#they're not actually rentals so hope it all goes well

[divadollcreations]

Mickey and Minnie's Houses

Residential

30 x 20 lot

2 bedroom 2 bathroom

Gallery ID: DivaDoll1

Who doesn't love the cute and colorful aesthetics of Mickey and Minnie, one of the most iconic couples in pop culture! This lot is residential but can be converted into a rental if you wish!

Sorry the screenshots suck, I'm still very bad at freecam

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

[hcfiles]

Why is he struggling financially? I'll give you an example. Well, maybe two (and this isn't meant to make anyone feel stupid, just fyi).

Let's take Witcher season 2, he made 1mil per episode. 8 episodes, 8mil in total. Sounds like a lot until you factor in that he doesn't take home 8mil. 60-80% of that goes to: agents, managers, taxes (A LOT goes to taxes, actually) and staff. While agents can only make 10% managers can claim 30% or more, or even charge a commission scale. His staff from what I've observed can be anywhere from four to six people, at least, who are either being paid the bare minimum for their industries or they're being paid very well. The revenues from streaming are so dogshit they might as well not be counted as much more than coffee money. Then you have to factor in his personal expenses, bills and whatnot. After he pays out the essentials that 8mil gets whittled down to 3.2mil or 1.6mil, and given how richly he likes to live that doesn't go very far. Fans assume he invests and is smart about his money but in truth we really don't know that. Another example was his last cameos for Superman. We know he got paid $500k for both in total. He probably walked away with anywhere from $100k to $200k before his personal expenses. Again, I know it sounds like a lot and for us average folk it would be. But this is the guy who shells out money for things like gifts and pizza for a full filming crew, who stays in luxury rentals that are not always paid for by studios and always flies privately. He like many other celebrities has all the hallmarks of someone who spends it as soon as they make it, and now he's not making as much as he used to. I would wager he's being kept afloat by family money right now, or those investors he met in Jeddah. For his sake, I hope it's not the latter.

And you forgot to include expenses he has supporting the entire family of his brother. There you go. It's explained why he's broke.

[tgmsunmontue]

Another Time (Chapter 14/14)

ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT NINE TEN ELEVEN TWELVE THIRTEEN

Summary: Jake wakes up in Rooster's body ~30 hours post-Mission and they have to deal with it. They're adults. Apparently.

(Posting on Tumblr, chapter a day until it's complete, after it's complete I will post it on AO3 once a day until it's completed there as well).

Odd chapter = Jake POV, Even chapter = Bradley POV

FOURTEEN

                He gets through the actual debrief in a haze, answers questions and Admiral Bates seems to take it in stride that Bradley isn’t in the right body. Maybe weirder things have fucking happened. He’d like to hear about them one day. Maverick does a lot of talking, translating for Ice. Jake corrects Mav a couple of times which had made Ice’s lip twitch in what Bradley knew was amusement. But Ice is distant, despite the hugs Bradley had felt like there were conversations that needed to happen. Apologies, as hard as they will be. And Jake uses ASL fluently, why did he never know that?

                It takes a few hours for everyone to finish, and he feels emotionally drained, wrung dry. He’s reprimanded and temporarily grounded, pending review and psych evaluation which he knows they’ll all have to get. Payback and Fanboy have been shooting him weird looks and he gets it, he’s definitely not maintaining the illusion that he’s actually Jake, so they’ll have to have that conversation as well even if this miraculously fixes itself overnight and fuck he just wishes it would but he’s not holding out hope. They have four weeks of confirmed leave, which won’t count for anything unless he’s back in his own body to enjoy it. Although he’ll be on limited duties regardless with his injury.

                Even with him in Jake’s body Phoenix reads him like a fucking book, insists on driving both him and Jake back home, Bob following in her little rental car. Javy is waiting when they pull up and he slaps Bradley on the shoulder before helping Jake out of the back of the Bronco. Bradley is suddenly immensely grateful for all of them. Even when Payback and Fanboy turn up, heckling Rooster about having off-base digs he lets himself feel… less alone. Jake is giving them the finger, telling them he hopes they aren’t fucking staying because he needs to rest. Bradley goes about changing on auto-pilot; has to stop and think about it when his jeans are too tight and Jake’s got thicker thigh muscles than him. He knew that. Well. He hadn’t, but he’d noticed. He changes into Jake’s jeans, leaves his own tank and unbuttoned shirt on top.

                “Hey man, can I have a quick word?” Javy asks, and he’s looking nervous and Bradley can’t figure out why; can’t help immediately thinking of a dozen things that could go wrong that Coyote would need to talk to him about.

                “Is Jake okay? Wait. Are you okay? Uh, I was going to, make something? For dinner?”

                “No dude. Jake might not be able to cook worth a damn, but he can order door dash like a pro. He’s already sorting something for you two. You’re dead on your feet. You need to rest as well.”

                “Uh. Thanks?”

                “Yeah, you look… not great. Also I need to tell you something.” His stomach drops. “I kind of fucked up.”

                Bradley feels on the verge of tears, wonders what the hell more can happen right now.

                “Shit. Sorry. I’m fucking this up. It’s nothing major. I was just talking to Jake’s niece, she rang me because Jake wasn’t answering, and I mentioned the busted ankle he was having checked out, and now she’s coming to visit. Tomorrow.”

                “Oh…” Of all the potential things he’d imagined this hadn’t even made it into the room. “Can’t he just call her and tell her he’s okay?”

                “Well, you can, but if Jake tried she’d know for sure something worse had happened. You two sound nothing alike. Anyway, Ella is lovely. Her flight gets in at like two in the fucking morning though, so I said I’d pick her up. Except that pretty much convinced her that you can’t drive. Jake loves his family. He’d never not pick them up…”

                “Um. Okay. This seems more of a Jake problem?”

                “Oh, he knows already. He’s messaging her, but he’s not doing his regular video messages so she’s as suspicious as hell. I just wanted to give you a heads up and apologize.”

                “Right. So. We’ll have to tell her tomorrow then,” he says, letting out a tired breath. It’s a problem for future-Bradley. And future-Jake he supposes. He wonders if they’re going to tell Fanboy and Payback, or whether the weird-as-fuck debrief tipped them off. They did do it split, which isn’t usual, but he still should have been an active part of their debrief but it would have made no sense for him to be there in Lieutenant Jake Seresin’s body.

                Nat and Bob are sitting at the dining table looking at something on Bob’s phone and when he turns back into the living room he does a double-take, because Jake has been settled on the sofa. Jake smiles and pats the empty seat beside him so Bradley just lets himself slump down, rests his head on the back of the sofa. He hums appreciatively when Jake starts running fingers through his hair, follows the whispered instruction to lie down, resting his head in Jake’s lap while he pets his hair. It’s calming in a way he hadn’t expected, and he finds himself relaxing.

                “Okay – so I thought maybe at lunch you two were a thing. How long has this been going on?”

                “Three days,” Jake says, and Bradley nods, eyes slipping closed again.

                “Bullshit. You’re wearing each other’s clothes. That’s like, months type stuff.”

                “Yeah well, our timeline got pushed up,” Jake says and Bradley smiles at the turn of phrase. Pushed up indeed.

                “Well, I guess that’s what almost dying does.”

                Silence. He tenses, doesn’t want to think about that right now, has had to think and talk about almost nothing but that all afternoon and for the last few weeks. Jakes fingers keep combing through his hair. He hears someone hit someone else, quiet-hissed recriminations and does his best to ignore it. Tries to distract his mind.

                “What food did you order?”

                “Vietnamese. No fruit in sight.”

                “You’re a fruit…” Bradley mutters, and fuck he’s tired, he’s not making any sense even to himself.

                “I’m fruit you like. Just the right firmness,” Jake says and Bradley can’t help the snort of laughter, cracks an eye open to peer up at him and he gets a grin and a wink. It makes him laugh harder and it has an edge of hysterics, like anything and everything is hilarious.

                “You two are fucking weird.”

                “You’re only just coming to this conclusion now?” Coyote asks dryly and Bradley gives him the finger, laughs more when he sees Jake doing the same thing.

                “Hey, Javy you ass. Take a photo, I need another one to send…” Jake says, and he’s tossing his phone to Coyote who catches it effortlessly.

                “Everyone say hi to Ella…”

                Coyote is clearly taking a short video, there’s a very disorganized-jumble sounding greeting and then Javy is sending it off despite Jake’s protests he wants to check it first, but then he’s too busy scrambling to make sure the phone doesn’t hit Bradley in the face when coyote chucks it back at him.

                “Right. I’m out. I just came to tell you about Ella coming. Come on you lot, let’s leave the new lovebirds to their own devices…”

                “Yeah, come on.”

                “Oh, I thought we were staying for dinner?”

                “Where are we going?”

                “Nope. Come let me beat you at darts while Hangman is out of commission.”

                “Yeah, I guess if your boyfriend almost died twice you wouldn’t want to let him out of your sight…”

                “Fucks sake man, shut up already.”

                “Yeah…”

                Part of him wants them to stay, if for nothing but the distraction value. However it hasn’t helped so far so maybe it is better that they go. He and Jake don’t talk while their friends leave; he feels like an awful host but he’s tired, hungry, and emotionally wrecked. He lets himself lie there and enjoy his hair and head being stroked, the action making him drowsy.

                “What are you doing?”

                “Just chatting with my niece. She’s asking where the fuck I got the shirt…”

                “Tell her it’s your boyfriends…”

                “Boyfriend huh?”

                “If the shoe fits…”

                “You think we’re ready for that?”

                “I don’t want to wait until I think I am.”

                “Think we might actually need legit couples therapy out the gate…”

                “Yeah… yeah.”

