#wait i missed royals noooo

[ceruleanharley]

holiest trinity

[where-the-water-flows]

ok so like, maybe I am missing something, but. is almost every action/plan carried out by nanyin associated folks to revive nanyin just... absolute clownshoes nonsense? every single attempt is just nine fuck ups in a trench coat before the plan falls off a cliff, and/or gets fully coathangered by someone else's completely unrelated plan at the last second?? Like...

Princess Longxuan, Li Xiangyi's + Jiao Liqiao's mumble great grandmother (?), first cab off the rank re:attempting to revive nanyin. Her husband - who is the fucking crown prince of Xi, and thus should have been a basically guaranteed way to get the nanyin bloodline on the throne, no more plotting required!! job jobbed, everyone take a real long lunch!! - seems to have either decided on his own or been convinced (by her? I guess??) to be like 'fuck waiting to inherit the throne when my dad the emperor dies, life is short and coups never ever go wrong', and then fucked that up so bad they got executed and also consigned to the shame tomb for eternity about it. on the one hand, wild that she did not get executed prior to the failed coup, given everyone seems to have known? she was from nanyin?? which literally falls the day after her wedding???? I don't know enough about historical Chinese customs here w/r/t if she would have been considered to have fully 'married out' and thus be....not of nanyin and presumably thus an enemy of the state...even though she clearly still thought of herself as being of nanyin???? also, this is assuming that nanyin is an enemy of Xi! maybe they were allies, and when nanyin fell Xi was like ':( oh noooo.... anyway.' , but I....do not get that impression. on the other hand. girlie your husband is the crown prince. you have a son with him, thus securing the bloodline already. you are, presumably, a fucking shoe in for inheriting the throne? how did you fuck this up. I know it might have just been your husband being impatient but also good lord, talk about an own goal.

Feng A-Lu, nanyin sorcerer, secret great grandfather(ish) of the current emperor of Xi. second attempt to do anything about getting nanyin bloodline on the throne. fucks up and does not find the heir even a little bit. On the one hand, finding some kid/teen in a forest is probably reasonably difficult, given the circumstances, on the other hand, c'mon man. you had one job.

Jin Yu Huang Quan, the og guys holding the ice keys. fully just decided to simply say no thank you!! to bringing back nanyin, the thing they were explicitly entrusted with doing. not really a fuck up on their part, because they got sweet cash money out of it, but also, very funny they were collectively just 'friendship ended with reviving nanyin, being rich in Xi is our new friend.'

Feng A-Lu, again. also fucks up what is presumably the back up plan to take over Xi with the power of the karmic bug (and murder), because he gets distracted by a pretty girl, and then practically attic wifes himself. on the one hand, not really his fault consort Ying was planning her own 'and then I will be emperor empress, mwuah-ha-ha' thing, on the other hand, c'mon man, stop thinking with your dick for five seconds.

Feng bloodline / Wansheng clan. misidentifies the orphan heir they've been looking for. literally would have been better off not checking the signs (necklace, birthmark) and just picking one of the two possible options at random, because that would have given them a 50/50 chance of picking the right kid. not really their fault for assuming the kid with the identifying necklace is actually the kid with the identifying necklace they're looking for, but still. fucked that one up right good. the fact that even if shan gudao had won nanyin still wouldn't have managed to get their royal bloodline on the throne is incredibly funny.

Shan Gudao, sigu sect era. leaving as read he's not actually nanyin royalty anyway and thus literally everything he does is by definition clownshoes fuck up from the start; sigu sect era he is presumably planning to get close to the emperor via...sigu sect becoming allied with/part of the imperial court?? and then launching a coup from there. maybe also picking up the karmic bug, only he screws that up too, RIP to the 14 thieves. manages to ally with the court! plan derailed because surprise, li xiangyi has learnt a new trick, and it is: basic diplomacy. has to fully fake his death about this for a literal decade. hilariously bad outcome, nice job mate.

Shan Gudao, again. retrieves (via jiao liqiao via di feisheng+fang doubing+li lianhua) the karmic bug box he failed to get his hands on a decade ago. manages to finally collect all four ice keys. unlocks the karmic bug box. immediately loses the karmic bug, box, and keys. technically this probably doesn't count as fucking up a whole plan unto itself and is just a set back because he does get the bug back but also, lol. lmao.

Jiao Liqiao. she has clearly been working with the wansheng clan (including, secretly, shan gudao) for about/over a decade? thundering fire bombs, basically took over the jinyuan alliance, etc, but also, she does seem to have just been using them (to get her man) as much as they were using her (to clear remove any possible threats to their power/throne), so... good for her I guess. she decides to go all in on being the emperor at basically the last second, and honestly, she doesn't do too bad! she could fully nuke the karmic bug advantage, and after that it's a power struggle between her and shan gudao, which, I'd back her and her legion of jianghu boytoys over him. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ she does die because her malewife ambitions were set too high, though. notable for how her plan coathangers herself with the absolute clownshoes behavior.

Shan gudao, again (again). actually gets sort of on the throne! for like. a second. before getting his ass kicked, his henchmen killed/defeated, and also finding out that whoops wrong orphan. hilarious to me that he is the nanyin aligned person who actually succeeds at getting a nanyin person on the throne for a hot second, except for how he's not....actually of a nanyin bloodline at all. net zero success.

like, once is happenstance, twice is bad luck, nine+ times over a century is very much hitting maybe you should just pick a new, more realistic goal territory.

[missamyrisa2]

Miss Amy! 🥺 how would you tease a tough girl that’s super sensitive on her nipples?

It's soooo gonnna be the sweeeet cute overlyyyy annoyingly positive chick bullying the tough cookie girl ~ because I'll wait until you're just sooo ensconced in your gruffnessss, so just fulllll of that confidence before slipping my wiggly finger outttt ~ you wouldn't dare show how scared you are of my one single solitary wiggly finger would youu? Nahhhhh~ a big strong gal like youuuu wouldn't crumble from thissss which is why you don't care that it's gonna slippppp into that top and go on a little mission. Oh I know you could stop me but that would be admitting something wouldn't it? I'm just a silly gigglyyyy pixie and I couldn't possiblyyyy make you do something other than those lion growls huhhh? Just a big stronggggg warrior who isn't gonna have the sliiiighttest reaction to me gliding this fingertip, this little soft fingertip along a circle over that girlyyyy buttton ~ nooo that's your bufffff tougghhh pec huh? Notttt your royal sparklyyyyy buttonnyy button mmmh that's why you won't mind my other hand coming up under your shirt would you? Noooo I could get that belly which I see twitching but there's something else we have to inspect~

Yesss, curse and swear and growl and struggle ~ my tough cookie ain't gonna crumble noooo not from some silly girlyyyy teases in hereeee acrosss this oooh ~ this rapidlyyyyy swelling buttonnn ~ that doesn't bother you does it noooo ~ tickles on this nubbin aren't gonna do anythinggg to youuuu~ that's why you're not blushing or squeaking or wobbling noooopeee just shakin it offf~ yesss, shake it offf shake it offf ~ I I I shake it offf~!~! awww sorry cutie I just like to sing. You don't mind just like you don't mind that ohh my where did this little makeup brush come from? I don't know, that's not mine, she goes to another school you wouldn't know her~ mmmh~ does that tickle? Does it tickle tickle? That's itttt tough gal~ be squeaky, be gigglyyyyy~ noooo you're done for now, you are soooo in troubleee~ there's no escape from thissss~ you're already wobbling yesss you areeee and oooh you are in for it nowwwww~ down we goooo~

I'll just be taking that top please and thank you very much and yes I will have secondsssss~ there that goess mmhmm make with the shirt and make with the nippliessss ~ noope nope you're not going anyyywheree nowwww that's ittt that feeels good huhhh when I rubbbb those cuuuuute boobies huhh? That doesn't tickle that's niiice~ ticklemama always makes it betterrr and oooh you know what's better than rubbiesss? Tiiiiicklessss~ mmhmm you should know thattt what kinda tough giggle tickle girl are you anyyywayy? Mmhmh just rapid flickyyyy tickles on those buttons now. Those royal girly chest buttons and they're getting soooo hot and bothered. Why yes I dooo have to sit on your chest like thisss. Can't have you squirming away now can we? That wouldn't be good for your ticklessss~ Nooppee we're not stopping because now we're gonna take my braid tippp to that sideboobbbb mmmmhmm get the edge of your cute nippliesss and ahhh yessss it's timeeee ~ you're getting lip brushiessss~!!

Muuuahhh sorry tough girlyyy you're gonna be gaspy for me yes you areee because I'm gonna give you allllll the kissiesss on your buttons and brush my liiips around them and mmmhhhh little lickiesss toooooo~ just the tip of my tongue on your button tippp mmhmm~ be moanyyyy be moany for me nowwww give me those gigglemoansss awww soo sweeet. Do your friends know you're a precious girly girl with hyper ticklish girly buttonsss? How often do you wishhh you were like this, all gigglyyy silllyy wiggglyyy desperate huh? You want moreeee? Mmhmm yes you doooo~ that's right you fucking doooooo~ and you're gonna say pleeease tickle mama tickle my buttons while I make you gigglemoan to the heavens yes you areee ~ now let's hear ittt let's hear that pleeeease ticklemamaaaa~<33

[stellerssong]

i am sending you a star for the heians fic. what did i miss. please gush about the heians.

did you miss anything in the heians fic? i don't think you missed anything in the heians fic. or if you did miss anything in the heians fic i don't know if it is anything that is necessarily of interest to anyone but me? y'all, i went in way too hard on this fic. the amount of research i did would infuriate and dismay you. and in all fairness i was being metaphorically swung around by the ankles and thwacked against a wall at work at the time of writing it, so i kind of had nothing else to do but get a little annoying about historical references, but. y'know. @ me maybe make it about samurai next time or like something people care about.

oh, here's a thing i guess—i kind of liked my rendering of the one historical poem presented in full in this fic, Michitsuna no Haha's poem of the barred gate. in Edward Seidensticker's translation:

Do you know how slow the dawn can be when you have to wait alone?

and in Sonja Arntzen's (superior) rendition:

Sorrow, sorrowing when one sleeps alone the time until night opens into day, how long it is perhaps you now know it too.

like DAMN Sonja. that hits DIFFERENT. but at the same time having decided to not commit to the 5-7-5-7-7 meter throughout because i'm too fucking lazy i wanted to keep the flow of the poetic exchanges less formalized and more conversational as they would have felt in real heians time, i wanted to compress the feeling Arntzen captured into something a little pithier like Seidensticker's version. (but less stupidly phrased. "how slow the dawn can be"? like my mans, surely "how slow the coming of the dawn" makes more fucking sense.) hence:

How long and chill the night when one must sleep alone—perhaps you understand it now!

and yes, i lost the "opening" imagery that plays on the barred gate, and yes, maybe i added in some meteorological allusions that weren't in the original, and no, i still don't speak any japanese and am just going on vibes, SORRY I KNOW THAT MAKES ME JUST LIKE ARTHUR WALEY WHICH IS DISGUSTING OF ME, but idk. all things considered, at the very least i think mine reads a leetle nicer than Ed's.

and additionally, here's a secret: i kinda fucked up my shinden-zukuri architecture in the first section frankly. there's no real reason why the lady of the house would be hanging out in the hisashi alone in the middle of the night while her ladies-in-waiting are asleep in the moya. i guess you could handwave it like "ohh she stayed up waiting for Kaneie ohhh she couldn't stay in the inner room with all those people ohh Desire was simply doing some fuckshit" but like. get real. be serious. why would she have a brazier out there? why would she call it "my rooms"? (i guess there's an argument to be made that by "my rooms" she's referring to her entire wing of the house but still.) she's practically NAKED hanging out out there fully dressed in multiple layers with the screen slightly cracked. UNACCEPTABLY whorish behavior.

fucking intolerable. i'm humiliated. this is worse than the poems not scanning in a language i have never studied and do not speak. Sonja Arntzen is en route to my house to visit unspeakable horrors upon my person at this very moment. and it's like noooo, Sonja, please, i'm not even a heians scholar, spare me and i'll help you hunt down Royall Tyler instead!! but she doesn't care. she just. doesn't. care.

