#want to make more deep sea fish based sea people

[ocean-waters]

Little personal thing, but I finally got to draw again and decided to actually try to develop a concept I've had in my head for a little bit.

I finally made an actual oc! A siren with attributes based on the stoplight loosejaw fish

[theminecraftbee]

"So, and I can't believe I have to be the guy to point this out," Doc starts hesitantly.

"Terrible start! Go on," Cleo says.

"But you seem to be one of the only sane people left right now," Doc continues.

"Even more terrible, although I appreciate your delusion," Cleo says.

"And I have to--you know, if you're going to make fun of me for bringing you a problem maybe I just won't. I can solve it myself. I basically solved the moon thing myself," Doc says. "I am trying to be responsible before this turns into a whole thing."

"Doc, you came to me. Did you want anything that wasn't me making fun of you? Because you know, if so, I really feel bad for you. I already feel bad enough for you that you think you actually managed to do anything at all about the moon thing."

Doc throws his hands up. "I am trying to warn you the ocean is evil! It's important! This is important!"

"The deep sea being evil isn't new," Cleo starts, "I was building Atlantis last season--"

"It sent, sent, salmon people to kill me!"

Cleo stops. They look Doc in the eyes. They search for any signs of deception at all. It's a little hard to tell, on account of Doc only having one eye even capable of expressiveness, and his face being the opposite of human, but...

"What?" Cleo says dumbly.

"It was like, like, Beef and Skizz, they were crazy! They were talking about a giant fish and how I shouldn't defy it. And I was like, what is a Big Salmon? I don't know, man, but they're ocean mobsters. And then I started looking. It's not just them. It's not just them Cleo, it's everyone. The ocean, man, it's evil, it's getting everyone. I've, I've made a list. Grian. Have you looked at Grian lately?"

"I think if we were worried about every time Grian got possessed then we wouldn't have any free time," Cleo says hesitantly.

"Right, right, but it was supposed to be Demise. The killing each other, all of the killing each other. I thought, oh, that'll get it out of their systems. But it's not just him Cleo! It's--have you seen Gem? She's all, oh, I will build a boat. Oh, I'll provoke the creatures of the deep. And then. Do you know what I saw all of Team ZITS doing? Fishing!"

"Doc," Cleo says, increasingly concerned for him. He looks... disheveled.

"And not just fishing, oh no. They were standing in the water fishing! And Pearl! Have I mentioned that Pearl is dressing up as a salmon? I mentioned that, yes? The salmon Pearl?"

"You hadn't, unless that was the big fish thing," Cleo says.

"No, that was something different, I think Pearl is maybe a different salmon."

"Sure, okay, more than one salmon, that makes sense," Cleo says dryly.

"And everyone, they are fishing each other around the ocean, yes? Etho is in the ocean! XB is in the ocean! I think I saw Joe crawl out of the ocean earlier, he was all wet and haunted! Surely that is a sign the ocean is evil."

"No, he's just like that," Cleo says. "Also, I did the fishing rod thing too. I think it's just... normal fun."

"They're getting you too. My assessment that you're the sane one. I've said too much."

"I think you need sleep," Cleo says. "Doc, there isn't an ocean-based conspiracy. It's the start of the season. You know we're just like this."

"That's the thing, I can't sleep," Doc says. "I can't. I sleep and I see it. I see it, lurking beneath the waves. It's calling for me Cleo. It's calling. And when it calls, it seems so--kind. But then. But then! I wake up, and I remember the shape of it, and..."

Doc shudders and stops talking. Cleo looks at him a moment longer and then, like comforting a nervous animal, takes his shoulder.

"You should take a nap. It's the start of the season. You're over-stressing yourself. Too much too fast?" they say, as soothingly as possible.

"It's coming for us," Doc says. "It's coming. I don't want to ignore it this time, yes? What's coming for us. We should--we should--"

"Even if it is, Doc, I don't think we can fight the ocean. Come on. Maybe sleeping in my base will help reset your brain."

Doc shudders, but lets Cleo guide him inside. They watch until at last he falls asleep fitfully before shaking their head and sighing.

"A giant fish that was trying to kill him. Honestly. I don't know where he gets these things from. Always a conspiracy with him..."

They decide to go to Ren. Ren knows how to humor Doc. Surely they can get in their ridiculous games again, and Doc will forget all about this. Doc would enjoy the Ministry of Ministries. Maybe he can be an anarchist or something. That would be good for him.

Doc cries out in his sleep. Cleo turns to him.

Then again, they have this strange sinking feeling in their stomach. Doc's... awfully worked up.

But it's Doc.

Surely it's nothing.

[that-weird-thing-in-the-woods]

:) Heyyy you gremlins of the Forest, seas and alleyways! I have sustenance for you

🌊💧🐚 Siren Everlasting trio + Dan and Ellie 🐚💧🌊

So now on to the plot! Danny with Sam and Tucker [+ fetus Dan and Ellie] have to leave their world and before they can get out the GIW got Danny by being turned over by his parents and in clear Dc X Dp fashion we traumatize the fuck out of this boy and after the traumatizing Sam and Tucker break into the GIW base and ‘Take care of’ ( Kinda Yandere Sam and Tucker let’s go! ) and they take him ( he already has Ellie and dans core in him so….three for one deal ) and they head to clockworks place and explains the problem and what do they do now???

And for clockworks side of this he knows they can’t stay in the ghost zone because even if Sam and Tucker are extremely practically ghost at this point and will most definitely be ghost when they die ( but that in the FAR future because ✨ecto-contamination✨ ) but they are still considered human enough to the point they can’t stay in the ghost zone so they can’t stay with here but there is a deserted mostly water planet where the inhabitants ( this is where the presume aliens come in) are like the sea animals that live there but more alien and stuff and due to the ecto their body can adapt to the environment and with his powers he can make it almost instantly so that would work { sorry if this is a bit of word vomit I don’t know what do word it }

And Sam and Tucker are chill with plan because they get everything they want with this

They get

To stay with the love of their lives (and afterlives)

get to have their children (yes they have already claimed Ellie and Dan as their children and NO ONE can stop them) safe and cared for

Have their Love heal and be safe

And with the added bonus with beatass new siren like forms that they can use to protect their love

So their good with this plan and Danny just wants him and his family ( Sam and Tucker his Lovers and Ellie and Dan his children) to be safe and happy so he’s also chill with this and they tell clockwork as much he opens a portal to said planet and as soon as Sam, Tucker and Danny step into the water they turn into their more siren/mermaid like form

Danny’s form is a lot more white beta fish

Tucker’s is more shark like 

Sam’s form looks more like a eels

They all are pretty big compared to humans or well normal humans, Now onto their home/cave it is in the more deep part of waters and Danny spends a lot of time in the cave due to being pregnant with Ellie and Dan + Sam and Tucker protectiveness, well Sam and Tucker are hanging around him or are getting food….and that’s all I can I think of for now but probably going to add more after post

Now onto the DC part of this so someone or something alerts the JL about a planet that is not supposed to have sentient life so a team ( Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, aqua man) go to check it out and they end up in a submarine and are trying to find where that sentient life is so this can go two ways for how The everlasting trio and the JL meet

The FIRST way that the team is in the submarine and get a little bit to close to the cave for Sam’s and tuckers likings ( which is no where near Danny and the baby’s did I mention that in these forms that their instincts kick into overdrive and add that with pregnant Lover not a good combo ) and so Sam and Tucker take the only option in is situation which is slap it around enough so what’s in side of it to drown *Cue Instincts yelling for them to take the body’s and feed them to pregnant mate* and for the JL point of view in this their just waving their way through the water trying to find what is making the sensor go off and all the sudden their being beating around the water by the looks of it two giant alien mer-people that are clearly pissed off about something and this goes on for a few minutes and the submarine is about to start taking on water if the mer-Aliens don’t stop hitting the sub!!! And while this was happening Danny is taking a nap ( which Sam and Tucker were to before the JL showed up ) and Danny wakes up because he hears….yelling??? So still a bit tired he gets out from the cave to find where they are and he finds them beating a sub around like their playing catch so of course he interrupts and now back to the JL view point they see a third mer-alien and it seems to be upset about something and almost immediately the other two stop hitting the sub to go comfort the third one….that is showing and they all have this collective thought “So that why they were so upset! We got to close to the baby’s!” And that’s about it for the first way this could go

The SECOND way is that Danny just swimming outside the cave ( Sam and Tucker are doing…something ) and he comes across this sub and of course he’s curious about it so he goes to check it out and for the JL this showing mer-alien just comes up to the sub and starts to swim around it and seems curious about it while letting out chips and hums ( in these forms talking sounds like chips/hums/growl ) and when they try to make contact they seem to understand what their trying to convey until their mates show up and their very upset…

And now time for the details of design for Danny I’m thinking this

But instead of legs because you know… mer person ( and the jewelry is given to him by Sam and Tucker instincts go brrr)

And this is is the kinda fish I’m thinking Danny’s form takes after

For Sam I’m thinking but just get rid of the bag and lantern and cling the dress around her hips and make it shorter and that really what I’m thinking

For the top {I really can’t find anything for tucker and Sam that I’m thinking for this so..} and this is the pic for the tail but of course make it purple and black…yes I know there are pics of purple and black eels this one is the search that looks like it’s not going to steal my soul 

And for tucker….I really can’t find what I’m thinking about so you just get words this time so his just shirtless that’s it maybe he has a few arm bands and some fabric around his waist but that really it for his thought process

Oh and here’s the pic that I’m thinking his mer half takes after

And that’s about it for my thoughts hope you gremlins like it byeeee

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Hello! It's me again. I'm probably pestering you, lol. I think a lotta people give flack for the Octavinelle trio being ruthless and "behaving like a Mafia." But I think considering where they live it makes sense? They live in the ocean. And the ocean is a kill or be killed environment, where you have to the strongest and toughest. If not? You at least have to be quick witted and unable to be seen, otherwise you'll be dead. If the trio become too soft they'll be fish meat.

I think the fandom is pretty divided when it comes to perceptions of what the Coral Sea is like. On one hand, you have the people who think of it as like living in Atlantica, which is basically just like living in a peaceful and pretty city (but underwater). Then you have the people who think the environment would be so different it would shape its inhabitants to behave differently as well. The second one tends to be a darker or grittier interpretation which aknowledges dangers such as other undersea creatures and treacherous living conditions.

Personally, I lean on and enjoy the latter, since TWST rarely ever designs purely for the aesthetic of it; one example of this is how the twins are confirmed to be bioluminescent in the Magical Archives. This is a decision that was not made “because it would look cool”, but because many deep sea creatures rely on this trait to intimidate potential predators. It would make more sense for the cold waters of the Coral Sea to change its people rather than merfolks’ cities simply being civilizations moved several leagues under, especially seeing TWST time and time again really consider the geography and history of each new location and how those inform the cultures that form there.

However, I want to state that the Coral Sea would be very different depending on which area you’re in, just like how there are nice parts and bad parts of a city. It’s not ALL nice or ALL bad. For example, the Atlantica Museum in book 3 appears to be in a more photic zone, so there’s more sunlight and it appears pleasant to be in. Even the merpeople there seem to be different than the Octatrio; they less so resemble specific sea creatures and are much more akin to being human-like. We have yet to really see how the benthic zones are—but we do know they must be harsher, since Floyd has mentioned exploring shipwrecks and various dangers there (like sharks).

I also want to point out that there are subtle signs in dialogue which could imply merpeople prefer traits that promote survivability and adaptability in the ocean. Azul’s bullies are noted to taunt him for his weight, but also for his bulky tentacles and inky tears. Now why those traits specifically??? Because these impede his ability to swim swiftly (making it harder to escape danger) and easily give away his location (if he’s in hiding or camoflauging).

I’ve seen others suggest that maybe these comments are because of racism against octopus merpeople, who are a rare kind of merfolk. This is entirely possible, yes! But thinking about it like that… Isn’t it also possible that there aren’t a lot of octopus merpeople at the moment because it’s more difficult for them to escape or to hide from predators? Which then informs and perpetuates preexisting prejudices. In this context (plus the bullying), it makes sense why Azul may have “hardened” as a defense and survival mechanism. The same goes for the twins, who were explicitly taught how to defend themselves (although this also goes into the Leech mob family theory, which is a whole separate matter) and have often made references to fighting others in the Coral Sea. Their upbringings also play a part in their personalities, but so does the environment they grew up in. Like Azul and the twins, you’d have to harden mentally or physically to some degree to ensure your survival through tough circumstances.

