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dropsofmoonlightzine · 11 months ago

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Happy Holidays everyone!

We hope you are doing well! First, thank you so much for your continued support of the Drops of Moonlight Zine Charity Project. Although the project has gone on for much longer than planned due to multiple hiccups that we have faced, we are still committed to have the physical and digital bundles distributed to those who have pre-ordered them. Once the hiccups listed below are resolved, we will be reaching out to those (contributors and supporters) who pre-ordered a bundle to collect shipping and handling, and ship everything out! With that, included below is a summary list of previous updates re: the current Murphy's Law poo that is holding the project up:

We're still missing 2/5th of the shipment of the printed volume. Production had been in delay because of the paper crisis and they arrived in increments slowly batch by batch. We bought from a small family-run vendor and they glue the covers by hand. We've been getting them in smaller batches, and two batches have yet to arrive. They don't ever update us re:status, but they have been consistent.

Our sticker order was lost in the mail. We're fighting with FedEx on whose fault this is. We have had to pay double customs to have it re-enter its country of origin and make the trip again, which is ongoing, and are trying to get reimbursed by FedEx, which is a lengthy process.

The coloring books arrived late and with faulty covers, and after much discussion with the company, it appears that the fault was entirely our own. One of our mods is paying for 400 new covers out of their own pocket and will fix them by hand.

Our local washi vendor pulled out and went bankrupt and radio silent. This was a huge problem both for budget and for getting a new one. We have one finally lined up, production has begun.

Booth has refunded part of our orders because it took too long, meaning our funds have further shrunk. We're in talks with Booth to save the rest. It's in Japanese so only one mod could handle it, and this is not the easiest.

The domain for our website was paid for two years and that was the time and funding allotted in the budget. These two years are up. We didn't notice that for the longest while, and then when we did, things like Booth happened, and we decided against renewing the domain so late in the game. We plan to ship the orders with Shopify and the portion of Booth orders that have not yet been refunded.

A few mods we won't name are on extended hiatus for critical life events that we won't call out for privacy, and because this project has gone on for much longer than anyone on the team has anticipated or consented to/planned for. This means the rest of the work is falling on fewer shoulders. Tasks and responsibilities have subsequently changed amongst the mod team since 2020; for instance, we don't have a mod in charge of communications right now and haven't had one in a while, which you do clearly notice.

We make all decisions together as a team, which makes us democratic and also slow. We react to things only together but it means we wait out mod meetings across four time zones for nodding off on all decisions.

Everything else is ready, layouted, translated, linked to, hosted online, printed, lined up, and arrived. Once everything else lines up/arrives, we will be reaching out to those who pre-ordered a physical bundle to collect shipping and handling, and then ship them out.

We realize that the timing of everything has not been ideal. We did not realize we bit off more than we could chew when we took this project on… and none of us Mods plan to take on anything like this ever again as all of us are doing this on our own time. We thank you for your continued support and wish you all a safe holiday season!

Love,

The Drops of Moonlight Zine Mod Team

Happy Holidays!

皆さまお元気でお過ごしでしょうか。まず初めに、いつも「月の雫」チャリティー・プロジェクトをご支援いただきありがとうございます。このプロジェクトは、さまざまな不運が重なったことにより予定よりかなり長引いていますが、ご予約いただいた皆様に、ZINEバンドルとデジタルバンドルをお届けすることをお約束します。下記の問題が解決した時点で、バンドル版を予約してくださった方々（寄稿者の皆さま、サポーターの方々）に連絡を取りZINEたちを発送する予定です。下記に記すのはこれまでこのプロジェクトの妨げとなってしまったことがらに関する過去のアップデートの要約です：

印刷会社より全量の2/5の出荷を未だ受け取っていません。製紙危機のために生産が遅れ、製本されたZINEが少量ずつ到着しています。今回購入したのは家族経営の小さな印刷会社で、彼らは手作業で表紙を糊付けしています。ZINEは少量のロットで納品されており、あと2つのバッチの到着を待っている状況です。

付録のシールで完成品の紛失がありました。国際輸送中に行方がわからなくなってしまったため、現在輸送会社のFedexと責任の所在を明らかにしようとしています。原産国から再度入国させるために関税を二重に支払う必要があり予算にも影響を与えるものでしたが、皆さまへ発送するためこれらの対応は現在も進行中です。

塗り絵の納品が遅れ、また表紙に欠陥がありました。印刷会社と確認した結果、どうやら私たちの責任であることが判明したため、モデレーターのひとりが、自腹で400冊分の新しい表紙を購入し、手作業で表紙を付け直している最中です。

マスキングテープを発注した地元の業者は倒産し、音信不通となりました。新しい業者に再発注する必要があり予算的にも大きな問題でしたが、ようやく1社が決まり、生産が始まりました。

発送まで期間が空きすぎたため、BOOTHで注文の一部がキャンセルとなりました。予約してくださった皆さまには申し訳ありませんでした。まだ残っている注文に関してはキャンセル期限延長をBOOTHと交渉中です。日本語対応可能なモデレーターがひとりで対応にあたっています。

私たちのウェブサイトはドメイン料が2年間支払われており、それが予算上割り当てられた時間と資金でしたが、この2年間が終了しました。そのことに長い間気づかず、気づいたときにはブースのようなことが起きていて、ドメインの更新はすべきではないと判断しました。Shopifyでの注文と、Boothでの注文のう��まだ返金されていない分については必ず発送する予定です。

このプロジェクトは、主催チームの誰もが予想し、同意し、計画したよりもはるかに長く続いています。モデレーターの何人かは私生活での緊急を要する事態によりプロジェクトを離れる必要があり、残りの仕事は少ない肩の上に乗っています。例えば、しばらくコミュニケーション担当のモデレーターが不在であることにお気づきの方も多いと思います。

私たちはチームとしてすべての決定を下すので、民主的であると同時に時間が掛かります。私たちは共に物事に対処しますが、それは4つのタイムゾーンにまたがって主催ミーティングを開催し、すべての決定でそれぞれが同意する必要があることを意味しています。

それ以外のすべてについては、準備を進め、レイアウトし、翻訳し、リンクを貼り、オンラインでホストし、印刷し、並べ、到着しています。すべての材料が揃い／到着し次第、ZINEバンドルを予約注文してくれた人たちに連絡を取り順次発送していく予定です。

すべてが理想的なタイミングではなかったことはもちろん承知しています。このプロジェクトを発足したとき、自分たちが扱い切れる以上のものを発案したことに気づいていませんでした。皆さまにはご心配をお掛けし本当に申し訳なく思っています。皆さまの変わらぬご支援に、心から、感謝いたします。

愛をこめて、

月の雫ZINE　主催チーム

#dropsofmoonlightzine #月の雫zine #sailor moon zine #zine #anime zine

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messenger-of-stupidity · 1 year ago

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Redacted Incorrect Quotes Pt. ?

Haha you really thought my lazy ass was gonna work on WIPs? Nah. Have some redacted incorrect quotes based on tweets I saw, either on the app or screenshots of.

No I don’t care if the dashes are uneven.

Redacted Masterlist

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Angel: *Flirting poorly with Davey at the grocery store* Hey so do you eat food often?

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Sweetheart: Curious George is not a monkey because he has no tail. He is an ape. He will grow into a silverback gorilla and kill the man with the yellow hat in a display of dominance.

Milo: I’m literally just trying to read to Aggro.

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Milo: I love when kittens yell, but their heads are too big so they squint.

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Guy: Roommate broke up with boyfriend that cooks for us. Excuse me while I go die.

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Angel: In 1920 we took children out of the coal mine. In 2020 the most popular game on the market is minecraft.

Baabe: Children yearn for mines.

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*3 AM*

No one:

LITERALLY no one:

Asher, in wolf form: I wonder if I can break the record with how loud I can lick my paw.

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Darlin: If civilization crumbles, I have a little flashlight in a drawer somewhere.

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Sweetheart: Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmastime” is about friends practicing magic but when someone walks in they have to play it cool.

Milo: No. It isn’t.

Sweetheart: *starts singing* The moon is bright, the spirits up. We’re here tonight, and that’s enough. *whispers* This is the part where someone comes in. *Continues pointedly* Simply having a wonderful christmastime!

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Angel: My husband gives people a thumbs down instead of flicking them off when driving. He reports that a thumbs down makes them a lot more angry.

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Adam: I would be such a good “dead wife”. Like, can you imagine how good I would look in a dead wife flashback sequence? Someone make me their “dead wife.

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David: As a kid I thought Simba was crazy for running away after the death of Mufasa. But now watching it as an adult, I get it. It did look pretty incriminating of him leading Mufasa to that gorge. Witnesses saw him singing “I just can’t wait to be king.” A persecutor could do some real damage with that conviction.

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Honey: I don’t like the saying “don’t speak ill of the dead”. It always struck me as disingenuous. People are multi-layered. Yes, I did light up a room. But I also stole my roommate’s milk to make mac and cheese blackout hammered. Let’s acknowledge both sides.

