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the entire "The solar flare is cyclical" thing was a fake out on Minerva's part so no one would figure out what she was actually working on, which was a way to prevent the *other* catastrophe they suffered from ever happening again--large scale isu human subjugation, enslavement, rebellion, war

Now, the Isu as a people were on their way out, but no way were all of them going to go gentle into that night. And their tech was made to last, so anything that survived the Toba event itself would be around for millenia.

Humans were genetically engineered to be subservient to the Isu. Minerva can't change put that cat back in the bag. What she *can* do, though, is use this genetic predisposition against the Isu.

Minerva creates a 75,000 year long breeding program to make the world's most unassuming, patient, *good* man--who just happens to be Isu kryptonite. There's just *something* about him that makes Isu want to kneel at his feet and be told they're good.

Desmond's glad he doesn't have to die to save the earth and all but also, like. What the fuck Minerva. Why.

So I had queued this post yesterday about a sign that says “ALL GODS MUST BE KEPT ON A LEASH” and @fanworldbuildingfun reblogged it with the following tags:

#every isu in ac #especially juno #for safety reason #and basim/loki #for nsfw reasons #< previous tags #Teecup I'm going to need you to elaborate on the latter #What nsfw reasons #Are we talking the vengeful nsfw or the oneshot style nsfw #Why did this post send me into Loki/Desmond thoughts #And Desmond is the one suffering here #....Whom do you think held the leash between Juno and Aita

It probably sent you into Loki/Desmond thoughts because it is sorta about my top!Desmond x bottom!Basim fic A Break where the main idea is “Desmond might not be able to fix him and his Isu-ness but he can definitely mindbreak him into being an obedient dog” so I guess… NSFW oneshot? No ‘s’ because I make no promises if I’ll make a sequel to A Break once I played Mirage XD

As for who has the leash between Aita and Juno? Those two held each other’s leashes but neither of them ever used it. They’re like two dogs that have leashes but no owner to rein them in.

Although…

Juno definitely pegged Aita more than once.

Actually…

(gets a megaphone)

All male Isus got pegged!

Odin? Got pegged by both Minerva and his wife!

Loki? Dude gave birth to Sleipner! He probably cheated on Sigyn because she wouldn’t peg him!

Tinia? Would have been pegged during his orgy party if Odin and Loki hadn’t crashed the vibes!

Hermes? Wants Persephone to peg him sooooo badly!

[raininyourblackeyes]

asking serbian eurosport once again when are they planning to hire me as their fogure skating commentator because the current one doesn't know shit.

[deiaiko]

#19.3 Unravel

It had been some time since Agni felt this nervous. Not even talking with Jinsung Ha recently had made him feel like this. He fiddled with the mask on his hand as he waited for Grace to come back. He had thought hard on how to deliver the news, but he knew that no matter how he phrased it, Grace would be upset. Velt nuzzled under his palm and Agni gave her a few pats, before deciding that she would be better inside her bowl in his lighthouse, just in case the shinsu acted up around Grace after he received the news.

Grace came back wearing the comfiest shirt and shorts Agni knew Grace liked to wear on lazy days. He joined him on the floor, and they ate dinner together. Agni always finished last, so while waiting for him to finish his meal, Grace told him about his day with Bam. Grace was intrigued by how much his way of thinking had changed, and how glad he was to be able to be by Bam's side when he was having a bad day. It reminded Agni of the hidden floor, when Grace faced his sworn enemy.

They left the used bowls on the coffee table and went to brush their teeth. Afterwards, they turned off the light and went upstairs to sit on their bed. Grace's curious gaze never left him, and Agni curled his feet nervously.

Grace was the one who broke the silence. "So…what is it?"

Agni's breath hitched. This was the part he dreaded most. "I talked with the crocodile earlier. Did you know that he could manipulate stone already?"

"Huh." Grace needed a few seconds to let the information sink in. "Didn't Rak learn it on the Hell train? How does he know it?"

