#nightwatch the son

[mournfulroses]

Rita Dove, from On the bus with Rosa Parks; Poems; "Nightwatch. The Son,"

#lit #rita dove #poetry #quotes #writings #tw: grief #nightwatch the son #fragments #on the bus with rosa parks #p

[nevertheless-moving]

unable to stop dwelling on the discworld trouser leg of time where, in the penultimate fight scene in Nightwatch, Carcer manages to kill teenage Sam Vimes.

Which means that the future that Duke Vimes came from can no longer exist, which means he can’t go home. Meanwhile you’ve got a bunch of history monks with stored up temporal energy, a prepared space outside of time, and the need to do some desperate damage control before the Auditors get involved. Death shows up, reality is unweaving, Sam is reading Carcer his discworld miranda rights because what else is he supposed to do.

and finally, with little other option, the monks de-age Sam so he fits the time period and send him back out into the fray.

(they didn't call it deageing of course. His memory is hazy, splintered during that terrible in between moment, They....took the time out of him? Sanded away the edges of his self for a terrible, workable fit? It...wasn't a good feeling.)

Just—damn. Sam Vimes having to live his whole crapsack life over again, but this time as his disillusioned-reillusioned, unwillingly-character-developed, noir-epic, Duke of Ankh, Commander Sir Samuel Vimes self. 

Younger (Older? He's never felt so Old, His steps so Childlike, reality twisting in his gut like one of Dibbler's pies) Sam Vimes walking around in a haze after the revolution. Desperate to go home, knowing he can’t. Wanting to drink. Knowing he can’t.

The whole precinct feels pity, he really took Keel’s death hard, hardly speaks except to do his job. Eventually he has to grit his teeth and start being present, because what else is there to do?

Resists the urge to drink until Colon takes the whole watch out to celebrate because -he’s going to be a father!

Come on Sammy, one drink won’t kill you— and after the first drink he’s cracking jokes and after the second hes smiling and after the third hes honestly the life of the party and sometime after that he’s crying about how he was going to be a father and my wife would be ashamed if she saw me drinking like this and— 

Oh shit, Did anyone else know he had a wife?? A PREGNANT wife??? What—aren’t you like 12—no you're 17 now aren't you but when did—

You guys n’ver met ’er—oh gods none if you ev’n know ‘er, is jus’ me...

What—when did you lose—

I lost her the same damn day I los’ ev’rythin else, whadya think...bleeding Carcer...the fuckin revolution...

So! That! Sam only vaguely remembers the night, but rumors travel faster than light on the disc, so by the next day the whole damn city knows about poor Sam brung low by the loss of his poor, tragic, pregnant wife, so young to be a widower, and the Seamstresses nod because they already knew, don’t ask them how, somethings you just have to know in that trade.

And his mother—I don’t know, sue me, I’m a time travel fiend but there’s something deeply intriguing about a man meeting his dead parent, who is somewhat younger than him, and stepping into the old relationship like a badly fitting thing that's supposed to fit well. She would know, right? How would she deal with her son’s impossible grief? Maybe she wouldn’t know—he spent most of the time out of the house, running with different street gangs, maybe he avoids her until she dies and lives with the guilt twice over. God, we don’t even know her name. There’s just so much narrative and emotional potential that I don’t even know where to start.

When he’s on duty, which is most time - it’s agonizing because at first he remembers cases, saves lives that would have been lost. But the more time passes, the hazier his memory because in the original timeline he was becoming an alcoholic. Fuck! A kid dies and he could have saved her if he hadn’t been such a drunk, if he had just remembered where the asshole lived, but it’s all a haze, and he wants to drown out his guilt, but that’s what caused this in the first place.

Good young Sammy, who spends his rare off-time in dusty libraries (and yes, the irony that he’s apparently Carrot now is not lost on him) reading gods-only-know.

It’s not like he can ask the wizards for help, cutthroat and vicious as they are now in the not-so-distant-past.

Good young Sam, who...talks to the Broken Drum’s pet Bouncer like he’s a real person and not a dumb rock? That’s a bit weird, but he’s a bit of a funny guy.

Good old Sam, who believed the testimony of the dwarf who said the humans were trying to rob him and let the dwarf go??

the PROBLEMS this man would cause, good grief. Can you imagine a moderately progressive middle aged man with some degree of begrudging diversity and equity training that he did, for all his sins, pay attention to, suddenly going back to like, 1990, going back just 30 years, and going...oh damn this is kind of fucked up, no man you can’t say that, holy shit.

Except Sam’s lived through even more rapidly shifting social moroes! There’s no seamstress guild, there’s no women allowed inside the university, there’s no black ribboner’s society. People hunted trolls for their teeth! But Sam can’t just unlearn everything, and he can’t shut up, and he has no real luck and anyway he would absolutely get himself (temporarily) fired.

FUCK. Sam has no idea what to do with that. None. Zero clue. Wanders around in a haze until that dwarf he saved from police brutality finds him and insists on repaying the debt. No, he insists, do you have any idea what debt means to a dwarf?

“Sort-of?” he replies hesitantly, and that honest admission of incomplete knowledge shows a hell of a lot more respect and understanding than any self proclaimed dwarf-expert ever did.

Gets a job as a surface man, hauling rocks into the city. It’s backbreaking work, but, in true Discworld fashion, it’s also one hell of a workout (again the irony of being Carrot is not lost him. he freezes for a minute while hauling a rock cart, when he remembers he's technically Lost Nobility too, in a strict sense, but someone curses at him in the street and he's comfortingly grounded)

And here is where this au slides into a SPECTACULAR romantic comedy, BEAR WITH ME. Because in his time on the Watch he’s already done noir, action adventure, war story, detective who dunnit, psychological horror, but guards guards only allowed him to be a romance protagonist in an extremely limited context.

Give me righteous, twenty-something-looking, can’t-say-he-doesn’t-have-style, young Sam Vimes, not an alcoholic,  being fed three square meals a day by his dwarven forced found family, hauling rocks. He is startled to find him bumping his head on a low hanging bar that he doesn’t think used to be there, eventually realizing that he’s an inch or two taller than he remembers. Huh. Guess all that bearhuggers really did stunt his growth.

Still doesn’t get what some of the looks from women he’s getting are about, sure, he’s dirty but so is everyone else. Fine, he took his shirt off, but it’s hot out, there’s far wrinklier than him hauling heavy loads, get a life. 

Happens to glance in the Ankh one day when it’s particularly slow and shiny and is startled to realize that he might be turning heads for a different reason. Oh. Right, not that he was ever a heartbreaker, but he did alright for himself... when he was a younger and his face hadn’t been broken so many times. Which...it isn't now.

Is mildly disturbed by the revelation.

Especially once things blow over at the precinct and what with high mortality rates, he ends up with getting hired again. The boys are delighted to have him back, nevermind that he’s an odd one, noone is ever quite in your corner like Vimsey, absence makes the heart fonder, no one else works that hard, and he’s not even competition for promotion. All around great guy, we should set him up with somebody and just, no.

It just keeps getting worse! He’s literate! He’s a feminist! He believes abuse victims! He’s got a tragic backstory! He’s unreasonably good in a fistfight! He’s kind to animals! Word gets around that there’s a good man on the watch and he’s just waiting for a good woman to come snap him up. The widower excuse doesn’t hold people off completely, and for some it’s its own sort-of appeal. 

Things REALLY become stressful after he rescues that carriage full of noblewoman.

What’s he supposed to do? Let them get robbed? Or worse? Chasing down and beating up 10 goons is as easy as beating up one, when they’re that stupid, getting separated like that, drunk and distracted, and he knows these streets better than anyone, really it’s nothing. And oh lord he’s Modest too.

I mean, they were genuinely greatful, as genuine as people like that are capable of being, the skill having grown rusty. And then there is something...magnetic about the man. An air of command.

So, soon enough you get Lady Marigold of Marigrave calling on Treckle Road for that gallant young officer who rescued them, she really needs to thank him. And Viscountess Elanor Thitzferal specifically requesting that he guard her at her next soiree. And Baroness Julieta van Shoeholten insisting that he come to her home while her husband’s away, for... manly protection.

Aaaah just zero sympathy from the guys. None. 'It’s become a competition, they’re just trying to see who can get me into bed first, it’s like I’m a piece of meat, you can’t send me sir, the Marquess greeted me in a nightee last time you made me go to—' and 'small gods Vimes are you even listening to yourself, shut the hell up'.

Simultaneous to this, (again this is several years into the timeline) swamp dragon accessories come into style. Which means abandoned swamp dragons scrounging on the street. Vimes takes one back to his apartment, blows his paycheck on dragon medicine, and eventually, heart in his chest, brings it to the Ramkin estate. The sunshine orphanage doesn’t even exist yet and he’s just standing outside the gates like an idiot, what is he thinking. Turns around, but her carriage is pulling up and—

well. they meet. it's cute. he's never felt so young. he's never felt so old, too old for her, too poor—

and certainly her thoughts linger too long on the awkward, kindly, handsome young commoner, but is it any wonder she doesn't quite connect it to the stern, dangerous, sexy young guard the ladies seem to be in some quiet, cuthroat competition over?

i have this gorgeous, absurd scene in my head in which Vimes is strong armed into standing guard at some high society soiree and one of the pushiest ladies insists he dance with here, or, if he prefers, if he's not confident about his skills, he can dance with her in-private at her home and he’s like [grinding teeth, looking for a way out, seeinf one] “I would be honored to dance with you.”

Steps right into some ultra-complex dance with multiple partner swaps (she never thought he'd pick this one, devilishly intimidating to one not strictly trained, and you barely spend anytime with your first partner).

But he does alright. Better than alright, for a common man, sometimes misstepping but his hands and feet always end up where they need to be. Raises several eyebrows part way into the song because he's throuwing in some slightly scandalous, no innovative, extra lifts and twirls that wouldn't become fashionable for another decade or two. Who even is that guy? Some out of towner? No, no he's in a guards uniform...how very strange.

