#ba'ul

[apfelseine]

Chapters: 14/? Fandom: Tales of Vesperia Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Yuri Lowell/Flynn Scifo Characters: Flynn Scifo, Yuri Lowell, Raven (Tales of Vesperia), Repede (Tales of Vesperia), Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Sodia, Patty Fleur, Judith (Tales of Vesperia) Additional Tags: Alternate Timelines, Slow Build, Alternate Universe - Time Travel, Role Reversal, Second Chances Summary:

Backed into a corner, Flynn finds that it is not as simple as history repeating itself. Fighting alongside Patty, Flynn faces off against Ragou and his mercenaries.

#fanfiction #Tales of Vesperia #Flynn Scifo #Yuri Lowell #Fluri #Judith #Ba'ul

[ormspryde]

Echoes of the Past

A new chapter of Echoes. It's mostly Yeager and Raven being schmoopy at each other, but there's also Raven writing letters, Zagi, baby Judith and worldbuilding Myorzo, and Garista doing his mad scientist stuff.

#tales of vesperia #echoes of the past #raven vesperia #yeager vesperia #zagi vesperia #garista luodur #gauche #droite #judith vesperia #ba'ul #worldbuilding #writing #fanfic #ao3 #archive of our own

[aurantia-ignis]

Done for the Tales of Rarepairs event, for Lucifaron!

When I read this prompt from @lucifaron, it reminded me of a track from the Vesperia Anthology Drama CD 2010 Summer. Flynn asks the members of Brave Vesperia to spar with him. He defeats Karol and Raven, surrenders instantly to Estelle, and when Judith's spear slips, he manages to defeat her as well.

Turns out, Judy isn't completely happy about losing, so this happens:

Judith: By the way, there's one more member left. Will you take them on?

Flynn: One more?

He loses in one blow ;D

#tales of vesperia #vesperia #tales of #judith #flynn scifo #ba'ul #my art

[queerlybelovdd]

#kelpiens #ba'ul #star trek discovery #st disco #sci fi #tv shows #star trek #game rant #paramount plus

[defconprime]

Eaglemoss Ba'ul Fighter, 2020.

#star trek discovery #star trek models #ba'ul

[theconjurervfx]

Stargate as Anime.

#stargate sg1 #anime #samantha carter #jack oneill #orici #adria #ori #goa'uld #amanda tapping #richard dean anderson #lord ba'ul #morena baccarin #cliff simon #ai mirror #photoshop #ai art #mood #my edits #orici x daniel #daniel jackson #stargate

[aresite]

Durril got an extra slab of meat with his breakfast this morning from his daughters who presented it with the words ‘happy father’s day’. He heard this every year, and every year he was jealous. What did he have to do to get an extra steak with his breakfast too?

#tw: father's day #ba'ul plz

[megoomy]

judith, a witch(?!) in a pact with a malak named ba’ul

more info and reference sheet under the cut!

here she is!! i'm happy with her look, less so with the rendered image of her, but we can't win them all.

like it says on the sheet, i was taking a lot of cues from her in game Draconic Lancer title costume. I wanted to lean into the white more than her default outfit, calling back more to the helmeted look she has before joining the party. but obviously, i didnt want to do anything that looked too much like that, or that had gold accents like her in game jacket and...skirt cape(??), because then she'd come off as kind of abbey coded. so i settled on pink accents, pulling from the colors on the Draconic Lancer look. i think it's fun. it gives her a girlish touch, which is a part of judy's character that i like! she's badass and secretive and mysterious, but she likes cute things too. well. her idea of cute, anyways...i think it suits her persona of being a "witch" in this setting. judy understands how to create an image.

speaking of that. unlike rita, who has a lot of magical knowledge, judy is basically a witch in name only. she understands how to form a pact, and not a lot past that! i think we landed on this for a few reasons:

Judy's father, Hermes, was a blastia expert, and naturally good at the magic of vesperia's universe. but judy was just the opposite, and in the novels she initially couldn't even grasp the talents natural to most krityans. being a witch who doesn't actually do much magic seems apt.

speaking of her dad, this also provides her connection to rita. they're both...witches. rita WILL NOT call judy a witch though, as you might imagine LOL (on that note, maybe hermes takes on the role of grim as the witch teacher?? again, we havent really decided on this LOL)

ba'ul obviously makes most sense as a malak, since the malaks and the entelechaia are both spirit equivalents for these tales entries. (well, entelechaia become spirits--listen, you get what i mean if you've played enough tales games) and judy MUST be with ba'ul! much like she only learns how to use her nageeg after interacting with ba'ul in the novel, i think she has just enough resonance to meet ba'ul, and their connection increases it, and she refines that ability as a "witch" enough to solidify their bond through a pact. they're family!