"Turns out our crocodile also traveled back to the past like us. He found the young crocodile and taught him."

"What?!" Grace gasped, wide eyed. "That means our Rak is–!!"

"He's dead." Agni quickly snuffed out that hope. They had been in delusion for long enough; it was time that they faced the bitter truth. "He suffered a fatal injury from the explosion. He couldn't have lasted long without proper help." Agni omitted the actual cause for Rak's death, but still kept his words true. "I'm sorry."

"…Oh." Grace looked lost, just like Agni was. His lips parted a little, but they closed before any sound escaped.

Agni gently squeezed Grace's hand, encouraging and comforting as he let the silence stretch on, giving Grace some time to process the information.

"Agni…" Grace whispered, "do you think Hatz and Isu…?"

Agni bit his lip and avoided his gaze, as the nightmare of that day replayed in his mind. He witnessed Hatz get his arm ripped off when trying to protect him. He could still recall the clang of a sword hitting the floor, and Hatz's suppressed scream that gnawed deep at his guilt. He witnessed Isu get beheaded after being taken hostage, the memory of warm blood painting them both still vivid like it happened yesterday. 

Agni refused to acknowledge their possible deaths, because it felt like a nightmare that one day he could hopefully wake up from. He avoided the topic when Grace brought it up, so he wouldn't have to say it aloud and make it real. He had been so hard on himself, because he couldn't get rid of the feeling that he had failed Grace and everyone else involved.

Agni knew this had to change if he wanted to live better, now that they had gotten a second chance. So he swallowed down the lump in his throat that had built up over the years and asked mostly to himself; "What are the odds of their survival?"

"There's always a chance–"

"Grace." Agni looked him straight in the eye. "They were already severely injured before the explosion hit."

Grace fell silent and went still.

Agni felt a pang of guilt upon witnessing Grace's reaction. "Sorry. I didn't mean to snap." Agni fiddled with his hands. He realized that he didn't know how much Grace knew of what happened. "My scar…do you know how I got it?"

"I…was told it was from the family heads' battle." Grace looked thoughtful. Agni knew he was trying to be careful with his words. "A stray attack?"

"It could have been worse." The memory of the scorching heat on his skin felt like it had only happened yesterday. He passed out right when he was about to heal Isu, and only found out later that he also lost sweetfish at that time. The days he spent recovering from the burn, to withstand the excruciating pain every second he was conscious, and finally coming to terms that it'd be a permanent scar, was one of the turning points that had changed him forever. Were Grace not there to care for him, he might have ended up destroying himself even more.

Agni hadn't realized he had his left hand clawing on his cheek until Grace pried his hand off and frowned, "You're doing it again."

"Maybe I should wear the mask…" Agni muttered to himself. After all, Grace gave it to him less so he could hide the scar but more to prevent him from unconsciously hurting himself. The only time he could safely take it off was when Grace was around.

Agni bit his lip nervously when Grace didn't reply. He no longer had the courage to look Grace in the eye that spoke so much concern, so he leaned close and rested his head on Grace's chest. "Rak, Isu, Hatz and Hwaryun were trying to get me out of that damned place. But we were caught while escaping, and…it was a bloodbath. I was…too occupied to react to the incoming heat. Rak shielded us from the explosion. And when I woke up…"

"They weren’t with you," Grace finished it for him after Agni trailed off a moment too long.

Agni nodded dazedly, "I've been telling myself that they're still alive, after a blow that could kill rankers. But…who am I kidding? I was lucky enough to survive with just this little–" Agni vaguely pointed to himself– "inconvenience."

Agni felt a hand gripping his arm, and he pulled away to see Grace looking at him with a pained expression. His eyes were glossy and his lips were pulled into a thin line. Trusting his instinct, Agni reached out to gently trace and cup Grace's cheek with his free hand.

"I'm sorry," Agni muttered. "I'm sorry, for not telling you sooner."

