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kafus · 11 months ago

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ok i've decided i want to infodump about vee and nova a little after all! because uhh not only am i impatient because autism but i also. want to dip my toes into talking about this. just days ago i was still terrified but now i am Tentatively Brave... if i can talk about it here casually like this then i should be able to write a more formal summary later some other time

i've tagged this post appropriately (at least i think i have, feel free to suggest if i should add more) but also a heads up here too before i keep talking that while i'm not going into graphic detail on anything there are STRONG themes of organized sexual abuse of a child, sexual abuse of animals, and grooming! (there are no disturbing visuals in this post, just text)

IF YOU CAN'T READ THIS POST THAT'S OKAY I STILL LOVE U

takes a deep breath alright so the deal with these two. back all the way in 2021, i decided i wanted to make "vent ocs" as in i just wanted some concrete/consistent designs i could use in vent art drawings that weren't a direct reflection of what i envision myself to look like or whatever. i was going through a lot in 2021, in december 2020 i had just gotten my first big repressed memory back and my life was in a whirlwind of change and heavily increased PTSD and DID symptoms, so i was using art a lot as an outlet. in the end i settled on this drawing, based on the design taste i would have had as a young person (god the quality is so old now LOL i've improved a lot but anyway)

i was intending for these two to be just visual designs and nothing more than that but i got attached and actually ended up giving them a whole storyline and everything, which is something i admittedly hadn't done in a long time up to that point so that's cool.

the reason i preface explaining the premise of the storyline with this is because i think it's important to acknowledge that these two are intrinsically tied with my real life and the feelings i experience as a CSA/OA survivor. not because i think someone has to go through awful things to write or draw about them necessarily, but because i am passionate about expressing myself. it's important for me to be seen in some way, to be heard after years of silence. it is not safe for me mentally to share the exact details of my abuse online rn (and please don't ask for them!) but i also don't want these two to be removed from the message that i survived something and this is me making art about that in an abstracted and magical way with a fictional universe that brings me a lot of comfort. i hope this makes sense lol

oh and also with that in mind if you think for even a second any of this is a weird sex thing for me or some shit please stop reading this post and go do something else with your time. this is my trauma expression and i don't need to be compared to the people i was abused by when i was a literal toddler thank you!

AANYWAY so! premise! gonna be point blank with it! vee (not her original name but shh) is born as a normal 100% human girl, aka without the eevee ears and tail. she is groomed from a very young age (like, toddler age) and eventually abducted by her groomers which happen to be members of... well right now it's team rocket because i haven't spent the time to worldbuild a new villainous pokemon organization yet. roll with me here. she is taken to a remote facility out in the middle of fucking nowhere and is never returned to her previous life or family.

Why? well i'm glad you asked! the org is running a bunch of different experiments in this facility and one of them happens to be trying to enable humans reproducing with pokemon. this doubles as both a money thing and a power thing. they seek out a child as the victim of these horrible experiments because children are easily malleable. way easier to control a child than an adult who already has a firm identity/self.

vee is the child they chose. surgery is forcibly done on her to give her working eevee ears and tail, and also like, fuck with her body chemistry and stuff. she's biologically part eevee now. yes this is bullshit pokemon magic science LMAO but she is kept in this facility and chronically sexually abused for a few years by pairing her with various mons and trying to get eggs to happen.

the experiment isn't working though so they hypothesize that giving her a dedicated partner, especially of the same evolutionary line, would help, and they raise nova from birth as an eevee to take on that role. eventually the two of them are paired together. despite the acts they are forced to commit on each other and the abuse they endure, they actually become inseparable very quickly cause like. they don't have anyone else. and also they just genuinely care about each other. additionally at this point nova has evolved into an espeon and has telepathic powers, so him and vee can communicate linguistically with each other, so you know that helps

generally my current focus of this story is in the early years, when vee is 12 and younger, before they start realizing that shit is fucked up and they need to escape (up until that hypothetical point they have been successfully groomed into believing everything happening to them was not abuse/was normal). i have left out a metric fuckton of detail here just to get across the basic premise. i am constantly exploring vee's psyche, nova's psyche, it's like an in depth exploration of the mind of an abused child in horrific circumstances and god it's cathartic. i love these two so fucking much

btw i guess this art has more context now huh haha after i infodumped off the plot to my sister they looked at this art again and was like. OHHH THIS IS EVEN MORE OMINOUS AND HARD TO LOOK AT WITH CONTEXT. AND I WAS LIKE YEAH!!!! YOU SEE THE VISION!!! THE SYMBOLISM!! ETC!!!!

uh yeah if you read this far thank you and i just wanna say i've been building up the courage to talk about these two for GENUINELY two years, it has been over 2 full years since that initial drawing, and i am nervous and jittery posting this but i do not want to die without having shared my work with the world and i'm willing to take the risks to get my voice out there. so you reading it is very much appreciated ur like my first step into being more confident as a survivor lol

oh and fwiw despite these guys being so correlated with my trauma it's not offensive to make headcanons or ask me questions about them or compliment darker art of them however you want, in fact i love that shit!! please i've been holding these guys back for two years i have so much to say that hasn't been said. as much as i am nervous i am EXCITED

#sa tw #mind control tw #csa tw #oa tw #abuse tw #this post is a bit of a mess sorry!#this is why im sort of “drafting” my summary as a stream of consciousness infodump #i need to tackle having the confidence talking about this first #just get it out no matter how messy #and THEN i can clean it up and present it in an artistically pleasing way #kiki was here #kiki.txt #vee & nova

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vacantgodling · 6 months ago

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16, 18, 19 for the pride asks!

thank you <3<3

16. Did you ever change an oc's identity when they were already established? Why?

oh hundreds of times. many of my ocs stemmed from ocs and ideas i had as a kid (8+ years old) and because i was young, and bc i didn't know shit, many of my ocs were very cookie cutter. 100% not my fault cuz i was a kid, but now that i'm older i have been updating, editing, and changing my ocs to fit my worldview, to be more intruging, and to not be basic white fantasy character 2.0.

18. Do you prefer to give your ocs specific labels, or keep it unspecified? Why? If applicable, do you change their labels depending on circumstance?

because i (personally) have been getting more and more annoyed with the limited range of labels, and how i consistently have to have caveats for my own labels (which i'm thinking of dropping altogether lowkey, like at this point if anyone really needs to know they're getting queer or they're getting the dissertation i'm tired of trying to be in a box fr) i have been leaning more into keeping my ocs labels unspecified.

there are definitely many characters i have (especially ones in modern wips) that have more concrete labels (ie: darren or toph being bisexual, jenna being a aroace bi lesbian, etc). but when i start getting into the weeds of many of my pure fantasy wips like paramour or tcol, it becomes annoying to try and hold onto our world's notions of gender and sexuality bc simply put their worlds don't operate like that. like sure, amon is gay or masc attracted, but like, troibemme is a fully recognized third gender category, so like. it makes explaining things like that weird. in my mind amon is simply masc attracted, that's the best way to describe it. but like, that's not really a label, ya feel?

i don't really change their labels depending on circumstance, i just kind of know what they like and their general sex/intimacy preferences cuz that's more useful than having a label that means nothing.

19. Do you have preferences about depicting homo/transphobia in your stories? What, and why? Does it vary by story

i depict it if it makes sense for the plot. tcol has a homophobia storyline (around clear) because of how he was raised he faced it, and i have an in world explanation as to why. other characters like di (lukewarm rejection) or jake (purple haze) have it in their storylines because they're ways for me to explore my own struggles with things, but also because i made there a reason in their stories. even paramour has some because there's a small radical group of traditionalists who are specifically made so i can dunk on conservatives.

i have no issue depicting it but i don't put it in every story for the sake of having it though. and whenever i do depict it, i depict people triumphing over it because that's what's good for my brain space lol

#about renjamin

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lilliesofinspirationvalley · 8 months ago

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Quick overview on Lilli's Pokémon... Rewrite? Verse? Idk what this is lmao

All I really know for sure is that I have a lot of thoughts about pokemon's lore and plotlines. I want to try my hand at connecting stuff with a little more continuity because it's fun! There's no way I can get to everything because we'd be here all day, but I figured I'd set up the basic premise and include some fun notes/headcanons!

My general idea is focusing from the anime (up until Horizons) while also including more components from the games (such as more of the SWSH plot/rivals, Emma from XY's post game, Zinnia and the Delta Episode, etc). I also include a multitude of my own original characters, along with some of my friends' (most prominently @starkitters's goobers). Storylines are generally divided up by "sagas" based on the original generation they take place in! I may include some Horizons as it would coincide with ScaVio, but I need to catch up with that series (though from the looks of it it’s all pretty banger)!

