#the rest of the gang is also present but don't have speaking parts just yet

[madnessiseverything]

stay a little while

in which Karlach takes in a pointy-toothed stray.

Wyll reaches for his sword and grabs nothing but air. Shit. He lunges forward entirely on instinct, remembering all too well the infiltration and subsequent catastrophe from last year. Why did the kitchen have to move today of all places?! His opponent kicks into gear surprisingly quickly, dodging Wyll’s swing and jumping away from the table in one smooth motion. Red eyes and a silver knife flash in the soft kitchen light. Wyll becomes keenly aware of the fact that he’s too far out for early riser Halsin to come to his aid, even if he screams. Maybe, if he could get to the enchanted breakfast bell somewhere in the cupboards… “Who the fuck are you?” He asks, pushing forward to corner the intruder despite the raised knife and clear supernatural origins. “How did you get in?!”  “I’m afraid there’s been a terrible misunderstanding,” the unwanted guest proclaims without lowering his weapon—Gale’s good boning knife, Wyll notices. A thief as well as an intruder, then. He doesn’t move to attack, however, choosing instead to half-crouch, his eyes flicking over Wyll’s face and towards the door off to the side. “I was invited in.” 

my first entry into the bg3 fandom is finally here and up on ao3

[unwishablestars]

Hi I’m not sure if you take this type of requests and if you don’t you can just ignore it. Could you do Cassidy, Hanzo, Genji, Lifewaever and Mauga (not sure if you writ for him) comforting their s/o after they got rescued from being kidnapped. Can you also add that the s/o was pregnant but had a miscarriage due to the kidnapping? If you don’t want to add the last bit that’s fine.

Thank you. 😊

I failed

Pair(s): Cassidy x Pregnant!Reader | Hanzo x Pregnant!Reader | Genji x Pregnant!Reader | Lifeweaver x Pregnant!Reader

Genre: Angst , Hurt/Comfort (little comfort ngl)

Word Count: 1.3k

Tags: Headcanons, Angst, Miscarriage, Multi-Character, uhhhhhhhhhhhhh

TWs: Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Angst, Mildly-described violence

Summary: Cassidy/Hanzo/Genji/Lifeweaver's partner get kidnapped while pregnant leading to reader's miscarriage.

A/N: HIIIII ANONNNN!!! Thank you so much for your request!<3 I'm really sorry about the delay since life got in the way a bit :( And sorry I don't write for Mauga cuz idk how yet--- fresh hero ykyk</3 I hope you like this though!! Sorry for the delay again :(

Cassidy

Even before joining overwatch Cassidy was already a pretty wanted man due to him being part of the dead lock gang

And it never really changed when he joined overwatch

Though this time he wasn't a criminal but he was still in a dangerous field, but you always loved him because you've seen him in all the ways he loves you.

He was swooned when he met you.

One cheesy love story later, BOOM, you're preggers.

Whether you were a civilian or an agent, Cassidy WILL NOT let you get involved with his work while pregnant.

So he was absolutely distraught when he couldn't find you in you're shared home.

He walks through the door calling out for your name, ready to pamper you for the night, only to get no response.

Suddenly, he sees the signs of struggle. Knocked over furniture, thrown books, and just a general mess of your home

He is frantic.

Starts yelling your name, running around the house trying to look for you. "..Fuck..FuckfuckfuckfuckfuckFUCK"

After a few hours, they eventually locate you. They waste no time at all.

The plan was simple, (maybe even too simple), just get you out of there. Unharmed.

Cole, with worry and adrenaline as strong as ever, finds you tied to a chair. Crying, distraught, and bleeding.

Now you lay on the base's medic bay, face showing numbness as you learned the news of your baby.

Everyone had left after attempting to comfort you. All except for you lover.

He held your hand as he felt a familiar pain of loss, holding back tears, he just wanted to make sure you knew you weren't alone. And that he is so sorry.

"Darlin.. fuck.. I'm so sorry.. I was supposed to protect you. Our child.. it's my-- I'm so fucking sorry, love. Please.. please don't hate me."

Of course you didn't hate him. But too exhausted to speak, you brought his hand up to your cheek and weakly said "Just.. stay.."

"Darlin.. I will never leave your side."

Hanzo

Hanzo has been hiding in the shadows and constantly on the run for years. Alone. Until you, of course.

You offered to give him a place to stay after seeing him about to doze off sitting on a bench in the park

"No, it's fine. I'm just resting." He was literally about to pass out--

He had eventually opened up to you after much persistence and kindness, and grew incredibly fond of you.

To him, you brought him peace.

For a while, he tried to lessen contact with you as to avoid any conflicts with the people searching for him.

But he was conflicted when he found out you were pregnant. He did not want to leave your side but he also did not want to endanger you, especially in this state.

After some reassurance, he agreed to stay and take care of you.

He had hoped he would lay low enough that not only would he have to worry about your safety but also be able to be a present father to his child.

But when he came to your shared home and the door wide open, he fuckin lost it.

