#w*ll forte

[sloshed-cinema]

Barbie (2023)

Allan’s gaze is a symphony of sadness. How has Michael Cera not aged a day since Scott Pilgrim vs the World? Ageless to is his puppy-dog ennui which he channels so effortlessly. The fact that he’s tertiary at most but still worthy of mention speaks to just how stacked the casting of Barbie was. All of our Barbies and Kens are ostensibly the same, and yet they are all infectiously fun to watch. President Barbie is just happy to be there, Simu Ken is so much more effortlessly dorky-cool than the others, and Midge, well… we don’t talk about her much. Who better than Kate McKinnon to embody those dolls that get roughed up more than others? Will Ferrell is… well, he’s doing his cutesy-weird thing which worked as the father figure in the LEGO Movie but is just off-putting here. Helming it all is the unstoppable duo of Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. Robbie’s journey from a life of total but unfulfilling happiness to the leap into the unknown is about as committed and authentic as the movie will allow, and Gosling is the ideal vapid limbo who 100% isn’t gay. For real, he’s just fabulous.

But Barbie is nothing without her accessories, right? The other major standout of Greta Gerwig’s creation is its immaculately fantastical production design. Much like The LEGO Movie, this takes a pointedly and intentionally artificial approach. Nothing looks real because nothing should; this is a pretend land where everything is perfect and controlled. Products are integrated into the background to create enough Easter eggs to make the most die-hard Bar die fanatic happy. But it moves farther than that. This is a constructed fake world, in a literal sense. These are real Dreamhouses and props that the characters interact with, creating a tactility not unlike the experience of playing with a doll and imagining her immaculate world. Painted mountain backdrops and static waves keep this at a remove from direct reality, keeping this realized but not real. In a way, this feels like a postmodern Powell and Pressburger film, evoking Old Hollywood soundstages and painterly sets while telling a story with new sensibilities. Weird Barbies house with its winding path has to be a direct reference to The Red Shoes and its villa where the men revamp their ballet. There is Busby Berkeley too, eluded to in Barbie’s bespoke party but elevated to apotheosis in the Kenergy of the ir storming of the beach.

THE RULES

SIP

Someone says "Hi, Barbie!"

A pop song begins.

Ken is really into horses.

BIG DRINK

Someone travels to or from Barbie Land.

The movie makes a reference to a classic film.

Barbie cries.

[thecoolerliauditore]

pearl needs to run away from Scott. let him GO!!! I promise Pearl, i promise, he doesn't love you. he loves the idea of you. he loves who he thinks you should be. not the real you, not the one with flaws, not the one he traumatized and broke into a million little pieces and had to learn to pick herself back up again, with the help of the very few people who would help her bandaged hands sort through those glass shards. he wouldn't help you then!! he doesnt deserve you now!!!! please girl, LEAVE HIM!!!!

and look. I know she's loyal. I know she'll probably never leave, because she loves the idea of him too, not the person he really is. she loves the memory of her best friend from a past life, not the man who would hurt her and pretends its all her fault. but. BUT hear me OUT.

gems right there. gem, who she wanted to ally with so bad last season. gem who was excited to see her, who welcomed that broken piece of her with open arms and wasn't scared when she met the scarlet pearl. gem, that killed pearl twice, that pearl was still willing to fight a final time, in what would have likely been a third death for pearl. she can go to her. she can GET OUT!!! she can get help, she just has to take that first step. she has to leave herself, but there's someone there she wanted to be friends with last season so bad, she can take that step now!

the only thing holding her back is her own loyalty. she's a dog on a leash of loyalty and now Scott and cleo have the other end. it's just a matter of if she can chew through it to run away or if it'll strangle her first

HELLO anon this is the anon ask that made me lay face up in my bed staring at the ceiling listening to when she loved she from toy story 2 on repeat fyi (it slowly morphed into nonsense speaker the rachie cover specifically over time. always been a pearl song to me but it was a bit melodramatic before this point. if it gets worse i might have to. i might)

It sucks so much it literally it literally sucks. What you said about them both loving ideas of eachother is so on point, they're both chasing something within the other that is innately self-contradictory.

Pearl wants to forgive him, but her version of "forgive" is to forgo her own feelings of spite and not challenge his view on things, which means she can never get the closure she needs to truly forgive him or get back the Scott she knew in LL.

Scott also wants Pearl back, the authentic one he knew in LL, but he also needs to whittle her down (cough) to something acceptable to him (in this case, shamed for her actions during DL) so his narrative doesn't get challenged. But that's not quite the Pearl he knew either! He can't have both a genuine connection with Pearl and have her exist solely as the concept of her he's created in his head, but he needs both and I really can't wait to see how that pans out. This paragraph is insane copium btw I do know I think you're a lot more correct than I am when you say he never actually loved her but I'm delusional. Logical side of me definitely thinks he's comfortable like this and if anyone's going to challenge this dynamic it's gonna be Pearl not Scott but what if man. What if.

Anyway I've seen so many people begging Gem to take Pearl in and I do get it I do. I personally have like one million fantasies about something like that as well. However I am calling on my Martyn Inthelittlewood clause and saying that I also do want to see Pearl deal with the consequences.

I'm so happy you said that she needs to leave herself because goddamn yes she does!! If Gem just kidnaps her that's just taking away her growth! If she does fuck off and join Joel/Gem btw this will be like. an absolutely hilarious parallel to Last Life. Fairy Fort welcome back none of us missed you. Would be fitting for this season.

The collar/leash imagery is so messed up man thanks. Reminds me of this Scott/Cleo fanart I wanted to draw at one point where they're cosplaying as Denji/Makima but in that halloween costume way where they don't know the characters or the implications. Sorry just had to throw that in there.

[rosegoldenatlas]

SOS SMP LIZZIE

transcription of my notes:

shes vry bec pale no sunlight in the deep dark

skulk creature/warden

vry young in warden years (12), vry old in human/fae years (24,000)

fae!joel gifted her wings when they got betrothed (fae marriage)

childhood bsf w cleo bec she was the only other hostile mob fusion, that's why lizzie trusted cleo in the beginning of last life

scared of fire (thats why cleo burned down the farie fort)

likes dark oak forests bcause it reminds her if the deep dark (thats why she chose the farie fort it ll)

non warden form is the only one w the wings

very spindley fingers (stained w sculk)

only remembers last life and secret life, doesnt belive joel when he tried to tell her stories of thier life in other smps

non warden form changes things based on the series (besides her wings)

she looks more wardenlike in sos smp because of her proximity to skulk

This is fucking sick dude I love it 10/10 its now canon in the fae!Joel universe

[chrancecriber]

Radio SunLounge Romania (April 21, 2023)

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[prettyallfriends]

just found out bang dream for switch apparently doesnt include dream parade... takaratomy really want to make sure switch owners cant enjoy pripara huh 😭😭

(dont opem the tags unless ur fine w an unpunctuated essay abt mobile rhythm games... sorry to desktop users lmao)

[leaflens]

hey mutuals do this

get into rune factory

[yumenosakiacademy]

so much in the timeline hinges on when the fuck bdbs says this but he’s not shown typing it in eth0′s OR his own pov vid. so. like. it’s hell.

