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pd3thoughts · 4 months

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Irreplaceable

Or, Chains thinks about Houston.

(Hi @neomineom ! I was your secret Santa! Sorry for taking years, it wasn’t canon compliant so I scrapped it and restarted. Among other real life things. it was totally my fault! I hope that I got your boys right and did them justice 👀)

written for @paydaysecretsanta

// canon compliant fluff with a bit of angst :)

Chains remembers Houston from before they both were in the PAYDAY gang. It was back in the early 2000s, when Houston would unlock the back door every morning so that they wouldn’t bother any customers while talking. The younger man didn’t really speak all that much, but Chains hadn’t minded. He’d met much worse, and the glint in Houston’s eye hinted to his amusement.

Houston was stoic from the beginning, forced to grow up in a household that had no place for a kid. Chains could put two and two together just by the way he mentioned his brother, those glimpses into complex feelings caused by years of neglect. He “had no chill,” as Joy used to say. It might’ve looked like that, but she didn’t know how he was back then.

The Ghost was almost completely silent, immediately getting down to business. He made no time for small talk, finding every conversation meaningless if it didn’t have a point. Chains admired the way that Houston was serious about his work, but it wouldn’t have killed the guy to loosen up a little. Chains had—for lack of a better term—annoyed Houston into relaxing every so often. When the younger man would roll his eyes, the veteran counted that as a victory.

At first, Houston was visibly irritated by Chains’ antics, having half a mind to kick him out of the range. Chains’ disrupted his usual quiet, but Houston began to grow used to it. He didn’t know when it happened, but he had started to expect his presence.

Chains started off by looking at the merchandise, then moved on to talking about other weapons and what Houston used to clean them out. The Armorer, knowing full well how to do it by himself, watched the younger man dismantle a desert eagle with deft fingers.

…When Bain chose Houston as a stand-in for Hoxton, Chains had agreed to it. He had seen Houston’s potential in how he applied himself and in the way he handled his weapons. (It was a mistake. He didn’t regret working with Houston, but Chains never meant to hurt Hoxton. He had always seen the two as separate people despite their similarities.)

Chains would keep it on the lighter side, but he wasn’t afraid to speak his mind. Houston wouldn’t judge him for any of it, sometimes agreeing with what he said. Likewise, Houston had no qualms with asking him for advice.

———

Asking people for help was weak… but with Chains, Houston felt different. This was just two friends talking to each other.

It didn’t stop him from feeling a bit dumb for asking Chains for ideas about what sort of Christmas present to get Dallas. It’s not like he could stroll up to the guy and go “so is there anything you need other than me forgiving you for every time you weren’t there when I needed you?”

…Because that would be distasteful. Probably.

But it could definitely throw a wrench into their operations. With a heavy heart, Houston goes back to the drawing board.

“Would he… actually want anything?” Houston asks his partner in crime. He can’t really keep his eyes on the other man, pretending to work on something. The Ghost tightens screws on a spare ECM, but not enough to strip the thread.

“Heheh, yeah. The guy doesn’t go around screaming his love for Breaking Bad… except when he does,” Chains replies lightheartedly, knowing the Crew Chief’s love for old men getting punched in the face. (They never miss a chance to tease Dallas for being a decade older than the rest of them.)

Houston doesn’t think that Dallas does meth. It wouldn’t be professional. If he did, Bain would fire him… on second thought, maybe he wouldn’t. But Dallas’ level of methness is beside the point.

“He wouldn’t like that,” he says with a slight grumble. Houston could get him something related to the retirement home show, but Dallas would be too embarrassed to actually do anything with it. Houston doesn’t blame him. He’s gonna act like he does, anyway.

“…Well, he likes money,” the Armorer shrugs, “but you should be the one to decide, you know? Can’t do it for you. But I’m sure he wouldn’t mind either way.”

The Ghost can tell that Chains is listening to what he’s saying, and he appreciates the sentiment. No, he’s always appreciated the way that Nicholas understood him. The younger heister turns to nod at his friend and is greeted with a smile, as always.

(Houston ended up getting Dallas a pair of ugly Christmas sweater socks with tacky dollar designs emblazoned across them. Dallas acted polite about the gift as if he didn’t like it, but Houston noticed that his brother wore those stupid fuzzy socks with each subsequent holiday.)

———

Chains sometimes tells stories about how him and Houston used to work in the same room—something that the latter never rarely did by choice. People would take his stuff without asking or get things dirty without cleaning up afterwards and it irked him to no end. Chains was someone who respected Houston’s boundaries, and there’s the fact that they’d known each other for over a decade… that’s gotta count for something, right?

Eventually, the Armorer taught Wolf how to behave himself around Houston as well, slowly helping his friend branch out. Houston learned how to trust a select few, settling both Wolf and Chains into his close circle of friends. Still, the older heister was different to him than the rest. He had bad experiences with Dallas, and Wolf was sometimes unpredictable. They were each unique in their own ways.