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David, giving a pep talk to the pack: For anyone feeling down, just remember Velveeta cheese has been on the market since 1918. If trash cheese can succeed, so can you. And for anyone who likes Velveeta cheese, I’m sorry. I’m sorry you like trash cheese.

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Angel: Lying awake thinking about the time I ordered a giant magikarp plush from Japan but then got refunded because the plushie got crushed under a shipping container.

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Asher, and maybe Guy too: I’m here if you need moron support. It’s like moral support but I’m stupid.

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David: If I have to throw a party for my pack, it will be breakfast. Not lunch. Not dinner. It will start at 8:30 am so there is a valid reason for no one to come and I can kick them out before noon because I only promised breakfast, not lunch. The introverts will win even if it kills me.

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Milo and Ollie: My cat has no responsibilities, but all day he walks from around the house, from room to room, with this sense of purpose, as if he has a long to-do list of tasks no one asked for. Just a weird small furry dude going about his little cat errands.

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Freelancer: Aww my microbiome fancies some high quality fermented foods, does it? A little kombucha perhaps? I don’t give a shit. I’m a megabiome, I do what I want. I’m having a fanta lemon. I’ll swallow coins.

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Lovely: I would be an awesome drug dealer. Like, can you imagine? *giggles* We don’t have coke, is pepsi okay?

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Freelancer: Math professors be wildin like “a man tossed a coin, find the probability of him getting a head?” BRO WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU GOT A H-

Huxley: I wanna reply back same to my data analytics professor so badly!!

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David, at the pack solstice parties: I, myself, am understaffed at this time.

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Milo with Marie watching Aggro for him:

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Asher: Fuck your zodiac sign, what button do you press when it says “press any button to start”

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bluebeatleisslay · 2 years ago

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Aonung x netwyam

so I barely ever see this ship so I’m gonna do it. I obviously know that they’re like 15-16 so it will be more kid friendly feel free to request anything

Aonung x neteyam

Aonung POVs

who is that… why is he blue? He’s different… he looks pretty- wait no Aonung don’t think like that…but he is tho… hmm I wanna know more about him

Neteyam povs

who is that? As I walk up to the island I see more avatars, but they have a different colour than us. They are like turquoise, I’m confused, I’ve only ever known blue avatars maybe it’s because they are living different than us so they adapted to the water?.. he’s kind of cute… who is that.. hmm I should get to know him…

Skipping to a little while later to where they’re teaching them the ways of the water .

Aonung POVs

neteyam.. I say slowly I have never felt this way about someone but I would never let him know..yet

yes? he says

after a while, because I’m lazy AF skips to the part where he take some out beyond the reef because he’s jealous and wants to show off but i’m going to switch it up to where he loses neteyam I can’t find him so he goes back and tells everybody

Jake/sully POVs

all I hear is screaming and yelling. What’s going on I run out to see what’s happening and I see what’s happening I run over and yell TONOWARI WHATS HAPPENING-

Tonowari POVs

my son took your son outside of the reef when he knows not to tell them what happened Aonung.

Aonung POVs

Sir I’m sorry I took him outside of the refund. I know I should have I just wanted … show off I guess but I lost him am sorry sir…

jake/sully POVs

I gasp. Where is he bring me to him yell as I run to the water animals and get onto one. Everybody else starts going screaming something about how it’s not safe and they’ll come with me

Aonung POVs

yea sir, I say, as I hop on a water animal, and start demanding it to go to the reef where neteyam is.. I’m so scared… I messed up bad I know what I did was wrong, but I just show off I was.. I wanted him to like me.. I feel so sick inside. What if he’s hurt what if.. what if he’s dead, I don’t need to do I start panicking, but I need to calm down. We will never get there if I get worked up in the animal flies me off. I think as they start coming down, sir I say we’re almost there.

Jake sully POVs

you better be I’m disappointed in you but right now I don’t have the time, your father is your same and your mother. I’m not your parents so I can’t really punish you, but what you did was wrong don’t ever do that again if you get someone really hurt, we won’t know that yet though I say to Aonung.. I start spacing off until I hear him talking I turn right back in to reality..

aonung POVs Sir, I’m so sorry I just wanted to show off, I know I shouldn’t have, but I just I just it’s it’s hard to explain. I’ll tell you when we get back and when everybody is safe I know I have to tell you because it’s important. Am sorry sir I say to Jake…

jake sully’s

sure son make sure you tell me if it’s that important. Remember if we can’t find my son there will be consequences…

I can tell that Aonung shivered..

neteyam POVs

I got the Fish !! I got the fish AONUNG!! .. I look around confused for a moment. Where is everybody? Aonung I yell? where are you? Is this some funny joke this isn’t funny. come on you can stop fooling me now just come out we need to go back, we will be late. Father will be mad. Still yet no one answers. Maybe this isn’t a joke I think…. Oh no, I don’t know the way of the water!! I don’t know where to go!! I scramble looking around in the water helplessly. I start feeling sick. sick to my stomach. What am I gonna do? I get cut off by my thought as I suddenly see a fin in the water. What is that? I try to look closer it’s moving in on me what- I realize some thing it’s moving fast at me and it looks hungry. I start swimming back to where I thought I came from but I realize I won’t be fast enough. I turn around and see that it’s getting closer scrambling, I try to look for at least something to sit on like a big rock or at least a small island. Yeah, I see nothing until I see a small island or a small rock I can’t really tell but I just start swimming to it, my heart is beating out of my chest. I’m pretty sure I might have a heart attack or whatever you have when you get scared too much. Oh shock I think no no it’s not the time to be thinking of this. I need to survive this I need to go on land. I think I’m getting closer. I can tell I’m too afraid to look back. I can’t start swimming even faster. I can’t afford to lose my life I just can’t. I’m so scared right now I’m getting so close to land, but I feel something touch my leg I shriek and swim even faster. I thought that was not possible. finally I get on land as the shark or whatever type of animal you call it tries to attack me but clearly can’t because I thankfully made it on the island..

I flop down, exhausted I can’t as I realize I just escaped a near death experience…. again, I laugh, Oh my god did I really just escape that I say it loud.

suddenly I hear like a light yellow so I think I’m hallucinating he would come back for me. I’m in the middle of nowhere but it’s getting closer and tomorrow I look up and see my dad and Aonung and a lot more people I don’t really know their names though. Over here! Yell as I stand up and wave my hands jumping up, they see me and rush towards me. My dad hops of his animal whatever you’d like to call it and runs to me and put his hand on my shoulder and says, are you OK son??? I could tell that he was really worried I reply with just Dad I’m OK. Did you see that I escaped- but I start myself before I could even say that.. I shouldn’t say anything about what happened while I was alone because well what is Aonung get in big trouble? I wouldn’t want that. It was stupid teenager stuff and I’ve done it too. It’s in the past now. Well it’s in the present. I guess you could say but anyways-

Jake sully POVs

are you OK son ??, neteyam replies with yea dad I’m OK.. I can’t shake the feeling of what just happened or what could’ve happened he could’ve been hurt or worse I don’t even wanna think about that

Tonowari POVs

I can’t believe you, my son, disrespected my trust any disrespected my rules, I know you wanted to show off. We will have a long talk when we get back home. I say to my son as he looks down ashamed as he should, but I can’t shake but feeling a little sad. I know he didn’t mean it I know he wanted to show off, and I also know he has grown on that boy do you like that boy and we avatars are not judging people we except and I will accept him if it’s true. Of what I see…

OK so I just want a lot and because I’m so lazy I’m gonna skip because I know if I don’t I’ll literally be here forever just writing one page so I’m going to skip it to where the older brother almost dies while he does die but I’m gonna make it so he doesn’t so this is where he gets shot and then they all gather up there, but I’m gonna make it so Aonung is there and neteyam is to but I really think he is lol anyways, I’m just wasting time lol OK back to the writing..

oh my God stop I just realize he was the one who got shot OK forget what I just said I’m gonna make it, so yeah oh my god just forget what I just said

aomung POVs

oh no, no no no this can’t be happening I think to myself I finally love someone and then they get hurt. I scramble up to go see him I’m so scared. I’ve never been so worried in my life. Are you OK? neteyam do you need help? I know a little bit of healing pls let me help u.. I scramble to say my hands, shaking, trembling, shaking over his wound I don’t know what to do with myself until he says yes pls do some thing I don’t want to die I just wanna go home. my heart shatters, and I bet everybody around to look up to get approval from Jake and the mom nari? I forget her name but it’s really not important right now not gonna put my hands over his wound/ do you know where Tonowaris wife heals the sister sorry I’m not good with names, but exactly like that scene but instead because he’s not asleep, you can see the wound closing and slowly stops bleeding but there is a scar but it’s not really noticeable, unless you actually physically look at even then it’s not really bad OK anyways back to the story/ I pant as that took a lot off put me as I am not a female I can’t put much of my energy in to it,

neteyam POVs

what- I think, i can feel my wound slowly healing over and stop bleeding. I obviously knew he was going to heal me, but I didn’t think that is how it was going to be like. Fast. I thought it was gonna be slow paced. He looks exhausted. I can hear him panting, but honestly I’m too exhausted to really look up. I’m muffle out a thank you before it going dark.

