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countrymusiclover · 4 months

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7 - Cuba Beach

Part 8

Battle of Heart and Mind

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I didn’t get much sleep last night. I wasn’t sure any of us honestly could. This was our first battle together as a team. The battle that would determine if mutants were accepted into the world for saving the world. Or would we be hunted down because we were different and viewed as the next enemy of the world.

Sitting on the edge of the bed my hair was slightly tousled with my gaze fixated on the shut bedroom in front of me. I had been up for a few hours just silently staring at the door. “If I leave then I have to face my father…but if I stay they might need my help.”

Gripping the bed sheets in my fingers I thought back to the moments with my father. He wasn’t that good of a father when it came down to it. Always busy in the lab experimenting on Erik. My mother must have disappeared for a reason…I hated to think it was because of him.

“Addison, can I come in?” Shaking my head a voice pulled me from my thoughts recognizing it as Erik nonetheless.

I stumbled from the bed hearing him turn the metal doorknob with his power slowly entering my bedroom. “Uh sure. Come in.”

“Charles found suits that Hank made. He told me to come find you and bring you yours. Are you ready?” He stepped through the doorway carrying a blue and yellow flight suit on his left arm.

Twiddling my thumbs together in my lap. “I don’t know if I can do this, Erik.”

“Are you thinking of backing out?” He asked the question I was dreading.

Closing my eyes I couldn't look him in the eye when it left my mouth. “Would you be upset if I backed out…I mean he's my father even if he wants to destroy the world.”

“Hey, now what makes you think that I would be angry if you backed out.” He gave me a confused expression.

Throwing my head back I couldn't believe we were having the conversation now. He had made it perfectly clear what his life mission was all along. I wasn’t so native as Charles who believes he might change his mind once we find my father. “Because you only care about getting vengeance for what he did to your mother ... .I've known it's going to happen with or without my support.”

“Addison, I…I'd never hurt you. It's only your father I wish to make suffer.” Erik came over sitting down beside me on the bed having it creak at the sudden weight change.

Avoiding his gaze I mumbled softly. “I'm not afraid of you, Erik…”

“I'm not good at expressing my emotions with others. But….I gave you this for a reason.” He gently reached for the metal coin in between his fingers, seeing that I hadn't taken it off since he gave it to me back in Russia.

Nodding slowly I still wouldn't meet his gaze. “Why exactly did you give it to me?”

“It was because…because against what you think I trust you more than you think I do.” Erik moves his hands up cradling my face in his hands making me finally look into his brown eyes.

Croaking through some tears. “You trust me?”

“I wouldn't just say that to anyone on the street now would I.” He remarks in a slightly snarky manner.

I snorted, getting an idea in my head. “I suppose not. That gives me an idea.”

Breaking away from I rummaged around in the desk drawer at my bedside until I found the folded up object. Unfolding the piece of paper I held back tears holding it out to him. “Addison, what are you doing?”

“I'm giving it to you. As my own sign of trust that you'll keep your word about my mother. Helping me find out what happened to her.” I held it out for him to not move my gaze anywhere else.

The metal controlling mutant had no words eyeing the picture in her palm. He had seen the picture only once before this. He knew that the unknown was eating at her. That the picture was the only thing she had of her meaning he could only assume the worst had happened to her mother but he wouldn't dare utter that thought to her mind. “I can't take it. I won't take it, Addison.”

“Erik, please. There's nothing else I can entrust you with in my life.” I replied.

He declared gently. “That's not true.”

“Then what exactly?” I raised a brow hugging the picture back to my chest.

He held the side of my cheek in his palm once more feeling me lean into his hand. “You can trust me with your heart as I can you with mine.”

“Erik…” I mumbled leaning forward not thinking that we needed to be getting ready to fight. Pressing my lips onto his he leans forward deepening the kiss by holding my face in both hands again.

Laying the picture on the side of the bed I climbed into his lap wrapping my arms around his neck moving my lips onto his longingly. “Addi.”

“Erik, Addi. Hank has the plane ready to go.” Charles voice came from the hallway where he halted in his tracks. “Am I interrupting something?”

Erik growled under his breath separating from me. “Nothing at all, old friend.”

“I was just getting changed.” I lied with Erik leaving the room. I quickly got to my feet eyeing Charles who stared at me for a moment with an almost saddened look on his face. I knew he could read my mind but wouldn't without permission first. ‘ Does he have feelings for me ‘ I couldn't help but think to myself.