Frantically looking for you in your home, swearing all sorts in his home tongue didn't solve the issue.

He couldn't find you but he did find an envelope containing you're whereabouts.

They've been planning this for a while, how long were they watching him? Why did they only strike when you're health was so critical.

Hanzo was livid realizing this.

He headed to your location and found you tied to a chair, sac over your head, in a dimly lit warehouse

He knew it was a trap but ain't no way he would let anyone put a finger on you.

After being roughed up himself, (but ultimately beating the shit put of a of em) he took a look at you and saw the bruises, the scrapes

and the blood down there

he held you close, forever blaming himself for what happened

Genji

Genji and you met during your time in overwatch while they were in their prime

He was emo back then but you liked that,

And when he realized he liked you're unconditional admiration, he liked you too.

He didn't admit it of course, neither to himself nor to you but whatever.

Years later, Winston sends the recall.

And he was pleased to find out you had come back,

With a new mentality, a new acceptance of himself, and a more open acceptance of your love.

This time he made the first move, trying to act smooth like his pre-overwatch days, but his stuttering and nervousness gave it away though.

He was worried you'd remembered him as the angry and vengeful man he once was, but you saw who he was deep down

Which is the exact reason why he fell in love with you.

Eventually, after feeling a bit of morning sickness he urged you to go Mercy or Bap or anyone to help you get better.

Only for you to find out you're pregnant.

You stayed away from missions for a while as Genji requested, at most doing paperwork and helping a bit around the base.

But when the base was suddenly attacked, Genji pinned, yelling at you to stayed back.

You tuned out his pleads and gripped your weapon to help the father of your child.

And you did, but you were knocked out and taken away. He was too weak to reach you.

They immediately set out to rescue you, fully aware of your vulnerable state.

Though they had insisted for Genji to heal up first, through his broken visor, he shot them a glare that wouldn't stop him from saving his love.

After finding you in a cell, bruises all over in a weakened state, unconscious, he carried you back to the ship and held you close, eye getting watery.

You woke up in a hospital bed in the medbay, the first thing you notice being the ache your body feels, and the pain in your stomach.

Then, you notice your lover hold you close and tight.

Followed by the sorrowful looks of the doctors.

They left to give you two some space.

"I'm.. so sorry.. please.. forgive me.."

With tears in your eyes, you held each other close, never wanting to let go again.

Lifeweaver

You had worked alongside Lifeweaver in his development of biolight,

He loved having you at his side.

Soon he took you dates, brought you gifts and food, too show appreciation.

Not realizing he was indulging in his growing love for you.

After giving him some clarity of his feeling with a bold kiss, you two were inseparable, even more than before.

After you had missed you're period, you showed your lover the positive test and he way beyond joyful.

He always urged you to rest and didn't let you lift a finger. He didn't want you to be stressed or worried, he saw such beauty in you.

But those you wanted his biolight saw opportunity.

He was out buying food for you and his future baby but he came home to an open door, silence, thrown trinkets and portraits.

In his panic, he wondered whether or not he would need to contact his family. Or Satya. Or Baptiste. Anyone.

He received a video file on his desktop.

Asking for the acces to his biolight as well as the information to it's creation.

He was shaking, he wasn't strong enough to fight them on his own, he needed help. He needed you. Please come back to me.

He cannot wait any longer. He caved. Only for you. And for them.

He had sent all the information they needed. And as breathed heavily on his knees. He heard a vehicle arrive at his estate.

He hurried out, even almost tripping in the process, he needed to see you were okay, that you were both okay.

He saw you being lead to the front gate, and the abductors lackey walking back to their vehicle.

Giving him a face of no remorse.

As he held you in his arms once again, the look in your eyes had told him everything.

You two stayed there. Just feeling the comfort of what you two still had. Each other.

[radiance1]

Danny and Vlad are now mythical creatures.

They don't know exactly how- their bets are on Desiree. Which mean someone in Amity Park had to wish for this to happen.

Except it extended to the whole of Amity park, and not just them. Danny became a dragon, while Vlad became a phoenix and not those small ones, but he's a very big one.

Like, bigger than a person big.

Everyone can switch between from a creature back to their human selves, with the catch being that some of their beastly instincts and traits carry over into their human side.

Anywho.

Danny is just minding his own business, resting in dragon form in the deepest part of the Far Frozen, until a phoenix busts through and interrupts his haze, fire blazing behind him and hits him with.

"Pariah Dark is missing."

And if that didn't wake Danny up faster than one of his parents inventions exploding then he doesn't know what would.

So they go to his abandoned castle, see the coffin missing, proceed to freak out for a few minutes, then remember that Clockwork exists and races over to his lair, leaving a trail of ice and fire in their wake.

Clockwork tells them that Pariah Dark was summoned to another dimension.

"Ghost King he is no more, but powerful ghost he still is."

So now they have to jump to different dimensions to try and find Pariah Dark before something goes down.

Meanwhile with Pariah Dark:

The 10 year old sitting at the edge of the summoning circle staring at the Sarcophagus that just appeared in stunned silence.

