#but it's technically personal AND game-related

[girlfromthecrypt]

So someone asked whether the MC will be forced to like the kids to get with the ROs, and another person a while back wanted to know whether MC could be a "bitchy" camp counselor. This is generally kind of important so I figured I'd write a post about it, for anyone who's wondering.

If you can't stand kids and can't stand reading about them, that's valid, and I promise I don't judge. Lord knows kids are difficult. But if you cannot stand them, this probably isn't the game for you.

You don't have to adore the kids. But you have to be kind to them. Not just to get with the ROs... But also, to keep your job!! Fun!

The SHC MC is not a listless teenager who got ordered by their parents to be a counselor at a summer camp. They're a full-fledged adult, likely in their late twenties or thirties. They're also likely to have either studied some educational subject or have training and experience in education. They do the kid-stuff for a living. THEY GET PAID FOR IT.

I've decided for the MC to be able to reject the children in some ways. You can tell Javier to leave you alone in the kitchen, later in chapter 4 you can reject a flower Gabriel wants to give you... Stuff like that. Nothing extreme, but little things to show MC might not actually care very much about the campers.

This will leave an impression.

A) The kids will lose all possible respect and trust towards you. Might not be a great loss, depending on your stance on them.

B) The ROs will be wondering what the hell you're doing. Let me go into why that's the case:

Basil volunteered. He has a hundred siblings which he adores. He loves kids!

Reem is a literal teacher. She's around kids all the time. She gets if MC is exhausted by them, but if they act straight up hostile towards the kids, she will be very open about her disapproval.

Flo--- same thing. Just because he's sometimes very deadpan doesn't mean he doesn't care. Apart from teaching children for a living, he has had a very troubled childhood and relates to the campers. He wants them to be happy.

Anita is a psychology student. Sure, that doesn't exempt her from hating kids technically, but even though they stress her out, she actually rather likes them, too. Enough to want to do her internship at Cloverleaf.

And C) if George sees you being openly hostile to the kids, he might just reconsider your status of employment.

To reiterate: If you can't stand kids and can't stand reading about them, that's valid, but this probably isn't the game for you.

#interactive fiction #if: such happy campers #if: wip #romanceable characters #hosted games #choicescript game

[humblemooncat]

Happy 10th Anniversary to what has become my favorite MMO I've ever played.

I went into why and when I started playing here, but I figured I'd go more in-depth on my characters (and why Ki'to is my main) in this post since it's finally Rising time again.

Warning, long ass rambling post ahead

As I had mentioned, I started playing in late 2020 when a couple friends I played D&D with introduced me to it.

At that time, I created my first character Suna Amantius (Whom I still have for nostalgia, but don't play). Since au ra were free to play at that time, I made her a pink raen Arcanist. Yes, back when carbies gave every arcanist heart palpitations because they used aoe without asking. Thus why it took me a long time to pick it back up again.

The very first screen I got in cc while making her. <3

We only played together a few times, but since I was so deep into Genshin, I ended up uninstalling since XIV's a massive space-hog.

When I picked it back up for the free 30 days after my other friend bought me the game & expacks, I ended up making a viera named Bunilla Chai over on Faerie since my little brother was playing over there at the time. She was a WHM, and another I have kept for nostalgia's sake. (I sadly don't have a screen for her, but she's cute. uwu)

I kinda main-hopped for a while after I got back into the game and actually subbed in September of '21. I played with Bunilla for a little while, but when the option to make male viera came out with EW, I ended up making one by the name of Kieran Vashanti (The surname being an homage to my old TERA character of the same name; Kieran actually went on to become Seire, and now Vikesh). I co-mained him alongside Orias, my longest-standing OC, who actually started out as an Elezen.

Kieran / Seire / Vikesh

Orias

How it started > where it went > where we are now

I also ended up making a lalafell since I saw how much fun my mother seemed to be having with her own. My dear little Sprout Arboris. <3

The best pic I have of her. xD

I rotated through this menagerie of mains for a while until I fanta'd and renamed Sprout. Her new name? Nox Vitae.

