#what if we... ahahaha played mc together???

[yuujispinkhair]

Thank you so much for the tag!! This was so much fun!!

Trope List

age gap   0/10 

Neutral. I don't seek it out, but I also don't mind it. It fits for some stories and can be hot, like when you want to write a Dilf and the babysitter or something.

codependency   10/10

I love it!!! Give me that couple who lost everything but each other and now cling to the other because they are their only hope left in this world aaaah!!! Give me that couple that is like, "I will burn the whole world down for you!!" Give me that couple that has a pact that they will die together because there is no way one of them can stay alive if the other one is gone!!! (I hope this is what it means... a couple that completely NEEDS each other)

enemies to lovers   5/10

This one depends on how it is portrayed. Like for example, a lot of movies do that, and it annoys me so much. I see the first snappy interaction between a male and female char, and I know they will end up together and it is such a pet peeve of mine because it is always the same. BUT if I read it in fanfics it is often so good!! There are certain characters that are really amazing for this because they tease you and they love to bicker and it makes me smile so much!!

enemies with benefits   5/10

Sex between two people who cannot stand each other? Oh yesss it can be so good!! When the fighting and bickering turns into rough kisses and desperate fucking!! But again, depends on the dynamic and how much I like the chars. In a movie or published book, I won't like it. In fanfic, I will love it.

fake dating/relationship   10/10

It usually is so much fun and then leads to so much drama and to strong feelings aaaahh it's amazing!!

found family   -5/10

I find it boring tbh :( I prefer to read stuff that involves romance

friends to lovers   10/10

I am someone who wants my partner to be my best friend too, so this trope makes me super happy!!

friends with benefits   10/10

YESSS!! Has a lot of potential for drama because secretly both of them long for more but are scared to confess, and so they try to tell themselves it's ok just to fuck, but they are wishing so much for it to be more aaaahh!!

hurt/comfort   5/10

I like this trope combined with others. Seeing a character finding comfort in another person is so beautiful. But I prefer it as part of a bigger story.

love triangle   -10/10

I don't like it because so many published books use that trope and most of the time I like the guy better who doesn't "win" ahahaha. And tbh the whole trope seems so forced. Why does the mc have such a hard time picking one? Are her feelings for the one she chooses even true then?? And why don't they all just get into a relationship together??

mistaken/hidden identity   5/10

Can be super fun!! I think it depends a bit on the plot, though. If it gets too frustrating, it can be annoying. But I love to see funny scenes happening because of mistaken identity. Or drama happening because one tries to fool the other but then plays themselves and ends up falling for their "victim". Yes, this is the plot of Separation Anxiety lmaooo

monster fu… relationship   0/10

Neutral. If it is part of a longer story where we see historical Sukuna in his true form and we see reader develop a connection to him, I eat this up!!! But I am not really a fan of monster-fucking because most of it is too much for me? If there is too much violence, I cannot get turned on. Sooo yes to monster-relationship!! But not so much to monster-fucking.

obsession, possessiveness, etc   10/10

YES PLEASE!! I love strong emotions! I love characters becoming a bit insane because they are so obsessed with their lover and so scared to lose them again!! This speaks to me since I am a very obsessed person too, and while I know I have to hold back irl, I can enjoy it fully in fiction :)

opposites (like grumpy×sunshine, etc)    7/10

My ships often have that dynamic and I love it!! The sweet sunshine character melting the grumpy/cold ones' heart with their affection and warmth awwww. But I don't like it if it is overdone. When the grumpy one is too mean, I will dislike them and think they don't deserve the other one. And if the sunshine char is too hyper, they will annoy me. Lmaooo it is a fine line!!

poly   10/10

I love poly!! I love the thought of there being so much love and affection, and you have two partners who can give you different things, and so you have everything you could ever need! + I can have my fave ships and join in myself too ;) Watching Yuuji and Sukuna fuck in front of me and then letting me join is the best thing I could imagine!!

pregnancy   -5/10 

If it is just a part of a bigger story, I like it. Like showing in the last chapters that they have a family now etc. But I don't like stories where the main focus is on pregnancy or the baby. I prefer to read about the chars I love and see them interacting with each other. A baby story mainly focuses on the baby, and I am simply not interested in that.

second chance   5/10

It depends on why someone needs a second chance. If they cheated on the other partner, I don't want to read it, and I think they don't deserve another chance. But if it is something like "We belong together, but somehow it never works because there are circumstances that keep us apart, but now we meet again years later and we have a chance to finally get it right" then I love it!!

sex to feelings   10/10

Delicious!! Especially if it is with a character who has closed themselves off because they got hurt in the past and now they are scared of love, and so they just want some sex without the feelings, BUT then they suddenly start to feel again and aaaaahh I love it!!

slowburn   10/10

I am a sucker for this!! The pining, the longing, the craving, the drama aaahhh it's PERFECT!! When even just a small touch of their hands makes you cry because they finally allow themselves those feelings!!

soulmates   10/10

One of the tropes that make me super emotional!! The thought of a red string of fate connecting two people and making them meet again over and over again in different lives is so sweet and so comforting to me. I love it so much! I love to think of Sukuna and Yuuji as soulmates, and I could write a hundred different stories about them being bound together by fate!!

I am tagging: @supervaca @nymphoheretic @kiirschtein and anyone else who wants to join!!

tropes game

A friend linked me this on twitter and I’m stealing it making it my own aka adding tropes and my rules. The scale goes from -10 to 10 and the questions is:

How much do these tropes affect your decision to click on a fic?

-10 -> very dissuaded

0 -> don’t care either way

10 ->  very enticed

nope -> if it’s a hard no and you’d never click on a fic with that tag or or you even have the tag blocked or you’d insta click out of the fic if it wasn’t tagged

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Bonus points for explaining the rating and whether it’s conditional… There are no points, you’re not marked on this, don’t worry :3

Add tropes that you think I missed XD

Tag others if you’re nosy like I am :D

Have fun <3

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Trope List

age gap   ?/10 

codependency   ?/10

enemies to lovers   ?/10

enemies with benefits   ?/10

fake dating/relationship   ?/10

found family   ?/10

friends to lovers   ?/10

friends with benefits   ?/10

hurt/comfort   ?/10

love triangle   ?/10

mistaken/hidden identity   ?/10

monster fu… relationship   ?/10

obsession, possessiveness, etc   ?/10

opposites (like grumpy×sunshine, etc)    ?/10

poly   ?/10

pregnancy   ?/10 

second chance   ?/10

sex to feelings   ?/10

slowburn   ?/10

soulmates   ?/10

[reilliane]

✤ — Universe: Astrolabe AU ✤ — Concept: Voicelines + "About [Name]" ✤ — Characters: Venti, Scaramouche, Aether A/N: Astrolabe version >:)) Split into two parts for Venti & Scara's, a voiceline for when they know MC and one where they don't. Aether gets one since as of the present, he is MC's companion!

The deity who once bore the power of the stars, now reduced to a figure less of who she was at her prime.

Venti (Companion)

✤ — Hm~? What's this all of a sudden, this interest in my pretty star? Ehe, assume all you want about our relationship, isn't it quite a thrill to solve?

[Name]'s been with me for so long, I've lost count on the suns and moons we spent together. Lately, however, I feel like she's slipping away... or is it me? I can't quite remember...

Oh—yes, I'm aware of our transient bond, such a tragic tale, don't you think? Hehe, though I deny it with the fiber of my being...

Venti

✤ — Ah, [Name]? Isn't she the lady the Traveler brought by in the Teapot sometime ago? She's an intriguing person, I must say.

I once saw her nearby when I was playing the lyre. Isn't she a little odd? Sometimes it seems like she wants to say something but doesn't proceed to.

Hm? Oh, no, I haven't seen her ever since. Actually, our only conversation was when she came to say goodbye. I wasn't hearing things, was I?

She called me Barbatos—then Venti.

...

Oh! Ahaha, pardon my sudden silence. My chest just- felt a little hollow for a second there.

Balladeer / Kunikuzushi (Companion)

✤ — Why'd you want to know? Tsk, you have no right to question things you're not meant to know.

.... She'd want me to tell, anyway..

Huh? You were hearing things, stupid. All I said is that [Name]'s been with me for a long time. Don't question her standing, she may not fight but that doesn't mean she's useless.

What? More? Tch, stop wasting my time! If you want to know more then go bother her instead! I'll sear you in seconds if you don't get the fu-

Scaramouche

✤ — What.. ? [N.. ame].. ?

I..- Weakness? What do you mean weakness? I know no one with that name so don't go jumping to conclusions! It is by mercy alone that you are still standing in one piece.

You're wasting precious seconds that you can spend begging for-

... Crying? These are... tears.. ?

Hah.. fool.

Ahahaha! A defect this must be.

That's right, who in Teyvat is worth my tears, anyway?!

Aether (Companion)

✤ — [Name]... she feels like a haven. She reminds me of one.

I know her story, and- ah? After my journey is over... no, that won't happen. Forgetting, I mean.

I won't bring nor cause her pain.

At the end of my travels, she will not be forgotten. I believe in myself—after all, I am not from this world. Whatever Teyvat has in store, I will not submit to it.

[Name] is of the stars, if need be.. if she wishes to, I will take her with me past this world.

A/N: Astrolabe MC is just the epitome of tragedy but hey- angst is lovely-

[myimaginedcorner]

Are soulmates a thing in your world? I can't stop thinking about the comment the dude who sold our horses made, I loved it! The flavour text when Shoren and mc's pick the same breed and same color of horse??? Perfect on all levels.

Soulmates? Ah, huh... well, I wouldn't say it's something proven, but... but I'm sure that two souls can be linked together in a bond stronger than death. When everything's gone and all is lost, you keep holding onto the sound of that someone's beating heart, guided by its reassuring melody. Even in failure, you feel capable of moving mountains and oceans, only to see once again your own face reflected in clear, beautiful eyes... Ah. Sorry. I got carried away. Anyways, any plans for the evening?

Ahahaha, you're so cute! I can tell you that I've surely seen some soulmates in my tedious travels. Stories of love or of complete tragedy - there's no in-between for them, sadly. Hah, I couldn't imagine being so obsessed with someone to give up my dreams and my future for them. Now rivalry... well, I love competition.

I've never asked myself something like that. However, if you want my opinion, I would say that Fate guides you towards certain people. Be it a stranger, a friend, a lover or Nothing, Fate knows our paths and determines our function. We all play a role that keeps our world safe; by choosing to follow, we get linked to each other, a bond as eternal as Time. So, yes, definitely: I'm sure there's someone out here who's waiting for you, to walk next to you on your journey. Perhaps... they're even closer than you might think.

. . . Soulmates? You mean the determination of a specific individual to whom I'm bonded by Fate? ...Do you really want me to answer, or shall we skip the part where I destroy your hopes and dreams and get kicked out to the half-rotten couch...? I've seen rats there. I don't like it.

After all, reality is but what you choose to see and to believe.

[juminsmysticmc]

Lol idk why but I want to see MC over power yoosung (I’m bad at spelling) rank by becoming No. 1 secretly till last second

Gamer’s Fight 

Yoosung x Mc  Funny/ Fluff Story 

Summary: One day Mc notices that her Husband thought of himself too hight and decides to show him can be the better gamer...

Hey! I hope that you are happy with what I came up with! Please tell me your honest opinion!

Once again you observed Yoosung as he played LOLOL on his new computer, not caring that dinner was ready ten minutes ago. ,,Ahahaha, Hyung, you’re such a loser, I wonder how you take the courage to even come up here to play!‘‘ Yoosung seemed to tease a player online, something you didn’t expect of him.

,,I honestly don‘t like it when you talk to other people as if you are looking down on them,‘‘ you commented, taking his headphones off his ears and making him look up to you. ,,Oh, did you call me?‘‘ he asked you, making you look at him rather annoyed in a grimace. ,,Kim Yoosung, you told me a while ago that you would come to eat. Did you just agree without listening?‘‘ you asked him. However, he was already too busy to listen to you as he turned off the game, saving his history.

That’s when you decided that someone had to teach him some manners. You spent days with Seven to refresh your game as you too once played LOLOL and were actually one of the best. The red haired man really enjoyed helping you beat Yoosung, but was really amazed when he saw that you could overpower him even without using dirty tricks.

,,Have fun and don’t play too much,“ you warned your husband as he excitedly walked out of the door because Seven invited him to play LOLOL and share his chips with him. What Yoosung still wasn’t aware of was that you were going to beat him in LOLOL. ,,Apparently nowadays there is an old gamer in the LOLOL fandom again who beats everyone. I hope they’re online,‘‘ Seven said, knowing that you were the one person. ,,They surely aren‘t as good as I am… besides, why are you saying they? It‘s a man for sure,‘‘ Yoosung laughed, putting some chips in his mouth as he logged in. ,,Boy, that‘s not true,‘‘ Seven said as he shook his head and made himself comfortable as he was about to see Yoosung get beaten by you. And so, Yoosung sat for five hours in front of the computer. ,,Is that the person?‘‘ he asked his red haired friend, shocked that he lost. Seven didn‘t even have the time to respond as Yoosung opened the third bottle of Dr. Pepper. ,,Ya, I don‘t get them for free. I do pay them. Can‘t you just-‚‘‘ ,,Don‘t talk to me, I need to concentrate!‘‘ he hissed. A few hours later, Yoosung opened the front door to his apartment as he stepped in, totally depressed about losing in his game. Of course, you on the other hand was totally happy and couldn‘t believe that you just beat him.

At first you wanted to tell Yoosung that the one who was teasing him was you, but honestly speaking, it was a bit funny. And so this teasing from you went on for a week straight until the veterinary hospital called. ,,Dr. Kim is already missing for a week now and we are short on staff,‘‘ the vet tech mumbled, surprising you that Yoosung had been lying to you for a week. ,,So the one who beat me was you all along?‘‘ he mumbled as you pulled him out of the internet café. ,,Yes and now please go to work!‘‘ ,,But Mc! I got beaten by you and- please teach me the tricks!‘‘ he begged you. Since that day, you and Yoosung agreed on playing once a week together with the deal that he would take regular breaks.

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25.08.2021// 22:29 MEST

Tagged:

@sanity-sam​​ @lunastorm725 @shiromew​ @shy-nanya​​ @neko-gaia​​ @greenlit-mess​  @alexandramunteanu132

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Brothers Conflict ~BRILLIANT BLUE ~Asahina Natsume Route Translations (Part 1)

Translator’s note : MC’s name shall remain as my normal (水嶋ラン) Spoiler FREE : Translations under cut !

梓: そこはもっとこう……、抑揚を抑えた方がいいと思うよ。 Azusa: I think you should tone down the intonations a tad.

椿: あー、なるほど……そーいう演技プランもあるんだな。なー、梓。ちょっとやってみてよ。 Tsubaki: Ah, I see… I forgot that that was also an acting tactic. Hey, Azusa? How about you try it out?

梓: うーんと……。 Azusa: Hmm, let’s see...

ラン:（椿さんと梓さん……、また一緒に台本の読み合わせをしてるのかな？） Ran: (Are they going through their scripts together again?)

ラン:（邪魔したら悪いから、話しかけない方がいいよね） Ran: (It’ll be bad to disturb them, so I guess I’ll leave them be…)

椿: あれっ、こんな時間にどうしたの？ Tsubaki: Huh? What are you doing up at this hour?

ラン: あ、えーと……。飲み物を冷蔵庫に忘れてしまって取りにきたんです。椿さん達は練習中ですか？ Ran: Uh, right, about that… I forgot about the drink I left inside the fridge and came to get it. Are you guys in the middle of practice?

椿: うん。あっ、ランもちょっとこっちにおいでよー？ Tsubaki: Yup. Oh, how about you come over here for a bit?

ラン: ……お邪魔じゃありませんか？ Ran: Won’t I just be inconveniencing you guys?

梓: 大丈夫だよ。 Azusa: It’s no problem at all.

ラン: じゃあ、少しだけ。 Ran: Alright then, just for a while.

椿: うん、今さー。ランの好きそうな台本を読んでたんだよね。 Tsubaki: Hmm, well, you see… We’re actually practicing on a script that might strike your interest.

梓: これなんだけど。 Azusa: Here it is.

ラン: あっ、そのタイトルって……！！ Ran: Ah! This title!!

椿: そう★　大作ＲＰＧの続編なんだー♪ ランはこのシリーズ、プレイしたことある？ Tsubaki: Right’o★ It’s the sequel of an epic RPG~♪ Have you played this before?

ラン: プレイしたことあるも何も……大好きです！！ Ran: Of course I have...but regardless, I still absolutely love this series!!

椿: あはははっ！　好きそうだとは思ってたけど、こんなに食いつくと思わなかったなー。 Tsubaki: Ahahaha! I did think that it’d strike your fancy, but man, I never thought you’d be so quick to take the bait.

ラン: だって！わたし、そのシリーズ全部買ってます。アクションＲＰＧで一番好きです！ Ran: I mean, I did buy the entire series and I love Action RPGs best!

梓: へえ、そんなに好きなんだ。 Azusa: Heh, you like it that much?

ラン: 続編にお２人が出演するんですか？ Ran: Will the two of you be appearing in the sequel?

椿: うん！　ちょっとしかセリフない脇役なんだけどねー。 Tsubaki: Yup! We’re only support characters with little to no lines though.

ラン: え……脇役なんですか？ Ran: Ehh? Supporting characters?

梓: そんなに驚くことかな？いつもメインどころの役ばかりとは限らないよ。 Azusa: Is that really so surprising? We won’t always be guaranteed a main role to play.

ラン: そうなんですね……。２人ともきらきらしたイメージがあるから、目立つ役ばかり思い浮かぶっていうか……。 Ran: You have a point… Both of you have quite the dazzling image out there so I really can’t think of anything other than the prominent roles you’ve played off the top of my head...

梓: きらきらしてるかどうかはわからないけど……ありがとう。 Azusa: Thank you. Although...I’m not quite sure about the dazzling part.

椿: でも、脇役だからって手を抜くつもりなんてないしね。���んな役でも、ちゃんと愛情こめて演じるからさ。 Tsubaki: Still, we’re not going to be sloppy with it just because we’re only playing the roles of supporting characters. We’ll still put our heart and soul into it no matter the role.

