#NINJA ONIONS AHEAD

[the-ninja-legacy-whip]

How's the eating habit of everyone? Is someone a vegetarian or a meat lover? Do they eat a lot or still only a little? Anyone allergic? Favorite food and most disliked? Comfort food maybe?

Kai- General Habits: Always skewered his meals towards smaller portions while growing up, and now doesn't need to eat very much before feeling full. Regardless, will still get hit with massive hunger pangs if he's not eating up to the demands of his body. Fave Food: Anything spicy—hotter the better Will Not Eat: Anything made by Cole Comfort Food: Fruits, ironically Allergies: None

Jay- General Habits: Has a high metabolism, thus tends to eat a lot at once like it's nothing and carry on. And then maybe eat some more. Never really noticed this until becoming a ninja for obvious reasons. Fave Food: He is a Meat Lover courtesy of his parents Will Not Eat: Octopus or Squid (out of respect to Tawhiri) Comfort Food: Chicken and Waffles Allergies: Peanuts, and especially Peanut Butter. Even just the smell will take him out.

Cole- General Habits: He has a very refined palate due to his upbringing, and due to this, whatever he eats almost never feels fully satisfying... which, of course, leads to eating more. This is why dishes made by Zane and/or Jesse always manage to blow his mind snksnksnk Fave Food: Cake, and Soups/Stews/Chowders Will Not Eat: There is nothing he won't try at least once Comfort Food: Cake Allergies: None

Zane- General Habits: Likes making food for others than actually eating it, but his parents made sure he could understand and appreciate the taste of a good meal, and thus tries to keep that in mind forever going forward. Fave Food: French Toast Will Not Eat: Anything with a bad texture Comfort Food: Muffins Allergies: None

Nya- General Habits: Doesn't have a very large appetite, but never turns away any kind of a meal either (unless seafood is present). Fave Food: Anything Chocolate Will Not Eat: SEAFOOD Comfort Food: Again, Chocolate Allergies: Possibly shellfish, though she can't even stomach it long enough to truly find out.

Lloyd- General Habits: Due to literally being made of energy, he gets hungry, but doesn't need to eat as much as anyone else (this is also why he can go so long without food to begin with snksnksnk). Is also horribly picky about what goes in his mouth, but generally trusts what his friends cook (except when Zane tries to sneak him a vegetable) Fave Food: Doesn't have one Will Not Eat: VEGETABLES Comfort Food: Is candy a food? But also Zane's muffins Allergies: Sesame

Jesse- General Habits: Is the type of person to work out a meal plan several weeks ahead, so he always knows what he needs when he needs and how much of it. Being a part-time ninja (and thus missing a sizable amount of school lunches. and dinners. and the occasional breakfast) skewers his plans just a bit, however. Fave Food: Noodle Bowls, or Pasta, depending on mood Will Not Eat: Scrambled Eggs Comfort Food: Frozen Yogurt Allergies: None

Olivia- General Habits: Doesn't really have a lot of opportunities to sit down and simply enjoy food, so a lot of what she consumes has to be eaten "on the go". Would probably devour a fish straight out of the ocean if she could. Fave Food: Seafood (don't tell Nya) Will Not Eat: Tends to avoid foods with extreme temperatures Comfort Food: Smoothies, and Beef Jerky Allergies: Mustard

Antonia- General Habits: A SNACKER. Always has something crunchy in a bag not too far away from arm's reach, for a quick pick-me-up during long writing/editing sessions. (Sounds like me). Only really partakes in big meals when it's being shared with others—she's a fan of being in company when she dines. Fave Food: Sandwiches Will Not Eat: Anything with weird smells Comfort Food: Ice Cream Allergies: Onions and Peppers

Harumi- General Habits: Adores homemade meals and is probably the biggest consumer of "Comfort foods", but after The Incident, doesn't have a lot of exposure to those type of meals anymore. Not that she hates the more high-class menu she gets exposed to; it's just not the same. Fave Food: Caramel Apple Turnovers, made by her mom Will Not Eat: Sauerkraut Comfort Food: Caramel Apple Turnovers, made by her mom Allergies: Tree Nuts

Miranda- General Habits: Is not a picky eater whatsoever, and basically has it made living in a family of professional chefs, is just extremely lazy when it comes to making food for herself. Fave Food: Jesse's takoyaki Will Not Eat: Deviled Eggs Comfort Food: Jesse's takoyaki Allergies: Eggs, but grows out of it

Pixal- General Habits: Doesn't really like to eat, as she wasn't exactly built for that nor can taste much anyway. Upon rebuilding herself, she does include the ability to do so to feel a little less left out, but it takes a lot to work her up into wanting to eat regularly, which is made easier by Zane's patience and incredibly tasty meals. Fave Food: Does not have one Will Not Eat: Anything not made by her friends or loved ones–she has to know where the food comes from Comfort Food: Also Zane's muffins Allergies: None

Skylor- General Habits: Initially has a skewered taste towards more tropical flavors and ofc noodles, but upon moving to Ninjago City becomes obsessed with all the new and different flavors she's never really had the chance to try. Hardly has a comfort food because she likes having a fresh experience every time she eats, but Kai does get her hooked on spice eventually Fave Food: Pizza Will Not Eat: There's isn't a lot she won't eat, but she does get absolutely sick of noodles every now and then. Comfort Food: Spicy Food Allergies: Soy

Harleigh- General Habits: Low metabolism, which comes in handy when you're a ghost. Also a very picky eater, even moreso than Lloyd, and doubly so because she can't handle gluten. Fave Food: Breakfast Foods (which Dareth takes to making it specifically to her complicated tastes, which she appreciates) Will Not Eat: Her mother's cooking Comfort Food: Gluten-Free Corn Bread Allergies: Wheat, and Gluten Intolerant

Sunni- General Habits: Not exactly a vegetarian or vegan, but generally tries to avoid meat and animal products as best she can. She has moments of weakness though. Especially around cheese and ice cream. Which she shouldn't be eating anyway. Fave Food: Sweet Potato Mac and Cheese Will Not Eat: Meats, but will make rare exceptions for fish Comfort Food: Blackberry Brie Grilled Cheese Allergies: Lactose Intolerant

#screw u now im starving #ninjago #tlnm #legacyverse #the ninja legacy whip #info tag #long post #and here we go #kai smith #jay walker #cole brookstone #zane julien #nya smith #lloyd garmadon #oc: jesse marvell #antonia sawyer #harumi hutchins #oc: olivia omar #oc: miranda marvell #pixal borg #skylor chen #oc: harleigh kognito #oc: sunni dayes #oh my god i made the vegan in love with the meat devourer rip

[enchanted-lightning-aes]

Prompt time 😌

Hwan and Tegan + cooking

Ahh, thank you for the request, Kly! I had fun writing this tidbit! This probably takes place off-screen.

However, just know this also includes some mentions of a misunderstanding. . . in a comical manner. :p

send me a prompt? for any oc, dynamic, fandom characters, concepts.

Word Count: 788

T.W/C.W: food since it's a main topic

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Packets and containers sprawled over a row of counters. Consisting of spices, some ingredients, vegetables, and some grains.

Hwan opens a cupboard, taking a pressure cooker and pan out. She puts them on an empty spot near the sink.

"I didn't think you'd also show up here," Tegan says while her pulse insists on racing.

Hwan adjusts her glasses, her expression slightly vacant. "Um, my sister invited me over, so yeah. She'll be too tired to cook anything after work. And I'm here to prepare some for her."

Ah. Great. Tegan nods, darting her eyes onto the ceiling.

Somehow, Nijiko managed to roped Tegan into visiting her place. Via a text message. Only to learn that her sister, Hwan, happened to be there instead. And she isn't even here.

So, she can probably help Hwan prepare dinner for Nijiko before she gets back.

But a little part of her had a sneaking suspicion that her best friend ditched her on purpose. With some intentions to nudge them into hanging out together.

Maybe it's to just keep her sister company.

After all, why would Nijiko have set Tegan up for that? Especially since she told her that Hwan's straight and wouldn't be into her.

Right? As a sister, Nijiko probably took it as a duty to encourage her little sister to get along with her best friend. No homo. Pure platonic reasons.   Nothing more, nothing less.

So, she clears her throat and braces herself.

"Well, I can help." Tegan tries smiling. "Considering there are some stuff I'm familiar with."

"Wait, you cook for her too?"

"Sometimes, whenever we both have a day off, we do that. Since we have utterly different culinary styles, I cook some Indian food that she hasn't tried. And she does the same for the Japanese and Korean food."

"Ah. Makes lotta sense."

"Hey, so, do you think you can tolerate spicy food?" Tegan asks, picking a moong dal packet.

Hwan arches a brow. "All have you know I've lived in Japan. And I can definitely handle anything with an abundance of spices. And I've eaten tons of kimchi soups and stews before I went there."

"Huh. Nijiko knows how to cook some mean kimchi soups."

"Yeah, wait until you try mine. In fact, I'm gonna prepare some while you cook your curry."

It might be her imagination yet Hwan's mouth quirks up at a corner. Just a fraction yet visible all the same. Kicking up her heart rate into high gear a little bit.

Tegan averts her eyes, rummaging through ingredients gathered at the counters.

Oww. She just had to be cute, huh?

"Okay then. I hope you can eat this Parippu curry. Once I'm done cooking it, of course."

Hwan just watches her, tracking her movements as she proceeds with the Parripu curry. Getting it's ingredients. Cumin seeds, asafoetida, turmeric powder, coconut oil, dry red chillies, chili powder, mustard seeds, mung dal, grated coconut, curry leaves, pearl onions, and garlic.

She rinses one cup of mung dal into a bowl, putting turmeric powder, asafoetida, and two cups of water into the mix.

After setting a pressure cooker on the stove, she lifts the lids. Then pours the moong dal from a bowl, filling it up. She switches it on at medium and steps back.

"You're gonna have to wait for it to boil," Tegan explains as Hwan raises her brows. "And I gotta make some coconut paste to add into it."

"Got it. I'll go ahead and start with my kimchi stew."

Hwan flips a chopping board then settles it onto a counter. She whips up a knife out of a drawer. She rolls a batch of napa cabbage over it.

Tegan's jaw slacks at how she chops it into bite-sized pieces within two minutes. Somewhat like a ninja, who's got mega fast reflexes.

As the pressure cooker goes off at it's first whistle, it sends a jolt into Tegan. Snapping her back to her current surroundings.  

Darn it. She can't get carried away by this. Her poor brain would be tricked into thinking it's some date or something. And she can't let that happen.  

With a grimace, she squeezes her eyes shut.   Maybe her best friend set out to torture her with this. Showing her on who she can't be with.  

Oh, well. She's gotta manage, somehow. Especially when Hwan throws an expectant look at her.  

For whatever it has to be. . .  

Tegan blinks and smacks her forehead. She turns the stove down and the fire goes out. She removes the lid, instantly greeted by a waft of steam.  

Gee, right. She has to work on the coconut paste before she fully cooks the parripu curry. So, she gets a blender jar.

