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c-hrona · 1 year
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- ° N i̊ e r:  S u b m a s _ .
H2 Route
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H2 returns to wander to find more machines to destroy and components to use for replace his failing part. His system is failing him again and there are less and less androids carcasses to rob from.
Before he can even think of a solution, a particularly aggressive machine blocks his way and attacks him in the desert.
After the battle, the software malfunction causes him to start seeing... strange things, which he doesn't have an explanation for. The battle and the malfunction tho, take away the last bit of energy he has left and collapses in the sand.
In the distance, a strange machine observes and decides to save him.
Her name is Akari, and is a strange machine that forgot what it means to be a machine. So, she just lives like she thinks humans would. She is kind and has a lot of knowledge of many things. In particular, she helps H2 changing the parts of him that stopped working. Apparently, it wasn't just the software the problem.
Akari asks to H2 a favor in return: help her to find her lost memories to understand what is going on with the stairway and why it calls to her.
H2 reluctantly accept and Akari rejoices.
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mrsimplysaph00re · 1 year
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mmm Bendy and the ink machine/Bendy and the dark revival oc- this guy? his name is Akari, used to be an artist/animator (and part time cook), now he's a lost spirit, he's apart of an AU i made with a few friends of mine, still working on said au lol-
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kelpiemomma · 11 months
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Melli in the gear station family au is like that one lovingly overbearing family member who comes to see you at your job and tell you that you're doing a great job, except he needs an excuse to tell Akari & Rei their doing a great job so part of his getting lost is intentional and part of it is genuinely accidental (hc he has an absolutely terrible sense of direction and gets lost in a straight line, Zoro from one piece style) so when they find him and help him he's like "you two are SO GOOD at your jobs, the BEST employees here, honestly" and like half of the ten most recent gear station reviews are from Melli praising Akari and Rei.
Ingo and Emmet ask them if he needs to be banned from the subway and the younger twins are like "no, he's fine. Embarrassing but he means well and it's all good." (They have a hunch that Melli Knows Them which is why the kids are fine with hanging around him and helping him, but also all three of them are so at ease with each other that they had to ask just to Make Sure everything was fine even though they were Pretty Sure there was no issue)
#pla akari#PLA Rei#Warden melli#Gear station family au#Melli is like. 4-5 years older than the twins so they've also been p close#They're cousins but they've spent so much time together he may as well be their older brother#He helped change their diapers. Poorly. But he did. (He brings that up when he wants to tease them)#The gear station crew is initially suspicious of him (why is this Unknown Man being so friendly towards the kiddos?)#Until Melli was intentionally overly obnoxious one day to a commuter who'd been giving the twins a hard time#Approached the person to talk LOUDLY about his own hair and treating his hair stylist so good bc he's so greatful for their hard work#Can you IMAGINE bring on your feet all day and having to deal with assholes who think they can do your job???#Or who get upset when one little thing goes wrong? That's why MELLI is ALWAYS so thankful to his hairstylist and doesn't give them shit#Esp when the hairstylist is running late or dealing with some sort of UNEXPECTED PROBLEM that they're WORKING ON FIXING#Obv Melli can wait a lil bit!!! Bc his hairstylist is a person too!!! And he certainly couldn't do their job!!!#And then he 'gets on the phone's and starts talking about how he's so grateful that people are SO PATIENT when there's an issue that#Employees can't immediately solve. Can you imagine being the kind of asshole that acts like a machine's fault that causes a delay#Has been intentionally done by the employees? Purely to inconvenience them???#While he's saying this he's making eye contact with the asshole commuter who squirms and eventually goes to apologize for being so short#And grumpy w the twins. And the gear station crew is like. 'ah. This man is One Of Us.'
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zoeyandguys · 1 year
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Listen I had this joke in my head since the games were announced I had to draw it sooner or later.
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About me
HIIII I'm Natsume (Julia)!! I'm Brazilian and I'm a perfectionist + get stressed really easily so I recommend you to not push buttons on me lol, I also love using Kaomojis,I'm and artist, I'm part of the Jojifuku & Kawaii subculture and I'm a Idol Magical Girl! (Otherkin)
My fandoms
(those highlighted are comfort medias)
D4DJ, Total Drama, Irmão do Jorel, Idolrism, Arisu no Stage, 50/50 heroes, Puella Magi Madoka, Cookie Run (Kingdom and Ovenbreak), Clarence, VOCALOID, Ado, Nanawoakari, AtarashiiGakko, Tokisen, Liana Flores, Mitski, Lamp, Nashimoto Ui, Machigerita, Pinocchio-P, DECO*27, Daijoubu-P & The Mitchels vs. the Machines
Comfort Characters
Michiru Kaibara (won her Best Fan voting 4 times), Arisu Kagami, Jorel & Naomi (50/50 heroes)
BYF
I'm a Bandori & Pjsekai hater, germophobic, I'm a minor, sensitive, I'm uncomfortable with NSFW jokes and darkships & like I said, I'm a Idol Magical Girl otherkin + sensitive so I'll get really upset if you mock me for it saying that I'm not..
Socials
Instagram : @ jugabi_loves_michiru
Discord : @/amaiho
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waywardstation · 3 months
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After reading heart swap I wanted to get a Phione into Violet immediately. It sadly does not flop around on the ground it just floats (extremely slowly), however on the positive side, in synchro mode it attacks by smacking wild Pokémon with a flipper. I thought it was amusing.
I had moved a Phione into my copy of Violet as well! And I have also tried the synchro machine on it, it is terribly slow haha.
I do love that it attacks by smacking things with its flippers (because looking at it, honestly what else could it do?), and it’s why that’s pretty much all that Akari does lol.
I’ve shared this video before, but it also does it in PLA! Love that Akari goes <:( after the smack.
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saccharinescorpion · 2 years
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i’ve seen some people confused about the title of The Executioner and Her Way of Life aka Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road, and i kind of want to talk about it because it’s interesting and also, imo, reveals a bit about the series
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so as you can see from the Wikipedia article, the original title of the series is 処刑少女の生きる道 (“Shokei Shoujo no Ikiru Michi”)... but then, if you look closer, you’ll see that the phrase 生きる道 (”ikiru michi”) also has the phrase バージンロード (”virgin road,” yes, literally the English words “virgin” and “road”) written above it. as you can see in the screenshot, when the title is written in Japanese characters, it’s written as 処刑少女の生きる道, but when written in Romaji, it’s written as “Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road”
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if you look at the Japanese cover for the series, you’ll also noticed how 生きる道 is in the “main title,” but it also has the “subtitle” of バージンロード 
so what gives? it’s pretty simple: because of how the Japanese writing system works, it’s not always clear how Japanese characters are meant to be pronounced-- typically any kanji has at least two different ways to be read, if not more. so, sometimes little “subtitles” called furigana are provided next to or above kanji to show the intended reading. these are usually used on more obscure kanji, or in written works intended for children who haven’t yet learned more complex characters-- but sometimes writers also like using furigana to convey a double meaning or wordplay
so, basically “virgin road” is an alternate reading of “ikiru michi.” and if we pop  “ikiru michi” into ye olde Google Translate
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we’ll see that “way of life” is a pretty straightforward translation. (note: under normal circumstances, don’t trust a machine translation as your sole source lmao. i’m only doing this because i know from other sources that this is the correct translation and this is a quick easy way to convey what i mean) so, technically “The Executioner and Her Way of Life” is actually pretty much a literal translation of “Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road”... it just lacks the ability to convey that double meaning of the original title due to how English works, and the translators basically had to make a tough call as to which nuance to convey
...but of course, the big question remains: what the hell is a “virgin road?”
it’s a wedding aisle.
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so, the title can be read as “The Executioner and Her Way of Life”... or, something along the lines of “The Executioner’s Walk Down The Wedding Aisle”
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anyways here’s the official art for the anime’s OP, “Paper Bouquet,” which depicts Menou and Akari wearing wedding dresses
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akarisandraws · 3 months
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What's your big opinion on every Sonic character don't skip any detail
Dude, do you know how many sonic characters are there?
Like a lot. So im gonna keep it on the main ones LOLL
Maybe i'll add to this tho. We'll see.
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HERE WE GO!!