This concept is definitely going to mostly get smaller things of art/comics/drabbles and whatnot rather than a full-fic/comic series or whatever because... oh gosh there's way too much. Also obviously not going to cover every single anime episode bit by bit because that would make me insane!!

As for a general timeline— a lot of this main stuff would kinda unfold in the span of 2-3 years? I might make it longer, but then again a lot can happen in even just a month, y’know? Generally, Ash would stay 10 between Indigo League-Advanced, 11 by DP-XYZ, and 12 during SuMo-Journeys. The Legends Arceus shenanigans would probably be during Journeys and the ScaVio stuff is definitely after (I'm thinking potentially a year or so after Journeys' saga would be wrapped up? Though it could even be immediately after idk).

There is. A ton of information even just in this little intro post, and a lot of it isn’t even fully concrete either. But if you find the time to read through it all, I’d really appreciate feedback!

General/Introductory Information

Earlier involvement from rivals/evil teams such as the Galar Rivals, N and Team Plasma, Team Skull, etc! All of that will be covered more in the respective sagas they all appear in, lol

I'm kind of on the fence for whether or not more player characters would be included? May, Dawn, and Serena are canon companions/major characters the anime, I'm including Brendan as Birch's son and Lucas as Dawn's twin brother, Akari and Rei are both going to be native to Hisui, etc.

So far, the mc roles that are taken up by OCs include my characters Lilac (involved in XYZ/SuMo but becomes a Swsh Gym Challenger), Stacy (Emmet's daughter, travels back to Hisui to find her missing Uncle), and Chrys (main Naranja student involved with Nemona, Arven, Penny, and also Kieran and Blueberry stuff). @starkitters's oc Arthur also kinda takes an mc role as Hop's bestie/neighbor and the two of them work with the knight-wolf duo (Zacian and Zamazenta) instead of Ash and Goh just kinda... feeling shoved in there. Ash and his Journeys buddies still get involved in the Darkest Day shenanigans, but another Gym challenger/Hop's bestie)

While characters like Red and Blue/Green aren't really going to be involved since Ash and Gary already kinda take up those roles, there is potential in making like... Ash's dad a Red-esque character? A character based on Leaf? We've also gotten cameos of Jimmy (Gold/Ethan) and Marina (Krys) from the old OVAs and Lyra is briefly seen during DP... but tbh we get so little on them it wouldn't be too difficult to make the OVAs an au or something? I'll have to play with all of it.

The Black and White/Best Wishes saga is going to get some major storyline reworks. Team Rocket (Jessie, James, Meowth, and Wobuffet, etc) aren't going to start actually doing evil shit/working directly with Giovanni out of nowhere. Rather, they get have their own route uncovering stuff about N and Team Plasma, which follows more of the storyline from BW1. Characters from BW2 like Colress and Hugh are definitely still going to appear and their deal won't really change too much, but I'll have to figure out their involvement (especially with Colress he’s got a lot of potential for his own stuff imo). Cheren and Bianca are in a "halfway" sorta period and acting as apprentices for Lenora and Juniper respectively.

I'm mostly going off of the Scarlet side of the ScaVio storyline, with Naranja Academy being in Mesagoza and Sada being the professor inside Area Zero. However, Uva Academy and Turo are also going to be involved! Essentially, Naranja is a school that focuses on helping its students figure out and prepare for careers connected with pokemon (trainers, coordinators, breeders, doctors/nurses, etc) in a more general sense. Uva Academy in Zapapico is primarily a research school (especially prominent for professors and scientists) while Blueberry in Unova specializes in professional battling (League Members, Battle Facilities, etc). Naranja provides courses and connections for careers Uva and Blueberry have niches in, but it's the difference between attending a more well-rounded school and attending a specialized one, if that makes sense.

Turo develops the Terastral Orbs used throughout the Paldea region, while Sada focused on Area Zero and develops the time machine that brings past and future Paradox Pokemon. Their relationship is super complicated and messy /pos. I don't think they ever got officially married, but they're 100% divorced in spirit.

Since the games kinda write Sada and Turo interchangeably (even outside of the whole AI deal) and they're described in the same ways besides pronouns and stuff, I want to make the professors a little more distinct from each other. Sada dives head-first into her passions and doesn't like anything or anyone holding her back, Turo is more conscientious but can come off a lot colder than he intends sometimes, etc.

I know most people hc the Subway twins (Ingo and Emmet), Elesa, Skyla, etc to be in like their late 20s/early 30s... but since I gave Emmet a daughter who's the mc of the Legends Arceus saga... they're actually gonna be slightly younger than Lusamine (around 38 or so) lmao. Let's get more nice and hot older adults up in here

Silver (Giovanni's son/Johto rival) is included! Since there's already a baby Lugia in the anime named Silver and that's just... too perfect, this rendition of the character is going to be named Sage (Yomogi in Japanese). I'm still figuring out his personality and stuff since Paul's whole "be the strongest/pokemon are just tools" thing was pulled from game!Silver, but I kinda want to play with Sage being a little more mellowed out by the time we would meet him in Johto Journeys? He acts as an assistant for Professor Elm, and is surprisingly great with raising pokemon despite the edgy tough-guy act he usually keeps up. He and Brock can nerd out about breeding and nuturing techniques and stuff.

An original team I made myself, Team Comet, acts as a foil of sorts to Team Flare. They’re fighting over (literal) life and death

I’m not entirely sure how to make this work, but I really want AZ’s ultimate weapon to be the (super buffed up) prototype of the healing machines used in pokemon centers. Like… the current machines extract infinity energy from deceased pokemon’s remains (such as ashes and stuff) instead of. Y’know. Draining living pokemon of that energy directly, causing them to die. AZ himself developed this practice as an attempt to redeem himself from all of the tragedy he caused in the name of his Floette. His full name is Azrael Jovalie… making him a pivotal ancestor to the Joy family.

Several large family-clans are the primary leaders of international organizations. The Joy family runs the pokemon centers and overall healthcare facilities, Jenny family runs the international and local police departments, the Jordan family are firefighters who provide aid and try to prevent natural disasters, etc (they may be involved with pokemon rangers? I’m not entirely sure). Others are obviously welcome to work in these forces as well, and members of these families aren’t (usually) forced into working the family business if they want to pursue other goals.

Obviously the anime has all the service-people look identical to safe on time and everything, but I think making unique designs and characters for the Joys, Jennys, etc is a fun concept! No matter their gender or ethnicity, almost every member of a poke-business family have hair and eye colors in the same spectrum. For example, almost every Joy has pink hair that’s styled in circular/drop shapes to some capacity, and blue eyes. Jennys have teal/turquoise hair in lightning shaped styles, and brown eyes. Jordans have charcoal black hair that looks like smoky wisps, and fiery orange/gold eyes.

Xerosic (creepy ass scientist dude who forces you to push a button and coaxes Emma into his expansion suit testing) was originally from Ultra Megalopolis. I’m not entirely sure how to connect him to all the Team Flare stuff??? Or even how exactly he ends up in Kalos but he was part of the Ultra Recon Squad and volunteered to travel to the “main” pokemon world for the to see where Necrozma might try to take all the light next. But when he actually shows up there, he just. Doesn’t care. He’s so fascinated by all of the different pokemon and how energy manifests in such different ways… All he wants to do is learn everything he can about it

Eternatus is an Ultra Beast! The ricochet from AZ’s Ultimate Weapon woke it up and caused the first darkest day.

Builing more from the Adventures manga, Galar was already starting to lose its energy, but the issue is actually going to be addressed far more openly. As Eternatus slept for thousands of years, its dynamax energy gradually dies down to the point where it can’t really be used as a proper resource— especially not to power so many of Galar’s communities. Rose definitely pushed a lot of the reliance of dynamax energy in recent history, but I’m certain Galar has relied on Eternatus for even longer. What makes Rose’s plan to wake Eternatus up again even more messed up (besides putting so many people and pokemon in danger), is that he’s essentially harvesting Eternatus of its energy: Wake it up to get the dynamax levels up again, (have Leon) catch it so it doesn’t go back to sleep… Rose sees the pokemon less as an actual creature and more like a walking power plant, definitely in part with how different Eternatus looks from “normal” pokemon.

The original Sun/Moon storyline with Lusamine and her kids happens first (Lusamine is a mix of the doting from the anime and her abuse from the games… she’s messy /pos). Then, around the time Ash and his friends meet Poipole, that’s when we’d meet the Ultra Recon squad and get into the Necrozma stuff.