But yeah she uses a spear to fight. Ba'ul helps her imbue it with seraphic artes to a degree, but mostly its just the spear. I went with a design similar to the Brionac, since that's her Lore Important Weapon, but uh, i haven't designated this lance with lore importance itself. maybe we'll come up with something. looking at it right now i really think i should've colored it differently but IM NOT CHANGING IT, I ALREADY POSTED TO TWITTER!!! (it may change, hell, i decided to make it kind of glow pink in the image, im not fit for weapon designs)

Ba'ul always comes first to Judy, but neither of them is particularly biased against daemons or humans, despite knowing the truth about malevolence. she's quick to befriend yuri and loves repede (who is also a daemon, i gotta put him down on paper soon) and seems understanding of people's different circumstances. but she prioritizes her own goals first, so she'll disappear at the drop of a hat if it suits her, and yuri knows better than to count on her too much...

oh yeah. ba'ul is considered a "dragon" in vesperia, but that comes with a lot of BAGGAGE in this universe, so he's not a dragon here. he, um....he just looks like that. it's fine.

#tovb au #judith vesperia #tales of vesperia

[stra-tek]

With Picard season 3 ending very soon, let's review the endings to modern Trek, and see the chances of it ending well. Or rather, you read what I think.

Discovery S1: Flat as a pancake end to the Klingon war, following epic and satisfying ends to the Klingon sarcophagus ship and Lorca's mutiny storylines. Massive backstage unheavel meant the end and beginning had very different creative direction. 1/5.

Discovery S2: I loved it, a massive epic space battle, a big emotional farewell between Spock and Michael (argubly the first time Discovery paused a massive crisis for a therapeutic chitchat, which would go on to become a tiresome cliche) and great time travel scenes even though the Red Angel did things Michael never could have (like disable the Ba'ul technology as if by magic) so it doesn't work if you look closely. Still, more creative upheaval and rumours of a massive change in creative direction mid-season, supposedly dropping a faith vs science plotline which would have featured a religious Captain Pike butting heads with Michael for the fun but cliche Control/Skynet story. Set up Section 31, Strange New Worlds spin-offs and Discovery's jump to the 32nd century. 5/5 despite flaws I was buzzing afterwards.

Picard S1: A flat ending to the synth storyline, a weird choice to kill Picard and make him a synth (perhaps a fix job for an originally planned sacrifice they had to work around when they decided to carry the show on?) and with some solid gold scenes with Picard and Data in the weird synth computer simulation afterlife. 2/5.

Discovery S3: A fun end with big fist fights in an impossible hammerspace between Discovery's decks. 3/5.

Picard S2. The final scenes between Q and Picard were solid gold. The rest was runny shite. 1/5.

Discovery S4. Big alien aliens. Deus ex machina brings Book back from the dead. Book gets community service for terrorist activities. Peace is made with the floaty giant aliens. Flat again, as was the whole season IMHO. 2/5.

Lower Decks S1. I don't remember. 3/5 it was always fun and watchable.

Strange New Worlds S1: The Ghost of Christmas Future and a reboot of Balance of Terror. Iffy Jim Kirk casting. 4/5.

Lower Decks S2. I remember Carol's arrest. 3/5.

Prodigy S1. Amazing season, amazing finale. Every emotional beat was earned. 5/5 the best of modern Trek, watch it if you haven't.

Lower Decks S3. Loved the race between Cerritos and the Texas-class. But holy shit Starfleet needs to stop with letting AI control anything important. The end with the Cali-class saving the say was ace. 4/5.

Don't fuck it up, Picard S3 people. Your season has been an amazing, contrived, fanwank explosion clusterfuck that somehow works really well so far. Don't ruin it.

#star trek #star trek discovery #star trek prodigy #lower decks #strange new worlds #star trek picard

[dimensionhoppinghybrids]

Started from here with @aresite

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Joseph gave a chuckle. "Not exactly here for the festival, no." He said with a shrug. "But it seems I got landed in the middle of it anyway." He said as he smiled at the two men. He saw how Ba'ul lingered on him with mixed emotions, but that wasn't something he could ask directly.

"You doing okay over there Baal?" Joseph asked with a smile. "Are these two not letting you eat your fill again?" He asked with a bit of a knowing smile. Really the Absol needed a diet of healthy food and a workout.

"What about you two? What are you three doing here?" He asked curiously as he looked at the trio.

#striking down like a thunderburner (joseph) #aresite

[fontasticcrablettes]

The more you go digging through niche game lore, the more you will find that basically everyone released after the game has contradictions in canon. Like, I've found a few lines that suggest everything about Damuron in Empty Mask was invented after the release of the game and wasn't part of the original character. The lore given about Ba'ul in the Judith light novels is contradicted by the story Judith gives in-game.