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#enchant answers #kly 🎆 #enchant: loasti #writeblr #original writing

[the-silver-peahen-residence]

(The Bishōnen ninja squad wanted to make their hubbies something delicious, hope they enjoy them, go ahead fellas)

Hiruko: *He was first with his dish* "Here you go darling, My double stack Meatball and Bison burger with sweet pickles and white cheddar cheese, i even carmelized the onions and added a tangy buffalo sauce to it. I even made some Garlic fries with a "poison cheese" sauce which is a melted mix of Brie, provolone and Gouda, and with i made a Strawberry Milk shake, hope you enjoy it darling Dokukumo"

Kai: *Next was Kai with his special for His beastman of a husband, giving him something delicious* "This is my special spicy Chili cheese burger with Ripe roasted red tomatoes but added some cooling mayo for it, the Buns also have been baked with a special Red phoenix peppers i was able to grow with thanks to my old teammate's uncle getting his hands on some seeds for her. With it i also made Some onion rings with Honey mustard sauce and an orange dreamsicle milkshake, this is something i always wanted to make for you sweetheart"

Kagefumi: *this time it was Kagefumi's turn to give Kiyoshi his special suprise dish as he smiled cutely* "For my Sweet Nunamushi, i made a twin Meatball marinara with red onions, Mozzerella, White cheddar, and provolone mixed sauce in between, an american cheddar and mexican shredded cheese on the bottom and topped with red onions and a Marinara sauce with a touch of buffalo sauce, then i made some Nacho potato wedges with a spicy salsa queso, then the light blue drink here is what i like to call "the Kitsune's blue flame" which is a Sweet sake, blue raspberry Soda and blueberry wine mix with ice. I hope you love it"

Hakutomi: *then came Hakutomi bringing his specialty for Edon* "Hey Baby, took me a while to make this, but i call this the Umbran Nightmare burger, a Char-grilled Burger and chicken Filet with Provolone cheese, carmelized onions, pickles, lettuce, and Barbecue sauce, i even made some Mozzerella garlic pepper fries with a cocktail dipping sauce and a Chocolate milkshake, eat up Handsome"

Raidou: *Finally Raidou bringing His Lovely fox Lance his specialty as he had a smile on his face* "I hope your hungry Lance, i made you what i like to call "The Arctic Zombie slayer's melted delight", a fried alaskan Fish filet and Flame grilled then roasted chicken patty with Melted Provolone in between the two patties with lettuce, pickles, i even put tartar sauce under the fish fillet, then topped the chicken patty with honey mustard and Spicy ketchup. I then made fried buffalo onion rings with a cooling ranch sauce to have. Then to drink i call this my "Snowflake milkshake" which is a blue cotton candy and Cookies and creme milkshake blend, made special by your black snow bunny" *he winks cutely as he worked his hardest*

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Jun blinks seeing this only to smile, loving how his husband made this delicious treat for him. "Thank you love. This looks amazing! You always know how to make me happy and love you even with something to make. Your the best. "

Rex smiled that his tail was wagging loving the look of the food he had made. It was something Kai would make and he loved everything he makes. "This looks delicious. I can't wait to take a bite and taste it. Thank you my black flame phoenix."

"Well, well, well, this looks delicious. Thank you Kagefumi and..it looks wonderful. You really are the best husband in the world." Kiyoshi smiled loving this snack but he was going to enjoy it indeed.

Edon felt his cheeks flushed seeing what Hakutomi made for him. Something he can really enjoy for the while. Looking up from the food, he shows his smile already loving him even more. "Thank you, my favorite!"

"T..thank you Raidou. This is the best looking plate of food I've ever seen. It looks so fresh and dealish. I know it will be amazing when I give it a T..taste. So thank you love....thank you so much for this." he was happily blushing wagging his tail.

#submission #Bishōnen ninja squad #ic #special treats #for the husbands of the Bishōnen ninja squad #hope you love it #silver roses #ask answered #muses answered #curious peahen and peacock #jun akumushi #toxic poison shinobi/poison spider #rex oxford mills #blind werewolf demon/blind aura #kiyoshi saima #the water viper/the water goddess #edon lucas aedwulf #hybird werewolf vampire/born of mixed blood #lance vermillion #the fox hunter/curious trickster #dark-hybird-ninja #Avatar creations

[biby-24k]

It’s a nice day isn’t it?

#levihan #snk #shingeki no kyojin #attack on titan #BE CAREFUL #NINJA ONIONS AHEAD #OMG #i spent a lot of time thinking about the dialogue :C #pls enjoy #hange zoe #levi ackerman

[cookie-run-kingdom-story]

SHROOMIE SHENANIGANS: COOKIE TRANSFORMATIONS (Common) (Rare)

COMMON

GingerBrave

GingerBrave: Huh? For me? Such a pretty mushroom! GingerBrave: Yum! GingerBrave: WHOAH! What’s going on- …Apparently this filter shows what you would look like on the* April Fools’ Day!

*actual text

Angel Cookie

Angel Cookie: Oh… You have my thanks… Angel Cookie: Do not be afraid… Come with me…

Strawberry Cookie

Strawberry Cookie: Um… Huh? A mushroom? I mean… Huh? Strawberry Cookie: Thanks… I guess? Do I need to eat it…? Um… OK! He he… Strawberry Cookie: YIKES! WHAT’S HAPPENED?! Oh no… What do I do?!

Muscle Cookie

Muscle Cookie: Oh yeah! MORE MUSCLES! Muscle Cookie: IT’S FLEXING TIME! Muscle Cookie: Shape! Strength! My muscles are PERFECT in every aspect! Just like my… PRETTY EYES!

Wizard Cookie

Wizard Cookie: Hm? What is it? Wizard Cookie: Oh! Looks like I’ve fallen under a transfiguration spell! Do you have more of those mushrooms? I need to examine them!

Ninja Cookie

Ninja Cookie: Quiet. I am meditating. …Hm? You have something for me? Ninja Cookie: Hm? Is this part of the training?

Beet Cookie

Beet Cookie: *Sniff sniff* Can I eat it? Looks edible for sure! Beet Cookie: ⬛⬛⬛…⬛⬛⬛⬛?⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛??

RARE

Gumball Cookie

Gumball Cookie: Huh, what’s that? I could use that for my next project…! Gumball Cookie: WHOAH? Amazing! Now I AM art!

Clover Cookie

Clover Cookie: Oh, is that a gift for me? Clover Cookie: La la la! Let me sing you the ballad of an April fool!

Carrot Cookie

Carrot Cookie: Ah, welcome! The harvest of carrots is promising to be plentiful this year! Maybe even too plentiful! Carrot Cookie: Hm? You have something for me? A mushroom, huh? Carrot Cookie: ⭐⭐!!!BEST CARROTS STRAIGHT FROM THE FIELD!!!⭐⭐ Need a carrot?

Avocado Cookie

Avocado Cookie: Ho ho, I’ve been expecting you! Did you know? I’ve been officially made res-pun-sible for everyone’s laughs today! Avocado Cookie: What’s that? A mushroom? Why didn’t you bring more?! I’ve got so mush room! LOL Avocado Cookie: Wowza! Did you know? An avocado has just as many puns in it as one avocado!

Devil Cookie

Devil Cookie: Khe he… You have something I want. Devil Cookie: You wish to know what happens when I eat this? I will gladly show you… Khe he. Devil Cookie: Khe he he… How do you find it? FEAR ME!

Pancake Cookie

Pancake Cookie: Whooooosh! What’s that? ACORN JELLIES?! Pancake Cookie: Hey, those are NOT Acorn Jellies! Huh? You’ll give me Acorn Jellies if I eat this? Okay! Pancake Cookie: WHOAH! I’m so flat and fluffy! AND CUTE!

Onion Cookie

Onion Cookie: What… is this…? Onion Cookie: Don’t you see… that I’m scared?! Onion Rabbit: There there… Don’t cry…

Blackberry Cookie

Blackberry Cookie: Greetings. How may I aid you today? Blackberry Cookie: I see you brought me a so-called “Rainbow Shroomie.” Would you like me to have a bite? Blackberry Cookie: Would that be all?

Adventurer Cookie

Adventurer Cookie: Good Jelly! I’m on the verge of an astonishing discovery! The key to the forgotten ruins is… Huh? Adventurer Cookie: That’s… for me? Sure, I’ll have it! Adventurer Relief: …

Knight Cookie

Knight Cookie: Hm, is that a mushroom? I’ve never seen one like that before! Knight Cookie: I’ve given it my all… No regrets left…

Princess Cookie

Princess Cookie: Oh? Is this for me?! Whoah, so colorful and pretty… Is it sweet? The New Knight Cookie: YEEHAW! Tremble, villains! Your end is near!

Alchemist Cookie

Alchemist Cookie: Ah yes, a transmutation shroomie! As always, I’m one step ahead of you! Watch closely. Alchemist Cookie: H-huh…?! Familiar-looking Alchemist Cookie: On second thought… experiments can wait! What’s new on Wheatflix?

Custard Cookie III

Custard Cookie III: My loyal subject! What have you there? An offering to your King? That’s me, mind you! Custard Cookie III: Of course, I accept! Custard Cookie III: Let me read you my favorite book! It has lots of cute pictures… Ahem! “Once upon a time, a Cookie destined to rule them all…”

Cherry Cookie

Cherry Cookie: BOOM! BAM! KABOOM! WHAM! Cherry Cookie: Teeheehee! Ooh, pretty! Hold this for a second? BOOM! BAM!

#cherry cookie #Custard Cookie III #alchemist cookie #PRINCESS COOKIE #knight cookie #adventurer cookie #blackberry cookie #onion cookie #pancake cookie #cookie run kingdom #cr dialogue #Devil cookie #avocado cookie #carrot cookie #clover cookie #gumball cookie #beet cookie #Gingerbrave #ninja cookie #angel cookie #wizard cookie #muscle cookie #strawberry cookie #crk

[alderaani]

100 one word prompts - clone centric snapshots

I’m slowly trying to work through this list of 100 one word prompts, with little clone centric moments throughout the clone wars, so this will be a little masterlist as I work my way through them - I’ll link it in my main one! if you prefer, you can also go ahead and read this as a collection on AO3, laid out in the order I write them. 

If you’d like to, please go ahead and send me a prompt and a clone/squad that you’d like to see!