Yup. My horrible son was initially a sweet lalafell lady. xD Though he did go through one hell of a transition, from fem lala, to fem viera, to fem miqo, to masc viera (this was about when I had come out to my friends, so I embraced it in my main at the time as well. As such, he started out looking like a self-insert, but took on his own traits after a while. This is also why he is canonically trans ftm, as I see both viera transformations as canon for him. His fem form being what was canon in appearance for Vitae when he and U'nhea were sprouts)

(I did miss Sprout after a while though, so I remade her on Zalera later.)

Alongside Nox, who was my main for a while, I also had an alt on Siren I used to play with other friends, A'razi Tia. He was my first introduction to Monk, as well as catboys. To say I took maybe too many pictures admiring him is an understatement. Before Ki'to, he was my most gposed character. xD

We ended up moving data centers a little while after last rising, and then is when I created Y'rhala and Ki'to, whom I played as alts while I switched back to A'razi for most things.

Once I hit the CT ARs with Razi, my social anxiety got the best of me, and I decided to run an alt for a while and redo ARR. So I picked back up with Ki'to, whom I had made as a pretty ashen moon keeper simply to grab the moonfire outfit last year.

He wasn't meant to be more than an alt. Honestly, he looked like a fuckboy and it made me laugh when I logged him.

Look at this fuckin' nerd. I do miss his ashen kitty days, truth be told, but I can't fanta him now. He wouldn't look right any other way.

He looked like this until I reached post-ARR. I ended up using his ARR fanta to make him a self-insert, thus his baby-faced face 3 catboy era.

Thankfully, with the FC he joined, I ended up getting help powering through CT and finishing ARR fully. It was post-ARR that I got another fanta and gave him more defined features with face 4, and gave him the face he's known for today.

As I put it on my personal discord:

It wasn't too long after this that I made this blog and captured his adventures through HW and beyond. It was then that I committed to making him my main, as the story had sucked me in and he was my protagonist. I couldn't imagine any other in his place.

Though, the story isn't the only reason he's become my most robust OC ever, that came through story and interactions over here. I'm constantly thankful that I decided to make this blog when I did, because using it as an outlet for headcanons and getting asks from the friends I've made during his journey has made him such a well-rounded character with a clear personality and character arc.

I am very grateful for those of you I've met here, not only have you been some of the best people I've met through this game, but you've all helped to shape Ki'to in some small way. The man fights for love because he was made from love. <3

Hope you enjoyed my rambling about my journey, and happy Rising my friends! Here's to 10 more years! /toast

#I'd put this in my ramblings #but it's technically personal AND game-related #Regardless it's a long ass post #xD #Happy Rising #and happy 10th anniversary! #Thank you for being part of my journey! #<3

[stormflute]

Played both episodes of Coffee Talk and this barista deserves an award.

#Coffee Talk #Coffee Talk barista #Gala #my art #Both games are excellent highly recommend #The characters are all great in spite of me drawing basically none of them #Live out your dream of running an extremely unprofitable midnight coffee shop #and getting deeply invested in drama that doesn't strictly relate to you in any way whatsoever #it's really fun #particularly liked how the second game jumped off the first #and how much personality the barista has in spite of technically being the player themself #the coffee art is quite cute too #as you can maybe guess the gala had is my favorite

[blitheringbongus]

Can't believe Scar saw a rapidly approaching, dishevled mumbo and went "he's so cute." I need to run unorthodox experiments on them.

