#They removed luma too

[haee-elia]

spence-tober: day 24 - tattoo artist

pairing: tattoo artist!spencer reid x fem!reader

summary: in which you come home to your husband and daughter

word count: 1186

warnings: you have a daughter, lots of kid stuff, mention of pregnancy and marriage and also you have a cat

spence-tober masterlist

Coming home from work used to be a dreaded part of the day for you, back when you were living alone in an empty apartment that didn’t feel like home. No roommate, no pet, no one to greet you or be happy when you walk through that door.

Coming home didn’t feel like that anymore. Not since you had started dating the love of your life.

It had forever changed. You worked longer days than your tattoo artist boyfriend, Spencer Reid, and so more often than not, Spencer was there to greet you when you walked in after a long day. Whether that was him fixing dinner in the kitchen or sitting in his beloved armchair doodling more tattoo ideas, you weren’t coming home to a lonely apartment.

Then one day, you didn’t just come home to Spencer, but to him holding a small gray and white emaciated kitten in his tatted up arms. He had found the kitten on his walk to work and had kept it near a heater in the shop all day long, finally bringing it back to your shared apartment when no one claimed it. Now, you came home to a little kitten pawing at your pant’s leg.

The kitten, named Walter after Spencer’s middle name, grew up, you and Spencer grew closer and soon got engaged and married. Now he was your tattoo artist husband and it wasn’t long after you got married that you both had decided to expand your family even more. It started with all three of you moving into a larger apartment and then trying to get pregnant. After a full year of trying, you fell pregnant and subsequently gave birth to your daughter, Luma. 

Suddenly, you didn’t just come home to a cat meowing at you as you walked in the door or to your husband showing you a tattoo design, but a small child who would laugh joyfully as you ran to hoist her up into your arms.

However, today when you walked through the front door of your brownstone home, the only thing to greet you is Walter. You close the door behind you and hang your keys and coat up. Then you give a small cat treat to Walter to stop his incessant whines for attention.

A giggle echoes out from the hallway leading out of the combined kitchen and living room. You follow the sound, your work shoes clicking on the wooden floors, and are led to your daughter’s room.

“Hello?” You call out, being sure to knock on the door before entering.

You and Spencer were trying to teach your now five year old daughter privacy and were trying to instill knocking before entering.

“Mommy!” You hear a small, light voice call out. You open the door fully now and a smile grows on your face at the sight.

Luma has a matching bright smile on her face as she slips off her pretty purple canopy bed and rushes with her little legs towards you, hugging your legs once she gets to you.

“Hi, baby!” You greet her, removing her hands from your legs and bending down to properly hug your daughter.

She’s been sick for the better part of the week and was finally on the mend. Per the school instructions, you still needed to keep her at home for today and you and Spencer had been taking turns calling off from work to stay with her.

Today, Spencer stayed home with your daughter and you certainly could tell she was in better spirits than the days prior. 

Judging by your husband who was in your daughter’s bed, which is much too small for his thin, tall frame, Spencer had been through a lot today. Not that he ever minded.

His hair was put up in small ponytails with thin plastic elastic bands and there were discarded towels on the floor which meant that they had a spa day. Spencer also had his arm propped palm side up on a pillow with his sleeve up as far as it could go.

“What are you doing, sweetheart?” You ask your daughter.

The both of you have learned to never assume the intentions behind your child’s actions. 

“We’re playing!” She simply says, still snuggled into your arms. When she got sick, which wasn’t often, she got clingy. Much like your husband when he fell ill.

You look to Spencer for a more clear answer, “Tattoo shop.” He clarifies.

“Ah,” You say, still holding onto your daughter. When she was a baby, you would often take her to Spencer’s shop as a surprise and then as a toddler and now, it was one of her favorite places in the world.

A closer glance at the bed would allow you to see some doodled hearts and circles on your husband’s arm and some washable tattoo markers lying on her duvet.

You should have known, Luma’s favorite game was Tattoo Shop where she would doodle on your arms or legs. At first, you let her do it with crayola marker, but after that one time she found a sharpie, Spencer had gotten her some washable kid tattoo gel pens to use.

“Look at Daddy’s arms!” Luma said, taking her small hand in yours and tugging you closer to her bed. On your way, you shuck off your shoes clumsily.

“I see, baby, you did such a good job!” You praise her, smiling as you look up and down your husband’s decorated arms.

At first, Luma would just draw random doodles usually over Spencer’s already existing tattoos. But now, she would incorporate them and work around to make it look ‘cohesive’, a fairly new word she learned after watching Project Runway with the two of you at night.

You lean over your husband’s arm and give him a sweet kiss in greeting and then thumb over the skin on his wrist that holds your matching tattoos. Ones you got in honor of the birth of Luma. A small little lightbulb that sat on the inside of your wrist.

“How’s your day been?” Spencer asks you, propping himself up a little bit more on the bed.

Before you can answer, Luma joins you in her bed and gently pushes down at her dad. 

“Be careful! Don’t move.” She tells him. Spencer nods and settles back into the bed as you hold back a chuckle.

“It was good,” You answer, “Glad to come home to you two!” You tickle Luma a little bit and laugh with her giggles. 

“I hadn’t gotten the chance to start dinner yet.” Spencer informs you, he nods to his arm which he is not allowed to move.

“That’s okay,” You say, then turning to your daughter, “How about we order pizza?” You ask her.

She cheers and all of you laugh in the room. “I’ll place the order in a little bit.” You say, settling yourself back into the bed a bit more.

You take your hand and pull up the sleeve of your long sleeve shirt and show the clean slate to Luma.

“Now, do you have time for another appointment?”

a/n: this was super fun and quick to write! i've been writing half of it during the day and then half at night, but i finished this super quick since i already knew the ending and so i don't have to stay up late tonight! woohoo!

#criminal minds #criminalminds #spencer reid #spencer reid x fem!reader #spencer reid x reader #criminal minds fluff #dr. spencer reid #criminal minds fic #spencer reid au #spencer reid fanfic

[keylovesstuff]

Lost and Found

Mario fandom, may I humbly offer my first contribution lol. A Peach fanfic cause I can't get my mind off this gal. A little idea that's been crawling in my brain for a while, and I finally sat myself down in front of a word doc to just write it up. So, takes place in the movie-verse until the point in the flashback where baby peach encounters the toads and just a tad bit after that.

The small blonde walked through the now abandoned town in search of just anyone at this point. Stores that were once filled with shoppers looking to purchase a variety of different things while workers assisted were now empty. The playground where she'd play and laugh with girls and boys of all ages was now filled with silence. Home, where she had awoken from a nap alone for the first time ever, was missing her mom and dad. The door was left wide open as she scrambled off the couch making a grab for her purple blanket and tying around her neck. With pink shoes now on the best way her parents showed her how to and pacifier in hand she was out the house. What started out as a fun game of hide and seek in the young child's mind, began to grow into worry as the sky went from a beautiful light blue to a bright orange.

"Mommy? Daddy? Hello" The child once again called out, peering around yet another aisle inside yet another building. The three-year old made sure that no area was left unsearched even if that meant stacking items on top of each other to reach door handles. For the tenth time in her mind, she was met with no response.

Small blue eyes began to fill up with tears as she felt her heart break in two. Sniffling, she Reached up to her cheeks to wipe away the wetness and reached inside her skirt pocket for her pacifier. It wasn't much but it did bring her some comfort as it always would. Vaguely she could hear her father telling her mother how she was getting too old for it and should have been weaned off of it ages ago. A small smile would appear on her mother's face while she cooked up a meal in the kitchen laughing as she would always promise to start the process next week only to not follow through. With another failed search in locating anyone, the girl left the store feeling exhausted mentally and physically. Little legs aching for a break after walking for what seemed like forever she finally gave in, sitting on the ground and leaning against the brick wall of the store. 

Taking the blanket from around her neck she covered her body and closed her eyes. The child's mind finally embraced the negative thoughts that started to itch at her brain after the fifth place she looked. 

No, there will be no one at the next place you go.

No matter how loud you call out, no one will answer back.

Yes you are alone and will never see anyone again.

With the last of her hope dissolving, she succumbed to sleep and let the last of her tears fall.

The cold breeze awoke her from her slumber this time, having shifted from her original sitting to lying on her side sometime in her sleep causing the blanket to slide off. Shivering slightly she wrapped the blanket as tightly around her as she could to feel warm.  Wiping the sleep from her eyes, she realized that the sky was now a dark blue and the only light came from the moon and the many of the stars in the sky.  A memory of sitting in her dads lap with her mom on his side pointing out the stars on a grassy field to them flashed before her eyes.  They began to fill up with salty water after removing her sight from the sky to look across the street when something strange caught her eye. Floating and staring was a pink pudgy starry figure that she only ever saw in the picture books her parents read to her during bedtime.  Sitting up she stared right back into the creature's black eyes as she tried to recall the name the stories gave it.

"A Duma?" She took her pacifier out and voiced aloud as its name finally came to mind. It made a sound in a language that probably no one would understand. The Luma beckoned with its entire body to follow and started off down the street. Puzzled for a moment to process things she shook her head standing up and frantically cried out "Wait, please don't go" she grabbed her blanket once again placed it around her neck and pocketed her pacifier before taking off in the direction it went.

The Luma led her to the forest that every adult, be it their families or not in the town warned every child that could walk not to enter. As it went ahead, the little girl came to a complete stop where the town ended and the forest started hesitating to cross. Sensing that she was no longer following, the Luma also came to a stop and turned to face her, repeating the beckoning gesture from before.

"Duma, I'm not supposed to go in there." She explained with a soft voice pointing a finger at the forest  that is full of unknown secrets.  "I'll get in trouble if someone sees me-"  that last word barely escaped her mouth before she promptly closed it, bringing her previous hand to cover her mouth.

The thoughts from earlier crept back into her mind, repeating the phrases she tried hard to ignore throughout the day. This time though a new thought came to her mind. What if everyone went into the forest and was just waiting for her to join them?  A new hope filled up in her chest and she looked at the Luma with a newfound determination and courage.

"Ok I'll follow you, but you gotta promise that there's anyone there" She told the creature and it responded with the same unknown sound. 

"Alright let's go then" she let out a small giggle before looking at her feet one by one as they crossed into the beginning of the forest. The girl turned to take in one final look at the empty and stared for a moment before following the Luma further in.

The two figures ventured in silence for a little while longer. The blonde child only stopped every few feet to glance around and up ahead for any sign of a familiar figure. The Luma came to a stop first and the girl bumped into its body several seconds after being distracted. 

"Hey why did we-" she started to ask but could not continue the rest of her question as she took in her new surroundings. The luma had led them to an area with a stony ground surrounded by huge pillars. What had caught her eye the most was the green object built in between the two pillars as it glowed a white light in the middle. "Wow" was the only word she could bring herself to voice.

The girl suddenly had a feeling that whatever was inside the pipe was calling to her as she started to walk forward only to be stopped by the Luma placing its body against her to keep her in place. The Luma floated lower to the ground and it took the child a few moments to figure that it must have wanted her to sit down. Sitting on the ground she crossed her legs and placed her hands in between them facing the green object. With more than decent patience for a child her age, she started squirming in place the longer they sat there the more she wanted to just get up and go into the mysterious object. From fiddling with the blanket around her body to messing with the object in her pocket to tapping her fingers against her legs, all of that could only distract her but so much from not focusing on the light. What if everyone was waiting for her on the other side and she was holding them up by waiting here? As soon as that thought entered her mind she got up and tried to make a dash as quick as her little legs could go.

All she could process was the sound of the Luma making a noise behind her and bumping into something the next moment before landing on her bottom. Rubbing her head she looked up to what had caused her to fall and what she saw took her by complete surprise left her speechless.A light blonde haired women with a bang covering one eye wearing a crown in a beautiful blue dress was levitating slightly above the ground and holding a star wand appeared in front of her with a smile. While she never knew everyone in the town, she was certain she would remember a person that could float.  The question 'who are you' was on the tip of her tongue but she couldn't bring herself to voice it aloud, It didn’t take much longer for the women above her to speak.

“Hello there little one, It’s a pleasure to meet you.” She kindly greeted the child who still stared at with a confused expression in her eyes and mouth agape in question.

 “You have gone through so much in such a short amount of time. Allow me to heal your mind.” With that said, she lowered the wand to the child's head. It began to glow as all the negative thoughts and memories left.

On one hand it felt as though nothing could hold the child back from embracing any and everything that would come her way. On the other hand it felt as though two important people disappeared and she couldn’t recall who they were or if they ever existed in the first place. The woman removed her wand when she was satisfied with her magic. The girl continued to look on with wide eyes.

“You are going to do so many amazing things and inspire so many in your future.” The woman started to say to the child who looked on with wonder filled eyes.

 “You will meet allies and foes alike. There will be many challenges you’ll have to face but you will get through them with your bravery. I have already seen it.” She assured and moved to the side to reveal the glowing green object once more.