Houston was uptight, rigidity mellowed out with time. He knew his own boundaries, pushed them and even went to open a bar in Mexico with the crew’s support. Sure, Chains had shown him the way, but how much he changed was all on him. Chains helped Houston get a foot in the door, allowing him to meet new people. To see new things. To be independent again—apart from both Hoxton and his brother. Just because the gang was apart hadn’t meant that they cut all contact—they met every now and then just for the sake of spending time together.

Chains had sent letters to the former heister between his shoots, talking like they did back in the old days. He would light up whenever he found a reply in his mailbox, putting it elsewhere for safekeeping. Houston never completely chilled out, but he built his own life over there, at his own place! Chains was proud of the younger man. Houston updated his friend on the things that were happening… until he couldn’t.

Chains wasn’t able to save anything from his house when he was attacked.

Which is why when Dallas looks out the window for someone who will never arrive, Chains can put a hand on his shoulder. That’s why he doesn’t have to say a single word. He’s able to show the Crew Chief that he understands. Hoxton is his own person, and Houston never could’ve replaced him. He didn’t have to. Hoxton can’t replace him, either.

The two of them wait for an impossibility until after the sun sets.

#payday 2 #payday 3 #pd3 #pd3 spoilers #payday3secretsanta #chains payday 2 #houston payday 2 #I’ve never written for them before. ever #where is hous :(#chains has lost people before in the military #but I also think he would tell some of the newer members about hous #because he wouldn’t want the others to go on never knowing him #do you think that hous would accept a hug if he crawls back to the crew all bloody and bruised from RUNNING AND HIDING #just without thinking #from just. the pure joy of coming back home

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elizabeths-dumbassery · 4 months

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Could somebody make a compilation of the Grim-Birdie's from Sonic Prime s3 charging but with the Cloaker sfx playing instead of the normal scream they did?

Thanks

#sonic prime #sonic prime spoilers #sonic prime season 3 #sonic the hedgehog #sonic #payday 2 #cloaker #like i swear to god #he kept getting jumpscared #slammed #bashed #birdie sonic the hedgehog

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retrokid616 · 1 year

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where have i seen this before?

close oh shit i know

youtube

#miami connection #hotline miami #payday 2 #payday lore #cr spoilers #liam o'brien #talesin jaffe #live blogging #drip #80s one shot when #campaign 3 #bells hells #critical role #shit just got real #Youtube

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what-yadoking-likes · 1 year

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Maybe some fluffy stuff with Bain?

Bain frowned at his reflection in the bathroom mirror. What exactly it was he was scrutinising was unclear, even to him.

It had started with him examining the place where his eye used to be. He knew he'd better get used to it - the empty recess that would draw attention whether he covered it or not. He thought he felt a phantom pain when he prodded experimentally at the cheekbone below the exposed socket.

Then his eye fell to his hair, which was still in such an awful state he cringed. The knots and tangles had been teased and torn out, but what remained was hardly smooth and shiny locks. He had half a mind to cut it all off so he could start again afresh with strong, healthy hair, but deep down Bain knew he wouldn't do that to himself - he'd already lost so much. Losing his hair would only be another blow, and he felt fragile enough as it was.

"Bain?" Bain jumped - Dallas' voice was accompanied by a light but insistent knock on the door. "You doin' okay in there?"

Bain gave his reflection a lingering look. Tugging his eyepatch back into position, he opened the bathroom door.

Not all of the concern left Dallas' face at Bain's reappearance. "I was worried about you," he said softly, doing his best not to sound accusatory. He couldn't blame the other man for needing some space, some time to himself-

"Do you still find me attractive?" Bain blurted out before he could stop himself. He kept his eye trained on the shine of Dallas' shoes, freshly polished that morning by Aldstone, scolding himself for sounding so vulnerable. Everything was still so raw, even though the pain had subsided thanks to Locke's medical team and sufficient rest in the sanctuary of the Safehouse. He was painfully aware of how goddamn handsome Dallas was, how his body was young enough to stay lean and firm with muscle but old enough to be experienced and pliant and dusted with silver that oozed beauty itself somehow.

"What?" Dallas was taken aback. He stepped into Bain's space, hands resting gently on the older man's shoulders. "What's going on?"

Bain's cheeks burned. He hated how he had changed. How his insecurity rivalled his paranoia. How he had fallen from being an inscrutable mystery to somebody everyone knew. How he had ruined the Payday gang.

Bain didn't break his silence.

Dallas didn't know where to start. He closed his eyes and drew the other man close, steering him towards his shoulder with a gentle but firm hand between the shoulderblades. From this position it was easy for him to press a kiss to the crown of Bain's head - Bain's stomach flipped - once from the gesture itself - and once again from the pathetic whimper that left his lips.