1.     Abilities - 212th Attack Battalion

2.     Arson

3.     Agility

4.     Adapt

5.     Bright - Fives & Echo

6.     Believe

7.     Birthday

8.     Bleed

9.     Cabbage

10.   Caught

11.   Caper

12.   Cave

13.   Celestial

14.   Danger

15.   Distrust

16.   Drown

17.   Dagger

18.   Echo

19.   Elegant

20.   Electricity

21.   Embers - Waxer & Boil

22.   Frighten

23.   Feral

24.   Family - Rex & Cody

25.   Forrest

26.   Freedom

27.   Greed

28.   Grime

29.   Gathering

30.   Glitter

31.   Hope

32.   Hammock

33.   Harp

34.   Hatred

35.   Invisible

36.   Icing

37.   Immune

38.   Infant

39.   Joke

40.   Justified

41.   Jellyfish

42.   Jump - 501st (Echo & Fives centric)

43.   Kingdom

44.   Kindness

45.   Killer

46.   Kleptomania

47.   Lost

48.   Law

49.   Lonely

50.   Liquid

51.   Myth

52.   Magic

53.   Marble

54.   Molten

55.   Nightmare

56.   Ninja

57.   North

58.   Neptune

59.   Orange

60.   Overlord

61.   Overbearing

62.   Onion

63.   Pigeon

64.   Pie

65.   Pointless

66.   Politics

67.   Quiet

68.   Quip

69.   Quiver

70.   Quill

71.   Quake

72.   Rusted

73.   Revenge - Crys

74.   Rome

75.   River

76.   Stalled

77.   Skies

78.   Silence

79.   Sword

80.   Scream

81.   Trust

82.   Traveler

83.   Time

84.   Team

85.   Underneath

86.   Unicorn

87.   Unplug

88.   Universe

89.   Volcanic

90.   Violin

91.   Vault

92.   Valley

93.   Wave

94.   Whimper

95.   Wild

96.   War

97.   Zipper

98.   Zoology

99.   Zombie

100.  Zone

#alderwrites #don't mind me i'm just fixing up my masterlist #maybe this list is a bit ambitious but #here we are

[c-atm]

Fighting Flirty Birthday Boss rush Chapter 2: Onion's layers of fun

*Present*

 Steven stretched, a smile on his face as he looked at the statue. "I thought that Priya-mom would be a little more of a challenge actually, but she let me coast by...I think she might be plotting for next time we all have a game night. She's a bit of a sore loser." He relaxed his body, laying his elbows on his knees as he slouched forward. "The next boss, they kind of put me through my paces."

*earlier*

Steven sniffed the air like a bloodhound as he followed the scent coming from Funland, curiosity  and pleasant anxiousness within as he got closer  to the source. "The arcade huh? Did she got little laminar to help?" Steven pondered as he walked in,still following the scent.

He found himself at the back of the arcade, at the prize counter. He looked at the very top to see another box with a pink note, basically bathed in Connie's Scent. scent.  “Maybe it’s Mr. Smiley helping her..Whoa!” His eyes spotted the price tag on the box. “100,000  tickets, the top score on ten games, a combination of the two, or win the token challenge.” Steven hummed as he rubbed his chin. “What’s the token challenge?” 

“Meh!”

Steven looked behind him only to get hugged by a (finally) older Onion. He turned around to return the hug to the boy he saw as a kid brother. After breaking the greeting, Steven looked to see that Onion had his gang with him and they all had mischievous smiles. “Let me see if I remember correctly,” He pointed as a heavy set teen with freckles and tan skin. “Garbanzo.” He spoke confidently, getting a nod of confirmation.

Garbanzo.” the teen answered in a surprisingly deep voice.

“ Nice...Hmm, your sister not with you today, she’s doing well? ”Steven gave him a gentle smile when the boy nodded with a thumbs up. Steven nodded as he pointed to the tallest one there, standing right beside Garbanzo. A  dark skin teen with black coarse hair and a yellow cap. “I wanna say...Squash.” He stated unsure and received a tip of their hat and a bow, showing their squash on their head. Steven chuckled, “Can’t beat a classic. Now...” He turned to the shortest of their group, a girl with near peach tan skin, and slightly shaggy brown hair which she had in a ponytail. 

She  walked up beside Onion giving him a smile before leaning  on the taller boy, her  let arm draped over his right shoulder, before turning to Steven and blowing him a kiss, like last time they met.

“Soup, you’re Soup.” He affirmed, getting a nod from Soup. Steven arched an eyebrow at the hidden smile between Onion and Soup, but decided to ignore it “ So...Safe to assume you’re the Champs here?” He smirked at the four crossing his arms., and putting more  of his weight on his right leg.

“Meh.” Onion arched his eyebrow mirror Steven’s stance.

“Connie is really upping the difficulty.” Steven chuckled. “So..token challenge?”  He didn't get an answer, as Onion looked at him as if asking if that’s the course he wanted. “Token challenge.” Steven answered confidently.

Onion nodded before signalling to Garbanzo and Squash. The two walked up to Steven and onion before digging in their pockets and producing a pouch holding twenty-four tokens each, putting them in Steven and Onions hands respectively.

“Hmmm.. Let me guess, first one to lose their tokens; lose.” He gotta grin from Onion. “ Ok so..”  He was surprised when Onion pointed at him.

"So, I get to choose first, huh..Ok..Ok." Steven looked at the games. 'Most took at least three tokens or quarters, some four and others six So..should I start with a big game, or a small game..also.'  He took a look at the group as they huddled together.  'I doubt I will be just playing against Onion. I'll start with a couple of threes...a fighter. Gauge how they're going to play this.  From there, I can create a more thought out battle plan.'  Steven nodded before  smiling to himself. " Well look at me, thinking ahead like Heartberry. She rubbed off on me after all." He said to himself. " Hey! I chose." He announced getting the gang attention.  

Steven pointed his finger to a two player arcade cabinet, with the words 'lonely blade battlefield VII' on top of it. He looked as the gang turned to Squash, who cracked their knuckles; smirking. 

"So you’re  the fighter of the Gang. Ok let's go." 

The five of them walked to the machine and to Steven surprise, it was a two credit machine. Two tokens, didn't consider that. There might be some one credit machines as well.' Steven pondered. Also, the fact that Squash stepped up first is a little concerning, they might be very good and I'm a bit rusty.'As the two inserted the credits to start their game, he glanced to the side to see Garbanzo whispering something into his opponent's ear, getting a slightly annoyed sigh and nod. Steven turned his focus to the game, picking the samurai known as lonely blade.

Squash chose a dual chain welder, named Akika, a female rival of Lonely Blade from the TV series. 

After selecting a stage, the loneliest  moonlight field, The two began their match. to the untrained eye, Steven and Squash hands would be moving erratically, but to the gang, who watched Squash take down local pros, this was a match between two giants.  

Steven naturally defensive and patient fighting style translated into his gameplay as his Lonely blocked, evaded and parry the stage long assault of Squash's Akika and their whipping chain; slowly advancing upon them, throwing a boomerang blade at opportune times to put them on defensive even for a moment. Once within striking range, Steven purposely clashed a heavy slash against Squash's medium strike, throwing  them off guard and leaving them open

"Hm! Hm,"Lonely said the two crouching light hits tagged Akika, followed by a kick to her side, "Kakh!," two swiping slash that across the stomach made Akika yelp as they stumble back, leaving her defenseless, "HYAK!" Lonely step forward  before giving a heavy overhead slash, bouncing Akika off the ground, "BOOMERANG ASSAULT!" 

The gang watched in awe, as Lonely threw multiple boomerang blades at Akika, hitting the kunoichi hard and ending the fifteen hit combo, leaving the character with only 25 percent of life.  Akika safe rolled as they hit the ground and Lonely was already upon them with another heavy slash ready to take that 25. 

Squash wasted no time unleashing their super move or 'Lonely Arte'.

Just like with Boomerang assault, the screen blackened and time froze, as Akika  swung her chains in giant circles igniting them in a purple aura like flame."ASHURA…" Akika yelled as she hovered forward, hitting Lonely six times as she bulldozed him before knocking him into the sky with a reverse crescent kick; "STALKER!" She tossed the circles like a couple of discs and everyone  watched as Lonely looked on terrified as they collided with him in an explosion of purple, before landing back on to the stage, 40 percent life left.

"Counter hit super, with rage. Make sense." Steven muttered as his Lonely shot another boomerang blade at Squash's charging Akika. He smirked as he saw Akika jump up and divekick towards him. "Sorrow upper!" Lonely flashed gray as he leapt up with his blade, breaking through Akika's attack  and hitting her three times, taking the last of her life bar.

"Round 1 victor: Lonely Blade."the arcade cabinet announced as Lonely blade turned his back to the audience before Akika stood back up rotating her shoulders. The screen faded to black and back again each character in their starting position. "Round 2: Commence!"

Much like the first round, Steven defended himself agaInst Squash's relentless assault; this time Squash's Akika stayed up close, attacking with small punches and kicks to try create an opening. Steven growled as Squash blocked and parried his own attacks, before landing one on him, in the form of a shoulder throw taking thirty percent of his life.

 He tried to retaliate wit a sorrow upper, but was dodged and in turn lost thirty-five percent of his life to an air combo, that consisted of two medium, whipping strikes from Akika chains and a rising spin move called 'Wretched Revolution' Which allowed her chains to hit him five more times as she turned mid-air, before smacking him to the wall and making him bounce. He recovered mid-air and was immediately grabbed and slammed to the ground by Akika leaving him with five percent of life. 

"What, she can just meter-less cancel dash out of W.R now!?" Steven exclaimed, getting a grin from Squash. Steven nodded and kissed his teeth as his Lonely rolled behind Akika in a crouch. Akika swung her chain down in an overhead, then the screen turned a pale blue and rain fell as her chain met with his hilt and everyone watched as as Akika life bar was literally sliced to shreds as the screen went black and sounds of swords swine could be heard as white lines rapidly cut through the darkness, revealing Lonely standing alone looking to sky with tears in his eyes, Akika nowhere to be found.

"Lonely wins, Isolated finish!"

"Master! WHY!?"

Squash looked at Steven, their mouth small as they bit inside of their jaw, before giving Steven their other four tokens,  they were done. She nodded to Steven, but they were done, and went behind the counter, into the back.

"That was fun." Steven admitted " Can't  believe I pulled off his isolation move." Steven chuckled " So what's next? or are we still playing Lonely?"

Onion pointed to a racing machine called 'Escapades of Realms' that took six tokens. 'That would leave me at twenty tokens after this. If I win.' Steven thought as he took a seat in the arcade game. Garbanzo took the seat next to him.

"Garbanzo." He cockily announced as he chose his vehicle, a deep red souped-up viper. 

Steven coughed out a chuckle as he chose a pink Kawasaki ninja, with what looked like three rocket thrusters on the back of it. 

They allowed the game to choose the stage and Steven was wondering exactly  who created this game because they were on a course called planet G..Which looked eerily like Homeworld. 

'I'll look into that later.' Steven decided as the screen opened  up and the countdown began.

"3..2..1.Escape!" The game announced as Steven and Garbanzo both peeled off with a boost start, though Garbanzo timing was a bit more tighter, giving him a stronger, longer boost  compared to Stevens, allowing them to take 1st and 2nd respectively, out of the possible 8. 

Even though Garbanzo boost lasted a whole three seconds longer, Steven had better acceleration and a higher top speed, allowing him to shrink the gap between them little by little, second by second.  As they shot down the digital hard-light track four crystal boxes adorned with a question mark came into view, each a color of a diamond; something Steven chose to ignore at the moment.

He watched as Garbanzo took the blue one  on the far left, he himself took the yellow one and watched as a yellow square appeared at the top of his screen with items randomly flashing  through it before it stopped on a circuit of electricity. "Weapons ok. Wonder what it does?" He whispered as he headed towards Garbanzo  and the first corner of the track. 