                “Seriously? You’d, uh, go to therapy?”

                “Yeah. I’ve been to therapy before. It can be good, if you get a good person.”

                He doesn’t add that he wants this to work with Jake. That he is more than prepared to put the effort in to make it work, for as long as Jake will have him.

                “Then I’ll let her know… trying to explain now that it’s my boyfriend’s ankle that is busted and I’m glued to your hip taking care of you. Too busy to call her.”

                “Do you want me to talk to her?”

                “Uh… You could try, but we often switch to ASL, so… we’d be found out instantly.”

                “When did you learn ASL anyway, you seem pretty… fluent?”

                “It’s my first language. I’m the only hearing person in my family. Well, I was, anyway. A couple of my nieces and nephews’ kids are hearing. I was the only one for quite a while though. Ella is hearing and she’s the oldest.”

                “Wait, when you said you saw them talking on the carrier, you literally saw them.”

                “Yep. Think they assumed it was a private conversation… Mav is not subtle.”

                Bradley laughs, but it’s accompanied by a swoop of guilt and sadness again, but then an excited spark of realizing that he’s going to be learning ASL to talk with Ice, and Jake’s family.

                “Will you teach me? ASL?”

                “Pretty sure I can find the right motivation for you darlin’… although, some of my family are actual ASL teachers, or interpreters, so…”

                “I want you to teach me.”

                “Sure thing… we got time.”

                “Yeah, we do.”

                He gets up when the food arrives, delicious smelling bahn mi filled with ginger and lemongrass chicken. Jake makes him sit opposite him and starts teaching him the alphabet and Bradley follows along easily enough, although as soon as Jake speeds up he’s lost immediately. He asks for the sign for everything, and Jake humors him. They brush their teeth side by side in the bathroom and he likes the domesticity of it. They have done everything completely backwards but it also seems to be promising something.

                They arrange themselves in bed, Bradley tucking himself in carefully behind Jake, he’d like for nothing more to be held right now but the broken ankle makes things awkward and Jake insists on cuddling, which isn’t something he would have ever thought he was into from looking at him, but he’s more than happy to oblige. They talk quietly, Jake listing all of his family again and Bradley pays more attention. Older brother and sister both in their mid-fifties. His parents in their late-seventies. His six nieces and nephews ranging from twenty-five down to twelve. Bradley makes a comment about how holidays must be noisy and Jake laughs, tells him no, because there’s not a lot of talking.

                He doesn’t remember falling asleep, but he wakes with a gasp, blood pounding in his ears, heart racing and he lets out a shaky breath, nightmare fading and reality settling back around him. He’s okay. The rehashing of missions in a debrief always seem to put his brain into overdrive, and obviously today? Yesterday? It was no exception. He’s shifted away from Jake in his sleep and he stretches, winces at the flare of discomfit. It sends a flash of awareness through him though and he swallows roughly, suddenly nervous. He reaches for his face in the dark and almost sobs with relief at the feel of his own features under his fingertips, moustache and scars easily identifiable as his and his alone.

                He reaches out and feels the warm body of Jake and then he feels him have a full body jolt and he realizes that he’s maybe having a nightmare too.

                “Hey… hey Jake… wake up…”

                “Fucking… wha?”

                “You were having a nightmare…”

                “Shit. Sorry…”

                “Don’t ever apologize for that. But also…” Bradley pauses then, wonders how to tell him that they’ve changed back. Jake’s still half-asleep and part of him is terrified that if they fall asleep again this part will all be a dream. He reaches for Jake’s hand and brings it to his face, presses his fingertips to the scars on his cheek before dragging them across to his moustache and he grins, pokes his tongue out and licks before deciding to suck a single finger into his mouth. Might as well go for broke.

                “Holy shit, we’re… back.”

                “We sure are.”

THE END

Author's note:

This marks two weeks of being 'in' the TGM fandom (other than just commenting on fanfic when I can). I re-wrote the last chapter, because this entire fic has been a practice for me to get back into writing regularly again.

There are parts I wrote which have been removed:

I removed the explicit stuff from the last chapter. It got too big, but more importantly (for me) was that it didn't fit right for me in terms of their emotional upheaval.

Bob’s utter disgust with them (the following day) at their complete lack of scientific approach to figuring out how to switch back.

Bradley and the mending of his relationship with Maverick and Ice.

Bradley being dragged off to Texas (?) – nothing like full-immersion to learn a new language.

Other firsts… (I was basically just practicing writing PWP again it didn’t fit with their development to just jump right into it (in this particular case *cough cough*).)

On the subject of using ASL in my fic:

I do not use ASL personally (I'm not American, for a start). However I do use NZSL (it's my third language). However there will be differences in Deaf culture - I am only aware of Deaf culture in my own country. (I am not Deaf, however I am HoH*and am ~5 years off needing a hearing aid or using NZSL full-time - hence learning to use it for nearly 20 years).

Genuinely open to chatting with people about Deaf culture and using SL in fics.

*HoH = hard of hearing

(NZSL = New Zealand Sign Language, and my second language is Swedish for those who are wondering. I was born and raised in New Zealand but lived in Sweden for an exchange and still try and speak Swedish as often as I can, but I would say I used NZSL more regularly).

[alpineshift]

Number 6, Jack and Nico as members of an interdepartmental team (be it paranormal or otherwise)

buzzfeed unsolved/ghost files au perhaps?? hear me out for a moment... 👻

6. “I appreciate the effort but this is all wrong.” 

There's a lot more administrative work that goes into ghost hunting than most people realize.

That's to say, about eighty percent of their work is mainly administrative clutter, five percent is actual ghost hunting, and the other fifteen is sitting around in the cold and the dark for hours on end wishing for a cup of hot coffee or an extra blanket.

It's a testament to how great Nico is as an admin team lead that everything goes to shit the second he calls out sick for the day. And oh, they're a hot mess.

Nico "Workaholic" Hischier actually tapping out to recover is about as rare as a Bigfoot sighting. They'd probably have more luck getting a clear FBA on camera. Or Nessie swimming up to say hi.

Jack's a seasoned pro when it comes to ghost hunting and when he's got a camera pointed in his face, but he sure as fuck doesn't know how to use formulas in an excel spreadsheet (what the fuck is a =SUMIF even supposed to mean.)

Still. Jack won't let that deter him for his next goal: surprising Nico by helping him clear out the admin stuff for their next leg of the ghost hunting tour in (checks his smudged, hastily copied notes) Australia. Damn.

It's a good thing Nico labels all his files. Jack sometimes just leaves the transfers from his handheld in his download folders until Jesper yells at him for not labeling footage again.

There's absolutely no ulterior motives for him taking this task on, no, not at all. Jack's definitely not trying to impress Nico with his deep understanding of expense tracking sheets (zero), or his organizational skills (abysmal), and his ability to cut the per diem cheques (he fucked up and had to void so many cheques Jonas shoved him out the door and told him to look up hotels and flights instead.)

It's the thought that counts, right?? Nico takes care of them so often, it's only right that Jack tries to help out. Sure, he's already texted Nico twice this morning to check in, then ordered him a surprise delivery of chicken noodle soup and immune-boosting smoothies, and then sent some get well soon flowers too because his mom once told him flowers are always a sweet gift. But this is practical. And Nico is nothing if not a practical dude.

Jack doesn't manage to make the excel file look good, but at least he's got colour coded columns and he's managed to find a few good deals through their frequent flyer points. Something's bound to be useful.

And so, Nico returns the next day, not 100% yet but clearly over whatever twenty-four hour bug he's got going on. He's bundled up in a sweater and he's sipping a herbal tea, voice a little scratchy but his sincerity evident when he thanks Jack for the care goodies.

"Really, you shouldn't have, I would've been fine sleeping it off--"

"Neeks, babes, just shut up and let me look after you, yeah?"

(Nico's face had gotten really red at that, and Jack was worried his fever was back before Nico's cheeks returned to their normal colour.)

He'd been hopeful when he eventually forwarded Nico the link to his spreadsheet, stuttering through his explanation of the flight options he's gathered, rental cars, and hotels that are close to the airport. He's even made a list of late-night restaurants, because everyone's starved for greasy takeout after a long overnight shoot. Nico is staring, wide-eyed, at the file when Jack's finally done explaining. And he's quiet for a long, long pause.

"I. Jack. Thank you, this is--so incredibly kind of you. I really appreciate the effort, but this is all wrong."

The words would've been utterly devastating if Jack didn't see Nico's enormous, genuine smile, clearly holding back a laugh but not because he's making fun of Jack. Instead, he gestures for Jack to pull up a chair, making room for him behind the desk, and leans over to show Jack the itinerary saved in his perfectly organized OneDrive. (Jack tries very, very hard not to shiver at their close proximity, and the comforting scent of Nico's shampoo in such close quarters.)

"Our next shoot is in Austria, not Australia."

"Oh, for FUCK'S sake--"

send me a jacknico prompt!

[7grandmel]

Todays rip: 29/02/2024

my rip :)

Season 5 Featured on: SiIvaGunner's Highest Quality Rips: Volume GS

Ripped by brubsby

Requested by Memmy! (Request Form)

Hey, it's February 29th, the Leap Year day! The strangest day on the calendar, I realize, ought to be celebrated with a bit of a strange rip to go along with it, and there was certainly plenty to pick from. The channel has seen its share silly rips like :D, utterly unhinged rips like Sex - Steve Harvey, and everything bizarre other kind of weirdness out there like Mr. Rental [B Side] ~ Out of Options or waterwraith pokos. Yet what surprised me about my rip :) wasn't for being the most silly, or most chaotic, or what have you - but rather, for being an utmost perfect blend of all the above kinds of rips, whilst remaining shockingly listenable.