Sonic: He's my favourite character of all times! Such a funky fella. I love his way of thinking, (as in everyone deserves second chances and freedom is important) and of acting, with the whole attitude. He gives me a sense of freedom that i haven't felt from any other media at all! Its quite impressive honestly. I could write pages upon pages on how Sonic as a character is like the peak of literature in my eyes, but this post would get way too long. In summary tho, i like almost every aspect of Sonic the Character.
Tails: The baby! I also really love tails! I think his role as a sideckick is very endearing, and is a great balance to sonic in all possible ways. One problem with modern Tails, though. He's portrayed as a coward. And like??? That's not who he is?? Like C'mon sega.
Knuckles: He don't chuckle!! Final part of team Sonic, and Sonic's first rival! I really like the knucklehead. But as is the norm, Sega screwed him up badly on Boom. I despise that they're supposed to be the same Knuckles. Because they're not. I like Boom Knuckles, as his own character, but granted, Boom is an acquired taste.
Amy: Honorary part of team sonic! I love her! Mostly on the IDW Comics. I think they handle her excellently in there. I know that Amy is a hated character by the fanbase because most say that her only purpose is to be the "girl character love interest" and i can agree up to some point in some games, but in IDW she's sooo much better. We stan IDW Sonic.
Shadow: Yet another case of Sega making character assassination. Shadow's like, one of the most complex sonic characters there are, If not THE most complex one. And i love that! Though im very sad that Sega hasn't been able to replicate that SA2 Magic quite as well. Will SonicXShadow (heh) give him justice? Stay tuned.
Rouge: MY GIRL!! Ok so controversial opinion, Rouge's my second favourite sonic character, just because i think its hilarious that she (once) was the leader of team Dark. So She commanded a killing machine and An alien experiment. What a girlboss! 10/10 Character.
Omega: Gotta be honest, not much of an omega fan. But i really like his dynamic w/Rouge and Shadow. It's pretty sweet that they become friens :)
Cream: The other baby! I think she's the sweetest character. Like fr. I really want to see her more often on the games! Though i get why in recent games she hasn't appeared. Suddenly the adventures got way too serious. Still want her back in the games though!
Blaze: Fire princess! I fr am so salty that she isn't as much in the games. Like, what gives? She's such a successful character (With good reason btw) and you arent like, putting her in the stage?? outrageous. But yeah, i really Like Blaze. Her contrast and similarities with sonic are great! They make a great duo too.
Silver: The sweetest most unhinged boi in the sonic canon. I find it very funny that in his first appearance he was all angsty and stuff, but now he's full on optimism and sunshine. I love the juxtaposition on that behalf. Boi is cute but he can mess you up.
The Chaotix: Oh i love the found family trope. Espio's my fave for sure. He's the funny ninja, what else do you want? Though Vector and Charmy are great too. Vector has such a cool ass dad vibe. And Charmy... is Charmy. if yk yk.
AAAAND I think i'll leave it there. Should i include someone else? lmk.
Thanks for the ask!
-Akari
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rinsvg · 3 months
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Cw: no sorcerer au, high school au, best friend gojo, angst
You were currently walking through the halls of your school in search of a vending machine so you could buy a drink to quench your thirst. When you heard a name, you knew all too well the name of your best friend, Gojo Satoru.
"Gojo, are you sure you're alright with this? I know that she likes you, and I just don't want to hurt her feelings." Rin Akari, a girl from class 1-B who Gojo had a crush on for months now, spoke softly, and by the way she was staring at him, the feelings were obviously recuperated.
"Yeah, we talked about it last week; she knows that my feelings for her are purely platonic, nothing more, nothing less." Gojo spoke in a whisper-like tone while pushing her hair awkwardly behind her ear, since he's never liked a girl to this extreme before.
"Oh, okay, as long as you talked to her about it first, I guess we can start dating now." Rin said this while blushing and moving her hands in an awkward manner.
"Yeah, I guess we can." Gojo followed up with a blush just as bright as hers on his face.
A tear fell down the side of your face as you turned to walk back to class, forgetting all about your troubles and now filled with the start of a relationship that's built on your pain.
You were now walking up to your house; normally, you would walk home with Gojo, but you left as soon as the bell rang, not wanting to be in his presence in case you fell into a tearful mess.
You unlocked the door, and the first thing you heard was your mom calling out to you as you walked into the house and shut the door.
"Hey, how was school?" your mom asked as she pecked around the corner of the kitchen to see you. "It was eventful." You spoke in a hoarse tone from the crying you did earlier and on your walk back from school.
"What do you mean by event?" Your mom continued to ask until she stopped at the site of your flushed face and bloodshot eyes, making it obvious that you've been crying for a long period of time.
"Why were you crying, honey? Are you okay? Did somebody hurt you?" Your mother ranted while dropping everything she was doing to run over to examine you for any injuries.
"No, mom, nobody hurt me; I'm okay; I just want to be left alone for right now." You said this while grabbing your mom's hands to stop her from examining your body. "Okay, are you sure you don't want to talk about it?" Your mom questions.
"Yeah, I'm sure I just need to sleep it off, then I will be okay." You nodded your head, trying to get your mom to understand you will be fine, even though you know you're just going to go up there and cry yourself to sleep.
"Okay, then I will tell your dad you're going to be late to come down for dinner, okay, but just know I'm always here to talk when you need me, okay." Your mom spoke one last time before she kissed you on the head and headed back to the kitchen to continue dinner.
"Okay," you softly sighed before you took off your shoes and headed up the stairs to go cry yourself to sleep, just like you planned to do earlier.
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plutoccult · 3 months
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HAIKYUU X THE OFFICE AU — EPISODE FIVE: BOOZE CRUISE
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pairing: sugawara koushi x female reader
description: ukai attempts to help the office bond more by booking a booze cruise for his employees… in the middle of winter. meanwhile, tanaka miserably tries to set suga up with his older sister per kiyoko’s suggestion.
word count: 6.5k
also available to read on my ao3 here
author’s note: hey, i changed my user! i was @310802 before, now i’m @plutoccult! i also had to repost this because the original post wasn’t showing up in ANY tags, so i’m sorry if you already read it before i did this! moving on, i was SO EXCITED to write this episode. i know i neglected the katy storyline from the show, so i decided to take the opportunity to somewhat use that for this episode as a little one-off. i think i was clever with its use too… i’m trying to balance the amount of “screen”time between the reader and suga, but some episodes may just end up needing more focus on suga for the sake of the storyline. anyway, the next few weeks is gonna be updates galore, so you’re all gonna be FED. btw, thank you to @dragon-slayer5 for beta reading this! enjoy!
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suga considered lunchtime to be the only time of day where he could actually catch a break. he seemed to have a hard time catching any sort of breaks lately, especially when it came to his miserable love life. as much as he wanted things to change, today would certainly be no different.
since suga entered the office building this morning, tanaka had his eyes on him like an hawk. it was creepy how every time suga looked away from his computer, tanaka was staring right at him. but why? did he have something on his face? was his hair actually looking gray? no, that would be terrible. there can’t be anything than that.
to hopefully get tanaka’s eyes off him for once, suga got up and headed down to the hallway where the vending machines were. maybe a little snack would ease the unnerving feeling in his stomach. unfortunately, tanaka was already on his way to follow.
suga pondered over his choices, and before he knew it, tanaka’s reflection was seen in the glass of the vending machine. it was like a scene straight out of a horror movie, but suga decided to ignore him and pray he would go away, then continued to ponder over what to pick.
“a little birdie told me something.” tanaka spoke up.
oh no. “what?”
“nothing.” he smirked.
you enter, also looking to use the vending machine. great, just what this moment needed, suga thought.
“hey, guys.” you greet the two men, no clue about what’s going on. it was better if you didn’t know.
“oh, hi, y/n.” suga slightly blushed.
a smirk crept up on tanaka’s face. suga began to wonder about tanaka’s motives even more, but shook it off and picked a bag of sour cream and onion chips before walking back to his desk. tanaka quickly followed behind, which you found weird considering you assumed he was waiting for his turn to use the vending machine. you figured “oh well”, got your snack, and went back to your desk.
you sit down and meet eyes with suga who’s about pop a chip into his mouth. you quickly open up your bag and pull out a chip, doing a little “clink” with your chips from across the room, which suga immediately thought to reciprocate. it was good to know you two were still in sync.
a few minutes later, ukai returned from eating out for lunch, which he typically did almost every day. oh, how you wished you could afford ordering food for lunch all the time like your boss, but alas, you were just the receptionist.