“Go on in, They are waiting for you on the other side. Guide and Protect them. Show them what a respectable and kind leader you can be. Our paths will cross again one day” With that final promise the woman started to vanish before the girl's eyes.

When the figure faded away completely she was once again alone and had so many questions. What did all of it mean? Was everything the women said was true? Who will she meet on the other side? That last question would be answered sooner rather than later as she could finally enter the thing that was pulling her in. While she was mostly ready to take that step, there was a small part of her that was fearful of the unknown. Reaching in her pocket once more she grabbed her pacifier and put it in her mouth to feel that comfort, before taking in a small breath and stepping in. Finding herself flowing aimlessly through this portal, she took in the colors some of which she had never seen before. Despite floating in midair she felt calm and just let the current take her to its predetermined destination. Up ahead she saw another round green object similar to the one in the stoned area, The current around her started to slow down in preparation to enter the pipe again. 

The girl was finally able to stand up and walk on her own two feet the rest of the way. Clutching her hands she took in the environment around her as the exit came closer she placed her hand on the green object to hold her balance as she took a step down. Taking this time to look in front of her she noticed that these rainbowed people dressed in identical clothing and were slightly taller than herself but they had this warm and inviting presence about them that made approaching them much easier so she did. The creatures also approached her but with slightly more caution in their step following the green person who was leading the other two bent down in front of her with a smile. The woman's words of being ‘a kind person’  ringed in the back of her mind. So she did what she thought was the nicest thing and took out her cherished pacifier and stuck it in the creature's mouth who looked on in confusion. Giggling she jumped up wrapping her arms around its shoulders immediately feeling safe and secure as this person also embraced her holding her up.

“Told you that you had a way with kids” came a teasing voice from behind. “Ow what I say?” the yellow person rubbed its arm and stared offendedly at the other person that whacked him moments prior.

“Now’s not the time for jokes, you dummy this is serious.” the red one scolded the other. “Some strange person just came out of the pipe after it's been glowing all day. It could be here to kill us.” It tried to get the other to understand their point of view. “You better take that thing out of your mouth TG, it could be poisonous” he suggested to the green guy. The yellow one scoffed out a ‘really dude c’mon’ under its breath.

“Mmm” TG mouthed before shifting the child's body weight onto one side of its body removing the pacifier and sticking it back into her mouth. “Well it does just seem like an innocent baby, but better safe than sorry. Let’s head to Toadsworth. He could probably tell us what you are. Yes he can” he gave the blonde's belly a tickle drawing out that giggle from earlier. 

“No, don't make friends with it, we aren't sure of its motives yet” The red one tried again with no avail as it began to lead the way back to the others with the other two trailing behind. 

“I like the moon, it's pretty” was the first sentence the child said out loud as she pointed at the object in the sky as they all hiked back.

“Wow you do?” TG engaged with her as she nodded eagerly. “I do too, it's very pretty on nights like these” he agreed with her. Several minutes of this went on where she pointed out things she likes and he would talk with her. At one point even the yellow guy hopped into the conversation much to the annoyance of the red person.

“Hey, what are you?” she asked tapping TG’s shoulder to get his attention.

“What am I? Oh well I’m what's called a Toad. Can you say that? Toad” he mouthed it out loud to her slowly and they both repeated it several times.

“I like Toad, they're nice,” she said, nuzzling her face closer into TGs neck and wrapping her arms around him tighter. Before he could return the compliment the red toad spoke up.

“We’re here guys, let's go.” He knocked on the door three times before a brown spotted Toad with a brown mustache and red bowtie appeared in the doorway. “Something finally came out the pipe that we’ve been keeping an eye on all day. It appears to be a baby of some kind” he added as the three of them were ushered inside.

Toadsworth offered them tea as they all began to gather around the small table. The child continued clutching onto the green toad and only glanced every now and again at the mustached gentleman. The four of them conversed over tea gathering new information from the elder Toad. They first found out its gender which was revealed to them as a female and that she belonged to one of the species called humans, though with there being many galaxies and regions they could reside in, the probability in pinpointing the exact place of origin she was from would be a challenge even a guy as smart as him couldn’t figure out. They also came to the conclusion that based on how she interacted with the environment that she was on par with the toad children starting school. The red toad finally stopped giving the child a look of suspicion and after the third round of tea the host directed the conversation towards the blonde girl reaching for the kettle in the middle of the table.

“Oh how rude of me. Please accept my sincerest apologies my dear.” Toadsworth quickly got out of his seat heading over to the cabinet to grab another cup. “A gentleman must always offer a lady a drink.” He started to pour her a cup of tea before the green toad interrupted 

“I think she might be a little too young for tea or anything with caffeine for that matter, Toadsworth sir.” he said, motioning his head to the child who now had her own seat.

“You are quite right, The youth these days mustn't get used to relying on stuff like this.” Toadsworth chuckled and went over to the fridge to see what refreshments he had in there. “Oh yes I just received a carton of milk from the meadows this morning. Would you like that m’lady?” In response he got an excited round of applause from the child. 

Toadsworth offered to take care of the child for the remainder of the night and start some research in the morning for which planet she could be from and if needed within the next couple of days or weeks put together a group of toads to get this kid back home to her parents. He prepared her for bed first and then went through his nighttime routine which included grabbing a snack for bed, tonight being a fresh bowl of sliced peaches. The girl sat on the bed flipping through a picture book he gave her.

“Well my dear I’m terribly sorry for just now realizing this” He apologized, placing the bowl on the nightstand next to the bed she looked up from the book first to the food and then to him. “My fellow comrades or I failed to ask you your name. So what are you called?” he asked and she stared at him for a few moments before she opened her mouth.

“I want the Peach” she pointed to the bowl that was on the nightstand behind him causing him to reach for the bowl and present it in front of her, smiling when she reached out and grabbed a couple slices.

“Ok now back to important matters.” he cleared his throat into his fist. “What would you like us to call you for the time that you reside with us?” He tried again to get her to focus on what he was asking.

“I like Peach” She said with a smile after finishing the last bite flashing him a toothy smile and he stared at her thoughtfully for a moment.

“Alright I shall call you Lady Peach when you’re in my presence and make sure everyone calls you that as well” He told her and assumed she’d probably have a different answer to the question by tomorrow or the next couple of days.

#Super mario bros. movie #Super Mario #Princess Peach #First fic in forever I'm posting without having it beta read #Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments or tags #Also I'm so ok if you want to leave any form on constructive criticism if you'd so choose. I know there's still things I need to work on lo #I will try to get this posted on both my ao3 and fanfic net for people who like to read there by tomorrow and reblog it with those links #Oh gosh I'm just stalling in the tags now hyping myself up to hit post lmao #Thanks for taking time to read I hope you all enjoy it I had a very nice time writing this

[trashyswitch]

Day 22: Ticklish Kiss

Rosalina flies to the library to read for a bit. Her love-hungry Lumas show their love, which leads to Rosalina discovering something new about the lumas!

Super Mario Galaxy. Never thought I would touch this game, but here I am. My special boys (Drew and Vel) gave me the idea to write about Rosalina and the Lumas. So, that's what I did! I hope you enjoy!

Rosalina left her observatory and walked into the library. There, she noticed several lumas coming together in groups and heading to the library from behind her as well. She turned to see all the lumas, and smiled with gratitude. 

“Hello, Lumas. I didn’t know you were all coming in.” Rosalina admitted. 

The collection of 30-40 lumas all flew to Rosalina, and surrounded her in hugs. Rosalina giggled and hugged them back as best she knew how to. “Is there a special occasion for the hugs?” Rosalina asked. 

The lumas all looked at her. “We want to show you how much we love you!” One of the lumas replied. 

“We wanna make sure you know we love you!” Another luma replied. 

“We want to give you all the kisses!” The luma on her tummy had declared next. 

Rosalina looked at the luma against her belly and kissed the luma on the forehead. “I love you all too.” She told them. 

luma snuggled its face further into Rosalina’s belly and attempted to kiss it again. “Mwah!” It declared. But the kiss was more like a head boop than a ‘kiss’. 

“Thahat’s not how you kiss.” Rosalina told the luma before lifting it up. “You kiss like this:” Rosalina kissed right below the luma’s eyes, roughly where the belly should be located. “Mmmmwah!” She declared. 

Luma squealed and wiggled around in her arms. “Hehehe! That tickles, Mama!” Luma reacted. 

The other lumas removed themselves from Rosalina’s body and flew closer to the tickled luma. “It tickles?!” One luma asked. 

“Kisses tickle!?” Another luma asked. 

“Is it really ticklish?” A blue luma asked. 

“Is it fun?” A green luma asked. 

“Ihi like it! Again!” The gripped luma declared. 

Rosalina laughed and smiled brightly. “I’d love to!” She replied before giving the luma another kiss. “Mmmwah!” She said for extra effect. 

The luma giggled gleefully and wiggled around in her arms again. “Hehehehehe! Ihit’s fun!” Luma reacted. 

“Can I have a kiss too?” A platinum luma asked. 

Rosalina laughed and let the first luma go before grabbing the platinum luma. “Sure!” She replied. Luma looked down and watched as Rosalina kissed its belly. “Mmmwah!” She declared happily. 

The luma started vibrating in pure glee and excitement as it felt the tickles overwhelm its little starry body. The luma looked like it was gonna burst from excitement! “eEEHEHehehehe!” The luma giggled, hugging Rosalina’s head softly. 

Rosalina brought her head away and looked at the luma that wiggled in her arms. “Did you like that?” She asked. 

Luma nodded its head. “It tickled.” The luma admitted. 

Rosalina nodded. “That’s what I’m hearing.” She replied. “Did you want another one?” She asked. 

The platinum luma clapped its star paws together and nodded. “Yes please!” 

“Ready?” Rosalina asked as she leaned in. 

The platinum luma giggled and kicked its tiny feetsies. “Mhm!” Luma replied. 

Rosalina gave the luma a big kiss on its belly. “Mmmwah!” She eagerly added for extra effect. 

Luma gasped and squealed, vibrating like an overactive child. “Hehehehehehe! Hahaha!” Rosalina giggled and moved her head away, and turned to the other lumas. “Who else wants belly kisses?” She asked. 

All the lumas looked at each other, and immediately flew themselves into a single-file line. Rosalina widened her eyes upon seeing this. Are they…lining up for kisses?! 

“You all…really, really like this…don’t you?” Rosalina asked with a snicker. 

The lumas nodded. “Tummy kisses!” the lumas yelled at the same time. 

“Tickle kisses!” A couple of the lumas next. 

Rosalina smiled happily. “How about this: I will give you a choice. Either tummy kisses, or tummy raspberries.” She told them. 

The lumas looked at each other, confused. “T-Tummy raspberries?” a couple of the lumas asked. 

“Tummy raspberry!” The green luma at the front of the line declared. 

Rosalina shrugged her shoulders. “Okay.” She replied before taking in a deep breath. PPPPFFBBBFFFBBBBTTT! 

The green luma’s eyes widened to the size of saucers as it shook around and bursted out cackling. “BAHAHAhahahaha! Thahahahat’s mohohore tihicklyyy!” It reacted. 

Rosalina giggled and let the green luma go. “Okay. Next luma.” She said. 

The next luma was a blue luma who looked excited. “Tummy raspberry please!” The luma declared. “Very well.” She replied, taking another deep breath. PPPPBBBBFFFFFBBBFFFTTTT! 

The luma squealed and wiggled in her grasp, giggling and laughing the whole time. “HEHEhehehehehe! Hahahahahahehehehe!” the luma giggled. 

“Yohou all like that?” Rosalina asked them. “It’s fun!” The green luma told her. 

“I make lots of funny sounds.” the blue luma admitted. “It makes me feel silly!” the platinum luma admitted. 

Rosalina smiled. “I’m glad.” She said as she let go of the blue luma. “Next luma.” She replied. 

The next luma was a yellow luma. That luma spun in a circle. “Tummy kiss please!” It said. 

Rosalina smiled, thankful to have a moment to breathe after the raspberries. “Very well.” She leaned in and gave the luma a big kiss on its belly. “Mmmmwah!” She declared. 

The luma closed its beady eyes, giggling all lovingly. “Ihihi love it! Ihi feel funny!” It admitted. 

Rosalina chuckled. “You lumas are more ticklish than I thought.” Rosalina reacted. 

“Are you ticklish?” The lumas asked her a little bit. 

Rosalina giggled into her hand and nodded her head. “I am. My mama used to give me tummy raspberries under the tree when I was little.” She explained to the lumas. 

The lumas looked at her, before looking all at each other. They left the single-file line and started to huddle together into a circle in front of her. Rosalina widened her eyes upon seeing that, and tilted her head. What were they talking about? What were her children planning for her? 

Then, the lumas flew up to her. “Do you want us to give you some tickles?” The lumas asked. 

