#thank yew felix

[dxdfish]

dead end !!

[murdrdocs]

doing an act of self care and rereading your saltburn works and the way you write felix just feels so spot on like yeah hes kind of a douche but he means well for the most part…. but sometimes he just has to think with his dick when you look so pretty underneath the flashing lights… like he just HAD to stick his tongue down your throat in the middle of the dance floor :3

omg thank yew. idk if u know but this is the best compliment u could ever tell a writer. hes a douche bc hes only known wealth and getting his way, but he so means well!!! and thinking w his dick is lowk his specialty ... andddd you're so right he would stick his tongue down your throat in the middle of the dance floor, big hands literally holding your entire face within them to keep you still while he practically assaults your mouth with his

[wntryoongs]

We, as a society, need more Modern!au Saltburn fics.

Imagine what they would do with social media, AND SONGSSS!! (Oliver would def have tumblr and reddit)

The amount of sarcastic "it's not homo when its with homies" jokes Farleigh would make LMFAOOO

Saltburn having it's own tiktok account ran by Venetia ;)

This is a long shot, but Oliver being an ao3 author, and then accidentally telling Felix while they're high 🤐

Everybody give me more Modern!au hcs to help my brainrot please and thank yew :>

[yesimwriting]

greetings i just wanna say that ode to a conversation stuck in your throat is so bestfriend felix coded goodbye thank yew

music is such a key part to my writing process so i genuinely love this so much

also you are so right!! amazing bestfriend felix representation

[seospicybin]

i was here since u dropped felix and as a seungin biased it was ROUGH. i absolutely enjoyed each part of the series & i even turned on my notifs for YEW 🫵 thank u for your genius 🙏

Oooo... loyal thth enthusiast I see 👏🏻

Thank you for reading, bub. I hope you enjoyed the latest season and let me know what you think about it 😊❤️

[pk-endgame]

hai welcome to le blog

im felix/link/zach i use he/it pronounce

i will try to keep this as updated as possible.. who knows how well that will go (not me). ill make a better intro post once i start running this thang

all characters will be tagged using their first names + all info can be found in their tags (ex. dennis, kataki, majesti, etc etc)

lore + worldbuilding will be tagged as that

i have a toyhouse that i mainly use as a drawing/image archive, but it does have some information about my silly guys on there :^) i try to keep my main ocs info as up to date as possible

you can ask questions about my ocs + their lore, ask me questions, or even ask the characters themselves! (((((please i would love to talk about anything and explore my guys a little more))))

i think thats it about it? uhhh i ask that you not be weird or nsfw with my characters thank yew

[wilddwcrds]

madisyn shoots felix a glare, giving him a dramatic wave of her hand to usher away his annoying need to be right all the time. but her expression shifts into a smug but sinister grin at his challenge. the funny thing about madisyn is, she didn't stand a chance of not inheriting a competitive gene. between charlotte kennedy and oskar ranstromen as her parents, insinuating she won't do something is a dangerous mistake. so she hums, gaze narrowing at her uncle momentarily but she says nothing else. "you know what i think, fefe?" she perks up finally to felix's dramatic sarcasm, laughing. "i think you really missed your chance to be on broadway." her hand raises and she drops a sharp but quick boop to felix's nose.

her expression begins to follow along with his words, scrunching, wrinkling, frowning, forcing a smile as felix changes his mind about the phrase. "mmk, well. that was a fun journey with no destination but i like the motto. which is all that matters. if i took your advice about everything, i'd just end up staring a wall and thinking about death." which she has done once or twice, usually when she can't sleep. blinking at the ceiling and wondering what the point of anything was. but madisyn knows better than to admit it out loud, especially to felix. because he'd literally never shut up and she'd end up using her versace scarf to fix around the nearest rafters. she's close now, in fact, as felix highlights an underlying theme to many members of their family. this inner dislike that she can never really place. also something she won't admit, glaring at him as she grabs her phone. "just a slice, which i ignore thanks to the healthy kennedy genes that overpower it, thank yew." she chirps.

but felix is more than just a dreary voice. at times, there's plenty of sound advice that leaves him. and his idea about college isn't...awful. madisyn does enjoy learning things, her constant new hobbies and forever changing ideas is an example of her hoarding mentality. "i don't know. maybe." she placates, even if his words have stirred a few ideas. but madisyn's attention is focused more on her phone, a few more minutes of tapping away before she takes a loud breath. "okay so, dr. schubert has free consultations and i just booked us next week, one after the other. i emailed you." she tells felix, shoulders moving with a hint of excitement. "i'm excited! plus i'm going to be like so much better at therapy than you."

"...Do you mean statement?" Felix corrected with a smug grin and a quick laugh, and it was all too natural for his deflection to be ready at a moment's notice. "I'll go if you go. How about that?" he countered, mostly amused by the suggestion. However, all humor dropped from his expression as he was explained the joke, Felix giving Madisyn a subtle but sardonic nod. "Thanks, that was really layered and complicated." he muttered, barely above a whisper. And it was then that he remained silent, unsure if Madisyn was trying to...Oh God, she was trying to help. Felix kept his stare on her, a blank expression over his features as he nodded again. It went without saying that the topic was the most difficult thing for him to speak on these days. And that realization made Felix tense internally. It shouldn't be, there was a fairly obvious other thing that should have been his concern. "Okay, well. Now I want to use a toaster as a bath bomb so. Let's do this again." he gestured meekly between himself and his niece.

"I think the other way around is the..." he sighed about the motto. "It's a shitty motto, if you..." another sigh. "Forget it." he added, waving a dismissive hand to the pointless discussion. "It's a good motto but only if you..." take it with a pinch of salt. He sighed again and instead reverted back to his drab tone. "Yeah, no, forget it. It's a shitty motto." Felix wasn't sure what he expected from dropping an unfazed statement about Madisyn's psyche, it wasn't even the morally right thing to do so he had no choice but to accept her returned one. Of course, with deflection. "No, I'm moody and off putting because people are close to me. But, you were right about the inherent self hatred thing." he gave her a sarcastic finger gun. "Ranström special, which means you have a slice of it too, huh?" Felix grinned.

The thing with Madisyn was never about her intelligence or capability, it was her commitment. Her forever changing mind, and Felix watched it for years. He understood her, right up to the point of her feeling as if most things were meaningless but even Felix couldn't help her. Just as nobody could help him. "Okay, well. I was thinking, do what I did. I kept going back for a new degree so my family shut the fuck up for a while. If you're studying, you're not just doing nothing. Just take a few years, Madisyn." he shrugged, his tone void of true compassion for the situation. "Go abroad. It's a vacation at the same time." he added, because it was what they all did. Even Nina had worked out, studying overseas and continuously kept the pressures away. "And if you...quit, you can just stay over there and nobody will even know...unless you tell them."

[socialbunny]

8, 9, 17 👁️👁️

8. who is your favorite gameplay blog? 

I don’t think I have one, but I love everyone’s gameplays I see on my dash!

9. who is your favorite storytelling blog?

@simhealing and @emmrokplayssims... 🙏🏽😞

17. do you talk about sims with people in real life?

answered this one <3

[meongppangz]

[whatwouldvalerydo]

Talia Hayes Profile V 2.0

Let me post this damn thing *strangles Tumblr*

Well I know it's a long time coming but I figured it's about time to at least make a skeleton profile for her without giving too many spoilers to the story.

Thank you @hogwartsmystory for the awesome template. Everyone meet Talia Hayes. Let's see what you think and if you dare befriending this witch.