Gets to Sybll and she's used to embarrassment during these dances, she tries to get out of them when she can... but can't always. Men awkwardly skipping the lifts, or worse, trying and failing. But him — oh it's him, the one who helped little Erold, and looked at her like—like—well like she was someone beautiful. And he's doing it again, and he's strong and there's a quiet moment where she's in the air, they lock eyes, and the rest of the room melts away.

And then the partners change again, the moment ended.

Just...living throught it all again. To the left, a dance he almost knows the steps to, throwing others off balance with erratic moves , honest mistakes, and delibrate stepping on toes. Improvising. Ruining. Improving. Getting far, far too much attention.

Hes almost excited when the first assassains start coming after him. It's like a hobby.

Everyone tells him he should get a hobby.

Interactions with young vetinari...I don't have the energy to write it all down, the slow circling in on each other, both burning with the need to fix the city, save it, their city.

needless to say he ends up fired again, life under real threat after offending some high lord.

Conveniently enough he has an employment opportunity- bodyguard to fucking Vetinari on his 'grand sneer.' The bastard knows vimes isn't what he seems, though sam is pretty sure that he doesnt know the exacts.

Vetinari hypothesis:(the ghost of keel? Keels son, with some hereditary curse? Or a larger spirit of justice possessing a string of unrelated souls? He knows things he shouldn't- mind reader? Fortune teller? Havelock once arranged for a wizard to bump into him on the street, the magical fool gave an odd double look and then muttered something about destiny looping in on itself giving him a headache. Destiny? Lost noble? And hes far too familiar with sybyl, one of the few bearable noblewomen in this city. And his thoughts on guilds, when havelock can trip him into speaking... Most of all, if hes reading him at all correctly (for all the mystery hes not that hard to read, unless thats a very clever cover) then it seems that behind those dark haunted eyes is Respect. Loyalty. For vetinari. What an interesting man. A puzzling asset. An intriguing threat. )

Did I mention the timeline is changing, healing slowly around the place where it was torn? Healing enough around scars to perhaps get some flexibility back, with some painful stretches and...massaging of said scar tissue?

And hes heading to unresting uberwald, a place where a werewolf pack still hunts humans and, truely unrelated but perhaps equally exhausting, an eldritch spirit of vengeance just might be looking to stretch its legs in a hapless vessel?

Opening drabble Vimes Vetinari Meta (Unwell)

#discworld #sam vimes #discworld au #nightwatch au #i literally drafted this post in December 2021 #and i know it was living in my head for years already at that point #i have more somewhere aging like cheese in the back of my mind #discworld fanfic #night watch #Let this be free from my mind #Perhaps someone else will write it #BE FREE ANCIENT AU OF MY SOUL #For all my obsession with discworld I have but this one (1) AU though it tears at me like the seam of a pair of pants #The songs I have permanently associated with this au are slightly bonkers by the way #My au #Seriously there's like two full novels worth of content up here. Sybyll running away from home and living as a commoner #To mirror Sam joining upper class in original timeline you see? #Some early discworld murder Wizard nonsense when they try to poke at the temporal anomaly and the universe goes brrrr #Eventually catching up with color of Magic city burning bs and vimes is mad as fuck #Weird year that never was protecting people during sourcery #And when we start catching up with where he left #Oh ho ho you can't to forward to something that doesn't exist but maybe you can go sideways to a place that's got a tear in it #A sam vimes shaped tear #And his pregnant wife from 30 years ago in the other trouser leg #AND that's not even mentioning how carcers trial got taken to a...higher court

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Taravangian when brilliant is downright hostile to Vorinism. Even stupid, he's not devout.

So why did he belong to Sons of Honor? The whole supposed purpose was to bring back the gods and the Radiants by bringing back the Voidbringers.

I can buy Gavilor, though I have trouble believing he believed in anything or cared for any good but his own -- he also had a big enough ego to think that he could somehow seize control of the church (plus the first draft of the prequel scene for Stormlight 5).

And he didn't go to the Nightwatcher until AFTER Gavilor was assassinated. Which has a certain logic -- if he believed in Gavilor, that Gavilor could return the gods but stop the world from falling and when he died, Taravangian went to ask for the capacity to do so himself.

Did he believe before he had his whole turn toward genius and then lost his faith and replaced it with disdain?

#cosmere #brandon sanderson #stormlight archive #taravangian

[chronicas]

I've been following you for so long but I know nothing about your OCs (how? Idk.) so how about a basic rundown or something? Who's on the roster.

Ooooh man we've got a menagerie of guys over here in the Noxsylvaniaverse. Sorry I went overboard.

WELCOME TO THE NEW REQUIRED READING (joking)

ARRAY OF CICADAS Akira Akamatsu -> Devan Ranim -> Karma Gjalleon

Genre: Fantasy, Sci-fi Core themes: Comradery, grief, and redemption

Array of Cicadas is about a girl struggling with grief and the adventure that helps her come to terms with it. Akira is the protagonist (but not the main character) of AoC. Growing up in the magical realm of Genesis, Akira was raised as a Fire Mage, hiding from her family and everyone she knew that in reality she's an extremely rare Elemental Mage. She hid her power solely because she REALLY didn't like the son of the dragons (Ryuji, he's on this list in spirit) who would've become her teachers had she revealed herself. She moved from her magical homeworld to live on Earth and go to college after her sister's death. Family drama gets her thrown into Hveske where she meets her soon-to-be best friend, Devan! Devan is best described as Positive Change Personified. As the true main character of the story, there are very few people who's lives aren't improved by having this little guy in it. He meets Akira in the middle of his own personal quest to help his friends take down the Izebellian Empire, that's currently threatening to take over his home realm Hveske. Devan might still be just a kid, but he's always coming up with bright ideas that've gotten him and his friends out of dozens of scraps. Karma Gjalleon is the main antagonist of AoC. An unknown threat looms far greater and more powerful than that of the Izebellian Empire, that is the Regicidal Regent, Karma Gjalleon! She was once ruling regent of Hveske a few thousand years ago, but decided to broaden her horizons and now plans to conquer the entire universe! Her desire is to eradicate all tyranny by becoming the ultimate tyrant, once she has successfully done this, she wishes to be taken down herself by a righteous hero.

Array of Cicadas: Cryptadia Serendipity Grace Vulcan -> Salem Graves -> Qwynn Vandale

Genre: Urban Fantasy, Mystery Core themes: Identity, love (DIFFERENT from romance), stress/pressure

Array of Cicadas: Cryptadia is the second installment of AoC, taking place at the same time as the first. Akira disappears from the small Coloradian town of Adderdeen, kicking off a series of events that binds three of the town's most extraordinary people together to solve an interdimensional mystery. Serendipity is a teenage vampire who's adoptive family sent her to Adderdeen to study under the renowned Master Alchemist James Emperor. Serendipity lives with a poorly understood condition that makes it difficult for her to use her own magic, therefore she had to give up the family trade of witchcraft to learn about a more external magic like Alchemy. She struggles best she can to keep up with her magical studies as well as her high school studies as a foreign exchange student at Adderdeen High School. After she's found out as a vampire by her classmate Qwynn, she gets roped into a whole new world of mystery. She just hope her grades don't suffer too much as a result. Salem is a local celebrity in Adderdeen as host of a popular local radio show he titled The Nightwatch, a show cracking down on local supernatural sightings. He also balances his job as a mortician on top of it as well as raising his teenage sister single-handedly.. all while not letting it slip he's West Virginia's Very Own Mothman! After an encounter with an old moth-like spirit and a chaotic interdimensional entity at 13, Salem has to deal with being a towering moth monster when he's not in his glamored human form. He also takes on the daunting task of keeping the supernatural hotspot of Adderdeen a simple tourist town without letting the truth of the supernatural slip up. Qwynn is a simple teenage girl with simple aspirations. She wants to keep up her honor student status, get a good scholarship, get into a good, local, college, and also help her parents with their Monster Hunting Gig. Daughter of a human mother and a werewolf father, Qwynn is the only of her three siblings to not inherit lycanthropy from her father, much to her annoyance. Without claws or fangs to take down some of Adderdeens more unnatural inhabitants, Qwynn has to improvise with quick and flashy magic and even faster blades. All for the good of a town that will ideally never know the service her family provides. She makes it a point to investigate any strange happenings in Adderdeen, so it doesn't take long for her to figure out her new classmate is secretly a vampire or that the mortician who works with her mom is Mothman.

Array of Cicadas: [REDACTED] Penumbra -> Aranea Weltgeist -> Izebel Lucifer Walpurgis

Genre: Fantasy, Sci-fi Core themes: Knowledge, war, hope

Not much I can say about this installment as it would spoil the mysteries I'm setting up for AoC and AoC:C. But I CAN say this third and final installment of this story sets up the final confrontation and brings all our previously introduced characters together. Penumbra is a force by which many things have come to an end. Two thousand years ago she was merely a scientist who aspired to know more about the world around her. Her drive to learn more was inevitably her downfall. Her lover and enemy, Kirke, would later go on to use her findings to create a curse meant to Destroy the Universe. Aranea is a teenage visionary Created by her Father Out of Love using Alchemy. Her father, Issac Weltgeist, was found and murdered by the Izebellian Empire for his reasearch as a Master Alchemist. As a homunculus herself, Aranea was kidnapped in case she hid any secrets of her fathers research. Quickly dismissed by Kirke as useless to the empire's research on homunculi, Aranea was told to watch after the child Empress Izebel, who was only a few years younger than Aranea herself. Aranea spent the next two years searching for a way to escape the empire. Her plans where put into motion early when she found they had acquired the legendary sword Excalibur. Stealing the sword, Aranea made her escape. Izebel is a bit more of a figurehead as Empress of the Izebellian Empire. She was created by the sorceress Kirke to be the vessel for her curse. While she is a living source of destruction, Izebel is treated with respect by her underlings. However, the only person to truly show her kindness, was Aranea. Izebel quickly took to viewing Aranea as an older sister, and demanded she be treated with the respect an Empress' sister deserved. She did her best to give Aranea everything she wanted to make her happy, but refused to let her leave. When Aranea finally escaped, she left Izebel confused, heartbroken, and enraged.