Rosalina widened her eyes in surprise and smiled a small bit. “You were…planning to tickle me?” She asked with a laugh. 

The lumas nodded their heads as they flew around her. “We’d love to! If you want us to.” The lumas replied. 

Rosalina nodded her head enthusiastically. “Okay. You can tickle me.” She decided, laying herself down onto the ground.  

The collection of 30-40 lumas all flew closer and closer to her, ready to pounce and tickle. She raised her arms up above her head and mentally prepared for the tickle attack she was about to experience. 

The lumas came together into a doggy-pile on top of her belly before tickling wherever they could reach with the star-shaped points they treated as hands. Right away, the tickles made her squeal and squeak as she wiggled around. But no matter how much she moved around to get her belly free, the lumas’ star points would find a new area to poke and pat. “HAhahahAHAHAHA! HAHAhaha! Wahahait-! To-Too many! TOHOHO MAHAHANY!  HAHAHAhahaha!” She laughed. 

The lumas looked at each other for a moment, before making a few lumas move away from her belly. They didn’t want to go overboard for fear of hurting their leader and mama. About 15 lumas watched the tickle attack happen, while 35 of the lumas continued to flutter their points on her belly. 

Though the tickling lessened a little bit, even THAT was too much! “Thahat’s- Hahahahaha! B-Behehetter! Buhuhut-” She gasped and screeched as she felt a few of the points poke dangerously close to her belly. “GaaaAAAHAHAHAHAHA! NOHOT THERE! NOHOHOHOHOHO!” She shouted, holding her head with one hand as her laughter rose up another octave. 

The lumas widened their eyes, showing both shock and worry for their mother. Which spot was making her laugh that hard?! The lumas moved themselves back and observed the lumas that didn’t listen. Rosalina’s laughter didn’t seem to lessen much, regardless of how many lumas were tickling her. So what tickle spot was making her cackle like that?! 

A red luma was poking and prodding a little dip in the lower belly of her dress. “There’s a little dip hidden under her dress. Almost like there’s a hole in her body.” The red luma told the others. 

Rosalina rolled herself onto her belly in an attempt to stop the lumas for a moment. This appeared to help her, as the rest of the lumas quickly caught on that she needed a few moments to breathe. They moved away, and started to chat amongst themselves to figure out why there was a hole in their mama’s body. 

Rosalina huffed lightly and let out a few more breaths. “Thahat…Whahat yohou’re talking about…” She let out one more breath. “Is my belly button.” She admitted. 

The lumas looked at each other, confused. Belly button? 

Rosalina chuckled. “I have a little hole on my belly that I was born with. A few of you were poking it a little too much.” She admitted. “And…my belly button tickles a lot more than the rest of my tummy.” She explained further. 

The lumas slowly began to understand what she was talking about. After a bit more time of recovery, Rosalina took the time to show the lumas her belly button, and further educate them on the little hole that every human has. And like the curious lumas they are, they listened to every word, before telling the other lumas outside the library about Rosalina’s belly button! And naturally…a few more tickles from her children were inevitable as the rest of the lumas couldn’t contain their curiosity. 

They were all like little kids with this new information…and their curiosity never failed to amuse her. 

#belly kisses #belly tickles #belly raspberries #the lumas are her children #super mario galaxy #cute #augtickletober2023 #tickletober 2023 #ticklefic #switch!rosalina #switch!lumas #family fluff

[kentopedia]

hihi rylie i hope ur doing well ^_^ just coming by to check up on u and ask u a question. feel free to not answer if ur uncomfy. have u removed ur selfship post for a reason? i hope u haven’t stopped selfshipping, i love seeing the art and lore <3 but no pressure in answering, either way i respect ur decision.

take care of urself <3

hi luma!!! thank u for checking in, you're so sweet :,,)

ahh i don't mind you asking at all <3 i am in a bit of a complicated place with tumblr, and i have been overly self-conscious about what i post, especially when it comes to selfships. so i've just kind of decided not to post them anymore (for now at least). i definitely wouldn't say i've stopped selfshipping, i just feel more comfortable keeping them to myself at the moment. and i was planning on changing my selfship posts anyway, so they were private for a while and i just decided i'd remove it for now! :) but hopefully i'll feel better about sharing again soon <3 thank u, i hope you're taking care too darling!!

#໒꒱ rylie's angels #xoxo . . . luma

[pokerninja2]

Tonight's breakdown will be covering two characters at once! I was originally going to do just Daisy, and then I realized I didn't really have anything to say about her as far as references or inspirations go. So, I decided to group her with Rosalina, and get the rest of the Mario princesses (that I've done) out of the way! Keep in mind Rosalina's gonna have more about her though.

So to start with Daisy, her outfit is the same as Peach, being a skin-tight suit allowing for a lot more flexibility than a poofy dress would. While Peach has a heart pattern on her suit though, Daisy has an odd white pattern on her legs. Daisy fans might recognize this as the pattern her dress used to have in the classic games, and they'd be right! I thought it would be a nice touch and help set her apart from Peach design-wise. As far as other references go, her Flower Power attack was directly based on her star swing in Mario Super Sluggers, only instead of walling opponents out with a garden of flowers, she traps them inside one!

Overall, I'm pretty happy with Daisy. I mentioned when I talked about Peach that I was pretty nervous about drawing the Mario girls back in the day, and I think Daisy fared the best here. I like her jumping to spike the ball, really fits with her competitive edge. I think the expression she's making looks great too.

Now for Rosalina, who I have a lot more to say about. I made her for Mar10 day last year, so I wanted to make her inclusion special. What I ended up doing was pairing her up with a cream-colored Luma - the first one she met and sent her to space in the first place! I thought that would be a really cute touch.

Also means she gets to have a Luma play beside her like in Mario Kart Wii! I have had clinical depression ever since that was removed in MK7. Bring Luma Back You Cowards!!!!

Unlike Daisy, Rosalina's outfit is pretty different from Peach. The top is similar, but she has a flowing dress at the bottom with white leggings. I wanted to match how Rosalina often has a slightly different outfit to Peach and Daisy in games like Mario Golf and Mario Tennis. To that end, I think the design I gave her works well!

And then there's Rosalina's attacks. Black Hole is obviously based on the black holes Mario could get sucked in in the Galaxy games, although the art makes it look less menacing. She's probably holding back their true power so they don't actually disintegrate the competitors. And finally her Super Spike, which is based on the ending in Galaxy 1 where the Comet Observatory rockets Mario to the center of the universe! It's just as strong and powerful, so you can imagine how fast the ball would go if a literal comet smashed into it.

I mostly like how Rosalina turned out, although I will say I'm not super satisfied with how I drew her. I feel the posing is a bit too stiff, and I could have made it look more lively. I really should draw her and the other princesses more to get a better feel for them. Maybe sometime soon I'll redraw her, I think I've gotten a lot more confident over the past few years doing art.

And that's generally all I wanted to cover tonight. Got both remaining princesses done at once, although like I said it was really kind of just me talking about Rosalina. Still, I hope this was interesting for fans of both!

#mario #super mario #mario fanart #daisy #princess daisy #rosalina #princess rosalina #mario galaxy #super mario galaxy #mario princess #daisy fanart #rosalina fanart #Super Mario Spikers #wow reading this over now I said nothing about daisy lol #sorry! there's just not a whole lot I could say about her

[manyblinkinglights]

Okay, this isn’t what I’ll look like on the dancefloor (the glowing stuff will all only show in layers to various aspects of the beat, it’s way too bright now because the Luma shader “leaves the lights on” when it’s not under Furality control), but here’s me in my final configuration... that’s pieces from Kudalyn’s Festival outfit, atlased embarrassingly a lot for assets that came in 4K. (I DIDN’T HAVE MUCH ROOM LEFT ON MY UVMAP ALL RIGHT...) (I took them down from 4K->1K and then uhhh did 20% of THAT... sigh... well the majority of people will be seeing me from greater than arm’s length away, so, it’s uh, fine...) I deboned the assets because I didn’t want to mess with my underlying rig, so the feathers/leaves don’t waggle around. That’s just... work... that’s work... that’s work, and this is a hack job outfit thrown together over a three-day weekend... if I have the energy this week maybe I’ll put bones in the ones on my wrists at least. I also fixed the locomotion layer so now you do the shortfall animation to look like you’re hovering while collider flight is active, fixed my suddenly broken forefoot pickup IK assist, fixed some other problems I caused, etc., the only things I’ve forgotten/didn’t get to were 1) getting access to Substance to fix my seam padding, 2) didn’t fix where I deleted the forearm twist bone weight paints on the biped, 3) didn’t fix the taur’s upper arms weight paint where it kind of sucks and just needs a lil blurring. Do you see how small that list is?! Three things?! On a project of THIS MAGNITUDE?

Also: the taur’s wristlets and the biped’s anklets are in exactly, exactly the same place, so it feels really visually coherent when you swap, while they’re visible! Video doesn’t show. But it’s nice. Oh, also I made a No Party option that shrinks all the accessories and swaps your material to a “lights out” no designs/glowing version; No Party mode also removes your ability to drop your taurclone, you just go into the poses “as yourself” while No-Party.

#anytaur #vrchat #let's ignore how I think the particles fire off a couple times without triggering the shapeshift #life's too short to get thrown off by a few grazed boops

[haleyboook]

Protecting the ones you love pt. 6

Warnings: none

Word count: 2,890

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My hand squeezes Obi’s tightly as I stare at the storm troopers seated in front of us.

"You a miner?"

Obi shakes his head saying "A farmer, from, uh, Tawl."

Stormtrooper asks "What are you doing out here?"

I cautiously look to the girls as Obi says "That's a long story." They quickly counter "It's a long way."

Leia says "They brought me here to see the place where he met my mother before she got sick..."

Obi says "She's dying and we wanted to see the place one more time as a family. It's been a very difficult time."

I squeeze Obi's hand so tightly out of anger he bites his lip to suppress the wince.

"What about you? You have any information about two Jedi's?"

I look to them saying "We wouldn't even know a jedi if we saw one."

"You haven't heard anything?"

Leia says "Nothing, nothing at all in fact. Are you sure he's even on this planet?"

"They know what they're doing, Leia."

Leia, Demi, and I all look to Obi angrily and I slide my hand towards my lightsaber as the stormtrooper says "You called her Leia. I thought her name was Luma."

"That was her sisters name... before we lost her a few years ago. She looks so much like her. I get confused. Like I said, it's not been easy on my family, losing everyone we love so close together. Sometimes when I look at Luma, I see her mothers face. I am going to miss her very much."

He holds me closer and I tense in his grip.

"Well, just keep your eyes open."

I nod and Obi and Leia and Demi all say "Of course."

"This is us! Thanks Freck!" The vehicle slows and I remove my hand from my lightsaber and push Obi further away from me as I run my hand down the bridge of my nose.

Demi glares at Leia and Leia narrows her eyes at Obi. I look to her confused as Obi asks "What?"

"You knew her, my real mother, didn't you?"

I feel my body tense again and Obi's eyes trail to me. "It was just a story Leia."

"The whole time I've known you, you've been hiding something. Lying to me."

"Leia." I warn and she asks "Are you two my real parents? Are you my real father too?"

My mouth drops as Demi looks to us confused "Mom?"

I shake my head as Obi says "I wish I could say I was, but no, we're not your parents."

I kiss the top of Leia's head saying "You are still very much so a daughter to me even if not biological."

She says "Sometimes I try to imagine what he was like."

"I know that feeling. As Jedi, we're taken from our families when we're very young. I still have glimpses, flashes really, my mother's shawl, my father's hands. I remember a baby."

"A baby?" Demi asks

"Yes. I think I had a brother. Really don't remember him. I wished I did. Then I joined the Jedi, and I got a new family just like you. Including May- Lind. I would have never met her if I didn't join the jedi and Demi would never have been born too."

I soften to his words and I smile at him. I shake my head saying "Obi was the only family I had. I have no memory of my life before becoming a Jedi. I was an orphan, and Master Windu took me in when I was incredibly young. Always told me I had so much potential."

Demi says "You were a Jedi longer than Obi?"

I nod and say "Yeah. I was practically a baby when I was found."

"Where were your mother and father?"

I shrug and say "I don't know."

We're interrupted as we approach laser gates. I look up and Obi says "Freck! Freck? Can we get off here?"

"Oh, it's a standard inspection. Don't worry, won't take long. I know these fellas."

I make eye contact with Obi and nod. I slide his hood to his coat and hide my face in mine. I hear Freck warn the Stormtroopers of us. Leia and Demi look to the both of us

My hand wavers over my lightsaber and the stormtroopers approach. "Not a lot of reasons to be in the outpost today. Where you headed?"

"Uh, back to Tawl. We have family here we were visiting."

"Alright, step out of the vehicle. Initiate protocol 23."