“hello, everyone.” ukai said as he hung up his coat.
“welcome back, ukai.” tanaka replied before loudly whispering in suga’s ear. “i know your secret…”
my god. as much as suga was totally freaked out right now, ukai thought tanaka’s menacing words were directed towards him instead. “what?! i don’t have any secrets!”
suga and tanaka both look into the camera with furrowed eyebrows.
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the crew loved putting you and suga together for interviews. and given the drama that’s soon to come, they had to use every opportunity possible.
“so, ukai sent everyone a very interesting email last week.” you say the camera.
“yeah, it was, um… quite the thinker.” suga chuckled.
“mhm. it said, “it's time for our first quarter camaraderie event, so pack a swimsuit, a toothbrush, rubber-soled shoes, and a ski mask.” you read out the email from your phone. “i’m not really sure what that exactly equates to…”
“clearly, he wants to us to rob a bank and escape through the sewers afterwards.” suga shrugged. that was totally the obvious conclusion.
“then brush our teeth after a hard time committing crimes?” you jokingly question.
“yeah, exactly.” suga smiled at you, making you blush. you quickly turn to the crew and wonder if they noticed that, but it was obvious they did. the cameras catch everything.
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now the question that remained rent-free in everyone’s minds was what the hell ukai could possibly be planning this year. he was never up to any good, always doing something completely out of the box. he was simply incapable of doing anything normal. it made work interesting, but sometimes you all wished ukai take a chill pill for once.
at the most random time, ukai emerged from his office with an announcement. why he always did this, you couldn’t help but wonder, yet you didn’t hesitate to look away from your computer to hear what he had to say this time around.
“everyone, it appears some of you have figured me out.” ukai said to grab everyone’s attention. “so, it is now time to unveil the destination of this year's retreat. drumroll, please.”
no one provides a drumroll, much to ukai’s disappointment. “really? no drumroll? not even you, tanaka?”
“just spit it out already.” tanaka groaned.
“okay, fine.” he sighed before announcing the big news. “i got us a riverboat cruise on the abukuma river! it’s gonna be a booze cruise!”
a booze cruise? god, for a paper company, you guys sure consumed a lot of alcohol. plus, the combination of ukai and a cruise ship already seemed like a total disaster. when you add booze into the mix, it was almost comparable to the end of the world.
ukai received practically cricket noises from his employees, daichi being the one to express what was on everyone’s minds. “ukai, it’s january.”
“so? it was cheaper.” ukai shrugged. if it were any other month, like—hm, who knows—any month in the summer, maybe they’d show a little more excitement.
“and what is up with you and booze?” daichi asked. again, something you’ve all thought about at least once. “this is like when hinata was addicted to mixing buzzballz with every soda known to man.”
“pepsi with the cranberry flavor was the best…” hinata randomly spoke up, remembering that month-long phase last year. it wasn’t pretty, to say the least.
“gross…” kageyama shook his head in disgust.
“you don’t get it like i do, kageyama.” hinata protested.
“what is that supposed to mean?” kageyama raised an eyebrow, ready to start up an argument with his desk neighbor at any given second. typical, of course. you wondered when it would ever get old.
“okay, shut up before you two start making out!” ukai interrupted them before another hr fiasco occurred. again.
“what?!” the two gawked in unison. did they really give off that vibe?
“anyway!” ukai forced a laugh and switched the subject back to the cruise. “just hear me out guys, okay? let me cook. i’m combining fun with education! it’s gonna be mind-blowing.”
“sounds like you just want another excuse to party.”
“it’s not a party, it’s a bonding exercise.” ukai corrected him. “i’m helping us bond. people find lifelong friends in the workplace. others may find the love of their lives.”
ukai was right, shockingly. people do find lifelong friends. suga knew he would always stay friends with daichi for life, and even if tsukishima got on his nerves sometimes, he wasn’t the worst person in the world to be around. there would always be a bond between your coworkers. maybe you were all trauma bonded from dealing with ukai for all these years, but it was an unforgettable bond nonetheless.
suga blushed out of embarrassment from that last statement. some do find the love of their lives. he liked to believe you were the love of his life, swearing he found such a thing his first day at the office. the second he walked through that door and was met with your face, the words “japan pulp and paper, this is y/n. please hold.” coming out of your mouth as you spoke on the phone before setting it down to ask him what he needed. suga knew, right then and there, that he had found his future wife, but oh how he wished he knew back then what he would be in for years later.
even if ukai was oddly onto something for once, not everyone was interested. asahi, who had yet to survive a full year at the office, raised his hand and attempted to opt out of the event. “can i sit this one out? i have… a thing… later…”
“nice try, asahi.” ukai rolled his eyes. “this is mandatory. i better see your beefy ass on that dock tonight.”
“i’m not that beefy…” asahi said with a tinge of red on his cheeks.
“you so are, bro. those glutes go crazy.” nishinoya said confidently.
asahi wasn’t sure why nishinoya was paying attention to that area of his body, but he took the compliment anyway, although continuing to question it. “thank you?”
“glad we got that covered.” ukai said. “now, before we go on this cruise later, we have to talk about safety.”
“you’re literally the most unsafe person here, ukai.” you speak up. if anyone knew ukai best, it would very well be you, always there to deal with his antics and sometimes assist in them. the time you helped ukai hack into a higher up’s email account to prevent a picture of his ass that he accidentally sent being seen would go down in office history. you saved his ass, quite literally.
“ugh, come on!” ukai huffed. “i saw titantic a million times and i refuse to let us all die like leonardo dicaprio!”
•••
“do you think you could save one of your employees in the face of danger?”
“um, hello? i took a swimming class once. of course, i could save one of them.” ukai sassily replied to the documentary crew. “besides, we all know jack and rose could’ve both fit on that door at the end of titanic. james cameron is such a liar.”
•••
later on, suga went to go grab a cup of coffee in the break room. before he knew it, he was being cornered by tanaka, the sound of his name being called practically scaring him shitless. “sugawara koushi.”
“jesus christ.” suga jumped, putting his hand over his chest to feel his heartbeat. “do not use my full name like that ever again.”
“shut up.” tanaka shushed him and pressed his index finger over suga’s mouth to further silence him. “how would you… like to… take my sister as your date for the booze cruise tonight?”
there was no way this could be real life right now, suga thought. being in this position with tanaka was weird enough, but taking his sister as his date? he wasn’t even aware people were taking dates for this. it was no contest who suga truly wanted to take as a date, but of course it wasn’t an option, and he didn’t want to settle.
“your… sister? uh, no thanks.” suga turned the idea down without hesitation. however, tanaka was feeling devious.
“really?” he moved his finger away and crossed his arms with a smirk on his face. “kiyoko told me everything, suga. i know you have feelings for—”
oh no. not again.
“oh my god, shut your fucking mouth!” suga exclaimed with wide eyes, slapping his hands over tanaka’s mouth so he’d be quiet. to hell with censorship, this was critical. at this rate, the whole damn office was going to find out about suga’s pathetic feelings. he was going to end up broke by the time he bribed everyone to keep their mouths shut. his poor wallet and heartstrings can’t suffer any longer.
“woah, woah, woah!” tanaka laughed awkwardly, actually kind of scared over suga’s newfound rage. “language, my man!”
“whatever!” suga yelled “why the hell did she tell you?!”
“well, it was her idea to set you up with my sister, and i wanted to know why, so…” tanaka replied timidly, hoping kiyoko wouldn’t kill him later for pinning part of the blame onto her. well, unless suga didn’t get to her first.
“god fucking dammit.” suga cursed as he walked away from this monstrosity of a conversation. now, where was he off to? to confront kiyoko about the mess she’s made, of course.
“well? are you taking her out or not?!” tanaka yelled out to suga on his way out, receiving a middle finger in response, which will undoubtedly be blurred out in post production. the editing team had a lot of work cut out for them, that’s for sure.
on a mission like his life—and certainly dignity—depended on it, suga stormed up to kiyoko’s desk, where tsukishima and yamaguchi sat across from one another.
“kiyoko.” he towered over her as she sat in her chair, completely unbothered by him. “you were sworn to secrecy.”
