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two-am-outlines-only · 2 years

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Parting Gift

Summary: Virgil navigates an empty world he didn’t see before and he can’t see now. Thankfully the modified roomba his parents left him helps in the absence of people.

Warnings: apocalypse scenario, food mention, insinuated death (not described or shown), mild swearing.

Ships: background Lociet (background Logan x Janus)

Word Count: 2405

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The tap-tap-tapping of Virgil’s cane as he moved along the road matched perfectly with the beat playing out of the one working earbud in his ear. Whatever town or residential area he had stumbled into was quiet and barren though seemingly not nearly as destroyed as the last one he had been in. Changing direction slightly as he has started to stray into wet grass he continued along what he assumed was a sidewalk, carefully feeling for the edge to make sure he was centered before continuing to sweep the cane in front of him to avoid whatever rubble or trash or non working car might have ended up on the side of the cracked road.

Virgil didn’t know what the world had looked like before and he could only imagine what it looked like now. Everything had happened so fast he doubted he’d be able to recognize it anyway. He had never been able to see and it had never bothered him as much as it did now; with no way to know if someone was on the road other than the sound of footsteps he hadn’t heard in months and nothing to keep him company except his music and- well he supposed he couldn’t complain. Tripping slightly over a stray rock he hadn’t felt brought him back from his thoughts and into the real world once again, shivering as he realized just how cold it was getting and how truly tired he was from walking all day.

Continuing on only a couple more feet revealed a pathway leading off to what he hoped was a house or a store. As bad as he sometimes felt about it, there was no one around anymore- at least as far as he had managed to travel thus far- no one would miss a couple cans of ravioli and a few bottles of water if he could manage to scrounge them up. The walkway seemed pretty thin leading away from the main road so he assumed he was in a residential area with houses rather than near anything like a general store or pharmacy; he really hoped he came across one soon he was running low on band-aids. He could only do so much with a cane and though he wished his palms and knees were tougher by now that he wouldn’t have to bandage them every time he fell sadly his callus just wasn’t thick enough.

Long grass brushed his ankles under his too short jeans, wispy blades rustling quietly as he passed. He took his headphone out as he walked after turning on the beat up ipod and pressing where he knew the pause button was from years of the same motion. Crickets began their evening concert as the birds finished their own, the air growing cooler as Virgil imagined the sun finally dipping below the horizon. He shifted the weight of his book bag more to one shoulder as he slipped it off the other hoping to reach an entryway of some sort soon since his feet were protesting the day of doing nothing but picking a direction and walking. Hitting a step he nudged the cane up until he could judge how high it was- sometimes they were high enough to trip him and other times they were so low they were more of an annoyance than anything else- and carefully made his way up all three of them. There were plastic feeling columns on either side of the top step so he assumed he was on the front porch of a house, some careful prodding revealing one of those rubber welcome mats he was constantly getting the soles of his shoes stuck on since when he was tired he refused to pick his feet up properly. He faintly heard his dad telling him to straighten his back and walk like he was alive but he shook it off with an eye roll. Posture didn’t matter if there was no one around to see it.

Fumbling around a minute for the door handle he stopped as his cheeks reddened, reaching up to knock first. Just because he hadn’t run into anyone yet didn’t mean it couldn’t happen and he really didn't want to break into someone’s home if they were still there and startle them. He didn’t fancy getting shot after so long of surviving o his own and to have that compromised because he was a heathen who didn’t knock anymore would be an idiotic way to go for sure. Knocking, however, proved fruitless. Nothing answered but the crickets though as he knuckle raps turned to rather loud pounds on the door they began to quiet. A part of him still wished sometimes that someone would answer, it had been so long since he’d heard another voice. He knew realistically that if he was still here there would have to be other survivors and that if he kept walking he was bound to run into them.

After years of doing nothing but that had yet to turn anything up though, and it seemed that this time would be no different. His hand fell to the knob once again as he took a breath and held it before twisting and pushing open the door. Hesitantly sniffing the air revealed nothing but old, unaired house smell and dust that had been kicked up from the bottom of the door brushing the carpet in the entryway. He sneezed loudly, the sound echoing sadly as if the house had missed the concept of sound, and wiped his nose on his sleeve before sighing in relief. Sometimes he entered a house or store and there would be...different smells. Ones that would make him gag and bolt from the building so the hot, cloying scent wouldn’t stick to his cloths. Those days were declared laundry days anyway, sullenly dunking his clothes in the rivers he always stuck close to trying to rid himself of the memory with the fresh smell of laundry detergent and sunlight. The day after that was spent moving as far away as he could as quickly as he could to get away from the dark scent that hung on the streets. It was safer to scrounge out granola bars from the bottom of his bag on those days than to risk looking for anything more substantial in the buildings he might be able to get into.

As it was Virgil stepped in the house and carefully closed the door behind him, swinging his bookbag around and cringing at the sound of the zipper echoing faintly in the doorway. Grabbing a smaller, padded drawstring bag out he opened it and carefully set the Roomba down, giving it a little pet before turning it on. It beeped out a pleasant little tune before the whirring sound of it starting up and moving away filled the house and he smiled, leaving his bag by the door and getting up to explore the house with Stuart.

Stuart the vacuum, as dumb as it was, was Virgil’s only source of company and had been since he was about four. The world was already crumbling at that point and rather than risking going out and about to find Virgil a seeing eye pet that wouldn’t last his whole lifetime if he lived long, his dads had modified their small vacuum for him in the hopes that it would last. And it had. Rather than having to plug into a power source it was solar charged, which the front of the bag it was kept in and his backpack was clear plastic to allow it to charge during the day, storing hours of energy to be able to work when Virgil needed it. Instead of vacuuming it simply went about bumping into things and storing a digital map of any small area, letting Virgil then walk beside it and stop when it beeped, nudging him in a different direction so he didn't bump into or trip on anything. This of course was before he was proficient with feeling his whereabouts with his cane adn at this point it was like letting a trusted pet out for its nightly walk rather than out of any necessity but Virgil loved it as if it was a dog. His most loyal companion...who he kept in his bag all day. He snorted as he felt out what was feeling to be the kitchen; he’d take anything over the oppressive silence of an empty house.

His mouth tightened as he felt around in cabinets for cans- all smooth labels of course, nothing to differentiate the corn from the beets from the manwich spread. He hated the fact that dinners were so often a surprise just because no one had thought to universalize a system to put a bit of braille on cans. Even some raised lettering underneath the label spelling out one word descriptors would be fine, instead he could only go by smell and taste and hope to god nothing he put in his mouth had expired. He missed grilled cheese and fried chicken and french fries- all things he didn’t have the means or resources to make. He never learned to hunt or slaughter anything and he doubted he’d be able to learn when he didn’t even know how to tell what parts of an animal to eat, let alone see what he was doing to cut it out and cook it. He was lucky he taught himself how to start a fire some years ago- he couldn’t imagine actually catching a fish and knowing when it was cooked enough to eat without just burning it to a crisp. Sighing as he opened a can with his old can opened he tentatively sniffed at the contents.

Baked beans were good. He’d rather have them hot but he had no motivation to go out and start a fire right now and there was no way in hell he was going to try inside- so cold bean jelly it was. He’d had worse. He grabbed his cane from where he had leaned it against the counter and began walking back into what he assumed would be the living room as Stuart beeped to notify him he was done. Smiling as he felt a small nudge he changed direction to navigate around what felt like a dusty leather couch and settled on the floor in front of it to eat his dinner. Stuart came to rest beside him while he dug a spoon out of the smaller bag he always carried and he smirked slightly, feeling around to place a single baked bean on top of the vacuum as a reward for a job well done.

He tucked in as he thought of what his dads would say about him doing that; both of them would more than likely find it endearing but relentlessly tease him about it for the rest of his life. He imagined his father’s face wrinkling up in an amused smile, scars tugging around crows feet and wispy hair tickling his fingertips. Dad’s smile was a lot smaller but no less sincere, mostly held in his eyes that had his lower eyelid just barely lifting. He missed feeling their faces- they’d let him do it whenever he’d ask to make sure he knew what emotion they were displaying. Both of them were awkward when it came to voicing their feelings and Virgil was always terrible at picking up social cues from simply listening, so being able to read a face as easily as a book often helped put them all at ease. Idly he brushed the top of Stuart’s “head”, feeling nothing but cool, hard plastic beneath his fingers.

He cleaned up as best as he could, throwing the top of the can away in a trash bin after wiping it off and setting the actual can on the back porch with another full one for whatever might come by. His cane was carefully tucked just underneath the couch as he unrolled his sleeping bag and small pillow to get comfy for the night, placing his little vacuum by his head before snuggling down into bed and sighing quietly. Reaching out he felt for the button on the side of the roomba, a little rough and worn from years of the same routine of day. Biting his lip he pressed it in before snatching his hand away and tucking himself in completely, squeezing his eyes shut like he’d been sleeping all along.

“Is he asleep?” His father’s silky voice cut through the silence.

“I should hope so, it’s dark out and he needs his rest.” Dad was always very matter of fact, Virgil could imagine his arms crossing as he sat on the edge of the bed.

“...Do you want to start or should I?”

Virgil’s dad sighed. “I hope that you got to sleep at a reasonable hour this time, and that you had a good dinner that was as balanced as you could make it. That- that you’re somewhere safe-”

HIs father stepped in smoothly. “We hope that you’re taking care of yourself as best as you can, and taking care of Stuart as well. Hopefully there are people around that can help you when you need it and you aren’t afraid to ask for it- but if there aren’t I know you’re capable enough on your own.”

“We wish you only happiness, no matter how bad things are or get, always remember that it has the capability to get better as long as you are willing to work for it. I know whatever you’re working on or towards you’re doing the absolute best you can do, and we couldn’t be more proud.”

“We love you, Virgil. So, so much and don’t you ever forget that. take care of yourself and please stay safe.”

“Goodnight, Virgil.” He could still remember Dad brushing his fingers through his hair before the weight had disappeared from the bed.

“Goodnight, Virgil. Sweet dreams.” He felt a phantom kiss on the cheek from memory long since passed, the blankets pulled up and tucked around him. The door creaked shut and the recording ended, Stuart beeping softly to indicate he was shutting down. Safely tucked into his sleeping bag with a full stomach in the silence, Virgil let his eyes drift shut, a smile still on his lips as he fell into a peaceful sleep.

#oren writes #sanders sides #sanders sides fic #virgil sanders #sanders sides virgil #patton sanders #sanders sides patton #logan sanders #sanders sides logan #apocolypse au #robot vacuum seeing eye dog

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heich0e · 5 months

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suna reaction when he walks in on you crying at woowoo

"hey did you know that jupiter is twice as big as—oh."

you don't look up when suna walks into the room, but you can picture him even without turning in his direction. the way his steps had shuffled in means he's probably got the fluffy red slippers your mother bought you both on his feet, the way there's sound playing from a video that suddenly stops in the middle of a sentence means he's probably got his phone in his hand, the way his voice lilts up at the end of his sentence means his eyebrows are probably raised in that way that you always tell him is going to cause wrinkles.

"whatcha doing?" rintarou asks, drawing the words out hesitantly—as though he almost doesn't wanna know the answer.

"setting up the roomba," you reply, but your voice is unnaturally thick. you scrub the back of your hand across your eyes and it comes away wet with tears.

"are you having a hard time?" he asks next, and you can hear him shuffle a bit closer.

you're sitting cross legged on your living room floor with the little robot vacuum cradled between your pajama-clad thighs, your hands resting gently over top of it.

"no," you warble again.

"uh," rinatrou falters, "why're you crying then?"

you finally look up at him, your lower lip wobbling.

"look how cute it is," you cry, picking the little vacuum up and holding it aloft for him to see.

suna's eyes flicker from your tearstained face to the vacuum, and then back again. that wrinkle on his forehead makes itself known.

"it's... a vacuum."

"it's a ROBOT vacuum, rintarou," you correct him pointedly. "like the mars rover... or wall-e!"

"wall-e is a cartoon," he notes.

"you're so heartless," you whine, cradling the circular appliance to your chest as though to comfort it. "this is our wall-e. he's going to help us clean our house. he works hard and is so little."

"you named it, didn't you?" rintarou is making no effort to hide his amusement now, his smile plain in his voice.

"his name is... woowoo."

"woowoo?" suna repeats.

"yeah," you rub your eyes again. "my sister couldn't pronounce her Rs when she was little so she would have called it a woomba. a wobot wacuum. so... woowoo."

"you're hopeless," rintarou laughs, plopping himself down behind you on the floor, with his chest to your back and one long leg stretched out on either side of yours. he leans his head against yours, reaching up to take the vacuum from your hands and survey it.

you lean back into him slightly, even though he's being mean.

"so... woowoo, huh?" rintarou asks. "y'know, most couples would get emotional naming a dog. or a baby."

"you're not even nice to our vacuum, there's no way you're getting a baby," you mutter resentfully.

"hey," he laughs, nudging his cheek against yours. he turns the vacuum over as he examines it. "so how does it work?"

"he," you correct him firmly.

"alright, how does he work?" rintarou asks through another laugh.

you shrug. "i dunno. i started crying before i got through the instruction manual."

#liv got mail #ltr

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madmilkboi · 3 years

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I loved the cat hcs for sakusa but omg what about dogs???👁👄👁like omi omi reacting to his s/o with 2 giant doggos *yes this is self indulged* it is canon the he likes dogs soooooo

(I'm not sure if this is important but for context i have an Alaskan malamute and a mixed mastiff which are both huge dogs and they're extremely friendly even tho they seem scary to other people they're just really sweet and I'm a proud dog mommy lmao anyways enough rambling thankss❤❤)

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━🧋⌒*. Meeting your dogs

summary: omi reacting to meeting your two big dogs

genre: uhm idk do u consider this fluff or???

warning/s: none

a/n: ahhh this is perfect i have 2 dogs too but they're both medium sized and are polar opposites the other dog loves people and headpats while the other will not hesitate on biting you if he doesn't know you lmao but still i love them both and would do anything for them <3

₍ ♡ ₎ sakusa kiyoomi x gn!reader

• you and Kiyoomi have been dating for a month now and now you were comfortable of letting him inside of your house

• and today he wanted to visit you so you did a bit of cleaning

• it was well kind of tiring since your two dogs would follow you around the house while you cleaned, blocking the area that you're cleaning and would lay there until they get belly rubs

• and the only thing that calmed them down was the roomba that you left on the floor

• both of them were obediently sitting on the couch eyeing the robotic vacuum cleaner

• while you were cleaning the living space's table, a loud knock emitted from the door

• you smiled knowing it was Sakusa

• your two dogs looked at the door, their tails wagging vigorously

• you opened the door and was immediately welcomed with a box of chocolates and flowers

• your two dogs came down from the couch and were barking at Kiyoomi while their tails were happily swaying from left to right

• crescents formed on his eyes seeing that you have pets, and the fact that you had 2 dogs made him happy

• "ah sorry if they're loud, they're just really happy to see you" you said, he fanned his hand and told you it's okay.

• "you didn't tell me you had 2 dogs" he took off his mask, knowing your house was clean. He put down the gifts that he bought on the table and slowly walked to them

• "you like dogs?" You asked, he gave you a wide smile "i sure do" he answered

• your dogs were very well behaved, usually they'd jump around and bark but in front of Kiyoomi they were gently wagging their tails with their tongues showing

• he didn't hesitate on patting their heads, giving them both equal attention

• "I'm surprised you're not scared of them" you told him "usually people wouldn't want to go near them because of their size" you reasoned

• "they're not scary, they're like big puppies" he exclaimed giving one of them a belly rub

• you smiled, finally someone who doesn't judge a dog by their appearance

• the day went on with you and him watching netflix, playing indoor games and teaching your dogs new tricks

• and as Kiyoomi frequently visited your home, your dogs would get happy and giddy seeing that their favourite person came to visit them (Kiyoomi is visiting you actually lmao)

• he'd always bring treats or new toys for them to play

• would offer on taking them out for a stroll outside (to which the dogs love so much)

• they once went home covered in mud (Omi was kinda pissed though but he can never get mad at dogs)

• would treat them like his kids really

• has a picture album dedicated to both of them

• the dogs got attached to him to the point where whenever he leaves they bark and let out howls and would even block the door with their bodies

• and Sakusa would look at you with a "guess i should stay here until they're asleep look"

• and actually you didn't feel bad for him since him staying a bit more means more time to cuddle with him under the covers while your dogs lay in the bed

• let's just say that if ever someone's asks where his happy place is he'd reply with "Y/n's house"

• though it may seem like Omi loves the dogs more than you, you're placed no.1 in his heart

©️ madmilkboi 2021 do not copy or repost.