ラン:（声優さんのお仕事も大変なんだなあ……） Ran: (Voice actors sound like they have it hard...)

椿: だから、発売したらランもプレイしてみてねー！ Tsubaki: That’s why you should play it when it’s released, Ran!

ラン: はい、もちろんです！！絶対に買ってプレイしますね。 Ran: Of course I will! I’ll definitely play it.

梓: でもこのシリーズって、女の子にはちょっと操作が難しいんじゃない？ Azusa: But isn’t this particular series rather hard for girls to manage?

ラン: ……うーん？　そうですか？ Ran: ...Hmm? Really?

梓: へえ、ランは普通にプレイできてるんだ。 Azusa: Heh, so you’re saying that you can play it normally?

椿: 梓、ランは普通の女の子とはいえない。 Tsubaki: Azusa, she’s not just your average girl out there.

椿: ものすっげー重症なゲーマーなんだぜ？神の腕前をナメちゃダメだよー。 Tsubaki: She’s a real hardcore gamer, you know? Can’t go belittling her god-tier skills~

ラン: ど、どういう意味ですかっ、椿さん！？ Ran: T-Tsubaki-san!? Whatever do you mean by that?

椿: えー？　そのまんまー？ Tsubaki: Eh? Exactly what I said!

ラン: も、もう……普通ですよ、普通！わたしのこと、化け物みたいに言わないでください。 Ran: I’m normal, I say! Normal! So please don’t write me off as some kind of monster.

梓: ふふ、でもそんなにゲームが好きならあいつと話が合うかもね。 Azusa: Hehe, I suppose you’ll get along with him like a fish in water if you like games that much.

椿: 確かに。あいつもゲームには詳しいしなー。 Tsubaki: You’re right. He’s real knowledgeable about games too.

ラン: ……？ Ran: ……?

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あいつって誰だろう？Who’s “he”?

ラン:（あいつって誰だろう？２人の友達……かな？） Ran: (Who’s this guy they’re speaking of? A friend of theirs, maybe?)

気にしない Don’t mind it.

ラン:（誰の話をしてるか、わからないな。気にしないでおこう） Ran: (I don’t know who they’re talking about but I suppose I’ll let it pass.)

梓: あ、ごめんね。ランにはわからない話をしてしまって。 Tsubaki: Oops, sorry. We lost you there, did we?

ラン: ……いえ。 Ran: Not at all, don’t mind it.

椿: まあ、そのうちランとも会うことになるから、楽しみにしててよー♪ Tsubaki: Well, you’ll meet the guy soon enough so you can look forward to that~♪

ラン: ……？ Ran: ……?

椿: あ、そのうちってゆーか、今度の結婚式で会えんじゃね？ Tsubaki: Ah, I suppose that’ll be the wedding that’s coming soon?

梓: ああ、そうだね。来るって言ってたっけ。 Azusa: Yeah, that’s right. I recall him saying that he’d be dropping by.

ラン: 結婚式って、パパと美和さんの結婚式のことですか？ Ran: By wedding...you mean dad’s and Miwa-san’s?

椿: そーそー！ Tsubaki: Yup, yup!

ラン:（……結婚式に来るってことは、親戚の方なのかな？） Ran: (If he’s coming to the wedding then I guess he’s a relative of theirs…?)

梓: 昴とケンカしないといいけど……。 Azusa: I do hope he doesn’t get into a scuffle with Subaru, though...

椿: 無理じゃね？ Tsubaki: Isn’t that asking for the impossible?

ラン:（昴さんとケンカ……！？） Ran: (Get into a fight with Subaru-san!?)

椿: あ、こっちの話～！ Tsubaki: Ah, it’s inside talk~!

ラン:（とにかく、当日まで待つしかなさそう、かな？） Ran: (In any case, it doesn’t seem like I can do much but to wait for the actual day to come by.)

ラン: ……それじゃ、わたしはそろそろ部屋に戻ります。椿さんと梓さんもがんばってくださいね。 Ran: I think it’s about time I return back to my room. Good luck to you two, Tsubaki-san, Azusa-san.

梓: ありがとう。おやすみ、ラン。 Azusa: Thank you. Good night, Ran.

椿: 俺の夢見てもいーよ♪ 　おやすみ～！ Tsubaki: Hope you dream about me~♪  Good night!

ラン:（……はあ、椿さんってば） Ran: (Haa...Tsubaki-san’s at it again.)

ラン: それじゃ、おやすみなさい。 Ran: Good night then.

ラン:（誰かはわからないけど……、結婚式の楽しみが一つ増えたってことにしておこうかな？） Ran: (I still don’t know who that guy is but I suppose that’s one more thing to look forward to during the wedding.)

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[osakaso5]

IDOLiSH7 End Of Year Story 2018: Friends Scene!

A Peaceful Intermission Part 2: A Memory-Filled Starry Sky

Part 1

Door opens

Rinto Okazaki: Sorry to keep you waiting. You have no more work today...

Yuki: Shh...

Rinto Okazaki: Ah... Momo-kun is sleeping?

Yuki: Yeah. It seems like he fell asleep on the sofa while looking at his phone.

Momo: Snooze...

Yuki: He's been busier than me over the New Year's... All that exhaustion must've gotten the best of him.

Yuki: Good job, Momo. You worked so hard.

Momo: Snooze...

Rinto Okazaki: Ahaha... This is like a complete reversal of your usual selves. Yuki-kun's awake, while Momo-kun sleeps.

Yuki: That's right.

Rinto Okazaki: Why are you so proud about it?

Yuki: When I watch over Momo's sleep like this, I get the feeling that I'm doing something right.

Yuki: We went through hard times in the past. I've caused him plenty of hardships... But right now, I just feel warm.

Momo: Mmm, mumble...

Yuki: Ah, maybe I woke him up...

Momo: ...Yuki...

Yuki: Did you hear that? He's dreaming about me.

Rinto Okazaki: I heard.

Momo: Ah... Yuki... That's terrible... Aah... You've really done it now...

Momo: It's gonna be okay... I'll do something about this...

Yuki: ........

Rinto Okazaki: It seems you're causing him trouble, even in his dreams.

Yuki: ...I think he's talking about some other Yuki. Not me.

Yuki: Oh, Momo... ...Oopsie-daisy.

Rinto Okazaki: What are you doing, crouching in front of Momo-kun's eyes?

Yuki: I thought I'd give him a little surprise once he wakes up.

Rinto Okazaki: Ahaha! The moment he opens his eyes, your face will be right in front of him. He'll probably jump off the sofa, yelling about how handsome you are.

Yuki: Fufu, exactly. Should I try waking him up?

Rinto Okazaki: Even though you were just hushing me..?

Yuki: Can't I?

Rinto Okazaki: Well, we're already about to leave, so I suppose you can. By the way, what are we going to do about our first shrine visit?

Rinto Okazaki: I know you said we'd be going around tonight, but if Momo-kun's tired, shouldn't we choose another day?

Yuki: Right. Momo. Mooomo...

Momo: ...Mmm...

Momo: Huh...

Yuki: Rise and shine.

Momo: .........

Momo: Yuki!?

Yuki: Surprised?

Momo: What about the Martians!?

Yuki: ...Martians?

Momo: Aah... Oh, it was just a dream...

Yuki: What were you dreaming about?

Momo: You wanted a Martian's guitar so badly that you carelessly signed them the rights to Earth.

Yuki: As the representative of the earth?

Momo: Yeah.

Yuki: In that case, I'll play that guitar as the world ends. Will you sing for me, Momo?

Momo: I will. I'll give the Martians lots of fanservice, and protect the peace of our planet.

Yuki: Awesome.

Momo: Ehehe. You're awesome.

Rinto Okazaki: It hasn't even been a minute since Momo-kun woke up, and Re:vale's already showering each other with affection. You two really are close!

Momo: Oh yeah. I was in the middle of rabbit chatting. I should send a reply.

Yuki: You can do it later. Weren't you surprised to wake up to me?

Momo: I was!

Yuki: I thought you'd be more flustered.

Momo: The more you talk about it, the more I'm getting embarrassed...

Yuki: There, that's the spirit.

Momo: Ahaha. What are you cheering me on for!

Rinto Okazaki: Now, it's about time for us to leave. What are we going to do about tonight? Shall I drive you straight home?

Momo: Huuuh? Weren't we supposed to do a shrine visit?

Yuki: We thought you'd be too tired.

Momo: I'm fine! It's pretty warm outside and we have the time, so let's go tonight.

Yuki: I don't really care whether we visit a shrine or not. We can just have a quiet dinner together, too.

Momo: Let's go to the shrine! We've done New Year's stuff for work, but nothing in private.

Yuki: Say "Happy New Year".

Momo: Happy New Year.

Yuki: That's enough New Year's spirit for me.

Momo: Geez Yuki, not only are you handsome, but your cost performance is good, too~!

Rinto Okazaki: Come on you two, we're going! You can finish this talk in the car.

Yuki: Already? I was just getting comfortable.

Momo: Right. Maybe it's because I took that nap, but I already feel at home.

Rinto Okazaki: Someday, I'll buy this station for you to use as a second home. You'll have to wait until then.

Yuki: Oh, look who's talking big.

Momo: Okarin, you're so cool~!

Rinto Okazaki: Fufu. Good work today, you two. Now, let's go.

Yuki: Yeah.

Momo: Let's decide which shrine we'll visit in the car! And if we can't decide, let's just go to the one we visited last year!

Yuki: Haha. I guess we've got no choice. Since you're so excited for this, I'll save relaxing and drinking wine for later.

Momo: Well, we have to thank the gods and pray for a good New Year, don't we?

Momo: I got to spend this year with you. So I want you to be with me next year, too!

Yuki: I will. Next year, and the year after that, too.

Momo: Even if we get invaded by aliens?

Yuki: Of course.

Momo: Darling, you're such a hunk..! 

- - - -

Tsumugi Takanashi: I'm sorry for parking so early. We'll have to walk a bit to the shrine...

Nagi Rokuya: I would gladly walk to the ends of the earth for an evening stroll with you.

Tsumugi Takanashi: Thank you! Riku-san, you're not cold, are you?

Riku Nanase: I'm fine! It's warm today.

Iori Izumi: Unbelievably so, considering it's still midwinter.

Mitsuki Izumi: It's pretty dark around here, so people probably won't notice us.

Yamato Nikaido: Don't you think we'll stand out with this many people? Maybe we should split up a little.

Tamaki Yotsuba: We came here together, so I wanna stay together. If anyone finds us out, we'll just ask 'em to keep it a secret.

Sogo Osaka: Ah... I think those people are on their way home from the shrine.

Riku Nanase: They've got cotton candy! Do you think there's still open food stalls?

Nagi Rokuya: OH! I cannot wait!

Passerby: What'd you wish for~?

Passerby: That I'd pass my uni exams. You?

Passerby: That my date with that girl will go well.

Passerby: No way it will. If you take her to an idol concert, she won't even look your way.

Passerby: It'll be fine! I can beat IDOLiSH7!

Passerby: Ahahaha!

Riku Nanase: ........

Riku Nanase: ...I wonder if they're planning to take the girl they like to one of our concerts?

Mitsuki Izumi: I bet they'd be surprised to know that we're here.

Yamato Nikaido: Haha. It'll make for a good MC topic, won't it?

Sogo Osaka: University exams... Have you thought about going to university, Iori-kun and Tamaki-kun?

Iori Izumi: I'm not sure. I'd like to focus on my work, but I'd also like to learn as much as I can while I have the chance.

Tamaki Yotsuba: I don't wanna study any more.

Sogo Osaka: Right now, we could study while working as idols. Maybe I should go back to school, too.

Tamaki Yotsuba: Seriously?

Sogo Osaka: It's just an idea, but...

Iori Izumi: In that case, please become my classmate. Only I could be classmates with both members of MEZZO".

Riku Nanase: That sounds great. If you're all going to school, then I want to go, too...

Iori Izumi: I doubt you'd be able to go to the kind of university Osaka-san and I would go to.

Riku Nanase: If we become classmates, you can stop calling me by my last name!

Iori Izumi: ........ No, that's alright.

Riku Nanase: Why!? That's what classmates do!

Iori Izumi: I call Yotsuba-san by his last name, as well...

Yamato Nikaido: Isn't that a little too formal at this point? Try to call them by first name this next year.

Yamato Nikaido: TRIGGER and Re:vale have all dropped the honorifics despite their age differences too, haven't they?

Iori Izumi: That's true, but... It's not something I can do so suddenly... And we have our own style of doing things...

Riku Nanase: In any case, try calling me by first name.  

Iori Izumi: ........

Iori Izumi: Yo, Riku.

Riku Nanase: What's with the "yo"..?

Iori Izumi: I-it just came out...

Mitsuki Izumi: Yo, Yamato. Like this?

Yamato Nikaido: Yo, Mitsuki. ........ It feels different when you say it like that, huh?

Tamaki Yotsuba: Ahaha. I'll start calling all of you by first name, so you can be my classmates.

Sogo Osaka: But you already use nicknames for us.

Nagi Rokuya: It would be fun to be classmates with all of you. We could play tamaire (1) together.

Riku Nanase: I don't think they do that in universities, though?

Mitsuki Izumi: University, huh... If things had gone a little different, maybe we'd be walking around talking about school and dates, too.

Nagi Rokuya: Haha... Had things gone differently, we would never have met. the fact that we are here right now is a miracle.

Nagi Rokuya: Even if brief, these moments are irreplaceable.

Yamato Nikaido: Right...

Yamato Nikaido: No matter what happens from now, and no matter what scary demons come after us...

Yamato Nikaido: All we need to do is shout: "Don't cry, keep smiling".

Riku Nanase: Yes.

Riku Nanase: Not just to ourselves... To the people standing on the same stage with us, too. And to our fans.

Riku Nanase: We'll smile at each other, and those smiles will give us the strength to brush off anything. 

- - - -

Woman: U-um...

Woman: You're Tenn Kujo from TRIGGER, right?

Tenn Kujo: ..........

Tenn Kujo: Yes.

Woman: ...Ah... Happy New Year! I look forward to another year of your... Ah...

Tenn Kujo: Fufu... Happy New Year.

Woman: No, um... That's not what I was trying to... I just wanted to let you know that I'm a fan...

Woman: Though lately, I've been so busy with work that I haven't had a lot of time to go to your concerts, so maybe I shouldn't be calling myself a fan...

Tenn Kujo: ..........

Woman: W-what am I saying... I'm being rude, aren't I. I'm very sorry..! My head's just gone completely blank...

Tenn Kujo: You're not being rude. Thank you for supporting us. That makes me really happy.

Woman: ...Ah...

Tenn Kujo: Do your best at work. I hope you'll keep supporting us for another year.

Tenn Kujo: And if you can find the time, do come to our concerts.

Woman: I will! I definitely will..!

Tenn Kujo: Thank you.

Woman: ...Please hang in there... I'm really sorry... I couldn't support TRIGGER through your hard times...

Tenn Kujo: Wrong.

Tenn Kujo: We're the ones who should support you through hard times.

Tenn Kujo: We're supposed to take you to paradise. So listen to our songs, and smile. Look at us, and be happy.

Tenn Kujo: That's what TRIGGER is for, so don't apologize.

Woman: ...Yes..!

Tenn Kujo: Thank you.

Woman: I love you..!

Gaku Yaotome: Sorry to keep you waiting, Tenn.

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: It's so warm tonight. Huh? Who's she?

Tenn Kujo: A fan of ours.

Woman: Gaku-san..! Ryunosuke-san..!

Gaku Yaotome: For real? That's great. Who's your favorite?

Woman: Ah... Um, well...

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: It's fine. Don't hold back.

Woman: ...T-Tenn-kun...

Tenn Kujo: Awesome.

Gaku Yaotome: That's too bad. But it makes sense. Tenn's cool, after all.

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: I hope you'll keep supporting Tenn and us!

Woman: Yes..! I love both of you, too!

Gaku Yaotome: Awesome.

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: Thank you!

Woman: Thank you very much! Hang in there!

Woman: Please excuse me...

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: Be careful on your way home!

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: Haha, that was nice. It feels great to heard words like that directly from fans.

Gaku Yaotome: Yeah. We were lucky to run into a fan.

Tenn Kujo: We really were. Where's Anesagi-san?

Gaku Yaotome: Parking the car. Apparently the parking lot Takanashi-san told her about was full.

Gaku Yaotome: She said we could go without her, so what are we gonna do?

Tenn Kujo: Let's wait. It's our first shrine visit, after all.

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: That's right. We can take our time walking there.

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: I'm sure a lot's going to happen this year, too. We'll have to overcome storms for as long as we keep working towards our goals.

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: So let's at least take things slow on New Year's.

Gaku Yaotome: Yeah. You're right.

Gaku Yaotome: Speaking of which, did you have a New Year's dream (2)?

Tenn Kujo: I did.

Gaku Yaotome: Did you see Mt.Fuji, a hawk, an eggplant, or me?

Tenn Kujo: You count yourself as a good luck omen?

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: You guys were in my dream! They say your first dream of the year will come true, so I hope mine does, too.

Gaku Yaotome: I had a dream about you two, too. Though there were people besides you in it, too...

Tenn Kujo: Me too... What sort of dreams did you have?

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: That the three of us went to work. We all said goodbye together, and left with Anesagi-san.

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: But since we were all leaving, there wouldn't have been anyone to say goodbye to...

Kaoru Anesagi: Sorry to keep you waiting!

Tenn Kujo: Anesagi-san.

Kaoru Anesagi: I said you could go on without me.

Gaku Yaotome: Ryu thought we should all go together, since it's our first shrine visit and all. What's with the paper bag?

Kaoru Anesagi: These were left in my car. You can each take one.

Tenn Kujo: Ah... Thank you.

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: Thank you. ...New Year's cards?

Kaoru Anesagi: They're from the president.

Gaku Yaotome: ........

Kaoru Anesagi: He wants you to keep up the good work.

Gaku Yaotome: ...Haha. That's what he said in my dream, too.

Kaoru Anesagi: What?