Identity

Name: Talia Hayes (original family name Crane)

Gender: Female

Age: As per story, currently 20

Birth Date: 19th of August 1972

Species: Human...ish

Blood Status: Pure blood

Sexuality: Straight

Nationality: British

Myer Briggs Personality Type: ESTP

The Mage

1st Wand: Yew wood / Phoenix Feather core / 12 Inch / very flexible

2nd Wand: None, she still has her first one

Animagus: None

Misc Magical Abilities: Resistant to certain magical spells such as Imperius and fire base spells / Wandless magic / healing without the use of normal magic

Boggart Form: Initially a dark mass from which screams of pain and sobbing can he heard, those of her own/ After telling her secret to Talbott she sees the Boggart as herself, chest splitting apart

Riddikulus Form: Flower springing and blooming for her the chest cavity of her Boggart

Amortentia (what she smells like): A faint lingering smell of smoke, citrus and warmth, the type you smell in clothes left to dry out on a hot sunny day

Amortentia (for her): Books and parchments, crisp mountain air, earth (specifically freshly stirred earth ready to have something planted in it), different combinations of plants

Patronus: Golden Eagle - eventually

Patronus Memory: Her date with Talbott, when they dance on the street listening to the music coming from a dance studio, it was the first time he shows her genuine affection without backing out

Mirror of Erised: Herself, alive, older and without scars

Specialized/Favourite Spells: Anything fire based as she can control those better with a wand or without, Bombarda and Incendio are her go to in general

Appearance

Faceclaim:

Eye Colour: Turquoise when calm or happy / Dark blue-grey when very anger or tries to intimidate people/ Her eyes light up like fire when she uses certain powers such as healing without magic

Weight: 61 kg

Height: 1,75 cm

Physique: Thin and slender

Hair Colour: Bright auburn

Skin Tone: Pale

Scarring: Across her heart, from her clavicular bone all the way down to her first rib

Body Modifications: none

Inventory: Wand, lip balm, Phoenix silver pin, extra shawl

Fashion: Anything to cover up her chest, black mostly, hence her collection of shawls 

Allegiances

Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw

Professions: Auror in training

Affiliations/Organizations: No spoilers :P at least not until we reach the certain part in the story

Relationships

Misc Siblings: No siblings, Talia is the only child

Father: Constantine Crane (Azkaban prisoner)

Mother: Josephine Crane (Azkaban prisoner)

Godfather: Severus Snape

Love Interest: Talbott Winger

Best Friends: None, however she is learning to accept Tonks and Bill Weasley

Enemy: Jasper Munday (ex Auror training camp trainer), anyone associated with the Crane family, Death Eaters

Pets: none as Talia moved a lot around

Closest Canon Friends: Bill and Tonks , later on she will learn about and get closer to Felix Rosier and Charlie Weasley as well

Background/History

· Pre Hogwarts: Talia was born with a single purpose, to serve in a sadistic ritual created by her father in an attempt to make something stronger than the Philosopher Stone itself.

Five days to concieve, five consecutive months of the mother drinking Phoenix blood, five years to grow. During a dark stormy night, Constantine dragged the girl on her birthday to split open her chest while her mother did the same for the Phoenix bird. A part of Talia’s heart was replaced with that of the Phoenix, the first lightning of the night striking her.

At age 5 she was presumed dead after the ritual took place, Dumbledore alerted the ministry and Snape took her in, helped her heal and understand everything, eventually training her.

· 1st Year: Attended night classes at Hogwarts, away from all the students

· 2nd Year: Beauxbaton

· 3rd Year: Mahoutokoro

· 4th Year: a semester in Hogwarts / a semester Durmstang

· 5th Year: Durmstang for 3 months / rest of the year at Castlelobruxo

· 6th Year: A small Muggle high-school in Romania ( joined a magic practitioner circle)

· 7th Year: 3 months in Uagadou / remaining of the year at Durmstang / took her exams at Hogwarts graduating from there

Order of the Phoenix / 2nd Wizarding War: she will play a role in the 2nd Wizarding war however that will not be mentioned here or the events following #nospoilers lol

Personality

· She is an expert liar, ever since she was little, Snape taught her how to lie and also withstand Legilimens ,what to say and how to act. She can also withstand Veritaserum, forcing her mind to bend to a truth she believes to be real. When Jasper Munday tortures her back at the Auror training camp, trying to get her to spill the truth about her real name, she still keeps up the act, mentioning Hayes is the name she has as her own, when asked who she really is once more, she replies she is a monster.

· She can be cold and cruel if the situation calls for it, willing to resort to any trickery in order to ensure she gets her way

· She doesn't trust people, having to run all her life and look over her shoulder, she has a hard time getting close to many

· She was forced to mature at a very young age, so simple things and trivial matters tend to bore her

· Manipulative and very flexible by nature, adapting quickly to the situations given to her

· Despite her upbringing, she decides on her own to change rebelling against Severus’s wishes for her to stay away from England. Seeing how she actually craves certain interactions and emotions and wishes to stand against everything her parents were, she trains all her life to be an Auror more out of spite and to ensure no one would or could do what has been done to her. Talbott was her testing the waters in a sense, yet she ends up trusting him.

· She is rather down to earth, but a bit on the pessimist side

· Curious by nature, regarding Muggles and Wizards alike

Misc

· Left handed

· Has a driver's license, can drive Muggle cars

· Talia knows how to fight in hand to hand combat

· She can understand French and some German but never speaks a word of it

· Fire doesn't hurt her as much as a normal person, she has a higher tolerance to it, also she can conjure it without the use of magic while with the other hand can cast a different spell with her wand

[marlenethemenace]

WHEN: 31 December, 1979

If you give Marlene McKinnon a biscuit, she will insist on having another. After all, they aren’t simply biscuits, but Felix Felicis infused jammie dodgers---her mother’s best recipe, and one of Marlene’s favorite parts of New Year’s Eve. And given that this Eve in particular was so overwhelmingly full with a decade’s worth of goodbyes and farewells--- Well, who could blame Marlene for taking more than just one as she warms her toes in front of the fireplace? No one, that’s who---but especially not her mother, who will sit happily and warmly beside her daughter, and eat half a dozen of the biscuits herself.

Which is how Marlene will end up eating the other half dozen of those biscuits. And if Marlene eats half a dozen of those biscuits, she will likely ask her mother for a mug of hot chocolate to wash them all down. Of course, asking a McKinnon on holiday for a beverage of any sort is a dangerous, bold thing to do, and so when Faye McKinnon returns with their mugs, they will contain not just hot chocolate, but some sort of liqueur, to make sure the drink warms more than just their chilled bones.

Once Marlene has drained her mug -- and she will have watched the snow falling outside the whole time she sipped it along -- she will want to build a snowman. Because it isn’t the work of snowman building that puts her off of it most days, but the finger numbing cold that stands in her way. But between the hot chocolate, and the fire, and the liquid luck and courage, Marlene will feel prepared to brave the snow. She will shrug on an old cloak, and new mittens, and fling a scarf across her shoulders, and dig out a fluffy pair of earmuffs. Her parents and brothers will quietly smirk at the flurry of mismatched colors and patterns she has donned as she ruthlessly sweeps the house for supplies. From a drawer in her father’s desk, she will pluck a pair of large and mismatched buttons, and from the yew tree in the front yard, she will snap a matching pair of branches. But when she scavenges the refrigerator for carrots, Marlene will come up empty handed, and for that, there will be but one fix: a trip to the greengrocer in Diagon Alley.

