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storiescelestial · 4 months

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Unexpected

(Not my gif.)

One day it was raining so I decided to enter a shop, a random shop I didn't care if it was a coffee shop or a restaurant, I was already cold from the rain.

As I entered the shop it felt nicer than the rain outside but as I noticed the shop I recognized it as a toy shop.

I was a little surprised as I haven't seen a toy shop before so this was quite new. That's when I finally noticed the owner I assumed.

"Come, come, out of the rain its quite cold ja? All of the water goes splishy splashy." He had a strong German accent.

I made my way over to him.

"Now what can I help you with?"

"Nothing," I mumbled still glacing around.

"Are you sure? We have beautiful dolls y'know, oh how lovely they are."

"I'm positive but," I got to him and turned my attention on him.

He had blonde hair that went to the side with curls at the end.

"Do you only sell toys?"

He seem to give it a moment before smiling.

"You want an umbrella, ja?"

"If you have one."

He went over somewhere and so I had a moment to explore.

I went over to a shelf, I was interested in a deck of cards that was built standing.

"Wow." I didn't touch it incase it would fall.

I admired it for a few more moments.

"Is something of interest?" I backed up immediately accidently hitting the shelf and making the cards fall.

"I'm sorry," I quickly said.

He came around and handed me the umbrella while he grabbed all the cards and stacked them.

"It's fine, it was easy to do anyway."

I was impressed already, how was that easy to do?

He shuffled the cards in one hand.

I was impressed and kept my attention on there.

He smiled.

"Impressed?"

"It is impressive," I said without turning my attention on him.

"I've learned a few tricks," he stopped shuffling and put the cards down on the table.

I turned my attention to him.

"What's your name?" He asked.

"I'm Eva."

"Eva?" He repeated and I nodded.

"Interesting name, I'm Celestial the Toymaker."

That was a name I haven't even heard of before.

"I'm sure you wanna pay for the umbrella now, rechts?"

"Yeah, how much is it?"

"Just 25 cents."

I had to go through my pockets before finally getting 25 cents.

I paid for it and was about to go when I noticed that it seemed he was the only working one.

"You work alone?" I asked out loud.

He nodded.

"I hadn't needed anything, it is quite easy."

"Okay, goodbye."

I started to walk out but before going out I pulled open the umbrella then went out.

The next day it was pretty and so I went on a walk and happened to notice the shop, I didn't recognize the name but it was obvious that it was a toy shop when they're toys everywhere.

I decided to go inside, the bell rung and he was at the cash register but his attention was at the door.

"Hallo again."

"Hey," I made my way towards him, as I did so I noticed he had made that card again.

"Have you come to perhaps buy something?"

"No."

"Nein? Oh."

"I actually came to...well to meet you again."

He seemed surprised.

"Me?"

"Yeah, I was just in a rush last night since I was cold but I wanted to properly know you."

"You want to be friends then?"

"I guess you could suggest that."

He seemed to like that and so I befriended him.

After a few days of visiting him he started to ask if I would prefer a walk in the park or something other than the store.

I made my way towards his store and I just assumed that I'd be the only one since this toy store wasn't very popular but then two other people came. A man and a woman.

The man's hair was a little crazy while the woman's was nice.

"Hello."

"Hey," the woman greeted.

Suddenly the man rushed inside and so did she so I followed.

There Celestial was juggling occasionally throwing them at the man while telling a story.

This went on for a while before she caught one.

"That's enough." But that's when he had said her full name.

"Okay, so he knows me."

He smiled.

"But do you know what was the second game? Hide and seek." With that he closed the curtains but the man quickly reopened them only to discover a hall way and lots of doors, we both rushed in after him and the door closed behind us.

"No! No!" He announced as he reopened it only for it to be the same.

"What now?"

He sighed before turing to us.

"Start opening doors." With that he opened a door and went inside and we followed.

As they kept doing this I decided to open another door and went through it to a different area.

I walked in and noticed it as the shop, I turned back but the door was closed.

"Well Eva," I heard him announce.

"I didn't mean to get you in this. Entschuldigen sie."

I went up to him almost running.

"Celestial, you have to let Donna and...and whoever that is out!"

"Why?" He asked.

I couldn't believe he really asked that just now.

I felt annoyed already but I ignored it.

"Celestial at least be fair! There's too many door for them to even-" he placed a finger against my lips making my sentence short.

"Shh now Eva there's nothing you need to worry about."

"But Celestial!-"

He suddenly pulled me close holding me as his arms wrapped around me.

"Now Eva, again there's nothing that's needing to worry about."

I started to blush.

"You'd believe a friend wouldn't you?" He stated.

"I would." I admitted.

He came closer to me almost whispering.

"Then you would believe a lover too."

I blushed even brighter, a lover? What lover?

"I don't love you Celestial."

"Your blush tells me otherwise."

"I don't love you, you're just a friend Celestial. A friend who I met one day, a friend that I.-"

He suddenly pulled back.

"A friend that you love," he stated.

He suddenly pulled me close and kissed me.

I was token by surprise and grapped onto his vest.

We stayed like that for a few minutes before he pulled back.

"You know you love me Eva, it is so simple to notice."

I couldn't deny it now, I did love him and he knew it.

"Celestial, let them go."

He didn't seem happy when I stated that, he may have started feeling frustrated by now.

"Go Eva," he said simply.

"I'll deal with them, I'll catch you later meine liebe."

He quickly kissed me on the cheek before I was out of the entrance of the shop.

I decided to go home, to just stop all of this.

As I made it home the rain had started now.

"Good, at least I didn't get wet." I went to sit down on the couch, so many things had happen that I just needed to take a nap.

Like an hour later though a knock was on the door, I got up and went to the door. The rain had turned to pouring rather than little drops.

I opened the door only to discover Celestial there.

"Celestial?" I was confused but gestured for him to come in instead of the rain.

I noticed that he was now wearing a red and white uniform almost more like a toymakers costume.

He took his hat off and laid it on the table.

I came up to him after closing the door, a cold breeze manged to get in though which I couldn't imagine how Celestial felt as he was already drenched.

"Do you need something new to wear?"

"Nein I'm fine." He smiled.

"If you don't mind me asking, what happened to Donna and the man?"

His expressioned remained unfazed as he wrapped an arm around me.

"Didn't I say you needn't to vorry?"

"Yes.-"

"Then don't vorry about it," he simply stated amd pulled me close to kiss me quickly.

I pulled away taking a step back.

"We've discussed this before Celestial."

"Ja we have, yet you still won't admit."

"Cause I don't!-" there was another knock on the door that got his attention quickly.

I turned to the door than turned back to tell him something but he was gone as if he disappeared.

"Celestial?" I noticed his hat was gone too.

Another knock and that's when I went to open the door.

"I just thought someone was yelling so I decided to check up on you."

"Yeah I was, see I was having a hard time with...with the stove so I just y'know yelled in frustration." I smiled innocently.

He didn't seem to buy it but nodded.

"Alright. Hey are we still going tomorrow?"

'Oh right' I thought as I remembered how I agreed to go to the new park. It was a dog park and he has a little dog that he wanted to take but Prince (the dog) was really hyper.

