#vivi kills my upper range but here we are

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So I’ve been plotting with @toonrevamp​ for a while about Mersel and Vava and their history, because there is a lot of history there, and we finally decided it was time for them to reunite! And they have in this 12FPS episode!!

You don’t need to listen to the other Toonkind games to listen to this one, though it does help with some ambient knowledge that gets thrown around. 

But the other games are great so like? Go listen to them??? For real?????

Just LISTEN

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MSA time travel idea (part 18)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Vivi POV, 8, 9, 10, Lewis POV, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, Lance POV

Part 19: here

Just breath! Why is that so hard? Arthur tries to block out Lewis’s looming form, the busy hotel room, and his regret at not being able to hold himself together for one day. There’s definitely going to be questions now! The patterns on the Persian rug running beneath him stretch out, elongating, tunnelling away. His chest is tight. Really tight.

“What’s going on?”

Vivi’s alarmed question draws his attention. She’s sitting up in bed, alert, partway to standing, both confused and startled. Mystery is jumping off the bed, coming towards him.

“I don’t know!” Lewis is responding, voice cracking in distress, “He flipped out when I touched him. I think it’s a panic attack.”

“What?!” Is Vivi’s high pitched response.

Lewis turns towards him, taking a small step closer, “Arthur? Are you okay?”

Too close!

“Stop,” Arthur snaps, holding out a hand and Lewis freezes again. The hand that’s not pointed at Lewis clutches at the shirt around his chest like it'll help loosen the knot cutting off his air. If everything could just stop for two seconds, then maybe he’d have a chance at pulling himself together.

Swiftly, he doesn’t even register her move, Vivi kneels before him. She’s an arm’s length away, in line with Lewis, hovering cautiously.

“Arthur?” She starts then hesitates. Arthur stares at Vivi, and he’s momentarily transported back to when it was just her, him and Mystery, scouring the country for a friend they’d probably never find. No Lewis. No motel room. Just them and long stretches of empty highway.

“You’re panicking, but, ah, you’re okay. This is going to pass all you need to do is breath. Uh," Vivi falters, unsure, “We’re in the hotel room near Oak Ridge remember.”

“Those nightmares you get? You always say this name, ugh, I can’t remember it now. But it always seems important. What was it?” Vivi would sometimes ask. Then he’d lie and say it was nothing.

“Lewis back up a bit. He needs more space,” Current, present Vivi, waves Lewis back a few steps. Mystery also retreats. His, Future-Vivi, was a whole lot better at the whole ‘comforting thing’ but the small comparison is settling his nerves. The air is back, he can finally breathe, and his vision is clearing.  With renewed clarity comes a sinking sense of worry. He’s only had two bad panic attacks in this time line-not including the ones he’s had since travelling back in time-, both of them occurred several years ago after hearing distressing news. Vivi was only there for one of them, but it freaked her out enough that she’s not going to just let this go. Not when it’s the most recent in a long line of odd behaviours.  

“What happened?” Vivi is asking Lewis. She inches forward enough to take Arthur’s outstretched hand, gently pushing it down while rubbing calming circles on his upper arm. The motel room descends into an uneasy quiet while Lewis thinks over his response.

“I don’t know,” Lewis sounds torn, almost frustrated, “I woke up and saw him by the door. I thought something was wrong, so I said his name and touched his shoulder.”

“It’s nothing. You just scared me,” Arthur’s voice cracks slightly, “It was just the shock. Wasn’t expecting it.”

Both Vivi and Lewis stare in disbelieving silence.

“That wasn’t nothing,” Surprisingly, Lewis is the first to call him out on his blatant lie, “that wasn’t just a small shock…you were terrified!”

“I’m fine,” Arthur grits his teeth, forcing himself to actuality meet Lewis’s gaze. It’s a mix of confused, hurt and frustrated.  

“No. You’re not fine,” Lewis snaps, “What part of that was fine. This is about more than being distracted by a new project or a fear of supernatural things, which you’ve never mentioned before this week.”

“It’s me, isn’t it? I’ve done something wrong. You’re mad at me.”

“No. I’m not. I…” He starts trying to deny the accusations them stops because his brain is still badly jumbled and not giving him anything to say in his defence. The opportunity to deny passes. His failure to respond is damning.

“You can barely stay in a room with me,” Lewis continues, sounding just about as devastated as Arthur now feels, “We haven’t had a proper conversation in almost two weeks. You’re my best friend!”