Everyone had gotten on the plane that Hank had designed. I was seated between Erik and Alex. Raven was beside her brother and Banshee. Leaning back in my seat Charles decided to control the Russians to fire on their own ship but that meant Hank had to barrel roll the plane so we didn't get hit. Shutting my eyes tightly I gripped the seatbelt in my hands feeling another hand touch mine. I smiled lightly seeing it was Erik once the plane settled down. Charles and Banshee got out of their seats. “Hank, level the bloody plane.”

“Woah you back right up.” Banshee points at Erik who raises his hands in surrender. I chuckled knowing that he was right to not trust Erik after the flight incident.

Charles brushed past me grabbing my hand in his after Banshee found out that Shaw was in a sub underneath the water. Erik climbed down on the tire of the plane with me and Charles watching his movements. Erik grunted trying to raise the sub from the water but he couldn’t fully do it. “Remember the point between rage and serenity.” Charles declared into his friend's mind.

“What am I supposed to do when we get Shaw on land?” I questioned the telepath.

Charles looked my way at the same time Erik fully raised the sub from the water and slowly dropped it onto the sandy beach that was a few feet away from us. Hank flies the plane in that direction until one of the ships blasted us down. “Just stay with Erik. You'll be the most powerful one to face off against him if it comes down to that.”

Charles pulled Erik up inside the plane as best as he could. Everybody got thrown and Hank did his best to make the plane not snap when we hit land. I get thrown onto the metal floor harshly holding my head when we finally hit and everyone was recovering from the damage. Pushing myself to my feet I looked towards Charles who was staring at me before Erik forced himself to his feet hollering my name. “Addison!, we're going to get Shaw.” I ran up meeting with him knowing that the others would do what they needed to protect Charles inside the plane. Erik ripped a hole in the metal and we walked right inside seeing there was a fancy couch and TV inside but nobody was there. Moving forward I could feel that something was off but I wasn't sure what exactly.

“Erik, you're there. You've reached the void.” Erik said, beginning to get frustrated.

Stepping towards the end of the sub I pressed my hands against the wall feeling some form of energy radiating from the wall. “Erik, somebody else is here. I can feel their power.” I looked over my shoulder with my hands turning red siphoning from the source.

“He's not here, Charles. Shaw's not here! He's left the sub!” He grumbled.

I could hear Charles voice. “What? He's got to be there. He has to be!”

“There's nowhere else he can be. Keep looking.”

“And I'm telling you he's not. There's no one here, God damn it!” Erik raised his voice.

The wall in front of me disappeared, making me gasp sharply seeing my father in front of me. He slowly stepped forward, raising his hand and drawing me into his chest. “Hello Addison, Have you decided to join your father finally?”

“Erik!” I screamed before my father covered my mouth with his hand the second Erik turned around seeing us.

My father replied. “Erik, what a pleasant surprise. So good to see you again. May I ask you something? Why are you on their side? Why fight for a doomed race who will hunt us down as soon as they realize their reign is coming to an end?”

“Let go of me!” I grunt against my father trying to grab any part of his body to take his power but he was stronger than I was.

Erik raised his hand to use his power against him but my father was faster using his power to throw Erik against the wall. He threw him around the room a few more times before he held him to the wall with a large metal pole. “I'm sorry for what happened in the camps. I truly am. But everything I did, I did for you. To unlock your power. To make you embrace it. You've come a long way from bending gates. I'm so proud of you. And your just starting to scratch the surface. Think of how much further we could go, together.”

“You just want to destroy the world. Kill anyone who isn’t like us!” I snapped at him, managing to grip his forearm, taking his energy. He winced lowering himself to the ground, being weakened.

He gasped for breath. “You’re just like you’re mother…never seeing my vision of the world.”

“What happened to her?” I questioned him standing above him with my hands clutching into fists.

Shaw groaned. “She left, Addison. She left and I saw her a few years later and she said she wants nothing to do with any mutant’s.”

“You made her hate me.” I couldn’t believe what he was saying when I raised my hand throwing him against the wall. He got to his feet, launching me onto my knees using his power and wrapping some metal wire around me so I couldn’t move.

“We are the future of the human race. You and me, son….you too my daughter. This world could be ours.” My father declared to him, smirking at me.

“Everything you did made me stronger. It made me the weapon I am today. It's the truth. I've known it all along. You are my creator…..Now, Charles!” Erik reached up with a metal wire snatching the helmet off his head.