Agni silently witnessed tears that streamed down on his love's face. It was a bitter sight that Agni wished he'd never have to see again, that he had tried to avoid for so long by not telling him. He pulled Grace in and held him close to his chest, as if Agni was trying to gather his own crumbled heart back together.

Grace mumbled their late best friends' names as he held onto him tighter, shaking from each breath he took between sniffles.

Agni felt his own eyes sting with unshed tears. He remembered the years he spent climbing the tower together with his old team. Despite their banter being his source of headaches, Agni knew he too had come to acknowledge them as his cherished friends. Only when they were gone did Agni realize how much he'd miss having them around. Seeing the younger them didn't exactly close the gaping hole in his heart, but at least the emptiness was more filled.

Agni squeezed Grace tighter. "We have their younger selves with us now. We will protect them better this time."

Grace only nodded and sank further into his embrace. And Agni planted kisses on his hair, relishing the thought that after everything he had gone through, Grace was still a constant in his life. As long as he had him, everything would be okay.

When Grace started shaking again, Agni caressed his hair and hummed a comfort song they had known by heart. Still, it didn't make falling asleep any easier for Agni, especially not after admitting that his nightmare was very much real. However, as he had been through grief…this, too, would pass.

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[mirendils]

v strange to have been in the ac trenches for so long and have so many new people interested in shadows. it feels like a bunch of people just walked into my house. hello. i’ve been in ac hell for years now. welcome.

[sunskate]

is this real 👀 there’s a word missing in the description of the 2024-25 RD:

“a dance mix of e.g. a rhythm, an artist, a ___ from stage or screen”

a what from stage or screen?

both movies and paso doble had been rumored but “Dance Party”? 😬 makes it sound deeply unserious🙃💀

they decided they liked slipsteps i guess, so it’s easier to flag where the PSt starts. more defined steps is good

[darkaac]

Fin.

[music-art-sport-and-more]

But it's Ilia who is going viral. So maybe, just maybe, you are a bit outdated and the younger generations might be just fine with watching athletic abilities in something that is called sport ...

[gemharvest]

Girl help one of the dogs walked on my laptop again last night (I know it has to have been Psycho) and now it's not behaving properly.

[thebleedingeffect]

I'm super excited to play all the assassin's creed games that I have rn and make two separate tier lists of all the characters and games ^-^ so far I've played the entire ezio trilogy, ac1, ac3, and atm I'm playing syndicate! After syndicate I'm planning on playing unity and after that I'm thinking of mayyybbbeeeee playing rogue :] once I'm done with them I'll be playing origins!! The chronicles and liberation/freedom cry are much lower down on my list but I definitely want to play them at some point! And I really do want to play mirage but I don't have a ps5 and idk if my computer is strong enough to run it...

But in summary!! Syndicate -> Unity -> Rogue -> Origins -> Liberation -> Black Flag -> Freedom Cry -> the AC Chronicles

There's also a chance I'll be replaying ac1 for like, the third time or something as well, I've missed Altair and Desmond so I might break down and play the game again lmao

[red-dyed-sarumane]

still funny i did a whole circle as a vocaloid fan. when i got into vocaloid i exclusively listened to the synth versions of songs mostly bc "the vocaloid is how its Supposed to sound why would u listen to covers" & then i gradually fell into the utaite scene until i almost exclusively listened to covers for a few years. and now i almost exclusively listen to the synth version of songs again but now its bc half the time there just Arent any covers of songs i like and the other half of the time im Extremely picky about singers.

[ebenelephant]

so i watched the play of a little life before i read the book - because a friend read the book, thought i'd like it, and either way we like going to the cinema together - but i just got it for christmas from my dad and i was looking through the user submitted content warnings on storygraph and it's just like... fucking hell, man. i don't know if i can read this. i saw it staged, with uncomfortably realistic special effects and phenomenal acting, but to read that? 700 pages of that?