“Lewis,” Vivi stands abruptly, putting a hand on Lewis’s chest, “You need to back up and take a moment. We can talk about this later.”

“I’m not mad! That’s not it.” Arthur talks desperately over Vivi, struggling to his feet, still pressed back against the door. If he could sink into the wood, he would.

“You hate me!” Lewis is almost yelling, “What did I do wrong!?”

“No. I would never… I,” Arthur tries to dispute the claim, but Lewis takes a deliberate step forward, and Arthur flinches before he can stop himself. Lewis’s expression turns to one of absolute desolation like he’s just confirmed one of his worse fears.

“Lewis,” Vivi snaps, shoving Lewis. The taller man stumbles back, appearing stunned and a little guilty. Arthur opens his mouth continue arguing but Vivi holds out a hand, silencing him.

“No.” She declares, slightly strained, “We’re all going to take deep breaths, stop throwing around accusations,” A frown at Lewis, “and have a calm discussion.”

Silence follows her order. Arthur shuffles uncomfortably and Lewis roles his shoulders, stepping away and letting out a deliberately long exhale. Vivi sighs and lowers her arms, turning to Arthur.

“Arthur…I…are you okay?” She sounds confused, and Arthur feels increasing levels terrible.

“Yeah, …sort of,” He hesitates, lifts his left hand and runs it through his hair in agitation, adding, “not really?”

She nodes, “What do you need?”

“I just need…” to time travel back to half an hour ago and fix all of this, “a few seconds of fresh air. Alone.” He needs time to think and process. He can’t do that with Lewis right there, believing Arthur hated him.

“A swear I’ll answer any questions after. I just need a few seconds.” His hand grasps for the door handle and the brief relief it offered. Vivi watches like she wants to ask more questions, reaching and making an aborted attempt at taking his hand in a show of comfort.

“Okay. Take your time…but, Arthur, please, this isn’t…. I’m really worried. We both care about you, we realy do,” A long pause. Vivi’s upset. He’s upset Vivi. Arthur just nods curtly, reversing out the door. The last thing he sees is Vivi turning back to slumped Lewis, hands on her hips like she’s about to deliver a lecture.

Outside, Arthur takes a shaky breath, studying the two additional cars in the motel lot with vacant eyes. The sun has risen higher in the sky but its warmth is a false comfort. What the hell is he supposed to do now? What can he possibly say to explain this?

Lewis thinks Arthur hates him. How does he tell this Lewis that it isn’t him he has a problem with but his future dead counterpart who’d decided to violently murder him? How is that better? Both of Arthur’s hands are now gripping at strands of hair, pulling in agitation. Would they even believe him is he did? Lewis had seemed so hurt, so sure of his conclusion. What would he think of Arthur if he came in with a story about time travel, ghosts, giant foxes and mysterious caves? It was entirely unbelievable.

Maybe, if Mystery backed him up… 

Arthur rubs his eyes with a shaky hand. If he told them the truth, and they believed him, then they’d know that Lewis had died. That the reason he’s been avoiding Lewis was because the other man had killed him. Why did you do it Lewis?

Arthur still doesn’t know why. No one knew, or would ever know, why. He’s scared, terrified that that information, information about a future which never happened, would drag everyone down into his misery.  

Vibrations from the phone in his pant pocket catch attention, offering a welcome distraction from his turbulent thoughts. Arthur reaches to answer it. It’s Darrel, his uncle’s workshop assistant, and Arthur frowns at the user ID. They weren’t practically close, and he can’t think of a good reason for him to be calling. He notes that he’s also missed three other calls, two more from Darrel and one from an unknown number.

Arthur hits accept, greeting in a tired voice, “Hey Darrel. What’s up.”

“Arthur! Finally. I thought you might be out of range. Thank god you aren’t. I’ve got some bad news for you dude so you might want to sit down.”

“Bad news?” Arthur’s stomach sinks.

Darrel continues, stressed and frazzled, “It’s Lance, man. He was attacked! I found him this morning, the police were here and everything. He’s on his way to St Peter’s Hospital in an ambulance. Dude, I know you’re on a road trip, but you might want to come back cause he was pretty bad…”

“Wait. Wait.” Arthur interrupts Darrel’s panicky sentences, “Attacked? What do you mean he’s on his way to the hospital?”