[booklovingturtle]

Shadow and Bone Season 2 Rambles (SPOILERS)

S&B S2E8 season finale

DO NOT GIVE ME ANOTHER KAZxDARKLING FIGHT

I know Kaz did that for the money but still that was cute

pls just kill him this is so dumb

YES DEATH

Also shout out the nina plot convenience save

Inej and Zoya look amazing

The Darkling is delusional its giving Dmitri voicemail

Ben? The Darkling is terrible but I will miss him

NOOOO ALINA GIRL WHAT ARE YOU DOING

DOES SHE DO THIS IN THE BOOK??????

can you guys tell I really don't remember the S&B books at all?

Nina knows....

Wait I just realized she doesn't have white hair I really wanted to see that

I LOVE THAT EASTER EGG

Mal knows

Guys I really need someone to retell me the plot I don't remember

Ohhhhh wait I think I'm starting to get it is this their way of extending it so that we get more showline from them?

Aw nooo my scruffy boy's gonna get scruffier...whatever shall I do

I AM SOBBING THEY BETTER NOT HAVE KILLED MY BOY I WON'T BELIEVE IT TILL I SEE A BODY GUYS I CAN'T HANDLE THIS STOP JOKING WITH ME IF THIS ISN'T REALY THEN GIMME BACK MY DAVID RIGHT NOW

THEY'RE HOLDING THIS SHOT WAY TOO LONG I DON'T LIKE IT ARE YOU SERIOUS RIGHT NOW

FOR DAVID???? THEY KILLED HIM??? SERIOUSLY??? WAHTOIAHTOIAHFOAHRFOUAHRUIAHRIFHAEOIHAOIR;GAOIFHADSFHAISUHFAUOHGAUHGAUIHFAHOFIAOFAO;SDFJH;A

i know he dies in the King of Wolves book or whatever but that was fine bc i didn't read it so i can just pretend that isn't in the books but THIS IS JUST CRUEL

So Nikolai isn't a Shadow Fold monster dude?? I just realized that

lmao I am not interested in the show post-bookcannon tbh this better be a hard pivot into the Crows bc I don't care about Malina or Ravkan politics enough to keep watching after the book canon story

how is there still 30 whole minutes left this episode feels done the only thing left is to wrap up the crows and give us a teaser for next season that should be 10 minutes AT MOST

I feel like this Kanej scene isn't the serve they think it is...it works GREAT for me as a reader and lover of SOC but if I was just a viewer idkkk

Inej looks amazing

My poor boy he just wants to be right with Djel and the world keeps kicking him down

Nina girly get this boy out with Dirtyhands

Ahhh yess so he will be a monster yes the this is good

That crown/gown look terrible I'm sorry bring back the kofta

EXCUSE ME YOU WANT ZOYA STOP LOOKING AT ALINA LIKE THAT

yes Zoya look at him

That coat looks bad too

I am affectionally insulting the royal fits btw

LOVE THE JURDA PAREM DROP

huhhhhhhhhhhhh...darkling cut....okay??? uhm

Choices were made

I must think more to decide how I feel about those choices

[terrainofheartfelt]

Blair + Serena prompt Colours

Blairena + Colours

Blair fidgets in her seat, trying not to let her anxiety show. 

“Relax,” Serena says over her shoulder, “it’s gonna look amazing.”

Blair chews on her lip, unconvinced. “Maybe if I could just peek for a second –”

“Nope,” Serena cuts her off, cheerful but firm, and continues on with her work, painting the dye into Blair’s hair. 

Blair slumps back with a sigh, her eyes still regrettably trained on the bathroom tile of their hotel room. 

It had seemed like a great idea at the start. After her divorce was finalized and Serena had ended yet another engagement to a handsome someone Blair can’t even remember the name of, they’d both been desperate to just…move. To be somewhere else. 

So, they packed their bags, met at the ticket counter at JFK, and bought first class seats to the first place that struck their fancy. 

Serena had met her sporting her latest post-breakup cut and color: shoulder length shag with a riot of bubblegum pink and electric blue highlights, and it only took Blair two mile-high cocktails to declare her jealousy, and one club soda for Serena to offer to do her hair too as soon as possible. 

And so, here she is, at the mercy of her best friend. Who, admittedly, has a great eye for both art and cosmetics, even though any project Serena takes involving either one comes with a huge amount of mess. 

And Serena, knowing Blair’s reticence to let go of control, sat her down in this luxury bathroom in Ibiza, turned her away from any reflective surface, and wouldn’t even let her look at the color Serena was planning to apply to her hair. 

It was all very distressing. Less distressing than the life she just left behind, but still.

But Serena knows her better than anyone, knows all her tricks, and so refuses to bend, and because it’s Serena, Blair lets her get away with it, and bears the wait through the bleaching, then the actual dyeing, and waiting for the dye to set, and the rinse and the drying, and the styling, until finally, finally, Serena sets down all her beauty tools and claps her hands. 

“Okay,” she chirps, so bubbly she’s brimming over, Blair loves her when she’s excited like this—well, Blair always loves her—”close your eyes.”

“S, noooo,” she whines, “I have waited long enough, I am going to –” 

She stops talking, because she’s finally turned around, and can see her reflection in the mirror. 

Now, mixed in with her natural chestnut brown, is a clever cascade of purple highlights, deep and vibrant, but not too bright that it’s battling her coloring. Rather, it complements it, adds a whimsical, free, softening edge. 

Mesmerized, she runs her fingers through the waves Serena made with her curling iron, watching the new color catch in the light. 

It looks nothing like her, and yet, it is. 

“Do you like it?” Serena asks anxiously, looking in her eyes through the mirror, twisting her hands in front of her. “I thought royal purple was the right touch.”

“Yeah,” Blair breathes. “S, I – I love it.”

Serena smiles wide, so bright that Blair thinks if they weren’t looking at each other via the glass it would turn her to stone.

Serena’s hands guide her into standing, and turn Blair around to fully face the mirror, rather than look over her shoulder. Shere arranges Blair’s hair around her shoulders, setting it into place, working with a casual kind of intimacy that only comes from knowing someone for decades, for knowing her more than her own self. 

Once satisfied, Serena smoothes her hands down Blair’s arms, and leans down to prop her chin on Blair’s shoulder. 

“Why, Miss Waldorf,” she says, playfully leaning on the title, “you look hot.”

Blair meets her eye through the glass, smiling, and somehow knows that it won’t turn her to stone. She’s never felt more vital. 

One word prompt

[dreamii-yume]

New Episode Update Let’s GOO!!!

Warning : This is just Yume having a mental breakdown, seriously. This episode update was WHACK.

~ MAJOR SPOILERS FOR 68-75 ~

I know we ain’t participating and all but the game reminding you that there’s 10 minutes left to prepare is seriously bad for my heart.

Aah, shiet. Vil is still hurt.

He still has small wounds and scratches that he hid make up. Daddy, I’m worried.

Apparently, yeah, I’m not the only one cause my homeboy, Epel just asked to switch the center role with Vil. THE CONFIDENCE.

Aw, he’s worried about him falling over during stage (And make the performance look bad) Come on, Epel just be honest-

...He finally became the ideal poisoned apple that Vil wanted, huh?

Vil being proud a mom.

But the queen inside him is STRONG.

He’ll embrace the villain in him, OUR QUEEN CAN STILL GO. INJURED, WHO?

...AAND he proceeds to roast Epel again lol Typical Vil.

I love how Epel just accepted a nickname like “Doku Ringo-chan” lol It’s so cute, senior-junior relationship goals right there.

HERE WE GO.

Everyone is actually really confident hahaha

I really wish Deuce’s mom, Ace’s brother, Jamil’s sister, and Vil’s dad were here in person to watch.

HECK I WANT KALIM’S WHOLE FAMILY HERE WHY NOT

T-THEY’RE REALLY LETTING US HEAR THE FULL SONG. 

IS THAT JAMIL RAPPING.

Look at Jamil’s solo SD dancing. LOOK AT IT.

I really fucking love Vil’s singing voice aaa

HIS VOICE IS SO GOOD.

Album when disney.

Is Vil okay.

...aight im hearing some high quality panting here

...dont mind me listening to it a bit too much...

...they’re going to be great reference for some spicy- leave me alone

Vil panting is making me feel SOMETHING.

ANYWAY. THE CROWD IS A MOOD.

IS VIL OKAY.

Unmei no megami is giving me idia ptsd here.

Heartslabyul Senpais are watching their kids, looking all proud *sniff

Oh god, after playing Obey Me, it just occurred to me how similar Cater and Asmodeus’ voices are...

Watch these Senpai dorks act like Ace and Deuce’s second family. Trey being the dad, Riddle being the mom, and Cater being the supportive big bro. It’s so beautiful.

Riddle’s voice is a lot more softer now, I just realized...It’s so soothing...

God i miss u too octavinelle never change

Yeah, why tf did Floyd not audition for this

Bro, can you imagine Nobuhiko Okamoto in the squad as well??? IMAGINE-

Of course, he wasn’t in the mood back then. Of course. Why did i even ask.

IMAGINE FLOYD BEING IN VDC NEXT YEAR.

Omg i miss u too octavinelle never change

Azul’s gonna overblot again with Floyd’s marketing skills lol

Jade coming in like welp i guess thats that. Too bad, huh Azul?

GOD i miss u too octavinelle never change

SAVANA BITCHES HI

I wonder if these mfs knew that Vil just overblotted and malmal was the one who fixed the stage lol

oooh Leona’s sus about something he a sharp boi

Speak up my guy—

still so weird leona taking his job seriously

Malleus looking happier seeing this performance rather than Lilia’s lol

I miss the simpery in Sebek

Silver’s not in the verge of falling into a coma for once wow

Chenya’s so cute.

AND WE’RE BACK TO CUTE HEIGH HO TEAM

fcking shotacons man...im not one to talk

Aw, they didn’t show Neige performance...

The simping in the crowd is a MASSIVE mood.

WHO WINS TELL ME

These night raven fuckers better vote for us and not pull a “oh shie my hand slipped lololol” i swear to god- im gonna throw hands

*me holding my phone and pretending to vote as well

Suspense music intensifies be like-

HAAA

BOIS, ITS ONE VOTE DIFFERENCE WHO IS IT AAAA

WHAT.

HOW DARE- HOW!? HOW DID WE LOSE!?

WE LOST BY ONE VOTE!?

EVERYONE’S SO SHOCKED LOL

vil pls dont overblot again-

Noooo grim’s tuna cans-

WE REALLY LOST TO A LEGIT KIDS SONG.

These children do not have the right to be this cute. I wanna take Timmy, Toby, and Shelpie home.

I swear to god one of these dwarves sounds like Cheka lol Is it Toby?

EPEEELLLL DONT CRRYYYY

KALIMMMM DONT CRRYYYY

KALIM HAVING THE AUDACITY TO SOUNDING LIKE A BIG BROTHER AND THEN CRYING HIS OWN RIGHT AFTER LOLOLOL

I HATE THIS EPISODE YALL MADE MY TWO BOIS CRY IM FIGHTING THIS EPISODE. BURN THIS.

This background music too though im deeeeddd

KALIM IM SO SORRY FOR MAKING A SINFIC ABOUT YOU PLS DONT CRY-

Jamil impressed about Vil being “calm” and Vil just going “h e h. you dont even know.”

....ha...

Monsieur Rook. WHAT did you say.

ROOK VOTED FOR ROYAL SWORD. Are you kidding me. You snek how could you- i loved you

WHAT DID I SAY- Ya’ll night raven fuckers shall not slip by their fingers when voting rook.

Vil is in the brink of passing out aaaaa

I have never heard Ace this pissed before whoa- lol he sounds like Deuce in his delinquent mode

Aw...Rook felt that Neige’s performance carries a stronger bond than theirs :’( it’s hard to put the blame on him when he’s saying all these stuff

It’s just like what they said in the past episodes that it’s really hard voting for your own team when you know the opposing team is better.

Aww...He just wanted Vil to believe in himself more...Rook is such a best man. Im crying-

Oh noooo is Vil gonna cry too nooo- daddy turned to baby really quick SOMEONE GIVE HIM AN EMERGENCY HUG

Well- at least...at least the 100 year record of not being able to win is still going, yeah? Um...bad joke? Sorry, i’ll see myself out-

NEIGE NOT NOW AND YOUR VII-KUN BULLSHIT- we’re having a moment here

Neige is such sweetheart but aaaahh— This makes it worse, we can’t even hate him aaa—

OMG JUST WHEN I THOUGHT THINGS COULDN’T- AAAAA

MONSIEUR ROOK. YOU’RE A FAN OF NEIGE!?