I mean, there's something eyebrow-raising about the rip's mere existence alone. A rip from PONG? As in, one of the first video games ever made, the one from 1972, which barely even had SOUND in it, let alone music? The channel's obviously tackled a number of strange cases of games to rip before, such as the ongoing Circus trend with Five Nights at Freddy's and rips like Chex Invaders, but there really was no precedent for what to expect with this rip before clicking on it - the only prior rip of PONG was a whopping 15 seconds intentionally playing off of how little audio the game has to begin with. How could my rip :) hope to make a relevant joke out of PONG worthy of 3 minutes of runtime?

The answer, as it turns out, was to just do every single thing at once.

It starts off so innocuously too: the joke of adding rapidly repeating PONG sounds of various pitch to form a discordant melody, similar to that of CrazyBus, is a pretty funny bit in of itself! Yet before that bit has had even the slightest time to register, it's joined by Space Jam's infamous backing beat, a source that I've only covered in a good light here through actually impressive rips like Hoopache and Mother, Father, TechnoMan, yet is most well known in the community for being perhaps the most overdone and easy-to-use mashup source of them all. Before THAT has time to settle in, it's joined by yet more infamous mashup sources: The Season 5 demons themselves Yankin and Astronaut in the Ocean of Epic Rap Battles of History: Funny vs. Funnier fame, Crank Dat Super Mario, Watch Me Whip/Nae Nae - and, to note in case you're not listening to the track yourself as you're reading, NONE of these sources ever sound as if they ever go away from the mix. What in its first seconds is nothing but isolated bloops of an ancient arcade machine becomes this absolute cocophany of noise and melodies, yet through some miracle (and skill on brubsby's part) they're guided along to still form some sort of melody.

All the noise is mainly guided by the use of Gangnam Style as a surprise source amidst all the rest, whose melody builds and builds toward its own climactic beat drop Gangnam Style, upon which everything goes silent for just a moment, approximately eight sources all fading at once...before exploding back onto the scene like an unstoppable mob. Its just keeps going like this - by the end, twelve different sources are all competing for attention. Or at least it sounds that way - I genuinely have no clue if some tracks get phased out as the rip progresses, but the rip's noisiness never appears to die down until the very end of its runtime.

Its just such a fun ride until the very end - my rip :) doesn't have any sort of guiding melody to it, no joke to fulfill or prior YTPMV/Mashup/etc its paying tribute to. The rip is pretty much as deep as its title frames it as, as just brubsby fucking around and finding out what can be done with all of these Season 5-infamous sources as the year drew to a close. In that sense its a fitting encapsulation of Season 5 as a whole, doesn't it? The one year where the direction of the channel felt rather aimless, yet not necessarily in a bad way: a lack of obligation to be tied to larger theming and colossal channel events resulted in some of the most unrestrained, individually-ambitious, and fun listens in the channel's entire life. I'm not quite sure if I'd call my rip :) a "banger", but it's the kind of rip that I can't help but respect for the sheer audacity of it alone.

[satoshi-mochida]

Some thoughts and details on my last Gamefly rental, Endless Ocean Luminous.

You are a researcher investigating the Veiled Sea(it seems to give you whatever name you have entered to your Switch). You're joined by a fellow diver named Daniel and an AI named Sera.

As they explore the Veiled Sea, they find the World Coral, which is in danger of dying and causing an extinction-level event. The player and Daniel need to find Light from marine life in the Veiled Sea by scanning them and using it to heal the World Coral.

L to Scan. It can be held down to scan longer, ending after a few seconds, indicated by a circle forming onscreen, and can be canceled with X. New scans will be marked with a ?.

X brings up the Map. Once you've explored 80% of a map, it'll actually be counted as fully explored automatically, and you'll be given a Code to use in multiplayer for that map. Make sure to screenshot it/write it down, as one you start a new Solo Dive, I don't think there's a way to look up old Map Codes.

B to Dolphin Kick, which makes you swim forward faster, even moreso if done in succession.

A to interact with any objects you find while on a Dive.

Early in the story, you'll find the Treasure Board, which has 99 slots to fill out by doing or finding certain things. You'll need to fill it out finish Story Mode. Here is a guide to the Treasure Board requirements(which also has Solo Dive Map Codes to make it easier).

Solo Dive Map Codes are generated after a map is finished to 80%, which will automatically jump to 100%, and you save and quit the Dive. Make sure to screenshot them/write them down, since I don't think there's a way to see the ones you've generated once you start a new Solo Dive. These codes can be used for multiplayer mode, as well.

Solo Dives are where you'll be playing the most. I'm not sure what determines the layout of each map, but it'll be different each time. This of course means some won't have certain marine life(ie, if there's no deep water sections, nothing from there can be found). There are a total of 578 creatures to seek out and scan, which can be looked at in the Log on the Main Menu.

I'm not sure how each Solo Dive Map is generated, but it can have some interesting layouts from the ones I've gone through. Deep sea caves and tunnels were the most interesting to me. Some even go down far enough to see lava(I think?).

Around the map in Solo Dives, you'll find parts where the Switch will start vibrating, getting stronger near certain sea life, and a small red dot will appear onscreen. If they're scanned, you'll get a heads up about weird biorhythmic activity, and a counter will pop up, as well as several red circled areas around the map. In these areas, more of these specific sea life can be found and scanned. Once all of them are, an Unidentified Marine Life(UML) will appear for a while and can be scanned. Doing so causes a lot of Light to spawn. The UML will eventually disappear, but the process can be repeated.

You don't have to worry about oxygen or getting attacked during your exploration, so it's all pretty chill.

You can customize your character's dive suit with points gained from Salvaging. There's a lot of colors, some coming in a full set or you can mix and match each part. More will be unlocked as your Rank goes up.

As you do more in Solo Dives, your Rank level will go up. The higher your rank, the higher your Dive Capacity will be, and more customization options you can buy.

Dive Capacity measures if you can press Start after finishing scanning something and have it follow you or not.

There are certain large platforms that can appear in the maps that, when examined, will cryptically tell you to bring something specific with you. These are part of the 99 Treasure Board requirements.

I was getting kind of burnt out and had other stuff going on, so I unfortunately didn't fully finish the game. While I can't personally compare it to the previous two games(which I hope get a rerelease at some point), I think it's probably worth playing if you liked them and/or it's type of gameplay. It can be a timesink to finish, though.

I'm not normally scared of deep water in games, though the way it's shown in this game seems pretty true to life, so I got a little intimidated at first. Plus sometimes I heard whale song, and in some cases an extinct creature, and jumped a bit at first since I wasn't expecting it. Seeing deep sea creatures is still really cool, though.

Next game being sent is: Dissidia Final Fantasy NT.

[princelegacy]

Gen 1 Sul Sul Mag #01: Lee and June

An unfinished knitting project sits atop the fireplace. Lee says it inspires him, "I hope I never run out of projects". The project in question was not his, but his late mother's, who passed from old age a few days ago. The first week of spring came with the loss of both his parents, but also, ironically, with the news that a baby was on the way.

Lee Prince started his Young Adult life by quitting his fast food job, that same day he got a job as an assistant dishwasher at a fancy restaurant in Magnolia Promenade. His whole life has been like this: impulsive decisions with the determination to follow through when it doesn't pan out like he expected. He got his first job flipping burgers because he wanted to buy cigarettes with his own money, that same week his uncle was diagnosed with throat cancer. So he quit smoking, but not his job.

June comes out of a different door every two minutes carrying boxes to the empty garage. When Lee tells her to take a rest, for the baby's sake she just laughs. "And let you organize this junk?" Once she leaves, Lee confesses that she's right, half the time he can't find anything he needs because he's put it away in a different room altogether.

When June comes back, Lee offers us a glass of a surprisingly delicious lemonade. He's been studying mixology in his free time in order to get a better job at his restaurant. And he's going to need it: his bills are about four times what he's become used to. That's because the house they're moving into is his parents' old home, a duplex with three bedrooms and three bathrooms, plus a large garage and basement that used to house a car that has since been sold to pay for new furniture.

There's something purifying about watching Lee and June work together. Even though both his parents died this week, and even though she's on the second trimester of a surprise pregnancy, and even though the house they are moving into is massive, they make it seem like it's second nature to them. And there is a particular joy in the process of adaptation.

Lee was born late in his parents' Adult age, so that meant he wasn't going to have any siblings and he was going to interact mostly with adults. He learned fast what he needed to do to be included at the adults' table. "My dad used to joke that I was having whole conversations in my sleep before I learnt how to talk." June erupts with laughter at the anecdote, she hadn't heard it before.

June, on the other hand, is the youngest of four, but she doesn't see her siblings that much. "We were never that close... we've all got different dads," she recounts as she makes room for a baby crib in the master bedroom, the closet might be unusable for a few days but at least the baby's close to the bed. "Lee's dad was the complete opposite of mine. I don't know how good of a parent I'll be, but at least I know Lee won't screw it up."

She describes her situation as a once in a lifetime opportunity. "At first it was just a silly mistake, Lee wanted to show off his mixology skill to me. We must've drunk four drinks each, and he was trying his best to be smooth about it. He said he had a crush on me, that he always did... and well anyway that was the night when I got pregnant." Lee's face turns bright red as she speaks.

"We didn't know at first, we just decided to go on an actual date to Geek Con. I ended up puking while playing with the game mat. I though it was something I ate from the San Myshuno stalls, but he knew right away." "I just got her a test! We'd been too drunk to use protection!"