Steven watched Garbanzo effortlessly drift around the corner and boosted out. Letting go of the acceleration before getting to the turn,Steven hit the break making a hard right, Unfortunately  his ninja had the worst handling on the track and made his turn wider than he expected, nearly throwing him off the track. Even though he made it around and got a little boost, he still failed to perform usable drift, lost the momentum he previously had, his gap widened again, and the CPU racers were closing in.

“Well let's see what you do?” Steven muttered as he pressed the weapon button on the arcade cabinet and observed as his character unleashed a yellow wave of electricity in a circular area. The attack hit a few of the CPU racers, causing them to sizzle and slowed them down to near halt.”Nice.”

Steven kept on his way, picking up speed as he passed the first checkpoint. As he continued he saw a ramp on the far right with three glowing arrows upon it. He rode upon it, being launched into the air by an auto boost up to a higher section of the track..Right into a blue cloud.

"Oh,  come on!" Steven combined as his view was now obstructed by the haze of blue.

"Banzo, Banzo, Banzo!" His opponent  laughed at Steven's misfortune, but kept his eyes on the road as he took Another box, this time a white one. 

Steven kept on as the haze cleared a few seconds later, revealing his a U -turn. "Crap!" The hybrid swore as he performed a drift a bit late and just remained on the track by luck drifting through a pink box and picking up what looked like a barrier.  

"WHOOOOOOOO!" The birthday gem cheered S he built up a full boost by the drift and released it right out of the turn, into the straightaway passed the second checkpoint; closing in on Garbanzo quickly. "Gonna getcha!"

"Banzo!"

"Gonna pass ya!"

BANZO!" Garbanzo challenged as he activated his weapon. 

Steven saw his screen flash white for a split second before his shield activated  automatically. "Hahaha! You are mine!"  Steven taunted as he passed Garbanzo.  

His laughter was cut off when they passed the last checkpoint, and pieces of the tracks started to fall at random places, as meteors started to fall upon them. 

Both boys were hilarious dodging every pitfall and falling rock as they battled for first. The numbered position alters between 1 and two  every second. it was gonna be a close one as they both ran through multiple boost pads and both received an item box.

Steven looked at his pink item and saw that he got three more boosts. Seeing that he had already pulled away from Garbanzo Steven held the boost just in case as he sped through the track.

"Noo!" Steven grimaced as he saw a tight turn. He drifted the best he could into the right turn and again to the left, being thrown further to the outside of the track. "Come on." Steven encouraged  himself as he drifted into a large swirling pathway, holding on for dear life. "Almost there!!"" Steven  called  out as his vehicle neared  the end of the spiral. Just as he was about to make it off. Garbanzo red viper simultaneously drifting and boosting in the inside corner.

Caught up to him.

Passed him.

and released a pink shockwave tossing Steven off the track as Garbanzo sped passed the last runway, through the finish line in first place. 

"That's cold." Steven shook his head as he was reseted on to the last runway  as five CPU' zoomed by. Using his triple boost he was able to secure fourth place. As he climbed out Garbanzo stopped him and pointed to their places and Steven's pouch. It took a moment but Steven got the gist of it and handed Garbanzo three of his tokens, who gave them to Soup.

"That was fun, a bit sneaky on your part but fun." Steven commented as he shared a fist pound with Garbanzo.

"Gar-ban-zozozo."  The victory playfully taunted, leaning back and rotating his shoulders in a victory dance getting an eye roll from Steven.

“Yeah yeah, still got two tokens over you guys.” Steven smirked before turning to soup.”I know it's my go but, Soup you can choose the next game." 

The girl bounced in place before grabbing Steven's wrist and leading him to a game called 'Meat, Beat, Megalomania!', a sequel to 'Meat Beat Mania'. The differences between the two games were immediate.

For one thing while Mania was one machine that allowed side by side play. Megalomania was two giant machines back to back giving the aura of a head-on match. Another difference is while Mania was all about matching the beat, Megalomania was about matching the beat while attacking and dodging your opponent.

Steven stepped on to the machine,observing  the set up. the eight arrow panels on the floor, the two had hawk drums sticks and the nine rhythm pads behind them, along east, west and south of the screen; A crazy and slightly overwhelming set up for sure. Putting another six tokens and hitting start on the machine, Steven stood waiting for Soup to choose the song since she was the designated  first player, Inserting her tokens while he was taking in the game setup.

With the song chosen, a song curiously enough named 'Waters of Megalovania', the screen went dark before opening up to an animated kitchen with pots and pans bouncing  around to nothing.

"Groove to the beat, Dodge!" 

Steven read out before a picture of the foot panel was shown, instructing him to step on whatever arrow was lit "Fair enough." Steven muttered as the music started up. A quick  pop beat and rhythm entered blared from the machine, urging him to hop in place  grooving to the music.  Until the drums and lyrics hit.

 Traveling through space and time

Everything's about to go down

Even if I told you that you'll

have a really bad time.

 ‘Those some quick arrows’ Steven thought as he saw he watched the arrows shoot down like bullets. “Down, up ,down, left, Right, upper-right…”Steven muttered as he stepped  to the beat being tossed at him. Getting calls of Good, great, or ok from the machine each step he took.

“You’re the beat master now. Attack!” The machine yelled, showing an animation of someone using the drumsticks to beat on the pad  when it glowed, “So my precision translates  to the speed of  the arrows I send to my opponent. Ok.” Steven  grabbed the drumsticks and immediately  the pads started to glow and the lyrics played

 Why'd you gotta play this trick

God I am so freaking sick of you

Stop pretending that you don't

know what you're doing here.

 Steven knocked all over hitting pad after pad as they glowed, “Hah, hah, hah,” He called as  he tried to be a quick as possible 

“Close one! Good shot! Good shot! Good shot! Perfect! Perfect!” The machine continued to call as Steven got the rhythm down of the song.

“Switch it up! Defend!”

Steven's eyes widened as the arrows started to come down again, and even quicker than last time. “Crap!”

 Why are you here anyways

Did you plan this for a long time

Killing every single soul here,

don't you feel kinda bad.

 Steven groaned in anxiousness as he stomped on the glowing panels trying to catch every arrow that came down as precisely as he could.

“Good!, Close! Close! Close! Good! Good! Bad! Bad! Perfect! Perfect!” The machine yelled  those three as Steven tried to catch up with Soup’s impressive playing.

“Stir up some trouble! Attack!”

“Thank god! “ Steven yelled as he got the drumsticks ready.

 Oh yeah you're so innocent

Imma show you what no mercy is

Hopefully you'll burn in hell

and can't ever come back.

 Steven hit the pads with perfect accuracy and speed as soon as he saw them light up.

“Perfect! Perfect! Perfect! Perfect! You’re on fire! You’re cooking now! Perfect!” The machine cheered on both of them as they continued to face off. “Go off! Attack and Defend!”

 Is killing everybody really oh

sooo, good!

Dah Dah-dah-Dah Dah-Dahdah!

 “What” Steven yelled as he grabbed the drumsticks and continued to defend against her arrows while sending his own. “ This is crazy!”  He exclaimed being drowned by the comments of the machine and the lyrics of the song..

 I can't understand

you well I don't want to.

Dah Dah-dah-Dah Dadah Dah!

 “This is a workout!” Steven yelled only to hear Soup laughing maniacally! The machine is now screaming out the word “Perfect!” As if it was on repeat.

 Couldn't you just leave us all in

peace down here!

Dah Dah-dah-Dah Dadah Dah!

 “Come on! Come on!” Steven pushed looking at how close their scores were  and the fact that he was behind by a measly two hundred points or two arrows.

 imma dunk you

so hard so you'll die down here!

Dah Dah-dah-Dah Dadah Dah!

 “Freestyle! Release everything!” The machine was announced as both the nine pads and the floor platform arrows all lit up. Allowing the player full reign, which Steven and Soup took total advantage. The two drummed on the pads and stomped all over the platform trying to overwhelm the other completely in a hailstorm of arrows as the song came to an end.

“Enough Cooking!” The machine yelled as the pads and floor stopped glowing, signaling the end of the match. Steven chuckled as he nearly tripped, feeling a bit fatigued after that game. He looked as the game tallied the totals.

“What?!”

“Ohhh.”

Both Steven and Soup were surprised to see they were tied at 9,967,342,678,800 points

“Meh meh.” Onion said as he pat both of them on their shoulder.  

“Good game, Soup, and nice song choice..Didn’t think you were an Undertale fan.”

Soup waved the Undertale comment off, but gave him a thumbs up all the same, before Onion gave her a one arm hug and the quickest of head pats, getting a smile from the girl.

Steven didn’t say anything at all.but did share a teasing knowing smirk with Garbanzo. “Ok, so that’s one win, one lost, and one tie. Also I still have two tokens over you. What game shall we settle this in Onion?” Steven taunted, lightheartedly.

“Meeeh.” Onion rubbed his chin before turning to Garbanzo and pointed to the gift. After  receiving a nod, Onion turned to the others and led them to an obstacle puzzle game called..

“Guiding the Guys.” Steven said in awe as he looked at the game.. The video game itself was tabletop and stretched two and a half feet. It’s controls were simply a rotating globe for movement, a button for jumping and one for stopping. The goal was to guide the guys or gals through the obstacle course as quickly and safely as possible. The one with the most teammates at the end wins. On the chance that both players have the same amount teammates left they will determine the winner by time..

“The final game. You definitely choose something sentimental” Steven stated matter of factly, “  six tokens too .” Steven stated as he placed his six tokens in the machine along with Onion. 

“Guiding the guys.” The machine yelled to the two showing its title screen. After selecting the stage, a lava pit. The two were ready to go, Steven guys vs Onion gals..” Ready, Set,Go!” The machine yelled, urging the two to start rolling the  globe forward making their groups move forward along the path,

Steven looked over at Onion.s team and watched as the boy continued to roll  the globe forward, making his team run forward instead of walking. Steven started to follow his example and continued to roll forward allowing them to run.  Steven rolled the globe to the left directing them as he caught up to Onion’s team. In front of t both teams were the first of a few obstacles, fire balls spring  fort and on to the track. Steven continued his way as he guided his team through the path, stopping before getting hit by a stray fireball., rolling left to get them through quicker.by making the run.

“Stop” Steven paused the team, before they got hit by a stray fireball, rolling them passed it; nearly making it through, when one of his guys got knocked off.

“Dave guy has fallen, Help him up!?”

Steven ignored the machines call, after all this time he still though that Dave-guy was a piece of clod, 

Onion gals ignored him as well

“Dave has been eliminated.” The machine stated in a somber voice, no effect to either players. “Who cares about Dave guy?” the machine asked.

“No one.” Steven answered coolly, getting a nod from Onion.

 After getting past that obstacle  The two teams raced through a zigzag path  Where another  obstacle  was waiting. This time simple falling boulders that rolled  or bounced down towards them

“Can they use their special skills in this?” Steven asked only to get a head shake from Onion. “ Great,” Steven said sarcastically as he tried to time when they should run and when   they should pause. He turned to Onions' team and watched as Onion dodged all the boulders without trouble. “ Oh I got this' ' Steven exclaimed as he moved cautiously running after successfully dodging a bouncing boulder. Another boulder rolled towards them and Steven maneuvered them so they walked on the very edge of the platform being careful not to let anyone fall over. As that passed he continued the path and pace and very soon they caught up with onions gals.. The rest of the way was a literal climb to the  goal up a mountain. Steven wasted no time directing his team to climb up. As quickly as possible. He still kept caution as he selected foothold after foothold for his team when ranger gut made a mistake and grabbed a loose rock causing a digital rock-slide that took out both teams except for Ranger guy and Karen. For the gals. 