[locrianking]

nothing pisses me off more than how figure skating reporters/news will constantly and intentionally leave out important details of stories in order to produce ragebait for people who don’t know anything about figure skating

[teecupangel]

In fact, I was going to cover Harry's sixth and seventh years as well, and then I was going to introduce Desmond, like in an open-ended epilogue or something. That would be 2009, so... Hm... Harry would be what, 27, 28 years old? Old enough to sign adoption paperwork, at least lmao The funny thing about this is that Bill and the other Assassins know since 1995/6 there's something going on in Europe, but they don't know what the hell is going on in Europe, just places like Tiber Island are open again and HOW THE FUCK DOES NOBODY KNOW WHERE TIBERINE ISLAND IS, WHAT THE FUCK THIS SHIT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FUCKING wait a minute, what was he talking about?

I put the Rogue theme in there because I think it's really beautiful and also because it would be a great theme for the first kill of Harry's cute little novices lol

Hunting season for the Dark Lord and his Death Eaters is open and it's going to be amazing

Oh, and a meme:

Harry, in the pensive, learning about the Sunburst and Desmond Miles' role in stopping this just after a round of "detention" with Umbridge/Snape and three days without sleep because of the mental connection with old snakeface:

Oooohhh, got it.

Also, you can handwave Tiber Island being ‘unavailable’ as the Assassins actually not having any idea that Tiber Island was an Assassin base because it’s one of the secrets only given to the mentor.

Speaking of which, by your timeline, the Mentor would still be alive and this means that William Miles would be a ‘field agent’ or a team leader at best. You can totally make William Miles be in charge of figuring out why there seems to be some discrepancy in the memories of the Brotherhood that seemed to originate in Rome for some reason. You don’t even have to give him the full ‘William Miles’ name, maybe Harry and the others hear him talking to someone above them as they try to ‘fight off’ the spell and they’d be a mysterious organization that is connected to Tiber Island. Having a smaller part than a minor character, almost like a shoutout or a reference then bam! The epilogue introduces Desmond Miles and the readers finds out that small (almost throwaway) scene was meant to hint Desmond’s inclusion to the story.

Although, instead of the entire Tiber Island being ‘unavailable’, it might be better if it’s only the Assassin hideout in Tiber Island that’s unavailable since an entire island would be hard to hide, even if we use Fidelius Charm (also, Tiber Island is open to the public and has a hospital in it so hiding the entire island would mean making everyone in the island at that point either be hidden as well (and not knowing they’re hidden?) or would mean they’d have to evacuate the island and that seems too unfair to them),

Ooohh, yeah, Rogue would also work as Harry and his novices are ‘rogues’, both to the magical world and to the Assassin Brotherhood. Magical Assassins would definitely be scary af and, at some point, the Death Eaters would be faced with the realization that they weren’t hunters but preys.

And a meme for a meme:

[direwombat]

Hmmm how bad do I want to play with the convoluted lore of the ac games to make cwenhild a reincarnated isu like eivor/sigurd/basim

[erigold13261]

consider: lizzie/dion

Personally I don't like those two together, but I can see why people might light them both in a relationship!

The two seem like opposites but not. They push people away in different ways. Dion is a dick to people while Lizzie pushes jokes too far and tries to scare people away.

It is hard for them to get close to other people in a meaningful way, and that might be why the two get close together.

They both at first try to push the other away, but because of how they are neither backs down as the one getting pushed. So they just stick together and slowly grow close over time.

Um, I don't really have much else in my head for the two. I do like the idea of Lizzie giving Dion a tattoo, either a temporary one or a permanent one that they did themself.

Also Dion and Lizzie making stories together. Like short horror stories or just creatively writing together. I can see the two of them really pushing the envelope when it comes to stories and going into some pretty dark but interesting places.

The two would LOVE to scare campers/kids that visit the mother lobe or circus when they are together.

[bubaboos]

oh god....