MOTHERFUCKER just got exposed by Neige himself lol

Going to Neige’s shake hand events, sending him letters, buying all his merch and shie- HE’S A FULL BLOWN NEIGE STAN

WTF YOU SNEK GET OUT OF THIS SCHOOL-

OOOOHHH THAT FUCKING ALBUM- HIS “LIFE’S WORK” or whatever bullshit IS FULL OF NEIGE

...actually- my japanese is lacking- im not sure lol what is a ブロマイド??? Lol I feel like a clown.

Rook is sweating profusely LOL

...what do you have to say for yourself, monsieur rook.

Wait- huh is that-

IS HE GONNA CRY-

WHY IS EVERYONE CRYING!??!?!?!

HE’S SILENTLY CRYING AS HE INTRODUCED HIMSELF TO NEIGE WHAT. THE. FUCK IS THIS EPISODE.

Neige fanclub??? Eternal Snow??? What kind of creepy-ass- OH, HE EVEN HAS A MEMBERSHIP NUMBER TOO-

Props to Neige with his :) expression unfaltering.

I’m- I’m speechless.

Vil is just looking down at Rook in disappointment like- “you’re more pathetic than I am”

Queen just went “I think you need this handkerchief more than I do now” THAT’S RIGHT. REPENT MOTHERFUCKER.

Rook crying is cursed.

But damn, I’m kinda liking this new relationship this bitchy relationship they have

Neige just dragged everyone’s ass back on stage and his snow white energy just said “LETS ALL BE FRIENDS AND SING”

NEIGE IS FUCKING GREAT- HE REALLY DID GOT THESE BITCHES TO SING HEIGH HO LOL

ACE’S RELUCTANT SINGING AND DEUCE LOOKING LIKE HE’S HAVING FUN

KALIM IS SUCH A MOOD, SINGING EVEN WITHOUT KNOWING THE LYRICS AND JAMIL JUST HAVING THAT “i want to die” ENERGY

AIGHT. ROOK IS HAVING WAY TOO MUCH FUN AND EPEL IS TRYING HIS BEST. HE’S SO CUTE-

OMG NEIGE AND VIL HAVING SUCH GOOD HARMONY—

YAHOO Y A H O O TANOSHIINDA~~ 

YA’LL SURE ABOUT GIVING ME THIS BLESSED MOMENT??

What a somewhat happy ending, even though Rook just backstabbed us I’m crying Beauté 100 points!!!

LOL Vil realizing he’s having fun singing with Neige- “SOMEONE JUST END ME RIGHT NOW-“ The desperation in his voice-

I love how Neige’s yahoo yahoo is messing with everyone’s head, even Vil wants to pass out lol

haha Crowley is so depressed lol

WHA- WHO-

HEADMASTER OF ROYAL SWORD!?

He looks like your typical grandpa- and his outfit looks like that one mickey mouse wizard outfit but blue—

Old man just went “we won lol” just to piss Crowley off I like this guy’s energy already-

Crowley being most likely as old as this guy—

ooohh this man just sensed something in this stage- Leona did too, didn’t he???

* Damn. Crowley talking so fast sounds like he’s making a load of bullshit lol

Anyway, I’m just glad that it’s not mickey mouse who’s the headmaster— I would’ve lost my shit.

We’re back in our dorms and I forgot that the squad doesn’t live with us anymore. It’s suddenly so lonely now...

Grim is getting the yahoo yahoo ptsd too lol it’s too goddamn catchy

oooohh shiet- mickey is calling us again

YES we finally got a good picture of this motherfucker

It seems like nothing is disrupting our communication this time, so MC thought to call Grim but—

Grim is not here.

Uuhhh...Grim? Where you’ve gone??? We’re getting flashbacks of the first parts of the game.

We went out to find Grim and HE’S CHOMPING ON ANOTHER BLACK STONE ON THE STAGE-

GRIM SPIT THAT OUT YOU LOOK TERRIFYING

AAAAAHH GRIM HAS GONE FERAL— He’s attacking US

Is this because we didn’t win his tuna canss nooo

NoOO SWEET BABY COME BACK.

Legit I’m sad, please baby don’t overblot like this...

He learned a new move though- SCRATCH

Ooh— We’re seeing some Ignihyde scenes here~

P U H I H I

Idia getting a lot of emails from bigshot companies whoa—

THAT OLYMPUS—?! EXCUSE ME??? Ortho what- Are we finally getting that Hercules episode—

Damn getting a hot chance in olympus only to put them down the recycling bin oof— Idia why edit : Yume was informed that olympus is kind of a company that sponsored VDC sorry she was mind-fucked at this moment and the ability to understand proper Japanese just went whoosh lol Thanks to @starshiningsirius for pointing it out for Yume~ ♥︎ HONESTLY YUME’S JUST GONNA WAIT FOR ACTUAL PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATORS AT THIS POINT LOL Don’t trust me for important situation too much lol

Aaaahh...We’re getting this shut-in out of his room in the next episode, are we?

And that concludes the whole Pomefiore Episode! JESUS CHRIST 75 CHAPTERS ALL IN ALL!? How long is the Ignihyde chapter going to be, huh!?

This was a really, really fun episode lol I’d consider this a fan service episode actually cause of all the things we get to experience— The singing, dancing, and the new songs, THE DRAMA. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

But then, the plot thickens, no? What’s going to happen to Grim? In the Ignihyde episode? And those reoccurring memories of us? And our relationship with Tsunotarou lol ALSO WE NEVER REALLY DID FIND OUT WHAT ROOK’S UNIQUE MAGIC IS. DISNEY EXPLAIN—

Thanks for reading this shitpost of Yume losing her shiet lol See you all in the Ignihyde Episode~ ❤

[lovelivingmydreams]

The guy from the foodcourt

So @reddstardust made a few really cool doodles. And one made me want to write this. So show them some love as well! Enjoy!

This is part of this bigger story, first chapter here

Nico groaned in frustration and banged his head on the desk.

There were piles of discarded notes around him. Why was this so hard?

“Okay so change of medium didn’t help,” Félix relented. Nico could hear his creativity was getting frustrated as well, though he was trying to stay positive for his sake.

“All it did was desecrate some poor tree’s memory,” Alejo pointed out in dismay.

“I’ll recycle the paper,” Nico sighed. What to do?

“It’s cramped in here. And too dark,” Alejo complained trying in vain to get comfortable on the windowsill since there was literally nowhere else for him to sit.

He had a point. The window didn’t exactly let in a lot of light and the lightbulb wasn’t helping that much.

“That’s it! A change of scenery! Brilliant idea!” Félix grinned at his opposite/partner in crime.

“Hm… I don’t know about brilliant, but it’s okay,” the darker facet agreed.

Nico nodded. Maybe he could go to the mall…

“Who knows! The people passing by might yield inspiration!” Félix pointed out eagerly.

“But we gotta focus. No side trips, no distractions. We get there, we get inspired, we write the song and we’re out. No shopping. This song has to be done by the end of the week or Diego is going to get mad at me for not keeping you two in check!”

Alejo always turned just a bit darker and scarier when he drew a line in the sand.

Félix put a hand on his heart and raised his other, palm facing Alejo.

“I swear on my spectacular spectacles, my tense friend. No unneeded distractions.”

“By Aphrodite’s hairbrush!” Félix exclaimed, his star shaped frames shifting to hearts.

“Nooo!”

“Just look!”

Nico had just sat down and looked up under ‘mild’ encouragement from his creativity, who also covered his hormones. Well his desire for romance and other… Well desires in general. Success, love, happiness. All that stuff.

Right now his attention, and therefore Nico’s, was drawn by a handsome stranger ordering food at one of the shops in the food court.

“Just look at him! He’s so cute!” Félix gushed. And Nico couldn’t disagree. He was very handsome.

He also looked rather tired.

“We don’t have time for this. Besides he doesn’t look in the mood to be bothered anyway,” Alejo argued, though Nico could hear a bit of doubt. The guy was really cute.

“Maybe bothering him will get him in a better mood? Let’s take a chance, what do you say?”

“We don’t even know if he’s gay!”

Félix clapped in delight right as Alejo groaned at his accidental rhyme.

“No distractions, you promised!” his inner edgelord insisted as the man sat himself down at a table and Nico went back to his blank screen.

“But love!” Félix whined. “Can’t that be the only exception?”

“Not when we have people waiting for a new song! Maybe if we get at least an idea down, then we can think of talking to the guy. If we can find a non-creepy reason to do so.”

Félix groaned but relented his frames going back to star shaped.

“Very well! Brainstorming time!”

Nico wrote down at least a hundred beginnings of ideas already, but most seemed to be at least somewhat related to the cute guy sitting a few tables away.

“Come on royal pain! You are killing me here!”

“Maybe if I could just chance a glance at him? He might be our muse!” Félix pleaded.

“That makes no sense.”

Before the argument could escalate Nico’s food arrived.

He was honestly relieved. He could put the laptop away for a bit and just let his thoughts go free for a moment. Hopefully not drifting towards…

From the corner of his eye he could see the guy get up. Welp that didn’t take long.

“He’s coming over!” Felix declared triumphantly.

“You don’t know that! Don’t get Nico’s hopes up!”

Nico tried to focus on his food, but it was impossible not to sneak a peek as the guy passed by. Oh, he did not mind that view either. “Look away before he sees!” Alejo hissed.

“He looks so fine!”

“He could still be a jerk. Or already dating someone. Or straight!”

“Oh come on Misery Business. There is nothing straight about that guy. My gaydar is on point and he is 99% gay. And if he had a boyfriend, he would be here with him. Or he’d at least be in a better mood,” Félix argued.

“One, you do not have me convinced gaydar is a real thing. Two, there are a ton of situations where he could have a boyfriend while also being here alone and in a bad mood. Having a relationship does not join you at the other person’s hip and it does not get rid of all the bad things in life.”

Alejo had a point there…

“And again, we should try to work on the song!” Another good point.

“Please, my dearest Paramour. One more look.”

Alejo sighed. “Fine! Just one.”

And so Nico looked up and…

“Oh god! Eye contact he caught you!”

“He’s looking back! Maybe he wants you to be looking at him!?”

“Is he looking at us? Maybe there is something behind us?”

Nico looked back, he couldn’t see anything much of note. But when he looked back at the stranger he was no longer looking at him. It was like he never even really noticed him sitting there.

“By the frozen head of Disney!” Félix exclaimed. He was clearly upset. He only made morbid Disney references when he got really down.

Alejo sighed a little relieved, but put a comforting hand on his friend’s shoulder. “It’s fine. Let’s finish our meal and maybe we can come up with a song idea? Then after we can try and talk to him?”

“Would you really?” Nico thought it was awesome that his creativity and his anxiety got along so well. They looked out for one another. And pulled pranks on him and his other facets. They were a terrifyingly efficient team.

“Of course. Now what do you say?”

Félix nodded. “Let’s focus.”

And Nico got into the zone. The whole mall seemed to disappear around him except for the food in front of him. He knew he wanted to make something about mental health. He just didn’t know what aspect of it yet.

Then suddenly he heard a loud crashing sound nearby.

He looked up and could only just see a figure in an upturned trashcan.

Poor soul.

“Same,” Alejo smirked as he returned their attention to their work.

But that… Was actually not a bad idea.

“It’s a metaphor for life!” Félix gushed!

“Like how not dealing with an issue head on can cause it to pile up and before you know it bam! Disaster.”

“Are you trying to say something about…”

“Order 96!? Anyone?” Nico’s head snapped to the food stand and then over to the table where the mystery guy had sat earlier.

“Noooo!” Nico shared the musician’s sentiment. The handsome stranger was gone.

“He left without his food?” Alejo frowned. Nico got up and approached the table, indeed, the number 96 was sitting there abandoned and forgotten. He’d missed his chance. Now he’d never know.

“Would bringing him his food be an acceptable excuse to talk to him?” Félix asked desperately.

“Um… Yeah, sure. That’s probably the only reason we can justify chasing him down,” Alejo nodded nervously.

So Nico claimed the food and started walking around hoping to spot.

“Adonis at 8 o’clock!”

Nico’s head snapped in the direction Félix had pointed out and there he was, looking like the day had somehow gotten worse since Nico first noticed him.

Should he…?

Félix looked pleadingly at Alejo who sighed. “Well? Are you waiting for a written invitation or what?”

At that Nico immediately ran up to the guy. “Uh, Hey!” he called out still not sure what he was going to say.

When he came to a stop in front of him he realized that first and foremost he needed to catch his breath. It took him a second, but when he did he righted himself and gave the guy his best smile.