Mother of the Apocalypse Alexios -> Asterius Polaris -> Armageddon

Genre: Cyberpunk, Fantasy, Tragedy Core themes: Family, lies, perseverance

MotA has nothing to do with AoC, and is instead it's own independent world. It's a story about a prophecy told by the Goddess of Fate to her oracles. That entails the end of the world at the hands of the Mother of the Apocalypse, only able to be stopped by the Savior of the Rim. How this prophecy ends, is up to Fate. Alexios is the son of Kepus, the Goddess of Life and Death, and himself, the Savior of the Rim. He much despises his own title. All he did to earn it was stop a Colossus that was bent on the destruction of a Spire. Now he's wrapped up in probably the dozenth prophecy in a life that's lasted over a millennia. Problem with this prophecy is that it wants him to kill someone to save the world, and he put such violence behind him centuries ago. With his newly adopted child to take care of, Alexios can't think much on how he'll save the world while sparring it's vessel of destruction. Asterius is the son of Taphion, the God of the Crypt, and Septentria, the Northern Star. However he spent the first 13 years of his live believing himself a demigod who had a human mother he never hat the opportunity to meet. Once his true identity was revealed to him, as well as his role in the prophecy as the Beast of the Crypt, a monster born to stand as the guardian of the Mother of the Apocalypse, he ran. He landed in the care of a hero, who he would later discover was the very man destined to kill him, the Savior of the Rim. After Alexios became determined to find a way to break the "curse" on Asterius (a clever lie the kid fabricated so he didn't have to reveal to his would-be murderer who he really was), the man came to see Asterius as his own child. As much as Asterius loves his new father, he can never bring himself to tell him the truth. Armageddon is the titular Mother of the Apocalypse. Daughter of Ignarus, the God of Destruction, she is destined to raze civilization to the ground. Unfortunately for Ignarus, she would rather die than have any part in the Apocalypse he curated for her. When the Savior of the Rim does finally come for her, she and Alexios' mutual interest in stopping the Apocalypse though means different than Fate has offered draws them closer together. Armageddon comes to believe that maybe their love will prove stronger than Fate herself.

LIZ and the Biohazards Logan Griffiths -> Samantha Griffiths -> Miriam Riveria

Genre: Horror, Sci-fi Core themes: Rebellion, survival, girlhood

Oh man I would love to tell y'all ALLLL about this comic, but as I am literally working on the script rn, you'll have to wait and see for most of it. But MAINLY, it's a story about a teenage science experiment who grew up in a lab and decides to break free and experience all the world has to offer. (Previously titled Unchained Phenomena) Logan Griffiths is labeled by most of the people who know him as a crazy conspiracy theorist, but Logan knows what he's seen and what he's heard. His son was sent to war almost 18 years ago and never came back. The last letter he received from his son detailed the horrors he had seen on the front lines, saying he fought beside people who "weren't people anymore". Ever since Logan has worked to crack down on the government's experiments on humans, and expose what decades of propaganda and coverups have worked so hard to hide. One disaster strikes the government base he's spent a decade studying, and his answers are delivered right to him with one phone call from some friends. He just didn't expect them to come in the form of a young girl. S-072, or Sam, as she prefers to call herself now, was created in a government lab after the Bio War ended in an attempt to bolster Texas' defenses as it stands on the brink of independence. S-072 was designed for espionage, with the original intent being to create a human who could alter their physiology to mimic anyone. However, while she can indeed alter her physiology, the raw-looking flesh and bone she is able to warp and change isn't going to pass as anyone alive. After the initial failure, they found that S-072 was better suited for just slaughtering things. She could withstand bullet wounds after training, she could warp herself into her own weapons, and was overall the perfect killing machine. Too bad someone started putting ideas in her head. Miriam is a survivor of war. She wasn't a soldier, but she was a sister, and a daughter. Her hometown was hit with a biological weapon and she lost her family and was left sick, disabled, disfigured, and traumatized. She did her best to survive, but unable to work, living on fixed income wasn't cutting it. When the government offered her an experimental cure for her illness, she took it without reading the fine print. Subjected to many experiments, but never a real cure, Miriam plotted a way out.

THE MIXED BAG OF RANDOM GUYS! "Charlie" -> Caelum Ketch - Jinlong

Dream Journal: The Central Mind

Genre: Horror, Sci-fi Core themes: The unknown, death, grief

This story is from a dream I had that I've reworked to make a story that I'd love to make into a short comic someday. The basic idea of the dream (maybe nightmare) was there was a family that lived on an island who were studying an interdimensional entity. Shortly after they moved to this island, their daughter died. Something, someone else.. came back. "Charlie" is the name of the person who is distinctly NOT Charlotte to anyone who looks close enough. A fragmented piece of a much larger entity with the mind and memories of the late Charlotte, Charlie is just trying to solve the mystery of why her family keeps acting so strange around her.

Cache of Sybaris

Genre: Sci-fi Core themes: Idk man it's just fun Space Pirates babeyyyyyy

The Sybaris Galaxy celebrates the many rich cultures that exist within it, art and culture is a top priority of the Galactic Union! So when the entirety of the latest Trivlexian exhibit on the planet Nik is stolen by Captain Wretch and her band of pirates, it becomes a Galaxy wide chase to steal it back! Especially to other pirate crews who might never have the chance to catch a better score. Ketch is one of such pirates who's crew is after Captain Wretch and her recently stolen goods. While most are after the art that was in the exhibit, the crew of the Red Death is much more interested in the Trivlexian technological artifacts. Namely because Ketch, the crew's finest mechanic, is Trivlex himself. Ketch knows well enough that anyone who isn't rich enough to be able to conveniently ignore is knows all Trivlexian artifacts are stolen, but he has no noble ambitions for his people's artifacts. He just wants to make better weapons and improve his crew's ships. Regardless of how many bounties it gets on his head in the process.

Shifting Stars and Moving Mountains

Genre: Fantasy Core themes: Grief, change, culture

SS+MM is a story that takes place in the same universe as Array of Cicadas, but remains mostly disconnected from the main story. It follows the dragons of Genesis, their politics, culture, and how they influence the rest of the realm. Jinlong is a young dragon, just a few decades over 500, who grew up during the Great Dragon Hunts. Jinlong lost both of his parents in the hunts, he survived the only way he could in such a time of hostility towards dragons, he lived as a human. A human family took him in and treated him as their own. Jinlong spent so long as a human he slowly lost touch of what it meant to be a dragon. After his youngest human sister died at the EXTREMELY impressive age of 200, Jinlong was taken in by Sage Ragnormr, an ancient dragon who advised him to rest. And rest he did, for 2000 years, Jinlong slept, regaining the strength he expended from holding his body in human form for so long. He awakes in the modern era, things have changed drastically, and this little dragon needs to learn what it really means to be a dragon again.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND I have 400+ other ocs that I won't cover on this post, but if anyone is ever curious about my silly little guys, there's nothing in the WORLD that brings me more joy than getting to talk about them with other people :)

#asks #ophidian lore #array of cicadas #array of cicadas: cryptadia #mother of the apocalypse #liz and the biohazards #unchained phenomena #dream journal #cache of sybaris #shifting stars and moving mountains

[danightwatcher]

We are not a team anymore.

Well, yeah. It's been a few weeks since I got used to this shit. Our Mr. Perfect and Fearless Leader must not be done chasing rabbits and bugs in his forest. I think it's because otherwise he'd send a fucking message, right? like "I'm not coming home because you guys don't care.” Master Splinter has been looking pensive for a few days now. He must not be able to stand the longing of his favorite son. Everyone seems uneasy in the bunker, or that's the way things are from my perspective..whatever the fuck it is. The day Leo was supposed to return, when he didn't, I ruined everything we had prepared to welcome him. Don tried to stop me, but I couldn't understand what was happening to me, I felt like a curtain had fallen over my eyes. With Don's help, I made a pair of swords to present to him when he came. Yes I did. Hours passed but he wasn't here. Everyone's patience was melting like a candle. Splinter took a deep breath and went to his room. Afterwards, I started tearing apart all the preparations and throwing them left and right as if I was crazy. Mikey was to be tearful and went to his room, and Donnie and I had a hard argument. He’s a nerd, he feels more responsible when Leo is away and tries to act that way, that is super annoying. Anyway. I went out that night and started this Nightwatcher. That night...no good things happened. I witnessed the shooting of a man who fought against crime, and I promised to take over this honorable job on his behalf. a suit, a motorcycle and a helmet. I was out all night tracking police signals and tracking all the scumbags with the data I got from their radios. It was the best thing I've done lately and reminded me of the old days. I remember very clearly, that night, I was on top of the roof and watched the foggy air and crowded streets of my city. Leo, who never left my mind, made me roll my eyes. I felt deeply that I missed the action of the old days and that I missed my brother. But it didn't take long for me to cover these feelings with hatred. I stored the old days in my memory and learned to play alone. My city, my rules. I don't give a fuck if Leo is with us or not. Well, everyone deals with things differently. This became my way of coping.

#tmnt 2007 #tmnt headcanons #tmnt #tmnt au #raphael #tmnt raphael #ninja turtles #teenage mutant ninja turtles

[silvercity-yir]

Some TMNT07 miscellaneous HEADCANONS THAT I LIKE TO THINK OF

This ends up a bit long. Also, english is not my mothertounge language so, there may be errors of grammars here and there.

Anyway, Some of prev hc of 07!turtles are here. Some of them may be ooc so just look away from this post. I just think that they deserve to be goofy

Leo

While he is the ghost of the jungle, he has his own fair share encounter of ghosts as well. Many of them caused him to get a fever the next morning.

One of the 'encounters' is him accidentally called out for it, other times is chase it, other time is that he picked an unusual stench(he should've ignored it) and questions it. Although he redeems himself from jabbing the supernatural encounter by meditating at night for 3 weeks.