[lily-drake]

Memories/Stories

Marinette remembered a lot.  She remembered her dad and his bright blue eyes, the same ones she shared with him.  She remembered spending time with her daddy and Grandpa Allie.  She remembered going to the circus with the Drakes because they had a son her age, and daddy didn’t want her to be outed to the public yet.  Tim was her only friend, well, honestly he was more like a little brother.  He was always getting into trouble, so she had to get him out of it.  But that was only if his parents were gone, when they were home he always acted so strange.  He was always rigid, he talked differently, and all his mannerisms felt wrong.

At the circus they got to meet a lot of the performers, and Marinette laughed at Tim when they met the Flying Graysons.  He could barely keep still, and when the youngest Grayson said that he would dedicate his performance to Tim she swore that he nearly blacked out before he squeaked out a small, “thank you.”  Both of them got a picture of them with the Graysons.  She still had it, she kept it in her journal.

She hadn’t realized it would be the last photo that the family of Graysons would take together.  She still had nightmares of what happened next, because while the Drake’s covered Tim’s eyes, she was forgotten about, and all she could really recall from the blurry memory was the red on the floor and the sickening cracking sound that was made.  Her dad wasn’t happy when he found out that she had seen that, and she wasn’t allowed to go over to Drake manor anymore, severely limiting the time she spent with Tim.

The day that her dad brought over Richard, or Dick, over.  She had a big brother now, and he was really cool!  He taught her how to do gymnastics and acrobatics.  Daddy was busier than usual these last few months, and she didn’t want to bother Alfred when he already had so much to do.  The months before Dick came were very boring and lonely, but now she had a big brother!  Nothing was boring anymore, though she hated how he wouldn’t tell her how he kept climbing onto the chandeliers!  She wanted to do that too!

Everything seemed to be going great, school was a breeze with her family helping and guiding her, she even managed to skip a grade!  Tim was in a couple of her classes too!  Then Dick and Daddy began to argue more and more.  It was always tense when eating dinner, she didn’t eat as much, just enough that it would be acceptable to leave and go to her room.  Then her birdy flew away and left to a new city, and she was alone again.  Daddy was always busy doing his detective work or WE work, Alfred did his work, and she stayed in her room and did her homework and drew.  She didn’t want to disturb anyone, she didn’t want there to be any more contention, and she was getting better with the silence again.

She remembered when Dad brought home another boy.  He looked all messy and too thin.  Alfred had been teaching her how to bake, maybe she could make something for him?  His name was Jason, but she preferred calling him Jay-Jay.  He called her Pixie.  She smiled at the name.  Dick had given her a nickname too, he called her Blueberry because her hair looked a very dark blue in the light.  It took a while for Jay-Jay to relax around, they said it was because he grew up on the streets.  She laughed when he told her he was caught stealing the tires off the Batmobile, and that he got three off before he was caught.

Everything was going fine until her birdy, Dick, came home.  She was so happy to see him again, and he seemed happy to see her too, but he didn’t look happy when he saw Jay-Jay and Bruce coming back from patrol.  They started yelling at each other again.  It was so loud, and it felt wrong, and she felt sick.  She ran as fast as she could trying to get away.  There was too much noise, everything was too much, and it was all so wrong.  She didn’t know where she was until she felt warm arms embrace her.  She opened her eyes—when did she close them again— and was met with deep blue eyes, Jay-Jay’s eyes.

“Hey, it’s ok Pixie.  You’re safe here.  They’ll get over it eventually.”

He wiped at her cheek, she hadn’t even realized she had been crying.  She looked around and saw she was in, what she liked to call, the “Secret Cove”.  A fairly wide space in the library trapped between two bookshelves with a small table and bing bags with lots of different types of blankets.  She often made forts here.  She snuggled closer to her older brother and cried.

“They k-keep fighting, and-and because of al-ll the tension Dick l-left and it w-was so quiet.  It was-wasnt right Jay-Jay.  Why do th-they keep yelling?”

“Hey, it’s alright Pix.  It will get better soon.  I’m here now, and you won’t have to worry about the quiet anymore, ok?”

She nodded her head against his chest and nearly melted against him when he ran his hands through hair.  She didn’t remember much else after that, but she remembered waking up surrounded by the rest of her family, and it was peaceful.  That was one of her favorite memories.

Then Jason left, and Dad left after him, and they both came back, but….Jason….he-he didn’t make it.  She remembered running out of the cave and vomiting as tears ran down her face.  Dick was in Blüdhaven, he didn’t know.  Everything was wrong, everything was so, so, so wrong!  It was quiet in the house, there was weight, one that had never been there before, not even when Dick had first left.  Not when he was gone with his teams.  Not when she was all alone in the house.  Not when there was a fight in the house.  Because this silence was permanent.  Because Jason would never come back to fill it.

She remembered when her Dad sent her away, right after Jason’s funeral.  She was forced to leave immediately after, and she dropped worse.  Her dad didn’t want her anymore.  She understood what Tim meant now.  She never said goodbye to him, maybe she could write a letter.  The ocean was dark above them, and there was a void in her chest similar to the one she was currently feeling.  Because she was abandoned, Dick didn’t want her with him, Dad wanted her gone, Jason left for other people because she wasn’t a good enough sister; then he died, and Tim probably forgot all about her by now.  So as all of the people she thought were her friends crowded someone else, ignored her, gossiped about her, hurt her, she didn’t show anything.  The void she felt before was back again.  She was still the same child she was before.  Nothing had changed from her past and now, just more loss.

She had good memories that she tried to hold onto.  Jason taking her on a ride in the Batmobile when dad wasn’t home.  Dick teaching her Romani.  Alfred teaching her how to cook.  Tim showing her his latest photos of Gotham during his nightly escapades.  Dad showing her the Batcave for the first time.  But those were all memories.  They were stories of a different girl.

She wasn’t Marinette Wayne anymore.  No, she was Marinette Dupain Cheng.  She wasn’t the daughter of a superhero or a billionaire.  She was the daughter of two simple bakers who lived normal lives.  She was her own hero here who set and made the rules.  Even if the void she felt almost everyday for the past 4 years continued to grow like it always did, she would be fine.  She had a job to do, and the mission always comes first.