“Sorry, Charles. But I don’t trust you.” Erik apologized putting the helmet my father had on his head meaning Charles couldn’t be in his mind anymore.

“Erik, please. Be the better man. Erik, there will be no turning back!” Charles begged him.

“If you're in there, I'd like you to know that I agree with every word you said. We are the future.” Erik turns his back to me, glaring at my father moving the coin through the center of his forehead. “But, unfortunately, you killed my mother. This is what we're going to do. I'm going to count to three and I'm going to move the coin. One….two….three.”

Charles was still inside my mind as I struggled against the metal wires. I snapped the wire forcing myself to my feet watching everything happen. “Addi, do something. Stop him!” Staring silently at Erik we both watched my father drop dead in front of our eyes.

Holding up my right hand I drew the bloody coin off the ground and Erik didn't bother stopping me. It smacked against my hand as I closed my fingers around the coin tightly mumbling under my breath. “Goodbye father…”

“We should inform the others. It's now us against them.” Erik brushed past me leaving me conflicted with my thoughts. I didn't know if it was right that everyone that isn’t a human should suffer but its all I've known following Erik for years.

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so-empty-inside- · 2 years

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alles okay?

"ich bin nur müde.."

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vanshikawhispers · 2 years

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Am I stuck again?

#stuck in a loop #perfect loop #heartbreak #quotes #my words #sunset #golden hour #sunshine #skyphotography #pretty skies #clouds #love #battle of heart and mind #until we meet again #once again #blue sky #beautiful #beautiful sky

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snow--flakes · 2 years

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Just want to come out of my head

#battle of heart and mind #quote #inspiring quotes

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thinkingsilencee · 1 year

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I choose to let go, if it’s out of my control.

#love #love quote #text quote #quotes #life quotes #quoteoftheday #battle of heart and mind #heartache #heartbreak #life #life quote #overthinking

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xdear-diaryx · 2 years

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und fuck nach all den guten monaten tauchst du jetzt wieder in meinen träumen auf... in deiner schlimmsten form

und alles beginnt wieder von vorn...

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lightandfellowship · 8 months

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[Image description: Digital KHDR fanart depicting the upperclassmen as chess pieces. At the very bottom of the image are four chess pieces representing Hoder, Heimdall, Sigrun, and Helgi. They are upside down and silhouetted in black against a white background. Above them are two rows of black and white squares forming a chess board pattern. Above that are three pedestals holding up Vali, Vidar, and Vala's chess pieces, with Vidar's piece resting on the tallest pedestal in the middle. Both the chess pieces and the pedestals are silhouetted in white against a black background. Above them is a white heart with Baldr's hand silhouetted in black inside of it. He holds the iconic Kingdom Hearts crown in-between his index finger and thumb, posed to place it on Vidar's chess piece. End image description.]

"I paved a path for him to succeed, if he had only followed it to the end."

#khdr #kingdom hearts dark road #kingdom hearts #kh baldr #kh vidar #making kh art #So to explain the concept: at the end of the game before the final battle Baldr gives a speech where he uses a chess metaphor throughout #And when talking about Vidar in the above quote it brought to mind a chess piece being moved on a set path #from one side of the board to the other. And upon reaching the end getting 'promoted' to a better piece #In the case of checkers: getting crowned as a King. In chess: a Queen or other piece.#Baldr's goal was to get Vidar to summon Kingdom Hearts. And in a way become a 'king'.#Baldr 'captures' the pieces of the upperclassmen and clears the way for Vidar (thus why the bottom pieces are silhouetted black)#Vidar's path is paved with the deaths of his friends #Vali and Vala are of course at Vidar's side but it is Vidar who Baldr is targeting with his manipulation and schemes #khdr spoilers

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spellboundcities · 1 year

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short bitch energy ( @wandering-the-worlds )

#my friend dragged me by my ankles into this whole shenaniganery. the minute I found out fanart was a thing I lost my mind #i don't know how long this will last me but it's battling the reigning king (mh) for fixation of the week #in true hsm fashion lmao #local cryptid draws #cccc #cj heart #cj mind #cj soul #chonnys charming chaos compendium #WHAT are the tags for this. I think I've got em all #shitpost #she heart on my mind til i soul

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theluckiestlb · 1 year

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one does not love breathing / “emotion”, my beloveds.