Neytirls povs

I took a big present and shakily sign out I’m so thankful that he’s alive. They both look really exhausted I look over to my son neteyam and see he passed out I would normally be concerned, but I know that both took a lot out of them and he was just ruined it a while ago so he will be needing rest as for Aonung and I do know about the liking each other it’s rather obvious.. and I support it I don’t know how I got thinking about this, but all I know that it’s over and we are a fortress for our family.. finally four is over.. I think we should head back now get back to the water people and make sure that everybody’s probably healed OK I say. I see everybody, not as they agree, and we head back. After that everybody is checked in and everybody has seen a doctor on everybody’s perfectly OK, except for a few cats will either than that everybody is living and breathing no one died, except for the bad people..

a little while later

writers pov

Neteyam sitting down in his bed when Aonung come in. Hey.. Aonung says look I know what I did was wrong and I just wanted to show off. I learned my lesson and I won’t do it again but I wanted to get this off my chest…. I like you.. and I guess I’m here to confess it I wanted to show off to take your side of the reef to show the “male or strong part of me, because traditions of us, or whatever to show that we are worthy of becoming ur mate.. am sorry teteyam.. Aonung says as he looks up thinking, he’s going to see a disappointment and disgusted face. Instead, he sees. Neteyam smiling softly… oh how beautiful that smile is Aonung thinks..

No.. aonung I understand I have made a fool of myself to before and I think it’s very brave of you to offer to go outside of the reef with me.. I understand that you couldn’t go out there. Don’t worry I go to lotta places that I can’t go to. Ur not the only one..neteyam says as he giggles.. but then he signs and smiles softly as he looks up to Aonung I like you too Aonung and I wish for us to be together.. neteyam says nervous..

yes neteyam I would love that but.. Aonung says as he looks up a little disappointed I need your parents approval and it will be hard to get because I disrespected and put you in danger- before Aonung could finish the sentence both parents of neteyam and Aonung included quite literally pop out of nowhere and Jake says you have my approval… quite literally startling Aonung oh my God, you scared the shi- out of me Aonung says Aonung father gives him a warning glare, but then he softens and says I don’t know if it matters, but you have my approval to, then Neytirl says you have my approval. But .. do not put him in danger again or else…

Aonung shivers once again…

five years later, or however, long until they are 24 years old if I’m confusing you I neteyam and Aonung like now in the time skip they are 24

and I’m also gonna just slip in here that neteyam could have kids … um anyways no SMUT PLS

we’re keeping a child friendly here

:))

There’s gonna be a little bit of Intel to kind of match up with what happened before this if you get what I mean you probably understand certain Soon

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neteyam POVs

am scared what am I gonna tell Aonung I didn’t know I could get pregnant how is this possible i’m freaked out- I suddenly get knocked out of my thoughts by Aonung saying honey am home in his language, I smile to myself I love how he talks :)

oh hi honey I’m how was work?? I ask

it was good love.. what wrong you seem off today? He asks

oh um.. sit down.. I need to tell u something I say

oh ok.. Aonung says

I’m am..am pregnant.. I say i’m scared to look at him when I do.. I see a surprised and happy face, not one single hatred or shock in his face

ong really ? Aonung asks

yes I say..

omg he jumps up like a child like to go to myself he then picks me up and twirls around, hugging me screaming am going to be a dad…

I smile ..

wait how am I gonna tell my dad I say it loud

oh shi- Aonung says

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Jake POVs

I look up and see my son and his mate Aonung running over to me and my wife Neytirl. I see them looking excited. but it vanishes as I can tell they try to act serious hmm what are they up to?? I think

Neytirls pov

hello my son, what are you doing here today? I ask

neteyam POVs

Oh mama I have wonderful news.. am pregnant I smile, my hands connected, fidgeting, nervous of what her response would be and dads

Neytirl POVs

seriously ..? I say shocked I’ve been green and smile and yell excitingly am going to be a grandma are you really pregnant.. omg my son am so happy for u

I don’t look at Jake..

jakes POVs

omg I think am going to be a grandpa I yell jumping up and hugging my son am so happy for u my son I said and the i look at Aonung and realize they Yk did it… my Face goes blank wait.. I say that mean u and my son I say oh god I say horrific and traumatized.. Aonung chuckles nervously… hehe.. umm Aonung says

My traumatize FaceTime turns into a smile and I say we’ll look alike ur family now Aonung I say ans smlie but everybody looks at me confused what? I say neteyam says I thought he was already family the. I starting dating him? Haha um.. yeah he was.. hah I nervously chuckle

mention of male giving birth

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before anything happens I’m just gonna tell you that it’s going to be like a normal birth like how female do okkk

Writers POVs, because this is way too much lol.

neteyam and Aonung I’m talking about the names they are thinking about when Aonung brings up at all of his parents have had more boys than girls, so he thinks that the first one’s gonna be a boy but neteyam disagrees and says that he is certain it will be a girl, and that he just has a feeling it will be as they are both discussing what gender they think it will be neteyam interrupts him, saying that we need to find a name for a girl and a boy then Aonung comes up with /big name / Catheán / I just made it up but let’s say it means warrior and they come up with the girl name and it’s Athena i’m just gonna say it means healer I don’t think it means that in real life, but in this it will😊

Aonung begins to say to his stomach hi my little baby it’s dads and am going to love I so much..

neteyam giggles, but then stops as he feel’s something wet running down he like he then starts to feel pain and he slowly traps holding onto Aonung shoulders, groaning in pain

Neteyam are u ok??? Aonung asks worried

I think the baby is coming.. neteyam groans out and says call the doctors NOW he yells

Aonung yells for help when they come

i’m just gonna skip with a little bit of trouble and go into where he’s hurting the baby

I can’t pls it hurts so much neteyam cry’s out

Shh it’s ok u can do this remember what they said they said that this is all gonna be worth it in the end Aonung says

neteyam yells AHHHHHH

One of the doctors/healers say just mot emote push and they are out..

he pushs one more time and hears baby crys

someone else’s POVs Jake and Neytirl are waiting out side of the room when they hear baby vets and they look at each other and smlie

back to neteyam POVs

I cry as they said it’s a boy I look at Aonung and see he crying to they hand my son over to me and I look like him with pure bliss… I look like Aonung and see he looking at me and he smiles and he’s say so I guess the name is Catheán huh..? I giggle u wanted a boy didn’t I love I say he smlie softly and he yes I did love.. I hand over Catheán to his dad Aonung and smlie

Aonungs pov

I look at my beautiful son Catheán his name fits him.. he’s so beautiful he will be sure to have all the girls and boy after him.. I smile softly and close my eyes bringing my face up to his.. I see you I say /if this means something romantic, then forget it, but because I don’t really know a lot of contacts behind it, I think it means like along the lines of like I love you😅/ after a while they say that they’re bringing in the parents. Oh I forgot to say that Aonungs parents are there and they had the same reaction as neteyam did but his mom gasps when she heard the baby like a good gasp and she smliedd

OK skipping to the part where they’re coming in the parents

Writers Pov

as Jake,Neytiri,Tonowari,Tsireya walk in they see neteyam and Aonung smiling at each other before they look at their parents smell like them telling them to come in and meet their grandchild

meet Catheán Aonung says to he’s parents and neteyams parents

all the moms/ grandmas shrink with happiness as they run over to their grandchild as the granddad‘s laugh and walk over to the baby boy..

after like a year because I’m so lazy and it’s like four in the morning 🥹🥹🙌🏻

All the memories well all the memories in the year that have happened with the famliy if u know what I mean lol

There will be more here—>

not done yet because I suck at writing

pretend that the family one with them all sitting it’s just three people neteyam and Aonung and the son <3

Am working on it sorry y’all <3

#aonung #neteyam

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corvidszines · 3 days ago

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ALL THAT FEARS: An Entity Swap Zine

IMPORTANT UPDATE regarding physical orders.

We appreciate the patience that everybody has exhibited for us in this very long time period for shipping the All That Fears zine & merchandise.

This is our current status update for the project:

As of right now, our shipping moderator has abandoned us and the project. All of the unshipped merchandise and books currently reside with them. After countless promises to send them out, we have lost hope. We held out for a while in hopes we would not have to rebuy, but a team of four have been actively trying to contact this moderator, and while we get occasional responses, they are uncooperative. This is not the only project they have abandoned either, as we've heard from a member of our shipping team that this is something that the same moderator has done to another zine.

We sincerely apologize for this extended delay.

The head mod team of ATF will have to repurchase all books and merchandise. This will be at no additional cost to anybody who has already made their purchase and is waiting for their order. While the moderating team is doing everything we can to pay for this out-of-pocket, this is not entirely possible. So, we will be reopening digital sales until December 31st, at the original price of $10, to help cover the costs of repurchasing.

If you have purchased and are yet to receive your zine, please keep an eye on your email for important updates, or email us to request a refund if you are no longer interested in your order.

Once we have the new books and merch with our new shipping moderator, we will post new photos of the products and resend out the address change form.

As always, please email or DM us if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you for your support through this time. We are doing absolutely everything we can to put this product into your hands.