"You've always been handsome to me," Dallas said, murmuring the words into Bain's scalp as if doing so would make him truly listen and take the words in. Another kiss. "Always have-" and another, "-always will."

Bain said nothing. It took too much effort to keep in his emotions. His face scrunched in its effort to contain the tears, the sobs from deep within his throat, the thanks. He wrapped his own arms - carefully - around the other man, wondering if he'd ever be able to believe him.

#MasterGuide #NaviMind #Dallas #Bain #AU possibly probably #Yado replies #Yado answers #lol this has literally been in my Asks for like a year??#Sorry for the delayed reply #hope this angsty fluff scratches an itch #Angst #Fluff #spoilers for late-game I guess #Payday #Payday 2 #drabble

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aedisveneris · 8 months

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HIGHWAY TO LOVE | pick a card landmarks on your journey to love

this work is done for the love of tarot + is intended only for those open to it. It is in no way intended to be professional advice. please consume this, + all general online readings, responsibly.

whenever you’re ready your message is under the cut…

MARKERS Oracle of the Roses

Thanks for being here!

PILE 1

You might not have a clear picture of where you’re headed, but you’re properly motivated to embark on the road to love. Be warned: any desire to reach a victory you can show off to others stands directly in the way of that victory.

Your journey to Love, the healing you seek, and the blessings this work will create must be first and foremost for you. Forget about proving anything to anyone. Prioritize proving your worth to yourself and to Love.

To get a clearer picture of your roadmap to Love head over to the full reading ✨

PILE 2

The feelings at the root of that grief you’ve gotten used to aren’t as raw as before. Meaning you’ve processed enough to be ready to move into new emotional cycles, but your mind is having trouble registering that.

Like a habit, your mind returns faithfully to the thoughts and memories you’ve been processing and grieving. No shame in that, the mind has a notorious love for habit.

But how do you shake it? What practices can be implemented to help your mind catch up to your heart? Find these answers and more over at the full reading 💖 (spoiler alert: by engaging with the other parts of your life that have nothing to do with this passing grief)

PILE 3

There’s a success in your life you’re struggling with. Whether internal or external, this success Is proof of your hard work and skills. But it still feels uncomfortable to you.

Relieve yourself of the fear that your discomfort in this blessing is because you don’t deserve it. You don’t “deserve” your paycheck on payday, you goddamn earned it. Instead try on the idea that maybe you don’t know how to engage with this type of success because you’ve never known it.

Basically you’re approaching new things as the old you and that incompatibility is creating a blockage on your road to Love, among other things.

Catch all the details over at the full reading 🧚🏼‍♂️

#tarot #tarot reading #pick a card #pick a card reading #love reading #readings #avhtl

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certifiedblackmesasweetvoice · 10 months

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Okay so I have a thought (spoilers for Half Life VR But the AI is Self-Aware btw)

I remember when I first watched through HLVRAI and saw all the shit that happened to Gordon, yadda yadda yadda, you know how it goes

And watching it the first time was a little fucking jarring, you know

Like you have to listen to fucking Gordon groaning in pain and being betrayed by his friends and then having to battle Benrey, it's awful

And then the second time I watched it, knowing what I was in for, I realized

...the name of the series is Half-Life VR But the AI is Self-Aware.

This is a video game series.

Gordon is being played by a person in the real world.

Why is all of this so greatly affecting him?

"Oh Wayne said that Gordon just had to pretend to be in pain or scared for the sake of the AIs!"

Aside from the fact that at least two of the AIs know that they aren't real (Coomer and Benrey, though by the Payday 2 stream I imagine all four of the AIs know that they're video game characters), a huge chunk of Act Three Part 2 is Gordon, by himself, in pain and freaking out over the betrayal. NO ONE was around him - not Benrey, not Bubby, not Coomer, not even Tommy was close enough for him hearing Gordon to be a concern. He sounds like he's actually in pain in this portion, like he is actively wincing and groaning and just overall having a shit time.

Now, I'm not saying that the player (because it doesn't specify that Wayne and the person who "found" the AI are the same person, the description for the playlist just says "a streamer" discovered the game) somehow got sucked into the game or anything like that because like, clearly he wasn't - Coomer straight up says later in that video that Gordon has "a world in [his] dreams", meaning that the player can still exit the game and interact with the real world.

But I do have to wonder what the description meant by saying the AI "[changed] [the streamer's] life forever".