I stand up as Obi shields us as he goes first. Demi and Leia stay behind me, holding tightly to my robe. I watch as Obi warns me with his eyes and I watch his hand slip onto his weapon

I step down, helping the girls as Obi's hand rests on my side. I stand beside Obi, with the drone approaching in the air

We both step in front of the girls and he makes an effort to pull me behind him but I shake my head and give him a look. It lands in front of us and the storm troopers say annoyed "Raise your head."

"I said raise your heads."

I lift my head, Obi right after me. The alarm beeps right on my face as I slide my hood down. Obi shoots it before it shoots and everything moves quickly as we jump forward towards the troopers

My light saber slicing the head off one cleanly.

Obi handling the other. I look to the girls momentarily before driving the lightsaber through one of their chests. Obi uses Freck as a shield and I hold my light saber out to the approaching trooper.

Freck is hit down and I slice the storm trooper with the saber. I look to Obi as he approaches relieved. He pushes the hair out of my face and I smile to him.

We round the corner and freeze in place as the storm trooper holds Demi and Leia.

I'm filled with anger and the trooper shouts "Put it down! Put it down!"

I slowly drop my light saber as Demi and Leia's eyes bare into me. Obi nods saying "Alright. I'm putting it down. I'm putting it down. Just... Let the girls.."

He shoots the storm trooper and the girls run to us quickly. Each of them grabbing one of our hands.

The gate doesn't power down and a shot to it quickly works. But a truck full of stormtroopers approach. "Get down! Get down on the ground!"

"Put your head down!"

I hesitate and Obi does as asked. I look to the general as she shoots the stormtroopers dead. "Come on, now. They'll have sent a transmission. We have to hurry. I'll take you the rest of the way."

I look to her confused as I say "Tala?"

She nods saying "May-Lind. I thought that was you."

I smile saying "I haven't seen you in ages."

Quickly she brings us to safety and explains everything going on to the best of her ability and where we will go next.

"He gave you the right coordinates but by the time I had gotten there you were gone."

"I hadn't expected anyone to come." Obi admits. I nudge him and say "I told you."

"The Empire's gone into high alert. They've locked everything down."

"I can tell." I admit

"Can we still get out?"

"I can get you to the port. There's a pilot who's agreed to take you, but he's not scheduled to leave for a few hours. so we need to lay low. Wait here while I make sure it's all clear."

Demi clings to Leia's side as they both grow nervous. I feel the nerves grow for me and Obi reassures them quickly as I immediately remember why I loved him so dearly

He rests his hand on my back and I reassure Leia saying "It wasn't your fault Leia. It was me who was supposed to keep you safe in a situation like that. I'm the one that failed."

"I miss home."

"Me too." Demi agrees as her pout on her face grows

"You'll all be home very soon."

Tala leads us to the safe area and we meet the droid that can't speak, NED-B, which prompts Leia into introducing Lola.

Which leads Demi into saying "Why did you give me the stupid name when you got the better name when we were on the truck? You named me after your droid!"

They bicker and I quickly push them apart as they argue and Obi speaks with Tala as I tell them to stop bickering. I look around at the safe house as Tala explains it.

"You're not the first Jedi's to come through here. And May knows that."

My jaw tightens as they all look to me and she says "And from there, we give them new identities and get them out. There's a lot of good people risking their lives out there."

Demi says "Are they all Jedi like my mom?"

I look to her and smile slightly. She's proud that I'm a jedi. Tala smiles saying "Not all. These days, the empire hunts anyone who's force-sensitive. Even children."

My grip on Leia and Demi's coats tightens at the mention.

"What happens to them?" Leia asks as Demi gulps out of fear. "We don't know. But no one ever sees them again."

Obi asks "And May knows of all of this? How?"

"She helped create the path."

They all look to me as I look to the ground. Leia says "Oh woah."

Obi says "And when did she do this?"

"After everything, before Demi was born. I knew I needed safe guards put in place for Jedi's and force-sensitive because of people like Leia and Demi. I wanted a back up plan and it ended up saving countless Jedi's. I only started this. It was the others that really contributed. I stepped away from it all as soon as Demi was close to being born. A few months prior. I didn't want anyone to know of her so, I left."

Tala says "And we never even knew of her until now. Well, me, at least."

"Quinlan was here."

"Yeah. He helps now and again. Smuggling younglings."

I smile and listen to him transcribe the writing "Only when your eyes are closed can you truly see."

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Well, surprise! I'm back.

I don't have much to say! But I have an idea for who Demi should end up with. heheheheh... and a whole plot for her daughter too. :)

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[daughter-of-fire-and-dreams]

🍳 = What kind of family gatherings does your muse prefer and why?

MY PLAN WAS TO MAKE A SILLY DOODLE WITH THE ANSWER BUT ALAS, BRAIN REFUSED SO TYPING IT IS

Ahem..... The table is set, a banquet of several different dishes are at the ready. Dodo, popotos, salads, freshly baked bread and plates, cutlery and glasses of wildly varying sizes.

It is so peaceful yes... Haila's quietly pouring herself some tea on her new Othardian mug, learning to test the limits of how much she can burn her hand before deciding too much is too much. All is good in the worl-

The table stumbles, spilling liquids and nearly sending a few pieces of cutlery off of it. Some of the food though, is now at least one inch to the left. Poor Howl is on the verge of tears from his baby chair. His glassy eyes are wide as he does his best not to scream while pointing at the opposite side of the table, probably trying to get his parent's attention.

Ah yes... Rhua and Rhea are trying to choke eachother out on the other end.... Neither seem to be succeeding, but their argument sure isn't going to end soon. Something something, 'you have shit taste in people'. Pots calling the kettle black... Right in front of mom, who doesn't seem to mind at all. Same old, same old, just another Tuesday.

Poor Luma is still baking in the background, he retrieves his hand very quickly while trying to hold back any curses. He too burnt himself by accident after the initial scare from the sibling's roughhousing. At least he didn't burn the quiche.

Little Helia is there to save the day though. Or at least, be the ultimate weapon to stop her big brother and sister. Her baby chair is separate from her twin, lest she try to eat him again. And right next to her adult siblings instead. She's unconcerned, not bothered at the possible doom of being toppled over and stubbornly trying to reach at a dodo leg. Just being there is enough for Rhua and Rhea to actually have some sense of self control and not let their fight get too out of hand to accidentally hit her. But the baby is oblivious to it, there is no family dinner to her, just dodo leg.

Haila sets down her cup as if half her children weren't trying to kill eachother while the other half were either concerned or unconcerned by this turn of events. She removes her feet from her flats to run them over their dog Moogle underneath the table when something catches her attention. Rohmio isn't there.

A quick survey of the open room reveals that yes, all complimentary desserts have disappeared from the table. Rhua's wrestling continues unabated until she leans back too much and tumbles against something.

Losing her balance, she falls back and hits the back of her head against the hard wood. Her brother, with his hand outstretched and having failed to stop her from falling, quietly moves it down to rest on his lap as if nothing had ever happened. Not of course, before doing a faint 'Yes, I win' motion with it to continue and actually start eating.

Rhua is nearly upside down, rubbing at the back of her head in pain. She hears a meek 'Sorry..' as she looks up and sees that her 'big' kiddie brother had actually been crouched down beside her chair while holding a sack filled with all the stolen sweet goods.

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This is the current best case scenario. And one that Rhua knows she might yearn for but at the same time feels like the odd one out. Family gatherings to her were quiet moments where her mother would return to town and both her and her brother would nonchalantly make dinner either at Rhua's apartment or Haila's. But a quiet part of it, despite being peaceful, was the mourning of a father and husband that was now gone. Never having seen the night sky he preached so much about to his children, and not being able to stop Haila's daily tears.

Rhua as she is right now truly misses her baby siblings, she wants to bond with them, she wants to interact with the side of her family that she never met or didn't expect. She's not fond of Haila's current husband, Luma. But she accepts he makes her somehow happy. The entire Lee/Hann family has never gathered in one spot at the same time. And while Rhua is still at odds of not belonging there, she still slightly yearns for a day like that to happen in the near future.

#meam rhua #thanks for the ask!

[lettersnorth]

Melody of Bygone Days: Just a Hitch

Aislinn had long ago learned the secret to dealing with thoughts that just wouldn’t go away was to fill one’s day with so much work and distraction that said thoughts were simply shoved out of the way. That was so much better than sitting down and taking a good hard look at them. Or, Twelve forfend, coming to terms with them. Luckily, Heartwood was only all too happy to indulge her in her unhealthy tendencies. 

The day had begun innocently enough as she made her way to the kitchens for a cup of tea. That was when she caught sight of one of the Company’s disc shaped cleaning bots coming out from under a couch with a wicked knife taped to its hull, looking like it was on the hunt for shins to slice. Sighing, she pried the knife away from its chassis. The resulting bleep it made sounded an awful lot like disappointment as it turned away and carried on with its duties. Now, she had to hunt down the others. Sure enough, some enterprising person had taped a kitchen knife to each one. She wouldn’t even begin to try and guess who had done such a thing. The list was too long. 

In the kitchen, she overheard the latest scuttlebutt, which was that Florus had taken off. Made a break for it and took one of the A11Ys with him. Naturally, Sergius was nowhere to be found but surely he must have had eyes on the escape while it was happening. 

Annoyed, she resorted to speaking plainly in the hall on her way to the clinic, looking for all the world like a woman talking to the ceiling. “Florus ran off? Just up and left? Why didn’t you do something to stop him?” 

Silence met her as she approached the clinic door until finally, “Because fuck that guy.” came the terse, disembodied reply that floated out from one of the many surveillance drones installed along the hall. 

She rolled her eyes as she pushed her way into the clinic. There was a story there. Sergius wasn’t cavalier or taken by emotional whims. For some reason the A.I. felt Heartwood was better off without the prickly but genius Garlean. She made a mental note to figure out ‘why’ later. 

The hours spent in the clinic went by in a blur. Kazushige, who had disappeared, had been brought back by Rising. Rising who had no business leaving in the first place with her leg injured as it was. Aislinn read her down one side and up the other for that lapse in judgment. Thanks to that stunt, she’d be in the cast for another week or two. 

Rhea showed up with an unconscious Angel. While Gentle Fist handled Angel, Aislinn patched the viera’s arm. All the while aware of Haila who had shown up halfway through the work, stalking the edge of the clinic looking every bit like the predator waiting to pounce. And after her work was done, Aislinn let her. Thanks to Haila’s dreams that had plagued her, she had suspected from the start that whoever this viera was, they weren't Rhea. She just couldn’t figure out the reason for the deception. Haila’s actions now as she dragged the viera out of the clinic by their ears only confirmed that. Not Aislinn’s problem. 

Riylli needed a fragment removed, Crific was still in a coma and needed tending, Luma called her to remove Rohmio’s fragment. The day rolled from one call to another until tired and worn out, Aislinn returned to her study and shut the door. She exhaled softly and leaned back against its solid weight. Another day down. Still several bells before she could sleep.

She didn’t stop. Instead, she turned her attention to personal projects. Soon she was lost in a world of small gears, springs and cogs spread across her workbench as she repaired a small bot. A quiet topaz carbuncle lay at her feet watching the rest of the room from under the table. The arcanima had been a near-constant companion since childhood and the long stretch of time in which Aislinn hadn’t been able to call it into being seemed to have been harrowing for it. It refused to wander too far from her side now that it had been restored. 

The peaceful quiet of the night was suddenly broken by the carbuncle as it sat up, flicking its ears forward and chirping an alert mere moments before Locke’s voice came from the linkpearl at her desk. 

“Aislinn, love. I know it’s late. Are you still awake?”

The low voice broke through the woman’s concentration like little else could, immediately pulling her head up with a soft gasp. There he was. Another day in which Locke was safe and alive. Now she could sleep. 

Setting down her work, she rose and crossed the room, picking up the pearl and fitting it to her ear. “You know it’s never too late to hear the sound of your voice.” She answered, unable and unwilling to stop the smile slowly making its way across her lips as she spoke. “How goes the ruin diving?” 

Locke had a hunch that she was still awake, but hearing her voice come through on the other line brought a pleased smile to his lips all the same. Aislinn was a presence he had gotten used to having by his side for a time, and though he didn't show it, the distance put between them due to the nature of his work was beginning to wear on him in its own way. For now, he was happy enough just hearing her voice and knowing she was staying out of trouble for once. 

He could practically hear the smile in her words, prompting a soft laugh out of him as Locke rose up from his desk and made his way over toward a nearby table to pour himself a stiff glass of whiskey. "Swimmingly. We're wrapping things up now and taking inventory. Not a bad haul on board right now. All that's left is to pawn off the spoils, and enjoy the gil we rake in. Once we do that... well, I think I'm overdue for a visit." 

Aislinn found herself wandering her way over to the model airship that sat atop the mantle of the fireplace as he spoke, tracing a finger along its sleek lines and miniature details. In her mind’s eye Locke was slowly prowling around his quarters as they spoke, the windows ajar to the night because he loved the fresh air. Those brilliant eyes of his crinkled around the edges as he laughed, and in a pleased tone told her of the spoils he and his crew had found. Of how once they were finished he was coming for her. 