#tma zine #entity swap zine

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faolonfiendrender · 3 months ago

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Piracy is easy money, you just find a poorly guarded shipping channel between some imperial power, and some colony that produces either high value mineral wealth or high value cash crops, wait there with your boat (don't worry about food or water, I'm sure we can handle these problems as they come up) or even better, wait on an island the ship comes near. Attack the ship, but make clear that you aren't necessarily wanting to kill them, you just want a bunch of cargo, and we can do this without shots fired if they just let you on board to take what you need.

After doing this a bunch and not spending the money you get from smuggling a few dozen barrels of sugar or tea at market rates minus the king's tariffs or selling off plantations at cut rates to people those in power don't want to own shit because you stole the deeds, and as such the means to modify ownership from some bastard passenger who tried to threaten you. He deserved it, he owned a plantation.

But suddenly you start seeing that your unguarded sea lane is guarded and apparently that bastard was an actual bastard of some noble and now your friendly port is no longer so friendly because some spoiled guy who's grandfathers grandfathers great grandfather was a gallant variety of mass murderer known as a knight raised a big stink about his bastard being deprived of his property and the guy you sold it too is mad and won't take barrels of brown sugar as refund.

And to make matters worse, it seems the bastard held a grudge as two guys you know are sellswords have been following you now that you've fled to a freeport. And one day they find you in an alley, and you only survive because you know the trick to throw a knife on point and the other guy's sword gets caught in his sheath allowing you to smack him in the face with your empty pistol. In response to your shouting for explanation the guy who now has a black eye says that a bastard payed them to kill you.

So now of course you are here to kill the next time you go pirating, but the bastard ain't even in his plantation, so you have now killed the supervisors and guards and people are looking at you like you had a plan besides killing the overfancy prick who ruined your life. And apparently this plantation runners didn't speak your language and neither do all these people who didn't join the fight because it wasn't theirs, just happening near them.

So, you find one of them that does speak your language, and you ask them to help you with that galleon your crow's nest spotted 20 minutes ago on the other side of the bay.

So of course, you all slip across in dinghies without the ability to see because the lot of you can't risk the light. And while everything is so dark, you hear commotion on the galley, and then shots and cursing, but they don't seem to be shooting at you so you keep going.

When you get there, some guys in fancy uniforms are hanging in nooses from the mast, and one of the sailors spots you and asks to parley. Apparently the captain was from the imperial power, and the crew were from one of the older colonies, and their favorite singer was singing a good old song that they loved, but the captain didn't like not knowing what was sung, so the song mocking his nation's cruelty to them was swapped to his language. The captain shot him, and the crew decided that he wasn't fit, and he wouldn't step down so the mutiny turned lethal.

So you, and your new friends realize that you have no good place to go, and neither does the galley, so the lot of you propose that you all just hope that this tiny island is overlooked and you can all live hear. After all, if it can grow sugar, it can grow grains, and besides you can just steal from passing merchant ships.

And things are good until the bastard arrives with a small army because he hasn't heard from his plantation. So, the galley and your ship, both anchored at opposite sides of the mouth of the bay to act as fortresses of sort shoot down a bunch of his ships.

Not enough though, as a ship of bastard soldiers get through. and your friends on the land are damn good at their fighting, but you had neglected munitions for those on the land because the ships are more important so your people flee to the jungle.

You meet them there. Some were captured. You spy on the old plantation and see gallows are being built. You come up with a plan.

Night falls, and the patrols thin. With knives and infantry sabers and shovels and sickles glinting in the dark, your people sneak with the prowess of a master hunter, the prey being men in gaudy uniforms with rifles and large swords. Mercenaries.

They didn't bother to make the powderhouse a different building than it was six months ago when you freed these people on accident. You steal away with their munitions, their powder, their bullets, their muskets and rifles and blunderbii. Your people are armed. A gun and ten shots and a blade to every man, and several women.

Just before the watch should change, you attack. You bring your best men as your guard. One is a mutineer, big burly man with arms thicker than some people's legs, best with a rapier of all things, though you can believe it those things were always heavy in your hand compared to the pistols and knives you preferred. Another is the man you would have made your first mate if he had let you, instead he's simply the senior deckhand with extra shares, and he likes those old swords that knights used. Finally is a woman who came forward from the former slaves, give her a sickle or machete or cutlass and she can beat five men thrice her size without even using the sharp edge. And of course you brought your club and your pistols and your knife, swords always felt heavy to you.

everyone else catches the soldiers in their barracks, formerly the huts your people had improved or built over your time there. You go to the manor house. You oddly find no guards, but you find the bastard, awake, with a crazed look in his eyes.

He simply says of course it was you before leveling some strange contrivance that looks like someone shoved a pan flute with three pipes through a pistol. It is a gun, he shoots each of your friends before the pipes fall out of his pistol and your friends fall groaning to the ground. He draws the sabre at his side, you draw a pistol. you manage to draw and fire twice. The first time, you hit his sword's basket at an odd angle, leading the bullet to ricochet. The second gun grazes him.

He is on you. You can barely draw your knife in time to make his sabre fall away as you backpedal. by the next swing in range, you have your club. It is back and forth, him swinging at your head then switching low to gut you, you managing to catch his blade on your knife and bringing your club down at him before he steps back and immediately reengages. It is clear he is trying to lure you into a pattern so that he can set up an opening to strike. You try to punish him each time. It is clear the blows from your club and light cuts from your knife are slowing him.

Eventually you see an opening, he stepped back and rose his blade in anticipation of you striking at his head. You lunge forward with your knife. You were wrong. The cutlass mercifully only catches your shoulder with the weak of the blade, so the arm is still there, but you are bleeding heavily. He is too. Your dagger made it into his gut.

In your panic you managed to grab his sabre hand, though you dropped your club in the process. You grapple with the saber while he grapples to keep you from using your knife more. He lets go of the knife to claw at your shoulder. You manage to stab again, this time getting under his ribs. You hear his sword clatter to the ground.

Blood is smeared in your face as he tries to claw at it, blood is smeared on your hand as you stab him again with what mobility you can get. You keep stabbing as he starts trying to beat the back of your head, but mostly hitting your shoulders.

Your third pistol, slung on your chest, pressed uncomfortably between you two. You feel movement, quick movement, on it. and heat, like someone laid a hot iron bar between the both of you. and then you hear the bang and the feel the pain shoot through your pectoral muscle and feel the hand beating you go limp.

As you roll off of the bastard, you see that there is a hole in the underside of his chin, and the side of your chest opposite your injured shoulder has a gash in it, with your pistol pointing up said gash towards where his head was. As the adrenaline fades, so does both your ability to feel pain, and your vision.

The last thing you see is a large group bursting through the door, you note with pride that they are wearing plain clothes, not the ostentatiousness of those mercenaries.

You are still unsure if you died and this is the hereafter, or if you lived. Your old mate died, but the other two lived, though neither of them will be the same. Nor will you. both arms hurt to move fast or lift much, a scar runs up from your sternum to your right shoulder, one matches along your left shoulder blade. You know your little land of those who wish to be free won't stay relatively unnoticed after that, but by god, you lived.

#writing

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madmaryholiday · 2 months ago

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work actually managed to be worse than i expected.

they did actually dismantle the electronics department, and all the stuff waiting to be processed was unceremoniously dumped into boxes to be posted by whoever.

carts were waiting at people's stations in the morning, which at least meant nobody had to wait right away, but the amount of extra work it requires means i fully expect that to fall apart immediately. carts were wildly different, with some having very few items and some being packed with like 30+ cub boxes.

i also saw someone moving jewelry totes (the big plastic boxes full of jewelry that they zip-tie closed so people don't steal shit before it gets to the locked jewelry department) being moved into the main processing area, so it appears that they might also be processing jewelry there now, too.

no idea what that means for the people who were previously processing jewelry behind a locked door because management didn't want people stealing shit.

they're also apparently not testing anything except stuff they need to reformat, so the onus to test electric/electronic items is on the listers. nevermind that the reason processing started testing everything in the first place was to reduce the number of refunds we had to give to angry customers.

jane and james no longer get to process their own stuff, either. james said at least one of the lots of mixed-genre records he got was over the weight limit shipping gave him for lots, so he split it in half to make them shippable. (previously, he sorted records into lots by genre so that people who liked one particular genre would want to pay more for a lot, but fuck that, i guess.)

i told him that next time, he should just do the lot as given to him and let shipping kick it back for a refund. we can't be breaking our backs trying to compensate for shitty policy changes.

guys i'm so fucking tired.

i've been prepping my parents for the possibility that i might actually quit my job, and while i REALLY don't want to quit, it might actually be happening soon. depends on how much worse things in general get and how offensive management's treatment of us gets. i'm still hoping to be fired instead, but if they're not even paying enough attention to us to know that my numbers have been in the toilet for the last year, idk if they'll care enough to fire me for it.

we'll see, i guess.

#working birdie

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emilieautumnarchives · 2 months ago

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Missing Orders Shipping, and the Secret’s Almost Out…

Posted: August 2, 2006 Archived from BonnyTymePyrate’s Journal Archives

My Dearest Marzipan Cream Buns,

This is to let you all know that we are finally seeing all of the past robbery-delayed orders out the door by the end of this week!