Also said child walking forward and poking at it curiously.

Also said child when he summoned something in his parents basement from a really old book he found not expecting it to work but it did: Neat.

The kid then opens the Sarcophagus, found it stupid easy, and then what is obviously a groggy giant man pulls himself out of it.

So he obviously dragged him upstairs and sat him down on the couch.

Meanwhile with Danny and Vlad:

Both of them are going through portals looking for the ex-ghost king, landed in some medieval dimensions, accidently became legends based on sightings alone, landed in some present day dimensions, alarmed their governments.

Yet none of them contained were wrecked and enslaved by Pariah Dark, nor was there even any signs of him.

they spent a few years looking in different dimensions, then they felt a tug about someone summoning them, not just one of them, but both.

Probably didn't get the memo about a new king.

Meanwhile with Pariah Dark:

Showing pictures of the kid who summoned him to other aunties and gossiping about the new gangs and drama in Gotham.

Meanwhile with Vlad and Danny:

Looking at the stunned faces of cultists as they stand menacingly in their mythical creature forms, just staring done at them as if they were mere ants.

In reality they just want this over and done with so they can go back to finding Pariah Dark and finally call it a day.

They're waiting for the cultists to finally speak and tell them what they want, only for them to be interrupted by people in colorful spandex who beat up the cultists.

Did they stay after that?

Nope.

They left the summoning circle to look for Pariah if he has any chance of being in this one.

They also went intangible to avoid them if they decided to chase after them, Vlad went one way and Danny the other.

[hestzhyen]

Chapter 54 Dire Posting

Greetings, dear void. So much for the gang getting back together. This arc is going to be a long one, at least compared to the previous two. The pace is still break-neck but there are a lot more conflicts being set up here. I wonder if it would be helpful to visually break it down compared to the Sojo and Rakuzaichi arcs...

Hishaku Machinations and Shiba

What a whimsical guy our main villain is! Just look at him sitting on the kiddie ride at the playground while he discusses the current situation with Worst Jeanist for our benefit.

Also the Shiba glazing, hello? It's always been obvious that Shiba's a cut above most sorcerers, especially after he mostly off-screened 3 out of the 4 Tou members. But to have the Big Bad himself acknowledge that he's basically the best of the best is high praise. Good to know he'll still factor in this arc somehow! I mean, of course he will, he's got direct ties to Kunishige's past, Chihiro, and the Kamunabi. The guy's certainly snooping around and doing more offscreen sorcery as we speak. We'll just have to eagerly await his return to the main story.

I just hope this finally, finally puts the crackpot theories of Shiba being a possible traitor candidate to rest. His mere presence is a huge obstacle for the Hishaku and they clearly went to great lengths to work around him in order to murder Kunishige. They're probably pleased as punch that he's out of the way in present circumstances too. Shiba, beware! Your nephews are in danger and Samura can't take all of your death flags for you!

Why are you still there, bro? Just to show us the dead bodies again?

So, Worst Jeanist is one of the main Hishaku. Interesting... wouldn't have guessed since he dresses worse than the random fodder. My man just rolled out of bed, dove into a box of cast-off high school theater costume pieces and went about his day. Anyway, that means we now have: John/Yura - leader Hat Hishaku - tree guy, Kunishige murderer Samurai Hishaku - dining room guard, Kunishige murderer Jane Hishaku - mom conspiracy theory magnet, Kunishige murderer Worst Jeanist Hiruhiko ... and 4 more yet-to-be-revealed members.

Thanks to Hiruhiko we also know there are 68 "fodder" guys participating in the assault of all four Sanso, of which 34 have datenseki shards (don't think about how many times Char was hurt to make those). And all of them are now attacking Senkutsuji- so the other two Sanso (Kuentaisha and Sushi Subaru) can be assumed to be safe for now.

I wasn't expecting them to be a huge org or anything but this seems really small, doesn't it? Only 10 core members! So there will definitely be political maneuvering on their part to weaken the Kamunabi from within. It's so pleasantly unsatisfying to be strung along bit by bit like this until the grand reveal of the plan...

Based on how John talks at the start of the chapter, it doesn't look like they've accounted for Hakuri- Chihiro's the only one that they count as an addition to the fighting forces on the Kamunabi's side. Granted, Hakuri's probably not a formidable warrior even when he can use Isou; it's only been about 24 hours since he figured out how to harness his sorcery at all. He still needs to train it and get used to fighting in general. But surely the Hishaku would be gunning for him if they knew about his powers. He's the ace in the hole that can completely undo what they're planning!

And now that I think about it, wouldn't the Kamunabi want to have control of Hakuri too? He can summon the Bearers or their blades at will, assuming that the contract overwriting their sorcery makes them unable to resist. They won't let someone who can teleport the blades away from them walk free... poor Hakuri, he's going to be pressed from both sides. But so will Chihiro. At least they'll have each other...?

"Friendship"

Hiruhiko's getting some "hands-on" training thanks to confronting Chihiro (not sorry).

