hell, a recipe for disaster.

the quieter of the two has started to make his way to the till when he heard a large crash. he silently hopes it has nothing to do with him or the person he brought with him. but of course it did.

inosuke had dived into one of those ball racks near the toy aisle, the rack itself not looking as upright as it should and its content having spilt all over the place.

zenitsu just… takes one look and pretends not to see it.

he just 

walks away

so close yet so far. the blond has managed to reach the cash register and has started unloading the contents of his cart when he sees inosuke with his own.

they make eye contact.

zenitsu knows what he's gonna do.

the black haired man puts one foot on the empty cart.

the blond slowly shakes his head, half trying to tell him to not do it because it’s fucking stupid and half pleading him to not cause more trouble.

inosuke eyes contained a determination and resolve that not even god can stop.

almost like watching an accident in slow motion, zenitsu watched, petrified, as inosuke yeets himself on the cart and send it speeding down the aisle with more force and a higher velocity than what was considered safe.

surprisingly, or unsurprisingly, zenitsu hears a loud crash and a noise that sounded like a potato sack was thrown on the floor—and he was sure he didn’t just hear it because of his sensitive ears.

abandoning his own groceries, he ran off to join inosuke, who laid by a couple of soup cans, some still rolling anyway somewhere—the stand that held them and the splash zone surrounding area having been reduced to chaos. 

the young man was comically strewn upside down on his upper back, his lower half flopping over and folding into himself.

ok ooc, but i suck at anatomy but suck even more at describinf so here’s an artistic depiction of how zenitsu found inosuke

ok bye bye sorry for bothering you 

« inosuke what...?!! i— are you literally dumb? »

the boarheaded young man just shook off his injuries and righted himself, unfazed, as zenitsu continued his yapping and rambling.

« monitsu.. 

– what?! zenitsu stopped midword in his lecture, having long stopped bothering to correct inosuke.

– monitsu, run. inosuke finished as he rushed to make a quick dash. »

zenitsu was just sat there, stunned, when he felt an ominous presence behind him.

he slowly turned his head around to delay the inevitable, offering a nervous and fearful grin to the shadow hovering behind him.

with a pathetic expression and an even more pitiful shriek, he was dragged into the mall security office by a guard as another security member chased after the other young man.

despite having run like a bat out of hell, inosuke soon joined zenitsu in the mall jail.

« i can’t believe i’m sitting in mail jail with you, of all people... » zenitsu echoed, having dragged his palm down to cover his mouth. 

he sat immobile waiting for inosuke’s apology, or maybe any sign of repentance.

he waited.

and waited some more.

« at least try to pretend you’re sorry?!? » the blond gaped in disbelief.

« huh? why? » inosuke just turned around to look at zenitsu blankly. « it was your fault we got caught anyway… »

the blond’s immediate reaction was to retort and argue but swallowed down his arguments. he’s fighting a losing battle.

snapping his mouth shut, he sulked in his own corner as the two waited for tanjiro to collect them.

he sighed, it was… embarrassing. but it didn’t really matter that much at the end of the day: inosuke would probably forget most of the incident within 20 minutes of being freed, and zenitsu just doesn’t find it in him to be mad forever. especially at inosuke.

did zenitsu ever mention he absolutely detests going grocery shopping?

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