“I don’t know what to tell you, man. He’s in bad shape. I arrived at work, on time like always, and he was bleeding out all over the floor. Of course, I called an ambulance straight away, who wouldn’t, but I don’t know dude it looked really serious…”

Darrel’s rambling washes over him, sounding from further and further away until the other’s voice is muffled in the distance. This isn’t right. This hadn’t happened in his original timeline. Did he do this? Arthur’s thoughts spin like a pinwheel, searching in vain for a connection. Beside him, the door, separating him from Lewis and Vivi, looms. His gaze slides over its wooden surface. Vivi and Lewis are waiting. They’re waiting for the truth.

“Arthur,”

The sound of his name snaps his focus back to Darrel.  

“Ye...Yeah?”

“You okay there man, you went quiet for a second,”

“Yeah. I’m…I’m fine. This is fine,” Arthur moves towards his van, hesitating to look at the motel room again.

Darrel is quiet, “If you say so. Look, I’ll be turning off the highway soon, so I’m going to have to hang up, but I’ll give you a call as soon as I know more.”

“Thanks, yeah, that sounds good.” Arthur reaches the van, “I’ll start driving back now so I should be there in about eight hours.”

“Sure dude. Let me know when you're close. Okay?”

“I will. See you soon…” Arthur mutters.

The phone goes dead, and Arthur stares at its darkened screen. His other hand rests on the van door, frozen in indecision. He can’t just leave Lewis and Vivi here. Not without telling them something. Arthur turns stiffly, eye’s moving past the motel rooms to land on the box-shaped reception block. Unsteadily, he hurries over, getting blasted with chilled air-conditioning when he opens the sliding door.

He is greeted by the same disinterested women from the previous night. She’s reading and doesn’t acknowledge his entrance.

“Um, excuse me,”

“What do you want?” The board woman responds without looking up.

“Can I borrow a pen and paper,” He points distractedly at the stack on the edge of her desk.

“Whatever.”

Arthur quickly pens a message, hoping Vivi and Lewis don’t hate him for doing this.

“Ah,” He glances at the woman, “are there any buses which stop in this town?”

“The Interstate Line stops here and in most towns between here and the border. They come through early, 6am, every day.”

“Thanks,” Arthur mumbles. Vivi and Lewis would have a way to get home then. They would just have to wait until tomorrow.

He hesitates again before leaving, “If the people in room 11 come to check out can you give them this message?”

Finally, the lady looks up, squinting at the piece of paper, levelling an annoyed glare at Arthur, “Leave it there. If they come in, I’ll tell’em you wrote it,”

Arthur waverers in guilty indecision, carefully folding the paper and placing it at the edge of the desk. The woman returns to reading. One final second of guilt and Arthur hurries out of the reception and back to his van.

This isn’t running away…he’ll tell them the truth once he knows his Uncle is okay. Maybe, they’ll hate him, but they’re sure to be better off without him around anyway so perhaps it doesn’t matter.

He’s back on the highway, heading in the direction of home before he can think to change his mind.

Note: Arthur digs himself a hole of bad decisions. Vivi and Lewis worry.

Part 19: here 

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             In Comes The Calvary (pt.1) || Alex, Riley & Nina 

Tagging: Alex, Riley, & Nina 

Location:  RIAP/Raleigh, NC

Time: Saturday night

Notes: After following the hunters, Alex calls Riley and Nina to help her save Oliver, Dylan and Vivian. 

Everything had been a blur since she’s watched the truck pull out of Vivian’s parents driveway, she’d known from the moment it left that two people she loved more than anything were in that truck. She wasn’t sure how long she’d been following for the moment, but here she was three cars away from them for the moment. The feelings still were overwhelming, but she pushed through as she drove. Realizing she couldn’t do this alone Alex reached down behind her and grabbed the cell phone she’d dropped. Looking down as she hesitated with pressing the call button for Riley, how was she going to break this to her. Realizing she couldn’t put it off anymore she hit dial and put the phone to her ear. “Riley–” Hearing her voice break as she said her sisters name. “I’m going to need some help. I know you’re at work, but this is about Dylan. So please–” Stopping once again as tears started to fall down her face. “Drop whatever you’re doing. Grab Nina and get on the road. I’ll send you my location just follow it.”