Hiruhiko comes across as really sheltered this chapter. I wonder if all those HCs and if scenarios about Yura being the one to raise him are actually correct...? Yura kind of talks about him like a parent or an owner. Like he raised Hiruhiko in a certain way for a specific purpose. Hm.

So they're trying to temper his immaturity a bit... Hiruhiko is the one who's getting the reality check via his opponent to fuel his growth. Chihiro's already far ahead in his mindset, so he's the one driving his foe's development. He's going to be the reason that Hiruhiko becomes a formidable threat. I love the way the author plays with and blends shounen and action movie tropes so, so much.

Hiruhiko's probably going to be Chihiro's own personal Joker this arc, maybe even into the next depending on how things play out. They're both going to be one-upping each other and learning new things as they adapt. Chihiro himself used a new application of Kuro just to counter Hiruhiko's techniques. Their fights will surely be spectacles every time once they're on even footing!

Speaking of, I am 100% sure that Hiruhiko is going to be a blade wielder before long. John remarked that his sorcery wasn't anything worth writing home about- it was his battle sense and ability to adapt that made him one of the core Hishaku members. So he'll only become stronger by making a contract with an enchanted blade... and truly Chihiro's equal as an enemy.

Equal

I've got a TON of stuff I'm going feral over comparing and contrasting Chihiro, Hiruhiko, and Hakuri, but I'll wait before going on a tangent about it. There's a few crucial bits of information needed before going full-on crazy about how these three hold up compared to each other (not that it will stop me from filling up my sketch book with diagrams and lunatic ravings). But this transition got me so good:

There's that word again- 対等 [taitou], "equal".

There's going to be conflict about what it means to be "equal" between these three. Chihiro and Hiruhiko are already going at it, though it's pretty lopsided from Hiruhiko's end right now. But this could spill back over into Chihiro and Hakuri's relationship too.

Ch. 37: "Equal" from volume 4, titled "Equal"

I will be forever salty that 仲間 [nakama] got translated as "allies". "Partners" or "comrades" would have been better reeeeeeeee

This is where Hiruhiko could throw a spanner in the works. He failed at exploiting Chihiro's cognitive dissonance over killing, but what it means to be "equal" to someone, and a friend... that's brand-new territory for our lonely protagonist. Hiruhiko's probably the first person to approach Chihiro with an offer of friendship, twisted and fucked up as his idea of it is. Hakuri's... passionate proposal of cooperation doesn't really count.

Hakuri's acknowledged Chihiro as a friend, but would Chihiro say the same? Does he think he's worthy of that label- or is he too much of a monster? Does he still feel that sense of imbalance towards Hakuri? I won't speculate here more than this. But by god I hope Hakuri and Hiruhiko face off over what it means to be "equal" to Chihiro.

What about Chihiro himself, though? How's he doing this chapter?

Oh...

He's so genuinely sad about where his choices in life have led him, but he'll never stop until his goal is accomplished. I think he pities Hiruhiko here a little too.

Chihiro thinks he's incomparably worse than Samura, his father, all the "heroes" he grew up admiring and hearing stories about. He thinks he's a monster, but the Hishaku something worse. So he meets them where they are to take them down and stop the spread of evil to innocents.

Chihiro literally gives up his body and lets his blood be spilled to save people. That's not just heroic, it's downright Christ-like. But they run in terror from him all the same. He's a villain by his own choosing and wants people to see him that way. Chihiro doesn't think he's worthy of the accolades given to the adults who tried to steer him away. They were heroes, he's just a murderer. For fuck's sake this guy needs a hell of a lot of therapy.

I'm trying so hard not to go on a major tangent here so maybe I'll do the meta Chihiro analysis another time. I've already got a massive private essay on why I love the writing around Hakuri in the works so may as well do one for him too... anyway, anyway. Just look at how far he's come as a character:

Chs. 1 vs 54

[sobs]

Chihiro is going to suffer for a while yet, probably until the very end. But hopefully this arc will help him realize he's still worthy of love and support. Of basic human decency. Of thinking of himself as a person. (...Hm, who else is struggling with that right now, I wonder...)

Meanwhile, Back at Senkutsuji...

Hello again, Mr. Hat Hishaku. Mr. Hatshaku? We haven't gotten an obvious shot of you since you appeared as a background spook at the end of the Sojo fight in chapter 18.

He was at the dinner table in chapter 40 as well, but we didn't see his hat so it doesn't count.

I wonder if he's the trump card that John was talking about? He certainly seems to be with how thoroughly he overtook the temple already. It's only been about ten minutes too. Things are looking grim for Samura...

Samura, please live. Please. I need you to reunite with Chihiro! And not on your deathbed!

Fuck.

Whatever the Senkustsuji defense forces are planning better be enough... looks like Hiruhiko might be the next one to wield Tobimune though. Actually, where is he moving it and Kumeyuri, anyway...?

Neat trick to be performing while down two arms and pinned to the seat by Chihiro's foot.