#hlvrai #half life vr ai #half life vr but the ai is self aware #gordon freeman

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manekinoodle · 8 months

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i'm actually pretty happy with the pd3 heister reveals. spoilers for now given it's hot fresh news, so read below the cut for my full thoughts.

joy and pearl make a lot of sense from a developer standpoint as picks for launch. obvs they want to pick heisters that aren't super iconic (yet) to give them time and space to grow. and it's great to see a new heister so we know this isn't payday 2.5 in terms of cast. and we have four guys, so having two girls balances out the choices well especially for newbies to the game. i do admit i was hoping for houston, but i saw at least one of the female heisters returning from miles away. here's hoping we see our old mains in some shape or form.

let's start with pearl. she brings an air of class(?) that hasn't been covered by the existing pd3 crew which gives more variety to the characters that people can play. i love her outfit and face (very chic) but not sold on the mask. pearl's chic-ness contrasts her from pretty much all of the payday 2 female heisters as well. obvs i want my favs back, but pearl is going to be a solid addition and i hope that she's going to be well fleshed out in the game.

joy was initially unexpected but makes more sense as i'm thinking about it. consider that she got done super dirty in pd2 given her late introduction and her lack of relevance in the plot asides from her connection with locke. city of gold campaign fleshed her out surprisingly well, but it was too late for the majority of players to start giving a shit about her. and the point lines were... controversial. but i'm glad to see in this game she seems like she's grown up (and her va is returning, yay job security and continuity). her outfit is amazing, her face is... well. controversial (but i think she'll be alright on release). i hope that she can endear herself to fans now that she finally has room to do so. i am rooting for you cringe gamer girl (affectionate).

(also, possible revenge plot from her given locke is mia afawk.... looking forward to it)

#payday 3 #joy #pearl #neki talks

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crispy-bonnie · 1 year

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HIIII BESTIE HI

SO LIKE I'VE GOT A REALLY ANGSTY REQUEST LOL BE PREPARED

- Okay okay so can I get uhmmmm

- Dallas, Sokol, Hoxton, Houston and Jacket for this?

- Okay so, Reader and heister are already dating and they match pretty well

- They've been assigned to do the diamond (garnet) heist together bc they can blend in as a couple

- But just before the heist they have a fight

- (It was over some misunderstanding idk)

- Heister says something kinda rude and readers rlly offended

- So they're like 'clearly you need time to cool off so I'll just go on my own'

- Heister's like 'Fine go on ur own >:/' bc the heist is stealth and it should be easy

- But what they don't know is that an unknown rival group already knew that they were going and ambush the place with reader inside

- Heister's waiting for reader to come back as they scroll through channels on the TV

- He sees the news and it shows that there was a massive attack on the building reader was heisting on

- He rushes to the building to see the building surrounded by police tape + cops, ambulances and so on

- He sneaks inside to see partygoers still in the place, all of them shaken up and evacuating

- He asks if they saw someone (reader)

- One of them just says 'I saw someone that looked like that. They were fighting the criminals.... now....' and they point over to a smashed window with some blood surrounding it

- Heister's heart sinks into his stomach as he walks over and looks down from the smashed window

- As he looks over the edge he just sees reader

- Or what's left of them

- Yeah.... they were pushed off

- Haha guilt time for Heister (😭😭😭😭)

- Uh sorry if this is too intense I've had this idea in my head for a WHILE

hahahahahAHAHAHAHAAAA YOU FOOL !! YOU’VE GIVEN ME TOO MUCH POWER AND NOW A L L WILL BOW TO THE POWER OF MY CREATIVITY AND KEYBOARD !! I WILL MAKE YOU SOB FOR YEARS TO COME EVERY TIME YOU THINK OF THIS-

ahem anyways ,, i love this prompt ajdbajs /gen

i’m not gonna specify who this rival gang is , but it’s definitely not the golden aces bc they wouldn’t kill a heister , only do a minor bit of trolling

!! TRIGGER/CONTENT WARNINGS !!

- Heavy angst - Suicide / Suicidal thoughts - Major character death - Derealization - Spoilers for PAYDAY 2's ending

!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED !!

Oyasumi — PAYDAY HEADCANONS

Dallas

So basically this mf is overworking himself as always

When you try to get him away from his desk for the heist he kinda just snaps at you

Even if you continue to try and pull him from his work, he just continues to push you away

So you end up leaving him to his work and go on the heist alone, in which he kinda just dismisses you

Later on, he ends up finishing his work, but he notices a headline on the news just as he’s about to close his computer

Dallas took a minute before it finally clicked

The Garnet group building was ambushed

And you were in there

First was panic, and he immediately got Bile to pick him up and drop him off at the roof of the building while under the disguise of law enforcement

Among the partygoers who were fleeing and screaming for their lives, he tried desperately to look for you, but he couldn’t seem to spot you

Eventually he managed to find an injured partygoer, whom he asked about your whereabouts

This partygoer said that you put up a big fight with the ambushers, but you ‘didn’t come out on top’

When Dallas asked tor clarification, the person pointed towards a shattered window. There didn’t seem to be much, but it was the minuscule blood splatters that struck fear

He wasted no time rushing over, peeking over the edge and praying that he wouldn’t see what he thought he would see

But alas, it was exactly what he thought

You were on the roof of an adjacent building attached to the Garnet tower, your blood spread across its surface in such a beautiful yet horrifying manner

His heart seemed to sink upon seeing this, and he wasn’t even paying attention to the fact that he was nearly about to fall off of the edge

It was only when the rest of the Payday gang arrived on the scene, to retrieve Dallas and finish off the heist at hand

Luckily, Dallas managed to get a breather when he was taken back to the safe house, but he still was in shock

Surely it was an elaborate prank, right? You’ll walk in all fine and give him a kiss on the cheek while telling him you were okay… right?