"Yeah."

"Alright then bye." He waved as he left.

I closed the door and turned around to see Celestial there.

"Celestial?"

"Who's dat?"

"It's none of your business but where did you go?" I noticed his hat was back on the table as if it never left.

"I asked a question first Eva." He started walking towards me but I remained calm.

"I answered that."

"You didn't."

"He's none of your business was the answer you got."

"But it's an answer I don't like." He snapped back at me and a noticeable slip in his accent.

He calmed down a bit before adding on.

"Where are you going tomorrow?" He asked.

"A new park. Does that answer your question?"

"I want to come along Eva." He said suddenly.

I couldn't let him come along since I just met him like a week ago and I wouldn't just bring someone along out of nowhere.

"I did do as you asked Eva, I let Donna and the tenth doctor go so now I want a request."

I didn't add anything for a few minutes.

"And you want to tag along?"

"Ja."

"Fine." I agreed.

"But you're coming as a friend, and that is my request."

"You've already made a request but I'll go along with this one too."

"Another question but where did you go? Cause when I turned you were just suddenly not there anymore."

"Hm, ja that is quite a mystery now." He gave a smile and a wink.

That dumb smile that always made me blush.

"C'mon now Celestial be serious."

There was a noise and so I turned my attention only for him to suddenly be behind me and wrap his arms around me.

"I am," he pressed his cheek against mine.

"Not."

He chuckled.

"Now that I get into it when someone's wants a relationship they would usually go through something called learning about the other person."

"Ve were friends," he mentioned.

"But I didn't learn much about you except that you're a toymaker."

"That's not enough? Is someone being nosey?" He playfully booped my nose.

I turned around and placed my hands against his shoulder.

"I just wanna learn more about you."

"And I'll tell you soon."

"But as of right now you expect me to be wanting to date you?"

"Gives us an opportunity to learn about each other better, ja?"

"I guess so."

"Y'knov vhat we can do to get to know each other better?"

"What?"

"Play a game."

I was confused now, how would a game be better for us to learn about each other?

"What kind of game?"

"You can pick, any game I'm villing to play."

I tried to pick a game that revolved around the truth since I wanted the truth. How could this Toymaker disappear, whys he pretending to have a German accent and other stuff? Two truths one lie! It's a good game that revoles around the truth.

"Two truths one lie."

"Interesting choice, I thought you'd pick truth or dare."

"Two truths and a lie is more interesting."

"You should start then."

"Okay, I enjoy the park, I hate magic, I'm usually good at making friends."

"The zecond ones a lie."

He was right but since when did his s turn to a z?

"Right."

"I can dance, I can do magic, I hate games."

Wow okay he jumped right into the questions.

"The last ones a lie."

"Correct."

"I love spring time, I hate festivals, I prefer movies."

"Zecond one again."

"Yes."

He smiled I guess cause he was getting these right causes there's noway to win.

"I hate rain, I like the color orange, I like magic."

"It's the first."

"Correct."

This game went on for about 15 more minutes.

I eventually got tired and leaned back against my seat. He took notice and got up and went over to me.

"Why don't you go now?"

I shrugged, I was getting comfortable in the chair and didn't feel like moving now.

He took hold of my hand and I finally decided to get up.

"Alright."

I went over to the couch and sat down and he sat next to me.

"I meant more of go lay dovn and to bed."

"Mmm" I leaned against him.

"Or not."

I ended up falling asleep against him.

I was the first one to wake up however, I woke up kinda laid against him.

I got up and checked the time.

"It's only 10."

I sat up only to have am arm already wrapped around me.

"Vhat are you doing?" Celestial was already up.

"Getting up what else?"

There was a knock on the door and that's when he let me up to go answer it.

"Oh Liam." I smiled at him.

"Hey, so are you ready yet?"

"Yeah just let me go do something real quick than I'll be out oh and also I decided to bring another friend along alright?"

"Yeah, that's fine."

"Okay," I closed the door.

"Celestial?" I said as I turned.

"Hm?"

"Go outside and meet Liam while I go get changed."

"Nov?"

"Yes."

I hurried up and went to go get changed quickly.

When I went outside I was surprised to see Celestial had changed into a suit and a top hat which in my opinion was fancy to be going to a park but okay.

When we went out Celestial for some reason just couldn't get along with Liam, every time Liam tried to be nice just introducing himself or something Celestial gave one word responses.

I finally got some time to talk with Celestial when Liam went to play fetch with Prince.

"What's your problem?"

"My problem?" He asked in that German accent.

"Yes! I mean you're quite rude to Liam when all he's done is being nice towards you."

He gave a huff and an eye roll.

"Look Celestial," I started to space out the words with each poke I gave to his shoulder. "What. Is. Wrong?"

He finally turned to make sure Liam was far enough before turning to me. His German accent completely gone now.

"My problem is that Liam's a big flirt! I don't trust him! What if he's with that tenth doctor? What then? Then we're discovered or at least I am!"

I was token by surpise, Celestial didn't seem like the jealous type and yet here he is not shouting but with a stern voice telling me that he is jealous.

"This is out of sheer jealousy?"

"And distrust."

"You don't even know him."

"I can tell he's not trust worthy! It's plainly obvious."

"No one can "look" like a lair, I mean I didn't take you as a lair but that changed when I started to know you, you're the most untruthful, untrustworthy, person I now! Celestial isn't even a name and I know damn well that toymaker isn't either! And your accent is nothing but lies! You haven't told me anything about yourself or who the tenth doctor is even though we've been friends for a while then suddenly you wanna proclaim that you love me!"

He was silent.

I took a moment to calm down.

"At least you had dressed properly for this but this suit and top hat wasn't all necessary."

"I assumed it looked nice," he mumbled.

Liam came back then and we countuied our walk, I gave Celestial the silent treatment for the rest of the day.

But when Liam left to get a drink from the store it was only me and Celestial.

I mostly just turned my attention to the gently breeze the trees brought.

It was a relaxing moment that was disturbed quick when Celestial grabbed my hand and pulled me to hide beside the store that we stopped at.

"Celestial what was!-" He quickly hushed me with a finger pressed to my lips.

That's when I noticed that doctor and Donna went by the store.

I was going to go to them but Celestial gave a slight shake of his head as if he knew what I wanted to do.

They passed by quickly, it seemed like they were searching.

Celestial then turned to me.

"Ve have to go." He went back to the German accent.

"Stop it with that accent Celestial and no we're not going."

"We have too." We switched his accent again.

"You do I don't."

"Eva stop playing these mind games with me right now."

"I'm not playing any game right now."

"You mean playing hard to get or pretending to ignore me or playing victim or gaslighting me isn't?" He raised a eyebrow at me.

"I haven't been playing any of those I simply tell the truth." I said sternly.

"You lie to yourself."

"I do not!-"

He suddenly pulled me close and kissed me yet again.

I didn't pull away, instead I cupped his cheek.

I wanted to pull away yet again I didn't want too. Maybe the Celestial is right I do lie.

I pulled away.

"Eva?" Liam called.