There's no way they're giving Uruha and Samura the blades just for giggles. Given the shot of the hole in the ceiling before this panel, Hiruhiko's probably transporting them to himself, but we'll see. Let the theories run wild!

There are many more things I want to say but they're too speculative. I love being wrong every week but some of these things should just stay between me and the brainworms, so... farewell, kind void. Until next time.

[mdhwrites]

Have you seen the new HSR short, Rondo Across Countless Kapas? Got any thoughts? 👀

From an animation and sapphic perspective? HOLY FUCK! Absolutely gorgeous and I think what it's doing with Acheron is really interesting, even if it's essentially purely through visual storytelling. You could have the sound off and get everything interesting about the short.

Turn the sound on and you get the part I have a problem with: I'm kind of done with the Memokeeper. Not Black Swan, just the memokeeper element of her. I'll get into it soon but for those who haven't seen it, enjoy one of the best dances I've ever seen.

So what is my issue with the dialogue? Well, it's that Penacony has this problem of people getting into kind of grand speeches on a subject, even potentially mundane ones. Aventurine is always going on about power dynamics and hinting at his plan (this leads to the fucking god awful self quoting of like two paragraphs from himself at the end of 2.0), Sparkle is constantly using these big speeches to belittle people or mock them and Black Swan...

Black Swan is talking about memories. I'm not even against these monologues or the like but Black Swan has been in a LOT of marketing materials at this point and they ALL use her memokeeper element and very little of her fortunetelling element, usually only using the latter to emphasize the former in some way. It's just gotten very repetitive to me. Worse yet is that owning Black Swan AMPLIFIED this problem because it's more kind of mysterious, kind of not talk of dreams and the universe and memories and past that a lot of the rest of the big dialogue from her is. I want her to stop being so dramatic and be more personable, at least for a little while.

This isn't even me calling Black Swan a bad character. There is genuinely more to her with how playful she can be or how she is the best manipulator on Penacony so far because she can figuratively be two faced, something Sparkle needs literal shapeshifting powers for and Aventurine can't do to save his life, which the same goes for Himeko. She also sells the best though that she's genuinely a good person who just is willing to get her hands dirty but it is up to interpretation (honestly kind of frustratingly so. I don't like that I can't actually say a ton about each Penacony character so far due to their attempts at duplicity meaning fuck you on concrete characterization besides your flavor of manipulator. No, backstory does not count as characterization either.)

Edit: This could definitely also just be a me thing at this point. I rewatched it and not a lot of it is spent on talking about the past or memories. Black Swan is still playing up the mysteries of Penacony, something that I'm also getting a bit tired of, but she doesn't actually have many lines on memories themselves. It's just somehow kind of stuck in my brain for some reason this element of her being over represented and so it's what my brain ended up focusing on.

Let's end this on a positive though. Star Rail is normally not good at mysteries but the fact that Acheron genuinely seems disconnected from her Emanator state, when she draws the blade, is deeply interesting to me. It even fits within my theory, that we'll find out the truth on soon, that Acheron is an Emanator of Nihility. Speaking of, hi VERY explicitly to Ix within the violence montage. There is no way of getting around the fact that one of those sketches was of them front and center.

And from a dramatic standpoint, I love the presentation. The fact that bringing them up while clearly trying to get extra information out of Acheron, to have her mind have to go there so Black Swan could more easily grab the memories she might lie about, only for her to get fucked up like she does is INCREDIBLE. The fact that Acheron is so sincere in her confusion afterwards only adds to the horror of it all.

I... Am mixed on her knowing who they were. I frankly would love it if because the statement is the Annihilation Gang, not the Everflame Manor, that when she goes "Oh, right, those guys..." She's actually talking about the dumbasses from this destruction cult, since Duke Inferno isn't the only part of it, that got Aha's help to try to kill Ix. It'd be a way for them to have their cake and eat it too that I think fits better than the girl with eternal memory issues to suddenly actually remember killing them all.

Overall, I do like the animated short. If I were to just think of it in a vacuum, I even like Black Swan's dramatic narration. It's a good flourish to the action, explains what's going on well enough and her calm narration provides great contrast from when EVERYTHING gets fucked. My hangups are entirely a weird thing that's just kind of getting to me about Penacony and I'm not entirely sure if I expect it to get better or worse come 2.1.

I just know that thanks to my tax return (I did not spend all of it on Star Rail, don't worry) and knowing the top up refresh was happening, I did spend a good amount and am guaranteed to get Acheron, even if it takes 160 pulls like it took for Black Swan..., and I am looking forward to playing with her.

Just with tempered expectations.

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And final note for those maybe hoping for it: I haven't been inspired by this short to write AcheSwan. I frankly wish I knew why I didn't get inspired by Star Rail more for my writing.

I have a public Discord for any and all who want to join!

I also have an Amazon page for all of my original works in various forms of character focused romances from cute, teenage romance to erotica series of my past. I have an Ao3 for my fanfiction projects as well if that catches your fancy instead. If you want to hang out with me, I stream from time to time and love to chat with chat.

