[ in response to this, and this, and this ; @ask-the-royal-absol, @ask-the-shiny-pokemons, @book-of-legends ]
Lief was silent for some moments, save a weak hiccup or two. He looked between them all with a funny glance, his eyes somewhat narrowed. His ears stood a little more upright than before, and his antennae twitched here and there, perking up before drooping back again.
He still wasn't sure he understood it, and he became lost in thought trying to understand this.
Destino's apparent interest in him caught his attention more than what they had to say; for someone that hated Fairy-type Pokemon, the Absol clearly had no issue trying to rouse a reaction out of one.
Rimi's story felt more to him like she indirectly called him a bully; but her suggesting that it didn't have to be so took some edge off her otherwise expressing her dislike towards him.
That's to say nothing about Sirius still being here, and him having came over to apologize? To him?
But for once, ever since the start of the spiral, he somewhat looked like he was actually listening.
Lief: "And I'm supposed to believe you're all suddenly interested in my well-being…?"
Which meant he had words to say about it.
Lief: "B-because. I really don't believe any of you… but my head hurts. A-and this floor is cold."
He eyed Sirius' extended paw, and merely stared at it at first.
Under such circumstances, he really would've just moved away. Or make them leave, or otherwise decline their help. He couldn't just do the former, unsurprisingly; and he didn't feel like going through with the latter.
He'd reluctantly complied, after a long and awkward pause, saying:
Lief: "Lying here in the filth is probably the only reason I haven't threw up yet... but whatever. Here goes."
Before raising a paw to take hold of it.
If "take hold of it" actually meant "struggle to lift his arm from the floor and proceed to miss his every attempt to grab it".
His stomach loudly gurgled, and he cringed. His expression looked more pained as he gulped down what nearly came back up, but he still reached for Sirius.
Lief: "Creator of gods..."
chip-dip6 asked:
@mezuni-and-willow
Fay and Ark @ leif
You hear a distant conversation
'...this guy looks like he is having a rough time of it, heck they even reminded me of you when you are down! anyway can i get your help so that he doesnt bog down the rest of the party?'
'How would you do that then?'
'you know when you have your nightmares and all that? something like that'
'if you say so'
The two of them reach leif, looking down at the depressed pokemon; and the state he was in;
'you, uh, want some help there buddy?'
[ @mezuni-and-willow ]
Lief: "Ugh. If it would make you all go away-"
HIC... urrrp.
Lief: "G-get on with it already. Help me up. And watch as you laugh at me when I tell you all about how I managed to shoo away a beautiful woman that fell out of the sky..."
He was thinking about Pikavee again. Despite everything.
Of course he was.
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Wonder what Polythreat would look like as a gem from Steven Universe?
Oh boy. OH BOY. I put WAY too much thought into this.
So, it's pretty easy to go the classic Diamond-Ruby-Emerald combo because Jewel Baron, but that didn't really gel with me because-
A) Adding another Diamond would BREAK SU canon. (If I had to choose one to be a diamond though, it would totally be Henry.)
B) Ruby's in SU canon are footsoldiers, which I have no problem with, but their unique abilities are fire-based, which doesn't fit with any of the triple threat. Actually, I can't remember a lot of instances outside of maybe Revenged where we see fire in Henry Stickmin. If I had to choose one, I guess it'd be Ellie, but because she'd be the only one left because...
C) Emerald might fit Charles, since the only Emerald we see in the show appears to be a pilot. Or maybe some sort of admiral. However, since the other two don't fit, it doesn't really make sense to have only one, especially since you only get the Norwegian Emerald in one route of the game.
So, with that in mind, I've chosen some different gems for the Triple Threat. Also, all Steven Universe gems are female, so I'll be referring to all three of the Triple Threat with female pronouns. Drawings below the cut.
Henry: Given the functionality of the fails and how we know future vision works, I feel like a Sapphire is an appropriate choice. My runner up choice was a pearl, because a pearl would be underestimated like Henry is.
Charles: Nephrite's in the show are shown to be ship crew and pilots, so I choose Nephrite for Charles. My runner up choice was a Peridot, because Charles deals with a lot of tech stuff.
Ellie: I looked quite a bit for a gem that would fit Ellie's abilities. None of them really fit Ellie's skillset well, so I ended up settling on Pyrope. My logic, admittedly, was rather poor; since she has levitation powers, it was the closest thing to Ellie's force abilities I could find. That, and they seem to be skilled in every area, which Ellie definitely is. My runner up choice was a Rose Quartz, because.... Rose.
I've come up with some story threads, but nothing concrete yet. I'll share the loose ideas I had.
S!Henry spent her entire existence predicting bad things that would happen. The emotional toll became so much on her that she would speak only through her Pearl Assistant. Since Pearl Assistant was rather smart, S!Henry gave her card blanche to give advice under the pretense that it was coming from her. When Era 3 came about, her Pearl offered to stay by her side to help her communicate.