IKR SAME OMG

They’re literally perfect for each other <- delusional

But seriously they have so much lore together in my silly brain and the few interactions they do have (WHICH HAS BEEN INCREASING A LOT LATELY MAY I ADD) has been FUELING the fire rapidly and gods gods GODS do I have many thoughts about them

#literally making an illustration type comic on Mumbos whole vampire timeline #Scar will be next with his vex schenanigans.. #the worst part is I always cycle like three to five different backstory’s in my brain for these two I CANNOT decide #but now that I’ve written a short ficlet (that no one will see unless asked) abt a few scenes of Mumbos backstory I think I’m pretty set on- #-his part #Scar tho??? no clue #I have the Hotguy backstory (which I daydream about WAY too much) I have the apocalypse backstory. I have the single player raised by villa- #-gers for years and years cuz his mom dropped him off in the single player world when Scar wasn’t conscidered a player yet since he was an- #-infant cuz it was a teen pregnancy and she was too scared to tell anyone so she just dropped him off with the villagers never to be seen #again. and since it was technically HER single player world when Scar DID grow up old enough to be recognized as a player he couldn’t #access any of the 'exit world' stuff or anything like that since it wasn’t his world #and then like a watcher or smth pulled him out of it so that Scar could be put through the horrors of gun related things for experimentstuff #and then there’s the backstory of where scar IS a watcher. like not a person turned watcher he was BORN (if you could say that) a watcher #and like the other watchers wanted to do an experiment of basically 'could a watcher if stripped of its memories and placed in a people- #-world be able to produce its own feelings and emotions?' and so they did that to Scar but they didn’t place him there as a baby no. they #placed him there as a full grown man so bros even more confused. and when the life series stuff started he had exactly one ☝️ dream per #Series and it was tiny little snippets of his watcher self but he didn’t know that it’s him but like he felt a strange pull towards these #dreams so that’s basically the reason why he kept coming back to the life games even tho they hurt him deeply as we all know #and then when he won secret life the secret keeper asked him what his wish was now that he’s won and he didn’t ask to know who he was and #where he came from (since he just appeared one day as a full grown man with no identification) since he’s made peace with that maybe it is #better not to know. so instead he asked abt the dreams he always has in these series and wth their abt and the context and stuff #and then BAM the secret keeper just drops all that information on him and he has an identity crises :D #anyways. I put both of these guys through many horrors I just have so many ideas for scar specifically. oh also there’s that backstory where #hes an assasin guy and he feels rlly guilty abt it when he gets split in half (gtws and btws) cuz like he has morals now apparently?? also #it explains the scammer stuff cuz he was a HUGE scammer bacl them #asks #hermitcraft #goodtimeswithscar #mumbo jumbo #redscape

[invisiblemelonmoose]

Thinking about how I rarely get the yuri I want in non-yuri specific media that has canon queer characters or a least a sizable yuri fanbase

#korasami was the first time I got what I wanted and bubbline the second and then never again #why don't most canon yuri ships appeal to me #99% of pokémon's popular game ships are objectively wrong #why are you shipping Hilda with Rosa when her childhood best friend is right there? #Jasmine canonically regularly hangs out with and admires Erica #stop making kris and lyra related when their only similarity is their hair style make them make out instead #mad that pricefield is technically canon when max regularly swoons over kate #still never understood how Kim and Ron got together (they never would have let Kigo become canon at that point) #but also Kim was too good for Ron tbh and I thought he'd be cute with Monique #I will probably never like HarleyIvy because Ivy was always a dick to Harley in btas and hardly a better option for her than the joker #(at least I can enjoy HarleyJoker knowing it's a terrible and toxic ship without having that reconned in all future media #and pretending I have some sort of moral high ground) #but also JokerHarley fans are terrible and keep them away from me #I bet you if the joker was female yuris would eat that shit up #where is my AkaneRanma yuri I'm dying please #I just need akane to be bi for ranma give me bi akane merch #invisible talking moose #someone watch Jubei-chan with me so I can stop being thr only person alive to ship her with Freesia

[dreamsy990]

my thoughts on ddd basically boil down to "great game! kill the story with fire and sticks." which i think is about the coldest take ever. do not get me started on how nobodies having hearts is a dumbfuck plot twist i am so full of rage over that.

