#twin treasures v 1

[melancholicstation]

Take Me Out To The Ball Game — john f. kennedy

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authors note: i use jfk's nickname "jack" in this if you're confused!

summary: you’re self-imposed pity party after your failed romance with a left-end jack kennedy is interrupted when you dragged along by your girlfriends to a football game held at the harvard crimson. you were comfortable going as you were assured that jack had gotten sick with strep days prior. what you didn’t know, however, was that as you’re eyes glaze over the field a certain insufferable blue-eyed boy would be quick to meet your gaze…

warnings: 18+, smut, fingering, sleazy man, public sex at a baseball field, bit of degradation but not too much.

words: 2808

Now you wouldn't regard yourself as the kind of woman to lose herself in mindless rumination over a failed collegiate love, but looking down at yourself from a birds-eye perspective: you just may have been kidding yourself.

To put it plainly you're a wreck. Emotionally strictly. One disposition you count your lucky stars for is the ardent dedication that you carry within yourself to the performance of femininity. And by god was it a performance, entirely unnatural to you.

This love stupor you've been in for 8 to 9 business days simply needed to end, and your new attitude started with you discarding the days-old clothes you donned while rotting away in your poster board twin-size bed. Deny as you have many times to yourself, you didn't wear these clothes out of a slobbish penchant for convenience or pure happenstance, you wore them because they smelled of him: feeling that if you wore something that had once touched his skin that you too could still inhabit the body of the boy who you had lost. Still touch what had so cruelly been ripped away from you from the very boy himself. What a cruel boy he'd morphed into these past few days.

You rummaged through the large chest of drawers that your mother just insisted you keep for "functionality" knowing full well her hatred of the object: a dreadful eyesore of a gift from your grandmother on your father's side. You decided upon a poplin sleeveless dress tastefully skimming the fleshy part of your upper thigh. You move ghostly, in a pathetic slump-like state towards your vanity: a treasure in dorm-living, and start to unpack your beauty packing cubes: one labelled "hair", one labelled "skin", and one labelled "make-up" in thick bolded typewriter font. Some time passed and before you knew it you were applying your last coat of sérum teinté N°1 when you were rudely interrupted by a barrage of knocking and girlish condescending shouts from the other side of your dorm door.

You roll your eyes, despite being unconsciously excited to experience the delightful distraction of girlhood in the form of your girlfriends. As soon as you unlock the door, each of your girlfriends bound through the door every one of pawing at you with a look of pity in their eyes. "Oh come on don't look at me like that I'm not dead yet: I can smell the sympathy on all of you"

Betty, a friend who had eagerly sought you out during orientation, and attached herself to you, not unlike a succubus escapertaly exclaimed "Well you don't look far from death sweetheart why do you think we made the trouble to come up five flights of stairs looking for you? You are a case of upmost urgency!"

"Well I--" you're excuses are cut short when Betty's partner in crime: Alana pipes up, a brown-haired girl who stood at maximum 5 foot 4, "Oh come on y/n!, you think we'd show up if you weren't in dire straights. Take a look at my shoes--" She physically moves your hand to feel the leather glide over your fingertips "--do you really think I'd risk dirtying the soles of brand new Dior slingbacks on dormitory stairwells if we weren't really concerned about you?"

"I suppose you may be right. It's downright dreadful what's he's done to me. Before him I felt I was made for great, I had hopes for the future. But now all I sincerely believe that my being, my flesh and blood was created to love him, to tend to him. And I know it isn't right or near darn healthy to feel or think this way but dammit I do--and it's proving damn near impossible to shake."

By the end of your monologue your hands had begun to shake and your face to become an odd shade of green, nearly immediately the hands of your two friends came to encompass you whole. You knew they didn't understand, couldn't comprehend the stupor he had placed on you, but they cared enough to listen and that was even for now.

After a well-needed clean up job by your friends, who more closely resembled catholic saints at this point, of your dormitory littered with stained coffee mugs, pomegranates seeds on the windowsill, and a plate of un-touched steak fries from the cafeteria.

It was during this time that you'd been asked--no informed that you and them would attend the four o'clock baseball game at the Harvard crimson. A grim place for even people in the highest of spirits: a setting marked by the unmistakable musk of fake grass, cheap mulled beer, and an overflow of appalling showcases of testosterone.

"And you're sure he's not going to be there. Not even in a twenty foot radius?"

"Who Jack? God no he told coach that he had strep throat. Probably rotting away in bed as we speak. Serves him right for what he's done to such an innocent like you." Betty says. You quietly scoff at "innocent girl" if only they knew what perverted, sickening acts you had done with jack, simply in the last fews months: on desks, on lampposts, in the backs of cars, simply anywhere and everywhere that had no present inhabitants that you two could surmise.

"Now that that silly thought is out of your head you need to get into that bedroom and find an nice looking dress, just because you feel awful doesn't give you the right to look it" Alana says in a tone so backhanded it could only come from a motherly kind of love.

You reluctantly do what she says, with a slight pep in your step, despite the pitfalls of the crimson sport arenas you were always a fan of anywhere you could smoke and drink at 2:00 pm and not look like a total degenerate slob.

You take a quick admiring glance at the 18th century armoire, the one prized possession you had forcibly removed from your childhood bedroom in New Hampshire along with you for the move much to your mother's dismay, and survey your options of dress. You zero in on a particular pair of field shorts which are clearly not yours but Jacks.

*flashback*

"When are you gonna change for the date?" You say to jack with applying your about tenth coat of rouge onto your lips, checks, and eyelids. "Whadda you mean sweetheart? I am dressed" Jack teases kissing his way up your neck making eye contact with his reflection. How vain.

You survey him from top to bottom, the top half of him is lacklustre but workable: a cream pullover with the collar of his white collared shirt peeping out every so slightly. But the bottom half is down-right offensive: tennis socks paired with field shorts so tight that there's a pronounced bulge noticeable to the naked eye. "Oh Jack you've gotta change. Don't you know we're going out with my friends--who trust me will not find it as comical as your friends would. I feel like it's staring right at me."

"Do you wanna' kneel down and take them right off, then they can really stare right at you honey?" Jack chuckles, always ready for a sexual escape even on an uneventful Wednesday evening. His sexual drive was concerning at best and rotted to the core at worst. But despite this, you too seemed to be afflicted by the same kind of constant desire around the presence of Jack. So you did as you were told, kneeled and started slipping of his boxers with little complaint and complete submission.

*end of flashback*

You're released from your temporary haze, as a knock comes at your bedroom door: it's Betty "Y/n we'll be waiting outside for you in the courtyard. Don't be more than 10 minutes I really don't want to wait in those retched lines with those retched Harvard boys."

You reply to her with an affirmation signally that you'll be out in a minute and turn quickly back to your armoire. As undergarments you went for the staples: a silk georgette camisole, and slip skirt. Quickly you find a wool dress cut above the knee in a pattern reminiscent of a kaleidoscope, detailed with mother of pearl buttons trading from your neck all the way down to your mid-behind (authors note: for imaginative purposes imagine those iconic Alexander McQueen dresses but make it 1930s era). You slip on a pair of slightly beaten up heeled oxfords and grab your favourite nappa leather bag. You glide out of your dormitory, drift down the stairwell with the temperament of a girl who desperately needs to spend some time with her beloved friends.

As your trio enters the stadium you tell Alana and Betty to go up and gather the greasy yet delightful treats and drinks while you go find each of your seats in the bustling chaos. You finally find the seating number after bumbling around for longer than you would've liked to admit. And before you know it Alana and Betty have come back mulled bear in hand an dried peanuts in the other, seemingly without delay the home team takes their defensive positions and the game gets well and truly under way.

But just as your mind is finally taken away from the blonde-haired equivalent of a sea barnacle on your brain that simply won't get off the interior of your mind: you spot him in the flesh.

A tanned face and beaming pair of blue-grey eyes meet yours from across the field. Definitely not the face of a person suffering from strep throat and is most definitely the face of the man who'd shattered your heart with a simple note stating that he couldn't "do this anymore" left on the windowsill: John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

Your friends hadn't caught on, clearly as they continued business as usual for the rest of the game, trying and failing in engaging you in conversation about what was transpiring on the field. But you couldn't pay attention, no you were paying particular attention to one man on the field.

The game ends unceremoniously, with Alana drenched from the amount of times Betty had thrown her hands in anger spilling mulled bear across the seats, and her friend.

But just as you three gather yourselves to get going, a familiar touch caress the clothed skin of your shoulder. Jack. "Funny seeing you here, I'd hoped you were withering away in that dorm of yours from Strep. Clearly not."

"You know I hate to disappoint you but I seem to have made a miraculously quick recovery. Dr. Schuab says it was the fastest he's ever seen!" Jack chuckles in an effort to diffuse the present tension that one could only cut with a butcher's knife.

"Well now that's not the truth, our last encounter disappointed me greatly"

"I know that Honey--" you physically recoiled at the term of endearment, a mix of revulsion at the man he caused you and the desire that the very presence of him inspired in you.

"--and that's why I came to talk to you. Look you stay here and I'm going to clean up and come right back to explain it all to you. Promise you'll wait for me, it'll be worth your while."

You quietly nod in shock immediately defaulting to agreeing to whatever he says, he has that certain effect on you it would seem. And before you know it Jack's scrambling to keep up with his teammates before entering the locker rooms.

Jack keeps you waiting for about 15 minutes, a minute longer and you would've walked out until you saw that beaming face barrelling towards you. Without a word he took your hand, leading you down a flight on stairs and directly onto the field. "Isn't this like totally, one-hundred percent illegal?"

"I wouldn't worry about it. See those floodlights up there? Dad funded them." Jack says in a tone trying to portray humbleness but failing in an adorable manner.

Your still stood fully upright as jack plops his body onto the fake turf, rolling around like a labrador in the summer heat. But just as quickly, his eyes zero in on you and he crawls his way, ever so slowly to your feet.

You squint your eyes in confusion as he goes to rest his head upon the fleshy part of your stomach, placidly placing suggestive kisses around the area. You quickly take the base of his head within his hands--"Now what in the hell do you think you're doing?"

"Just resting. Is it bothering you?" He says innocently "No what's bothering me is that you're acting like nothing happened, like you didn't completely cut me off."

"Baby I was being stupid, you gotta forgive me. I get like that sometimes, a compulsion of sorts to run. It had nothing to do with you." Jack says, and you don't know if youyourre stupid or smart for believing his words. You become puddy in his hands, slowly dropping to the grass as he starts to suck on your stomach with his lips, desperate to leave a mark. A monument.

Jack slowly taps on your face, waking you out of the passionate haze, and delicately slips his digits into your mouth. Encouraging and praising you to keep sucking them, telling you "what a good girl you're being for him" "the best in the god damn world". His moves are as smooth as a ballet dancers as he enters them into your warm, engorged mound. His fingers are an inviting stretch that leaves you whimpering to an empty stadium. As you moans start to increase in brevity and volume Jack places you on your back and starts to climb on top of you overing words of encourgament

"--Oh it's a big stretch isn't it. I haven't been taking care of you have I? I need to remedy that for my best girl don't I Huh? Don't I?" he says in a tone so patronising it's deeply arousing. Suddenly he stops his motions "Come on Y/n I wanna hear you say it. You need my help."

Your pleas come out quick and breathy "I do I do-Jack you have no idea". Once you reach your climax you feel as though you've been possessed, a good all-encompassing possession that you pray to never be broken free of. In the struggle the valley of your breasts are now fully exposed to Jack and in typical Jack fashion he uses this to his advantage.

Consistently sucking on your nipples while unbuttoning the fly of his pants and boxers all at the same time. It's then when you release a sticky substance coating his boxers. It's only then that you realise that in the haze of your personal euphoria, you had missed that Jack had came in his pants simply from pleasuring you. What a sight that was.

In recognising this you unconsciously giggle to yourself, to which Jack notices quickly throwing his soiled underwear and pants to the side "Hey now, what's got you giggling?"

"Nothing" you breath out, turning your head to the side feeling it be slightly irritated by the artificial turf. "Oh nothing really? We'll i'll give you something to giggle about, c'mere" quickly he grabs dominant possession of your hips and plunges his cock into your warm mound, already sensitive. Plunging in and out, in and out. And in such quick succession that you're sure to have grass burn the next morning.

He continues until for a while until he completely removes himself, and rests his member on your stomach slapping it around the flesh just to tease your already desperate frame, before quickly inserting it back where it belongs. "Best girl, pretty please hold on just for a minute, want to cum with you around me."

"Can't--Jack I-i"

"Yes you can and you will" Jack says in a tone that leaves no room for rebuttal. Finally you know you can finally let go when the tell-tale signs of Jack's impending climax appears: the relaxed eyebrows, shut eyelids, and rapid movements.

Jack holds you tight to your chest, his hot spurts filling you up wholeheartedly. Minutes later you stay like this, held together by each other's limbs.

"You think you can walk--never mind" Jack changes his mind mid-sentence after taking a look at you, completely blissed out, and adopts a bridal-carry despite his poor back, transporting you from one end of the field to the other.

You start to drift off as he carries you out of the stadium and back onto campus grounds, lullabied by the sound of his breaths and the faint kisses he litters across the crown of your head. The most delightful jewels any girl in Massachusetts could even dream of having.

the end.