When he tells his 'ghost story' to his brothers and splinter, he has a smug face that annoys Donnie and Raph(with affection) but when Splinter ask him 'Ah, my son, do you experience any after effect the next morning'

Beloved eldest brother cannot - No, he must never lie to his father - Never -

Leo: ...I got a fever the next morning...and it's hard to sleep even if I'm really exhausted...

Donnie: Smug ghost

Raph: Ironic fearless

Mikey: ghost of the jungle being ghosted

Splinter: Even a ghost must learn to recognise its own pride

Leo: Alright, alright, I'm sorry, sorry, I thought it was just dumb local kids pranks that's why I respond. Also, If it were you 3, I'll have you all set up as a sacrifice(bait) for the ghost if we are in a haunted situation

Raph, Mikey and Donnie: Love to see you try, Ghost 👻

He is fond of sharp stuff since he takes good care of swords and other sharp object mechanical parts and etc. For example, he sharp pencil until it's really sharp, every night he make sure that his blades are clean from remains stuck on it.

For that he is in charge of their metal weapon such as fixing broken swords, sometimes Raph sai, he even makes chain but he enjoys keeping them from rusting rather making it.

Also due to his fondness of sharp stuff, he bought kitchen knives straight from the shop, it cause Donatello to transform into mamatello

Donnie: LEONARDO!

Leo: *from his room*oh no, it's mamatello.

He occasionally forgets the name of certain technology products so he refers to them as it and may have forgotten some of their form

Leo: Is the tv really this big? Did it get bigger?

Raph: No it aint, you just shrunk, bro. Remote.

Leo: ..Wha..Oh*picks up the remote* this black thing plastic thing is it?

Raph: I say man 🤦

Silly time aside, Leo is the one who often does solo night patrol when other are busy or asleep.

In the comics of prequel movie, he has killed people, sometimes he wants too far as in broken arms, legs and bloody head and face for the thugs, he doesn't kill them just cause some serious concussion.

He and Raph both can be absorbed in the thrills of battle, only Leo tends to go overboard sometimes upon returning from central america.

Leo reads a lot about the stars, minerals and plants after the movie, he still reads strategy books like Sun Tzu art of war.

I hc that he can write poems, and haiku after his training. fight me

He is fluent in japanese, he picked up on some spanish but he is able to read it well, just not speaking in spanish.

Raph

I hc that he comes clean with everyone about him being nightwatcher after the whole winter thing. He even bowed apologetically to everyone in the dojo

Don and splinter had their suspicious but Don interrogates him how he snuck in and out of the lair.

Mikey on the other hand felt like an idiot for not recognizing his own brother based on the news and rumors that seem so related to one of them. He was shocked for 3 days.

After 3 days, Raph offers Mikey a ride on his bike donning night watchers helmet and a red motorcycle suit for Raph and Mikey an orange one suit and helmet. He wants to make up for his abscence despite being at home. They both had but Raph won't allow Mikey to ride on his bike unless if it's emergency

He paint his nightwatcher bike in red.

Ever since he bacame Nighwatcher, he became a vehicle expert it's mostly on his bike to take care of but he learns other vehicles in order to sabotage a gangs dirty job.

He is also super stealthy, won't see him coming.

Him being Nightwatcher has also made him to remember all the routes in the city, every road and every rooftop.

The others sometimes would tease about him being Nightwatcher. As a friendly sibling joke

Leo: Hey Raph, do you think you have a fanclub for Nightprince? Any admirers?

Raph: No, and if it did I'll run away from them. And it's Nightwatcher.

Donnie: But you're not nightwatcher anymore, you're Raphael, a grumpy sleepy snappy turtle.

Mikey: Haha, grumpy sleepy snappy turtle. Still, no jetpacks?

Raph: Obviously no, that's an offense to all our stealth training. I only have my bike and that's enough.

Donnie: Ah, yes of course your true love

The 3 of them are chased by Raph

It is Raph that started to call Donnie, Mamatello, To him Donnie became 'bossy' but still cares and worry for the well being of others in Leo's abscence and it still stays with him even after his return.

He also has convinced Leo to 'join' him because sometimes he feels like Donnie would became an Aunty-tello after his day job, and that is worse esppecially when he's mad.

Leo: What's in it for me?

Raph: He can sop bugging us about both of us not havin a job. I'll think of a day job that works for all 4 of us.

Leo: I do miss our geeky dorky brother being a geeky dorky brother. I'm proud that he's grown up but he's so...(irritated grumble) I'm in

Raph: Alright, we'll start by giving father extra cakes in silent

Leo: Wha...0_0

Leo went along with him anyway.

But Leo and Raph had a great time bonding and spendy their mundane free time

Raph may not look like it but he really is thinking of a job for all 4 of them

Raph just miss the old days because he actually miss the time they spend togeher.

When they go out on patrol, He is the most shocked towards Leo's violent impulse that he froze and is hesitant to intervene.

Luckily he was able to snap Leo out of it

Raph himself is too a battle maniac as mikey calls him and Leo but as nightwatcher he exercise some restraints.

Donnie akamamatello

Since he works from home, he sometimes cleans up the lair except for Raph's room because he sleeps all day with the door locked(or so he thought)

Since he works from home, makes him the 'leader' of the lair.

His job had him mentally drained because he's dealing with karens and boneheads every day, it drives him insane.

Poor harwoking turtle became sleep deprived, and if he does sleep, he dreams about a working his job without encountering any karens it's so peaceful until he wakes up

I like to hc that deep down he despise both Raph and Leo for just leaving him and Mikey by themselves to take care of the lair.

He can take care of the technological needs of the lair but it's difficult when he and Mikey are the ones that handle it when their father's health need to taken care of

He vents out all his frustration by training with his bo staff in the dojo

Donnie dosen't mind being called mamatello(who else has been managing the lair, splinter is getting old dude) He is proud of it too, because he discovered that there is something he can manage but if one of them calls him while their on a battle or etc. There's hell to pay.

I like to think that when he and Mikey have saved enough money for months they buy medical equipments and technologies, They sill have enough for grocery.

Sometimes he call on his brothers conducts a checkup but really he wants to test their equipment, he is so excited to use such fancy equipment bare with him

Example, Donnie: Raph, Mikey, Leo! X-ray come on all of us! I already test it on dad, It's all of you guys turns now.

Leo: He sounds...happy..

Mikey: Don's just happy we get to buy a new medical tech beside I won't be alone for the checkup.

Raph: Well, better than scolding us for some unfinished chores

Leo: Or buying kitchen knives.

Raph: Nah, I think you deserve that. Wtf, man?

Donnie: Hurry up!

In their nights of keeping the city safe as a brothers together, it's up to he 3 of them to exercise restraint on Leo, making sure that he dosen't accidently kill a thug.

Donnie is little afraid and worried of his eldest brother violent but he will do what he can to keep it in check with Raph and Mikey too.

Mikey

When he decide to quit being cowabunga Carl, he and Donnie come up with a plan to let Raph and Leo experience the horror of birthday parties for 2 weeks after that he works for 1 week before quitting completely.

It's mosly to compensate their absence and boy he enjoys it listening to their reactions from his headset.

Surprised at Raph's ability to adapt with the kids with a monotonous voice and Leo scolding the kids behind the parents back when he had the chance(it's rare don't worry), Both of them a one poin accidently knocked out a kid in the process.

Mikey: How's your job, fearless?

Leo: One of them were holding markers like their gonna stab me. They look like Chucky. It's annoying.

Mikey: *wheezing* Chucky. You're so mean

Mikey: Having fun, Raphie?

Raph: I didn't mean to knock that kid out, they're having fun.

Mikey: Dude, why

Raph: I didn't mean it

Since the 2 weeks of their shift, the kids stop slamming Mikey so hard due to Leo's shift, he scold some of the kids for slamming him when the adults are not seen somewhere.

He thanks Leo for that but that alone dosen't make up for his abscence.

I hc that he was frustrated when Leo stopped writing letters to them, when he didn't come home when his training period has ended.

Mikey opens up his frustration to Donnie and Splinter who empathise him, Raph at the time brushes him off by saying that he wants to stay in his room.

He has so much to tell him, he wants to lean on to Leo after his day job(back when he can enjoy it) like the youngest brother he is.

Yet, he wants to be angry at Leo but he distracts himself by focusing on his job Cowabunga Carl and be a goofball when he's back at the lair to rest before he continues the job the next day.

Having Leo to tell him about his journey is one way

Sometimes he handled the lairs technical issues by himself thanks to his observations on Donnie doing it while he explained to him. In return, he dragged Raph or Leo or both of them with him.

He has a diary in which he writes the name of the parent who scolded their kid for slamming him, he is very grateful to them, they are angels.

In their patrol when they are beating up bad guys and Leo would lose himself in the thrill of battle, Mikey was the first turtle to immediately stop restraint him from killing and Leo immediately snaps to reality.

Mikey: Yo, you nearly killed that punk! Sure their bastards acting all tough and harming folks but we don't kill them, we stop them! It's what we do, remember? Let the police and court, I guess to them.

Leo: ...Yeah...You're right, Mikey, Thanks, little bro.

Mikey: Your welcome, It's my job. come on let's give this to the police

#tmnt #tmnt 2007 #tmnt headcanons #my brainrot #I had to write them all down their haunting me #I want to draw comic but I'm not able to #I'm currently getting ready to go to uni

[itsyourstarboy]

Suggest ASMR channels plek I've been listening to pay 5 channels and there has been no updates. I'm dying out here

I got you boo!!

(these are all male va channels btw)

Redacted Audio

Hollow_VA (highly recommend the Strange Lands, Stranger People series)

Nomad's Tales & Audios

Good Boy Audios

Samawry the Bard

Scythe Audio (these audios are on the darker side, so listener discretion is advised)

RadioJesterVA (they're fairly new, and have a really good Hero x Villain series)

YuuriVoice

HappyLager VA

Siren's Son ASMR

Wolf Audios

Parker Mae Audio (trans woman who makes boyfriend rps <3)

Extrovert ED (makes a lot of stuff, and occasionally makes part twos, but unfortunately very rarely commits to a series)

PebblesASMR (mmm scottish accent)

A Warm Coffee Mug (makes multiple versions of their audios so everyone can enjoy!)