#it ruins roxas' entire character i swear #also sidenote soras evidence for nobodies having hearts is. hilarious #his examples are xion; namine; roxas; and axel #xion isnt even a nobody #namine is only considered a nobody on a technicality #roxas is generally an exception to a lot of nobody rules. also him having emotions and that being an abnormality is like. a plot point #and axel generally doesnt have emotions! he only ever has them relating to sora or roxas and he is genuinely shocked the first time he- #-realizes that he can feel something because of them #he literally dies saying '[roxas] made me feel like i had a heart... its funny- you make me feel the same way' #that weird ability they have to make axel feel things is a big part of why he cares so much about roxas and sora #and to say that 'he actually had a heart' is just a bad misinterpreting of what was already there #and if i didnt know any better i would assume there was a different writer for this game #its poorly thought out and directly contradicted on multiple occasions #plus you cant tell me xemnas really tricked all these people into thinking they didnt have hearts. like. at the very least VEXEN would have #also if they always felt things and xemnas gaslighted them into thinking it wasnt real #then why would axel notice anything special about sora and roxas at all. wouldnt he just treat emotions caused by them like everything else #-and talk himself into thinking they werent real? like its just not thought out #also to me it makes xemnas a less interesting villain. i dont mind his big secret plot i think its fine honestly. #but i much prefer the option of xemnas taking advantage of people who were desperate to him gaslighting and lying #its more personal taste but like. idk #also literally do not get me started on how this twist sucks for roxas' character. its just plain bad for him. #he fought tooth and nail and fucking died saying he deserved to exist whether or not he had a heart #and to look at him and go 'dont worry you get one now' is just bad! and i hate it!! #anyways. i fucking despise this games story #kingdom hearts #doodles #sora #roxas #riku #lea

[fore-seer]

obviously gaius is my main man because i’m in love with him but i also can’t stress enough how important ricken is to me. i really relate to him in a lot of aspects and it feels like i’ve grown up with him in a way

#tactician's log #awakening #august of awakening #bc like i was 15 when i played for the first time and i personally think he’s 14-15 at the beginning of the game #and something about also being a kid who felt like she had something to prove just forged an incomparable bond between us. #trying to prove yourself and then getting a little overwhelmed in the attempt because you bit off too much is. smth i have experience with #i also relate to sumia in a lot of the same ways but to a lesser extent? bc she was technically older than me the first time i played #and being fans of both of them is fun in a different way from being a gaius girlie bc like. pretty much everyone likes gaius #but ricken is underappreciated and sumia has historically been a little bit. shall we say divisive (through NO fault of her own) #so its like. its me and my losers against the world. i love them both so much #this is like the 10th time ive posted about this or something but i really think about it often

[nimue-hidden-lake]

Ah, my bad. Here's the obligatory Fling Posse related post of the day

Because what is a day without a Fling Posse mention at this point?

I might be playing Puyo Puyo Tetris right now but I picture doing it with at least one of them around. I mean, sometimes I like to think that the guys and I do our own thing in the same room but we look over to another to see what we are doing. So I see Ramuda and/or Gentaro work and Dice... Lazing around and not gambling for once while they watch me not mastering Tetris anytime soon.

Perhaps they even get disrtracted - Ramuda cheering and telling me not to give up. Gentaro chuckling because it's funny to see me try yet might guve pointers here and there if he knows what to do. Dice is just laughing yet would point out that it's good to see me try at least as I got his support.

Been kinda fun seeing it that way.

Here's an imagine idea for later. What imagine? You'll see soon enough!

#Nimue's Lake #I do have the mochis around who are watching me play technically so maybe this isn't too far off. #Bonding with the boyfriends! Even when I am doing something not HypMic related! #(Everything I do I always picture Fling Posse. And I admit I always reconnect stuff to them as well) #Even if I do not write about them I picture them around whatever I work on for the day. It at least makes me more motivated to pull through! #Trying to get as much gaming done as possible before winter break is over (and uni starts). May as well. #f/o community #fictional other community #self ship community #selfship community #self shipping community #selfshipping community #Lollipop Love #Sweet Words #Hit The Jackpot #(Guess you could say that this is a personal f/o imagine. I will work on one based on this though!)