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And a Kofi if you like what I do and want to help out with the fact that disability doesn’t pay much.

[a-s-levynn]

honestly, from the heart, thank you so much for the compliments and reblogs. It makes me so happy to see a bunch of notifs from you and you’re epic gang liking and stuff!! You’re so cool and awesome as well as your art. I love the way you draw vessel sm and the fact that you draw so teeny tiny is very impressive!!! I’m happy for you if you got tickets to any future rituals (saw you talking abt it and respectfully don’t want to stalk your blog for confirmation [yup, I’m still waiting for California dates]). I’ll stop rambling and say I genuinely appreciate your everything you do 💖💕

(i present photo of vessel rapidly approaching from a ritual back in October I went to)

Okay okay okay look. What you do is both really fun and super good looking. No way i'm not going to be excited about it. There is something in the way you draw Vessel (and the rest but expecially Ves) that is just.. at least in my eyes just so perfectly captures his energy. And i love the style you have a lot. Also your humour. And all of it combined is just something special. And it's never not going to be immensley lovely in my eyes. So please never stop sharing your creations! 🙏🏻🫶🏻

BUT please NEVER ever for a second think that i'm cool. I'm the one who started to draw Tiny Token because i was too anxious to say happy birthday to someone after all. Half the time i feel too awkward to talk to people even when i have talked with them before. I could not be further from being cool, trust me on that one.

And on the note of "the group" it's an open one btw and you are part of it as well. The fellowship of Sleep welcomes all into the ranks. I don't want to speak in the stead of the others but in general we are just an awkward excited bunch of people who love seeing all the things in the fandom. And basically consider everyone around this ever growing ST community on tumblr to be a part of the friendgroup, regardless of the amount of interactions we had. Which obviously includes you as well; we are just too shy to engage more half the time. The bane of being terrified of being even mildly annoying.

And you can't really stalk much for it, i don't think i made a post yet on which dates i'll be at, because there is still some calculations to do, especially with the two new dates. But i will be at at least a couple of the UK shows in november (so if anyone is going and want's to see my stupid ass and we yet to have discussed it, please feel free to hit me up and we'll coordinate a meetup somehow).

And please by all means ramble on as long as you want to about anything and everything because it is good for your soul. Also I don't know why but for some reason this photo has such a funny energy. It makes me smile so hard, so thank you for sharing! 💖

[the-silver-peahen-residence]

||Jest of the Dark Angel part 9|| Noir au

Hello there, time for another. Today I written three chapters so this might tell me my ideas are coming back. So, I'm adding another chapter to this series. This drabble series along with the Noir au belongs to my friend @demon-blood-youths so if you wish to read the other parts, you can check it out from the links below. :3

||Chapters so far||

Jest of the dark angle ((Parts 1-8))

((Your reading chapter nine))

||Drabble Summary||

Meanwhile in another location, it seems the mysterious male was having a small meeting regarding of what is going on. Hearing that Port mafia and this other organization the lovely horrors working together, he has some of his followers unsure of his reaction. Though, what was his reaction towards this? And what of the few that was working together? Read to find out.

||Warning for Drabble||

~Might have kissing seen later in the drabble

~Gangster/mafia/and god father type gangs is present in this

~Dark themed is will be spoken and seen in this drabble

~Alcohol is present in this drabble

((Guests in this drabble))

Matt Knack along with his fraction the Lovely Horrors belong to my friend @lovelyxhorrors ((a side blog that is run and owned by @demon-blood-youths ))

Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Gin Akutagawa, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, and others is from the anime series BSD (Bakugo stray dogs) a canon muse that I rp as.

((Note: Their will be grammar mistakes and errors in this drabble. It was written for fun so please understand. Thanks for that and hope you like.))

Somewhere in a hidden room or office, their was a meeting going on with some nervous members that was the higher ups of the known companies or main heads.

Each member was nervous seeing the same mysterious male looking out from his office window. Seeing the town of yokohoma. Seems many things were moving smoothly but he was told about much.

"So..." He blew out some smoke from his cigar but held it in between his fingers. "Your telling me what happened now? Some of your members were taken?"

"..Y..Yes sir. I know we told you about this but it's only due to this new mafia gang the Lovely horrors. We had no idea they were dangerous but they killed a few of them from what we know." the head of the Thunder Triad said seeing the others quiet.

"We are unsure of what they do but we also got word that some were or have gone missing too." the head of the Jaguar Cartel said as well with his hat off resting on his lap. He was nervous speaking to this man but tries to keep himself in line.

"......."

"It's the same for my company. I got word that even Port mafia is looking into the missing girls and clubs being taken down too." head of the Anansi Company states.

"And us too..." The Fiore family head said too. "We know you have everything under control but our clubs, companies, businesses and members are getting worried of what is happening. We just wanna confirm if we are going to be safe here."

The men said nothing looking at him only to see the man take another puff from his cigar and blows out the smoke. He looks at the window still before turning to the gentlemen in his office.