Well, his despair seemed to grow when the others came back, but you were nowhere to be seen

He ends up feeling so awful for pushing you away that he ends up slacking on his own work and avoids doing heists, ESPECIALLY heists that have to do with diamonds or gems

Sometimes he would wake up and expect to see you next to him, but he would end up remembering that you’re not there and he’d cry himself back to sleep

He’s no longer allowed to do any mission that involves heights, because the crew knows damn well that he might have a panic attack, or worse, jump off the ledge

Dallas never recovers from this state, and he ends up leaving the Payday gang as a result of it

He still keeps your belongings and does his best to preserve them as much as possible, leaving them untouched like memories locked in its place

He basically turns into a hikikomori, withdrawing from pretty much everything and becoming a fucking mess

Hoxton

So y’know how Hector ratted Hoxton out?

Well this takes place before they find out, and he’s still extremely pissed about the fact that someone fucked him over

He’d spent every bit of time trying to figure out who the hell it was, and even when he gets a break, he still always talks about it

You tried to pull him away from it by offering up a diamond heist, but he dismissed you

However, unlike Dallas, he lashed out at you the second time you tried to offer, saying that he was too busy to deal with the likes of you

You just huff and turn on your heel, saying that you’ll go on your own if “he was going to be such a whiny bitch about it”

Hoxton was about to yell at you again because of your insult, but you were already out the door

A few hours pass, and Dallas speaks up from his desk

“Uh- Hoxton? I think you might wanna look at this.”

Hoxton finally seems to be drawn away from his investigation, as Dallas’s concerned tone caught his attention

The second he saw the headline, Hoxton wasted no time getting his equipment ready so that he could not only see if you were okay, but kick the shit outta the ambushers in question

After pestering Bile for a minute or two, he finally found himself in the Garnet building, searching frantically for you

In his panic, he ends up bumping into a civilian and he desperately asks about your whereabouts

The civilian pointed towards the shattered window, and Hoxton rushed towards it so fast that he nearly tripped on himself just as he made it to the ledge

When he saw your corpse laying almost peacefully on the now blood-coated concrete, he nearly had a heart attack

He called your name several times, but there was no answer, nor was there any movement from you

Hoxton continued calling your name, desperately hoping that you would wake up

But as he was dragged away by the rest of the gang, who had just arrived on the scene, he finally realized that you were truly gone

Once that part clicked, he went into full on anger, literally fucking incinerating any cop that got in his way as him and the rest finished the heist

He continued to express this aggression, on anyone and anything he could. It reached to the point where Aldstone couldn’t even let him in the safe house because he was wrecking shit like there was no tomorrow

And it sure as hell felt like there was no tomorrow, at least not in his eyes

His life was over now that you were gone. All of the plans he had, thrown away like garbage

And there was no one else to blame but himself, yet he refused to believe it

He was in so much denial, that he even tried to blame you for your own death. Yet deep inside, he was beating himself up for not accompanying you

Perhaps if he had just listened to you, you’d still be waking up next to him, or holding his hand, or even just talking to him

He missed you. Every last part of you.

Looking at anything that even remotely reminded him of you filled him with sorrow and rage, so much to the point where he tries to destroy it

But he can’t destroy those memories, he held them too dear, but they hurt so much

There was only one way to get rid of them

And the price of it was his life

Houston

Houston absolutely hates it when a single mistake is made during a stealth heist

Knowing a lot of heists that have gone loud after a failed stealth, he decided to make a very elaborate plan for this heist in particular, as he wanted to make sure that it went perfectly

Unlike the rest of these, the two of you managed to make it to the heist without fighting

It was only during the heist when the two of you started to argue

You wanted to keep talking with the partygoers to keep them distracted while Houston went ahead to start the process of hacking the laptops for the vault's code

However, it went against his plan, making him frustrated

He didn't want to protest too much with you, so he just left you to do whatever

The rival gang eventually intruded, causing everything to go to shit just as he was hacking into one of the laptops

It was only when he heard the sound of screaming and glass shattering when he finally snapped out of his initial anger

Getting his weapons out, he went to go and look for you, calling your name, only to recieve nothing