When Marlene arrives at the greengrocer, the queue will be lined up out the door, and full of grumpy patrons who forgot the most obvious things for their New Year’s Eve celebrations. Too restless to stand in line — and still far too warm to be surrounded to closely by so many people — Marlene will walk up and Diagon Alley in the hopes of finding a carrot somewhere else. But the carrot will soon be forgotten, because not long after she turns away, Marlene will realize that she is very cold, and very tired, and very much in need of a place to pee. Even with all her layers, the cold will only make it worse. Dancing to her own tune is how Marlene will dash across Diagon Alley, in search of the emptiest looking storefront, until, with cold fingers tucked beneath her chin, she runs into a brick wall of a wizard, and jabs said fingers painfully against her throat.

As she massages her throat, Marlene will look up at the traitorous intruder---only to realize that this is no ordinary intruder, but one of Gilbert’s security guards, by the name of Ivan. She will remember then that she has spent the whole day trying to forget that today is Gilbert’s funeral, and she will glare as her body warms all the way up again---but this time, instead of hot cocoa or a cozy fireplace, it will be because of anger. The anger will take over so wholly that when Marlene opens up her mouth to ask why Ivan isn’t at the funeral either, her throat will be too swollen with rage to speak, and instead, something both strange and entirely predictable will occur: Marlene will begin to cry.

If Marlene begins to cry, the strong and silent Ivan will quickly sweep her inside the Selwyn Apothecary, away from the public eye. She will still struggle to speak through her tears, and so Ivan will take the extra step of preparing a calming cup of tea. But to do this, he will need to go up the street to Rosa Lee’s, but Ivan’s discomfort with emotions -- even those of a girl he has known since she was fifteen -- will leave him with no other choice.

This is how Marlene will end up locked inside Selwyn Apothecary, all by herself.

Once the silence settles in around her, Marlene will stop crying. She will look around the empty shop for something to preoccupy herself with while she waits -- at diced fly wings, at pickled rat spleen, at powdered wormwood -- until she comes across a door in the back that has been left ajar. Marlene will, of course, wander inside, and, as she realizes that she has found Godfrey Selwyn’s office, she will decide that she wants to have a proper look around. She will sift through drawers and scowl at the far between family photos, until she finds something of interest to her. But knowing very little about potions will make that feat more difficult than Marlene anticipates. It won’t be long until she gives up and throws herself into the cushy chair at Godfrey’s desk to wait.

As Marlene leans back in Godfrey’s chair, imagining what it must be like to be born without a heart, she will see it. She will see it with two wide and disbelieving eyes, and it will freeze her in place. She will tell herself that this must be a trap, because it was too easy a find, and remember that Ivan will be back to unlock the door at any moment. But when the front door doesn’t jingle with the unlocking, and no booby trap sets off to impair her, Marlene will reach for the file on Godfrey’s desk -- the one labeled vaccine trials -- and open it up.

If you give Marlene McKinnon a cup of tea, she will thank you for it at least three times. But her thanks will come in rambling waves, and she will try to shut herself up by forcing down more of the tea. When she realizes that can’t do this any longer, Marlene will also realize how much tea she has drunk, and remember just how badly she has to pee. She will excuse herself with another ramble, and then abandon you in the eye of the whirlwind she has created.

These, at least, were Ivan’s findings, as he sipped on his own concoction of chamomile and rum, in an undisturbed storefront, but for the ghosts that hung round in the walls, and in his mind. He hoped, as he checked with satisfaction that the door to Godfrey’s office was still locked, that Marlene McKinnon would be nothing more a ghost to him, too, after today. After all, there were things -- and there were people -- who were sometimes better left behind.

[midsvmmars]

 CHARACTER NAME MASTERLISTS

under the cut are name ideas for your characters (with meaning) if you're struggling to find one that fits! there is a mixture of generic and odd names, but overall underused in the rpc! they will be seperated into female, male, and unisex!! i hope this helps, and if you need anymore name ideas don’t be afraid to send me a message for some more! i might make a part two if i find or remember more names that weren’t here!!

female:

joanna/johanna/joanne - gift from god

roxanne - dawn of the day

claudia - lame

suzanne - lily

nancy - grace

audrey - noble and strong

calliope - beautiful voice

paulette - small and humble

kiana - ancient

lorelai - to watch a cliff/ambush cliff

effy - well spoken

renata - born again

darby - free from envy

darcy - dark

greta - pearl

mellie - brave strength

veena - musical

brandy - flaming torch

shannon - wise river

sionna - possessor of wisdom

daisy - day’s eye

lara - famous, protection, and cheerful

margot - pearl

lynette - bird

alice - noble

edie - prosperous in war

rosemary - dew of the sea, bitter rose

nicolette - people of victory

lana - harmony

siobhan - the lord is gracious

helen - bright, shining light

helena - bright, shining light

yelena - shining one

natalia - birthday of the lord

enya - fire

anya - grace

samantha - told by god

felicity - good fortune

ramona - wise protector

matilda - battle mighty

bronwyn - white breast

laura - bay laural

blanche - white

cassandra - prophetess

bonnie - beautiful, cheerful

nadia - hope

colette - people of victory

alyssa - noble

sabrina - river severn

beverly - dweller near the beaver stream

heather - a flowering evergreen plant

elodie - foreign riches

melody - song

posy/posey - a bunch of flowers

zelda - dark battle

libby - pledged to god

luna - moon

adina - slender, delicate

rhiannon - divine queen

dolores - lady of sorrows

dorothy - gift of god

agatha - good woman

hannah - grace

cher - beloved

alicia - noble

mina - protector

vanessa - literary invention, butterfly

marcella - warlike

marisa - of the sea

nora - light

janine - god is gracious

valentina - strength, health

valencia - brave, strong

ada - noble

jasmine - flower

magdalena - of magdala

gwendolyn - white ring

sophie/sophia/sofia - wisdom

letitia - joy, gladness

nicole - people of victory

naomi - pleasantness

hilda - battle woman

katerina - pure

audra - noble strength

wendy - friend

viola - violet

tilly - battle mighty

bernadette - brave as a bear

birdie - bird

mara - bitter

imogen - maiden

eloise - healthy, wide

amaya - night rain

amara - grace, bitter

mya/maya - water

diana - divine

anastasia - resurrection

genevieve - woman of the race

angelica - angelic

celine - heavenly

chrissa - follower of christ

myrtle - a flowering shrub

odessa - wrathful

beatrice/beatrix - she who brings happiness

winifred - blessed peacemaking

marnie - rejoice

velma - resolute protection

eleanor - light

elizabeth - pledged to god

ophelia/ofelia - help

gemma - precious stone

greta - pearl

christine - anointed

daphne - laurel or bay tree

juliette - youthful

amber - jewel

dinah - god will judge

danika - morning star

esther - star

marisol - mary of sun or solitude

mariella - bitter or wished for child

mariel - bitter

muriel - of the bright sea

phoebe - radiant, shining one

winona - firstborn daughter

olivia - olive tree

jessica - rich

yvonne - yew wood

camila - young ceremonial attendant 

marcia - warlike

carrie/kerry - free man

victoria - victory

chloe - blooming, fertility

sabine - woman of the people

veronica - she who brings victory, true image

rachel - beautiful in form and countenance

wilhelmina - resolute protection

odeya - i will thank god

tabitha - gazelle

lacy - belonging to lace

willow - willow tree

charisma - charismatic

sarah - princess

sally - princess

cordelia - heart, daughter of the sea

jade - stone of the side

violet - purple

isadora - gift of isis

barbara - foreign woman

moxie - know how

brittany - from briton

dionne - divine

sonia/sonya - wisdom

sibyl - seer, oracle

mallory - unfortunate

male:

warren - park keeper

fitzgerald - son of gerald

fitzwilliam - son of william

tiago - saint james

gideon - hewer

clinton/clint - hilltop town

diego - supplanter

simon - the listener

charles - free man

zachary - the lord has remembered 

edward - wealthy guardian

trevor - from the large village

gregory - vigilant, a watchman

gerald - ruler with the spear

holden - hollow valley

richard - dominant ruler

ronan - little seal

roman - of rome

frank - free man

peter - rock

stanley - near the stony clearing

sebastian - revered

fletcher - arrow maker

steve - garland, crown

jimmy - supplanter

dewey - beloved

james - supplanter

michael - who is like god?