A night shift was always boring, which was how Riley was arm wrestling with a co-worker to pass the time. She had just finished winning three times in a row when she heard her phone rang. Alex. With a sigh, she told her co-worker she needed a minute and stepped away to answer. “What’s up Al–” She was interrupted by her sister requesting her help. The panic in her tone turned Riley serious. “Okay –” She turned to her co-worker and told her she needed to step out for a minute. She didn’t bother to answer any questions as she started walking away. “Alex, what’s going on?”

Alex pulled the phone away from her ear as she let out a scream of frustration, she hit the steering wheel with hand. Maybe all of this would have been different if she’d been inside with them, maybe she could have helped prevent all of this. Putting the phone back to hear as she used her sleeve to wipe some of the tears away. “Hunters showed up when we were at Vivian’s parents house. They attacked and they– they took them Riley. Dylan, Oliver, and Vivi.” Licking her bottom lip as she took in a deep breath and looked down for a moment. “Just please get Nina, get in your car, and get out here. We’re at least two hours away from school so you need to go now.”

"Fuck,“ was Riley’s initial reaction. Then it sunk it some more and she repeated it a little louder. "Fuck!” She began to walk faster towards the parking lot. “Alex, I don’t have Nina’s number. Call her and tell her to meet me at the front entrance. Like tell her to make like The Flash and dash her ass over there ASAP. I’m almost at my car. Call me back.”

“Okay. I’m calling right now.” Taking in a deep breath as she nodded carefully and she pressed the end button on her phone. Scrolling back through her contacts she clicked Nina’s name, then the call button. Waiting patiently for Nina to answer, as soon as she did Alex began talking over Nina. “Remember when we said we could always call on each other? I’m calling on you now.” Trying her best to not keep crying. “Meet my sister at the front gate she’ll explain everything. Just go as fast as you possibly can.” Hanging up the phone as soon as she finished speaking, she pressed the re-dial button for Riley. “She’s on her way.”

Nina had been lounging in her room, studying when she got the call from Alex. She was cheery when she answered but stopped talking immediately when she heard Alex continue to talk. The urgency in her voice, and something more made her heart race. Nina was already in motion as Alex spoke about calling on her. She slipped on her converses, figuring heels were a bad option here and she was already out the door. Nina didn’t run but rather flew at top speed to the front gate, landing right in front of Riley. “Alex said that she needed me and to meet you here? What’s happening? Whose ass am I kicking?” she asked.

After Alex hung up, Riley got in her car and sped to the front entrance. Even though not much time had passed, ever second Nina took to come to the entrance felt like hours. She had a sickness in her stomach, terrified of what could happen to Dylan, Oliver and Vivian. She answered Alex’s call. “Okay, we’ll be there in no time. Don’t do anything until we get there.” When Nina arrived, she opened the passenger car door. Now was the best time to have a sports car. “Get in,” she commanded. She waited for Nina to sit before she slammed the gas pedal and sped onto the road. “Dylan, Alex, Oliver, and Vivian were in Raleigh and got jumped by hunters,” she explained. “Alex is the only one who got away. They… took them.” It sounded weird coming off her lips. Took? She thought all they did was kill whatever witch they saw. “Anyway we’re gonna meet Alex over there and figure out what to do. But there’s gonna be plenty of ass kicking, that’s for damn sure.”

Nina quickly hopped into the car and buckled up. Every word sent her heart into her throat. “Hunters in Raleigh! And they have…oh fuck.” She knew that this couldn’t bode well for those that were kidnapped, but they were strong and they wouldn’t go down without a fight. They’d been taken…taken by hunters. Hunters were the one thing that she knew could cause a world of destruction. Nina couldn’t imagine what Alex was feeling right about now. “I thought they wanted to wipe us out? Not take people?” she asked, knowing Riley probably knew just as much as she did. “Either way, oh they’re going to pay and that’s a promise.” She idly had the thought that maybe she should just send her boyfriend an I love you just in case she didn’t return, but she shook the thought, not wanting to worry him. She’d kick ass and they’d get the people they cared about back she was sure.

“I don’t know, maybe it’s some sick fucking game they’re playing,” Riley said, shaking her head. She was so tired of these damn hunters. She had to focus on the road, so she did her best to suppress any thoughts about the possible worst outcomes of this whole incident. Nothing was going to happen to any of them. These hunters were going to eat shit. “Suffocate the shit out of them,” Riley told her. She couldn’t wait to bash their heads in with a boulder. She sped to Alex’s location as fast as she could. It was tricky to do so while avoiding state troopers but it definitely didn’t take them as long as two hours to get to Alex. She parked next to Alex’s car and got out, not hesitating to run to her sister and hug her. “Hey, are you okay? Did they hurt you?” she asked.