It’s hard to say for sure though! A lot of this is speculation based on current but infrequent lore, and the Octatrio themselves are a very small portion of all merfolk. They may not be representative of the behaviors of all other merpeople, and we should keep this in mind when referring to them as our exemplars. That’s why I’ve been hoping for a Coral Sea hometown event so we have a more concrete idea of what life under the sea is like 😭

[prostocupoftea]

Kinitopet Programmers AU

finally i am finished with this one, daaaamn

it is hard to draw pathetic men with midlife crisis when your style is mostly for anime boys

more info and sketch version under the cut!!

sketch version aka how it'll probably look like in comic version 'n some doodles

srry for my writing but i was too laisy to put it as regular text

It is a plot-based au, i already have most of the storybits and like... a vibe-chart (i tried to make a playlist for this au and understood that for different chapters and different characters that'd be a copleatly different music, sooo it's a chart now :) )

i will post a fog-o-wared timeline that im hopefully gonna reveal comic-by comic, but also maybe with just pure writing. Hopefully i can include songs that i chose for them into it but we'll see (:

aaand of course designs can change, hopefully not much but we'll see

Now about au:

Main story:

Story follows non-sentient AI Kinito, his creator Sonny and his beta-tester Victoria (oc)

Being literally the first AI (or RRA in-univere) ever, Kinito does not have any, and i mean, any ai safety features so of course his reponce to a goal phrased as "have user near me and/or interacting with me as much as possible" is digitizing them into his own virtual world while killing them in the process. why wouldn't it be?

So that happened. Like, a lot. And with Sonny and Vic too (at the different time but yeah)

Sonny is like "He kills people. We should turn him off because, you know, killing people is bad."

Vic is like "well, we will die if we do that, and it is not that bad here, we are kinda immortal. We should give him acces to changing his initial instalation code before admin priveleges and acces to social media so we can have everythin we want here. It is not that bad to digitize humanity, yk?" and yes i know it is 90, no social media, but shut up, if they made ai then, then i can make twitter then too

Sonny is like "...no??"

And then they fight about it for million chapters

Also they both can't do anything without agreeing bc they have two parts of that admin access key (the data you use to delete kinito in-game) so they are stuck with eachother (also that's why Kinito can't just kill them)

Little facts that may or may not to be important:

Kinito asks so many questions (and weird once too) and has most of the glitches because he needs to analise your responces to copy your mind perfectly (let's pretend that people wouldn't lie about that...)

Your house in your virtual world is made from important places from your memories and oh boy can i do character explorations with this one

I decided that Sonny and Vic are not related. There were thoughts about making then "The Kinito Brothers" (or, at least, siblings) that were mentioned in commercial, but nah, they are just coworkers now. And a bit of work-friends (bc if you interact a lot as a manager of the project and the best worker might as well be friendly)

Author has no idea how small dying toy companies that accidentally create technological marvel work. Author has some idea how AI-s work. So be prepared to be spoon-fed info abut which ai safety problem we are dealing with in which chapter (:

Kinito will mostly be unrendered (as drawn here) but for some cool moments i might pose him as for my other posts. Also his eye placement changes to the side that is most visible because i want him to be able to look to the right side sometimes--

Also when i say "fucked up mentally" i mean they have that them psychological problems with me projecting heavilly B) (guess on who i project most. trick question. all of them. the whole au is my problems split into three characters and forced to interact B) )

Also sea-creature analogies (that are gonna be mentioned like twice):

Victoria is a flying fish because deep character reasons

Sonny is a pufferfish because i said so

oh also there is 7 deaths in the plot as for now

on 3 characters

good luck figuring out who, how and when ((:

for my own sanity i will probably make little doodles where everything is great and kinito is a good guy and not a number-obsessed maniac (i mean... can u imagine not being able to feel any happiness from anything besides one thing... damn...) and you can differenciate them bc good-guy kinito will have a lot of stickers on him (i will explain it somehow but real reason is just bc it is cute af)

like this but even more stickers (he is unfinished here)

[mellowyellow236]

Seven chairs

It is finished! A TWST poetry/children’s story based on The Mysteries of Harris Burdick! :) 

(Note: I call Lilia a “gnome” at one point in this story. Where I’m from, that’s just a friendly nickname for a short, older person who’s good at gardening.) 

~

Click-clack-clack! Click-clack-clack! Up-down, up-down, up-down! 

Click-clack-clack! Click-clack-clack! Around, around, around! 

The first, the first, was quiet and sleek!�� 

The first, the first, was tired but not meek.  

Number two, number two, adventurous and fun! 

Number two, number two, lived like a race to be won! 

The third, the three, you see, you see; 

The third, the three, the sea, the sea. 

Number four, number four, strict and mature; 

Number four, number four, never unsure. 

Number five, number five! Alive, alive! 

Number five, number five! They cry, they cry! 

The sixth, the sixth! So angry, so mad. 

The sixth, the sixth! So angry, too sad. 

Oh seven, oh seven, pretty as heaven; 

Oh seven, oh seven, leaves a large impression! 

They took a trip? They took a trip! The feathered man sent them on a trip!

Farther and farther, they took a trip! Around and around, the world with a quick hop-skip! 

Forever, he said, and leave him alone! Forever, forever, away, you’ll be thrown! 

But seven, and seven, and seven galore! Seven people and houses and chairs and much more! 

The first went away. Away, away! To Britain or England, she went away. 

There, you see, she met a three. The clover’s three was there you see. 

She met a boy, a boy, a boy, she met the clover’s three and three boys. 

She met the queen, a very strict queen. They met the queen out in the green. 

They ended up with tarts and cake, happy with someone who knew how to bake. 

They let them eat and feast and giggle and roam; The Queen had agreed to play along. 

A recipe and a little treat, some influence to work or eat, that’s what makes the first one complete. 

The second went to palaces, so grand! The second went to a foreign land! 

Of parties in plazas and gold on their wrists; Of lands where you can give the sky a kiss. 

There, they ate and met a snake. The snake was a man who came in late. 

He helped to cook the feast of roast beast, more than enough of a treat! 

And, oh, the prince! The prince, the prince! The prince was like a sultan, eating a quince. 

They talked and talked and stayed for a while, the prince always offered a smile. 

The snake and the prince gave them treats, of fruits and crackers for them to feast. 

With fun and friends and a night so alive, the second one couldn’t help but love the jive.

The third ended up in a boat on the sea! The sea, the sea, the deep blue sea. 

And on that boat, there was a man, an octopus who talked like a man! 

They swim, they swim, with fish and eels. They swim, they swim, look at the appeal! 

Into the water, they wanted to roam, for in the water, it was their home. 

An eel, and eel, there were twin eels! With eyes bright or cold, there were twin eels! 

Electric, electric, swimming in sea foam, for in the water, it was their home. 

Their home, you see, was big, so big, but with four on the boat it was trig. 

Number four had never left, they wanted to stay right there. 

A scolding, a scolding, that’s what the man got! A scolding for sending them away to rot,

In pictures and palaces and out in the sea, without anyone there to help them to leave. 

Only a silly man, you see, you see, would do that, she did decree. 

And so he asked to be left alone, and in return, he’ll call them home. Very well, then, but first, 

Now that she has the authority, she’ll make you change your priorities. 

And so she talked and spoke and chatted and he wished he had a cup of acid. 

The fifth one ended up in France. Oh la la, oui, oui, oui, madame! 

Roi de beauté and Le Chasseur she met, and to them, in the air she crept, crept, crept. 

As they spoke in those grand halls, they talked and discussed dancing and prancing and balls. 

The friends spoke of beauty, standing fair, and talked of all outside, words coming like air. 

They spoke of love, and what they decided upon was decidedly bland. 

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but none are fairer than, a beauty who’s eye can shoulder, 

A kindness kept within. And, of course, the fifth one heard this and grinned. 

Number six came to a man in Greece, a city like in ​​the Peloponnese. 

A man with fiery hair lived in the big building, taking inventions and gilding, gilding, gilding. 

Tilting and wilting alone on a desk, working on tiny statuary, romanesque and picaresque. 

The sixth one asked to see it, clear; The man pulled away and tried to disappear. 

The sixth one pulled and prodded; The man ran away and dropped it. 

A small design made to look like a little person, in her hand dressed like a fan of Purson. 

She chased and chased and soon did she find, if she waited for him to come to her, he acted in kind. 

Number seven, number seven, where did you go? Away, away, to the palace, we know! 

The little lion man in the house, and his nephew there, on the couch he bounced! 

The boy told you his name and age, he wrote down it all on a fresh page. 

They played and played and when they were through, the boy had asked for her to read Pooh. 

Soon they laid down, lion man on the bed. Two talked and talked, listening to what the child said. 

The lion man groaned and rolled to the side. He said he wanted a nap and the other two smiled. 

And so then there were three in the bed, lying next to each other, resting in sheets of red. 

The seventh house was all alone. Alone? Alone! Yes, he was alone. 

But what about the little gnome? The gnome, the gnome made him not alone. 

But the gnome was soon to break, to break, to wobble and shake! 

The gnome would go, would go, would go, then where would the boy call home? 

But what about the tick-tock croc? The tick-tock croc and the boy with the fox! 

The tick-tock croc and the boy with the fox were soon to cry, to go and die! 

But what about the numbers, seven? The numbers from one to eleven? 

The three of clovers, and the queen, and the boy, the boy, the boy? 

The little lion man, the snake, the prince, and the toys of a man not quite singed? 

The king, the hunter, and the poison apple? The twin eels and the octopus, looking dapple? 

Or maybe the other seven, the seven in the chairs? The seven whose homes needed repairs. 

Ah yes, the seven, how could I forget? Those seven make sure he has no regrets, 

For friendship or love or maybe blurred lines, it’s with them he can live in joy for all time. 

Seven chairs, and houses, and ladies, and men. I can promise you this; They all are great friends. 

~  

Yuu List! 

Yu - @st4rz666 - Heartslabyul 

“Mary” - My OC - Savanaclaw 

Yuki - irl friend - Octavinelle 

Yumi - @gimmeurmoneyagh - Scarabia 

“Charlotte” - My OC - Pomefiore 

Yuu - @twstfanblog - Ignihyde 

Yuri - My OC - NRC Staff/Crowley 

(Fun fact: Mary and Charlotte are my old Black Butler OCs from middle school. It was very fun to write for them again, although I did get distracted and ended up rewatching a bunch of the anime while writing this)

This ended up slowly getting more and more away from the actual drawing and caption that started all of this nonsense as I wrote, and I think I ended up making it more childish than the original book. For anyone wondering why Pomfiore is just Rook and Vil talking while Charlotte is oddly staring at them in a chair... I was trying to make the original scene. I wanted to include it somewhere, and they had the French, so I sacrificed their section to make it happen. 

[useless-catalanfacts]

Gorgonias in the Mediterranean coast of Cap de Creus Natural Park (Comarques Gironines, Catalonia).

“The disappearance of gorgonias can cause a chain reaction that will affect the entire Mediterranean ecosystem” - Janire Salazar, Marine biologist from ICM - CSIC.

Gorgonias are organisms that make up entire underwater forests: areas in which many other species go to shelter, breed and grow. Mediterranean gorgonias currently suffer the daily impact of traditional fishing methods like gillnets. And like in any other forest, if the elements that make it up are not protected, the wildlife that it harbours will disappear. The ResCap project, which is carried out by ICM – CSIC, Fundación Biodiversidad and the fishermen’s associations of Port de la Selva and Cadaqués, aims to protect and recover all deep-sea gorgonias found in the Cap de Creus Natural Park.

Gorgonias are marine organisms which, despite the way they look, are not plants or algae, but animals. They are stationary, live in depths of more than a hundred meters, show very slow growth and take many years to recover. They are vulnerable, but great biodiversity depends on their growth. “Gorgonias are a structural species to the Mediterranean ecosystem, as they favour the growth and survival of multiple species,” says Marina Biel, one of the biologists from CSIC involved in the project.