[kindnessoverperfection]

wild how the more i'm working on recovery. the more i realize how fucking bad i miss her.

#which still feels kind of insane and embarrassing since i didn't technically know her myself #(my alter did. i however barely interacted with her.) #but she knew me. she fucking knew me and saw me. i've talked about this in earlier posts but that's still the main thing that hits me. #i feel like nobody else has ever ever known me like she has. i've never felt that seen. and she loved me. she cared about me. she knew what #was underlying my outwards appearance and behaviors. she saw it and loved and cared for it. and because she knew it so well she didn't take #anything personally. (again. not douchey behaviors. just like... bragging for example. or being guarded. idk) #also there's so many things we relate on? felt like i could connect with her better. i think she and i would have been friends. #i dont know it's just #with everyone else it feels like a fucking obligatory social game i need to navigate #say the right things. act in the right ways. present yourself in ways they'll understand and interpret well. blah blah #i'm not even going anywhere with this i just miss her so bad and i'm fucking lonely and want to be seen like that again but i don't think #it can ever happen. because i got to be 100% myself but it was in a safe way and that's how she grew to know and love me #but it wasn't ME who made that decision to be vulnerable. and it was through a specific way that can't be done again because i'm here now a #an alter so it's guarded. and i can't be selfish and demanding and fully myself here because system morals are too strong for that. #even if the aforementioned thing COULD happen again. i haven't seen anyone who cares and understands and sees so deeply like she does. #it's just #i don't know #i just want to be myself and loved and seen for who i am. #but instead it always just feels like i'm having to navigate and manage social expectations and That's It. #maybe i just need to be friends with another narcissist. so i dont have to fucking mask anymore. only concern is if i'm actually being #myself - i have a high pitched voice and talk fast and talk a lot and am kinda obnoxious and high energy and #attention-seeking and dislike being alone and. yeah. that's annoying to the majority of people. which is why i am Not myself around anyone

[chelseasasimmer]

mini hiatus (again)

so, i know i've only just started posting again, but my game's been hit with the time-jumping-back bug (this one) and, like, i just, im not gonna deal with that. im not gonna. so i'm putting nsb 2.0 on hiatus again. which is really frustrating cause now i really wanna play with hsy but i cant because this game is a fucking nightmare.

so yeah, posts are queued up til tomorrow night my time, but after that they'll be gone for a little longer.

i'm not gonna disappear completely though. i've got a shit tone of thsoe 'list 5 facts about your sim' asks sitting in my inbox that i want to get around to answering. i might also just generally try to post about my ocs* more.

#nonsims #im sorry guys #im so done with this fucking game #please sims team why are you like this #alternatively #if you know of a fix for this lmk #but idk i dont think its mod related #cause i tried my save with and without mods and it happened in both #*well i say my ocs #but i mean technically theyre just townies but older #and with personalities now #kinda #idk #i wanna talk about them though but im very afraid no one will care

[ectoplasmer]

sorry it’s early and i’m brushing my teeth while the sun is rising since I passed out last night before I got the chance to, and we’re getting genuine sunlight for the first time in weeks, and I’m busy contemplating just how ridiculous this series is