Gaku Yaotome: Nothing. Let's go. They should be here by now, too.

Tenn Kujo: I never thought we'd get to go on our first shrine visit with IDOLiSH7.

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: Gaku set it up with Sogo-kun. It's a good thing we made plans.

Gaku Yaotome: Right. Momo-san told us about this great entertainment god, too. There aren't a lot of people around here, like he said.

Kaoru Anesagi: It's a nice choice. There aren't many entertainment shrines in the city, so other performers might come here, too.

Tenn Kujo: We might run into some of them. ...Ah...

Tenn Kujo: It's IDOLiSH7.

Gaku Yaotome: ...Is it? They don't have the right number of people.

Tenn Kujo: They've split up. That's Riku over there.

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: You might be right... I'm surprised you could tell it was him from so far.

Tenn Kujo: Of course I could.

Tenn Kujo: He's the rival who's been with me ever since we were born.

- - - -

Riku Nanase: Ah... It's Tenn-nii.

Iori Izumi: Where?

Riku Nanase: Over there.

Nagi Rokuya: OH! It is TRIGGER and Miss Anesagi!

Tsumugi Takanashi: I'll go meet them. You should wait here, so we don't stand out.

Tamaki Yotsuba: Gotcha.

Mitsuki Izumi: We're finally getting the all star shrine visit we wanted.

Sogo Osaka: I never thought this would actually happen. Getting to meet them for New Year's feels like a dream.

Yamato Nikaido: Haha... Tsunashi-san sticks out like a sore thumb. Even if nobody  recognizes the rest of us, someone's probably gonna notice him.

Riku Nanase: Hey, Tenn-ni... Ow!

Iori Izumi: Don't yell. We were just told not to stand out.

Riku Nanase: S-sorry.

Sogo Osaka: I'll take a picture of you and Kujo-san later.

Riku Nanase: Thank you! I'll take a picture of you too, Sogo-san!

Sogo Osaka: Thank you. I'll treasure it.

Yamato Nikaido: Ah, here they come.

Mitsuki Izumi: Manager and Anesagi-san are laughing. It's pretty nice, seeing those two get along.

Yamato Nikaido: Yeah.

Nagi Rokuya: Such a calming moment... I shall thank the gods for the fact that we  were able to reach another New Year safely.

Mitsuki Izumi: It's because you were a good boy, Nagi.

Nagi Rokuya: Fufu. I got praised. Thanks.

Gaku Yaotome: Heeey..! Ow!

Kaoru Anesagi: Don't yell! I told you not to stand out!

Gaku Yaotome: I know!

Riku Nanase: Ahaha! He got told the same thing I did.

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: Happy New Year!

Sogo Osaka: Happy New Year. I look forward to working with you this year.

Tamaki Yotsuba: Happy New Year! You got New Year's money for me?

Sogo Osaka: T-Tamaki-kun!

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: Oh no, I forgot!

Tamaki Yotsuba: In that case, buy me King Pudding sometime!

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: Sure thing. As many as you want!

Tenn Kujo: Happy New Year. You're not cold, are you?

Riku Nanase: I'm fine! Did you eat oshiruko (3)?

Tenn Kujo: No. But I did have zenzai with chestnuts.

Iori Izumi: Nii-san's chestnut sweet potato mash was delicious, as always. He put some apples in, too.

Tenn Kujo: That sounds good.

Yamato Nikaido: It's one of those dishes that'll be eaten before you know it. It'd definitely win first place  in a BorW for New Year's food.

Tenn Kujo: Black soy beans are good, too.

Riku Nanase: True!

Mitsuki Izumi: Ahaha! Why do you keep talking about food, are you hungry or something?

Yamato Nikaido: I'm hungry. Ah! Isn't that a food stall? Over there, under that lantern...

Tamaki Yotsuba: Yay! They got takoyaki?

Nagi Rokuya: I cannot tell from behind this tree... Though I do see a grill.

Tamaki Yotsuba: With octopus?

Iori Izumi: Obanyaki (4)?

Riku Nanase: Okonomiyaki!

Yamato Nikaido: I could go for some squid, myself. Well, which is it?

Nagi Rokuya: OH... I still cannot see. Perhaps this man, who is tall as a giraffe, can see better than I?

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: Me? Um... Wait a second! I'll go stand on that rock!

Tenn Kujo: On top of a rock?

Gaku Yaotome: No, you'll stand o...

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: I've got it! It's takoyaki!

Woman: Omigosh! Ryunosuke Tsunashi..!

- - - -

Rinto Okazaki: It's awfully noisy around here.

Yuki: Maybe they're still doing the lion dance?

Momo: You think so? Let's go have a peek! 

- - - -

Torao Mido: Pretty noisy around here.

Toma Inumaru: Maybe a visiting performer got found out by their fans?

Minami Natsume: We should be careful too. Or should we join in on the fun, instead?

Torao Mido: Depends on who it is.

Haruka Isumi: Aaah! I found candy apples! 

The End.

Translator’s notes..? 

1) tamaire is a game that’s often played during sports days in japanese schools. two teams compete to see who can throw the most beanbags into a basket hoisted at the top of a pole

2) a new year’s dream or hatsuyume (lit. first dream [of the year]) is believed to tell your luck for the upcoming year. if your dream features mt.fuji, a hawk, and/or an eggplant, that’s a sign of good luck

3) oshiruko and zenzai are both types of sweet red bean soup. zenzai is typically known to be thicker of the two

4) obanyaki or imagawayaki is a kind of fried cake consisting of pancake-like batter and filing. red bean paste is the most common filling for obanyaki, but there are also a variety of other fillings, both sweet and savory

i’m sorry that this got posted so late, i got a little too caught up in other things to finish the second part sooner! at least now it might help soften whatever blows part 4′s first chapters will be delivering later today (lol)

[thecardsimagine]

Thoughts on The World (Upright)

Asra (Sadly I wrote them after playing the route so just what I remember)

ASRA GOT HIS LAST NAME WOOP - ALNAZAR IT IS

The book went by but that’s okay, story was great anyway

Loved how the writers got back to the time the magician challenged the mc to find who is the right Asra like, that was really cute because now the MC can undoubtedly tell just because Asra is Asra

The baker got a name and a cat, he has a damn good ending

Julian is now actively working in the palace I just, yeah babe there you go

THEY GOT INTO A HEIST????? The fuck Asra xD

And Salim actually asks if they pulled it off that is just... the tree and the apple

 Muriel looked after the shopppp, he’s such a good friend omg and he’s so happy about the wolf I can’t

Okay “There’s no place like home” - “The end” not exactly what I expected but okay. Would have been nice if it had maybe more to do with the story focus, though of course, it shows that Asra can finally settle and not has the urge to leave. That’s good, very good.

Nadia (From here, directly while playing the route)

I really liked the beginning here with the unselectable option and then the High Priestess genuinely setting down a foot and reminding us

Personally, I love the idea of ending it on a high note in the lazaret because I always felt that there should be even more attention on it. So having them go back and have the MC say that it holds no power of anyone anymore, is a place to remember not fear, that was amazing. Good MC-character-development

Death is just trying to be hip. Let Death be hip!!

But also, so far, Death was a very cool character. Didn’t see too much from him and I wish we had seen more of the other Arcana too, but it makes a lot of sense why and he played his part very well

“Back off, zombie!”

Now that I see the Devil’s Realm for the second time, I actually think it’s pretty fancy. He is one devil of a goat, but at least he has taste in architecture

Interesting to hear the Devil say he’s perfect

Urgh, such good character development for Nadia. Very important words. Anyone can change, well, except the devil.

Since the devil here too, neither changes nor dies (of course, turning to stone is the best option because he’s an Arcana and blah) still, I can’t help but be afraid of the future, will there ever be someone again to bind him? Or will he just come back and try the same again, this time maybe succeeding?

Sorry but Namar for best dad. He’s just happy he gets to visit

Natiqa’s “Then I’ll die happy and full of pie.” is my new life motto now.

Valerius got a winery? He’s a lucky guy

Really liked that CG, can’t lie. And that ending. Sweet.

WHERE IS THE WEDDING THO (Apparently they are already married?? Damn, we missed that? ): )

NOW FOR THE BEST THING (Hopefully)

Julian

“Believe in the impossible” is such a good quote. Makes me wonder if there’s still magic in the real world

Damn, the devs really let us carry Julian? Awesome, that’s what we wanted, thanks

I mean, the argument was not nice, but so far I enjoy all of the Julian/Portia interaction, I realize they may have come a little short before

Yes, yes. I still like the Devil’s ‘Palace’ and knowing it’s an open space, that’s rad.

I know it’s cliche but awwwwwwwwww Julian to the rescue, even if it hurts him he comes to us... I can’t... My heart... ♥

And then everyone comes aaaaaaaaah

I feel like that’s the most the devil put up a fight so far? Well, most i noticed. It’s good, fits the drama of Julian. Also, the first time that the MC said someone will come and bind him again if he ever comes back? Did I not notice it before? Maybe... But well, okay, figured as much lol

JULIAN OPENED A SHOP NEXT TO OURS AWWWWWWW

And there’s our drama king, I love him so much, my heart can’t take it, we can be dramatic together finally

Julian does not like to clean, noted lol

Julian’s favorite leech dealer is our favorite leech dealer, it’s canon and we will all accept that

uwu the fire salamander and Julian being friendly is everything

Malak looking smug, thank you for reading, I am done. Also, he lives with them now officially? From all the familiars I always felt like he was the one furthest away from everyone, this is adorable!

And so we have: Nadia x Portia being canon in one of the timelines wow

Guess we are sailing with the whole family, fancy :D

UHUHUHUHUUH THAT CG IS AHAHAHA YES, GOOD, THANK YOU CG DRAWING PERSON

Oh I am ready for another adventure, yes thank you, next

I mean, about this ending, I feel like Asra’s - it’s very much on Julian’s character development and that is good as it is, but less on the story somehow, it’s not as round as Nadia’s but it’s forgiven because it’s Julian

Where is my sexy pirate time 2?

Thanks for reading! Time to... do the.... reverse ones..... I guess...... Soon....... I’m scared

[shoushatohaisha]

report: haikyuu!! summer week day 5 part 2 (hajimari no kyojin)

(sorry for the delay! i moved home from japan to the states the day after… technically the day of posting the last report so obviously it's been. Busy. last one tho!! ♥)

previously: day 1 (shoen) day 2 (itadaki no keshiki) day 3 (karasuno, fukkatsu!!) day 4 (shousha to haisha) day 5 part 1 (shinka no natsu)

guests: kenta, keita, funaki masahide, yanagihara rin

Hoo Boy this was by the most outright emotional of all the screenings so far. like, shousha to haisha was intense, but the content was intimately familiar by now. the impact of this was fresh -- and we all knew it was the end, you know? the end of our happy little week, obviously, but also the beginning of the end for karasuno. over the week all those showings had built up this tidal wave of Feelings it then unleashed here, aha. so that the cheering was right on the edge of desperate, like there were real results on the line. self extremely included. this was our last chance, in all kinds of ways.

(i, aware that i would be leaving the country in two days, was perhaps a little more desperate! but it sure as hell wasn't just me. cheering along at the top of our lungs to the opening/closing karasuno jog i described here… it was. a lot.)

of course the reaction to certain parts were as you'd expect. there was dead silence for ennoshita's big scene(s). the cheers for his receives were like nothing else. when ennoshita tells yamaguchi "let's fight together" kenta reeled backward like he'd taken a physical hit. (my son, i love you.) and of course kenta and kt were emoting all over the place for that whole storyline – kt was wiping his eyes after daichi had to leave the court, and then they both teared up over "thank you for coming back" and "captain ni tsunagenakya!"

and of course when it came to rin and funaki they had their own moments – rin obviously got misty-eyed when all of wakutani started losing their shit, lol, and funaki surprised me by wiping his eyes after misaki's goodbye to johzenji. (my guess from daisenshuuraku was right, btw, momo was crying irl during that scene. awww.)

OK BUT BACK TO THE BEGINNING sorry.

once again kt was tricked into dashing out before everyone else. XD kt: um this is not how rehearsal went. kenta: what are you talking about? :( funaki: this is just like we practiced. rin: (nods furiously) kenta: isn't it? kt: ………yes. fine.

so they accidentally grabbed the afternoon's MC script, whoops. which i'm sure kenta noticed as soon as he glanced at it, but didn't turn a hair until it was time for their self-introductions. "playing kageyama tobio, i'm kageyama tatsuya—" kt: playing nishinoya yuu i'm fuchino yuuto ^_^ funaki: hahahaha PLAYING KUROO TETSUROU IM KONDOU SHOURI audience: (CHEERS) rin: (squints at script) playing konoha akinori im… (mutters) ….azuma… takumi…? kenta: ….you were IN A PLAY WITH HIM rin: is that wrong kenta: what have you been calling him all this time rin: …………azuma…..kun………. kenta: and what did he say to that rin: …"yes?" funaki: well he does seem like he'd just roll with that kenta: IT'S HIGASHI HIS NAME IS HIGASHI

kenta: i was the MC for the shoen screening, but earlier this week, rather than do it twice himself, ryoutarou turned it over to yamagiwa kaito-kun-- audience: (bursts into giggles) kenta: …yeah so i thought maybe tonight i'd give someone else a cha-- funaki: ME I WANT TO kenta: --ok here you go funaki: wait what kenta: you looked like you really wanted to so funaki: I SUPER DO :D funaki: so uh (flips pages) next uh -- kenta: r u srs

i was SOOO fond of funaki omg what a friendly bro ahhh. so cheery and good-natured. :D (can u tell i like em dumb and smiley, apparently.) whereas rin-kun was… endearingly ditzy. XD (is he an ex-johnny's? he kind of had that air. it was like looking at ueda tatsuya circa 2005. in no small part because of the wakunan towel tucked into his waistband, which draped to the floor.)

funaki: don't forget to call the player's names during the starting order, like "terushima!" or "terushii!" or "yuuji!"

funaki: so next we'll practice cheers! i, the MC – yeah yeah yeah (rapper pose) -- kenta: masakki! kt: masakki! (like. funaki + masahide = masakki? apparently? i was unfamiliar with this nickname.) funaki: ok now yanagihara-kun's gonna lead the cheer practice rin: nice to meet you i'm MC rin ^_^ rin: where were we again? kenta: rin: wait right. this is. a cheer screening. so we want you to cheer! kenta: they know that. rin: kenta: rin: wait ok i remembered!! audience: GANBARE rin: :D;;

it took SEVERAL MORE FALSE STARTS before we actually got to the cheer practice. poor rin-kun. XD but he wasn't like, shy or embarrassed like takumi-kun he just. was kind of a ditz. "NO WAIT :D lemme try again :D wait where are we? :D"

kt: ARE YOU FIRED UP audience: WHOO funaki: ARE YOU READY TO GO audience: WHOOOO kenta: WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE FOOD audience: tamago kake gohan!!

the screening: abovementioned emotions aside, plenty of dancing and choreo as you would espect, especially from funaki. rin apparently was young terushima in the flashbacks! so he and funaki did all the double terushima scenes together. and rin did all of his white coat dance choreo as well.

during the opening, kenta joined rin so he wouldn’t have to do the wakunan choreo alone. XD and funaki and rin played kiyoko-san and yachi ahahaha. then when hinata and ushiwaka begin to turn on the revolving stage, kenta started scuttling around stage trying to "revolve" himself with limited success.

yamaguchi: (snubs shimada's high five) kenta: don't mind!!

despite kenta's gleeful delight in audience comebacks, there were understandably few of them from either him or us because it was everyone's first time watching the show since daisenshuuraku! the demon elementary school children did get this massive cheer that made kenta almost fall out of his chair laughing. ditto akaashi's "michi wo tsukurimasu no de" – that was one of the most full-throated mass "KYAA"s i've ever heard (again… self… included…) and kenta thought it was HILARIOUS.

i myself was reminded all over again what a great show this was, ugh. blah blah I Love Kawahara Kazuma digression aside, please take it as read, IN ADDITION i know i briefly talked about the, like, emotional sensitivity kouhei brought to playing tanaka but fjkdlajfd the close ups on his face made it so much worse, ffffffff. GOD. dude's emotions were A Lot. just. please. gimme the dvd already.

i was also so caught up in nekoma vs fukurodani the first time i watched that i didn't notice how well kuroo and kenma's final scenes onstage functioned as a goodbye for takato and shouri. when you've been in four consecutive shows, you deserve to go out on a meaningful note. (yes ofc we don't know what the future holds etc etc but.) shouri's delivery of "you're our brain, and our spine, and our heartbeat." fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff murder me.

ahem ok. the aftertalk:

funaki said that he was used to watching videos of himself on stage to review and practice with, but it was the first time watching from a normal spectator's perspective. "oh, THAT'S how that came across." and that the effect made him cry.

rin had a really nice thing to say about how watching really impressed on him how haikyuu stage in particular is a work that is dependent on everyone's contributions combined – i.e. it's not just the lead characters, it's the combined effect of the characters in the spotlight and the characters in the background and the white coat ensemble and the technical staff that make haikyuu stage the unique production it is. (this was hard for rin to express in japanese, tbh, so idk how well i'm getting it across in english but his point was that when he says "it's a show we all create together" he's not referring to ideas or feelings but quite literally saying that everyone's contributions on stage are necessary to make haikyuu stage what it is.)

and kenta talked about how (attending every single screening as he did, lol) it was great preparation for saikyou no team to have had the chance to look back on each different production -- especially to look back on the schools and characters that appeared in just one show and carry their feelings forward to the next play.