Biologists, fishermen and agents from the Cap de Creus Natural Park work together to rescue all those gorgonias that have been accidentally trapped in fishing nets. Once recovered, the gorgonias are taken to the lab’s experimental aquariums to be studied and treated before they are freed again. When they are ready to go back to the marine environment, they are affixed to a base made of stone so that its weight will create the so-called “badminton effect” when they are released back into the sea. “The badminton effect ensures that the gorgonia will land on its feet on the seafloor and will therefore be able to feed itself and survive with no problems,” Marina Biel says.

The Pleamar projects bring to the forefront how important it is for biologists and fishermen to work together on the restoration of sea floors and the preservation of an essential species for the Mediterranean ecosystem: gorgonias. “Both parties work towards the same goal: to protect the sea floor and its biodiversity,“ ICM - CSIC biologists Janire Salazar and Marina Biel point out. Salvador Manera, a fisherman from the fishermen’s association of Port de la Selva and driving force of other sustainable projects linked to the Mediterranean, highlights how valuable these synergies will be into the future: “They help to raise awareness and to make us understand that we need to fish in a sustainable way if we want to carry on doing our job.” 

Over the first year of the project (2018), more than 400 gorgonias were released back into the sea, with a survival rate above 90%. All parties involved hope to match or improve these results in 2019, as they also help to raise awareness about these kinds of initiatives. “There is an increasing number of people who are interested in marine conservation projects,” Janire and Marina say, as they insist on the meaning behind these actions: “The actions you take today will be rewarded tomorrow. It’s about giving something in return for the great things that the sea gives us each day.”

Shared from: Pleamar Projects: RESCAP & MITICAP. Institut de Ciències del Mar through Estrella Damm.

[buggaboizz]

Kwazii Ref Sheet +Character Details and Backstory!

Character Details!

Headshot:

He has a gold tooth, lol

Also, though he does wear an eye patch and has a scar there, he does in fact still have that eye. He wears it cause Calico Jack wore one.

Earrings:

I once read in someone else's headcannon that pirates would have a gold earring that said their home (like, in case they died away or smth) and I thought that was SO cool, so his say "Octopod" (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)

Fish Biscuit

I just needed something to fill the space, he does love fish biscuits tho

Bandana

It's a red bandana with gold stitching that once belonged to Calico Jack. It was given to Kwazii before Calico Jack left for the Amazon River. Ever since he has worn it on his tail as a piece of his long lost Grandfather.

Knife

It's the knife from his pirate days. It doesn't get much use nowdays, but he loves using it whenever he can.

Kwazii's Backstory

Kwazii's father left as soon as he was told she was pregnant. Luckily, Kwazii's mom wasn't alone in this as she had her dad, Calico Jack. Unfortunately, she didn't make it through child birth, so Calico Jack had to face this on his own.

Kwazii was raised mostly out on the sea, being a pirate and learning the ways of the water.

Kwazii was only 14 when Calico Jack set off for the Amazon River. He didn't want Kwazii coming as he knew it would be dangerous, but he promised he would come back to him. He left Kwazii with his bandanna, the only surviving piece of his grandfather.

Kwazii spent years searching for Calico Jack. Sailing across the seas, searching every dock and town, but he never found him. He did sometimes find Calico Jack's old crew, but they all said the same thing. They didn't know where he was or what happened to him, or even worse, that he was dead.

Kwazii was at a dock town when he got into a fight with some sailors. He was sitting in an alleyway, beaten and bruised, when someone walked up to him. Barnacles was in the Navy when his ship came to this place. He was just having a night on the town when he found Kwazii. Kwazii was just some beat up kid in an alley with no parents or family, so he took him in and fixed him up. Of course he couldn't stay long as he was in the Navy, but for that short moment in time, he was the family Kwazii needed.

Why did Kwazii Join The Octonauts?

Kwazii continued searching for Calico Jack, and continued getting the same results. Years past until at the age of 22 he found himself at a dock. He overheard some Seagulls talking about this group of people that went around the world's oceans and helped creatures in need. He learned more about these people, they were called The Octonauts.

He had decided that he had done enough searching, that he needed to make something of his life. He was wasting himself and his life just searching, so he decided to join. But, deep down inside, he still had hopes that maybe he'd find Calico Jack on his journeys with them.

When he had his interview, Captain Barnacles was out, so Dashi was doing it. They decided it would be good to have a pirate on the team. Who knows the sea better than a pirate? Plus, he was very passionate about it. So he was made a member of the team.

Later when Barnacles returned he went to meet their new recruit. They recognized each other as soon as they laid eyes on one another. It was a very happy reunion. Kwazii finally had the permanent family he needed.

Headcannons and Bits

-Kwazii plays the fiddle

-Him and Barnacles like to groom together

-Kwazii was named after his mother

-He LOVES getting pets and scratchies

-He sleeps in a hammock

-His fur coloring is based off a local stray cat named Pickles (they are very sweet)

-Kwazii uses A LOT of pirate slang

-Kwazii transitioned after Calico Jack had left, so he didn't know Kwazii was now a boy. But once he was back they did have a heart to heart talk about it (CJ loves and supports Kwazii no matter what) that was also the first time the team learned he was trans (only Peso knew, cause doctor things)

-You can point to ANY of his scars and he'll tell this crazy story of how he got it

-He LOVES snuggling

-He HATES licorice (but that's cannon)

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TWST OC Showcase: Tomoe Sakurada

Housewarden of Ramshackle; the Dorm based on the Lonely Ghosts' Spirit of Adaptability

(Vice Housewarden: Irina Barret)

Voice Claim: FUKUSHU BAND

Human Right-handed Japan - Ramshackle Dorm 159cm / 5'2 - #000000 / 0, 0, 0 January 1st - Capricorn - 19 y.o. 1st year - Freshman - Class A, no.9 No Club Best Subject: History of Magic Hobbies: History Pet peeves: Irresponsible People Favorite food: Unadon Least favorite food: Raw fish Talent: Storytelling Floyd-given name: Emperor Penguin Rook-given name: Mademoiselle Trickster Cater-given name: Tom-Tom

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Some quotes:

「しゃ…しゃ���る猫...！？」

She flushes with embarrassment. "Pardon me, I tend to get carried away when talking about history…"

She puts her face in her hands and sighs heavily, bordering on despairingly. "They are my friends, but…how could they be this stupid?!" — "Grim not having the foresight and being too cocky to anticipate this I could see coming. But the other two…!" She puts her face in her hands again and muffles a faint scream. "Sometimes it feels like I'm the only one in our quartet who does not occasionally just turn my brain off!" She slowly removes her hands and turns her face up to the ceiling, taking several long, deep breaths. "Now…let's try to find a way to fix this. Luckily, I know how men like that 高利貸し operate."

One day at Tokyo international airport, a newly hired businessman named Takahiro Sakurada, returning from his first work overseas, made eye-contact with a very pretty stewardess he remembered from his flight, Hanae…and then proceeded to miss the step-off of his escalator, while trying to steady himself somehow ending up doing some type of a flip before ending up on his back, legs up in the air against a wall, blowing his tie out of his eyes. Upon seeing this, Hanae began laughing uncontrollably nearby. Because of their jobs, they ended up meeting each other like that at airports quite often, and Takahiro eventually asked Hanae out on a date, and the rest is history. Eventually they married and had Tomoe, three years later followed by her younger sister Sachie and three years after that, younger brother Kouta. They ended up deciding on an arrangement where Takahiro would work as normal, just taking less international flights if possible, and Hanae would be a stay-at-home mother with the kids during the school months, and then take up her air stewardess job again during summer vacation, upon which the kids would stay with their paternal grandparents in a small, rural country-side farming village in the mountains. And when they were home with their parents like usual, they lived in a still quite small village right by the sea, and Tomoe, Sachie and Kouta would walk for 20 minutes to get to the train station, and then take a 30-minute train ride to the city where they went to school, then walk for 10 more minutes to reach the school from the train station.

Tomoe had always been a momma's girl, and looked up to her mother a lot. In Tomoe's opinion— and also in the opinion of her father— her mother was the most beautiful woman she'd ever seen. She was also incredibly kind, a hard worker, dependable, patient, accepting and an exceptionally loving mother. She's always wanted to be like her mother. Some of her favorite time with her mother was when they would cook together, . She also has many fond memories of times when Tomoe had forgotten to make lunch, only for her mother to hand her a bento as she was about to rush out the door, or kiss her hands if she got a paper-cut to 'kiss the boo-boo away'. She still did those things even after Tomoe had become an adult, saying she would always be her little girl. It usually made her a little bit bashful the older she got, but she liked it, still being spoiled a bit and treated like a kid by her mom even though she was supposed to be a responsible adult by that point. Her father had always been a little bit eccentric, a bit of a goofball with a love for stereotypical dad jokes, rhymes and wordplay that the whole family always said, but he never quite admitted, was very bad. He's a little bit clumsy, a little bit incomptetent, with a very big heart. As well as a bit of a scatterbrain who can get very worked up about small things, with a tendency to overdramatize, which paired well with her mother's more level head and calm, objective approach to life. Some of Tomoe's fondest memories of him are of him making up very strange reasons to try to scare them into doing things like brushing their teeth or always holding a parent's hand while crossing the road. Once he made up a story that if they're not pulled out, baby teeth eventually have baby teeth of their own, so if Tomoe and her siblings didn't get rid of them their mouths would be covered in tiny itty-bitty teeth. He was however very good at numbers, finance, and money in general, and to try to teach his kids to also be better about it he'd do things like make them sign contracts to go take out the trash in return for ice-cream, and sometimes he'd hide some strange things in the terms and conditions, and when they'd signed it he'd show them the thing he added and tell them that since he's their dad he'll be nice and let them off the hook, but to always be careful and think before signing something, especially if it appears too good to be true. And ALWAYS. READ. C O N T R A C T S.

Tomoe absolutely loves her family, and she and her siblings have always been really close. Her sister Sachie had always been the human firework of the family. She had endless energy and the attention span of a puppy, and their grandfather sometimes joked about not having a remote to turn down her volume. When she found something new she thought was exciting, she devoted her entire life, every single moment to it, lived and breathed it…fooor about a month. After which she found something new and started the process all over again. She had a lot of friends and loved talking to people. And in stark contrast, Kouta had always been the quiet one who preferred spending time to himself. He got tired by social interaction, was the first of the children to ask for his own room, had generally always liked being alone and was quite shy. He didn't speak a lot and had a face that stayed mostly stoic. though he spoke so little, the things he did say were always heard by the rest of the family, and they made sure to always include him, but also give him a choice of whether or not he wanted to join them, and let him know he could change his mind at any time. At family gatherings he usually preferred to sit in a corner listening to something or other on his headphones. He loved their grandmother most of all and usually always clung to her when he was little. He had always loved soccer, and could usually be found practicing by himself. He was part of a nearby soccer team, and whenever his team won a match he'd always blush and smile bashfully. For each child's birthday, they had a tradition of renting a hotel room in Tokyo for a day or two to go shopping, go to a theme park, watch movies or eat sweets and junk food. Since Tomoe's birthday coincides with the New Year— Shōgatsu— during her birthday trip she always chose to go to the biggest Shōgatsu celebration in Tokyo. She loved dressing up in a pretty kimono, eating hanami dango, candied apples and taiyaki, visiting a temple, and having fun with the people she loves. Watching the fireworks, it always felt like they were specifically for her, for her birthday. They'd arrive at around 23:30 on the last day of December, then celebrating the new year, watching the year's first sunrise together, then going to a temple to ring out the old year, then all eat pancakes for breakfast, still wearing their New Year's kimonos with fur lining.

If anyone in the family ever fought with each other, it was usually Tomoe and Sachie, what with how opposite their personalities are. Tomoe had always valued following the rules, being polite, neat and tidy, and being meticulous. And Sachie always just raced off at top speed towards anything she liked and spoke to everyone casually, not caring for rules much and being bad at cleaning up after herself. When it was just Tomoe, Sachie and Kouta, Tomoe was left in charge, and once while they were together at a summer Fireworks festival, Tomoe literally had to tie a ribbon between her and Sachie's wrists to make sure Sachie didn't run away. She got pretty upset about that and was mad at Tomoe almost the entire time, asking why Kouta didn't also have a ribbon on his wrist, and Tomoe replied 'because Kouta is well-behaved'. They fought sometimes, but they never formally made up, since they as siblings knew each other well enough to realize that fighting sometimes was just how things went between them. Well, they only formally made up if the argument they'd gotten in had been bad enough, at the behest of their parents or grandparents. And they always knew the other loved them.