Due to the small talk that had popped up beforehand, one of the civilians recognized the name, pointing towards the very broken window that had pulled him out of his angry daze in the first place

He peaked over the edge and his heart dropped

His plan, not even Houston himself, was prepared for the possibility of seeing your corpse splattered on concrete

Houston eventually fled, as he knew that if he stayed long, he wouldn't make it out alive

However, even so, he didn't even know if he wanted to make it out alive

All of his planning, all those hours thinking just to make sure that both you and him made it out safely

It all amounted to nothing

He was trying to rethink every step of the plan, every moment of that heist

Houston was trying to find some sort of loophole or way to predict and prevent the events from happening

He spent months doing this, but it was futile

Nothing could predict that rival gang's assault, nothing could predict your untimely fate

And nobody could predict the way he reacted after coming to terms with the truth

Sokol

You didn't have any ill intention when you said this

Sokol had asked how you would feel if he left the Payday gang to return to hockey, and you said you wouldn't mind

You said this because you didn't want him to be held back by the job if he doesn't enjoy doing it

However, he didn't interpret that part, resulting in him getting angry

After nearly punching you in the face, you retreat to go on the heist that you were assigned to, but you had to go alone instead of with Sokol like you intended

It took a while before Sokol cooled off, and just as he was about to go and join you, Sydney stopped him

He was confused as to why Sydney was so persistent on making sure that he didn't go, but he was just as persistent on heading to the Garnet Group building

Sokol seemed to panic when he saw SWATs storming the building and civilians rushing out

What happened?

Sokol rushed his way inside, careless about the law enforcement officers telling him not to.

He looked everywhere for you, hearing the distant noises of chaos from the roof above.

Sokol was about to call up Bain when he registered the broken window, blood staining the glass

He hurriedly made his way over, and his eyes couldn't believe the sight before him

He saw you, laying motionless on the concrete with blood spread across its surface

He wanted to break down then and there, tears streaming down and some even dripping down onto roof below that you were dead on

However, Sokol knew you would want him to stay strong, and so he did

He proceeded with the heist, alone, and he even managed to get rid of the rival gang who had your blood on their hands

Afterwards, Sokol returned to the Payday gang, and he proceeded with his jobs as per usual

Even after all of it came to an end, when he moved to Cyprus with friends and family, he couldn't help but think about you

He had you on his mind all the time, and just the thought of you was his whole reason of staying alive and pushing forward

Sokol never got over you, but he knew that if he were able to see your face, even if it was for one last time, he would see you smiling and telling him how proud you were of him

He wanted to create a life that he wished he could share with you, even though your own was cut short by the incident

The image of your bright smile is what got him up in the morning to try and make changes for the better, for both himself and the world

It was what you would've wanted

Jacket

So y'know how in Prison Nightmare, you can hear faint lines expressing the greatest fears of some of the heisters?

Well, one of those biggest fears for Jacket happens to be his tape recorder running out of batteries. No wonder he spends a fortune on them!

Whether it be because it would either force him to talk or render him unable to communicate, he's terrified of his tape recorder running out of batteries mid-heist. He always makes sure to have a fresh pair.

Today was a little different, but this difference was HUGE to Jacket

For some reason, he couldn't find his stash of spare batteries, and his tape recorder was starting to run low

He searched frantically, looking high and low for those batteries, but they never turned up. He couldn't even find any stray ones lying around

You were just about ready to go on the heist, but Jacket was nowhere near prepared

He didn't even pay attention to you when you called his name, or when you walked into his room to tell him that the two of you had to go

Jacket was so invested with finding his batteries, not responding to you. Not even in sign language.

You eventually left due to Twitch's nagging, as well as the fact that you were just fed up that Jacket couldn't at least put his search on hold for until the two of you got back

Eventually, Jacket found his battery stash [which was hidden by Sokol underneath one of the staircases], and he managed to relax

He thought he would be able to hop in on the heist to help you out, but when he arrived, he wasn't expecting to see SWAT units all over the place and a few civilians running out of the building

Thinking that he would be able to make it through even if caught by the authorities, he snuck his way in, his confusion growing upon seeing the mess of the building. What happened here?

Eventually, one of the civilians who was running away stopped by him, grabbing his arm as if to try to encourage him out.

"What are you doing!? C'mon! We gotta get outta here!"

When Jacket expressed confusion once more, the civilian went from worry to anger as they said:

"Fine! If you wanna end up like that bitch then go ahead! I'm outta here!"

When they said this, they gestured towards the broken window before making a sprint for the exit. Curious about what this civilian was talking about, Jacket made his way towards the shattered and somewhat bloodied window.

His heart seemed to drop upon seeing your corpse splattered against the roof of the shorter building below.

Despite having his tape recorder, it felt as if he couldn't communicate or even call out to you. He wanted to scream, hoping that you would hear, but everything was stuck in his throat as he tried to comprehend the image before his eyes.