The last thing he unpacks is his gaming console. His parents' TV is huge compared to the tiny one he had inherited into his rental a few houses away. They quickly sit down and fire up a new game of MySims Racing. It's their favorite game.

"We're thinking Travis if it's a boy, Poppy if it's a girl."

As far as marriage goes, it's not in their plans. Both of them agree that they're too young to settle down. "Our best friends just got married and it seems like they're gonna get divorced before spring is over. They got kids, too. We're gonna see if it works, and then maybe we'll consider it," June explains.

When asked if he's nervous about the future, Lee just chuckles "Are you kidding? I was born to be a dad."

- Foundry Cove, Spring Gen 1.

[immortality-becomes-you]

RUMORS• e. munson

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Chapter 2

March, 1986

     "Okay, what did you say his name was?" Robin asked as they entered Family Video. Ziggy leaned her arm on the counter next to her, looking at her from over her shoulder. They had given Ziggy a brief, vague rundown of the situation, leaving out the supernatural parts. She told them about Reefer Rick on the one condition that she goes with them.

     "He went by Reefer Rick, but I'm pretty sure his name really is Rick."

"You're not totally sure?" Robin asked.

"No, not one hundred percent but definitely in the upper quarter. He used to crash at his place sometimes."

"What about a last name?" Dustin asked.

"I don't know." Ziggy said, looking at him like he was crazy.

"I bet the cops know the last name." Steve mumbled as he sorted tapes.

"What?" Max asked, just as confused as the rest of them.

"The cops. I mean, listen, if this 'Reefer Rick' is actually a drug dealer, I guarantee you he's been busted at some point. That means he's in the system." Steve turned to lean on the counter to look at the group. Ziggy frowned at him in confusion as she pushed off her own end of the counter to turn and face him.

"The cops? Really, Steve? That's your suggestion?" Dustin asked, standing up as well.

"I mean, I just think at this point they should be filled in on what we know. What's goin on."

"You really think Eddie's guilty?" Dustin asked the older boy, leaning in closer. Ziggy scoffed, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Woah woah woah, I believe in 'innocent unless proven guilty' and all that constitutional shit. I just, ya know, don't think we can rule it out"

"First of all, we most certainly can rule it out. It's Eddie, for fucks sake." Ziggy threw her hands in the air in annoyance as she stepped closer to the pair of boys.

"Second of all, that's exactly what we're trying to do here; rule it out. We wouldn't be looking for him if we thought there was even a chance he was a psychotic murderer. He's innocent, we just need to hear his side." Dustin pointed back at Ziggy in appreciation before going on his own spiel.

"And maybe we'd have a little more luck at it if you weren't so busy looking for a girlfriend rather than Eddie."

"Well somebody has to tend to the customers!"

"Especially if they're babes, right?" Robin winked.

"Hey, not fair. I tend to all the customers equally; babes and non-babes alike. We've got a very big selection in here, okay? It can be super overwhelming for some people."

"Yeah, it can be." Robin heaved as she turned on her heel. She plopped down in her seat in front of the computer, Ziggy leaning over her shoulder.

"What're you doing?"

"Maybe we don't need a last name." Robin quickly logged into the computer and typed in his name, finding twelve accounts.

"That's a lot of Ricks." Ziggy mumbled.

"So, let's narrow it down. Rick Oldermans rentals are Annie and Dumbo. What are the chances a drug dealer has a family?"

"Not likely."

"Definitely not" Ziggy piped up.

"Rick Conroy: Sixteen Candles, Teen Wolf, and Romance In The Stones?"

"No."

"Rick Joyner: Mask, Footloose, and Greese?"

"Nah."

"Rick Kimbrough; The Blue Lagoon and Splash?" They all laughed in dismissal.

"Rick Lipton: Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Cheech and Chong's next movie, Cheech and Chong's Nice Dreams, Cheech and Chong Up In Smoke."

"Bingo." Dustin chuckled while Steve threw his hands up in victory.

"Lipton?"

"Spelled like the tea. 2121 Holland road." Robin smiled. Ziggy pushed off the counter, wanting to head his way as soon as possible.

"That's out by lovers lake." Dustin muttered.

"In the middle of nowhere." Max observed.

     "It's the perfect place to hide." Robin smiled proudly, happy with her work.

     "So, your car or mine?" Ziggy asked Steve. Steve looked at her blankly for a moment, hoping someone else would jump in to do the dirty work.

     "You're not coming with us." Ziggy's face dropped from an anticipated grin to a tight scowl.

     "Bullshit. We had a deal, Harrington. You said if I told you what I knew, you'd take me with you." Ziggy took a step forward towards the boy, hoping to intimidate him.

     "Well, I lied. You can't come."

     "Why the hell not?"

     "Because I said so. Go home, Ziggy."

     "Okay fine. I'll go home and sit my happy ass on my couch until the cops show up. Then I'll tell them all about you guys coming to me first and harboring his fugitive ass at 2121 Holland Road." Ziggy didn't dare to blink as she looked up at Steve.

     "You wouldn't sell Eddie out like that."

     "We haven't talked in nearly a year. Didn't leave off on good terms." Steve glared down at Ziggy. She was beginning to get on his nerves.

     "Tough breakup?"

     "Fuck off." Steve rolled his eyes before glancing at Robin seeing a thoughtful look on her face. He furrowed his brows, silently asking her to share.

     "How bad?" Robin asked Ziggy.

     "I'm sorry?"

     "You said that you left off on bad terms? How bad?"

     "Well, maybe not bad. Just not good. I mean, it wasn't the type of bad where you hate each other it was more like, you know, you hope that you don't see each other in public. We don't dislike each other- at least I don't think he hates me? Last time I checked that definitely wasn-"

     "Is he gonna be pissed to see you, or not." Max cut off her painful rambling. Ziggy's eyes looked up as if she was searching her brain as her fingers fiddled with one another before shaking her head and looking back at the girl.

     "If he's anything like he was back then, any familiar face would be helpful."

     Dustin hurriedly stepped forward, easing the tension.

     "Despite the fact that Ziggy would definitely never do that, she's right. We had a deal. Besides, she's probably gonna go whether we take her with us or not, so we might as well bring her."

     "Fine! Let's go." He barked, rushing to the door.

November, 1984

  

     Ziggy and Eddie sat on his bed with their notebooks spread out in front of them. They were nearing the second hour of their seventh session when Eddie demanded a snack break.

     "Please, I just want fifteen- ten minutes. This is torture." Eddie threw his head back, his skull bouncing off the wall as his eyes screwed shut. Ziggy continued sifting through Eddie's worksheets.

     "No. You're in the last hour of our session. It would throw off your groove." Eddie lowered his head to look at her as she sat at the foot of his bed.

     "You know what's really throwing off my groove?" Ziggy let out a questioning hum, barely listening to him.

     "My growling stomach." He smiled sarcastically as Ziggy looked up at him in annoyance. She stared at him before going back to his mess of a folder.

     "Oh my god, you're such a control freak." He mumbled passive aggressively. Turning his head to focus on anything but her as she looked up at him in slight hurt.

     "I control you because you can't control yourself." Eddie swung his head back to glare at her.

     "I control myself just fine, thank you very much."

     "Is that why you're taking senior year for the second time?" Eddie flinched at her harsh words. He blinked rapidly, opening his mouth to bark back but closing it when he couldn't find the words.

     "Your problem is your priorities, Eddie. Maybe if you focused less on your guitar or Dungeons and Dragons shit, and focused more on your schoolwork, we wouldn't-"

     "Just shut up! Oh my fucking God I wish you would just let me speak for once. I'm not the one who asked you to tutor me, but don't act like you're not getting something out of this too. This isn't charity work, it's a bargain. So don't give me that 'we wouldn't be here' bullshit." At Eddie's small outburst, Ziggy went quiet. She looked down at her hands while Eddie heaved against the wall.

     "I was just trying to say that maybe if you just worked a little harder on school-"

     "You just don't get it, do you? I see you at school. You're always raising your hand and asking questions. You're always the first to turn in a worksheet. This shit comes easy to you." Eddie shook his head as his gravely voice lowered just above a whisper. Even with his quiet tone, he had Ziggy's undivided attention.

     "I would sit in class and listen to a whole lesson and not understand any of it. Other kids would ask questions and I didn't even get what they were saying. I don't even know what to ask. Or when the class would be given a packet. I'd read the first page and then forget everything I just read. So I'd read it again and at the end I still didn't get it. By the time I look up, the whole class is done with the whole packet and I'm still on the first page." Ziggy watched Eddie as he looked down at the small hole at the bottom of his shirt, fiddling with it as he spoke.

     "I used to stay up until two in the morning studying and never got anything above a C-. This shit isn't easy for me, Zigova." Eddie finally looked up to meet Ziggy's empathetic eyes. She soon looked down at the floor before standing up from his bed and walking out of the room. Eddie sighed in defeat, letting his head rest back on his wall. It was only two minutes or so later that he felt a tap on his leg. Ziggy stood above him with a sandwich in her hand.

     "I'm sorry for being so bitchy. I never thought about it that way." Eddie's big eyes never left hers as he slowly reached to grab the plate from her.

     "You've been doing really, really well. We're almost done with all of your missing assignments and I'm proud of you." Ziggy awkwardly choked out, hoping she sounded more supportive to him than she did to herself.

     Eddie let out the smallest 'thank you' as his wide eyes watched her sit back down. He quietly took a bite of his sandwich, watching her with interest.

     "I'm not just doing this for community service hours. I really wanna make sure you pass this semester." Ziggy turned to smile at him, earning a wide grin in return. He happily chewed his food with a smile while she tapped her foot as she surveyed his room.