Y’know Goh’s whole thing with wanting to catch Mew? How Jessie’s mom died in pursuit of Mew? And the eventual data she found was used for Mewtwo’s creation? Do you see how I’m connecting the dots?

Misc Information

Harley is one of Karen's cousins, making them both descendants of Sanqua (Galaxy Team's Construction Leader) and her little brother, Melli (Diamond Clan Warden of Coronet Highlands). Obviously... we can tell who took after who even after all these years, lmao. They also have a baby cousin (one of my ocs lol) named Jimson from Laverre City (Kalos) who is currently one of the Blueberry League Club's Biome Leaders! He specializes in psychic types... and is lowkey a chuunibyou (really commits to the wizard/witch act)

While Serena is in Hoenn, she meets Lisia and the two become girlfriends besties! They’re like twelve so idk if they’d actually do anything with their feelings but the mutual pining is very very apparent. Their ship name is Dreamshowshipping!

Chloe is highkey a lesbian. That’s just always how I’ve interpreted her??? She’s constantly shocked that Ash knows all of these cute girls. I think her and Iris eventually being a couple would be very cute. If Flowershipping isn’t taken, I shall call them that!

Because I am not immune to @yamujiburo’s propaganda of Hanamusashipping (Hiii Kiana if you’re reading through all of this I am so honored and so sorry it’s so much gjdhdhdhs), I love the idea that Jessie and James start a poly/ish thing with Delia!! By that I mean Delia and James are more so queerplatonic and Jessie is smooching both of them lmao. Ash’s step parents have been here the whole time yippee!!

Arven gets a harem to make up for all the trauma (/j but also not). He gets 2 boyfriends (Giacomo and Drayton) and a girlfriend (Copaia, my main Uva student character). They are all bisexual, bet u didn’t know that ;p

Carmen and Amarys are lesbians and girlfriends!! They’ve been dating for 2 years until the main events of the ScaVio saga

I’m not entirely sure what to do with Indigo League’s Elite 4 since it changes between Kanto and Johto?? Will and Karen are definitely well-known trainers (and possibly even coordinators?) in their own right, but idk if or when they would take Lorelai and Agatha’s places. They might become members around Journeys (since I’m treating that as a general 2 years since Indigo League), but that’s very much up in the air.

Xerosic straight up ditches his daughter (Zossie). Which. He was never that good of a parent anyways but.

Klara is the younger sister of Lacey’s mother (who I have as an oc), making her an aunt! She gave Lacey her Galarian slowpoke/slowbrow.

Lucy is Kieran and Carmine’s older cousin. I know the go-to is that she’s their mom but Lucy’s vibe is more around her early 20s or so to me.

Because I adore the concepts I’ve found from @critterbitter and their mutuals, Ingo and Emmet are Drayden’s nephews. Which makes Stacy and Drayton second cousins— there’s so much comedic potential there you have no idea. Keep in mind that Drayden is also paternal figure to Iris, and Hop and Leon are her cousins… the family tree gets real complicated real fast lmao

#pokémon #pokemon #pokeani #pokemon rewrite #Lilli’s Poke-Verse #I’m… I’m not tagging everybody lmao #lilliverse shenanigans

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pqrachel · 1 month ago

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Oh heck it's past midnight and I didn't do today's OC-tober. I don't have time for an art so let's do some writing. The prompt is "Future" so there's a bunch I could figure out. My Blanksford story spans a lot of years and I don't have any concrete plans for the future of the timeline even though it's technically important for the overarching story.

Well let give this a go...

It's late and I'm gonna ramble so it's probably gonna be pretty long and depending on if I keep any of it would be heavily spoiler-filled so under the cut it goes.

So with a timeline this long I've been thinking for a while that I need to kill one of my main characters at some point. Like technically I don't have to, I've already had them give up their powers so they aren't an immediate threat to the limit of 6 supers, but I do kind of want to. I just don't really know how. Cuz the last time I killed a major character in a story (I won't spoil who, but it was in my Colostle story) I kinda lost all motivation for the story and I couldn't go back on it cuz of the formatting. But this time I can think about it and if I don't like it than I can try again in a different way.

So my first idea a while back was to have Artemis go overboard and accidentally kill a super. Since she doesn't resort to killing despite her role as one of the most dangerous villains it'd be an interesting turn for her. But now with what I've set up with her and Taylor it seems less likely, though still technically possible. But it'd probably only worth it if she kills Taylor, which would be a shame since I like him so freaking much as a character so I probably won't do this.

I could also have Gabby regret giving up their powers, maybe go the vigilante route. Help out Mercury's new Super Wing fight the Y13 & Y14 villains. ...Which does actually make a lot of sense (and would probably motivate me to write some Phase 3 plot points / stories too).

Okay yeah I'll have that be a good starting point. Take the really old idea of Twin & Distress and make it less about Twin being the villain and more about Distress betraying Twin for whoever I make the Y14 villain be. Then Distress and that villain end up kinda strong, so Mercury and Splash can't handle it themselves. They turn to Gabby for help off of Gordon Wheeler's recc. Gabby has another crisis about their powers (or lack thereof this time) and gets pulled back into the drama. And then either Distress or the Y14 villain kills Gabby after they got in the way. And this overstep would definitely bring Artemis and Blank into the drama too, and I'd get a good old-fashion classic superhero war. And all those fight scenes I've been avoiding would get to happen pretty much all at once. And maybe that war takes long enough that the Y15 super emerges and creates even more for everyone to deal with.

Aeri and Gabby's sister Katie would be fucking heartbroken over Gabby's death of course. They both live together at this point and the person who connected them is gone. They'd probably stay together for a while but I imagine Aeri would quickly get overwhelmed without Gabby and leave in some way; whether that's trying to get revenge, or straight up running from D-City, or something else entirely. So Katie would turn to Madi and Taylor, and they're all friends at this point so it'd probably work out. (Assuming I don't mess with the friendship dynamics by this point with what I'm also working on with Taylor and Artemis' storylines, who knows.)

But if I was going to kill off Gabby I'd want to get some good stories in for her send off, so the Y14 villain would probably end up being the fear-based villain that I've been thinking about. For that villain's inspiration don't think Scarecrow (Batman) but more of a villainous reverse Alex Chen (Life is Strange). Although I'm not too studied on scarecrow maybe that's more his vibe than I think. But anyways I'd get to do some AU stuff that takes place in character's heads and Gabby would see some dark timelines and stuff like that.

ACTUALLY... now that I think about it Distress is kind of a weak villain (I haven't even drawn her yet despite having thought of her like 5 years ago), so maybe I skip Distress altogether let the fear villain be the Y13 super. Hell Distress works as a name for a fear villain too, so I could just rewrite my plans for Distress / Twin and I'd get to keep the few things I liked about Distress and make that work out. Cuz ditching Drake really worked out for the story maybe this could work out too.

Okay yeah that works really well! Guess it turns out that forcing yourself to think about the future of your story for an hour and a half really helps you figure out the future of your story. Weird probably could've tried that before at some point.

...now to go to sleep and let a less tired Rachel wake up tomorrow and deal with this long ramble and turn it into actual actionable story beats. Good luck <3

#justsometext #blanksford #bweirdOCtober #i didnt have time for art but apparently i did have time to ramble for nearly two hours lol

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arinemone · 2 months ago

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things I would do if I decided to go Full Ham and do a Dawntrail Rewrite fic for Aresiba (under cut bc it long. bc of me yappin):

Fuck this CS3 time bubble bullshit, The Hydaelyn saga takes 4 years, and post ew is maybe a couple of months? Haven't decided yet (But basically, Aresiba starts her journey when she's 23, and in Dawntrail she's 27ish)

Koana goes to Sharlyan for the same time Aresiba's gone, so 4 years instead of 3. He's her ride to sharlyan, and then from there she goes 2 limsa and then gridania, so like. they gotta leave at the same time

I'm sorry. i. love the twins so very much. but they add VERY LITTLE TO THE RITES RACE IMHO, SO I'm having them come in for the coronation. so that they're here for the Dome Nonsense. and I'm having Yahima/her current student (a hunter and lowkey protoge healer?? kids cracked) in their place instead

Basically I am making this a Girls Trip, moreso than the MSQ does. and yes Erenville/this new oc are also included as Girls in the Girls trip. For the Girlies and Erenvielle/new oc yk

But also I think the bonding moments/banter that Yahima/Wuk Lamat/Aresiba have would be alot. better to fill the dead air than what some of the scions companions give us tbh. There's still this level fish out of water/across the salt type beat tho, bc Outer Islanders (aka yahima and aresiba in our group) are Allies of tural, yes, but not PART of tural, so they're still seen as from beyond the salt. It irks Aresiba tho, bc she's spent a good portion of her life living/training in Tuliyollal/Tural, so she very much considers it like another home to her. Also I think krile and Yahima would make good friends so I want her to be there. also also WHY WOULD WE NOT BRING THE OTHER TRAINED VIDRAAL HUNTWRS TO /THE/ VIDRAAL FIGHT like it would even make sense. then. I want them there 🫵

I'd also probably add some time in places that feel like. happen fast. and overall have a more concrete time frame of when things happen.