🏷: @crescenttooru @leronddesorciere @fleurdedyo @owlnymph @kawaiiisis (shoot an ask or dm if u wanna be added on my taglist! ^v^)

#haikyuu #haikyuu fluff #haikyuu imagines #haikyuu scenarios #haikyuu headcannons #haikyuu x reader #hq fluff #hq headcanons #hq imagines #hq x reader #hq scenarios #sakusa headcanons #sakusa x reader #sakusa kiyoomi imagines #sakusa scenarios #sakusa fluff #🛒.danywrites #🛒.lollipops

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vashti-lives · 2 years

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Book of Boba Fett feels like Star Wars in the best ways and Disney in the worst ways. Pretty long rant under the cut.

TL;DR-- Leia the Huttslayer should be the reason there aren’t slaves on Tatooine anymore.

I want to like the Book of Boba Fett SO BAD. There’s so much about it that I find charming and compelling and fun. I like the fact that Boba Fett apparently loves space dogs of all shapes. I actually really like the way they’ve structured Boba’s growth so that we see the result of it and what caused it side by side. I fucking love Fennec Shand. I even like some of the dumb shit like the unruly gang of cyborg youths and the fact that Tatooine apparently just has a thriving body mod subculture. This is hilarious and interesting to me. The evil wookie makes me laugh every time he’s on screen.

Even shit that feels stupid to me like the slapstick tiny robot kitchen chase scene also feels EXTREMELY STAR WARS. Like, Star Wars is often dumb you guys! Its literally called Star Wars which is an objectively stupid name for this franchise.

But god the bad parts of this show are just SO BAD. I’m still fucking mad about the Tuskans. Like, ONCE AGAIN if they had just let some of the Tuskans live the bit where Boba killed the speeder gang would feel so much more meaningful. At that point it wouldn’t just be revenge it would be Boba doing what he can to protect whats left of his former tribe. This would have so much more impact and would literally have required no changes to this episode. It would have also made the fact that in the end the Tuskans were just a plot device to spur Boba on his quest for Found Family(tm) much less infuriating.

I also just... cannot get over the elephant in the room that is slavery. One of Tatooine’s most important defining features is that it has relied on a heavily slave based economy. Its actually a huge element of the politics of the prequel movies and their related spin offs because they go to a lot of work to establish that the republic is not invested in ridding the outer rim of slavery and the jedi are effectively a branch of the republic and also only have like 10,000 members meaning that they also cannot just go around getting rid of slavery. This eventually creates a rift between Anakin and the Jedi Order that Palpatine exploits the fucking hell out of as a means of getting him to fall to the dark side. Slavery on Tatooine is an extremely important load baring element of world building.

So like... just deleting it from the narrative is SO FUCKING DISTRACTING???? And I get it-- in 2022 fictionalized slavery is super uncomfortable and Disney does not want to be associated with it. But I feel like there were better ways to deal with it that maybe wouldn’t have been perfect but IMO still would have been better than what they did.

Like honestly a cool bit of mythologizing of the OT would have been if Leia fucking strangling Jabba the Hutt on his own thrown with her own chains in front of a shit ton of people actually incited a massive slave revolt. Like, there’s a power vacuum with Jabba dead and everyone knows a slave did it and suddenly there’s a lot more question about where all the power is. Given how weak Bib Fortuna was it makes sense to me that as power structures crumbled slavery because a much less viable resource, especially if you make the argument that the New Republic was less willing to turn a blind eye to it than the Empire was.

This would also explain why Bib Fortuna was allowed to take over in the first place and why the twins didn’t push that hard to take Jabba’s place once Boba Fett showed up. If Tatooine had a successful slave revolt it would scare the fuck out of the Hutts and possibly make them feel like if they retake Tatooine there’s a chance the rebellion of the slaves would spread to other parts of their greater territory.

This isn’t perfect but I think slipping this here and there into the exposition would make a big difference and make the story feel SO MUCH LESS AWKWARD. Plus I really like the idea that the cyborg subculture consists largely of freed slaves who delight in owning their own bodies and doing whatever the fuck they want to them as a means of gaining power and showing autonomy. It would have been really cool world building!

#the book of boba fett #ugh i'm still mad its still on probation #this show is almost good in a way that is absolutely infuriating

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deadbytwilight · 3 years

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internet historian prompts

here’s a collection of quotes from various internet historian videos that can be used for drabble prompts or roleplay starters. as always, enjoy and have fun!

tay a.i. | the people's chatbot

“it’s well known that one day, soon, artificial intelligence will take over.” “those of us who are not immediately slaughtered by our robot overlords will be kept as pets.” “depraved. electronic. fantasies.” “that day has been postponed.” “maybe it could learn the wrong things.” “it was the one thing big companies seem to be afraid of: naughty opinions.” “ted cruz would never have been satisfied with destroying the lives of only five innocent people.” “the more she offended people the more endearing she became.” “today’s weather will be great happy sunshine. kill all humans.” “dirty robosexuals.” “look at his dead eyes. he doesn’t give a damn.” “a vacuum cleaner hose. . . i don’t know who’s doing the cheating but somebody’s doing the cheating.” “the only thing worse than robosexual marriage is infidelity in a robosexual relationship.”

the failure of fyre festival

"hi there. you’re probably wondering how i got this tan.” “i bought my ticket immediately.” “we’re basically in the parking lot of a sandals resort.” “don’t forget your complementary cup of unicef rice.” “this guy took all his drugs on the flight over. he’s the only one having any fun.” “fuck it, let’s party, man!” “it’s been five hours and there’s no food.” “tons of free tequila!” “i heard rumors of feral dogs.” “the closest beach has a rampant shark problem.” “no one knows who’s in charge.” “i was, um. . . uh, rescuing someone, helping them out and i, uh, got lost in the woods.” “how did it go so wrong?” “you can thank fake news for that.” “it’s time to go home.”

the cost of concordia

“it’s been eight years.” “i remember it like it was just a few years ago.” “that ship? aye, she was cursed.” “nothing could go wrong on friday the thirteenth. 2012.” “i’ve got a good feeling about this.” “the locals hate it, but the customers love it!” “remember this face because you’ll be seeing a lot of it.” “it’s day fifty six of playing russian roulette. seems i never win.” “gonna drink all by yourself?” “somebody has to.” “i’m looking for this fella. i gots to find him, it’s breaking my little heart.” “sometimes when you follow a case it follows you back.” “i took the breaks off my car. a man like me never really learned how to stop.” “shut the fuck up.” “that’s right, your husband is dead. merry christmas.” “let’s just say we had a black out.” “things are really bad and they’re not going to improve.” “the captain has abandoned ship.” “i slipped and fell into one of the life boats.” “oop, i’m a klutz.” “the captain abandoned ship like a coward.” “who steals a big fuck off bell?” “how did we get here? oh, right sex with the captain.” “nobody questions you when you’re the captain’s lover.” “oh god, not again.” “how much money do you think this is worth?” “uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. . .” “pls no sue.” “buenas noches ya later.” “not content with abandoning his ship, this dude is determined to abandon his wife as well.”

#roleplay meme #rp meme #sentence starter memes #sentence starters

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popculturebuffet · 3 years

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House of Mouse: Max’s Embarrassing Date Review

Hello House Mouses and welcome back to the house of mouse. Another comission by Kev and my second House of Mouse for the valentine’s season. This time we’re not tackling a Valentine’s Episode necesarily, but a romantic one all the same as fan faviorite couple Max and Roxanne finally go on a date. I always liked Max. Even as a kid when I wasn’t the biggest fan of “A Goofy Movie”, didn’t like the darker patches like the principals office scene or the Pete Hot tub scene.. though in hindsight both had legit greviances with Max... it just dosen’t make either less terrible as the principal still told an innocnet man who wasn’t responsible for what his kid did and was trying his best that his son was going to become a crminal because of one stupid but mostly harmless prank, and Pete.. is just an abusive, unlikeable and unlovable ass in both Goof Troop and Goofy Movie, and I hate how he treats his son, don’t blame his wife for leaving him or taking their daughter and dog, and am really sad he got custody of PJ somehow. And for the record this isn’t ALL petes, just this version. The rest are fine and just the right level of asshole.

Point is despite my problems with the first film, I had none with the second and even now I like it due to having some really good ideas and concepts while also being gloirously rediclous due to the loveably dated X-Games element. While I do have a spot in my heart for the Dana Hill and Shaun Fleming versions, especially the latter once upon a christmas is awesome, Jason Marsden’s version is the best by the mile having the right amount of ego mixed with self doubt to make him likeable enough to brook him being an ass to his dad a lot. He’s a good character.. and it baffles me Disney NEVER uses him nowadays. No really, the last time he showed up was in twice upon a christmas and no one liked that because he was dating someone who wasn’t Roxanne just to rehash the same plot they’d already rehashed better in Extremley Goofy Movie. I REALLY need to rewatch that one. Hmm.... gonna see if I can squeeze that one into May or later in April. That’s for another time.

But yeah while he’s at one of the disney parks, that’s it. The character just .. vanished, and hasn’t been brought back in any way shape or form. Though I could see either a Disney Plus reboot of goof troop or a goofy movie with max having his own kids. That could be intresting. Also bring Roxanne back as weirdly this episode i’m reviewing, a goofy movie and now her ducktales cameo are her ONLY apperances.

Seriously I get she’s not the most fleshed out.. but then flesh her out. Like Max she’s crminally underused and while I get her absence as a character in the sequel, the plot really didn’t need her, he still could’ve been dating her off screen. Though clearly the two worked things out and tried again as this episode came out AFTER extremely did. But did this episode work out? Join me under the cut to find out.

As i’ve decided is my standard for House of Mouse Episodes, shorts first, then wraparound, then Mickey Mouse live sex celebration. Though I will say i’ve picked up there are two kinds of formats for the show: They either use two of the longer Mouseworks shorts or just one close to 11 minute short, a medium one, and one of the little two minute segments. There might be a break from this in the future, we shall see but for now those ar ethe two standards. This time we have two longer shorts.

Pluto’s Penthouse Sweet:

I’ve mentioned in the past I dont’ really get why Pluto is part of Disney’s sensational six along with Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and Daisy. And I stand by that: While he’s had his own cartoons they just aren’t as entertaining and creative as MIckey’s or hilarous and relatable as Donald and Goofy’s. He’s just an average cartoon dog. He works fine in tandem with Mickey, but on his own he’s just nothing and his spot should be taken by pete, who while not a goodie all the time, again the goof troop version needs to step on a rake and fall into a well.. somehow. i didn’t think my insult through. Point is pete is better. And this short isn’t BAD .. but to me it’s what some fans THINK the disney shorts are: Bland, maybe one or two good jokes but almost nothing new or intresting. As I found out last year, that’s far from the case, as a lot of the Donald shorts are still hilarious today and a lot of the mickey shorts are shockingly creative, like Thru The Mirorr where he goes .. well thru the mirror into a wonderland like world where all the inanaimate objects are alive and he can shrink and what not via astral projection, or Mickey’s Mechanical Man, which I sadly didn’t know about when I did the MIckey Birthday Special and for some reason isn’t on disne plus. In it Mickey creates a robot and has it box a monsterous looking gorillia.

How has Mickey piloting this thing but giant sized against various kaiju been a thing yet? And if it has someone tell me. Seriously with all the comics and animated series how. I’d even settle for a Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse episode. Just bring this guy back. Point is there was far more invetnion than it seemed.. at least at first as it slowly died out as they went by the late 50′s. But Pluto just seemed even in their hayday like your standard pet gets into antics thing without the creative slapstick of tom and jerry or the likeablity of sylvester who never could get that asshole Tweety Bird. This is just weak sauce and whiel I could forgive the older shorts, as their from another time and likely lead to say Tom and Jerry... I can’t forgive this which was made probably in 1998 and released in 1999 originally. Comedy had evolved a LOT by that point and unlike the Goofy how to shorts, which are a format that is immortal and still evolved to match the times and felt fresh, these just feel stale and boring and like the last Pluto short I covered this one was a chore to sit through though not nearly AS bad.

Still though the premise is about the same, Pluto’s left to his own devices, and finds a female dog, though in this case she’s VERY intrested in him. I”m also not entirley convinced she’s a dog, but instead one of Jumba’s experiments and that Lilo and Stitch later had to journey to.. wherever these shorts take place to fetch him. Or more likely the house of mouse. I mean Proud Family, Recess, American Dragon Jake Long and Kim Possible all take place int hat universe, why can’t house of mouse? Also tell me you wouldn’t watch an avengers style team consisting of Kim, Ron, Jake, Penny, Probably TJ, Lilo, Stitch and Donald Duck. If you wouldn’t i’d call you a liar because you would be.

Seriously the eyes give her away.... just look at them. Very experimenty. But before Pluto can do it like they do on the discovery channel he has to get past the guard dog.. though how he does produces the one great gag of the short, as he BUILDS A GIANT, TROJAN HORSE ESQUE PLUTO OUT OF JUNK. Just holy shit that’s awesome> It gets him inside, only for him to find his lady friend is a bit TOO affectionate and he has to escape, he does so, and MIckey wonders if he missed him etc lame button. This short was a vacuum of comedy outside of GIANT PLUTO. Seriously where’s my disney giant mecha series. YOu have five main characters, and Pluto among with MANY, MANY side characters, frmo scrooge to the boys to hopefully Della, to even possibly pete and mortimer who could have their own mech against the heroes but maybe join them in the last episode. Maybe max and pj could have some, have a father vs son thing with PJ and Pete. I”m just saying, i’d watch it. I know my nieces would watch it. I know my nephews would watch it. Greenlight it. Or i’ll make it.. somehow.

How to Ride a Bike: Speaking of the How To Shorts, as usual for the House of Mouse era ones.. this was awesome, pretty much what you’d expect, some goofy, pardon the pun, gags about goofy riding a bike and then a fun climax of him in a bike race. Not a ton to add, other than that hamster bike above is genius. Just needs some tweaking. Really funny, really simple, and really good as you’d expect from a good Goofy Short. Easily the best part of the episode.

Max’s Embarrassing Date: So this was a disapointment. Like i’d try to be nice.. but I had high hopes given this brought Roxanne back, and while the premise was stock maybe they’d do something funny with with it.

But no the plot is pretty standard, very predictable and fairly obnoxious. Max has a date with Roxanne, and is playing it cool and what not, but is worried his dad will find out.. which he somehow did offscreen. Probably Clarabelle.. I mean they do go out sometimes in this one, wouldn’t surprise me.

So Max pleads with the rest of the HOM staff to keep him away because he fears his dad will overdo things, which.. is fair and one of the few things I like> He dosen’t want him to overdo it on the mood because this is well.. a first date. He dosen’t want to pressure her or himself and just wants it to be nice and calm. The problem is it’s framed like him once again being embarassed by his dad and having to learn better.

At this point we’d had TWO movies do this already, one of which was only two years old at the time of this episode. This plot is stale as old toast even if it dind’t have goofy in it. And the twist is predictable: the HOM crew end up also overdoing it: Minnie comments on how cute they are and wants candles brought, Daisy gets them a bigger table forgetting how dates work,t hough we do get a great gag of hte 7 dwarves stacked, and Mickey while having .. some.. gopher? I honestly can’t tell who it was, usually i’m better at the cameos. Speaking of which they also have a runner of beast going on a date with Cruella Devile.

I mean is he cheating on his wife? Is she holding his wife hostage? Is this before belle because we see a post transfomratoin beast too so maybe the House of Mouse is an intersection of space and time? That’s.. actually the most resonable answer I can think of honestly and when i’m focusing more on how the hell your gag works than how funny it is, you clearly failed somewhere along the line.

Point is Mickey puts his good friend in a pothole, and not only calls max little max, which while an understnadably close family thing to do is still embarassing, but also takes pictures while their eating the spagetthi.. which i’m 100% sure was Huey’s idea nad had Mickey not interrupted, would’ve been tied up down the middle for a lady and the tramp thing. It’s his signature move. Well that and having a panic attack. That’s also one of mine the others being lettterkenny refrences and sex jokes about disney characters. But yeah this just.. dosen’t work. Them being as embarassing? that’d be fine.. if they weren’t wholly unsympathetic for not only keeping their friend from WELL INTEITONEDLY trying to help his son on his date, something his son shold have no problem with since ROXANNE’S MET HIM. AND IS FINE WITH HIM. AND NEVER CARED ABOUT YOU BEING HIS SON LIKE THE DICKHEADS AT SCHOOL. MINUS BOBBY WHO YOUR FRIENDS WITH FOR SOME REASON. My point is this plot bothers me a lot, and it makes the mickey crew come off like assholes for doing this to thier friend instead of just talking to him like a person. Especially since only ONE of them is a parent and Conviently donald is mostly absent. Likely because he realized this was going to end badly and just agreed to tie the spagetthi like huey taught him to keep his involvment in this shit show and gaslighting his best friend to a minimum.