“Long overdue for one, by my estimations.” She softly teased. “Once you’re here, don’t plan on leaving any time soon. We have a lot of catching up to do.”

For a moment Locke pondered over whether or not he should mention the bite. He hated to make her worry, or rather worry more than she already did. In his line of work it was almost inevitable, but at the same time withholding the truth felt no better than a lie. He lifted up his glass of whiskey as he took a heavy swig of its contents and swallowed while the burn of booze washed down the back of his throat. "Perhaps not as smoothly as I would have liked. We did run into a hiccup near the end. Roused some... thing out from its slumber before it went and bit me. Nothing serious, mind you. Wound's already been taken care of. And I made sure to return the favor with a few bullets before it sped off."

He let out a sigh. Well, that was out in the open now. Would it have been better to keep it to himself? Perhaps, but deep down he almost felt relieved to get it off his chest. "Honestly, I'm just glad the crew made it out unharmed."

Aislinn’s smile faded and a frown of unease took its place as he told her about the encounter with the creature. Maybe it was just her but rousing something from its slumber made it sound like whatever it was, it had been significant. After all, you didn’t rouse insects or vermin from their slumber. You roused tigers. Bears. Predators. Her hand slipped from the model airship as she turned away. 

She tried not to let her mind run away with itself but it took effort. 

“You don’t know what it was? What did it look like?” she asked. “What sort of bite?” She meant to sound gently concerned but somehow her voice came out as briskly pragmatic as ever. Heartwood, like the cartel that came before, didn’t exactly reward softness and she’d learned to bury it under layers of no-nonsense. 

Locke, though, could clear those layers away with a touch. Gods above, she missed him. 

She was worried. Perhaps the way she voiced her questions didn't come off that way, but Locke knew her better than most. He wasn't surprised. If the situations were flipped he likely would have asked her similar questions in turn. In the end, it only meant that she cared. 

"Big. Taller than Loe by a few feet. Pale, white skin. Long, pointy ears. Red eyes. I'd seen some voidsent in my time, but nothing quite like this." He was well aware that wasn't the most reassuring of words to leave his lips and quickly followed up with more.

"Aislinn, love. I'm fine. It's already been a few hours and we've had it taken care of. Now, enough about me... I want to hear about your day. Last I checked, there's never a dull moment in the halls of Heartwood."

“Voidsent?” The hair on the back of her neck went up as though a phantom finger had trailed itself down her spine. The worry continued to gnaw at her but realistically what could she do hundreds of malms away? The fact that it had happened bells ago and the wound had been seen to and was still fine would have to suffice. That said, she knew the moment they hung up she’d be in the library pulling every book off the shelf that had anything close to a catalog of known voidsent. But he didn’t need to know that right now. “Alright.” She softly relented. “Hopefully that’s the only hitch and now you’re in the clear.” 

She resolved to put the matter behind her and as she settled on the couch, she regaled him with the latest trouble Heartwood had found themselves in. “As you could guess, it’s like herding cats here…” 

#ffxiv rp #balmung rp #rp snippets #Melody of Bygone Days #this doesn't bode well

[2024idpgroup14]

Developing the Experience

Angelique Shelley (MA Concept Art)

Blog Post # 5

After our feedback with Ian and Neil about surrealism, I thought about changing the planets to eyes. Eyes can be often be found in surrealist work, such as The False Mirror, 1928 by Rene Magritte.

Fig 1. The False Mirror, Magritte, 1928.

On describing the effect of using eye(s) outside of their usual context, renemagritte.org (n/d) describe the effect of her particular work as such:

"The image jolts the viewer by removing the eye from its usual context, presenting it without the face to which it belongs. It further disrupts expectation by placing a circular sky inside the otherwise ordinary oculus. Sometimes called magical realism, such juxtaposition of normally unrelated objects within a seemingly incongruous context is characteristic of much of Magritte's oeuvre. For Magritte and Surrealists working in a similar mode, these surprising, even bizarre combinations were considered the products of their unconscious minds. By visualising them, the artists believed, they might also touch the unconscious minds of their viewers."

Other notable surrealist artists that enjoyed using eyes in unsettling ways were Salvador Dali, and Max Ernst.

I picked up the Maya project where I had left it off because of technical reasons. I found a free model of an eye on Sketchfab (see fig. 2), because it was modeled in Blender, I had some difficulty assigning the textures in Maya for the Arnold renderer, the main issue was the transparency mask for the cornea. I got the mask working with a Phong material (see fig. 2), but Arnold didn’t read it properly. In the end I retextured it using an Arnold material and assigned the bubble preset material to the cornea faces, the effect wasn’t as nice as the masked Phong though.

Fig. 2 I first textured the 3D model, Eye Blend, Vinny Passmore, 2019, with a Phong material.

After duplicating the eyes along the camera path that I had set up earlier I realised that they looked too static and thought that it would be more engaging for them to aim to look at the camera. Again, before this project my existing skills in Maya was limited to basic modeling so after looking through various forums and tutorials I found how to create aim constraints for the eyes to follow the camera. From an outside view of the camera zooming down past the eyes, it looked great and far more interactive (see fig. 3). 

Fig. 3 A Playblast showing the aim constraints programmed onto the eyes.

During this time, I also played with different camera settings. I ran a test render of the spherical camera (see fig. 4), but that would be a lot of wasted render time after cropping into it. In the end, I chose an Arnold Fisheye camera. 

From inside the camera, and in my render, I thought the always-tracking-you eyes looked almost 2D and fake like sprites from old 3D games that always faced the camera and the result was less impressive than I had hoped.

Fig. 4 A still from the spherical render with aim constraints on the eyes, I would need to crop into it too much for it to be efficient.

I then decided to leave some eyes not looking at you which looked more 3D but I still wanted it to look more unsettling. I rendered them off but had trouble getting the alpha channels out of Maya into a png. I troubleshooted to no avail then noticed a few forums telling people to use a white surface shader to act as a layer mask in After Effects. I applied this to an alternate Maya save file and set it so that the eyes were white on a black background, rendered it, googled how to apply alpha masks in After Effects using a luma matte layer mode (something  that After Effects must have changed this year as it was no longer a drop down menu item but rather a toggle button that I had to find).

This is the result with added blending:

Fig. 5 A GIF showing the eyes composited into the wormhole.

I could not have them at the same speed as the wormhole as they would pass by far too fast. The motion blur that I added to them in Maya did help embed them slightly more though.

I was still not totally happy and thought that it would be more visually engaging to have the eyes blink open at you in space. Having recently learned about the surface shader luma matte workflow I figured that if I duplicated the eyes, split them across the middle, applied a black surface shader, and keyframed both hemispheres to open and close that I could get it to work in After Effects. Unfortunately duplicating the eye broke the black eyelids from aim constraints towards the camera. I again did some more digging and found that duplicate special and duplicate input graph made the eyes face the camera again. Unfortunately this duplicated the camera too so I tested it on duplicate input connections and it worked fine. 

Fig. 6 A GIF showing the eyelid animation

Maya would crash reliably after “duplicating special” for each animated eyelid, but as long as I saved it each time I could progress. After adjusting the keyframes so that they would blink open at you just before passing I rendered them off again as an image sequence and applied them over a precomposition of the existing eyes so as to not interfere with the existing luma matte pass.

I was much happier with the result:

Fig. 7 A render of the final wormhole with blinking eyes.

References:

Magritte, R. (1928). The False Mirror. [Painting].

Passmore, V. (2019). Eye Blend. [3D Model]. Available at: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/eye-blend-a8259f43d41e4204a7e9746dfd112c30 [Accessed 09 February 2024]

renemagritte.org (n/d). The False Mirror, 1928 by Rene Magritte. [Online]. Available at: https://www.renemagritte.org/the-false-mirror.jsp [Accessed 09 February 2024]

#angelique shelley

[makatoahane]

A Bloody Kitsune

Claude was sitting at a table in the Golden Dragon Inn, he hadn’t wanted to wake Karna as he wrote his final goodbye. He could hear her light breathing, Adonis’s heavy snoring, Madeline ever tense even in sleep, and of course the new guy the one that had no problem giving Claude and Adonis over to the old clown. He didn’t even care to learn his name. Claude signed the letter he had written and went back upstairs to where Karna was sleeping. He gently placed the letter on the table in the center of the room with candles around it, so she’d see it in the morning hours and kissed her head gently to not wake her. Claude slowly removed his weapons and his backpack, placing all gently on the nearby dresser. He quietly apologized to both the Grimoire and the elven man stuck as a stick as he told them both he could no longer be their master. He left his wedding ring on top of the letter as he left the room in nothing but a t-shirt and pants.

Claude walked further into town, taking one look at the catastrophic damage that had been done, bodies floating in the remaining water, buildings burned from the lightning, and others destroyed from the water itself. He couldn’t help but feel remorse as all of this was done seemingly because he betrayed the carnival, he dragged Adonis with him, he never should’ve done any of that. If he hadn’t, he wouldn’t be a blood-sucking monster and Adonis wouldn’t hate his every being, if he was meant to die at that carnival then maybe he should’ve because none of this would’ve happened had he just accepted his fate. Claude dug his sharpened claws into his own leg as he closed his eyes to prevent tears, blood soaking into his pants. He took a breath his lungs no longer needed and opened his eyes. He looked towards the tavern whose owner had always been kind to him and welcomed the party no matter the chaos that they brought. He hoped that one day he would recover, and that tavern be bustling just as it was the day they arrived.

Claude looked at the paper that the clown had given everyone days

’ earlier. He knew exactly where the clown was as he started walking in the direction where he was. Claude’s heart would be pounding should it even beat, but those days were long gone. After an hour of walking, Claude entered the building that the clown was staying in and silently approached the room the paper told of.

“I’m here, I’m turning myself in, but I have two conditions,” Claude said out into the darkness.

It wasn’t long until he felt the cool metal of a blade pressed against his throat and the coldness of the warforge’s body against his. She was giggling in his ear as the clown approached him from the darkness.

“Oh? You think you can ask conditions?” He asked giggling too.

“I can kill myself right now with this blade against my throat or you can take me back with my conditions, it is your decision,” Claude said as he looks at the clown unfazed by the blade in his throat.

The clown frowned, “oh my, death wouldn’t do you still owe me your time, what are your conditions?” He asked weary of the fox. Claude having changed since he last saw him.

“I’m worth twice as much now. I am still as I was before, a kitsune, but I was also changed into a vampire as I’m sure you’ve heard. My first condition is that Adonis must be freed, I will buy out his contract with my earnings, you will not have to pay me until his debt is paid times two to show my loyalty. With my vampire strength I can take over his act, so you won’t lose anything in terms of acts. My second condition, the reward money, what you offered for my capture I want it sent to the town tavern. The Duke’s Dead Dame whose owner is Lumas Nepal. He deserves the money to clean up the mess I caused,” Claude said as he looks at the clown who was pondering his words.

The clown grinned widely, “you know, when you sent me a letter last week saying you were giving up and coming home. I thought it was a trick since you fought so hard to be free, but I see the truth now. You were always too pure for the carnival, always thinking about others, taking punishments for your friend when he did wrong without him ever knowing. All the blood you’ve shed to keep other’s safe and look at you now, back to square one,” he said giggling before full on laughing.

Once the laughter stopped, the clown looks down at the pitiful kitsune, “fine, I agree to your conditions, but I add one of my own. You disobey me for any reason and the warforge will kill your wife,” he said grinning.

Claude struggles a bit at the mention of Karna, but he stopped and nods quietly, “I will agree. I want a contract before we leave,” he said looking at the clown knowing he always stuck with contracts.

The clown disappeared for several minutes before coming back with neatly written contract. The warforge let Claude go to read the contract and read he did, he skimmed every word and every fine print to make sure that the crooked clown didn’t change anything. When satisfied, Claude cut his hand and signed his name in blood. The deepest binding contract he could ever give. Once the clown’s name was signed the same way, Claude felt a blunt force on the back of his neck and head before the world immediately went black.

The clown grinned down at the unconscious man, “he will be good bait for the others, make sure that if any of them appear, you put his cage where they can see it. Use him to make them fall,” he said although knowing that the warforge was not under him, but above him in terms of rank. The only time the warforged listened was regarding his contracts otherwise she did as she pleased but he didn’t care. He just wanted what was his.