Like I'd put at LEAST A DAY inbetween the group arriving to Tural, and the day the rites begin. The Rites maybe take like 2 weeksish. possibly a little less depending. I'd add a couple of downtime days to a week inbetween the final rite/finding the golden city and coronation day. The shaolaani trip maybe takes a handful of days, maybe a buisness week? The Dome Explorarion takes a few days, and ofc Living Memory less than a day. I'll keep the 3 day celebrations bc that's fun, then immediately after Aresiba goes on a full 7 day week No-contact vacation to see her family. and then that Final CS of her, Erenvielle and Wuk lamat takes place the day of her return to tuliyollal. probably a few hours since her arrival. After that it's all me time baeby YIPPIEEEEEE

Siba has her own subplot "Hero returns home from her heroes journey, bur both her and her home have changed", during the rites part of the expac, and how she's adjusting to it

Koana/Aresiba buildup is basically this Entire Expansion, getting together/confessing fee fees happens probably pre 7.1

i want a "Blessed Siblings" vs "The Seas Blessed" (Aresiba and Yahima) fight SOMEHWHERE before they hit the Jak tiika heartlands,/BEFORE the bkjj's redemption, so I can draw a parallel bc THERES ONE THERE I REALIZE. AND WHILE IT DOESNT AFFECT THE STORYLINE MUCH it only makes the hard scenes HURT MORE

Gulool Ja Ja and the Ca'aguey Grandmama getting drinks, catching up, and having a Parent chat abt their kids 🥺

#ffxiv dawntrail #rhemi/aresiba tag #ffxiv 7.0 #ffxiv screenshots #technically its slight #koanawol #at the end

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kogo-dogo · 10 months ago

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Will you get back to the humans resources storyline?

Maybe. Maybe not. I'm sorry this isn't the most concrete of answers but HRV was a very intensive thing that got disrupted quite suddenly by a very, very traumatic offline thing. And, because of that, I ended up putting away the short story anthology I was working on as a sequel and I've only looked at it very sparingly since.

I still love Oozery (I've adapted him to be an OC, actually), but I don't know if I have it in me to go back anytime soon. I still feel a fondness for it, though, so who can tell?

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andro-dino · 5 months ago

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could you elaborate on Essi and Juno's characters and how they are paradoxical? I'm curious, I'm taking any Essi crumbs I can get :D

OKAY SO LIKE BASICALLY I was thinking about some of their more internal struggles and things that they deal with and it’s so like, self contradictory to everything else about them and their personalities and I just find it so fascinating.

With essi, all around her personality is very much in line with a lot of protagonist type characters: she’s very energetic and outgoing, super hardworking and determined, and has her moments of silliness but also being very very cool. The interesting thing is that while she is for the most part pretty confident and self assured, she’s also in a lot of ways insecure. She gets very easily nervous and intimidated by other people, even if she tries her best to hide that and interacts with them despite her nerves, and sure, when she does warm up to people, she’s able to be her outgoing self very quickly, but that initial nervousness as well as the fact that she herself often doesn’t really know just how charming and likable she can be is kinda the cue that there is something more underneath the surface. More than that, when you look at her as a blader, I imagine there’s also some struggle there, because the thing about it is that Essi is a very strong and hard working blader, but she’s still not as strong as some others, and that is a source for some turmoil. Especially when she’s best friends with someone like gingka, it lends itself to a lot of comparison that maybe might not be the best for herself. The other thing about that is that she’s also very isolated in a lot of her struggles, despite the fact that she does have a lot of friends and people supporting her, because she doesn’t wanna be a burden to anyone. A big part of Essi’s character is the she likes to feel useful and helpful and she does a lot to support others, but she really doesn’t extend that to herself a lot and tries to tough out a lot of things she deals with on her own, not even feeling like her problems are really that bad/worth the concern. She’s so contradictory because of all of those contrasting features— she’s confident but she’s also insecure, she’s got lots of great friends but she’s also lonely, even just the fact that she is both strong and weak. Essi is a lot of different things but I love that about her and I feel like it works really well for her.

Juno, among my main four, I feel like is arguably the one who generally goes thru the least turmoil as a whole. She’s got herself pretty figured out. Since I kinda tend to depict her mostly in sillier/fluffier situations, I don’t really talk about some of the deeper parts of their personality a lot, but it’s kinda an important thing when I think about them plot-wise. As with most of my ocs, I don’t really have a concrete storyline for him so much as I do a general arc and progression of his character. The way I kinda imagine it, a lot of his early role would be kinda similar to the way takanosuke interacts with the main gang, in the sense that he’s not an antagonist and actually does tend to get along with the characters most of the time, but their appearances are sporadic and they don’t really tend to hang around a lot. It lends itself to them feeling more cryptic and mysterious, which is kinda the vibe I was aiming for there. A main idea with them though is that their first battle with any of the main characters which does eventually become a longstanding rivalry is with Kite, and I know I talk abt this a lot in a digivalen sense, but beyond that, it’s also what’s initially revealing about their character and that there’s more to her than what initially meets the eye. The idea with it is that juno talks a big talk about getting to know people more deeply through beybattles and revealing more about her rivals and their personalities through the act of communication via bey battle, and for most people, this ends up being a fairly enjoyable experience, but when kite battles her, he realizes one crucially important thing: Juno’s holding back. Kite ends up winning that battle, but it’s not a win he’s satisfied with because he knows Juno wasn’t giving it his actual best effort, and when he calls her out on this, Juno doesn’t let anything slip, still just as cryptic as ever, but does acknowledge him. I actually wrote a short drabble about this a while ago because the idea is so important to Juno’s character.

This kind of thing continues with her for a while, and the thing about it is that while yes, being a blader but not battling people all out is generally risky and weird behavior, but when Juno holds back, it’s not just that they’re not giving it their all, but also that they don’t extend their own philosophy to themself. Juno’s main passion and motivation generally is to understand other people better, to get them to open up and help them understand themselves better as well, and while she is very in tune with her emotions and tends to be a very friendly and empathetic character, he notably doesn’t tend to open up much to others himself. There’s a level of emotional distance that makes them feel unknowable to a lot of people, but that kinda starts breaking down once Kite (and eventually others) start acknowledging that and confronting that. For a while, Juno is content to just getting to know others without opening up herself in the same way, but that becomes very shaky once he’s called out on it, and part of what I think their character arc within the story would be would involve him doing more for himself, which also includes going all out in beybattles more often, not being content to just sit by but actually be a part of it himself. Juno’s real power as a blader isn’t really known for a while because they don’t fully apply themself, but the fact that he can hold his own for so long against strong opponents even without giving it his all is a testament to the fact that she is much stronger than she lets on. She’s so weird and cryptic and hypocritical, I love her sm.

#mfb oc #axel’s silly little thoughts #essi de la cruz #juno aimoto #they mean so much to me #just some silly little contradictory mildly hypocritical gals #I don’t tend to publically talk about a lot of the depth of my characters but god I think about them so much

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400-lucky-weasels · 5 months ago

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Skelly has now finished their ambition! From now on, any posts related to this that contain spoilers will be tagged with "ambition nemesis spoilers", unless anyone informs me of a more common tagging convention. More notes (containing spoilers) are under the cut.

I chose the ending where their brother returns to life; however, he no longer remembers them. This has, of course, amazing angst potential in both directions. I shall be writing more!

I'm not 100% sure what I'm going to do with Skelly; I know I want to continue the Evolution storyline, but after that I'm going to do some brainstorming and get more concrete information on them and Henry. I'm also going to have to choose whether Henry keeps his original last name (in which case I'll need to choose one) or if it ends up being Exoskeleton, the one that Skelly chose for themself.

Otherwise? I'm going to work on giving Mycelium a little development too, though I know more about her than I do about Skelly on account of he came from a genuine "I'm going to make a Fallen London OC!" rather than "Hmmm I'll just make myself – oh fuck no this is a whole different guy"

Also, Skelly definitely wants to kill Cups, in revenge for the fact that they didn't get what they wanted, but they aren't going to – they no longer have a weapon that can kill a Master.

#character: alexander exoskeleton

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ccextendeduniverse · 4 months ago

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Hello!