“actually, only tsukishima was because you gave him twenty bucks.” kiyoko said. “you didn’t buy my silence.”
well, no wonder she spilled the beans. tsukishima got money, she didn’t. it’s not like kiyoko had asked that day at the christmas party, but suga certainly should have known better than to not doubt her. yamaguchi, however, was one big ol’ question mark. “yamaguchi? what about your silence?”
“i don’t like taking advantage of those less fortunate than me.” yamaguchi replied to him, those savage words coming out so innocent from his voice.
“less fortunate?!” suga gasped. it was beyond insulting, but he couldn’t even be that mad hearing it come from yamaguchi. now, if it were tsukishima talking, he’d insult him right back.
“suga, you need to have eyes on other women.” kiyoko lectured him. it’s not like she was wrong, obviously suga knew that, but the heart wants what it wants, and no matter what, his heart wanted you.
“but did you really have to tell tanaka about it?” suga whined.
tsukishima almost choked on his drink. “you told—”
“quiet.” kiyoko shushed tsukishima. “listen, suga. i’m doing you a favor, okay? just… take saeko out. just once. maybe it could take your mind off you know who for a little while?”
suga didn’t really have much choice, did he? maybe being seen with another woman will throw away any suspicion his coworkers may potentially have. it definitely won’t take his mind off of you, but at the very least, suga could have some sort of benefit from this whole ordeal.
“and will you keep your mouth shut if i do?” he asked, the most important question of all.
“accompanied by some cash, yes.” kiyoko said. why, of course.
giving in, suga let out a sigh as he whipped out his wallet and handed kiyoko money. she took the bill with a smile on her face, slyly putting in it her pocket.
“what about me—” yamaguchi began to say before suga cut him off.
“i’m less fortunate, remember?” he replied sassily, a nod to what yamaguchi said earlier. suga then finally went back to his desk, muttering curses to himself. “assholes.”
•••
“i’m gonna end up killing someone.” suga said to the camera with an unsettling smile, which quickly faded when he realized he couldn’t actually commit murder like he desired in the moment. “actually, i can’t do that. i’m still waiting for gta 6 to come out.”
“what?”
“none of you guys are waiting for gta 6?” he furrowed his eyebrows before pouting when the crew shook their heads no. “aw, come on…”
•••
once the sun set for the night, the employees of japan pulp and paper all met up at the dock for tonight’s booze cruise. ukai, who arrived far too early, waved his arms in the air for his employees, motioning them to board the boat, acting as if he were the captain of it.
“all aboard!”
“isn’t that what people say on trains?” you ask as you arrive with ryo, shocked he’s not totally against coming here tonight. it was safe to assume it’s because of the open bar, when you really thought it through.
“that’s such a stupid question.” ryo scoffed. of course, a part of him hated being around your obnoxious coworkers. that was no surprise, unfortunately.
“whatever.” you sigh. “sorry i asked, i guess…”
meanwhile, suga parked his car in the parking, just now arriving. he hoped he wasn’t late as he really didn’t need to feel tanaka’s and/or kiyoko’s wrath. he may as well feel it regardless of his time of arrival. suga didn’t want this date tonight. that too was no surprise.
as he got out of his car, suga’s eyes landed on the coolest motorcycle he had ever seen. whoever owned it must take really good care of it, like it was their child or something, he thought to himself. suga didn’t think of the motorcycle much further as he heard a car door slam from far away. he turned around, hoping it was you, but it turned out to kiyoko and yachi rushing towards him.
“sugawara!” they yell out.
suga put his hands out in front of him, hoping to shield the two girls away. “oh god, am i being ambushed?”
“no.” kiyoko replied to his question out of breath. she knew quitting track in high school was a terrible idea. “we were waiting for you to arrive.”
“why..?” suga furrowed his eyebrows.
“to make sure you’re ready for tonight.” yachi said on kiyoko’s behalf.
what did he exactly to be ready for? a date he was forced into with a woman he’s never met? frankly, suga he didn’t really want to meet tanaka’s sister. it was nothing against her personally, she just wasn’t you.
“do i need to give you money too, yachi?” he groaned.
“that’s like taking money from charity.” she replied. man, yachi was just as savage as yamaguchi. they’re truly made for each other.
“wow, just wow.” suga said in disbelief. “look, i’m here, isn’t that good enough?”
“no.” kiyoko deadpanned.
he didn’t have time for this bullshit. suga was just going that stupid dock. “i’m walking away.”
“but—” kiyoko and yachi go after him, but can’t seem to keep up.
suga didn’t really think this through. he was just so irritated that he had to get away from kiyoko and yachi. suga didn’t think about where his feet were going, but before he knew it, he was right at the dock, freezing when you saw you with your fiancé. god, he really regretted his life choices right now.
“suga, come here, pretty boy!” he’s snapped back to reality thanks to tanaka calling out his name. without any chance to take a step, kiyoko and yachi creep up behind him and push him to move. you watch the events unravel, wondering what’s going on, but shake it off bring your back to ryo.
suga stumbled to tanaka and an unfamiliar woman. he met eyes with her, a look of shock evidently present on his face. how can someone related to a bozo like tanaka be so… attractive? no. suga couldn’t think like that. she was tanaka’s sister.
“this is my sister, saeko.” tanaka said, waiting for one of them to say something.
“hiya, suga.” saeko extended her hand out for a handshake. “nice to meet you.”
“hello.” suga replied awkwardly, reciprocating the handshake. thank god it was winter. otherwise, they wouldn’t be wearing gloves.
“have her home by midnight.” tanaka joked. “i’m just kidding, she rode herself here.”
“huh?” suga questioned.
“oh, she’s a biker. have fun!” tanaka then walked away to follow kiyoko, who was boarding the ship with yachi. at least suga knew where that awesome motorcycle belonged to.
now alone with saeko, suga turned his head and watched you board the ship with ryo. he looked back to saeko and examined her face for a second before deciding his next action. she was a very pretty woman, but that simply couldn’t fill the void in suga’s heart. he had to be honest while he had the chance. it was only fair.
“listen, saeko… you seem like a really nice girl, but tanaka is only doing this because i’m in love with a girl that works here and wants to help me get over her.” he admitted, a weight lifted off his shoulders after revealing the truth. “i just think i should be honest.”
“oh, i know.” saeko replied bluntly. “he told me all about that.”
suga blinked a couple times and tried to make sure he heard that correctly. “he did?”
“yeah, i’m just doing this because i owe him one.” she shrugged. “besides, i don’t really date older guys.”
“older?” right. the hair. of course.
“i can play wingwoman for ya! don’t worry, pops.” saeko lightly punched him in the arm, followed by an obnoxiously loud laugh. suga looked to the cameras for help, but the crew just stood in their place.
•••
“tanaka…” suga let out a long sigh. “what the hell have you gotten me into?”
•••
after going through all of the safety measures for the cruise, the office were finally allowed to have their fun. it seemed that telling saeko the truth was the best idea suga ever had as she wanted to help him out by trying to make you jealous. well, if that’s even possible, but who knows? it was worth a shot.
suga and saeko walked to you and ryo as you sat together at one of the many tables. their arms were interlinked, surely making some sort of statement.
“y/n, ryo.” suga said to catch your attention, although he ended up catching ryo’s attention more than yours thanks to saeko.
“well, well, well. who’s the pretty lady you brought with you tonight, suga?” ryo asked with a smirk.
you weren’t all that phased until ryo spoke up. saeko wasn’t just pretty to you, she was beautiful, far more than you ever thought of yourself. you can’t remember the last time ryo ever gave you eyes like the ones he was giving saeko now. you weren’t sure who or what you were jealous of right now. the fact that suga was on a date, your fiancé ogling at said date, or that she was so much prettier than you. you cursed yourself in your head for those thought. you didn’t have a right to be jealous of suga. he had every right to date, he was single, you were not.
now that you thought about it, suga never really dated anyone since he started at the office. as far as you knew, at least. you wondered why that was, but it was impossible to pinpoint it down to one reason. you were so painfully blind to the truth.
“uh, this is—” suga began to introduce saeko until she interrupted him.
“saeko. nice to meet you.” she said with a smile.
“she’s tanaka’s sister.” suga added for a little salt in the wound.