Dovahking Audio (fairly new, has an interesting stray Inu x abandoned neko series)

Eiivory Official VA (ASMR) (makes both male va and female va content)

Nightwatch ASMR (currently on an indefinite hiatus, but the audios on their channel are really good)

JupiterVA

Isagani VA

Angels&Bread ASMR (specializes in m4m/m4a content)

Green Leaf Audios ASMR

AtonalASMR

Moonlight Haven (m4m god)

Ramble King

DadeAudio (for m4a/m4f)

Dade for Dudes (m4m)

SuruASMR

Reality Dreams Audio

ShyDroidVA

OwlKnightVA

TheGuyNotHigh (new and talented!)

dervampireprince

SolarVA

TeaDrop ASMR

Hope I helped you find some new channels ☺️❤️

#(⁠ﾉ⁠◕⁠ヮ⁠◕⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠*⁠.⁠✧ #anon #audio roleplay #asmr roleplay #channel suggestions

[whattraintracks]

5. Video Games - Multi

What's this? More Raphael angst? Why are we surprised.

So I was listening to Stay Down by boygenius while some prompts simmered in my brain, and when this one started boiling somewhere around verse two, I knew what I had to do.  

Would Raph even like this song? Who knows, but I sure do, so I am going to close-read the heck out of it and draw so many connections.

Video Games >> I'm just steering my life in a video game >> It's a half-life, it's a fallout 

before any of you wonder what this has got to do with the prompt, here it is! it's in the song. prompt satisfied

apparently, those are also references to video games

. . .

moving on

Fighting and Learned Behavior >> lean into the punch >> push me down >> hold me under >> stay down 

a.k.a. physical altercations as an allegory for Raphael’s life 

obsessed with the metaphor of him leaning into a punch

if he can’t avoid life's blows, he'll do what he can to make them hurt less

suffer the hit just to get it over with, or take it for someone else

on a less angsty note, I simply associate Raph with boxing 

he's a skilled ninja, but sometimes he wants to sucker-punch someone

cuz this boy really loves fighting, and that ain’t a bad thing 

>> wasn't a fighter 'til somebody told me I had better learn >> would you teach me I'm the villain

I think a lot about Raph and learned behavior 

when I tell you Rise and '03 Splinter altered my brain chemistry 

hiding their connection to the Foot/Hamato Clan

trying to spare their sons from anger, grief, trauma, vengeance, and wars that don't belong to them is fascinating to me 

but in every version, he teaches Raph how to fight 

and I've talked about how '87 Raphael still inherited those things from Splinter's

even the ones who don’t are still altered by growing up with him, looking at you M&M Raph 

it's not a coincidence '12 Splinter sees so much of himself in his son

Defense Mechanism and Love for Enemies >> lean into the punch so it don't hurt as bad when they leave 

Raph's anger often screams defense mechanism to me

if humans are going to hate him anyway, again he'll lean into it

be snarky and rude and scary and mean and give them something to really hate

sometimes, his anger is preemptive, but it's not always unfounded

I don't think even ten fingers are enough to count how many times a recurring character turned on the '87 turtles

Raphael should have been allowed to beat up Vernon as consolation

>> there you were, turning your cheek 

but wait! there's more! the Christian references in this song are not subtle

Luke 6:27,29 "Love your enemies; do good to those who hate you . . . if anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also"

I'm thinking about '87 Raphael's "Yeah, I'm with ya, but I'm bitter" and helping the guys protect a city that doesn't appreciate all they do

I'm thinking about '03 Raph, who is resolute it's not their problem that the city's at war but gets involved because Leo does 

I'm thinking about '07 Raph taking up the Nightwatcher mantle after Leo leaves New York 

Disconnection in Personal Relationships >> I look at you and you look at a screen 

this second verse, I think, is pretty open to interpretation, which works well given how many variations there are of Raph

linking "screen" to "video game" in the next line, I picture Raph reaching out and being ignored

like '03 Raph figuring his anger out on his own v. Leo getting sent away for serious/professional help

like '07 Raph missing Leo and hearing no word from him for years 

or I read "screen" with the connotation of concealment

like Rise Raph keeping it together for his little brothers until he can't

like their shock when he finally breaks down

the loneliness of Raph looking at his brothers and knowing them so well but feeling like they never really see him  

>> similar acts and a different name 

I am always struck by how similar Raph and his brothers are 

the little things they do the same because they were raised together

the ways they deliberately emulate each other  

it has to sting seeing so much of them in himself and himself in them and still be reduced to "the angry one"

especially when it's them thinking this way

(side note, Google has this lyric miswritten as "similar accent," which is hilarious in this context) 

Loss and Lack of Control >> I'm in the back seat of my body 

canon takes great pleasure in depriving Raph of control over his body 

how intensely all Raphaels experience their emotions 

off-screen and childhood trauma like “Savage Raph” in Rise 

on-screen trauma that must lead to dissociation, flashbacks, nightmares, etc. 

the two, at least that I know of, mind control events with ‘12 and Rise Raph

even ‘87 Raphael getting de-aged

you could also interpret this as gender dysphoria and I've seen a lot of good trans Raph headcanons

>> I'm just steering my life in a video game 

beyond losing control of his body, Raph never really has control of his life 

“turtle luck” and all that 

this often shows up when their stories shift

like ‘87 Raphael, who goes from a wise guy to a sarcastic grouch as his story drags on and takes a darker turn

as opposed to Rise Raph, who throughout the series, gets talked down from heroism and over-vigilance

but guess which behaviors get rewarded and reinforced during the Shredder arcs and Krang invasion

so as not to ignore the prompt any more than I already have, I do enjoy those episodes where “life in a video game” for Raphael is a little more on the nose

Combat Land (1987), Across the Universe (2003), Mazes and Mutants (2012) 

Literally Neurodivergent and a Minor 

(Shoutout to this art from @/20s-turtle-posting that inspired the name of this section) ((and, no, I did not realise this is an ironic meme and will be taking it seriously))

>> aren't I the one constantly repenting for a difficult mind? >> push me down into the water like a sinner, hold me under >> villain >> sinner >> half-life >> fallout 

I warned you about the religious imagery, but it's a little off in this verse

because repentance is about change as growth

but Raph feels like he has to change his "difficult mind" this ingrained part of himself

so he's stuck in a cycle of remorse and regret, unable to gain control

I think about running fast and far and anguished cries of “what is wrong with me?” (2003)

pushed into and held under, the waters of baptism are no longer cleansing and renewing but suppressing

it's the people closest to him saying “you are seriously twisted” (2012) and “you’ve got a rage problem” (M&M)

and having to decide between hiding those parts of himself or hoping they'll love him anyway

it's Raph feeling bad and broken, feeling like he's a danger and a poison to everyone around him

>> lean into the punch so it don't hurt as bad when they leave >> it takes so long for me to settle down and when I finally do, there's no one else around 

and I wonder if Raph's temper is ever tied to feeling unlovable, and one feeling sparks another in a vicious feedback loop 

a teenager testing the boundaries of care and affection, more defense mechanisms

how does he get himself to believe in their steadfast love even when he feels unworthy of it

to trust he's safe enough to feel all of his ugliest emotions when his life is so out of control

he forgets, his story doesn’t let him remember, that he’s still a kid 

he's got a lot of growing to do, and even if it takes a long time, he’ll settle down one day, find his balance 

his family’s gonna stick it out, and they’ll still be around when he finally gets there

tl;dr I will never be able to listen to this song without crying about Raphael now, so thanks, brain. 

#march for raph #cw trauma #discussed not shown #it's still the fifth somewhere right? #why did i think a pseudo-essay would be less work/time-consuming than a fic? great question #raphael splinterson #raphael hamato #tmnt #whattrainofthought

[mousermayhem]

Raphs & (Music) Artists

You ever find a person or band and think 'wow all their songs make me think of x character!' Well I do. But there's a lot of different Raphs so I've ended up with different music artists for each of them. And along with the artists, I picked out some specific songs I think are EXTRA good for them. You can click on the song names to go listen ^u^

This list will probable end up updated because not all Raphs are here. Of course if you have any artists you want to recommend esp for any of the other Raphs lmk!

03 Raph - Nickelback

Ok this MAY be personal bias, my fav band and my fav version of Raph. But there's a reason I like both. It's hard to put into words but it's just a gritty, dirty, a little raunchy back-alley feeling that suits him so well. A lot of rebellion, and a surprising amount of caring. Here's a link to a playlist of some NB songs to think about Raph to.

Particular songs of note: Savin' Me Lullaby Edge Of A Revolution Must Be Nice

2012 Raph - Owl City

I will admit I'm not as familiar with 2012 Raph but almost every song of Owl City's makes me think of him. You look at him and tell me he doesn't Yearn. Owl City feels like the perfect balance of tragic but hopeful and Yearning that feels like it fits so well.

Particular songs of note:

Sons of Thunder Vanilla Twilight Verge Bird With A Broken Wing

07 Raph -Smash Into Pieces

Yeah I don't have much for this one outside of the songs being fun to either rotate him in my head to. Or imagine him doing Nightwatcher things. Mostly the latter, if I'm really being honest.

Particular songs of note: Let Me Be Your Superhero Six Feet Under All Eyes on You Bend The Rules

Bayverse Raph -Bastille

I just feel like Bastille has such fitting vibes for him in a way that is again hard to to put into words. It's sort of like Owl City but in the opposite direction. Often has that quicker beat but it just feels... harsher. The parts of the movies that I can really point to as an example are when his shell gets cracked and he carries on because his brothers need him to, and the whole airplane thing when he is the ONLY one concerned for everyone's safety. And, most especially, listen to Things We Lost In The Fire and think about him waking up and finding Splinter hurt and his brothers gone through finally finding them.