I'm Hero (he/him)! I'm an autistic writer and artist whose two biggest interests of all time are Warrior Cats and Japan. This is a side blog for my fanclan/multiverse that...combines those two! This is just where I yap about it; the characters, the worldbuilding, post art of it, etc!

Both my avatar and banner are two art pieces I received for the CCEU characters during ArtFight by the user akihikoSanada; go give em a follow!

So...here's a quick rundown! (Of course, you can always read the Google doc, but that's less fun than a blog, yaknow?)

What is CCEU? (And WEU too)

CCEU stands for the following: "Cloudclan Extended Universe"! This is an umbrella term for all stories within the universe where Cloudclan and its surrounding groups reside. So, CCEU includes WEU (Wispclan Extended Universe), DAD (Dancing and Dreaming), HSO (Hangout Strike Out), and other stories.

WEU, is in a sense, a smaller CCEU inside of CCEU? It's its own little universe inside of CCEU using the clan's old name Wispclan as a placeholder. WEU specifically refers to a multiverse of stories about the following three characters: Beatleeyes/Kabutomushi, Foxrun/Fox that Burrows in Snow, and Soba/Meiro/Brightseer. These stories do not happen in the same timeline, though some things remain consistent between them all. Some CCEU stories are canon to all timelines, or only some.

The reason for this…really confusing set up that really only I understand is because…well, trying to come up with one, concrete story, for these OC's, drove me insane. I had too many ideas and too many fun dynamics and storylines running around in my brain that just couldn't be confined to one timeline. So: CCEU and WEU were born. Out of the two of them, however, WEU has the most content.

CCEU takes inspiration from a lot of different things---worldbuilding wise, I'd say the main inspo is the BetterBones AU! Which, by the way, is one of the coolest things of all time, IMO. My goal for this Tumblr blog, I think, is to get a post a month out exploring the world of Cloudclan. Feel free to send in asks!

A visual, in case that's confusing.

Now that that's out of the way---

I'll get to working on worldbuilding posts and stuff later...I've never run this type of blog, so I hope it goes well.

#about #cloudclan extended universe

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nmzuka · 1 year ago

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So like, what is Arms about anyway?

I know it's a game, and I think I always assumed it was like Smash Bros or something, but it sounds like there's a storyline? Lore? Plot??

Also please talk about the two characters you always draw. I wanna know about them individually+as a couple (even if it's not a canon thing, I still wanna hear about why you ship em, what their dynamics are, what makes the relationship interesting etc)

Oh boy this is gonna be a long reply lol but appreciate the ask! Im gonna put this under a read more cause it got really long even tho I feel like there is a lot more I could say ^^;;

So yeah ARMS is a fighting game but I would kinda compare it more to Punch Out! then Smash? your pov is behind the character and you’re more or less boxing but the gimmick is that the characters have extendable arms so it’s not like as close quarters as boxing haha You’d think with how invested I seem to be in it that there would be some deep and engaging plot but there isn’t really? There is a “story mode” where you just play thru the Grand Prix to win the ARMS League Championship You do get snippets of character lore from this in the form of dialogue from the announcer Biff (who like… might be a god or something from one of the Fighters cultures??) but it’s all just kinda random fun facts As for like game universe lore it’s all very vague The ARMS gene has been around for a looong time (where it came from we don’t know) but it causes people’s arms to become spring like This usually manifests in teen years (tho it can happen at any time), usually the person wakes up with their arms changed, and it’s typically something the person was around a lot that their ARMS takes on the material of (sometimes it affects people’s hair as well) ARMS can be hard to control and will randomly uncoil at times and that’s why people wear the masks as control of the ARMS are connected to the eyes (people with ARMS also have spiral irises) There’s very few like concrete things… there was suppose to be a comic that would expand on the lore and explain things (like the fact that Spring Man is technically the 3rd “Spring Man” as its a title passed on) but sadly they quietly canceled the comic after making us wait like for years with no update about it :////

I could go into more details about things but that’s like the broad strokes of the world at least

I do think the vagueness of it and the bare bones of the Fighters tho is kinda why it still has some very dedicated fans? Everyone is more or less able to take it and make it their own by filling in the blanks of the characters and the lore so we’ve all just kind of made it our own (why I’ve thought many times to just take the characters and make them ocs because at this point they really feel like it haha)

As for the two I’m always drawings…Ribbon Girl is a famous pop idol singer and Kid Cobra is a streamer/video maker and snakeboarder (an in universe sport like skateboarding) he’s also one of the rare people born with ARMS and he keeps his identity secret They are only canon in my heart as I just think they are perfect together haha they fill my love of the “bad boy/good girl” troupe (shipping them at all started out as a joke but damn if it didn’t progress quickly) This will start going more into my own hcs for the characters but I think how well they fit together. They’re very opposite but also similar and bring out better parts of each other Ribbon is very much a people pleaser and has been fairly sheltered, unable to do much of her own things because of breaking into the idol role at a young age (and also a bit because of her mother directly…) KC is very much the opposite haha he does what he wants But they’re both living under a public persona and part of the dynamic I enjoy is them breaking thru each other’s persona in a way I don’t see them able to with anyone else KC helping Ribbon learn to do things for herself, that she doesn’t need to be what others want her to be and should be living her life how she wants Ribbon helping KC open up, to know he doesn’t have to hide who he is from others They’d help each other become better versions of themselves and I just love that for them hhhh Their relationship would be a tender and hesitant one (their personas again get in the way) Ribbon as an idol isn’t supposed to date and KC worries his reputation (as a streetsmart skater punk) will be bad for her reputation. Ribbon worries about the attention she’ll bring to KC (he obviously wants a certain amount of attention but also tries to be very secret) Just a lot of uncertainty from both of them about trying to date but damn the feelings are there and can’t be ignored! They’ll figure that shit out as they go and if it all falls apart in the end well at least the highs were good while it lasted (not that it does they’re gonna be together forever!)

I also enjoy thinking of the dynamic of them being playful and silly together hhgghg KC loves to joke around and shit which does make Ribbon laugh a lot but also makes her be like “omg why are you like this??” Aaaa this reply is truly a ramble and so long even tho I feel like I’ve hardly gotten into any details. I’m not great at explaining things with words that’s why I try to draw Ribbon and KC as much as possible to show people what I see in their relationship I think they are perfect and really just can’t picture them with anyone else hhhh

#zuka replies #nintendo arms #ribboncobra #I wish I was better with words hhhhh #to be better able to articulate what I see in Ribbon and KC #but i cant... so I must draw them instead!!

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wrestlersownmyheart · 7 months ago

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“Chances Are” Ch. 3 (Book 2 In the “Chances” Series) Finn Bálor X OC

Pairing: Finn Bálor X Female OC Summary: After a traumatic childhood and a murder attempt that left her with a heart condition, Miracle Seanoa wants nothing more than to find some peace and fulfillment in her life. Working as a writer for WWE, she's shocked when Stephanie McMahon takes a gamble on her skills and assigns her to a new RAW roster member. None other than Finn Bálor—the man who'd long ago saved her life and captured her heart.

Finn Bálor left his career as a police officer behind in order to chase his true dream of becoming a professional wrestler. Working incredibly hard within NXT, he soon finds himself drafted to Monday Night RAW. He's shocked to see Miracle again, but even more shocked is he to see what a stunning woman she's become.

However, someone else has had his eye on Miracle for a long while. With his infatuation turning to a deep, dark obsession, he's not going to give up on her easily. Finn will have to resort to his past skills as a cop, to protect the woman he loves.

Because if her weakening heart doesn't kill her, her stalker just might... Disclaimers: I own nothing or anyone associated or affiliated with WWE. I own only the original characters. This is just a fictional story that came from my imagination.

Chapter Content & Trigger Warnings: None Note: This part of the story is labeled “Modern Day” but it actually means back in 2016 when Finn was first drafted to the main roster. And fictionally, Joe will be also drafted at the same time, even though he was actually not bumped up to the main roster until 2017.

Also, this story is being re-worked because I just wasn't happy with how it was turning out the first time around. Hopefully I'll be more happy with it this time! 🙂

Chapter 3

~Modern Day~

Miracle rushed down the hall, speed-walking to Stephanie McMahon’s make-shift office in the DCU Center. Her red heels clacked against the concrete flooring in her haste and she finally stopped at Stephanie’s door, rapping her knuckles lightly against it. Almost instantly, the door opened and Stephanie ushered her into the office.

Miracle quickly spotted Paul Levesque sitting in front of the large desk, and she flushed slightly. “I’m so sorry, you guys,” she said. “Did I interrupt a meeting or anything?”