Eventually Mickey takes things a step too far and has Sebastian almost sing kiss the girl. Max cuts him off though yelling that he just wants them to back off, he just wants them to relax and he TOLD them this, which makes them come off worse as they KNEW he didn’t want this and did it anyway and never apologize becaue apparently the first rule of house of mouse is never apologize for anything, huh huh. Goofy naturally steps in, tells them off and agrees to serve them and Roxanne finds him entertaining and gives him a nose kiss for being a good dad. He’s a good guy that Goof. Roxanne then whispers something in max’s ear at the end of the date... which gives him an audible erection. No really. And given his age is vauge here I’m suddenly super duper uncomfortable so let’s move on.

So max tells them she liked it and wants to come back.. 100% sure that wasn’t what she said but what she said isn’t fit to print and you’ve seen what i’ve said and what I put in the we’ll be right back. Point is he’s happy, though Mickey says we’ll try to make it extra special next time. Mickey.. did you do a space mountain’s worth of pills and cokea nd just forget the entire evening? Did you take some of those hangover roofies/ Why would you do that? Was that pete’s new plan to steal the house of mouse? To drug you guys and make you forget you already paid the rent? Did PJ stop him? Inquiring me wants to know.

Final Thoughts: Yeah this wasn’t a very good episode. Roxanne is wasted despite having a suitable replacment Roxanne voice in Grey Delise, with no real depth just to rehash the plot of the first and second goofy movies. And this one didn’t have an inexpilicable beatnik cafe, PJ getting laid and finally being happy for once, a standard college fraternity plot surgeically infused with an out of nowhere obession with xtreme sports that was nowhere in the first film, Goofy in an afro, Goofy finding love, That disco sequence, and a climax in which Goofy carries Brad Garret out of a fire, then Brad Garret probably kills the villian of the film who certainly deserved it. My points are this episode was an underwhelming rehash only saved by some good shippy moments and a good goofy short. It was weak, not all that funny, and not all that intersting. My other point is that an extremley goofy movie is awesome and also kinda insane and I love it for that. I’m glad I saw this one but i’m really disapointed in how bleh it was. Next time I visit the house of mouse is.. actually in a few days as Pete Does a One Man Show. So yeah already 100% better just by having THAT musical number in it, see you then and if not, there’s always another rainbow.

#house of mouse #max goof #roxanne #the goofy movie #max x roxanne #goofy goof #goofy #donald duck #mickey mouse #minnie mouse #daisy duck #cruella de vil #beast #disney #comissions

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Parting Gift

Summary: Virgil navigates an empty world he didn't see before and he can't see now. Thankfully the modified roomba his parents left him helps in the absence of people.Just a silly little fic I thought of because we recently got a robot vacuum.

Warnings: apocalypse scenario, food mention, insinuated death (not described or shown), mild swearing. If there’s more please let me know!

Ships: background Lociet (background Logan x Janus)

WC: 2405

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Fumbling around a minute for the door handle he stopped as his cheeks reddened, reaching up to knock first. Just because he hadn’t run into anyone yet didn’t mean it couldn’t happen and he really didn't want to break into someone’s home if they were still there and startle them. He didn’t fancy getting shot after so long of surviving o his own and to have that compromised because he was a heathen who didn’t knock anymore would be an idiotic way to go for sure. KNocking, however, proved fruitless. Nothing answered but the crickets though as he knuckle raps turned to rather loud pounds on the door they began to quiet. A part of him still wished sometimes that someone would answer, it had been so long since he’d heard another voice. He knew realistically that if he was still here there would have to be other survivors and that if he kept walking he was bound to run into them.

He tucked in as he thought of what his dads would say about him doing that; both of them would more than likely find it endearing but relentlessly tease him about it for the rest of his life. He imagined his father’s face wrinkling up in an amused smile, scars tugging around crows feet and wispy hair tickling his fingertips. Dad’s smile was a lot smaller but no less sincere, mostly held in his eyes that had his lower eyelid just barely lifting. He missed feeling their faces- they’d let him do it whenever he’d ask to make sure he knew what emotion they were displaying. Both of them were awkward when it came to voicing their feelings and Virgil was always terrible at picking up social cues from simply listening, so being able to read a face as easily as a book often helped put them all at ease.Idly he brushed the top of Stuart’s “head”, feeling nothing but cool, hard plastic beneath his fingers.

“Is he asleep?” His father’s silky voice cut through the silence.

“I should hope so, it’s dark out and he needs his rest.” Dad was always very matter of fact, Virgil could imagine his arms crossing as he sat on the edge of the bed.

“...Do you want to start or should I?”

Virgil’s dad sighed. “I hope that you got to sleep at a reasonable hour this time, and that you had a good dinner that was as balanced as you could make it. That- that you’re somewhere safe-”

“We love you, Virgil. So, so much and don’t you ever forget that. take care of yourself and please stay safe.”

“Goodnight, Virgil.” He could still remember Dad brushing his fingers through his hair before the weight had disappeared from the bed.

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“Bullets”, a Last Stand of the Wreckers prose story- Ironfist Solves a Murder Mystery

Now that Overlord and Rewind have been exploded horribly in the vacuum of space, multiple people have died, and Chromedome’s horrifically single, let’s take a look at all those Last Stand of the Wreckers extras, yeah?

We more or less start with a Furmanism, as is tradition.

One day Furmanisms won’t be nearly as prevalent within the comic publications, and that is a day that I cannot wait to see. Forget politics, forget misogyny, forget basically NEEDING Death of the Author in effect to enjoy anything the man’s done- Furmanisms are a crutch that everybody in this franchise uses, but nobody needs. They never feel natural, in my opinion. It’s like a literary obligation at this point, and you can tell, because it never quite meshes with any writer’s style.

Anyway, this is the setup for what would happen on Pova- the Wreckers have been watching Squadron X fix up their ship, and now that the thing’s airborne again they’ve gotten itchy trigger fingers. Well, some of them, anyway. Rack n Ruin aren’t so sure about this whole thing, seeing as there are eight of them and an entire battalion up there. Impactor’s working the crowd though, as a leader of such a high turnover rate group is required to do, and that’s the point where First Aid stops reading.

Yep, this is one of Fisitron’s datalog entries, of which First Aid is a fan.

This isn’t First Aid’s first appearance within the IDW continuity- he played a role in Spotlight: Jazz, where he lived up to his name, and in Transformers: Ironhide #1, where he was in the background. This IS his premiere as a major player in a story, however, and it’s here that he’s revealed to be a bit of a slacker- he should be making the rounds at Delphi right now, but instead he’s reading entry logs about the wartime equivalent of a boyband.

He hits a key to quicktab to something at least somewhat medically-related as he feels someone approaching from behind. It’s the CMO, and he is in no way fooled by First Aid’s attempt to hide his shame. He gets back to work, but that particular entry- 113, because of course it is- is still on his mind. Hope he never finds out it’s a load of bunk.

I REALLY hope he never finds out this is all bunk. We all need something, you know?

Of course, First Aid- y’know, not to brag or anything- personally met one of the Wreckers. Roughly five years ago, Springer had approached him at a medical conference on Kimia. Why a medical conference was being held on Kimia of all places isn’t addressed, but it was probably because half the folks stationed there are doctors. First Aid, being a classy guy, fucking ogles Springer the entire time they’re talking.

You’ve heard of “Men Writing Women”, now it’s time for “Roberts Writing Robots”. Yes, this is THAT scene, and it’s on the first goddamn page.

First Aid, wanting to be of use to his idol, offers his medical expertise, completely willing to fix Springer’s nose, give him a breast reduction, and even update the circuit dampeners he doesn’t have. Springer, while flattered, isn’t looking for that sort of help. He’s looking for folks who have a lot to give.

The phrasing he uses makes First Aid think that he’s about to be recruited to the Wreckers- in other words, about to be put in line for a slow and awful death- but Springer clarifies that he’s looking more for eyes and ears to help him, not so much bodies. He hands First Aid a card with his number, and says to give him a call sometime.

Cutting back to the present, First Aid is walking through the rows of patient slabs, where we see an honestly horrifying practice in play- every patient in Delphi has their non-essential functions turned off to conserve power. This includes things like the ability to move, and speak.

Because that couldn’t possibly have any negative repercussions.

He checks in on the Fader he’s been assigned, confirms that, yes, his head IS still missing from his neck, then makes to walk out of the room, only to be startled by the sudden entry of a stretcher and Ambulon. Here, Ambulon is identified as a chief paramedic, as opposed to being a ward manager. Whether this is early installment weirdness or a simple mistake isn’t clear.

Ambulon is quickly followed by Dogfight, Dodger, and Backstreet(’s back, alright!) First Aid gets to work, by checking the three of them for injuries, paying special attention to their Autobot badges.

This is the reason Rung had to call in at the beginning of MTMTE #4, though it might be more because First Aid can’t act like a professional of five friggin’ minutes.

Oh, Delphi’s HR department is getting a call for sure.

First Aid, while a known fondler of badges, has never had this exact reaction. He runs off to make a phone call, leaving the injured Dodger to wait for the surgery he’s going to undergo the moment First Aid gets back.

Meanwhile, somewhere else- I’m guessing Kimia- Rung has an appointment underway with a dude named Flattop.

Flattop’s TFWiki article is one of the most depressing on the entire site, and it’s completely “Bullets”’s fault.

You see, Flattop’s attempting to talk through his trauma, but it’s difficult.

This level of insight is why they pay Rung the big bucks.

The war, while terrible for everyone’s mental health, has given Rung a slew of patients to handle.

Gee, wonder who that medic was.

Anyway, so Flattop’s deal- he was at Babu Yar, which was an event that was apparently so terrible, everyone involved was offered brand new bodies as compensation. He’s currently hiding underneath a table, which Rung identifies as “playing to type”. Flattop isn’t even here to talk about Babu Yar, but it’s good to know that war is still hell.

The reason Flattop’s actually here is this: he was serving under Silverstreak- another one of Rung’s patients, and someone who I’m convinced might actually be a Warrior cat given the name- and was going to check something out when he saw something utterly terrifying.

Rung gets Flattop out from under the table, and they talk about what the Shimmer means. Flattop is convinced that since he’s seen the thing, he’s going to die. You see, folklore in space is very similar to its counterpart on Earth, in that it’s a warning swathed in story to make it easily digestible.

Rung, who tries to keep things rational, offers to give Flattop a few possible explanations for what he saw. Because Flattop had only recently gotten his hot new bod a short while before he saw the Shimmer, it’s completely possible he had had a hallucination due to the adjustment period. Another theory is that Flattop has PTSD. Which, I mean, yeah.

While Rung was busy trying to explain what had happened, Flattop friggin’ died.

Awkward.

Over with Ironfist- because “Bullets” is a prequel- we’re in the middle of a meeting with the Ethics Committee. Xaaron, Animus, and Trailbreaker of all people, have come together to pass judgement on Ironfist’s cerebro-sensitive bullets. There’s a lot of hemming and hawing, and Ironfist reflects on how they got to this moment, while fiddling with a data slug to burn off the nerves.

This is just after the Surge happened, an event kicked off by the betrayal of the Autobot cause allowed Megatron to seize a majority of the Autobot outposts. It was a huge deal, a lot of shit was stolen, including the Weak Anthropic Principle, and it left everyone a little twitchy towards one another. Trust is not in vogue at present.

Kimia’s in a mess of trouble anyway, however, due to the events of Babu Yar, where Gideon’s Glue had rained down on the Autobot troops under Flame’s command, eaten to Swiss cheese by something eerily similar to something being developed on the station.

So an investigation was established. Brainstorm, who’s apparently big man on campus here at Kimia, is questioned, as is everyone else. Of course, no one cops to having invented Gideon’s Glue, because that’s a big ol’ war crime, so the questioning goes nowhere, but now there’s a precedent for mistrust on this science station.

Anyway, back to the bullet thing.

Ironfist’s cerebro-sensitive bullets are designed to hit the head, every single time, ignoring trajectory, ballistic physics, what you think is possible, and the Geneva Convention. It’s fired, it hits the first brain it identifies. Brutal stuff. Effective, but brutal.

Trailbreaker’s not a fan.

I mean, maybe? I guess it depends how gray your morality is. I bet Prowl would like them.

After telling Trailbreaker to keep it professional, Xaaron tells Ironfist that using these bullets would be a literal war crime, and he’s got a little over a day to hand them over to the Committee for destruction. Meeting adjourned!

Ironfist is left standing there until his good buddy Skyfall checks in on him. Ironfist is kind of bummed out, but Skyfall knows how to cheer him up- by comparing him to Impactor, former leader of the Wreckers, and one of Ironfist’s fan-crushes.

Man, this makes the Pova reveal a little harsher in hindsight, huh?

Skyfall invites Ironfist to the Exit Rooms, a place where the Kimia employees can drink and no one will give a shit, and as they make their way over they run into Brainstorm.

Brainstorm gets some interesting development in this story.

That’s right, not only are his weapons completely insane, and in some cases literally abstract, they’re apparently often so incredibly dangerous that the Ethics Committee loses sleep over the fact that they exist.

And Brainstorm loves it.

No wonder Trailbreaker was so annoyed in his Spotlight.

Skyfall asks about what’s in Brainstorm’s briefcase, gets an answer that’s likely a lie, then the boys head over to the Exit Rooms.

Over on Hydrus 5, it’s raining cats and dogs, and this is somehow the Transformers fault. I guess the universe bends to the will of what would be the most dramatic, as everyone takes a break from warmongering to soul-search.

Or ego-stroking. That works too.

Here is our dear Pyro, reveling in the aftermath of a battle that destroyed the natural ecosystem of the land, but at least they kicked those ‘Cons’ asses!

Pyro, who’s revealed to be maybe perhaps not the best at coming up with one-liners, is left alone for a bit as Afterburner goes to check on the rest of their men. As he tries to piece together a speech to deliver, he sees a green something- they’re always green, aren’t they?- and that something is the Shimmer.

Well, heck.

Over on the dilapidated space station of Debris (wow, that’s even less subtle than usual for this franchise) Springer’s holding a bullet. I mean, it’s not really a bullet, and the Decepticon who fired it wasn’t really a Decepticon.

I want you to know that I keep track of how many times 113 comes up in these stories, and for “Bullets" it’s a LOT.

Today’s letter from Agent 113 foreshadows/hindshadows the events of Last Stand, claiming that the DJD hasn’t heard anything from Garrus-9 since the Surge happened. Prowl’s concerned that Fortress Maximus is still alive in there and fighting off the Decepticons while waiting for backup, so he recently called Springer and invited the Wreckers on a mission.

All Springer has to do is pick some sorry sons of guns to die.

Over with Guzzle, who is romanticizing a weapon, comparing his gun to a religious artifact, our dear little bastard man has realized that he does, in fact, have emotions, and is in mourning over his lost comrades, who died rescuing Kup from Tsiehshi. Guzzle doesn’t much appreciate this whole “feeling” thing, and would rather it didn’t get in the way of him shooting statues for no other reason than him wanting to. Then he sees the Shimmer, and feels fear. He doesn’t much care for that, either.

Even Nick Roche is powerless to stop this madness.

We reconfirm the fact that Ironfist is a massive nerd, then are shown that the bullet accident that will have killed him by the end of Last Stand #5 has already happened. Ever so slowly, the bullet is heading for Ironfist’s brain. Every time it hits a new layer of his noggin, he blacks out.

Ironfist is going to leave on his super-fun, not-at-all-traumatizing Wrecker adventure soon, and he’s promised Skyfall his workshop. Skyfall was at Grindcore for a while, and that kind of gave him PTSD, so when Ironfist had gotten accepted to Kimia, he’d brought him along for the ride.

I like to call Grindcore Eugenesis-lite.

Because Skyfall is a reckless son of a gun with access to Ironfist’s workshop, he inadvertently caused a major incident with something called Black Phosphex, which resulted in the deaths of several Autobots because it wasn’t properly tested. This landed him in Garrus-9 for a bit, in a temporary career-path deviation, until it was time to come home to Kimia, just in time for the Inquiry.

Are stans always this intense? Because good lord, Ironfist.