…then they discussed how quickly rin's hair had grown back since daisenshuuraku. XD rin: tbh… i was emotionally moved when i first looked in the mirror and saw myself with hair.

then as soon as keita prompted them for backstage stories kenta was like GOKU. DEFINITELY GOKU. apparently at daisenshuuraku he started crying before wakunan even huddled up for their pre-show cheer. "I CAN'T HANDLE IT, IT'S TOO MUCH." kenta: i was watching this like R U KIDDING ME WE HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED YET rin: ahaha during the show as well, idk if this is good or bad, but he was always crying, like – there's a bit where hanayama calls "takeru!" as he makes a toss rin: and goku was always like "(sobs) TAKERU!!" kenta: ONE TIME HE CRIED SO MUCH HE SHORTED OUT HIS MIC audience: EHHHHH? kenta: how did that many tears even GET there funaki: probably the sweat plus the crying rin: incredible. kenta: that's haikyuu stage. so much sweat and tears we destroy our mics.

rin also told us about the wakunan red bull rule. they did a lot of team practice on their own, and people were chronically "just barely" late – i.e., never more than a few minutes, but it was enough to throw off practice. so they instituted a rule that whoever was "just barely" late had to buy the rest of the team red bulls. to this day, as they're preparing for their august 25 event… whoever's late has to buy everyone else red bulls. rin: we also took a lot of purikura together kenta: yeah they had such a reputation that whenever they were late karasuno would be like YOU WERE TAKING PURIKURA AGAIN WEREN'T YOU

then for johzenji funaki told the story of "The Take Two Incident", in which during johzenji's ad libs he fucked up his lines two shows in a row – and the second time was so bad he thought "what would terushima do???", straight up yelled "TAKE TWO" and started over. after which kenta collared him backstage like "did you seriously fuckin do that???" funaki: i reflected deeply on my actions.

johzenji also had iizaka, who's a pretty reticent and quiet character. but he had to do something on stage when johzenji was… being johzenji. so karasuno came up with a quirk for him: every time johzenji successfully scored or blocked he would pump his fists and happily yell "MAAA." (5 foot nothing suga kenta reenacting this was delightful, fyi.) kenta: he played the nakashima household's father too. nakashima masayoshi. nakashima… MAA… sayoshi…

THEN, UGH, keita talked about how he gave the post-curtain call greeting for maeraku (i.e. the second-to-last show, the one before senshuuraku). and of course in the greeting he talked about leaving and coming back – and as he did, suga kenta appeared on stage behind him with exactly the same staging/lighting/sound that daichi does during the play, and said daichi's line, "tanaka keita, thank you for coming back." at which point (in the greeting) keita broke down in tears. he somehow managed to relate this story to us without more than a suspiciously husky voice, haha.

(PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD INCLUDE THIS ON THE DVD)

final messages:

rin started off by talking about what a warm atmosphere haikyuu stage has – not only is the production itself good, the people involved in the production are good. this is particularly notable because of the number of people involved. productions with this many people are usually difficult in all kinds of ways – and in his opinion this production is as welcoming and smoothly run as it is thanks to suga kenta. rin: i mean, we're the same age, so as a goal -- well he's not my goal but— kenta: excuse u?? rin: WAIT NO kenta: U COMPLIMENTED ME AND THEN rin: no that's not what i meant!! kenta: WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME HUH (mock flounces off stage) rin: PLEASE LET ME DO IT ONE MORE TIME

(takeru's line, "mou ikkai yarasete kure yo" XD)

he then nicely cleaned it up into what he meant to say about how much he respects kenta and how grateful he was to be part of haikyuu stage.

funaki: WELP JOHZENJI LOST so. that's. my first and last appearance in haikyuu stage. but. tbh. watching this. i really. want to be in it again. i want. to go back. BUT I CAN'T. but all of us in johzenji will do our best in our different venues so maybe we'll meet again. thanks for loving our play so much.

keita: (deep breath) lone audience member: okaeri <3 keita: tadaima :) keita managed to get through his without tearing up… i think. (i love him!!!!) he talked about how of course during a normal show one gets energized and encouraged by the audience's applause, but the energy from these screenings were different and even more direct. "it was like we were all a team." ;___;

and kenta talked about how enjoyable it was to share the emotions of a match directly with everyone, and that looking back on all the productions so far, he was reminded of all the friends and companions that got them this far, including of course the audience. :)

and that's a wrap for the summer week screenings! as i said before, i'll write up a little report about the haikyuu day event – they did an aftertalk after the livestream ended just for the theater – but it should be relatively short compared to these monsters. thanks for tuning in, everyone! ♥♥♥

[eng-hypnosismic]

[Eng translation of Fling Posse Drama Track 1]

Ramuda: [humming while walking]

Girl 1: Ramuda-chan! Play with me again, okay~?

Ramuda: Haha, I’ll ask you out again~!

Girl 2: Aw, but if you don’t play with me, I’ll get sulky...

Ramuda: Onee-san, if you pout, I might cry...waaah!

Woman: Ramuda-kun! That last outing was absolutely the best!

Ramuda: I had fun, too! ☆ Let’s have lunch again, okay, Onee-san?

[Girls screaming]

Ramuda: Ahahaha! ♡ I’m kinda busy, so I’ll see you all later!

[Ramuda walking]

Ramuda: Aaand...I’m here! Where could he be...oh! Found him, found him!

[Ramuda runs towards someone]

Gentaro: Ah… is there something I can help you with?

Ramuda: Nice to meet you! I’m Amemura Ramuda! You’re the novelist Yumeno Gentaro-sensei, right?

Gentaro: Yumamo Gentalo(1)…? My name is not that weird. Perhaps you have the wrong person?

Ramuda: [Points at the author’s photo in a book] Hehe! There’s the author’s photo right here! You can’t fool me~! ☆

Gentaro: Aah, that… Yumeno Gentaro-sensei is a friend of mine(2), and he asked me to take the author’s photo in his place. It can’t be helped.

Ramuda: A liar like the rumors say, huh? But that’s a no-no! A big big no-no! I can see right through you, you know.

Gentaro: Oh? And what is it that you see? Please, do enlighten me.

Ramuda: [Whips out his mic] Tadaa! ☆  With this Hypnosis Mic, I’ll uncover the truth of your lyrics, Gentaro-sensei! You might already know this, but the sound from this mic can disturb your mind, so you won’t be able to lie!

Gentaro: [Sighs] I got it, I got it. Everything I told you before was a lie. I am Yumeno Gentaro, in the flesh. So? What does the ex-Dirty Dawg member - easy R - want from me?

Ramuda: Form a team with me!

Gentaro: ... Excuse me?

Ramuda: Let’s make this world more interesting!

Gentaro: There are so many things I want to ask but, first, why me?

Ramuda: Eh? It’s obvious isn’t it, Yumeno-sensei…? Ah, it’s okay if I call you “Gentaro”, right? Right?

Gentaro: Do as you want.

Ramuda: Because Gentaro is one of the two people I find the most interesting in all of Shibuya Division!

Gentaro: In what way am I interesting?

Ramuda: Isn’t it interesting for a person to keep telling lies for no reason?

Gentaro: [Laughs] Most of the words coming out of my mouth are lies, you know? You can’t trust such a lowly man so -　

Ramuda: But! Behind those lies, there are feelings out of sympathy, aren’t there? After all, you’re doing it for the sake of your sick friend.

Gentaro: [Pauses] What are you talking about?

Ramuda: [Giggles] It’s useless to lie to me. My friend in the Ikebukuro Division runs a general odd-job service. So I asked him to dig up all kinds of information on you. Your friend has an intractable disease and can’t leave the hospital, but you want him to smile even if only a little. Therefore you always come up with funny stories to tell him, to the point that you became a novelist... you’re amazing! Other people lie just to make things up you know? Then it’s not a lie, that’s thoughtfulness! Also, it seems like all of your novels are happy stories, but I somehow feel that there’s a sense of loneliness. And that is to say, you think that this world is boring, isn’t it? That’s why I’ll say it again. Let’s make this world more interesting, yeah?

Gentaro: Can I think about it for a bit?

Ramuda: [Laughs] After you’ve decided, come to the address written on this name card, okay?

[Ramuda walks away]

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Dice: [Growling] P-Please, this is my last chance, if I don’t get a seven here, then I will be homeless!

Ramuda: Arisugawa Dice-kun, found you~!! [Jumps on Dice]

Dice: Uwa-

[Machine starts rolling]

[“You lost” sound]

Dice: [Screams] You! What have you done?

Ramuda: [Laughs] Sorry, sorry, more importantly, listen to what I have to tell you!

Dice: “More importantly” you say?! My whole month of living was depending on this last chance!! And YOU just pressed it and lost it and that’s what have to say? What the hell!?

Ramuda: I want Arisuagawa-kun to… Can I call you “Dice”? Can I? Yeah!! I want you to join my team!

Dice: You’ve gotta be fucking with me

Ramuda: Oh, thank you! You’ll listen to my request, right?

Dice: Listen to what others are saying!!

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[Dice and Ramuda walking]

Dice: Tch, don’t follow me...

Ramuda: Hey, hey… Dice why are we going around the park in circles?

Dice: Right from the start you weren’t listening to one thing I said… by the way you made me miss my last chance and lose all I had left.

Ramuda: I see! I see…! I did bad, hm? Silly, silly, silly me! ☆

Dice: You don’t sound like you’re sorry at all!

Ramuda: Hey, will you team up with me?

Dice: [Sighs]  Why would a famous MC like you want to team up with a scum like me?

Ramuda: Huh? Are you actually worrying about me, that’s why you don’t want to join?

Dice: Dumbass, that’s not it. From the start I didn’t really care about rap battles, on the other hand, I just want to gamble whenever I can. It’s the best.

Ramuda: [Laughs] Just like I heard~

Dice: Huh? What exactly do you know about me?

Ramuda: Let’s see… I know that not long ago, in a certain match, you put your life on the table as a bet for something.

Dice: [scoffs] A former Dirty Dawg member would totally know underground infos like this.

Ramuda: Well, I only got this information thanks to a friend from the Ikebukuro Division.

Dice: Well, it doesn’t matter either way. Wherever you got that info from, I don’t give. A. Flying. Fuck.

Ramuda: [laughs] True, true! Where I got the info from doesn’t matter. What’s important is that I know it, right?

Dice: [drags a smoke] If you understand then give up already.

Ramuda: But, you got one thing wrong in what you just said.

Dice: [smokes] Wrong? What did I get wrong?

Ramuda: “I don’t really care about rap battles”. That’s a lie, isn’t it? That’s because the thing you bet your life for, was a hypnosis mic.

Dice: [smokes] [Throws cigarette and steps on it] It’s not really a lie. I’ve heard that using that mic in a rap battle gives you an unbelievable sense of thrill and excitement.

Ramuda: Then? Have you ever tried it?

Dice: Yeah, but… Neither the thrill nor the excitement ever came to me. That’s why “it doesn’t interest me” isn’t a lie.

Ramuda: I see, I see, then why don’t you try having a rap battle with me?

Dice: You’re such a pain in the ass.

Ramuda: Huh? I thought you were in it for the thrills and chills… or are you all bark and no bite, is that it?

Dice: Fine, then, challenge accepted. I’ll make you eat your words.

Ramuda: Then it’s decided. [Mic on sfx] Dice, you can go first.

Dice:Ok then, I won’t hold back.

[Dice’s rap]

It's now or never, it's good luck or bad luck Who's going to win this battle? The king or the joker? Get lost, victory is under my eyes I'm betting it all on this battle, we're reaching the climax.

Ramuda: [groans, tries to laugh] Amazing… I can’t remember the last time I was this affected(3) after just one turn. I knew I had my eyes on the prize!

[Dice’s rap continues]

The goddess of victory is on my side The tension in the air is the best energy Luck is everything, now bet, bet. With this battle how would it turn out even or odd?

[Dice’s rap ends]

Dice: So that’s an ex-Dirty Dawg for you… anyone I’ve battled up until now would have been instakilled.

Ramuda: That’s ‘cuz they were all normies! I get it, though, with lyrics like that. But too bad for you! I’m not your average person.

[Ramuda’s rap]

Haha you're awesome after all I know why you took the mic now But I'm gonna go all out, ok? Kill two birds with one stone look at the fake flow and strong motion 

[Dice grunts and falls to the floor]

It's the best it's the best This is a first for me, tensions are to the roof With the circumstances right now I’m dominating you can feel the sensation of defeat I got a feeling that’s just like my last divination Join me In this mic show

[Ramuda’s rap end]

Ramuda: Wow! You’re amazing Dice, normally people can’t stand up so quickly after hearing my lyrics. Guess you’re no normie yourself, huh?

Dice: [laughs] This is just getting interesting, huh?  Right now, I finally feel that I am living a life.

Ramuda: [laughs] Let’s not stop till one of us drop.

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Ramuda: You already felt the thrill and excitement to your heart’s content, right?

Dice: Ah… it’s just as bad as gambling… it’s the best.

Ramuda: If you join my team then there will be lots of battles like this. That’s why, let’s form a team together!

[Takes dice out of his pocket]

Ramuda: Why did you just pull out a dice?

Dice: I always do this whenever I have to make an important decision. There’s a god in this dice. Even, I’m in; odd, I’m out.

Ramuda: Got it!

Dice: Let’s go! [throws dice] Odd, huh… well, it’s a shame, but it looks like we’re done he —

[Ramuda takes the dice and fixes it]

Ramuda: Yaaay! It’s even!! So you’re now a member of my team ♡

Dice: H-H-H-Hold up, just now, you totally touched the dice, didn’t you?

Ramuda: No good?

Dice: Obviously it’s not good!

Ramuda: Hey, Dice, do you seriously believe in the dice god?

Dice: Of course, I believe that a god lives in this dice.

Ramuda: Then, you’re betting on that there’s god, right?

Dice: What are you sayi-

Ramuda: If you win, then I’ll give all of me to you.  If you lose, I won’t take anything, don’t worry.

Dice: I don’t understand what you mean at all.

Ramuda: Now then, form a team with me - if nothing worthy comes out of it, that proves that there really is a dice god. But, if you think that you’re glad to have teamed up with me, then that will prove that there is none.

Dice: [laughs loudly] You’re so interesting! Fine, I’ll join you.

[They high five]

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Dice:Thanks for letting me stay at your house.

Ramuda: Not a problem at all, we’re already a posse now. Ah, Gentaro! I’m glad, you finally decided to join me, right?

Gentaro: Before you decide, can you carefully listen to my rap?

Ramuda: Hm! Got it. So… here! A Hypnosis mic.

[Gentaro’s rap starts]

Say do you know how to let somebody dream when they've forgotten how to laugh?

If you do please tell me

There's a person whom I want to make him smile no matter what it takes

I'm fed up - to penetrate and pierce through this reality

Funny store, or someday I’m fine with whoever’s story

If I could change the world wouldn’t it be nice to have a rap that transcends lies and reality

[Gentaro’s rap ends]

Dice: Heh, those are really pretty lyrics.

Ramuda: You’re amazing, Gentaro! Better than I imagined! Let’s change the world together!

Gentaro: Yeah, we’re gonna change this world.

Ramuda: Now, all three of us have assembled. We’ve gotta think of a team name. Hm… that’s right! Our team name should be...

Gentaro pretends to have never heard the name, that’s why it’s like that.

Gentaro also uses “Yo” here to represent “I” , which is a very old way to refer to yourself

The original word here is "片膝 (かたひざ)"，meaning that he’s literally kneeling down on one knee - I think the imagery here iis to show that Ramuda is still intact, unlike Dice who just flopped to the floor

[fyars]

171216 Premium Unit Event #1 Jinyoung & Youngjae Full Fanacc

They were dressed in their Kono Mune Ni stage outfits - Jinyoung in a white shirt and Youngjae in a black silk shirt.

When they went up stage, Furuya-san (MC) asked them to introduce themselves. Basically it must be → "Hello! This is GOT7" then their names, but since JB was not here, the 2 stumbled a bit and said the phrase "We are GOT7" unsynchronizedly, then giggled in embarrassment.

When it's Jinyoung's turn to introduce himself, he lifted the mic to fast with exceeding strength, making it collide into his own teeth with a "BANG!". JY immediately held his lips like a kid clearly suffering but YJ just laughed loudly bc his hyung's accident is just so cute 

Since the event hall is very small, the "Bang!" sound from Jinyoung's mic even echoed harder, making it even more embarrassing for him. To cover up that embarrassment, JY quickly said "Everyone, I'm okay, I'M OKAY!" while his plumped lips from just got even redder ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

JY: (still embarrassed) Hmmm... Japan is really hot eh?  MC+YJ+Agases: ?????  MC: You meant like.."hot"? Really? In this winter weather?  YJ: Not...cold at all?  JY: Totally not cold at all. But hot. Since everyone is here~~~  MC: You meant Korea is SUPER COLD, while Japan is a bit warm, but here is TOO HOT bc your fans are here?  JY: *shy* MC: Everyone~ Is it hot in here?  Ahgases: Yeah~ㅋㅋㅋ  MC: Hey (that reaction is) cold~  JY: Sorry~ (for the lame joke)  MC: It's okay, took only 2mins anyway  YJ: AHAHAHAHAHA

MC: How do you feel working as an unit and having unit event like this, just 2 of you?  JY: It's the first time we do this as an unit right? Well after all, aren't we the best (among the 3 units)?  MC: You even make ranking of the units in your group???  JY: Of course! ㅍㅅㅍ JY: It's special. Since this is the 1st time we promote in this form, I'm super happy to be able to do event like this.  YJ: It's somehow "fushigi" (=strange)!  MC: Strange?  YJ: *innocently* Yeah strange desu yo↗︎!   JY: I'm sorry this kid says strange stuff sometimes. YJ: Uhm can we...sit now?  MC: Of course of course!  YJ: *in tiny voice* Uhmm and...I need water..please... (HIS OTTERING IS SHOWING!!)  MC: Ahaha okay~ *calls staff*   YJ: Oh and...uhm.. 2 water please For Jinyoung hyung too~  JY: Awww *holds YJ's hand* (my child is) so kind!♡♡♡

Furuya-san then asked some staff to get water for them immediately (seemed like they didn't expect Youngjae to ask for water so they didn't prepare) while 

JY: *raised both hands to clap nobly* Water please~  MC: Wow such a courteous way of ordering, sir!  YJ: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

When Furuya-san was asking for water into his mic so that the background staff could hear, Youngjae even said in tiny voice "Everyone, please gimme water~" in that super adorable expression while bringing his hands together. He's not an idol. He's an otter ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

MC: I went to your Osaka TURN UP show last time!  JY: Alone?  MC: Yup  JY: After the show we would definitely want to greet you, but you didn't show up..  MC: ....  YJ: Were you busy!?  JY: It's totally okay though....  MC: ....  YJ: Were you busy!?  MC: ...... JY: No, really, it's okay  YJ: I WAS OKAY TOO! But this place hurts a bit *places a hand on his chest*  MC: ...  JY: Why~  MC: Hey it's premium unit event today and you two came just to bully me??  YJ: Teehee sorry~  JY: He must have been "I forgot ehe~"  MC: NO I DIDN'T  JY: ㅋㅋㅋ MC: But the live was really amazing! Your stages were so cool! "Kono mune ni" perf was splendid too!  YJ: Oh really? So among 3 units which one is the best match to your style?  MC: ...  JYYJ: *turns to interpreter noona* Tell him he must answer right away! Must answer right away! MC: After all, it's "Kono mune ni" for me!  YJ: But after one show when we  asked which stage he liked best he said "Bam's 97 Y&R stage was~"!  MC: Oh no no I didn't say such terrible thing!  JY: Wow~ *unbelievable face* MC: *tries hard to convince 2young* I'm just a man seeing life in rose color  JY: Woa~ "life is colored rose" huh?  MC: Yea "life is colored rose"! This gentleman here really says something impressive!  JY: *giggles with his wrinkled eye-smile* ㅋㅋㅋ

MC: Let's talk abt their unit song. What thought did you have in mind when you wrote this song, Youngjae?  YJ: Its original name is "Daijoubu" (It's alright). Geunde...demo... (both mean "but")  MC: Awesome! Translating by himself!  YJ: AHAHA~  JY: *pats YJ* It's okay, just go on! :)

YJ: Its original title was 괜찮아/Daijoubu, but during the process of translating the lyrics I wrote, many changes occurred gradually too. 괜찮아 means "Wherever you are it's still okay, I'm still here. As long as you come back to me it'll be okay". That's what I had in mind.