#ridiculous probably isn’t the right word #it’s more just… funny? #i just…. i wonder what tcg only people think. just in general about the card game #it is. so funny looking at a character like for instance seto or ishizu who is over here having *genuine* in depth relations that have to- #-do with familial bonds and the idea of living up to something or being the bigger person *for* their family #and also having to acknowledge that they kick ass when it comes to a children’s trading card game #like on one hand i am going absolutely crazy with grief and emotions over whatever happens in this insane series #and on the other i am busy following a. card game. that carries the same amount of importance #am i??? articulating this well enough #with how *i* view this series i think it’s absolutely bonkers that the card game came from this #because now in modern day it has NOTHING to do with the original series #it’s just… a card game. but it still came from something this story oriented. that’s literally so crazy to me idk why #that’s why i always glare at the reviews about the anime or the movie and how it’s only for marketing purposes #like yeah you’re probably right but that wasn’t *initially* the reason for it #this was originally to tell a story. not to sell a card game #sometimes i forget this series even centers around mainly that #it’s… interesting to me that people can play the card game and not know anything about the original series it came from #and they’re allowed to do that!! i’m not the fun police people can do whatever they want #but it’s so… interesting to me that people can pick it up and not know about a story that has been personally impactful to a lot of people #like the main ‘legacy’ dm left behind was technically the card game itself #but that card game isn’t directly connected to it anymore #like wow i’ve cried over this series how many times because of it’s themes and characters. and it’s about a. children’s card game. #oh my gosh okay how do i phrase this bluntly #it’s lowkey disconcerting to me that people can pick up something without knowing the things before it to enjoy the something to it’s full- #-capacity. especially if said something doesn’t carry the weight/theme/importance/etc of the things before it #i think. that is the closest i am getting to explaining my thought process #i don’t know i’m still half awake #I’m gonna go. sleep for another three hours bye tumblr see you later #rainy.file #delete later

[lifesupreme-if]

bought Stray i'll let yall know if it brings me back 2 feeling something xoxo

#kitty game :) #not if related #kitty game work your magic upon me please #personal #madeeeeee som updates 2 chapter 1 begging kitty game 2 spur me on #technically is if related actually but you know what i mean

[cursezoroark]

the oc x canon ive allowed myself in the rebornverse is rejuv mc and ren. they're so cute :']]]]]]]]]] to me,,,,, mona just BARELY gets a crush by like karma files though and ren feels Nothing though sooooo lmaoooooo they're doomed as soon as i created them. well ok not Nothing he cares for Mona a lot, just not as like,,,,,, the extent of affection??? if that makes sense. the whole gang's a bit held up with the xenpurge and he's one of the Centers of it i don't think he has the time or thought rlly. for my fav rejuv character and my special lil guy. dorky teenagers in world apocalypse. who are so so doomed.

#talk #honestly i was considering others but realized that they're either . not rlly smth i can rlly think as a good fit for mona or they're #related. stares at aelita . technically. mc being adopted and she's cousins with amber. thats good too i love a good familial dynamic #its like the my best friend turns out to be part of my family goodness thats amazing. mona adores aelita to bits. a pillar of support. #also i did consider crescent. but she's got so much going on i don't think she's hung up from her past. #i think ren's sorta..... dorky easygoing (is it?????) nature kind of meshes well with mona's sort of Smushed dorkiness. mona's chill as hel #not to mention he's my favorite character in this entire game i have no idea how he shot up so high on my fav list. so like a god #i gift him someone who adores him. in a different manner of course lmao but i love these lil guys. #of course they both got issues im not denying that. mona's personality is smth im slowly shaping but what i know is. Aero's personality #is their base #but again like crescent said. too different. aero's more stoic in a way that makes them seem cool like their motos and etc #mona's also pretty stoic. but they break the face easy when it comes to strong emotions. they're an easygoing guy who socializes easy #of course this means they repress a ton of shit. cough the entire plot of rejuv. they slowly understand aero's sense of responsibility. #ok enough character ranting.

[big-ditch-energy]

The power move of the Enderal devs to make one of their whopping two romanceable characters aro-coded as hell.

#Was not expecting what is technically a Skyrim mod to have the only video game romance I've personally found relatable #But here we are #That being said if any game was gonna do it it was gonna be Enderal. #Enderal is spectacularly well-written

[mrfoox]

Bruh, I'm so... Well obviously anxious about everything, duh

But then something I was anxious about turned out okay... Boy the level of relief I feel...