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[jinkicake]

Just checked the calendar,,,, and scaramouche birthday is in 15 days🥲 I feel like he’s gunna pop up in my dreams or something I’m nervous bc albedo was just there; that’s my fault tho for falling asleep reading a fic where susbedo rails me and albedo is watching from behind the door of the KOF lab. I just remember looking up when I was struggling to stay alive and kicking eyes w him across the room and him going 🤫🤭 before I blacked out and woke up😭 12am if January 3rd he’s going to show up w ropes n chains n shit🫠 like he’s definitely the sadistic fuck to smile like the Cheshire Cat knowing that he has something over you😒 it’s his special day so he can fuck you in the shrine while yae can’t do shit to him (actually kazuha would also in the”being forced to watch the shogun play w you” scenario; love a man who’s been pushed into insanity) like he will make a huge pillow fort in the publishing house too and then fuck you right in the middle of it, like Ei is dumb asf but she’s way nicer than her shit puppet so when she hears the “poor defenseless traveler” has been taken and is being held hostage by her creation she’s like “oh no🥺🥺” so she rushes over there to help and use is like…. Something ain’t right here this feels like strap why is it completely empty. Then they get sucked into a mind realm of HIS own making. Ei becomes painfully aware of what day it is and they’re stuck listening to the screams of the traveler😔😔 more,deeper and faster; he would pull their hair and make them look they electro archon right in the face while making them swear allegiance to him as the true archon(which I would do without question lmao are you kidding? He’s way better than her and would have cherished Inazuma like she said nah you’re too nice I want everyone to be miserable 💕)can do nothing but sit back and watch him ruin the traveler and then begging for him to finish inside and to go deeper🤭 BONUS POINTS IF EI AND MAYBE MEIKO TOO WERE FOND OF THE TRAVELER AND DIDNT GET THE CHANCE TO TELL THEM!! I love unnecessary suffering it’s suck a great genre🥰 need to see her looking broken and helpless while he grins all crazy back at her is the ultimate revenge!! (Honestly same as abyss aether having you suck him off or ride him on his throne while lumine or whoever watches in shock☺️ he said I’m here to ruin everyone’s lives and he should!)

WHERE DO YOU FIND THESE FICS????? I need to read them too! I'm jealous of your dreams tbh...

naur youRE WRONGGG for putting that kazuha suffering into the air T T omg i dont think he could handle that tbh! he might just actually k!ll the puppet and then her creator! we all know he wants to- (with good reason-)

omgggg.... yes the unnecessary suffering is too good like that's what makes the 'fucking in front of the other person' so good like eeeek if miss miko had feelings for the traveler and came across them getting their guts rearranged by scara.... she would make it EVERYONE's problem... and she would probs k!ll the puppet like she wanted to do hundreds of years ago LOL

no bc abyss aether is superior like- he's a princeeee and he got to fuck around w pierro im jealous of him actually! not sure if i want to be him or with him!

[darthwheezely]

can i request a 🌸 w bby G?

absolutely, love!

for Georgie!

george’s love language - quality time

you can say whatever you want

but this is his ll

george thrives off seeing his person at his quidditch games for starters

seeing them in the crowd is like the BIGGEST good luck charm he could ever have

he’s a bit obsessive about walking you to classes

you think it’s cute and kind of dorky until one day you realize you didn’t wait for him to walk you and he was in an absolutely panicky mood the rest of the day

“I-I’m sorry I know it’s really stupid I just. Time with you is all I look forward to and I know it’s weird and obsessive I just. I don’t have much more time...”

he loves routine, he craves routine, and he craves YOU most of all

and especially since it’s his last year at hogwarts and he’s leaving early

he has a fear of losing time

“angel, it’s only 1am we have the WORLD AT OUR FINGERTIPS”

he falls asleep immediately after saying that

date nights where he can just indulge in a movie with you in the common room under a pillow fort

he schedules like the DEVIL

but he never stressed over it

because it’s YOU he’s working for

[bellshazes]

like it's not a practical suggestion but try and build the crastle from bdubs tutorial and then die when you realize they're not in the original design but he added in the corner windows w the half slabs to give better line of sight as he increasingly comprehended the dangers of the world and how ethos jokes abt it being little are really funny in that it was but the only defensible bases in the life series are the small ones (pearl's DL tower being also pivotal, any hidden respawn bases like BEST's in LL thanks to skizz the optimist tainted by ironically bdubs not corrupting the base but their alliance and cleos red base that allows her and Scott to go to the final 4 in DL). and bdubs choosing to make a hollow base w a fleshed out exterior in DL bc the crastle stood but the snow fort never could for so many reasons I've already articulated. the crastle is the best life series build period. not even the end of story bc it lives on in the intended central tower w walls of the LL snow fort and the non-flammable walls but flammable floors of the mid-century modern DL home.

[wigglesforsquiggles]

Okay so I listened to 'Kings and Queens of Wasteland' by Jukio Kallio on loop for like half an hour probs more because I adore that song and then my brain went "hey what if you made a Last Life/HC8 AU based on this song?" and so here I am thinking about the song a lot cus brrrrr.

Also before getting into AU, I just wanna say my headcanons for the Life Series is that it is basically dreams. Dreams that are interconnected, possibly caused by a certain outside force, and because they're going through traumatic things it is hard to recall/very hazy/they don't know if it is real or not.

Anyways, basically in this version A. None of the participants wake up after the first session, they're just stuck there; B. The boogey curse cares over to HC; and C. Renbob and Goatman need a fucking break.

Basically, somehow, The Nothing linked up together with the Boogey curse for unknown reasons (this is like first pass, don't expect their to be a single thought) which forced Last Lift HC members to go into a forced coma. I haven't decided fully yet, but I do know who gets discovered sleeping first.

At roughly the same time, both Ren and Etho are found by their base buddies. Iskall shrugs it off while Doc is worried, who then goes to Boatem to find every single member fully asleep. Due to this a meeting is called, they make plans, so on so forth until the curse arrives to which they also discover permadeath is on. Idk who the first Boogey or death is tho sooo.

Long story short: Doc ends up with the curse and cuts himself off, Iskall makes a fort in a cave system to chill and song songs with his friends, and things eventually resolve with everyone just completely out of it.

Again this is a first pass and I need to watch more povs but my brain is fuckin rotating >:3

yooooo!! this is such a cool au sammy!!

oooooo the LL players being stuck in a coma?? and the hc memebrs finding them alseep ?? so angsty wow

also permadeath suddenly being on for a server that's used to being able to die casually must be terrifying,,, esp w one of ur friends suddenly trying to kill u

it's like double the angst of LL bc (i headcanon) the LL plasters signed up to be there - or at least were aware of the rules. How do the Hc memebrs find out abt the permadeath rule?? surely someone has to die and simply not respawn??

i am glad u say everyrbing resolves bc this could definitly go the tragic route and i don't think i could handle that fjdjs

[vicxy]

Hello <3!! How have you been? & thank you for this wonderful game of yours 💓💓

This is for your new Astro game, here’s my Groom Persona Chart:

My Alma is Aries in the 6th house

For the numbers 1-12, I choose number 5

{I hope you have a nice day/night, take care ☺️💓}

Hello! Thank you for this beautiful ask :))

Your future spouse is likely a wild and carefree person who likes to live life to the fullest. They likely have Aquarius in their chart or Uranus. As a child, they were probably independent and intelligent, maybe the gifted kid of their class. They are also a pretty consistent person: I think you will know their feelings toward you at any time or they could just be straightforward and easy to read. Either way, they’re pretty honest with you. However, he could be rebellious and impolite to those whom he despises or dislikes. Quite idealistic and creative as a person. They could also show their love in unconventional and special ways. You will have a happy home life together. This relationship will require quite a bit of work to blossom and reach it’s fullest potential, but in the process both you and your partner will grow as people. It could progress a little slowly at first. I also get some earth energy, maybe a little Taurus. If you are willing to put in the effort required, this relationship will be a beautiful one :)

I hope this resonated, lmk how it was! Have a nice day :)

[dialovers-translations]

Diabolik Lovers Bloody Bouquet Vol. 12 Sakamaki Subaru [TRACK 2]

Original title: 黒き呪いの来訪

Source: Diabolik Lovers Bloody Bouquet Vol. 12 Sakamaki Subaru [CD not owned by me]

Audio: Here

Seiyuu: Takashi Kondou

Translator’s note: They really took Subaru’s tsun level and upped it by 200% in this track lol. He has never been the best at voicing out his own opinions/emotions but it’s REALLY bad in this CD. xD I just kept on screaming at my screen ‘use your words Subaru!!!’, pfft. The real suffering is gonna start in the next track though so I gotta mentally prepare myself. 