     "So, since I told you that little tidbit about me, can I ask you something?" Eddie looked up at her through his lashes as she turned to look at him with narrowed eyes. She sighed before reluctantly nodding her head.

     "Why the fuck did your parents name you Ziggy Zigova?" Ziggy snorted at the question before swinging her legs up onto the bed to face him. He quickly sat his empty plate aside, straightening his posture with his hands in his lap; dramatically giving her his full attention.

     "They didn't name me Ziggy. Ziggy is a nickname for Zigova." Eddie looked at her with narrowed eyes.

     "Then what's your name?"

     "Niamh." Ziggy smiled at his incredulous face, not believing her for a second.

     "No way. You're bullshitting me."

     "Why would I lie to you about my name?" Ziggy laughed at his disbelief.

     "I don't know! Why would you choose to go by Ziggy instead of Niamh?" He threw his hands up as he bobbed his head, his curls bouncing around his face.

     Ziggy rolled her eyes before reaching into her bag and pulling out her wallet, shoving her ID in Eddie's face. His grin faltered as he reached out to put his hand over hers, pulling it closer to his face as he read with squinted eyes.

     "Okay so that's why. There's no way that's pronounced like Neve." Eddie shoos his head before looking back at Ziggy, his hand still clutching hers.

     "Yeah, that's what all of my teachers said. I just started telling them to call me by my nickname." Ziggy shrugged with a tiny smile. They softly chuckled at each other as Eddie's hand fell limp at his side. Ziggy put her wallet away before looking back up at him.

     "Ready to get back to work?"

     "Oh, gimme a break, Niamh."

     "I think I preferred it when you called me metal mouth."

March, 1986

The five of them stood on Reefer Rick's doorstep holding flashlights. Dustin rang the doorbell rapidly in hopes of receiving a response, only for silence to follow.

"Well, that settles that. He's not here-"

"EDDIE!" Dustin screamed through the door. Steve grumbled in annoyance from behind the boy.

"It's Dustin! We just wanna talk! No cops, I swear! We just wanna help." Dustin continued to bang on the door as he called out for Eddie or Rick. Ziggy stood at the edge of the porch with her arms crossed while Robin and Steve flashed their lights through the windows. Max wandered off the porch, catching Ziggy's attention as she followed.

"Hey, guys?" Max called out, bringing their attention to the boathouse. The door was slightly ajar with the overhead light illuminating the front of the shack. Ziggy huffed as she led the way, shining her light on the uneven grass in front of her. They slowly pushed open the door with a creak as Ziggy entered first, Robin following closely behind.

"Hello? Anyone home?" Robin softly called out. As they filed in, they all dispersed, exploring different areas of the boathouse.

"What a dump." Steve mused. Ziggy silently raised her brows in agreement as she walked up to the boat. She stood next to it as she spun around, looking over at Max as she walked along the wood paneling. She opened her mouth to give her two cents before the loud sound coming from behind her startled her. She gasped loudly as she spun around once again to find Steve jabbing the tarp over the boat with an oar.

"What are you doing?" Dustin spat.

"He could be in there."

"Just take the tarp off!"

"If you're so brave, you take the tarp off."

"Oh, for fucks sake." Ziggy whispered as she stomped over to Steve, yanking the oar out of his hands to halt his aggressive jabbing. She held the handle of the oar in one hand, wrapping her arm around it slightly to lean on it as she stood beside Steve.

"Hey, look over here." Max beckoned Robin to look at the pile or wrappers on the table.

"Someone was here."

"Maybe he heard us. Got spooked and ran?" Robin whispered.

"Don't worry! Steve will get him with his oar!" Dustin sarcastically chimed in.

"First of all, Ziggy took the oar so it's on her to protect your ass. Secondly, considering the fact that almost everyone in this room has nearly died about a hundred times, personally, I don't find it funny in the slightest-" Steve was cut off by a loud screech as a figure jumped out of the boat, charging at him. Ziggy was harshly slammed into; her whole body being sent to the ground, scraping her elbows on the hard wood as her head bounced off the deck. Steve was slammed up against the wall with a broken bottle held to his throat by the time she caught her breath.

"WOAHWOAHWOAHWOAH EDDIE! STOP!" Dustin screamed as he walked closer to the two boys, Ziggy being on the ground on the other side of them. She grabbed her head as she sat up with a groan. When she looked up she could only see the back of his head being illuminated by Dustin's flashlight. Dustin kept screaming his name, trying to get him to let go of Steve. Ziggy heaved before stumbling to her feet, nearly falling over a few times before gaining her balance. She reached down to pick up the oar, ready to swing if need be.

Dustin continued screaming for Eddie before directing his attention to Ziggy.

"No, Ziggy! Put it down! You're gonna scare him!" Dustin screamed at the girl. Eddie finally swung his head in Dustin's direction, looking at him in slight confusion.

"He's scaring me!" She screamed with all her might; her body shaking in tension. Eddies face fell before quickly turning to look at Ziggy. She trembled slightly as she looked at Dustin before looking back at Eddie, finally seeing his face. Both of their expressions fell blank, the tension leaving their bodies slightly as they stared at one another silently.

"Eddie, it's me. It's Dustin. This is Steve. We're not gonna hurt you." Dustin softly whispered, preferring the awkward tension over the fear. He looked between Eddie and Ziggy as they both continued to stare at each other, grasping their weapons.

"Ziggy, why don't you drop the oar?" Dustin whispered loud enough for her to hear. She continued to breathe heavily, visibly tightening her grasp on the paddle. Eddie then tightened his grasp on the bottle, making Steve squirm. At Steve's fearful whimper, Ziggy dropped the oar with a loud thud. Eddie breathed shakily before turning to look back at Steve, the bottle still at his throat while his hands shook.

"What're you doing here?" Eddie whispered.

"We're looking for you."

"We're here to help." Robin softly chimed in.

"Eddie, these are my friends! You know Robin, from band. This is my friend Max; the one who never wants to play DND? Eddie...we're on your side. I swear on my mother! Right guys?" Dustin persuaded.

"Yup. Yes. We swear."

"On-on Dustin's mother."

"Yup, Dustin's- Dustin's mother." Steve whispered. Eddie stared down at him in thought before hesitantly looking over at Ziggy. Ziggy looked up at him with wide eyes, glossed over in fear. She inhaled shakily, sending him the most genuine look she could. He looked back down before reluctantly letting go of Steve, earning sighs of relief.

Eddie looked down as he softly brushed past Ziggy, sliding down the wall behind her. Ziggy and Dustin silently met him on the floor; Dustin crouching and Ziggy sitting with crossed legs. Eddie stared off into space, clutching the bottle in his hand.

"Eddie, we just want to talk." Dustin cooed as he reached for the bottle, earning a flinch in return. Ziggy looked up at him with a pout.

"Eddie, " she whispered softly. Eddie slowly looked up from the floor to meet her eyes. She licked her lips as his shoulders dropped slightly. She slowly reached her hand out to rest on his bicep.

"We're gonna protect you, I promise. No one's gonna hurt you. I just need you to let go of the bottle and talk to us." She softly whispered as the other three walked closer to stand behind her. She slowly ran her hand down his arm, stopping to softly rub her thumb along this back of his hand before gently taking the bottle from his palm. His fingers gently chased hers as she pulled her hand away, prompting her to quickly move her free hand to hold his, resting it on his thigh.

Eddie's teary eyes stayed locked on hers, not daring to blink in fear that she would leave and the memories of the night before would come back. He inhaled a chopped breath, his hands shaking as he swallowed hard.

"You won't believe me." He whispered. Ziggy's brows furrowed in confusion at his response.

"Try us."

[maria-eve-falcon]

I hope Joe can return soon to London with his family and friends because when a break up happens all your world is shattered and that's so sad, also I saw some people being mean to Joe (I really don't know why) and that could affect him too.

You know, yes to all these. The articles, i hope he doesn't read. I mean when he was with tay, he strictly didn't read them. Now that they're alone, babacally e is completely left to himself physically, I'm afraid he'll read them.

Idk how long the brutalist will film there and if they'll get breaks. last ime Tay was with him duringa long shoot like this in belfast and Croatia. Heck, I bet he is reminded of her absence in Budapest. This is maybe the first time in years they are not together for a long time. Since like rep tour.

Idk how I could comprehend this alone.

I can't imagine to be alone at a time like this. But no matter what you do is...sad. if he goes home to his family it'll remind him of her. That house, the rental house eveything. The absence will be present. Heck even with his friends it'll be present.

But when we are with our loved ones we do feel better. So I really really hope he goes home. And takes care of himself well. I hope his family is constantly with him on the phone or any other way.

But imo, even if my family was with me at a situation like this, I wouldn't be ok at all. Let alone be fine. I'll be reminded all the time .

But then again staying alone would hurt more.

What do Ik? I'm only 17. All Ik is I miss them

So,

I just hope he'll be fine and maybe alright soon. I hope he'll be happy .

The both of them actually.

[prof-peach]

Villain Peach AU, where she still leaves the ranger academy, still goes to Dotaku, but Dotaku is actually a front for a Villainous Organization not related to her family (they had a falling out). Everyone who works on the island in the Main Universe still works at Dotaku here. They're all villains.

Team Brawl is not so much a vigilante group, but an actual villainous organisation.

Peach broke away from her family because she wanted freedom and control, something they would not allow back at home, constantly meddling in her plans. Her brutality is severe and she runs the place with an iron fist, hellbent on being better and meaner than those she came from, knowing they're watching her from afar, hoping they see just how much of a threat to the "family business" she's becoming. Knows all the clients to steal for big money, happily thieves from secure locations, every bit as stubborn and hard headed as she is now, just for all the wrong reasons.