garfield - triangle field

ethan - strong, firm

clive - lives near a cliff

owen - young warrior

jackson - son of jack

christopher - bearer of christ

ernest - serious or resolute

jeffrey - pledge of peace

dean - church official

leonard - brave lion

romeo - pilgrim to rome

duncan - dark warrior

trent - the flooder

malcom - malevolent, devotee of saint columba

roy - red haired

ross - upland, peninsula 

bernard - strong, brave as a bear

jared -  he descends

enrique - estate ruler

axel - father of peace

zayn/zane - god is gracious

xavier - new house or bright

zander - defending men

vincent - conquering

duke - nobility

bo/beau - handsome

william - resolute protection

finn/finnegan - fair

clyde - river

hunter - one who hunts

benjamin - benevolent, son of the right hand

garrett - spear strength

hugo - mind, intellect

oscar - god spear, deer lover, champion warrior

dante - enduring

enzo - estate ruler

mateo - gift of god

wyatt - brave in war

seth - appointed, placed

jay - jaybird

carlos - freeman

logan - small hollow

ace - one, unity

henry - estate ruler

eric/erik - eternal ruler

timothy - honoring god

kent - edge

frederick - peaceful ruler

nicholas - people of victory

anthony - priceless one

asher - fortunate, blessed

dimitri - follower of demeter

sean/shawn - god is gracious

gabriel/gabe - god is my strength

timothy - honoring god

colin - pup

jameson - son of james

conrad - brave counsel

alexander/xander - defending men

harvey - battle worthy

oliver - olive tree

lance - servant

rupert - bright fame

johnathan - gift of jehovah

robert - bright fame

dustin brave warrior, thor’s stone

alberto - noble, bright

nolan - champion

marcus - warlike

elias - yahweh is god

fernald - from the fern slope

klaus - people of victory

jaques - supplanter

bertrand - magnificent crow

atticus - from attica

cole - swarthy, coal black

darian - kingly or possess well

andrew - strong and manly

joshua - the lord is my salvation

joss - the merry one

albert - noble, bright

felix - happy, fortunate

andre - man

maxwell - great stream

maximillian - greatest

willard - resolutely brave

raphael - god has healed

marius - god of war

scott - from scotland

kane - warrior

homer - security, pledge

caleb - devotion to god

alfred/alfie - wise counselor

randy - shield wolf

conner/connor - lover of hounds

unisex:

ashley - lives in the ash tree grove/meadow of ash tree’s

jordan - flowing down

rowan - little redhead

aspen - quiver in the lightest breeze

sutton - from the southern homestead

dylan - child of the sea

shaw - lives by the thicket

cody/kody - helpful, pillow

dakota/decota - friendly one

riley - courageous

reese - ardent, fiery

kendall - valley of the river kent

peyton/payton - fighting mans estate

taylor - tailor

blake - fair haired, dark

arden - valley of the eagle

rory - red king

mica/micah - who is like the lord

wren - spear

spencer - keeper of provisions

maddox - fortunate

lennox - elm grove

casper/kasper - treasurer

quinn - wisdom

casey - brave in battle

andy/andi - strong

drew - strong

jamie - supplanter

cameron - crooked nose

kolbey/colby/etc - from a coal town

regan - little king

aaron/erin - enlightened

max - greatest

gale/gail - my father rejoices

ty/tai - great extreme

kit - pure

morgan - sea born

renee - reborn

joey - jehovah increases

sloane - raider

andrea - strong

brooke - small stream

rooney - descendant of the champion

jackie - supplanter

shelby - estate on the ledge

harper - harp player

allison - noble

sandy - defending men

gal - wave

eman - belief, faith

miles - soldier, merciful

dashiell/dash - unknown

cooper - barrel maker

dale - valley

howard - high guardian or brave heart 

tyler - maker of tiles

mason/maysenne - stoneworker

rudy - famous wolf

ryan - little king

dorian - child of the sea

shane - gift from god

drew - descendant of the druid

[firelxdykatara]

don’t suppose there are any fe3h artists willing to do me a solid and draw some ot3 art of felix/ingrid/sylvain? specifically, the three of them cuddling (in any or multiple formations), and someone else walking into the room, causing felix to look up and glare, daring them to say anything

OR IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW TAKES COMMISSIONS, i’m saving up so. yknow. yeet the commissions page at me.

i just. i hunger. i have a mighty need. thank YEW

[mowseries]

Allies Obstruct

=INTRO B: COLLAPSING PEACE=

((Courtesy of @codedhopes & @super-tired-robot))

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{June 20th, 20XX}

[The Mighty Numbers had spent months abroad.]

“-Whines- Won’t this dumb car go any faaaaaasterrrrr?”

“Not in traffic, it won’t, and you know it.”

[But now, at last, they were home.]

“Hey, is someone gonna wake snipebro up, or—“

“Ah’ AM awake, ya bunch a’ yappers…”

“Temper, Eight! Don’t get snappy at your sister!”

[They’d gone out to tournaments time and time again, but the saying held true: “there’s no place like home.” It was always a relief to come back… and this time, more than usual.

After a near solid month of time in recovery dodging questions from the press, INTERPOL, MI6, VIN, and other agencies, everyone was ready to be back in their own beds and eating a home-cooked meal.]

“EEEYYYYY I CAN SEE OUR HOUSE FROM HERE!”

“No duh, planebrain! It’s one of the taller buildings in the city!”

[Unfortunately, being cooped up in airplane rides for the past few days and then cramped into a travel vehicle had left them a bit…

…restless.]

Avi: I mean I can see the front door now! :D -Freedommmmmmm—-

Pyro: Don’t open up the roof— No flying out of the car—

Avi: D^: But—but awwwww, come onnnn! It’s right over theeeerrrrrre— only a little hover awayyy…

Bat: We return home as a unit, Six, not in pieces!

Mic: Give Six break. -W- Happy to be home.

Avi: YEEAAAHHH it’s so good to be home—gosh I can’t WAIT to get back to my radio tower—

Cryo: I’m sure you have some ICE stories to tell the viewers, kyaha~

Shade: -Growls at the pun-

Avi: DON’T YOU KNOW IT—

Pyro: Inside voice, Avi.

Avi: —buuuuut it’s too bad I can’t explain what happened…. Did we, uh, ever decide on a story of what to say if they asked about Toby?

Dyna: -Haughty hairflick- Juszzzt szzay that I fried that naszzty biker to a core. Completely true, after all. They can aszzzume the reszzt. -Sparks briefly-

Shade: -Flinches at this- (Ugh, can ya not while we’re cramped in the car, Sis…)

[The smallest of the Mighty Numbers was distracted, pressing his face against the window. It was good to be home: to see the familiar sights, to be where he belonged…

…Well, at least when it came to his family. He wasn’t much of a fighter, so he always felt out of place. Especially considering Pyro had him benched for the time being…]

Beck: (I hope she’s okay…. There weren’t any more “accidents,” so she kept her promise, but…)

Brand: …Are you okay there, otouto?