#miraculous ladybug #ml #mlb #listen I am still a kagaminette girlie at heart #but feligami has altered my brain chemistry #feligami and my hc for lesbian kagami are currently battling it out in my mind #kagaminette #marigami #feligami #meme #ml spoilers #miraculous ladybug spoilers #emotion #what is this #felinette comes in swinging with the steel chair #shipping madness 2: the electric boogaloo #unstoppable force of feligami vs immovable object of kagaminette #odnlb makes a compelling case for the former

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whirling-fangs · 3 months

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So I rewatched Yuukaku episode 9 for depression science reasons and I noticed something interesting :

When Inosuke uses the "Explosive Rush" in the battle against Daki, while Tanjiro and Zenitsu are covering him, he doesn't use his usual "kiba/fang" before the attack's name. He actually says "hachi no kata", instead of "hachi no kiba" as he would usually say.

The only usual occurence of this happens when he uses the seventh, "Spatial Awareness", which is always a "form" and not a "fang" (the wiki has that listed correctly too). I assumed that was intentional from Inosuke, because that form is the only part of Beast Breathing that isn't meant for attack, so it would make sense that he sets it apart from the rest. The eight one, however, ought to be always be fang because it's probably the most beastly one of all, where Inosuke rushes headlong without a care for the enemy's attacks.

So why would he call it a "form" here? Why would he suddenly revert to the word that every other slayer uses, when he's always so proud of being different from the rest of them?

I believe that it's all in the context. Never before has Inosuke so voluntarily entrusted his life to someone else, let alone to two humans. At this very moment, Inosuke entirely lowers his guard so he can focus on only one thing: attack, attack, attack. His life is out of his own hands.

He is one of them. He's a member of the Corps, he's a member of a crew. Zenitsu and Tanjiro are not only his underlings, they are his comrades. His trusted companions.

Inosuke doesn't feel the urge to set himself apart. If anything, he desperately, more than ever before in his life, need to belong. He's spent the entire battle hearing about their forms, and all of a sudden, when teamwork has never mattered more and he's launching an attack alongside his two best friends, simultaneously... he doesn't need to set himself apart anymore. And that's how his subconcious brings forth a form rather than a fang at this specific moment. He reverts to a fang right after, when he reaches Daki's neck.

Either that, or his voice actor got confused. We'll never know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

EDIT: WE KNOW!!!!!

ITS NOT AN ERROR!!!! he says "kata" in the manga too ♥♥♥ the headcanon LIVES!!

i'm so sorry for doubting you matsuoka-san ;w; pretty much every translation I've found said "fang" sobs why would you erase this little tidbit!!!!

#inside the boar's mind / musings #[[you know what? putting this in the tags Because I Can #i lvoe him so much. he has SO much development throughout the series and everyone is sleeping on it!!!!!!!#look at him look at his little heart developing so much through this battle alone ;w;]]#kimetsu no yaiba #hashibira inosuke #kny #demon slayer

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countrymusiclover · 4 months

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6 - The Day before Cuba

Part 7

Battle of Heart and Mind

If you all have any good ship name suggestions for Erik and Addi drop them below in the comments ☺️

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It was almost two in the morning when I was sitting awake in the corner chair inside our hotel room. I knew by now most people believed we were together but that was far from the truth. The hotel door creaked open. “I’m shocked to see you're still awake.”

“Yes we'll, I couldn't sleep.” I responded by never looking up from the book I was reading. Stuck on the same page for an hour.

Erik began removing his boots at the door. “What are you reading tonight?”

“I’m attempting to teach myself chess but I’m clearly terrible at it.” I answered his question.

He pauses in the doorway. “You’re learning chess. Whatever for?”

Rolling my eyes I don’t know why he acted so shocked. I spent most of my time stuck in the room by myself. “Have you ever considered that I might be bored when you’re not here hmm?” Shifting my gaze back to the page of the chess book in front of me.

“You could have said something. Or come with me when I go out for the day.” He suggested to me eyeing the map with all the markers on the wall dealing with my father.

I sniped back. “I have no interest in killing Nazi men, Erik. I know why you do so but that isn’t me.”

“Oh yeah. But this is you?” He picked up the only picture I had of my mother when she was with my father. Her hair was pinned up in a bun and she was pregnant in the photo. “What do you intend on doing with this picture? Carry it around for the rest of your life hoping the answer will hit you in the head.”

Glaring at him I turned the lamp light on a little brighter. “Don’t act like you care.”

“I lost my mother because of your family. And here you are so concerned as to why she left.” Erik turned to face me sitting the picture down on the table.