She'd always loved hearing stories about things that happened long, long ago. As a child, she'd often beg her grandfather to tell her stories about when his father and mother both worked as doctors in World War II, and loved listening to her grandmother describe what things were like when she was little. She thought all the old people in her town were so cool because of all the things they knew and how much stuff they'd done over the years, and how much they'd seen which she hadn't. Which is why as soon as she started going to school and learning history, she absolutely fell in love with the entire subject. It boggled her tiny mind that there was so much she didn't know that people had done before she was even born. So many people's stories, all weaving together to form a tapestry of the world. Her history teacher, a half-Japanese, half Mexican man named Mr. Cabello— a large burly man with a full beard— was her favorite teacher, and the clear passion he had for his subject as well as his sense of humor always made her even more interested to keep learning more about history. He was her inspiration for wanting to be a history teacher in the first place.

She was part of a group of a total of four friends, with three other people besides her. When she was 6, on the first day she started school, two girls came up to her to introduce themselves, since they noticed she was alone at recess. Well, more like one of them charged over to her and the other trailed along behind the other one. The one who approached her first was very friendly and held out her hand to introduce herself as Tooru Yamato, and the other as Kaede Okazaki. Kaede and Tooru had known each other their entire lives, since they lived right next to each other, and their families had become friends before they were born. So they were practically raised together, and always went to the same school, ever since the first day of kindergarten. The three of them became friends, with Tooru acting somewhat as the leader, with her very open, unashamed and straightforward personality. But she could become a bit too fired up and eccentric at times, which is when Kaede would pull her away before she embarrassed herself too much. She also had very big plans, but wasn't always very responsible, which Tomoe told her wouldn't do if she really wanted to 'become an astronaut' like she'd always talked about. Kaede was the youngest, born on December 30th at the end of the year, technically 363 days after Tomoe, and was always very laid back and casual about everything, often bringing up funny ideas that she knew Tooru would think sounded awesome and wanna do right that instant, just because she thought seeing Tooru excited was nice. And also kinda funny due to the extreme lengths she'd sometimes go to in order to do those things, all of which Kaede had prevented from becoming even more extreme. And Tomoe was often the ones who scolded them when both of them got a bit too wrapped up in their fun. She was often the voice of reason, but, to her resigned acceptance, 'the baby of the group. All due to her being the shortest and having been really shy as a child when they'd first met, which she'd long since outgrown. But she didn't mind it too much. She just knew it meant they cared a lot about her. Then when they were 12, their school got a transfer student from Tokyo. So they met the final member of their group: Miki Uehara. They started hanging out when one day, Tooru charged over and in her usual loud tone of voice asked Miki an endless barrage of questions, introducing both herself as well as Kaede and Tomoe. Kaede had to rein her in again, and Tomoe apologized for her rudeness. After school that day, since Tomoe was going home with Kaede and Tooru to hang out, they asked if Miki wanted to come with, and Tomoe said they could show her around the city, since she'd only just arrived a day or two ago, and she accepted, acting like she didn't have anything to do anyway. But Tomoe noticed she seemed a bit excited. Miki was a bit of an ice queen with a prickly attitude who always seemed to be looking down on everyone else. She was the type who acted like most things were stupid, but did secretly care. She was very into fashion, following many really expensive fashion magazines religiously, and also loved taking glamour shots of herself, which Tooru and Kaede loved photobombing. Miki acted annoyed, but kept each and every single one. They all made a promise that when in the future they had families of their own— because Tomoe wanted to be a mother and might consider adopting a child on her own if she didn't marry anyone, and Tooru said she was going to adopt at least 5 pets— they would all remain close and let their children play together.

Years passed, and eventually, the time drew closer to the end of High School and her and her friends' graduation. They had all applied to schools they wanted to attend after graduation, and they would receive replies sometime during the break. Tomoe was looking forward to graduating, although it would also feel a bit sad. Their lives would all change forever, and they'd become adults. The end of school was a bittersweet feeling, but they were all looking forward to what the future would bring, and to keep sharing their lives with each other even though they went on separate tracks. Tooru said she was going to be an astronaut, with studying business marketing as a second choice and starting her own marketing company. Miki was going to try to get into a school focused on fashion design and marketing. Kaede was going to take a year off to think about what she wanted to do. And Tomoe— of course— was going to continue her studies of history and anthropology and get a teaching degree. And they all promised to stay in touch, to call and text every day and update each other on what was happening in their lives. And, like they always had, they'd go to summer firework festivals together.

Some miscellaneous info about her:

She's very responsible, and as an oldest sibling, used to being in charge of people less emotionally mature than her. This often makes it so that when she's around someone younger than her, or someone who ACTS younger, she has a tendency to slip into 'mom' mode.

She's VERY smart, though she doesn't often display it openly, as she leans quite heavily into the Japanese societal rules of politeness and humility. But she does have a lot of pride for the fact she always got the best grades in her entire school back at home. She was always at the top of the school rankings grade-wise, and was often asked for help tutoring. She's a very quick thinker in general, and has really good skills of observation and deduction, while not being too proud to have her mind changed and being flexible enough to change her approach quickly when presented with new information. She's also quite the strategist— Zhuge Liang of 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' fame is one of her biggest idols— and nowadays she's gotten used to no one really being able to beat her at Shogi.

But she's not always the best at working in groups. She's very aware of her own strengths, limits and capablities, and is very careful, being good at changing up her plan last-minute if it calls for it, and often knowing just what to do to make it so. But when something out of her control goes wrong in her plan- which it basically never does since she's so good at quickly changing course- she's not great at dealing with it. So she often prefers doing all the work on her own, even in group projects, because, while it might sound egotistical, she's aware she's often more competent than the people she's grouped with, and knows she could do it all herself. So therefore, needing to leave it to other people whose competency she doesn't always trust is difficult for her. She at least prefers to instruct them on how to do it.

She's always been a person with a love for humanity and for the earth, a positive person who can see the good in everything. And the people around her have always said that seeing her smile happily is a captivating sight. She's the kind of person who sometimes calls people she cares about out of the blue just because she started thinking of them and wanted to hear their voice and speak to them for a while, even if there's nothing she really wants to say. She loves the people in her life a lot.

In her free-time, she practices Kyūdō, or Japanese Archery. The art requires a lot of patience and discipline, and to her it's a sort of meditation, as well.

She also follows the rules of politeness, manners and hospitality as much as she can, being very polite to others. When it comes to other people's manners, if anyone around her gets into trouble for being rude, she will be of the opinion that their rudeness definitely lead to it, and insist they apologize. And if someone she feels some level of authority or responsibility over— like Grim, for example— she will definitely tell them off for being rude right away. But otherwise she mostly lets people behave however they like, so long as it doesn't pose a problem to anyone else.

At NRC:

For her and Irina, I'll be doing breakdowns of what they did during and in-between the books. Includes spoilers for: Books 1-7

On a night like any other, just one week before her High School graduation, she went to sleep like normal, prepared to wake up and go to school the next day like she always had. Her head was swirling with hopes for the future, and of looking forward to seeing her friends again like usual. And the next day after school, she would pick up her siblings from school, and then go home to celebrate Kouta's 12th birthday, Tomoe having a gift for him in her closet that she was excited to give him.

But when she woke up, she wasn't in her futon. She was laying on top of something that was hard, but a little bit too soft to really be called hard. It was like a carpeted floor, or a very thin chair-cushion. When she came to consciousness, her body felt stiff and her back hurt. All she could see in front of her was darkness. She tried to open her eyes, but saw the same thing, so closed them again. In the distance she thought she could hear the muffled sound of someone talking...

But for a while, none of it really seemed real; she was too tired to realize how different it was from when she'd fallen asleep the night before, and her mind was still fuzzy enough that she thought it was a dream. But a light source was suddenly introduced into her small, dark world. The lid had been removed from the box she was laying in. Now when she blinked open her eyes, her sight was filled with the bright glow of blue flames, and the knowledge that the somewhat hard, somewhat soft surface she'd been laying on was the interior of a coffin, its walls laced with a plush velvet.

And then cue the whole Grim business. But, when she went with the Headmage into the hall of mirrors, there was already a commotion, due to the fact that people were talking about a 'magicless student'. There was a very nervous-looking girl with long pink hair standing in front of the mirror, looking like a cornered animal, having literally frozen up in fear.

When Tomoe also eventually went up to the mirror, and it declared her, too, as magicless, the room broke out into further uproar, and Crowley had to make the Housewardens hurry to get their students to their respective dorms.

Tomoe and the girl, whose name was revealed to be 'Irina', spoke with each other and to the Headmage about their homelands, it was discovered the two of them knew of each other's homes, meaning they had to at least be from the same world, ruling out the possibility of either one of them lying about it, since it was obvious they'd never met each other before.

As for all the Books, she generally does what canon Yuu does, but I'll state anything that deviates or is of particular interest.

Book 1

When Ace came to Ramshackle and she found out why he'd been collared, the first thing she did was tell him that it's very rude to just eat something from a communal fridge without asking first. But in the end, she at least agreed to help him make a new tart and come with him to apologize.

Book 2

As soon as they encountered Ruggie, she immediately knew he'd done something, like magic of some kind, knowing food was the one thing Grim would never concede, and so was immediately suspicious of him. While she didn't decide to link Ruggie to the case they were investigating immediately, she certainly pinned him as a possible suspect right away.

Book 3

For a few weeks, Grim ended up becoming quite sick. He'd eaten something long past the expiry date, then a bad cold took advantage of his weakened state. He was forced to mostly stay in bed, meaning it was up to Tomoe to do all the school work for once. She was absolutely ecstatic.

Her and Grim's grades suddenly shot up dramatically, going from the lower brackets to the top 50, landing comfortably at place #5. Tomoe was extremely happy, feeling a sense of peace overcome her she hadn't realized she'd been missing. It almost felt like torture to her to be in any way linked to such a bad grade.

That she got such a massive spike up in her grades during the exam period caused a lot of raised eyebrows. Ace and Deuce ended up asking her if she'd 'made a deal with Azul too'. She had no idea what they were talking about— until anemones suddenly sprouted from their heads.

When Crowley himself asked her if she'd made a deal with Azul to make her grades so good, she was incredibly offended. She, an honest student who'd gotten straight As through her entire school career and was proud of it, would never cheat! The only teacher who really believed her was her favorite teacher, Professor Trein. He was the teacher who got to see the most of just how engaged she always was in class because she'd be one of the few who constantly raised her hand to ask questions, and payed a lot of attention in his class, even while everyone else had fallen asleep around her. Confirmation from him that he at least knew she'd never cheat— him even telling her that he knew she was smart and could do great if she was only given the chance— calmed her down enough to ensure that her coming battle against Azul wasn't fueled by her desire to clear her name.

Not to say she wasn't still very frustrated by the situation.

And after it was all over....

She went up to them and flicked each of them once on the forehead. "I am very disappointed in all three of you. If it was so easy for you to gain access to a study guide, how would it not occur to any of you that many others must also be able to easily access it?! Not to even mention how obviously shady Azul is! If you wanted help studying, you should have just asked me, Riddle, Cater or Trey for help. Or anyone, really!" She sighed. "Thanks to assistance from Leona, Ruggie and Jack we were able to break you free from your contracts and get your magic back. But next time— and I dearly hope there will not be a next time— something like this happens, there is no guarantee that we would be able to. So I want all three of you to promise me that nothing like this will ever happen again." Her eyes bore holes into each of them. "Are we clear?" — "I said 'are we clear?'" Tomoe is not typically someone who gets upset— in fact, it takes a lot to make her truly angry— but when speaking in this situation, her tone was stern, bordering on threatening. She posed an intimidating figure, standing with her hands on her hips looking at the three of them lined up before her with her eyes and brows narrowed in frustration, as though she was looking down at them despite Ace and Deuce being quite a bit taller than her. As well as the fact she was speaking in a louder voice than normal, almost booming, going quite a bit lower than her usual tone of voice. — "Good." She sighed gently and her face and tone of voice returned to normal. "From now on, every other Sunday between 10 and 12 we will have a study session at Ramshackle dorm."