Surely... this was a nightmare... right?

It was so unreal to him, he could barely even feel his palms sliding slowly off of the glass-sprinkled edge.

He wondered if this was all a bad dream and that when he woke up, you'd be next to him and sleeping peacefully.

Well,

He would be disappointed by the answer by the time his head hit the concrete next to you.

#payday 2 #payday #payday 2 x reader #fanfiction #payday x reader #fanfic #headcanons #reader insert #x reader #payday 2 headcanons #tw: sui thoughts #tw: sui mention #tw: derealization #there's a lot of stuff here that is triggering so please be careful #crispy writes

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trygrievousbutgirl-blog · 9 months

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HOLY F U C K

Spoilers for payday 2 secret ending and cyberpunk 2077 base game, maybe

SO let’s talk about the dentist for a second

A reincarnating kataru king, identifiable by a distinctive piece of eyewear in most of his reincarnations. And we only know that the dentist’s last name is Hellmann.

Now we know his plan is to use the ancient alien relic known as “Balwin’s Lament” beneath the White House to transplant his spiritual being into the body of the US President.

Now, assuming he was successful, the payday gang would almost certainly be hunted down and defeated, but we don’t know what else he’d do. The implications, however, paint a picture of a complete dystopia of his own design.

And speaking of dystopian nightmares!

In the world of Cyberpunk 2077, corporations have more power than the government. And a piece of technology called “The Relic” designed by Anders Hellmann transfers the engram (digital spirit) of Johnny Silverhand into the body of V.

Anders Hellmann

A scientist with a pair of distinctive Glasses

Theory time

The dentist’s own nightmarish running of the country directly caused the downfall of America, the takeover of corporate interests, and the dystopian hellscape of Night City. And now that the government doesn’t have as much influence, The Dentist uses the lament to again implant himself into the body of a scientist under the employ of Arasaka to develop a new method of brain transfer in order to take over the mind of whoever the chairman of Arasaka may be at the time in order to regain control of the country through corporate means.

Cyberpunk and Payday crossover confirmed babeyyyyyyyy!!!!!!

This also means that (provided the poser gangs from the original ttrpg are canon to 2077) Johnny Silverhand might be a John Wick poser, which is fucking hilarious if true

#cyberpunk 2077 #payday 2 #payday 2 secret ending #the dentist #theory

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pd3thoughts · 4 months

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If Rust comes back then things are gonna get awkward real fast

The gang looking back and forth between them: 😅

#pd3 #payday 3 #pd3 spoilers #pearl payday 3 #rust payday 2 #uh oh

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johnlocsin-johnyakuza · 2 years

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Me and my Father (the guy in the Crusader Armor) are currently stuck in the closet with, whatever that is outside because father began tweaking.

So we decided to open up a blog and travel to different universes to pass the time, and he forgot to turn on asks when we made this, so I did it for him.

Name: John, or J/Jp for short, and Jojo for Nickname

Pronouns: He/Him

Nationality: Filipino 🇵🇭

Sexuality: Bisexual

Religion: Christian ✝️ (Me and my family support the LGBTQ community)

Raised in New Jersey

Me and Fathers Fandoms:

Yakuza, Judgment/Lost Judgment, Call of Duty, Doom, Wolfenstein, Fallout, Devil May Cry, Bayonetta, Henry Stickmin, Minecraft, Roblox, Monster Hunter, Fallout, Skyrim, Wolfensetin, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Spy X Family, Dragon Ball Z, Metal Gear, Omori, God of War, Asura’s Wrath, FromSoftWare Games (Dark Souls, BloodBorne, Sekiro, Elden Ring, Armored Core), Nintendo and Sega games, Team Fortress 2, OverWatch, Madness Combat, Marvel, DC, Mortal Kombat, Tekken, Street Fighter, Ubisoft Games (The Division, For Honor, R6, Assassin’s Creed, Watch Dogs), Hollow Knight, FNAF, UnderTale, DeltaRune, Ace Combat, Project Wingman, UltraKill, Darkest Dungeon, Payday, Silent Hill, Telltale Games, Left 4 Dead 2, Halo, Need for Speed, Nintendo and Sega Games, Bendy and the Ink Machine, Baldi’s Basics, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, Uncharted, Infamous, SCP, Dragon Ball Z, Cyberpunk 2077, Resident Evil, Signalis, Dead Space, Ghost of Tsushima, Warhamner 40K, Until Dawn, The Dark Pictures Anthology, Forbidden Siren, Fatal Frame, LittleBigPlanet, Star Wars, Scriptwelder games, Hitman, House of the Dead, Time Crisis, Multiple Other RPG Maker Games (Yume Nikki, OFF, Oneshot), Sifu, Just Shapes and Beats, Lacey Flash Games Series, Persona Series, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, I Expect You To Die VR Games, Spec Ops: The Line, Borderlands, Earth Defense Force, Crysis, Danganronpa, GTA Series, Red Dead Redemption, Disco Elysium, Lies of P, Chainsaw Man, Killing Floor, Trepang2, The Amazing Digital Circus, Murder Drones, SMG4, RWBY, Red Vs. Blue, Lethal Company, FAITH: The Unholy Trinity, Needy Streamer Overload, Object Shows (BFDI, Inanimate Insanity, Etc.), Hotline Miami, Helldivers, Nier Automata