“No, no, no,” Stephanie replied. “Don’t worry, we were actually just chatting about our kiddos. Is that your pitch for Eva Marie,” she asked, motioning to the file folder in Miracle’s hands.

“Oh, yes,” she handed the folder over. “I hope you like it.”

“I’m sure I will,” Stephanie smiled. “You have shown much potential with these little faux storylines Daddy has you writing. We all absolutely loved the idea you came up with for Dolph and the Miz.”

Miracle smiled. “I was thrilled you used it.”

“And I’m sure we’ll love this one,” Hunter spoke up. “But if it’s really good and we want to use it…it probably won’t be used on Eva Marie. We’re just curious right now to see what you would do with each superstar.”

“May I ask why it wouldn’t be used on Eva Marie,” Miracle asked, her forehead creasing with confusion.

“Well, she’s been causing some issues backstage with the other girls,” Stephanie answered carefully. “We’re trying to straighten her out, but I’m not sure rewarding her with a great storyline is the way to do that.”

Miracle nodded her agreement. “Good point. Well, I should get going. Still so much to do… Do you guys need anything? Coffee?”

Hunter smiled. “We’re great. Thank you, Miracle. Try to take it easy. You work yourself too hard.”

“Well, I know we’re short-handed,” Miracle said softly. “Especially tonight—what with the draft and everything.” She self-consciously straightened at the elegant red dress she wore for the show’s occasion. “I still need to go to make-up, and get my face touched up for the interviews later on.”

“Well, go get that taken care of, and then see what tasks you have left. Take it one step at a time. Don’t overburden yourself,” Stephanie said warmly. “We want you to be healthy.”

Flushing, Miracle nodded. Embarrassment flooded her gaze. “I should get going. Good luck with the show tonight,” she smiled softly and left the room, clicking the door shut behind her.

She fought tears as much as she fought the humiliation. She hated being seen as a liability. I wish someone would see me as a whole person, she thought sadly. I wish everyone would stop treating me like I’m made out of glass. She rolled her eyes at herself then. “Maybe I am made out of glass,” she thought out loud, remembering how her heart had been affecting her the past few months. Her cardiologist had prescribed her nitroglycerin tablets along with her normal medication to stop the chest pains she was suffering from. Shaking her head to clear it, Miracle continued her way down the long winding hallway to the area where the make-up artist had been assigned.

“Hi, Emmy,” she greeted, when she spotted the WWE’s best make-up artist in a make-shift booth. As she approached closer, she saw she already had Drew McIntyre in her chair applying some powder to his face. “Oh, sorry, guys. I’m interrupting people left and right today!”

“No biggie, Miracle,” Emmy chuckled and glanced up at her, smiling. “I’m almost finished with Drew here, and then I’ll get you touched up.”

“You’re finally almost done with me,” Drew asked playfully. “As good as I look, I’d think I would require less work than ten minutes worth.”

“Oh, no, you look amazing,” Emmy said, and then flushed drastically. “I mean, you don’t require a lot of work. At all. You must take great care of yourself. I… I’m… I’m absolutely scarlet, aren’t I,” she asked, fanning her hand at her burning face.

“Yeah. You are,” Drew said, a twinkle in his sapphire-colored eyes. “But it suits you.” He stood to his feet when she indicated she was finished with him. “Maybe I should cause you to blush more often.”

Miracle watched the interaction between the two, and wondered how long it had been going on. Drew chuckled softly, then exited the booth, patting Miracle on the shoulder, “Good luck with the interviews tonight, Miracle.”

“Thank you, Drew.” Miracle took her seat in the booth and closed her eyes as Emmy began adding to her eye liner. “So, what’s going on with you two? Why do I have the feeling you two have been flirting with each other for quite a while?”

She heard a slight clatter of cosmetic materials before Emmy answered.

“It’s nothing, really. We’re just playing around. Drew's still so fresh from his divorce, I think he’s just enjoying his freedom.” Miracle felt the brush return to her lash line. “Besides, I think he’d go for a sophisticated type of woman. Someone… blonder, maybe?”

“Emmy, your hair color is gorgeous,” Miracle said. “It’s a beautiful shade of-”

“Brown,” Emmy cut in. “Plain, old brown.”

“I was going to say chestnut, or burnt sienna.”

“So, are you excited about the show?”

“Change of subject, noted,” Miracle chuckled. “Yes, I’m very excited. I’m hoping Daddy will finally get drafted. It would be so amazing to be able to interview him on live television!” “I hope he does too,” Emmy said, smiling. She began adding a little contouring and highlighting to Miracle’s cheekbones. “He’s awesome. I’ve watched him and AJ Styles ever since they debuted on TNA. Vince would be nuts to not bump him up yet.”

Miracle grew quiet, realizing that Finn could possibly be bumped up as well. How will I face him? How will I interview him without looking awkward? Her heart began to pound slightly with the new worry.

She’d never gotten in contact with him two years before, when Joe told her Finn was at NXT as well.

“He said to tell you that if you’d stop by and see him that he’d love to explain to you why his phone-” Joe started.

“I can’t. I just can’t, Daddy,” she’d cut in, sadness in her eyes. “I have a feeling what he’s going to say...that he just gave me his number to be nice. And... I just don’t have the courage to face it right now. It’d be like going through it all over again. Losing his friendship all over again—only worse.”

“Are you okay, Miracle,” Emmy asked. “You went sort of pale.”

Miracle immediately nodded, coming back to the present. “Yes. I’m fine. I just need to eat something, probably.”

“Okay. Well, I’m done. You look beautiful, as always.”

“Thanks to you,” Miracle smiled. “I don’t know what I’d do without you.”

“Pffffft. You don’t need me to look good, and you know it.”

The two said their goodbyes, and Miracle looked through her to-do list on her tablet.

“Let’s see…” Her phone rang and she quickly answered it. “This is Miracle.”

“Miracle, it’s Mike. Where are mine and Maryse’s iced caramel macchiatos?”

Seriously, she thought. “Mike? I have no idea. I didn’t know I was supposed to-”

“We ALWAYS have iced caramel macchiatos!”

“Mike, I don’t have time. I have the interviews tonight, and-”

“There’s a Starbucks two blocks away. I’m sure you have plenty of time. Now go get our macchiatos!”

He hung up and Miracle was left staring at her phone. “It’s times like this I wish I wasn’t so prideful and would be more open about my heart problem,” she thought out loud. The only people at her job she let know about her heart condition were the McMahon’s and Hunter, as well as the doctors so they’d be prepared to treat her, if needed. She’d also let Renee and the other correspondents know in case they needed to fill in for her at times. But as for the talent, she kept it quiet around them. “Okay, Miz, she hissed under her breath, as she headed for the building’s exit. "You’ll get your stupid coffee.”

Minutes later, she was out on the sidewalk walking the two blocks to Starbucks as quickly as she could. It took her a good ten minutes to walk the short distance as busy and crowded as the sidewalk was. Not to mention—her three inch stilettos didn’t make the trek any easier either.

By the time she reached the Starbucks, her pulse was racing, but she knew she had no time to worry about it. She went inside to order the two coffees and then paid for them, eager to get outside and get back to the DCU center. Within another fifteen minutes, Miracle was finally back inside the arena, and heading back to the dressing rooms to give Mike Mizannin his precious coffee.

She reached the door labeled “The Miz and Maryse” and knocked. When the door opened, she handed the coffees over to Mike and didn’t wait for a response. Beginning to feel over-fatigued she turned on her heel and walked away.

Her intention was to head over to the trainer’s office and take some of her medication. But she didn’t get the chance as she heard:

“Miracle!”

She looked further down the hallway, where a crew member was flagging her down.

“What is it,” she called, fighting to keep the tiredness out of her voice.

“You’re needed at the backstage set. The show’s starting, and the interviews won’t be far behind.”

“O-okay, thanks,” she called back. Reluctantly, she headed for the set instead, and began trying to calm her heart and her nerves, sans medication.

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Joe and Finn sat together in the NXT section of the room backstage while they and all the rosters watched the draft take place.

“Good luck to you, man,” Joe told Finn as they listened to Stephanie McMahon announce that RAW was about to draft two NXT superstars. “If you get drafted… I don’t know of anyone who deserves it more.”

Finn looked over at him with a crooked grin. “Likewise, brot'er,” he said, his Irish burr coming through thicker than usual. Nerves were definitely a problem for him at the moment. “Ya’ve worked as hard as the rest of us, and harder than some. Ya deserve y'r shot.”

They smiled at each other again, “too-sweeted”, and then turned their attention to the large television. They watched as Stephanie McMahon gestured to the Titantron for the result of the draft.