Tomoe ended up becoming a frequent thorn in Azul's side, advising students not to make contracts with him and that if they believed the deal seemed fair, he would find a way to tip it in his favor. The two hate each other. But they also have some respect for the other as academic rivals, and just how closely matched they were in terms of intelligence as well as hard work, waging some manner of silent war with each other all throughout the rest of their time at school. Lawful Good vs. Lawful Evil

And seeing her, to him surprising, ruthlessness in getting his help, Leona gained quite a bit of respect for her as a person after it was all over. In fact they both ended up realizing that, despite the obvious difference in her being so hands-on and his hands-off approach, they were remarkably similar. In Leona, for the first time, she found someone who could keep up with her natural quick-thinking. She actually felt her heart flutter a little when their first chess match against each other resulted in a draw.

And after the events at Mostro Lounge, she 'somehow' seemed to find her way to where he was more often. Or perhaps it was him who just 'happened' to be in places she'd pass by. Maybe a bit of both. They both began to introduce each other to more and more strategic board games, Tomoe to Yoté and Dara, Leona to Shogi and Go, and kept finding their win-lose ratio begin to plateau as soon as the other figured out the rules. It didn't take long before many students were betting on who would win the next match. They may not have been there for the actual games themselves, but it was usually easy to tell who won, lost, or if it was a draw based on the two's respective moods.

It felt refreshing to for once be allowed to go all out against someone and not have to bother thinking about being polite all the time. She was still very polite toward everyone else, of course, but he was a special exception. The two teased each other quite often, too. It seemed that both of them could dish it out, but neither could really take it, huffing and pouting and becoming defensive when the other did it. He made her incredibly frustrated at times, which was a very new experience for her, as she'd never had an equal she could really get upset at without it being for good reason before. With him she didn't always need to be responsible and mature or relied upon. She kinda liked it. He could get under her skin in a way no one else had ever managed to; challenged her in a way she'd never realized she craved.

And as for his side of things, she had a lot more patience with him than most people did. She treated him just like she would anyone else. She wasn't afraid to call him out on it when he acted out of turn, and stuck by him even when he did, but otherwise didn't mind his grouchy, callous way of acting, sometimes even teasing him for 'acting like a grumpy cat'. Eventually it became commonplace to see her sitting under a tree while Leona used her lap as a pillow, Tomoe turning the pages of a book laid on the grass with one hand and using the other to play with his hair. And, knowing how much it hurt her that no one in Twisted Wonderland knew anything about Earth history and she thus couldn't talk about it with anyone, he let her basically infodump to him about it whenever she wanted— so long as she kept playing with his hair, of course. He always acted like he was asleep, but really, he listened. And she knew he did. And he probably knew that she knew. But they didn't say anything about it. For once, they didn't need to.

And Leona actually ended up making her more open to being a bit less hands-on, learning to delegate and to trust they were competent enough to handle themselves. And she in turn encouraged him to become more involved in the activities of his Dorm where it was needed, such as cracking down on Savannaclaw students' frequent starting of fights.

She can also tend to overwork herself sometimes, so Leona forcefully pulling her away to take a nap was exactly what she needed. And Leona having been the one at fault also gave her some kind of excuse for why she was 'slacking off'. And when Cheka visited, she was more than happy to take over Leona's responsibility of babysitting him; she'd always loved kids and had a very motherly personality, and the little lion's eyes always lit up when he begged her to tell him another story. ...Though Leona did become a little bit jealous of her spending so much time away from him when Cheka visited, so he often ended up joining in on their activities anyway.

Book 4

She knew what was up basically as soon as she heard Jamil refer to her and Grim as having helped other dorms.

Book 5

She was one of the few who actually liked Vil's diet, always having liked vegetables and healthy food. Not to mention it felt nice to have the whole 'food' situation handled. She was happy that Irina, who insisted on cooking for her and Grim a lot got to take a break from it too, even if she noticed irina seemed to be quite anxious about it. Irina seemed quite anxious in general to suddenly have so many new people living at Ramshackle, and Tomoe thought she seemed to really miss the quiet of the Dorm.

And when Vil ended up finding out just how good Tomoe's grades were, but that Ace, Deuce and Grim's grades were still that bad... He lost a little bit of hope in humanity.

Book 6

She went after Grim. The whole incident made her realize just how important Grim had become to her in such a short time; she felt like a mother who'd lost her child. She was worried for the others too, especially Leona, but she knew they could handle themselves. It also made her realize that...she was probably going to end up staying in Twisted Wonderland. If she went back home, she'd most likely be 'that one mysterious disappearance case who turned up again' for the rest of her life. Not to mention that she'd be the only one who knew what had happened in the months she'd been gone; no one else would ever believe her. And she knew that her friends and family had each other. But Grim only really had her. And she wasn't going to just leave him.

And after the events of this Book... She has nothing against him personally, and knows he didn't exactly have much of a choice in what happened, but she can't help but not like Idia especially much. She just associated him with her friends being injured, her Dorm destroyed and what is bacially her son being kidnapped. She's always been very open-minded and believes in forgiveness if the other person has owned up to and endevoured to change their behavior or weren't even entirely at fault in the first place. And she'd even admit that she thinks they could potentially become friends, as she also likes video games a fair bit. But as of right now, the wound is still too fresh.

Book 7

I have not yet read Book 7, though I've been able to surmise basically what the main plot is.

She is asleep. She dreams of some strange, fanfiction-esque alternate reality: a historical Japanese setting based off the media she'd engaged with of the Muromachi period. Everyone she's met from Twisted Wonderland is there, as is her family and friends from back home, and she's the Samurai/Strategist/closest companion/lover of Leona, who's here the second son to the Emperor and breaks away from the Imperial family and starts a war to win personal status. She knew she couldn't persuade him it was a bad idea, so instead she decided to just do everything she could to make sure their war went smoothly.

But she's always been more interested in the lives of historical people in general, whether they be Priests or Warlords or Commoners or Emperors, than she has in the actual bloody side of warfare. So the dream barely actually shows any of the 'war' parts, seeming to be mostly just in a lull period where preparations are still being made, but the war has already broken out. And when it does show combat, there's way more of an emphasis on the strategy.

And on the topic of me technically having 2 'Yuu's, here is which events Tomoe would go to. If there is a Story Event not on this list, assume Irina went:

Fairy Gala: Operation Steal the Show Wish Upon a Star Camp Vargas Exercise in Survival Twisted Halloween: Spectral Soiree Sam's New Year Sale: 2023 (EN server) Portfest: A Striking Performance Cloudcalling in the Savannah Twisted Tsumderland 1 Playful land Stitch's Tropical Turbulence

More sprites:

Bonus: Family & Friends

From left to right: Miki, Tooru, Kaede, Tomoe

[twst-rose-prisms]

Alisa Whiterose's profile

𓇼 Bio 𓇼

- Dorm: Octavinelle

- Japanese: アリサ • ホワイトローズ (Arisa Howaitorozu)

- Birthday: July 10th (Cancer)

- Age: 16

- Height: 165cm

- Dominant hand: Right

- Homeland: Queendom of Roses

- Family: Unnamed Mother & Father Alice Whiterose (non-blood related sister)

- Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa

- Other Name(s): Mademoiselle Angelfish (by Rook)

𓇼 School 𓇼

- Grade: Freshman

- Class: Class D (no 5)

- Club: Board Game

- Best subject: Alchemy

𓇼 Preferences 𓇼

- Hobby: Shopping, Yoga

- Pet peeves: Saving money

- Favorite food: Strawberry candy

- Least favorite food: Green smoothie

- Talent: Photographic Memory

A cheerful, trendy girl who is a remarkable Magicam icon to her followers with her fashion sense. She loves cute things in general and likes to take pictures or selfies many times. Though in reality deep down, she's a cunning, calculating and somewhat cruel girl who isn't afraid to bend the truth to get what she wants. At least, she only gives that treatment to those who get on her bad side or break Azul's contract as one of his debt collector and assistant.

𓇼 Unique Magic 𓇼

Sugarhoney Whisper ( 嘘の行進 "Parade of Lies" ) Can bend the truth permanently with any lies she wants (even jokes or nonsensical words if she wants to). However, she can't lie to the same people with the same lie twice, and if they remembered the truth then the lie that she told them will become useless.

𓇼 Background 𓇼

Living under the sea can be both exciting and also scary at the same time, especially when you're not a carnivorous, big animal with sharp teeth or a giant body. You could easily be eaten or won't be big enough to survive, it was the same for Alisa. A tiny, feeble angelfish, that's all she was. Got drifted away from her family at a rather young age (at least, for a sea creature), and she learns what it's like to survive for yourself and yourself only in a harsh, but memorable way. She admires the land above the sea, she wants to feel the warm sunlight, and the bright and white clouds that she only heard in the tales under the sea. She only has one wish - and that is to become a human. A creature with limbs that can grab, touch and feel things easily. She isn't even a merfolk, which makes her wish, her desire grow stronger every day. Even fishes have sentience too you know!

She doesn't remember what happened or how she became a human, but she does remember her body above the water's surface, drifting near the shore as she opened her eyes and looked around at the unfamiliar world around her. Her life changed completely right at that exact moment as she realized she had gained a human body. Her wish finally came true, after oh so many years of longing and waiting.

𓇼 Trivia 𓇼

She is based on pink fluorescent Pterophyllum (Angelfish), she has a human form like other Octavinelle characters, even though she didn't her a merfolk form at first until after she had a human body that she gained one.

Her hair is styled like 2 long fins of an angelfish's body, although she doesn't seem to mind it, she did wish her hair to grow even at some times, which indicates that her hairstyle is natural.

Her merfolk form has fluorescent gills and tail that can glow under the sunlight, with clear, translucent fins and her eyes also turn into a more ruby-pinkish color. She rarely turns into her merfolk form because she is rather insecure about it.

She has an excellent photographic memory and can remember the exact details of a photo that caught her attention, she is also very good at remembering people's faces, Due to this, Azul made her one of his assistants and made her work on things that related to memories or when searching for his clients.

As her backstory stated, her real homeland wasn't Queendom of Roses like in her profile but it was the Coral Sea.

While one of her pet peeves is saving money, she is actually good at it, although it brings her frustration every time she does so.

Everywhere she goes she always puts on makeup including her school look to her PE uniform. It's also the same with manicures, she likes styling herself a lot in general and isn't afraid to show off her charm confidently.

Often stays at NRC for winter holidays and rarely goes back to her home, she prefers to stay at the dorm more as she doesn't seem to have a good relationship with her family, it seems that it's the same case with Alice - her older sister.

Coming from a family that specializes in selling potions or witchcraft tools, she has a good understanding of making potions especially alchemy, it's also her best subject.

Although she can appear cruel, that's not actually the case most of the time as stated in her profile. She is pretty friendly towards most people and is not afraid to start a conversation with others whether they're strangers or not.

She always wears a white ribbon with her name on the fabric everywhere she goes, even in selfies or photos she doesn't seem to take it off most of the time. To her, it's a "special gift to remind her of a special memory" and she seems to treasure it a lot.

She often uses modern slang in her sentence and doesn't seem to get embarrassed about it, she said that it's not because it's trendy that she does so but rather she is just fond of it and found it funny.

Despite being a freshman, she has her own henchman and often makes him work for her but it's mostly just carrying heavy things or buying stuff for her. She treats him like a good friend and often puts him in photos with her.

One thing she despises the most is photobombing, especially her selfies. She has her own "ritual" before taking a photo, from planning the angle, lighting, etc. and will get moody if her "ritual" gets interrupted or goes wrong.

She dislikes eating veggies in general but can tolerate them if she has to eat them, although green smoothie will definitely get a no from her.

She often has a sweet, candy smell coming from her as said by others, it's unknown whether it's natural or not as she will not give a clear answer or just smiles in a very cryptic way.

Like other Octavinelle students, she also works part-time at the Mostro Lounge, mostly at the bar and serving drinks with a cute, charming smile that would get others swooning for her (she is confident in her look).

She has a mole under her right eye, one on her left ear and right thigh. She isn't afraid to show them off or has no problems with it whatsoever.