"Gentlemen, Gentlemen. I told you before their is nothing to worry about. I given word that everything is under control. Your business, work, products and other things are good. They are still going on as stated with nothing stopping them by order." he said.

"But you said that and yet some of our members were taken under our noses. We just found this out later on yesterday before we were told. We don't want to lose anymore members here." The head of the Fiore family said.

"Trust me, you won't. It's just a minor set back here." he said only to sit down again to hold his cigar. "Besides, I already got some plan to deal with it." he said.

"I still want to have my end of the deal though. I still am looking out for more cuties to join my company here. You guys said you had some of your people looking for me don't ya?" he asked as the men tense.

"W..we do sir. We are still looking for more to bring to you. Don't worry, we have not forgotten." The head of the Jaguar said seeing the male smile happy to hear that.

"Good good. I want the best babes you know? Cute pretty ones. I wanna have the cutest ones here under my order. You guys can do that for me can you?" he saw some slowly nod but remains quiet before he checks the time. Even one of his followers going over to whisper something in his ear. Hearing this, he looks before checking his watch.

"You guys can go. This meeting is done and again, don't worry so much. Everything is under control.." With a wave of his hand, the heads leave the room. When all of them were out and from ear shot he looks to the other to sigh.

"So how are we doing with organs and bodies?" he said.

"Everything is still good. We got more girls here but they didn't seem to your taste so they were taken care of right away. Though, their organs will be good to sell later tonight." he said seeing the man sigh.

"And the ones that tried to get out?"

"Taken care of sir."

"Good. I already have the assassin out and about and ready for tonight. Be sure you give him his new list of targets hmm?" he said seeing the male nod.

"Of course sir.."

~~~~~~~~~Meanwhile~~~~~~~~~

By order of Mori, it seems the ones working with some certain people in his mafia, they were to help them as much as needed. Even living with them was another choice if requested. He has this feeling their was more to this even with the leaders or main heads of the Thunder Triad, Jaguar Cartel, Anansi Company, and the Fiore Family would do now.

Thanks to some information, it seems they got some leads and clues regarding the mysterious male that wore a bowl hat, holding a cane with a trench coat. He was uptown so maybe of the higher top classes that was filthy rich.

So we shall go to the buildings seeing that it was true. Sid was not expecting Chuya to be at her door step but he was given a letter to give to her like the others who would help them out during this time.

The letter said the following:

Dear (Who they were teamed up with),

For the deal set working with the lovely horrors, (Person's name here) will live with you or near by to insure this mission goes smoothly. I Hope that we work together nicely during this time. They will be sure to help out however they can during this or to insure things run smoothly. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call Mori about this. Here's to a strong partnership.

Mori Ougai (Head leader/CEO and boss of the Port Mafia)

Sid looks to the letter reading it for a moment before looking up, seeing this. She even noticed the bag by his side while he was wearing his usual outfit but adjusting the hat.

"......I know this is unknown for you to see but it's not just me. Everyone that's partnered with you guys is going through this too. I understand if you don't wish for me to-"

"I never said that. Lucky for you I have a spare room for you to have...please come in." Sid moves to allow him inside her home but he saw it was pretty big and fancy like. Seems the Lovely horrors were well known in some way. He walks in but heard Sid close the door.

"Nice place.." he said seeing Sid walk by him but heads to the stairs.

"Thank you. Now please follow me, your room is up here." she said leading him. Though if what he said is true.....

~~~~~Jason's Den~~~~~~

"Wait, your living here with me?" Jason asked seeing Gin once more but she had a bag by her side while looking to him. She was relaxed even ignoring the growls from the 'pups' that Jason growls to make them behave.

"Yes. By Mori's orders. Don't worry, I won't get in the way of anything you do. I'll be sure to help you however I can." she said that Jason thinks a little after reading the letter he was given by her before looking to her. Seeing her dark eyes looking back at his own eyes makes him silent. With a sigh, he only chuckled to look at her.

"If you are that serious then why not? I'll try to be sure the pups here don't scare ya..." he said but Gin looks to him only to slowly stand up. "????" He sees her look at him only to bend over on his desk with one hand resting on it. She reaches to grab the tie he was wearing to pull him close startling the alpha.

"Trust me, pup..I can take care of myself so don't worry. I'll behave myself." she said softly only to let go but sits back down. However, Jason blinks not expecting that to clear his throat.

"Uh huh...ummm...come on, I'll show you to your guest room.." he grumbles standing while leading the way from his office. However, he hid his blush so she didn't see it.

~~~~~~~Charlie's chambers~~~~~~~

"So this is what Matt was talking about hmm? You are going to be living here till then?" Charlie was already showing her roommate guest to his room while seeing Tanizaki setting his bag down to look at her.

"Yeah, I guess he's told your other teammates about it as well. But don't worry, I'll not be in the way. I'm here to help you out as much as I can. You won't even know I was even here." he said even if Charlie crossed her arms over her chest looking at him.

"Right. Well, I'll take your word for it but I can tell you won't get in the way. But your help is appreciated.." she said turning to leave. "I'll let you get settled in." she said walking off as he sighed to look then looks away.