[mrsbsmooth]

This post will be updated as new scripts come out. Under the cut so it updates when I edit it :)

Volume I - 24/05

Episode 1 - Meet the islanders, Amelia arrives

Episode 2 (part 1) - Chat with Amelia, talk to Jamal/Lewie/Ozzy

Episode 2 (part 2) - Talk to Ryan, 'Kiss the islander who'

Episode 3 - Dates with the boys

Volume II - 31/05

Episode 4 (part 1) - Recoupling, chats around the villa

Episode 4 (part 2) - Chat on Terrace with Bella

Episode 5 (part 1) - Truth or Dare, Lewie & Ryan

Episode 5 (part 2) - Truth or Dare, Ozzy & Jamal, chat with Amelia, Lewie's poem lol

Episode 6 (part 1) - Date with Roberto

Episode 6 (part 2) - Return to the villa, dessert scene

Volume III - 07/06

Episode 7 (part 1) - Ivy tries to kiss LI, breakfast with Original

Episode 7 (part 2) - chats with the girls

Episode 8 - Chat w/ Ozzy, how well do you know your partner game

Episode 9 - Ivy gets kicked out lol lol lol bye

Volume IV - 14/06

Episode 10 (part 1) - Chats/Fallout from mistaken identity - up to Main LI (the one who was in bed with Amelia)

Episode 10 (part 2) - Chat with Love Rival (the one who discovered main LI in bed with Amelia), chat with Ozzy

Episode 11 (part 1) - Rodeo challenge (excl. Bella's turn)

Episode 11 (part 2) - Rodeo Challenge (Bella's turn), chat with Grace, fallout from challenge

Episode 12 (part 1) - Ryan/Jamal departure, recoupling ceremony

Episode 12 (part 2) - Prep for hideaway, hideaway scene *cringe*

Volume V - 21/06

Episode 13 (part 1) - Elliot and Chloe arrive

Episode 13 (part 2) - Treasure hunt, date announcement

Episode 14 (part 1) - Date with Elliot

Episode 14 (part 2) - Flirting with Chloe

Episode 15 - Fallout from the date, recoupling ceremony

Volume VI - 28/06

Episode 16 (Part 1) - Daybeds / Doing bits

Episode 16 (Part 2) - Next morning, doghouse challenge

Episode 17 - Ozzy confession, grand gestures

Episode 18 - Compatibility dumping, casa twist

Volume VII - 05/07

Episode 19 (Part 1) - Casa Day 1 up until the bed choice

Episode 19 (Part 2) - Bed choice Day 1, Breakfast date

Episode 20 (Part 1) - Guilty secrets challenge

Episode 20 (Part 2) - Chats around the villa

Episode 21 (Part 1) - Casa day 2, girls arrive, sexy charades

Episode 21 (Part 2) - Sexy charades (from our turn)

Volume VIII - 12/07

Episode 22 (Part 1) - Raunchy Races, date announcement

Episode 22 (Part 2) - Beach Date and Chatting

Episode 23 - Chats around the villa, Amelia's loser party

Episode 24 (Part 1) - Never have I Ever, Hideaway announcement

Episode 24 (Part 2) - Hideaway

Volume IX - 19/07

Episode 25 (Part 1) - Postcard

Episode 25 (Part 2) - Kissing Challenge

Episode 26 - Hamish's excuse, double dates

Episode 27 (Part 1) - Final chats (Andy)

Episode 27 (Part 2) - Final Chats (others), Stick or twist

Volume X - 26/07

Episode 28 (Part 1) - Elliot/Former LI Chats

Episode 28 (Part 2) - Ozzy and Marshall's fight

Episode 29 (Part 1) - Flo chat, investigating the villa

Episode 29 (Part 2) - Finding out what Ozzy one of the boys did

Episode 30 (Part 1) - Ozzy, Grace, LJR/R, and Chloe/Bella's Movies

Episode 30 (Part 2) - Flo, Andy/Francis, Ozzy Pt.2, Marshall, Amelia's movies.

Volume XI - 02/08

Episode 31 (Part 1) - Toby arrives, speed dating

Episode 31 (Part 2) - Marshall confession, chat with LI

Episode 32 (Part 1) - Snog Marry Pie, everyone's turn except Ozzy & extra pie scene

Episode 32 (Part 2) - S/M/P Ozzy's turn & extra pie scenes. [I am NOT formatting those. Jesus what a mess]

Episode 32 (Part 3) - Shower bits, twin chat #6784968

Episode 33 (Part 1) - Chats around the villa with everyone except Amelia's former LI

Episode 33 (Part 2) - Chat with Amelia's former LI, Toby, your LI, and the voting

Episode 33 (Part 3) - Results and Amelia's former LI's tantrum

Volume XII - 09/08

Episode 34 (Part 1) - Heart rate challenge up to halway through MCs turn (Focus on Toby)

Episode 34 (Part 2) - Heartrrate challenge from halfway through MC's turn (focus on toby), Girls' results

Episode 35 (Part 1) - MC's heart rate, boys' heart rate, chat with marshall

Episode 35 (Part 2) - Rest of Marshall chat, most of Former LI / OG

Episode 35 (Part 3) - Rest of chats around the villa. sorry these are jumpy they're messy this week

Episode 36 (Part 1) - Final recoupling

Episode 36 (Part 2) - Pool sex lol

Volume XIII - 16/08

Episode 37 (Part 1) - Baby Challenge up until just after you sneak off to the bedroom

Episode 37 (Part 2) - Baby challenge (chat with Amelia, girls day announcement)

Episode 38 (Part 1) - Girls day up until Amelia's fantasy

Episode 38 (Part 2) - Amelia/MC's fantasy, cute LI backstory, Baby challenge winner

Episode 39 (Part 1) - Double date dinner. Sigh.

Episode 39 (Part 2) - Mostly just terrace sex.

Volume XIV - 23/08

Episode 40 (Part 1) - Final Date

Episode 40 (Part 2) - Catchup & pranks with the girls

Episode 41 (Part 1) - Final chat with LI(+smut)

Episode 41 (Part 2) - Declarations of love up until LI

Episode 42 (Part 1) - Leadup / cutesy bits.

Episode 42 (Part 2) - Winner announcement, intro of Hamish, video up until Casa

Episode 42 (Part 3) - Rest of video, Hamish's proposal, Love or Money

[helloiamadrawer]

Class 1-A Boys + music they listen to 🎵🎧 (PART 1)

Ojiro and Shoji would a b s o l u t e l y vibe together to meditation music, yk like the two most calmest bois of 1-A inviting each other to their dorms to chat, study or hang out to meditate after training to find some inner peace within themselves 😊✌️

Koda gives Animal Crossing vibes so much (probably plays Animal Crossing too 🥺) so he would listen to cutecore music for enjoyment, maybe a a bit of lofi if he has to study. Nervous boi would be so scared of showing off his music to his classmates because of how they would feel about it 🥺

Izuku loves all pop songs from 2000's to now pop music. But if you ask who is his favorite artist...probably Shawn Mendes, Harry Styles or Boywithuke. The first song he got attached to was 'Stitches'. Other types he likes are techno and dubstep

One time, after dinner at the dorms, Izuku and Todoroki were washing dishes in the kitchen and Izuku had his headphones on listening to said song and little did todoroki know..broccoli boi started ✨singing✨ it. His lovely voice ringing through the room, making the peppermint haired boy look at him in suprise. And poor boi din't notice it until he glanced back and immediately started apologizing and blushing like a mad man lol.

Todoroki was always a man of variation but he was never introduced to much music cause you know...

Until one day..he was just scrolling around youtube and all he could see was everything ✨slowed and reverb✨

It couldn't go away from his field of vision he clicks on a slowed version of Dancin by Aaron Smith and let me tell you when he did this

HE DID THIS jsgakjsbgiua

Starts to literally v i b e in his dorm room. It's like he's been teleported to another world where he can zone out and dance and when the song ended, he wanted more. Now everytime you see him, he has his earphones in listening to the sweet sounds of reverbed music (until he has to go to bed ofc cause he has curfew) and has about 200 songs on his Spotify playlist (he clearly hasn't stfu about it 😂) but outside of his new addiction, he also likes techno like Izuku does. Definitely plays it on his speaker too if hanging with the DekuSquad

When baking, Sato likes to play some indie music cause for some strange reason, it naturally speeds up the baking process for him. Yes, even the song from Lazytown Cooking by the Book (it's a guilty pleasure

Random headcanon: he gained a liking for broadway music and he had a theatre kid era once before he got into the whole baking/cooking spiel.

Tokoyami is the MOST obvious one of them all. He just loves being the emo/alt lord and loves metal/heavy metal to death. I mean probably every time he sees a new metal band he'll seek them out to see if they're good or not. He did come across a band that Kuroiro showed him once when Class B came to the dorms after the whole training tournament the band was called Nemophila ⬇️

He liked it, buuuttt he wanted 'more power' so he asked him what other bands he liked so he sent him this⬇️ Broken by the Scream

He took one look at the album art and literally thought that his twin emo is fooling him but when he listened to it holy shi- it's so good WhAt so much power 🤟😯 mans was even more shocked that it was an ✨all girl✨ band (yes even a girl did the deep voice) he was s h o o k e t h but in the greatest way possible, he even recommended this song for Jirou to listen and he NEVER does that. He includes it in his playlist and discovers there's more songs by them. He doesn't mind playing it out loud sometimes but he feels like it's only for him not being selfish or anything metal is a genre he treasures to him and doesn't give af what ppl think of it PERIODT.

Part 2 is coming soon since this part was sooo long than expected hope y'all enjoyed this part 🤟✨

[nameless-network]

What kind of Pikmin do you think each of the QSMP members would be?

oh ho ho ho ho

sorry for taking a bit to respond i put way too much thought into this

this is all based on their characters;

Red - Fit (2B2T lore and all) - Roier (was debating between putting him here on in rocks but this feels right) - Felps - Luzu - Ironmouse - Rivers

Yellow - Forever - Mariana (Cubito is a god but isn't confirmed to be able to fly (Yellows can be thrown higher than other pikmin + it feels right)) - Tubbo (Create mod is the closest thing there is to electricity so) - AyPierre (Same as above) - Wilbur

Blue - Foolish (Shark hybrid) - Baghera (Duck hybrid) - Quackity (Feels cruel but because of the pool he keeps getting sent into. He's survived in there for long enough to get water breathing I think.) - Kameto - Pol - Tina

Purple - Maximus (dude brought a whole nuke to purgatory . how did he do that. did he carry it himself. he can be purple for that. alternatively i was gonna put him in yellow because they were the only ones who could hold bomb rocks in pikmin 1 but i didnt have any purples so) - Vegetta

White - Cellbit (whites have X-Ray vision and are used to find treasures other pikmin can't + immune to gas bolasbolasbolas) - Missa? (my only reasoning is like . skeleton. whites are the closest weve got to a death based pikmin since they do damage when eaten so)

Rock - Etoiles (Does lots of damage + hard to kill (rocks can't be crushed)) - Spreen

Winged - Philza (Kinda cop-out choice for the bird hybrids but. yeah) - Jaiden - Carre? (im not really sure where to put carre actually. winged because his skin has wings and i like to draw him with them. alternatively could be purple with how he carried bolas early days /j) - Niki ? (no real reason for this just feels right)

Glow - Slimecicle (Strange little green guy + Immune to poison (was a hard pick between glow and white because again poison-toxins-code infection seem related in my head) - BadBoyHalo (It's the radiation poisoning /j) - Mike (feels right) - Arin (Computers/AI glowy aesthetic) - Bagi (at first i was gonna put her in white as well because mystery twins and all but glow feels more right to me)

Ice - DanTDM maybe? (ive got no basis for this other than ice kinda looks like diamond and i had no other characters for ice. hes ice bc his character got iced after 2 days logging on /j) - Willyrex (bc of the ice prison) - German (as above) - Lenay (as above)

Bulbmin - Logically I think all the eggs would be Bulbmin actually - You get Bulbmin by killing an adult with dwarfs following them and thats kinda like how the Federation claims the eggs came about (the dragon mother getting scared off by the wall exploding and leaving them behind) - Other than that it feels right that q!Antoine would be a bulbmin. i dont know why it just feels right

Shroomin - Happy Pills Arc Forever + Pac (Applies to @v@!Forever too) (Toxins/being mind controlled)

[voicesofchaos]

Zexal Month - The Empress

So this theme is supposed to talk about our favorite character. But again I feel like I have talked about Yuma and Vector so many times. It would be cool to talk about underappreciated main characters like Tron or Durbe. But I figured I wanted to do this like the Numbers post and instead look at the characters that are nobody's favorite character! So I am going to go through the minor characters in Zexal, note anything special about them and then make-up what happens to them after the series. Going to be another longer post! @zexalmonth

I'm going to start with Kotori's friends. We see Kotori spend most of her time with the Number's club but honestly I feel like off-camera she probably spends a lot of time with them off-camera throughout the whole series. Even though they are extremely minor characters in the series I feel like they are an important but separate group of friends that Kotori treasures. Epilogue-wise they stay friends with Kotori for a long time and maybe at like Kotori's birthday party they even start to become friends with the Number's club as well. Although Rio is annoyed by how much they like Ryoga.

Let's keep talking about classmates but talking about a bunch of characters that were mostly one-ofs at the beginning of Zexal II.