Put her together with Cater and you'll hear nothing but a bunch of modern slang, trendy topics or talking about Magicam stuff in general. She also makes sure she catches up to the latest trends or gets updated on the latest news constantly. (Her phone case is also pretty eye-catching and customized to look very "Alisa-styled")

If you're reading this then first of all, thank you so much for reading till the end! I really appreciate it!! I'm finally done with my 2nd OC reworking! I'm happy with how she turn out even though she doesn't look that different comparing to her old design, but she got more drip! Really have fun designing all of my OCs so far so expect more to come in the future~

[twst-megane]

Rubinus Hawthorn

ルビニャス•ホーソーン

“The NRC’s fortune teller. An aloof airhead who can predict one’s fortune and future through his crystal bubble.”

General Bio :

Age : 17 (2nd Year)

Birthday : February 3rd (Aquarius)

Height : 180cm

From : Coral Sea

Dominant Hand : Right

Family : Unnamed Mother and Father

Other Names : Ryukin-kun (by Floyd), Monsieur Poisson (by Rook), Ruu-kun (by Alisa @twst-rose-prisms)

Voiced by : Nakamura Shugo

Likes : Playing with treasure, Decorations, Summer

Dislikes : People who yell too much

Favorite Food : Sorbet Popsicles

Least Favorite Food : Steamed Fish

Specialty : Fortune Telling

Hobbies : Ribbon Crafting

School :

Dorm : Octavinelle

Class : 2-C

Club : Board Game Club

Best Subject : Astrology

Unique Magic :

Treasures Untold

Is able to predict the target’s behavior and spells including the future, using the knowledge to his advantage via his crystal bubble.

Too much use of his crystal bubble for predictions could lead to overwhelming energy received, bringing him extreme mental exhaustion

Background :

Rubi grew up in a small town with his family being reputable fortune tellers. His parents were endearing but his mother would be overprotective of him due to his naivety. Rubi would soon come to adopt their teachings, interested more in fate than the knowledge they could ever give. He had a problem with verbal communication, unsure of how to approach a conversation or begin one, so he was always left out in group activities and clubs but he found a better interest to turn his eyes towards.

He would always visit an old shipwreck a bit further from his town, surprised to see the wonderful relics and treasures that were buried deep under the floorboards and seaweed. Soon this would become a habit of his to constantly visit his treasure trove, ignoring any sort of danger whatsoever. He found a crystal orb that he would call a bubble instead. Using it as a tool for his growing fortune telling skills. What reflected in the orb was his dream, his future, to visit somewhere that isn’t the coral sea, seeing Night Raven College in the reflections. A big smile erupted on his face, hoping those dreams of his come true. He brings the bubble home intending to keep it and bring it along for his future journey.

Not long after he was hunted down by a shark that was lurking around the area, his tail fin was damaged in the process of swimming away from it but luckily nothing else was injured. Yet, his parents were distraught, afraid to lose their only child to predators that would hunt them down. Rubi tried to protest, wanting to see more than what he’s been living, but his mother wouldn’t allow it. Rubi wasn’t allowed to leave the town for a few years until he was accepted into NRC which his parents reluctantly let him go and wished him the best in his new journey.

Trivia :

• The name ‘Rubinus’ is latin for the word ‘ruby’ a bright red gemstone while hawthorn refers to the hawthorn fruit

• Rubi is based off a Ryukin goldfish

• He has a singular mole on his neck and two notable moles on his back

• Despite his human height, he considers himself to be shorter in his merform compared to other merfolk due to his family’s genetics of having a short stubby tail

• He had a damaged tail fin from getting an encounter with a shark when he was younger

• He has a secret area he would often go to for human treasures that fell into the sea

• Uses his crystal bubble to foresee upcoming predictions, though even he believes not everything seems set in stone

• Is interested in the wonders of astrology and fate

• Has a hobby of making ribbons and bows from his father and wears as much as he can on land

• His ribbon earring was a gift from his parents and a reminder of who he is

• Had a childhood crush on Azul but was too afraid to speak up to him

(( Hello!! Thank you for reading this! Recently started playing twst and I just really love the ocs made and decided to make one too! Hope Rubi can make some more friends here 🫶 ))

[pinetreepilgrimage]

Froger infodump thread, because I posted my last one at 3AM and wanted to polish it up a bit

i notice a lot from the fandom that people depict Froger as a frog, which i think is bizzare. I know someone else made a post about this, but I wanted to add my own thoughts

Look at that, it’s like she’s in one of those ____ in real life videos! Frogfish are in the angler family, they have lures (minus the whole bioluminescence thing) and everything. They’re actually pretty unheard of so I assume most folks don’t know frogfish exist so making her a frog was easier to envision. But having her be a frog whereas all the other anglers are fish is strange. Every other angler/fish based entity are saltwater exclusive creatures if not from the deep sea itself. Why would there be a freshwater frog, and it’s an angler? How would it have even come from the original angler? She’d be very out of place in the enviornment. Knowing she’s based off the Iron Lung monster is another thing though. I don’t think it’s confirmed but the fandom website for Iron Lung says that the monster is inspired off of a frogfish or at least an anglerfish in general. Though the fandom websites for Pressure both say she’s a frogfish. Also, why in the world would a frog have an anglerfish lure? Though I understand it was added quite recently, I still find frog designs of her funny. Another frogfish trait she has is the texture of her skin/on the ridges of her eyes. It’s the same whiskerlike sensory hairs that some species of frogfish have.

I don’t get why so many fans are so salty about the fact Zeal gave them canon genders and then gifted Froger a lure. “Why would gasses have a gender” there is a ten foot tall, completely sentient mutated fish man with glowing eyes that sells items to you. How about the things that disguise themselves as walls so that they can sneak up and eat you, or the fact you can eat THEM if they die. I feel like these things would stir up better questions than the fact the anglers have genders. I think that Froger being a girl is so cool honestly. I don’t see many completely monsterous female characters.

I also feel like Froger has an increased chance of being more intelligent. Her hunting strategy of going back three times is unlike any of the other anglers and is very persistent. She relies on the player being inexperienced and leaving the first time, and if not, getting them on the third time if they leave the locker. The rest of the anglers hunting mechanics are just to rush forward without breaking the path, unless it’s to catch you when you’re in sight. Chainsmoker is a tiny bit of an exception but I plan to write a thread about him later. The overseer document says itself that Froger “knew the player was there” and returned for them. Which brings the question, why is she the only one to exibit advanced techniques? I know pandemonium is similar but he’s not an angler, only connected to the family through electrical signals and other features. I feel like the fandom brushes off Froger or declares their hatred for her outright. I tried to find her in a comment section about unpopular Pressure faves and found one mention of her. I will represent the Froger fanclub

Anyway, these are my thoughts, anyone is welcome to add more

[ruruumin]

this is how it feels, to fall in love with you.

₊˚ ᗢ kazuha x gn!reader, angst.

⤷ based on d4vd's "this is how it feels" & mentions of blood.

Your memory lives fresh in his mind.

The first time he met you was when his family decided to wed him to a high-class clan, hoping that with your marriage, you might repair the name that was broken. He chose to relinquish his freedom and love for the sake of his family. The burden of becoming a disappointment weighed heavier than the decision to become a husband. It was the noblest thing a man in his position could do. But a man, he wasn’t, for he was only the age of fifteen. Old enough to be married and given authority, though not enough to be taken seriously. 

You walked down the path with a solemn smile. Dressed in nothing more but beautiful, regal clothes that fluttered alongside the breeze, you glanced up to stare at his crimson-colored eyes. He swore that beneath the surface, there was something strong and different about you. Perhaps it was the way your fingers flinched as he slid a silver ring past your knuckles, or the sound of your voice which could still be even the calmest of storms. This ring will bind the two of you for the rest of your lives. 

You were a child born under a noble name. Raised with nimble and graceful fingers which dance across koto strings. When he heard you play for the wedding, he only felt deep admiration for your immense skill. You never once looked down to strum strings. You only stared off into the distance with an expression he could only read as unyielding. A call to those whose hearts yearned for more beyond these castle walls. 

He learned later that you had no interest in becoming a professional koto player. It was merely in your family’s name and legacy to continue the tradition. You admitted to him once that had you have been given the choice, you would have loved to play the shamisen in front of the Shogun. You wish that she could hear the passion resonating through your fierce dances. Hearing of this news, he found it a shame that he was unable to hear the sound of your heart beating alongside the strumming of strings. 

When the two of you were alone, staring off into the horizon with content smiles, you thought about the future which lies ahead. You were not entertained by the notion of eternity. You always thought that it was a futile attempt to claim something that cannot be caught, to reach out to a distant star that may never lower itself to you. What appealed most to you was the thought of freedom. The belief that with only your will, you could go anywhere. One day, you hope to be carried with the summer breezes into a distant land, far away from these small isles.

You swear that your heart belonged to the voice of the wind. A sign of liberation, a melody that one can only hear if one were quiet. The blond-haired man laughed at this notion, calling you an interesting partner. He would have never expected that the noble person he married would be so cruel to their Archon’s sentiments. Though, he couldn’t help but feel rather satisfied with your answer.

He too does not want to tie himself down to this nation. If the Archons have blessed him with legs, he wants to use them to travel far and wide. If they were not meant to walk across sulled and beautiful lands, what was the point? Eternity to him is what memories are for. You may not be able to preserve the taste of fried fish, however, you can remember how it tastes and how happy it makes you feel. He decides in his soul that if he were to journey past these sandy shores, he would like to take you along. So that one day, you may play the shamisen in front of thousands of people. 

You both shook each other’s hands, agreeing that when you were given the chance, you would both leave Inazuma. You can travel the seas on a large boat, sailing across the waters with nothing more but the simplicity of strings and the desire to see the world. 

It came as a surprise when you were delivered a Cryo vision. You thought it was a joke at first. Out of all things you could have been given, it was a Cryo vision. Kazuha was by your side as you awoke to the nipping cold energy resonating beside your pillow. As you held the orb in your hands, it felt lonely. Isolated even. You never thought of yourself as lonely though. Perhaps a little distressed from the lack of freedom, but never lonely. You pressed your lips tightly together as you looked up at the sky. Wondering to yourself, what part of your life was lonesome? What made this Archon bless you with her coldness?

Your blond-haired husband said it might be a sign of something in the future. He wasn’t too sure of it himself, for he was blessed with an Anemo vision. He had the power to call upon the wind, to lead him through the air like a leaf. You would be lying if you said you weren’t envious. You felt grounded while he soared through the sky, using his abilities to catch fallen maple leaves. The best you could do is create sculptures out of ice. 

However, you refused to let this simple tool dictate your life. It was a blessing, you kept telling yourself. One day, you will find out the answers to all your questions. Leaning your head against his shoulder, you suck in a deep breath. It’s a matter of time after all. 

Time was something you didn’t have. 

The freshly trimmed grass nipped at the edges of your ankles, and the smell of rain flutters through the air like newly born butterflies. Had it not been such a dire situation, you might have stopped to admire the ways the flowers blossomed beside you. The way their petals danced and shimmered underneath the moon was simply breathtaking. A huff fell from your lips as you held onto his hand tightly, weaving through the forest like an elegant fairy. You jumped between fallen branches, all in the hopes that by the end of your journey, there might be a glimmer of freedom waiting for you.

A hope that eventually, the two of you may live in peace, basking underneath the morning light with nothing more than victorious smiles. To be beside him as he holds your hand, pressing soft kisses against your bare shoulders. To live in a world in which you could stay by his side, guided by the winds alone. You wish to be there to wipe his tears when the nights grow old and dreary. To hold him when the darkness rises to take his soul under. 

You had a dream, and you wanted to see it come to life. 

You wanted to set sail into the ocean, playing your shamisen with confidence as he recited poetry. You wanted to cut ties with your nobility so that you could remain by his side. You wish to travel through Liyue’s cities, listen to church choirs and drunken bards in Mondstadt, and create snowmen in the freezing lands of Snezhnaya. If you had more time, you would have liked to eat more of his cooking. 

Was it selfish to ask for something like this? Despite your arranged marriage, you couldn’t help but feel as if there was more to your feelings. Your vision would pulse and breathe with life each time the two of you touched. It created fluttery butterflies in the pits of your stomach. An unexplainable feeling that you could never put your fingers on. Nervous you were. 

“Give it up!” A man yelled, brandishing his polearm as his friends erupted in unison cheers. “Hand over your Visions before you face divine punishment!” 