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Track 2: The Black Curse’s Visit

Subaru walks through the room.

“...Hm?”

*Rustle*

“What are you doing over there?”

You explain.

“A book? Ah. That’s why you’re standin’ on the tip of her toes. Hehe, even so, you don’t even come close to reachin’ it.”

You puff out your cheeks.

“What? I’m only tellin’ the truth, right? Besides, if you can’t reach that high, why not grab a chair or somethin’?”

You nod, following his advice.

*Rustle*

“Heh.”

The chair shakes slightly. 

“Che...So reckless.”

You insist you can do it.

“...’It’s fine’? Look...”

You nearly lose your balance.

“...! O-Oi...!”

Subaru quickly breaks your fall.

*Thud*

*Rustle*

“...Oi, you ‘kay? Haah...Geez. You’d be deep shit if I didn’t happen to be here!”

You thank him.

“...! A-Anyway, how long you gonna be sittin’ on top of me? Get off already!”

*Rustle rustle*

“Che...”

You apologize. 

“...? Y-You don’t need to apologize or anythin’...”

He looks over at you.

“Hm? What’s wrong? Your knee’s a little scraped up. Show me for a sec.”

*Rustle rustle*

"Pretty sure a lil’ scratch like this will heal if I lick it...”

Subaru licks the wound.

“...Hm?”

Your cheeks flush bright red. 

“Hehe. There’s no reason to get embarrassed, right? I’m only tendin’ to your wounds.”

*Rustle*

“Don’t move. Keep still.”

*Rustle rustle*

*Sluuuuurp*

“...Haah...Guess this should do?”

He moves away.

“It’ll heal in no time if we just leave it like this, right?”

You thank you.

“Hehe~ You were so embarrassed earlier, but I guess you can at least express your gratitude? However...Instead of usin’ words...”

He pins you down.

“...Why not show it with your actions instead?”

You ask him what you should do. 

“You don’t understand unless I spell it out for you? ...I’m sayin’ you should let me suck your blood. Just lickin’ it a lil’ isn’t enough. Gimme more...”

*Rustle*

*RIIIIIIIP*

“Heh. If you don’t want to, try put up a fight then.”

You remain still. 

“...Hah? What’s this? You’re bein’ surprisingly meek today. Usually you’d beg me to stop. ...Just like I thought...Have you bent to my will?

You ask if something is wrong.

“...! It’s nothing. Whatever. I’m done here.”

Subaru moves away.

“Did you not hear me? I’m not suckin’ your blood! Go read your book or somethin’...”

You frown, still worried about his behavior. 

“Che...! Like I said, there’s nothin’ wrong! It’s none of your business anyway!”

You flinch.

“...!! Fuck...!”

Subaru bursts out of the room. 

*TIMESKIP*

“...Che. What’s her problem...!? Fuck!!”

*THUD*

“Haah, haah...Why would she...? Ughーー!”

‘I am happy as long as I am with the man I love’, were the words she spoke. I too, believe that the days we spend together right now are bliss. However, I could not tell if she truly felt that way from the very bottom of her heart. She always tells me exactly what I want to hear after all, making me anxious from time to time. Worrying that perhaps her true feelings are different, but I am simply forcing her to say those things. I felt as if said small, occassional worry grew bigger with each passing day. 

“Haah...What should I do? Aah, fuck!! This isn’t my forte!”

*THUD*

“I don’t understand...!!”

The wind blows some rose petals his way.

“...? White roses...They must have bloomed at some point. Hm...”

*Snap*

“She might be happy if I...brought her one?”

Subaru walks back inside the house.

*TIMESKIP*

He enters the room, surprised to find you there as well.

“Uwah...!? Y-You...!? W-Why are you here? Ahー No...That’s not it...Uhm...About earliー”

*Rustle*

“Hm...? Oi. Whatcha carryin’ over there?”

You show him the flowers.

“A black bouquet? Where did you get those?”

You explain.

“The doorbell? Ah...So that’s why you’re here. So, who are they from?”

You shake your head.

“You don’t know...? These kind of things usually come with a card or somethin’ right?”

*Flip*

“Che...What’s up with this card? It’s completely blank. ...Which fucker sent these to us!?”

You ask if he saw anyone while outside.

“...? No. I haven’t seen anyone.”

You want to know what he did. 

“Aah...!? Who cares what I was up to!? I stepped out for a bit ‘cause I didn’t feel like lookin’ at your face. Got a problem with that!?”

You look hurt.

“Ah...Uhm...Noーー ...Che.”

*Rustle*

“For now...Go and throw that bouquet away right now. A bouquet from an unknown sender just smells fishy, don’t you think? They’re black roses, on top of that. Gives me the creeps.”

You seem hesitant. 

“Why feel like it’s a ‘waste’ when it’s somethin’ you never expected to receive in the first place? Stop complainin’ and throw them out.”

You protest.

“...!? You gonna defy my orders!? ...Whatever. Hand it over. I’ll dispose of them.”

*Rustle*

You refuse.

“Rustle rustle*

“...Did you not hear me...!?”

You continue to struggle, eventually tripping and falling backwards.

*Thud*

“...Ah! Tsk...It’s your fault for spacin’ out...”

You puff out your cheeks, calling him a meanie. 

“Heh. What’s so mean ‘bout that? Just stay there and behave.”

You try and snatch the bouquet out of his hands.

*Rustle*

“Ah...! ...!? What’s wrong? Did one of the thorns prick you? ...Che, this happened ‘cause you wouldn’t just hand them over like I told you. ...I’ll go throw these away in the meantime. You should go take care of your injury.”

Subaru picks up the bouquet.

“...Hm? There’s blood on the card.”

*Flip*

“...!! W-What’s this? Words have started appearing...’The throns of the black roses have put a permanent curse on you. Your blood will gradually begin to rot, becoming a poison which torments the immortal. This process can no longer be stopped. There is only one way to survive, to continue having the person you love feast upon your blood. If not, the curse will surely become the end of you.’...Then what happened just now...!? No, this is bullshit. ‘Permanent curse’, my ass! I don’t know who pulled this trick, but they’re fuckin’ with us! This is obviously a lie!”

*Rustle*

He walks off angrily.

*TIMESKIP*

“...Che.”

He burns the flowers. 

“Fuck...”

Black rose petals scattered across the floor and a blood-stained card. Furthermore, the single white rose I plucked. When I flung them all into the fireplace together, they swiftly turned to ashes. I clenched my fists while watching the white rose I had intended to gift her get swallowed by the flames alongside those omnious black roses. What came to mind was her thoroughly terrified expression as she looked up to me after I pushed her away.