Shutting the book harshly in my lap I rose to my feet. “I’m sorry about your mother. But have you ever considered that I am afraid to find out why she left.”

“I hadn’t considered that, Addison.” He admitted lowering his gaze.

Lifting my gaze up to his stone eyes. “You should consider that you don’t know a lot about me. I’m going to bed.”

“No, don't.” He snagged my wrist when I went to walk past him, throwing my hair in my face. I turned my attention to him. “You’re right I don’t know you. So tell me about yourself.”

I couldn’t believe he was asking to know me. “How much have you had to drink?”

“I’m not drunk, Addison. I am trying here.” He fought back, still holding onto my wrist.

Yanking my wrist from his hand I pushed past him sitting back down in the chair I was in earlier. He watched me pulling up the side desk chair to the coffee table. “So the life of Addison Shaw is pretty boring. Only child, mother abandoned me when I was a baby and my father…didn’t really raise me after I turned fourteen.”

“My turn then I suppose. Only as a child, I was just like any normal kid until the day we went into the camps.” He lowered his gaze reaching underneath the coffee table. He sets a tiny chess board on the table in front of us.

I parted my lips, twiddling my thumbs together in my lap. “So how do we start the game?”

“Don’t worry. I’ll go easy on you.” He reassured me using his powers to move the piece across the board. Clasping my hands together I let my mind try and focus on the game before me. For once thinking he might let me see the side of him he keeps hidden.

Rolling over onto my back I stretched out in the bed that I was laying in. The blanket pulled up almost all the way over my chest. I wasn’t sure what time it was but I knew we had stayed out later than we intended too. Rubbing the sleep from my eyes I smiled lightly seeing Erik staring at me. “It’s creepy to watch someone sleep, you know.”

“Hmm that’s strange coming from you. Weren’t you the one who said you would be there if I needed you?” He questioned me, holding his head up by his hand on the side of his head.

Laying on my side to face him I was surprised. “I didn’t think you remembered that.”

“I have actually paid attention to what you say, Addison.” He says to me,

Raising a brow at him I felt that I needed to ask the question that I always had wondered since the day we had run away together. Everybody else that we had met called me by my nickname except for him. “Why do you do that exactly?”

“Do what?” Erik asked me.

I replied to him sitting upright against the pillow but still had the blankets pulled over me so I didn’t get cold. “Everyone else here calls me Addi like I asked them to. Everyone but you. You call me Addison even though you know I don’t like it. So I wanna know why?”

“Is this really that much of a worry to you?” He sat upright against the headboard arms behind his head.

Rolling my eyes I hit his chest seeing he was trying to joke here. “Yes I’m being serious. I want to know why.”

“I’ve only ever heard your full name be used by your father. It wouldn’t seem right to call you anything but that. Unless you’d rather have me call you Shaw girl like I used to.” Erik focused his gaze down onto mine.

Shoving my hands against his chest I scoffed at him. “I just want the answer to my question, Lehnsherr.”

“The answer is that….It makes me think we have something more special than everyone else you’ve met.” He leans forward creating a very tiny gap between us. I leaned my head forward closing the gap between us.

He raised a hand to my cheek cradling it gently. Gripping the fabric of his shirt I deepened the kiss until we heard somebody knock on the door. “Erik. It's time for training.” Charles's voice could be heard on the other side.

“You've got to be kidding me.” I grumbled under my breath.

He raised a hand to his lips. “Just keep your voice down and maybe he'll go away.”

The plan actually would have worked if my stomach had to start growling like crazy. I tried to calm my mind figuring that Charles probably wasn't going to leave. “Erik, you agreed to train with me earlier this morning. Then I will leave you to sulk over Addi and whatever feelings you have for her.”

“I have to go. I'll see you later.” I told Erik slowly climbing out of the bed trying to not make the wooden floor creak.

He sat upright on the bed slipping his boots on. “You owe me, Addison.”

“Addi, just say it please.” I snapped my head up, sending him a glare.

Erik steps towards me using his powers to drag me into him by the metal coin necklace. “Hmm…How about over a drink later, Addison.”

“Deal.” I agreed grumbling under my breath spinning on my heels facing the door where he slipped into the hallway. Waiting a few minutes I eventually left the bedroom going straight for the kitchen. Rummaging around in the cabinet I made myself a cup of coffee about to take a drink until someone uttered.

“You aren't very subtle.”

'`Jesus christ!’ I shrieked, levitating a knife at whoever was behind me.