“oh…” your eyes widened. you look to ryo and see as he gave suga a high five, telling him he hit the jackpot. you felt sick, and it definitely had nothing to do with the sea.
suga sat next to you, making you in between him and ryo. saeko sat on the end with suga, showing her excitement about the booze cruise. “i feel like we're in high school and we're sitting at the cool table. how fun.”
“yeah.” you reply, trying to remain as chill as possible. you had to keep telling yourself that she wasn’t a villain, she was just a really nice girl who got lucky to be with suga tonight.
“y/n, what were you like in high school?” saeko asked you.
ryo, however, answered the question for you, letting out a cackle as he practically insulted you in front of the whole table. “oh, she was a total, total dork. it took her getting pretty in college for me to notice her.”
“ha! that’s hilarious!” saeko giggled, nudging suga to laugh as she thought this would work with their plan, but he didn’t find it funny whatsoever. it was completely insulting to you.
“it’s really not…” suga muttered to himself.
“where did you go to school?” ryo asked saeko.
“karasuno.” she replied instantly.
“woah… you guys had the tiny giant, didn’t you?” ryo gasped, referring to a well known former high school volleyball player. despite being at his peak, he retired after graduating high school, never once playing professionally. everyone always wondered about what could’ve been, including ryo, who was one of the many people that heard the tale of the tiny giant.
“yeah, i went to school with him.” saeko bragged. it was far from a humble brag, it was awesome.
“woah! what was he like?” ryo questioned in amazement.
“uh… tiny, i guess?” saeko shrugged. she wasn’t quite sure how to answer that question as she never knew the guy personally, just passed him in the hallways on occasion.
suddenly, the cupid shuffle blared through the speakers. nishinoya had taken over the music and started to play his own playlist, claiming the dj “sucked ass” and decided to take matters into his own hands. there wasn’t much protest as everyone began dancing together, including saeko and ryo who get up from the table and decide to join in on the dance.
suga watched the sight, glad to finally have a moment just with you, but when he turned his head to say something to you, it seemed as if you disappeared. of course, he wondered where you went off to, and decided to find you.
you stood alone, leaning your back against the railing of the boat and rubbing your hands together for warmth. it all became overwhelming for you too quickly, and you figured ryo wouldn’t notice you leaving anyway. even so, it still shocked you when suga noticed, finding you in your lonely spot.
“getting too rowdy?” he asked you.
“mhm…” you nod as you shiver a little.
“yeah, i’m not really a fan of making my ears bleed.” suga said to lighten things up. he wondered if this was a good time to admit the truth about the whole saeko thing, that it was all a set up to get your attention because he was in love with you, but before he had the chance, you blurted out something he didn’t expect out of you.
“sometimes i just don't get ryo.”
suga gulped as his eyes widened for a brief second. “oh…”
“i mean, i don't know. it’s whatever.” you shake the feeling off. why were you saying this to suga anyway? it wasn’t his burden to carry. “so... what's it like going out with tanaka’s sister?”
“oh, um...” suga struggled to answer the question. a long silence followed, making you both feel awkward. there was so many things the two of you could say to each other right now.
“i'm cold.” you say with a faint laugh before heading back to your coworkers, suga following not long after. it was easy just to ignore the unspoken tension.
•••
“how’s the booze cruise going so far?”
“kind of wish things were different right about now.” suga forced a laugh. it was clear he was in pure misery. “haha… i need a drink.”
•••
you return to the group, scanning the area. ryo was chatting it up with one of his coworkers from the warehouse, chugging drinks together and sharing a laugh. you then see kiyoko and yachi pull suga by his arm, seemingly yelling at him for reasons you weren’t sure of whatsoever. your choices of where to go were limited, so you return to your table and see saeko sitting alone with a beer. it seemed like a good idea to have a friendly chat with her.
“hey.” you sit down next to her.
“hey.” she greeted you, taking a swig of her beer bottle.
“i never really liked beer.” you say, trying to start up a conversation. whatever topic worked, you were fine with. as adults, talking about alcohol seemed like the best bet.
“oh, you don’t?” saeko questioned. “you just have to find the right brand, honestly. some taste like shit.”
“ha, yeah.” you quietly laugh and rest your face in your hand. saeko immediately noticed the ring on your finger, even if it’s lost its sparkle as the years have gone by.
“woah, nice ring.” she said in amazement.
you look at your ring, shocked by the compliment. it wasn’t anything special, but you appreciated it anyway. “oh, thank you.”
“i'd like to be engaged.” saeko sighed. “how did you manage to pull that off?”
“uh, i've been engaged for three years, and there's no end in sight, so... you don't wanna ask me for any advice.” you force a laugh. god, you‘d kill for the waiting game to finally end.
unbeknownst to you, ryo overheard what you said, and he decided that tonight was the best night to finally take some action when you least expected it.
•••
“what do you think of saeko?”
such an awkward question for the crew to ask you, don’t you think? even so, you had to answer it without making a complete fool of yourself.
“she’s nice.” you shrug. it technically wasn’t a lie, but you sure quickly pulled it out of your ass. “really pretty too. crazy to think she’s related to tanaka…”
“but what about suga taking her as his date tonight?” and there’s the stinger. you didn’t have a right to be jealous, did you?
“uh… doesn’t really matter what i think, i’d say.” you say timidly and look away from the camera.
•••
out of nowhere, ryo got ahold of the dj’s microphone, seemingly about to make an announcement. what the announcement was, you didn’t know, but you sure as hell were scared to know what it would be.
“everybody, could i have your attention for just a second? could you guys listen to me for a second?” he said into the microphone.
everyone stopped what they were doing to look at ryo. suga had a terrible feeling this wasn’t going to be any good, at least not for him.
“i was just, um…” ryo paused before he dropped the ultimate bomb in front of everyone. “y/n, i think enough is enough. i think we should set a date for our wedding. how about june tenth?”
your eyes widen in shock and you find everyone’s eyes are on you. suga swore he felt his heart drop, desperately waiting for your answer like everybody else. wasn’t this what you wanted? to finally get married? it was hard to think that this was real life. you almost wished time would just stop for a second, but the time kept ticking as you had yet to say a thing.
“well, what do you say?” ryo asked.
before you said anything, you immediately look for suga. he was supposed to be your knight in shining armor, you thought, but now when you desperately needed his saving, he was nowhere to be found. maybe this was a sign that you should say yes. after all, you said yes the first time, right?
“okay..?” you answer.
the room felt silent before everyone erupted into cheers, you the least excited person present. “she said okay!”
you’re ushered to get up and head to ryo. he wrapped an arm around your shoulder and planted a big kiss on your temple. it might as well be the most affectionate he’s been towards you in a very long time, but of course, it was when he had a large group of eyes all on him. while part of you was happy you finally began to see a light at the end of the tunnel, the other part of you felt that this was all just for show. but maybe things will be different. you always think that, but you wanted to think that it would really be different this time.
ukai hopped to you and ryo, quickly hugging you and sharing his excitement for you two. “woah, congratulations, you guys! i knew it would happen eventually!”
“did you?” you raise an eyebrow, looking back on all those past jokes about your engagement.
“uh, yes, y/n. of course, i did.” ukai replied sarcastically. he actually didn’t see this coming, but he wanted in on the attention. “now you have to let me give you away!”
“uh, no thank you.” you quickly shut the idea down. even when all the attention was on you (and your fiancé), your mind still went back to suga. he should be here celebrating with you. you wanted him here. he was your best friend, after all. “um, where’s suga?”
“i don’t know, i thought he was right—“ ukai looked around and saw he was nowhere in sight. “oh, seems he vanished.”
“i should—“ you began to say before ukai cut you off.
“no, no. i’ll go find him.” he insisted. “go celebrate!”
“yeah, okay…” you frown as you watch ukai walk away to find suga.
ukai searched around for suga for quite a bit. when he disappeared, he really took it seriously. it was like he vanished out of thin air. ukai hoped he didn’t jump off the ship or something, and luckily before he could cause a scene over a potentially missing employee, suga was found.
“hey, suga.” he said to him. “you, uh, disappeared, man. did you hear the news?”
“uh-huh. i sure did.” suga said, looking down at the deep, dark ocean, almost as dark as his heart had become after what just happened. you finally set a wedding date. it was a day suga dreaded for god knows how long. he always went back and forth wondering whether the day would actually come, but now that’s it’s here, it was a nightmare turned brutal reality.