Grey she befriended after he graduated, found him tinkering with gear in a rental garage, offered him more items than he'd know what to do with, a space to work, and a salary. All he had to do was make a few specific things. Down on his luck and out of options, he fell for her sly offer and charming nature, and moved to Dotaku to forge weapons, protective gear and snag machines. He found the work difficult, something he thrived on, a challenge, and with each task given, he found a work around, earning praise from Peach, working his way up to Admin with his talents. Their relations grew into somewhat a loving connection, though they have a Bonnie and Clyde energy to them at times. Is he into her? Is he afraid of her? He can't tell, but somehow keeps going back.

Plum is a little different, she finished the ranger course still, but never truly forgot about her rival, deciding to hunt her down, aware that she left to do villainous things. Perhaps she could sway her, bring her back to a better path. Only problem is, Peach is her mothers daughter, and when Plum finds her, she falls into the charismatic traps set. Her morals and goals are set alight, she has to retreat briefly from the encounter, and finds herself unable to think about anything else. Her choices will result in a mundane existence, her brother would be the one to inherit everything, she'd be stuck working behind a desk if she wasn't careful. But Dotaku could offer a burning olive branch, something that'd give her life power and meaning she couldn't comprehend. With traps and plans in mind, she is an asset, moving the the Isle to organise the ground troops, a wonderful addition, an expert in strategy, quickly earning an Admin position through her intelligence.

Pari, medical expert, ditsy and easy to manipulate, somewhat clumsy, but does a good job, graduated with well rounded skills ad tends to the residents and their pokemon, another Admin, though she is reluctant to fight, and stays at the back of the pack whenever possible.

None of the grass type speciality is there, Peach never studied that, and never went to become a professor. Instead the work is tailored to thieving and reselling pokemon, breeding unusual variants for the market, and making sure to undercut her own family to get the best price. With the money, they plan to buy out other organisations and combine forces to become a larger threat. Strength in numbers after all.

((this is a totally different tangent to the canon villain AU and I kind of dig it))

[romanstheory]

Simply Meant To Be Part Eight

Characters : Roman Reigns, Nala (reader), Jimmy, Jey, The Rock, Tamina

Warnings : Smut, Visuals, Fluff, Drinking, Food, Argument

Word Count : 1,858

18 +

Morning comes quickly, and we're packing up and throw our things into the trunk of our rental car. We get to our next interview and get settled on set. The interviewer sits in the middle of us like they always did. "Welcome back folks! Today we have two guests with us! Roman Reigns and Nala are here with us today. Thanks for stopping by guys" He says looking into the camera. "Thanks for having us" I say with a smile. "So let's cut to the chase" He says, I already know what's coming. "Let's talk about your match victory last night" He continues, looking at Roman then at me. Roman clears his throat "Well, let's talk about it then" He says looking over at me. "Are you two an item?" The interviewer asks. I take a deep breath, Roman and I had been together for a little but now but talking about it publicly was kind of odd. "Yes we are, we're both irresistible forces we were always destined to be pulled to each other" I say confidently. Roman nods at me in approval.

The interview continues and goes well, Roman and I feed off of each other perfectly the entire time. The interview comes to a close and Roman and I head to the hotel where Jimmy, Jey, and Naomi were. The three of them hop into the back seat. "So did yall get asked about that little kissy kiss last night?" Jimmy says laughing. "Yeah actually" I say laughing. "That's so cute! This is so cute!" Naomi says smiling. "Maybe you two will get married and we can be cousins" Naomi giggles a little. Roman glances over at me "Maybe" He says before looking back at the road. "I'm so excited about this food uce, everybody is going to be there!" Jey says excitedly "They're all excited to meet you Nala. The idea of a family gathering is so taboo to me, but I'm excited to see what it's like. I hope they like me...

After an hour drive we pull up at Roman's parents house. He walks around to my door, opening it for me. I can already smell the grill going and hear slow music playing. Jimmy, Jey, and Naomi get out of the car and stretch. Roman gently takes my hand gently and we walk into the house. We're greeted by several of his aunts and great aunts "Hi Joe! Oh my god is this miss Nala?!" His great aunt says greeting me with the most gentile loving hug I had ever felt. "Yes it is" He says smiling. Jimmy, Jey, and Naomi greet everyone and head to the back yard. "You are such a beautiful girl, and you're all Violet ever talks about" His great aunt continues. Roman and I head to the back yard, I can hear Tamina speaking loudly to someone but I can't make out the voice.

"Nala!!!" Tamina yells pulling me into a tight hug "How are you love!". "I'm great! You look great!" I reply loudly. "Jooeeee!!!" I hear the unfamiliar voice shout. I look up and see none other than Dwayne Johnson standing behind Tamina. Roman pulls Dwayne into a tight hug. "What's up man! It's been a long time!" Roman says grinning. "It has! You know, acting is a busy business" Dwayne replies. He glances over at me, looking me up and down slowly. I'm met with a lot of discomfort, but i'm quickly distracted by Violet running up to me. "Mama Nala!" She screams. Mama? Did she just call me mama? She jumps into my arms and I pick her up, holding her tight. "I missed you princess!" I say still hugging her. She runs to Roman doing the same thing before she runs off to go play with Jimmy and Jey's kids again.

I get to meet Roman's dad finally, he takes one look at me and says "You be good to her, she's the one for you". Everyone stops and looks at us. "Go ahead and just get married uce, cause Uncle Sika don't like nobody!" Jimmy yells from across the yard. Roman's face goes red like it did every time he got embarrassed. Roman and I take a seat, causally talking to family as Dwayne comes and sits next to me. "So how long have you two been seeing each other" He asks looking at me. "A couple months now" I say, scooting closer to Roman. Dwayne curls his lips down and looks at Roman "You think she's gonna run off after she has a baby too?" Dwayne says looking directly at Roman. "What?" Roman says sharply giving Dwayne another chance to correct himself. "Just a question, she attractive. Very very desirable, just trying to see where her heads at" Dwayne says scanning my body again. "Well I'm a grown ass woman and very very uninterested in this conversation continuing" I say rolling my eyes.

"Sassy too, just know I can offer you a lot more and without the baggage of a broken family" Dwayne says before getting up and walking away. Roman is fuming, and I have to stop him from following Dwayne and beating his ass. I'm uncomfortable..... Very uncomfortable but we stay the rest of the cookout and enjoy ourselves. There's tension between Roman and I and I don't know what to do about it. I pull Jey aside to talk to him. "What's going on?" Jey says concerned. "Dwayne is making me really uncomfortable and he basically told Roman that he could have me at any point" I say quickly "I don't want Dwayne in the slightest but now Roman is acting weird". Jey lets out a long sigh "He must not have said anything" He says. "Told me what!" I say concerned. "Roman found out Dwayne was messing around with Violet's mom in the beginning of their relationship. Roman forgave them both but it's a sore subject" Jey explains "Just give him some time he'll be okay".

We leave the cookout and head to the next city. It's late at night when we check into our hotel and Roman decides to go to the bar for a little while and I opted to stay in the room and drink some wine..... which turned into an entire bottle, and needless to say I was feeling good. My mind is racing and I can't sleep as I lay in the bed staring at the wall. I hear the door open and my head swings over, it's a very clearly drunk Roman at the door. "Babe, are you okay?" I say walking up to him, he smelled like he bathed in vodka. "Leave me alone" Roman demands. "What is your problem!" I say loudly "What did I do to you?". Roman frowns "Go ahead and fuck my cousin like I know you want to" He yells. I'm in shock that he would say something like that to me. "You don't get to fucking talk to me like that!" I scream "I am not your ex and you won't treat me like I fucking am!" I am heated, I have never been this angry at him before. Roman stops and stared at me for a while

"If you want to continue this relationship, you will never talk to me like that again. I don't give a shit how upset you are. I will leave and never fucking look back! Do you understand me!" I say with my voice still elevated. The thought of being faced with not having me anymore because of his own insecurity shattered Roman, and I could tell just by the look on his face. He remained silent and went to sit on the bed, cupping his head in his hand. I begin calming down, enough so that I could go and sit next to him "Don't ever do that again" I say softly. Roman begins crying "I'm sorry Nala, I'm so sorry"

I pull Roman into a tight hug "I just am so afraid of losing you, and I thought that's what was happening" He says as he wipes his face. "Don't let your ex ruin what we have going on now, I don't ever want to have a screaming match like that again" I reply. I get into the shower and I hear the door open "Roman?" I say washing my hair. "I'm coming in too" He says. I can hear him undressing and he pulls the shower door open, getting in behind me. I could feel the warmth of his body even in the hot shower. His body rubbed against the back of mine as he began helping me wash my back. His hands made their way to my ass where he pushed himself up against. I was turned on needless to say. I looked back at him and he grabbed my neck softly, kissing my plump lips passionately. "I wanna prove that I'm sorry" He says, his deep sexy voice driving me crazy. "Prove it" I say in a whisper.

He pushes his length into me as I place my hand on the shower door. The warm water rolling off of his toned chest.

I put my leg up on the edge of the shower as Roman begins stroking, his soaked balls smacking into me. I force myself back, crashing into him. The air filled with the sound of falling water and our collective moans and sighs. "You feel so good" He moans "Fuck you feel so good". I gasp at his size filling me up with pleasure "Whose pussy is this?" Roman asks grabbing my ass while he keeps stroking me "Yours!" I yell "It's all yours baby". This seems to give him even more motivation, he pushes my back down a little bit causing me to press my boobs against the glass shower. "Yeah this is my pussy!" Roman says confidently. The water hits my back as Roman pushes himself in and out of my tight vagina. My body loves him, every inch of him. He pulls me back up, sucking on my neck and kissing me sloppily, lustfully. Our tongues twirl around each other as he reaches down touching my clit.