#original fiction #creative writing #dungeons and dragons #oc character #original character #male character #angst writing

[klingelyhne6]

Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic

We continue to use your Marketing Technology Landscape resources to assist our college students perceive the dynamic nature of the business they are going to be getting into after they graduate. The progress within the landscape since we launched the BS in Digital Marketing Technology at the University of Wisconsin-Stout in 2015 is superb. It means we have to make use of tools, however we can’t focus on tools, we have to method training at both a very high and hands on ranges. Other sources we relied on for analysis martech companies embrace CabinetM, Capterra, G2, LUMA Partners, and TrustRadius. Anand Thaker helped shape our information collection methodology when co-producing the 2017 and 2018 landscapes. And Terence Kawaja of LUMA Partners first impressed us together with his original adtech LUMAscape. So if we missed your martech company, please add it to the database at martech5000.com. But collectively they're an essential a half of the martech industry. Yet clients still crave such options crafted to their numerous and various needs. We also calculated the quickest rising subcategory in each class, by proportion of development. marketing tech Our final marketing technology landscape was produced in 2020, visualizing 8,000 different martech options. I skipped doing one in 2021 — a martech panorama sabbatical 12 months — as a result of honestly, the scale of this project had gotten overwhelming. Even for me, as massive of a martech nerd as you’re likely to discover. You may surprise if it has something to do with us being located in a state that has legalized marijuana. Or perhaps being sheltered-in-place a bit too lengthy. MarTech gathered the group of selling technologists for the primary time in Boston in 2014. The world is going to proceed to become extra digital. If something, this disaster will speed up the motivation for corporations to embrace digital operations and digital buyer experience. Will the coronavirus disaster ravage the martech landscape? But I think we’re looking at more of a short-term hit than a long-term dying. The subsequent 12 months will doubtless be tough for a lot of martech vendors, if for no different cause than it’s going to be a tricky time for his or her clients. More will exit the field than would have otherwise — and that’s on high of the “dot com” second many felt we were already facing. Brinker, too, said he believes there are doubtless now more than 10,000 marketing technology solutions since his panorama was printed last week. At the same time, these characteristics give lengthy tail martech companies a sure diploma of robustness. By integrating deeply with a serious platform, they overcome buyer objections to unintegrated software program. They tap community effects with different built-in apps that may benefit from every other’s knowledge and providers. And they will focus their marketing and gross sales energies towards a well-defined target audience — customers of that platform — usually via online marketplaces run expressly for that purpose. So the group at Blue Green, who produced this year’s landscape again, came up with a intelligent answer. Instead of becoming the logos to the box, fit the “box” to the logos. Pack the logos in a cluster, preserving their relative scale and proximity near fixed, and then just draw the border round no matter natural shape that cluster happens to take. But the rate of latest enterprise creation — or a minimum of new venture discovery in our analysis — outpaced the forces of consolidation once again. In fact, if we first remove the 615 from final year’s 7,040 rely, then the expansion of new entries on the landscape was truly 24.5%. Yes, it grew as quickly as again, by thirteen.6%, up to a total of 8,000 martech options. Hey, thanks for the insightful report on the martech landscape. While the variety of instruments have increased from a hundred and fifty in 2011 to 8000 in 2020, how do you suppose the software adoption has increased? I imply, how many instruments (on an avg.) do you suppose marketing teams were utilizing in 2011 vs 2020. I don’t observe spend in my analysis, but somewhat look to other analysts corporations that allocate more sources to answering these questions. I assume the team at Gartner’s marketing technology follow is doing a good job of that. They didn't shrink the web variety of solutions obtainable to marketers. Welcome to the 2020 version of the marketing technology panorama. The MarTech Conference is programmed by the MarTech content team. The themes explored on-line extend to MarTech events. In addition, scores of selling technology companies current revolutionary case research and tactical instruction at MarTech. MarTech additionally produces field-defining research and studying sources.

#marketing tech stack #martech stack #marketing for technology #marketing tech #marketing technology #stack market

[pandoramusicbox09]

The last episode has me in my Orym feelings again

MAJOR SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT!

My heart was just breaking while watching Orym while they were meeting Oshad. Liam is a master at using his body and facial expressions to convey everything we need to know how a character is feeling. There was actually a moment when I was a little jarred watching Liam because I was suddenly thinking how much Orym resembled Caleb in that moment.

Then I had a thought that just shatter my heart into a million pieces.

Here’s the thing, I love how Liam constantly acts out different things/ says certain things that reminds everyone that he’s a 3′3″ Halfling. But I had a realization that without those reminders, it’s very easy to forget that Orym is “so wee”, as he puts it. It’s not even really about Liam not being a small dude. When Orym sits, he’s leaning back into the chair with an arm swung over the back; he takes up as much space as possible without it really encroaching into another person’s space. Dorian and Fearne have always taken leadership cues from Orym and the others very readily turn to him too when he does take initiative in a situation (i.e. the conversation with Tefta). When they’re in battle, Orym is all over the place, maximizing his movement and his actions play the field. Just the fact that his battle maneuver, Bait and Switch, has him switching positions with an ally and shielding them gives this image of stalwart protector; a wall between a threat and a friend. Orym, as quiet and soft-spoken as he is, feels like he takes up more space than he physically does.

Which brings me to one specific scene during the meeting with Oshad Breshio.

When the party is waiting in the kitchen for Ginang Ela Lumas to come back; Orym was folded in on himself. He was clutching his arm with the tattoo on it; specifically his upper arm where the two moons of Exandria are; Ruidus being cradled in Catha (which adds a whole new level of hurt if we subscribe to the idea that the two moons represent Orym and his late husband, but I digress). Orym was holding himself and looking down. It was really the first time I ever saw Orym actually look that small. Like he was trying to protect himself from something, like he was trying to hide.

Orym doesn’t say a thing in that waiting period. When he does speak to Oshad, it’s careful, slow, his face is tight and his eyes look so sad and desperate. Orym looks nothing like the focused, stoic fighter on a mission. He looks like he’s barely holding himself together and is trying to find a line to pull keep himself from falling.

When they’re saying their goodbyes and Orym clasps Oshad’s arm, he says “Let’s do the same to them”. In the context of what they had just spoken about, Orym is obviously referring to the assassins. But even, without the context and Oshad’s response, it could be heard in Orym’s tone of voice; it’s cold, it’s angry. Orym before this has never shown a penchant for vengeance, even after Bertrand’s death. If anything, after Bertrand died, it seemed more like Orym’s main priority was removing possible threat to his friends’ safety. But after this talk with Oshad, it’s clear. Orym wants those assassins to pay for what they did.

And then the reactions from everyone else!

It was clear the moment they stepped into room with Oshad that this mission was deeply personal for Orym. This group typically has no problem racing each other to ask questions, probing for information from whoever is in the room. Yet, during that entire conversation, even though the whole group was in the room too, no one else said a word. All of them kept a respectful distance and silence, sensing that Orym was on a thin emotional tether. They only really spoke up when it seemed like Orym addressed them directly or when it seemed that meeting with Oshad was wrapping up. Even so, the rest of the party spoke softly and only really saying what was strictly necessary. Ashton, quietly telling Orym that it takes a few days to get to the Heartmoor, FCG expressing his condolences to Ela Lumas as they were about to the leave, Imogen gently asking a steward how old the twins were, Laudna, just as gently, asking Orym if he had any other information as to what it seemed like the assassins were after and then dropping it when Orym told her honestly what the working theory was and that he really didn’t know more than that. Everyone just realizing how hard this was for Orym and being so kind.

I honestly don’t know where I’m going with this. Just that I think this was such as beautiful scene that also broke my heart. Orym, this lil murder man, is already murdering my feelings.   

#cr spoilers #critical role spoilers #cr3 spoilers #orym of the air ashari

[goldenhydreigon47]

Smash Ultimate Mansion Rooms and Who Stays with Who (Part 1)

Mario Heroes: Mario, Luigi, and their pet Chain Chomp (Assist Trophy) all share a room. Yoshi, DK, and the Princesses sometimes visit them. Peach and Daisy each share a room and Peach is surprisingly just as rowdy as Daisy, but only when those two are in the same room. Rosalina sometimes visits them, but usually stays in her own room with an openable roof at nights (only when clear) with hundreds, and I mean HUNDREDS, of Lumas staying with her. She sometimes brings Kirby with her. Mario also has his own office next door where he uses his Ph. D he "supposedly" obtained and there, he is Dr. Mario. We'll get to the villains for not just Mario, but every villainous character (excluding Wario who's ambiguous, K. Rool since the Banjo trailer revealed where he lives now, and both Dedede and Meta Knight who are legitimate heroes) later on.

Rareware Characters: DK and Diddy share a room with K. Rool (as shown in the Banjo trailer). As one can guess, they often scuffle over who can eat the most bananas in one sitting. Banjo and Kazooie also with them and have already apologized to K. Rool for giving him the Gruntilda treatment (again, as shown in Banjo's trailer). K. Rool has also moved in a subsidary of his Kremling Army, and by that I mean he has a lot of Klaptraps there too. Watch your step.

Zelda Heroes: All three Links share one room. Wild Link often trains both Young and Toon Link in the art of the blade, though it seems as if Young Link is actually much more skilled at it than him (cough cough Hero's Shade reference). Midna also stays there with them, being the late night partier of the room. She also sometimes pranks Wild by bringing Sidon, his husband (yes I ship Sidon and BotW Link thank you for asking), into the room. Wild then has to explain everything about how he and Sidon became an item. Skull Kid tries to occassionally visit them and pull a prank, but Young Link just uses Song of Time and removes it, much to his dismay. He lives on the Moon with Majora's Mask. Being two different Zeldas entirely, LBW Zelda and OoT Sheik share a room. Naturally, Sheik is much more quiet and reserved compared to the much more energetic Zelda. He (I'm using he/him pronouns for Sheik since the point of the disguise was to pretend to be a boy and avoid capture) sometimes reveals himself to be Zelda, but not very often. He also sometimes tests his stealth against Snake, but both are usually found by Lucario first.

Metroid and F-Zero Series': Due to both being bounty hunters, Samus, usually outside her Power Suit, and Captain Falcon share a room. The Metroid also stays there as a pet and adopted child of Samus (since I headcanon its the Baby Metroid from Super Metroid). Falcon is creeped out by it sometimes, but Samus assures him it won't hurt anyone not named Ridley or Mother Brain.

Yoshi: Yoshi and all of his alternate colors, each being their own Yoshi, all share a room together. It has a pop-up book aesthetic and they sometimes visit Mario or Peach. All of them also call Luigi their, "Mama." (Insert Mama Luigi joke here)

Kirby Series: All of the Kirby cast (so Kirby, Dedede, and Meta Knight out of the playable characters, Chef Kawasaki and Knuckle Joe as Assist Trophies, an army of Gordos that Dedede throws, and Marx as a boss) share a room and are good friends since the events of Star Allies. Stafy also stays with them, visiting his and Kirby's adopted mothers in Rosalina and Bayonetta.

Star Fox Series: Despite his initial backlash against the idea, seeing how chaotic the other villains were made Wolf choose to share a room with Fox and Falco. His relationship with Falco is one of mutual disdain, but he and Fox have a respectful rivalry (see Star Fox Assault for the example). Krystal also stays in this room and is good friends with both Fox and Wolf and is the mediator between Falco and Wolf.

Pokémon: Red and Leaf share a room together with all of the playable, Pokéball/Master Ball, and background (example: Hydreigon [my beloved] on the Kalos Pokémon League stage) Pokémon except for Mewtwo. Mewtwo has his own room where he mostly just meditates and waits for the next battle he has to partake in, only accepting visits from Red's Charizard and Pichu.

Mother Series: Ness, Lucas, Dr. Wright, Jeff, and a Mii constantly dressed as Sans all share a room. Everyone comforts Lucas and encourages him when he has his occasional traumatic breakdown. We'll cover Starman at a later date.

Part 2 coming soon.

[bookofmariokingofmaiami]

MUSHROOM KINGDOM LIFE VOL.1 PART 4

Well you know the drill part 4, 2 chapters, in this case sinse its the last part chapters 7 and 8, and I'm doing this to give the like 2 fans of this something to chew on while minty tries to get her life together so we can get to work and no that wasn't mocking its just whats happening behind the scenes

Have a complementary meme

HERE WE GOOOOOO

CELESTIAL

SUPER STAR

Super Stars or “Starmen” are the most well known of celestial objects. While weaker than most other types of stars, its power is still comparable in other ways and some generators still use Super Stars instead of Power Stars. The most well-known trait of Super Stars is the temporary invincibility they can bestow to those who recieve their power. While the effect lasts less than half a minute on average, the energy provides an often appreciated minor boost that continues beyond the main effects. These stars are often confused with Power Stars in how similar they appear.

POWER STARS

Power Stars are the second most common type of star, but are perhaps the most well-known of all celestial artifacts. Power Stars were originally discovered in the Star Road, the first purpose they were put to use being to power the well-known portal gallery in Peach’s Castle. This is the most likely cause for reports from that time of the Castle interior experiencing spatial distortion. On Mario’s first galactic adventure, an abundance of power stars were discovered in space, and Goddess of the Cosmos Rosalina shared the knowledge of how to harness Star Power efficiently, leading to the generator tech currently used today. Power Stars are approximately 5 times more powerful than Super Stars, but their energy is unable to be absorbed by living organisms. It's recommended to never try to do so, as the effects can be...drastic.