You tugged the blond boy closer behind you as the two of you sprinted toward the end of the forest. Eternity was nothing more than a pipe dream, you say to yourself. It was something you can neither catch nor hold in your hands. Once your feet touched, the sand, you could see a small boat anchored to the shores.

“Go!” You cried, shoving him forward. He stumbled slightly as he looked back at you. You smiled at him with the same look in your eyes. The distant one that he recalls as being unyielding. The storm hasn’t quelled even a bit. The spark that has never once faded. 

“I’ll buy you time, get the boat ready!” 

Nodding, he quickly unravels the rope tying the boat to the shores, his eyes flickering back and forth onto your form. His grip was beginning to turn slippery as his palms begin to sweat. There wasn’t much time left. You and he had to leave this island in the next few minutes, otherwise, you’ll never make it out alive. He was fighting against the clock and the thought of losing you was beginning to cloud his vision. The future the two of you planned was coming to a close.

Using your Cryo vision, you summon a barrage of ice shards, forcing each of them back. A few fell to the ground, coughing up a storm as their partners continued to push forward. You quickly bring up your sword to block an onward attack, using the weight of your body and sword to shove them backward. You spun to deliver a swift kick to their stomach, knocking them into each other. 

You winced when an arrow pierces the side of your calf, effectively slowing you down enough for a hunter to knock the side of your head with the back of his sword. You send a strong punch in retaliation, encasing the surface of your knuckles with a slight sheen of ice. Had it not been for your vision, you might have been slaughtered as easily as cattle here. Because, unlike Kazuha, you were not the best at close combat despite wielding a sword. You raise your hand, calling a larger amount of crystals to create distance.

Soldiers were pushed back by several feet.  It was sufficient to give you a breather, but not enough for you to reach the boat. At this point, it looks as if only one of you could make it off this island. Closing your eyes for a moment to concentrate on your movements, it was already clear what your answer would be. Hearing the sound of your sword shattering as it clashes with a soldier, you laugh in pity.

“Come!” He yelled, stretching out his hand for you. The boat was ready to set sail. “Run away with me!”

Run away? You use the hilt to slam against the side of their head, knocking them unconscious as you use your vision to create a wall of ice. Another arrow makes its way to your shoulder but the adrenaline coursing through your veins numbs the feeling for a moment. Could you truly run away from a god?

You grit your teeth, holding back a scream when a third arrow makes contact with your wrist. Dropping the hilt, you clutch onto your now bleeding and immobile hand. Your husband only watches in horror as you breathe heavily, fighting against an army with nothing more than your vision. 

You wish you could hear his voice again but the pounding of your head was drowning out his cries. For as good as your marriage was, it was short-lived. Your Cryo vision glows a bright blue tint, freezing your skin as it makes contact with you. The time you’ve spent with him underneath trees, searching for him through thick crowds during your performances, all of it was beautiful.

The air grows cold as you plant your feet on the sandy grounds. The storm picks up speed. Thunderous claps echo throughout the skies, painting the grey and gloomy atmosphere with heated light. This is the power of a god. One that is too foolish to let even their people enjoy the fruits of life. Would you still like to play the shamisen for her now? Perhaps her ears would be too deaf to understand. 

Slowly turning to your husband, you smile at him. Your eyes soften when his hands are outstretched for you, the wind blowing you towards him as you stand still. Clutching your vision close to your heart, you miss the way it pulses and crackles. He leans forward, calling out your name. Soldiers grow closer to you but you only stare back at him. 

His breath is caught in his throat when you let yourself cry. Time goes still as the ocean tides grow wild, pushing him away from the shores. He is at the edge of the wooden boat, your name still falling from his lips like a mantra. 

“So this is how it feels,” You say, “to fall in love with you.” 

Before your body could be cut down, your Cryo vision freezes everything in your proximity. The force drives him further away. He shields his face with his arm. For only a fraction of a second, when Kazuha blinks, could he see nothing more but a large ice structure standing in your place. 

Suspended in ice, you remain at the very center. He holds onto the edges of the boat with enough force to turn his skin white. Hydrangeas, he remembers it clearly. Blue because of the color of the ice. Soldiers float around you like a cruel puppet show, their faces reflecting the horror in their eyes. In contrast, you smile in content.

You hope that he could forgive you. 

[johannestevans]

always curious what people's like. staple meals and regular meals are

like the meals you regularly cook a few times in a month, for yourself or your family as well

bc for me it's like

bacon sandwiches. basic.

garlic bread

baked feta with peppers & tomatoes, oregano, olive oil, a bit of lemon juice

the lidl potato gratin with peppers, tomatoes, and spinach mixed in, again normally with olive oil and some cheese

roast chicken with roasted potatoes and root vegetables, normally carrots and parsnips

pork souvlakia, chunks of usually belly pork or chop on kebab sticks and oven grilled with or without chunks of pepper and tomato

dolmades, vine leaves stuffed with stewed rice

chicken risotto made with chicken stock on a base of butter with spring onions and bacon to toast the rice with

pasta with chicken pieces with a tomato-based sauce w more cheese and vegetables

a "greek salad" with some modifications - chunks of cucumber, tomato, red and yellow pepper, spinach leaves, red onion or spring onions, garlic granules, and then olive oil and feta chunks

parchment pastry scrolls, a spread of pastry smeared with tomato purée or similar chutney, cheese, bacon, vegetables, or mushrooms, and then cut into discs and baked

homemade burgers with beef or lamb mince, tiny chopped onions, egg, honey as a binding agent, and then fried hopefully to eat with slices of cheddar or leerdammer, bacon, and pickles/cornichons

i made a kouneli stifado a while back (whole rabbit cut into chunks, slow cooked with potatoes and root vegetables, onions, red wine, stock, etc) that i want to do more regularly bc a whole rabbit is a fiver and it feeds a LOT of people

then obvs like. various oven cooked things i don't modify, like prawn tempura or frozen calamari, etc

because i've moved and haven't set up my rice cooker or got my short grain rice again, and bc i don't have a new deep fat fryer yet, i'm not cooking like, my fresh cut chips, or maki rolls and onigiri, or a meal i'd regularly do of just like. fried eggs on rice and stuff

i used to make lasagnes more regularly and i'd like to go back to that, esp bc like... i love making latkes and once we have a nice wide frying pan it will be nice to do that more regularly, and my big thing atm is that i want to learn to cook with some new ingredients

i want to learn to do more and more interesting stuff with coconut and pineapple, i want to do more like. kormas and other diff curries, i want more green vegetables, esp asparagus and broccoli

i want to cook more with different fish and sea food bc i know i desperately need the oil for my fucked up joints and brain, i want to break more breads and savoury things, esp garlic and tearaway breads

esp bc like. my body's capacity for red meat is fucking terrible lmao, i want more fibre and less heavy protein from red meat at once so i don't just utterly eviscerate my guts lmao

[bluegalaxygirl]

There not fish men (Zosan X reader) P5

Plot: During a freak storm the sunny gets battered sending Nami, Robin, Reader and Chopper over the edge and into the water. Deep sea creatures save them but the rest of the straw hats think their crew mates are going taken.

The creature is based off Lovecraft stories and thank you to @being-worthy for the suggestion <3. Im also going to be adding Jinbe in but im sorry if i get him wrong. Sanji X Zoro X Reader, poly relationship, established relationship, Reader is GN. Reader is the photographer of the crew always carrying around a camera they made (Polaroid) that doesn't include a snail. (Yes the same camera form the Werewolf series)

Warning: Violence, Making out, Drinking and bad language

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Bonus

Looking at yourself in the mirror you look over the cut on your head thats almost gone. Whatever the frog people put on it made the cut heal much faster than normal and you were grateful for it. When you got back to the Sunny Nami, Robin and Chopper headed off to get a bath, they asked if you wanted to join but you could tell by the way Sanji held you that he wanted you to stay with him so you waited until they were done and got a bath with your boys. After a relaxing bath, a fresh change of clothes and the stuff in your throat completely gone you felt so much better. Looking in the mirror you can see Zoro walking up behind you and place his hands on your hips pulling your back into his chest "Come on the party's started.. i need a drink" he smiles placing kisses along your shoulder and up your neck making you smile ans turn in his grip to wrap your arms around his neck "Booze hound" you comment the swordsman giving you a stern look before squeezing your hips "Your just jealous i can drink more than you" Laughing you pull away and take his hand shaking your head as you leave the bathroom and head down to the deck, Zoro next to you interlocking fingers with you.

Making it to the stairs of the ship heading onto the grassy floor of the main area you both spot a large table and grill full of different kinds of fish, sea weed and very old bottles of alcohol. Sanji cooking away as Luffy and Usopp drooled watching him while shoving food into their mouths. Some frog people where on the deck talking with Robin a large pile of gold and treasure next to them that Nami was hugging with berry sighs in her eyes. Franky smiled and laughs looking down at Nami as she fawns over the gold pile. Brook was sitting on the mast bench playing his violin some Frog people watching him in amazement while not too far away Chopper, Jinbe were talking to a frog person who seemed to be giving the doctor some supplys, probably medical stuff but it looked weird. Stepping onto the grass with Zoro you both make your way over to the food table "Wow these are old" you state grabbing a bottle of booze, the glass was thick and green, the label had some water damage but you could see the date and company name. "Just makes it better" Zoro laughs opening one and chugging some.

A plate was placed in front of you two looking away form zoro you turn to see Sanji a big smile on his face and a cigarette in his mouth. "They have some very old and unique things" The cook smiles watching you take a bite of food "Wow this is amazing.. Why does fish taste like mint?" you ask amazed at cooked fish on the plate, picking up another piece you go to eat it but Zoro leans over and eats it instead. "Your right it does taste of mint" he comments watching you puff your cheeks out at him trying to act mad, but he knows your not really. Sanji laugh before going back to cooking "Apparently there's a sea mint around here that the fish eat" the cook smiles cooking up another fish. "Y/N" Nami yells your name running up to you and crashing into your back wrapping her arms around your shoulders. Luckily you managed to not fall over and keep your balance while looking over your shoulder at the woman. "Did you see all the gold? Did you?" she smiles wide pulling away and showing you a gold necklace "This is the best day ever" she jumps a little her excitement showing. Zoro try's to stop his laugh watching the navigator freak out.

"They also have a very old photo in a frame they found on a sunken ship, do you want it?" Nami asks taking your hand and walking you over to the pile of gold. You had no choice but to follow her waving back at Zoro and Sanji as you leave, they wave back watching you walk away. "Hay feeling any better?" Franky asks as you get closer and Nami finely lets go of your hand to pick up the photo surround by a wooden frame "Yea much better thanks" you smile before looking over at Nami and the photo in her arms. Your smile drops and eyes widen as you look it over placing a hand over your mouth to prevent you form screaming, Nami looks at you concerned as Franky places a hand on your shoulder "Are you ok?" he asks looking confused as you start to laugh and smile again "Nami... This is amazing" Your reach out for the photo taking it in your hands, it was a black and white portrait of two people kissing in the middle of a busy street. Looking it over you notice the marks, the details and realize your assumption was right, its the original.

You look up to Nami her face in slight shock at your reaction "Do you have any idea what this is?" you ask the smile on your face hurting a little but you can't stop it. Your question catches most of the crew's attention Robin looks your way raising an eyebrow while Usopp, Sanji and Zoro walk over to see what all the fuss is about. Luffy of course takes the opportunity to eat as much as he can before walking over to listen to brook playing his violin. "No... why? Its just an old photo" Nami shrugs making you laugh "Just an old photo. Nami this is one of the five most famous photos in the whole world. V-J Day in Times Square depicts the day a long war ended and the joy that came form it. The original has been lost of decades... This is the original" you bounce on your tip toes as Nami's eyes widen "It- it must be worth a f-fortune" she stutters reaching for it only for you to pull away "No way... i'm keeping it" you yell trying to keep it away form the navigator, some of the others start to laugh as you two argue "Your not keeping it we're selling it" Nami yells trying to reach for the photo frame over your head "No i'm keeping it, dont damage it" you yell standing as tall as you can, so she can't reach it. "Take a photo of it, and we can split the cash" she yells trying to climb on you but you step back and away from her "You want me to have Polaroid of one of the most famous photos in the world.... hell no."