Except for Taichi/Spencer who debuted early and gets tricked by Tokunosuke/Flip a lot. He was also an important enough character to appear in Arc-V! So I am going to say after Zexal he got so tired of being bullied that fled to another dimension and in Arc-V's Heartland he ended up murdering the Arc-V version of Tokunosuke/Flip.

Then we have the student council guy. Not much to say about him honestly except that he becomes really good friends with Todoroki/Caswell after the series. Sure.

The flower lady continues her flower club and goes on to become a surprisingly good duelist with her Plant Burn strategy.

The comics drawing guy goes on to become an award-winning comic book artist for her his comic called, THE LUKEMAN!

One more notable classmate, Yatagarasu. I guess he is named that as a reference to being a good soccer player but why waste such a good name on a nobody Yugioh character! Yatagarasu is an iconic Yugioh card that is responsible for creating the first ban list! I say after the series he keeps simping for Rio for some time until he meets a certain someone else on this list...

Before we leave the school we need to talk about this teacher. This guy totally goes to jail for cyberterrorism. Everything in episode 3 anf 4 wasn't an act.

Moving on to World Duel Carnival! This Soccer deck guy, he dates Yatagarasu. Speaking of dating, Construction Boy dates Anna for a little bit but she ends up dumping him. Camera guy develops a crush on Akari and becomes her stalker until she gets a restraining order put on him and eventually he ends up in jail for illegal pictures. Then the Tomato guy dies of a heart attack at a young age.

Can't forget good old Charlie McCoy! This guy has one of the only on-screen kisses in all of Yugioh ever! Thus guy! You know what, I don't have anything else to say about him.

Let's move on to one-off villains! The gangster duo from episodes 11 and 12 who took advantage of Shark end up teaming up with the first guy in Zexal II the Barians brainwashed. Together their form a criminal empire that dominates the underworld. Until the Zexal version of Ushio/Trudge takes them down.

Speaking of gangsters. Did you know that only 2 fusion monsters were ever summoned in all of Zexal? Kaito summoned 1, Twin-Photon Lizard. And these guys summoned the other! They go on to become edgelord duel champions.

Again remember this guy that worshipped Kaito for literally no reason? Yeah that is all I have to say about him. He is just funny to think about.

What I want to say about Anna's friend who get married would make this post NSFW so I ma just going to skip them...

We see the mothers of most of the Numbers Club. But did you remember that Tetsuo/Bronk also has a hot sister? Just feels like wasted potential. They could have done so much with her character!

Finally we come to this idol. Fun fact, when Girag was hinted to be coming to Duel Links, a lot of people thought this idol was being added to the game as a playable character! In episode 92, Shark plays the guitar in a band with her. So my final post-Zexal headcanon is that her and Shark are friends-with-benefits on the down-low.

Hopefully you have enjoyed this very silly list of forgettable characters. I'm sorry if your favorite was so forgettable thaat they couldn't even make this list.

[laresearchette]

Monday, January 01, 2024 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: MAS*H: THE COMEDY THAT CHANGED TELEVISION (CTV) 8:00pm AMERICA'S GOT TALENT: FANTASY LEAGUE (City TV) 8:00pm 90 DAY FIANCÉ (TLC Canada) 8:00pm TAKING ON TAYLOR SWIFT (CNN) 9:00pm KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP (Food Network Canada) 9:00pm CELEBRITY IOU (HGTV Canada) 9:00pm HGTV DREAM HOME 2024 (HGTV Canada) 11:00pm

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT?: 2023 ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY (ABC Feed)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

CBC GEM BOOKSMART GRAND DESIGNS AUSTRALIA (Season 10 B)

CRAVE TV THE HANGOVER HOUSE OF KARDASHIAN (Episodes 1-3)

DISNEY + STAR FX’S AMERICAN HORROR STORY: DELICATE (Season 12A)

NETFLIX CANADA ANNIE (1982) BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE BITCONNED BRAVEN CHAPPIE FOOL ME ONCE (GB) LOURDERMILK (Seasons 1-3) MAHALIA MANDY ONE PIECE: MARINEFORD SEX TAPE SOMETHING BORROWED WAR DOGS YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT: A TWIN EXPERIMENT

PWHL HOCKEY (SN1/TSN/TSN3/TSN4) 12:00pm: New York vs. Toronto

NBA BASKETBALL (SN1) 3:00pm: Timberwolves vs. Knicks (SN/SN1) 7:30pm: Cavaliers vs. Raptors (TSN2) 8:00pm: Pacers vs. Bucks (SN/SN1) 10:30pm: Heat vs. Clippers

NHL HOCKEY (SN) 3:00pm: Knights vs. Kraken

MURDOCH MYSTERIES (CBC) 8:00pm: Murdoch investigates the shooting of a local construction company owner who was executed in a barber shop.

DESIGNING CHRISTMAS (CTV2) 8:00pm: Complicated and unexplored emotions may jeopardize everything between Stella and Pablo, co-hosts of a home renovation show, as they work together during the holidays.

A CHRISTMAS… PRESENT (Super Channel Heart & Home) 8:00pm: Knowing that this is to be Paul's first Christmas alone with his daughter, Ashley, since his wife's passing, Maggie decides to bring Eric and the kids for a visit to spread some Christmas cheer.

MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE (CBC) 9:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): The sister of a missing woman hires Eliza to find her, but the case was already closed by the police -- creating new tensions between Eliza and the Duke.

GOLD DIGGERS (W Network) 9:00pm/9:30pm (SERIES PREMIERE): It's 1853, and two ratbag sisters from Sydney travel to the Australian Gold Rush in search of their own treasure: newly rich idiots.

TO CATCH A SMUGGLER (Nat Geo Canada) 9:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): An HSI stakeout leads to nearly $500,000 of meth and fentanyl in San Diego; CBP finds concealed cash and a carload of cocaine at the El Paso border.

LETTERKENNY (Crave) 9:00pm/9:30pm/10:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): MoDean's hosts a night of standup. In Episode Two, the Skids engineer a country music hit. In Episode Three, Dary gets in with a bad crowd.

[lowkeyclueless5137]

Dragon Au incorrect quotes!

For all of those who never get tired of crack and my bullshit

Under the cut cuz Why not?

Malleus: Lilia asked me if I have solutions for an oddly specific situation.

Silver: And?

Ace: don't ya humans hoard things?

Malleus: I don't... I just swing my sword and hope I don't hit important organs.

Malleus: no...

Deuce: then how do you keep an eye on important things?

Silver: we kinda leave them somewhere and hope they didn't fall in the 8th dimension.

~Rollo coming to Ramshackle~

Rollo: please God... Give me patience...

Rollo: *opens door*

Malleus: *hanging from the Chandelier*

Silver: *Sleeping on the staircase rails*

Rollo: if I had strength... I would slaughter you 2.

Ramshackle night

Rollo: *getting out of his room*

Idia & Azul: *getting out of Malleus's room* O-O;

Rollo: I'm going to tell dormhe-

Silver's door swings open

Half of NRC getting out of there: o-o;

Rollo: nevermind...

Dormleaders meeting

Week 1

Malleus: vice of Ramshackle, in Dormhead's place.

Riddle: what happened to Silver?

Malleus: how about we start the meeting?

Week 2

Rollo: Vice of Ramshackle, in Dormhead's place.

Vil: why isn't silver here?

Rollo: God forbid me mentioning about it...

Week 3

Malleus: V-

Leona: what is it this time, herbivore?

Malleus: he's definitely alive... Ok? OK...

Dormheads, in their minds: WHAT IS THIS GUY DOING?!

What was silver actually doing

Silver: zzz zzz...

Ace: So me and Deuce are your friends...

Malleus: yes...

Ace: All 3 of us are FRIENDS...

Malleus: indeed...

Ace: So that means me and deuce are also friends.

Malleus: Perhaps...

Ace: WHAT DOES PERHAPS MEAN, HUMAN?!

Malleus: I saw you 2 making out in the bathroom!

Deuce: oAo;

Ace: he's onto us...

Silver: if I had a nickel for every time Malleus got out of trouble via marriage and violence... I would have 2 nickels... Which isn't a lot, but it's wierd it happened twice...

Sebek: And I thought humans had a long courting sistem...

Malleus, holding up a comic book: Behold! A comic book from Silver's library!

Cater: Never heard of Marvel... Is it good?

Ace: the purple dude looks wierd...

Trey: I like the iron suited human...

Deuce: it looks like an adventure comic!

Riddle, passing by: Endgame? Oh the ending was bittersweet for me...

Hearts bois:?!?!

Malleus: valid...

Jack: that gargoyle on the gates looks a bit crooked.

Deuce: actually... That is a grotesque...

Jack:???

Meanwhile

Malleus: why do I feel like a proud father?

Silver: you old?

Malleus: I'm old???

Boardgame meeting

Azul:...

Idia: he is in the infirmary again...

Azul: so... Did Malleus-

Idia: attempted to court me, only to end up almost dead because humans aren't as strong as dragons? Yep... 2 days ago actually...

Azul: *breaths in relief* for a moment I thought he was seeing someone else...

Pe class

Vargas: Shroud! Flap those wings!

Idia: s-sir... I literally cannot... I have permission slip...

Vargas: Any dragon with wings can flap them!

Idia: Oh boi... Here we go again... *flaps wings*

*bones crack*

*wings end up in an unnatural position*

Idia, through tears: c-can I go to the infirmary... Please?

Vargas:... Next class bring a broom...

Idia: thank you...

Malleus: your Dormhead is terrifying...

Trey: How come?

Malleus: Yesterday... I saw Rosehearts bodyslam the energetic Leech then drag his body and throw him in his treasure pile...

Trey: *spits drink* He's BOLD...

Rollo: how do you tell apart the Leech twins?

Riddle: Their hair strands...

Ruggie: usually their mannerisms...

Azul: I grew up with those 2... I can tell them apart even blindfolded...

Malleus: I usually swing my sword around and if he backs out, he is the calm one...

Cater: So... How did you end up in NRC, Rollo?

Rollo: attempted to have a mass purge of magic via magic sucking flowers... Also overBlot...

Cater: why are all humans so wierd?!

Average Friday night at Ramshackle

Silver: It is time...

Malleus: *brings out just dance*

Rollo: *sets up the console*

Silver: *stretches a bit and grbs controler* we Gotta bust a bigger Grove than last week!

Lilia: Silver~

Silver: old man... I already ate...

Lilia: such shame... Alas... I will put here the risotto I made for you... Maybe your dormates are ar-

Silver: Yeah... They are not here for a while... I'll tell them you dropped by and said hi... *Looking behind Lilia*

Malleus & Rollo: *desperately trying to throw the food off the window behind Lilia*

Lilia: Huh? Is something behind me? *turns around*

Malleus: *throws himself off the window along the food*

Rollo: *hides under the table*

Silver, awkwardly: How about we go around for a bit?

Malleus, falling of the stairs:...

Sebek: HUMAN?! ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!

Malleus: m-my phone...

Sebek: do I have to dial the ambulance number?! Are your bones functional?! *gives phone*

Malleus: *dials a number, waiting to pick up*

Silver, on the other end of the call: yes, Malleus?

Malleus: You will never guess what happened...

Sebek:...

Silver: Rollo, where are you going?

Rollo: to either get ice cream or crucify someone... I'll decide on the road...

Malleus: I want mint ice cream...

Jack: it's a bit wierd...

Epel: what do you mean?

Ortho: he is reffering to the fact that Malleus is 2 years older than all of us...

Ace: old man...

Malleus: at least lilia told me I look quite adorable for my age...

Deuce: he told you that after you fell off a broom and rose up with dirt and mud in your mouth like a 4 year old...

This is all for now! :3

Also have a lil smth for this au:

It took me so fucking much to find that goddamn paper in my bag :'3

Until next time! Buh bye!

[blorbologist]

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My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

I'm having thoughts about Ashton and Fearne's relationship. Platonic or romantic I don't mind either, I just.

Fearne. Fearne who Morri taken a shine to. Fearne, she was collected, traded for a favor, given, kept, kept, kept, like a toy. A thing, a thing - yes her parents love her yes they'd give her the moon (hah!) but she's a precious thing to them, a six year old, a child but without any of the budding autonomy of one, talked about with the same fond possessiveness as a pet. All the language surounding her treats her as an object - it certainly sheds some light on how she views her relationships. She was loved, yes, but loved enough to be *worth* something when traded, loved enough to be hoarded by Morri.

Ashton, who was a Nobody and then nobody to the Nobodies, who left him for dead, who potentially even set him up??? (I've seen some mutterings about that). Ashton who was an unwanted orphan, a Greymoore, one body among the masses, nobody important to anyone (bar Milo and FCG). Ashton who is one man's trash, another man's treasure - broken but gilded.

And what do they do?

They steal from eachother.

"Fuck you, you're someone, because a thing can't have things and I want your things. You're a cunning foe in this game of ours, you're fun to play with, fuck you, you can't say steal from a toy. It's only fun taking things because they're owned by you," says Ashton.

"You're worth taking from, you're worth the game, you're someone I want to interact with. I'll watch you sleep, I'll look into your head like you matter. You're some*body* and you have some *things* and I'll keep coming back to you," says Fearne.

"I'll steal you," they both say. "You're worth stealing, but only because it’s you, and I care about you."