We’ve got the Traitor Girls working like mad to get everything together, and we’re counting on you to let us know if your order wasn’t received starting the end of NEXT week (give it time to ship!) so that we can give you a refund and our heartfelt apologies - there are still some lost databases, so I won’t be surprised if we miss a few orders, therefore please be patient with us (we know you have been already) and let us know if you’ve not gotten your order by e-mailing [email redacted].

Of course, we will happily issue refunds to anyone who is sick of the whole debacle, and I can promise you that, within a week, an announcement will be made that will insure that this horrible situation never ever happens again…wait for it, trust me;)

Also, I would like to make a massive request of you all!!!

As I’m sure you know, the muffin database was on the computers that were stolen from the studio, so in preparation for some very VERY big news I have to whisper into your dear little ears, I would like to ask you to please RE-sign up for the Deadly EA Mailing List here:

[Mailing List Signup]

And do visit again tomorrow for pix from ComicCon where I did an interview for Japanese TV and was thought to have super powers!!

I think I’ll sleep for a very short while…it’s only morning…

With Love & Bloody Crumpets from the Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls,

#2006 #opheliac era #journal #journals #journal entries #journal archives

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aikouncoloured · 10 months ago

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To start off this page here are my dolls. I collect them because I can and because I love the way they look and the vibe they give off. I obviously don't have favourites... off topic my favourite flowers are roses... anyway, so the names, I'm not the greatest at naming things or people so I obviously panicked a little at first when getting each doll, however Rose came with her name written on a little label so I did not have to figure out her name, her full name is Rosaline btw. When I get my dolls I don't want to just gIvE them names because that seems a little. disrespectful because they're vintage so surely they have their own names so I just kind of don't name them until I get the overwhelming vibe of the name, the longest I've had to wait for the name to get put in my brain is 2 days with Angelica, the other two just instantly came to me. I bought Rose first, she was my first ever porcelain doll, I'm not sure why I decided to look on Ebay for dolls but I just did, I found her pretty fast for £13 (including shipping) and when she came my mother wasn't impressed and I LOVE HER. Then came Jane, I didn't actually buy her, my landlady who loves my vibe and room found her at a charity shop and asked if she should buy her for me and ofc I said YES. She actually gave me Jane for complete free even after I gave her money. My mother likes Jane because she thinks she's pretty and small, which I agree she is very pretty and her clothes are lovely. Next came Vivianne, she was a bit of a hard decision, you see I have a charity shop near me and for a week straight I went to that charity shop everyday and every time I saw these two dolls in a glass case there and every time I had the URGE to buy one, at some point I gave up and went to the charity shop and bought Vivianne for a small amount of £3.50, insanity. And then there's Angelica, now you see during my entire porcelain doll experience I've always admired the dolls in bridal wear that came up on my Ebay, of course I never considered actually buying one since they're always expensive because... it's bridal wear, but on this particular day I had an overwhelming need to look on Ebay for a doll and I found HER. As soon as I saw her I just knew I needed her. She was priced at £10.50 and £5.99 shopping, which is quite an amount but for a bridal wear doll in such condition I was WILLING to buy her. I placed a bid and prayed to my spiritual guardian that no one outbids me since I'm a broke collector so I would probably cry, but then my mother gave me a reality check saying, literally who else is gonna want to buy a doll other than you. Then an interesting thing happened, first off all when she first came to my door I got a BIG cut somehow and bled a lot but not on her dw, not the weirdest thing since I'm clumsy but noteworthy possibly. Anyway, while I was putting her on my wall in her box I realised her foot /shoe was broken and the pieces that were broken off were in a sperate bubble wrap bag, I thought this was odd since it wasn't on the Ebay listing, I wrote to the seller telling her that I don't want to return her (cause I fell in love) but that I would've liked some kind of notice of this on the listing, I didn't expect a refund i was merely notifying the seller of this to which this lovely woman said she'd give me a refund, so Angelica was only £5.99 (cause shipping) and I have now fixed her foot dw. THAT IS MY DOLL STORY. Thank you for listening. You're very welcome. Good day to you.

[the dolls names are on the ALT text of the pictures so you don't get confused]

#porcelain dolls #doll #vintage #story #doll collecting

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mikimeiko · 11 months ago

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Sardinia - Day 1 - to Livorno and the ferry!!!

Of course I got a cold and spent all the Christmas days quite sick. The last thing I want right now is to leave for one of my crazy train trips XD but too much non refundable money has been spent, and so to Sardinia we go! (Well, to Tuscany today, but I will wake up near the Sardinian coast :D)

I waited so long for the bus to the train station that I almost missed my first train. Luckily the train was a couple of minutes late XD

It's not the best weather to travel (of course all those days I spent sicklishly cooped up inside my house wear perfect sunny days) but at least it's not raining.

Through Lombardy...

... Piedmont...

... Liguria...

...and Tuscany.

I saw an almost full moon rising from behind the mountains, all yellow and big.

Livorno seems ok, though it's hard to get an idea of a city when it's dark - the soft, yellow lights make the things they light look the same and the things they don't light disappear.

This disquieting heatwave we've been having for the past week (15°? In December?!) makes walking around even in the dark less gruelling that it would have been in proper winter temperatures.

I went to the port a little early because I didn't really have anything else to do... and good thing I did, because it turned out my ferry actually left from a different, farther port D: I'm an idiot for not checking better, and now I'm 20 euros poorer for a taxi fare I probably could have avoided, but I AM GETTING ON THE FERRY so everything is fine.

This is the first time that I found escalators in a ship! And... there was actually only one escalator. Then there were only stairs. LIARS.

I have a very nice cabin!

The ship looked very big while I was getting to my cabin, but most of it is dedicated to sleeping quarters: the areas I can explore are few and very crowded, so I retreat outside in the pool/bar area (currently closed for winter, but there are tables and benches and a lot less people).

#photography #travel #italy #posting this now before the ship leaves because i will not have phone service later #sardinia 2023 #mag travels from time to time #i just want a tag for the things i personally put out into the world

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superlistist · 2 years ago

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Title: Majima starts

Fandom: Yakuza

Ship: Kiryu Kazuma x Goro Majima

Word count: 4,490

Tags and notes;

NSFW

The average man after encountering a woman like Goromi would have immediately stood and asked for a refund! To add insult to injury, Goromi herself was particularly peculiar, with a dominant and brash personality. Any man who decides to stay for a chat with such a woman would ask for a refund even if they had even a bit of interest. Despite this, Kazuma Kiryu seems to frequent this location.

He’s a man that doesn’t seem like he would go into these cabaret clubs in the first place. He had looks that could kill, and not in a good way. If not for being paid many of the girls wouldn’t even dare to be paired up with him simply based on his angry demeanor and his shy, dull personality. However, he walked in for the 2nd time this week and opened his wallet.

“Good evening, Kiryu-san” a young man bowed and stood up straight after Kiryu addressed him “Our nightly fee is 3,300 yen. Additional costs will be added” Kiryu nodded and handed over the initial 3,300. The man took it and placed it in the cash register.

“If I may, will you be seeing Goromi tonight?” The man asked. Kiryu nodded defeatedly. Kiryu had an apparent dislike for said butler, Kiryu was sure the man was required to ask who a regular would be seeing, but he could help but feel as though his privacy was being invaded. However he didn’t even have to say anything, that must’ve been the only good thing about such an exchange. He didn’t have to open his mouth and shyly request for Goromi. Sooner rather than later, He was escorted to the back of a comfortable secluded part of the club.

“She will be here shortly” the butler bowed and stepped away. Kiryu exhaled a “thanks” and raised his hand politely to send him off. Once alone he spread his legs and leaned back against the chair comfortably. He crossed his arms and waited, he felt like he had been waiting quite a while at this point, so he opened his eyes and saw none other than Goromi.

“Kiryu-Chan~! Were you sleeping? Why don’t you rest your head?” She pouted and sat down and patted her thigh. Kiryu made a ‘tch’ sound (scoffed) and leaned forward on his knees “Really?”

“Of course! You paid to see me didn’t you?” She giggled and covered her mouth with her hand daintily. Kiryu looked back at Goromi and sighed, so much had happened. The least he could do was finally rest after a long few weeks. Hesitantly he pulled his legs up into the chair and rested his head on her lap. His face relaxed and he crossed his arms comfortably on his chest.

For once Majima was actually quiet. Kiryu didn’t dare look up to see if she was staring back down and only felt when her hands held the sides of his head and rubbed his temples slowly. She pushed her hands through his hair and massaged his scalp, her hands were rough. Of course, Goromi was just Majima in disguise, but at this moment Goromi was a sweet hostess who wanted to aid her client in relaxation.

“Kiryu-Chan,” she said, almost in a whisper

“Mm?” Kiryu replied. He felt her hands move down from his head, to his shoulders and a light squeeze “Will I be getting a tip? You’ve been here for almost an hour.”