BOOST STARS

Boost stars are 50% less powerful than power stars (aka 1,5 to 2,5 more powerful than a super star) and is way more rare and expensive to make than power stars, unlike power stars the energy produced by boost stars can be absorbed by living organisms and said organisms will not be invincible but they will gain telekinetic powers gaining the ability to move small to medium sized objects and beings,the boost star's origin's haven't been discovered as they appear all around the world with nothing converting the locations but they appear to have bits of moon dust on most samples of this star, the effects last 60 seconds after the original use

RUSH STAR 

the rush star also known as coin rush star is a blue star of similar energy capacity to a power star but its rarer than power but still very common star and much harder to extract energy from it,the energy can be absorbed by living organisms and it will give the user the ability to collect  coins from far away and the speed of the user is multiplied 3 times the original speed, after the effect of the star ends after 30 seconds and afterwards the user will feel realy tired and fall asleep shortly after, this star is used in races for more interesting games generally involving longer tracks fallowed by a who can stay awake the longest contest

POWER MOON

power moons or mostly called moon's are similar to star but they are not stars,power moon's are able to be turned into energy similar to stars,moon energy extraction was deemed too expensive due to the fact power moon's where rare and only obtained trough moon rocks that were very  rare, but recently the increasing number of moon rocks and moons falling into earth resulted in an increase of power moon generators and many cities like new donk city runs on power moon power plants, its said that empty power moon shells go to the moon to recharge

STAR MOON

Star moons is a rare tipe of power moons know for having a shape Similar to a power star, it is 4 times more powerful than a super star while the normal power moon is only 2,5 or half of a fully charged power star, it is theorized these star moons where power moons that collided with power stars in their descent into earth, sinse they're rare most kingdoms forbid extracting them for energy and most of them are now kept as luxury items generally owned by royal families and rich people

MEGA STAR

The mega star is a mega mushroom power star hybrid, this species of plant was created by injecting concentrated power star dust into a mega mushroom seed,the mega star is the size of a grand star and is 2 times more powerful than a fully charged power star, the energy can be absorbed by living organisms and gives both the invincibility of a super star and the mega mushroom extreme growth ability making the user 10x the original size for 40 seconds, this is the first plant based star but it requires soil with huge amounts of star dust or moon dust and take a year to get ready for use

RAINBOW STAR 

Rainbow stars is a rare tipe of star known for having the colors of the rainbow,it has 7 times more energy than a super star or 2,3 times the energy of a power star, it is very rare so many people dont use it as an energy source but as a decoration,it can have its power absorbed and gives an effect similar to a power star,if this star is broken the pieces will turn into 7 mini stars of different colors 

RED STAR

Red star is a type of star similar in shape to a grand star but red and the size of a normal power star, it is 1.5 times the energy of fully charged power star (4,5 super stars), while it isn't usually used in public generators and power plants it is used in flying airship generators as the core of the flight generators, when used on a person it gives the user the ability to fly for 10 to 30 minutes wich is why it's used as cores in flying airships,it is rarer than a power star but still common enough for being used in the day to day lifes 

GRAND STARS

grand stars are the biggest and most powerful stars on the universe, while they're pretty rare they are common enough for private/governmental use, it is 20 times more powerful than a power star and is used as core in medium to large size spaceships/space stations, more precisely the generator of the spaceships/space stations,the tech used in grand star engines was gifted by princess rosalina,during the exploration of the dino island wich led to the discovery of the star road where most open-space era stars where found a grand star was also found, the grand star was stored in a special secret room in one of peaches most famous castles

GREEN STARS

Green stars are the prixie kingdom's equivalent of the power stars, in the sprixie kingdom the green stars are used similarly as power stars, they have the same energy value of power stars, it is unknown why the green stars are only found the sprixie kingdom, well they are also found in space but only is a part of space on top of the sprixie kingdom, green stars are usually used in generators in the sprixie kingdom power plants

SHINE SPRITES 

Shine sprites are native to sarasaland (and by association the isle delfino/ the delfino archipelago) it has 1,5 times the energy of a power star, the shine sprites are not only used for energy but also for light as the isle delfino doesn't have much sunshine doe to (minty fill this up I have no idea),the shine sprites look like a sun and they're very valuable due to being exotic and are only found in sarasaland, a commercial shine sprite (aka shine sprites that are sold/exported) can value between 1.750 coins and 5.000 coins

CAT SHINES

Cat shines are the most recent celestial item discovered on earth, it was discovered on the cat islands, looks similar in shape and energy to a shine sprites except it has a cat face, it has an weird affect with things around it and it is theorized that the cat bell and other cat like object are a result of cat shines, testing in cat shines entered in progress and is still not confirmed if its safe to extract energy from it or having it around as of yet, cat lovers will love cat shines

MINI STARS

When stars gets destroyed it turns into 5 up to 10 mini stars, each mini star has the energy capacity of 0,2 power stars, it is technically the most common tipe of star but sinse not many people destroy stars it's not usually used, when they're used they're used in small port generator's and some vehicles use mini star engines, mini stars are also the cheapest star commercially available around 50 coins per mini star

STAR BITS

Star bits is the currency used in interstellar trades, it is also food for lumas, lumas are star base creatures, more info in the mushroom planet/earth species guide,star bits was originally a waste  byproducts of the star energy extraction process, after the discovery of the fact it can be used as food for lumas it became a currency used in most planets, the gold coins to star bits currency rate is 3 star bits per gold coin, star bits are crystal like and break easily so take care when doing espace trades

LUCKY STARS

Lucky stars is an interesting one as there arent many instances of it on the planet, it is similar in energy to a super star only a bit more powerful (1.25 super star) when touched it explodes releasing a celestial shockwave that kills anything in a 100 ft radius making storage of this items realy hard, it is also the reason they're so rare as most of them where activated long before cataloguing of these celestial items started 

DARK MOON 

The dark moon is a man made object invented by e gadd after an "anonymous ghost" proposed an idea for an item that could calm hostile ghosts and removing the memory problems most ghosts suffer, this object made out of mini stars, power moons (purple), and boost stars, this invention was completed in 2012 but was quickly destroyed by king boo the following year, it is theorized that the crown jewel of king boo's crown is made from the same material as the dark moon, some say he made it using the leftovers other say it was a stolen prototype, whatever the case it is really similar to the dark moon

STAR PIECES

the star pieces as the name implies are pieces of stars, similar to the mini stars the star pieces are made when super stars are broken unlike the mini stars wich come from power stars, these star pieces are shiny and valuable, these pieces while dont have enough energy to do anything it is a key component in power badges,these star pieces are also given as a present to loved ones as a sign of peace, these pieces are quite cheap generally selling for 25 gold coins 

 BIG PAINT STAR

Big paint stars or just paint stars are 6 stars originated in prism Island, these stars have been there since 2006, these stars are an unlimited supply of magical paint, it is theorized that these stars are related to bowser Jr's magical paintbrush as both paints have the ability to change the surrounding as it can changed ones mood and objects colored with the paint will stop working if the paint is removed wich was discovered during the color extraction incident in 2016, during said event a subclass of shy guys and sniffet were made wich can drink colors wich caused a lot of problems 

MINI PAINT STAR

The mini paint star are a smaller version of the paint star, these mini paint stars are weaker and can't produce paint like the big paint star but it can be used to locate other paint star but several are needed to locate the big one, these paint stars are generally sold as gifts on the main town gift shop, these stars are created by the paint stars every so often, these stars are in 6 different colors from each big star, the paint stars can be used to paint things making them a fine substitute for paint buckets 

DREAM STONE

The dream stone is an ancient pi'llo artifact wich can grant any wish, this ancient artifact seems to be made out of light moon stone, power  dust and mini stars, however it is unknown if its man made or naturally made, this object has as much energy as 2 grand stars but since theres just one it is not allowed for energy extraction, when a wish is made the dream stone will go to somewhere random, before the 2013 sleep incident the dream stone was considered lost but it was found and now is in national custody 

 DARK STONE 

The dark stone also known as the nightmare stone is very similar in nature to the dream stone,it can grant anyone wishes and is made of dark moon stone, power star, star dust and star pieces, it has 2 grand star of energy like the dream stone and like the dream stone its is in the custody of the recently remade pi'llo kingdom, it was destroyed into hundreds of pieces wich turned the pi'lloo civilization be turned into stone pillows until the 2013 pillow incident

CRYSTAL STARS

The crystal stars are seven stars created by the shadow queen to "harnest the power of the heavens and spread the power of the shadow queen", the 7 crystal stars were used by the 4 ancient heroes to trap the shadow queen but they were cursed in the process, the 7 crystal stars are the diamond star, the emerald star,the Gold Star, the Ruby Star, the Sapphire Star, the Garnet Star, and the Crystal Star,these stars bestow the one who holds it great powers and attacks

COINS 

GOLD COIN

Gold coins is the currency used in all kingdoms in the United kingdoms of the mushroom planet (ukmp), these coins are made of gold coated superball metal and in some occasions the named by the public cat metal in the sprixie kingdom,these coins are very small but artworks generally depicts the coins as giant solid gold coins, the 10 30 and 50 variants are worth as much the number says, each coin is bigger than the last and use rarer metals in the center, 10 uses metal mushroom, 30 uses refined moondust ore, and 50 is solid gold 

RED COIN

Red coins are a rare variant of the traditional coin, the red coins are a tipe of money made by the ukmp to used for trading between kingdoms generally involving important items, while some of these coins managed to fall in the hands of citizens it is strictly a government only items, these coins are valued about 100 coins each and 8 red coins are made per day by each kingdom in the ukmp, these coins are made of rubies and gold 

BLUE COINS

These coins while uncommon they can be found, these coins were made after the invention of the power switch, the blue coins have a unique property wich it only appears if a p-switch is active around it, if there are no power switches are activated they will stay invisible, these coins are made of superball metal painted blue but some Sapphire ones have been made,these coins are valued at 5 gold coins but the Sapphire ones are valued around 20 

PURPLE COIN

Purple coins was the currency used in space before they started using star bits as currency, these special purple coins are made out of purple comets making them expensive and rare, these coins are valued at around 100 coins (or 300 starbits) each and the few that have these coins generally keep them as collector items, during the first intergalactic expedition several purple "comets" appeared, most were purple comets but some were boxes full of purple coins wich landed in many planets

? COIN

the ? Coin is one of many technologies found/gifted to us during the first intergalactic expedition, it uses technology similar to the random block and item boxes from earth, these 3ft tall coins has a button that when activated will use stsr power to make a random object, from power ups sling stars and 1up mushrooms and other things will be made by this coin, it is rather expensive to recreate wich is why we haven't replaced item boxes with ? Coins yet 

DRAGON COIN

The dragon coin was the currency used by denizens of the dino kingdom before it joined the ukmp in the early 2000s after some debate whether sentient dinosaurs/dragons are sentient beings or just dinosaurs,these dragon coins are oval gold coated metal coins wich each is worth 5 gold coins and has an emblem of a yoshi in the front, these coins while technically outdated the dinosaur kingdom still makes the dragon coins and most shops still accept these coins aven years after it joined the ukmp

FROG COIN

The frog coin is a tipe of currency used by a species of sentient frogs that inhabit the seaside town, this town doesn't have a name for reasons unknown but frog coins can be exchanged for rare items in shops owned by these frogs, frog coins are made of silver painted green with a frog emblem in the front, these coins are technically a currency tipe with a 2 gold coin to frog coin ratio, there are not many manufacturer of these coins so they're quite rare 

STAR COIN

The star coin is a tipe of governmental coin made of gold, refined moon stone, power stars and stardust, these rare coins are used by kingdoms as a way to trade highly expensive goods as these coins are worth 3500 coins and are governmental properties, the star coins were first made by the ukmp in 2006 with 2 star coins gifted to each kingdom to be a start, these star coins are very rare since they were never meant to be public property but wario managed to get one, how it was not revealed but if its wario it either involves shady business or a who,e bunch or money 

ACE COINS 

Ace coins are coins made of copper and was the currency long time ago, these coins are Similar in shape to the dragon coin but has an A in the front, it would in modern day be worth 0,1 gold coins but since they are so rare and old its worth 50 coins because of the historical value of these coins, in 2001 during a test trial of the subcon potion a bag of brand new ace coins were found, these ace coins are an archeological wonder of the old world 

ADVANCE COIN

The advance coins are very similar to the ace coin as it has the same A symbol of the ace coin and has a similar shape to it, however unlike the ace coin the advance coin is more recent and is made of gold, this coin is quite rare and can be worth 100 coins and is in museums all over the world,these coins were used between-2700 to early 200s with the newest advance coin was made in the year 300,the e island had the most advance coins of all, over 9700 advace were found in the first year alone in the local archeological site