Joe’s breath whooshed out when he saw his own graphic appear on the huge screen. The whole room erupted in cheers, but the loudest cheers came from the NXT section.

“Ya did it, brother,” Finn clapped him on the back. “Congratulations!”

“Oh, my God,” Joe laughed, clearly elated.

“Joe.”

Hunter had appeared in the doorway. “Come with me. You’ve got an interview to do.”

Grinning happily, Joe got up and followed Hunter down the hallway to a set backstage.

“It won’t air on television,” Hunter told him quietly as they neared the cameras. “It’ll be on the Network. We don’t want you to appear on live television till Monday night so it’ll have more of an impact.”

Suddenly, Joe was standing in front of his daughter, tears sparkling in her eyes.

“So, Dad,” she started with a smile. It was no secret that she was Samoa Joe’s daughter, so there was no need for her to be so formal with him. “What is going to be your goal upon your debut on RAW Monday night?”

Joe smiled proudly at his daughter, and then looked into the camera as he answered. “I’m, of course, going after the WWE Championship should it still be on RAW after Battleground. If not, I will go after whatever world title the brand comes up with. But aside from all that…” He sported his famous “Samoa Joe smirk”. “I’m going to enjoy making people hurt.”

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“Now,” Stephanie said loudly into the mic. “RAW will be drafting two NXT superstars! And RAW’s first pick from NXT is…”

Miracle watched from backstage as Stephanie then gestured melodramatically to the Titantron, which was being used to showcase the draftees.

An instant later, Joe’s graphic popped up on the huge screen. The whole arena blew up with excitement.

“Oh, my God,” Miracle exclaimed. Tears instantly started welling up in her eyes. “Oh, no! Are the cameras rolling yet,” she asked, trying to staunch the tears before they became obvious.

“You’ve got a few seconds, Miracle,” one of the cameramen said. “Just try to hang on a little longer. Then you can cry and hug your dad all you want,” he smiled warmly.

“Yes, exactly. The show comes first,” she reminded herself. “The show comes first. The show comes first.”

Joe appeared down the hall with Hunter, both making their way toward them.

“Okay, Miracle… We’re rolling in three… two…” The cameraman then motioned that they were filming and Miracle stepped into character, so to speak.

“So, Dad,” she said smiling, and still fighting tears back. “What is going to be your goal upon your debut on RAW Monday night?”

Joe smiled lovingly at her, but then turned to the camera and “Dad” was gone. The Samoan Submission Machine had arrived. “I’m, of course, going after the WWE Championship should it still be on RAW after Battleground. If not, I will go after whatever world title the brand comes up with. But aside from all that… I’m going to enjoy making people hurt.”

He sauntered off then, and left Miracle smiling happily. Maybe with his parting words she shouldn’t have been smiling, but she couldn’t help it. Her father was just drafted to RAW!

“And our second draft from NXT…”

Miracle looked up at the monitor just as Finn’s graphic popped up on the Titantron.

Her pulse accelerated instantly at just the sight of him, and then her heart skipped a couple beats.

You can do this, Miracle, she gave herself a pep talk while she waited on Finn to arrive for his interview. He was always kind. He isn't going to act weirdly around you, or be mean.

“Miracle? Are you okay, sweetie?”

She looked across the hallway to see two of her fellow correspondents, Renee Young and Charly Caruso eyeing her with concern.

There was always one or two correspondents teamed up with Miracle when she worked because of her heart condition. Her pulse was so unpredictable at times that she had to take an abrupt break from interviews and backstage segments.

“Miracle?”

Charly's voice snapped the younger reporter out of her thoughts. Miracle watched as Renee took a step toward her. “You look a bit paler than usual.”

Finally, she gave what she hoped was a convincing smile. “Yes, I am fine, guys, thank you. I'm just getting really excited about these drafts!”

Renee watched her friend closely for a minute, as if she suspected Miracle of playing down her condition. At last, she gave her a little nod, and resumed her conversation with Charly.

Miracle let out a sigh of relief when her friends turned their attention from her. She was grateful for the other correspondents' concern, but at the same time felt like a liability due to it. She had no more time to dwell on the thought as she heard footsteps approaching from around the corner, along with a couple of male voices—one of which was unmistakably Irish. Only a moment later, Finn stood before her. Her pulse seemed to double its pace.

“You will be interviewed here and then you are done for the night,” Hunter was telling him. “And I realize you weren't expecting any of this tonight, so don't worry about mistakes, because it isn't live. It will be edited and aired only on the Network.”

After receiving a nod of understanding from the Irishman, Hunter hurried back to sit with his NXT crew for when the next draftees got called up.

Then Finn's bright blue eyes were on her; scanning over her face and down the full length of her body, then back up to her face. By the time his gaze reached hers again, her chest was nearly heaving. And not solely due to her heart's irregular pattern.

“Miracle Seanoa. So grown up,” he finally murmured, staring into her eyes with a soft smile.

She returned his smile with a shaky one of her own as she took in his appearance. He was... so different, yet still the same. He seemed taller than she remembered, his hair was cut shorter, and he'd grown a beard. The last time she saw him, he was pretty much clean shaven save for a little bit of scruff.

I love the beard, she realized, fighting the strong urge to reach up and touch it. Finn had been gorgeous years ago, but now he was absolutely breathtaking. Not to mention he was bulkier, and... Oh my God—his abs! His shoulders, she thought, her face burning. They are so... chiseled. She quickly shot her gaze back up to his and caught the slight smirk on his face. And now, he knows I have been ogling him. She mentally facepalmed.

“Uh... Guys?” One of the cameramen spoke up. “We're rolling.”

“Oh, right,” Miracle finally managed to speak, and struggled to ignore the twinge of pain she felt in her chest. I just need to get through Finn's interview, then I'll have Renee or Charly take over while I go get some of my meds. She lifted her mic to her lips. “Congratulations on being brought up to the main roster, Finn. How does it feel to be faced with so many more opportunities?”

“It feels amazin', Miracle,” Finn replied, brushing his fingers over his beard. “This is somet'ing I've worked very hard for, and f'r a very long time. It's a dream come true.”

She smiled at him even as a sharp ache ricocheted though her chest. “I am sure like many of the other draftees you plan on going after the WWE title. There obviously can be only one champion, so what will your strategy be in order to be that one?”

Finn pulled no punches when he answered. “I will mow down whoever I hafta. And I just might have to embrace my inner… demon.”

Miracle lowered her mic and smiled over at the cameramen. “I think that will do it, guys.” She glanced over at Renee and Charly. “Would... Would one of you mind standing in for a bit? I need...” She swallowed hard and coughed lightly trying to regulate the rhythm of her heart. “I need some of my meds.”

“Miracle,” Renee scolded lightly. “I knew I should have listened to my instincts. This is my-”

“Not your fault,” Miracle shot back, rubbing her hand over her chest. “I needed to do this—to pull my own weight.”

“You do that, and then some,” Charly cut in with her own two-cents worth. “I will go with you, okay? To make sure you get there all right.” She turned to Renee then. “Is that okay with you?”

Before the blond could answer however, Finn spoke up. “I will go wit' her.”

"But you don’t know what’s wrong with her,” Renee started, her voice going slightly shrill in her concern. Her friend's heart condition never failed to frighten her. “She needs-”

“I’ve known 'er since she was a young girl,” Finn softly interrupted the correspondent. "It's her heart, yeah?”

"Um... Guys?" Miracle waved at the three of them to get their attention. "She is right here. You can address me directly, you know." She sounded too cheerful, she realized. But she didn't want them worrying. She could hear the near panic in Renee's voice already and felt horrible for it. "I am fine. Don't worry about me." She forced a smile and turned to leave for the trainer's office. She only went a couple steps further down the hallway, when she heard Finn's voice say something to the older reporters about finding "her da". A few seconds later, she saw him out of her peripheral vision walking beside her. "Really," she started, her voice growing a bit frantic. The pains were becoming sharper and closer together, and consequently, more difficult to hide. She avoided his gaze. "You don't have to follow me." Her steps faltered a moment, and she struggled to get enough oxygen.

"I know I don't, lass," he murmured quietly. "But let me, f'r my own piece of mind, okay?"

Finally, she stopped walking altogether and stooped over, bracing her hands against her knees in an attempt to rest and get some air into her lungs. "Please, Finn..." She panted, and resorted to swallowing her pride just enough to beg. "I don't want you... to see me l-like this." Before she could stop them, tears burned her eyes and spilled down her cheeks. "Humiliating..." she uttered under her breath.

He was just about to speak, no doubt to tell her she had nothing to feel humiliated for, when her head grew fuzzy. Her vision blurred, and she fell forward onto her hands and knees with a pained whimper.