I went to the front of the store quickly and Celestial followed.

"Sorry we saw a cat or something run behind the store and went to chase it."

Liam nodded.

"Okay."

"Let's go," Celestial started to go.

Liam stayed behind.

"Where did you meet him?" He asked kind of muttering it to me.

"He's just a good friend Liam, I met him at a show."

"A show? What show?"

"Well it wasn't a show it was a small proformence actually. Y'know one of those magic proformences?"

"Yeah I know what you mean."

"We became friends after I gave him some compliments on his magic."

After we arrived at Liams we countuied our walk.

"So," I tried to start a conversation.

"Eva I do feel like we should-" he turned his attention to something before taking my hand and walking a bit faster.

"Celestial? What is it?"

He didn't respond but it became obvious when I turned my attention to the tenth doctor.

It seemed as if he recognized Celestial but pretended as if he didn't.

We took a bit of a longer way in hopes of losing him.

We somehow manged to do so.

"What's this all about Celestial."

He ignored me and bypassed me instead to the kitchen.

I stopped him midway and pulled him back.

"Would you just tell me already? I'm tired of getting told to wait!"

He nodded.

"You're right. You deserve the truth."

He held my hand back before he countuied.

"I'm not from here, and I don't have a name I'm just known as the Celestial Toymaker."

"Not from here? What do you mean?"

"I mean I'm from a different dimention. Outside the universe."

I was confused, I didn't understand him.

"I don't know what you mean." I muttered to him.

"You know all those fantasy books about werewolves, vampires or ghost? It's sort of like that you can take it like that."

I nodded.

"Okay...I'm trying to understand it."

"And another thing. I'm afraid I'm going to have to leave."

"Leave? Why?"

"Well since that tenth doctor is after me I don't want you becoming involved so I decided to just go."

"Where?"

"I'm unsure right now but it'll be fine."

He brought my hand to his lips and kissed my knuckles.

"I'll see you soon." He started to walk towards the door.

I went up to him quickly and pulled him back.

"C'mon now Celestial I can help too y'know without getting involved I mean I don't want you wondering around till-"

"Eva I'm fine. And as I already mentioned I don't want you getting involved and helping me would be just that."

"At least do a proper goodbye."

"Proper?" He repeated.

I pulled him close and kissed him.

He almost immediately pulled away.

"I must go."

#doctor who #celestial #the toymaker #fiction #love #idk what else to tag #love story #idk what to tag this as

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st4rdom-if · 6 months

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Hallo!

Bro Mystic Messenger is the BEST. My only gripe is that it takes 11 days to finish and it's in real time too.

I have a few more questions (sorry if it's a bother).

I know that the MC will be part of a K-pop group, but there are genres within that genre. What will the group be focused on song wise? (Like love songs ect.)

I know this is extremely premature, but do you have any idea of when the demo will be out? (Absolutely no pressure).

Is there anything we, as followers, can do to support you?

I apologize if this is troublesome/incoherent. I am sick at the moment.

Oh no, I’m sorry you aren’t feeling well 😕 I hope you get better!!

I understood your question perfectly, don’t worry. And there is no need to apologize for sounding bothersome! I didn’t find it annoying in any way, shape or form.

Mystic Messenger has multiple endings if I remember correctly, as it depends on your choice. To be honest, if it takes 11 days in real time I likely won’t play it because I am a very impatient person and I prefer speedrunning through games. And then eventually the game comes to an end and there is nothing else to do. But I’m guessing this since I’ve never played it before, so correct me if I’m wrong!

I think I will leave it up to the players! I’m still trying to figure this out too, and there might be love songs, so I really don’t know. If anything there will be a choice to choose.

Nope! I’ve got the barebones of Sugarcube and the very beginning written out, but other than that it’s not ready yet. I have been working on…other things, so that’s why I haven’t touched it in a while. But I promise that the prologue is still fresh in the back of my head! I want it to meet most people’s expectations 😊

Hm, that’s interesting, I’ve never seen any author answer this before. I think for the most part just following my progress really helps! I really want to meet everyone’s expectations for the game and I want to get this WIP out so that it won’t die out like so many others who have interesting concepts but never come to fruition. And giving asks like this since they’re really nice to get :) most have really packed inboxes but mine is usually empty so 😅 but I guess there’s not much to ask anyways.

ST4RDOM is not the only game I have, but it is one of two that I have officially announced so far. I don’t want to throw out new ideas so I’m trying to limit myself to this game and As the Ocean Lures. I hope you understand that the demo won’t be out, at least for a while!

#answered #anon #st4rdom #faq

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king-of-the-rain-and-wolves · 8 months

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Hallo! I'm jelly, welcome to my cave!

I'm 20, they/them, goose of unfathomable silliness, etc etc, *waves hand vaguely*

Some of my faves:

Across the Spider-Verse, esp punkflower

Taz/The Adventure Zone, as well as taakitz

Percy Jackson, esp the new show

I do post spoilers for this and other stuff & usually don't tag them

If you'd like me to start tagging something, whether that's spoilers or a trigger/content warning or anything, please lmk! Feel free to shoot me a message & I'll do my best to use the tag going forward.

Some of my current tags

#atsv brainrot for everything Across the Spider-Verse, including spoilers

#punkflower and #flowerpunk for Hobie Brown x Miles Morales (from atsv)

#movies about being transgender for assorted nimona stuff

#taz, #the adventure zone, #taz balance, #the adventure zone balance, etc for taz obviously

#taakitz for Kravitz x Taako from taz

Original art stuff

Follow #jelly's stuff, #jelly's art, and #jelly's fics for my creations!

There's not a ton on there currently but hopefully that'll change soon-ish!

Heads up: my current WIPs are about atsv/punkflower, so if you have those tags blocked you'll probably miss them

For my (atsv) breasties

#🍊🍓🍇🍋 for all of 'em

#fen!! 🍊 for @bootleg-exe

#jenn!! 🍇 for @jennsterjay

#fishy!! 🍋 for @weirdfishy

(I'm strawberry :] 🍓)

Anyways, ty for stopping by! <3

#jelly's fics #jelly's art #jelly's stuff #🍊🍓🍇🍋#fen!! 🍊#jenn!! 🍇#fishy!! 🍋

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ms-smuffngst · 2 years

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.*•.¸♡ b̤̈ö̤ÿ̤f̤̈r̤̈ï̤ë̤n̤̈d̤̈!d̤̈ä̤z̤̈ä̤ï̤ ḧ̤ë̤ä̤d̤̈c̤̈ä̤n̤̈ö̤n̤̈s̤̈ ♡¸.•*.

when you go to 💗Disneyland💗

pairing: boyfriend!dazai x fem!reader

A/N: hallo, welcome! anyways I just got my first follow and I am ecstatic abt it! and holy shat 31 notes on it too? damn I’m happy! tysm! also, since I just came from Disneyland, I decided to write headcanons abt going to disneyland with Dazai! (lucky🤭) so enjoy my smuffins!

listen to this🥰🥰🥰

loves swinging your hands and his back and forth while walking to the next attraction

he likes the thrill of roller coasters, meanwhile u on the side abt to faint

holds you tight during drops

motivates more of manipulates you to go with him to splash mountain

kinda laughs at you when you scream out of fear

he calls you “m’lady” or “princess” the entire time🥺

ofc, he payed for the food bill.