Me and Fathers Interests:

Video Games, Music, Martial Arts, Tabletop Games (Specifically Dungeons and Dragons), Art/Paintings, Horror, Action, Visual Novel Games, Vtubers, Anime, Manga

(Will add more Fandoms and Interests overtime)

Btw I make Moodboards as well, if you want to me to make one just let me know.

Blog won't always be Spoiler-Free

My Voice Reveal, doubling as a motivation Ted-talk I felt like doing:

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abyssal-endling · 11 months

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any common threads in ur favorite characters/media?

ough. okay so i definitely love unhinged characters, himbos, and redheads. lets start there.

characters with family issues i definitely tend to lean towards. ones with trouble opening up or allowing themselves to rely on others, ones who feel things intensely, ones who push themselves to help others to the point of it harming them, disabled characters. Also, things that symbolize trauma

But I also adore characters that find beauty in small things.

(cw under the cut for csa/cocsa, suicide, self harm, depression, ptsd)

Spoilers for Silent Hill 2, Hollow Knight, Resident Evil, Yume Nikki, Gacha Game Impact

one of my favorite characters is Angela Orosco from Silent Hill 2. She was one of the first I ever saw myself in, too, at age 8 or so. A monster designed for Angela in the game is the Abstract Daddy- representational of the abuse she suffered at the hands of her brother and father, and there's a room that also represents what she endured as well. Angela ends up committing suicide later in the game, something that destroyed me when I played this game because I so desperately wanted her to happy ending. In my mind, if she could have one, I could, too.

Yume Nikki has a LOT of symbolism for abuse as well, and obviously Madotsuki dies at the end as well.

Resident Evil. God. Chris Redfield loses SO many people he cares for. The other members of STARS, Jill (albeit temporarily, but you see how it affects him in 5), Piers and the others on Alpha Team. In 6, Chris literally talks about how he wants to retire, how he's done. But he keeps going because Piers turns himself to save Chris. He looks noticeably more tired in each game. He didn't want his sister to follow in his footsteps, but that didn't work out.

Hollow Knight itself has a death grip on me, I love this game so much. Elderbug is the last one in Dirtmouth and he's SO appreciative when you talk to him. Quirrel slowly dying, enjoying the places in the world. Cloth wishing to die in battle to be reunited with her lover, sacrificing herself to aid you in battle. Myla, mining away and singing, even as infection takes over her. Cornifer has a line "we are extraordinarily lucky, you and I," regarding how you and he get to explore the world. Hornet, losing everyone, being the last protector of the kingdom, taking a moment to mourn her mother. Hollow, who loved their father so much, calling out to him with the Dreamnail and actively stabbing themselves in your fight.

Silly gacha game affected me with the storyline of a child who was sacrificed and is caught in a timeloop. You cannot save him, no matter how many times you go through the loop. And he's okay with it. He says it's okay that he'll die. You cannot save him. Another character befriends you and dies from trying to become strong enough to help you. One of the player characters fell into the game's equivalent of hell as a kid and his eyes no longer reflect light because of it, and he swears to never let his siblings' dreams die, even if it causes him himself extreme pain or death. Another player character became a zombie, but forgets things, and she doesn't remember her parents, or those she knew prior to her death thousands of years ago, while a third is in constant pain but refuses to let himself be near others for their own safety.

There's a lot of others, too. Characters that are deemed weird by other characters, or are outcasts. Father Grigori in Half Life? He's been driven mad, and he comes to help you, most likely sacrificing himself in the process. (We don't actually know for sure what happens but) Ethan Winters in Resident Evil loves so much that he survives for way longer than he should have. Houston being an outcast both in Payday AND in the community AND family problems. Vlad is crazy, an outcast, but he loves. He mentions how everything is fine as long as Harjudin is safe in Ukrainian Prisoner, and asks multiple times what's going on with Bain. Roderika in Elden Ring ough... There's a lot of characters that mean a lot to me.

I don't think I actually answered this but essentially characters and media that use symbolism in various ways, that explore trauma and/or show, appreciate smaller things, and find love in hidden places mean a lot to me

#answered asks #THANK YOU #bubby was chewing on me the whole time i typed this #i need to go cry about hollow knight for many reasons

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