Particular songs of note: Bad Decisions Icarus Things We Lost In The Fire Quarter Past Midnight

#tmnt #tmnt raph #2003 raph #2012 raph #2007 raph #bayverse raph #tmnt music match up

[pocketramblr]

Ask game! Time traveling AU where Kaladin is sent back in time but he is lost in the capital or wherever the Kholins are. He desperately tries not to get adopted by them but he fails.

rip kaladin and his easily adoptable state

1- ok so enlightened spren fabrial magic whatever means that Kaladin is elsecalled across time and not just space, oops. He lands in Kholinar and is confused because this is not what the city looked like last time he was there, and then he gets told he's years in the past and he's more confused. Syl's with him and shes like 'huh.'

2- Kaladin's first thought is that he needs to get to Hearthstone and prevent the bad everything that's gonna go down there. but he has no food and limited money (and has to keep that on him for stormlight) so he's stuck in the city for a few days before he can go. On the second day, he hears that Dalinar Kholin is back in the city and acting Very differently as he prepares to go to the shattered plains. Kaladin, hoping that this is because the guy also time traveled and is acting accordingly... goes directly to see him. Syl has to manifest as a blade twice to get him in but it finally works. Kaladin strides in and talks to Dalinar like he's known him years.

3- Dalinar has NOT time traveled- the sudden change was brought on by the Nightwatcher deal, so he has no clue how this guy with a shard-spear got here or how he knows him. However, he draws the conclusion that whoever this guy is, he did know him- but the Nightwatcher took his memories of him too, which must have made him important. Dalinar adds two and two and gets five, figuring that this kid must be his illegitimate son or something, and he needs to quickly become a better father to all three of his kids

4- Kaladin does not notice this, he's too busy trying to catch Dalinar up and figuring some of his memories were left behind in his bond, since the Stormfather couldn't travel back like Syl did. Annoying, but he can make do. He thinks about who he can trust to write for him, sighs, and goes to Jasnah, requesting she take down the notes Dalinar is going to need on the Plains- she does it in exchange for him telling her everything he knows about Radiants, since she's already bonded Ivory but isn't at a very high oath yet. He tells her to go to the Plains with Elhokar because if left alone her brother is going to just. be the worst. and maybe if she pushes him more he can avoid getting murdered. He also suggests getting a ward, as the young lady Davar in Jah Kaved is also a Radiant and even younger than him. Also, humans are the real voidbringers and the world will end if they can't make peace very quickly on the plains. Good luck, he needs to go to hearthstone.

5- Dalinar is very put out that Kaladin won't go with them to the camps- yet, Kaladin promises to return after he goes home and saves his brother, something Dalinar can relate to. He finally relents but only after asking Kaladin to take Renarin with him, as he can't go to the Plains. Kaladin's like 'oh cool yeah', Dalinar is like 'oh good he can bond with his other half brother too on the way, better for the family, and keep an eye out for Renarin', Adolin is very sad that the hot strange guy who compliments his fashion and told his dad off for being rude won't be coming with them but will survive i'm sure, and Renarin is baffled that Kaladin agreed, and more so when he's then quietly asked if he's seen a floating red crystal spren yet or if they're going to have to swing back through Kholinar on their return.

The first highstorm after Dalinar and crew leave the city, Kaladin drags Renarin up to the roof, waits for the wall of stormlight, and then lashes them both up to get to Hearthstone asap, ignoring Syl when she asks if he thinks he'll run into a younger version of himself there, or if the younger version disappeared when Kaladin arrived in the past.

#sorry not sorry dalinar Kaladin's on a MISSIOn #on several missions actually #hes like 'well i have to accept those i cant save yes but. since i CAN save them now...... i gotta' #gentrychild #pocket talks to people #ask game

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🔥 Inside this book, you'll discover additional information about the Jackpot Crew, stories about their lives, the principles they live by, and an entertaining interview with my beloved Nemo.

🌠 To the Crew: The Jackpots inhabit their own Lore within an alternate universe/ and the existing universe of One Piece. Self-proclaimed as the most successful and badass Crew in outer space, these individuals are a bunch of nutheads and crazies. They engage in pranks, revel in ridiculousness, and embark on perilous adventures. Led by the famous Starhunter, the Jackpots are known to oppose the laws of the galactic federation. Despite glaring differences between crew members, much like the Whitebeard Crew or the Strawhat Crew, they form a family—a cohesive unit that works together, unwaveringly supporting one another while revelling in their collective insanity and playful trolling. 

“The best people are a selected handful of utterly insane individuals.” 

Feel free to drop your Q&A in the comments!

Creds: One Piece by #EiichiroOda 

Jackpot Space Pirate Crew by #spacepiratenemo

Jango’s Bandshirt is credited by GrimReefer  Jax’s Bandshirt is credited by Astral Pigs  Mars and Jupiter “planetary item” is credited by NASA 

“We're not breaking the rules. We're adjusting the terms of the contract!" 

The Jackpot Space Pirate Crew 

Venaros D. Zekka, 舌禍. The Starhunter; Capt’n & big badass. Infamous anarchist, rebellious leader, father and guide. “Too cool for the universe”. Does whatever he wants. Never play by the rules. Do no harm but take no shit.  Lunaliel Alliqui. First Mate & Combat Master. Known for irrational, hot tempered behaviour. Wildchild. Brain size doesn’t exceed one peanut. Is sexy and he knows it - Some girls love it, some girls hate it. 1.3 Million followers on Moonstagram. Add on Spacechat for hot nsfw pics.  Lunaliel Nemo. Mecha & Gunslinger. Known as possibly the best cybertech in the multiverse. “Mouse”. Will sell your soul for one coconut. Loves to bend the laws of physics to her will. Is unfortunate to be the little sister of a dumbass. Loose tongue and twisted temper, a spaceborne misfit.  Ben//: Bionically-Engineered-Neomachine (Here in Broski-Mode//Combat-Mode) - A self maintaining droid with a self-learning A.I capable of improving itself on a daily level. Bionically recreated after lagomorphic biology; engineered to assist, protect, destroy. Usually Ben is in its smaller form; undertaking crude, mediocre tasks for Nemo or guiding her horde of bots and droids.  Cato Jango. Beteigeuzian Tau. Scientist & Historian. 4:20 is any time! Stoned Shooter. “If it ain’t broke, fix it till it is” Source of wisdom and calm. Tries to explore the biology of different solar systems. His home world got destroyed as Beteigeuze turned into a black hole.  Stellato Lena. Medic & Healer. Skypeian Refugee. Former head medic of the Pangean Society. Done with Alliqui’s BS! Nemo’s best friend. The Captn’s consultant. The sweet voice of reason in a group of crazy people. May be delightful, but will slice you.  Tenebrius Ghyslainn. “Ghyst” // Ghost, Geist. Prince of Charon, Pledge of Pluto. Charonian Assassin; Nightwatch. Stronger than Obscuritas - Weaker than Caligo. Challenger of the night of a thousand tears. “.....” - Doesn’t talk much. 

Maluga Jax. The Regulus-Renegate. Pilot & Pyrotechnician. Starlord of the Enceladus. Loves good old thrash metal & questionable cacti juice. Big fan of Milliway’s hot dogs. Former slave child of the Kardaij Mining Systems. Possibly carrier of Cygnian blood.  “Seras” Mace. First Son of the Seras Family. Head Warrior of the Olympus Tribe. Martial Artist & Musician. Mace refers to the bludgeoning weapon, resembling his skilled fist. Loves some good f*cking metal music. Has only combat, music and training on his mind. Possibly most disciplined.  Cimpi & Cimpa // Kimpi-Kimpo : Elf-Zwölf. Lunarian Orphans. Fashionistas & Infiltrators. “Too kawaii to die!” Are too cute to be suspected of any wrongdoings. Will play the confusing twin-game all the time. Who is who? You’ll never know! Wanna try some fashion? You’d be a perfect model for their lit “Jackpot-Couture”. Everyone can be cute with a little glitter. 

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[horizon-of-the-lance]

Ship Dandies

Meet the Party

Captain Konguq

A Battle Wizard, she came up from the south to learn more about being a wizard to help her tribe guided by her penguin companion Agratok. She grew up a merchant and is a shrewd negotiator. She killed the Pirate Captain Oleander Bloodblade and gained the Blade of the Aurora, making her Captain of the Dandy Rose. During the Test of High Sorcery she traded her memories of her lover and first mate Morris to never forget her spells. While in Vikaze she raised her zombie Zim, who consumed part of a plague spirit's essence. As a result, Zim has started to gain sentience.

Quartermaster Achaius "Ace" Ravenwing

A Courtier Rouge, he fled Solamnia after his master was killed in a heist gone wrong. He is a deft smooth talker with a tumultuous relationship with religion. He became Quartermaster because of his way with people, aided by his loyal puppy Callum. While he does rely on his cane, it contains a sword inside. Recently he's been answering the call of the goddess Mishakal, but isn't sure if his willingness to commit to her yet

Nightwatch and Battle Master Calix es-Galdar

A marshal and former member of the Dragon armies navy, he defected and became an exile when he was passed up for promotion. A stotic and honorable minotaur, he has traveled with his gully dwarf companion Hug to find new purpose and seek revenge.

Navigation Oliver Wavewalker

A smooth talking red robe wizard, his magic works differently than that of Konguq relying on his words rather than intelligence. A bardic vagabond and son of Ivelos and Andrea, he joined the Dandies looking for a story to tell. And possibly a way to wipe most of his debts

Helmsman Vorlo

A Hobgoblin apothecary and ship's helmsman, he is an unusual hobgoblin and is extremely friendly and warm towards the group. He partakes and creates a multitude of vices, but is supportive figure in the group.