1,126 notes - Posted August 12, 2022

#4

“I’VE SEEN LIGHTIN’ SPLIT TREES BEFORE”

“I’m gonna lightningbolt the tree trunk so I can split it right down the middle and make the two halves crash down“

MY GAYS SHE DID IT THE SYMBOLISM THE POETRY 

IMOGEN SO TIED TO LIGHTNING AND STORMS SPLITTING THE SUN TREE, THE TREE FROM WHICH LAUDNAS BODY HUNG, CLEAN IN TWO. EYES FLASHING WHITE NOT RED. IMOGEN NOT RUIDUS.

ALSO LAURA BAILEY RIGHTS TO KILL BRIARWOODS TURN THEM INTO FUCKING KINDLING BABE!!

1,175 notes - Posted October 14, 2022

#3

You've seen Marisha on the table, NOW GET READY FOR

ERIKA ON THE TABLE

1,522 notes - Posted July 22, 2022

#2

POV, you're the Briarwoods and the feast just got... interesting.

Jumping on the bandwagon and doing a redraw of this moment last episode because YEAH, the Twins + Percy vibes just jumped out. (There's no way Percy would be this chill but I wanted to draw them in the fancy outfits so! It be how it be :v)

1,756 notes - Posted July 23, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

SCREAMING CRYING THROWWING UPP

"The lord is in his office"

"Orym someone about your size is following you."

I BET THATS GWEN

See the full post

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Note For A Child - Loving You 17:18 Eelke Kleijn Feat. Josha Daniel - Oscillations 17:15 Sam Feldt Feat. Lateshift - The Riddle 17:10 The Swan And The Lake - Port D'andratx (Part 2 - Rain) 17:07 The Hitmen - Turn Off The Lights 17:01 Consolidation Feat. Moguai - Ode To Joy 16:56 Stefano Saletti & Piccola Banda Ikona - Tagama 16:53 Kryder & Natalie Shay - Rapture 16:48 Schiller Feat. Jael - Tired (Live) 16:42 Schwarz & Funk - Savannah Sunset 16:39 Hypnosis - Pulstar 16:31 Kygo - Freeze 16:27 Faberge - Close Your Eyes 16:22 Eelke Kleijn - Woodstock 16:17 L' Art Mystique - Le Jardin Secret (Original Mix) 16:12 Valante - Rissa 16:09 Arty Feat. Cimo Fränkel - Daydreams (Sultan Shepard Echoes) 16:04 The Alan Parsons Project - Lucifer 16:02 Trinix & Ian Urbina - Bad Things 16:00 George Geccoo Feat. Maik Pinto - Dolce Vita 15:52 Ost & Kjex - Queen Of Europe Feat. 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Mick Roach - Magnolia 08:34 Regard & Raye - Secrets 08:30 Passenger 10 - Voices In Her Head 08:27 Omi - Cheerleader 08:24 Robin Schulz & David Guetta - On Repeat 08:18 Shakedown - At Night (Afterlife Remix) 08:15 Fritz Kalkbrenner - Void 08:12 Alan Walker X Hans Zimmer - Time (Alan Walker Remix) 08:10 Alok Feat. Alida - Love Again 08:06 The Alan Parsons Projekt - Eye In The Sky 08:04 Lost Frequencies & Elley Duhé - Back To You 07:59 Fous De La Mer - Luces 07:55 Klingande Feat. Daylight - Losing U 07:52 Tomas Skyldeberg - Outside The Window 07:48 Mike Candys & Jack Holiday - La Serenissima 07:42 Faro - Dreaming In Orange 07:39 Kamrad - Feel Alive 07:36 Moby - Lift Me Up 07:32 The Ocean Piano - Piano Mi Camino (Blue Wave Mix) 07:28 Dvine - Unknown Reality 07:22 Relaxraum - Endless Horizons 07:17 Christopher Von Deylen - Infinity 07:10 Armen Miran Feat. Jivan Gasp - Lost Memories 07:05 Nora En Pure - Diving With Whales (Daniel Portman Radio Mix) 07:01 Blank & Jones Feat. Zoe Durrant - Adios Ayer 06:58 Majestic & Boney M. - Rasputin 06:54 Redlounge Orchestra - Reserver 06:49 Thomas Lemmer & Andreas Bach - Deep Ocean 06:46 Melokind - Tiefgang 06:40 Massive Attack - Spying Glass 06:37 Vievie - Sea Roses 06:32 Gary B - Love Rain Down 06:29 Mike Candys & Jack Holiday - The Riddle Anthem Rework 06:26 Alok, Zeeba And Iro - Ocean 06:21 Dario G - Voices 06:18 Edx - Ecletric (Mixed) 06:17 Christopher Von Deylen - Arco Iris 06:14 Alan Walker - Faded 06:07 Nora En Pure - Thermal (Extended Mix) 06:04 Blank & Jones Feat. Jan Loechel - Beautiful Life 06:00 Blondee & Marc Werner Feat. Fabienne Rothe - Wonderful Days 05:56 Fritz Kalkbrenner - Kings & Queens 05:53 Vamero & Lizot - Bleeding Love 05:49 Consoul Trainin - Take Me To Infinity 05:44 Three Drives On A Vinyl - Greece 2000 (Sebastian Davidson & Melosense Remix) 05:36 After Sunrise - Deep Breath (Extended Mix) 05:29 Atb - No Fate 05:25 Lucy Neville - Shameless 05:21 Patrick Baker - Call Me Up (Original Mix) 05:17 Sound Nomaden - The Morning After 05:15 Famba Feat. Brando & Mkla - Games We Play 05:10 Alejandro De Pinedo - Cancer 05:07 Edx Feat. Jess Ball - Take Me Home 05:03 Nora En Pure - Enchantment 04:58 Sonic Adventure Project - Waters In Motion 04:55 Filatov & Karas - Au Au 04:51 Milkwish - From The Earth To The Moon 04:46 Jakatta - So Lonely (Blu Mar Ten Mix) 04:43 Dj Antoine & Dead-line - Shout 04:35 A Forest Mighty Black - Rebirth 04:29 Deep Dive Corp. & Setsuna - Transatlantic 04:26 Armin Van Buuren & Garibay - Phone Down 04:20 Funkstar De Luxe - Sun Is Shining 04:17 Mike Candys & Séb Mont - What's On Your Mind 04:15 Dj Antoine Feat. Ablai - My Corazon (Dj Antoine Vs Mad Mark 2k21 Mix) 04:08 Kruder & Dorfmeister - Black Baby 04:01 Monolink - Don't Hold Back 03:57 Schiller - Summer In Berlin 03:52 Vargo - The Moment 03:46 Airstream - Your Tears (Del Mar Mix) 03:43 Fedde Le Grand Feat. Vince Freeman - Devils 03:37 Chris Zippel Feat. Tusnelda - Blade 03:34 Thrdl!fe & Sleepwalkrs - Outta My Head 03:29 Naomi - Anybody Here? 03:25 Kidsø - Fir 03:22 Carstn & Ten Tonne Skeleton - Safety Dance 03:15 Troels Hammer - Trans/ For/ Mation 03:10 Jean-michel Jarre - Oxygene, Pt. 4 03:05 Nora En Pure - Trailblazer (Club Mix) 02:59 Jon Hopkins - Private Universe 02:56 Audien - Blue 02:52 Gesaffelstein & The Weeknd - Lost In The Fire 02:47 Boozoo Bajou - Caminoux 02:43 Schiller - Midnight In Shiraz 02:40 Alle Farben & Flynn - I Need To Know 02:34 Schiller Feat. Sarah Brightman - The Smile 02:30 Tinlicker Feat. Hero Baldwin - Rebirth 02:26 Agron - Love My Soul 02:23 Moby - My Only Love 02:19 Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd - Moth To A Flame 02:14 La Vita - Smooth Like Silk 02:07 Armen Miran & Hraach - Gravitation 02:03 Jean-michel Jarre - Equinoxe, Pt. 5 01:57 Fc Kahuna - Hayling 01:54 Together Alone - Ain't Nobody 01:47 Monolink & Zigan Aldi - Fidale (I Feel) Vocal Version 01:42 Marc Puig - To Start Anew 01:39 Backstreet Boys - Chances (Instrumental) 01:33 Anrey - We Are The Mirrors (Extended Mix) 01:27 Noraj Cue - Story At The Campfire 01:24 Tiësto - The Motto 01:19 Daniele Mastracci Feat. Allegra - Something Great 01:16 Munich Monstrs - Shine 01:10 Colyn - Lightyears 01:05 Ilo - Soleil D'hiver 01:01 Hein Klein & Cheyenne - Every Breath You Take 00:57 Arden - Open 00:50 Armen Miran - Precious Story 00:48 Le Shuuk Feat. Xilions - Goodbye 00:45 Max Johann & Layrz - Tell It To My Heart 00:38 Tapesh And Dayne S - How I Do (Original Mix) 00:32 Joachim Pastor & Signum - Something You Need (Extended Mix) 00:29 Alina Baraz & Galimatias - Fantasy (Felix Jaehn Remix) 00:26 Mahmut Orhan - Schhh (Feat. Irina Rimes) 00:24 Kamrad - I Believe 00:18 Kölsch - Left Eye Left 00:16 R3hab, Timmy Trumpet, W&W - Distant Memory 00:13 Shapov & Avian Grays Feat. Kifi - Light Up The World 00:08 Placebo - Running Up That Hill 00:04 Robin Schulz & Alle Farben & Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere Over The Rainbow / What A Wonderful World 00:01 Topic Feat. Nico Santos - Home (Alle Farben Remix)

[laetan]

Pspsps all the asks as a treat

you pspsps at me like The Cat? Jail.

Jk thank you, I love this.

1: Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?

Closed. I usually straighten up my room before going to sleep. 

2: Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotel?

Yup, where I work they have an outreach program for people that are homeless and collect them. 

3: Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out?

I usually tuck then in on one side 

4: Have you ever stolen a street sign before?

God I wish

5: Do you like to use post-it notes?

Sometimes? I feel like I end up with lil piles of them

6: Do you cut out coupons but then never use them?

I'm very pro coupon but also unfortch v forgetful so

7: Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of a bees?

Bear, can't punch a swarm of bees

8: Do you have freckles?

Yep! 

9: Do you always smile for pictures?

I'm weirdly bashful about pictures but getting better. I try. 

10: What is your biggest pet peeve?

Oh my god whistling, or repeated throat clearing, makes me wanna die. 

11: Do you ever count your steps when you walk?

No

12: Have you ever peed in the woods?

Mhm! Campint,, baby 

13: What about pooped in the woods?

See above lol

14: Do you ever dance even if theres no music playing?

There's always something stuck in my head

15: Do you chew your pens and pencils?

Not really

16: How many people have you slept with this week?

I'm choosing to read this as sleeping in the same bed as someone. But none, unfortunately. My girl’s out of the country rn

17: What size is your bed?

Twin. 

18: What is your Song of the week?

Ooh that's hard. Maybe Kalahari Down?

19: Is it okay for guys to wear pink?

Gender is a construct

20: Do you still watch cartoons?

Sometimes, not all that often

21: Whats your least favorite movie?

The one that comes to mind is Groundhog Day. I know it's samsara, I do, but this dude's first instinct when he starts repeating the day is to manipulate women, like that aint it, chief

22: Where would you bury hidden treasure if you had some?

No one shall get my treasures, trick question

23: If you’re a girl, bra size? If you’re a guy, pants size?

I like that we're using pant size as an equivalent 

24: What do you dip a chicken nugget in?

Ranch

25: What is your favorite food?

Hmm gyros, love Greek food

26: What movies could you watch over and over and still love?

Mad Max: Fury Road

27: Last person you kissed/kissed you?

The Girf

28: Were you ever a boy/girl scout?

I wasn't. Did go to girl scout day camp once or twice 

29: Would you ever strip or pose nude in a magazine?

Guess it depends how much I'm being paid

30: When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper?

In the last month. I have elderly pen pals

31: Can you change the oil on a car?

Yep!

32: Ever gotten a speeding ticket?

Nope, nice try officer

33: Ever ran out of gas?

Also no, I'm too neurotic for that

34: Favorite kind of sandwich?

I love a reuben or a cubano

35: Best thing to eat for breakfast?

The truthful answer is whatever I can manage to but like fancy breakfast, love waffles

36: What is your usual bedtime?

Like 8-10, I'm an old man

37: Are you lazy?

That's a loaded question. I hope not

38: When you were a kid, what did you dress up as for Halloween?

Already answered!

39: What is your Chinese astrological sign?

I'm not actually sure

40: Are you horny?

( ͠° ͟ʖ ͡°) 

41: Do you have any magazine subscriptions?

Nah

42: Which are better legos or lincoln logs?

Ooh they both have their benefits tbh

43: Are you stubborn?

To a fault.

44: Who is better…Leno or Letterman?

You could hold my family over a pit of lava and I would not be able to pick these men from a lineup.

45: Ever watch soap operas?

Jane the Virgin is technically a telenovella, loved that dhow

46: Are you afraid of heights?

Ish? Like self preservation not paralytically 

47: Do you sing in the car?

Not really, multitasking is tricky

48: Do you sing in the shower?

Sometimes

49: Do you dance in the car?

Often

50: Ever used a gun?

I have

51: Last time you got a portrait taken by a photographer?

God, probably as a child? Not for a long time

52: Do you think musicals are cheesy?

Yes and I adore them

53: Is Christmas stressful?

Sometimes, like there's a lot going on around the holidays and sometimes it makes me sad

54: Ever eat a pierogi?