“Osamu, baby, try the Turkey leg! it’s delicious!”

“Not as delicious as you, princess!”

ofc u smack him in the head😰

he likes taking (instagrammable) pictures of you, bro will melt at any time seeing that sunshine smile of yours

“Princess, do you want to go again?”

“Osamu, I almost fainted.”

betch laughed his guts out

he enjoys seeing u rlly fascinated with all the rides

he rode “it’s a small world” like 5 times💀

gets ice cream all over the new *100 DOLLAR* Gucci shirt you gave him.

he likes getting crowns from the Disney princess’ rides and giving it to you

“Princess! Get your crown!”

He likes balloons

he applies sunscreen on you because you’re too busy shaking in fear🤭😒

fav ride gotta be Indiana Jones

Why? Mostly cuz your eyes sparkled the entire ride and you looked so pretty

he likes walking with you while holding your waist

ugh romance ikr

you two end the day with a romantic *CUE THE CARELESS WHISPER INSTRUMENTAL* dinner at Ruth’s Chris Steak House over a Tomahawk Steak and Red Wine. (Well ONLY YOU, after 6 months of training, Dazai got his license so he drove back and forth.) THANK U DAZAI MUAH😫

Thank You For Reading!🥰

#osamu dazai #Disneyland #dazai x reader #bungou stray dogs #dazai x y/n #Spotify

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orangsodiepop · 10 months

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ummm twirls my hair between my fingers. Hallo everyone I woke up today with 100+ followers which is the fastest proportional growth I’ve ever received on any platform and I want to say THANK U I LOVE U. It’s not a lot but the idea that over 100 people want to look at my gay tf2 art is a little giggling + kicking feet inducing and I want to say I have MORE ON THE WAY! Including a new/part 2 tf3 post soon… anyways I appreciate y’all mwah mwah I know some ppl think it’s corny to celebrate after each follower milestone but I PERSONALLY am giving all 119 of you a fat smooch on the forehead. I wish I’d felt this comfortable and safe to post about my silly tf2 thoughts in middle school so receiving this love years later is so sweet and touching 2 me. Anyways ramble over more old men yaoi soon

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protocolseben · 9 months

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tagged by @osaka-lilac , Kiitos paljon fren~

put under cut because too long

name: hallo, i am a bunch of numbers. i am 005

sign: usually i am the tsunami hazard warning sign, but i am also the hell between sag and cap. it's not lookin too good

time: almost the unholy hours

favorite band / artist: boy! where to start!

NGHFB

Reol

Glitchtrode

Glass Animals

Foals

last movie: it was a 3 hour movie on YT called Goliath Awaits (1981). it hurt my ass and the plot was so damn slow. interesting concept but it wasn't executed well. i also expected it to be horror but it wasn't...

last show: i watched 30 Markiplier FNaF videos and H Bomber's Pathologic video again. Does this count

when i made this blog: 2020 for other reasons, before completely emptying it and posting cars

what i post: the european nascar / indycar, and anything aesthetically pleasing, because i don't want to put them into too many blogs! i also put too much seb vettel the loml

do i get asks?: i do apparently, and i get a heart attack each time

followers: 287. it aint much and it's not honest work

average sleep: 4-5 hours and up by 8am. it's against my will to wake up early, i just do anyway

instruments: i have never played one it's that bad

what i’m wearing: please help i am STILL GLUED to my new RBR 2010 era bomber jacket and a tank top

dream job: it was wanting to be a concept artist but the working life dislikes me. so i wanted to be a graphic designer and it dislikes me too. anything involving hamming on photoshop is fine

favorite song atm: "surely you understand, it will never be enough. so you have to ask yourself the question -- what matters?" (Glitchtrode - promiseyoullbehere)

i wont tag anyone, but have fun doing it~

#long post #thank you fren!

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beacon-lamp · 2 years

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Hey beacon long time no see!

I have a confession to make: Even tho I've followed you for ages I've avoided your hermitcraft propaganda posts so hard. NOT BECAUSE I DIDN'T LIKE THE HERMITS THO!! It's because I knew I wouldn't have the time to watch more than 1-2 povs (when I know I'll want to watch way more) or to catch up on previous seasons because I was already involved in watching dsmp streams and all their videos.

And then my interests in the dsmp start drifting and by May I've started binging some animes and mangas my friend was recommending me and I'm about halfway out of mcyt at that point

BUT THEN I start seeing double life fanart appear on my dash, and I realize there's a new life saga series (Does. Does anyone know what to call it? I know it's trafficblr but like. life saga makes the most sense right? It's what I'm calling it anyways). And I'm like "oooooo, third and last life were fun, I should watch the first episode of this!" (I came last to the party for the previous series so I really wanted to be on time for this one)

And so I watch Grian's first episode because he's the hermit I'm most familiar with and. it's so fun. It's got me hook, line, and sinker. I remember how much of a blast is it to watch Grian, I have to watch more.

So I binge Grian's season 8, then catch up on season 9; I realize I'm having such a great time every time Scar's on screen, so I binge his season 9 and am about to finish binging his season 8- and beacon. I'm ASHAMED I didn't find Scar sooner. I almost had a cow seeing he only had 1.8 million subs when I was subbing to him because WHAT. I've banned myself from eating or drinking while watching his videos because I've almost spat on my laptop multiple times from laughing. His kindness and positivity and wise words have made me emotional too many times to count, and reminds me how much being kind is worth it. I would literally fistfight gods on a sea of broken glass for Scar- Alright I have to shut myself up or I'll write a college thesis about that man.

I still haven't read those propaganda posts btw lmao. But I do want you to know I've been kidnapped into being a hermitcraft fan and I'm so happy about it (I was literally kidnapped against my will tho I swear; I was trying to get into a manga SO BAD but then my brain saw double life and said "mmmm, these minecraft men. I want more of these guys, screw everything else" and then I completely forgot about any other interests alskdgh)

ANYWAYS, sorry for such a long ask! I just thought you'd be interested in knowing that I'm in the hermit and trafficblr community now!

You don't have to post this ask if you don't want to btw, but if you do, quick question: who's your favorite hermit? (I ask this like I know who all of them are alsdgh, I wish I did but there's just so many of them, I'm trying so hard tho)

squish!!! hallo!!!

hahaha this ask made me smile so much, hope it's ok i'm only just now answering it

im very glad you're in the hermitblr/trafficblr community now i'm sure everyone is happy to have you hahaha what'd you think of the double life finale, if you've watched it?

grian is fantastic and the Grian Effect is so real; you start off just watching him and then you blink and suddenly you're trying to keep up with 5 different people's upload schedules.

and i agree, scar is criminally underrated/under-subscribed; i remember watching him hit 1M subs and just being So Happy for him. i need that man to hit 2M subs immediately, he's at 1.92M now. (honestly a lot of the hermits are just under-subscribed i've watched so many of them hit 1M subscribers since the end of season 6 and i am so happy for all of them)

i don't know if i could pick one hermit as a favorite bc i follow pretty much all of them; i watch them based on like the ~vibes~ i'm feeling that day. bdubs almost never fails to bring a smile to my face tho and he interacts with so many hermits so if you haven't checked him out already, you should.