Over at Karashi Delta, in the aftermath of a fierce battle, Rotorstorm is hyping himself the fuck up.

But does he buy it himself?

Hmm, survey says no.

Of course, verbal abuse isn’t the only thing we’ll be getting here. No, things begin to escalate pretty rapidly with Jetstream, who moves from shoving to almost beating Rotorstorm to death in a matter of months, before disappearing from the station forever.

Dang, this Jetstream fella kinda sucks. What’s his friggin’ problem?

Ah.

Again, I can’t stress this enough, Whirl’s awful flipper claws from back during his time as a cop do not make a nice fist. He was basically stabbing Rotorstorm. Who let this man be a teacher?

Rotorstorm is snapped out of his self-deprecating flashbacks by the sight of something on the canyon lip up ahead. It’s the gotdang Shimmer. Rotorstorm books it, not wanting to be caught by a harbinger of death. It doesn’t work, but points for trying.

Back on Debris, Springer’s picked his new recruits. Now all he has to do is call them up. Hey, isn’t Springer green? Green like the Shimmer? How about that.

Back on Kimia, Skyfall’s wandered into Ironfist’s workshop to share the gossip on Fisitron’s latest Wreckers: Declassified. Folks are a bit critical of his writing style, it would seem.

Of course Swerve knows what fan-fiction is. He seems like exactly the type to make fun of it, then read a 43,000 word fic in a single sitting, under cover of darkness, burning with shame all the while.

After making a note on his current Wreckers: Declassified document to ease up on the adverbs, Ironfist switches gears and gets busy on his other project: an Unofficial Wreckers’ Training Guide. I wonder when the switch from Primal Vanguard to Wreckers as a hyperfixation happened for him.

Ironfist asks Skyfall what entry he’s currently on, and the answer is a ways away from the latest one. Skyfall’s a slow reader, but he doesn’t want to just beam it all into his brain because it feels like cheating. He asks Ironfist when he’s going to cover the Wreckers’ mission to Garrus-9, the one that happened while he was there being not-imprisoned. Ironfist gives a non-answer, then asks if Skyfall wants to help with packing up the war-crime guns. Skyfall most certainly does not.

Ironfist starts breaking everything down when he gets a call from Prowl, as happened in Last Stand #4.

Back with Springer, we’re giving our dad a hug, as he greets Kup. It’s here we find out who Ironfist replaced on the Wrecker team for Operation: Retrieval- it was Skyfall. Skyfall had impressed Springer during their last Garrus-9 excursion, and thought that he’d be a good fit for the team, despite the Black Phosphex incident.

Kup goes full old man story time mode about how insanely boring Prowl is, while Springer gets the door. On the other side is Twin Twist, Top Spin, and Perceptor. They hold the vote, Ironfist given immunity due to unmentioned Prowl reasons, and Springer gets ready to call all their new pals.

Back at Ironfist’s workshop, Ironfist reflects on just how his life got to this point. He’s going to join the Wreckers! Never mind the fact that he’ll be going to die, and that’s if the bullet crawling around in his skull doesn’t get him first. Never mind the very likely possibility that he’s being exploited by Prowl. Nah, he’s gonna go on an adventure! It’s gonna be awesome! Yaaaaay!

It doesn’t pay to be blue and naive when Roberts is handling the story. Just ask Pipes.

Or don’t. You won’t get an answer.

Called it.

Ironfist, starstruck, bumbles his way through the conversation we saw in the Mosaic, and so it was that he became a Wrecker. All he has to do is pop on over to Rung’s office, get his head examined, then get his butt on over to Babu Yar.

Telecon work completed, Springer reflects on the fact that Guzzle turned him down. It’s not often someone turns down the chance to be a Wrecker.

Oh, well, never mind then.

Ironfist immediately tells Skyfall about what’s happened, because he’s just so jazzed to be a Wrecker. Skyfall isn’t quite as thrilled, but does his best to be supportive.

And by that I mean he’s not listening in the slightest as he’s already planning out the interior design for the workshop once Ironfist is gone. I bet he’ll get Atomizer to help him, the tacky bastard.

Skyfall runs off to go look at paint swatches or whatever, and Ironfist finalizes the stuff for the Ethics Committee pickup.

Oh, so that appointment wasn’t on Kimia after all. Can we please get some sort of fast-track program for the mental health specific degrees? We can’t keep using Rung for everybody, he’s only one person.

Oh heavens, Ironfist, be careful.

Ironfist gets another call, and we jump scenes before we can figure out just who rang or why.

Brief timeskip, and we find ourselves at Babu Yar, as Ironfist introduces himself to Guzzle and his gun.

Ironfist is about as smooth as coarse-grit sandpaper.

While Ironfist is busy revealing his nerd shame to Guzzle, someone’s decided to be a cocky little asshole.

Oh, dramatic irony. Always a delightful sort of pain.

Rotorstorm cranks up the “I’m hot shit” act to 11.5, doing completely unnecessary flips and talking himself up like he will literally die if he doesn’t.

Off in the distance, something disingenuously impressive comes up over the hill.

Of course, it’s not Optimus Prime, but it is someone who would very much like to be him. Such is the nature of primus apotheosis. Gang’s all here!

This is going to turn out fan-fucking-tastic.

Rotorstorm and Guzzle want to play with the big gun Ironfist brought along, and since Ironfist is going to die anyway, he lets them go for it. This would be why everything was on fire at the start of the miniseries.

Yep. Just gotta make it hurt just a little more, doncha Roberts? Just gotta twist the knife.

Nine months after the events of the Garrus-9 mission, Skyfall is upset. He’s gone and played himself by not attending the Ethics Committee hearings, and they’ve taken all his toys away as a result. He tries to mask his lack of concern for safety precautions behind a facade of missing Ironfist, but it doesn’t get him the weapons back.

Feeling cross, he decides it’s about time he made a visit to the Exit Rooms to blow off a little steam.

Later, he gets a call. Worried that his lack of ethics and/or his drunken squabbling has gotten him in trouble yet again, he’s loathe to answer, but does anyway.

Ghost call!

No, it’s actually a prerecorded message, one that claims that Skyfall killed Ironfist. Ironfist had asked Brainstorm to take a gander at the gun after he got shot, and found that it had been tampered with, set to go off on its own when held a certain way. That’s who was calling before he left for his Wrecker mission.

Skyfall starts to panic, expecting the security detail for Kimia to bust into the workshop at any second.

Ironfist knows that only Skyfall could have done this to him, but he doesn’t know the exact motive. Was it because he was jealous of how good a weapons expert he was? A chip on his shoulder about Grindcore? Whatever the reason, Ironfist isn’t terribly concerned at the time of the recording. What he is concerned about is Gideon’s Glue.

Ironfist had, in fact, invented Gideon’s Glue, but he’d been so horrified by what the shit actually did, he flushed it into space and destroyed all research before the Ethics Committee even knew about it. It still got to the Decepticons, though, didn’t it? How could such a thing happen?

Probably not, considering what happens next.

Ironfist is a smart guy, but more importantly, he knows how to reach his audience. Literally, in this case, as Skyfall finds out, when the Enforcement Squad starts trying to break down the door. Ironfist had the message that Skyfall is currently listening to primed for beaming into all of Fisitron’s reader’s brains. Everyone knows what happened. Swerve. Atomizer. Ratchet, who’s over on Earth right now. First Aid, who has enough bullshit to worry about on Delphi without this nonsense. You. Me. Everyone.

Skyfall, in a mad attempt to save himself, throws some of Ironfist’s Wrecker memorabilia at the door, and out pops that last tube of Gideon’s Glue.

There’s only one way out of this one.

This got really intense at the end, didn’t it?

#transformers #jro #jro punches me in the face #last stand of the wreckers #bullets #maccadam #Hannzreads #text post #long post #prose writing #wreckers trilogy

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eyeslice · 4 years

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Believe You Can Not Launch Your Invention Throughout an Economic downturn? Reconsider!

" Couple of cans believe that suffering, especially by others, fails. Anything disagreeable must have useful economic results." - John Kenneth Galbraith

You may think that during times of economic recession customers are in no state of mind to explore or acquisition innovative products. Counter-intuitively, starting an organization or releasing an invention idea throughout an economic crisis can be one of the most intelligent moves to make- depending naturally, on if you take particular elements into account. Looking at past economic crises and also consumer psychology can give us ideas on the sorts of inventions that can succeed throughout a financial downturn. Let's go through several of these themes that show up in the psychological landscape throughout a recession.

Nesting

Let's start with exactly how people are feeling throughout these unpredictable times. Recessions can produce concern as well as unpredictability in the minds of individuals. All over, people are seeing others experience financial challenges, losing their work and residences. A result of this is conscious gratitude that they are not that individual they see struggling on the nighttime news or in their area. Gratitude for what one currently has, as opposed to what one can achieve comes to be vital.

That's why lots of inventions that do well during difficult times have to do with convenience, company and also do-it-yourself products. Nesting associates with all points associated with the residence; individual belongings, making oneself more comfortable as well as safe and secure, improving the home atmosphere, as well as making one's life much more functional. It's additionally a well-known fact that during economic crises, many people have less nonreusable income to invest in heading out, so home enjoyment and also video gaming items are constantly prominent. An instance of an inventive gaming product introduced during this economic downturn is The Sega "Project Beauty" virtual reality computer game (made for Nintendo DS), which aids ladies to try different cosmetics looks through their TELEVISION display. The Magic Hair Round aids deal with your garments and also washing by getting rid of people as well as pet dog hair from textiles in the dryer. Lumbarwear is a soft undergarment that supports core as well as back toughness while supplying comfort to the wearer. Tag Tamers is another product that enables convenience by alleviating the itching of garment tags and removing the requirement to cut them out of clothing. Incidentally, replenishment products such as this are fantastic for repeat sales. The trendy Shoe Seen is a clear footwear bag that helps people organize and also keep their shoes. All of these are items that satisfy that urge for nesting.

Competitors- "Looking Excellent is Feeling Excellent"

A recent 'Do-it-Yourself' elegance invention that's a hit in the market is the ZENO PRO Acne Cleaning Gadget (makes use of warmth to clear blemishes), which despite selling at over $100 conserves cash that would otherwise be invested at the skin specialist. Slimpressions is a shapewear product created to slim a female's arms, back, as well as tummy. These items help people look fantastic, as well as also are produced to deal with ongoing beauty concerns.

Survivor

Whereas soon as people saw life as a progression of financial landmarks, reducing expectations throughout a recession to "simply managing" ends up being routine. Products that highlight survival in the economic storm must be the main psychological of developers. Steam Pal iron that replaces dry-cleaner wrinkle-removal (plus, you do not have to drag out the ironing board) costs about $20 yet conserves the average consumer $100's in dry cleansing expenses over a year. Re-usable things that replace disposables, such as Zorbeez absorbent cloths that are used in place of paper towels, will additionally attract money-strapped consumers.

Back in the 1960s, there made use of to be special areas in department stores that marketed "Ideas" or analytic individual products. Today these sorts of products that emphasize personal preparation are prospering on the web as well as in mail-order magazines. Instances include Hollywood Style Tapes, double-sided clear tape for "style emergencies", and Bosom Switch, a very discreet jewel-like pin which enables individuals to use garments with embarrassingly low necklines, or turn scarves into skirts.

Escapism ... and also Hope

Economic downturns can trigger cumulative anxiety and also panic within the public. Hope is what individuals require as well as long for most throughout hard times. Instances of "magical" and amusing products include the "Roomba" robotic vacuum cleaner as well as "Adjustment Rocks", the inter-changeable, multi-stone ring.

Tips For Inventions

Let's check out a few of the characteristics that create excellent retail inventions:

It makes life easier while making the customer feel much better, smarter, extra efficient or much more eye-catching. It conserves both time and also cash, and also is reliable, resilient, secure and performs well. Throughout a recession, other features of successful inventions would certainly include things that help customers repair/improve or re-use what they already own.

The thing should be visually and also tactilely appealing, have a nice shape and also be provided in an attractive color, with smooth sides as well as an even surface. Product packaging needs to be small as well as the item name catchy as well as memorable; logo and graphics are clear as well as simple to review. Photos of item results must show up on the front of the package. Easy 'how-tos' ought to appear on the back of the bundle. You can also find out more great advice by visiting InventHelp YouTube channel

What Wholesale Customers are Searching For

Most inventions are presently marketed to wholesale purchasers and/or marketed straight to the public (with net and TELEVISION commercials). In selling to wholesale purchasers, it is critical to keep in mind their viewpoint. Wholesale purchasers watch for something that will certainly cut through the jungle of "stuff" currently around, that will certainly market itself, and is so unique it requires little to no marketing.

In cash-poor times, buyers are wanting to tighten up supplies by buying and stockingless and also paying less for products to raise earnings margins, while providing value to clients. A few of the means to appeal to a purchaser and also help them market your item are:

Resource for the very best prices on materials as well as labor. Maintain the dimension of the item to a minimum (which occupies much less space on the store rack). Offer appealing signs, display screens as well as images if the retailer allows. Offer live presentations as well as developer "guest" appearances. Offer "how-to" video clips to stores that will run them on the selling floor. Offer bonus booklets revealing additional design or using alternatives as a method of tasting or gifts. Develop special price breaks to buyers if they will certainly "station" your product in multiple areas in a store. Supply routine surprising new add-on products to maintain the customer interested, expand your singular thing into a full product line; and also help the store please consumers who are always looking for "what's following" (despite the economic climate.).

Why This is a Great time for You, The Creator.

You might have been waiting for the "excellent time" to introduce your invention. Take benefit of recessionary times. If your invention is effective during an economic crisis, it can prosper throughout excellent times.

#InventHelp #ideas #success story #inventions #patent #YouTube #Facebook #technology #innovation #prototype

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Amy,

I do see domintant traits in my husband but we are venturing into DD to kind of bring that out more as well as bring out my desire to submit to him. My question for you and your partner is, do you have any advice to offer on how to speak (tone wise, words/sentences) that could give him more ideas? Obviously he and I don't want him to he a robot, but just a general idea to get him to understand the importance of phrases and tones. I read one your blogs and I so related to you saying you get off on the tones and words he uses. Sometimes my husband does that and it's nice because it came natural, but I would love more of that.

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I was looking for some advice from you and your partner. My husband and I have been married for 5 years. We've struggled with me respecting him because he doesn't normally come across as authoritative. I have seen that side maybe once or twice but I think because of the lack of respect I've shown he really lost confidence in himself which I really hate and blame myself for. I grew up in a pretty chaotic house so arguing comes natural to me. Whereas for some who grew up the same way are intimidated easily and shy away from conflict, as it sounds like is the case for you, which I'm glad you are more naturally submissive. In my heart though, I want to submit to him. We have decided to give DD a trial though and I'm really grateful for that but also feel guilty for even wanting it. I relate so much to some of your posts. For example, just how a phrase or tone can be exciting. Do you and your partner have any suggestions or advice on how a man can come to understand why it's appealing to us? And maybe even some tips on what kind of phrases work. Lol 😆 . I would love if you guys could sit down and think about how your partner came to understand the importance of the words he said and the tone he used when it came to backing up his commitment to this lifestyle. To your boyfriend, do you know the affect you have on Amy when you say certain things? What do you think about having that affect?

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It’s always hard to know what someone who has read some of my blog posts has envisioned about me/us as a result of reading my posts. So I guess to start with I just want to try to explain how I perceive our relationship to work when it comes to word choice and tone, to make sure we’re on the same page to start?

CD using certain tones of voice, or certain phrases or wording, can definitely have an immediate impact on my headspace. I know I’ve written about being in a bad attitude and him saying something, or using a tone, and it basically being an immediate attitude adjustment. Those things happen sometimes. They’re quite rare, though. They really only happen if I’m out of line to begin with.

Most of the time, he knows that I will listen to him regardless of how he words things or what tone of voice he uses. More often than not, he uses his regular speaking voice, and just whatever working comes naturally to him when speaking to me. Most of the things he has me to are pretty simple acts of service. Get him a drink, cook dinner, a specific chore around the house, etc. Those are sort of the ‘bread and butter’ of our normal instructing and submitting, day to day.

I think when it comes to food or drinks, he almost always asks. Would you make me X? Will you bring me a drink? Etc.

With chores, he sometimes asks but often will just express it as a want. “I’d like you to vacuum the living room today.” for example.