MC: Jinyoung, when you first listened to the song how did you feel?  JY: I thought it's a very well written song. It's a song containing so much of Youngjae's own color, that's why it's really fun when we practiced it. MC: So you mean you can feel the emotions in this song while practicing, that's why it's enjoyable right?  JY: Honestly speaking if a song sounds so-so to me I wouldn't want to practice it, but this song is different! It inspires me!  YJ: AHAHAHA~  JY: Gotta do what you want right!? MC: So basically you won't feel the urge to practice songs you don't like?  JY: But not this song!! What I said is just for example!  MC: If your company gives you songs you don't like you'll be like "I don't wanna practice~ don't wanna~" too?  YJ: AHAHAHA I'M SO HAPPY XD MC: Also, the piano scene in your unit teaser is awesome!  YJ: Oh really? You saw it?  MC: Wh...what did you mean by "saw it"?  Of course we saw that's why we are talking about it now, right?   YJ: AHAHAHAHA OH RIGHT HAHAHA  OUCH *almost choked on his own spit*

YJ: I just wanted to play the piano, since it's how I made "Kono mune ni". I wrote lyrics for it first, then made the melody after using the piano. That's why I wanted to put the piano playing scene into our video too. My scene was filmed as exactly as how I created the song.

Since YJ's Japanese is still limited, all the explanations on Kono mune ni were in Korean and got translated. But YJ always ended his long explanation with Jpn phrases like "imi desu" (It means~) or "deshita" (that was), which was really cute 

 JY: He's really studying Jpn hard!

JY: YJ's scene was easy. Mine was hard tho. At least YJ still could play the piano, while I had nothing to do!! Like, just sit there and made blank face. PD would tell me "Look that way!" and I was like, *looks*. When it's done, I was just "Thanks for the work!" then went home  MC: "Kono mune ni..." stage was great, but of course we're also looking forward to Budokan live too!  YJ: Yes please look forward to it! Because~  All: OOOHHHHH~~  YJ: WOOOHH~ hehe let's stop here! I will just reveal this much! JY: So, who are going to Budokan!?  Ahgases: \\٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و//  MC: ' v ' JY: WHO. GONNA. GO. TO. BUDOKAN??  MC: *finally realized he is targeted* Wait, are you bullying me now?  JY: *shrugged* Again, who gonna go to Budokan? *turns to look at interpreter noona*  YJ: She has schedule alr~

MC: Let's move to Unit song associated game. It's confession time!!! Please give it an applause everyone! *Kono mune ni is playing*  YJ: Why did you play Kono mune ni when the atmosphere is about to hyper up like this?  MC: Now using your song title "Kono mune ni..." (In this heart), let's try confessing something you can't say normally to each other! Since today there're only the 2 of you here, I think it will help strength your bond too.  YJ: *already places both hands on his left chest* MC: Youngjae, you feelin' it? Anything (confession) came out (from your heart) already?  YJ: *tugged the shirt's neck to look at his bare chest inside*  MC: Wait this is getting strange!  YJ: Still nothing~  MC: GYAAA WHADDA YOU LOOKING FOR FROM THERE!?  YJ: Nothing coming yet~  MC: Jinyoung first! Confession please!  JY: *Thinking REAL hard*  MC: Wow his head gear is running desperately at the moment  JY: Can I have some times? I can't recall any, so maybe I'm just gonna make one.  MC: "Making" something to confess, okay.... ^^'' MC: So Youngjae, your confession?  YJ: *also thinking hard* Hmmm.... I ONLY like everyone right now~ HAI IT'S A JOKE! HAHA~  JY: Oh wait, how about everyone? Do you have something to confess to us?  MC: What a splendid thing! Now they totally kick the question to their fans  YJ: Anyone wanna confess? You! *points at a random fan*  Ahgase: Gyaa kawaiiii!  YJ: Kawaii? Okay so her confession to me is I am kawaii 

Youngjae then went off the stage all the way to a fan at 3~4th row to ask her confession. But her voice was small so 

YJ: I can't hear you. Let's speak louder, like this *places the mic to his mouth* Ah AH AHHHHHHH And it was very explosive. I hope the fan was alright.

Another ahgase: Actually I want to ask a question more than a confession to JY. 「Jinyoung-san」「Jinyoung-oppa」「Jinyoung-hwangjanim」just「Jinyoung」&「Jinyoung-chan」which do you like best? 

YJ: From my perspective it's Jinyoung-chan~♡  JY: Hmm I'd like to be called "Jinyoung-oppa" MC: Everyone let's call "Jinyoung-oppa" together!  Ahgase: Jinyoung-oppa~~  JY: Hey, are you alright? That noona over there clearly looks terrified by the "oppa" thing. She kept shaking her head like this *imitates*  Ahgase: No I don't~  JY: Noona if it's hard you don't need to try, okay~ 

JY: I now got one confession to YJ. It's an apology though. In the van that takes us around for activities, YJ always practices his singing and enunciation. But I'm really sleepy... and it keeps blasting to my ears...  MC: Always?  JY: Yeah always... YJ: Because I'm a singer, and I got a super loud voice. Plus the van is small so my voice echoes even more...  JY: So when YJ isn't looking, I....secretly turn UP the volume in my earphones....  YJ: I gotta confess to hyung too! Everytime JY hyung feels cold he'll turn on the heater full-fledged. When he does that, it's super hot for me, so when he's sleeping I secretly adjust the temperature DOWN All:   YJ: Bc the hot air can't flow outside, I just switch it OFF~ MC: Well then, with these confessions as an opportunity, will anything in the van be changed in the future for the 2 of you?  JY: I will...just turn up the volume of my earphones louder~   YJ: And I will turn down the temperature of the heater more lol~

After this was the fansign segment, and last greetings before the event ended. Both of them said they're looking forward to seeing Ahgases again in Budokan. When they both exited already, JY playfully peeked out from the stage wing again to wave at fans and tease Furuya-san lol.

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Nirvana in Fire Episode 7 Reaction

TA-DA, I HAVE RETURNED! I know, I know, it’s been such a long time, y’all thought I was dead, but nope! I’m just back with a different face and a different name and a quest to make your life miserable aka this is the episode with That Househunting Scene. Lord have mercy on my feels.

Before we get started, I apologize in advance because this is going to be a bit more rushed than previous recaps. I’ve been so busy during these last few months of the year, it has made it very difficult to find any time where I can just sit and watch NiF while also taking notes/writing. I can’t watch it while I do other things, like I tend to do with most dramas I watch; NiF requires full attention and especially when one is writing a reaction/recap post! So for the sake of my sanity (because I AM DYING TO KEEP WATCHING THIS HORRIBLE WONDERFUL MASTERPIECE) I am going to try to go a little faster through the next few episodes, at least up to where I left off when I decided to go back and write these reactions for y’all (which I thiiiiiink was around episode 16?), and then since I’ll be caught up to uncharted territory I’ll get more in-depth again and hopefully my life will be less crazily busy, too!

Okay, so without further ado: EPISODE SEVEN.

Where were we? Oh yeah, Xia Dong was being amazing and interrogating a would-be assassin with the best sort of combination of cold callousness and sadistic pleasure. She’s terrifying, but also so very cool. The Good Boys are standing by watching with varying degrees of discomfort at the torture happening in front of them, but while they seem to believe the bombshell dropped at the end of last episode—that Prince Yu is the one who sent the assassins—Xia Dong is totally unimpressed by the lie. Ha, she says, I already lost Yu’s men ages ago. Try again, she sneers. Let me take a moment to say that taking this time away from the show has given me a newly recharged appreciation for just how beautiful Jing Rui is, especially in that particular shade of royal blue. It’s so nice.

The assassin looks like he actually might tell the truth this time, because Xia Dong is That Scary, but suddenly—arrows, arrows everywhere! Our trio have blessedly quick reflexes and reaction time and fling themselves into various twirls and flips to escape the arrows, but the assassin is not so lucky. When the arrows stop flying and Xia Dong returns to her captive she discovers an arrow is lodged neatly in his voicebox. Nope, that’s not suspicious at ALL. Xia Dong swears in frustration and Yu Jin is briefly brave long enough to say she shouldn’t swear (but then when she turns that glare on him he just sort of melts into this apologetic puddle of terror that hastily hides behind poor Jing Rui, and have I mentioned that I love these boys? It’s been like two months since my last episode watch and that love has not lessened). Xia Dong looks like she’s seriously considering at least slapping Yu Jin, but she decides to let his impertinence slide and all three return to the capitol.

Now we cut to Ni Huang’s lil brother, Mu I remember his name being? He’s wearing a most magnificent red outfit, I can’t stop noticing all the costumes this episode, I guess it’s been so long I was having withdrawals or something. THEY’RE SO PRETTY. He’s arrived at the Marquis’ place but when the door guard tells him to wait, he just brushes that off with Nah, I’m just here to see Su! Mu is so refreshingly informal in all his dealings, I think it’s a combination of showing how very young and sort of callow he is but also there’s that divide again between the straightforward and honorable nature of those from the martial world and the skeevy snakeishness of those involved in politics. He’s just so open, and cheerful when he isn’t breaking Sima Lei’s legs. I guess he was cheerful about doing that too, though, in a sense. Also, his expressions are just the cutest. The Marquis’ wife comes out to greet him, and he complains that she calls him young but also thanks her for saving Ni Huang. She doesn’t seem to want to dwell on that and asks him why he’s visiting and he repeats he just wants to see Su—To show Su some houses, in fact. The Princess Supreme looks oddly sad about this? Is it just because she liked having an ally she could trust around the place, or what?

When Mu does meet with Mei Chang Su, Su tells him that he isn’t really in a hurry to move out. Fei Liu is very intently arranging flowers while the other two talk, which is very cute. Mu insists, and then makes the mistake of grabbing Su by the wrist and starting to drag him along, all the while nattering about this househunting project. Immediately, Fei Liu’s hackles are raised and he launches at poor Mu, lifting him OFF THE GROUND AND OVER HIS HEAD WITH ONE HAND and just welcome back into my life, Fei Liu. And I hope the following exchange is as funny in the actual dialogue as it is in subs, but in the sub at least Su tells Fei Liu to “put him down quickly” and Fei Liu immediately gets ready to seemingly slam Mu into the ground, so Su has to immediately follow up with “put him down slowly,” which, ahaha. Fei Liu is grumpy, but Mu’s life is thus saved and he is not daunted at all, instead just being very impressed. To avoid further drama, Su agrees to look at some houses.

In the city streets, Xia Dong parts ways with the Boys. Jing Rui really tries hard to stay with her, because he’s so worried for her safety, bless him. Yu Jin intervenes and convinces his friend to come away, probably partially because he’s happy for an excuse to get away from Xia Dong, but based on the acting I’d say he’s also being his usual perceptive self and realizes that she wants them to leave her for a Reason. The Reason is that she’s being followed. I don’t recognize the face of the guy following her? I am guessing he is an Actual Character though, otherwise the camera wouldn’t have lingered so long.

Meanwhile, Prince Yu is breaking pottery because he’s throwing a tantrum. He’s finally found out that Xie Yu, aka the Marquis, is playing both sides of the political game, pretending to support only Yu while also secretly helping the Crown Prince. He’s in trouble.

Back to Mei Chang Su, he’s being led by a Mu who is so enthusiastic about the househunting, he’s actually bouncing up and down. HE’S SO CUTE. PROTECT HIM. His enthusiasm is explained when they turn a corner and: dun dun duuuuun there’s Ni Huang, looking stunning as usual. Oh, you clever boy, Mu. Look at him smiling at his ship. Ni Huang has a total “gotcha” face on, and Su’s expression just says “oh nooooo.” Outplayed by a kid, wow, Su.

In the next scene Mu has mysteriously vanished and our favourite doomed ship is walking together. She tries to thank him for saving her, he says it was his mistake that put her in danger to begin with, she counters that no man is infallible, and you can totally tell he’s thinking BUT I’M SUPPOSED TO BE. He warns her not to trust him, a man she has only met a few times, but she says she feels like she’s known him a long time and trusts he would never harm her intentionally. AHA. NI HUANG IS MAKING HER MOVE. He tries to jokingly put her off by saying wow he wishes other people felt that way, and immediately she’s like “Jing Yan is mad at you, isn’t he” which, LOL. She basically says Oh, you know how Jing is, he can’t keep his mouth shut, just ignore him, and Su neatly counters with “How could I know what Jing is like?” He walks away looking like a man who just scored a point, and yep, she’s totally trying to trap him. It’s a battle of minds, and ugh they’re so perfect for each other! Her smile and then slow thoughtful look when he makes that dodge, aaaahh.

We cut back to the Emperor where he’s all pissy because Ni Huang apparently effortlessly defeated all her suitors, so that whole subplot just died a quiet offscreen death, lol. Then she handed in a report to state her wrongdoing, he complains to his eunuch buddy, and ahahaha I love Ni Huang. The Emperor says that even though Ni Huang managed to avoid marriage yet again, she cannot be allowed to leave the capitol to go back to the battlefield like he’s let her before.

Ni Huang is still showing Su around a variety of houses. They look so cute walking togetherrrrr. But also he’s wearing his furs so they barely even cover his shoulders, and while that’s a nice aesthetic, that can’t really be helping against the cold at all. MCS, staaaahp. He tries to tell her he doesn’t want to bother her with this househunting nonsense, but she insists it’s no trouble and then suggests he go a certain way that he CLEARLY does not want to go. Immediately I was like oh nooooooo because I could just tell something awful was coming. Ni Huang, what have you done. They stare at each other for a long, long while, and it’s like she’s daring him to refuse, because that will prove his identity, and he knows that, but also he doesn’t wanna but in the end of course he has to follow her. He walks like he’s being led to the gallows or some similarly deadly place. And then she stops and behind her is an obviously huge but abandoned house, and I started screaming inside because I knew it I knew it Ni Huang whyyyyyyy why would you do this to us

Do you know what this place is? She asks. No, Su replies, carefully not looking at it. Ugh, my poor boy. She tells him this particular manor belonged to the Commander of the Blaze Army. I used to play here very often as a child, she tells him (My aside: NOOOOOOOOOOO), and then she invites him on a stroll inside its ruins. Oh, she’s being so mean. And he deserves it, for what he’s doing to her, but still. Mean. And she is watching him like a hawk.

After a beat Su manages to counter that surely they can’t just casually walk inside if it’s the former residence of traitors? Ni Huang tells him that it’s true this house should have technically been seized by the Emperor and so belongs to him, but the Emperor has ignored it all these years. He never did anything to it. He seems to be waiting, she says, her gaze lingering over those sad, empty walls. Perhaps one day it will just disappear.

No, I’m not crying. Or if I am, it’s because That Music is back and it’s not fair, I am powerless against That Music. It will forever be the Grandma Scene music to me, aka the moment this show revealed itself as the emotional hell it truly is.

And the double meaning of this entire conversation is just SO. GOOD:

MCS: Since it’s been dilapidated for years there probably isn’t any trace of its past splendor left. Why would Your Highness insist on reminding yourself of the past?

Ni Huang: People left. The house is empty. Things changed with the passing of the years. But it doesn’t mean that everything has vanished. (Turns to face MCS, and then:) Whatever remains still lingers. Some people, some matters, still stay deep in one’s mind. Time will not wipe away their traces.

MCS (looking like he’s gonna cry, let’s be real): Your Highness values friendship and loyalty greatly. However, this case still weighs heavily on the Imperial Court. It still remains in the limelight. I advise Your Highness not to linger around this place much longer.

And I’m both gleeful and utterly devastated about how GOOD this whole scene is, my gosh. Because yeah, suuuuuuure they’re just talking about the house. They aren’t talking about Lin Shu at ALLLLLLLL.

(Gah, I love this show.)

Ni Huang looks devastated. This whole conversation is so close to the surface, to them speaking plainly to each other, and yet she’s so stymied by how he refuses to reveal himself! You can tell she was hoping so, so much to finally get her answer here, and yet he’s still refusing to give her that answer she wants, the one she knows deep down is the truth. In response to his advice she walks up those old, broken steps, and looks DOWN on him (eeeeee this showwww), now plainly asking him to take a look inside.

(He doesn’t want to look inside, Ni Huang. He doesn’t want to see Lin Shu again, not when he has to be Mei Chang Su. He can’t want to take that look with you. Hi, I’m dead.)