#squish #squish--squash #hallo friend v happy to see you in my inbox #sorry the reply is so late #ty for the askkk :)#long post

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greg-rpg · 1 year

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Devlog 11: 13...19.03.2023

Hallo! I've been writing weekly devlogs about my game, fun fact. I can also start posting them to Tumblr now (the HTML text editor is useful!). See the read more to read it... Note that it's copied straight from my website (where the 10 older devlogs are), so it might have some stuff that sounds weird here.

Anyway, I hope you find it informative.

First thing this week, I had to recover from the break I took last week. I managed to mess up my digestive system? so I was dizzy and didn't work on the game on Monday. But the dizziness passed!

So, on Tuesday, a room connecting the then-to-be-added lakeside scene to the town scene was added.

I do quite like building scenes with the cliffside tileset that I've built. It works quite well...

Also, behold. The saddest skatepark ever.

I was going to make more ramps but I'm honestly considering keeping the entire skatepark like this.

Wednesday. The actual lakeside scene was added then.

It's quite unfinished in its current state. I'm thinking about colour correction and more plants to give more of a wet feel to it.

On Thursday, I wrote a post on Tumblr! I'm going to sell my game so hard. Hi, by the way, if you're reading this and came from the Tumblr.

On Friday, I mostly did not work on Greg. But once it turned Saturday (aka 00:00), I did do some stuff. I happened to be in a vc and had some friends help me debug the game. My intro sequence was broken for a while, and we figured out why (I'm silly). So, thank you for the help!

And on Saturday (normal hours), I implemented some user experience näpunäiteid I got from that debugging session. Things like how certain menus shouldn't overlap. Plus some (one) new NPCs that hopefully explain the game mechanics more?

(He is talking about searching through trash bins)

This leads us into Sunday. Do you think fish are funny? Because these fish sure are. Sunday saw many improvements to these fish. Technically, weapons can now play their own attack animations, which the fish use. This also improved some other enemies' and weapons' visuals.

And last thing... a minor character, to add atmosphere.

That's the week! Not too shabby at all! I would like to thank my friends for being supportive. And also all the people on Tumblr who liked and hitted that follow button. Here's to a similarily good next week 🥂

Goodbye.

#greg rpg #indie game #godot engine #indie dev #can you see my post yet look at all thse tags look at my game and give me your money

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imspardagus · 1 year

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Roald Oafs

The news that the works of Roald Dahl have been revised to make them less offensive to our apparently easily triggered young must be welcomed by any parent who has found themselves hastily scrabbling for a suitable edit as they stumbled through bedtime reading to their offspring. But this must surely only be a start. Clearly nothing from our own childhood libraries can remain unscrutinised for inflammatory adjectives, challenging characteristics, or outdated assumptions. We cannot be too careful, ahem.

For instance:

Billy Bunter and the social redistribution of cake

“Harry Beautyspoton and Frances Nogender looked at one another across the table penitently. It was right that they should make suitable reparation. Knocking off a fifth former’s hat had been a piece of senseless violence, even though meant in fun, they could see that now. They should have invited Coker to attend the School’s Truth Commission and reached out for a resolution that would point the way forward to a new and mutually benevolent rapprochement.

‘I suppose we’d better go,’ sighed Beautyspoton.

‘No question,’ affirmed Nogender, ‘Senior administrators have a tough job to do and we should support them with our respect and consideration. Only a well-deserved admonishment I expect – the much loved role model that is our figurehead eschews violence as a means of resolving behavioural anomalies.’

Bunter watched them go before taking the cake into protective custody. He had said that he didn’t want their generous offer of a slice of the cake. He was always truthful. He wanted it all. He had a better use for it, he told himself.

‘Hallo, hallo, hallo,’ came a cheery greeting from the door.

‘Cherry,’ gasped Bunter, ‘You shouldn’t trigger a chap like that. I might need years of therapy now. Anyway you’d better follow Beautyspoton and Nogender to the Senior Administrator’s office. They’ve gone to show contrition for knocking Coker’s hat off.’

‘I only kicked it accidentally when it landed at my feet,’ offered Cherry, ‘Still, I guess that makes me complicit in a socially irresponsible act. Shall we go, Ram Singh?’

“The imperative that we make a full restorative gesture for our transgressions is without question,’ said Ram Singh.

*****

Bunter was on his way across the grounds, heading back to the Remove, when he was confronted.

‘Where is our cake?’

‘A very important question.’

‘You person of raised BMI.’

‘You ample apparent appropriator of confectionery.’

‘We have reason to believe that you knew the Senior Administrator was unavoidably absent when you sent us there, you comfortably covered embellisher of fact.’

‘Er, what cake? I haven’t had any cake,’ said Bunter truthfully.

‘We wouldn’t begrudge you a slice of our cake because we accept that we are privileged to have it, but the whole cake…?’

‘I assure you I didn’t have any cake.’

‘You full-figured filcher’

‘Let’s tell him what we think of him.’

‘Let’s seek sensible compensation for our loss.’

‘Victims deserve meaningful justice.’

‘I say you fellows,’ said Bunter pacifically, ‘I didn’t take the cake for myself. As you know, I am on a low calorie diet in an effort to seek to address my problems of low self-esteem. I gave your cake to the people in the tent outside the gate. They are a family of financially disadvantaged NHS workers. I thought you’d approve.’

‘Oh!’

‘Oh, that’s different.’

‘Well that puts a different complexion on things.’

‘Bunter, we apologise for our prejudicial assumptions about you. Thank you for showing us the error of our ways. We who have cake should always seek to share it with those less fortunate than ourselves.’

‘That’s okay, fellers. I knew you’d understand.’”

Just William at the Pictures

“‘Buy some nutritious food bars or go and see that wonderful new Disney/Pixar remake of “Snow Grey and the Seven Entirely Ordinary People,” William’s aunt said thoughtfully as she gave him an amount well above the National Minimum Wage for carrying her shopping.

As William walked away, he calculated. Even with prices the way they were he could put half away in his growing ISA, towards his further education plan, and still afford to do both. He wandered to his favourite health food store and stood for five minutes before their display of low carb, low calorie, snacks trying to decide between the blueberry and organic yoghurt granola bar and the almond and apricot coated one. He knew by heart the food and vitamin values of each splendidly austere confection. In the end, he bought one of each.

As he sat down in the multiplex to watch Snow Grey, William reflected that his gang, the Legally Divergent Collective, might not have chosen a film in which the self-identifying female lead found respite from social expectations among a community of ordinary mineral extractors but he appeciated that they had the right to choose as much as he did. He peeled the sustainable wrapper off one of his bars, placed it in his pocket for recycling and quietly began to chew the bar as the story unfolded.