#dnd stuff #dragonlance #dnd campaign #dnd art #npc #player character

[frozenjokes]

WoF/Third Life Crossover Fic Chapter 1 - Beloved Son of Gods

Read the Prologue Here

Grainshifter sat on his usual perch outside of the Jade Mountain Academy, watching the new students funnel in. The air was buzzing with excitement and anticipation, the perfect place for a Nightwatcher to get their fix. Grainshifter breathed deeply, letting all their emotions wash over his scales and energize him, then settled down to enjoy the show. He longed to jump out of his invisible scales and be part of the throng, but of course, this was strictly forbidden. Most Nightwatchers didn’t even have the clearance to traverse the land by themselves, but as the animus that brought Nightwings to greater power, he had special privileges. 

It had been centuries since then, maybe longer, but Grainshifter had long since grown bored of being revered as their champion. He didn’t even feel like he had done very much besides existing anyway; most of his magic was transferred into an animus book that any dragon could use, so the council did most of the work casting enchantments to turn Nightwings into what were now Nightwatchers, a higher power. Grainshifter still had magic of course, but there were enchantments in place to keep him in line; understandable considering what happened to the Seawings when their old animus went crazy and massacred half the royal family. 

Grainshifter turned his attention back to the dragonet students, taking note of the increasing number of hybrid dragons attending the school. The Nightwatchers made quite sure there were no traitorous Nightwing dragons left to mingle with the other tribes, but Grainshifter was to make absolutely sure there were more no dragons of Nightwing descent still hanging around.

“Our tribe split up once our old volcano home erupted; one section under the rule of a Rainwing,” his mother’s tone had been laced with disgust, “and the loyal Nightwings. The true Nightwings.” During that time, inter-tribe mingling was becoming a more acceptable practice, so Nightwing genes were spread through every tribe before the Nightwatchers could exterminate the traitors. Grainshifter shook out his wings, frowning. Sure, it made some sense any trace of Nightwings shouldn’t be around now that Nightwatchers reigned supreme as a legend among dragons, but he couldn’t help but feel bad for any hybrid Nightwing descendents whose only crime was existing.

He took one more deep breath before taking off. Other Nightwatchers were sure to come around and bask in these dragonets’ anxieties, and he didn’t have time to chat. I’m going to be with them today. No more putting this off. With their new power, the Nightwatchers had taken the ancient Nightwing city and had it rise into the sky to be closer with the stars. The structure couldn’t be seen from the ground, but even if a flying dragon spotted it, no amount of distance would bring them any closer. Unless you were a Nightwatcher of course. Grainshifter made his way home, landing gently on the sandstone castle steps and heading inside to see Queen Forthreader and her council.

Grainshifter removed the enchantment that made his scales invisible once he reached the chamber door, relieved not to run into any other dragons. Despite all the years that had passed, dragons still thought about him with an edge of panic, and no amount of practice stopped those from piercing the veil. 

Grainshifter didn’t need to knock. An enchantment blocked him from reading the minds of the council, but every member could still read his, as well as see into the future that he would be coming. He pushed back a jolt of bitterness that he wasn’t allowed the power of future sight. Why keep your grand champion hero whatever dragon in the dark? Grainshifter had zero interest in sitting around as a council member all day like his mother, but it irked him that he wasn’t even given the option to join them. Maybe these rebellious thoughts were the reason.

“Come in, Grainshifter,” Queen Forthreader called, breaking his train of thought. He did as he was told, pushing open the chamber doors and trotting inside. Each member of the council looked at him with such affection, Grainshifter felt like he would melt. I really shouldn’t think so badly of them, they really love me. He commanded the doors to close behind himself and stood in front of the council of ten dragons, faces covered by shimmery purple veils.

“I understand you know why I’ve come,” he began, dipping his head in a short bow, “But if I may state my case anyway, I would appreciate your patience.”

The council laughed among themselves, practically confirming they had already made their decision. “Oh Grainshifter, always with the formalities,” his mother sighed, leaning on her front talons. 

“Of course darling, go ahead,” Queen Forthbringer spoke, relaxing in her seat. Grainshifter’s tail tip flicked in irritation at their attitudes. Why did they have to act so condescending when he was trying to be serious? The thought came out like a challenge, but not a single dragon straightened up in response to his defiance. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted two dragons on the other side of the room giving each other a bemused glance. He forced the spines on his neck to lay back down before speaking.

“You all know I requested this meeting, because I would like to attend Jade Mountain Academy,” he started, steeling himself, “I know you’ve seen it in the future, and I know you have probably already made your decision, but I think it’s important to speak about this now.” Grainshifter breathed deeply, and saw many of the council members do the same. Were they drinking in his anxiety? He shook the thought away. “I want to make it clear that I value everything you’ve taught me and everything I have been given. I am honored to have an opportunity no other dragon in the world could ever even dream of. However, I think there’s more things to learn that can’t be gleaned by just watching. I never got the chance to make friends with dragons my age- even among the Nightwatchers!”

“Well at hundreds of years old I think that chance has passed,” a council member chuckled, but abruptly stopped after getting a searing look from Grainshifter’s mother. Grainshifter pushed back a growl, taking a moment to calm himself.

“I just feel like I missed something crucial. I want the chance to know myself and the world as a lesser being, the way Nightwatchers used to be. I feel like I can’t appreciate what I have without knowing how things were.” And it’s not like anyone here treats me like an adult anyway. Silence followed his words. He looked to Queen Forthreader to await her response.

“Well Grainshifter, you will be pleased to know that you will be attending Jade Mountain Academy as a Skywing dragonet,” she spoke warmly, however, before Grainshifter could respond, her tone hardened. “However, we have a few conditions we have agreed on to keep you safe and most importantly, to keep your head.” Energy bubbled in Grainshifter’s talons, and it took everything in him to keep himself from jumping around in celebration.

“Yes! Anything!”

Queen Forthreader smiled. “First, you are forbidden from using any of your animus magic or revealing any information about the Nightwatchers. You are a Skywing dragonet who participates in the worship of our species. That is all.” Grainshifter nodded fervently. This made sense. “Second, Jade Mountain Academy is a school of many tribes with many different values. Yours will be challenged. A representative mind reader will keep an eye on you to make sure you stand firm with Nightwatcher ideals, and if you must be pulled out to prevent any brainwashing, then it shall be done. No second chances.” Well that was a little odd, but alright. “And third, for the love of god, stay away from those damned Rainwings. They’ll only give you trouble.”

“I can do that!” Grainshifter beamed, lifting his chin high. Even the demeaning looks from the other council members couldn’t get under his skin now.

“Well then! Glad this is settled. Run along now, you’ll miss the opening ceremony at this rate. I’ll take care of your enchantments.”

Grainshifter jumped up, alarmed, and scrambled toward the chamber door. I won’t waste any of this opportunity! He heard the council members laugh and the scratching of talons on parchment as he fled. As he took to the sky, a brilliant red bloomed from his dark purple scales, his wingspan and tail lengthened, and his facial features sharpened. He was a Skywing now, and for the first time, he would get to meet other dragons that were just like him.

#hermitdragons au #hermitcraft #thirdlife #thirdlife fanfic #last life #double life #grian #third life grian #limited life #trafficblr #wings of fire #wings of fire au #goodtimeswithscar

[brainrottingg]

Campaigns

Wonderland

Fifty years ago Simba raged across the lands and united all of the kingdoms into one: Auradon. He rules now, having put every “villain” into the Land of the Lost - a place without magic where he claims they’ll never hurt anyone again. But his daughter changed things when she vouched for the “villain kids” to get a new chance to rise above the squalor their parents had landed them in. Secrets were revealed and Simba was dethroned as it came out that he was the true villain. Everyone who was originally captured is too old to be of harm now, even if they really were evil, and their children are free to make their own lives.

Except those from Wonderland.

Previously safe in an anti-magic bubble that has now popped, all the original Wonderlandians were immediately pulled back to Wonderland - leaving their kids behind. Now son of Alice, chosen one Alister and his sister Ivory are teaming up with Queenie and her friends Clif and Moni to go back to Wonderland and save it from the darkness that had consumed it in the last fifty years. In Wonderland they meet the mysterious Jekyll, who is smiles and helpfulness and team player and self sacrificing. How lucky for them.

The three heroes will have to band together to take down the Dark King - newly dubbed the Nightmare King - in order to bring Wonderland to its previous glory. And that’s what they all want.

Right?

Gal Quest (discontinued)

Witchlight

In a world of “witches” with natural magic living in the woods that surround a single town of humans, you do what you have to in order to survive the monsters that are hunting you. You’ll learn to hunt, to kill, and you’ll gather every single foot up you can. Witchhunters are an elevated position, and their fellow Mages (those with body modifications to allow them to generate mana and cast magic) have their back when they need it.

Except maybe the monsters in the woods aren’t so much boogey as they are just men. And women. And children. And all the things that the humans are too. There’s less difference than our party of adventurers realized. Especially when it’s very quickly revealed that several members of the group are Witches themselves. Born with natural magic; of the Bracken. And they’d done horrible things to survive. As things come to a crux, Avas, Jackal, Alyzter, Vesper, Fae, Twyla, Ian and Bassil must either come together to make it better or fall apart and face each other first.

And that battle won’t even be their hardest.

X-Men: New World Order

Five years after the X-Men and the Brotherhood go on a mission and go missing, the world is a bit on its head. New heroes scramble to fill in the gaps the champions of old have left behind. Our most hopeful candidates are former X-Men Nightcrawler protege who got left behind, Nightwatcher, new hero of the people, Recoil, and criminal with an attitude Wythe (he doesn’t have an Alia’s that’s just his name). But behind the masks that are, Nightwatcher is Wally just Quais - a man with pointy ears and black fur and a gift with finding list things; and Recoil is a guy named Charlie with some powers and follow through. And with the X-Men gone mutants are more exposed than ever. Despite how unlikely their little team up is, what are they supposed to do other than see it through? After all, when the going gets though, the tough get going. And there are only so many tough one can depend on these days.