Kiryu jerked up and looked at his phone, he had in fact been there for nearly an hour and the receipt was waiting at the table. He picked it up and signed off for the amount he owed. Kiryu took 1,000 yen from his pocket and handed it to her “Oohh?! Kiryu- Chan! You’re so generous!” She laughed and crossed her legs. “Let me walk you out~” she stood and skipped out with Kiryu.

Kiryu didn’t know how to feel. The quiet moments like these were rather… pleasant. Majima was normally a manic man, who at any moment would decide to start a fight. Kiryu could simply walk out in the street and Majima would engage in a fight, Majima’s ‘Kiryu-Chan!’ Haunted him, even hearing him in the streets. But that moment of quiet vulnerability made Kiryu feel ever so slightly…

“Bye-bye ~ make sure to come back Kiryu-Chan~!” Goromi laughed and waved as he left. Kiryu waved and walked off. He didn’t have an apartment and thought he ought to check into a hotel for the night. Serena was safe to visit of course, but he couldn’t go back without the unfortunate memory of Reina… Nishiki.

He pushed his hands into his pocket and felt a small piece of paper, slightly thicker than normal—so this couldn’t be a loose 1,000 yen note. He pulled it out, and saw a thin card, mocking that of a business card with a black and pink front with Goromi’s face along it. Along the lines of meeting Goromi at a hotel, her red lipstick stains on the back of the card. The location of the said hotel was no joke. It was the pinnacle of luxury! 50 stories high of pure bliss, beautiful jade, marbled floors, and breathtaking views and rooms.

He stepped up to the front desk and a woman smiled softly “Goodnight, how may I help you?” Kiryu looked at the card to see that a room number was also listed. He looked up at her and sighed “Someone’s waiting for me in room 2703?”

The woman typed for a moment and then looked up. “Take the elevator to 27. It’s the second room to your left.” She smiled knowingly. Kiryu nodded and did as told. The elevator ride was fast, he felt like he was on the 27th floor in a matter of seconds. He walked out and looked for the second room to his right. He found it and held the doorknob. He sighed softly. The door was unlocked. With a light push, the door swung open.

When he walked in, he was met with Majima’s figure standing by the open window, leaning his upper body out of it and on the window sill. Cigarette smoke puffed from his nose and mouth. Kiryu stepped in and closed the door quietly. “Kiryu Chan? I didn’t think you’d come!” Majima laughed, he was wearing his normal snake-skinned jacket. Lack of shirt and black pants. He walked over and took in a breath of the cigarette “I didn’t have much else to do” Kiryu sat down on the bed and watched Majima lock the door and draw in another breath of his cigarette.

“Not these days yeah? When you’re not in trouble it makes me so happy!” Majima sat down beside him, looking at him with a sadistic endearment. Kiryu raised his brow ever so slightly “oh?”

“When you’re not fighting others I have more chances to fight you!” He laughed and calmed down shortly after. He offered his cigarette to Kiryu who looked at it for a moment, a light pink stain on the lip of it “What?” Kiryu looked at the cigarette in confusion and slight disgust in sharing a cigarette.

Majima walked forward and shrugged “Guess you didn’t want none” he stood up and pushed the cigarette into the side of the building, throwing the butt out the window and closing it. “I wanted you to come over for a reason Kiryu-Chan”

Majima slipped his shoes off and sat down on the bed. He looked at Kiryu and grabbed his thigh. Kiryu didn’t move his thigh away but looked at his hand and then at majima who seemed rather straight-faced “I’m not gay, Kiryu-Chan”

“Okay…?” Kiryu responded with a confused look. He too removed his shoes and sat more comfortably in the bed. It was majima’s turn to scoff and eased up further into the bed “Just come here” patted his lap and Kiryū let out a chuckle

“Did you enjoy-“ “Kiryu-Chan!” Majima grew impatient, Kiryu rested his head in his lap, his clothes had a welcoming musk, maybe from his cologne, but it was different from the sweet plastic smell of Goromi’s dress, That cheap smelling perfume of her wig, and likely the nail polish that was allegedly scented. Kiryu left his hands comfortable on his stomach, and majima rubbed his temples again.

Based on Majima's silence he must’ve enjoyed doing this too. Over the 10 years, he was gone, Majima had visibly hardened, of course, he aged and was a (to an extent)Mature older man, the pain and suffering he went through to reach his breaking point were apparent now more than ever. Kiryu never made him speak on it, there was no need.

His hands were firm against each side of his face, Kiryu slightly opened his eyes- at that moment felt a tenderness against his lips. Not that of fingers or even his chest or shoulder, but one that was plush and moist. Kiryu didn’t move and closed his eyes again, moving his hands up to Majima's wrists.

Majima was surely kissing him, but Kiryū couldn’t kiss for shit and laid there with his mouth closed… After a few moments of majima kissing against his lips, he pulled back and held his forearms, flipping him over. “God- are you a virgin Kiryu-Chan?!” Majima made a light growling sound and Kiryū nodded “I never had the time to have… sex”

“That’s what they all say, or are you too shy..?” Majima lifted a brow and laughed and motioned for kiryu to sit in closer. He obliged and sat ever so slightly closer. “Follow after me~” majima wrapped his hand with a slightly uncomfortable squeeze around the front of Kiryu’s throat

Kiryu nodded and moved closer. Their lips joined and majima started, the kiss at first was slow. Kiryu only knew loosely how to kiss from what Shinji had shown him years ago, but it was never anything intense, it seemed to be just pecking, but Majima wouldn’t settle for childish kisses like that. He made use of Kiryu’s Inexperience and used his other hand to hold the back of his head. Tilting his head ever so slightly.

Kiryu had never thought he would end up like this with a man, let alone Goro majima. Despite this, though he felt a weird connection, it was intimate and similar to the love he felt for a woman he once loved, however, Majima acted on it- and executed the acts well. Kiryu placed his hand on Majima’s cheek and the other firmly on the bed frame. Majima grinned and snickered against his lips. Kiryu opened his mouth to respond, but Majima instead pulled them closer to force their mouths together.

Kiryu gasped and practically choked on majima’s tongue, he pulled his head back and stared at majima, who was laughing like the mad dog he was “Aww! Don’t be upset Kiryu-Chan!” He laughed and punched him slightly in his stomach. “No Frenchie then~ that’s fine, why don’t we try something else”

Kiryu looked at him with furrowed brows “Majima-San… what are you going to do”

“Hmm?” He had a smirk on his face, he answered as though his eyes were lit up, Kiryu knew that there was definitely something up his sleeve, whatever it was Kiryū would have to be the first one to see it. Not that there was anyone else in the room to be subject to Majima's schemes, but the point still stood that Kiryu swallowed down the uncertainty that he had whenever Majima was in a mood like this.

The two stared for a long moment before Majima touched Kiryu again, this time a hand was on his waist, and another cupped his crotch, causing Kiryū to immediately bat away his hands “hey, hey what are you doing?!” Kiryu raised his voice and Majima stared at him angrily “Kiryu-Chan. Do you know why I gave you that note? I thought you were interested!” Majima’s eyes narrowed and Kiryū turned his face away, their positions shifting.

“I’ve never had sex majima-San” Kiryu looked at Majima once again who now had his arms crossed “So I can be your first!”

Kiryu went quiet again, to say he wasn’t interested or at least turned on would be a bald-faced lie. However, a man like Kiryu had never gone out of his way to make lasting friendships and relationships. Outside the few people he used to have, Majima and his fighting spirit seemed to be the only thing he had left after all those years ago. Not only would it be rude to turn him down, but he’d also be denying that any part in this made butterflies begins to stir in his stomach.

Kiryu shifted further in the bed next to Majima. Who turned his head and swung his legs as if he were getting out of bed. “So what are we gonna just sit here all night?” Majima said, having a sudden attitude shift “Majima-san, please don’t leave… I'm willing to try with you”

“Yay! That’s all you had to say, Kiryu-Chan!” Majima turned around sweetly and placed his hand back on Kiryu’s crotch, Majima pressed a kiss to his cheeks and his nose, kissing his forehead and giggling. “I wonder~ have you ever touched yourself at all, Kiryu?”

“I have, not recently” Kiryu watched his hand move, Majima using the palm of his hand to grind against his balls made him grunt a little bit, the action itself was slightly unpleasant but it felt good he sat up on his elbows to watch with a strange awe. Majima’s hands were working wonders, at one point the palming was rough enough to cause Kiryū to let out a staggered moan.

“Do you like that Kiryu-Chan?” Majima asked all too sweetly, getting rid of his suit jacket and leaving him in his red button-up. “Yeah, I do..” Kiryu responded, watching as Majima got rid of his clothes. Eventually, under Majima, Kiryu was now left stripped to just his boxers, while Majima was almost entirely clothed.

“You’re hard now Kiryu-Chan~ I wonder what little Kiryū looks like” Majima teased and wrapped his hand around the length of his cock, rubbing it through the fabric of his underwear, Kiryu’s hips shifted in a response to this friction, Kiryu’s hand moved to Majima’s wrist as a sign for him to stop, and he obliged “It’s an acquired taste I suppose!” Majima stood to undress himself as well.