“something wrong?” ukai asked suga.
“i just…” he paused, tempted to speak up about how he felt, but kept it to himself. “mmm, nope. it’s stupid.”
“i’m the master of stupid things. you can tell me.” ukai said.
it was just the two of them. for some reason, suga felt like he could actually confide in his boss right now. maybe telling him what was wrong wouldn’t be such a bad idea. “i just… i didn’t think they’d ever actually plan to get married.”
“who? y/n and ryo?” ukai questioned. “what, do you like her or something?”
the look on suga’s face said it all. it showed a man who was desperately in love with a woman that simply wasn’t his. it was all so clear now.
“oh my god, you like y/n.” he said, followed by a faint gasp.
suga let out a sigh. he didn’t need to say a thing, ukai just knew. it was a shock he never figured it out before, really. everyone else seemed to find out easily once suga started to slip up in his facade.
“i can’t believe i never noticed before!” ukai exclaimed. “you two are always smiling and giggling with each other, how could i be so blind? holy cow.”
“tsukishima figured it out at the christmas party.” suga said with a frown. “it’s only a matter of time before she figures it out too.”
“and is that so bad?” ukai asked. it seemed like such a simple yes or no question, but the only way suga knew how to answer it was by pouring his heart out, spewing all the things he kept shoved down his throat for the longest time. it was always bound to come up one way or another.
“ukai, it’s not that i just like her… i love her. i’m in love with everything about her. i adore her. she’s sweet, funny, and she just has this aura… i can’t describe it.” he spoke from the heart, the only way he knew how when it came to you. “she’s beautiful inside and out. i would do anything to give her the world. i worship the rain that waters the grass that grows on the ground she walks on. my heart beats louder for her than it ever has for anyone else, and…”
“and… what?” ukai questioned.
“i don’t want her to marry him. i want her to be with me.” suga cried out, covering his face with his hands out of embarrassment. how could he say something so selfish out loud? the thought felt safer in his head, but even so, he would have burst if he kept it in any longer. “god, it’s so fucking stupid. i’m such an idiot.”
suga had been suffering in silence for too long, and ukai could clearly see that. it pained him to see one of his best employees in this state of despair. “suga, if that’s how you truly feel… then don’t give up. tell her how you feel.”
“she’s engaged, ukai. i can’t.” suga shook his head no. such a prosperous thing to suggest now. it was easy to think he could reveal his feelings when he knew there wasn’t a wedding date in sight, but wouldn’t it be so silly now to beg you to cancel the wedding? he felt like a tall child with all these thoughts eating him up.
“so? engaged ain’t married.” ukai shrugged. “besides, you’re way better than ryo.”
it was weird to have ukai on his side. was he not just celebrating with you? maybe suga’s heartfelt speech gave him a change of heart, or maybe he always saw something there without truly realizing what that something was. maybe ukai always knew you deserved better than a lowlife like ryo.
“why are you saying this?” suga questioned ukai. “i thought you’d be excited about the world’s longest engagement finally reaching its end.”
“i don’t know. i just… when i look at her with ryo versus with you, i think there’s a clear winner. you two have something special, and i wouldn’t give up hope, suga.” he replied. “maybe one day you should just… take a chance and see what she says. you never know what’s going on in that mind of hers.”
“you think so?” suga asked.
ukai nodded without hesitation. “never, ever give up.”
overcome with emotion, suga suddenly decided to wrap his arms around ukai. what’s crazy was that it didn’t even feel weird. ukai may be the most insane boss ever, but no matter what, he always had his way of showing he had his employees backs. when suga needed him most, ukai was right there, telling him words he didn’t know he needed to hear, and turned out to be what he needed the most.
“okay.” suga sniffled into ukai’s shoulder, holding him tighter than before. “i won’t.”
ukai really didn’t want to ruin such a heartfelt moment, but he felt like the life was being sucked out of him. “suga, you… you’re suffocating me.”
“oh.” suga quickly let go of him. “sorry.”
“it’s okay, but don’t forget what i told you.” ukai said, gently poking where suga’s heart was. “that’s an order from your boss.”
suga thought that tonight was the end of the world, but it turned out that he still had reason to have hope. maybe ukai was just feeding his delusions, but it sure felt nice knowing someone had his back and believed in him, that his feelings weren’t foolish. besides, a lot can happen between now and june, right?
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eev583 · 6 days
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[PLA Incorrect Quotes part 2]
Akari, talking about Volo’s Togepi: I’ve only had Togepi for a day and a half but if anything happened to her I would kill everyone in this room and then myself.
Volo: I just got the best idea I’ve ever had in my entire life! *later* Cogita, to Volo: That was the worst idea you’ve ever had in your entire life.
*Adaman and Irida flirting with each other yet again* Mai: And you two are sure you’re not dating? Adaman: 100% Irida: Of course not. Why would you think that? Mai: I wonder why that possibility would even cross my mind, Irida.
Gaeric: *pulling on a door that obviously says to push* Akari: *recording it on her Arc Phone* Pull harder!
Sabi, jumping out of Adaman’s closet: BOO! Adaman: Sabi: Adaman: Sabi: *makes a sad face* Adaman: Ahh! Almighty Sinnoh! You scared me! Sabi: :D
Akari: If I run and leap at Volo, he will most certainly catch me in his arms. Akari, running towards Volo: Coming in! Volo: No! I’m holding coffee! Volo: *Drops coffee and catches Akari*
Arezu: Melli and Lian are screaming and shouting at each other outside, don’t you think you should do something? Adaman: You’re right, I should. Adaman: *closes the window*
Cogita: *shatters a window and climbs through it* Cogita: *turns around and helps Akari through* Breaking and entering is wrong, lost one. Akari: Okay, but isn’t that what you just did? Cogita: This is an emergency situation.
Volo: How is the most beautiful person in the world? Akari: *blushing* I— Melli, butting into the conversation: I’m perfect, thanks for asking.
*When a candy bar gets stuck in the vending machine* Akari, Rei, Iscan and Irida: *tries to get the snack by sticking their arm in the slot* Kamado, Gaeric, Beni and Coin: *shakes the vending machine* Adaman, Lian, Zisu and Ingo: *punches/kicks the glass* Professor Laventon, Palina, Sabi and Cyllene: *asks someone for help* Volo, Melli, Clover and Charm: *all of the above, in that order*
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fangirlingpuggle · 1 year
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So very tired and my brian just combined one of Arceus AU’s and Scarvi
Just AU where Ingo and Akari are a Zorua and Zoroark respecotialy (Link to post there)only instead of getting transported back by Arceus they get transported back by the scarvi time machine malfunctions and instead of going to ancient past or future it gets Hisui and captures Ingo and Akari... cue the two ending up in Paldea very very confused but also...well that solved that I suppose.
Ingo seeing Arven and hearing his backstory and is like ‘...well I already adopted one child what’s another Akari you have a brother now’
Ingo seeing team stars cars and instantly starry-eyed imagining combining that tech with trains!
Akari using Zorua powers to help ‘Clive’ by transforming into Clavell and really confuse the scarvi MC who was sure that was Clavell and what? what???
Just Ingo and Akari in paldea.
Someone watching Iono’s stream
“IS THAT THE MISSING CHAMPION DAWN?’’
‘IS THAT THE MISSING SUBWAY BOSS???’
Bonus: Emmett arrives to find his brother the entire scarvi gang freaking out because ‘IT’S ANOTHER AI!’ and didn’t relaise he’s a twin
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onestepbackwards · 4 months
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Had a vivid image of immediately after Volo reveals his elaborate machinations the hero just fucking *loads glock* "Would you like to meat Arceus RIGHT NOW?" (the glock came from a distortion or smth idk)
fjasldkjfkljflkfjldk;
Au where everything is exactly the same but Rei/Akari have a gun
They have had ENOUGH
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coramatus · 11 months
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A Unovan in New York City (part 1)
An AU in which Ingo and Akari go on a rescue mission to retrieve Emmet, only to find him living a perfectly normal life… in our universe’s NYC.
(Currently incapable of committing to a full story. Hope rough summaries will suffice.)