God I love pierogis

55: Favorite type of fruit pie?

Ooh key lime or blueberry

56: Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid?

Firefighter! Specifically a hot shot

57: Do you believe in ghosts?

I think so, like I think there's a lot of stuff I don't understand and don't know enough to say no

58: Ever have a Deja-vu feeling?

Weirdly often

59: Take a vitamin daily?

I try, doesn't always happen

60: Wear slippers?

Yes, my feet are So Cold Always

61: Wear a bath robe?

Nah

62: What do you wear to bed?

Usually like boxers and an undershirt or whatever shirt I was wearing 

63: First concert?

I think technically it was Bruce Springsteen

64: Wal-Mart, Target or Kmart?

Target

65: Nike or Adidas?

I have no opinion tbh

66: Cheetos Or Fritos?

Cheetos

67: Peanuts or Sunflower seeds?

Sunflower seeds

68: Ever hear of the group Tres Bien?

Like the jazz quartet? 

69: Ever take dance lessons?

Nope, never did

70: Is there a profession you picture your future spouse doing?

Working in non-profits. Or whatever else she decides to do

71: Can you curl your tongue?

Yep, but only once 

72: Ever won a spelling bee?

God no, I'm a terrible speller, worse out loud

73: Have you ever cried because you were so happy?

I'm not really a crier

74: Own any record albums?

Nope 

75: Own a record player?

Nyet

76: Regularly burn incense?

Noooo don't like the smell

77: Ever been in love?

Yeah. More than once 

78: Who would you like to see in concert?

Already answered!

79: What was the last concert you saw?

Mmm not actually sure, it's been a hot second. 

80: Hot tea or cold tea?

Hot!

81: Tea or coffee?

Tea, always

82: Sugar or snickerdoodles?

Sugar! I just made some Actually 

83: Can you swim well?

Not really. I learned in highschool after having a weird phobia around it from almost drowning when I was a kid, so I can keep myself afloat but I'm not fast

84: Can you hold your breath without holding your nose?

Yes..? Can people not do that…?

85: Are you patient?

Lord no. Fatal flaw.

86: DJ or band, at a wedding?

DJ 

87: Ever won a contest?

I won a box of lucky charms that was just marshmallows

88: Ever have plastic surgery?

Reconstructive, yes

89: Which are better black or green olives?

Black, green are too salty

90: Can you knit or crochet?

No, always wanted to learn tho

91: Best room for a fireplace?

Hmm. The center of the house, especially a cabin

92: Do you want to get married?

Yes

93: If married, how long have you been married?

Not yet

94: Who was your HS crush?

Someone who had no business being

95: Do you cry and throw a fit until you get your own way?

Nah, I just get passive aggressive 

96: Do you have kids?

No

97: Do you want kids?

Mm not really. Thought about fostering but giving birth is horrifying not to mention I'm not ethically comfortable with having kids

98: Whats your favorite color?

Red or blue

99: Do you miss anyone right now?

Terribly.

[crossdressingdeath]

Twin Treasures Chapter 1, v. 1

AN: So, the great editing spree has begun. Chapter one is finished, you can read the edited version of this chapter here, but everyone who commented on it wanted me to move the original versions over to Tumblr when I changed them so... here we are, I suppose. Chapter one, old version!

Yiling is small and loud and filthy, and Jin Rong doesn’t know why his mother brought him here.

��Experience,” she says when he asks, and, “You cannot work with the other sects if you don’t know what they face,” which he doesn’t think is a proper answer.

“Father wouldn’t bring me here,” he grumbles, but only quietly. His mother’s hatred of his father is legendary, even though he’s not entirely sure why she hates him so much. Don’t you dare turn out like your father, she says over and over, and Jin Rong nods every time despite not understanding. Everyone in Koi Tower knows you don’t say no to Madame Jin, and despite being only ten years old (a very mature ten years old, he’d insist if anyone asked), he’s learned that lesson several times over.

Which is what brings him here, walking down a filthy street with his mother holding his hand tightly. She’d brought a little basket of dumplings for his lunch, which he’s now clutching in his free hand, but she refuses to let go long enough for him to eat any.

He hears dogs barking from down an alley and tugs on his mother’s sleeve. “Mother, Mother, there are dogs down there! Can we go see them?”

“They’re probably strays,” Madame Jin tells him. “They can be dangerous, especially for children, so it’s better for us to stay away.” Before Jin Rong can complain, she turns back to the alley in one sharp movement. Something in her face shifts. “…A-Rong, stay close to me.” That said, she hurries down the alley towards the sound of barking. Did she change her mind?

As they get closer, Jin Rong begins to hear what she must have. There’s someone screaming, a high, reedy sound that must be coming from another kid. “N-no! Stay away! Get away from me! Help! Somebody, help me!”

Madame Jin draws her sword as the dogs come into view. They’re huge, hungry-looking beasts, nothing like his own pets back at Koi Tower, and Jin Rong shrinks into his mother’s side as she drives them off with a few quick slashes. The screaming dies down to whimpering, and he gets his first look at the kid. He looks young, and far dirtier than any child he’s ever seen. He’s definitely younger and dirtier than Jin Rong himself is, he notes with quiet satisfaction. Madame Jin kneels down and speaks soothingly, like she does when Jin Rong scrapes his knee during training. “Child, are you alright?”

The kid sniffles and wipes at his eyes, leaving smears of mud on his cheeks. “I’m okay…”

…That’s not mud, Jin Rong realizes. “You’re bleeding!”

Madame Jin nods, seeing the same thing he did. “What happened? Were you bitten? Here, let me see.”

“I-I’m okay,” the kid insists. “Really, I’m- Ow!” The last part comes as Jin Rong grabs his arm and yanks it forward so his mother can look.

“A-Rong!” Madame Jin snaps. She gently takes the kid’s arm, clicking her tongue at the sight of a deep bite. “Well, that looks painful. Here, let me…” She pulls a ribbon from her sleeve to bind the wound. “There. That should hold until we get you proper medical attention. Where are your parents?”

“Gone.”

“Gone?” Madame Jin echoes. “What do you mean?”

The kid shrugs. “They left on a night hunt, ages ago. I haven’t seen them since…”

Madame Jin takes a deep breath. “…I see. What’s your name, child?”

“Wei Ying!” the kid says.

“Wei Ying,” Madame Jin repeats. Jin Rong doesn’t understand why she cares so much. “Really?”

“Mhm!”

“Cangse Sanren and Wei Changze’s child?” Madame Jin presses.

"Mhm!” The kid nods. “D’you know them? When are they coming back?”

Something sad creeps over his mother’s face. “…I don’t think they are, A-Ying,” she says.

“Oh.” Wei Ying ducks his head. “…Are they dead?”

“I’m afraid so,” Madame Jin says gently.

“Oh,” Wei Ying repeats, very quietly. He sniffles quietly.

He’s not going to cry, is he? Jin Rong isn’t any good with crying people. He fumbles for his basket and pulls out a dumpling, which he holds out to the kid. “Here.”

“Eh?” Wei Ying stares at him, then at the dumpling. “Is that for me?”

“Just take it,” Jin Rong grumbles.

Wei Ying smiles at him, still a little teary-eyed. “Thank you, Rich-gege!”

It’s like the sun has just risen in the filthy alley. Wei Ying’s face lights up, his eyes shining as he bites into the dumpling. “It’s good!” he chirps around his mouthful. “It’s really, really good!”

Jin Rong manages to tear his eyes away from the brightest smile he’s ever seen long enough to catch his mother’s approving nod. “Do you… want more?” he asks.

“There’s more?!” Wei Ying steps closer, eyes wide. “It’s really okay if I have some? Even though they’re yours?”

“Why would I offer if it wasn’t okay?!” Jin Rong holds out the basket of dumplings.

Wei Ying takes it hesitantly and reaches in to pull one out. “Okay!”

He begins eating in quick bites. Jin Rong watches jealously. He’s hungry too! But his mother is looking at him with a proud smile, like he’s done something right. So he keeps watching, trying to ignore the way his stomach growls.

Wei Ying doesn’t ignore it, though. “Oh! Are you hungry, Rich-gege?” He glances into the basket, already half empty. “Sorry… I ate your food.” He holds it out. “You can have the rest, though!”

Jin Rong glances at his mother, then nods and takes the basket. She smiles at Wei Ying as he starts on the remaining dumplings. “A-Ying, do you have anywhere to stay?” Wei Ying shakes his head. “Would you like to come and stay with us?”

Wei Ying blinks at her. “Stay… with you and Rich-gege?”

“We have a huge house,” Jin Rong boasts. “With lots of servants and good food and warm beds!”

“And… I can stay there?” Wei Ying asks. “You don’t mind?”

“Of course,” Madame Jin says.

“Father won’t like it,” Jin Rong says.

Wei Ying flinches. Madame Jin frowns at Jin Rong. “What does that matter?” she asks. “Do you think I am beholden to your father’s wishes?” Jin Rong shakes his head quickly. Madame Jin nods and turns back to Wei Ying. “You don’t need to worry about him,” she says gently. “I’ll take care of everything.”

Wei Ying hesitates, looking away as he thinks. “It’s really okay?”

“It’s okay,” Madame Jin assures him.

Wei Ying smiles again. “Then… yes, please.” He giggles. “Please take me home with you!” He bows clumsily.

It’s cute. Sort of like when his dogs do tricks. Jin Rong glances at his mother, who smiles at both of them. “Well then, shall we go?”

“Mhm!”

Jin Rong nods. “Yeah, I want to go home.”

Madame Jin turns to leave the alley. Jin Rong follows. After a moment, a little hand takes his. He turns to see Wei Ying clinging to him. The kid smiles at him. “Is this okay?” he asks.

“…Sure,” Jin Rong decides.

Wei Ying giggles, grabbing onto Jin Rong’s arm more firmly. Jin Rong doesn’t bother to shake him off.

…

The sun has long since set when they return home. Wei Ying is exhausted by the time they reach the top of Koi Tower’s steps. So is Jin Rong, but he’s less exhausted, so he keeps his head up and looks superior as they stand before his father.

“My lady,” Jin Guangshan says. “You want to… adopt this child?” He says it like Madame Jin has suggested they roast and eat him.

“I am going to adopt this child,” Madame Jin says firmly.

“You know what people will say if you do this,” Jin Guangshan wheedles. “Everyone will think he’s mine, you know.”

“You don’t need to worry about that,” Madame Jin assures him. “I would never allow anyone to believe such nonsense.”

“My lady…”

Madame Jin turns to the children. “A-Rong, why don’t you show A-Ying around his new home?”

“My lady!”

“Go on,” she says, ignoring her husband. Jin Rong glances between the two of them, then turns to Wei Ying. The kid has his head down, swaying on his feet from exhaustion, staring at the floor like he can convince it to swallow him if he begs it hard enough. He’s still filthy; the three of them were brought to Jin Guangshan almost immediately, leaving the servants to prepare a bath in Jin Rong’s room.

Jin Rong grabs his hand and tugs him toward the door. “Come on,” he says. “I’ll take you to my room.”

“Okay.” Wei Ying follows him obediently.

They walk until the sound of arguing fades into the distance. The servants look at them oddly, the heir to the sect walking hand in hand with a filthy beggar boy. Jin Rong glares at anyone who does, but if Wei Ying notices he’s ignoring it.

“Here,” Jin Rong says, stopping in front of his bedroom door.

“This is your room?” Wei Ying asks.

“Yeah,” Jin Rong says. He reaches for the door.

There’s a bark from the other side, and Wei Ying goes pale. “D-dog!”

“She’s not like those dogs on the street,” Jin Rong tells him, a little annoyed. His puppy is a good girl, she’d never bite!

Before he can inform Wei Ying of this, the puppy gets tired of waiting for him to open the door enough for her to get out and throws her full weight against it. Jin Rong loses his grip as the door flies open and his puppy leaps out, barking joyously.

Wei Ying screams. He scrambles to hide behind Jin Rong, arms wrapping around his neck so tightly he can barely breathe. “Help!” he wails. “Help, help, save me! Rich-gege, make it go away!”

“Calm down!” Jin Rong snaps. “And let go of me!”

“I can’t!” Wei Ying cries. “Scary, it’s so scary! Gege, make it stop!”

“Fine!” He turns to the puppy. “Sit!”

She sits. Wei Ying doesn’t let go of him. Jin Rong groans. “What now?”

“Make it go away!” Wei Ying whines. “Please make it go away!”

“Alright, alright!” He waves a hand at the puppy. He’d pet her, but when he tries to step closer Wei Ying shrieks and yanks desperately at his clothes until he stops. “Go to the kennels! The kennels! Good girl!”

He’s glad Father got him a spiritual dog; he can’t imagine how hard it would be to get a regular dog to the kennels with Wei Ying clinging to him. At least he’s light.

…He’s very light, actually. Definitely lighter than Jin Rong, as well as shorter and scrawnier. He should talk to his mother about that. Maybe Wei Ying needs more food, like when Jin Rong found that little puppy whose mother hadn’t been feeding him. If Wei Ying didn’t have a mother to feed him before then he probably didn’t get enough, right? If he’s really going to be Jin Rong’s little brother then it’s his job to look after him! He doesn’t want Wei Ying to die!

While he’s been thinking, his puppy has slunk off towards the kennels. He makes a note to bring her some treats later; it’s not her fault his new brother doesn’t like her! “There, she’s gone! Will you get off now?”