Steven and onion rolled their globes as Ranger and Karen climbed at top speed , The two closed up to the flag, the goal and at the last moment, The mountain erupted and tossed the players into the air with the flag. as they plummeted Steven maneuvered ranger guy perfectly and rolled forward.

“Winner GUYS!” The arcade yelled as the game came to an end and with it, the token challenge in Steven's favor.

“That was a close one,” Steven said as he looked at onion who along with his gang, was clapping his hands. “Aww thanks guys, it was a fun challenge.”

Onion nodded before looking towards Garbanzo who nodded. He walked up to Steven and produced his prize.,The next part of the code along with his birthday gift from them. 

Steven took the pink piece of paper and sniffed it, allowing a smile to spread on his face as Connie came to mind. Unfolding the paper, he read the piece and almost laughed at the irony “4”  .

“For love?” Steven said as he blushed a bit, whatever the code was it seemed to be romantic, something she claims she was horrible at.

“Meh.” Onion pointed to the box and then to Steven.

“You got me a gift guys?” Steven said as he lifted the box a bit and saw three titles ‘Star Guy’, ‘Star Gal’ & ‘Star Person’.  He smirked “A New Guy and Gal that’s cool. Plus ‘person’ didn’t even know they made a person series.Still  never heard of…” Steven froze as he looked at the three new official pieces of his collection. He turned to Onion, ready to cry. “Onion. Bro. How..You serious?”

 “Meh!” Onion nodded, smirking. As He watched Steven look at the new part of his collections in awe. Star guy, gal and person. As the world will know them as. Truthfully though...

“You got the company of ‘Guys’, to make Me, Connie, and Stevonnie into collectibles.” Steven  said in complete amazement They looked just like them. 

StarGuy had his exact outfit with his shield out standing tall. StarGall had Connie's looks, sword and smirk. Wearing her blue hoodie and slacks with a star bralette in her hair. Star Person was Stevonnie through and through, wearing  their combo  of steven black shirt under Connie hoodie , both which fit Stevonnie like a crop top,and  a pair of Steve jeans which were jean shorts for Stevonnie. All in all they were perfect.

“Thank you, Onion.” Steven said as he hugged Onion 

“Hap-py Birth-day, Steven.” Onion muttered as  he broke out of the hug. Smiling at his idol he looked at the dolls.

#fighting flirty #Steven Quartz #Mister and heart berry #steven's birthday #onion #onion gang #humlor #games #steven universe fanfiction #fanfiction #dsduke #Birthday boss rush

[ggmanreviews]

GGMan’s Weekly Video Game Recommendation #3

I play a lot of games. Some, everyone has played. Others, not so much.

I'll be listing one game per week, that I have played and believe it deserves more attention. If you have already played it, then that's great! If you haven't, then you might as well. Pushed ahead because on other platforms, I’m on the 4th game I’ve reviewed.

Name: The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit Genre: Story-Rich Adventure Game Developer: DONTNOD Entertainment Publisher: Square Enix Engine: Unreal Engine Length: 1-3 hours depends on whether you want to focus solely on the main story or experience all the secrets that it has to offer. Singleplayer? Yes. Multiplayer? No. Release Date: June 25th, 2018 Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One

Reviews: Steam 9/10, GameSpot 8/10, GamesRadar 4.5/5, Metacritic 79%

It's a cute and wholesome story-telling adventure game that was released mid-2018, FOR FREE, as an advertisement and a trailer for Life is Strange 2.

This heartwarming yet honest game takes upon a somewhat realistic setting of an out-of-the-way home and family consisting of a single alcoholic parent, and an extremely imaginative kid (two different sides of the same equation heh). However, don't let that fool you as this story is played through the perspective of Chris Eriksen, a nine-year-old boy who often tends to escape reality with his alter ego, Captain Spirit. From the team behind the BAFTA award-winning game, Life is Strange, return to your childhood as you follow Chris' make-believe and down to earth adventures that practically whisks you beyond the harsh reality of life itself.

I swear, there are definitely a handful of ninjas cutting onions around here because this game really brought about a dwelling sense of melancholy within me as I truly felt for the main character. It's one of those few games where you remember it not for the gameplay or the graphics, but rather, the original narrative that enhances the gaming experience. Although some aspects of the game's content sound cliche, that's simply because you're not taking control of an adult with expectations or a teenager with anxieties; you are simply a child with dreams.

Like me, you will wish that this game was longer.

PC System Req (Minimum) OS: Windows 7 or above Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD Phenom X4 945 Memory: 4GB Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 or AMD Radeon HD 7770 DirectX : Version 11 Storage: 5GB

PC System Req (Recommended) OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5 3470 or AMD FX-8350 Memory: 6GB Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 280X DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 5GB

Price: IT'S COMPLETELY FREE

#captain spirit #the awesome adventures of captain spirit #story telling #story #trailer #technically a trailer #free game #free #point and click #adventure #video game #video game review #review #original

[flamingo-queen-writes]

Halloween Onion Challenge - Prompt 7 (2/?) - 10.24.2019

I bet y’all thought there were no more onions. Ha! I actually forgot I was sitting on some of these... Oops.

Anyway, here’s another round of Slippers from Prompt 7!

Someone buys Bucky a new blanket, fluffy slippers, and a bathrobe.

As noted earlier, some of these are spicy and some are pretty mellow. This one is definitely among the mellow ones, at least on the surface. We’ll ramp up to the really spicy boi. (Side note: Tony is “the Technician,” just in case a refresher is helpful. ^_^)

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—Slippers 2: “Bucky”— The Technician strides toward him with purpose, and so he lowers the book to his lap and looks up. It is important to give proper attention to any technicians who are intent on interacting with him. He has a bag in his hand, too. So there is reason to be both alert and wary.

What is in the bag.

“Alright, Threepio, I’m about to blow your mind, but in a very good and not at all electricity-related manner. Are you ready for this? Are you? Are you ready?”

“I am r—”

“Try not to go bananas when I drop this profound wisdom on you. Okay, so those—” the Technician points, and he follows the line to his feet “—are bare feet. And you are way too good at sneaking around, even with shoes on, so barefoot you’re like the ninja of the century. Maybe literally.”

He just nods. The Technician isn’t going to let him get his bearings while being tumbled around by the verbal tsunami—something about bananas and feet and ninjas?—so he won’t try to. He’ll just comply and it will be fine. Probably. It will maybe be fine.

“And I’ve already had my heart attack,” the Technician continues in a breathless jumble, “and it was not enough fun to repeat, and JARVIS didn’t buy the collar with the bell on it like I told him to, which was only half a joke, because you really do need to learn to make some noise when you walk. It is not healthy for anyone around you to look over and find out you’ve been there all this time. So.”

And there’s a pause. Even a pause long enough to say something in, but he isn’t sure where he got lost in the string of words or which part of the string he is supposed to be responding to… so he nods again. Nodding is usually pretty safe with these people. None of them so far have backhanded him for nodding without first knowing what he’s agreeing with.

“Okay, okay. So behold, the solution to your silence problem, and also the solution to your ‘the floor is hard and cold and maybe you oughta wear some damn shoes’ problem.” The Technician reaches into the bag and pulls out a pair of flat, vaguely oval boards, probably plastic from the look of them, and with a V-shaped strip of leather at one end of each board.

They look like the very bottom of a pair of shoes, with all the other bits carved away. And they are red. He likes red.

“These, my brain-damaged friend, are flip-flops. They solve all of the problems. They don’t actually keep your feet warm, so you can still go ahead and suffer while you’re ‘on base,’ because you’re into that kind of thing.”

The Technician waves the “flip-flops” as he speaks, each one hooked on a finger by the strap, and he follows them with his eyes, because that is… maybe… what he’s supposed to do, and he sure can’t follow the spoken portion of this lecture.

“They don’t give you any arch support, or any support at all, really, and they aren’t good for running in or fighting in or kicking someone with or any of that—in fact, they’re worse for some of that than being barefoot—so you still get that taste of helpless vulnerability and artificially imposed handicap, which is why I figure they wanted you barefoot in the first place.”

The leather strap is black, which looks nice next to the red. He continues to follow the flip-flops with his eyes as the Technician gesticulates and continues burying him in words. The bottom part isn’t plastic-plastic. It’s some other kind of plastic. The sort of plastic that is fake-something-else.

“—earned their name by making an obnoxious ‘flip-flop’ sound when you walk in them, which means there’s a chance I’ll hear you coming and my poor, poor heart will catch a break. Alright, so stand up for me and put your feet in these. Big toe on one side, all the other toes on the other. Come on, Red Scare, on your feet. Snap snap.”

Well, that ends on an order. He can comply without having to sort out all the other words that came before it. That’s nice. Convenient. He stands up and sets the book on the sofa he’d been leaning against. 

The strap between his toes feels terrible and weird, and the bottom of the flip-flops is even less plastic than it appeared. Some kind of squishy not-padding material that isn’t suitable for shoes of any sort, but is maybe ideal for a flip-flop. He looks down. It’s a shame the red doesn’t show up much from the top once there are feet in the flip-flops.

“Oh, good, they fit. I knew they would, and not just because I’m a genius like that. Even without having JARVIS confirm your measurements, it’s really easy to figure out how big a foot is when that foot is walking all over the compound without even a sock on. Go on, take a few steps, I want to make sure I can hear you in those. Walk over to that window and then come back.”

He nods and does so. 

They are as terrible and weird to walk in as they are to stand in. And oh. They do sound like flip-flop, flip-flop. The bottoms come off the floor and hit his heels and that’s where the noise comes from. That would be easy to fix, but he doesn’t do so. The Technician wants to hear the flip-flop sound, so he will let the flip-flops go flip-flop.

“Excellent. Perfect. That’ll do, pig. That’ll do. That’s from a movie, it’s not an insult. I’m not calling you a pig. I’m just saying that I’m pleased with the outcome here, and you are welcome for the flip-flops and thank you for wearing them everywhere inside this compound from now on.”

And the Technician turns around and strides out with all the purpose he’d had coming in. 

He’s only partly sure what just happened there, but it seemed to make the Technician happy. Maybe it will make other people happy, too. And he does like it when things have logical names. They go flip-flop, and they are called flip-flops, and they are red.

He likes things that are red.

“JARVIS,” he says. “What is the pig movie about?”

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Ta-da! Such a sweet onion. Just don’t peel any of it back. Admire the sweetness of the onion from the surface, where it’s safe and tastes of caramel.