Still refusing to look at the house, staring at the ground, he refuses once more, bows, and walks away. That blasted music, that glorious music, is still going because this show has no pity. AND THEN HE STARTS CRYING AND I’M LIKE NI HUANG DON’T JUST STAND THERE RUN AND CATCH UP AND STARE HIM IN THE FACE like it’d ruin the moment but you’d get your answers, dangitttt

And we flashback to him falling off that cliff again and then it cuts to a shot of Su walking away and in the foreground is a cobweb covering his image and ooh, artsy.

Next scene is Jing Rui and his brother (Xie Bi, or something like that? Augh, it’s been so long, I’m probably getting a lot of side character’s names wrong) and Jing Rui is trying to cheer his brother up because he’s just nice like that. Arguably the nicest. His brother is upset because after two years of his father telling him to work for Prince Yu, his father’s now told him to stop helping Yu because he actually supports the Crown Prince. He feels very used and unhappy. Jing Rui, meanwhile, is absolutely rattled, even horrorstruck. He thought his dad wasn’t into politics, remember? Yeah, so much for that. I have the horrible sinking feeling it’s just going to get worse for him from here.

Back at the Snow Cottage, Fei Liu is building a fire for his Su and it’s very adorable. I want so many more scenes of just these two, especially after reading the novel chapters that I did before I started venturing into spoiler territory and stopped (they’re so huggy in the novel, bless them). Su tells Fei Liu that he’s getting all this real estate mail, basically, and doesn’t that show that there are still nice people in the capitol? NOT AT ALL, says Fei Liu, and Su just smirks. These two. I love them. Su is the worst role model.

Su tells Fei Liu to take a look at a house called the Orchid Garden and if Fei Liu likes it, Su will buy it. The power this kid has. Suddenly Fei Liu senses someone and flies outside where he sees Xia Dong standing there! Fei Liu being Fei Liu and Xia Dong being Xia Dong, they immediately have a spectacular fight. Su shows up to stop it and shows that he knows Xia Dong is injured, and he asks what she’s doing there.

Back at the palace, the Bickering Brothers are at it again. The best part is where Yu shakes his finger in the Crown Prince’s face and the Crown Prince makes this angry little squeaky sound and bats it away, ahahahaha. These actors are superb, as I keep saying (because they keep impressing me in scene after scene). Yu tries to be like Hey, why aren’t you secluded and studying like you’re supposed to be doing, since you’re being punished for Ni Huang and all, but the Crown Prince retorts that he wasn’t banned from court affairs, and are you implying you want me out of court for good???? SHUT UP, says the Emperor. He has less and less patience with each scene they share, lol. He tells them he knows they are squabbling because they each want to judge over the Duke of Qing’s case. Remember him? Yeah. The Emperor tells them he can’t pick either of them because Yu of course would let the Duke get away with any crime (the Duke is his powerful ally, remember!) and the Crown Prince would use any excuse to destroy the Duke’s entire family and thereby eliminate a powerful foe. “Father”, they both try, and SHUT UP, he cuts them off. Man, I’m almost liking the Emperor again.

Xia Dong meanwhile is in audience with Su. She tells him she’s just been curious about him, as he’s the talk of the town and seemingly has many faces. She’s worried. What about? Ni Huang.

(Augh, says Su’s face, Why is it always Ni Huang)

Why on earth are you worried about Ni Huang? She’s a powerful military leader and all, he says. Xia Dong says the rumor is Ni Huang defied the Emperor and refused marriage because of Mei Chang Su. OHO IS THAT THE RUMOR? Nice. Su says they’re just friends, he’s not trying to court Ni Huang. Xia Dong is not appeased, and directly asks: Does he only want friendship? Su thinks a moment, then says well, he has to admit Ni Huang is radiant (oh, you) and of course he can’t help but admire her, but also he’s sick, he’s not long for the world, he has deliberately remained unmarried so as not to burden anyone.

Her Highness has always been quite clear-minded, he says. She’s like a light breeze and a bright moon. Who would be good enough for her if not a man of great passion and outstanding ambition?

Uh, Mei Chang Su? Your Lin Shu is showing again. Xia Dong looks a little taken aback.

The Emperor is complaining to his eunuch friend again but this time our mustached fave General Meng is there too! Yay! The Emperor is angry that his sons continue to squabble so immaturely even though the Duke of Qing’s case is a matter of national importance. Meng reminds him that be that as it may, a prince still needs to be in charge of any investigation and trial. Hmmmmmmm, I sense Su’s hand in this …

Yep, the Emperor suddenly brightens. Oh yeah, he says, a prince does have to preside over the case but it doesn’t have to be one of those two! Isn’t Jing Yan still around? He’s so stubborn, he’d be perfect! Cool, let’s put Jing in charge! He walks off feeling delighted with himself. I am once again left in awe of Su and his manipulation skills. I’m assuming this is the first step of a long game to make Jing gain favor in the palace.

Xia Dong meanwhile brings up the time Su helped Ni Huang defeat those enemies a few years back. She asks why he bothered since his land wasn’t particularly nearby? He gets all mad and offended that she apparently feels the need to question why he would help defend his country, and she backs off. I can’t decide how much of that anger was just show; I think that he really was upset by that implication. Xia Dong leaves with a good opinion of Su, which is good because if I remember aright she hates Jing for his support for Lin Shu’s family, so if she knew who Su really was? Yeahhhhh, big trouble would follow. Also she’s a master spy, so way to dodge a bullet there, Su. For now, anyway.

Outside, the Marquis is hiding and spying himself, but Xia Dong calls him out and his awkward popping out from behind that doorframe was very funny. She basically tells him she knows all about his political gaming and how he set up the whole Duke of Qing thing but also she is not going to tell on him. She says she will keep his secret because her husband, Nie Feng, died during that Blaze Army rebellion and it was the Marqius who brought “half his corpse” home to her. Thus, she feels like she owes him. Oh, eww. Also we know Lin Shu’s dad was NOT a traitor and it was all a set up, so what are the odds that the Marquis was also the one who was responsible for turning her husband into half a corpse? Pretty freaking high, I’d say.

She seems angered that the Marquis has clearly forgotten that massive favor he did her, so she tells him in keeping his secret she considers her debt paid and they are now even. Then she just walks off, cool as you like, leaving behind a very worried-looking Marquis.

Cut to: Mei Chang Su, back in his inefficient furs and out on the town with the Good Boys! Actually they’re in the courtyard of a horrible old dump of a house. For a second I was like wait did he buy his family’s old house because surely the Emperor would put a stop to that? But no, it seems like this is the Orchid Garden place he mentioned to Fei Liu earlier. Yu Jin is hilariously disapproving, hands on hips and everything, and chides Su for being a fool for buying the place without seeing it first. Su says Fei Liu liked it, though! Cue Fei Liu literally flying overhead, looking very pleased with himself. Yu Jin is not impressed. Su indulges in a little trollface.

The three walk through the manor together, and Yu Jin starts being like, well, the layout is okay I guess, we can fix it up into a livable place I guess, but yeah it does look amazingly overgrown. But then Yu Jin suddenly disappears into the ground, so apparently there’s big ol’ holes in the property, too? What are you playing at, Mei Chang Su.

Jing Rui dashes over to help his friend, and pulls him out of what is actually a dried up well. Yu Jin comments that it’s lucky he’s so skilled and so was able to catch onto the lip of the well to avoid falling all the way in, and Jing Rui agrees. If it had been Su, he says, the poor strategist would have fallen all the way to the bottom. Which, ouch. I mean, that might be true, I don’t know if Su’s frailty is all 100% genuine (I’d say it’s at least 70% genuine) or if he still has the sort of reflexes a warrior would, but obviously we are supposed to assume that in his happy youth before all the bad stuff happened he would have had no problem with avoiding a fall down a dry well. Anyway, the boys clown a bit and Fei Liu shows up. Yu Jin complains that the manor is creepy and suggests they leave. As they walk, however, Yu Jin realizes that he’s missing some pendant or something that belonged to his grandfather and is really important to him. Could it have fallen down the well? Su asks innocently. Instantly I’m convinced Su snuck it off of Yu Jin and threw it in the well himself, lol. They go back to look.

Then we cut to the Red Sleeves Brothel? A girl named Gong Yu is at a window. An old man doesn’t want her at the window. His name is Shisan? Okay. She was apparently watching Qin Bao Ruo, who I remember being the name of Yu’s strategist. Said strategist is off to the palace again, apparently—he’s got a lot of problems that need a sound strategical approach right now. Gong Yu says she’s worried about Su. Shisan says not to worry, as this was all foreseen by Su. Ok, so they are in on Su’s plans, that’s interesting. Why do they know, what’s their deal.

Gong Yu wants to know if she can visit Su in the capitol. Shisan says he sent word to Su asking for permission, and Su says no, she is not to visit. She seems a little stalkerish, and I want her to back off.

Back at Su’s horrible new house, the boys are being adorable again and I love their friendship so much, I love how much Yu Jin gets Jing Rui to lighten up. Jing Rui elects to search the bottom of the well for Yu Jin’s pendant, because he is a Best Friend. And I KNOW this is just a show but it still causes me physical pain to watch him ruin those gorgeous clothes in that mud, lol

Anyway they lower Jing Rui down on a rope and Su watches looking very worried or intent at least and that’s not a great sign. What’s he playing at. This is a rare chance for you to please me, Yu Jin calls down, So try harder! Jing Rui replies with a threat to smear mud all over his face once he’s back up, these bros. Jing Rui finds the token, is all ready to leave, but then he steps on something that cracks and when he looks down:

It’s a human skull.

I was sooooooo not expecting that. Su totally was though, and I want to be mad at him for putting Jing Rui through that but also like imagine if Jing Rui hadn’t noticed while he was down there, what would Su have done? Stolen Jing Rui’s hair pin and tossed down and been like whoops, you must have lost it when you were looking for Yu Jin’s thing?

Jing Rui is horrified, but he refuses to leave until he investigates further, and yeah: THERE’S MORE SKULLS. LOTS MORE. Well, I guess we have our next chapter of the story. From a marriage tournament to a serial killer well. That’s not a great sign of where this show is taking us, lol

Cut to the Crown Prince, he’s asking the Marquis whether or not he thinks Jing could be persuaded to be lenient on the Duke since he owes Yu for that whole Ni Huang thing. The Marquis says nah, Jing isn’t so easily swayed, you’re fine. Then he also says, speaking of the Ni Huang debacle, he’s heard who was responsible for the whole set up and how things went so badly for the Crown Prince. It wasn’t Prince Yu: It was Mei Chang Su.

Well, that’s not a positive development.

Cut to a shot of seemingly endless skeletons lying unearthed beside the well, just to really drive home this ominous turn. All these officials, who I guess are the equivalent of homicide detectives, lol, are busy at the well. Yu Jin asks one how many skeletons have been found, and the guy says seven so far, and all are female. This has suddenly turned into CSI: Fantasy Ancient China. This is apparently the biggest and most shocking case he’s ever had. Su innocently says well, he can’t really help since this was his first visit to the property (ahaaaa so that’s why he sent Fei Liu!). He leaves to go back to the Snow Cottage.

Speaking of the Snow Cottage, the Marquis is back in his manor talking to a man who I thiiiiiink is Jing Rui’s other dad? Anyway he says the Crown Prince has ordered they kill Mei Chang Su. The guy may be a Divine Talent, but if he’s not on their side then they have to take him out of the equation. But he’s leader of the East Yangtze Alliance, protests the other guy (Zhuo, it turns out, is his name): he’s surrounded by pugilists! I can’t attack him! Yeah, I know, says the Marquis. Just find out if Fei Liu is his only bodyguard or not, and I’ll take care of the rest.

This should be a very ominous ending, but I’ve seen Fei Liu in action. I think Mei Chang Su is going to be juuuuust fine. Plus he knows the Marquis is the worst; surely has a contingency plan.

And that’s the end! I sit through the entire ending song because it’s been too long, dangit, (and also HEY THERE’S JING YAN I missed my fave this episode) and then I realize that it’s 3am and I have to be at work at 5am.

Worth it.

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Ikemen Sengoku Tag Meme

Tagged by @nyktoon-ikemenlove

Answer the 10 questions then tag other people!

1. Your Top 3 favorite warlords (in order)

Ahahaha, this is really hard...

Ieyasu (all the cat/porcupine comparisons between this snarky fluffball just really get me)

Hideyoshi (the “mom” of the group haha, I can relate)

Mitsunari (the sweet cinnamon roll child, how is he so pure)

2. Favorite moment in the game so far

I really enjoyed Nobunaga’s dramatic route when the MC is pushed into the wormhole back to her original time and loses her memory. Mostly this is because I live for the “forgetting and remembering important people/events” trope but just the way it was handled in game really made it enjoyable.

3. Who has the best hair?

Kenshin, it just LOOKS so silky in his sprite! Like teach me how you care for it because I want hair like that.

4. Which voice do you like the most?

Hideyoshi’s, without a doubt. (Once again personal bias (this time for his voice actor haha) but I also feel his voice really captures his personality and presentation as the ‘most eligible bachelor of Azuchi’)

5. Who do you think you’re more compatible with?

Probably Shingen or Nobunaga so we can all go candy-raiding and sweets-binging together.

6. Which warlord appeals to your aesthetics?

Masamune. Call me tacky but I really like his armor sprite with the crescent moon detailing on his shoulder. Also that eyepatch with all that gold detail/lines. 7. Which relationship between the warlords is your favorite?

I really like all the of warlord-warlord interactions but I have to say, the Yukimura-Shingen dynamic definitely takes the cake. Shingen’s general dad-lines about how he “didn’t raise Yukimura like this...” really crack me up

8. Which warlord makes you the most frustrated?

Dammit Mitsuhide, shut up and let people help you without slithering around for once in your life!

Okay, rant over. I didn’t really like his character at first but the recent routes have really warmed me up to him and just seeing how he brings himself down and always acts alone just really frustrates me.

9. Who would you swear loyalty to;  the Oda forces, the Uesugi-Takeda forces, or Third Party forces?

I would have to say the Oda forces because Azuchi seems like it would be a great place to live.

10. Do you prefer Romantic or Dramatic routes?

Dramatic. As much a fan I am of tooth-rottingly sweet romance I just happen to prefer getting my cavities with an added touch of angst thrown in. 11. (added by tagger) Which warlord’s values do you align with the most?

Nobunaga probably although I don’t agree with his methods I do admire his ambition especially in the time period he lives in as well as understand how he came to do what he does the way he does it. He has a clear vision of the future he wants and sees that he needs to be the one to act for that future and to carve out his goals himself

I won’t be tagging anyone because I frankly don’t know many people who also play ikesen >.<

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Obey Me! One Master to Rule Them All! Fanfic #3

Garlic Tomato Bisque

(MC x Levi) (MC x Lucifer) (fluff, comedy) (mild language?) [inspired by one of the boys’ D.D.D. Chats where Lucifer was sick]

By: @cynergy-laughter

Word Count: 4,187

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You really liked Lucifer, besides all the drama that happened between you two, he was a very sweet, dependable, charming guy. A bit of a sadist yes, but adoring. But now, you hear that Lucifer was sick, in bed, so that’s why he wasn’t at breakfast right now.

“Pfftt Hahahaha! Lucifer is sick?! Oh my gosh, this is too rich!” Mammon chuckles over his food.

“But Lucifer never gets sick, I don’t even think he’s had a cough.” Asmo said, frowning. “I guess there’s a first time for everything…”

“Just knowing that our brother, our eldest brother, is so vulnerable right now… it… shakes me…” Satan said, balling up his fist.

“Yeah, with mirth. You and Mammon are probably the ones taking the most joy in seeing Lucifer suffer…” Belphegor pointed out, “Not that it isn’t interesting to see our brother in such a state… interesting and worrying.”

“And on top of that, Beel is standing guard over Lucifer, it’s both adorable, and sad… to have the second youngest brother protect you… it’s entertaining all on its own.” Mammon snickered as he kept on eating his breakfast.

“Mammon, let’s not forget, Beel works out because of how much he eats, he could twist you into a pretzel and eat you if he wanted to.” You pointed out, making Mammon gulp a bit while Asmo straight up laughed.

“Ahahaha! Chalk one up for [MC]!” He giggled. “But Lucifer’s lucky we’re having a weekend off, otherwise he’d have to miss student council meetings.”

“Well, I’m gonna be playing my game if anyone needs me, which I doubt.” Leviathan said, finishing his breakfast, and getting up.

“Uh-uh-uh, Levi, you are on dishwashing duty this morning.” Satan reiterated. “Dishes, then you can go up to your room.” Earning a groan from Levi.

Soon, everyone finished breakfast, while Asmo and Satan went to go and deliver the leftovers to Beel standing in front of Lucifer’s bedroom door.

But while you were heading back to your room, you couldn’t help but think about Lucifer sick in bed. You wanted to do something for him, and then an idea occurred to you. You headed for the kitchen where Levi was still washing dishes and you looked in the fridge.

“Beel, shouldn’t you be watching over Lucifer’s room? Oh, [MC], it’s you… you come to laugh at my failed attempt to get out from doing the dishes?” Levi said, turning around.

“No, I was just seeing what we have, I was gonna make something for Lucifer for lunch.” You say.

“What? You do know Lucifer is sick, right… like if it’s a cold strong enough for someone like him to catch, you might catch something stronger if you catch it…” Levi tried to warn you.

“Well, he’s not gonna be visited by anyone if everyone is so scared of catching it… I wanna help him feel better.” You say, “I’m thinking about making him soup… but I know it won’t be enough…”

“Well… I heard that Beel’s gonna be taste testing anything that is for Lucifer.” Levi said.

“Yeah, I figured I would make Beel some too…” you trailed off and then you got an idea… “My grandmother’s famous garlic tomato bisque, and a patty melt, with 3 cheeses…” you say with a smile.

Levi blinked. “Patty melt?”

“It’s like a hamburger, but make it grilled cheese style…” you explain.

“Oh… oh wow… that sounds pretty good actually…” Levi said, “something that sounds so normie… sounds delicious.”