The warm water is the perfect lube for his big fingers to play with my swollen clit. "Oh my god" I say breathing in deeply "I'm about to cum oh my god!". "Don't hold it in, cum for me, I wanna hear you scream" Roman says stroking more aggressively. I can't control myself or my orgasm, I climax FAST. I scream and moan "Say my name" Roman demands "ROMAN FUCK OH MY GOD" I say as Roman keeps stroking me allowing me to ride out my orgasm. Soon after Roman reaches his climax, finishing inside of me. He pulls out and his seed runs down my thick legs as they become weak from the intense climax. Roman helps me finish washing up and we both get out of the shower and into our pajamas. "Apology accepted" I say as we cuddle in bed. I am looking forward to this little gap we have in between events, we need it.

[stanbillyhargrove]

Ghosts chp 11

Billy x Katrina

A/N: this is a multi chapter series that will contain smut, angst, fluff, substance abuse

February

Katrina's POV

Billy pulled the Camaro up to our rental place and let it idle as we sat there, staring at the old house. A small, gothic style house that sat sandwiched in a street of similar places.

"Is this it?" Steve asked from the back seat.

"Yep, purple door. Just like the site said."

Billy cut the engine and we all stepped out into the streets of Salem.

It's been a couple months since telling everyone that I can see ghosts and they've taken it surprisingly well. Steve can't get enough of it, he always wants to be touching me so he can talk to them too which made Billy jealous. He wanted to talk to them so badly. That and the fact that we'd had more than one instance of an unwanted guest during sex was what brought us here. To try to find someone to help me control my power. And in Steve's words 'worst case, we get a cool vacation.'

We took a while to settle into our rental before setting out into the town. We ducked into every shop we passed, searching for someone to help me. Unfortunately, nobody was able to. Nobody dealt that intimately with the dead. We met a few mediums, whose advice was to try meditation. Imagining a protective barrier around myself to keep the spirits at bay. But that wasn't good enough for me.

We stopped by a little apothecary for Steve to look around while Billy and I went across the street to a coffee shop to wait for him. We ended up sitting at a table for much longer than we expected when Steve came running into the shop.

"Guys! I met someone!"

I perked up and looked at him, "you did?"

"Her name's Riley, she works at the apothecary. She makes a lot of the stuff in there, soaps and stuff, and everything in there smells so good! I could spend all day in there," he rambled.

"Steve," Billy interrupted.

"Oh! And hair products too," he held up a paper bag, "she helped me pick out a bunch of stuff."

"Steve."

He shook his head, snapping out of his rambles, "yeah?"

"Is she able to help me?"

"Oh, I don't know. But we're going out for dinner tonight, I can ask her then."

"We lost him," I groaned, playfully knocking my head against Billy's shoulder.

"No, no, I promise! I won't forget."

--

Billy and I were curled up on the couch watching Evil Dead when we heard Steve come back from his date.

"In here!" I called, "movie night!"

Steve poked his head into the door a moment later, "oh good, you're decent. I want to introduce you guys to someone."

I cocked an eyebrow at him and sat up. He walked the rest of the way into the living room, leading a girl by the hand. She had long, wavy brown hair and a sweet face, was wearing a black tank top and tight blue jeans.

"Guys, this is Riley. Riley, this is Katrina and Billy."

Riley lifted a hand and waved a little, her cheeks a little pink, "nice to meet you."

"You too," I replied.

Billy nodded at her and smirked a little at Steve, who also started to blush.

"A-anyway..we're going upstairs, night guys!" He stammered before they fled upstairs.

I looked back at Billy, who had the biggest grin on his face and was biting back a laugh, "do you think he remembered to ask her?"

His composure slipped and he barked out a laugh as he pulled me to lean back against him, "I think that's the last thing on his mind right now."

I laughed a little, "Billy! They just met, he's more of a gentleman than that! We came here looking for someone though so he better ask."

"I'll bet you twenty bucks he is not that much of a gentleman and he totally forgets."

I smirked, "you're on."

--

Billy and I padded downstairs in the morning, following the sound of voices and found Steve and Riley sitting at the kitchen table. Half full mugs of coffee sat between them with their hands wrapped around them, fingers just barely brushing against each other.

Billy tapped his fingers against my back, a smug smirk on his face when I looked back at him.

"Morning you two," I smiled when they jolted to look up at us.

"Morning," they answered.

"So, I see you spent the night," Billy smirked.

Steve glared at him from across the table, his cheeks turning bright red.

"I hope you don't mind, Steve and I saw there was a Scream marathon on TV and we stayed up all night watching it."

"Don't mind at all," I answered, pouring myself a cup of coffee.

There was a moment of silence before Riley downed the last of her drink and stood up, "anyway, I should be going. Have to go home and get ready for work. It really was nice to meet you."

Steve stood and followed her to the door, returning a minute later with a huge smile on his face.

He stopped when he saw mine and Billy's smirks, "what?"

Billy reached forward and clapped him on the shoulder, "nice one, buddy! Finally got a girl in bed, I was starting to think after Nancy-"

"Oh my god!" Steve interrupted, "first of all, you know I've slept with people since her and second, we didn't sleep together. Not that it's any of your business."

I elbowed Billy's side and laughed, "pay up, loser!"

Billy groaned, tipping his head back, "Steve...you disappoint me."

"Wait, you guys bet on me getting laid? Rude!"

"Doesn't matter," I smirked, "is she able to help me?"

"I don't think I should tell you now," he pouted.

Billy snorted, "he forgot."

"I did not, actually. She thinks her and her sisters can help, she's gunna text me a time to meet them."

--

We met Riley and her sisters the next evening at the coffee shop across from the apothecary Riley worked at. Audrey, Brook and Riley. Triplets.

Riley was the youngest. She described herself as a green witch, using what she grows to create products for the apothecary and specializing in love and protection charms.

Brooke was the middle child. She had grey hair cropped above her shoulders and wore a ton of jewelry. Bracelets and rings adorned her hands, clicking and jangling when she moved. She worked at one of the psychic shops doing all sorts of readings. Tarot, runes, tea leaves, palms, you name it, Brook can read it.

Audrey was the oldest and had bright red hair shaved on one side and a lot of tattoos. She was a tattoo artist by day but her specialty was talking to spirits. A different type of medium, could summon all sorts of spirits to talk to.

Together, they wanted to try to help me.

"Alright, the plan is set!" Riley piped up, "we'll work with Katrina in the evenings and you guys use the rest of your time as vacation. Now, I promised to show Steve around and get some ice cream. So, we'll see you later," she explained as she got up and lead Steve out of the coffee shop.

-- Thursday Night

"I found something interesting last night."

I looked past the stack of books covering their kitchen table at Brook and cocked an eyebrow at her, "how interesting?"

"Very. I found a spell that could let ghosts into you. Rather than you having to repeat what they say, they could say it themselves."

I hummed, thinking about Billy, how jealous he was that he couldn't talk to Olivia directly. How quiet him and Max got if Susan or Olivia were talking to me. How they barely hid their anger behind clenched jaws when Steve would grab me so he could talk to whoever was around.

"I want to try it."

"It could be dangerous," Audrey warned.

"How dangerous?"

"Like, something bad could come through. Take over your body and not give it back."

"Oh," I mumbled.

"Just something to think about," Brook explained, "but we think you're powerful enough to try and with the three of us doing the spell, the chances are low."

"But still there," Audrey added, her eyes steely as she stared at me.

"I want to do it."

-- Friday Night

We'd left our rental this morning to spend the weekend at Audrey, Brook and Riley's house. Safer that way, they said, easier to make sure nothing goes wrong. I hadn't told the boys about our plan to try this spell, I just told them the triplets wanted us to stay with them.

So when they found out our plan for tonight, they weren't exactly on board.

"You want to what?" Billy asked.

"It's a spell, I'd be like a human ouija board. They'd be able to talk through me. Susan and Olivia could talk through me. You could actually talk to them."

He pinched the bridge of his nose with a groan, "and if something goes wrong?"

"The chance of anything bad happening is low," Brook explained.

"We're not going to throw her to the wolves," Audrey chided, "Riley and Brook have set up every kind of protection we can think of and Brook and I have the Latin down perfectly."

"No," Steve piped up, "no way. I'm drawing a line in the fucking sand here. Do not say anything in Latin. Haven't any of you seen a horror movie? Latin is always bad."

Riley laid a gentle hand on his shoulder, "Steve, it's just a language. Audrey and Brook know the language, they know what they're doing. Everything will be fine."

He clenched his jaw shut and looked back at me, one final attempt to stop this.

I looked from him to Billy, who was equally tense, "Billy, I want to do this. Everything's gunna be fine."

@charmed-asylum @champagnesugamama

[kazeshinigami]

"We could do both." He suggests. He wants to take Shuuhei to the places that were his usual haunts, but they're probably not that interesting. They lived at the same place for so long. Some shops must have also already been closed down by now. Barring his time in the army, he'd been here and stayed here for decades.

"Hotel, or apartment rental?" He offers up next. They are going through this bullet point by bullet point. In fact. He picks up a notepad to jot everything down. He could start on an itinerary. "I was thinking a long weekend.."

A deferential statement like “Whatever you want to do is fine,” lingers in the back of his mouth, but he rethinks it. He wouldn’t want Kensei to think he’s uninvested or, worse, caving in due to some kind of fear. “I’d like that,” he substitutes.