#c: Wonderland #c: Witchlight #c: Gal Quest #c: X-Men

[thefixeraa]

INTRO TO PANDORA.   

subject  matter :   the silent four / the network . the foundation of pandora in the years before its creation .

the  foundation  of  pandora  has  only  existed  for  two  decades .   the  organization  itself  has  existed  since  world  war  I ( 1917 ) .   the  birth  of  espionage   [   pigeon  messages ,   a  can  of  maps   …   mata  hari ,   a  dancer  with  high  ranking  admirer’s  – –   was  hired  by  french  intelligence  to  spy  on  the  germans .   ]   operation   nightwatch   was  planned  by  the  united  states  government ,   forming  a  group  of  three  men  and  a  woman   [   they   are  known  as :   ‘  the  silent  four .  ’   ]   nightwatch  came from  the  mind  of  john  j.  pershing   (   a  decorated  general  of  the u.s  army   ) ,   under  woodrow  wilson’s  presidency .   a  sort  of  modest  thing  before  the  united  states  entered  into  the  game  of  espionage .  

gabriel  kane ,   born  in  new  york  city  in  1890  and  the  son  of  irish  immigrants .   during  the  first  world  war ,   he  was  the  member  of  the  77th  division ,   which  saw  extensive  action  in  the  meuse - argonne  offensive .   kane’s  unit  was  tasked  with  attacking  german  fortifications  along  the  front  lines ,   and  he  quickly  distinguished  himself  as  a  fearless  and  high  skilled  combatant .   he  was  wounded  multiple  times  in  battle  but  continued  to  lead  his  fellow  soldiers  with  bravery  and  determination .   gabriel’s  talents  did  not  go  unnoticed  by  his  superiors ,   and  he  was  eventually  handpicked  to  join  a  special  operations  unit  tasked  with  carrying  out  covert  missions  behind  enemy  lines .   he  excelled  in  this  role ,   using  his  knowledge  of  the  terrain  and  his  ability  to  blend  in  with  the  local  population  to  carry  out  a  variety  of  missions ,   including  sabotage   and  aviation ,   he  enlisted  in  the  army  and  intelligence  gathering .   it  was  during  one  of  these  missions  that  general  john j.  perishing  first  took  notice  of  kane .   after  overseeing  a  assignment  in  which  kane  was  sent  on  a  dangerous  reconnaissance  mission ,   perishing  was  impressed  by  kane’s  bravery  and  resourcefulness  and  subsequently  recruited  him  into  the  silent  four .

anthony  price ,   born  in  philadelphia in  1890  from  humble  beginnings .   he  was  heavily  interested  in  civil  rights  movements ,   since  both  his  parents  were  people  of  color .   he also  wrote  poetry ,   often  getting  his  poetry  and  articles  published   (  he  talks  about  a  lot  of  topics  that  are  very  personal  to  him ,   and  sometimes  becomes  scrutinized  for  it .   )   when  world  war  1  came  about ,   he  set  off  to  join  the  army -   in  particular  the  harlem  hellfire  company  in  the  369th  infantry  regiment ,   a  mostly  all  black  company  that  initially  were  regulated  to  minor  labor  duties .   eventually  he  and  his  fellow  company  men  were  sent  to  the  front  lines  to  fight  along  side  the  french  army .   price  was  a  skilled  linguist  and  fluent  in  french  and  german ,   which  proved  usful  and  he  became  a  valuable  asset  to  his  company .   during  the  battle  of  belleau  wood ,   the  harlem  hellfire  company  saw  extensive  action ,   being  tasked  with  capturing  a  heavily  defended  german  position .   anthony  showed  exceptional  bravery  and  leadership ,   leading  several  successful  assaults  on  enemy  positions  and  earning  respect  of  his  fellow  soldiers . to  use  his  linguistic  abilities  to  gather  valuable  intelligence  on  enemy  movements  and  positions .   he  was  eventually  recruited  by  george  creel ,   one  of  the  six  men  who  founded  tsf .

damien  knight ,   born  in  wichita  kansas  in  1891 ,   his  parents  owned  a  small  airplane  manufacturing  business .   because  he  grew  up  around  airplanes  and  aviation ,   he  enlisted  in  the  army  and  underwent  flight  training ,   quickly  proving  himself  a  skilled  and  fearless  pilot .   one  of  his  missions  took  place  during  the  battle  of  saint - mihiel .   knight  was  tasked  with  leading  a  squadron  of  planes  on  a  bombing  run against  a  key  german  supply  depot .  despite  heavy  anti - aircraft  fire  and  enemy  airplanes ,   knight  and  his  squadron  successfully  carried  out  the  mission ,   dealing  a  significant  blow  to  german  forces  for  the  war  effort .   he  was  soon  to  be  recruited  by  another  member  of  tsf ,   who  recognized  his  bravery ,   tactical  skills ,   and  the  ability  to  think  on  his  feet .   he  became  an  important  member  of  the group ,   using  her  aviation  expertise  to  carry  out  covert  missions .   his  piloting  skills  were  especially  valuable  in  situations  where  the  group  needed a  quick  extraction  or  others  in  dangerous  situations .

elizeabeth  stone ,   elizabeth  was  boring  in  boston  massachusetts  in  1893    to  a  wealthy  family  of  philanthropists .   during  the worked  as  a  nurse ,  working  on  the  front  lines  to  care  for  wounded  soldiers .   she  was  stationed  in  several  locations  throughout  europe ,   including  france  and  italy ,   and  gained  a   she  developed  a  network  of  contacts  among  soldiers  and  civilians ,   and  used  her  knowledge  to  help  the allies  plan  reputation  as  one  of  the  most  dedicated  and  skilled  nurses  in  her  unit .   she  often  went  above  and  beyond  her  duties  to  provide  comfort  and  care  to  soldiers ,   even  under  dan gerous  condition  or  help  was  known  to  venture  out  into   “  no  man’s  land  ”   to  retrieve  injured  soldiers  who  were  stranded  or  under  fire ,   risking  her  own  safety  to  ensure  they  were  received  medical  attention .   during  her  service ,   she  also  developed  an  interest  in  intelligence  gathering ,   and  began  to  secretly  collect  information  about  enemy  troop  movements  and  other  military  intelligence .   she  developed  a  network  of  contacts  among  soldiers  and  civilians ,   and  used  her  knowledge  to  help  the allies  plan  strategic  operations .   stone  showed  bravery  and  her  intelligence  gathering  skills  caught  the  attention  of  one  of  the  founders  of  tsf ,   who  then  recruited  her  to  work  as  a  covert  agent .   as  a  member  of  the  group ,   she  used  her medical  knowledge  and  intelligence - gathering  skills  to  carry  out  a  range  of  missions ,   often  going  undercover  as  a  nurse  or  aid  worker  to  gather  information  or  help  resistance  groups .

TIMELINE OF EVENTS ,

1918 - 1920 :

the  silent  few   (  tsf )  extends  to  include  more  agents  after  the  first  world  war  ends .   focusing  on  recruiting  veterans  of  the  war ,   giving  them  promise  and  purpose   (  especially  if  they’ve  felt  lost  and  disconnected  after  the  war .   )

the  organization  becomes  more  structured ,   with  specialized  teams  for  intelligence  gathering ,   field  operations ,   and  research  and  development  etc .

it  establishes  its  headquarters  in  washington  d.c ,   and  has  offices  across  the  united  states  and  the  world  as  a  safe  place  for  agents  to  go  to  while  on  a  mission .

1921 - 1939 :  

tsf  continues  to  grow  and  adapt ,   now  going  by  a  different  name ,   called  the  network .   it  continued  to  develop  new  technologies  and  tactics  for  espionage  and  covert  operations .  

the  organization's  reputation  for  effectiveness  and  discretion  attracts  the  attention  of  influential  government  officials  and  wealthy  benefactors .

agents  are  involved  in  a  number  of  high - profile  missions ,   including  efforts  to  counter  soviet  espionage  and  sabotage  during  the  interwar  period .

1940 - 1945 :

with  the  outbreak  of  world  war  2 ,   the  silent  few  plays  a  critical  role  in  gathering  intelligence  and  conducting  sabotage  and  espionage  operations  against  the  axis  powers .

many  agents  served  in  the  armed  forces ,   using  their  specialized  training  to  aid  in  military  operations .   while  others  fought  alongside  the  military  as  a  show  of  support .

during  this  time ,   the  network  continues  to  recruit  and  train  new  operatives ,   expanding  its  tanks  to  include  specialists  in  a  wide  range  of  fields   (  including  cryptography ,   linguistics ,   and  technology .  )

1946 - 1960 :

in  the  aftermath  of  the  war ,   the  network  shifted  its  focus  to  countering  the  emerging  threat  of  communist  regimes  around  the  world .

the  organization  engages  in  covert  operations  to  support  anti - communist  forces  in  countries  such  as  korea ,   vietnam  and  cuba .  

the  network  develops  new  technologies  and  techniques  for  surveillance  and  intelligence  gathering ,   including  the  use  of  satellites  and  advanced  encryption  methods .

1961 - 1989 :

during  the  cold  war ,   the  organization  plays  a  key  role  in  working  to  gather  intelligence  and  thwart  soviet  espionage  efforts .

it  becomes  increasingly  secretive  and  compartmentalized ,   with  many  agents  operation  in  isolation  from  one  another .

during  this  time ,   the  agency  develops  advanced  weapons  and  technologies  for  use  in  covert  operations .

1990 - 1995 :

with  the  collapse  of  the  soviet  union  and  the  end  of  the  cold  war ,   the  network  finds  itself  facing  a  new  era  of  uncertainty  and  shifting  geopolitical  priorities .

the  organization  struggles  to  adapt  to  new  threats  such  as  terrorism  and  cyber  warfare ,   and  begins  to  face  criticism  for  its  secrecy  and  lack  of  accountability .

during  a  period  of  weakness ,   a  man  named  conrad  ashe  would  assassinate  top  network  individuals  and  any  agents  who  were  loyal ,   take  over  the  organization .   effectively  wiping  it  clean  and  starting  over .   thus  pandora  was  born ,   in  a  new  world  with  new  possibilities .

#* out of chara . #* world building ‚ pandora . #okay so this is the first of many... and i mean many posts that i'll be making #also they're going to be vERY long as well so... #yeah... #hope you enjoy reading it tho!