“Do you know if Lucifer has any allergies, or does he not like beef?” You asked, excited.

“Umm, not that I know of… I’ve seen him eating steak before…” Levi thought about it. “I think…”

“Close enough! I’m gonna make him and Beel a get-well lunch they will never forget!” You say clenching your fists. You then turn to Levi who seemed to be sneaking away. “Levi! I need your help. Would you come shopping for the ingredients with me?”

“W-What?! Why me? I have streams to do today!” Levi leaned back a bit because you were so close to him.

“Please? I really need your help, I’ll owe you some game time, it’s been a while since we did a livestream together.” You say, you held your hands together pleadingly. “If you help me, I’ll make you your own patty melt too…” now you tried bargaining.

Levi blinked. “W-What? You think I would wanna try one of your weird meat grilled cheeses? Just how old do you think I am?” Levi grumbled, folding his arms and turning his head away from you.

You frowned and sighed. “Okay… I understand… I guess I can ask Belphie or Asmo if they want to go food shopping…” you said as you turned to go and find Belphie or Asmo, when you were suddenly stopped by an exasperation from behind you.

“W-Wait! Gosh, don’t you know a dramatic pause when you see it? U-Umm… Will I get to be the first one to try one of your patty melts?” Levi blushed a bit as he crossed his arms and looked down.

You gave a small smile and held his hands, looking into his eyes. “I promise you’ll have the first melt I make.”

Levi blushes more as he was sharing this tender… normie… moment with you. He pulled his hands away in a huff. “Well, I guess I can spare some time and get to gaming later tonight… but next time, you’re gonna be helping me with a video game release livestream.”

“Deal! Alright, let’s get ready to get shopping to get ready to cook!” You say triumphantly as you grabbed Levi’s hand and rushed out the door with him.

-One Grocery Shopping Montage Later-

You spent a good amount of time shopping for the ingredients, you were happy that Levi had agreed to help you, you weren’t sure how helpful Asmo would have been, but you also knew that Belphie would have slumped down and took a nap while you began cooking. But there was a reason why you wanted someone to really help, and why Levi would be perfect for this.

“I also need a witness, a documenter of sorts.” You said as you put the groceries down on the counter.

“A documenter?” Levi rose an eyebrow.

“Well, this morning, Mammon and Satan were talking pretty mercilessly about Lucifer… I don’t know about Satan, but I wouldn’t put it past Mammon to try and sabotage this and make Lucifer more sick…” You explained.

“Well, in the group chat, Satan was talking about a book about poisons for demons…” Levi said, “So, I wouldn’t put it past either of them…”

“Now that you put it that way, I definitely need you to be my witness. I’m counting on you, Lord of Shadows,” you said, smiling to Levi.

Levi blushes and smiles, “You can count on me, Henry!” He said, clenching his fist, “I’ll go get my camcorder!” He said, heading on upstairs.

You smile as you took out one of your notebooks, and you flipped to a page that had your grandmother’s garlic tomato bisque recipe in. You learned your cooking directly from your grandmother on your father’s side, and she had helped you to keep her recipes alive. She always used to say that her ancestor’s cooking was like a love letter, it had a beautiful presentation, and was full of emotion in every part from beginning to end. You just hoped you could translate the recipe well without her this time. Suddenly, you jumped a bit, feeling a hand around your waist, and someone was pulling you in close.

“What’cha reading? Grandma’s Garlic Tomato Bisque?” Mammon read over your shoulder to which you closed the book.

“Mammon! Don’t do that!” You held your notebook over your chest.

“Heh, sorry, so, what’s all this? You making lunch or something?” Mammon asked, picking up some of the ingredients.

“As a matter of fact… yes, I thought about it, and I wanna make everyone lunch.” You say, “I’m making Patty Melts and my Grandma’s Garlic Tomato Bisque.” He said.

“Patty Melt?” Mammon asked, leaning on the counter, “Excuse me for living but what is that?”

“Picture a hamburger cooked like grilled cheese.” Levi said from the doorway of the kitchen, holding his camcorder.

“Oh? Well then, can’t wait to try it. You will let me know when it’s ready? You know, cause I am your first guy.” Mammon said, trying to get a rise out of Levi.

“Actually, I promised Levi he would be the one to have my first patty melt.” You said, earning a smirk from Levi, and a stunned look from Mammon.

“Ha! Now I don’t regret doing the dishes.” Levi smirked.

“No! No! I asked you to switch dishwashing shifts with me, I demand we switch back!” Mammon growled. “It should be me in your position!”

“You don’t get to change the game when it’s convenient for you! And plus, I got [MC] owing me a hangout day~. So that’s what you get for pawning off your duties!” Levi smirked back.

“Levi… the camcorder?” You ask as Levi set the camcorder up and pressed record on it as he continued the insult match with Mammon.

You sigh and shake your head as you began to start your cooking, starting with the forming and seasoning of the burger patties, making sure they were shaped like ovals so they would fit on the wide bread slices you had. All while you were cooking, you felt someone watching you, and felt someone’s warmth behind you, which you figured out was one of the other brothers, but you were too busy focusing on the patties that you didn’t acknowledge whomst was behind you.

“... And that’s why your feet stink!” Levi fired at Mammon. “They stink so bad, you got a Venus fly trap hacking!”

“Oh those are fightin’ words, your feet stink so bad, when you take your shoes off, the flies die!” Mammon growled as he got into Levi’s face.

“Could you two take your stinky feet somewhere else? [MC]’s trying to cook.” Satan said calmly as he was standing right behind you as you worked on prepping the soup.

“O-Oh… right, sorry [MC]…” Mammon said as he began to leave the kitchen.

“Oh! I’m sorry, Satan…” Levi shied away, following Mammon out the kitchen.

It only took a few seconds before the footsteps came rushing back into the kitchen.

“SATAN?!?!” Both Mammon and Levi shouted in unison.

“You two really are idiots. Letting [MC] cook all by themself while you’re having a little insult fest.” Satan said, smirking, trying not to laugh as he had almost got them to leave.

“You’re the one just standing behind [MC] just watching them cook!” Mammon growled.

Levi realized that they were in the presence of the last two people they wanted in the kitchen right now, so he had to be diligent. “Y-yeah! If you’re gonna be in the kitchen, you’re gonna have to do something to help with lunch.”

“Like saying how badly both of your feet stink?” Satan turned to them crossing his arms.

“THEY DON’T STINK!!” Both Mammon and Levi shouted again. It was at this point of your cooking that you had enough, you hadn’t even started on the bisque yet, and the three of them were standing around having a quarrel.

“ALL OF YOU!” You shout, causing them to turn their attention to you. “I’m already done shaping and seasoning the patties, and I need to start making the soup, if none of you are going to help me, then I need you all to leave the kitchen.”

Mammon, Levi and Satan looked taken aback, they didn’t see this side of MC before.

“Well, I wanna help, what do you want me to do?” Levi asked, walking up to you.

“H-Hey, I wanna help too!” Mammon followed Levi.

“... You know, if you didn’t make a pact with anyone here, you probably would have been in danger of getting hurt…” Satan began, “But… I guess we aren’t earning your cooking if we didn’t help… So you’re making tomato bisque? That’s pretty ambitious, especially for a house of seven.”

“Well, this is my grandma’s recipe, and I wanted to give a lunch that warms the heart as well as your mouth.” You said, softening your smile as you recruited two more brothers to help cook. “I wanna keep my family’s recipes alive.”

“Ah… that is noble of you. Well, I can start chopping the vegetables.” Satan said, smiling.

“Yeah, I’ll start cutting the cheese for the patty melts.” Levi said.

“Umm, I can start buttering the bread, and cook the patties!” Mammon said as the boys started getting everything ready.

It warmed your heart to see that you all were working together. You felt like the head chef, supervising the next three eldest brothers after Lucifer, and you all came together to show how you made the garlic tomato bisque. Eventually, you cooked the patties and started to make them melts.

“Thank you all so much for this… I really do appreciate your help, by the way, Mammon, Satan? Could you go and tell Belphie and Asmo that lunch will be ready shortly?” You asked.

“Why can’t Levi do it?” Mammon asked.

“Because I’m trusting you with this task, Mammon. And you too, Satan.” You replied, smiling.

“Understood, come on.” Satan said, walking out of the kitchen, with Mammon.

You smile and look at Levi. “Thank you so much, I think they were pretty behaved, but check the footage, just to be safe.”

“Of course. Oh, and don’t forget that the first melt and soup bowl is mine.” Levi mentioned as he began to play it back.

You kept your eye on Levi’s patty melt, not wanting to flip it too late or too soon. And at the first flip over, it was a delightfully toasted brown. “Yes!”

Levi smiles as he saw the joy on your face, but then as he played back the video, he noticed you had only made 7 patties… it should have been 8… were you not gonna make one for yourself?

“Oh Levi, here you go, fresh and a perfect toasted brown and cut in half, I hope you like it.” You say, handing him his sandwich and the bowl of garlic tomato bisque.

“Oh wow, it looks so good… thank you, [MC]!” Levi said, closing the camcorder. “And you’re in luck, I didn’t see any sabotaging, but maybe taste the bisque before you try it…”

“Oh right…” you said as you went over to the bisque and tasted it, and you got transported back to when you were sick in bed, and your grandma made you this soup. It made you fall asleep easier, and helped you feel better the next day. You remembered going down to grandma’s kitchen and giving her the biggest hug, cause you felt the best you had felt in your life.

“Hey… [MC]? What’s wrong?” Levi asked, lowering his head to meet your eyes, which he grew misty.

“H-Huh? O-Oh nothing… It just… tastes just like how grandma made it…” you shook your head and wiped your eyes.

“Well, now I’m sold and I haven’t even eaten yet.” Levi smiles, “By the way, how are you going to get past Beel with those sandwiches? He’s eating anything that comes in for Lucifer…”

“Well, I’m gonna cook Lucifer’s and Beel’s at the same time, but then, I’ll cut them both in half, and swap out one of the halves for another. So Lucifer can have some of Beel’s, Beel can have some of Lucifer’s, and They’ll both still have a whole sandwich.” You explained. “And I can show the footage to Beel to back it up.”

Levi blinked, surprised that you thought it through. “It’s pretty scary that you are this thorough… I don’t think even Satan is that thorough…”

You blush and chuckle. “Well, go and eat, everyone will be down soon.” You say, nodding as you shoo Levi off. Eventually, one by one you cooked the patties and grilled cheese’d them, and served them with bisque to brothers who also came down. Soon, you made the last two at the same time, cooking them side by side while the camcorder recorded you. You finally made a beautiful presentation, two halves of each sandwich indicated by ornate toothpicks, two colored red, and two colored orange surrounding but not touching the bowl of garlic tomato bisque. You put it on a tray and made your way up toward Lucifer’s room, where Beel stood guard.

“Oh, [MC]. How are… what is that?” Beelzebub said, giving you a smile, but then it dropped into longing. You swear you could hear his stomach growling.

“Oh, I made everyone lunch, and I made one for you and Lucifer.” You explained. “Four cheese patty melt with garlic tomato bisque, and water with lemon slices because… hydration.” You listed, giving a smile

“... You do know I gotta eat both because of Mammon and Satan. Right?” Beel asked, frowning with an eyebrow raised.

“Well, not necessarily, I cut the sandwiches in half, and swapped the left halves, the soup was made in the same pot and I tasted it. I have recorded footage as well. And even though Mammon and Satan helped, Levi and I made sure that nothing wrong happened.” You say.

Beel blinks, and took one of the plates offered to him and began to eat the sandwiches, he nodded impressed, and then dipped a half of the sandwich into the soup and his eyes widened in joy. “I need more of this soup… and this… patty melt… it’s like grilled cheeseburger… [MC]... I didn’t know you could cook this good…”

You blush as you saw Beel enjoying it so much. Suddenly, Beel opened the door. “Lucifer, [MC] made you lunch, you’ve gotta try it!” He said into the room.

“... Send him in.” Was all you heard.

“Go on in, I’m gonna see if there’s more.” Beel said, running off excitedly to the kitchen.

“There’s more soup, but there’s no more… beef…” you called out but stopped halfway because Beel was already gone. You went into Lucifer’s room, closing the door behind you.

“[MC]... what’s this I heard about you making food?” Lucifer asked from his bed in his dimly lit room, he sounded like he was suffering. He had never had a cold before, and it must have come as a shock.

“Oh, I wanted to help you feel better, so I made you a patty melt, which is basically a grilled cheese-burger, and some of my grandma’s garlic tomato bisque. She made me this when I was younger whenever I felt sick. And I always felt better after.” You said, sitting down on the bed next to Lucifer.

“Oh… I appreciate it, but I heard that Mammon and Satan helped you make it… I hope you understand…” Lucifer said, solemnly.

“Well, I served everyone else before serving you, and I don’t think Mammon and Satan would have eaten something they sabotaged.” You explained. “Please? I’ve been worried about you all day ever since I heard you were sick this morning…”

Lucifer looked at you and his face softened. “Well, if you insist that nothing’s wrong… it does smell good… although I’m not a fan of greasy food…”

“Don’t worry, the grease adds flavor to the bread, here…” you gave Lucifer a fork and knife, to which he started laughing.

“You know me so well.” Lucifer said, smiling, as he took the utensils and began to cut into it.

“You just strike me as the kind of person to eat everything with a fork and knife, you’re not exactly a hands-on eater… oh, and if you want, try dipping the bites you cut into the bisque.”

“... Well maybe I’ll try them separately first before marrying them.” Lucifer said as he was given a spoon as well and began to eat his soup. “Ooh… and you said this was your grandmother’s recipe? Your grandmother knows her flavors, this is delicious!”

“Oh good, I’m glad you like it…” you sighed in relief.

“I don’t like it, I love it…” Lucifer said, smiling at you, “Your grandmother would be very proud of you...”

You blush as you start to feel pretty warm yourself, it felt like Lucifer was holding your hand, or holding you close even though he continued to eat.

After Lucifer has finished his food and his water, he smiled at you, and slightly sniffles.

“Thank you for such a delicious lunch, [MC]. And thank you for such great company… didn’t you make some for yourself?” Lucifer asked, tilting his head.

“Oh you’re welcome! And no, I had a taste of the bisque, and I think that Beel might have eaten the rest of the soup… I’m just glad that you all had yours.” You say, shaking your head.

“I see… I suggest you eat as well, after all, you made us all lunch, you should enjoy your cooking as well.” Lucifer said, holding your hand. “You deserve yours.”

You blush and smile. “I will, don’t worry… now get some rest, and give me a message if you need anything else, okay?”

“Of course, I hope I feel better fast.” Lucifer said, but before you left, you went over and gave him a kiss on his forehead before leaving his room. Lucifer was blushing now, “Heh… I hope I feel better for your sake…” he said after you had already left.

You came out of the bathroom a few minutes after leaving Lucifer’s room to wash your hands, and your lips. Levi was right, you didn’t want to catch the Common Cold 2.0: The Sequel. You smile as you walk back down to the kitchen, and pull out your D.D.D. You were about to call for delivery when you went to the kitchen and you heard;

“Surprise!” The other brothers said as you gasp and almost drop your D.D.D. Mammon was holding up another patty melt while Levi held a bowl of what looked to be fresh garlic tomato bisque.

“W-Wha? What is this?” You ask, going up to them, not sure what to say.

“Well, Beel went Gaga for your soup, and he finished it off.” Belphie said as he pat Beel’s back as Beel blushed and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

“I’m sorry, it was so good…” Beel said, biting his lip.

“And Levi noticed that you didn’t make a patty for yourself, so, he naturally told us, and we decided to go and get the ingredients to make YOU your lunch to us~.” Asmo winked.

“I-I just thought it wasn’t fair for you to make us lunch and not get your own lunch to enjoy…” Levi blushes a bit, looking down.

“You left your notebook in the kitchen so we kind of looked through it… sorry for snooping around your things… but we made you some fresh bisque as well.” Satan said, smiling.

“I hope this is up to your standards, and I hope we did your grandmother’s recipe proud…” Mammon said.

“Yeah, even though Mammon suggested we make this and make a market out of it.” Belphie smirked at Mammon.

You didn’t even hear what Mammon said to that because you were touched that the brothers had come together to make lunch for you. You smile sweetly and took the dishes from the brothers, set them down on the kitchen island and gave them all a hug.

“Thank you, all of you. You don’t know how much this means to me… thank you all so much! Especially you, for all of your help today, Levi…” you said, giving Levi a kiss on his cheek.

“Wha-WhoooOOOOAAA!! What was that for?!” Levi blushed madly.

“H-Hey! Why did Levi get a kiss?!” Mammon’s eyes widened and bared his teeth.

“Cause no one wants to kiss you, scummy Mammon~.” Asmo teased.

“No one asked you Fifty Shades of Pink!” Mammon growled. “And everyone wants a piece of The Great Mammon!”

“Yes, especially those three witches you still owe a debt to.” Satan smirks.

“You know what Satan, I’m getting sick and tired of your mouth, you always got something smart to say!” Mammon stepped up to Satan.

“Well someone has to cut through the idiocy that comes out of your mouth.” Satan crossed his arms.

Belphie snuck your food to you from behind their fussing. “You’d better eat while Beel doesn’t try to grab it.” He said, winking at you.

You smile and head to your seat in the dining hall, and you chuckle as heard them fighting as you are carefully.

“You know what?! I don’t need to take this from someone whose feet stink!” You heard Mammon throw out.

“What does that have to do with anything, Mammon?” Beel asked.

“My feet don’t stink!” Satan growls. “And that statement is irrelevant to the topic at hand, and is proving my point!”

You chuckle a bit louder as you try to calm yourself down to continue eating. “Oh I love it here… Never a dull moment with these brothers…

[jokertrap-ran]

Stand My Heroes Event! 湯煙漂うオ: トナ♡合宿 (Drifting on the hot springs: Adult♡training camp) Translations : Story 2 Event exclusive story: Watanabe Satoru

How do you want me to spoil you…?