~~~~~At Cobin’s Lab/Residence~~~~~

"I was not expecting him to have you stay here with me. Is that really alright with you, Mr. Cobin?" He blinks hearing her being so formal but he adjusted his glasses to look at Ichiyo.

"Now now, you don't have to be so formal. Cobin is just fine." he said as she was shown her room while staying here with him. It was rare for her to be here but she didn't speak out of line even with being his bodyguard. Not that he minds it or anything. It would be nice to have another friendly face here. Besides his team of course.

"Right s..sorry." she said.

"Well, it's fine. Here, why don't you make yourself feel right at home. I know we will be working together to find what we know so here's to a good partnership." he said seeing her nod.

"R..right!"

~~~~~~~~Shrika's Residence~~~~~~~~

"You know I was not expecting this Willie, seeing some getting help with others. It's something to say the least." Shrika chuckled adjusting a glass of her favorite drink. However, Willie was standing by her while looking out from her own home.

"Well, given the situation Mistress it's something else." he said.

"True true. But so many new faces and new prey too. I am excited just to hunt down this other we are looking for. But I guess we'll have to wait till we get some update won't we?" she chuckled as Willie remains quiet to nod.

"Even so...I'm still excited and can't wait...what a fun hunt this will be."

~~~~~~~~Matt's Residence~~~~~~~~

Ryunosuke couldn't believe this! Why would Mori think of this being a good idea! He knew he was doing his best to work on this but now he had to live with him!? Though, he got word the others were living with someone too. Even Yumeno was staying with Pete or being watched over.

For now, Ryu was setting his bag down after Matt happily invites him inside his nice home. He was pretty rich just like the others said from the other horrors but he was unsure if he was strong enough to stay here without giving into the dangerous drug of Matt Knack.

'Geez, I don't know if I'll be able to do this but..it's a mission so I have to suck it up...I have to..' he thought to himself removing his coat jacket to hang in the closet but he was trying to get use to this. That's when a knock was heard.

"Come in."

The door opens showing the man himself, Matt Knack. He came to him with a smile on his face.

"Hey Ryu! I came wanted to come and check on you. Are you settling in alright?" he asked even if Ryu remains quiet and trying not to blush.

"Ahem, yes I'm alright. I already started putting my clothing away. But are you sure me staying here with you is alright? I don't want to be a bother.."

"Oh nonsense your fine! It's going to be fun having a buddy here besides my team. Though, I'm sure it's going to be fine. We can work together and get this done faster now. I can't wait!" he said smiling even if Ryu sweatdrops.

'Is he always this excited when it comes to things? Huh....that's something.' he thought to himself.

"Though, I'm sure we will work well together even so. So I hope we do well.." Ryu said this looking to the side holding a shirt in his arms. However, as he was putting it away he heard Matt walking closer to him.

"Also, I still wanted to thank you from before. Thanks to your extra information, I been thinking of more ways to thank you. So really, thanks Ryu." he smiled even if Ryu blinks.

"Really, it's nothing. I'm used to this sort of work like the others. You don't have to thank me for it." he said looking at him even if his eyes meets with Matt. His blood red eyes were shiny like rubies but he couldn't say that out loud.

"Oh but I want to. Think of it as us 'hanging out' like the few nights before. Though with you here, we can hang out a lot more than before. Both innocently.." that's when Ryu tenses feeling his hand touching his cheek. "And dirty wise."

"......I......."

"Oh right. I almost forgot. I still wanna thank you later tonight since we are still learning more about this info we got from you guys at the mafia. I hope you also don't mind. I was going to have something cooked for you later or take you out...." he said thinking about it.

"Ummm..I don't mind cooking for you too at times. I can cook something for us if you wish later tonight. Though, even so it still the same." he mutters.

"Oh? Well, either or is fine but I'm sure we will eat out before coming back. But again..that's good to know."

"Though, you make it sound l..like..." As Ryu speaks Matt was close to press him up against the wall but looks at him while he was blushing against.

"W...what?"

"You seriously are adorable like this." he smiled even if Ryunosuke looks to the side flushed pink again. Damn it not again. He even sees Matt hold his cheek to kiss it as Ryunosuke was flushed pink even worse now. His heart was starting to beat hard in his chest feeling Matt's warm lips touching him.

"I told you n..not t..to.."

"I know I know but it's true..but fine, I'll behave. If I can try. It's sorta hard not to when your are so cute and fun to play with." he teased even if Ryu said nothing. "However, I still going to give you something nice tonight as my thanks. I hope you like it." he said giving a kiss to his neck before backing off slowly to leave his room. Ryu said nothing speechless but he was shaking blushing red from what happened.

Even if they were going to be working together and living together, he knew he might not make it through the fight night. Taking a slow breath, he moves from the wall and goes to finish up with putting his clothing away. For now, the groups were in position and waiting orders now. However, who knows how this will turn out.

TBC