Beck: ! O-oh, yeah, I, uh…

Beck: I-I was just thinking about Tobias. He… he was really out of it for a while, huh…

Avi: -Thumbs up- Don’t you worry about Toby, bro! He’s up and running now, and he’ll be right as rain! That’s what Doc C said, at any rate…

Pyro: … When did you talk to Mikhail? -Confused-

Avi: Oh, just the other day! He was asking about the watch, actually, but I didn’t exactly have the instructions…

Bat: Watch?

Mic: Birthday present. Missed birthday, Shade sent present. E|

Shade: Mnnrgh. …Glad it got through.

Cryo: -Poooookes at her little brother with her nozzle arm-

Shade: | [

[The sniper remained in a grumpy mood as they finally pulled into the parking lot of Sanda Enterprises.]

Avi: WOOOOOOOO WE’RE HOME

Cryo: LAST ONE IN’S A FROZEN PUDDLE

Shade: Will y’all shut it fer just two minutes—

Cryo: Oh, stop being such a wash-out, Shadey!

Shade: Ain’t in the mood fer puns—‘m gonna go sleep through Sunday, thank yew—

Pyro: -Grabs him by the shoulder before he vanishes, keeping a firm grip- Oh no you aren’t. You’re carrying in your luggage, same as everyone else.

Shade: -Grumpy data- -Grumbles about something under his breath-

Pyro: What was that? | /

Shade: …Ah’ said, all that work an’ this is the thanks Ah’ get…

Cryo: Quit being a drama llama, Shadebro! We’re home now! -Grabs at luggage, gimme-

Dyna: Ugh, I’m too fabulouszz for thiszz. -Grinning, obviously not 100% serious- Earthbro iszz more than capable of carrying in everybody’szz luggage, right~?

Mic: OWO

Shade: …What she said—

Pyro: Enough, you two. <_<

Shade: … -Nah Imma go nap an’ ya can’t stop me— -

Pyro: -Not if my grip has anything to say about it-

Cryo: -Flings herself at Pyro, eager to get in on the conflict- FIGHT ME—

Brand: Cryo—! Now’s not the time!

Shade: Fer Xel’s sake, just give it a rest—

Avi: EYYYYY good one—

[The sniper had reached the end of his patience.]

Shade: -DAMMIT Ah’ did NOT mean t’ pun—- Avi, Ah’ swear if there’s one more pun outta yew…

“You want a hand with that? BJ”

Shade: !

[The commotion stopped momentarily, with the sniper looking down in surprise.]

[Sure enough, there he was: the one and only songbird. He was grinning up at his taller friend, giving off unfiltered gleeful data.

And just like that—]

Shade: -nEVERMIND, NAP CAN WAIT— -

[Cardinal laughed and gave his friend a proper hug. He didn’t even care that he was letting someone that close to him, or that he was showing such a strong sign of friendship.]

[It had been a long two months since they had last seen one another, and it had felt like ages. The old prototype Robot Master had done a lot of waiting in his time, but very rarely had he ever felt the sense of separation so poignantly.

He’d made an effort to drown out his sorrows by keeping busy, and had much to tell them… but that could wait.

For now, he was happy just to see his best friend alive and well again.]

Beck: Cardinal! :DDD You’re here!

[He ran in for a hug, and Cardinal pulled him in. Each of the three of them seemed to be savoring the moment.]

Bat: What are you doing here, Private? It’s 0400 local!

Cardinal: -Gleeful pings as he messes with Shade, the latter using him as an armrest- I had to come in person, Major! I failed to be up in time to see you off—it took all my self-control not to meet up with you at the airport in New York, instead!

Brand: That would have raised more questions, yes. -.-; Might I suggest that we continue this inside?

Shade: If you say so, ya stick-in-the-mud. B]

Cardinal: B]

[He broke into chuckles at that, though, shoving Shade off before going over to pick up his bags.]

Pyro: -Oh, you were being serious—- There’s no need for that, Cardinal. You’re our guest. Shade can carry his own bags in. ¬_¬

Cardinal: Nah, it’s fine— watch this!

[Cardinal used SUPER ARM!]

[And just like that, he’d grabbed all of Shade’s luggage effortlessly. Bat gave a whistle of appreciation.]

Cryo: NICE, Looks like he LIFTS, bros—

Cardinal: -Laughs- It does come in handy! C’mon, let’s head inside.

[Once all the Mighties were inside, the luggage was put to the side and everyone headed for the kitchen. It may be 4AM local, but they were still suffering from jet lag: it was about lunchtime in London. Even though he was a bit worn out from the travels, Pyro set about to preparing a proper meal for the family.

There was the usual chaos around the kitchen as Cardinal also prepared some coffee for himself and Countershade. When the prototype sat down, however… he immediately became subject to questioning.]

Avi: So what have you been up to, Cards? Got any new songs for us?

Cardinal: Ha, I wish… -Something of an empty half-smirk as he slides a mug of coffee over to Shade- It’s all run together a bit for me, actually. It… hasn’t been easy, to be honest.

Brand: …? What do you mean?

[Shade sipped at his coffee silently as his friend explained himself.

Despite the distance and the time difference—not to mention the risk on Cardinal’s end—the songbird had kept in touch with him and buzzed in every so often. So he was in the know on most of it.]

Cardinal: Well…

Cardinal: When days don’t have any specific value of importance assigned to them, multiple days of memory that are much the same usually cause identical cross-reference creation redundancy, and it becomes difficult to differentiate one day from another. It all becomes a blur….

Brand: …That’s not the only reason, is it.

Cardinal: Heh.

[He gave something of a wry grin, leaning against the table. The data he gave off was subtly more tired than before… and just as tense.]

Cardinal: You noticed, huh? Not much gets by you.

Beck: Nii-san is really good at that!

Cardinal: -Long sip of coffee- Yeah… I’ll admit that we didn’t take it very well at all, first. And me most of all.

Avi: Aw, we missed you too, buddy!

Bat: You seem to have held up well, soldier. You’re being too hard on yourself, as usual!

Cardinal: -Shakes his head- I was upset. I stayed Offline for a while, and then, well…

Cardinal: Tried to busy myself in work. Had to… do something, just keep moving forward. -Looks off into the distance- Figured we should make progress with repairs… needed certain resources. We had to go out and raid a lot for them: it really was rather hard.

Pyro: That would explain that one series of alerts we got…

Cardinal: Yeah, they’d brought more firepower than I had bargained for. I made it out alright, but  I wouldn’t want any of you to go to such places, that’s for sure. There wasn’t much to find as it was.

Beck: Sorry I wasn’t there to help…

[Cardinal grinned and patted Beck’s shoulder.]

Cardinal: Nah, we really just needed more of specific metals, and any source of certain energies we could find. I got my hands on more E-tanks—which is good, but there still aren’t very many. Siamini’s been trying, but we haven’t made that breakthrough just yet. He thinks he might be getting close, having run the search on the database for months now.

Cryo: Uuugh, don’t tell me it was all work and no play! -Pbbbtth-

Cardinal: Sorry there, Ice Queen, but without you guys around, we didn’t have many people to play with, to be honest. Snow was often off doing his own thing, but he’s the only one who really gets out and about.

Dyna: Well, we’ll fix that now that we’re baaack~

Mic: Why need special metals? ?W? Ones Mic and Felix mine not enough?

Cardinal: -Gives a relaxed sigh, running his fingers through his hair- …Well, we needed to get samples from stuff related to the Second Generation. The only place that has that is that one old lab that’s been completely trashed several times over. It was time for us to strip that place to the bone anyway, before— well, before what happened… would happen.

Cardinal: Only it DID happen.

Bat: You’re referring to the WMD that got pointed at you?