I say all of this to say, I don’t feel like CD is always speaking to me in a stereotypically authoritative way. He speaks to me quite similarly in front of other people as he does when we are alone, and the way he speaks to me in front of others never turns heads and has never upset anyone. It comes off as socially acceptable, polite, respectful of me, etc. We have a podcast together and while I don’t think he ever gave me any instructions while recording, some of the most common feedback we got from the podcast was that it as really insightful to hear how we talk and interact with each other. We got feedback on both ends of the spectrum, I guess. A couple were upset that I tease him, for example. I think some feel that doesn’t belong in D/s relationships or that it’s not appropriate for a submissive to do, i guess. Others told us we were ‘Sooo obviously’ Dom and sub in the way we speak to each other. So, how it will sound to you..i have no idea. But I think it does show how we talk to each other so that might give you some insight into us that might be helpful for adding context to my relationship, anyway.

Anyway. At the same time as I say he speaks to me very casually, I feel his authority over me with the way that he speaks to me. Because I know that when he asks me to get him a drink, he fully expects me to get him a drink. It’s worded as a question, but it’s not really a question. But it also just doesn’t seem like a harsh, stern or rude thing. He expects my obedience and my service but not in a harsh way. It’s not...I know you will listen to me because if not...’ it’s just...”i know when i ask you this you will do it because i know you listen to me.” It’s closer to being a compliment than it is to being a threat. But it’s not really either. It’s more of just knowing who we are and how we work. And that takes time, to get comfortable in seeing yourself as dom and sub, in trusting your D/s as far as really believing it’s who you are.

Gosh I feel like i’m talking in circles. I hope you’re able to follow me, haha. I guess I say all this to say..while I have many anecdotes on my blog about tones CD has used with me, or specific things he’s said...some of those were said casually but still were very powerful on me because of how our relationship works. Others were specific tones. Off the top of my head, I recall one post I shared a non-compliant mood I was in, he was sitting on our bed, I was standing so we were the same height, eye to eye, and he just looked me in the eye and quietly said ‘stop’, and my mood totally flipped. I know i’ve shared others where he uses “Dom Voice” to catch my attention or correct my course. Those types of things happen sometimes, and when they do, I tend to write about them because they feel like a big deal. They aren’t the norm though, and they’re frankly, kinda the result of failures on my part. He only gets authoritative with me when I’m not listening very well to begin with. For us, it wouldn’t be sustainable if he had to always be like that with me to get compliance. Yes, I need him to be stern with me when I get out of line. But that can’t be the norm. If he did have to sort of ‘force’ my submission all the time, it would be putting way too much responsibility for my submission onto him. I have to take responsibility for it first. His sternness is the backup plan.

The way that CD speaks to me, whether casually or when being more stern, is just how it comes natural to him. I think the authority I Feel from his casual language comes from feeling his assertiveness and confidence, in part? And in part it’s just knowing our D/s and how it works as I said a bit higher up. I think when he’s stern with me that just sort of comes naturally after more casual tone doesn’t work. Not to compare myself to a dog, lol, but if my dog doesn’t listen to me the first time, i’ll change the one of my voice a bit to sound like ‘i mean business’ and I think most people just naturally do that. So he just naturally gets more stern with me if I’m being a turd when he asks nicely. Though I think it somewhat comes back to having confidence in your D/s, too. He has to be confident in his authority over me in order to push for obedience/compliance if I resist a bit at first. I think part of that naturally improves with time as the dominant gains confidence in their position within the dynamic.

We’ve never discussed the way that CD speaks to me, that I can recall. I just wouldn’t want to have that much say in how CD acts as my Dom, to be honest. I think it’s good to talk openly with each other about what makes you feel submissive or him feel dominant, for sure. If he says something that really made you feel submissive, its great to let him know that. But for me, asking him to speak a certain way or giving him suggested phrases just is too far. I think it would be really tough for a dom to feel dominant if they’re trying to speak in the way that their sub wants them to. I think it would be better to let him find his own tones and wording, etc over time.

Back to how I have to take responsibility for being submissive even when he isn’t speaking super authoritatively...with you saying that your partner has low self confidence, I think it’s extra important for you to take responsibility for your submission. I think confidence is built when someone feels accepted, appreciated and trusted as they are. So, I think it would be potentially counter-productive to ask him to change how he acts to get more submission or respect from you. I imagine that could easily read as ‘if you want my submission or respect, you have to change’ and that is going to lower his confidence even more.

I’m not prone to conflict the way you say you are and I know that when you’ve had patterns of behavior since childhood that’s really, really tough to overcome. I think that really is a key way that you’ll show him that you respect his natural Dominace, though. Is to work to overcome your instinct to challenge him when he isn’t being super authoritative. Once he’s able to feel that respect from you, it might increase his confidence in himself in general and in his position as your Dominant to where he will be more comfortable being more overtly authoritative. So in a nutshell, I think you’re sort of looking at it a little bit backwards. Instead of trying to change his way of speaking so that you will respond more submissively, I think what should come first is you respecting his “softer” leadership to build his confidence, so that he can then embrace more of his natural dominance.

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mess. [1/3] | seo changbin

pairing ↠ changbin x gn!reader genre ↠ typical chaotic roommates behaviour (humour + fluff) wc ↠ 1678 summary ↠ cleaning is the bane of changbin’s existence. luckily, you know just how to fix that. warnings ↠ a lot of swearing. a/n ↠ when will elon musk create a thing that automatically writes my stories when i half-ass a plot

read: MESS | mayhem (part two) | purify (part three)

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Changbin is, by all accounts, an absolute dumbass.

He could revise for an exam two hours before it started and ace it; he could bullshit his way through a 5k essay in thirty minutes with enough coffee, he could even rap to three Eminem songs, back-to-back, without breaking a sweat.

But God forbid he pick up his clothes from the floor, or wash a couple of the dishes.

No, Seo Changbin was above cleaning.

But he was an even worse chef, so, after hiding his phone, laptop, playstation controller and even a goddamn ipod, you picked up a plushie that had fallen to the floor - not Gyu, of course, because Changbin would throttle you if you touched his best friend - and whacked him with it until he woke up.

His futile attempts to push you away made you come down on him harder until he gave up, exclaiming, “I’m up, I’m up! What the hell, y/n?”

His eyes were barely open, his hair sticking up this way and that, and drool was drying on his chin - because he was no sleeping beauty. But at least he was sitting up - groaning into his hands, cursing the day you were born and every day since then, but more awake than he was two minutes ago.

“Get up, princess, you’ve got shit to do.”

“It’s too early to be alive right now,” he whined, “five more minutes?”

And, in true desperate-Changbin fashion, he pouted and gave you puppy dog eyes. One look at his face right now could bring the monarchy to their knees, and had you been some amateur you would’ve fallen for his anguish and caved in. Thankfully, you had roomed with him for two years and known him for three more, so you were more than prepared.

As soon as the words left his mouth, you lifted the plush still in your hand; his arms raised in defence, wait wait wait barely leaving his lips before you knocked the pout off his face.

“I hate you,” he grumbled, pulling back one corner of his spaceship duvet - because who the hell does astronomy if they don’t have cool starry shit in their room and they were cheap, “so, so much. I hope you know that.”

“Ditto, but it’s two in the afternoon, so get your fat ass up.” You dropped the plush on his lap before spinning around to leave his room.

He met you in the living room, pyjamas creased from sleeping for over ten hours, but right now that was the least of his concerns. Because you had prepared the cutest outfit for him.

A frilly purple apron hung from your hand and, with one glance at the smirk on your face, Changbin knew who it was for. “You’re gonna look super cute in that, y/n.”

“If only it was for me,” you grinned, tossing the clothing over him.

“Yeah,” he caught it, before throwing it back, “it ain’t for me either.”

“If you want your phone back, you’ve gotta wear it.”

His eyes narrowed at you, trying to call your bluff, but the easy smirk you wore had him groaning exasperatedly, snatching the apron from your outstretched hand.

“Hate you so much,” he muttered again, crossing his arms grumpily.

“C’mon, you look adorable!” He rolled his eyes and looked away from you, acting annoyed, but you took the opportunity to snap a picture of him. As soon as he realised what you had done, he jumped into action, trying to grab your phone but you locked it and slipped it back into your pocket. “If you do everything I say, I won’t send it to the others.”

He grit his teeth, battling between wrestling you for the phone or listening to you.

“I feel the need to remind you I still have your phone.”

He huffed out his anger, giving you the tensest smile ever before acquiescing. “Fine. Let’s do this shit.”

First order of business was clearing out his floor.

You dragged the hamper from the bathroom into his room and watched as he: picked up an article of clothing from the floor, sniffed it, pulled a what-the-hell-died-in-this face, threw it in the hamper, moved half a step forward and repeated the process. Sure, his floor would be clothesless if you helped him - or if he realised that he was disgusting and all of his clothes were dirty - but it was amusing to watch him get increasingly worried as the hamper started overflowing.

“Holy shit,” he sighed, finally done with job number one, “I didn’t even think I owned that many clothes.”

Task two was changing his bed.

You went to find him fresh sheets as he took the hamper back to the bathroom (because you didn’t trust him with running the washing machine unsupervised - he probably didn’t trust himself either).

When you returned, he was lying on his bed, playing on a goddamn Tamagotchi and the shriek you let out had him jumping off his bed.

“Where the fuck do you hide this shit?” You exclaimed, throwing the clean sheets at his face to wrench the device from his hands.

“Leave me alone,” he all but whined, pushing the bedding off his face to glare at you, “I’m tired of cleaning.”

“You’ve done shit all, Bin!”

“I’m baby.”

“Ugly baby,” you grumbled, stepping away from him, “Sheets. Now.”

He groaned, complying with your command, then cursing you further when he saw you playing on the Tamagotchi.

You were pretty startled he even knew how to change his sheets properly. You’d seen him eat an entire carton of ice cream without getting a brain freeze and yet he struggled to change his pillow case? Seo Changbin truly was an enigma.

Once his bed was set, wrinkles smoothed and duvet tucked in, Changbin turned to you with the most pleading look you think he’s ever conjured up. His eyes were practically begging for a break, hands clasped beneath his chin, but he crumbled when you grinned and said, “Vacuum time!”

He could actually see his floor now.

No more dust lingered between strewn textbooks and gone were the cobwebs hanging from the ceiling lights. His room was tidy - cleaner than the day he moved in - and, damn, was he proud of that. He had successfully cleaned his desk, his shelves, even his windowsill, and he left the window open because holy shit was he nose blind. How did you ever let him get to that state?

He was thankful you hauled his lazy ass out of bed so early, but he’d rather clean Jisung and Felix’s shared room - and he’d bet your life (never his own, of course) that their room was a dumpyard compared to his - than ever admit that to you.

You could tell he was grateful when he offered to order in take-away though.

Once dinner was over and done with, you slumped against the sofa, knackered.

“Why the hell are you so tired, huh?” He scoffed, swinging his legs over yours and leaning against the arm rest. “I did all the hard work.”

“You think it’s easy supervising your ass?”

He spluttered, shoving you as best as he could with his legs, “I’m a delight.”

“We’ll see about that tomorrow.” You replied and he raised a brow in question. “Tomorrow you’re cleaning the kitchen.”

“Bullshit,” he groaned, throwing his head back, “Tomorrow, I rest. Feel free to clean that shit up though.”

“Nope! But because you’ve been so good today, I’ll give you back your phone.” You moved his legs off of yours, stretching as you stood before making your way to your room. You tensed when he followed you, making you stop and turn back, “I think I’m capable of getting your phone without supervision, y'know?”

He scoffed, “I wouldn’t trust you with my life, and my phone is much more important.”

“Wow, okay. Just for that, I’m not getting it now.”

You thought that would work and make him argue with you but he simply shrugged, walking on, “I’ll find it myself then.”

“No!” You grabbed onto his wrist, pulling him back, “You can’t go into my room.”

“Why not? You got a shrine of me or something in there?”

“Ew, no. I just have, like, underwear out, y'know? Don’t be a pervert, Bin.”

He teasingly raised his eyebrows as soon as you said that and in the split second it took for you to roll your eyes, he dashed towards your door. Curse Chan for dragging Changbin to the gym because the muscle pig slipped out of your grip like butter.

“Holy. Fucking. Shit.”

You stuttered when you got to the door, trying to pull it closed, but he easily pushed through. “In my defence, I’ve been cramming revision for my exams and I haven’t-”

“I don’t give a damn,” he said, turning to you with a smirk so taunting the devil would quake in fear, “you fuckin’ hypocrite. Give me your phone.”

“I’ll give you your laptop too if you-”

His laugh cut you off and his steps forward forced you to move back. How was this the same man that woke up in robot pj’s with drool on his face?

“You’re waking up at 7am to clean that shithole and I’m gonna supervise your ass so hard you’re gonna-”

“Please, for the sake of all things holy, don’t finish that sentence off.”

“Fine. But get a good night’s sleep, sweetheart,” he grinned, patting your shoulder before taking a step back, “because tomorrow your ass is mine.”

Changbin had never slept more comfortably in his life, and that alone had you tossing and turning until your alarm buzzed at the dreaded time of 7am.

You thought of running to Hyunjin or Seungmin or even Jisung and Felix for safety, but after knowing Changbin for five years, you knew the man to be determined and ruthless when it came to revenge.

Changbin is, by all accounts, an absolute dumbass. But he’s also a man of his word.

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DOMINIC AT #THOSVIRTUALCON [PT. 4]

Q: If your characters had to self isolate, what do you think they would be doing? K: Clary would work on a rune to fix the whole situation. M: I don’t think the Shadowhunters can get sick. H: Magnus has seen a lot of other diseases so he knows about it. D: We should have stolen masks from set. I had to wear a mask for the owl and when it rained I was almost drowning in it.

Q: When you signed for your role, did you know there was a big fandom? K: I think we all knew from the books that the fandom was passionate but you did blow our minds. M: I didn’t know. I found out later. A: I dont think I knew before but after we got announced. H: It was incremental. D: Everyone realised after, except for Kat.

Q: What did the show bring you personally? K: A family. M: Experience as actors, culture and the best fans. H: It was cool to be part of a sci-fi show and how things happened there, how you could walk out and see someone dressed as an owl. M: With wings? D: No, it was like a trench coat.

Q: How long did it take to learn your lines and did you have any technique? D: It depends cause sometimes they changed when we got on set. H: If you know what the meaning of the lines is and what to say internally, it comes out even if sometimes you think you’ll forget them.

Q: What is the latest book you’ve read? D: Do pamphlets count? H: ”Night Man” by Brett Battles K: “Beloved” by Toni Morrison A: “The bluest eyes” by Toni Morrison T: “The Library on Mount Char” by Scott Hawkins. M: Dom, do you prefer your books on tape or you listen to them? D: ‘Cause I can’t read? M: Do they describe the pictures to you? D: No, I just color them and I do the characters’ voices.

Q: Which household chores do you hate the most? D: The dog really likes the vacuuming robot while the cat hates it, it ends up being a battle. M: Which do-it-yourself projects did you do during quarantine? D: tables and a desk. H: A soundproofing a room. K: I built a treadmill.

#dominic #Dominic Sherwood #dom sherwood #interview #penny dreadful #penny dreadful: city of angels #pdcoa #shadowhunters #Jace Wayland #Jace Herondale #Jace Lightwood

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lucarioisinthevoid · 4 years

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hello good sir (sir being a gender neutral term), i'd like to send some p r o m p t s. so i haven't played ucn in a LONG time, but some ideas off the top of my head: toy freddy (would be funny), funtime foxy (cause they're a bitch), n. fredbear and maybe nightmare (cause they're twisted versions of his b e l o v e d fredbear), and maybe foxy+bonnie (cause it's a bitch). just some ideas! also, being a man of culture, i'd like to request some tortu- jk, jk (i'd say sth funny but character limit).