His tipsy state after unexpectedly drinking in order to relax!? And in order to know the true intentions of the cute adult who’s always by his side and treats him sweetly…tonight, he’ll hold you and never let you go…♡

*Master list will be created in the future *MC’s name will be retained as my usual

Chapter 2-1

I sat down with Watanabe-san by the windows and spent the time talking to him, trying to fill our lost time together.

Ran: So you’re saying that the entertainer himself got drunk and crashed? Watanabe: It’s actually pretty hard to carry a healthy, strong gentlemen back to his room. Watanabe: But if it had been you, I’d probably be able to carry you anywhere throughout Japan. Ran: Sounds like a courier service. Watanabe: It’ll be troubling if someone sends it and it’s “receivable no matter which part of the world you’re in” Watanabe: Please leave the destination to me. Watanabe:  I wonder if you’d wiggle like mad since I’ll always be carrying you and you’re receivable no matter where you are. Ran: You’re saying things like that again……

It has become a natural instinct of mine to cover my face with my hands in embarrassment.

Watanabe: ……It’s a joke. There’s no way that I could handle you like baggage. Ran: …… Watanabe:  I actually want to treat you as something important, maybe several times over. Watanabe: So much that I don’t want to let you out.

(Ah, geez. Please don’t suddenly just declare a billion people’s worth of love!)

Watanabe: Huh? Are you nervous?

……It has been quite some time since we were last alone together.

(Also, Watanabe-san seems somewhat, if I have to put it, sexy tonight……)

Ran: I’m nervous even if you didn’t put it that way. Watanabe: You look way better than I expected in a yukata. Ran: What?

I opened my mouth in a dismayed gasp.

Watanabe: I’m falling for a woman I see that’s looking increasingly good today. Ran: Ahahaha. So you’re trying to say that it suits me? Watanabe: See–? You’re getting all shy now. Ran: Haha……well, you’re just stating facts……

(Ugh……Even though I know that I’m the one who asked to be spoiled…What am I doing, ruining the moment like that! )

A knock sounded just as I was mentally berating myself for not keeping my mouth shut.

*Knock, knock.*

Ran: ! Watanabe: ……

We both turned to the door where the knocks had come from.

Chapter 2-2

Ran: …… Watanabe: ……

We were both mutually silent for a while but the knocks kept coming insistently.

Imaoji: Ran-san? You in?

(That's Imaoji-san out there!)

Aoyama: She's not coming out, huh. And here I thought we could hold a drinking party with all of us. Yui: Maybe she's sleeping inside? I'd love to carry out secret investigations on the change in her body temperature, blood pressure and heart rate as she sleeps. Natsume: That's normally considered a crime, you know.

(Aoyama-san, Yui-san and even Natsume-kun…)

I felt my heart speed up as I heard those familiar voices from behind the door.

Imaoji: I haven't seen hide or hair of Watanabe-san either. Maybe they're having a tryst?

(Wha!?) (He hasn't changed one bit even in times like this…)

Being called out like that made an involuntary shiver run down my spine. Watanabe-san held onto my hand with baited breath.

Watanabe: …...

He kept a firm grip on my arm even as I moved to jerk it off, tightening as if he didn't wish to let me go

(What's with you all of a sudden?)

I tried to looks as if I was putting all the blame on him but truthfully, his hand was really warm. My heart was beating way too loudly at this point. Beating so hard that it almost hurt.

Aoyama: Watanabe-san's staying at the annex. You know that the entertainments just ended not too long ago. Natsume: Seems like Seki-san is still off drinking with Hatori-san so we're the only ones... Yui: My ideal opportunity to get samples of her…

The bickering outside the door started to gradually fade and silence eventually fell upon us.

(T-That was nerve wracking! I don't think they noticed anything, thankfully…)

Watanabe: Was it okay for you to not have gone with them? Ran: Didn't you have an iron grip on my hand? Watanabe: I thought you were keeping mum for my sake? Watanabe: You're too nice for your own good so I couldn't help but to get a little worried.

(You say that even though you know how I feel!)

It looked like he wanted to hear it coming from me, personally.

Ran: ...I wanted to stay with you… Watanabe: ...Me too.

He intertwined his fingers with mine, a genuine smile on his face.

(Really! I can't bring myself to protest when you're making a face like that…)

He traced the lines on my hand, as if coaxing my body to relax.

Watanabe: Oh right, there was something I wanted to share with you. Ran: What?

Chapter 2-3

(I wonder what he wants to share with me?)

He pulled something out of the bag he brought along.

Ran: Is that barley shochu? Watanabe: Yup. I brought it along since I doubt you drank much at the party. Ran: !

(He noticed that I was holding back on the alcohol?) (Wow...Knowing that makes me really happy.)

Ran: Thank you, Watanabe-san! Watanabe: Well, you did say that you liked shochu before. Ran: That's right! Especially barley shochu! I can't help myself when it comes to that... Ran: Although, I know it's a little strange for me to be elated over getting alcohol since I'm a girl and all... Watanabe: Not at all. What you're drinking doesn't affect the image you give others at all. Ran: Did you drink at the party while having the entertainments going on? Watanabe: Not a drop in me at all. I'm telling you that you were on my mind the entire time.

(Still, that's way too many surprises in one day.)

His sweet words made me feel tipsy even though I hadn't even started on the alcohol he brought. I felt my cheeks burn hot as he took out a glass.

Watanabe: Pass the bottle here. I'll pour it for you.

(Is this really okay…?)

The thought of him not drinking anything even though he had turned up for the party played on a loop in my head.

(He isn't normally one to be drink but it isn't all that odd to think that he drinks when he's alone…)

Ran: Um, how about you pour yourself some too? Watanabe: Me?

He slightly widened his eyes in surprise.

Ran: If you don't want barley shochu then there's also beer and juice in the room's refrigerator. Ran: It's just...Way better to be drinking with someone else than to do it alone. Watanabe: You have a point there. Watanabe: I should take the princess up on her offer while I'm here. Ran: Thank you! Watanabe: I should be the one thanking you instead.

I ran to grab a glass for him, elated that he had agreed to my whims when he usually didn't.

[rakuraiwielder]

I'm working on your ask, but here's some for you: I, A, M, S, P, O, T

Ask prompt here: x

thanks puffin!! this is gonna be long and nostalgic eyy

I - HasTumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why? 

I wouldn’t say “actively dislike” butthe toxicity of fandom on this website has sucked away most of my passion for Voltron lol. I used to really dig itthe first month or so after getting really into it when S2 aired. I still havean unfinished draft for a 7-parter rarepair fic //ey guess my fav duo ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)// sitting in my folders. don’t think I’llbe touching it any time soon though. im rather burnt out from this fandom, evenif I do still enjoy watching all the new seasons thereafter.

another is StevenUniverse ah a. (but in its and my defence, I wasn’t really into it anywaysas compared to other fandoms. the songs are still good, but I haven’t beenkeeping up with the newer Steven bombs, one part because of motivation, andanother because the thought of going into the tags to reblog contentintimidates the heck out of me pffft)

A - Ships that youcurrently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone hasOTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.

(puffin this question is gonnatake up half the ask oh god)oh bOY where do I start hahahaha. there’s so many aph and fe callbacks hahaha few otps aside I really have too manycrackpairs and platonic friendship ride-or-die squads I would die for. theseare only a few really relevant ones from the top of my head-

OTPS:

Norway/Vietnam (Hetalia) – alWAYS. i dont talk about and reblog much aph anymore but i still think about these two frequently. they were my first and closestthing ever to an actual otp in all my years of knowing what an otp was gosh Ihope to write about them again soon. their dynamics are the peak of mypreferences.

MU(avatar unit)/Silas (FE Fates) – thechildhood friends + loyal knight and liege trope + a pinch of memory loss wasnever really my thing, but guess there’s a first for everything ha h a ah a….silas is too pure for the angst I put him through im so sorry ಸ ل͜ ಸ

Berkut/Rinea (FE: SOV) – the second that one cutscene of these two played I got1000% more invested in the story pffft. anyways rinea may be top tier fav andberkut shit tier fav, and their story tragic as heck (and I would also arguethat he doesn’t deserve her), but their genuine and honest love for each otheramidst the incoming death flags gets me every time

707/MC (Mystic messenger) – honestly they can either be a really good platonicdynamic duo or a solid otp. purely from the perspective of my own MC, theycomplement each other well; perfect balance of light-hearted teasing and asolid wall of comfort for each other.

Ray-Saeran/MC (Mystic messenger) – ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ

(Other) Ships:

Seychelles/Iceland/HK (Hetalia) – they are good togetherromantically or platonically hahahaha. a good golden trio of kids

Russia/Vietnam (Hetalia) – their potential relationship and clashof character due to conflicting personalities fascinate me. a totally differentnoir vibe from norviet and one I hope to explore if I ever come back to aph

Nyx/Leo (FE Fates) – nyx ships are reallyrare but half of them are surprisingly sweet and poignant. Odin and Laslow tooare really sweet candidates to woo this jaded grandma’s heart.

MU/Laslow (FE Fates) – got to thank a wacky7-11 employee au dream I had for this one. but in the games their supportconversations are surprisingly thoughtful and low-key flirting which was notwhat I expected at all. wholesome.

Ham/Kai (MUxMU, FE) – remember when I said protag/protagships are the good stuff? yea h thatprincess tutu au is coming along swell

Alm/Celica (FE: SOV) – the rare main canon couple I love whodon’t die and get their happy ending (LOL this sounds really pathetic now thatI’ve said it)

Leon/Valbar (FE: SOV) – no one is surprised LOL. romantic orno, as long as leon is happy with where he stands with valbar and valbar ishappy with where he is im happy for them both

Conrad/Rinea (FE: SOV) – I know there are a couple of youreading this whos gonna give me that look but liste n; they could have met, and there is potential for them.(honestly this is just like another norviet situation where I put my 2 topfaves together for crackpair experimentation bUT IT WORKS I ASSURE YOU)

Zen/MC (Mystic messenger) – zen is so earnest that I can’t refute himhahaha. he also has a special seat in my mysme heart, since he was the firstroute I played and made me create content for the fandom proper

707/Jaehee (Mystic messenger) – they are rapidly gaining OTP status ꉂ (´∀｀)ʱªʱªʱª aaaa nightmare flashbacks because justlike norviet they really are the rarest of crackpairs and have almost to no content(gonna get down to business and churn fic out one day). these two are moresimilar than they’d think too.

Cecil/Haruka (Utapri) – ahahaha a good ship from a guiltypleasure fandom

(Purely) Platonic:

Izuku/Iida/Ochako (BNHA) – the first golden trio of thisseries. I love them so much.

Vanderwood/MC (Mystic messenger) – they parallel each other. truly thebiggest ride-or-die duo I will support to the end of time

Zen/Yoosung (Mystic messenger) – zen is such a mother hen to yoosungwwwww truly wholesome

Chise/Ruth (Ancient Magus Bride) – platonic master/familiar-partner relationships where both of them care for each other so much to the point where they would die for the other are my one weakness. its the reason i love writing more fleshed-out pokemon aus and loyal dogs/animals in longer fics. anyways these two are good

M - Name acharacter that you’d like to have for a friend.

707. It would be a trip justknowing him. (apart from the memes. but my life is already 80% meme, honestlywhats the difference ahahaha aaa-) Just, I feel like it would be really fun tohang out with him and revel in his wackiness (even if that personality is afront, maybe one day when i finally get into his inner-circle of friends, I hopeto be privy and be a good listening ear to his truer, more sombre personality.)

On the other hand, myself-confidence and 2nd hand embarrassment will be directlyproportional to each other (And im 100% sure Seven is the kind of person whowill exploit that hAH)

S - Show us anexample of your personal headcanon (prompts optional but encouraged)

Every relevant character inMysmes is either a type of asexual (greysexual etc.), or on various points ofthe bi-spectrum. Yeah; even self-proclaimed, “straight-laced” Zen lol.

P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (wealways need more ideas)

Vampire/Selkie AU ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

a selkie whose skin gets stolen and hidden from a human man is forced to become his bride and taken back to his village. there, to escape the stares of bigoted villagers and the clutches of her overbearing and possessive husband, she takes refuge in the only place he would not go; the old holy church.

only, she finds she isn’t the first to occupy this place of solitude. the master of the church notices her soon enough, and when vampire recognises the ancient weave of magic that flows within her, he appears; intrigued for something other than a fresh meal.

(basically a deviation from the standard vampire (romance-ish) novels lolol plot bunny hit me pre-Christmas eve dinner/yesterday and sofar im digging it. still planning the ship and fandom though; it might very easily be OC-based)

O - Choose a songat random. Which ship or character does it remind you of?

since 1 is never enough, hereare 4 songs I was listening to recently:

Little Knights, Nem feat.Noire : Zen/MC(a zen-ish song through and through)

over and over, Yanagi Nagi : Saeran Choi + 707&MC(more saeran-centric with interpretative lyrics and referencing to both ray andunknown personas)

Finding something to do, HelloGoodbye : 707/Jaehee(fits their “don’t go where I can’t follow” dynamic haha ow.)

Life will Change, Shoji Meguro + Benjamin Franklin feat. Lyn Inaizumi : Kai(mui) or Ham(let)(honestly the entire persona 5 ost is massive fe fates protag feels)

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons thatyou will die defending?

Not really. I’m a very flexible person when it comes tointerpretable lore and content, especially if it’s the type of HCs that thefandom collectively comes up with. Unless it’s a canon fact, I like to dabble orjust stay away from HCs in general. If I have to come up with some in my fics,then so be it. But most of the time these HCs are either super vague or onlyapply to the context in this particular piece or series of writing. Basically Idon’t mind switching HCs for charas frequently as long as it does notfundamentally change their own character. (HCs for hobbies and loves and habitsand relationships apart from their inner circle, etc. are all fine)

Honestly it just boils down to expectations lol I know myown limits, and I know not to be disappointed when canon updates end updebunking (popular) fandom HCs or my own.

[feisty-mary]

Reasons Why Marrying William Sloan Is the Best Decision of Your Life (Part 1)

I’m super late to the Rules of Engagement party and I know the trilogy is going to end soon, but I’d be remiss as a fan if I let that happen without showing Mr. Sloan (the businessman) some love and appreciation! 

Frankly speaking, I'm stumped he's not the most popular love interest of choice for MC in this book; I think his character development is one of the most impressive I've ever read. I've given it some thought, and I figured this has something to do with the idea that we always have to choose between our love and our career. In William's case, it's clear from the very first time he meets MC that he's dedicated to his job, if his wealth and his prominence in the business circles are anything to go by. Heck, the only reason he went on that cruise is because of work! I think this scared off a lot of people – “all these grand gestures are sweet, but ultimately they will be nothing but compensation for the time that he cannot give MC”. And I agree. Who wants to stay with someone who cannot make time for them?

But here’s the thing - this is exactly why I think William’s character arc is solidly written. We have all these first impressions/deep misgivings about him when we first meet his character, but we see all these addressed as we go through the books. 

In this list I try to piece everything together and tell you exactly why marrying this wonderful businessman is the best. decision. ever.

1.      Book 1, Chapter 2. The first time we meet William is when he rescues MC from Shane the creeper during her misguided attempt at getting back into the dating scene. My honest first reaction to him buying out the entire goddamn bar was to raise an eyebrow. Really? Reaaallyyy? Who does that shit? Oh right, Mr. William Sloan because it turns out he’s filthy fucking rich and he has his own private jet. at this point, it’s a very valid question to ask: who needs the inheritance when the love of your life is sugar daddy material? are we actually still playing??

As I’ve said in my previous post, I love how their first meeting is a subtle nod to the fact that he’s an investor – he takes calculated risks and invests on something (buying out the bar) that’s supposed to yield profits (having MC to himself for the rest of the afternoon). Extravagant, sure, but also very clever; it showed his foresight and proved why he’s one of Forbes’ most promising CEOs under 35. We'll keep seeing this at play in later chapters (which I will also discuss), as we interact with him more and his feelings for MC grow deeper.

2.      Book 1, Chapter 3. While MC and William are enjoying an espresso in Venice, we find out that William doesn’t know how to dance (as if him not being able to dance will make him anything less than perfect??). He says he doesn’t “let loose”; he thinks it will make him look ridiculous. 

Most striking is his reaction in the second panel below, after we tell him to have a little more fun. “Huh. I’ll think about it.” We have no way of hearing how he says it, but it reads as if he’s not entirely convinced, like he’s only saying this to placate MC.

Of course, it turns out our doubts are unfounded, as we see in the penultimate chapter. In Book 1, Chapter 18, William effortlessly leads MC through the dance, much to her surprise.

It's easy to dismiss this gesture as trivial; it's just dancing, after all. But then you realize: He was on a business trip. Which means he probably didn’t have much time to unwind or practice dancing. And still he shows up at the Captain’s Ball an amazing dancer? I call bullshit on him just “picking up what he can”; he probably stayed up until the wee hours of the morning learning how to dance for MC. ;)

I think this right here tells us a lot about William's character. In particular, it shows that he pays attention to what MC says and actually considers her advise. It’s almost surprising, considering he’s a CEO and probably used to telling everyone what to do. (I’ll get back to this point later.) On the other hand, his willingness to step out of his comfort zone seems to imply that he will be open to going on plenty of adventures not limited to those in the bedroom lmao with MC.

Edit: I wrote this prior to the latest chapter of RoE, where we find out William used to work in a country bar where he had to teach people the moves omfg hahaha. Either way, this point still stands.

3.      Book 1, Chapter 8. This is one of my favorite interactions with William, just because it’s so cliché and sweet and cheesy. He sends MC flowers while he’s away on a business trip! He also sends her a text message and afterwards takes the time to video chat with her. Again, one of the supposedly biggest hurdles to being in a relationship with him is his hella hectic schedule, but even this early on we can see that he’s making the time for her and/or letting her know that she’s on his mind despite him being (literally) a thousand miles away. Guys, he’s an actual perfect boyfriend.

Did Mr. Sloan really just deliver a corny pickup line to MC?? YES HE TOTALLY DID! They haven’t even gone on their second date at this point and already they’ve been reduced to this?? Get a room, guys. 

(Spoilers: They do get a room eventually. Multiple times ahahaha *rolls away*)

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Edit: Part 2 is now up!