Cardinal: -Grim expression- Mmm… it was more than that. There was… someone a bit like Mic, and definitely someone like Avi… though we were shot at long-range from someone like you, Major. The compound was destroyed.

Pyro: -Places some bacon aside- But no one was injured, right?

Cardinal: Most everyone got out of there in time, but I had to draw them off. Needless to say, that place won’t be offering up any more resources, and that’s one mainframe down. Luckily we have the one in the Meadow—and here, since the two are synched.

Cardinal: Though—it would still be putting you in danger to use your mainframe for our own devices. -Looks up- We don’t want to subject you to that if it can be helped.

Shade: -Puts his coffee down- M’ sure Dad would be fahn lettin’ ya use the mainframe if y’all really needed to, Cards.

Beck: Yeah! We’ll all help! ouo

Cardinal: Heh…. Thanks, but… -Trails off- …

Cardinal: …Well, at least we got some important data and schematics.

Brand: … -Raises an eyebrow- Such as?

Cardinal: I know what you’re thinking, Brand, but we didn’t find anything related to Shadow in there. Sorry.

[The Xel ninja said nothing, but it wasn’t hard to see (by his VISIBLY mildly unamused expression) that he was slightly disappointed to hear this.]

Shade: -Quiet ping of sympathy to his older brother- Ya woulda thought that somethin’ like that’d be in there.

Cardinal: You'd think a lot of things would be in there, but I’m pretty sure that Wily must have kept stuff like that written down on notepads, not stored in the RMD.

Beck: Why?

Cardinal: He lost things that were really important to him due to serious problems with the database once, you know—and he always was really, REALLY old school.

Cardinal: -Leans back in his chair a bit- Maybe it WAS in there once, but—y’know, it’s been a long time since the end of the Gamma incident. (Like, what… nine months or so?) He’s had time to delete that stuff, and he was really adamant about making sure Shadow was… quote-unquote taken care of, if you catch my drift.

[Brand clenched the knife he was holding a bit harder at this.]

Avi: -Aaaaaand distraction time—- So… what WERE you able to get?

Cardinal: Good question, Avs; we haven’t reviewed it in full as of yet. I think it was retrieval of the blueprints for the Second Generation, at least. I know that I went out and managed to get my hands on 020’s data.

Shade: -Nice-

Pyro: -Hopeful data- That’s the boxer, correct?

Cardinal: Yup.

Bat: Ha! Good work, soldier! No man left behind!

Beck: That must have been awfully scary, though! ono

Cardinal: -Grins- Well, it wasn’t easy! And yeah, it was a pretty big risk. But hopefully it’ll be worth it, in the long run.

[His smile fades.]

Cardinal: Tobias, though…

[The murmur of conversation died down at that. Avi fidgeted.]

Avi: Mikhail said he was okay, right…?

Cardinal: He’s… he’s alright.

[The Robot Master in question had been Offline for quite some time following the scene in the sands. And what a scene it had been…]

-=-=-=-=-=-=-

SKLLLKTTKRRRSHHHLLLRRRKKT—

[Oil and cooling fluids spattered all over Bladeblaster’s hands and weapon, as if they were blood….]

-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Cardinal: We never did explain what happened, did we…

[He presses a hand to his face and yawns.]

Cardinal: Well, maybe Mikhail can explain it tomorrow or something.

Beck: What is there to explain? :c He’s… he’s okay, right?

Cardinal: Yeah. He was asleep for a while, but that’s pretty common for any Robot Master after they get sent Offline in a traumatic fashion. Especially if they blame themselves. That data is really difficult to process, you know.

Dyna: -Awww, Tobyyyy…-

Beck: Sorry we couldn’t help out. D:

Cardinal: You guys had your own worries. We pulled through alright.

Cardinal: Besides, you’ve done a lot of good work with those molds you made for us! The new coolant systems make all the difference in the heat of battle.

Shade: -Snorts into his coffee despite himself-

Avi: EEEEYYY nice one :^D

[Cardinal gave a brief soft laugh.]

Cardinal: It’s good to be like… like this again.

Cryo: SOOOOooooo… now that you're home… what do you want to do next?

Brand: Something that doesn't end up in the headlines. -~-;;

Cardinal: -Laughs at this-

Shade: -Devilish grin, worth it-

Pyro: Are you kidding, Seven? I swear those two could go out for groceries and end up in trouble.

[The two in question snicker at this.]

Brand: -Mildly annoyed glare at Cardinal-

Cardinal: -Amused- You really need to chill out, Sev.

Cardinal: You should try meditation, I hear it works wonders~

Shade: -Almost chokes on his coffee at this-

[Brand narrowed his eyes coldly at his younger brother as the cowboy coughed briefly, grinning as he sat shaking in silent laughter.]

Shade: -Error X04: srs not found, BWAHAHA-

Cardinal: -Just gives a cheeky grin- ~~~

Bat: We could deploy him to Kalos. Maybe some training there will get him to clean up his act!

Shade: -Aw, not you too, bro— Ah’ trusted ya…-

Cardinal: -Laughs a little- Actually, that's not that bad of an idea, Major. I taught Baron some new tricks by utilizing the moves he has in expressive ways.

Pyro: >_>;

Cardinal: Don’t suppose you can come with?

Shade: -Pings and sighs, nostalgic about their previous adventures- Ah’d love to, but—

Pyro: -Brings pancakes over to the table- We have a match tomorrow morning. We have to rest, I’m afraid.

Cardinal: Aw, come onnn…. Not even for half an hour?

Brand: Cardinal, the last time you and Shade went there, you got chased by a swarm of BEES. -____-;;

Shade: -Pokes at the songbird sharply- Ah' still blame yew—

Cardinal: That was BARON'S idea, not mine!

Pyro: Alright, alright! Settle down!

Shade: -Fine, fine…-

[Everyone started chowing down as Pyro divvied out the food.]

Cardinal: I’m just glad you guys are back. We really missed you.

Shade: S’ good to be back. B]

Avi: By the way, did our gifts ever reach you guys—

Cardinal: -Cutting designs into his pancakes- Yeah, and Mikhail was very happy you all got him the watch. Just one thing, though…

Shade: Hmm?

Cardinal: …You didn't include any instructions, so you're going to have to show him how it works.

Shade: Ah, right—there are several functions, heh…

Mic: -Going through an entire stack of pancakes all to himself- How is Felix?

Cardinal: -Smile fades- …Sick.

Brand: … -Concerned- Sick?

Cardinal: Yeah.

Beck: What happened? D:

Cardinal: As he would put it, “It’s A Long Story”…. Something to do with visions and high energy things. That's what Piers said, anyway.

Dyna: Who iszzz that, again?

Cardinal: Mmm. That would be the captain from Lemuria; he’s Felix’s best friend. He came over to help monitor Felix after he fell ill. Echo probably asked him to do so.

Bat: Any idea as to what caused it? That man is as sturdy as they get. Haven’t ever heard of him being under the weather since we’ve known him.

[Cardinal lowered his utensils for a moment, frowning.]

Cardinal: He was doing research into what might have happened with those stupid crosses, from what I understand. B/

Pyro: Mmmnnngh…

Mic: :c Mic not get it. Felix not a ‘bot?

Cardinal: He was researching something similar from his world. Pretty dangerous material, from what I understand. He was either careless or else underestimated the potency he could reach by refining the material…

Beck: But he’ll be okay, right? D:

Cardinal: …

Cardinal: -Slowly- He’s bounced back from worse before. He’ll be fine.

Beck: -Whew…-

Cardinal: Enough about us, though. What about you guys? We barely got to see any of the matches—

Avi: NOT TO WORRY, we recorded everything in HD! :^D

Cardinal: Fair enough, but. Tell me about England. -Pours syrup onto more pancakes, only to find Beck had taken most of the syrup already- Tell me about what it was like for you guys.