“There you are,” he sighed in relief. “I was afraid you’d left.” And that would’ve blown.

“You almost forgot your food…”

“He’s even cuter up close,” Félix sighed dreamily.

“He’s staring at us like we have two heads. This was a bad idea,” Alejo cringed.

He was staring at him kind of funny. Come on something to talk about… He really whished the guy was wearing a bracelet or anything of note to start a conversation about other than a bag of boiled carrots. And his sad look from earlier.

“Brilliant! Ask about that! Show how caring you are.”

“Well… We don’t have anything better so…”

“You looked really upset so I figured it might be some kind of comfort food or something. You mind kind of telling me about that?”

Please?

Nothing happened. Still staring strangely spooked at him. “Abort mission. I’m sorry Félix but this is not going to end well if we keep pushing!” Alejo rushed.

“Oh, very well. Goodbye handsome stranger,” Félix allowed reluctantly.

“It’s okay!” Nico rushed shoving the bag of food towards the stranger before he could do something to embarrass himself more. “Uh, it’s probably a bit too nosy for me to ask anyway.”

“Uh… Yeah!” The stranger replied, god why did even his voice have to sound so pleasant? And that while he was clearly 100% uncomfortable talking to him.

“Super nosy!! What’s wrong with you…man?” Nico would take offence, but he could see that the stranger was desperate to get out of the situation as fast as possible.

“We made him feel worse,” Alejo sighed guiltily.

“We didn’t mean to!” Félix argued.

“Does the intention matter? Look at him?”

“Ahhh, yeah… sorry about that. Have a good night.”

And so Nico turned around and walked away a little disappointed.

Neither Alejo nor Félix had much to say now, just allowing Nico to feel for a minute. And then he heard shoes squeaking and a voice behind him. “Uh…”

He looked around. The stranger. “Did he change his mind?!” Félix squealed.

“Maybe he just realized he was kind of rude and wanted to say sorry?” Alejo reasoned.

“Hey,” he greeted the stranger expectantly. He still looked really tense.

But now he was at least smiling. And it was a real cute smile.

“Hey…” he waved before showing him the bag of carrots. “Do you want this food? I… don’t.”

“What?” Félix and Alejo chorused confused and Nico couldn’t help but laugh.

“Then why did you buy it?” he asked.

The stranger looked away nervously and rubbed at the back of his head as he stammered trough his reply. Sending Félix into a squealing frenzy. The words cute and precious and all kinds of variations could be heard.

“Oh y-…pah-uh…Well it’s probably… you know, maybe because I was trying to see your backpack…”

Nico blinked confused as Alejo was trying to figure out what was so special about it. “Just ask him!” he eventually hissed as the uncertainty got to him.

“Wh-uh, my backpack?”

The stranger was still avoiding his eyes most of the time, a slight blush showing up on his cheeks.

“Yeah… I-I wanted to see if you had any… pride pins…”

Nico could only half follow the strangers explanation about not wanting to bother him because Félix was screaming and Alejo was screaming.

“Gay! He’s so definitely gay!”

“He wanted to know… He is interested!?”

“Oh gods, oh gods, this is amazing! He is so wonderful and earnest and just look at him he’s so worried he’s being weird! Just aaaah!”

“Which would’ve been amazing because I think you are really… cute.”

And then everything went quiet. Cute… He thinks I am cute…

“Don’t just stand there say something!”

“Oh… my… gosh…”

“Not that!”

“You should’ve just said ‘hi’!”

And the shy hopeful smile he got was just the most beautiful thing in existence.

“Oh-oh yeah?”

“Yeah, I had writers block anyway.”

Alejo gave Félix a playful shove at that.

“Oh! Uh… w-what were you trying to write? Uh, Misterrrr…?”

“Shut up, stop being adorable, my heart cannot take it!” Félix gushed.

Nico laughed. “Mr. Flores. Very formal of you! Uh… You can call me Nico if you’d like.”

The man laughed back, still a little tense but much more at ease than earlier.

“Mr. Sanders! But you can call me Thomas.”

“Thomas,” Félix repeated with a sigh, clearly halfway a plan to write an entire song just around the name alone somehow.

“To answer your question. I was attempting to write a song,” he explained as he led them both to the nearest table. He was planning on staying for quite a bit longer.

“Oh! I like… songs.” Nico smiled a little to himself, he wasn’t looking at him but he could already discern the little mental ‘are you kidding me?’ Thomas was thinking to himself at that answer. Nico, or more specifically Félix, had a suspicion of what he meant.

“He’s an artist too!!!” the master writer exclaimed.

“We don’t know that,” Alejo insisted.

“What’s yours about?”

Ah if only he knew the answer to that. “Uh… I don’t know yet. I- I think I like the idea of someone’s life…” No not quite. “or an aspect of their life feeling like… a trash bin.” Thomas’ face at that wasn’t encouraging, but he wasn’t finished explaining yet so the idea wasn’t a complete loss yet.

“And- and the waste keeps piling… and piling up… until it inevitably… spills out… into the rest of their life.” He smiled at Thomas expectantly, hoping he’d like the idea at least a little.

His face became deadpan though and just as Nico started to worry…

“You saw me knock over that trash can didn’t you?”

Oh, my… “That was you!?”

“We could���ve been his hero?” Félix whined.

“He would not have liked us seeing him like that. Imagine if it were the other way around?”

Félix shivered and nodded in understanding.

As it was the realization that Nico didn’t have a clue until now, and he’d had outed himself as ‘the trash man’ was clearly embarrassing enough on it’s own.

“OH- gosh… yes. Dang it!” he confessed as he hid his face behind his hands.

“Are you okay?” Nico asked earnestly though he couldn’t keep the amusement out of his voice or face.

Thomas was laughing as well. “Nothing but a bruised ego,” he assured him.

Félix huffed. Nico knew that to him a bruised ego was a serious condition that should not be glossed over. But Nico kind of liked that Thomas was able to laugh at the situation already.

“Sorry if my song explanation… uh, hit a little too close to home.”

Thomas’ earnest smile melted his heart.

“No, it’s fine. It’s true! I do tend to… waste a lot of opportunities in my life.”

“Was that a pun?” Nico’s facets asked shocked.

“Well,” he smiled as he took the bag of carrots. “Let’s not waste this one,” he suggested.

Next chapter

Nico’s head and heart were buzzing with excitement the whole rest of the day when he came home he threw himself on the couch. 

“AAAAAAAH!” Félix and Alejo screamed in jubilation.

“An actor and a singer?” Félix gushed.

“And he has good taste in music and in movies,” Alejo pointed out.

“He did a tour with his own musical! Is he even real?”

“How was he so modest about it?”

“Would it be okay to look him up?” the boisterous facet wondered, phone already in hand.

“Well, he said it was fine if we did… but maybe not right away?” the usually restrained man was vibrating with a mix of happy and scared nerves.

“I need a minute…” Nico sighed dreamily.

“Oh. Of course. We’ll be right here when you need us,” Félix assured him as he and Alejo retreated to the mind to tell the others all the details they might’ve missed.

[megaera-of-pigeon]

Volume 2 but more chronolgically:

Nikki and Momo return from North where they’d wound up at the end of volume 1 along with Ace and Kimi. They go to Apple where they bid Kimi farewell because she has to stay and work there. Kimi gives Nikki a ring before they part.

Ace, Nikki, and Momo go to the Ash Institute of design where the 9 days war took place; they are looking for clues about King Sayet’s designs because they believe that Nidhogg posses something designed by him and they think that is a potential clue to the plot. They find a special mysterious symbol that is present in some of King Sayet’s works and believe it to be important. The principal of the school mentions Bobo had been there to look at King Sayet’s designs.

After their stop at the school, they decide to go to Bobo’s hometown because they miss her and are concerned :( They learn she and her mother are both missing from their home, but they find several letters Bobo had written to her mom that remained unopened, and deduced that Bobo didn’t know that her mom wasn’t there the whole time she was with Nikki.

They find a design in Bobo’s house that has the same special symbol that King Sayet had in his works! Using that, they discover information related to The Enlightened, and Ace narrates that story for them about the king who wanted peace, but when he was murdered placed the blood curse. They decide they need to get more information about this so they head to the Lilith capital to talk the the casket fairy that the royal family has since they guessed it would know the truth behind the legend, being old and associated with royalty and all. Conveniently, Royce sent someone to fetch them just as they were thinking of going to see the casket fairy.

Ace gets a carrier pigeon and has to peace out.

They meet up with Royce (it actually seems that our chapter picks up the scene literally the day after the Tree of Memories hell event lore with Royce and Neva takes place so refer to that for more on those two). The casket fairy gives them more information about the Enlightened and leads them to a chest that belonged to King Sayet. They open the chest via styling battle and see a phantom of King Sayet that gives them a cryptic directive to find “three paths” and unravel the poem in the rosebud

This is where our most recent chapter ends so I’m not sure how long until our actual storyline catches up with the rest of the volume. If we remeber back to chapter 1 of this volume, it picks up Nikki’s quest for King Sayet’s (three?) relics/designs that we learned about in chapter 6. I think ultimately the three items might be these objects?

I still don’t know where Ransa comes from. The Iron Rose had been disbanded by Elle for failing to get adaqute results on finding Sayet’s relics. Ransa is now with Nikki but they’re traveling to City Oren to talk with Elle because Ransa thinks that will help Nikki’s quest for these relics.

Nikki gets arrested by Elle when she goes to Pigeon to ask her questions because Elle is obsessed with finding the ‘final secret’ of the relics and the Rose casket and she believes Nikki has that answer.

Nikki is not aware of that answer.

Ace has to break them out of the palace and reveals that Elle is her sister. They put together some more clues: Sayet had been imprisoned in Pigeon Kingdom’s monastery for some time and is said to have seen the secret of the blood curse. He wrote a ‘poem’ on the wall that Nikki had seen, one they referenced a ‘destined girl’

Ace declares the Iron Rose reformed and makes Nikki their leader. Ransa, Debbie, and Mela show up and join her too. Now that that’s settled, Chloris is waiting to see Ace so they decide to go to the forest.

Nikki Momo and Mela were waiting on the edge of the forest away from their group for some reason. They get lured into the fog and wind up meeting a kindred child named Kyle. They were supposed to go find a girl named Rachel who guards the epic of the forest but Kyle tells them about this girl Elaine who also knows shit. They go to see Elaine. Elaine lets them look at her book the Memory of Time and they read some nonsensical stuff about the blood moon and a frigid dragon 🙃 not like a prophecy or anything.

Part of what they need to craft King Sayet’s relics is something called ‘elven star” and their clues plus Elaine’s book now point them to the stars’ reflection (or, lack thereof) in Lake Bovaly. Time to go to the lake of super happy fun times :)

Meanwhile, Ransa, Debbie, and Ace find Chloris and also realize Mela, Nikki and Momo are missing. They go talk to Rachel who says her sister Elaine had seen them—Elaine is in the Shadow City, and the only exit has been sealed for a thousand years

Nikki and Mela and Momo realize they’re actually in the Shadow city and are in trouble. But happily, Chloris lifts the thousand year old seal so they can get out (provided they change into a cute outfit first). The kindred are free and threaten to start a war again, o no wonder how that will end. Wonder if Chloris will have to mobilize the furries.

Chloris is very weak from lifting the seal and then Cesare biting him so the next morning they look for information to help him recover. Before they can do that they’re attacked and Chloris has to use the rest of his magic to protect them. He faints into his infamous coma. [unclear how he is walking around and fighting in the upcoming war for our hell event as they don’t solve this. Maybe he just needed a nap]

As Rachel and Elaine are trying to help Chloris, Nikki and the Iron rose put together more pieces about this elven star—Nikki believes it’s referring to Sayet’s technique of embedding memories into clothing. (My guess is Nikki will rediscover this technique and utilize it to create the Star Sea out of her memories of her friends in Miraland after the apocalypse event happens, which is where we get that cool SN video).

They can’t wake Chloris. Debbie suggests they go try to wake up the sleeping dwarf elder who is the oldest living being and probably knows how to help Chloris. Debbie also mentioned he’s connected with one of the relics and my guess is it’s that frangipani the dwarves gave to Nikki at the start of our last hell event lore. We didn’t get to read the story of what happened before our event started but that’s what I would predict.