Wei Ying all but throws himself off him. “Sorry, sorry! I didn’t mean to bother you!”

“It’s… fine.” He’s still a little annoyed, but who’s going to make a fuss looking at those big eyes, still wide and bright with tears from the fright? Who could upset him more over something this small? It’s not like he can’t see his dogs, he just has to keep them away from Wei Ying! Or teach him not to be scared of them! He can do that! “Don’t worry about it.”

“Really?” Wei Ying blinks at him. “You… You can call it back if you want…”

“I don’t want you screaming in my ear all night,” Jin Rong scoffs.

“All… night?”

“Well, why would we get a bath ready for you here if you were sleeping somewhere else?” Jin Rong asks. “Or would you rather sleep in the hall?”

“N-no!” Wei Ying says quickly. “If you’re really okay with me staying in your room…”

It occurs to Jin Rong that he doesn’t actually know if his mother has had another room prepared for Wei Ying or not. But it’s too late now! He’s already said that Wei Ying can stay in his room, and Madame Jin always says that a good sect leader keeps his word! So he’ll share with Wei Ying, at least just for tonight.

He manages to usher Wei Ying into the bedroom and to the tub of water without any more issues. While the younger boy bathes, he grabs a set of his own inner robes for him; it’s not like there’s anything else for him to wear other than the dirty rags he brought with him. What would be the point of bathing if he’s just going to put on filthy clothes again?

When Wei Ying finally emerges from the bath, clean with his hair still wet and dressed in Jin Rong’s too-big clothes, Jin Rong is considering the next problem: he’s only got one bed.

“Um… I can sleep on the floor…” Wei Ying offers, glancing from Jin Rong to the bed and back again. “I’m used to stuff like that.”

“Mother says guests always get first priority,” Jin Rong says as haughtily as he can. “I’ll sleep on the floor.”

“But it’s your room!”

“Shut up!” Jin Rong snaps. “I said you could take the bed so you take the bed! Stop arguing!”

“O-okay!” Wei Ying scurries over to the bed. “Um… good night.”

“…Good night.”

Jin Rong blows out the candles as Wei Ying settles into bed. He giggles, nuzzling into the sheets. “Your bed is so nice!”

Jin Rong shrugs, even though Wei Ying probably can’t see him in the dark. “It’s okay.”

“You must be really rich, Gege,” Wei Ying sighs. “If this is only okay…”

“Go to sleep already,” Jin Rong grumbles. “I’m tired, and I can’t sleep with you chattering.”

“Sorry, sorry!” Wei Ying says. “I can’t help it, I haven’t had anyone to talk to in ages and ages! Am I bothering you?”

“Shut uuuuuuuuuup!” Jin Rong groans. He climbs onto the bed to throw a hand over Wei Ying’s mouth.

Wei Ying yelps and tries to squirm away, but Jin Rong pins him down without too much trouble. It’s nice to be stronger than someone. “Hey, let go!”

“Not until you stop talking!” Jin Rong says.

Wei Ying grabs the arm Jin Rong is using to hold himself up and pulls, knocking him off balance and onto his side on the bed. “I’ll stop talking when you stop talking!”

“You-!” Jin Rong considers punching the younger boy, but decides against it. “I’m not moving,” he says, closing his eyes.

He gets the sense that Wei Ying is eyeing him closely. “…Me neither,” he says eventually. A hand creeps into his hesitantly. “Good night, Gege.”

Jin Rong sighs and squeezes Wei Ying’s hand. “Good night.”

(He wakes the next morning to Wei Ying’s head on his shoulder, their hands still clasped together. Somehow, despite the bruises from being kicked at some point in the night, he can’t bring himself to mind.)

[aurea-corde]

why you should watch legacies

Hope Mikaelson:

Our resident Bad Bitch™ who had the world’s most dramatic art hoe dad until her parents died for her character development, rip. Comes from a line of the most ancient and terrifying supernatural beings in the world including witches, vampires and werewolves, making her all three, or a tribrid - she has the range! Likes painting and punching, not necessarily in that order. Canonically bisexual queen just trying to cope with her trauma like the rest of us (to varying levels of success).

Josie Saltzman

Openly pansexual smol witch who struggles big time with putting others before herself and crushes on powerful girls. Extremely powerful but doesn't know it. The actress who plays her (Kaylee Bryant, born Kaylee Kaneshiro) has Japanese heritage through her grandfather and speaks it in the show as well.

Lizzie Saltzman

The queen bee/HBIC and Josie’s fraternal twin, also a witch. Has bipolar disorder and all the best one-liners in the show. Implied bi by Josie. Also the only valid influencer, I said what I said.

Penelope Park

A chaos-loving witch with a heart of gold. Knows all the tea on campus and is only mean sometimes. Will pepper in the fact that she is gay (technically bisexual). Frequently referred to as the evil ex of Josie but is also the only one looking out for her. Their relationship is the first time I have ever seen two Asian girls be not straight on a show.

Landon Kirby

The baby supernatural (his species is a season 1 spoiler) whose life reads like A Series of Unfortunate Events. A wholesome nerd just sipping that loving Hope Mikaelson juice and supporting his friends. The actor who plays him is the only Iranian-American I have ever seen in a lead role on TV.

Rafael Waithe

Soft boy werewolf who is just going through a lot. V emotional but can beat the life out any alpha. Adoptive half brother of Landon with the resilience to match. Also sipping the loving Hope Mikaelson juice.

Milton Greasley, aka MG

Our canonically neurodivergent vampire and national treasure. Loves respecting women and hyperfixating on Dracula in front of his class. We see his struggle with impulse control explored in the context of being a supernatural which is neat. 

Kaleb Hawkins

A whole king that can sing! Vampire jock with the snark to boot. Has declared himself to be MG’s entire family. King of the barbecue, in the sense of both meat and roasting other people. Always watching his friends running into danger with disastrous results, helps them anyway. 

Alyssa Chang

Our favourite mean girl and witch who’s too powerful for her own good. Staunchly refuses to be nice to people which is very iconic of her (although we don't see her physically until season 2). Does yoga from behind bars and once read a bad boy vampire so hard he tried to leave the school.

Jed

If I had a nickel for every time a character played by an Asian person (other than Josie) was mean on this show, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot - but it’s weird that it’s happened twice. Werewolf alpha male poster boy whose hobbies include throwing heavy things and making out with Alyssa Chang.

Dorian Williams

Innocent human teacher just Caught Up In this Mess. His powers include a Master’s degree in library science and putting up with supernatural teens.

Pedro

A literal baby boy. Have I mentioned how baby he is? A smol witch and inexplicably Lizzie’s best friend. Everyone protects him, as they should. Will square the fuck up to the Krampus.

[ltcoyotegone]

ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠA  SNEAK  ONTO  THE  MACHADO  FAMILY  ,  ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠ   && glimpses at one  coyote’s  natural habitat  #1 . 

I. Javy Miguel Machado was born and raised in New Orlans, Louisiana to Susan and Migueal Machado on February 13th, 1990. He’s the fifth child out of seven siblings, having five sisters and one brother. His dad is a chef and owes his own restaurant in New Orleans, his mother is the one who handles the finances and the administration.

II. The Machado’s siblings, by birth order : Rosalind Joan Machado (1982), Dorothea Susan Machado (1984), Rebecca Louise Machado (1986), Angela Viola Machado (1989), Javy Miguel Machado (1990), Natalie Diana Machado and Taye Michael Machado (fraternal twins, 1996). 

III. As it might be obvious, his parents had always wanted a big family, once his mother was an only child herself, while his father was the younger of eight siblings. Once getting married at the in November of 1981, at ages 19 (his mother) and 20 (his father), welcomed their first born daughter on the following year, from 1982 ━━ 1996 (sixteen years) , the family grew from three members into nine. His father worked as a su-chef for one of the fancy hotels in New Orleans for nine years until opening his own business when Javy was three months old.

IV. His older sister, Rosalind, was the first to leave the nest for college in New York, graduating as a lawer and nowadays is married with three children (boy, girl then girl again). Dorothea decided to follow their father’s footsteps, culinary school in New Orleans, never got married but has four kids with a former partner (girl, boy, girl and girl). Rebecca, forever the mother hen of the Machado household, also decided to stick around, became a preschool teacher and got three kids and is currently divorced (fraternal twins, girl). Angela, the one born one year apart from him, is a Marine Corps Doctor (oh, yeah ... its always interesting to have her and Javy in the same room) , married her highschool sweetheart who works from home and they got four kids (boy, boy, girl and girl). Javy, your dearest Coyote, at age three and two, is currently single (previously engaged, didn’t work out), with no childrens yet, but does dream in becoming a father someone when finding the right person at the right time. Natalie, Machado Twin #1, is a historian and lives abroad in Scotland, engaged and with a kid on the way. The last of the pack, Taye, Machado Twin #2, is single and has no children, lives in Los Angels and works as a mechanic.

V. Besides flying, the favorite thing of Javy’s life is being an uncle. Which, honestly, came in handy once his siblings gave (and are still giving) him a good amount of nieces and nephews (15 of them, to be specific). Nine girls, six boys. Every single one of them, especially the girls, had their uncle Javy wrapped on their little finger, once on leave, he was all about dragging the children to a fun day away from his siblings, treasuring every moment with them before the next deployment, never being sure of how much time he’d be away.

[theelvenhaven]

Dating Glorfindel

Part 1

- Dating Glorfindel means dating a literal ray of sunshine who will do just about anything to make you happy.

- Anything you want he will absolutely get it for you! He loves you and wants you to be happy always!

- Glorfindel’s patience is absolutely unparalleled so there isn’t much you can do to ever really anger him (especially if you date him in the Third Age).

- And if you do manage to frustrate him- which takes weeks or months of work - Glorfindel will never raise his voice at you due to his endless patience. 

- You could be yelling at the top of your lungs at him and he still wouldn’t yell in return or even sound angry. Maybe a little frustrated but that’s as far as it will go.

- Glorfindel is an absolute hen when it comes to your health, especially in the Third Age.

- He waited 10,000 years to finally be with someone your health is e v e r y t h i n g to him. 

- If you cut yourself, expect him to hen over you. A fall from a sizable height? An absolute hen. Twisted an ankle? Don’t even think about moving.

- This also means if you go anywhere just outside Imladris even with his knowledge he will be quietly worrying about whether or not you’re okay. 

- This will prompt him to teach you how to use a sword or a bow. While in the First Age he would prefer you not having to worry about even lifting a sword, but if you ask him he will teach you how to properly use a dagger.

- As said before Glorfindel will absolutely do anything for you, especially if you are so cutely asking him with big eyes and a small little pout. He’s a sucker for it and will fall for it every time.

- Glorfindel will give into your every affectionate whim, even in public. He will indulge in kisses, hand holding and pulling you in close for a warm and tender embrace.

- He’s always asking for one more kiss, or one more hug or “no meleth lets hug for just a moment longer.” 

- It’s always done with mirth and excitement in his voice, he treasures all the love and affection you have to give him.

- Even though he is happy to give you all the affection you want, prepare for there to be limits in front of the King or Elrond.

- Glorfindel is also one to continuously monologue about how much he loves you. Though he’s not a minstrel he sure does have a sweet way with words!

- “Eru I cannot believe how lucky I am to have you as my partner...” 

- “You have made my life before you seem so bleak, I do not know what I would do without you, meleth.”

- Expect for Ecthelion and Rog to interfere in your relationship in Gondolin! Be it they’re teasing him for being so soft or calling him “amme” (mom) for henning over you the way he does.

- And in Imladris prepare for the twins to give you both a difficult time just for the sake of it all.

- But regardless everyone will be happy that Glorfindel has finally found the partner of his dreams and it is you that makes him so happy!

[mileycfan4eva33]

A/N: Disclaimer: This fan-fiction is based on the Irish Girl band B*witched they were popular in the late 90's. Till they're breakup in 2002 the events portrayed in this story are fictional and do not reflect on the actual ladies in the group no real last names will be used; I've changed the names and ages of all the ladies children—warning for expletive language in some areas of this fic/ same sex coupling. Point of Views will switch chapter to chapter, so please pay attention to whose name is on top of each chapter. B*witched reunited in 2012 as part of the Britain TV reality show called the Big Reunion and are now preforming all over Europe. To keep it true to who they are I will try to use Irish words and phrases. I suggest listening to We've Forgotten How by B*Witched when reading this chapter. End Long-Author's note.

Fandom: B*witched

Title: Silent Movie

Chapter One: Awake and Breathe

P O V: Edele

My eyes sweep over my living room as I wait for my thirteen-year-old son Baird Chase DeChance to come downstairs. A cold chill runs through the course of my body leaving me shaken as I take a look around at my now empty house; Tears line my face burning my skin I can feel my nose starting to run. Nothing about this feels right; I feel so damn lonely none of my family live here in Ireland anymore, I haven't a soul to help me through this.

How did I get to this place? I've never been a loner growing up here; my family lived in a bungalow style home with my four sisters Tara, Allison, Naomi, and my twin sister Keavy and our only brother Shane. Our house had always been filled with music and laughter; we got on well hardly ever fighting with each other compared to most of our friends who had siblings. Keavy and I had rooms that were adjoined by a shared bathroom. Half the nights, we were cuddled in the same bed laughing as we flipped through magazines or giggled over cute boys.