Majima was slightly smaller and shorter than Kiryu, he had a smaller flatter chest, and his back- while small, was nothing to ignore. The main event was the tattoo he sported that was practically his whole backside. Kiryu didn’t know until now that the tattoo didn’t finish until his thighs, to him it was likely the most impressive tattoo he had seen, even more so than his own; with the dragon sporting astonishing intricacy and detail.

Majima must’ve been doing a strip tease, Kiryu noticed how Majima sashayed his jacket off his shoulders, played with the belt as he slipped it off, and pulled his pants down slowly- bending his back to force his ass outward. “Do you like what you see Kiryū Chan~?”

“Majima-San” kiryu said critically, wanting him to hurry up. He sighed and finished before crawling over to him and seating himself in his lap “For your first time why don’t I teach you hmm?” Majima grinned and slowly rocked his hips against Kiryu. The grinding was similar to the palming, except it was Majima’s ass and hips rather than just his hand. He gasped and moaned as Majima roughly bounced his hips onto his cock, the barrier between them is just two layers of cloth. He was sensitive and vulnerable. The pleasant friction caused Majima to let out a moan of excitement “ha ~ Kiryu-Chan you’re awfully naughty~” laughing, Majima bent down over him “I wonder what you’ll sound like if I fucked your cock hmm? Would you moan and whine like a little bitch!”

Kiryu placed his hands on Majima’s waist and squeezed softly. Majima sat up straight and smiled “Kiryu-chan, fuck me, will you? I’ll teach you how to do it” Majima shifted off and pushed his hand into Kiryu’s boxers, pulling out his cock, he gawked at the size and leaned down to press a kiss to its head, it was hot and already rather hard, Kiryu clearly couldn’t take such intimate sexual attention, his cock practically leaking precum just by the dry humping and grinding. However, he nodded and supported his dick, by wrapping his hand around the base of his cock.

“I’ll teach you what to do to me~ look, look watch carefully” Majima took the head of Kiryu's cock in his mouth, shifting and holding the back of Kiryū’s thighs- like a scene from one of the many eroticas Shinji had shown him. However, if he was doing this to Majima that meant he would have been playing the girl, whereas Kiryū would play the man.

Kiryu grunted and nodded “yeah. I got it, lay down” Majima made a sweet face “Ouuu~ you know how to do it already it seems!” Majima laid down and gave him a slightly difficult time parting his legs. Kiryu added his things too, kissing and biting the inside of his thigh, which wasn’t as soft as Shinji made It seem, though Shinji was always referring to a woman. Who likely hadn’t faced the violent atrocities majima ever had. A woman who was delicate, dainty, and thin, unlike Majima’s muscled thighs.

Kiryu rocked off Majima’s boxers and pressed his lips to his balls, kissing them nervously before moving to take his cock in his mouth. He looked at it, it seemed to be slightly girthier than average but his length was decently impressive, being practically 6 inches. He took the head of his cock in his mouth with great hesitance. Majima fought the urge to hold his hair and force him down. “Kiryu Chan I’m not a Lolly pop, you have to move” Majima held the underside of his chin to coax him into moving his head, pulling him off slightly and then moving back up into his mouth.

Kiryu nodded and followed the instructions. “I’d love to take a picture of you~ you look so concentrated while you suck my cock~” Majima moved his hips with the rhythm of Kiryu’s mouth. “With some practice, your cute little mouth would be better than the ones in a glory hole don’t you think?” Majima inquired, softly groaning as Kiryu sucked, he seemed to just be moving his head, not fully understanding that the pleasure of a blow job was surely more than what Kiryū was offering. Majima however rubbed through his hair despite this, grinning down at him.

“Do you know what anal sex is?” Kiryu moved his head up and nodded, “Well it's the only way for us to have penetrative sex, I’m gonna teach you how to do it!”

Kiryu seemed turned off somewhat quickly to watch Majima roll his eyes “I’m clean down there gosh Kiryu-chan!” Majima laid fully on his back and held his thighs back, giving Kiryu a decently good view of his assets. Majima leaned forward, taking his hand to his entrance and looking up at him

“Put your finger inside of me~ if you can’t just use my glove I’m horny Kiryu-Chan!” Majima whined, and Kiryu's cheeks were a deep red. He pushed his finger inside and watched majima’s reaction, his body softened and he let out a groan. Between them was hot, and Majima was practically sweating against the fabric of the cotton sheets. Kiryu couldn’t help but wonder if sex was meant to be this rough.

“Do you need lube Kiryu-chan?” Majima looked up and asked leaning forward and grabbed a black bottle. The bottle was opened and a thick clear substance poured down beneath where they were connected. “Fuck Me with your finger, won’t you? Make sweet love to my ass with your hand~ Kiryu-Chan~” Majima hummed and stared up at him. Kiryu nodded hesitantly and worked his finger inside.

His walls were tight, and with the help of the lube, wet and pliable. If this was anything like fucking a girl kiryu was more confident in himself now. He boldly pushed in another finger and bent them slightly, fucking him in and out slowly. “Haa~ Kiryu-Chan that feels good keep doing that~” Majima praised and threw a hand over his face, such a blissed-out expression from Majima! Kiryu was practically cumming already, and the face only brought him to his breaking point. He held back the best he could and chewed his lip.

The fingering went on for a few more minutes, till Kiryu’s hand began to cramp. Majima rolled over on his stomach “I have a condom~ but It feels better raw” Majima held his cheeks apart and rubbed his pucker with a finger. “It’s time to put your dick in Kiryu-Chan” his voice was sing-song-like, almost as though he was teasing and mocking Kiryu.

Kiryu exhaled and nodded “yeah…” he thoughtfully kissed his ass, moving his face to in between his cheeks, and kissing his entrance, Majima must’ve been surprised and he tensed around Kiryu’s tongue, it took him several seconds to release such a tight hold and dropped his head to the pillows. Kiryu had his way with him, Majima’s ass up and taut in the air while he pushed his face into the pillow and let out guttural moans.

Kiryu didn’t stay for long and moved upward, pouring lube over his cock and working it down the length, he breathed slowly, and aligned with his entrance. He had a firm grip on Majima's waist with the other hand, and once sheathed exhaled a moan. Both were quiet, connected at such an intimate level. Majima shook slightly and came onto the sheets, feeling Kiryu’s cum inside of him as well, Majima reached forward and held Kiryu's hand “Do you know how to do it? Fuck me hard Kiryū Chan~ I’m not made of glass majima purred. Made of glass? If anything, majima must’ve been made of titanium. However, he nodded without a second thought and began to thrust.

Majima didn’t moan all that much, not overdoing it when it came to the sounds and moans he made, however, he cursed and moaned softly as Kiryu’s hips slapped back into the plump of Majima's ass. Their sex wasn’t particularly to Majima's liking. He reached back and slapped Kiryu’s thigh “fuck me harder kiryu Chan!” Majima complained and bitched.

Kiryu sighed and pulled out most of the way, before slamming himself back in, causing the bed to creak and jerk “like that?” majima gasped and laughed with a sickening sweetness “yes! Oh fuck kiryu Chan~” majima laughed and nodded “like that don’t stop” he got up a little bit, being able to now be on his knees like kiryu, he rested his head back in his shoulder, majima supporting himself by holding into Kiryu’s hands.

“Majima-san..” kiryu moaned into his ear and continued his attempt at fucking him rough, especially in this position. Majima fucked back, pushing his hips against him and closing his eyes “Kiryu Chan! I wanna cum from your cock~ go faster will you?~” majima begged, kiryu obliged as usual, fucking into him faster than he had been, though the roughness decreased slightly.

“Majima-San I need to cum…” Kiryu held onto his chest and watched Majima laugh and enjoy himself “cum then! Cum inside~” he laughed and looked over his shoulder “Claim me would you~ make me yours~” Kiryu closed his eyes as the teasing continued, after a few hard thrusts, Kiryu spilled his seed again inside of majima.

The two caught their breath and were quiet and breathless. “Oh… kiryu Chan I feel amazing~ I’m yours~” majima rested against kiryu, who was growing soft inside of majima. Kiryu breathed shallowly and nodded “mm… that was good majima-San… I haven’t ever felt that way before, or done that”

“Oh, I can tell! You were awfully sloppy” Majima moved off and stood, going to the bathroom and staying in there for almost half an hour. Kiryu in the meantime fixed up their dirty bed and shook a cigarette out of Majima's pack. Lighting it and smoking while he waited for majima.

He came from the bathroom a while later, still naked but now damp. He lay beside Kiryū and kissed his bicep. Kissing up and down his arms and cupping his pectoral “is it your turn kiryu Chan~” “huh?!”

Majima laughed and shook his head “I’m only kidding! Another day though~maybe I can get goromi to fuck you good~” he laughed, taking the cigarette and drew in a long breath, moving up to kiss kiryu and breathed into his mouth, the smoke releasing between them. Kiryu closed his eyes at this and let Majima do as he pleased.

“You’re the only man I’ve ever wanted to do that with, Kiryu Chan” Majima rested his head on the pillow, shifting so his back was to Kiryū. Kiryu hummed “really?”