Before they can get going Nikki is pulled into an illusion by Xiao zong who appears and starts on his whole “noooo Nikki don’t be the savior it’s so haaaard to take on the sins of the universe just give me to secrets instead” [at this point he makes Nikki ‘live’ the 9 days war via illusion which was the story we played during the Steps of Sorrow hell] Nikki won’t agree to give over the relic so they style battle. Nikki is getting her ass kicked.

The ring given to her by Kimi waaaaaay back at the beginning of this that was originally made by Sayet starts to glow and gives Nikki major stats boosts. Nikki defeats Xiao Zong. The world goes black. This is as far into Nikki’s story that we have accounted for, except perhaps in hell events that I didn’t realize took place after this point.

MAJOR TAKEAWAYS: The main goal for Nikki in this volume is to discover the secrets left behind by King Sayet through his designs/his three infamous ‘relics’. She also discovers a connection between Sayet’s work and the True King/The Enlightened, the originator of the blood curse, who happens to be running around in Bobo’s body right now. There is also some connection between Sayet’s work and the secrets of the elves/Kindred, although since our 1,000 benchmark of when shit last went down big time with them was *before* the curse of blood was placed, the connection likely has to do with Sayet utilizing elf magic or elf techniques to create his designs, while also connecting those designs to the secret of the blood curse. At different points it’s mentioned that Nikki is looking for his designs/relics, but then I believe she finds his design(s)? somewhere between where the two sections of the volume are blurry, or potentially in a hell event, and it’s a recipe she has to craft—which turns into looking for ingredients to craft said designs by the time she gets to v2ch1. The hope is by completing the cryptic quest left by Sayet, she will uncover the secrets of why North went to war, why Elle and the other participants in the 9 days war are losing their memory, and how to save Bobo from demonic possession. And while I personally adore a story that takes a nontraditional approach to its narration, boy is it ridiculous the amount of legwork required to actually get a handle on this timeline.

[misslilli]

Thank you guys, for going on this adventure with me 🥰 I'm having such a blast reading your comments!

Felix Felicis

MSR. AU. PG-13. | tagging @today-in-fic | AO3

Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 | Chapter 11 | Chapter 12

Chapter 13 - Fantastic Mulders And Where To Find Them

[ DS ]

“Well, little lady, you’re pretty young and inexperienced, you’ll learn to distinguish when it’s appropriate to call in parents and when it’s clearly not necessary.” Stunned, I stare at the father of a girl in my class sitting across from me, trying to control my flaring temper. ‘What a misogynistic, condescending asshole!’

“I can assure you, sir, when a child comes to me with a concerning story from home, I will always want to clear it up with the parents. Now that we’ve cleared it up, I think we’re done here. Thank you for coming.” I get up and hold out my hand, hoping to end this nightmare of a conversation on a positive note.

Once he left, I let out a breath I didn’t realize I was holding, anger boiling in the pit of my stomach. There’s not much that I hate more than being belittled and I yank my book bag off my table angrily, spilling the cup of pencils in the process, scattering them everywhere. I want to scream. Okay, now I’m Pissed. Royally.

I pick up the pencils and shove them back into the cup before turning off the lights and leaving for today. As I head outside, I notice a small gathering of women down the front steps and they’re giggling and laughing at something Fox Mulder had said. At the sight of him, my heart skips a few beats. ‘Oh that’s just great. I’ll keep my head down and walk by quickly, I’m in no mood to be dragged into a conversation with the PTA brigade.’

I try to pass them by inconspicuously, walking briskly down the stairs and keeping my head down, but I’m stopped with a hand on my arm and a “Miss Scully, do you have a moment?” I turn to him trying to hide my exasperation. ‘Ugh, why do you have to be so damn handsome. And please, get your hand off my arm before I burst into flames. Victim: Dana Scully, cause of death: Spontaneous human combustion from being touched by Fox Freakin’ Mulder. Try and put that on a headstone.’

My mask of professionalism only slips for a brief moment, though, and I smooth out the frown on my face. “Yes, Mr. Mulder?” ‘Why is your hand still there? And why is it so hot all of a sudden, it’s freakin’ September.’

“I was hoping you could give me another opinion on something.” He leans into my personal space conspiratorially and I raise my eyebrow in a silent question. ‘Mmmh he smells really good too. Why, God, why? Ugh, that low tone of voice is driving me insane.’

“Do you believe in the existence of extraterrestrials?” The women around me giggle and I blink at him slowly. ‘What the fuck kind of question is that?’ I draw myself up to full height - don’t you dare laugh - thankful that I wore my heels today and gather the few braincells I have left that are not occupied with wondering how that broad chest would feel under my fingers.

“Logically, I would have to say No. Given the distances needed to travel from the far reaches of space, the energy requirements would exceed a spacecraft’s capabilities.” I can tell that my answer somewhat surprises him but he’s not done yet.

“But there are obviously unexplained phenomena out there, now when convention and science offer us no answers might we not finally turn to the fantastic as a plausibility?”

‘What I find fantastic is your ass in those jeans…’. “What I find fantastic is any notion that there are answers beyond the realm of science. The answers are there, you just have to know where to look!” The other moms watch our argument as if they’re watching a tennis game.

He flashes me a wry grin. “That’s why they put the ‘I’ in FBI.” ‘Huh, so he’s with the Feds? I wonder where he keeps his gun. Well, I know where I’d check first but… Okay that’s enough. I wonder how many Hail Mary’s Father George will make me say for what’s going on inside my head.

Felix comes running down the stairs at this moment and wraps his arms around his dad’s legs. “Well thank you for this fantastic point of view, I’ll see you tomorrow ladies. Miss Scully.” He tips his imaginary hat to us and walks Felix back to the car. The little boy turns and waves at me, briefly. I smile and wave back.

My mood has miraculously improved during this odd bit of conversation and I bid the PTA moms goodbye as well, walking over to my bike to head home.

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[Felix]

“Hey dad, what did you and Miss Scully talk about back there?” I need to know. Please don’t let it be something embarrassing. Dad smiles at me in the rear view mirror.

“I asked her if she believed in aliens!”

“Noooo DAD, please tell me you didn’t!” ‘This is even worse than I thought. Can I give him up for adoption?’Dad shrugs his shoulders.

“She was having a pretty bad day, I just wanted to cheer her up. I think I did a pretty good job, too, she did smile at the end didn’t she?” Okay that is kind of sweet and yes she did, maybe I’ll keep him after all. I decide to change the subject.

“Dad, can we go to a soccer game sometime?” I just found out at recess today that our school has a soccer team and I really want to see that game. There’s another reason, too, but I keep this bit of information to myself.

“Sure, just tell me when!”

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[ FM ]

During the week, I’m treated to various stories from Felix’s school day on the car ride home, but his favorite daily segment of the Felix Show is “Dad, Do You Know What Miss Scully Did Or Said Today?” I’m bat-shit crazy about her too, so I get where he’s coming from, but he’s downright obsessed and I worry that this kind of attachment is not healthy for a kid.

I talk this over with our therapist on Thursday, in a one-on-one session and she thinks that maybe because he lacks an emotionally available mother, he looked for a suitable substitute and found it in his teacher. I shouldn’t worry too much about it, she’s sure when it’s too much, that the teacher is capable of handling the situation. She also promised to talk to Felix next time, to maybe tone it down just a little.

Our time is up before I can tell her about my own concerns about this situation. How I’d like to ask her out on a date but I don’t know if I should because I don’t want my son to get hurt in the process. I’m too inexperienced in dating to know the proper ways to handle this and frankly, the thought of getting back into dating terrifies me a little too. Okay maybe a lot. Felix is not the only one who has been scarred by the divorce.

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[ Felix ]

“Dad! Do we have any glitter glue in the house?”

It’s Thursday night and I’ve been working on my project for hours, wanting to get it just right. I had asked dad to write out a text for an invitation for me and I copied it onto the paper carefully. Pleased, I look at the two invitations I made, I can’t wait to hand them out. I really really hope they’ll accept the invite. My dad’s voice is getting louder while he talks, he’s coming upstairs. He enters my room and looks over my shoulder.

“Yeah, it’s in one of the drawers in the office. Tell me again why you’re making extra invitations when we had official ones made this week?” For someone who spends the whole day at work getting into other people’s heads, he’s not very good at understanding people.

“Because I reallywant them to come, dad! They’re my special guests!”

“Well, if there’s glitter glue, they won’t be able to say no! You did a really good job, Felix.”

“I hope so, dad. I’m pretty sad that mom’s out of the country and grandma can’t make it either.” He strokes a hand over my head.

“I know, son. I’m sorry!”

Chapter 14 - Last Chance For Spotting A Rainbow

Notes:

I stole some lines from the pilot. Please don’t sue. They’re just too good. Asdldlgdf

Also, the scene in the beginning is not entirely made up, a version of it happened to me last year.

[murdereraisuha]

FINAL part of chapter 5!!!

WElcome to my liveblog it is time to SCREAM

Spoilers for episodes 68-75! Warning: Some caps and swearing. Also, it’s very long since I’m not dividing it up into different posts this time.

Alright, just started episode 68, why is it playing the sad music. Oh Vil’s hurt.

Epel wants to be the center!!! :D

Okay but Vil’s saying he’s gonna be okay and htere’s no need to worry. BRO just let Epel do stuff. OH WAIT This is his chance to stand on the stage until the very end! VILLLLLLLLLLLL 

Why are the other people seriously acting like everything’s normal. I know they didn’t know about the whole overblot fight but still, did NO ONE realize that they physically could not get into the stadium???

ALRIGHT IT’S SHOWTIME

LOOK AT THEM GO!!! WIAT THE SONG’S STIll ehiaTELTy

JAMIL JMAIL JAMIL JAMIL JAMIL JAMIL AJMILA JAMIL JAMIL JAMIL AJMILA JAJF KAKM<AIFLHGiteT(hy HE’S DACNIGN HEOSI DANCING I LOVE HIM OMG THE CHIBI DANCING IS SO CUTE 

FULL SONG REVEAL BOYS YEAAAAAAAAA OH THIS SHIT’S FIRE

THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS ARE A MOOD

OH shit Vil just collapsed. But we did it!!

Onto episod 70! Oh the rest of the Heartslabyul boys are here

and THEM.

OMG what would chapter 5 turn out like if Floyd was in the mood for dancing when the auditions were happening and he got on the team? hglksglksd HE’S GOING TO TRY OUT NEXT YEAR?!?!

GSHSSGhsGHSK FLoyd this is why you were my favorite character at first sight

Alright, Savanaclaw boys are here now. Does it mean something that they appeared after Octavinelle rather than going in chapter order?

Ohhhh, it’s cause he knows what’s up

Sebek sounds a bit too quiet? Anyway, time for YA HOOOOOOOOOOOO

Something about this grin really disturbs me.

Oh no yahoo. Right to the voting on who wins.

Voting done. WHy is this forboding music playing. alright who wins?? 

1st and 2nd place 1 vote apart????? THE WINNER IS... EPISODE CHANGE AND DRUM ROLL.... ROYAL SWORD ACADEMY 

EXCUSE ME WHAT THE FUKC BRO RHFHHRT Excuse me???? STOP SHOWING THESE SWAVRES I DON’T CARE THEIS DON’T JSUT PLAY YAHOO OVE HTE BOYS CRYING I HATE THIS NEIGE YOU MADE KALIM AND EPEL CYR 

VIL’S CRYING 

WAIT WOOK. ROOKL. WAHT THE FUKC ROOK HE VOTED FOR ROYAL SWROD ACADMEY? BRO? EXCUSE ME

GEEZ ACE THAT IS SOME YELLING BUT I FEEL EXACTLY THE SAME WAY

ALRIGHT FRENCH BOY SQUARE UP IT’S TIME TO BEAT YOU UP IN A WALMART PARKING LOT LET’S GO

OKAy yeah maybe Vil doesn’t believe inh imself

did you have to make the team lose like this though to make vil beautiful

ah shit vil’s crying aGIN FUCK OFF NEIGE

OKAY I TAKE THAT BACK NEIGE YOU CAN STAY YOU ARE A SWEET BOY PLEASE BECOME FRIEND WITH VIL

FELLAS,

huh? EH? 