#miranda talking shit #I texted oliver to send me pics of his baking yesterday bc he said he was going to bake #But he didn't respond so i thought ... Ok i crossed a line. I was weird. He thinks im weird. Hes going to tell me in person tomorrow that #Im a creep and should stop. Nope he just said... I didnt end up baking yesterday but today I'll try again and send you the pics #The level of relief i felt was unmatched like oh... Oh gosh thank you #I know that i guess technically i shouldn't text him if its not work related. To my defense i havent either until now #So i crossed that line and thought for sure he'd be annoyed at least but seems im good #I kinda love and hate how our situation is set up ... Aka id say hes my friend but technically #I cant say that. Bc hes employed and works when we meet up... We've both made comments like being friends etc #Not straight out. But he have said like 'when i get an decent pc set up and running #We need to play some games togheter' and i mean... We have definitely shared more stuff with each other than #Patient/worker should have... I just know i cant actually say out loud that we are friends bc thats rule breaking /: #Feel the same way about magnus and it sucks. Id love to be able to talk with them as friends and meet up and do stuff #I mean i guess i could technically just... Quit hiring services from the company they work at and then it would be fine #But im kinda scared they'd not be comfortable talking with me outside of work like... I could just be imagining things #Maybe they are just being polite and thats it... Like yeah #So yeah its me being a coward and saying 'this is enough' bc i do get to meet them at least once per week for an hour this way #I know mom had this issue when working in this field. She have had more than one customer she formed close bonds with #But she still kept in contact with them after quitting. But thats her mom is like me we get attached #I can't assume others do bc then it'll hurt so much more if im wrong :')

[targaryenluvs]

LONELY WATERS

pairings: dark!finnick odair x fem!reader

summary: even if you resided in the fishing district you only ever got close to the water for swimming late at night. it was your favourite time of the day, but it leaves you open and vulnerable to predators and people, the water won’t save you. silly girl, don’t you remember? finnick odairs a champion swimmer.

warnings: nude swimming, nc voyeurism, stalking, scaring someone, inappropriate touching, chasing in waters, threatening and manipulation?? false misconceptions about victors, nc kissing and implied sexual intimacy and technically kidnapping?? (not forever) passing out from exhaustion due to sexual relations

a/n: THE VOICES 👹👹 italics is your thoughts!!! not proofread!

the water was cold, just how you liked it.

you’d been taking care of your cousin davine who’d literally put a hole in her finger trying to spin around the finnick odair’s trident since it was on display in a local gallery. but she’d overestimated her strength, let go of it whilst it was still in the air and it sliced her good. you met her outside as you’d been getting groceries and scolded her the whole way to the hospital.

“are you crazy? did you honestly think you could handle such a weapon on a whim? why the hell would you want to hold it anyways it’s just a trident.” you investigated as she whined and moaned, “why wouldn’t i want to y/n? it’s finnick! i just didn’t know it’d be that difficult.” you sighed as you halted her walking, bending down to look up at her, “i know it seems super cool okay. but the things he went through? the reason he has that trident? not cool. don’t idolise the games and the victors. the games are barbaric and those poor victors live their lives because the capitol lets them. i don’t want you anywhere near them okay? they’re dangerous.”

davine shook her head, “how? they’re just victors, they had to kill to win the games you know that y/n.” you sighed again, “they’re not dangerous because of the games they’re dangerous because of their time in the capitol. they care about themselves, after the hunger games they’ll probably do anything to keep themselves safe. act nice to us, earn our trust and support i- it doesn’t matter, just try not to go around him okay?”

finnick was watching you from the balcony as you explained your worries to davine. now now, who’d gone and told you all those lies? he wasn’t dangerous, as long as you were on his good side.

honey, he’d show you dangerous.

as you took off your dress you couldn’t shake the feeling of eyes on you, so you stopped. your head zipped around , trying to look for a glimpse, a person, an animal, something. but you couldn’t see anything. and that should’ve been your first sign. someone that you could hear but not see.

as you lowered yourself into the water you felt at ease. the water was the one place you were by yourself. you thought you were. everyday had you, and everyone, surrounded by people all day. but here? peace.