@glitter-cake20 @sunshineailin @eileenalone @occulationary

#Hazy 'verse #halloween onions #prompts #Tony Stark #Bucky Barnes #Slippers #recovery fic #Bucky doesn't make enough noise #Someone needs to buy him a bell collar #Tony tried #JARVIS wouldn't put the order through #JARVIS is a good bro #JARVIS does not let him watch Babe #That movie would fuck Bucky up

[mrs-han]

Hi! Can I request a fic with an MC who had a slight crush on Jumin before joining the RFA? Not the billionaire playboy the media sold but the Jumin who made this funny cat projects which she always supported, the one who made huge donations to Charities, who had to deal with the press because of his father or some woman wanting his money (for what she felt sorry), who had so interesting ideas about ecology, economy and politics (and who is also drop dead gorgeous) thx! Good luck with the blog!

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Hi there, anon!! Thank you so much for your wishes! Here ya go~ hope you like this!!

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Just A Crush

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It was like an unprecedented fairytale, a fairytale you didn’t ask for.

You, the unwitting protagonist, joined a private yet relatively well-known group known for its charitable donations and auctioning of photographs.

Did you ask to be a part of the group? No. You could have incriminated yourself and said you hacked your way into the RFA chatroom, even though you hadn’t hacked a thing in your life. You could have been rude to the people who talked to you; a suspicious business woman, a flirty actor, a perky college student, a reclusive hacker...

And him.

It would have been easiest to be rude to him. He was rude to you first, but no. You just had to be the bigger person.

It took you some time to memorize the other members’ names. But you already knew his.

Jumin Han.

You remembered clearly; before you tumbled into the RFA, escaping him and his influence was near impossible. He was all over the place; magazines, television screens, newspapers, books; you couldn’t escape his gray, lifeless eyes staring at you and millions of other people.

While you didn’t share the hype that surrounded him... you did like him. A little. You may have saved the magazines with his interviews and headshots in your coffee-table drawer, and you may have decided to study business administration because of him.

But being so close to him, closer than even his business partners, made you... feel things. Dangerous things. The spark of admiration you had for him kept growing, with every phone call he made and with every message he sent.

He was... definitely different from how you thought he was. While he kept that adorably stupid poker face on at all times, and while he was certainly one of the most successful men in his field... Jumin Han was a massive dork.

—

He was obsessed with his cat...

—

“MC?” Jumin stood from his desk and moved toward you, “what do you think of these patterns?”

“What are they for?” You set your book down and moved closer to Jumin, a gentle smile on your lips.

“It’s for the current cat project I’m working on,” Jumin smiled. “I’d like to know your opinion.”

He tried to hide his excitement, but you knew how he truly felt. Your smile widened as you closely observed the patterns. “Polka dots or stripes, huh?”

“See,” Jumin eagerly moved closer to you, “I was thinking of placing Elizabeth the Third on a nice, plain backdrop, but that’s just what it is. Plain. Elizabeth the Third deserves better.”

You nodded. “Obviously.”

“Exactly,” the excitement in Jumin’s voice climbed and he sank into the space beside you. “So, I produced these two patterns. If I go with the stripes, it will naturally look classic, and Elizabeth the Third’s beautiful fur will make a perfect contrast to the pattern.”

You frowned. “Mm... the stripes make it look like she’s guarding a cage. Polka dots look playful yet elegant, and that description alone fits Elizabeth the Third more than anything.”

Jumin’s eyes sparkled. “Yes... yes, I like that idea. MC, I truly appreciate your help. Please excuse me.”

—

... and he ranted to you about weird things.

—

“MC, I have a question for you. Do you think lying is bad?”

You set your cup of tea down. “Lying? Well... I mean, it depends on the circumstance.”

“You can agree that you can’t give me a black or white answer about this, am I right?”

You pursed your lips. “It’d be difficult to. Why?”

“I’ll get to that in a minute.” Jumin leaned back and fixed his tie pin. “Say, did you know that Borfes magazine said that I was a good person due to the money I donated last Christmas?”

Your face flushed; of course you knew that. You saved the magazine article. But it wasn’t like he would find out about that, so you feigned your ignorance. “What, really? Jumin, that’s amazing!”

“Yes, it was a huge success for C&R. But, the article insisted I was a good person when really, I’m not.”

You sat up straight. “... What? Where did that come from?”

“Hm. You must have noticed as soon as you heard me say it, but that was a lie. Of course, I’m a great person.”

Your brows furrowed as you processed his words. “What?”

“Okay,” Jumin sat on the edge of his seat, “going back to my original point. It is widely believed that Santa Claus does not give presents to children who are naughty. A lie is considered naughty, therefore a child who lies does not deserve a present from Santa.”

You blinked.

“What will happen to me this Christmas, MC? Am I already on the naughty list for next year because I just lied? Or am I on the naughty list for this year since Christmas is still far ahead of us? Who is this Santa Claus to dictate whether something is good or bad? What if a lie needs to be told to save someone’s life? Christmas is just so irrational. Are all your good deeds canceled if you do something bad?”

“... Jumin, we are in the middle of June. What are you talking about?”

—

The press only managed to show how glamorous he was. But they didn’t show everything.

—

They didn’t show how vulnerable he could be...

—

“Jumin?”

Jumin lifted his head from his hands and quickly adjusted himself as you quietly approached him. “MC, what are you doing? You should be asleep.”

“I couldn’t sleep... hey, is everything all right?”

Jumin adjusted his sleeves and sighed. “No. No, my... my father is truly under Glam Choi’s spell, it seems.”

“Jumin...”

“I’m sorry, MC,” Jumin’s heavy-hearted eyes were a sight you had not seen before, and did not wish to see again. “I shouldn’t be burdening you with anything, you already have a lot to think about.”

“Jumin Han,” you scolded lightly, your hands latched onto his, “talk to me. You’ll feel better, trust me.”

An amused smile tugged at his lips. “MC, you may not get to sleep tonight if I talk to you.”

“It’s okay,” you squeezed his hands, “I want to hear what you’re thinking.”

He pulled your hands close to his chest and, as if they were delicate pieces of silk, he cradled them as he spoke. “My father... how could he behave this way? How could he treat the company this way, and his employees... MC, how could he treat me this way?”

You didn’t say anything. You didn’t know what to say. But you did scoot closer to him, your thumbs running over the back of Jumin’s hands.

“I know I should be used to this. I know I should know how to deal with this, but I don’t. I still don’t.” Jumin’s eyes met yours. “He’s behaving so irrationally... and now he wants to go against my wishes and have me marry a woman I don’t want.”

“Jumin...” you reached over and rubbed his arm. “... you shouldn’t always expect yourself to know what to do. You shouldn’t have to be so guarded all the time... this is very unfair to you.”

“Unfair...” Jumin allowed himself to slouch a little. “... is that what this feeling is? It’s unpleasant... I don’t like it.”

He was like a child discovering new emotions. It was completely unconscious on your part, but you wrapped your arms around him and pulled him in for an awkward hug.

“MC?”

“You deserve so much more than this, Jumin. And I know it may not feel like it right now, but it’s going to be okay,” you whispered. “You shouldn’t hide what you’re feeling, though. It’s not good for you.”

You didn’t know what you were doing. That’s why it surprised you as Jumin wrapped his arms around you, enforcing the awkwardness of the hug.

“It will be okay,” Jumin repeated, his voice reverberated through your body. “With you by my side, I believe that.”

—

... and they didn’t show how open-minded he was.

—

“MC, try this wine. It’s absolutely exquisite.”

The allure the red liquid had as it danced against his lips made you reach over and pour yourself a glass. As soon as you took a sip, your eyes widened.

“Wow... I’ve never had anything so fancy before!”

“Everyone should have access to the best resources,” Jumin swiveled his wine glass, “regardless of wealth or stature.”

“Yeah well...” you set your glass down. “... in an ideal world, that’s how it would be, but it isn’t that simple. Most people have to work harder, and even then, they may never be able to even lay their eyes on this type of wine in their life.”

“I see...” Jumin pursed his lips. “... there are many trials in life that I may never be exposed to. But that doesn’t mean that I can’t learn.”

“That’s very mature of you to say,” you smiled, “not many people in your position really seem to care.”

“It’s easy not to care when you’re blinded by what you have,” Jumin said gently, as if acknowledging himself. “I believe that, the more I’m around you, the more I can learn.”

“What are you saying,” you teased, “are you saying I’m poor, huh?”

“Huh? No, MC, that’s not what I —“

“I’m joking!” You laughed. “Think of it as commoner humor.”

“Common...” he stopped himself and laughed. “... maybe you can teach me more of this type of humor.”

You scoffed and took another sip of wine. “You’re too posh for it, I don’t think you can deal.”

“I know some slang words. Open your ears and listen.” Jumin sat up straight and cleared his throat. “Fetch me dem cookies. The feels train be chugging along. And dem onion ninjas... yo.”

You snorted your wine and coughed. “What...?! What was that, Jumin?!”

“What, did I not use them correctly?” Jumin jumped up and grabbed napkins.

“You’re so cute...!” You took the napkins from him and covered your face. “A for effort! Haha!”

—

It was an unprecedented fairytale. One you knew had to end sometime. Once the party was over, you would return to your life, and Jumin would return to his. Jumin would settle things with his father, meet someone who made his heart race, and he’d marry them.

And you? You’d go back to your apartment, and enroll in classes that were on campus. Maybe you’d reach out to him, just to see how he was doing every now and again. But then life would get busy, and you’d forget to text or call him until the next party came around the following year.

You sat up in Jumin’s king-sized bed and watched him as he snoozed soundly on his couch, his papers scattered around him forming some makeshift blanket.

The feelings you felt... it was better to keep them to yourself.

It was just a crush, after all.

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#jumin x mc #jumin han #mystic messenger #short story #request #i had to do a lot of thinking for this story! #thank you for keeping my mind busy!! i truly appreciate it!! #and though i’ll make mistakes~ i’ll never break your heart~

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Tagged by @jammin-p-sullivan thanks dude!