EVEN ROOK’S SURPRISED HE FOUND OUT. HOLY SHIT WHAT ROOK’S A NEIGE STAN??? NEIGE IS SURPRISED R-SAN IS A BOY SDHFLKDGKLSDGK

THE PHOTO ALBUM??!?!?!!?!? HOLY SHIT WE ALL ASUSMED IT WAS HIS STALKING VICTIMS BUT IT WAS ALL PICTURES OF NEIGE??!?! WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING I THOUGHT AZUL WAS THE MOST RELATABLE TO STANS FOR SIMPING OVER JAMIL BUT ROOK IS STRAIGHT UP DOING THE EQUIVALENT OF LOADING THOUSANDS OF PHOTOS OF A CHARACTER INTO YOUR PHONE TO TRY AND PULL THEM IN A GACHA

HDSFGDLHKG KALIM’S JUST CONGRATULATING ROOK

god this poor man’s privacy and life are crumbling to pieces around him

“finally, I have the upper hand over this creepy hat man”

Is he boutta do his own take on Azul’s outburst after Leona dusted his contracts?

He’s crying...

NEIGE FANCLUB “Eternal Snow’ NUMBER 0000002 ROOK HUNT?!?!??!??! HOLY FUCKING SHIT HE IS A STAN

the disappointment on his face glkglshgls

F E L L A S ,

Oh Neige wants to sing together! AWwww friendship!!! :D

Oh. Welp. Seems the audience might be thinking of another kind of ‘ship. HAFDLHKFDHALK THE AUDIENCE IS CHEERING 

OH MY GOD THEY’RE ACTUALLY SINGING YA HOO

ACE’S FACE SHGLHKSGLKSDGLK DEUCE IS SO HAPPY THOUGH HSDGKSGHKDG THEY’RE SO CUTE

JAMIL SOUDNS SO DEFEATED HE’S SINGING SO SOFTLY BUT KALIM IS SO ENTHUSIATIC OH MY GOD I LOVE HTEM SO MUCH

LOOK AT THEM I LOVE THEM!!!!!

ROOK HAHAHAHAAHA

VIL’S SMILING NOW! YES! BE HAPPY! BE FRIENDS! Wait hold what what if the Pomefiore involvement/character developement in chapter 6 involves Neige too?? Please I really want to see Neige and Vil become friends

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA THERE IT IS!

OH shit Vil yelling lmao

Oh crowley’s here. 

IS THIS THE HEADMASTER OF ROYAL SWORD ACADEMY???? HWY DOES HIS HAT LOOK LIKE A SLEEPING CAP HDGKHLKSDghldlgdKLGKHL WHY IS THAT THE FIRST THING I THINK OF NOOOO I CAN’T TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY NOW

Ambrose the 63rd? Welp, that’s a name to research for later.

oh this guy’s a bit of an asshole isn’t he

Oh, this guy sensed the magic of the overblot fight/Malleus. Crowley is pretty good at deflecting suspicion.

*detective thinking pose*

OMG YEAH GRIM Honestly I keep getting Ya Hoo stuck in my head too and I hate it so much.

Oh? Time for another meeting with Mickey! Wassup you weird little mouse.

We’re taking a picture of him!

Awwww he did a little pose for us! :D

It seems like the barrier/distance between us and Mickey weakens with each meeting. The time they can meet is increasing too.

This is something like “maybe sometime we will be able to watch a movie together”. Can’t wait to see people’s takes and theories on all this new information and concerning lines of dialogue.

Are we running somewhere? Oh, Grim’s missing?!?! OH SHIT WHAT JSUT HAPPENED 

A VISION OF A CARRIAGE AND OVERBLOT GRIM!!!!

WE’RE BACK TO TALKING WITH MICKEY???? HWat Okay we know Grim isn’t here but do we still know he not anywhere in the house? Is something funky going on with time? YEAH MICKEY JUST ADVISED US TO GO SEARCH FOR GRIM HE WOULDN’T HAVE SAID THAT IF WE JUST RETURNED FROM SERACHING

IS THE TIME LOOP THEORY CORRECT? WHAT IS GOING ON? WE JUST RAN BACK TO THE STAGE.

GRIM OH WHAT THE FUCK THAT VOICE THOSE SOUDN 

WHAT HTE FUCK WHAT THE FUKC I FEEL LIKE THIS JSUT RUTNED INTO A HOORROR GAME WHAT THE FUCVK THWAT THE FUCFK THAT CRUNCKING SOUND HWAT HTE DEEP SVOice HGelihtgliehteiothi hIHTW WAHT THE FUCK I AM SCARREdD

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAAAA HE”S ATTAKCING US?!?! DID WE JUST BALCK OUT?

IT JUST TRANSITIONED TO IDIA’S ROOM

His presentation went well BUT WHAT ABOUT GRIM?? DON”T JUST LEAVE US ON A CLIFFHANGER

Idia got an internship invite? Multiple invites? From “that Olympus company”? Idia wants Ortho to put them all in the trash...

IT JUST ENDS THERE!!!!

Welp. So, no more Scarabia stuff. :( I was really hoping for that. Nah, we get Rook stuff then we die and then Idia is depressed. Alright whatever it’s time to wait a bit and organize my thoughts before writing a whole reflection on this part, see ya. Hope you had fun reading this!

[apparently-i-like-mcyts-now]

HHHHH IM LATE

TFTSMP: Haunted Mansion liveblog

oooh tubbo and ranboo are twins JFIDOKE

dream is francis?? okey

PORKUMS FJJSIWKJEF NOOO

OH MY GOD THIS IS ACTUALLY REALLY FUNNY

Francis really wants to fight man,,,

Gump!!!

3 and a half stars airbnb lets go

Francis really wants to throw hands

truth or dare??

oh its duck duck goose

GOTTA GO FAST

god the foreshadowing

ASH IS A GAMBLER JFJFIOSOW

all of them trash talking karl,, L

noooo gump is getting bullied :[

NOOOO GUMP

FRANCIS LMAO

He TOOK A SHOWER LAST MONTH???????

HUH GLATT????

BAD DECISIONS JGJFIOSOWKD ASH AND ZACHARY ARE THE BEST

chat going fragrance man

GLATT

the twins are the best characters fight me

GLATT IS A LANDLORD

"WHAT IS THAT STUPID HAT"

also mantopia????

THE TWINS GOD I LOVE THEM HHHHHH

rash,,,,, god

ASH REALLY DOESNT WANT TO STAND UP

ZACHARY,,,, ICONIC

GEORGE IS STILL RUNNING,,,,

GLATT,,,,,

"hes got stick knees",,,, the twins

porkums is 36 years old

poor gump nooo

uh,,,

bitcoin,,,

and glatt is once again an alcoholic

gump and rash,,, what are these names

ZACHARY IS THE BEST BOI

OH DAMN THE BUILDS,,,

the twins in the background

"My castle"

oh gosh the builds,,,

francis Really wants to throw hands

hhhhhh what the hell??

SCHLATT'S LAUGH JFOEOWOD

WHAT IS THE VERY SPECIAL BUTTON

THE TWINS IN THE BACKGROUND HFJDKEKG

(take a shot of water everytime i talk abt the twins)

"HE'S SENILE" OH MY GOD

"All the cool kids were doing it, i just wanna be popular :["

"BYE CONNER" "HAVE FUN" TWINS

connor is gone crabrave

"SIMP"

they dipped UDUSIIQJWKF

FRANCIS IS SUCH A DICK FJJDJEJEJF

SCHLATT IS SO FUNNY???

the twins really are the best

PORKUMS,,,,,,

THE TWINS REALLY WANT CANDY, HUH?

ZACHARY SUPREMACY

porkums is gone crabrave

the twins want haribos

"Connor brought us all together--where are they going?"

HFJDIKSJEKFI HE FELLL RASH NOOOO

THE TWINS,,,,

GUMP NOOO

nvm scchlatt saved him

ZACHARY AND ASH'S COMMENTARY IS SO FUNNY TO ME

NOOOOO GUMP

mans

"We should invest in landmines." "Yeah we can ask landmines for christmas"

1 in 7.5 TRILLION

THE SPEEDRUN MUSIC

FRANCIS CHEATING ARC /J

HHHHHHH

FRANCIS IS A SIMP

gumps bday pog

FRANCIS REALLY WANTS TO THROW HANDS

RASH FJKSKWKEG

EVERYONES SCREAMING

ASH MY BOI

ITS A BATTLE ROYALE

THIS IS JUST CHAOS

THEYRE JUST FULL OF ARROWS,,,,

THE TWINS ARE SO FUNNY

FRANCIS JUST WANTS TO THROW HANDS

GLATT

GREG IS SO BAD,,,,,

OH GOD

GJOSOWKEKOFOG THEYRE TOO CHAOTIC TOGETHER

"hi ash" "hi zachary" "i have lots of arrows" "mmhm"

Hhhhh the wifi

Poll pog which means someone dies

porkums is winning the poll

eyo no ads not subscribed check

chat has decided that the twins had to survive no matter what

PORKUMS IS GONNA DIE

FRANCIS WOKE UP AND CHOSE VIOLENCE

JSCHLATT'S DEMONIC VOICE

HHHHHHHHHHH

OH GOD

PORKUMS IS GONE CRABRAVE

bababooey

THE SPEEDRUN MUSIC

NOOO GUMP

BAHHAHAHAHAHHAH GUMP NOOOO

DUDUDUUDUDUDUDU

HFJFIKWJEF SCHLATT,,,

FRANCIS REALLY TOOK THAT MINECART

YO THIS IS SO SCUFFED JFIFISIJEJF

THEY BROKE THE RAILS

GUMP

THEYRE STILL ON THE CARTS,,,,

chat has come to a consensus: do Not kill the twins

JOEY IS POPPING OFF IM LOVE HIM

POOR JOEY FJFJIDIWKW

FRANCIS FELL OFF FJJDKWKEJG

this is so scuffed

"ope there i go" twins my beloved

FRANCIS HAS EXPERIENCE JRIEIWKMRKG

wow

zachary is smart :]

francis parkour god

WIPEOUT POGGERS

wait the BACHELOR??????

man karl really flirts with all of sapnap's characters huh.

LMAO ALL OF CHAT IS GOING KRASH

SOMEONE EDIT THEM WITH THE SUGAR CRASH THINGY

omg poll number 2

istg if the twins get voted off i will scream

ISTG

HHHHHHHH DONT VOTE ASH

DO NOT SEPARATE THEM

Francis is winning the second poll

FRANCIS IS GONNA DIE

G L A T T

francis is gone crabrave

SOMEONE IN CHAT SAID KATNISS EVERDREAM JFJFIDKKEKEJG

FRANCIS EVERDREAM

"I miss his mustache already"

NO NOT ASH

WAIT ZACHARY IS GONE HELP NO

NOOOOO I AM ACTUALLY SAD

WAIT ASH EAIT NOOOOOO

THEYRE BOTH GONE NOOOO

oh ash is back

G LA TT

WE MISS ZACHARY

chat is sobbing rn

hhhhhhh ash is upset yall i hate this

RASH BEST FRIEND POG

LMAOO THEY REALLY JUST BE TROLLING GREG HUH

LMAOOOO

oooof

Potions

"i cant swim. wait nvm im a jock i can swim"

EGG?????

EGGGGG?????

theyre besties your honor

Poll time uh oh

I HAD TO STOP LIVEBLOGGING BC I HAT TO EAT LUNCH

greg is gone crabrave

dadschlatt jfjckc

THIS SO SCUFFED

MY GOD

OOOOOOOOH SAVE THEM PLEASE

DO NOT SEPARATE THE TWINS AGAIN

THEYRE DEAD

NOOOOO ZACHARY

ASH IN THE BACKGROUND HUHUHYHUHHU

THEYRE UNDEAD

OH MY GOD THE BOOK

OH MY GOD THE BOOK

iS THE BOOK??

BOOK??

HHEH??

Or???

Are they not dead??

huh???

either way the twins are united again :]

THE TWINS

awww glatt is lonely :[[

oh gosh

heh??

oh god duduududududu

WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH THE LORE LMAOOOOOOO

its a good end poggers

IN BETWEEN POG

1st book: titled 1

ThE BOOK HAS A LITTLE :] the author is happy that karl is back i think

NOTHER BOOK!! Its titled 2

MORE THINGS ABT THE INBETWEEN

bedroom pog

THERE ARE MULTIPLE KARLS?

uhoh

third book is titled ????? and it says find a way into the portal

its more important than you know

next book has dont stray from the path written repeatedly

book 5 is titled 3

Apparently the inbetween is for all time travellers

oh god i thought he was gonna jump

6th book, titled ???? says to go under the tree

You cant afford not to

7th book says the same thing as book number 6

yo the birch tree,,

THERES A PRESSURE PLATE INSIDE THE POND

8th books says thank god you found it

9th says dont trust the castle and stuff its going to fast for me to type

OH THERES A ROW OF BOOKS IN FRONT OF THE TREE

all of them seem to say just stick to the path repeatedly

another book, this one titled 4

Its calls the inbetween beautiful and a time traveller's dream

credits!!!!