Raven jumps backwards seeing the knife hovering in her face. “Sorry didn't mean to scare you.”

“Well , you did. Now what did you mean by "I am not good at being subtle?” I questioned the blonde dropping the knife to the island countertop and gripping my coffee cup in my hands.

She walked over and stood on the other side of the island. “It’s written all over your face that you spent time with Erik last night.”

“Oh gosh really?” I covered my face with one hand.

She smiled, beginning to tease me like we were in school gossiping over boys and such things that I would have liked if it didn’t involve me and Erik personally. “So what happened last night. Did you two know…” She pounded the air upward with her fist.

“Ew no. Raven, I hadn’t even kissed anyone until last night. We’re in no way close to that point.” I told her gagging on my drink, my face turning bright red just thinking about it.

Raven sent me a raised brow. “I knew there was something going on with you two. Boom, I knew it!”

“Okay, okay, calm down.” I ran a hand through my hair taking a long sip of my coffee.

The shapeshifter still was over the moon about us. “This is a huge deal. I mean everybody else thought that you two would rip each other’s head off. What with all the tension surrounding you, but not me. Ohh you’ll a couple name.”

“Raven, I don’t think you can call us a couple. We’ve only kissed one time.”

She wasn’t backing down though. “Yes but you want to kiss him again, don't you?”

“I….uh…maybe.” I stammered off sitting my empty cup down and covering my face with my hands while leaning my body into the island.

She squealed, throwing her arms around me in a tight but comfortable hug. I hugged her back lightly watching her run out of the room. “I will get back to you on that couple name.”

For the remainder of the day I just had the house all to myself until Hank came into the living room calling my attention. “Addi, come watch. Banshee is going to try and fly again.” I followed him up onto the large satellite that was outside of the mansion seeing that they had given him wings in his suit.

“And you truly believe I'll fly this time?” The kid asked.

Charles said. “Unreservedly.”

“I trust you.” Banshee says

Charles nodded. “I'm touched.”

Crossing my arms over my chest I was standing beside Erik eyeing the kid who was clearly panicking. “I'm gonna die!”

“Look, we're not going to make you do anything you don't feel…” Charles trailed off.

Erik gently pushed the kid off the edge. “Here, let me help.”

Scrambling to the edge of the railing I gripped the vars where Charles screamed out in pure panic. “Erik!”

Banshee began quickly falling down towards the ground where everyone thought he was going to get hurt. Yet he started screaming loudly and he flew up into the air. “Oh thank god….I am so going to kick your ass.” Glaring at Erik with my hair blowing in my face.

“What? You know you were thinking the same.” Erik chuckled placing his hand over mine until I slapped him lightly on the arm.

“The president is about to make his address.’ Everyone climbed down to the ground hearing the lady from the CIA call our attention before we all rushed back inside the house.

Gathered together in the living room in front of the TV it was declared to the world that a war was coming. “It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile crossing the embargo line that surrounds Cuba as an attack by the Soviet union on the United States requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet union…”

Erik stands beside me. “That's where we're going to find Shaw.”

Raven questions him. “How do you know?”

“Two superpowers facing off and he wants to start world war III. He won't leave anything to chance.” Charles explained.

“So much for diplomacy.” Erik glanced down at me, quietly leaving the room only saying the final word to me in a whisper. “I suggest you all get a good night's sleep…and it's time we have that drink.”

Slipping on a light blue sweatshirt and some leggings I made my way through the mansion finding Erik sitting in front of the fireplace. Rounding the couch edge I sat down beside him. “So tomorrow's the big day. I'm not sure I'll be able to get much sleep.”

“We will just have to try.” He paused in his sentence pouring me some drink into my glass handing it to me. “You do realize what I'll do when we locate Shaw right?”

“Yes I know.” Taking the glass from his hand I felt the burning taste go down my throat when I drank the Bourbon. “What will you do once he's gone?”

Erik took a long sip from his glass. “Not sure. What are you afraid I'll leave you?”

“Maybe I am. We've been there for each other our entire lives almost.” I admit tapping my fingers on the glass looking into the flame burning in the fireplace.

Erik shifted his gaze over to me silently watching the blonde at his side. He wasn't sure how strong his feelings for her were. He just knew that he never wanted to hurt her intentionally. “You don't need to worry, Addison. Remember what I taught you in chess.”

“A king always needs his queen.” I mumbled back to him with a soft tone and a smile on my face.