Our story starts in Hisui, where Akari, or rather Dawn, and Ingo have said their goodbyes and are about to head home by speaking to Arceus. Arceus is happy to send them back to their time, but something has come up that is relevant to them. It seems Ingo’s twin brother has thrown himself through space-time and landed somewhere that Arceus’s influence is almost non-existent. They can all still go home together if they use a macguffin device on the machine that eeby deebied Ingo’s brother. They just need to find him first.
The two humans exchange glances. Ingo tells Dawn she ought to go home to her family, but she shakes her head. Dawn is all too happy to help Ingo with this retrieval mission. Knowing how capable she is, Ingo accepts her assistance with a small smile.
Before they leave, Arceus warns them that they need to exercise great caution in this world. Pokémon do not exist there at all and the presence of theirs could cause trouble if they’re too reckless. Which sounds completely insane to them but if Ingo’s brother is there then they have to go.
Arceus nods, opening a glowing portal with a thought. Dawn reaches out for Ingo’s hand, who grasps hers with a comforting squeeze. Hand in hand, they step through into blinding light.
When the light clears, Dawn and Ingo find themselves blinking away light spots in the middle of a large city on a cloudy day. Towering buildings of stone, metal, and glass loom around them and bustling crowds of people and vehicle traffic are everywhere. Between the sounds of countless humans chatting and shouting blending into a noisy thrum, indistinct music can be heard playing from the many surrounding shopfronts, vendor carts, and cars. In the distance they can hear the piercing call of sirens, sharp whistles, and dull rumblings of heavy machinery at work. Lights and screens of advertisements play continuously, screaming for attention despite it being the middle of the day. Punctuating all of this chaos are the scents of wet pavement, hot food, and old trash mixing into a smell that was unmistakably of a developed city. (Not Times Square)
But all of that is suddenly lost to the sound of screeching tires as an incoming car brakes to a stop mere inches away from a startled Ingo. It’s followed by a cacophony of screeches as the cars following it are forced to suddenly stop too. Dawn looks around and realizes they’re on a street in the middle of an intersection. The first car blares its horn loudly and repeatedly at the two, the driver even sticking her head out the window to scream at them to get out of the road (“I’m drivin’ ‘ere!!”). More horns blast as people behind the first add into the noise by throwing in their displeasure. The explosion of sound only causes bystanders to stop and stare at the scene unfolding before them, a fair number pulling out flat rectangles that resemble smartphones of some sort and aiming them in their direction.
Ingo freezes. His mind is instantly overwhelmed by both sensory overload and a visceral memory of experiencing almost the exact same situation long, long ago.
Dawn is quicker on the uptake and grabs the dazed Ingo by the arm, pulling him out of the asphalt road and onto a sidewalk, ignoring the angry shouting behind them. Onlooking pedestrians back away at their approach but otherwise they just give them the stink eye. She mumbles shy apologies and hurriedly pushes past the small crowd, dragging Ingo along the sidewalk, who thankfully seems aware enough to keep his balance and follow after her.
After a lot of shoving her way through throngs of people, Dawn finally comes across a small park with trees and a fountain. Ducking into it, she and Ingo collapse onto a bench, taking a moment to regain their bearings. As Dawn catches her breath, she notices that Ingo is… somewhere else, slightly disconnected from reality as far as she can tell. She gently shakes his shoulder to get his attention and asks what’s up.
In a daze, Ingo says he recognizes this.
This place feels eerily familiar to Ingo. The crowded nature of the city, the traffic of motorized carriages, even the rude attitude of the people… he’s lived this life before. It was what he was used to until… until Hisui…
Dawn looks around in confusion. Here? Here, here??
Ingo snaps out of it and shakes his head. No, not this place in specific. It’s too… strange. There’s not enough Pokémon.
Wait…
They’ve seen neither hide nor hair of a single Pokémon since they got here. Checking around her, Dawn finds a lot of bird things that look like tinier Pidoves but literally nothing else. It seems that Arceus wasn’t kidding about this world’s lack of Pokémon.
Pulling out her Arc-phone, Dawn checks the device’s functions. Fortunately, it seems it’s granted her access to this world’s internet. With a little poking around, she finds a map site that shows them being in a place called ‘New York City’. Ingo shakes his head, those words meaning nothing to him. Zooming in and out of the map doesn’t offer much more context, just the names of more unfamiliar places and unrecognizable geography. All they can say for sure is that this city is stupidly huge and finding Ingo’s brother in this won’t be easy.
Deciding they need a better place to start, Dawn asks Ingo if he remembers anything about his brother. Arceus said he’s his twin? That had to be the ‘man with a face like his’. Right?
Ingo gets that distant look again as more bits are shaken loose from his damaged memory. He remembers a few scraps: the color white, a broad smile, the crackling of electricity, something about fuzzy yellow things, someone always at his side in the good times and bad. And a lonely sadness.
But those are just thoughts and feelings, nothing substantial worth mentioning to Dawn. And unfortunately, none of them came with a key piece of information: a name.
But Ingo does remember the word ‘train’ being strongly associated with his brother. More specifically the word: ‘subway’.
Now that they’re in a place with internet, Dawn realizes that finding things out should be a lot easier. On a hunch, she finds a search engine and looks up the word. The results are quick with pictures and articles aplenty.
There’s a choked noise from Ingo and Dawn turns to find him staring wide eyed at her screen, a shaking hand raised as if trying to reach for her phone. Dawn wordlessly hands the device over to let Ingo look at it and he easily thumbs through the webpages. His eyes keep drinking in the images, unable to get enough.
“This… This is it!” Ingo breathes out as long withheld memories finally break free. “This is exactly it!! THIS is a train! A machine on rails! The greatest form of transportation ever invented! I used to drive these all the time! How could I have ever forgotten this?!”
“Ingo??” Dawn gently squeezes his arm in worry, “You’re crying.”
Ingo blinks at her before pressing the tips of his fingers against his cheek. They come away wet.
“Ah, so it seems,” he acknowledges, wiping his face with the back of a sleeve. He chuckles reassuringly, “Never fear, Miss Dawn. These are happy tears. You’ve rerouted an important part of me back to my station. I should be thanking you right now.”
Without another word, Dawn holds out her arms in a clear offer for a hug. He embraces her in gratitude.
“So your brother worked on trains too?” she asks when they part.
“Yes… we did it together,” Ingo says wistfully, “Like everything else we did. He would battle Pokémon alongside me in a moving subway car. It was what we were renowned for.”
Dawn shoots to her feet, her fist punching her palm as she grins at him, “Then that settles it! First, step! We find a subway. If your brother is as obsessed with these things as you are, then he can’t be too far off from one!”
“That sounds like a good place to start,” Ingo nods sharply. With a dramatic sweep of his arm, he points towards the road, “Next stop: a subway station! All aboard!!”
His moment of triumph is interrupted by a surrounding flock of not-Pidoves erupting into flight, startled by the sudden boom of his voice. Parkgoers and pedestrians are equally startled by the fleeing birds, eliciting a few shrieks of terror. Some people turn to glare at him and Ingo has the good grace to duck his head down, tipping his hat brim over his eyes in embarrassment.
Dawn just about loses it from laughing so hard.
His shout also catches the attention of a colorful group of people who immediately start excitedly pointing at them and chattering amongst themselves. Dawn pays them no mind until one breaks off to approach them.
She looks a few years older than Dawn with brightly colored hair in pink and purple and wearing a slightly off-beat outfit compared to most of the city-dwellers around her. She smiles at them, raising a hand in nervous excitement.
“Hello! I’m really sorry to bother you two, but I just wanted to say that I love your cosplay! It looks amazing! So on point!”
Dawn and Ingo exchange glances.
“Oh, uh, thank you!” Dawn says, thinking fast. She has no idea what this stranger is talking about but she seems to be nice enough. Dawn hopes that’s the end of it, but the girl pulls out a smartphone and looks a lot more nervous.
“Um! May I please take a picture of you guys?” she asks with an embarrassed flush in her face, yet looking hopeful, “It’s just that you did such a great job on your costumes!”
Ingo looks like he wants to say something but Dawn cuts in with a polite but rueful smile, “Ah, I’m sorry, no, we’re kinda in the middle of something. Maybe some other time?”
There’s a look of faint disappointment, but it doesn’t last as she grins in reassurance, “Oh! Of course! I totally understand. I’m really sorry for interrupting you! Have a great day!”