ーー TO BE CONTINUED ーー

[hamiltalian-creates]

RemRom in Quarantine

Summary:  Roman has the flu and his stuck with his roommate, Remus, who he definitely does not have feelings for, who said that he did? Logan? Well, he doesn't.

Pairings: Remus x Roman, Background Logan x Patton

Words: 2,121

Warnings: None

“Day 1 of quarantine. If I have to stay with Remus one more hour, I’m going to lose my mind.”

“Princey! Time for your medicine! Unless you want me to hide it in your food, like a dog!”

Roman groaned and deleted the video. He could complain to the internet later, when Remus wasn’t awake to bother him. Just the day before, he’d tested positively for the flu, so he was stuck with the only one of his five roommates who hadn’t just left for Spring Break, at least until he recovered from that stupid virus. The last thing he wanted to do was catch a second, but dealing with Remus made the thought seem more than tempting.

One would think that things couldn’t get much worse than that, but of course, life found a way. In this case, Remus was not only the mot obnoxious roommate, but also the one that Roman found himself hiding feelings for. And now, Remus was babysitting him and all of his sick from the flu grossness.

“Roman!”

“Alright, I’m coming!” He wrapped himself in a blanket and went to the kitchen, finding his flu medicine and some orange juice waiting for him.

“What do you say?” Remus asked, pushing a plate of spaghetti and veggies his direction.

“Thank you,” Roman grumbled before knocking back the medicine like a shot, chasing it down with a gulp of orange juice. “You know, I could make food too, I’m not dying yet.”

Remus shrugged and started eating his own food. “I don’t want to catch your coronavirus and you won’t let me bleach my food to disinfect it.”

“It’s just the flu!”

“So you say.”

“So the doctors say,” Roman groaned, rubbing his aching head.

“Besides, it’s not like I mind, it’s just cooking. You need to rest up so you can get better,” Remus explained with a surprisingly genuine tone.

Roman furrowed his eyebrows a bit. Maybe he was being a bit harsh on Remus. “Uh.. Th.. Thank you..”

“The longer you rest, the faster you get better, the less I have to hear you whine.”

Or maybe he wasn’t being harsh enough. “I do not whine!” Roman said in a very whiny tone.

Remus laughed at that, making Roman blush. “Way to prove my point, Princey. Just eat up and rest up and you’ll be back to your gaudy self in no time.”

Roman rolled his eyes and kept eating, choking as he felt Remus’s hand on his forehead. “What are you doing?!”

“Well, your fever’s finally going down, so that’s good.”

Roman blushed harder and hoped that Remus would assume it was just his flu. “You can stop touching me, then, if you’re so desperate to not get sick.”

“Pfft, you’re barely even contagious, I just don’t want to deal with you being a big baby,” Remus corrected, poking Roman’s face and laughing as his hand was just swatted away.

Roman pouted and ate his food quietly before escaping back to his room, hiding under his blanket fort and calling one of his friends.

“Hey, Roman! How are you doing, buddy?”

“Patton!” he cheered, as if he didn’t know that Patton would answer immediately. “Thank goodness, I was getting sick of only hearing Remus’s voice...”

“How is that going, anyways?” Patton asked with a sympathetic tone in his voice.

Roman rolled his eyes. “Awful.. He’s just so... Remus! I seriously can’t wait for you guys to get back..”

“I know.. We’ll be back as soon as you’re better!”

“Is that Roman? I would like to talk to him,” Roman heard Logan’s voice saying.

Patton nodded. “Here’s Logan.”

Roman sighed and heard the phone being shifted before hearing Logan’s greeting.

“Hello?”

“Hey, Logan. Why do you want to talk to me?”

“I wanted to know how you’re dealing with Remus.”

“Poorly.. I just can’t get him to leave me alone for five minutes.. He keeps coming in and bothering me, trying to take my temperature and give me medicine and I just know he’s trying to bug me.”

Logan paused for a few seconds.

“What?” Roman asked.

“You aren’t seriously this dense, are you?”

Roman tutted. “You could tell me what you’re talking about instead of insulting me like this.”

Logan sighed. “Remus has feelings for you. He asked me not to tell you, but-”

“He what?!” Roman shouted before covering his mouth.

As expected, Remus came knocking on the door seconds later. “Roman, I heard shouting.”

“... I’m watching a movie?..”

“I know you’re lying, but I”ll leave you alone for now.”

Roman sighed as he heard Remus’s footsteps leave before putting the phone back to his ear. “Alright, what did you say? I think the flu is making me hallucinate.”

“You heard me correctly. Remus has feelings for you, romantic feelings, and you are an idiot for not noticing it by now. Now that I’ve told you, you can go ahead and tell him that you like him back.”

Roman scoffed. “I... What? What are you even talking about? You sound like a crazy person right now, do you know what you sound like? You sound like you can’t even hear yourself, you crazy, crazy guy.”

Logan stayed silent, which Roman took to mean that he wasn’t convinced.

“I definitely don’t have feelings for him!”

“Rather than convincing yourself that that’s true, why don’t you go act on your feelings, knowing that he won’t reject you? Honestly, I know I’m the logical one, but this is just common sense at this point.”

Roman felt his face burning from the embarrassment of being caught. “What should I do?..”

“Suck his dick would be the obvious answer, but with you having the flu, perhaps something involving less bodily fluids.”

“Are you saying this with Patton in the room?!”

Logan hummed in thought, which Roman assumed to be the sound of him checking around the room. “No, he’s gone. But we are a couple, in case you forgot.”

“Yeah, but it’s Patton. I’m not sure he’d want to hear that.”

“Don’t try to distract me from my point. I did you a favor by telling you about Remus’s feelings against his wishes, now you have to return the favor by agreeing to tell him about your feelings. Or show him, depending on how bold you’re feeling.”

Roman thought for a second. “Alright.. I’ll do something when I get the chance.. You promise you’re not just pranking me or something?”

“What would I gain from that? Embarrassing you like that would make the atmosphere in the apartment incredibly awkward and unpleasant. Telling the truth about Remus’s feelings for you, however, will greatly help to alleviate the amount of romantic and the much more prevalent sexual tension in the air. At least with Virgil and Remy, Remy doesn’t live with us.”

“Fine.. I guess he’ll tell you about it later.”

“Great. I’ll see you after break, if this pandemic doesn’t get any worse.”

“I’ll see you then...”

Logan hung up and Roman groaned before flopping onto his back, knowing what he had to do.

Sure, he had feelings for Remus, but he was hoping it was just a phase, a temporary need to do something - or, rather, someone - absolutely disgusting to celebrate the fact that he was finally living on his own. But after the first few months, he realized that those feelings were definitely romantic. He wasn’t mad about it, but Remus had openly voiced how much he’d prefer to die than to date a prissy boy, something that Roman definitely was.

Maybe it was some way of deflecting any suspicion about his feelings for Roman? Why would Logan lie?

Logan definitely would’ve enjoyed the drama.

But Logan wasn’t a liar, was he?

Unless Dee put him up to it, Dee definitely would’ve been entertained by something like that.

No, Remus was Dee’s best friend. He wouldn’t do that.