Erik finished his drink getting up to stand offering me his freehand tugging me up with him. He put our glasses on the table and lifted the coin in between his thumb and index finger. “I'll need this back tomorrow, Addi.”

“Don't you worry, Erik. You'll know where it is the entire time.” I nodded, lifting my gaze to meet his brown eyes. He focused his gaze on me standing close to me briefly before we separated and headed off to bed.

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so-empty-inside- · 2 years

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der ganze rotz von wegen"ich kann nicht ohne dich leben" was man immer hört, aber früher oder später vergessen sie dich und leben ohne dich weiter. und endlich is mein kopf frei und meine gedanken werden nicht mehr verschwendet, ich brauche nichts mehr.

#sleeplees night #es geht mir gut #my art #keeper of the lost cities #dead inside #battle of heart and mind #free spirit

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hms-incorrect-quotes · 4 months

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idk but last is either soul or maybe whole

Alt versions that either don't make sense or that I thought were funny:

#chonny jash #cj mind #cj heart #cj soul #cj whole #submission #chonnys charming chaos compendium #i feel like soul would like p5. if not maybe mind would like those kinda battle systems #also find it funny that soul is Atlas & the company is called Atlus

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eremin0109 · 2 years

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The more I read about Patroclus' actual characterization in the Iliad, the more my distaste for Madeline Miller's version of him grows.

Like lady, how do you take this MAN who was a formidable, seasoned warrior with a body count that was CANONICALLY greater than that of Achilles', a briliant strategist and an army medic, charming as all hell, bisexual as fuck AND rips apart Zeus' goddamn son with his bare fucking hands and turn him into whatever the fuck TSOA Patroclus was???!?

With all due respect, Patrochilles aren't your run of the mill yaoi couple and the only reason I can see for her to "feminize" Patroclus was to make two WARRIORS who canonically had a balanced dynamic between them to forcefully fit into the done and dusted, absolutely fetishizing seme/uke (erastes and eromenos, if you will) trope. And this is just sad because had she been true to the original characterizations, it would've made for a vastly more interesting retelling and not a book that basically glorifies and justifies Achilles' horrible deeds and makes Patroclus a dumb simp who can't see anything wrong with his boyfriend's actions.

#I didn't mind the characters when I first read the book because I had like negative knowledge about the actual source material #But now that I'm a little wiser than before I fucking hate this aspect of the book with all my fucking heart #She did Patroclus so fucking dirty like you don't have to diminish one HERO to elevate the other FFS #they were both masc warriors who were also toxic and misogynist (like most Greek men around that time) what's so fucking hard to understand #Ugh #we could've gotten battle boyfriends but instead we got a pseudo-hetereosexual romance with Madeline's male OC #fuck this shit I'm so mad about it #the song of achilles #madeline miller #anti tsoa #tsoa critical #patrochilles #Achilles #Patroclus

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dragon-spaghetti · 1 year

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Thinking about my separated au again,, have the O'Neil siblings ;v;

Plus bonus designs: battle nexus champion Leo & foot clan Raph

#drag's art #rottmnt #rottmnt Donnie #rottmnt april o'neil #rottmnt leo #rottmnt raph #i don't have a tag for this au yet fuck #i don't think I've ever even spoken about it here 😭#or twitter #but anyways #Donnie grows up w April. Leo is found by big mama #and he is currently the youngest battle nexus champion #raph is raised by the foot!! we get big sister Casey here ✨#and mikey stays w Draxum!! he's a badass mystic warrior #but still has a heart of gold #i have so many thoughts on this au #if people have questions then. ask 🙏🙏 pls lmao #cause they're rotating in my mind #flair for dramatics au

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lil-vibes · 1 year

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i would die if you wrote anything expanding on that post about chuuya being taken over by baki and just floating all over the place and speaking with an echo until he gets to dazai at the ADA office - that was a great idea, very cool

yooo thanks man !!!

here you go, a little more brainworms regarding that au!

• when Baki wakes up in a back alleyway and tries to stand up they overdo it and snap Chuuya's spine in the process. they try to walk and all of a sudden they are on the ground with mild pains from the vessel' legs. they aren't sure how a human body works, so for now they decide to just float.