Snow Grey, was, it seemed, a person with a pleasing, emotionally intelligent personality and a strong moral conscience. So much so that when the Queen, a figurehead for empowerment with a benign concern for her daughter’s development, asked her mirror who was the fairest of them all, the mirror, which had been programmed to talk, replied, ‘Snow Grey is the fairest in all the land. She never takes advantage and aspires to equality for all people.’ Apparently the Queen was not entirely satisfied with the answer, however, so invited Snow Grey to travel into the mountains for rehabilitatory upskilling.

The story unfolded nicely. The Seven Entirely Normal People declined Snow Grey’s offer to cook and clean for them, saying that no man, woman or non-binary person should be trapped in menial work, and allowed her instead to join them down the mine. And when the Queen disguised herself as a mobile phone salesperson and tried to sell Snow Grey an Apple, Snow Grey insisted that her old, recycled Galaxy remained good enough for her. William allowed himself a socially responsible whoop of delight at this rejection of international corporatism and raised a non-threatening fist into the air.

The story ended with Snow Grey rejecting the granite-jawed Prince, who had been teasingly gaslighting her about her weight from the moment they had met, and forming a mostly platonic partnership with a singing candlestick. It was very tastefully lit.

William sauntered home through the safe streets of his town and met his father at the gate of his house.

‘Hallo, father,’ ventured William.

‘William,’ said his father wearily, ‘ How many times must I ask you not to use that patriarchal term?’

“Sorry, Charles,’ said William, contritely.

‘It’s Charlotte, from now on,’ replied his father.

Winnie the Pooh: In which Pooh finds himself in a tight place

“Edward Bear (pronouns they/their) was walking through the Forest while humming discreetly to himself. He knew that not everyone in the Forest liked humming and he was careful not to upset those who did not.

He came after a while to an Hole in the ground. ‘Thank goodness I spotted that,’ he thought, ‘it could have been a nasty trip hazard.’

And the more he thought, the more he became convinced that whosever the hole was needed to Do Something About It.

‘Does anyone here own this Hole?’ he asked No-one in Particular, because No-one in Particular was the only person present. But No-one in Particular just bowed its head and carried on walking.

‘I suppose it has its reasons,’ said Pooh, understandingly, ‘Perhaps No-one has had some difficult news today.’

So, being a very Socially Aware Bear, and unwilling to leave others exposed to danger, Winnie the Pooh got down onto the ground and pushed his head into the Hole.

‘I say,’ he called, ‘Is anyone there?’

‘No,’ came the reply.

‘Oh,’ said Pooh, ‘In that case, No, perhaps I might alert you to the danger to other Forest users of leaving an unmarked Hole in the ground.’

‘You may,’ came the reply, ‘I respect your right to freedom of speech. But I’ll thank you also to respect my way of life by removing your head from my Hole and going on your way.’

‘That is very generous of you,’ said Pooh, and he wriggled and wriggled and wriggled. But each time he wriggled he just seemed to get more stuck. ‘But you see, it is a very tight Hole and I think I am stuck.’

‘In the absence of my informed and explicit consent, I must urge you, in a most unthreatening way, to leave my Hole now as you are blocking my means of escape. If you do not, I may have to invoke legitimate processes to secure your departure,’ came the voice.

‘Oh I am sure that we can find an amicable solution to this Stuckness,” ventured Pooh, being a very Conciliatory Bear, ‘But I do have to say that there is an Accessibility Issue that needs to be addressed here. For though I am a Bear of Ample Proportions, any hole of any worth should be able to accommodate me.’

‘I am rightly admonished,’ said the voice, ‘I should not have implied that my present evacuation problem was in any sense attributable to your pleasantly generous proportions. Can I offer you some honey while we attempt to find a mutually acceptable outcome?’

‘Is it, by any chance, Manuka?’ asked Pooh.”

#roald dahl #revisionism #sensitivity

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gxtzeizm · 1 year

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Hallo

What do you mean with the F1 news? I feel lost I’ve been so busy! And tired… feeling a little sick

Anyways… I watched Pinocchio today (I cry a little bit) lol it’s good! Hope your having a good day!

Also did you saw something about the Kelly piquet drama?? I’m not usually into theirs personal life and I don’t follow the wags but… I don’t know what to think about her, it’s sad that some women (into the sport) deserve more the “attention” than her but they just want to hear about her because it’s the girlfriend of max :(

-your secret Santa 🎅🏼

hello there!!! first of all i hope you'll get better soon. it must be so tired tho for being too busy with your work.

well literally it was all about fia banning the drivers (i guess it's not only f1 but others like f2, fe, etc) from any kinds of "political statements" which is i swear it's such a very ridiculous decision they have made. it literally gives them too much power to control all of it which is literally they don't even care about the drivers as well as us the fans ))):

and yeah also about piquet yesterday, goddd it gives me an ick istg. just because her dad is a racer as well as her boyfriend, how can she literally get a spotlight as a women in motorsports when literally there's a much more other woman who involved to sports. honestly it's really horrible to think about that.

i haven't watched pinocchio yet but i'm sure it's really a great movie <33. well actually i've already decide what i'm gonna do during new year....dying my hair once again (i just realized that i did it earlier this year during 1st january so i want to do it once again). and literally still the same style just like early this year which is peekaboo highlights but yeah i'm so excited to do it. i've already buy it online hours ago <333.

i hope you're having a wonderful day <333

#ask #secret santa

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gabrieldrawsstuff · 3 years

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im a lot like joker. from the movie joker

#aot #attack on titan #reiner braun #eren yeager #ererei #thats the tag right #yes i read the manga long time ago yes the new season basically revived me #anyway hi hallo aot fandom im back #also to the rest of my followers that have not watched aot yet #sleep with one eye open just because im a fluff artist doesnt mean i dont feel rage

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kakiwrites · 3 years

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Hallo! I new to Tumblr and not sure you open to yttd request. If you are, is it okay i request kai x reader in the death game where he survive and not die early? It have hurt me so much and i need a story/one shot/scenario where he survive atleast😂. I really love your recent work of kai and keiji btw! (*˘︶˘*).｡*♡

game one, clear

Genre: random and fluff

A kai satou x reader

a/n: hey guys! Thanks for the requests yall! Kai deserved to at least survive the first main game, he had so much to offer- anyway, here's some scenarios of what it would be like if Kai actually survived through the first main game. Hope you guys enjoy it!

Kai got to survive because Someone, a man that you didn't really care for, got more votes than him in the main game.

As soon as the final vote portion of the trial started, he was free to claim to be the sage and reveal who the true keymaster was.

You were relieved to see that kai survived through the game.

Contrary to popular belief, kai isn't as calm as he looks. His heart was beating out of his chest when he saw his face get covered up by one vote.

But it wasn’t enough for him to get into the final vote.

Kai's priority in the first game was to protect Sara, and frankly, that didn't change.

He still wanted to protect her but that little brush against death made him want to spend more time with you.

See, you and kai were already together before this cruel death game started and you knew about his relationship with chidouins.

his priorities were reasonable. You accepted them with open arms.

So you didn't expect him to stick by your side during the attraction game.

He would insist on playing every single game with you, Even if you reassure him that you would be fine.

Kai was keeping an eye on Sara in the distance while he kept you close.