Unless Dee put Remus up to it and lied to Logan to get the news back to Roman!

No, Logan was usually so airtight about secrets and there was no way he’d hurt Roman’s feelings like that...

That settled it! Roman was going to act on his feelings and he was going to do so now!

“Roman, I’m going to watch a Disney movie, do you want to join me?”

He couldn’t do this.

He promised Logan he would!

No.

Yes.

No.

Yes.

No!

“Yes!” Roman clamped his hands over his mouth as he realized he’d said that out loud, but it was too late to take it back.

“Alright, corona boy, come on!”

Roman whined to himself, but got out of bed and out of the room, with his blanket wrapped around himself, of course.

Remus smiled as he saw him coming, waving him over. “Come on, it’s Tangled. We can talk about the fact that people are honestly comparing their quarantines to being kidnapped and being forced to live the same day for 18 years.”

Roman laughed awkwardly and sat on the other side of the couch, trying to hide his blush as Remus moved to sit directly next to him.

“Oh, you only have the flu and you’re recovering from that. You don’t need to sit so far away, Princey.”

“W.. Well, sorry I didn’t want you to get sick. I didn’t want you to get even weirder from a fever, plus, I want our friends to come back,” he said, trying to seem as uninterested as possible.

Remus just laughed and leaned against Roman, using the thick layer that the blanket provided him as a pillow. “I’ll be fine, you know I’ve got the immune system of a champ.”

“That’s what they all say.”

Remus shrugged and started the movie, sighing as he got comfortable.

Roman did his best to stay still for the entire time, not wanting to bother Remus, and tried to focus on the movie, but it was nearly impossible when his crush was literally cuddled against his side like a giant teddy bear.

“You know, this is nice,” Remus said as they watched Eugene almost die.

“Watching beloved Disney characters die?”

Remus tutted. “No, I mean us just hanging out without bitching at each other the whole time. Don’t get me wrong, I love arguing with you, but isn’t it nice to have some good quiet time once in a while?”

Roman paused for a second before nodding slowly. “Yeah... Yeah, I guess it is.”

“See? We don’t always have to bicker.”

Roman nodded, trying to hype himself up on the inside. It was now or never, the movie was about to end. Besides, they were having  moment, weren’t they? What better time to just make a move?

Remus shifted to sit up. “I’m going to get some snacks so we can-” He was cut off as Roman grabbed his shoulders and pulled him down into a kiss.

Roman kept his eyes shut, hoping with every fiber of his body that Remus wouldn’t pull away and run.

Actually, Remus did quite the opposite, leaning down and putting his hand on the couch beside Roman’s head, not exactly able to hold him from where he sat wrapped in his blanket.

Roman relaxed a bit and moved his hands to Remus’s face, feeling stubble growing on his cheeks. Why he decided to shave everything but that god awful mustache, Roman will never understand, but it really did fit the trash rat aesthetic that Roman found himself falling for harder and harder everyday.

Remus pulled away a minute later, panting to catch his breath, since Roman had caught him by surprise. “Christ, Princey, I was just going to get some popcorn. What’ll you do if I go out and get ice cream instead?” he asked with a wink.

Roman blushed. “Shut up! I just... I couldn’t even fathom telling you to your face how I feel without feeling sick, so I figured I might as well just kiss you instead.”

“Well, it worked.” He stood up straight before taking Roman’s hand and bowing. “Would you allow me to treat you on a quarantine date for dinner? I will make us the most luxurious chicken lasagna that I can with whatever kind of vegetable sides you want, as long as you agree to take your medicine.”

Roman laughed a bit. “Fine.. I think I’d really like that...”

Remus hummed and stood up straight, singing as he floated into the kitchen. “When the class moves online and the boomers all die, that’s corona..”

Roman snorted a laugh. Remus may have been a trash rat, but he could be kind of funny at times. Besides, this trash rat was going to be his boyfriend. Not even the worst of his humor could ruin Roman’s mood now.

[vanguardofparadox]

S[Es]sion [No]t[Es]:

I’ve been o[U]t here a while exploring beyond [Th]e F[U]r[Th][Es]t Ring, [Th]e endl[Es]s [No][Th]ingn[Es]s of [Pa][Ra]dox S[Pa]ce between different S[Es]sion’s Medi[U]ms, [Th][At] I sometim[Es] don’t [Th]ink abo[U]t my own S[Es]sion for Wip[Es] [At] a time. It’s been [At] least 413 days since I last visited it, so I fig[U]red [No]w is as good a time as any for me to recap where I c[Am]e [Fr]om.

My n[Am]e is Hrisch Seprex, and I [Am] [Th]e Chief Explorer of Alternia’s Inter-Dimensional [Th]re[At] Ass[Es]sment te[Am]. When [Th]e Alternian Empire learned of [Th]e existence of [Pa][Ra]dox S[Pa]ce, Her Imperial Cond[Es]cension herself decided [Th][At] it m[U]st be inv[Es]tig[At]ed and f[U]lly [U]nderstood to find o[U]t if it was a new [Fr]ontier for Alternia to conq[U]er, or a new b[At]tle[Fr]ont [Th][At] m[U]st be defended against [At] all costs.

[Th][At] was over 612 Sweeps ago. Fo[U]r trolls [U]sed a piece of software masq[U]e[Ra]ding as a g[Am]e to gain acc[Es]s to [Pa][Ra]dox S[Pa]ce, ca[U]sing a massive meteor storm in [Th]e proc[Es]s. Fort[U]n[At]ely, [Th]e Planetary Defense Grid saved [Th]e planet [Fr]om [Th]is fiery s[Pa]ce-born c[At]aclysm, and [Th]e Cond[Es]ce’s military managed to stop [Th]e “G[Am]e” before all fo[U]r trolls co[U]ld enter.

[Th]is g[Am]e expr[Es]sed itself in [Th]e form of an inter-dimensional s[Pa]ce called [Th]e Medi[U]m. It was a planetary system wi[Th] seve[Ra]l planets all inhabited by fantastical alien [Ra]c[Es]. As [Th][Es]e fo[U]r rebel trolls fo[U]nd [Th]eir plans for dimensional crossing being [Th]warted by HIC’s troops, [Th]eir te[Am] coh[Es]ion snapped, and [Th]e goldblooded mastermind behind [Th]e g[Am]e code released a ~ATH vir[U]s [Th][At] killed every[Th]ing in [Th]eir Medi[U]m and [Pa]rtially c[Ra]shed [Th]eir S[Es]sion.

J[U]mping ahead to [Th]e pr[Es]ent, I was recr[U]ited for [Th]e Inter-Dimensional [Th]re[At] Ass[Es]sment te[Am] after discovering a robot [Th][At] had origin[At]ed [Fr]om [Pa][Ra]dox S[Pa]ce. I was told [Th][At] I wo[U]ld be modifying [Th]e g[Am]e code to r[Es]tart [Th]e failed S[Es]sion. On [Th]e orders of [Th]e Cond[Es]ce herself, I wo[U]ld [Th]en have to enter as a player along wi[Th] [Th]e Jadeblooded Hemophage [Fr]om [Th]e original fo[U]r (her Rebellio[U]s Dre[Am]s somewh[At] c[U]rbed after spending h[U]ndreds of Sweeps as a [Po]litical prisoner).