At eighteen, Keavy and I went on tour with two of our best friends Lindsay and Sinead together we make up a girl-band called B*witched. Five years spent traveling all over the world assigned when to eat, where and when to sleep which places to go; we were together all the time—surrounded by hundreds of people in the industry.

There was never a moment to ourselves some days I didn't even know who I was without the other girls. Most days, I didn't notice we were way too busy to see anything about ourselves, never mind each other. Than after five years as the music industry changed, and record labels merged we were dropped suddenly. I was alone for the first time in my entire twenty-one-years on earth and for two weeks. I went on a drinking binge in America.

I was lost for so long afterwards, I returned to Dublin to figure out the next move I changed jobs a few times within the music industry over the next two years. At the same time, trying desperately to keep my twin sister from sinking into a state of depression; while I was able to shake it off with work. Keavy seemed to fall further and further unable to find herself lost in a trap of fame. Keavy didn't know who she was, where she fit into the world without the group without being in my shadow. For years she complimented suicide, which has shaken me to my core even now nearly twenty years later.

In the middle of Keavy's battle with depression, our cousin introduced me to a friend of hers, Aidan DeChance, a country star from America rising on the charts. I wasn't prepared to fall in love when she set us up on the blind date, but the minute I saw him I was gobsmacked by how gorgeous he was, the fact that he was a musician only intrigued me more.

We dated for over a year before we tied the knot. For a while, Keavy even dated Aidan's brother Tadhg but her depression caused them to fight even after discovering she was pregnant. Tadhg couldn't handle the changes in Keavy's moods or Keavy's inability some days to even get out of bed, to go to work, so he left. Maybe I should have seen the warnings if his brother was such a prince that he would leave the woman he swore he loved who was pregnant with his child may be the apple didn't fall far from the tree. I didn't see the warning though if I did, I had no clue it was warning me to run to save myself from the same fate of Keavy's depression.

For years after we married, our home was filled with love, laughter, and adventures a year after Aidan and I married; we had our first child, our son Baird a year later his sister Caoimhe Medb came into our worlds. We traveled a lot for Aidan's career until the kids became old enough to attend school full-time than the kids, and I settled in Ireland; maybe I should have known it would have ended this way, but I never dreamed forever would end. I never believed the rumors the fucking tabloids printed that Aidan was cheating on me; they wrote the same shit about me. Every time I stepped outside with one of my male co-stars or new artists emerging from my new record label, I knew I wasn't cheating.

I trusted Aidan's word in his vow to honor me, treasure me love me forever. Even when he was away touring with some of the most beautiful talented women in country music, I believed in our vow. Till now till this moment.

Tears roll down my cheeks I feel my throat tighten as my eyes land on the front door now only one pair of shoes sit by the wall where the shoe rack used to be filled with mud-covered shoes, now the stand is gone packed with all the other belongings being shipped to various parts of the world. Only my boots remain lonely and small in the space of our big house. Gone are the days of laughter and dreams being squealed out in between fits of tickles.

Tears roll steadily as I try to wrap my head around this; how could this be true? How could Aidan give up so easily on everything we built all the dreams we were dreaming? When did marriage become a vogue of one? Where were the signs I missed? The house is so quiet now. I don't know how Aidan feels; I wish I didn't give two shits, but I do. I love him. I don't know if I will ever stop loving him I want to I could then the pain wouldn't stab my heart so bad it wouldn't make my stomach clench or take my very breath away from me.

My foot slams into the back of the wall, my body sinks to the floor the room is spinning so badly; I feel as if I am going to vomit at any moment. One minute I am burning hot, the next I am shivering cold sweat rolls down my back, which hits the wall as my body convulse into sobs. My marriage is gone, my daughter has chosen to live with her father in America three months ago now, my son has adopted the same choice.

Pain and tension form in knots in the back of my skull I know a violent headache is coming for months I have been dealing with them. I can't do this anymore, not alone looking around; I feel that my whole world is ending everything is gone. In the blink of an eye, all my dreams, hopes, and plans were gone.

Find the rest here. 

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13679343/1/Silent-Movie

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We Walk Like Humans Do, Chapter 2

The Transcendence has been, on the whole, a good thing for magical creatures... for the ones that walked on two legs and fit in doorways, at least. Lacie has other problems to overcome before she can live in the big city.

Thanks to @feferipeixes for help editing this chapter! Go check out their awesome stuff!

See most updated version on Archive of Our Own.

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               Oh, my stars. Alcor hasn’t laughed this hard in lifetimes.

Chapter 2 of Wizard Animago’s Not-So-Secret Spellbook - Everything You Already Knew About Transfiguration and Literally Nothing Else

Hi, I’m 18Lacie5 and I wrote another chapter for you humans. Everyone was really confused on my last post and seemed to think it was a joke, so I’ll start out by answering the five most common questions you had.

1 - Yes, I am a basilisk.

2 - No, I am not the basilisk from Harry Potter.

3 - No, I do not live in the Chamber of Secrets from Harry Potter.

4 - No, I am not the horcrux snake from Harry Potter.

5 - No, I am not in any way related to Harry Potter.

Are we all on the same page now? Good, because holy shit some of you really missed the point here. I got a visit from one of you with a replica of Gryffindor’s sword, and that was so annoying I didn’t even feel bad killing him - like dude, all that tells me is I KNOW you read my post about not coming down here, and then decided to come down here anyway ‘cause fuck me, right?

(The sword wasn’t even that good. It was made of cheap plastic, snapped like a spine.)

Anyway, despite all this the last post was fun to write, so I’m doing it again. Also it seems like the number of visits from treasure hunters has gone down since I posted, though it’s hard to tell. There’s not really a consistent number from year to year, and the day I start keeping a deathcount is the day I give up on life and buy a mirror to see if I can kill myself with my own reflection.

For science, you know?

               Alcor’s read the entire blog by now and it’s just perfect. The snark, the sarcasm, the casual disregard towards human lives that could only have been written by an ancient and powerful being - it’s hilarious!   And the spell entries… man, he could listen to Lacie tear apart someone’s Latin any day of the decade. If only she could come to some of his summons; she’d have so much material to work with there.

               With a chuckle, Alcor looks up and glances around the darkness of the Mindscape. He needs to show this to someone. But who? Mizar? She’s only a year into the current reincarnation… hmm, she might be a little too young to understand it. Lucy Ann’s somewhere around; he probes for her, and finds her - dammit - during naptime at some kindergarten in Portland.

               Anyone else?

               …

               No one else.

               There’s absolutely no one else in his life right now. That’s… that’s a fun reminder.

               He sighs, and sits back on the fabric of reality. Maybe some cultists’ll summon him; he could read them a blog post, see if they laugh. That’d be fun, right?

               Al narrows his eyes at the great nothingness before him. It’d be something, at least.

               ...You know, he can feel a little tug now.

               A weak one, just one summoner, and no circle. That confuses him at first - even the real amateurs usually manage to scribble out some sort of rounded shape - and when he looks closer, he sees it’s holding one of his summoning cards, holding it in its… hand?

               No, not quite a hand, and Alcor jolts right up as he realises shit that’s Lacie trying to call him, shit he didn’t think she’d call him back so soon! How long did he keep her waiting? It’s been a couple hours - shit!

               Alcor tessers over to her in an instant, his mouth already open and spilling apologies: “Oh my stars Lacie, I am so sorry for the delay! I got distracted and I didn’t think you’d call back so soon so I wasn’t watching as closely as I-”

               A deep, rumbling growl cuts him off. It’s a deafening sound, coming from a creature lounging on a pile of bones and gold with teeth the size of Alcor’s entire body; he can’t help but cringe at that. He takes a deep breath, remind himself that he’s an all-powerful demon who definitely doesn’t need to be scared of some mere mortal… even if she is pretty scary for a mortal.

               You know, relatively speaking. He isn’t scared, he just thinks she’s scarier than, like, a human.  Like a human from that pile of human skeletons she’s smashed into the wall. Yeah, that’s not scary at all. That wouldn’t kill him… looks like it would hurt, though.

               He double checked he isn’t standing near that spellbook she’s bound to, right?

               Just as he’s thinking this, Lacie lets out another even louder growl, and he jumps back with an undignified yelp.

               “Hey, whoa, Lacie!” Alcor watches her head shift to the side. “Lacie? Hello?”

               She doesn’t reply, and he looks to her face for an answer. He sees one of her eyes now: it’s closed?

               Closed.

               The realisation washes over him as she lets out another slow, rumbling snore.

               “Oh. You’re… you’re just sleeping, aren’t you. Duh.” He straightens, and casts a glance around the room as he fixes his tie and straightens his hat. “Glad no one noticed that… Lacie?”

               She doesn’t stir, and Alcor makes a face. He’s never turned up to a summons  and had the summoner fall asleep; would she want him to wake her up? Her dreams feel pretty peaceful to him, and even though that thing - is that a giant laptop? - she’s using as a pillow doesn’t look particularly comfy, it doesn’t seem to bother her in the slightest.

               Yeah, it looks like he should just let her call him back… but there is something. Embedded in her sluggish thoughts, he can feel a sort of drive, a sort of desperation, and that makes him hesitate. He looks for her tail, and spots it still wrapped around his summoning card, still squeezing it in a death grip.

               Alcor frowns. He watches her snore one more time, then makes up his mind. With a deep breath, he reaches out and prods at her thoughts; they immediately begin to stir. He prods again, and Lacie lets out a grunt. Her eyelid cracks open, and she drags a sleepy glare across the room.

               Her gaze meets his, and he feels pain, pain in his soul, his soul feels like it’s being pushed out through his ears ow ow OW- and he recoils, unable to bear it for a second longer.

               Wow, he thinks, that really is potent. What on earth makes it so powerful?

               Before he can wonder about that, there’s a noise. Gold coins clink against each other as Lacie jerks up, blinking hard, panic flashing in her aura. Alcor holds up his hands.

               “Hey, hey, it’s just me!” He looks down as she fixes her eyes on him. “Sorry if you, uh, didn’t want to be woken up, I just thought… you know, you called me, and… what are you doing?”

               She’s cast the summoning card aside and is now wiggling the touchpad on her laptop. He cocks his head.

               “Whoa, I’ve never seen a laptop that big. Where on Earth did you buy that?”

               Lacie doesn’t acknowledge his question. She starts typing something, and he floats closer to see her login screen.

               “18Lacie5. Heh, I like your username.” He watches her click on the password box and slowly, painstakingly jab each key with her tail. “E… Y… E… What? Why are you looking at me like- oh. Oh, I’m so sorry!”

               There’s a faint snort from Lacie as he turns away. His cheeks redden.

               “Sorry, I forget hu- uh, mortals? Mortals tend to like their privacy on stuff… it’s kind of useless since Al-V can hack into pretty much any computer on earth - um, the Alcor Virus, that’s Alvie.” He hears the typing stop, and suddenly wishes he’d chosen literally any other topic in the world. “Um, not that I would make him hack into your computer! I’m just saying he could, and he probably has already… um, I just made him to get rid of Twin Souls though, you’re fine! O-or you should be fine - you don’t, by any chance, happen to like Twin Souls, do you? It’s, um, this book - well it’s a movie now but it was a book - and Mizar - who is my sister by the way - well, that’s why I hate it, because it has my sister and I, umm…ugh, sorry, it’s gross, my sister and I, we’re- huh?”

               A low hiss makes him look back, and he sees Lacie - ow - staring right at him. She gestures to the screen, which has a word document open on it with big, bold letters.

               “Oh, you want me to read that?” He floats closer, and frowns as he reads the first line:

               Im pretending 2 type rite now 2 see how long u wil ramble 4 wtf youre still going and now twin souls no nono why r u explaning i actually cant take the awkwardnes i got 2 stop u

               Alcor blinks, then shoots her a dirty look. The noise coming out of her now sounds an awful lot like snickering.

               “Wha- I was just-! I just wanted to clarify the hacking thing I said, I-!” The snickering gets louder, and he rolls his eyes. “Yeah, yeah, I guess I’m a little rusty at small talk, very funny. I’d like to see how awkward you’d be if the only practice you could get is on a bunch of cultists in basements. They’re not exactly social butterflies either, you know!”

               Lacie just keeps laughing, and Alcor… well, he puts on a show of crossing his arms and heaving a long-suffering sigh, but he’s fighting a smile.

               It’s strangely nice, being here. Lacie’s strangely nice to be around; she already feels - and he has to remind himself he’s only met her twice - almost like a friend? Maybe he just has a low bar these days, but he hears her laughter, and… it’s just very, very nice. Nice in a way that’s hard to describe.

               Nice in a way he hasn’t felt for a while.

               The feeling lingers even after Lacie’s chuckling dies off, and he’s still smiling as he watches her reach for the laptop again. She jabs the down arrow a couple times, and some more, better punctuated text comes into view.

               I have revised the terms of our deal, it starts, and Alcor clears his throat, squares his shoulders, tries to get himself back into business mode. He reads on: and I would like to exchange the human bones that are currently in my room for a human disguise I am capable of putting on and taking off at will.

               He raises an eyebrow as he reaches the end. This is not the deal he was expecting to make. A human disguise… he can tell she’s no demonologist, that’s for sure; there’s so many interpretations of that, so many wonderful ways to tw͏is͡t her̡ ̵w̢or̵d̸s ͏a͟g̢ai͘n̸st͠ ̢h͝er-

               No. He shakes his head to clear it of his worst instincts, but they won’t leave, not in the presence of such an enticing deal. Suddenly, he’s glad he doesn’t have to look her in the eyes right now; he trains them on the ground instead, and starts to speak.