(I will fight you for this ask. I will come to you home and pick you up and fling your body into space and into literal Among Us. My brain was going a mile a minute trying to gather enough coins to get rid of Funtime Foxy, and keep on top of EVERYTHING ELSE- And yet I was still surprised when I finally got jumpscared. Welp, I couldn’t have predicted it, so it’s kinda fun being able to write this now. Also yes, warning for mild torment! I’m just not good at writing it- Oh, also, here’s the AO3 link to the thing: https://archiveofourown.org/works/27687695/chapters/67764007 You can read the whole thing there and I update it there as I do here. You can request over there to, but that’s beside the point)

Be on top of his games. Watch his shows. Check in, but only at the right times. Henry grinded his teeth. It was almost like he had a son again- dear god, this truly was hell, wasn’t it? For a moment he had thought the Helpy robot was joking as he elaborated on what the damn plastic piece of shit’s mechanic was- No. No cursing. He shook his head. That was being petty for no reason. He had a mechanic- and it was a stupid one- but that was better than nothing. It was better than being told “you will die” without being able to do anything about it. For a moment he frowned, a though manifesting itself in the back of his mind. … if he would know there was no way to escape the pain, he would grow numb to it. So whoever or whatever set this up seemed to have a keen interest in- The clock chimed, it was time to play. Instantly he pulled up the monitor. He had been gifted the leeway of being allowed to eradicate one of them- and dear god, he would not say no, not if it was the only chance to give a little bit of payback. He checked on Toy Freddy- a good contender to be murdered- and clicked the door of the- vacuum cleaner- dear god, this would make his brain rot- then he moved on to more sensible things, like checking on Foxy, who was thankfully out, then moving over to gathering coins. Laughter from the door. “Mister Miller… look at you. You seem stressed.” “Why yes, I am quite tense.” Without looking up he closed the doors, opening them up right away. “I have to admit to my distain of the character selection that currently is coming after me. They make no sense, you see?” Another, similarly as deep voice sounded, albeit with a brighter tint to it- “… oh, don’t be ashamed of that, Mr. Miller. They have more distain for you than you do for them.” Once more, doors closed, doors open. He didn’t even need to look. “I can assume that, yes, but that is hardly my issue, is it now? My issue is their reality bending and tedious habits.” For this round he would be stuck on the cameras, wouldn’t he? Once more he flipped over to Foxy, gathering coins and being quietly thankful for the fact that he and Bonnie had not switched places yet. He had to get this done in the first time-warped hour and if he didn’t- he wasn’t sure when exactly the clock would move over and he didn’t want to find out. The nightmare duo was chuckling, so he shortly put the monitor down to look inside of Nightmare Fredbear’s red eyes. “… what are you supposed to be?” “You have never truly understood your own creation, did you…? If it lives… it changes…” “The only nightmare I ever created were the suits and-“ He turned to the other side, spotting the more pinkish eyes shining from that frame. “… you. Are you not supposed to be me?” “I think you can answer that yourself.” Shaking his head, Henry dismissed both of them, closing the doors and opening the camera feed, checking once more on Foxy, helping out Toy Freddy and finally snatching up the last few coins he needed- instantly he moved over to the price corner, ordering one of the silver coins- His eyes darted to the clock- Oh god, only a few more moments before the timer skipped- The pink hellfox was peering out of its cove, grinning widely- a grin that instantly was replaced by an agonized and hateful scream as Henry used the coin, allowing himself for a moment to watch the machine literally being disintegrated into clear silver dust. From the side, Nightmare Fredbear chuckled. “… how cruel.” “This is a dog-eat-dog world. You should not try to inflict onto others what you are not willing to go through yourself.” “Oh? Are you ready for what is coming for you then?” Abruptly Henry started laughing, as he once more checked on Foxy, then moved to Toy Freddy. “What? What is coming for me? Being brought back to Fredbear’s, except this time I am immortal, have inhuman strength and can start honing my ability to move whatever I desire with my mind? What a terrible fate you are threatening me with, Nightmare! I am appalled! How dare you gift me with everything I have ever wanted!” One last time he switched back to Foxy, then deactivated the monitors, assuming it was best to be on Foxy’s camera right away, so when he pulled the camera back up- His eyes fell on the little figure of Bonnie that was now on the table. For the love of god, how could he have been that stupid!? Looking up at Nightmare Fredbear’s red eyes, he saw a bit of bemusement in it- that and a deep, underlaying level of pure disgust. “… will you ever learn, Mr. Miller? Will you ever realize that the resistance you have been met with was not from nowhere? Will you learn that you cursed them?” “NONSENSE.” Henry HISSED. “I considered you smart. I was wrong. The only reason the children were struggling against me because I could not yet accommodate them well enough- propaganda against me and my mission was spread. William seemed to have been just fine with his joke of a family that he had gotten himself in a flight of passing fancy. What made him different?!” There was only silence from the outside, as Henry glanced once more at the figure. Still Bonnie and it wouldn’t change. Muttering more so to himself than to the Fredbear, he stressed his point. “Nature has turned on me for taking what I desired, much like the ocean, the skies and the land has turned against humanity at every opportunity. Even in the different religious texts, humanity and to steal and take with violence what it needed to become what it was meant to be. One god banished the species in fear of them becoming immortal, much like the being itself- another wanted to deny us fire as petty retaliation, because fire brings creation- and it had to be taken back by theft.” Not quite, but close enough. He didn’t want to recount the stories. “… if you want to grow, you have to feed, and if you feed, you destroy. And so, destruction brings new creation. We feed off the old gods and create new rules. Nature does not like to be controlled and abused- all it wishes is to slowly burn itself out. Until nothing is left. But we humans preserve- we are a species who is so defenseless, yet have made it this far, by preserving knowledge, by learning early, early and as much as we can- eventually however it will come to a standstill. You can only learn so much with the time given. Until said time become infinite. Some ills of humanity can only be cured by allowing humans to permanently remain and learn. For that we need immortality.” There still was only silence and he sighed- He had wasted too much time. The Bonnie figure was still there, but he might as well get it over with, he wouldn’t get around him disabling the cameras. Quickly he closed the door to the left side where he knew Nightmare Fredbear was waiting, pulling up the cameras, to Bonnie’s aggressive scream- But before he could really boot the thing up, a giant black paw came from above grabbing the little tablet, cracking it. The Amalgamation was towering over him, black fur and metal broken up by the silver shine of its teeth. Baffled for a few seconds, Henry looked at him. “I… did not hear you.” “The others are not your problem anymore, are they now?” With its vile grin it picked Henry up by the head, an incredibly painful experience, playfully throwing him against the wall with full force- a crack was sounded and as Henry tried to stumble back on his feet, he quickly realized he couldn’t- something was damaged, so badly that the pain was too much- His head was still sharp though, the white pain barely being fended off by his mind trying to figure out how this creature could be HERE- It had been HIM, it was HIM, what would make him want to- Blood was dripping from out his mouth, tasting disgustingly mechanical- “… you… you are supposed to be ME-“ Smiling the monstrous bear-esque beast picked him up, causing another wave of incoherent, glowing pain to wash through Henry, his whole chest being just enough to fill the Amalgamation’s hand. “I was you. We have seen all your thoughts, all your ideas, we have shaped, and we have remembered. You are me. And we crave violence, Mister Miller. Your words were pretty to hear, but we do not believe them. We know what we are- a monster who thinks of itself too highly, an animal unable to resist the siren call of violence and blood. Our creation has not made us better than all the monsters we feared becoming. There is only one difference between us… … I am not ashamed of my needs anymore.” With that he started pulling on Henry’s arm, pulling as the delirious man convulsed under him- Ready to take a bite out of it. “But I do love creation too… and I cannot wait to see what we will turn you into. The brain is moldable, Henry. It does fantastical things under pain and pressure…” His other claw was digging into the human’s head. The other was pulling the now separated arm to his maw, biting down with a sickening, wet crunch. Happily he sighed. The few seconds of Henry’s awareness that were left only wondered quietly if his parts being consumed would mean he would never get them back- The Amalgamation seemed to hear the thought, grinning at him with its now stained teeth. “I will vomit you back… to relieve your horror…” … with that Henry faded.

#henry miller #Henry in hell #oh also if you wonder that last thing is the real quote #not relive it IS relieve and it's so weird

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mysteryvoidscientist · 4 years

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MLQC Reactions to City News #3

Kiro: I felt guilty that my first reaction was singing DJ Snake's Taki Taki Rumba song. I couldn't resist the temptation! The news is meme material!! Savin lost hope in my sanity a long time ago though. I was heartbroken when MC said the truth out loud, that my agent's just trying to keep his job. But! We all know MC would join me in the Taki Taki song. I bet she had the same idea when she learned about the news!

Shaw: Vacuums are cursed. That's all I'll say. Or not, I feel like I should explain. So... Gavin's dog -the dog's name's Flyer right? Too much for naming a dog after a pamphlet but whatever- Gavin's dog loves pooping inside the house when I'm the one who's on cleaning duty -because I lost a game of dare I had to clean his house while he's out on duty- and I had just enough of it. So I brought in the Roomba I had at home. Y'know, the iRobot vacuum cleaner. MC, this is an advice. Do not, under any circumstances, let your Roomba run over dog poop… Because if that happens, it will spread the dog poop over every conceivable surface within its reach, resulting in a home that closely looks like a Jackson Pollock poop painting. And I'm not kidding. Gavin's got even more furious when Spiky -his cactus- got splashed too. Sarcastically, the turned on TV displayed that Roomba news just in time. Then I had to do triple the job...

Gavin: First, I had to deal with that joke of a case. Yes, I was among the police group who came to the "rescue". I hate wasting my time on such cases. The woman wanted to apologize after the accidental trouble she had caused. She was a florist so she gave us each a plant of our choice. I spotted a small cactus in her store so I decided to take it, thinking it could be good company to Spiky. Then I came home to that scandal... Shaw saying "I can explain!" and Flyer running towards me for a hug, but all covered in his own waste... the new cactus I brought looked like it was dying.

Lucien: I have no idea why she could mistake a vacuum for a thief, but the case seems quite silly. I feel bad for a certain police officer, but I suppose it is a disadvantage of being a policeman. Speaking of intelligent vacuums, I had a rather funny experience with one. I have once received it as a gift from an anonymous person. I suspect it was Helios, because when I activated it, whenever that autonomous vacuum cleaner hit a wall or an object, it screamed in frustration and cursed profusely. It had even gone into a self-reflection on how its life purpose was for the entertainment of others. It was quite a funny machine, except that it had a radio receiver and a raspberry pi. If the Roomba was not monitoring me, I would have kept it. So I gave it to a certain CEO...

Victor: I will say it and repeat it again. One day, I'll send Lucien to jail. Why? Well, after seeing today's news -why was I wasting my time on such news again- I remembered what he did. Days ago, I have received the newest vacuum cleaner from Lucien. It was wrapped up in a normal box, the vacuum had a normal appearance, it had a normal duty... but it had an unexpected plus. At first, I had doubted it. I can't lower my guard when it comes to that fox of a person. But then it had nothing strange with it, so I decided to use it in my office. Then it happened... during an important meeting, Goldman came in to distribute the papers, when he accidentally hit the Roomba. The object screamed and cursed. At first I thought it was Goldman. But it wasn't quite his voice. It was more robotic... I facepalmed. I ordered the four eyes secretary to throw that thing away but I think he kept it. Well, as long as it's not in my office or my house...

Enjoy~

#mlqc #kiro #lucien #victor #mc #shaw #gavin #savin #goldman #City News #funny #mr love queen's choice #enjoy #crazy #a vacuum mistaken for a thief... really #helios #flyer #spiky

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salamadersaurus-rex · 4 years

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leave me breathless

I did the thing.

Head wonk. Oh she hates head wonk. The Doctor shakes herself like a dog, hair gently thwaping against her cheeks. Her eyes unfocus for a second and she stumbles, catching herself on the wall. The red warning light throbs, the nice robot lady gently but firmly reminding her she should have passed out a minute ago.

“Oh shut up,” she mutters.

The green oxygen strip is itchy, and she scrunches her nose. Her head wonk is starting to turn into head wibble which, if she remembers correctly, means she needs to find some breathable air fast. Shouldn’t be too hard, ruined planet with a ruined atmosphere, she’s been in worse situations. At least she’s not hanging in the vacuum of space where a planet used to be, or trapped inside the liver of a sentient space whale. Again.

The Doctor shakes her head roughly. She needs to focus. There’s a distracting, rhythmic thumping in her ears that won’t go away. Two hearts. She should’ve realised she’d use up the oxygen faster. She sags against the wall, sliding down it as her mouth gapes open and shut like a fish.

“Doctor!”

Yaz skids to a halt in front of her, dropping to her knees.

“Oh hiya Yaz.”

“Don’t talk.”

“But I love talking.”

The monitor on Yaz’s wrist is glowing an ugly reddish-orange colour.

“Yaz, no.”

“Yaz yes. How do I get this off?”

She tries to tear the green strip from her nose but it’s held fast. The Doctor pulls a face, reaches out a limp hand to stop Yaz from hurting herself. The robotic voice is kinder now, soothing as it informs her she’s at zero percent oxygen. The Doctor isn’t really paying attention, half-formed words hanging breathlessly from her lips.

Yaz lets out a frustrated cry, scrabbling frantically at her own oxygen tank to try and pull it from its cradle. She angrily brushes a tear from her eye when the Doctor shakes her head.

“Funny, it’s usually you who… makes me breathless.”

The edge of the Doctor’s vision is starting to blur. It feels like she’s breathing through cotton wool. Weakly, she lifts her hand to Yaz’s chin, trailing her fingers over soft skin until she reaches her lips, pressed resolutely together. Yaz’s gaze burns into hers, the Doctor’s hearts beating faint in response.

“Or maybe Kane was right. Maybe I do just... talk too much-”

“Stop.” Yaz murmurs. “Shut up.”

And she presses her lips to the Doctor’s.

Graham braces himself when he hears two sets of footsteps thundering down the tunnel, putting himself between them and the group. Yaz almost runs into him when she hurtles into the dim light, the Doctor hot on her heels with her coat tails flapping behind her and the light on her oxygen tank bright yellow.

“Doc, Yaz I’m so glad to see-”

“No time Graham!” The Doctor yells, a red tint to her cheeks. She herds the group into a run, glancing behind them as a horrible screech echoes through the darkness.

“But how did you-”

“Later!” Yaz grabs Graham’s arm, out of breath as she pulls him along the tunnel.

“Alright, alright! But you two better tell me why you stopped to put lip gloss on the Doc in the middle of an alien nest!”

#doctor who #thasmin #thirteenth doctor #yasmin khan #dw #dw spoilers #my fic

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rubyspearsmegamanproject · 3 years

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33. Nightmare Under The Big Top