• Baki, in my hc, is very curious for just about everything because it's quite rare that they 'view' the world through a humans' eyes

• piggybacking off of that, i think that they'd have trouble expressing their thoughts in the beggining (speaking in short, sometimes conflicting/unfinished sentences) because using human vocal cords without snapping them is difficult and also words have changed since the last time they were actively using them. Ranpo just chucks a dictionary at them and they absolutely ABSORB every word

• i also think that they'd want to sword fight with both Fukuzawa and Golden Demon/ Kouyou for fun

• they can make Dazai float and he just about gives up on life ( something something 'your human existence can not deny mine' yeah me thinks)

• i personally think that theyd be slightly more chill than expected, however when they get upset, or emotions generally run high, the control over the body begings to wobble. some examples of that being:

- the overlapping voices are the most common ones. they are a mass manifested through war and suffering and vengeance, thus Baki has to be extremely careful of how loud they speak because there's a great chance that someone's eardrums will explode.

- corruption markings are a damn near permanent fixture on Chuuya's skin, more so to help remind everyone that this isn't Chuuya in control right now (Dazai is constantly stressed about it, and has to consistently tell himself that it's fine), but they tend to grow and glow and move around like they are alive too, as if also taking offence that Baki is agitated. they also burn if touched directly

- people around an Agitated Baki feel like they are about to poof out of existence simply by being too close. Mori nearly dies once because Baki can see his general soul and is not pleased. it kinda feels like your blood suddenly starts running the other way, or your like heart is beating backwards and double in speed. not fun !

- sometimes birds fly into the windows. maybe the sky tints red, maybe there is ringing in the ears, static in the brain of those around them. maybe looking at Chuuya's form hurts a little, burns a little, blurs around the edges. what were his features again? what color were his eyes? his hair?

• Baki loves Chuuya and learning all about him :] ( "and his name? what is his name? we would love to know who our vessel is."

"it's Chuuya Nakahara.."

the entity thinks, hums for a bit, vibrations making the lights swim around it, then pleased, it smiles "hmm Chuuya... it suits him a lot" )

• disregarding stormbringer for a moment, when asked how exactly one traps a being like it, Baki kindly informs them that there are runes carved into every bone inside Chuuya. yes, they do mean every single one.

• also, and that's a little.... gruesome, but it's a misconception that Baki and Chuuya share only a consciousness. "it's like that most of the time, but right now what you are looking at is ... ah, let's say, our clothes. we are woven in-between his skin and bones and every blood vessel, but also we are separate. it's like a hand pupet? we are under his skin :)"

• Baki absolutely says unhinged things like its normal

• they also find it funny to tease Ranpo because they recognise just how smart of a human he is but also he's just that to them. a human

• i also have this scene when someone complains about the sun or something so Baki just,,, shifts either the Earth or the Sun a bit so that it's not shining directly at the person. everyone FREAKS abt this btw

• Baki also loves the Akutagawas and Kouyou bc Chuuya loves them :]

some skk things bc i love them:

• Baki tells Dazai, hand pressed against his heart, looking him dead in the eyes with that slightly unhinged expression "no wonder you hold onto warm things, for you have been warm once, then never again. no wonder you seek to be warm again" and Dazai just has to go through his day after that

• okay last thing off of the top of my head, but somehow they (the ada) get into the topic of worship and Baki casually drops that yes! they get prayers sometimes but nothing even begins to compare to the feeling of the worship from their most devoted person. naturally everyone wants to know who that is, and Baki tilts their head a little and then points to a Very Confused Dazai (Ranpo and Kunikida are exhanging money in the backround btw).

("but... i don't worship the hat rack?? what?"

"oh, but that can't be" they sway a little from their perch on Dazai's desk, appearing as if deep in thought. after the day, Dazai knows better. "but we can distinctly recal feeling a sort of warmth from you. say, how do you define worship? because it can be food offerings too. or thoughts about us or even just the pure, unrelenting faith that as long as you believe in us, your wish will be made into existence"

Dazai blinks at them, stunned.

"so now, has your answer changed?" )

• LAST one. Ranpo asks them if Dazai has ever nullified corruption with a kiss and Baki is like we think so? but Dazai denies that hard. Baki counters by saying that every place where 'coruption' has been nullified burns to this day. twice on left the wrist, once at the forearm. once at the right hand, once at the cheek, and once ot the lips. Dazai may or may not work harder to resolve the issue after that (he's never gonna beat the gay accusations)

(end of skk things hh)

• when it's time to surrender themselves back to Chuuyas will, Baki tells the ada + the Akutagawas and Kouyou, that when their time finally comes, when Chuuya is either one of them or dust in the wind, they will remember the kindness they have experienced. that they will live forever in the mind of a god

• Chuuya is so, so confused after waking up

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