[missamyrisa2]

Hi Miss Amy. I’ve been reading through your blog for a little while now and am enjoying the teases quite a bit. I’ll admit it has gotten me curious about how you would tickle me… I’m a young woman (25), pretty ticklish on my torso, especially on my armpits and tummy, though I am not quite comfortable with testing the royal parts… At least not yet. Nails especially get me going, and teasing makes me feel all the more helpless.

I’ll admit, it gets me all blushy when I think about you staring at my wanting tummy and sides… While I stand there helpless and waiting, all giddy with anticipation.

Apologies if that was a little much.

Mmhh~ what a cutieee pie you areee~~ don't worrry, we don't have to do royal ticklesss ~ tickles are for everyone~!! However you like them I'm gonna tickle you just like thattt ~ and since you're a sweetie pie who gets all bashful from the anticipation I'll just be standing over you, hands on my hips in this smirking pose ~ my shadow falling over your body, covering your twitchy bellyyy~ you can feel both it and my eyes casting over your body, assessing and visually probing. "Tsk tsk tsk... look at youuu just look at youuu~!! All ticklish and nowhere to go huh?" I plop myself playfully onto the bed with you, my hands holding me up on either side of your chest, grinning down at your midsection. "My, my my ~ how dooo you end up in these precarioussssss situations?" My nail glides down your upper side, bumping over each rib down to your sensitive belly edges ~ "Are you a precarious precocious girl? Mmm? Tooo curious, too ticklish for your own good?" I casually lean up and start rubbing my thumbs on your lower sides. "A silly sweetie? Maybeeee a gabby goose? Darling dandelion? Mmmh? Mmmh? Answer me you laughing lucyyyy" I get sillier and bouncier, giggling with you as my fingers work your midsection earnestly, rubbing and squeezing and massaging up down. My pigtails bounce and flounce as I act aloof while deploying a well-planned tickling, skittering my nails lightly across and over your belly, tracing for hot spots and circling around them with little strokes~

"Coochie cooo~~~ I'm gonna get that bellybutttonnn~ bellybutttttonnn~" I tease and taunt, wiggling my single finger at your giggly face, pursing my lips playfully. I dart down and poke at your tender navel, stroking to the bottom~ Hand on hip I start working you over with just my finger, pausing whenever you try to squirm or thrash away to wiggle my tool at you again before diving back down and rapidly poking and circling the rim before dipping in and out with light touches. "Don't try to fight itttt ~ that's just gonna make it worseee ~ ooh you can't help yourself huh? You can't not be a ticklish silly sallyyyy~" I squeak and giggle, gasping and imitating your sounds before leaning down to lay next to you, a hand holding my head up while my single finger wiggles and squiggles around in long looping lines up from your midsection to your chest and then raises up so all my fingers can start wiggling at you. "Ooooh ~ oooh ~ what's gonna happen? Mmm? What's gonna happeeen~ oooh~ uh oh~! Uh oh! I'm gonna getchaaaa~~ Amy's gonnnnna getcha gonna gitchie gitchie gooooo youuu~!!" I chuckle and start wriggling my spidering fingers over your underarm, working the edges before dipping into to playfully stroke with all my nails in your tender ticklish armpits. "Ticklisssh pittiesss~!!~~ ticklish pits." I murmur and sass, sitting up down to straddle your upper body so I can taunt you with two sets of wiggly hands right over your face~

"Ooooh uh ohhhh~ oooh yesssss oh noooo~! They're gonna get youuuu and it's gonna tickle ~ and you're adorable and the cutesttttt giggly girl everrr~!!" I pause to lovingly stroke and play with your hair and tickle at your ears down along your neck too before splitting my hands out to frantically tickle at your underarms. " Tickle tickle ticklish tooootsie~!!" I smile brightly as I make you thrash and wiggle under me, working your armpits with my nailssss and leaning down to start planting teasing raspberries and kissiesss at your neck~~ "All the tickles for youuuu my darling one~~ giggle it alll out for meee ~<33"

[sanktnikolais]

Take My Hand - Angstober/Softober (8/31)

A/N: damn this was actually longer than I’ve intended it to and I am a day late noooo KLJHASFKLJHASF but here is the role swap au no one asked for based on the prompt ‘Moonlight’ and ‘Speechless from the Angstober/Softober list.

Word count: 2620

AO3

If there was anything that made Nikolai anxious, it was looking for potential threats around the ballroom all the while keeping the princesses in sight. 

          Though he knew that the crown princess was more than capable of protecting herself, it was better to be safe and keep up with her movements on the dance floor where she was. 

          He definitely wasn't looking at her, in a floor-length blue dress and her cascading raven hair flowing down her back, dancing with high ranking officials and dukes for quite a while now. She looked at ease, calm even, which was very far from her usual stoic and grumpy demeanor that she always seemed to have when she was with him. 

          There was a weird twinge in his chest, making him frown. He knew he should never expect anything from Zoya—either friendship or just being acquaintances, it would be up to her to consider, aside from treating him as someone other than the Captain of the Guard. 

          But all those late night encounters and talks had made a small part of him hope a bit more. 

          The night went on with Nikolai taking turns keeping an eye on her and the much younger princess, who was actually easier to locate because of her yellow dress. Lada was all energetic and grins as she ran from table to table and greeted the guests. He had to fight off a chuckle as he watched the people’s expressions brighten up with her infectious smile. 

          As happy as the young princess could be came the dwindling warmth from her older sister. He noticed that Zoya’s smiles had become more hollow and forced, and she had taken one too many glasses from the passing servants. He also knew that she could handle drinks well enough, but based on past experience, he would prefer the sober, sharp-tongued Zoya Nazyalensky a hundred times over. 

          A narrowed look appeared on his face as he saw Zoya abruptly move away from her current dance partner, to which Nikolai recognized as Count Kirigin, and made her way towards the far end of the floor. Concern washed over him as he watched her disappear amidst the crowd. She rarely walked out on events—she always managed to endure it until it ended, and he was the one who would hear all the complaints and issues throughout the night.

          He averted his eyes from her direction for a moment and turned to his left, where he saw Lada hogging something on the buffet table nearby, before looking back to the dance floor. Count Kirigin was still on the same spot as where Zoya left him, shoulders slumped in disappointment. Nikolai found himself furrowing his eyebrows further at the man. Had something happened?

          “If you’re worried about her,” a voice said from somewhere behind him, and effectively startling him, “you should follow her.”

          Nikolai whirled around to see Lada perched on the pillar, balancing her feet on the small space by its base. 

          The young princess popped another sweet into her mouth and gave him a grin. “I’m sure Zoya would like it.”

          “What did we talk about having sweets at this time of the night?” He raised an eyebrow as a gesture to the little girl’s hand, which carried several more candies. “If I go and follow her, I will have to tell her about that, little princess.”

          Lada shook her head, a confident expression on her face. “No, you wouldn’t. You’d be too busy staring at her to remember,” she said, and Nikolai huffed a laugh at that. She was smarter than he had always thought her to be. “Besides, you adore me. And you’ll adore me even more when I say she’s in the balcony.”

          He opened his mouth to protest about wanting to go after her sister, but he found that Lada would be able to see right through him anyway. Instead, he sighed and turned back to observing the ball room. “I’m quite sure she wants to be alone.”

          “I’m quite sure she wouldn’t mind your company.”

          “You put too much confidence in her.”

          “For a captain, you really are blind,” Lada said, making Nikolai turn back to the child. For someone who was only turning ten in a few months, she sometimes sounded more of an adult than he would’ve expected. “She’s been stealing glances at you all night.”

          Nikolai wanted to laugh, but held it back. That’s too good to be true. “No, she hasn’t,” he replied. He was sure of it. He had eyes on her all night. Or had he just missed it?

          Lada shrugged, patting him gently on one shoulder. “Don’t say I didn’t tell you,” she said, a bit sadly, before she jumped off the pillar and skipped away before he could say something more. 

          A long moment passed and the ball continued without much of a complication. He hadn’t seen Zoya on the dance floor or anywhere again, and by that time, Nikolai was already considering following her out.

          But his previous conversation with the younger princess was the one that made him hesitate. Even if it’s true, there was no way that Zoya would be in a good mood around someone based on her demeanor the last time he saw her. 

          “Nikolai.”

          Nikolai jolted slightly at the sound of another voice beside him. “Saints,” he said as he turned to the person, seeing Tolya’s towering form and the confused expression on his face. “People should really stop startling me.”

          Tolya laughed lightly. “Unlikely of you to be startled easily, Captain. Something bothering you?” he said, raising an eyebrow. “Or someone, perhaps?”

          “Dear me, why is everyone assuming I’m thinking of someone?”

          “Aren’t you?”

          “No,” Nikolai denied instantly, which made Tolya give him a knowing look. He shook his head and pulled at his collar in slight annoyance. Being in uniform for the whole day had become too stiff for his liking. “Is there something you have to tell me?”

          Realization dawned on his companion’s face, and Tolya hitched a thumb over his shoulder. “Lada is looking for you,” he said.

          Nikolai frowned. “But she was just here earlier.”

          “I don’t know, she seemed preoccupied with something and can’t leave their table,” Tolya said. He waved a hand when Nikolai opened his mouth to reply. “Don’t worry, I got your place covered. Go tend to the little one. She’s really keen on finding you.”

          The table was at the center of the ballroom, just below the dais, and Nikolai couldn’t really see the royal family that much from his current place. Though it’s not new for Lada to come request for his presence at certain times, he had no idea what the younger princess wanted to show him now.

          Nikolai sighed. “Alright.”

          He made his way towards the table, mumbling excuses to the people he passed by in the ballroom, some making way for him when they saw him approaching. He was nearing the table, when he heard Lada’s voice somewhere to his right.

          “Nicky!”

          He turned to see Lada pushing her way through the crowd and running up to him. A confused look bloomed on his face. “Lada, what—”

          Lada seized his hand and started pulling him towards the opposite direction, her demeanor all too excited and beaming. Nikolai figured that it was from the sugar rush she got from the sweets earlier. Zoya was most likely going to kill him when she knew about this.

          “Finally, you moved from your post,” Lada said. “Come on, I want to show you something.”

          Nikolai frowned, but still let the younger princess drag him to wherever she planned to bring him, earning several pointed looks from people they happen to bump on due to Lada’s enthusiasm of leading him.

          “Excuse me, Captain of the Guard coming through!” She was waving her hand forward as if to divide the crowd.

          A few moments later, they were breaking out of the ballroom through one of the side exits, and they set foot on the balcony. The chatter and music from the area was now faint, with the night breeze overtaking the sound coming from the ballroom. 

          “Lada—”

          Almost too immediately, Lada let go of his hand and stepped back, holding a finger up with a frown on her face. She had the same expression for another moment before realization came to her face. “Oh, wait. I forgot something,” she said, already turning back to the ballroom again. “I’ll be back in a bit!”

          Nikolai reached out a hand as if to stop the girl, confusion overwhelming his mind, but the princess had already disappeared back inside. What was—

          “Lada?”

          A voice came behind him, and he froze. It took him two seconds to put it all together, making him close his eyes in embarrassment. He should’ve known better. And considering that Tolya was also behind this without Nikolai noticing only added to become more mortified of himself.

          He let out a sigh before turning around to face the person behind him. Maybe it was his distress over the ploy that Lada was able to pull him in, or maybe he just never had accustomed himself to her splendor and beauty, because even as he’d been keeping an eye on her all night, Nikolai still found himself sucking in a breath when he looked at her.

          Zoya’s eyebrows furrowed as she regarded him a bit stiffly. The dim light outside only made her eyes glow brighter and Nikolai couldn’t help staring. “Captain,” she greeted. She was holding an empty glass in her hand, and he wondered how many she had drunk tonight. “Was that Lada?”

          Nikolai blinked and shook himself, returning his usual cool demeanor. “Apparently, yes. She told me she wanted to show me something so here I am,” he said, spreading his arms wide. “What brought you here to sulk, princess? 

          He expected her to deflect the subject or dismiss him, but she scoffed instead, waving a frustrated hand in the air. “Oh, you know, too many people and too many small talks,” she replied with a huff. She stomped grumpily over to the parapet. “I’d rather jump off this balcony than dance or talk with another person again.”