During the punishment scale game, his arms were around you the whole time, making sure that you wouldn't do anything rash.

He stuck by you during the trading portion. He made sure that both of your roles stayed the same.

You and kai the others as they rummaged through his laptop. He even helped them open it.

Before you followed Sou and the others up the steps to the supposed, kai pulled you away and kissed you, knowing that this will be the last time he'll be able to kiss you and hold you before you head off into the unknown.

Little did you guys know that the death game couldn't be so easily stopped.

And that is all! This was kinda bad but hope you guys still like it! Requests are open so please don't be shy to leave anything in my inbox! Love you guys 💖💕

General taglist (don’t be shy to comment your tumblr @ below): @tokyoghoose @macaronnv @reogou @midnightangelfox @wumboho @seiijixcia @tessabrown101

#your turn to die #yttd #kimi ga shine #your turn to die x reader #yttd x reader #kimi ga shine x reader #kai satou #kai #kai satou x reader #kai x reader #kaki writes

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lovecanbesostrange · 3 years

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Okay, for the poor people on the Ruby Lucas Harem Discord suffering because of this ask (x) on konako’s tumblr that lead to things (including this fanart x), I have this wild scene out of context.

Mary Margaret was sitting at her desk, updating her chemistry flashcards. Ruby was sitting on her bed cross-legged staring at her laptop screen, waiting for this English essay to write itself.

“Ugh,” Ruby groaned and let herself fall backwards. Out of habit she put her hands to her face, but winced when her fingers touched the band aid over her eyebrow. It’s been five days.

A knock on the door made them both turn. They usually could tell who it was by the exact sound of the knock. Like Charming had one hard knock followed by two quick ones or Mulan knocked four times in a specific rhythm. So whoever this was, was more than unexpected. Ruby drew in a sharp breath. She had heard back from the police yesterday that there would be no criminal charges, but they both knew something else would arise from this.

Mary Margaret looked at her, then turned her chair to fully face the door and Ruby got back up again. “Come in.”

“Hallo. Good, you’re here.”

“Mom!” Mary Margaret was up in a second and gave her mother a hug. “I didn’t know you’d be coming.”

Eva hugged her back, but despite the smile on her face, her voice already made them realize this was not a fun surprise visit. “I didn’t know I would be here today either.” The hug ended and she stepped into the room, her gaze landing on Ruby. “I got some news last night and suddenly I was in my car this morning.”

Mary Margaret glanced at the clock. It was a twelve hours drive with good traffic, so Eva must’ve gotten behind the wheel around 4am.

“Hi…” Ruby busied herself closing her laptop and didn’t look up.

“Honey,” Eva stroked Mary Margaret’s hair, “would you mind giving us the room? I want to talk to Ruby.”

“Sure.” Mary Margaret glanced between the two and then grabbed her things from the desk. “I’m down the hall in the common area.” When she passed Eva she whispered: “Don’t be too harsh on her, please.”

That made Eva smile. Her daughter knew exactly why she was here, but she looked out for her friend. These girls always had each other’s back and knowing they were loyal like that, dragging each other out of trouble, was certainly a good thing.

Eva took the vacant chair and rolled herself over a bit towards Ruby’s bed. “So.”

Ruby slowly looked up. Eva took in the bandaid and she could see a faint red line indicating that her lip must have been busted. Trying to hide one hand with the other was a giveaway that her knuckles were bruised as well. Eva had to breathe slowly. A part of her wanted to grab Ruby by the shoulders and shake the whole story out of her. She wanted to yell about irresponsibilties, the futility of violence and all the consequences physical assault could come with. The bigger part of her wanted to cradle her like the 9 year old she sometimes still saw, who confessed to lying about her home address, as if not having loving parents was her personal failing.

“I was at dinner with friends last night and suddenly got asked if I heard about the ruckus on campus. I was really surprised when I was shown this tiny article about a football player beating up another student. And it took me two phone calls to find out it was you.”

“I’m sorry,” Ruby murmured towards the blanket she was sitting on, playing with the seam of her sweatpants.

“For what?” Eva tried to keep her voice as neutral as possible. She had felt every emotion during the long drive and had played out many versions of this conversation. But sitting in this room she realized none of those would work.

Ruby furrowed her brows and finally looked up. “Beating up that guy, of course?” It was a bit more of a question than a statement. The question had rattled her. There was so much to be sorry for though. The beating, losing her temper at all, making Regina worry that night already, not doing so great in classes lately, clinging to Snow, making her team suffer… oh, wait. “Also for not calling… I guess…”

The board said that her mother, Anita, would be notified of this by mail. That was her home address, her contact, but maybe this was why Eva was here. The Blanchards had always cared, but now she was in college, she wasn’t a kid anymore, she had to do these things by herself. But maybe, just maybe they should have called. “I shouldn’t have put this on Snow alone… she should’ve talked to you…”

“Ruby, no.” Eva got up and sat down on the bed, gesturing Ruby to scoot over next to her. “Sure, I’m disappointed-”

The word stung and Ruby interjected immediately. “I’m sorry. I messed up, but I promise Snow wasn’t even there and I won’t-”

“Stop!” Eva took Ruby’s hands, now seeing the bruises already turning yellow, showing the passage of time already. “I am disappointed you didn’t call. And I’m glad to hear Mary wasn’t involved, but I wanted to know anyway. Because of you. I care about you. And this is serious. I know…” She paused and slowed down, knowing the next thing would hurt, but after all these years, Eva needed to say it out loud. “I know your mom doesn’t take good care of you, I know you feel like she doesn’t care at all and I honestly don’t know if she does. But I do. I am not your mother, but I care.”

The dam broke and Ruby started to cry. Eva took her into her arms and immediately Ruby clung to her. It was weird that Eva had seen the aftermath of Ruby crying quite a few times over the years, but rarely had she shed tears in front of her. Maybe Eva should have made her before, pushed her a little bit towards that to hammer it home that she cared and that she would be there for her. Just the same she had hugged Mary Margaret after break-ups, over bruised knees, bad grades, and other bad news.

“I’m sorry for everything”, Ruby got out between sobs. Her tears stained Eva’s blouse already. “I didn’t mean to… I don’t want to hurt people… I swear I want to be good.”

There was more, but it was hard to decipher it all and Eva let her cry, rubbing circles on her back. Getting the full story would take time, that was for sure. All she could do now was to reassure Ruby. “I know you’re good, you just made a mistake. People make mistakes.”

Eva looked over Ruby’s shoulder and saw her pinboard. A few pictures were on it and she immediately recognized one taken the time she and Leopold had taken the girls to Six Flags. They had ridden all the rollercoasters until they were practically green in the face. It had also been the day she had seen Ruby at her most carefree. There was one photo of Ruby with her Grandmother, a woman Eva had met only once. Anita was nowhere to be found on the wall.

A group shot looked nice. Eva recognized David from the pictures Mary Margaret had sent her, but couldn’t even guess who the others were. It was a bit sad living too far away to meet all these people, because she had made it a point to know Mary Margaret’s friends in school by face and name. Mulan, Belle, August, Robin, Jasmin, Anna, Aurora… so many names. She smiled at the picture in the corner that showed Ruby in her team uniform, helmet in hand. A candid shot, her elbow resting on the shoulder of another girl. Or maybe it was young woman now.