And just like that, the stranger waves goodbye as she makes her exit and jogs back to her friends. A few of them tease her but she takes it in good stride, tossing a few comebacks at them. They depart trading playful insults.
Dawn sighs in relief.
Ingo looks puzzled.
“What is ‘cosplay’?” he asks.
“It’s a dress up thing, where you wear what a movie or tv show character wears. It’s just for fun,” Dawn explains.
“Hrm,” Ingo rubs his chin in mild concern, “I wonder what they think we are cosplaying as.”
Dawn shrugs, “I guess they have something where characters wear clothes like ours?”
Ingo makes a noise of uncertainty but doesn’t press the matter.
They have to walk a few blocks, but they find the nearest subway station easily. Going down the stairs, they are met with a scene that makes Ingo stop and stare as familiarity washes over him once more, the feeling rocking him even more powerfully this time.
Ticketing machines, turnstiles, worker booths, the smell of stale air and the faint rumbling of fast-moving steel.
It’s like he’s come home.
Dawn is just as fascinated by Ingo’s reaction, “Is this what your subway station looked like?”
“Stations,” Ingo absently corrects her, his eyes sweeping across the station interior, picking out every familiar detail, “And yes, some of them were not dissimilar to this.”
But as he takes a closer look, the reality of this place seeps in. There’s litter strewn everywhere, the lights are too dim to be effective, several machines are labeled with out-of-order signs, and that odor… Ingo makes a faint sound of disgust and covers his nose with his coat sleeve.
“Except my stations were far more sanitary than this! Ugh, did someone urinate in here?!”
Dawn crinkles her nose too. “So they’re not supposed to smell like pee?”
“Not in a properly run system, no!” Ingo growls in a rare show of irritation. “If my brother holds a job here, he has some explaining to do!”
“I get the feeling this is something out of his control,” Dawn comments. Then a lit board shifts her attention, “Oh hey! A map!”
She hurries over to the display, but as she gets close she realizes they may have underestimated things.
“Ingo? I think we have a problem,” Dawn calls over her shoulder.
He’s not sure what she means until he gets a clear look at the map for himself: a sprawling mess of lines and stations crisscrossing the map in a dizzying display. Even he has to admit that this is going to be a daunting task.
“That is… a lot of stations,” Ingo mutters in awe.
Dawn doesn’t recognize the characters used on this map. She pulls out her Arc-phone and thumbs over to her translator app. Holding the phone up to the display, the screen instantly offers an overlay of letters she can read.
She turns to look at Ingo expectantly, “Any ideas? You’re the subway master.”
Ingo squints at the translated map, the corners of his mouth pulling down in visible concern, “It’s hard to know where to start, even for me.” His frown deepens as something else occurs to him, “Not that it matters. Neither of us has the local currency to purchase tickets.”
Dawn realizes he has a point there and thinks about it, “Ok, plan B! We walk to each station!”
Ingo side eyes her, “That will also be a significant undertaking.”
“Well I don’t have any better ideas.”
Dawn is about to suggest using one of their Pokémon when she suddenly remembers that might cause more problems. She sighs and shrugs.
They stand there, stumped.
This is when the group of fans pop up again. One of them notices Ingo and Dawn and excitedly points the pair out again. This time they can see that the two ‘cosplayers’ seem to be having some trouble and offer to help. Akari tells them they want to ride the subway but they don’t have any money on them, laughing it off as the result of a long story. One of the fans is feeling charitable and gives them both twenty dollars. A friend makes a small objection to the amount so Akari gets the idea to offer them those pictures they wanted earlier as thanks. The group excitedly agrees and they head back up to start their impromptu photoshoot.
On Twitter, Youtube, Tiktok and Tumblr, images and video of two cosplayers start making the rounds through the Pokémon fandom circles.
In the photos, an Akari cosplayer is grinning widely with her fingers up in a v-sign. Her outfit is remarkable in how worn it looks, like it had been repeatedly rolled in mud, grass and stone. Her makeup is on point too, looking scratched and smudged with dirt.
She is accompanied by an Ingo cosplayer, who is dressed in a similar state, though his outfit is far more realistically tattered and frayed, as if it had become that way through natural wear and tear. Even his face seems naturally lined and aged. What really stands out is how he’d styled his trademark knife-sideburns/locks, which seem to offer a definitive answer as to what they really were. This cosplayer, however, looks genuinely baffled, wearing an uncomfortable smile that borders on a grimace. All of this is perfectly in-character of course and he absolutely sells it.
Most of the pictures features a group of friends posing with the two, either just smiling in excitement at the camera, doing silly poses, or are seen in a few candid shots of them marveling over the costumes.
However the most notable result of this meeting was a short Tiktok they’d shot together.
The Tiktok video only features the Akari cosplayer. There is a brief blip of the Ingo cosplayer in the beginning, the camera turning to him sitting off to the side, shyly begging off from whatever came next before the camera refocuses on the Tiktoker and Akari. The rest of the video shows Akari being shown how to do the steps of a Tiktok dance, followed by a few clips of some goofy failed trial runs, before concluding with Akari and the Tiktoker successfully pulling off the dance together. They excitedly high-five and congratulate each other, punctuated by a loud ‘BRAVO!’ booming in the background, before the video ends.
The Pokémon Legends Arceus fans are particularly tickled by the new images and happily share them amongst themselves. It doesn’t take long for them to land on the Tumblr dashboard of one Jamal Bashir.
By the time any of this reaches Jamal, he is still waking up from a nap and sleepily flipping through his phone before he has to get back to work on a project. When the first pictures flash by, he chuckles and taps the like button before adding the posts to his queue. He figures that’s the end of it until he comes across a reposting of the TikTok video. The video is short and sweet and he gives that a like and queued reposting too. On a whim, he rewatches it to admire the realism of the outfits. But as he spots the Ingo cosplayer again, something catches his attention.
There’s something familiar about his face.
Intrigued, Jamal goes back to the photo posts and studies the man a little more closely. His side hair and goatee are spot on and natural-looking in a way that is difficult to replicate without actual facial hair. Jamal has only seen one other person who managed to pull it off so well and that person is…
When the realization hits him, Jamal just about falls out of bed.
He frantically checks and rechecks the photos, scanning over them and picking out details that only add to his theory. He even pulls up a few of his photos to be sure, because if this isn’t anything less than what he thinks it is, his friend is going to kill him. And he can’t do that to the guy after everything he’s been through.
But he’s almost positive.
Only one last thing to do.
With his heart pounding in his throat, Jamal sends a frantic text to a contact only labeled with a train emoji.
DUDE HOLY SHIT YOU SEEN THIS?!?!?!?!??
He attaches links to the videos and images, practically flooding their chat history with embedded media.
I THINK ITS HAPPENING GET UR ASS READY
The next hour is agonizing.
Jamal has probably worn a track into his floor from all his anxious pacing as he tries to figure out what’s taking so long. He’d figure the guy checked his phone on occasion while working, but has to remind himself of who he’s dealing with. He absolutely would not check until he was on a break. Just as Jamal is about to march off to go find him, his phone dings with a new message.
The reply is concise in its desperation.
WHERE
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*Akari, Mieko and another girl are busy building a machine in their backyard*
The twins were able to successful dragged Tetsuko out of her house with the help of Ash. Tetsuko wasn't doing so well due to her hair being a messy and her eyes being red and a bit puffy
"Yo! Cousins!"
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IN WHICH ✶ — Rumors about Y/n pursuing a Zerobaseone member backstage at music bank start floating around the media after she and ZB1 member, Kim Gyuvin are seen talking behind in one of the episodes of ‘Eunchaes Star Diary’. Some netizens believe it and some don’t, some hated her for touching his shoulder and some didn’t care. Y/n went live to debunk the rumors, saying she wasn’t interested in a relationship at the time. The thing was, the rumors were true. She secretly was pursing Kim Gyuvin, or at least she wanted to. Ever since she first saw him backstage at M Countdown when ‘Love Killa’ team got to perform she was starstruck. She saw him at the vending machine and wished him luck in ‘Boys Planet’. She actually never had watched an episode of the survival show at all, she said it would be too painful for her, but that was the night she started to watch and most importantly, vote for Kim Gyuvin.
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