“Mm.” He hummed and grew quiet. Kiryu figured Majima was asleep. He shifted over and wrapped an arm around him. Closing his eyes and sighing. The room was quiet for a while, kiryu basking in the comfort of silence, in the warmth of Majima’s body. His fingers grazed over his chest smoothly, thumbing his nipple.

Kiryu closed his eyes and moved his nose to the crook of his neck. “Kiryu-Chan, have you ever fallen in love?” Majima suddenly asked. Kiryu moved slightly to answer “She’s gone now”

Majima rolled over to face Kiryu, and the two stared at each other, Kiryu sporting a generally flat expression. But majima placed his hands on his temples, rubbing and watching his face soften. Majima smiled and let out a silent laugh “you’re like a dog, hmm kiryu Chan?” He raised a brow and squinted his eyes ever so slightly “you like it when I massage your face don’t you”

Kiryu shifted slightly and pulled a pillow under his head, he smirked “yeah it’s nice, been a while since I could just be… normal” he rested again, the tattoo along his back was a sign he would never be the normal man he wanted to be. Its inks were embedded into his back, he carried it around like the heaviest trophy, a sign of his pride yet the thing that seemed to weigh him down more than the deaths of his loved ones.

Majima rested his face in the sheets “sometimes I wish I had an eye under here” he snorted a laugh. And Kiryū let out a soft chuckle “you never told me how you lost it” As a response Majima shook his head and pulled the sheets over his shoulders “that ain’t your business Kiryu-Chan!” Kiryu laughed and kissed his forehead “sorry”

#yakuza #majima goro #yakuza kiryu #majima x kiryu

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fracturedporcelaindoll · 6 months ago

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Dear diary,

Like how I consider pink and pastels to be my favorite colors if asked by strangers~

Tho while do like them, if its baby blue clothes I so can't help wanting them~

Like blush pink too but it doesn't always look great on me~

To those who voted in poll, thank you. I appreciate the response. I feel like schoolgirl is what I am most comfortable in, like plaids and it's the most conservative. The cream set is totally elegant lady vibes and do like as well. Lastly, always wanted to try dressing more gothic to express the inner melancholy I feel at times or the cliche reference to liking darker stuff~

But I am indecisive so you know, takes forever to decide on stuff and since vast majority voted for gothic aesthetic I am strongly considering it. The thing that's making me hesitate is the shipping for the skirt is estimated delivery dates between 5-7 days or so and the last time I had an extended wait time the item never arrived. I was offered refund but to receive it or to get more tracking info given lost package I'd have to contact customer service which means talking so not an option for me personally~

I mean I could order it and maybe it wouldn't get lost and it would arrive within the dates they gave but I don't know~

I did a few additional sets in workouts today so kinda feel like was productive with goal of trying to lose more weight~

I may not have my goal waistline of 25 inches but I did get down to xs for skirt from Francesca's. So I was happy about that for like a few minutes until the anxiety of if I gain weight might not fit into it and thinking of need to use better self control and resistant to sweets to keep body as is or become hopefully more model like and beautiful~

I looked up movies and there's actually a few I want to see after watching trailers~

Thinking about going, tho when to avoid crowds is the issue since summer so many more people everywhere it seems~

Hot Topic, I visited there and my anxiety was off the charts and I am surprised I wasn't literally shaking cause felt like that internally... why? Because of the people, dressed in ways to indicate if observant enough that reference to certain kinks, and some of the items there I could see as possible use for that as well. I did note some items were reasonably priced and my style so may go back and get them another time~

I worried people might think I was a shoplifter because of how anxious and jittery I was feeling. But no apparently my invisibility must have activated accidentally bumped gently into a group of girl-guys friend group in the store and no one said anything so totally didn't notice me which in some ways was nice~

Then that guy, he was older and attractive but I was so nervous and hope didn't make him uncomfortable since he moved out of section that was glancing around at~

I felt so much better after I got out of store and then visited one of my favorites. I was sad to hear they were closing location but it made for some super great deals. Oversized sweater dress~ like I need more oversized stuff but super soft and cheap price couldn't resist~

Then a cute mini skirt and blue rose babydoll dress. I probably wouldn't have gotten them if not for the fact low prices and knowing they wouldn't be here later since store would literally be gone....~

I was going to go into Victoria Secret to browse but after that decided I'd had enough with the crowds of girls with their besties, and random cute guys etc~

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danatheelf · 2 years ago

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Welcome to my NISA Nightmare.

This is beyond a bloody joke, now, and I am livid.

For almost six whole weeks now, I have been given the runaround by NIS America Europe's Customer Support, for an issue entirely their fault. And it's not the first time.

I love the games NISA publish. I preorder the vast majority of the Collector's Edition packages they put out, in spite of my precarious financial situation. Because I love these games and I want to have those nice sets to celebrate the art and music and game with a nice, generally sensible set of extra stuff that isn't just cheap tat to fill a box and charge a fortune for.

I have maintained "Diamond Prinny" loyalty status for years, which doesn't really mean much more than "buys their stuff a lot and gets offered small discounts when new ones go up" but you'd think if they recognise a group of their biggest customers, they would at least try to offer solid Customer Support for that group.

Here's the backstory: On September 8 2022, I placed a preorder with NISAE for four Collector's Editions. If you're unfamiliar with preorders, how this is supposed to work is that you pay money now, and they put a copy aside to make sure that you get them when they come out; I try to order as many things as I can at once, because shipping to Australia is expensive, and it helps to spread the load. When placing the order, one of the games I was ordering had an option for an Australian cover sheet - the only difference being the little rating symbol on the cover - so I picked that because... hey, why not?

At some point in production, they changed their mind, and decided they wouldn't bother printing that Australian cover sheet. No big deal, you might assume - just swap it for the UK English cover; no big deal.

Ah, sweet summer child, I see you have never had to deal with NISAE's order system backend.

Any other web store on the internet can make simple changes to an order relatively easily - but NISAE is special. They can't even change a tiny little dropdown menu option for which printed cover sheet should be included with the game.

To make any small change to your order, the entire thing must be cancelled. You must wait for a refund to clear. Then you must place the order again yourself with the changes in place.

Remember that thing about how preorders work? Yeah. It doesn't work if they just cancel your order without warning, and tell you to make the order again when something in your order is now out of stock.

For weeks now, I've been assured that they're securing a copy of the game that was out of stock, because I guess when your order is cancelled, they immediately incinerate the copies that should have been set aside for you.

But they'll have it shortly, so I can make the order then!

I've been dreadfully concerned about the other parts of my order going out of stock while I wait for them to find me a copy of the game I preordered. And naturally... that exact thing happened.

I've been keeping an eye on the stock situation and... now another one is completely sold out.

They haven't even fixed the first screw-up, and now this is added on top. It's cartoonish levels of incompetence. I have a heart condition! I can't deal with this kind of constant stress for weeks and weeks!!

If you know me, you'll know I am a very patient person. But this is really my limit. I'm fed up, and genuinely upset.

This isn't the first time I've had trouble with NISAE before, either.

A while back, I received a copy of a collector's edition set with a soundtrack CD - I love soundtrack CDs and they're a major reason I get these versions! But for some reason, one of the discs was just... missing.

Factory error, I suppose. Not much you can do about that.

So I contacted support, and they promised to just pack a replacement in with the next order that would be shipped out; it wouldn't take long for that, so, sounded to me like a perfectly reasonable solution.

Well, my next order from them came... and the next... and the next... and no CD.

After contacting them again, to see what the deal was... they just decided to send it out by itself, and eat the cost of shipping.

Screwed themselves over in that one, really. I was mildly inconvenienced, but it all worked out without too much hassle.

On another occasion, I had a preorder combined with some older items - the order won't ship until everything is ready to go, but it saves you on shipping, so, hey. That's fine.

Between the time of my order and the time it was ready to ship, they moved to a new warehouse. In the process of doing this... they lost the copy of something I ordered that had been set aside. And they had no more left.

Of course.

There was really nothing that could be done, at that point. "Sorry, we lost the very last copy of the thing you ordered." I was very unhappy about this, but... it was at least understandable. Moving to a new warehouse is a massive undertaking, and losing the last copy of some old stock... well, it sucks, but I get it. Exceptional circumstances; things happen.

So it's with this history of excusing mistakes that I am now faced with the latest one. This time, there is no massive warehouse to move; no unusual situation of sending out a replacement for part of a set that was botched by the factory.

I don't think it's unreasonable to expect better than this.

I don't think it's unreasonable to expect the barest minimum features of an online shop to include "swapping a tiny option in an order" and "actually getting the things you paid a couple hundred pounds to preorder six months ago."

I don't think it's unreasonable to expect better from the official European branch of a very prominent publisher, handling a large number of beloved titles that can't be bought elsewhere.

As it stands, if you have the option to buy NISA games from any retailer other than the NISA Europe Online Store, I advise you to choose that other option. I desperately wish this weren't the case, and would prefer to support the publisher directly... but until they get some web developers to implement a functional backend... I truly recommend choosing literally any other option, if you have it.

Maybe if I'm lucky, people will see this and they'll actually do something.

#NIS #NISA #NISAE #Nippon Ichi Software #Nippon Ichi Software America #Nippon Ichi Software America Europe

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