Luckily there's no hate between you two and the whole crew knows it but someone had to step in and of course it's Robin. Arms sprout up form the ground separating you two as the others laugh and shake their head "As much as i'm enjoying the show... i think Y/N should keep the photo and you take the gold" Robin walks over placing a hand on Nami's shoulder making the girl sigh. "Fine" with the arms gone you step closer and hold out your pinkie to her "Promise me you won't steal it or get someone else to do it?" you smile the navigator linking her pinkie with yours and nodding "I promise" she smiles a little the ordeal over the two of you go back to normal like always the others going off to get food and party. While Nami goes back to her gold Sanji wraps his hands around your waits and looks over your shoulder at the photo "We should hang that up in our room" he smiles liking the photo. "We could even recreate it" he whispers making you laugh "How do you know its the original?" Zoro asks standing beside you looking it over "There have been many photos of this but their cameras never seem to pick up the seam lines on the girls tights plus the spots on the ground are clear not blurry" you smile looking up at the swords man who leans down to you "So god dam smart" he whispers before placing his lips on yours.

With the photo safe in your room and night approaching the party was in full swing, some of the Frog people deiced to join in much to Luffy's delight. You sat on Zoro's lap, your head on his shoulder while he drank yet another bottle of old booze, you were nursing one not wanting to get drunk but also try out a very old style alcohol. Sanji had finished cooking a while ago and sat next to you two, Zoro's arm around the cook's waist as Sanji held your legs in his lap. The music was up beat and lively with Brook singing and playing music while most of the others danced. Sanji placed light kisses around Zoro's neck while his hand rubbed your leg, the night air cool but you kept each other warm, Zoro hummed a little making you look up to see him leaning his head back so the cook could get better coverage. You giggle a little and run your hand over his bare chest, his eye opening to look at you, placing his bottle down he moves his hand to the back of your neck pulling you up to him, so he can kiss you. Pulling away he does the same to Sanji pulling the cook away form his neck and up to his lips. His hands stay on the two of you his cheeks slightly red seeming a bit drunk but you both didn't care.

Sanji had finished yet another cigarette and you had finished your drink now just relaxing under the stars. Zoro got more drunk as the night went on, becoming very touchy-feely, refusing to let one or even both of you go, his lips were always on you two somehow either on your necks, shoulders or lips. You could say when he's drunk he gets love drunk too, it can get annoying at times but its hard to say no when he gives you that adorable look of pleading. Zoro's lips crash onto yours again but this time he bites your lower lip wanting more than just a kiss, you laugh against his lips and open your mouth for him, the two of you making out with his hand in your hair while the other grips Sanji's hip. You moan into each others mouth moving in sync as the world goes by, your hand travels up his chest and to his neck rubbing it lightly before going back down to land on his peck where you push slightly. He doesn't let go of you keeping you close so you push again finally getting the message through that you need air. He pulls away watching you pant to catch your breath, you tried breathing through your nose during the kiss but it wasn't enough with the very long make out session. "You ok?" Sanji asks rubbing your leg only earning a nod form you as you place your head back down on the swordsman's shoulder.

Zoro turns to Sanji but the cook stops him "As much as i love you.. i would like to breath" he laughs the swordsman placing a light kiss on the cooks lips "Just a little one" he whispers before nipping at the cooks lower lips. Sanji smiles and wraps and arm around the mans head pulling him in for a kiss opening his mouth for the drunk swordsman. The two make out a little, the cook being in control and pulling away when he needs too. "You want to suffocate?" Robin laughs a little walking over to the three of you a Frog person next to her looking very nervous "we were going to wait until you were done but i don't think thats going to happen" She laughs again making you and Sanji blush hard, The cook apologizes and babels a bit while you hide your face in Zoro's neck feeling the man chuckle against you. "What do you want?" Zoro asks raising an eyebrow at the black haired woman. The Frog person croaks its eyes looking at you as you move away form Zoro to look at it. Once your eyes meet it bows head almost touching the ground as it almost folds in half.

The three of you are shocked by this but Robin just smiles "She wanted to apologist to you all" The frog lady clicks a little before standing up right again but keeping her head down, You had no idea it was a woman, they all had the same bodies and faces. "She? Why?" you ask not meaning to be rude and Robin seemed to get that "She was the one that saved you from drowning. She also heard about your outburst Sanji and wanted to say sorry for any harm she caused" Sanji's eyes go wide and a dark red paints his cheeks out of embarrassment. Zoro gulps looking over the frog not knowing how to respond. You on the other hand smile, you never held a grudge against the one who saved you so you stand up getting out of Zoro's grip. Making your way over the Frog lady shy's away but you take her slimy hands and bow a little "Thank you" your grateful to her, and she seems to realize that bowing a little as well. You let go of her hands and walk behind the boys secretly wiping your hands on your top before placing them on the boys shoulders "Now boys what do we say to the nice frog lady for saving my life" you smile as the two look up at you and then to the frog. They bow from where their sitting and in unison thank the frog whose eyes seem to light up. "Apologies to her Sanji" you whisper keeping the cook bent over, you hand on his beck while Zoro sits back up to look at you. "Im sorry for threatening to kick your ass" he sighs, he can't be mad at a lady even if she is a frog, plus she did save you.

You let the cook go watching Robin sign to translate, the frog lady nods and waves walking off with Robin who says her goodbyes to you. "Good boys" you joke patting their heads only for a large pare of hands to grab you and pull you over the swordsman "Get over here" he laughs a little pulling you onto his lap again and holding you tight "Your so needy" you pout crossing your arms over your chest acting annoyed at him. Sanji laughs and leans over kissing your jawline "Come on my love... don't be like that" he laughs pulling you closer to place his lips on yours "Remember what you said on the sub?" His smile is almost cocky as he pulls away making you raise an eyebrow "Yes why?" you ask not knowing where he's going with this. "Good... lets keep it that way" Leaning in the cook places his lips on your running his tongue over your lips, smiling you hold his cheeks in your hands and open your mouth for him letting your tongues touch, he moans slightly one hand running up your side and to your back pulling you closer to him.

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Michael Afton x Charlotte Emily (Siren) AU

Mermaids are nymphs of the sea who deceive sailors with their great beauty and the sweetness of their song; from head to navel they have the body of a virgin and a human shape, but they have a scaly fish tail which they always hide in the sea.

But do not be fooled by their beauty, they are a symbol of bad luck. They can swim through fresh water to reach rivers and lakes to drown their victims, making you think they are drowning people. They are rumoured to be able to cure diseases.

Many legends told by sailors say that they are large monsters, up to 600m long, capable of sinking ships without leaving a trace.

What makes them feared is their beautiful voice, which can hypnotise you. So sweet, tender and melodious, it is said that they inhabit the islands and lure sailors with such a song, causing them to collide with the reefs and drag them to the depths of the ocean to eat them.

-Sirens…- he murmured, deep in thought. He leaned against the railing and read an old book that the librarian, Henry Emily, had recommended to him. He doesn't believe in such things, but for a boat trip like this, it's something to keep him entertained.

He almost dropped the book into the sea It was just Jeremy smiling mockingly at him with a mop in his hand, he frowned and sighed.

-I just wanted to take my mind off things, it's boring just looking at the horizon- He wasn't lying, there was just water, water and more water, not a sign of another boat or rocks.

-Genius, if you are so bored you can clean the gunwale yourself. Your only job is to make sure we don't go straight into the reefs and sink the boat- Jeremy continued scrubbing the floor with more intensity.

-I was in charge of cleaning the gunwale before you, I have a lot more boat experience than you- he mocked his friend, sticking out his tongue and laughing with him, his attention returning to the ocean and a peace filling him at the stillness of the water.

-How long do you think it will take us to get home?- Jeremy was standing next to him now, admiring the ocean in the same way, although unlike him, he seemed a little anxious.

-Michael watched the dolphins chasing each other in the distance, but I'm pretty sure it'll only take us three days to get there.

-What do you base that on?

-Well, I've been sailing the same boat with Dad for years, let's just say that in these areas where there are dolphins it would take us three days to see land, and if we had a mishap it would take us another day- they were silent for a long time.

Jeremy cleared his throat-I mean, sometimes the sailors in the harbour talk about ships disappearing lately, and in a way I was a bit nervous when I got on this boat.

-So why did you come?- Jeremy leaned his arms on the railing and looked down to see his blurred silhouette in the water.

-I hate being called a not real man every time we say goodbye at the harbour, I'm always the laughing stock of most of the citizens, they've even given me a nickname like faggot- Michael softened his gaze as he saw tears peeking out of his friend's eyes, -even my mother thinks that, it makes me feel hurt, I don't want her to be disappointed in me.

Michael put his hand on his friend's back to comfort him.

-Hey, most of the assholes you meet on the docks are drunk shits who've been divorced more than three times, it's not like they're the pride of the town. I like you a lot better than all of them, and just because you're a wimp or too sentimental doesn't make you any less of a man, you're a great mate just the way you are.

Unexpectedly, Jeremy hugged Michael with tears in his eyes but a big smile on his face, which made him laugh and return the hug. They parted in a comfortable silence, Michael now telling little anecdotes of his father's travels. From the most peaceful to the most terrifying he had ever experienced in his life.

They were now in the cabins where Jeremy was staying, Michael sitting next to Jeremy's bed, who was leaning curiously on the book Michael had on the table.

-Do you believe in mermaids?- the question surprised him.

-Why the question?

-I've seen you reading the same page all day, you didn't even notice me when I was cleaning near you,Jeremy grabbed the book and looked for the page he was talking about -Right here, unless you have some unknown fetish- he looked at him flirtatiously as he wiggled him eyebrows up and down, causing Michael to laugh.

-Stop- he grab the book between laughs and look at the page with the silhouette of a mermaid, his expression softening a little- I'm just curious, the librarian talks a lot about mermaids, every time I go to get some books for the trip he warns me about them Not that I believe in such things, I've never seen one or another craft warn of them.

-Perhaps those who heard them are in the depths of the ocean- Jeremy scoffed -that would explain the disappearance of many ships.

-Of course, if you take away the fact that many idiots believe that the ocean is a game and that they should take every little warning lightly.- Both young men were startled to see William leaning against the door with his arms crossed and a threatening look on his face -If you've stopped playing games, I'll need you to start securing the knots, Michael.

-Yes, sir- Michael said, a little discouraged, but he got up immediately and walked out of the cabins.

-I suggest you get some sleep, Jeremy- William spoke more calmly now -we'll start early tomorrow, I don't want any delays.

-Yes, sir- William gave him a nod before closing the door and heading for the cellar.

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Michael could still hear the lively music and laughter of some of the sailors from inside the ship, at this time of night it was common for some of them to take the liberty of relaxing, and he could also secure the things on the gunwale more quietly without distraction.

The night was beautiful, the moon illuminating everything around him and the sea was clear. He checked each of the assigned knots, that nothing was out of place, that everything was in order, that it would be safe while the rest of the crew slept, that the night watchmen would not have to worry about the rest.

Michael continued on his way until he reached the side of the ship where he admired the beauty of the moon, the icy breeze and the movement of the waves.

He wanted to admire the beauty of the scenery before returning to get ready for bed, but in addition to the loud sound of the passing waves, a melody could be heard in the distance.

It was high pitched, the more he concentrated on finding its source the closer he could hear it, a fleeting thought crossed his mind that it was a mermaid, it couldn't be just any animal, it sounded like a woman's song and it was coming from the sea.

Michael moved closer to the shore and saw something moving through the water, the silhouette looked human and was moving in circles. Her singing grew louder and the silhouette in the water now seemed to be swimming to the surface.

Then he saw her, a slender, fair-skinned woman with beautifully straightened auburn hair. She was singing in a lulling coo, almost heavenly to anyone's ears, and Michael was impressed by what he saw.

Her cooing stopped and she looked up at him, her eyes glowing in the dark, he wasn't sure what colour they were, but she looked frightened to see him. The silence seemed to last forever between the two of them, just admiring each other, until the sound of footsteps behind Michael scared the girl away.

-Wait!- He could see no trace of her, as if she had never been there.

-Mr Afton, your father sent me to make sure everything is all right- Michael did not answer,-Mr Afton?

-It's all right, Dave.- Michael didn't dare look him in the eye and walked into the cabin.

He didn't wait for an answer and hurried back to his quarters, something about this night didn't feel real. The woman's face would not leave his mind.