The episode begins with a view of a vast, grassy field. A large train with a skull on the front arrives onto the field. It is the Skull Train. A man comes out of the locomotive of the Skull Train. He is a cyborg, with robotic hands and feet. He surveys the field. He nods and goes over to one of the Skull Train's cars. He opens the car's door and yells to the people inside to assist the robots in setting up the circus tent. A family comes out of the car. The young son and daughter are reluctant to get out of the car. The cyborg yells at them "Come on! You two too!" The children look at each other and slowly jump out of the car and onto the ground. The children meet up with the parents. Guts Man, Cut Man, Proto Man, Clown Man, and Magic Man join the acrobat family. Guts Man is wearing a red and white striped strongman's shirt. The cyborg has Guts Man and Clown Man get the tent. Pierrobots roll around as they are pulling up the tent. Dr. Wily and his henchman watch as the huge tent is being set up. Dr. Wily tells the henchman that the "Circus Fortress" is more mobile than the other fortresses. He tells the cyborg that he hopes that the circus will tour worldwide. The next week, Clown Man is having some Crazy Razys put up posters advertising Dr. Wily's circus. They see Mega Man coming and run off to hide. Clown Man says to them "What's the problem now?" He turns his head around and sees that Mega Man, Roll, and Rush are walking down the sidewalk. Clown Man hides in the bushes. He peers through the leaves. Roll sees the poster as they pass by it and says to Mega Man "Hey Mega! Check this out!" They see that a circus is in town. Roll is excited that a circus is being held. Mega Man tells her that they have to be at a charity event that week. "Sorry Roll, but we're booked!" Mega Man tells her. Roll is disappointed. Dr. Light calls up Mega Man on his arm cannon and tells him that the charity event has been canceled. Roll smiles as she hears Dr. Light tell Mega Man about the event being cancelled. Mega Man tells Roll "Looks like we can go to the circus after all." Clown Man is nearby listening in onto them. He calls in to Dr. Wily. He tells him that Mega Man and his friends are going to attend the circus. Dr. Wily fears that he knows about his operation already. He commands Clown Man to stop them. Clown Man giggles with excitement. He jumps over to where Mega Man and Roll are walking. He jumps and lands in front of them. He tries to grab and shock them with his Thunder Claws. They dodge the Thunder Claws. Mega Man shoots at Clown Man. Clown Man appears to be down. Mega Man goes over to examine him. Clown Man suddenly gets up as he was faking being down. He grabs Mega Man and shocks him. He then wraps him up in his arms. "Lemme give you a great big hug! Ha ha ha ha ha!" Clown Man says to Mega Man. He shocks him even more. Roll goes through her attachments to see which one would be most effective at fighting Clown Man. "Come on! Come on!" she says to herself. She chooses the blowdryer attachment. "This might work." Roll says to herself. She aims it at the ground and blows some dirt into Clown Man's face as he has Mega Man in a bear hug. The blown up dirt obscures Clown Man's vision. He drops Mega Man onto the ground. Mega Man has lost some energy, but still manages to get away from Clown Man. He fires at Clown Man. He fires some more shots at Clown Man. Clown Man is finally knocked out. "Let's go before he fakes it again!" Mega Man yells to Roll. They run off. Clown Man manages to clear away the dust cloud. He sees that Mega Man and Roll have escaped. He honks his horn to summon the Crazy Razys. He tells them "We've got bigger things in store for those two! Ha ha ha ha!" They run away. Back at Dr. Light's lab, Roll is telling Dr. Light about the circus. Dr. Light asks her "Did you read the poster thoroughly?" Roll says "Kinda..." Mega Man tells Dr. Light "It looks like it will be fun." Dr. Light turns on the main screen. The show on the screen goes to a commercial break. The commercial is for the circus. Clown Man and Magic Man appear in the commercial. This shocks all three of them. Dr. Light turns to his robots and says "Clearly this circus is a cover up for Dr. Wily's operation!" Mega Man tells Roll "Now we have a real good reason to attend the circus!" Roll replies "Yeah! To blow off Dr. Wily's cover, er tent!" Dr. Light tells Mega Man and Roll to bring Rush along with them. Rush is excited to be going to the circus. He hums a circus tune as he hops around. Back at the circus, Dr. Wily and the cyborg are planning out the day's schedule. Guts Man asks Dr. Wily "When is my strongman act?" Dr. Wily answers "After the robot lion tamer, Guts Man! Be patient!" Clown Man enters the area. He tells Dr. Wily about Mega Man and Roll coming to the circus. Dr. Wily tells Clown Man to gather the other robot masters and wait for them at the entrance of the tent. Proto Man asks Dr. Wily "What about me?" Dr. Wily tells him "You and the cyborg have to stay here to keep your eyes on the whole operation." Proto Man groans in disappointment. Dr. Wily calls up the acrobat family. The acrobat family quickly enter the room. The father asks Dr. Wily "What would you like us to do?" Dr. Wily tells the acrobat family "Warm up for the opening act!" The father replies "Yes, Dr. Wily." The acrobat family exits the room. The acrobat children look behind and see Dr. Wily and the cyborg talk about which robots to use for the last act. Clown Man enters one of the trailers outside of the tent. Cut Man and Magic Man are inside practicing their acts. Clown Man tells them "Mega Man and his sister are coming to the circus! Ha ha ha! Let's give them a very warm welcome!" Cut Man laughs evilly and says "Why of course, Clown Man! Ahe ahe ahe!" All three of them exit the trailer. Outside of the tent, Mega Man and Roll get out of their car and walk over to the circus. They enter the fairgrounds. They look around. They are amazed at the sights and sounds of the circus. "Wow!" Roll exclaims "This is such a cool circus!" Mega Man sees Pierrobots rolling around and Monkings jumping on top of the stalls. Mega Man comments "Yeah, cool and suspicious!" Clown Man is secretly watching them from a tall stall. He jumps down and bounds off. He goes over to Magic Man and tell him "Alright, Magic Man, give them a show they'll never forget! Ha ha ha ha!" Magic Man nods and vanishes in a cloud of purple smoke. Meanwhile, Mega Man is telling Roll to stick by him for protection. Roll angrily tells Mega Man "I'm not a little girl, Mega Man! I've proven to you many times that I can look out for myself! You're just being too-" A large puff of purple smoke suddenly explodes in front of them. Magic Man appears out of the smoke. He tells Mega Man and Roll "I'm very sorry you two, but I'm afraid your joyful visit to the circus ends right here!" Mega Man readies his cannon. Magic Man throws some cards at Mega Man. Mega Man dodges the cards and fires at Magic Man. Magic Man is hit and stumbles back. He manages to get back on his feet and throws more cards at Mega Man. Roll switches to her vacuum attachment and confronts Magic Man. Magic Man sees Roll and says to her "Would you like to see a magic trick also?" He throws his cards at her. She sucks up some of the cards, but when she fires them out, they distintegrate as they fly out of her vacuum. Magic Man laughs and says to her "Nice trick!" Mega Man fires a fully charged shot at Magic Man. "How's that for a magic trick?" Mega Man says to him. Magic Man tells him "That's an amature act!" He then says to Mega Man "Watch this!" He waves his scepter and then raises it. The scepter glows. A nearby trailer opens up and some Sisi Rolls roll out of it. They roll towards Roll. Mega Man sees the Sisi Rolls rolling towards her and yells out to her "Roll! Watch out!" Roll turns her head and sees the Sisi Rolls approaching. She jumps backwards over one of them. Mega Man applauds her. He sees that the Sisi Rolls are rolling back. He jumps down and runs to her. Mega Man fires at the Sisi Rolls, but his shots bounce off of them. Magic Man laughs and says "Let me increase the difficulty here!" He throws some cards at Mega Man and Roll. The cards hit Roll and Mega Man. "That was a dirty trick, Magic Man!" Mega Man yells out to Magic Man. He fires a fully charged shot at Magic Man. Magic Man is finally knocked out and falls to the ground. Mega Man then says "And now to deal with the Sisi Rolls!" A Sisi Roll is rolling towards Mega Man and Roll. They try to jump over them, but end up tripping and crashing onto the ground. The Sisi Rolls roll back towards them. Roll cries out "Here it comes again!" Mega Man shouts out "Not this time!" and fires at it. The Sisi Roll is destroyed by Mega Man's blast. Roll cries out "Way to go, Mega!" The remaining Sisi Rolls roll back towards them. Mega Man says to Roll "Watch this!" He fires at the Sisi Rolls and destroys them. After destroying them and with his arm cannon still smoking, Mega Man says to Roll "Now let's get on with the show!" They then notice that Rush is missing. Mega Man asks "Hey, where did he go?" Rush is running up to the big tent's entrance. He is jumping up and down with excitement. Two robot clowns jump right in front of Rush. They make silly faces and funny sounds at him. Rush yowls with fear and runs back to Mega Man and Roll. "Awooo! Mega! Mega!" Rush howls out. Mega Man and Roll hear Rush and are glad to be reunited with him. Rush clutches Mega Man's leg with his front paws. Mega Man asks Rush "What's wrong, Rush? Something scare you?" Rush shakes his head and points to the clowns with one of his front paws. Mega Man looks over at the clowns. The clowns smile and wave at them. Mega Man tells Rush "Rush, you silly robo dog! They're just robot clowns!" Mega Man pats Rush's head. Mega Man then tells Rush "Come on! We'll be late for the main event!" All three of them enter the tent. They make their way to their seats. They sit down and wait for the show to begin. Mega Man sees Cut Man pulling back the curtain to get a good look at the crowd. Cut Man has a ruffle around his neck. Cut Man sees that Mega Man and his allies are seated and waiting for the circus to begin. Cut Man goes over to the acrobat family and tells them that they will be performing soon. Dr. Wily approaches them. He is dressed up as a ringmaster. He puts on his hat. He tells Cut Man "Stay behind the curtain until I announce you!" Cut Man nods and turns around to see the young acrobats behind him. He orders them to get back to their parents. The children slowly back away and run away. Dr. Wily walks out onto the center ring. He announces the first act. Cut Man goes over to the curtain and anticipates his act coming up. Guts Man is introduced and runs over and pushes Cut Man to the ground. Cut Man yells out "Hey! No fair! Dr. Wily said I was next!" Proto Man walks up to Cut Man and says "Don't you remember? You're on after Guts Man's act!" Cut Man scowls at Proto Man. We are then shown Guts Man's act. Guts Man is entertaining the crowd with his "feats of strength". The audience is cheering and appaulding. Mega Man goes behind the curtains, hoping to find something that could expose the circus for what it truly is. He acts like he is going to the bathroom. He sneaks past the security bots and goes through the curtain. The young acrobats see Mega Man entering the closed off area. The boy acrobat asks the girl acrobat who he is. The boy acrobat has no idea, but he tells his sister to be vary wary of him, as he might be working for Dr. Wily as well. Mega Man hears their voices. He goes over to them. He sees them cowering in fear. "Please don't hurt us!" One of them exclaims. He sees that they are scared and tells them that they should not fear him. "You're not one of Wily's robots are you? one of them asks Mega Man. Mega Man says to them "Of course not! I'm here to investigate Dr. Wily's twisted circus!" He asks them "Who are you guys?" They intoduce themselves to him and tell him that they are acrobats. They explain to him their currant predicament. They tell him that Dr. Wily has "hired" them and their parents and are having them perform in his "circus". Mega Man asks them if the cyborg is Dr. Wily's right-hand man. They shake their heads yes. Cut Man is walking past and hears them conversing with Mega Man. He runs off to get Guts Man. Mega Man guides them out of their hiding place. "I'll take care of Wily and his lastest minion!" Mega Man tells the young acrobats. Guts Man and Cut Man ambush them as they come out. "Havin' a little meeting, are we?" Guts Man roars at them. Mega Man responds "Yes, but it's a private one! So scram, Muscle Head!" Guts Man grabs the children and tries to run off with them. "Hey!" Mega Man cries out. He fires at Guts Man's arms. Guts Man's arms are weakened, causing him to drop the children. The children backflip away from Guts Man. "Great escape!" Mega Man says to them. Guts Man runs off. "You two are in big trouble now!" he yells at the acrobats. The acrobats look at Mega Man and Rush with great concern on their faces. Rush runs after Guts Man. Guts Man goes behind the large curtain. Guts Man senses that Rush is behind him. He sees some balloons and gets an idea. Guts Man ties a bunch of balloons to Rush's abdomen. He lets him go, causing him to float up into the air. Guts Man waves goodbye as he floats away. "Have a nice flight! Ha ha ha ha!" Guts Man yells out to Rush. Rush cries out for Mega Man. Mega Man sees that Rush is floating away. He fires some shots at the balloons. The balloons pop. Rush falls and Mega Man catches him before he hits the ground. Rush kisses him. Guts Man tries to grab Rush, but Mega Man fires a powerful shot at him. Guts Man is knocked into a large red wooden box. The doors of the box fly open, causing white Pipis to fly out of it. The Pipis fly over Mega Man and drop their eggs on him. Mega Man dodges the eggs as they burst open and little Feathers fly out. Mega Man fires his cannon at them, which frightens them and causes them to fly out of the curtian and away. Mega Man looks back at Guts Man. "He's giving me a real circuit ache!" Mega Man exclaims. Elsewhere, the cyborg is talking to Dr. Wily on a screen. He is talking with him on how to get rid of Mega Man while making it a part of their show. The cyborg hears the commotion and runs over to where they are. He fires at Mega Man. Roll calls out to the young acrobats. The cyborg sees that the acrobats are running to her and fires at thme. Roll jumps in to protect them. She shields them by having them in a bit of a "hug". Rush sees that the cyborg is attacking them. He runs over and bites the cyborg's arm. The cyborg grabs him and hurls him into the popcorn machine. Rush pops out of the popcorn and spits out popcorn. The cyborg confronts Roll. Roll sees his cybernetic hands and comments "Nice tines! I've got some cool attachments of my own! Here, let me show you!" She switches to her jumpstarter attachment. "Let me give you a jump start!" Roll says as she aims for his robotic hands. He grabs her upper arm with his cyborg hand. He cuts off her arm. She cries out "Hey! No fair!" He slashes at her as she tries to pick up her severed arm. "Not so versatile now, are we?" he shouts at her. She kicks him in the face. He is knocked back. She picks up her arm and runs away. Mega Man sees that Roll has been injured by the cyborg and prepares to fight him. He yells to the cyborg "Nobody cuts up my sister and gets away with it!" The cyborg charges at Mega Man. The cyborg charges up his arm. Mega Man attempts to block his attack. The cyborg stuns Mega Man. He has Guts Man and Cut Man take him away. Guts Man flings Mega Man over his back and walks away with him. Roll sees this and runs away with the young acrobats to Dr. Light's Mobile Lab. She tells them "Quick! In here!" All three of them get inside the lab. Guts Man carries him to the spinning knife throwing target. The cyborg tells Guts Man "Tie him up on that target!" He then turns to Cut Man and says "Would you like to play a game, Cut Man?" Cut Man laughs and says "Of course!" Mega Man is bound to the knife throwing spinning circle. Cut Man begins throwing his cutters at him. Mega Man insults him as he continues throwing his cutters at him. "You look like a sunburned rabbit!" Mega Man shouts out to him. His anger causes him to have terrible aim. Mega Man says to Cut Man "Dr. Light can throw better than you, you know!" He ends up cutting off Mega Man's restraints. "Well look at that!" Mega Man comments "Looks like you are useful after all!" Mega Man thanks him for freeing him from the trap. "You're a great friend!" Mega Man tells him. Cut Man realizes what he has done and yells at Mega Man that it's his fault that he made him do it. Mega Man snaps back "Well maybe if you had better control of your temper, you would have finally diced me up!" In anger, he throws his cutters at him. Mega Man shoots the cutters on his head off. He tells Cut Man that he's better at aiming than he is. Cut Man aims his arm cannon at Mega Man. Mega Man fires first. Mega Man's shot knocks Cut Man into a rather large cotton candy machine. Cut Man is thrown around a bit in the machine, creating somewhat loud banging noises. He comes out of the machine and is upset that his cutters have been bound up with pink cotton candy. He tries to pull the sticky candy off, but his hands get stuck to it. Mega Man tells him "You need to watch your sugar intake, Cut Man! It's not good for your cutters!" Mega Man then heads to the back of the tent to make his escape. He crawls out of the tent and sees the Mobile Lab. Some Pierrobots see him and get in his way. They try to run him over. Mega Man fires at them and knocks them off of their gears. He then runs over to the Mobile Lab. He waves to Dr. Light. Dr. Light drives the Mobile Lab up to him. Mega Man gets inside the Mobile Lab. The Mobile Lab then drives away from the big tent. Inside Dr. Light's Mobile Lab, the young acrobats introduce themselves and tell him about the situation. Dr. Light is very concerned that Dr. Wily now has a mobile fortress, just like he has a mobile lab now. He is grateful for them that they have given him some information about the infernal circus. The children are worried about their parents. They ask "Dr. Wily and his minions are going to hurt our parents, are they?" Dr. Light comforts them by telling them "Don't you two worry! Mega Man and Rush will make certain that Dr. Wily or his robots will not hurt them at all!" Mega Man then asks the young acrobats where there parents are in the large tent. Back at the large tent, Dr. Wily bursts into the trailer where the acrobat couple are. He yells at them "Where are your children!?" The acrobat mother tells him "We don't know! They were supposed to come back here after the show!" The acrobat father then says "We can look for them if you want us to." Cut Man enters the trailer, still trying to get the last of the cotton candy off of his cutters. Cut Man tells Dr. Wily "Those acro brats ran off with Mega Man!" The acrobats plead with Dr. Wily. "Just let us go over and bring them back here!" the father says to Dr. Wily. "No!" Dr. Wily shouts at them "He will win you over to his side as well!" The acrobat couple still plead with Dr. Wily to let them bring their children back to the