A lot of the side material is very fun and entertaining in its own right, and saying they are not canonical is not an indictment of their quality, but trying to view every Vesperia story released by Bamco as part of a cohesive whole is a recipe for a headache. Pick and choose what bits of lore spark joy, and disregard the rest.

[mistralxsoul]

Flynn's birthday... was in just under a month. His 23rd birthday. Yuri wanted to do something for him, but... that was when he had another thought train. One that... actually fit in perfectly with the coming date.

Yuri had been making it a point to save up to find a proper engagement ring, but one day he just found himself frozen in realization. It didn't have to take that long. If he could get in contact with Kaufman, he could find something through Fortune's Market and talk to her about pricing.

First he went to the Fortune's Market in Dahngrest to work around setting up an appointment with her. It wasn't difficult to get in touch with her if he went through Fortune's Market himself, and it wasn't like he was an unfamiliar face in Dahngrest. There was no suspicion at his request and it had gone smoothly enough. All he needed to do from there was ask Judith to borrow Ba'ul to get to Torim on the appointment day. Making Kaufman come all the way to Dahngrest wasn't necessary when he could get there faster than she could get to Dahngrest.

He silently apologized to Karol for putting their guild on the line, but in a way, he wasn't really. He never had any intention of working things out with Kaufman and then just fleeing the scene. Between knowing her somewhat well and her trusting him and Brave Vesperia, it wasn't difficult to ask her about finding a good ring and going on a payment plan so he could just pay it off in increments. If he couldn't work guild jobs, he'd find other odd jobs to do.

He wasn't exactly sure he expected her to say no, but he was still surprised when she didn't. But the truth was, Kaufman could crush their still tiny guild in the blink of an eye. They just didn't have the people to back themselves up, and they would probably never be as world renowned as Fortune's Market. If he tried to cheat her out of business, the whole world was going to know about it.

And she knew that. They both completely, wholeheartedly knew that. Granted, she did trust Yuri as a person too. She had seen him firsthand more than once and was one of the few people who knew how much work he'd put in to, well, literally save the planet itself. At this point she would probably be shocked if Yuri tried to cheat her in some way.

From there she directed him to a place to get the ring in question, having written a note for the person who would be in charge of the shop at the time that he wouldn't be paying the whole price upfront. Thankfully the note gave ample evidence that she was the one who wrote it, signature, stamp and all, but if he was allowed to let her know if he had any trouble and if she needed to tell the shop herself.

Thankfully it didn't actually go badly, and he was grateful he'd set up the payment plan idea when he spotted the blue diamond ring that was littered with white diamonds on the outside of the ring lining. Real diamonds. No matter what kind of guild jobs he got, twenty thousand gald was... a lot. He would be speaking with Ioder soon about doing jobs for him if that's what it took to get this specific ring.

Yuri knew Flynn wouldn't have cared if Yuri had gotten the cheapest ring imaginable. Just the fact that he was thinking about this at all probably would have been enough. Flynn was... a Commandant now though, and someone like that couldn't be seen wearing some cheap ass engagement ring. It might not bother Yuri if people knew he was goddamn poor, but it would bother him if people started talking about how the Commandant was planning to marry some literal poor bastard and judged Flynn for it.

Once he had the ring, he had one last thought accompany it. He could... try to make Flynn a matching necklace, couldn't he? Like the one Flynn had given him when they were teenagers? He still had it, he just... stopped wearing it to avoid it being broken. He was out and about and it could have broke or just gotten lost. Even now on guild jobs he wouldn't be able to wear it just in case, but if they wanted to match while they were both free from work? If he made one, they could do that...

So he searched as much as he could, taking odd guilds jobs that Ruin's Gate might have otherwise taken, quite frankly just for the sole purpose of finding a matching quartz. He just needed a light blue quartz, so he could realistically go buy that too, but... Flynn had found Yuri's at the river. He hadn't bought it. If they were going to match, this was the best way to do that.

After about a week of jobs, he found one. It almost surprised him to find one like he wanted at all, but better than just that, he'd gotten paid for the jobs. Everything had been an efficient use of time, though Karol had eventually piped up about why he couldn't sit still all week and was always out on some job or another. He wrote it off as he'd found something he wanted to buy, which was at least partially true even if he'd technically already bought it, and it was enough to get Karol to, though slightly still confused, accept the answer.

Next step was... learning how to work out the necklace. That itself took another week just from practice and having to practice between jobs. Yuri would probably sleep for an entire day after he got these things to Flynn with all the running around he'd been doing. Once the necklace was done though, all that was left was to wait to visit Flynn on his birthday, and he'd made sure to inform the others that he was taking that day without question.