          “But you’re talking to me,” Nikolai mused, slowly walking towards the parapet as well. Zoya gave him an incredulous look, and it made him laugh lightly. “Well, if you ever decide to jump off, just know that I’d be morally obliged to jump after you.”

          The crown princess mocked a sweet smile. “How chivalrous of you, Captain.”

          “I do my best, Princess.” He winked at her, to which she only replied with scoff. 

          A comfortable silence stretched over them, and Nikolai smiled contentedly. It was during quiet times like these that he would let his mind stray dangerously close to the invisible line between them that neither of them acknowledged aloud, or just refused to, and he would find himself hoping again. 

          He glanced at Zoya at the corner of his eyes, careful not to be too obvious. There was a look of ease on her face, the kind that one would rarely see from the crown princess who was well known for her regal and stoic expressions during public appearances. Ravka’s Storm, the people would call her, both thunder and lightning, powerful and fierce. 

          It was fitting for her, all rough edges and sharp tongue, never to hurt and only to tell nothing else but the truth.

          Beautiful. It was the one word that he could think of every time his eyes landed on her.

          Beautiful.

          Zoya must have felt his stare at her, because she suddenly turned to him with a frown, and it was too late for Nikolai to avert his eyes. She raised an eyebrow at him. “What’s the matter, Captain?”

          His mind tried to come up for excuses, but came up empty. Instead, he voiced out his thoughts. “You just look at ease tonight.”

          She laughed darkly. “Trust me, I feel exactly the opposite inside.” She paused, looking down at her hands. After a moment, she said, “Count Kirigin had asked permission to court me earlier.”

          The statement had Nikolai floored, and there was the unexpected sting in his chest again. But he knew better than to welcome it, so he brushed it away. He didn’t know what else to say about it, and he settled with his usual joking jabs instead. “Is that why you’re sulking out here?”

          To his relief, Zoya huffed. “Oh, shut up with the sulking.” She shook her head, and then sighed. “I—I didn’t know what came to me and just walked out. I don’t think I was ready for that yet.”

          Nikolai could only look at her with concern as she continued, “I know it’s bound to happen, those kinds of proposals. But I just don’t want to be tied down yet.”

          “Hey,” he said softly, reaching out a hand to clasp hers. Even through his glove, her skin was warm against his touch. He gave her hand a reassuring squeeze. “Take all the time you need.”

          “Easier said than done, Captain,” she said with a huff, but she squeezed his hand back. “It’s actually a surprise you’re not infuriating tonight.”

          He laughed. “Are you still considering jumping off the balcony?”

          “I’d rather not now.”

          “That’s good to hear.”

          Zoya gave him a narrowed look. “But, you know, maybe we should dance instead.”

          Nikolai’s thoughts stopped altogether. Out of all of the possible things she could’ve said, this was last on the list. Saints, it wasn’t even on the list. He stared at her, mouth agape and eyebrows furrowed. The Captain of the Guard was left speechless. Did he hear it right?

          He blinked repeatedly, running the words on his mind again. “Wha—I’m sorry, come again?”

          There was a faint redness on her cheeks, but her eyes didn’t waver from his stare. Nikolai chalked it up to the cold. Or probably the several drinks she had. “Dance, Captain,” she said. 

          “Here?”

          “Why not? The music could still be heard out here.” Then Zoya gave him a smug look. “Don’t tell me the Captain doesn’t know how to dance.”

          This somehow saved Nikolai from the nth embarrassment he had tonight, and he challenged her look. “Ah, underestimating the Captain again, Princess?” He didn’t even notice that their hands were still clasped until he held out his other hand out to her. “Well, then. May I?”

          Zoya only smirked and took his hand, leading him to the center of the balcony. Her arms came up around his neck, while his settled around her waist, and slowly, they began swaying along the soft, faint music that wafted out on the balcony. 

          It was a tender moment for them, not as a Captain or Princess, but as Nikolai and Zoya, under the moonlight, with nothing but the skies and stars as witnesses.

 ***

Though it wasn’t actually just the skies and stars. Behind the pillar of the exit that supported the archway hid two figures, peeking out in the balcony with a smile on their faces. 

          “I told you it would work,” Lada said. She was perched on Tolya’s right shoulder, munching on another set of sweets. “You people should trust me more when it comes to scheming.”

          Tolya inclined his head up to look at the little princess. “Remind me to include you in planning battle strategies next time?” he said with a light laugh.

          Lada only grinned in return, the both of them looking back to the couple in the balcony that were still in each other’s arms before leaving quietly and letting them have their moment.

          It was another win for the younger princess tonight.

[chibi-pix]

Okay, y’all! You know what time it is? Time for me to go over another “Chibi watches”! And we’re in season three of Voltron: Defender of the Universe! Due to how the episodes were numbered on the site I’m using, we pretty much leave off with others and we’re starting with episode 53. So, tonight’s watch consisted of episodes 53 through 60. A good start, if I do say so myself.  Now then! Let’s get the show on the road! With A dinner and a show? 

Episode 53.  Ah, Sven, I actually missed you a bit. Glad to know season three exists so you can be alive.  And Bandor, honey. Your voice seems a bit different. Less like a kazoo. But that happens and I don’t mind.  Ah, and Lotor. Didn’t miss you you son of a... well, I shouldn’t insult your mother... Ah, and pointing out that you’re royal blood. The only royal you are, Lotor, is a royal pain.  Tentacles grabbing the paladins. Hopefully they haven’t seen hentai to make them worry. 

Moving on to episode 54. “What a repulsive laugh you have, witch.” I feel like I should take offense to that because even I’ve had my moments of evil cackles. Scared the hell out of some of my classmates. Probably didn’t help with several classmates sure I was also a witch. 👀 “He wants to get rid of me? I can’t believe it!” Honey... didn’t he make it clear he didn’t like you in season one? You better believe it you bitch in denial.  A general? Who authorized this guy? And who thought it was a brilliant idea to take over the Voltron Force? Allura! Don’t be eager for this! Put him down! Get rid of the general! You don’t need him! Oh look, dancing! And Allura only seems to wanna dance with Coran. He must be like my grandpa at school dances when I was growing up. Many wanted to dance with him, too, classmates, teachers, and chaperones alike. But Grandpa is way better than Coran.  Um, moving on. Let’s see, Pussy Cat in the green lion and making Pidge crash. Ah! The general. “It’s not them, General. I’m afraid it’s you.” Yeah, you tell him, Coran. It’s the general’s fault the team isn’t doing so hot and they shouldn’t have listened to his orders to begin with. I know I wouldn’t have. But I have this bad habit of doing the exact opposite of what someone orders me to do. 

Episode 55 leads us over to a giant stompy robeast. Being turned into a kitty. Okay, it’s official. That would be my weakness and how someone would be able to trick me. I’m a sucker for cute kitties. Spoiler, all kitties are cute! I’m highly amused by the mice tricking Pidge just to get his apple. And then shock the poor boy. I feel sorry for him, but I’m highly amused. And they lead him to more trouble and to see a princess changing her clothes. Whoops! Aww! Pidge adopts the kitty! BUT! Noooo! It’s Haggar’s trick... Please. I just want Pidge to have a kitty he adores and who is good.... Okay, Pidge dressed as a chef is freaking adorable! And Lunch is a CATastrophe.  OH! Five mice! I only remember four from season one! There are five! I was hoping the Robeast would defy Haggar, wanting to be with Pidge. But. The mice were nice in the end, making a cake just for Pidge. And of course Pidge is precious and sweet, happy to share. 

Oh. I didn’t have notes for 56. I guess I got distracted with drawing. Oops! But I do at least remember part of the castle or whatever flooding and me commenting about home insurance with flood coverage. Okay, moving on.

Episode 57.  Zarkon: “You made me look like a fool!” Haggar: “That’s not hard.” Oh, I love the insults and burns. These guys are gonna need to invest in some aloe for those emotional burns.  Ah, and a mysterious guy lurking, watching the slaves. I had hope he’d be a good guy.  And I’m not disappointed. And! He’s a she! Hello lady! “You’re a very courageous woman.”  And pretty, too.” Oh Pidge. But I guess that’s to be expected of a severely honest kid with no brain to mouth filter.  “Things are going to get ugly.” “They always do when you show up.” The burns! I love them!

Episode 58 has given us the mean potion. So that really is a thing. What the quiznak?  But making a fish man. Dude, the monster fuckers probably had a field day with that one. “I never throw anything away if it can be useful.” Haggar, you sound a bit like a hoarder. And maybe me. Yeah... I suck at throwing things away, too.  Robot: “I hate pollen.” Me, too, buddy. Me too.  Okay, I’m liking this planet a bit. Strong pollen, sticky grass, it’s interesting. Of course, VLD Pidge would despise it. I wonder if I can find a way to reference this one in my VV/VLD au.  And Fishy man is awake and escaping! With the help of a jungle lady! Awesome! And the Garrison crew! I like that this season was made and able to show Garrison with Lion force instead of spliced from the two original source materials. Now they exist together. Awesome! And... fish man is jungle lady’s father? I did not see that coming.  And the music healing him. Music is always a grand thing!

Let’s move on over to episode 59. And Pidge being short. “Don’t tease him, Lance, he’s just a convenient take home size.” Yes. Wen many of us probably do want to take Pidge home. He’s adorable and huggable. He’s travel size for their convenience.  You know, I kinda like Commander Cossack. Not in a “I’m rooting for you” or “I hope you get a redemption and change” kind of way. But he’s amusing.  “Why does everyone pick on me?” Poor Cossack.

And we finish the night with episode 60!  And Cossack getting yelled at. I do feel a bit sorry for him. It’s amusing seeing Bandor signal Sven. And Sven overreacting, thinking Romelle’s in danger. You’re adorkable, Sven.  Ah! Prisoner is self conscious, not wanting to show his... wait... oh. You’re a bad guy. That was just a ruse. Clever.  Pussy Cat falling gave me Mufasa falling vibes. Minus the “long live the king” and a stampede, but still. The fall.  “Go ahead, make my day!” Bandor with a gun. I thought that line was just a meme! It’s real! Bandor! You’re bordering the same chaos energy Pidge is. I swear... And the masked guy was a robeast. I DEFINITELY did not see that coming. At least Pidge caught Bandor and Romelle when they were caught and all ended well.

Ah, this was a good start to season three of DotU. Don’t get me wrong, I liked the vehicle team, but I missed the lion team, too. Especially Pidge. I still love the chaos, explosive loving, snack munching, green boy of the team. 

Anyway! That’s it for the night! Until next time!

[anonknows]

Cursed things I've said while playing Persona 5 Royal:

"I only have one SP restoration item so I hate to say it but somebody is going to have to drink the placenta water..."

"Yo AU where the nose on Akechi's mask is incredibly phallic looking but he acts like everything's normal so everyone tries to ignore it... But like... Akechi actually knows exactly what's up."

*In Morgana's voice* "Tell me what to do oh wise and powerful swan boat..."

*Trying to voice a Makoto line* "We need to be careful around Acoochie-kun- WAIT NO I MEANT AKECHI!" *Wheezing hysterically*

"Why are there chests here of all places?" *accidentally gestures towards Ann*

"I refuse to let anyone have the Ryuji dog, it's mine, you can't have it."

"If Haru and Morgana ran a vegetable stand they could call it Morganic..."

"Hi Sojiro, brb gotta go bathe with Yusuke!"

"HUSBANDO NUMBER 2! NOOOO!"

"Should I visit I-why or Togo-stick?"

*Sees Ohya* "OH YAAAAAA!"

"AkechiAkechiAkechiAkechiAkechi- Oh... Right he's not available today... MishimaMishimaMishimaMishima!"

"AAAAAAAA I MISSED AKECHI SATURDAYS!"

"Hey Sojiro, I'll be watching Real Housewives of Tokyo with my cat if you need me!"

*Walking with Kasumi* "Wonder if this is a bad time to tell her I'm gay?"

"I like to think Ann and Ryuji stole Joker's phone to go through his contacts, only for Ann to get offended when seeing "Hot blonde" only then to realize there's another contact called "Pink Panther" so then they call "Hot blonde" out of curiosity and panic when Ryuji's phone starts ringing..."

"I keep forgetting Maruki's name so I think I'll just call him Dr. Sexy from now on."

"Bye Sojiro can't talk right now I have to go get bullied by two toddlers thanks!"

"Is it even legal to bring children into a maid café?"

"Here Haru, you can have the death axe, it matches your eyes."