Eva turned a bit to catch a glimpse of Mary Margaret’s pinboard. Cluttered with far more pictures, flyers and notes. They shared a room, they had shared the most parts of their lives for the past 11 years and yet there still was such a noticeable difference.

Ruby started to calm down and when she let go, Eva leaned forward to get tissues out of her bag. “Can you tell me your version of the story now? All I know is that you were provoked and sent a boy to the hospital. The article said something about questionable self-defense.”

“There are no criminal charges,” Ruby said after blowing her nose. “He said something to my friend. Insulted her. And he wouldn’t stop, calling her… the c-word… and when he touched me, I lost it.”

“He was in the hospital,” she prompted.

“For a broken arm.” A pause. “A broken nose.” Ruby looked at Eva again. “He lost a tooth. And has some more bruises than I do. He was on the ground fast…”

Eva put a hand on Ruby’s shoulder. “I have no problem believing you would defend any of your friends like that. But you must have hit him pretty hard.” Ruby nodded, the shame was visible. “Tell me the truth. Has this happened before? Because what I can’t believe is that you would pound someone when he’s already down. Something else is going on and I want to know if that will happen again.”

Ruby pressed her palms against the mattress and slid away a bit. Eva could hear - and even see - her breathing pick up. This was almost all the confirmation she needed.

“I’m sorry.”

“Has it happened before, yes or no?”

“Yes.”

Silence fell.

Eva closed her eyes. This was the thing she had feared. Because either Ruby had lost it very big time and the paper didn’t cover the big scoop behind it. Or something had been going on and she had been blind to it. And she needed to hear this from Ruby herself either way.

“When?”

“Back in high school… it was… at junior prom…”

Eva scrambled her brain. She remembered Mary Margaret having a date and giving her one more motherly talk about safe sex that had left her daughter bright red in the face. She also remembered that date bringing her home even before curfew and that Mary Margaret had been not very talkative that night. She had sworn nothing bad had happened with him and Eva only suspected that they’d had a stupid teen argument. There was nothing too remarkable about that. Had she seen Ruby the next day? She couldn’t recall.

While she was thinking, Ruby went on hesitantly. “This boy Peter had asked me out… from the hockey team… but it… it was all a prank… some of those guys wanted to like… set me up for a joke… and... “ She quickly glanced up and right back down again. “It wasn’t as bad, he had bruises and a swollen eye. Snow was there to stop me and we all agreed to not tell anyone. I apologized to him though. And it all… it was… like now… just more… it wasn’t just Whale being a dick to my friend, it’s… everything is so much sometimes and I explode.”

This was less surprising to hear than Eva cared to admit. “Have you ever hurt somebody with intention?”

Ruby shook her head. Her voice was broken. “One time… but only one time… I shoved Snow… I swear it was only once… I yelled at her and shoved her and the second I had done that… I apologized immediately and I never ever intended to hurt anybody.” She looked at Eva again. “Least of all her. I swear.” For this she held eye contact as long as she could.

Eva reached out touching her hand that was clenched around the edge of the mattress. “Thank you for being honest.”

There were a lot of details Eva wanted to know about, but this had been hard enough on Ruby. And now they had time to figure things out. But she had revealed a bright spot. “No criminal charges, you said?”

Ruby nodded. “The police seem very uninterested. And any civil things… well, I need to worry about what the board decides. My… friend said her family will keep things on the down-low.” She squirmed a bit.

“Who is this friend?”

“Regina Mills.”

“Mills? Oh.” Of all the people to get in a fight for, this was probably the luckiest choice. Although it didn’t sit right with Eva that there might be things going to circumvent what law dictated. But she also knew that worse people got away with far worse behavior and Ruby deserved to have one strike with minimal consequences. Even if this was technically her second. “I have looked up a few therapists in town already. I nee-”

“I’m seeing the campus therapist already. But I blew off a few appointments and I get that I shouldn’t.” Eva looked over at Mary Margaret’s bed at that. “Yes, Snow made me. She went with me the first time even.”

“What else are you girls keeping from me?” That came out more judgmental than she meant to. “I know you’re growing up, but you’re still kids to me. I always thought you knew you can come to me with problems.”

“Sorry.”

Eva scooted closer again and put her arm around Ruby’s shoulder. “Enough with the apologies. I know you’re a good kid. I remember you kept Mary from starting to smoke, so that’s something.”

“You know about that?” Ruby looked at her bewildered.

“I am a mom after all and some things I do pick up. You didn’t like it, because you’re an athlete, right?”

“Yeah, it’s super shitty for your lungs and I told her it was uncool.”

Eva laughed. “Wish that would work on Leo and his cigars. But thanks for that. I know you two look out for each other. But I will have to chew out my daughter for keeping a few too many secrets.” Ruby tensed up a bit. “What? Something else I need to know?”

“No…” She dragged the syllable out, dragging her toes over the floor.

“Ruby, I just said you can tell me. That is all I want from you, the truth. And we can work anything out from there.”

“But… what if…” She crossed her arms in front of chest, bracing herself. “What if… I’m not who you think I am?”

“You’re Ruby Lucas. You’re the best friend of my daughter, almost more like a sister. You worked your butt off to get here and you work hard to be the best version of you. I know you even send some of that money home you make at the gas station. Because you care so much about people you love, like your grandmother. I know you are a good person, even though you keep way too much inside. But we can work on that now.” She gave Ruby a kiss on the head, like she would with Mary Margaret. “What could be so bad about you?”

“I’m… I think… I’m gay.” Ruby breathed out that last word and was one tense muscle in Eva’s half embrace.

Eva looked at the pinboard again. The picture with Ruby smiling while leaning on the other girl. It clicked. On top of everything else, this secret had weighed Ruby down. She sure had enough reasons to be angry at the world already. This wasn’t something Eva had prepared for, so she just brought around her other arm to pull Ruby closer. “I want you to be happy and in love.” Finally she felt Ruby breathe in again.

((I just have to stop myself here. This could go on and on and on and on otherwise. Because I already know Eva is gonna take them out to dinner, insisting on meeting David. She gets a hotel room nearby. Of course Snow offers to let her sleep in the dorm but “Honey, that’s kind, but no. So much no to sleeping in a dorm bed.” And she freshens up a bit and passes a book store, where her eye is caught by a pride display and she gets a bracelet with a tiny rainbow flag, two actually, she wears one and gives the other to Ruby, because well, she doesn’t know exactly what to say, but this will definitely not make her think less of her!! Eva is the silent MVP of the story.))

#gender mix football AU #(where nobody gives a fuck about football)#Ruby Lucas #(sorry for spamming the tag - come to the server to yell at me about it)#this fic would be 100k words at this point already - sorry I don't have actual writing stamina for that #konako #somehow it's her fault - and the demons circling her inbox #lazylaziel #if only you knew what you started... even though it's so far removed by now... sorry #$!#RRCAU

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