He didn't usually make such sturdy requests (demands?), but once he explained it was Flynn's birthday and he had something planned, all of their eyes lit up in understanding. Judith and Raven already knew they were together, but he'd managed to somehow keep it from both of them that he'd even bought that ring. Evidently he was getting better at hiding things from even them.

On the day of, Yuri was told in advance that Ioder had given Flynn the day off. Since it was his birthday, hopefully Flynn naturally understood and made no move to argue Ioder's case. Ioder had also made it a point to make sure Flynn knew Yuri was visiting that day, if only to make him argue less about the day off. Yuri's plan was to take him to dinner specifically in the Lower Quarter and have a quiet celebration for his birthday with only Lower Quarter residents (and Repede!) - no formalities, no castle people (Ioder was invited but he declined only on the basis that he'd like Flynn to experience his birthday with the people he grew up with and who were a proper family to him). While Yuri was busy and away in Dahngrest, Hanks made sure to work on the plans with the other residents once Yuri knew for a fact that Ioder was letting Flynn off work.

Once dinner was done and the two of them had left the inn, Yuri took him on a walk through the Public Quarter market just to give them some alone time (featuring Repede because he deserved to still have his walk too!) before heading back to Flynn's room at the castle. Seeing as Flynn was quick to hold his hand most times, Yuri made the first move this time and did his best not to concern himself with any curious looks. If people didn't like it, well... that sucked for them.

It didn't really matter to Yuri how late they got back, but he did walk Flynn back to his room which, while it may have been to Flynn's surprise, Yuri had already gotten into the castle and left his belongings in Flynn's room (neatly! For the man's birthday!). It was easier than going back to the inn to grab his things from his own room there on the way and then going back to the castle.

Nowadays it was much easier getting into the castle though. Guards recognized his face when he eventually decided to stop only trying to get in through Flynn's window (which he would still do, but sometimes he did want to make sure people were actually more familiar with him once he started dating Flynn), and he could just put it out there that he was friendly with the emperor, commandant, and Great War survivor Schwann. It was usually enough to get him in, though he did sometimes have to sit around and wait for one of them to be brought out to confirm they knew him.

As much as they were winding down for the night, Yuri still felt... a bit shy about giving the necklace to Flynn, but he finally took a breath and went through his belongings to get it. He handed the small box it was safely kept in to Flynn. "This is... for your birthday." He let Flynn open it and register it before at all moving to get the ring box, not wanting to rush Flynn and letting him put the pieces together of what it was and why before moving on.

For a split second Yuri nearly panicked when Flynn's eyes were watering, but he convinced himself with a soft and silent breath that he knew why. His face was even getting red, and Yuri oddly enough relaxed at that. He could tell the difference between embarrassment and gratitude when Flynn got emotional like this. "I wanted us to match, so... I hope that came out well enough."

He was always grateful to Flynn for going out of his way to handmake him that necklace when they had basically nothing for themselves. It was easier now and Yuri had more money and way more access to things, but it was still a reminder of a time when they mostly really only had each other, the other orphans and the Lower Quarter. No emperors, no knight captains, no knights at all, no guilds, no being in with powerful people. In some way Yuri would always miss that simple life they had, but he was doing his best just to keep going forward and stop looking back.

When Flynn had safely registered, reacted and seemed ready to continue with the night, Yuri paused, feeling even more shy on the inside than he was showing on the outside. He was never... really... good at formal things like this. It wasn't his way of doing things. He sure as shit was not getting on one knee. If he did, he couldn't even blame Flynn for laughing at how ridiculous it would look.

So instead of going through what would be total nonsense from Yuri, he located the box in his belongings and also handed it to Flynn. By now he was starting to get used to his face burning around Flynn... It always happened in quiet spaces when they were more intimate like this. If they were in battle? Sparring? Joking? Any number of flirts or compliments could spill out. Yuri didn't even hesitate with it if adrenaline was involved. It was always when it was quiet like this, just like the night they'd started dating.

Yuri was somewhere between shyness and pouting when Flynn opened the box and the realization was showing on his face. Yeah, maybe he should've proposed in the middle of sparring. Maybe he would do that too in some other way. That felt so... naturally them. But right now, the only thing he could get out was a soft but gentle, "...Marry me?"

He had noticed pretty early on that Yuri had been acting quite peculiar as they spent the day together. As usual, Yuri was pretty good at hiding what he was actually feeling but Flynn knew him better than anyone alive, just as Yuri knew him. 

Whenever they were alone, Yuri would always mindlessly point out little habits of Flynn’s that seemed to give away the man’s mood. The way Flynn expressed himself by how tightly he clenched his hands, the way his eye (always his right, never his left for some reason) would twitch when he was angry or annoyed, the way he would avert his eyes when embarrassed… Those were just a few of the habits Yuri had pointed out about Flynn over the years.