Over all [Th]ose sweeps, o[Th]er trolls had managed to [Pu]rge [Th]e ~ATH vir[U]s [Fr]om [Th]e S[Es]sion and even mapped o[U]t [Th]e Medi[U]m by expeditions [Th][At] made [U]se of a device called a t[Ra]ns[Po]rtalizer [Th][At] had been fo[U]nd in [Th]e r[U]ins of a temple near [Th]e hive of one of [Th]e rebels. [Th]ey were also able to g[At]her all [Th]e b[U]ilding m[At]erials released by [Th]is mass extinction event.

We also fo[U]nd o[U]t [Th][At] [Th]is g[Am]e had been played in m[U]ltiple timelin[Es], and we were somehow considered to be an offshoot b[Ra]nch of wh[At] was considered to be [Th]e “Alpha Timeline”. Except [Th][At] all divergent b[Ra]nch[Es] were s[U]p[Po]sed to wi[Th]er off and die o[U]t, and somehow o[U]rs hadn’t.

We didn’t have e[No][U]gh players to properly r[Es]tart [Th]e s[Es]sion however. [Th]e g[Am]e, which had to be modified to even consider me to be a candid[At]e for being a player, had classepected me as a Rog[U]e of Doom. [Th]e Hemophage prisoner who was to accom[Pa]ny me had originally been classpected as a Maid of Blood, b[U]t after my modific[At]ions, [Th]e g[Am]e was tre[At]ing her as a Knight of S[Pa]ce.

(Nei[Th]er of [Th][Es]e m[At]ched [Th]e classpect of her co[U]nter[Pa]rt in [Th]e “Alpha Timelime”. In fact, [No]ne of [Th]e fo[U]r players did. [Th]is co[U]ld be beca[U]se o[U]r Alternia was so vastly divergent [Fr]om [Th]e o[Th]er [Th]ey were effectively different trolls entirely. [Fr]om wh[At] I [U]nderstand, in [Th]e o[Th]er timeline [Th][At] we have d[At]a on, [Th]ey had a dozen players, instead of o[U]r q[U]artet of rebels.)

[Th]e Cond[Es]ce had forbidden anyone else b[U]t me and [Th]e Rebel Dre[Am]er of a Jadeblood [Fr]om being players in [Th]e r[Es]tart S[Es]sion, so I had to get cre[At]ive. [Th]ro[U]gh some shenanigans involving Time T[Ra]vel and Ectobiology, I was able to make a [Pa][Ra]dox Clone of myself whom [Th]e g[Am]e assigned [Th]e classpect of Prince of Time, giving o[U]r r[Es]tarted S[Es]sion a Time player to go along wi[Th] o[U]r S[Pa]ce player.

One [Th]ing I didn’t co[U]nt on wo[U]ld be my Prince of Time [Pa][Ra]dox Clone [Th]en [U]sing time t[Ra]vel to go back in time and set [U]p all [Th]e divergenc[Es] of o[U]r timeline [Fr]om [Th]e s[U]p[Po]sed “Alpha”, before ret[U]rning to join [Th]e S[Es]sion wi[Th] [U]s. A second [Th]ing I hadn’t seen coming was [Th]e fact [Th][At] [Th]e Ectobiology eq[U]ipment wo[U]ld a[U]tom[At]ically make a second [Pa][Ra]dox Clone, who ended [U]p being classpected as a Seer of Void.

[Th][At] backstory o[U]t of [Th]e way, let me get to [Th]e act[U]al d[Es]cription of my Medi[U]m. As I said, [Th]e Alternian Military had intervened before [Th]e original g[Am]e S[Es]sion was completely started, and all life in [Th]e Medi[U]m was wiped o[U]t.

[Th]e first player to enter was [Th]e goldblooded “Mastermind” behind [Th]e g[Am]e. His split personality manif[Es]ted into two different dre[Am]selv[Es] wi[Th] differing classpects, Heir of Mind and [Pa]ge of [Ra]ge. His planet was [Th]e Land of Flare and Calcite, comprised of clear crystals [Th][At] do[U]ble-re[Fr]act any light. He prototyped his Kernalsprite wi[Th] a dead serverhive. [Th]is had [Th]e effect of making [Th]e [U]nderlings and King and Q[U]een [No]n-mobile, b[U]t if yo[U] got too close to [Th]em yo[U] co[U]ld still be st[U]ng by be[Es].

He was followed by [Th]e rebels’ “M[Es]siah” fig[U]re, a m[U]tant-blooded Mage of Heart. His planet was [Th]e Land of Cherri[Es] and Longing, which s[Po]rted for[Es]ts of cherry-blossom tre[Es]. He prototyped his Kernalsprite wi[Th] [Th]e Blood of his similarly rebellio[U]s Anc[Es]tor, a s[Am]ple of which had been reverse-alchemitized by [Th]e “Mastermind” o[U]t of [Th]e inexplicably tall [Pa]ir of [Pa]nts [Th]e heretical seer of an Anc[Es]tor been wearing [At] his exec[U]tion. Re[Po]rtedly [Th]e plan was to try to [U]se [Th][At] blood to be able to acc[Es]s [Th]ose seer [Po]wers in some way.

[Th]e [Th]ird and final entry of [Th]e original S[Es]sion was [Th]e rebels’ leader, an Oliveblood whom styled herself as “[Th]e Lion[Es]s”. Her classpect was Witch of Bre[At]h, and in an [U]n[U]s[U]al de[Pa]rt[U]re [Fr]om [Th]e p[At]tern for Bre[At]h players, her planet was [Th]e Land of Rivers and Savannah. ([Th]e prevailing [Th]eory [Fr]om [Th]e analysis te[Am] is [Th][At] [Th]e Rivers are standing in for [Th]e [U]s[U]al meteorological phe[No]me[No]n, beca[U]se [Th]ey’re still a close metaphor for Bre[At]h’s [U]nrelenting drive and direction of [Pu]r[Po]se.) She prototyped her Kernalsprite wi[Th] a “Magic C[U]e Ball”, an artifact associ[At]ed wi[Th] [Th]e Green Moonman’s failed rebellion, [Th]e one r[Es][Po]nsible for HIC banning ad[U]lts [Fr]om [Th]e Alternain Homeworld.

Many aspects of [Th]e SGR[U]B Rebellion tried to borrow historical weight [Fr]om [Th]e t[Ra]itors [Th][At] had come before. In addition to [Th]e m[U]tant-blood anc[Es]tor mentioned above, and [Th]eir ti[Es] to [Th]e Green Moonman fig[U]re, [Th]e fact [Th][At] [Th]ere were fo[U]r core conspir[At]ors was an echo of [Th]e Tet[Ra]rchs’ Rebellion [Th][At] had immedi[At]ely preceded [Th]em.

As I had mentioned, [Th]e fo[U]r[Th] player was stopped before she co[U]ld enter. Had my Rebel Dre[Am]er com[Pa]nion, who [At] [Th]e time called herself “[Th]e Primagen” entered, [Th]ere were plans to [U]se a dead M[At]riorb for her Kernalsprite’s prototyping.