Shade: Hmm…

Shade: It was… rainy.

Cardinal: -Snrk-

Cryo: -Flails- We’ve been there before, you know! Came back champs, natch. Those guys couldn’t hold a candle or a hose to the team SUPREME!

Brandish: The teams were very good. They were simply outmatched, that is all. I’m sure Speedy would have enjoyed seeing some of them… were you really unable to watch any of the matches?

Cardinal: We picked up a few radio broadcasts, but the only one we got to see was the last one. And we all know how THAT went…

Shade: Tsk… real shame. ‘least Avi got the content t’ show after the fact…

Cardinal: Oh, dude, I’d love to marathon watch the whooooole thing. B]

Bat: For your analysis program?

Cardinal: -Smirks- Maaaybe.

Pyro: Heh.

Dyna: -Points and cackles- Don’t think you can pull a faszzzt one on uszz, Card-i-nalll~! Analyszzisz didn’t help them much, after all~

Cardinal: -Amused- Fair enough point.

[Shade twitched an amused smile, before privately pinging his friend.]

[MNN-008 to DLN-000] //: You’ve got more to say, don’t you?

<DLN-000 to MNN-008>: >Let’s just say that you haven’t seen what I can really do when I’m serious.

[His grin faded after a moment, and he gave off tired data again.]

<DLN-000 to MNN-008>: > …Though… I hope you never have to…

[Shade used what was left of his right arm to swish his cloak a little, brushing it against the short prototype. This served to distract him out of the grim cross-references of recent battles—not matches, but true clashes of machines of war.]

[MNN-008 to DLN-000] //: S’ok. Things will be fine now.

Cardinal: -Blinks a little bit, coming out of his private thoughts to Avi’s ongoing description of the lunch with the Queen- …

Cardinal: … -Decides to zone back out, focusing on his breakfast-

<DLN-000 to MNN-008>: > What about you, Shade? Did… did we make things rather hard for you?

Shade: …

[MNN-008 to DLN-000] //: …The whole thing was a mess. S’ not y’all’s fault. Got hammered pretty hard with demands from just about every agency you can think of, all wantin’ answers for what Bladeblaster was up to…

<DLN-000 to MNN-008>: > …And how Tobias got past security?

Shade: | / -Sighs and nods-

<DLN-000 to MNN-008>: > Geez, that sounds rough. What were they expecting, that just because you guys were both assassins that you knew what he was up to?

[MNN-008 to DLN-000] //: Mnn. Somethin’ like that, I guess. More like they expected me specifically t’ have been keepin’ an eye on him… since he was a competitive threat and not publicly on good terms…

<DLN-000 to MNN-008>: > …

[MNN-008 to DLN-000] //: Ah’ know, right?

<DLN-000 to MNN-008>: > Man… if they were that hard on you, I can only imagine what they put Jack through…

[MNN-008 to DLN-000] //: Nah, don’t worry ‘bout him. Kate’s got his case.

[Cardinal smiled softly at that.

“Kate”—also known as Shade’s distaff counterpart—had developed a fast friendship with the unfortunate CherryDyn fighter. It came as little surprise that she had managed to find a backdoor to the system that allowed her to protect the still-recovering victim.]

<DLN-000 to MNN-008>: >How’d she manage to pull that off?

[MNN-008 to DLN-000] //: Heh heh… God only knows; haven’t had a chance t’ compare notes yet. She was real careful about not being seen communicating with us much. She kept a tight patrol ‘round the hospital when she wasn’t actin’ as his case handler. She even wrote a report to submit to the CAL: managed to take off with some of my blank documents while I was nappin’ r’ somethang, y’know.

<DLN-000 to MNN-008>: >Well, as long as she’s looking out for him. I’ve got a bad feeling about what could happen to him now…. He surely knows too much, and as for his boss…

[MNN-008 to DLN-000] //: Rumor has it that he’s dead.

<DLN-000 to MNN-008>: > …

<DLN-000 to MNN-008>: > What?

[MNN-008 to DLN-000] //: Kate thinks it’s a cover story. Kinda inclined t’ believe her.

<DLN-000 to MNN-008>: > …

<DLN-000 to MNN-008>: > -MnnnNNNnng-

Cardinal: -Pokes at his pancakes, deciding to change to subject-

<DLN-000 to MNN-008>: > How… how bad was it, with them asking about Tobias?

[MNN-008 to DLN-000] //: Eh. That was the easy part. Just said that he wasn’t a Xelbot I’d ever seen in the ring before, must be some fan a’ Dyna’s. B]

[Cardinal grins at that, biting down onto his fork.]

<DLN-000 to MNN-008>: > Nice. Technical, misleading truths are my absolute favorite.

[MNN-008 to DLN-000] //: Heh. Figured you’d get a kick outta that. Thankfully, they really didn’t press the point, ‘cause they were havin’ trouble finding him in any of the databases to begin with… making it even less likely that a star family like us would know him.

<DLN-000 to MNN-008>: >Yeah… thanks for putting him as an Industrial. He really isn’t developed for Combat.

[MNN-008 to DLN-000] //: Maybe not, but—

Shade: -Whistle of appreciation-

[MNN-008 to DLN-000] //: After seein’ him in action, can’t say he wouldn’t fit in.

<DLN-000 to MNN-008>: > You could say he—

[MNN-008 to DLN-000] //: Aw c’mon, don’t—

<DLN-000 to MNN-008>: > —punched BB’s lights out—

Shade: -Snickers and thwacks Cardinal with his cape-

Cardinal: -CHEEKIEST GRIN-

Pyro: What’s going on down there?

Cardinal: Oh, nothing~

Shade: Just enjoyin’ a jest, heh heh…

[The two share a laugh, and Pyro lets the matter drop. It was good to see Shade back in a good mood again, and neither were out causing trouble, after all—at least, not yet.]

Pyro: (I don’t doubt that they’ll find plenty of mischief to do as time goes on.) -Shakes his head slightly- (Truly as “thick as thieves”, those two….)

[Cardinal, for his part, seemed to slip back into a weary melancholy. He’d stopped just short of finishing off his pancakes.]

Shade: …? Oi—you full, or…?

Cardinal: Hmm?

[He looked up, coming out of his thoughts. His eyes glowed slightly brighter for a moment before they dulled again: though it was hard to tell behind his sunglasses.]

Cardinal: Oh, I…

Cardinal: -Looks down at his plate- …I guess it’s more that I don’t want to leave.

Cryo: What’s THAT got to do with breakfast?

Cardinal: Well… you guys said you have a match tomorrow, and you’ll have to sleep most of the day to truly rest while readjusting your internal clocks to fix jet lag…

Cardinal: -Clearly reluctant- I really should get out of your way.

Brand: Nonsense.

Beck: We do have to rest up, but! Maybe Dad will let us have a sleepover!

Cardinal: -Looks up hopefully- You think so?

Bat: Affirmative, provided you don’t cause any trouble.

Cardinal: -Gives a slight smile at that- I’ve just returned from active combat, sir. Led my men in battle and brought us all home alive. I have enough thrills from the enemies at my heels; right now I just want some peace and quiet before they carry out the brunt of the storm.

Shade: … (Haven’t seen him like this in a long time. Gotta be something I can do t’ help keep him outta that sea of hopelessness…)

Shade: -Gets a sudden idea- !

Shade: -Slowly grins- Gee. That’s too bad.

Cardinal: -Looks up- I’m sorry, Shade. I’m just really tired right now. You know how that is.

Shade: Yeah.