Flynn never realized just how much of an open book he actually was until he realized that the only one who had truly read into him so deeply was the man who pointed out these patterns to begin with. But it was easy to notice these things when you spent a solid percentage of your life with someone. To Flynn, picking up on these signs was almost second nature, really. 

The way that Yuri’s fingers would tap anxiously on the table or how his foot bounced silently as they sat and had dinner with the Lower Quarter. The way that Yuri seemed to keep himself busy with conversation. Despite the nervous motions that Flynn had just barely noticed, Yuri seemed fine otherwise as he sat close to Flynn, arms practically touching as they celebrated Flynn’s birthday with their hometown. At some point, Flynn would let his pinky hook with Yuri’s, hoping the motion would help quell whatever worries were stuck in Yuri’s mind. For some reason, his presence always seemed to help Yuri so Flynn was happy to use it to his advantage.

Flynn wished he could stay by his side forever if it meant his presence would stop Yuri from getting so anxious. 

The dinner was loud and rambunctious, filled with old friends that Yuri and Flynn had grown up with, along with some of the older folks that had a hand in raising both Flynn and Yuri in some shape or form. Old stories were shared, Happy birthday wishes were given and it was the closest Flynn had felt to being himself around the people in the Lower Quarter in a very long time. 

The dinner came to an end all too soon. Yuri and Repede decided to walk Flynn home, with the latter happily accepting if it meant he got to spend some alone time with his partner. He could tell that Yuri was still nervous over something (Though it didn’t seem like anything too serious. Did he have a gift planned perhaps?) but before Flynn could even think to reach out and take his hand in an effort to comfort him as they walked and talked, Yuri grabbed his hand first. He knew that Yuri was shy about stuff like this, especially in public, so he knew how hard this was for Yuri. As their hands linked together, Flynn was all smiles which earned him such a soft, shy but loving smile in return from the other. 

Flynn wanted to always make Yuri smile like that.

Flynn should have known that Yuri had already been planning to stay the night but it was still a pleasant surprise regardless. Flynn really couldn’t think of a better end to his birthday than to curl up under the blankets with the most important man in his arms but it seemed like Yuri had other plans. 

A few months ago, Flynn had come across the old quartz necklace that he had made for Yuri back when they were teenagers and he had been surprised that the other had kept it while overjoyed at the same time. After that, Yuri would wear it on days where he knew he didn’t have anything crazy going on, just so he wouldn’t lose the old necklace Flynn had made for him. Flynn thought it was silly, while also touching that he cared for it so much.

As Flynn stared down at the light blue quartz necklace now hanging from his neck, he was beginning to understand how Yuri felt. His lover had presented the necklace to him as his birthday present and Flynn isn’t ashamed to admit that it struck at his heart in just the right way that left him wet-eyed and emotional. It was similar to the one he had made years ago and even if it wasn’t the exact same, the fact that Yuri thought of that time, of him… and he was worried about if it came out well?

“Yuri… It’s perfect…” Flynn breathed out as he gently took it into his hands before moving to tie it around his own neck, much like Yuri had done that day when they were only teenagers. He held the stone between his fingers as he blinked away the tears, smile widening as he stared back at his other half. "You made this for me, of course it would be perfect, Yuri."

Despite all of the bumps in the road, they had really really come a long way together.

Yuri had no choice but to surrender to multiple loving kisses from Flynn after that, the blonde just being so delighted over how shy and cute Yuri was at the moment. But soon enough, Flynn seemed to grant the other mercy as the night slowly came to an end. While Flynn took a moment longer to admire the necklace around his neck, he could feel Yuri step away from him as he went back over to his belongings. 

Flynn had assumed the man was simply going to change into his night clothes and Flynn was about ready to do the same when he noticed Repede’s head lift up slightly before he climbed to his feet and headed for the door. It took little work for the dog to lift himself up on his hind legs to bat at the door handle and before Flynn could think to even ask what he was doing, the handle turned and the door cracked open. Earning one final look from the dog, Repede slipped out of the room, turning only to grab onto the handle with his teeth to pull the door shut. 

“Is Repede not staying tonight?” Flynn frowned, having taken a few steps towards the door before he turned to address Yuri as the man stepped back into his space and…

…was met with a small box. A small box that fit in the palm of Yuri’s hand. A small box that one would usually put something like… like jewelry in. Yuri held it out to him, cheeks red as he shyly averted his eyes, lips formed into a tiny pout. Flynn could have sworn his own heart had stopped as he quietly and gently took the box from Yuri’s hand. He opened the box. His breath caught as he stared down at the small ring within. A small ring in a velvet box. A small ring that looked like–

“... Yuri…?” Flynn questioned with a cracked whisper because there’s just no way, no way, no way–

“...Marry me?” 