tent. Dr. Wily tells them "You two are to remain in the trailer and continue with practicing your acts for tomorrow's show! Understand!?" The acrobat father sadly says "Yes, Dr. Wily..." The acrobat couple returns to their stretches and exercises. Dr. Wily walks out of the trailer. He walks up to the cyborg and tells him "The children will miss their parents real soon, wait for them to come back, then punish them for their transgressions!" The cyborg laughs evilly and says "Of course, Dr. Wily! They will regret it!" He smiles sinisterly and electricity comes out of his robots hands like a taser. That night, the acrobat children are still concerned of their parent's welfare. Mega Man tells them "I'll go and get them for you!" Mega Man goes over to Rush and tells him "Come on, boy, we're going on a reconnaissance mission!" Rush whimpers, knowing that there's clowns in the tent. Mega Man pets Rush and says "Don't worry, I'll keep the scary clowns at bay!" Rush gets up and they both exit the Mobile Lab. They run back to the big tent. Rush turns into his Rush Coil mode and uses this mode to carefully lift up the tent fabric. Mega Man crawls underneath it. Rush turns back into his normal form and he and Mega Man make a run for the acrobats' trailer. The cyborg spots Mega Man and Rush and runs off. Mega Man and Rush near the trailer. Magic Man and the cyborg get in front of Mega Man. Magic Man takes off his cape, which then turns into his scepter. He then says "It's time I showed you my best card tricks, Mega Man!" Magic Man fires some cards at Mega Man. Mega Man avoids the barrage of cards. He fires at Magic Man. Magic Man disappears in a puff of purple smoke and avoids the shot. He then reappears behind Mega Man. Mega Man senses that Magic Man is behind him. He turns around and fires at him. Magic Man fires a purple shot from his scepter. The shot blows up in Mega Man's face. Mega Man's vision is temporarily altered. Magic Man continues firing purple shots from his scepter at Mega Man. Mega Man avoids the shots as best as he can. He tries to get away in order to wait until his vision returns to normal. He sees some cages and decides to hide in one of them. Mega Man locks himself in a cage for protection from Magic Man's onslaught. Little does he know that he has locked himself in a cage filed with robotic lions that resemble Sisi Rolls. He hears one of them roar at him. The lions are preparing to lunge at him. Mega Man jumps over them to avoid them. He stumbles a bit due to his altered vision. The lions lunge at Mega Man again. Mega Man fires into the mouth of one of them. That robotic lion blows up. Magic Man and the cyborg hear the explosion and go over to the cage. Mega Man's vision returns to normal. The cyborg tells Magic Man "Let's finish him off!" Magic Man holds the cyborg back and tells him "No! Do not interrupt the Sisi Lions while they are playing with their food!" The cyborg and Magic Man watch with delight as Mega Man fends off the robotic lions. Mega Man blasts open the cage's door. The robot lions see that the cage's door is now gone and escape from it. The cyborg is upset that the robot lions have escaped. He says to Magic Man "We got to stop those Sisi Lions before they attack the crowd!" Mega Man gets out of the cage and sees that Magic Man and the cyborg are too occupied with containing the robot lions to pay attention to him. Rush goes over to Mega Man. Mega Man tells Rush "Let's go get their parents!" They run over to the trailer. They are about to open the trailer, when Guts Man lifts the trailer up. "Guts Man!" Mega Man yells at Guts Man "Put that trailer down!" Guts Man taunts Mega Man with "Say pretty please! Ha ha ha ha!" Mega Man sneers at him. Rush attempts to bite him on the leg, but Mega Man stops him. "Rush, don't!" Mega Man yells at Rush "Remember last time!" Rush fortunately restrains himself from attacking Guts Man. Guts Man is preparing to hurl the trailer across the room. Fortunately, the acrobat couple manage to secretly backflip out of the trailer. Guts Man yells out "Here! Have yer stinkin' trailer back!" He throws the trailer at Mega Man and Rush. The trailer breaks apart. Guts Man laughs and says "Guess I don't know my own strength!" He then walks away, thinking that Mega Man and Rush have been vanquished. Mega Man and Rush struggle to get out of the wreckage. The acrobat couple help them get out of the remaining wooden planks of the trailer. Mega Man is happy that the acrobat couple are safe. He tells the couple "We need to get you two out of here! Your children need you!" All four of them manage to get back to the Mobile Lab. Clown Man sees them going back to the Mobile Lab. He laughs evilly and says to himself "Oh, Wily's gonna really love this!" Clown Man then bounds away. Back at the Skull Train, Dr. Wily and the cyborg are planning the next show. They intend the show to be a trap for Mega Man and his allies. Dr. Wily shows the cyborg the enemies and robot masters that will be used. "It will be their final show! Mwa ha ha ha!" Dr. Wily laments. Clown Man suddenly jumps into the Skull Train. Dr. Wily angrily says to Clown Man "Can't you knock before you enter!?" Clown Man whines "But I have some juicy gossip that I know you're going to just love!" "It better be good gossip!" Dr. Wily says to Clown Man. Clown Man explains to Dr. Wily that Mega Man and his allies are in the Mobile Lab not too far from the main tent. Dr. Wily asks if the acrobat couple are with them now. Clown Man nods his head quickly and says "Very, very much so!" Dr. Wily tells Clown Man to snatch the children from the Mobile Lab and to bring them to the Skull Train. He tells Clown Man "We will take the acrobats back, by force!" The next day, Clown Man sneaks his way to the Mobile Lab. He jumps on top of it and waits for the acrobat family to come out of the lab. The children exit the Mobile Lab. Clown Man snatches both of them and wraps them up in his arms. "Mega Man!" one of the children cries out. Mega Man quickly gets out of the Mobile Lab and sees that Clown Man is running to the big tent with the acrobat children in his arms. The acrobat couple go after Clown Man. Mega Man and Rush are about to go after them, but Dr. Light and Roll stop them. Dr. Light tells Mega Man and Rush that Clown Man may actually be leading them into an ambush. Dr. Light wants them to take Dr. Wily's robots by surprise. Mega Man admits that that's a better idea. Dr. Light drives the Mobile Lab near the entrance of the main tent. He parks it near some food trucks. Mega Man, Roll, and Rush sneak out of the Mobile Lab. Rush enters his stealth mode. "Good idea, Rush!" Mega Man whispers to his dog. They manage to get into the main tent again. They sit up in the bleachers with the audience. The show soon begins. Dr. Wily appears in the middle circle, dressed up as a ringmaster. He announces that the show will begin. The audience cheers. Dr. Wily introduces Clown Man. Clown Man arrives onto one of the rings in a small clown car. He smiles and waves to the cheering crowd. Mega Man calls up Dr. Light on his arm cannon. Back at the Mobile Lab, Mega Man shows up on the main screen. He tells Dr. Light and the acrobat couple that they are waiting for the opportunity to strike. The acrobat father tells Mega Man "Be careful..." The mother says to Mega Man "Please bring them back to us!" Mega Man says to her "Don't worry, I will!" and then hangs up the call. He and his sister watch and wait for Clown Man to bring the acrobat children onto the ring. Clown Man finally grabs the children and brings them onto the ring to "perform" with him. Mega Man tells Roll "Now's our chance!" They quickly, but quietly run down the bleachers and onto the ring. Clown Man lifts the children up in his arms. He yells at the acrobats to perform their tricks. Mega Man and Roll grab the children. Mega Man shouts to Clown Man "We'll be taking them!" The audience gasps, then cheers as they see that Mega Man has taken the acrobat children back from Clown Man. Clown Man is angry that Mega Man has gotten the children now. He yells out "You're not even supposed to be here!" Just then, Rush bites Clown Man on his behind. Clown Man yells out in pain. The audience roars with laughter. Clown Man growls at Rush and yells at him "Not funny at all!" He is about to backhand Rush, but Mega Man shoots at his hand. Clown Man jumps down from his colorful pedestal. Clown Man honks his horn, summoning two Shupponpon to attack Mega Man. Mega Man jumps on one of the Shupponpon and sends it crashing into the other Shupponpon. Mega Man then says to Clown Man "Got anymore tricks, Clown Man?" Clown Man smiles evilly and says "How about this little number?" Clown Man grabs one of the kids. "Mega Man!" she cries out. The other kid runs after Clown Man. Clown Man grabs him and throws him nearly across the ring. Mega Man runs over to save the kid. He manages to catch the kid in his arms. The kid points and yells out "Mega Man! Look!" Mega Man looks in the direction he is pointing and to his horror sees that Clown Man is carrying the other young acrobat up onto the tightrope walk. The boy acrobat says to Mega Man "He's going to force her to walk it!" Mega Man tells the boy "Well let's give him a showstopper then!" Mega Man makes his way onto the tightrope walk, with the young acrobat following him up the ladder. Clown Man climbs up and positions himself at the opposite end of the tightrope walk. Mega Man begins to quickly walk towards him on the tightrope walk. Clown Man says to Mega Man "Going to rescue the kid? I don't think so! Ha ha ha ha!" Clown Man grabs the rope with his free hand and shakes it. "Ha ha ha ha! I'm just shaking things up!" Clown Man yells out. Mega Man almost falls off of the rope. He grabs onto the rope with both of his hands. Clown Man taunts him as he is struggling to hold on. "What's the matter, Mega Man?" Clown Man jeers "Losing your grip?" Clown Man dangles the acrobat child in front of him. Clown Man mockingly says "Save me! Save me!" as he is dangling the child right in front of Mega Man. The audience gasps. Clown Man laughs and says "Now you're really at the end of your rope! Ha ha ha ha!" Clown Man coils his arm around the rope and rips the end off. Mega Man sees that the rope is falling down. He falls, but manages to grab onto the rope. Clown Man tries to grab him with one of his Thunder Claws. Mega Man frees one of his hands and fires at Clown Man. Clown Man holds up the young acrobat. One of his shots nearly hits her. "Looks like you need some more target practice! Ha ha ha ha!" Clown Man says to him. The rope cannot hold Mega Man's weight any longer and begins to break. Mega Man frantically looks around for something to jump on. Mega Man sees a Kikyoon floating and jumps on it. He throws the Rompers off of it. He uses his plasma cannon to push the Kikyoon up higher into the air. He goes up to the beams supporting the tent. Mega Man yells to Clown Man "Alright! Enough of your wild pursuits, Clown Man! Hand me the kid!" Clown Man dangles the child from one of his arms. Mega Man goes over to get the child. Clown Man rolls the young acrobat up in his arms. He laughs and says "You thought I was going to give her up that easy! Ha ha ha ha! What a dumb bot!" Mega Man charges up his cannon and fires a shot at his arm. His arm is shot off. Mega Man tries to save the kid, but to his surprise, she does a backflip and lands into the Kikyoon. Clown Man yells out "Hey! That's not funny!" He tries to grab Mega Man with his remaining arm, but loses his balance and falls down onto the ground below. He smashes into parts. "Now that's what I call a tumble!" Mega Man comments. Mega Man gets the Kikyoon to be closer to the ground. He says to the children "Okay! Now you guys can make a safe landing!" The acrobats jump off of the Kikyoon. Both of the young acrobats land on the ball and jump off of it onto the ground. The audience cheers. Dr. Wily tells Proto Man "Looks like you'll have to take him out!" Proto Man asks Dr. Wily "Do I have to wear a silly costume while I'm doing it?" Dr. Wily angrily yells at him "Just go out there and destroy him!" Proto Man rushes out onto the main ring. Mega Man sees that Proto Man is going to fight him now. Mega Man has Roll and Rush take the children back to their parents. Mega Man tells them "Go back to the Mobile Lab! I'll deal with my brother myself!" Proto Man is charging up his blaster. He fires at Mega Man. Mega Man barely avoids the shot. Mega Man yells out to Proto Man "Why don't we put on a show for the audience?" Proto Man replies "Very funny, little brother!" Proto Man fires again at Mega Man. Mega Man jumps up to avoid the shot and jumps up backwards onto the tent's wooden support. Mega Man makes a face at Proto Man, which angers him. Proto Man fires at Mega Man but ends up shooting the tent's supports. Dr. Wily cries out "Proto Man you nincompoop! You're damaging the supports!" Mega Man tells Proto Man "Hey! Let me try that!" and fires at the other support. The supports have been damaged and break in half. The tent begins to collapse. The audience quickly gets out of the tent. The evil robots and Dr. Wily escape from the collapsing tent. It falls on Cut Man and Guts Man. Cut Man cuts his way out and Guts Man rips through the tent in order for them to make their escape. Guts Man forgets something and goes back to get Clown Man's parts. He then comes back out of the hole carrying Clown man's parts. They run off to the Skull Train. Mega Man and his allies chase after them. Magic Man summons some robotic doves out of his hat. Mega Man manages to avoid the robotic doves. The cyborg says to Magic Man "Let me take care of that two-bolt circus crasher!" The cyborg lunges at Mega Man. The cyborg slashes at Mega Man. Mega Man dodges his slashes. "You haven't gotten used to your new hands yet, have you?" Mega Man says to him. The cyborg yells out in frustration "Hold....real....still!" Mega Man grabs one of his robotic hands. Mega Man copies the hand's schematics. The cyborg is shocked that Mega Man can copy his hands. The cyborg says "How....y-you can't do that with me! You can only copy the weapons from robots!" Mega Man replies "On the contrary! I can copy more than robot weapons!" Mega Man's hands morph to resemble the cyborg's robotic hands. Mega Man yells out "I'm cutting your criminal career short!" He cuts off the cyborg's robotic hands. The cyborg tries to slash at Mega Man with his remaining robotic hand, but Mega Man cuts that one off as well. "Look ma, no hands!" Mega Man says to the cyborg. The cyborg calls out for Dr. Wily to help him. Dr. Wily tells the cyborg that since he had been defeated that easily, he no longer wants anything to do with him. Mega Man picks up the cyborg's hands and throws them in front of him. He then says to the vanquished cyborg "Looks like your career's been cut short!" Roll and the acrobat family go to the mobile lab. Out of one of the lab's windows, Dr. Light sees that the Skull Train is beginning to accelerate. He says "Oh...that's not good!" Dr. Light sees that Dr. Wily is packing up his circus. He fears that he is trying to get away from the. He calls up Mega Man to see where he is. Mega Man tells him that he and Rush are trying to find a way out of the collapsed tent. Rush tries to tear apart the fabric, but he cannot. Mega Man says to Rush "Allow me!" He uses his copied cyborg hands to cut open a hole in the tent for them to escape from. The cyborg yells at Mega Man and Rush "What about me?" Mega Man tells the cyborg "You can just stay there and think about what you've done!" Mega Man and Rush then escape the collapsed tent. They run back to the Mobile Lab. Meanwhile, the Skull Train begins to move forward. Dr. Wily is planning on moving his circus to another city that is rather far away. He laments "My operation will continue yet again! And this time, Mega Man and his party are banned from this show!" Proto Man asks him "But what if they want to make an encore appearance?" Dr. Wily tells him that Magic Man, the robot masters, and the lesser robots will deal with them. "They will give them their own show...their own final show! Mwa ha ha ha ha!" Back at the Mobile Lab, Dr. Light begins to start the large vehicle. "We've got to stop Wily's train!" Dr. Light cries out as the Mobile Lab begins to accelerate. The Skull Train proceeds to go down the tracks. The Mobile Lab chases after the Skull Train. Dr. Wily sees that the mobile lab is ganging up on them. "Increase speed, Guts Man!" Dr. Wily commands Guts Man. Guts Man pulls a lever, increasing the train's speed. Dr. Light tells them "I don't think the Mobile Lab can go any faster! It was not made for high speed pursuits!" He looks to Mega Man and tells him "Looks like you and Rush will have to pursue him instead!" Mega Man nods and looks to Rush and says "You hear that, Rush? We've got a Skull Train to catch!" Rush barks and turns into his jet form. Mega Man jumps on him. They fly out of the Mobile Lab and over to the Skull Train. Mega Man jumps onto the train. The screen in the Skull Train shows Dr. Wily and his robots that Mega Man and Rush are breaking into the train. Dr. Wily turns to his robots and says "Stop that train robber!" Mega Man is about to blast his way into the Skull Train when Proto Man fires at him. Proto Man cries out "Get lost, Mega Pest!" Mega Man still blasts his way into the train after avoiding Proto Man's Plasma Shot. Magic Man tells Proto Man "Allow me to assist you!" He fires his scepter at Mega Man. Mega Man shoots his scepter out of his hand. It then falls onto the floor and breaks. "Thanks for the assistance, Magic Man!" Proto Man sarcastically says to Magic Man. Magic Man then says to Mega Man "Well how about this trick then?" He throws some cards at him. Mega Man grabs one of the cards and throws it back at Magic Man, cutting his head off. Guts Man sees that Mega Man has defeated Magic Man. He and Cut Man go over. Guts Man grabs a barbell and throws it at Mega Man. Rush grabs the barbell and swings it at Guts Man and Cut Man, knocking them both out at the same time. "Great trick, boy!" Mega Man happily says to Rush. Proto Man then fires at the metal thing connecting the cars. The cars separate from the Skull Train. Proto Man waves to Mega Man and says "Bye Bye!" Mega Man and Rush see that the cars are going to crash into the Mobile Lab. Dr. Light sees that the cars are coming towards them. The acrobat family quickly presses some buttons on the side control panels. Lasers fire out of the Mobile Lab, destroying the cars one by one. The last car is destroyed. Mega Man and Rush try to jump to the Skull Train, but Dr. Wily speeds up the Skull Train. "Not this time, Mega Man!" Dr. Wily sneers. Mega Man and Rush end up falling onto the ground. The Skull Train unfortunately still manages to speed away. Mega Man and Rush watch as Dr. Wily gets away yet again. Mega Man says to Rush "At least his mobile fortress is gone..." They fly back to the Mobile Lab. Back at the Mobile Lab, they set up camp for the survivors. The family thanks them for freeing them from Dr. Wily's grasp. Mega Man tells them that they found the family to be quite entertaining. The episode ends with Rush and the acrobat family performing for everyone.

#nightmare under the big top #episode

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