MOON COIN

The moon coin is a limited edition coin made between 2012 and 2014 to celebrate the recent moon colonization success, these coins are made of moon gold, power moons and refined moon stone, because of the expansive ingredients its one of the most expensive coins available to the public at a wapping 400 normal coins per moon coin, moon coins has celestial energy but it is generally not used so not to damage the coin 

GREEN COINS

Green coins are an uncommon variety of the gold coin but it is made out of green gold, green gold is rare making green coins very rare and expensive being worth 300 gold coins each, it was first made in 2012 and to this day manufacturing of this coin is still being made, these coins have strange magnetic powers as if 2 green coins are close they will float around each other in a orbit, 3 or more will make green coin flower wich floats and spins around 

REGIONAL COINS

while most kingdoms are in ukmp the ones that aren't have their own currency wich one group is of particular interest, a group of 10 kingdoms made new currencies in 2017 all of them were made out of a purple metal, one of said kingdoms was the koopa kingdom wich is interesting as it is the only kingdom of this group that is in the ukmp, these regional coins can only be used in their corresponding kingdom and New Kong city also made a regional coin although it is a city not a kingdom 

PINK COIN

The pink coin is a coin gifted as an exclusive item for participants of official mushroom rush races, it is made out the same material as any gold coin but painted pink with a super star emblem, all members under the top 10 of a mushroom rush receive 1 coin, 10 to 5 receive 3 pink coins, 4 receives 4, 3th gets 6 pink coins, 2 gets 10 and 1st gets 15 pink coins, these coins are collectors items and many people sell these for much more than they're actually worth

BLACK COIN

the black coin is very similar to the pink coin but its made of pure gold painted black, it is given as prizes in professional mushroom rush races but there are fewer and are more precious, only the top 5 get black coins being 5th 1 coin, 4rth 2 coins, 3rd getsgets 3 coins, 2nd  4 and 1st gets 5, black coins are valued at 50 gold coins and is Profesional rushers most prized item, black coins are very sought after and many people counterfeit these coins meaning buying is not an option because of the abundance of counterfeit coin forgers

SILVER COIN

Silver coins, like the blue coin appears via p-switch, a gray p-switch when activated will turn any metallic object into silver coins, however there are few gray p-switches and they use a lot of resources to maintain so p-incorporated stoped producing these switches after 2003, silver coins are very rare and expansive so its very hard to get one and most silver coins are behind metal boxes, these coins are very expensive at 500 coins a piece

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[haila-wetyios]

Patient Freedom

In which a very unhappy husband goes to check on his wife, who nearly lost a whole leg in a fight. 

Haila had not fought back a single time as she'd been tended to. If anything, one would say she'd been the model patient. By the time she'd finally been let out of the aetherial dome closing the large wound on her leg, she'd been stable enough to remain seated up on her bed, her hands busy at work with a pair of needles and thread to make a sweater as large covers remained on her legs intentionally for her to hide as best as she could her current state. She knew Luma wouldn't be happy again after all…

And she would know well, as obviously Luma was the first to be known about her state upon arriving to Heartwood; hells, he oversaw her condition from the shadows to see how well she recovered little bit little. Moving aside the curtain and binding it for a moment for what little privacy they could have, he stared at Haila with a slow sigh escaping his lips. "One would think you a magnet for damage and injuries at this point..." Luma said, keeping his spot by the end of the bay as he stared directly at her. "I read the report. Spikes?... Or something akin to them.... what in the hells did you get into now?" Luma asked, his gaze falling a bit to the cover that hid her leg as he shook his head side to side.

Haila attempted to laugh a tad nervously, though she knew she was in for another earful. She'd been patient all that time, even enjoying the brief "vacation" if one would say it. But there was still something about Luma's scoldings that made it worse. "You knew how high risk the mission was... We were retrieving Florus after all.." she merely commented, though it was clear she had nothing else in her defense, as anyone that had seen her fall in battle had gone pale and panicked from such.

"And yet you come back in this state, /knowing/ of such risks." Luma said, sighing a bit as he looked on to her. "You boast about how prepared you are, but you damage yourself like this..." Luma said, sighing as if in defeat before approaching the bed and closer to Haila's side. "Show me the damage now, we calibrated the aether pod to at least mend most of your wounds..." Luma said, the genuine worry only hinting at the back of his tone as his disappointment was full force.

Haila sighed in return as she lowered her head in shame. She'd thought she would end up killing someone at some point in that mission, not be one of the closest casualties of it. She'd been too soft to her standards, but she feared what she would do if she did as she wanted. "I thought Lewra had told you of it all...Do you need to see it now?" she asked him, though did not try to fight him if he insisted on pushing the covers away.

Lumarto hadn't been patient as he was both the practitioner and family so he had the right. Not missing a beat, he reached down and slowly began to remove the sheet. Staring at the work of the machine was both a fascination and a horror as he knew what the wound looked like before. "The marks are still there... looks like its only contained the damage but not regained the flesh..." Luma said, reaching a hand down to carefully feel the part of her thigh that had the injuries. "...The hells Haila..." he continued, brushing a hand away from her thigh and carefully feeling his own face as he sighed once again. "You're smart enough to avoid something like this but... I know the team makes things difficult-- watching over more bodies makes /anything/ difficult..." Luma said, this time choosing to take a seat on the side of the bed as he kept looking at the wound.

Haila couldn't help but sigh a bit at that. "It does..." she admitted as she placed a hand atop the heavy bandages, at least their constant layers made up for the chunk of flesh she'd lost. "It was ironically easier when I was alone with just my children." she started as her expression turned distant, recalling the hell that it was to begin with. "I could just tell them to stay in a secure place I'd set up, and then fight without a care for violence... And win. But with everyone.. I feel sometimes as if I've lost my strength before the fights even begin. Though it wouldn't be too far from the truth this time around..." she admitted near the end, though did not elaborate further, her husband being one of the many that didn't know of some of her odd abilities.

Lumarto stared at the bandages and carefully laid a hand atop them; feeling her warmth emanate into his palm as he let out an almost relieved breath. "Well, the good news is that the injury in itself looks like it missed vital parts of your leg." Luma said, nonchalantly prodding at her foot and ankle as if seeing if it held a response. "Bad news for you, is that you won't walk without support for moons."

"Better for me... Means I won't have to get more rattled in missions.." she half joked, she was still not happy about not being in the heart of the action. "Though I'm not sure how calm I'll be when the rest of the team comes back in worse state than me." she added, sighing some as she lowered her head some more. "Tis void magic involved this time Luma... Void..." she glanced up at him with a hint of desperation in her eyes, one that she almost never had, as if she was completely helpless. "You know well just from the little glimpses you've had of what I can do that I'm the best and worst match for that. If I fall, Heartwood and more will fall, if I overload them, then everyone's safe. But there's no way to tell unless I put myself in the line... And I don't want to do that."

Lumarto raised a hand up, almost as if going to caress her cheek; instead, he pinched it. "Aye you're the best /and/ worst at that... but you also know that Heartwood aren't all just weak greenies with a loud mouth." Luma said, releasing his hold of her cheek as he adjusted himself to be sitting atop the bed more; looking directly at her. "You don't have to sacrifice yourself for them all-- you put yourself on the line too much expecting that things will work out because you are protecting them." he gazed at her wound once more, then back to her eyes. A hand raising up, this time not to pinch her cheek but to carefully raise her face by her chin as if to attempt to lighten her spirits if even for a moment. "You know damn well that there aren't enough people there in that group to maintain the health of everyone. If I hadn't been off on my own matters I would have assisted-- maybe if I were there none of this would have had to happen..." Luma stated, this time his own gaze lowering as guilt began to be felt.

"Heh.. And then who would watch over Rohmio?" she told him, trying to smile a little bit as she raised a hand to hold his. "You've already surpassed any expectations I had when I came back... Though of course you know my opinion on a baker doing the same research I do on his spare time. But, you're right.. I shouldn't be putting myself on the line like this, it was never my intention from the start when I chose a free company to watch over." she said, shaking her head a bit at that. Haila had let too much of her motherly side take over, she saw most of the grown adults as children when compared to her own experiences, and somewhere along the line, couldn't leave them be anymore. "I guess this is what I needed to finally stay grounded for some time yet keeping an eye on people... Not to mention I have to be careful in case that... you know.." she sighed some, glancing briefly at Luma with a brief blush "In case more children are on the way..."

Lumarto blushed a bit at her mentioning children, his free hand reaching for his cheeks to try to cover up some. "O-oh... y-yeah..." Luma said, his ears growing a bit red as he tried to hide some of it. "Especially after that l-last night of the 3-days off..." Luma said, clearing his throat suddenly before staring at Haila's stomach unconsciously. "W-Well I wouldn't be upset about that fact... if anything i-it gives me more to do, and keep watch over." Luma said, nodding some as a proud parent as his face grew more red. "I-In anycase, I hope you recover slowly but surely... you need a break. Once you've spent a night or two here, I'm going to help you home where I can make things better overtime. A warm meal is needed for you too, aye?"

"Aye aye... I hope you don't mind my request to stay just a few more days longer here.." she told him, trying to brush off any thoughts of children before it got out of hand. "We got Florus back... He's the one resting on the farthest bed as far as I know." she told him in a low tone as she nodded outwards. "He's weaker than I expected, and I have to make sure everything is alright, at least on his end before I can rest and just focus on knitting tiny sweaters... I have no choice but to trust Crific and everyone else on what can be done for Momori. I've done all that is within my hands without losing some of myself in the process..."

"Some? You lost a chunk." Luma said, offering a soft chuckle to that before resting a hand atop her thigh. "Not everyone is as strong as you, so you need to take care in that regard. I'd like for you to stay grounded at least, and use your tiny drone to see things from your bedside." Luma said, sighing a bit as he was going to regret what he was going to say next. "...I will fetch whatever you need from your lab or our home while you're here. I will take a few days leave once you return home so that I can get you accustomed again." Luma continued, looking on to the direction Haila nodded towards before nodding back as if understanding. "Take this as an opportunity to just rest, recover, and I'll even link my pearl to the small orchestrion we have at home if you'd like to listen to those records I purchased sometime ago."

"That would be something to keep me distracted yes.. I'd appreciate it." she smiled some at last. Her expression softened a bit as she soon went on to shake her head once more. "I have a headache and half coming, but at least it won't be something that puts me in danger. At least I hope so... As for everyone else.. Well, I'll have to personally visit a few people, but thankfully there's a spare wheelchair so that I can go after them myself. I'll watch from the sidelines and fix our garlean kid so that he can at least have more screaming to do for himself."

Lumarto nodded at that, not entirely happy with knowing she'd wheel out of the room but he couldn't stop the freedom of a patient. "I worry about you, and you know that Haila. Just take this as a learning opportunity on how much you can do, and how it's too dangerous to overly take-care of the company members." Luma said, sighing as it sounded kind of hypocritical for him to say that as a health-practitioner. He took a slow stand. "You going to be alright alone for a bit?"

"Aye aye... Rohmio's off probably wandering the house if you'd like to take him too... After I deal with Florus, he won't be able to get into the company house with his usual methods, might as well warn him or get him used to it." she mentioned, waving a hand away a bit as she reached for the moogle plush he'd left for her as a 'stand in' of sorts. As if that could fool his mother…

"I have him fooling around with a jar in the waiting area..." Luma said, scratching the side of his face a bit. "...I told him that if he could get it open, he could get the cookies inside. The only issue is that I had Rising tighten the Jar before, and the things inside are just dried veggies." Luma said, chuckling lightly at his dastardly scheme before looking to Haila. Leaning a bit over her, he gently kissed her lips and lingered for a moment before slowly retracting away. "I Love you, ok?"

"I love you as well..." she whispered before pulling back from him. "Don't betray him too much aye? He'll stop believing in you and the promises involving moogles all the time." she said with a chuckle before reaching over for her needles once more, it seemed her sweater project was bigger than for a baby for the time being. "And bring him over every now and then if you can, he'll be mad that he can't sneak through the lab anymore."

Lumarto chuckled lightly, smiling at Haila. "Aye aye... we'll come once or twice in the day, he has to get sometime to learn too." Luma stated, carefully taking a stand away from the bed as he nodded towards Haila. "Rest, and you will be fine with time." Luma continued, slowly stepping towards the curtain before unclasping it and shifting it to a side for a moment, looking back at her from the opening. "I'll give him a few cookies and bring some for you too... I'm 1 pearl away after all, so ring for me if you need anything."

"Aye aye... I'll ring you a few times for nutritious meals if you can as well... I don't think I'll let Florus off the hook too easily the moment he starts trying to fight all his bad habits."

Lumarto chuckled a bit more. "Yeah, for sure." Luma said, slowly slipping beyond the curtain before some sounds could be heard from the other side; shifting of papers and running water as Luma cleaned his hands. "Rest up, Haila."

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