“Yes.” 

The answer, breathless and shaky as it was, was instantaneous and in one swift movement, the ring was pulled from the box and placed onto his finger as the box was dropped to the floor. He could barely get a laugh out before he’s crashing into Yuri, kissing him fervently as his arms wrapped around the other’s waist, hugging him tightly. He repeated the answer against Yuri’s lips, unable to choose between kissing the other or saying yes a thousand times over like his heart wanted. 

Then, with a joyful laugh, he couldn’t stop himself from picking Yuri (his lover, his fiance, his soon to be husband!!!) up by the waist and just twirling him around in his arms, pressing a kiss on his lips, nose, cheeks, forehead, everywhere he could reach. Yuri may have protested when his feet left the ground but Flynn didn’t care so long as Yuri kept looking at him with that beautiful smile of his. He spun them a few more times before his knees hit the edge of the bed and they both tumbled backwards onto the soft mattress behind them. 

Instead of kissing Yuri again, however, Flynn presses his forehead against the other’s. It was an action they found themselves doing more times than not and somehow, to Flynn, it seemed more intimate than kissing. It just allowed him to stare into the eyes of his beloved, to just exist together, loving each other with nothing to really distract them.

He was still laughing, just overjoyed and when he focused on Yuri’s expression, the way his dark eyes stared back at him so tenderly and lovingly, Flynn reached up to stroke the man’s cheek. 

“...You’re such a bastard, you know…” Flynn snorts, especially upon seeing Yuri’s expression upon hearing this. “Beating me to this, I mean... I keep finding myself thinking about how badly I want to spend the rest of my life with you. And I know that marriage or not, we’ll always be together. But I still wanted to get you a ring at least so I could prove that I didn’t intend on going anywhere without you. But then you beat me to it, you jerk.” 

He laughed a bit when he pinched Yuri’s side lightly, earning a small laugh in return which was followed up by a lighthearted apology. Still, Flynn supposed it didn’t matter who got to it first (though he would have loved to put a ring on Yuri’s finger so he could proudly show off his new fiance). Even now, he knew that nothing between them would change and that this was more a formality than anything. 

But it definitely confirmed, if there had been any doubt, that Yuri wanted to be by Flynn’s side just as much as Flynn wanted to remain by Yuri’s. 

As the laughter died down, all that remained was their smiles as Flynn's fingers trailed up Yuri's cheek and up to his forehead, brushing hair from his eyes. “I love you, Yuri. You’re … everything to me. You’ve always been the shining light of my life, since the moment I met you… even if I didn’t realize it at times. So, I swear upon everything that I am that I will strive to do the same. I want to continue to be someone you can depend on, no matter the circumstance.” He sucks in a heavy breath and moves so his face could press into Yuri's shoulder, emotions becoming way too much for him to handle as he whispers the rest of his words, words only meant to be shared between them and them alone. 

“...Thank you for allowing me to stay by your side.” Even after everything that’s happened. 

The final words were left unsaid, Flynn choosing to leave the meaning for Yuri to determine. If Yuri allowed it, Flynn could probably talk all night about how happy Yuri made him. And maybe he still had a few things to say, words of love and affection that he wanted to shower the other with.

But for now, he was content with just showing Yuri just how in love Flynn was with him. Whether that led to Yuri being held in Flynn’s arms all night, being showered with compliments and adoration or led to Flynn showing his love through more… strenuous means was between them and them alone. 

Regardless of whatever happened that night, or in countless days that followed after that, Flynn knew one thing at least. Yuri had been there through almost every challenge that Flynn had ever faced in his life. More challenges were likely on their way, as their lives were only just beginning. 

Knowing for sure that Yuri had his back, and vice versa, Flynn knew he was ready for anything that the world decided to throw at them.

#bravewolfvesperia #[post-canon verse] #//UHHHHH THIS GOT SO LONG OOPS #//flynn is just so in love LMAOOO #//conrgats Flynn god u deserve this LMAO

[hachimitsuotu]

Tales of Vesperia post-game fic, Judith as the main character. Main relationships: Judith & Ba'ul, Flynn/Judith, Judith & Rita Mordio, Hermes & Judith (Flashbacks).

Changes made:

Chapter 1 has been revamped (og version can be viewed via link in the link). Now features a prelude into a future scene + a flashback with young!Judy, Hermes, and Ba'ul

Summary has more context (accessible via above link)

#tales of vesperia

[ormspryde]

Some short character profiles I did for the cyberpunk Vesperia AU I'm outlining right now:

Patty: An experimental mech pilot who escaped from the science district with her mech.  With no memory of the time before the experiments inflicted on her, she uses her wits and her machine to survive in the harsh landscape outside the dome.  Occasionally she experiences thoughts and memories that don't seem to be her own...