“isn’t it dangerous at this time of night honey?” finnick emphasised as your hands shot up to cover your top half. “don’t hide now, i was enjoying the view.” you couldn’t believe your eyes, finnick odair, in the flesh. god the screens didn’t do him justice. i get it davine, why you wanted to hold the trident. his eyes were so green.

“w-what are you doing here?” finnick tilted his head as he crossed his arms, still on the land, “can’t i come down here? if i knew it was reserved i wouldn’t have come, but it isn’t, and i can do as i please. you never know who’s around sweetheart, not the best idea to come out alone.” you didn’t even notice that he was slowly taking off his own clothes till he was walking your way. “i swim here every night. no one’s ever here.” he was in the water now, and you’d begun to slowly back away, the water engulfing you slowly. chest, shoulders, neck. “well that’s going to change, don’t you wanna swim with me?” you shook your head as he mimicked you, shaking his head slowly, “no? you gonna stop me?” he was making his way towards you, cutting through the water like glass.

you were hyperventilating and your mind was foggy. you obviously weren’t thinking properly since instead of swimming towards the shore you swam further out. you could hear his laugh as you began to swim, “do you really think you can swim away from me? the place in which i excel? i’ve chased down tributes in water, fit, healthy and much more athletic than you. trust me, you’ll tire yourself out before you get any further.” but you didn’t listen, all you could do was try.

the rocks were large and created a huge wall, it was a rocky area of the beach which you were using as refuge from finnick. if there was one thing you never expected it was this, being chased by finnick odair through opens waters for- what, exactly? you had no clue.

you’d mistakenly began to relax, thinking you’d lost him when you dove under the water but the unrelenting pressure on your ankle had you wailing as you were yanked under the water. your eyesight was muffled and muggy, but you knew who’d dragged you under. finnick swam back to the surface, his hands right around you.

“should’ve listened to me.” he smiled, perfect teeth on show, barely puffed out, where as you felt as if your heart was going to burst from exhaustion and fatigue or plain fright. “now, i’m going to make sure, you remember me, remember what i’m going to do, and will continue to do.” you were sure his face was going to haunt you, everywhere you went. every time you saw a trident, even a damn fork. blonde hair and green eyes would send you spiralling every time you plucked them out from a crowd.

your tears were hot and streaming as you felt his hands roam, lower and lower. the rocks cut you as he pushed you into them, manipulating you into the positions he wished for. your body was so cold but his presence was like fire, his hands were warm and undeniable as they grabbed and kneaded at soft skin. his kisses were unrelenting and you were sure he’d leave a trail of bruises all over you in his wake.

you’d passed out at some point of the night, you were in the water, then on the rocks, then on the land yet you woke up in an unfamiliar home. maybe someone found you laying on the ground, you wouldn’t be surprised if he’d left you there, naked and ruined.

what were you going to do? if he approached you in public? in private? in your home? who in panem would believe your truth? that finnick odair, the capitols darling was capable of such unbelievable, vile actions. they’d probably turn it around you. he’d let them.

at least he’s not here. you thought to yourself, you could do your best to avoid him. it’s not like there aren’t plenty of women, gorgeous girls that could take his attention. he’d probably picked out another girl to go after, to charm and take the normal way.

your thoughts had taken you away from the present, the present being you laying besides someone. their muscular arm draped over your waist, the sheets covered your and his bare body. “had a good sleep did you?” finnick murmured into your neck as you froze up.

no no no no no. please no.

“yes honey. you’re here with me. now let me hold you.” he whispered as he pulled you into his chest, cautious of your patched up cuts. everything hurt. your shoulders, arms, thighs. your hands traced over the bite marks, the skin all over you, tainted.

just wishing for lonely waters in which you could relax led to you be trapped in his arms. and he sure as hell wasn’t letting you go. not when you brung him so much pleasure, yeah, he’d be using you for a while, if not forever.

if only you’d been nicer.

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