Rules: answer 20 questions and tag anyone you want to know better

Name: Molly

Nickname: Molmol, Moll, Molleth, Mowwy etc

Gender: Female

Age: 20

Favorite color: Green! More specifically, dark green! :3

Book recommendations: Uhh I only ever really read Warriors lol

Movie recommendations: Lion King, Treasure Planet, Zootopia, Ferngully, Ice Age, Kubo and the Two Strings, Rise of the Guardians, Epic and An American Tail (there’s more but this is the best I have right now)

TV show Recommendations: BoJack Horseman, Welcome to the Wayne, Bunnicula, Apple & Onion, Danger & Eggs, Lego Elves: Secrets of Elvendale, The Hollow, Rocky and Bullwinkle (both original and 2018 reboot), Adventures of Puss in Boots, Harvey Beaks, Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja and soooooo much more

Music recommendations: I’m not good with recommending music tbh. I usually just recommend Zelda, Night in the Woods and Xenoblade Chronicles music lol

Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate: Hot chocolate!! I don’t like the other 2 lol

Cats or dogs: Both!! Especially cats tho

Favorite meme: My “obvious” favorites tends to change but I really love the “gotta go fast” one and some inside joke ones I have with some friends

I want to live long enough to witness: c a r t o o n s

Weird obsessions: "Collecting” cartoons I guess? Like sometimes I get an obsession of starting new shows despite needing to finish a lot because I like to “collect them” and add them to my list of shows I like to watch. There’s like a bunch of other weird obsessions of mine but they’re so normal for me that I can’t really think of them tbh

Tumblr birthday: February 11th, 2013

How many side blogs: 4 lol

Random fact about me: I’ve always liked rabbits as an animal but for most of my life I didn’t really care for them that much. It wasn’t until Five Nights at Freddy’s came out when they quickly became a favorite animal due to my love for Bonnie. Tho it wasn’t right away. I was a big Foxy fan at first (I mean, I’m still am, but Foxy was my #1 at first). Since then, Bonnie has remained as my favorite rabbit character of all time

Goals for 2018: Uuuhhh idk survive it?? Get myself back together a little? I’ve experienced a fall in depression over the course of several months and I’ve recently hit a new all-time low (I’m not like horribly depressed to the point I can’t smile anymore, but there’s just so much dragging me down lately). Talking has become a huge challenge for me, hanging out with people takes a lot. And even doing some of the things I love feels exhausting. Its not like I’m not having fun, because I do have fun, its more like I’m just so tired that it takes all the energy I have to just do something simple. I’d like to at least get out of this particular pit lol

Tagging: @skunky2 @caliboron @skylarkstarflower @edgy-pone @frehorn and I think that’s it. Idk who else to tag lol as usual you don’t have to do this if you don’t want to. If you wanna do this and I didn’t tag you, you can go ahead and said I tagged you ;)

#molly gets tagged #jammin-p-sullivan #there's more people i wanted to tag but i'm not like sure if they're okay with me tagging them or not #djuagfd

[365-money-diary]

DAYS 36-42

DAY THIRTY-SIX [FEB 6]

8:30 AM - Make a chemex and get to work.

10:00 AM - Pineapple!

12:45 PM - Heat up cheesy red lentil soup for lunch with a La Croix. 

4:00 PM - Do a 10-minute Peloton ride and a barre class. Barre class gets interrupted as I get text updates for the grocery order. I kind of end up half-assing it toward the end but I’m glad I got it done. 

5:45 PM - Prep the kitchen for the grocery order – incoming of bread, greens, tomatoes, onions, garlic, tempeh, tofu, tortillas, tortilla chips, pretzels, apples, jalapenos, lemons, limes, cabbage, cilantro, vegan sour cream, rice, chickpeas, pinto beans, frozen burritos, bell peppers, eggs, parsley, ginger, BBQ sauce, buffalo sauce, grapes, sprouts, brussels sprouts, green beans, miso, cloves, frozen pizzas, hamburger buns, plant yogurt, cucumber, carrots, chipotle seitan sausages, tomato paste, broccoli, bananas, celery, potatoes, clementines, hashbrowns, red lentil pasta, dijon, seltzer, pineapple, dark chocolate, strawberry jam, vegetable bouillon, zucchini, mushrooms, dried oregano, radish, & snap peas. $342.39

7:00 PM - roast potatoes and make veggie sandwiches. Drink a hibiscus mezcal cocktail too. MAX RELAX for the rest of the eve. It’s Friday baby!

 DAY THIRTY-SIX: $342.39

DAY THIRTY-SEVEN

9:30 AM - Slept in weird vibes. Feel tingly when I stand which means blood pressure is bad. We are seeing friends today and I don’t want to power through it so I just drink some soy sauce. It does wonders and I’m feeling better within 30 minutes. Make a Chemex and watch an episode of dessert person.

10:30 AM - Head out to our pals’ house (If you read my last diary series, they’re the people we used to go to Suns games with) in uptown Phoenix for an outside hang. We meet their new baby and he is super cute. Hang out 10 feet apart and it feels so normal and chill. I also find out that I apparently qualify for the vaccine because I work to facilitate education, so I need to look into that.

2:45 PM - K and I haven’t eaten today and we’re starving. We split a Daiya pizza and eat snack on chips and salsa while we wait. I also eat a clementine. 

5:30 PM - Feel my body starting to fade and I’m kind of barred out. Decide to walk to the lake. I do a bad job of getting my HR up but I still enjoy my time outside. 

8:00 PM - I’m not hungry at all from all the salt. Decide to eat a small bowl of cheesy lentil soup for dinner but mostly just pound the water while working on a post for oil-free Greek dressing.

8:30 PM - I notice someone posts a sample sale for Splits 59 which is one of my favorite workout brands. I’m hitting 250 Pure Barre classes this week and use it as an excuse to celebrate. Buy 2 pairs of leggings and a cute tank. $70

10:00 PM - Definitely at that point in the day where I feel like I’m just passing time.

DAY THIRTY-SEVEN TOTAL: $70.00

DAY THIRTY-EIGHT

8:45 AM - Spend some time in bed adjusting my fantasy bball team. Still set to be undefeated in the more competitive league. Eventually make a chemex and post my oil-free greek dressing around the web. 

10:30 AM - I listen to a session on Mined, cook brunch (tofu/egg tacos with soyrizo) and and frantically get ready for M’s baby’s 1st bday. 

1:05 PM - Arrive at the party… what I thought was going to be just me, M, his wife, his mom, and his kid is actually them plus 6 other people hanging in the backyard. Not my favorite thing I’ve had to deal with this pandemic. Everyone is outside/masked. I learn that 2-3 of them have already been vaxxed but it’s still kind of a weird situation for me. I know if K was with me it would be bad news, so I am grateful he stayed behind today.

2:00 PM - Hightail it outta there once 4 more people show up. Listen to music really loud in the car and scream some lyrics on my way home. Feels good man.

2:45 PM - Continue listening to tunes at home, digging thru my Spotify discover weekly for the first time in a while and building a set that I want to record sometime next week.

3:15 PM - K’s brother and wife stop by and we do an outside masked hang with them for about an hour and a half. We haven’t seen them since December of 2019 so this is really really great.

6:00 PM - K and I keep talking about getting takeout but nothing sounds good so we just decide to do veggie sandwiches and potatoes. Drink wine.

7:00 PM - I decide to work on my tax stuff all evening instead of exercising. It takes 2 hours but I get all of my stuff together and send it to the guy. Pour myself a celebratory glass of wine after.

10:00 PM - K and I watch Beverly Hills Ninja in bed. I’d never seen it before and it was so good.

DAY THIRTY-EIGHT TOTAL: $0

DAY THIRTY-NINE

8:00 AM - Chemex. Pure barre weekly charge. $15

10:00 AM - A local bar down the street has been closed since March and a pal posts a GFM on their behalf. I donate to it. Eat a banana and a clementine $50

11:30 AM - Prep salad for the week - greens, gochujang tempeh, miso dressing, soba noodles, snap peas, carrots, and cucumber. Finish about 2 minutes before a call and I’m scrambling to appear composed.

5:30 PM - Do a pure barre livestream while K runs to go pick up dinner from a local vegan spot. K gets a fried chicken seitan sandwich and I get a burger. It’s really really delicious and I’m super stuffed after.

DAY THIRTY-NINE TOTAL: $65

DAY FORTY

8:30 AM - Chemex. Work is still kind of wild but I make a lot of progress on my report this AM so I’m feelin’ good there.

9:30 AM - Banana and clementine.

12:00 PM - Salad.

4:30 PM - Try to do a PB live stream (my 250th class) but Zoom’s server is being weird so I do a 30 min Peloton ride instead with a 5 min stretch.

6:00 PM - Veggie sandwiches with potatoes for din again. 

8:00 PM - A friend from highschool, N, and I chat and it’s really really great. I drink 2 glasses of wine while we catch up. 

DAY FORTY TOTAL: $0

DAY FORTY-ONE

8:30 AM - Oof my quads are sore. Make a chemex.

10:00 AM - Eat a banana.

11:00 AM - We’ve been dragging on the KN95 thing but decide to go for it today. Buy a pack of 50 in assorted colors, some Healthy Blood iron from Garden of Life, and poop bags for the dog. (Counting this expense as “home”) $98.04

12:00 PM - Spend time doing an analysis that doesn’t really tell me much but it was worth looking into. Eat gochujang tempeh salad

2:00 PM - I have a zoom scheduled with a work pal who I haven’t seen in forever. She tells me (much like the few others) that we qualify for the vaccine. I decide to make the appointment based on her feedback and after 40 minutes of messing with the system was able to get in on Feb 19.

5:00 PM - Take my 250th Pure Barre class! I am sweaty and it’s great.

6:45 PM - K isn’t really hungry so I eat the last of the red lentil soup.

7:30 PM - We have plans to see a friend in town from Ohio. Meet up with him at his hotel and sit on the front patio masked up for a while. I am mostly cold and have to pee.

9:45 PM - We arrive back home. I snack on a few pretzels, drink a glass of wine, eat some grapes and some dark chocolate.

DAY FORTY-ONE TOTAL: $98.04

DAY FORTY-TWO

8:30 AM - Chemex. My allergies are bad this AM. Send emails out - looks like my tax return is going to give me $1200 but then I owe $200 on my state. I always owe on state. One day… Also send a note to the loan guy who says I’m definitely going to close tomorrow at 8AM so we shall see.

10:30 AM - Tax invoice comes in. $220

11:00 AM - Boil some more soba noodles for salads. I’m basically going to be in meetings until 4:30 PM today so I’m trying to get ahead of all my stuff. Also do a check for all of the house painting things that came over the past week. Looks like it’s all here and I can start painting this weekend!

12:00 PM - Make salad in between calls and crack open a La Croix.

4:30 PM - My calls are done, do a 10 minute Peloton climb ride and then do a Pure Barre stream.

8:00 PM - Eat the last of the veggie sandwiches for dinner. Drink 2 glasses of wine and some dark chocolate. Something about tonight is off in my brain. I don’t have the capacity to be productive so I just watch episodes of The Challenge on my laptop while K plays Rocket League.

DAY FORTY-TWO TOTAL: $220

[ask-jackie-chan]

Jackie Chan Adventures Mafia Part IV

[[It’s been a while since I’ve released information on this AU, so I decided to go ahead and drop this one.]]

Besides the Chinese Sorcerors are the Oni, another powerful group of Demons. The Chinese Sorcerors and the Oni have been at odds with each other since... forever. It’s hard to exactly pinpoint when, why and where their feud began. Unlike the Chinese Sorcerors, the Oni do not have a base of headquarters for each other. Wherever they meet is their temporary HQ until they can find someplace better.

Tarakudo/Tanaka “Daimyo” Koremori is the head of all Oni branches, all Shadowkhan and is their leader, something the Chinese Sorceror’s lack. He is one of the chillest Demon mafia members to be with and is shown to be quite... endearing at times. While he doesn’t mess with the Mages, Norms or Civils too much, he does watch out to see who could be eligible to join the Oni. He’s not that discriminatory and exclusive, like the Chinese Sorcerors. Daimyo’s ring is silver with the red and white head of a Japanese Oni demon. His weakness is being blinded. Out of all the Oni, Tarakudo despises onions the most and refuses to eat any food with the suspect of smelling it in his meal.  With it, Daimyo can use telepathy, telekinesis, travel in shadow and turn into an oni demon. When the eyes on Daimyo’s ring glow yellow and Daimyo turns into an oni demon, you better book it outta there.