Damuron/Schwann/Raven: A system created by the trauma of being brought back from the dead after the Great War.  Schwann tends to be in front while they're in Imperial Megacity, and Raven while they're in Dahngrest; Damuron rarely comes out at all.  They have a lot of responsibilities in either town, but now and again they either manage to relax or someone makes them - usually that someone is either Yeager or Whitehorse.

Yuri Lowell: An adrenaline junkie who rides his bike for kicks and to drive the dragoons crazy.  He was once part of that institution and got some decent implants out of the deal, but he left when he realized they weren't going to let him do jack for the undercity.  He gets by doing odd delivery jobs and selling vaporthorn.  He feels stifled living where he does, but he also doesn't feel like he can leave.

Rita: An orphaned ward of the state, Rita works as an independent government researcher in the science district.  Her primary interests are nanobots and aer, with a side interest in the field of cybernetics.  In her very sparse downtime, she either relaxes in cyberspace or reads one of the hardcopy books she keeps in her quarters.

Estellise: An experimental AI housed in the security wing of the dragoons' district, Estellise knows little of the outside world other than the sparse digital library she has access to.  Her only real social contacts are in cyberspace and with the scientists who run experiments on her.  She has an advanced android body she can upload herself, but she's rarely allowed to.

Repede: Repede is a cyberdog with enhanced reflexes, senses, intelligence, and fighting ability.  He's bonded with Yuri, who stole him when he left the dragoons.  Repede is picky about people, but is more disdainful than usual about both Estelle and Yeager.

Judith: Judith travels widely with her friend ba'ul, when she can.  She maintains ties to the hidden city of Myorzo, where she grew up, but she rarely visits so as not to draw the attention of the Empire to it.  Inside the megacities, she has to rely on more mundane transport; if Ba'ul is captured, it means a fate worse than death for him.  She knows Duke, and occasionally helps him out.

Karol: 'Adopted' in turn by a number of street gangs in Dahngrest, Karol has a variety of skills, including some less-than-legal talents such as hacking and lockpicking.  His cowardice has gotten him shunned by most of the gangs he's been in, until he's come to not expect anything better for himself other than to simply survive.

Flynn:  Flynn stayed with the dragoons where Yuri chose to leave, though he still maintains his ties in the undercity, where they grew up together.  When the story begins, one of his duties is inspecting power facilities around the megacity.

Yeager:  Yeager's the owner and operator of Leviathan's Claw, a corporation devoted mostly to operating pleasure clubs and smuggling drugs in various cities, although he has a number of mercenaries and assassins at his disposal.  A survivor of the Great War, Yeager is under Alexei's hold - although the yoke is beginning to chafe.  He lives vicariously through his beloved daughters, and gets together with Raven, when they happen to be in Dahngrest.

Duke:  Duke is one of the vanishingly few humans that know the location of the last group of free Entelexeia.  He is almost fanatically devoted to the cause of freeing the Entelexeia the Empire has captive in their power plants, but secretly only wishes to see his dear friend Elucifur again.

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[gregolwman]

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to." - Gandalf the Grey , the Lord of the Rings

It's been a long road. Getting from there to here. It's been a long time. But my time is finally near. Sorry, not sorry, but I couldn't resist. Soooooo... It's been a while huh? I know what I said about trying to post something before New Year and all that pizazz. However, I have been in a food coma and then got swamped with work so not have a lot of time to continue my award-winning trash-talking about what Star Trek Discovery could have done to be an interesting show. Therefore without further ado, let's crack into it.