Shade: Was just thinkin’ maybe…

Shade: Maybe after spendin’ the night, y’ could come to watch the match tomorrow?

Cardinal: !

[The others immediately chimed in.]

Mic: -Deep PING of approval- ^W^ As Digger say, “yes good!”

Bat: Solid idea!

Beck: Yeah! That would be great!

Avi: Now why didn’t I think of that?

Dyna: Yee, you’ll get to szzee a FABULOUS diszzplay!

Brand: You really ARE overdue to see a match in person…

Cryo: Hell yeah, [glitches]! Watch us totally DOMINATE those losers!

Pyro: We’d love to have you come. Why don’t you go ask?

Cardinal: -Warm smile- …Thanks, guys. You’re the best.

[Beck beamed as the prototype wandered off to go find the Doctors. Best friends, reunited! What a wonderful thing!]

Beck: -Hums a little, licking syrup off his plate while Pyro isn’t looking- (I can’t slip away tonight, but maybe tomorrow I can go see her, too…. I should see if I can get extra Xel ready for her. Maybe I could say it’s stuff for the molds…)

Beck: (I really hope she's been doing well since I left—I know! I'll make a nice gift for her too, maybe add some chocolate—a gift basket! That'll cheer her up. And maybe…)

Beck: (Maybe after the match, I can finally talk to her about some important things…)

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[felix-my-amatus]

Spread the happy! Compliment your mutuals! 💚💜

This is cute 😊 So I don’t have a whole lot n I’m just gonna do the ones that I’ve talked to (at least once before) but I love seeing all my mutuals on my dash because their blogs make me happy 💞 I’m just too awkward to initiate conversation ajsjsjjamanjd

@i-belong-to-felix-lee My Dum Dum¡ You were the first friend I made on tumblr n I thank you so much for initiating the conversation because I was too awkward to do it ajdksjkan¡ You’re so sweet, and you’re really funny¡ Thank you for being so supportive about lil things. You’re just a gran hooman being, AND you’re adorable. Oh, and it’s cute when you start saying random things HDJdgjd  meme battles are fun  I love you my boi¡ ❣️

@iamnotamirror L¡ You’re so cool, like really cool. I love hearing about your culture n stuff¡ It’s really cool and interesting n ahdjjabjdha. You’re super sweet too n I really enjoy talking to you¡ You’re funny n you listen to the things I say, n I really appreciate it¡ You’re such a great person shakkdhajhd, n your blog is very aesthetically pleasing ahdjjakajdb. Thank you much for accepting my awkwardness¡ Much love to you my boi¡ 💞

@spearkook Jessssss¡ My fellow cutie¡ You’re such a great person and you’re so inviting¡ Like I don’t feel super nervous talking to you anymore which makes me happy. You’re also so supportive n everyone is lucky to have you¡ You’re one of my favorite people n you’re adorable ahdksnkandk. I’m happy that I “met” you because you’re so amazing my boi¡ I meant to make this sweeter but alas, im no good with words.  I love you Jess¡ 💓

@uwujinnie Leo¡ You’re so talented and sweet¡ You’re an amazing hooman and you’re so strong¡ You’re super creative and wonderful. Also¿ You’re so cute¡ Like hakshjahkahd you’re such a bean n the world doesn’t deserve yew anskajkdhjs. You’re just precious. We don’t talk much, but I think you’re grand. Loads of love¡ 💙

@fan-chngchng Summer¡ We don’t really talk, but I appreciate you very much¡ You were my first mutual snakjskajkdhakjd and your blog provides me that quality iKon content I need 10000/10. You’re also so ding dang cute it’s not even fair andkjak¡ I would say we should talk but I’m an awkward human AHjshdjah. I love yew tho¡ 💗

@taebinnies My fellow band baby¡ I love your blog so much n how you decide do to follow me, I’ll never know ajsjndjamd. You’re spuper funny n I think you’re adorable¡ We should talk more because I think you’re grand ahdjajkand¡ N you’re really cool¡ Again, I’m not good with words but I love and appreciate you so much¡ ❤️

@jisapphic India¡ We don’t really talk, but your eyes super funny and sweet, and you somehow always get pulled into the weirdest conversations¿ But it’s funny to see on my dash¿ I kinda feel like I’m annoying, but you’re always super sweet when you respond to me. Also you’re so pretty ahsjjsjanjdja and you have such a nice voice. I love you¡ 💖

@kxmwoojxn Harley¡ You’re so cute¡ That sounded creepy¡ But you’re adorable, and you’re so good at drawing amsmsjkand¡ I also respect yew very much as a Woojin Stan because you guys are too scarce jamsnskjakhd. You’re also really sweet and funny and an overall great person¡ I’m sorry that I’m not good at complimenting hajshjd. Love you bunches¡ 💚

@wlwyukhei Scarlett¡ We don’t really talk because I’m a weeb but I love your blog very much, n I appreciate you as a person¡ You’re funny and you’re always nice to me when I do decide to send an ask andkskajdn. I like seeing you on my dash n I wish I was better at expressing gratitude to people hdskakjdhkah. Basically I think you’re great¡ Love yew¡ 💝

@1-800-lovetalk Layken¡ I really like your name ajdkajdhks. You’re super sweet, n I think you’re funny¡ You also have a lot of patience so i very much appreciate that. Thank you for actually talking to me hajsjjshdjsjd n I’m sorry for being such a weeb. I’m really bad with people but you don’t ever seem too impatient with me so thanks a ton ajskajmsndj. Much love¡ 💌

@miniwaves Your blog is really cute n i appreciate how multi fandom it is¡ You were one of my first mutuals, n even though we don’t talk I love and appreciate you¡ 💝

@park-chan-yall I don’t ahave much to say here :/ we’ve talked like once. But you were really sweet, n I really like your moodboards n your content in general¡ Lots of love 💜

This got longer than I meant for it  I really wanted to put everyone, n at this point I should’ve but I feel like some would just turn into me rambling about how much I love their blog so if I didnt tag you I LOVE YOUR BLOG N I JUST GOT LAZY¡¡¡ A LOT OF YOU HAVE BLOGS THAT I ACTUALLY SPAM YOU SOMETIMES IM SURE AJDKAJNDJSMFN¡¡¡ I love and appreciate you all n I’m not sure why you decided to be mutuals with ME but I appreciate it and it makes me happy¡¡¡ So please don’t be offended because I’m just a weeb ajsjnsjjdhd ❣️💞💓💓💌💕💚💖💗💗💜❤️💙💘💖💗💓💓💕💜❣️

[hosannas]

i hope you have found a friend

today i said goodbye to somewhere i spent an inordinate amount of time when i was 25, 26, 27. i had birthdays, farewells, romances, breakdowns, work dates all in this stupid bar, a bar like any other bar, but my bar. goodbye, sids bangsar south, and thank you for all the memories. the nights of dancing with wolf, the post-bersih football match with alex, the loud arguments with biren, how often i dragged michelle and kumar there (often to the tune of complaints but more often kindness), the late-night drinks with A, wine and nine, football with felix and vincent and ali, dates interrupted by nash, joking about tight t-shirts with sin yew, fake proposals with kumar, hasbee and asyraf hating on this same football, lemon drops with aman, satish and danny and man united, post-jo guinness with shao, kittie and commiseration, work sessions on my own, running into kaos, driving there on muscle memory and not much more 

(and most importantly, of course, dan and his hair in the moonlight)

all of it everything everything i cannot remember it all and i cannot write it all down but i realised only this evening how much of it seeped under my skin and i am too young still to know how to say goodbye to brick and mortar and flesh and blood with grace and understanding and it isn’t something i have much interest in trying to learn.