In fact, he goes the extra step of proving that he has at least considered what he could contribute. “I’m pretty sure the only venues I know in the World of the Living are dedicated to music or to sex — sometimes both. Not good for this sort of itinerary. Well, maybe the music, depending on what kind it was… Up to you.” He hopes he manages to mention all of this light-heartedly. He doesn’t want to put Kensei in a sour mood by the teensy reminder of Shuuhei’s former wild nightlife.

“In any case, a long weekend sounds great.” He laughs softly. “I can’t even remember the last time I took a real, actual vacation.” After a moment’s hesitation, he leans gently into Kensei’s side. “…I’m glad that I’ll be doing it with you.”

[marshmallowgoop]

I hope it's okay if I reblog this again with some additional info that I found thanks to your help!

For anyone else interested in textless openings and endings, I've now been able to put together a sort of guide for which ones you should be able to find. The main sources are the limited edition Best of Detective Conan albums listed above, as well as the limited edition Mai Kuraki x Detective Conan Collaboration Best 21 album, which I do think has clean OPs/EDs included on the DVD, since "non-telop" in this context probably refers to no onscreen text, lyrics, logos, etc.? But I haven't purchased the album yet, so I can't personally 100% confirm at the moment.

[EDIT: I have now purchased albums! Mai Kuraki x Detective Conan Collaboration Best 21 does indeed include a DVD with textless OPs and EDs. However, for songs that were also used as movie endings, only the clean movie ending is included. So, textless versions of show Endings 12 ("always") and 55 ("Togetsukyō ~Kimi Omou~") are not available on the DVD. A clean ED 12 is also not included on The Best of Detective Conan 2.]

Apart from that, as mentioned in the original ask, some of FUNimation's earliest English-language volumes include textless versions of OPs 1 and 3 and EDs 1, 3, and 4, but clean versions sadly weren't included on any of the seasonal sets; MagicBox has written about specifics here. Their releases also covered up 'til OP 4 (omitting OP 2), and while their openings do all have Case Closed or Detective Conan logos included, they're otherwise textless.

The same goes for the German dub openings—there are logos but no credits or lyrics. Crunchyroll Germany currently has episodes up 'til OP 15 available for streaming (omitting OPs 2, 3, and 6), and they've even released a video of all the German-dubbed openings on YouTube (but there are watermarks here that you won't actually find on Crunchyroll):

I also discovered that (non-rental versions of) Part 6 of the original Japanese DVDs do seem to include textless versions of a handful of openings and endings! For that one season, those videos were apparently the bonus instead of the postcards that are usually included with non-rental copies of those DVDs.

That's probably enough rambling, though! Lists are under the cut!

OPENINGS

1. Mune ga Dokidoki (FUNimation, German dub)

2. Feel Your Heart

3. Nazo (FUNimation, Part 6-5)

4. Unmei no Roulette Mawashite (FUNimation, German dub)

5. TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~ (German dub, Part 6-1)

6. Girigiri chop (Part 6-3)

7. Mysterious Eyes (German dub)

8. Koi wa Thrill, Shock, Suspense (German dub, Part 6-4)

9. destiny (German dub, Best 2)

10. Winter Bells (German dub, Best 2, Mai Kuraki)

11. I can't stop my love for you♥ (German dub, Best 2)

12. Kaze no Lalala (German dub, Best 2, Mai Kuraki)

13. Kimi to Yakusoku Shita Yasashii Ano Basho Made (German dub, Best 2)

14. START (German dub)

15. Hoshi no Kagayaki yo (German dub)

16. Growing of my heart (Mai Kuraki)

17. Shōdō

18. 100 Mono Tobira

19. Kumo ni Notte

20. Namida no Yesterday

21. Glorious Mind

22. Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de

23. Ichibyōgoto ni Love for you (Best 4, Mai Kuraki)

24. Mysterious (Best 4)

25. Revive (Best 4, Mai Kuraki)

26. Everlasting Luv (Best 4)

27. MAGIC (Best 4)

28. As the Dew (Best 4)

29. SUMMER TIME GONE (Best 4, Mai Kuraki)

30. tear drops (Best 4)

31. Don’t Wanna Lie (Best 4)

32. Misty Mystery (Best 5)

33. Miss Mystery (Best 5)

34. Kimi no Namida ni Konna ni Koi Shiteru (Best 5)

35. TRY AGAIN (Best 5, Mai Kuraki, Detective Conan Edition CD)

36. Q&A (Best 5)

37. Butterfly Core (Best 5)

38. Greed (Best 5)

39. DYNAMITE (Mai Kuraki)

40. WE GO

41. Nazo

42. Hane

43. Sekai wa Anata no Iro ni Naru

44. Ikusen no Meikyū de Ikusen no Nazo o Toite

45. Lie, Lie, Lie

46. Everything OK!! (Detective Conan Edition)

47. Countdown (Detective Conan Edition)

48. Timeline

49. Barairo no Jinsei (Detective Conan Edition (This also includes textless ED 59.))

50. ANSWER

51. Makka na Lip

52. JUST BELIEVE YOU

53. ZERO kara Hajimete (Detective Conan Edition)

54. YURA YURA

55. SLEEPLESS

ENDINGS

1. STEP BY STEP (FUNimation)

2. Meikyū no Lovers

3. Hikari to Kage no Roman (FUNimation)

4. Kimi ga Inai Natsu (FUNimation)

5. Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake

6. Kōri no Ue ni Tatsu Yō ni

7. Still for your love (Part 6-2)

8. Free Magic (Part 6-6)

9. Secret of my heart (Mai Kuraki, Part 6-7)

10. Natsu no Maboroshi

11. Start in my life (Best 2, Mai Kuraki)

12. always (only a textless version of the Movie 5 ED is included in The Best of Detective Conan 2 and Mai Kuraki x Detective Conan Collaboration Best 21)

13. Aoi Aoi Kono Hoshi ni (Best 2)

14. Yume Mita Ato de (Best 2)

15. Mushoku (Best 2)

16. Overture (Best 2)

17. Ashita o Yume Mite (Best 2)

18. Kimi to Iu Hikari (Best 2)

19. Nemuru Kimi no Yokogao ni Hohoemi o

20. Wasurezaki

21. June Bride ~Anata Shika Mienai~

22. Sekai Tomete

23. Thank You For Everything

24. Kanashii Hodo Anata ga Suki

25. Mō Kimi Dake o Hanashitari wa Shinai

26. Shiroi Yuki (Mai Kuraki)

27. I still believe ~Tameiki~

28. Sekai wa Mawaru to Yū Keredo

29. Yukidoke no Ano Kawa no Nagare no Yō ni

30. Summer Memories (Best 4)

31. GO YOUR OWN WAY (Best 4)

32. Koigokoro Kagayaki Nagara (Best 4)

33. Doing all right (Best 4)

34. Hikari (Best 4)

35. Hello Mr. my yesterday (Best 4)

36. Tomorrow is the last Time (Best 4, Mai Kuraki)

37. Jūgoya Crisis ~ Kimi ni Aitai ~ (Best 4)

38. Tsukiyo no Itazura no Mahō (Best 4)

39. Pilgrim (Best 5)

40. Your Best Friend (Best 5, Mai Kuraki)

41. Kanashii Hodo Kyō no Yūhi Kirei da ne (Best 5)

42. Overwrite (Best 5)

43. Koi ni Koishite (Best 5, Mai Kuraki)

44. Hitomi no Melody (Best 5)

45. Kimi no Egao ga Nani Yori mo Suki Datta (Best 5)

46. Ima Aitakute… (Best 5)

47. RAIN MAN (Best 5)

48. Muteki na Heart (Mai Kuraki)

49. Kimi e no Uso

50. Unmei no Roulette Mawashite

51. Futari no Byōshin

52. SAWAGE☆LIFE (Mai Kuraki)

53. YESTERDAY LOVE (Mai Kuraki)

54. Yume Monogatari

55. Togetsukyō ~Kimi Omou~ (only a textless version of the Movie 21 ED is included in Mai Kuraki x Detective Conan Collaboration Best 21)

56. Kamikaze Express

57. Sadame

58. Aozolighter (Detective Conan Edition)

59. Kimi to Koi no Mama de Owarenai Itsumo Yume no Mama ja Irarenai (Detective Conan Edition (This also includes textless OP 49.))

60. Sissy Sky

61. Sukoshi Zutsu Sukoshi Zutsu

62. Hoshiai

63. Reboot

64. Veronica

65. SWEET MOONLIGHT

So, I now know of ways to (probably) find textless versions of 36/55 openings and 37/65 endings, if I did my counting right 😅

Thank you again for your help! I had no idea where to even start looking for clean OPs/EDs, so I'm thrilled that I can pick up a nice chunk of them by just purchasing a few limited edition CDs. I hope these lists are useful for others who might be searching for textless openings and endings, too!

Happy New Year! I was wondering if you know where to find creditless openings and endings for DetCo? Aside from FUNimation's DVDs and the handful of German dub openings that are essentially creditless, I'm at a loss. While I do own many of the Japanese DVDs, none of them include clean OPs/EDs, though they are basically all old rental copies, so maybe they're missing extras that the regular volumes have? Do you know of any DVDs that do include clean OPs/EDs?

Actually, yes! As far as I know, even the non-rental versions of the show DVDs don’t contain creditless OP/EDs. However, the limited editions of some music CDs that have a DVD with them sometimes have them.

Limited edition CDs you should look into include:

The Best of Detective Conan 2

The Best of Detective Conan 4

The Best of Detective Conan 5

Mai Kuraki x Detective Conan Collaboration Best 21 (maybe? I don’t know what non-telop means)

TRY AGAIN

Everything OK!!

Countdown

These are the ones I could find for the moment, but there may potentially be others? Not sure.