Season 3: Internal Strife! One year has passed since the Klingon War and the Federation has fallen on hard times since Starfleet is at its weakest and there are plenty of sharks smelling blood in the water. The Orion Syndicate, with the secret aid of the Romulan Star Empire, created the Emerald Chain out of several Federation planets and associates by muscling in on their turf. Some people in the upper echelons of the government suspect foul play, as such President T'Rina sends Commander Burnham to investigate the situation and throws her lot with Cleveland Booker, a rogue element within the supposed idyllic lifestyle of the Federation. Eventually, Michael rejoins the Discovery's crew, but often butts heads with Captain Saru since neither of them has any idea how to get past their issues of trust and trauma, even if they come to respect one another. At some point, they are joined by Adira Tal, an inspector with the United Earth Probe Agency after some troubles on the Jovian Moons. Together they find themselves on an emergency trip to the secular world of Trill, where Adira is forced to deal with her past and the isolationist tendencies of the locals. We already know that one of Dax's previous hosts had interactions with the Federation during the 22nd and 23rd centuries so there is no reason for other adventurous symbionts not to do the same plus we can justify the death of Gray with the Klingon's attack on Starbase 1 or just the War in general, as such we have a lovely aesop of letting go of the past and living in the present and such. Anyways, besides that we also have a lost Vulcan colony that has been rediscovered following the Earth-Romulan War, it was thought that the entire place was glassed in nuclear fire. It is here where Michael uncovers a person from her past whom she hoped to never see again and where T'Rina's resolve is tested as whatever the colonists are hiding might be truly damaging to the Federation and Vulcans alike. Spoilers, it is the fact that Romulans and Vulcans can live with one another and complement each other's style of living under the right circumstances. Also, the person that Michael wishes to avoid is her mother, who was neglectful due to her grief and trauma to the point where Michael preferred to spend time with Sarek's family. Michael finally forgives herself and therefore the Georgiou hallucination that has been haunting her fades away as Burnham learned to move on, all the while Saru decides to take a leave of absence and return to his homeworld to help expedite the unification process between the Ba'ul and Kelpiens. However, not everything is going well for everyone as T'Rina gets impeached due to the Council losing confidence in her abilities to lead and the new President-Elect happens to be none other than the hawkish Laira Rillak, who is a Denobulan this time around since these guys barely got featured after Enterprise. The whole thing also benefited the Romulans since now they have more up-to-date information about their enemies without having to start another war.

Season 4: Honesty, not a lot has changed from the original format except that Gray is not coming back to life and Ruon Tarka is none other than former Captain Gabriel Lorca, who is now working with Section 31 after they went underground. Lorca's plan is quite simple as he takes advantage of the chaos happening around him and wants to undermine Starfleet since he is both petty and bitter about his imprisonment, he wants to push Laira to extremism, not unlike that of the Federation First party later in the timeline and also wants to get himself a new apprentice who happens to be the new Warrant Officer Cleveland Booker, who is quite rightfully angry at the resident hyper-advanced space whales for blowing up his planet and family. Hugh Culber, who got a very nasty case of having his back broken during season 1 because his Paul was having the mother of all mental breakdowns following his ill-advised augmentation with space tardigrade DNA, decided to become the onboard Counselor since he finally got over the fact that he spent most of season 2 in a medically induced coma and the break he took from dealing with his husband's bad decisions to deal with his own issues.

With all of this in mind, all I can say is that I have no idea what season 5 will bring and the move from the 23rd century to the 32nd century was not a great plan considering that they could have just done all of the above to obtain the same results, but hey that's just Hollywood's desire to milk that cow for that sweet, sweet cash. Keep in mind that during season 3 they transition from the Enterprise Blues to the Origanl Sweaters, but with something more akin to what those guys at the Axanar production have in mind. Also, I have been noticing that a lot of my followers tended to be from the Dark Side of Tumblr, so I made the executive decision to start blocking anyone who didn't have anything posted on their pages and no titles. After all rule 190 of the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition says "Hear all, trust nothing" and did I hear some things from those "followers" of mine that now I ain't trusting none of y'all without some proper IDs at hand.

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#ramblings #star trek discovery #sorry not even remotely sorry #scifi #who are you #why do i even bother

[talesofourworlds]

@heroesxdemons continued with the beta editor!

And on they went, out of Aspio proper and into the open air of Terca Lumireis. The cool air blew her hair as she and Erma flew onward, and it seemed as though any of Rita's concerns were quickly becoming less. She knew this whole ghost thing was temporary. Of course it was. Even so, there was something almost kind of... fun about it. Somehow. She wasn't quite sure how that worked.

Soon enough, she found herself gazing upon the same view as Erma. The sky was a mix of beautiful dusk colors as the sun slipped further and further down below the horizon and made way for the moon. Needless to say, it was breathtaking. She'd seen sights like it before while traveling with the others. Even while riding on the Fiertia out at sea or as Ba'ul carried the ship, she'd seen views similar. This just was different somehow. Perhaps it was because there was nothing holding her back. She might as well have been a bird admiring the view.

A glance was all it took for her to read Erma's paper, and she nodded.

"Yeah."

"It's actually pretty incredible," Rita answered. "It's one thing to view the sky from a ship, but this... if I could make something that would let people fly without having to worry about size or anything, that would be amazing. Just think of the possibilities!" She could use something like that to fly over to Zaphias whenever and just hang around with Estelle. Or... something else. The Estelle thing was the first thing that had come to mind.

"And to think I'd still be plinking away at research instead of doing this right now otherwise. Guess it's a good thing you came by, huh," she said, freely looking to her ghostly companion as she did.

#ic #heroesxdemons #Pyrokinetic Genius (Rita) #Following Our Paths