Alex had parked her car off to the side of the road and walked the rest of the way until she was close enough to see what was going on. It looked like there was a woman and two guards on the outside of the building, but she couldn’t honestly get enough of a look at them. Instead of wasting anymore time Alex hurried back to her car and unhooked her bracelet. Using the time she had to start creating different potions and looking for spells that would be useful during this. She also had started to draw out a rough plan of attack. Seeing Riley’s car pull up next to hers made Alex let out a sigh of relief, she hugged Riley as tight as possible. “I’m okay–” Wiping her eyes as she started to cry again. “I was the look out so I didn’t get to go inside. When the hunters showed up Oliver froze me in the car and I couldn’t get out. By the time I even could–” Stopping as she moved the hair out of her face. “It doesn’t matter. I have soft of a plan to run by you two and I have these.” Opening up the car door as she showed them the pile of potions she’d made and spells she’d marked in her book. “We probably don’t have a lot of time, but some of this might help us out.”

Nina’s plan was most definitely to suffocate the fuck out of those hunters. She grew quiet on the ride because she was mentally preparing herself to go back to a place that she hadn’t in a long time, an uncaring place where she would completely take a life or many if necessary. When they made it to Alex relief washed over her, as she hopped out of the car. She stood back to let the sisters have their moment until Alex started to explain. “What’s the plan? You have a psionic air witch at your service, and I can get those potions wherever you need them to go without lifting a finger. Whatever advantage we can get, we’ll need.” Her mind was already churning with attack plans the worse they were for them, the better they were for her.

Riley was relieved to hear that Alex was at least okay, but she still had another sister to save. She crossed her arms and nodded at pile of potions. It was probably best that Alex had a plan because all Riley wanted to do was rush in and beat the shit out of any hunter with overgrown plants. “Yeah, what you got?” she asked her sister.

“Okay so it’s like a barn or building type of thing I’m not sure, but you can see the entrance and there’s three people there. A woman and two guards, which there’s three of us and three of them. So realistically we should be able to take them.” Pulling the potions out of her car as the handed them to Nina and Riley to hold for the moment, she pulled out her spells the paper she had been working on. “Okay so here is what I got. If we flash bomb with these potions…” Stopping as she pulled one of them out of Riley’s hands. “They should be caught off guard and Riley you can go in with a mini earthquake that way we can get the upper hand and take them out if need be. When we get inside flash bombs one more time.” Picking out another potion as she put it in her pocket along with the other one. “At that point I’ll go in behind you two and start snatching necklaces from the hunter. I’d rather give up my magic and let you two fight it out with them. While you two work at the hunters I’ll go for Dylan, Vivian, and Oliver.” Turning to Riley once more as she held out her hand, Alexmade a give me motion. “In case I need magic I need to try and not touch the red clover as much as possible so give me the knife I know you’re holding.”

Nina nodded as Alex explained the plan. “I’ll drop the atmospheric pressure around them before they can even see me. And the potions are as good as gone! Just do your thing and I’ve got your back, Alex. Riley, I know you’re probably a force to be reckoned with, but I’ve got your back too.” This was a first, Nina actually fighting for other people and to save them, willing to go on a suicide mission to get back the people that Alex cared about. If she could help it, all of her training would go into this moment. This is what all of her horror stories were for, saving people.

Riley wasn’t sure what to expect hearing Alex’s plan, but a smirk formed on her face as Alex explained. “Nice going sis,” she praised, patting Alex on the shoulder. She pulled out the knife that Alex correctly assumed she had and handed it to her. “Alright, let’s get ready. Be quick but cautious. Let’s make these fuckers drop like flies.”

Alex nodded to Riley as she took the knife and she put it in her other jacket pocket for the moment. “That works.” Taking some of the potions that the girls wouldn’t need and she put them in her now empty pocket as she pulled out the flashbomb potions. “It’s just over here.” Walking towards where she had saw the building, she peered around the counter to see everyone still standing outside. “You ready?” Looking towards Nina and Riley. “On the count of three throw the potions then do your thing ladies. I’ll go for the door.”

To Be Continued...