Feeling lost in Era 3, S!Henry went to earth to observe the gems in Little Homeworld. She came to the revelation that fate could be changed but, rather than feel elated or excited, she felt horrified, as she could have acted to prevent a lot of the bad stuff that happened herself intstead of being a passive observer. After that, she ditched Pearl Assistant and was unheard from for a while. She reappeared in a new form sometime after Steven left Beach City, causing trouble for Gems and Humans alike for seemingly no reason.
N!Charles came to Earth the first instance she could. Having spent her entire life running supplies for the empire, N!Charles was more than happy to spend some time in one place for once. She spent a long few weeks oohing and awwing over everything in Beach City, running around without a care in the world... before being hit by a car and poofed. She reformed a few weeks later looking like how she looks in the picture. She takes to Earth culture quickly and with enthusiasm. I'd like to say she'd become more careful... but she wouldn't.
N!Charles still loves flying, and pilots some experimental vehicles for some scientists in Little Homeworld. When one of them is stolen by S!Henry, N!Charles gets involved in trying to capture her. However, she quickly realizes there's more to this sapphire than meets the eye when S!Henry stops one of her escapes to save her life. This causes N!Charles to begin trying to change her perspective and find out what S!Henry's actually up to, and learn more about her.
What I'm thinking for P!Ellie is the same kind of difficulty adapting as the other higher ranked gems shown in the series - Light Prism Pyrope, Holly Blue Agate, you know. Prior to Era 3 she was in charge of paving the path for one of Yellow Diamond's armies, and then one day she's just told to... stop. She complies, reluctantly, but isn't quite sure what else there is for her. After getting into multiple fights, she's... well, not quite banished, but is politely told by Yellow Diamond herself to go to Earth and learn some damned self-control.
P!Ellie hates Earth. She hates Earth SO much.
After failing yet another one of Little Homeschool's classes, P!Ellie is lying on the ground bemoaning her lack of purpose when she notices S!Henry running from N!Charles with something. She doesn't help, but once S!Henry escapes she asks what's going on and gets excited. Finally! Something she can DO! She was made for leading and fighting, she can surely catch one unruly Sapphire!
So for a little while the three are enemies, sort of. N!Charles wants to figure out why S!Henry is up to this, while P!Ellie only really cares about catching her. N!Charles and P!Ellie are at odds all the time, but N!Charles slowly begins to show P!Ellie why she loves Earth so much. They begin to form a deeper connection.
THEN S!HENRY RISKS HER LIFE TO SAVE P!ELLIE AND N!CHARLES. Her gem gets cracked.
P!Ellie and N!Charles take her on a pilgramige to Rose's fountain for healing. While learning about S!Henry, P!Ellie starts to cool down a little.
Turns out S!Henry is stealing stuff in order to prevent some sort of calamity (haven't worked out what yet.) The three decide to work together to solve it.
At some point they fuse, accidentally. The fusion looks like this. It's a little bit of a mishmash, but I was going more for the chaotic appearance of Garnet before Ruby and Sapphire really knew each other.
She's a Labradorite. This chaotic mishmash is because they're not in harmony yet. Once they are, her appeance becomes less jigsaw puzzley.
She also has three eyes under her bangs. She sees perfectly fine, though.
Slowburn Polythreat all the way through.
I'm uncertain what role the Crystal Gems, if any, would play in this story. Maybe as supporting roles? IDK yet.
Geez, this one question turned into a whole story outline. Don't know if I'd write it, but there's potential here. Uh, I had fun, at least. Hope you did too!
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Hello, theory for uh... Rain World and its dlc Downpour? Yeah Spoilers ahead.
Theory and spoilers below
So, we know the Saint and how it seems to not have an Iterator, yeah? BUT WHAT IF IT DID.
That's right I think I found the Saint's Iterator. And it's the one and only already dead Sliver of Straw.
Why? The triple affirmative. For those who need a refresher, the triple affirmative are the rules to finding a solution to ascension in Rain World and they are as follows.
Affirmative that a solution had been found
Affirmative that a solution is portable
Affirmative that a technical implementation is possible and generally applicable
With this we should hone in on 3 and 2 because without them 1 is incomplete.
Now what is more portable, applicable, and technically implementable than a pearl with the answer key?
The Messenger that can move on its own free will. And that ANYTHING can interact with. This may also be the reason as to why it can understand the Iterators, it was built to.
Now the counter argument would be Sliver of Straws death, long before the Saint. But we have seen with Big Sister Moon / Looks To The Moon that Iterator's structures and importantly the entities in them still function a bit, even past the Iterator's semi-death.
With this I think that Sliver of Straws did a test run of the Saint and sent out its triple affirmative message right before passing onto Rubicon to wait, but along with that sent out an order to its structure to trap the Saint and to wait until a region got cold enough, then send it over.
Straws would do this to allow the others time to find their own solutions, but still help them to ascend if they couldn't.
(Pearl image belongs to and was gotten by legomann97 on reddit)
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