When I r[Es]tarted [Th]e S[Es]sion after modifying [Th]e g[Am]e’s code, my initial entry as [Th]e Rog[U]e of Doom gave me [Th]e Land of F[U]sion and Enigmas, a planet littered wi[Th] c[Ra]zy [Am]alg[Am]s of items [Th][At] have been haphazardly combined via [Pu]nchcard alchemy. [Th]is land is also [No]table for [Th]e n[U]mero[U]s faeri[Es] darting [Th]ro[U]gh [Th]e air.

My Jadeblood Rebel Dre[Am]er of a [Pa]rtner was given [Th]e Land of Cobbl[Es]ton[Es] and Pen[U]mb[Ra], an a[Es][Th]etic [Th][At] I feel might better have s[U]ited [Th]e Maid of Blood classpect [Th][At] she’d been originally assigned. As a S[Pa]ce Player, she sho[U]ld have had a land wi[Th] [Fr]ogs instead; [Th]is was [Th]e first evidence [Th][At] my g[Am]e modding had beg[U]n to ca[U]se glitch[Es] in [Th]e g[Am]e’s systems.

For my [Pa][Ra]dox Clone, [Th]e Prince of Time, his planet was [Th]e Land of M[U]shrooms and Perc[U]ssion, a landscape of tree-sized m[U]shrooms, inters[Pa]ced wi[Th] b[U]ilding-sized dr[U]ms, cymbals, and be[At]box[Es] of all kinds, incl[U]ding a snare dr[U]m [Th]e size of a small city. [Th]is is a [Pa]rtic[U]larly hostile planet, as hidden in [Th]e crown of each of [Th]ose giant m[U]shrooms is an explosive [At]omic device, and sho[U]ld a tree topple [Fr]om [Th]e vibr[At]ions of nearby dr[U]mming, [Th]e device deton[At][Es]. Even so, [Th]is Land gave my mission vital inform[At]ion for o[U]r initial navig[At]ion beyond [Th]e F[U]r[Th][Es]t Ring.

As for [Th]e second [Pa][Ra]dox Clone, [Th]e Seer of Void, [Th]e g[Am]e glitched o[U]t entirely when trying to gener[At]e [Th]e planet for his entry, likely [Th]e r[Es][U]lt of all my t[Am]pering wi[Th] [Th]e codebase. Instead of a proper land, he was given a planet-sized Perfectly Generic C[U]be, which [Th]e g[Am]e labelled as [Th]e Land of Perfection and Genericisim.

Yo[U]’ll [No]tice [Th][At] I haven’t mentioned wh[At] prototyp[Es] we gave any of o[U]r Kernelsprit[Es]. [Th][At]’s beca[U]se we waited [U]ntil [Po]st-entry for [Th]e prototyping proc[Es]s. Everyone was in agreement [Th][At] [Th]ree Seprex[Es] were two too many, and we [U]sed a chain of self-prototyping shenanigans to fix [Th][At] problem:

1. All of Seprex’s Dre[Am]selv[Es] were killed. 2. Two of [Th]e Dre[Am]selv[Es] were [U]sed to prototype [Th]e Jadeblood’s Sprite, and [Th]e remaining Dre[Am]self was [U]sed as [Th]e first tier prototype on one of [Th]e Seprex[Es]’ Kernelsprit[Es]. 3. [Th]e Jadeblood’s f[U]lly prototyped Sprite^2 was [Th]en [U]sed as [Th]e second tier prototyping on Seprex’s Sprite, merging all [Th]ree dre[Am]selv[Es] into a com[Po]site Sprite^3. 4. [Th]e Rog[U]e of Doom, Prince of Time, and Seer of Void all were allowed to achieve God Tier, merging wi[Th] [Th]eir dre[Am]selv[Es] into one re[U]nified persona (Yo[U]rs tr[U]ly.)

[Th]is still left two [U][Np]rototyped Kernelsprit[Es]. [Th]e dead singly-prototyped Sprit[Es] [Fr]om [Th]e first s[Es]sion were collected. [Th]e Serverhive Sprite and Magic C[U]e Ball Sprite were prototyped on one of Seprex’s remaining Kernelsprit[Es], reviving [Th]em, incl[U]ding [Th]e fact [Th][At] [Th]ey each had tier two prototyping slots open. [Th]ose two open slots were [Th]en [U]sed to prototype a f[U]lly [U]pg[Ra]ded “[U]ltim[At]e” Alchimeter (wi[Th] integr[At]ed t[Ra]ns[Po]rtalizer & ectobiology f[U]nctions) in [Th]e first slot, and in [Th]e second, [Th]e hardware for AI-DARA (Artificially Intelligent D[At]a Analysis Rec[U]rsive Algori[Th]m) v.2.35, [Th]e Artificial Intelligence reverse engineered [Fr]om two identical robots, one fo[U]nd by [Th]e original SGR[U]B rebels and [Th]en capt[U]red by [Th]e Cond[Es]ce’s troops, and [Th]e o[Th]er one [Th][At] I had fo[U]nd prior to being recr[U]ited.

As for [Th]e final Kernalsprite, it remains [U]n-prototyped back on LOPAG. RD has been promised [Th][At] for her co-oper[At]ion on [Th]e mission, when it is complete, [Th][At] final sprite will be prototyped wi[Th] [Th]e dead sprite belonging to “[Th]e M[Es]siah” of her original player gro[U]p, as well as [Th]e dead m[At]riorb [Th][At] she’d originally wanted to [U]se. It hasn’t yet been decided wh[At] she will be allowed to [Pu]t into [Th]e final prototyping slot [Th][At] will be open. AI-DARA has s[U]gg[Es]ted [Th][At] her newly [U]pg[Ra]ded Sprite form wo[U]ld be [Th]e optimal choice, b[U]t as wi[Th] many [Th]ings abo[U]t my exploring com[Pa]nion, [Th][At]’s [No]t a decision I’m a[U][Th]orized to make.

By ab[U]sing [Th]e prototyping mechanic as we have, we’ve managed to achieve seve[Ra]l [U]sef[U]l benefits. As I [Am] technically RD’s Sprite, she can s[U]mmon me wi[Th] her Sprite Pendant. Similarly, as AI-DARA is technically my sprite, she can be be stored in My Sprite Pendant, giving me [U]lt[Ra]-[Po]rtable acc[Es]s to bo[Th] her k[No]wledge base and predictive f[U]nctions, as well as a whole Phernalia Registry’s wor[Th] of eq[U]ipment.

One o[Th]er c[U]rio[U]s property abo[U]t my home Medi[U]m: While [Th]ere are 7 Planets total in [Th]e system, [No]t co[U]nting Derse and Prospit, [Th]ey are s[Pa]ced in [Th]eir orbits between Skaia and Veil as if [Th]ere were 8. RD has taken [Th]is as a sign [Th][At] o[U]r s[Es]sion was meant to have a Land of {something} and [Fr]ogs, b[U]t we have to find one and bring it back. I do [No]t disco[U][Ra]ge her independent search for [Th]is, as s[U]ch activity still aligns wi[Th] o[U]r mission.