               “So, um… when you’re saying a ‘human disguise’, what do you mean by that?” He can’t see her face, but he can see a bolt of frustration flash across her aura. “Huh? What’s- oh right, can’t talk, uh… well, do you want me to make an actual, convincing disguise? You know, instead of, like, a wig and some sunglasses?”

               Lacie nods vigourously. He watches her tap the caps key and add ‘CONVINCING’ before the human disguise bit. A part of him screams at all the opportunities he’s giving up - willingly! - but he forces a smile and nods.

               “Cool, I can do that. I’ve made a few humans before- human bodies, that is, not… um.” Alcor coughs. “Anyway, I can give you a convincing human form for those bones of yours. How does that sound?”

               She taps the screen.

               “What…? Oh, yes, I’ll make it so you can switch back and forth at will. Good catch. Now, do we have a d̕e͇̪͍̜̻̪͘a̙̻̬̦͔ͅl̲̝͓͔?”

               He doesn’t extend a hand to shake, but blue sparks spurt from his fingertips as he watches Lacie mull it over. Her aura fizzles with nervous energy, but it only takes a couple seconds for her to tamp it down and give him a firm nod. The rush of a newly made deal makes his grin go wide; he tries not to let it go too wide as he claps his hands together.

               “Alrighty, then,” he says, rubbing them until those sparks turn into a full-blown fire. “One meatsuit coming right up!”

               He extends a hand to the pile of bones in the corner of the room, and with a flick of the wrist he rips the energy from them all  and absorbs it. The sacrifice warms him like a good meal, and he turns back to Lacie, ready to put that newly-gained power to use.

               He steps back and sizes her up with his hands, a gesture that makes her aura simmer with uncertainty. She makes a low, nervous sound, and he waves her away.

               “It’s alright, I just… need to remember how big a human is, how much I need to squish you down... Got it!!” Alcor readies his fingers to snap. “Okay, I’ve only done this on myself before, so there might be some kinks I haven’t thought of! Don’t worry, though, I’ll probably be able to fix them!”

               Before Lacie could respond, he snaps his fingers, and his magic rushes around her like a cloud. Skin forms over scales, hair grows over horns, and the figure that remains when it disperses is unmistakably human.

               It’s also falling to the ground from the height of Lacie’s head, and oh shit catch her catch her catch her - he freezes her momentum a couple inches from the ground then lets her plop, safely but definitely not gracefully, into a puddle.

               “Oh, my stars! Are you okay?” Heart pounding in his chest, he dashes over. “I am so sorry about that fall, how are you- ow, okay , I’m gonna need to get you some sunglasses or something - how are you feeling? Here, let me help you up!”

               He extends a hand, and Lacie… just stares at it.

               Just stares at him, not moving, and he can feel panic flaring up in her aura as she can’t move, oh stars she’s so tiny right now and she can’t move oh fuck-

               Alcor blinks. “Oh, right. Um, don’t panic-”

               Don’t panic??? DON’T PANIC??? FUCK THIS SHE’S LIKE FIVE INCHES TALL RIGHT NOW AND SHE CAN’T FUCKING MOVE OH MY STARS WHY DID SHE DO THIS TO HERSELF THIS IS THE STUPIDEST FUCKING IDEA SHE’S EVER HAD IN HER LIFE-

               “Lacie? Take a deep breath… Lacie? Lacie!” He cringes when Lacie’s eyes fix on him again. “Okay, um, I can see this is… a little stressful for you?”

               She nods vigourously.

               “Alright, um… don’t worry, I made it easy for you to change back! You just, y’know, gotta think of yourself being a basilisk again - or is it pronounced ‘battle-isk’? ‘Bas-til-isk’? Heh, that’s a weird word, I’ve only ever seen it written down-”

               Lacie ditches her human disguise as fast as she could, shooting back out to her original form and cutting Alcor off mid-tangent. He jumps back, watching relief flood through her aura as she could move again, thank the stars she could actually move and everything’s normal sized again… fuck, everything’s normal sized again. She wasted her deal!

               The relief’s spiking up into another panic, and Alcor clears his throat. “Alright, so that deal didn’t go to plan. No worries! I can’t exactly do refunds, but you’ve still got plenty of good stuff to sacrifice in here! Doesn’t bother me if this takes a few tries, heh.”

               But that doesn’t calm Lacie in the slightest, because now she has to think of another deal, her mind’s blank, she’s got nothing! But she’ll fall asleep if she makes Alcor leave again… maybe she will have to go for that deal.

               It’s hard to read her thoughts when they go quiet, but Alcor definitely picks up something about that deal as they’re retreating into a murky bubble of disappointment. He sees how she hangs her head at the idea, then lugs her laptop over to her, begins to peck away at the keys.

               He sees that, and frowns. “Hey, uh,” he starts, and right away her eyes dart over to him. “If you don’t want to make a new deal, I’m sure we could make this one work?”

               Lacie cocks her head.

               “I mean, I’ve been… I know a thing or two about being in a human body. It’s been a while, but maybe I could… y’know, show you the ropes?”

               She doesn’t say a word. The silence stretches, and Alcor laughs nervously.

               “I-if you want. I mean, it’s been a while, but maybe I could show you enough to get around? I did technically promise your disguise would be ‘convincing’, so a couple human lessons should be easy enough to fit in, without… without another deal... um, I don’t know if you like this idea or you want me to stop talking? If you do that’s fine, I can do another deal, just give me a-”

               There’s a sort of fwoomp sound, and the coils and coils of Lacie’s body seem to twist out of existence. At the same time, a human takes shape where her head was, and falls right into Alcor’s arms before he has time to blink.

               “-a sign?” He finishes, and stares down at her. She stares right back, and he’d admire the steely resolve, the carefully-controlled fear in her gaze a whole lot longer if it didn’t make his soul want to push itself out through his ears.

               “Oh, Okay. Wow, you’re, um… diving right in, huh?”

               Lacie gives her closest approximation to a human smile, and Alcor’s caught off guard by how quickly he finds himself grinning back. An actual, genuine grin stretches across his face for the first time in too long, and he chuckles.

               “Alright, Lacie, I like your gumption!” He summons a pair of sunglasses, and sticks them over her eyes. “Let’s get humaning!”

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               Humaning. Lacie had taught herself many human things over the years; she’d taught herself to read, to type, to write - heck, she’d even managed to summon a demon (and in proper human tradition, had made a poorly thought-out deal with it.) She was no novice in learning how to human.

               Maybe that’s why she thought the whole human form was a good idea. She was great at humaning! She’d taught herself so many of their skills, educated herself on so many of their customs, she was able to pass as one of them online… sometimes, it really didn’t feel like she was all that different from them.

               After all, if she could read like a human and write like a human and think like a human, how hard could it be to walk around like one, too?

               …

               As it turns out, hard.

               Very, very hard.

               Duh.

               Everything, everything is different in a human body. Sure, she thought having arms and legs would take some getting used to, but how about all this hair? How about her cramped little mouth and her stubby tongue? How about her skin? Her skin is stupidly sensitive without scales; when she was lying on the stone, she could feel every little bump in it, could feel water soaking her, making her shiver - and shivering, ugh! What an awful sensation! Even though Alcor’s got her propped her up in a chair now, her skin won’t stop whining to her that, gasp, the fabric’s a little itchy!

               Whoop de fucking do, skin. Hopefully she grows a thicker one soon enough, because this is driving her crazy.  She’s laughing at the Lacie of a couple hours ago who thought she’d just be able to stand up and walk out of the sewers, and oh, speaking of walking ?

               Hah! Try moving them at all!

               Lacie’s been without these strange appendages all her life, and moving them would be like a human trying to nod with a second head they’ve just sprouted - sometimes she’ll get lucky and hit upon whatever bundle of nerves is controlling each of these limbs, and after two hours of Alcor’s patient coaching she can make them twitch on a somewhat consistent basis, but she’s not getting anywhere fast with them any time soon.

               She can only lie here, with her blunt teeth, with her papery skin, with her useless limbs…

               Helpless.

               Absolutely helpless.

               Alcor looms over her whenever he stands up… and that scares her more than she thought it would. Everything looms over her in this form; the - she called it little - pile of treasure she sleeps on now seems like a great mountain, the ceiling she often bangs her head on is higher still, impossibly high. She sees her spellbook resting on its lecturn, and it’s about the same size as her now; she remembers how tiny it once seemed, and- OH FUCK WHAT’S GOING- oh, she’s shivering again.

               Lacie frowns at that, and she lets out a noise that’s weirdly squeaky in this throat, and Alcor taps her shoulder.

               (And she feels that, holy shit skin it’s literally just a hand)

               “...need to take a break?” He’s asking. Frowning. “Lacie?”

               She nods, quickly, and he takes the sunglasses off her face before scooting back. Closing her eyes, she thinks of being a basilisk again, and all these alien sensations fall away with a flood of relief. Lacie is herself again; she takes a long moment to savour it, to lounge across her sleeping pile, to listen to her scales scratch against the stone floor, to open an eye and see Alcor as a tiny figure in her field of vision.

               “That looks comfy.” He says. He’s grinning, but she can barely make that out. “Darn, I should’ve moved the chair, too.”

               The chair? She lifts her body, and finds the chair she’d been sitting on, crushed beneath the weight of her coils. With a little chuckle, she sweeps it out from under her, marvelling at how tiny it is - how tiny she was.

               Alcor laughs, too. “Sheesh, you flattened it. I think it’ll be easier to make a new chair.”

               Laying her head on the ground, she lets out a lazy snort.

               “…um, when you’re ready, I mean.” He adds. “Or we can stop, if you’re tired? I can-”

               She heaves herself up. Ugh, she is tired - it creeps up on her. She can’t sleep though, not when she’s so close, so fucking close to getting out of here.

               “Oh, okay… are you sure? We’ve been at this a while, I really don’t mind taking a break…”

               Lacie tugs at that mental link in the back of her mind, and feels herself switch back into human form again. Unlike switching the other way, this form greets her not with a flood of relief, but with a host of silly little complaints: her back hurts, the stone’s not comfy on her face, it’s cold, she’s wet, on and on and on and she just wants it all to shut up… but, she will admit, there is one thing she likes.

               Alcor hoists her up on one of those tiny little chairs she’d been laughing at just a second ago, and she stares at him, and she feels awake.

               Completely awake.

               She can’t remember the last time her head’s felt this clear, and it’s a pity she has to spend half her human time fidgeting in a seat because otherwise it’d be amazing. Is this really how bad the energy situation had gotten down here? Wow, she really needed to get out of here, and fast.

               “Hey, Lacie?” Alcor’s saying something, and she looks over at him. “So I know you said - or, uh, indicated, anyway - that you didn’t want a break…”

               He pauses expectantly, and then, seeming to realise she isn’t going to follow it up with a ‘Yes?’ clears his throat.

               “Right. Well, I kind of would. Like a break. If that’s okay with you.”

               Lacie blinks.

               “You know, we’ve been doing this for a while, and I’m thinking maybe we could do something else? You know, it could be something fun! It could be something like, um, like… oh, do you play Scrabble?”

               She shakes her head.

               “No? Oh, I guess that was a longshot… how bout chess? I know there’s like, online chess… no?” He frowns at her continued head-shaking. “Alright, well… What do you do for fun down here?”

               Lacie thinks on that for a moment, then turns her head towards the laptop.

               “Oh, your laptop? Nice, nice.” He grins at her. “I love your blog.”

               Wait, her blog? He’s read that? He likes that? The surprise must be showing on her face, because Alcor starts laughing.

               “Yeah, it’s hilarious! I was actually so caught up reading it, I didn’t realise you were summoning me! I love just how sarcastic it is! It’s amazing!”

               Lacie blinks. Is he… gushing? Is Alcor the Dreambender gushing about her blog?

               Is this her life?

               “Man,” he rambles on. “that joke about a killcount, that was great. I just don’t get why it’s not more popular!  Humans, they just don’t have any taste… they’re, heh, they’re too busy reading Harry Potter, amirite?”

               He nudges her like he’s made some kind of clever reference, and she snorts at him. Okay, wow, demon or not, this guy really is an absolute plonker. She loves it.

               “Haha, yeah! They’ve been, uh, playing Quidditch too much to read your stuff! Yeah! Or they’ve been, um… making swords? Making- I should stop now, shouldn’t I.”

               With a big dumb grin on her face, she nods.

               “Yep, that was getting out of hand.” Alcor rubs his neck. “I just wanted to say I really liked it a lot. It was funny.”

               Lacie’s grin got even bigger.

               “So, uh, you really have been down here all your life, huh? Dealing with treasure hunters-” He chuckles when she rolls her eyes. “Hah, I can imagine that’s not fun! Yeah... so, uh, have you ever been outside?”

               She shakes her head. Maybe before she was old enough to remember, but that was a long, long time ago. Alcor makes a face at that.

               “Yeah, yeesh. No wonder you want to get out of here, no wonder…”

               He trails off, and Lacie watches his eyes go distant for a second before a thought seems to strike him; he blinks, frowns, then, slowly, he starts to grin. He turns to her again, and she raises an eyebrow at the shine in his eyes.

               “Hey, Lacie,” He says. “Want me to take you on a little tour?”