Ikazuki/Itsutsuji “Smurf” Ujisue is second-in-command to Daimyo and has his own gang of Shadowkhan to run called the Samurai. Of all the Demon gang member’s, Smurf hates his name and prefers to just be called “Itsutsuji”. He is fierce and very loyal to fellow Oni and Daimyo. Smurf’s ring is silver with green eyes, the face of a blue Japanese Oni in samurai headgear at the top. The center is blue topaz, which glows whenever Smurf uses his chi. His weakness is Japanese cherry blossoms, as he is very allergic to them. With this, Smurf has telepathy, swordmanship, hand-to-hand combat skills, can travel in shadow and can turn into an oni demon.

Shinjou “Ninja” , one of the most prominent Oni heads out there mainly because of Dragon, running his gang called Ninjen . Ninja is a pretty laidback character. If something goes wrong, he can fix it right away. As long as his mess isn’t too big, Ninja’s cool, but ruthless. Ninja run his gang of Shadowkhan called Ninjas. His weakness is Japanese steel, so he watches his back for Razor very closely so he doesn’t get weakened. Because of this, he carries a scar just under his eyebrow. His ring is a burgundy colored Oni mask with green hair, red eyes and two yellow horns. He can shapeshift, split into up to ten shadow clones, ninjutsu skills, can travel through shadow, telepathy and can turn into an oni demon.

Kawada “Razor” Razor is the head of the Razor Khan. He is a hyperactive bloodthirsty mafia man, always wanting to do something. When he gets bored, he goes to his Daimyo to bother him for “work” to do to keep him occupied. Unfortunately, he can leave too much a mess behind. Razor’s weakness is silk because while pretty, he ruins it easily. Razor’s ring is a purple faced Oni with two blue horns on top and red eyes. With Razor’s ring, he can turn his hands into metal weapons, has telepathy, can travel via shadow and can turn into an oni demon.

Kudo “Gargoyle” is the head of this Oni branch called the Batmen. Gargoyle has a rather dry sense of humor and plays around a little too much. He and Tails have constant rivalries over who rules the skies by having constant races and such. Gargoyle’s weakness is rice. He loves rice, so it’s hard for him to resist. Gargoyle’s ring is yellow faced Oni with two dark yellow horns with two wings sticking from the sides and red eyes. His ring enables Gargoyle to fly with wings, telepathy, travelling through shadows and turning into an oni demon.

Ichibashi “Sumo” Sumo is quite the loud roughhouser, carrying noise wherever he goes. If the room is too silent, you can count on him to be the party maker. With him and Gargoyle, there arise a lot of wrestling and fights. Sumo has his group called the Sumos. He is also very competitive, becoming a petty figure when losing. Sumo’s weakness is seaweed, in fact, any plant water related. In a race with Gargoyle once, he almost drowned. Sumo’s ring is a green faced Oni with orange hair and purple eyes. He can travel via shadows, turn himself into a ball, use telepathy, super-strength.

Nakagawa “Snake” is very clever, but uses it against his own teammates sometimes. Snake is the most intelligent of the Oni’s though, having his branch of Oni called Serpents. He is an excellent potions master, making his own kind of venom. When bitten, one has an hour before paralysis and then death. Snake only bites when necessary, so you shouldn’t worry. Snake and Poseidon would quarrel over ownership of the oceans. Snake’s weakness is octopus. When he was eating out with his fellow mafia, he was mid-laughter when he began to choke on a octopus tentacle. After that Octopus incident, he swore never to eat or look at it again. Snake’s ring is a orange faced Oni with red eyes and purple hair. He can turn into a snake, has telepathy, can breathe underwater, travel by the shadows and turn into an oni demon.

Yagyuu “Crab” is a cynical man, cracking sarcasm at nearly every whim. He can be very stubborn, finding an argument with his teammates. Even though he has a pretty hard shell on the outside, he is a caring person on the inside. It’s rare instances where you see him act like this though. Crab hates monkeys. He got attacked by one on a trip to the zoo and hates them afterwards. this is why he is very bitter about Jester Crab’s ring is dark gray faced Oni with orange-reddish eyes. He can shape-shift into a crab, uses telepathy, travel through shadow, can scale surfaces and turn into oni demon.

Kumigaya “Mini” is arguably the most polite Oni in the Oni besides Daimyo. He does not talk much and is very observant, as he is the second-oldest, Daimyo being the first. He likes to stay to himself and sleep, but he is very loyal to his brethren. There have been multiple examples of bravery from Mini sacrificing himself for his fellow Oni to live. He is the main muscle when Daimyo needs him behind Smurf. Oni is in charge of the Minis. Mini’s weakness is fish. He hates its’ look, the smell, the taste and everything else about it so don’t bother trying to bring it up. Mini’s ring is dark yellow faced Oni with orange eyebrows, light yellow eyes and a horn atop the head. He has super-strength, can shrink himself in size, travelling by shadow and turning into an oni demon.

Akita “Mantis” is the youngest of the Oni, but has lived up to his potential. He owns his gang called the Manti. He used to be underestimated a lot, but the Cookout has stepped up his game immensely. Mantis likes planning things out, but sometimes lets his ego, compliments and other things get to his head and distract him from his work. Above all things, Mantis loves his Oni mafia and would never give it up for anything, even if it seems like the drama is overwhelming at times. Mantis’ weakness is Japanese leaves Mantis’ ring is a red faced Oni with bushy eyebrows and red eyes. He can turn into a praying mantis, super jump, travel via shadow and turning into an oni demon.

#jackie chan adventures #jackie chan adventures au #jca au #jca mafia #jca mafia au

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Inktober 2017, Day 3~ Onion Knight (Final Fantasy III)

The fourth Onion Knight slept in. Once again, went ahead & pulled from the Dissidia designs for the Onion Knight, Sage & Ninja-class. I like how the remake kind of puts a little effort into giving each individual party member an identity, rather them just being four generic kids. 

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[thenextrush]

The limited edition “Lobster Experience” at Betty’s Burgers is a perfect fit for the Darling Harbour foot traffic which catches a diverse mix of Pyrmont, Ultimo and Haymarket locals cutting through to and work from, the visiting conference and exhibition delegates of the ICC and international guests.    So this special makes sense.  It has a nice summer seafood spin to its usual menu, comes with fries and a glass of your choosing from the four wines pictured above.

It didn’t look exactly how we were led to believe, slightly flatter most likely because it was a different bun to the one in the poster, but it tasted it exactly how we imagined and more.  The portion of filling also differs slightly from the way one might perceive it from the poster, so you try it and decide.   It’s a great snack while on the hustle.

In terms of value, I would have opted out of the meal combo instead of substituting the glass of wine for a soft drink.  The Lobster roll on its own is half the experience price.

It’s on the strip that leads to the junction points leading into Chinatown, Ultimo, Pyrmont and the city with and the Lobster Experience refreshes its cafe-by-day, quick bite by night routine, so we’re certainly not going to nitpick something that literally just came out.   It’s got the makings of greatness and is just one of the rare burgers available until sold out in its network of outlets in South Australia, Victoria, Queensland. 

The synchronicity of the colour scheme across its interiors, decor and packaging is reminiscent of a classic American retro diner.  Portions are more compact but pack a punch in flavour.

It was hard to decide between the four concrete desserts on offer, the hazelnut doughnut was heavenly.

On the regular menu, their burgers range from $10-$15 with add-ons sitting around the $5 mark.

BETTY’S CLASSIC: Angus beef, lettuce, tomato, onion, cheese, Betty’s special sauce + Bacon

The friendly service and pro-active thinking that is evident during this visit is hard to overlook despite some minor mishaps not worth mentioning.  Overall, nice new reason to come visit an old friend…

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[obscurousworld]

Thoughts I had after watching s8e1 GOT

Warning!!! Spoilers ahead

1. Now they decide to change the oepning scene graphics. That broken wall gives me the chills.

2. Will this child by pushed by a lanister? He sure is curious like bran.

3. I'm not sure why but it looks like danny's homecoming.

4. Hound, Gendry, Tyrion, I missed them all

5. I laughed out loud at the look Viserys gave Tyrion for his obsession with the eunuch jokes.

6. All I'm saying is if I had lost a baby dragon. I wouldnt let the other two fly without armour. Why aren't they investing in dragon armour. Danny can out it on them. She's not worried enough.

7. Trust Bran to make a simple word like "almost" sound like there's a hidden message there.

8. Ooh! Sansa does not approve of Danny. What was I thinking? Of course they wouldn't braid each other's hair and exchange stories over ale and wine. They are two very powerful women there had to be friction.

9. Lord umber needs a dressing down

10. Trust Lyanna to stir the room like that. I'm officially scared of her.

11. Sansa has some angry logistics to throw. I love it when Sansa discusses feasibility. Go Sansa! Tell them about numbers, make them feel silly.

12. Is that dragon glass enough?

13. Tyrion will always be awkward around Sansa. This exe's meet sequence is getting really weird! Sansa's on a roll. She called Tyrion stupid. Hahaha

14. Arya and Jon meet. Damn these onion cutting ninjas! Arya trusts Sansa. Also, Jon sucks at arguments.

15. The guards, their clothes, it's all black now. The symbolism game is big here as always.

16. Also, Cersei is wearing casual armour now. Aah! What was I expecting of course she'd say"good"

17. That's the shot from the trailer. Golden company and Euron dick Greyjoy. "Ooh! Look at me I'm Euron, I'm gonna put my cock in every royal woman" I hate him. Somebody feed him to a dragon already!

18. I hope Yara makes it out and gouges his brains and feeds it to the whitewalkers. I hate Euron so so much.

19. What will Cersei do with elephants. They become a problem in wars. There are so many lores about clever enemies using elephants to cause chaos in battles.

20. This is the first time I want Cersei to approve a killing. Just ask mountain to crush his disgusting sex starved ass.

21. See Bronn's clearly insecure about the dragons.

22. I call horseshit! No way Bronn would hurt the Lannister brothers.

23. Euron makes me want to stab things.

24. Rescue time! That surprise punch is such an older sister thing to do, poor theon

25. Why are the women being reasonable and the men being emotional? Yara has a point.

26. Now we're watching how to train your dragon.

27. Hound and Arya. Stabbing time! Shoot. They've all matured! No one stabbed anyone.

28. Sansa needs to see the threat. I don't like how everyone has to experience the white walkers, puts the fear of the old and new god's right back in them.

29. No don't meet Sam. You don't even know how guilty you are Danny.

30. Oh poor Sam! He shouldn't have found out.

31. You two should have told him the second he got to winterfell.

32. Yes Jon aka Aegon you are the one true king. Take the crown already!

33. Haha! Tormund has had blue eyes forever.

34. Oh no! Not the Umber boy!

35. Look behind you! What is up with the spiral. I hate jumpscares. The noise tho!

36. Jaime' back. Bronn loves his 'surprise bitch' appearance just a tad bit too much. They are both cripples now. Martin has a strong sense of Karma.

37. Wait it's over already!!! Nooo!!! Another week!! Argh!

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