"Miracle! Sweetheart?"

She heard Finn's voice, filled with urgency, right next to her ear. His arms went around her and gently tugged her to her feet. "Are ya alright, lass?"

The floor moved underneath her, or at least it felt that way. She stumbled forward against Finn's chest. "Need it to stop." Her breathless voice was soft, but he managed to hear her regardless.

"You need what to stop, honey?" His arms tightened around her and held her up securely.

"Spinning...” she barely managed. She brought a hand up toward her chest. “Hurts..." Her unfocused gaze lifted to his. “The trainer.... He holds some of my heart meds for me...” She tensed suddenly, curling her fingers into her chest. "Oh... Lord, please..."

"Miracle... honey?" Finn stooped to lift her up, intent on getting her to the trainer in a hurry, when her legs buckled. He quickly wrapped an arm around her shoulders and underneath her knees, then cradled her against his chest as he jogged down the hall.

Finn turned the corner, and finally reached the trainer’s make-shift office. Darting inside, he didn't bother to greet the trainer. “We need some help here,” he said as he walked over to a cot and gently deposited Miracle's limp frame onto it. “She has a heart condit-”

“I know about it,” the trainer cut him off as he headed to his medical cabinets. “I’ll need you to leave while I check her over and see what she needs.”

“She needs 'er medicine,” Finn replied, following the trainer. He didn’t like the look of challenge on the man’s face. “And I’m not leavin’ 'er. Ye'll regret it if ya try t' make me.”

He seemed to ignore Finn's threat and tossed out a couple of questions while he placed an oximeter on her finger. "Was she struggling to breathe? Chest pains?”

Finn nodded, and looked down at Miracle's unconscious form. "Yes. Help her. Please."

The trainer looked at the oximeter and nodded. “Her O2 level is only at seventy-eight percent. I'll give her some oxygen," the trainer reported, snatching up a packaged face mask. He had it opened and attached to an oxygen tank within seconds. "When she wakes up I'll give her some of her meds." He placed the mask over her nose and mouth and then adjusted the elastic straps around her ears.

"Shouldn't she go t' d'a hospital?"

The trainer shook his head as he headed over to his medical cabinets again. He opened a drawer and pulled out a couple of disposable medication cups, as well as a couple of medicine bottles and placed a pill in each cup. "No. Her O2 is low, but not dangerously so. The oxygen tank will bring it back up to a normal level pretty quickly. She has these spells fairly frequently. She'll be fine in a few minutes."

Finn nodded apprehensively and took Miracle's limp hand in his, anxious for her to wake up.

He didn't have long to wait. Within minutes, her eyes fluttered open and she looked up at him groggily. "Finn..." she slurred softly through the oxygen mask.

"Shh..." Finn reached up and brushed some hair away from her face. "Ye're all right now, lass."

The trainer came over to her then with the medicine cups in his hand as well as a bottle of water and tugged the mask from her face. “Here, Miracle.” He all but nudged Finn out of the way. “Take your pill, sweetie, and then you can put this nitroglycerin under your tongue.”

Nodding weakly, Miracle let Finn help her to sit up and then swallowed the little white pill down. Then she quickly placed the sublingual tablet under her tongue as Finn gently laid her back down against the pillow.

The trainer once again tried to get Finn to leave. "I really need to check her vitals. You should leave and give her some privacy for a few minutes."

“Finn stays, Gerald,” Miracle weakly reprimanded the trainer, as she sat up on the cot. “He is a friend I've not seen in years, and if he has to leave…then so do I.” She swung her legs over the side of the cot and prepared to stand, but that was as far as she got.

“Miracle.” Finn scolded her gently as he helped her lay back on the cot again and urged her back against the pillow. “Ye’re not goin' anywhere, lass.”

“And neither are you,” she added, a stubborn jut to her chin despite the fatigue in her onyx-colored eyes.

“Neither am I,” he repeated, brushing his thumb over her cheekbone. He looked up at Gerald then with a hard glare. "I'm stayin' right here. I may not be a medic or doctor, but I know enough t' know that there are no vital signs ya need t' take that requires her clothing t' come off."

"Fine," the trainer grumbled, sliding his stethoscope from his shoulders and placing the ear-pieces in his ears. Finn and Miracle remained quiet as he listened to her heart and lungs. Then he checked her oximeter again. "You are doing better, but you should probably rest here for a bit, and get a little more oxygen into your system."

Miracle nodded in agreement as Gerald secured the oxygen mask over her face once more. "I'll be back in a few minutes to check on you again." Then he left the room, but not before giving Finn another disapproving glare.

Once he was gone, Finn took her hand in his again. “Feelin' better,” he asked in a whisper; his gaze hopeful.

She nodded, her eyes growing heavy. “Yes. But I’m sleepy. I’m always so exhausted after one of these spells.”

“Do you get them a lot,” he asked her.

She shrugged slightly, avoiding his gaze. “It’s been a little worse as of late. Today was a bad one. They’re not normally this debilitating, but I had so much to do today. And then Mike…” She rolled her eyes.

“Who,” Finn asked. “Mike? As in Mike Mizannin?”

She nodded sleepily with a small yawn.

“What did 'ee do,” he demanded gently.

“He sent me after a stupid coffee for him and Maryse. I had only a half hour before the show, and the creep ordered me to walk to Starbucks. I’d just gotten back and was going to take my meds when I was called for the interviews.”

Finn’s jaw clenched in anger. “Does ‘ee know 'bout y'r heart?"

Miracle fought off a smile at the way his accent thickened when he grew angry or concerned. She shook her head instead. It was amazing to her how they could carry on a conversation as if it had not been years since they last spoke. "I only told people about it who needed to know.”

“Well, lass, ‘ee apparently qualifies as needin' t' know.”

“But, Finn… No…”

“He’ll keep doing this to ya, if ya let 'im. Let me handle it, yeah?”

Reluctantly, Miracle nodded. “I’m too tired to argue, to be honest.”

“Get some rest, sweetheart. I’m going to have a l'il talk with Mikey, and I also need to find your Da and tell him what happened. Then, I can take ya back to your hotel room if ya want.”

“You’re going to talk to Mike, huh,” she asked, raising an eyebrow. “Would this talk involve a fist?”

Finn shook his head. “No, li'l lass. It’s going to involve two fists.” He leaned down and brushed his lips over her forehead. “Get some rest. I’ll come back for you soon.”

“Promise?” She whispered the plea, gazing up into his blue eyes.

“Geallaim agam—I promise,” he replied softly. "'Cause we have a lot t' catch up on, don't we?" At her nod, he squeezed her hand, then turned and walked out of the room just as Gerald was returning.

Miracle felt so much better with Finn back in her life—as if a lost piece of her heart had returned. She nervously fiddled with the Irish Claddagh ring she wore on her left ring finger.

She’d gotten the ring for herself years ago, and researched how to wear them to signify one’s marital status. She wore hers with the heart pointing toward her on her left ring finger—which indicated she was married. And while she wasn’t, of course, she knew she’d never love anyone but Finn.

“So what was with him,” Gerald asked, brushing his dark, shoulder-length hair out of his eyes. “He seems awfully possessive of you to be brand new to the roster.”

“I knew him a while back,” Miracle replied softly. “He saved my life a long time ago. And I’m so glad to see him again. We were friends—I’ve missed him terribly.”

Gerald smiled, but the gesture failed to reach his eyes, “Well, I’m happy for you. You need some extra happiness in your life. Similar to what a sugar-free decaf latte can bring?”

Miracle chuckled at their shared bond over coffee. “Definitely.”

The first time Gerald met Miracle, she’d commented how wonderful his cup of coffee smelled. However, she knew on her heart-healthy diet, she couldn’t consume any caffeine and she avoided sugar as much as possible. So, the next day, Gerald presented her with a sugar-free decaffeinated latte. Every time they worked the same shows, it became a little tradition that Gerald would bring her a special latte.

“Well, then I’ll have you one tomorrow. You are working the house show tomorrow, right?”

Miracle nodded. “Yes, if I’m feeling better, I’ll be there.”

“I look forward to it,” Gerald replied. He leaned down and kissed her cheek.

Growing slightly uncomfortable, Miracle made a point of yawning. She’d always felt as though Gerald had feelings for her other than friendship, but she never encouraged him. She felt only friendship with him, and wanted him to feel the same way toward her.

“I’ll let you get a little sleep,” Gerald said, and Miracle could’ve sworn she heard a tone of bitterness in his voice. He left the room, and she finally relaxed—asleep in only minutes.

Translations: “Geallaim agam” ~ “I promise”

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