#defect pearl

[crackships4lyfe]

BOOM! The goddess of motherhood, art, and dance!! The finished product!

Full backstory if anyone is interested!!

Andrena AKA Boon was originally created just for the purpose of guiding the newly made mortals. She was a daughter of Avalyn. but like most of her children, Andrena was eventually forgotten and shoved aside. Over the years, humans have evolved to live without the help of the tiny goddess, and once again Andrena was left to her own devices. At first, she became quite depressed. Thinking that she no longer had a purpose, she fell into deep despair and locked herself up in her realm. After a while, she eventually acquired enough hope and inspiration that she decided to try various different activities and tasks. This is how she discovered her affinity for dance and art! Thinking she finally found her calling, she was now officially known as the Goddess of art and dance. To celebrate this incredible discovery and to forget her past, Andrena changed her name to Boon. Now she wanders among the world of Deities and mortals, spreading happiness and love to even the most depressed souls. Boon doesn’t hold any resentment towards her mother, instead she developed a motherly instinct to help those who faced the same rejection as her!

#art #fanart #gem galaxies #gem oc art #god rp #god rp oc #defect pearl #gg pearl #gg rp #gg rp oc #my shading continues to suck. #bronze pearl

[just---orange]

⭐ MY GEM COLLECTION ⭐

Over the past couple of years, I've designed a bunch of Gem Original Characters - some of which were inspired by Gems that exist within the canon of "Steven Universe"; some of which are a part of the "Gem Galaxies" game; some of which which are designed by other artists and some of which were designed independently by me!

So I thought I might as well chuck up my whole collection so far! Hopefully by the end of 2024, I'll have a whole new bunch of these wee guys.

In chronological order of design, I have:

Darling Pyrope (SU Canon, inspired by GG Model)

Unfortunate Richterite (developed by @ratxklng)

Chatty Olivine (developed for GG Canon)

Energetic Selenite (developed by loneperiwinkle)

Forgetful Sapphire (SU Canon, inspired by GG Model)

Fierce Thorium (developed for GG Canon)

Tragedy Jade (SU Canon, inspired by GG Model)

Odd-Couple Rutile (SU Canon, inspired by GG Model)

Goblin Pearl (SU Canon, inspired by GG Model)

Gempressionist Spinel (SU Canon, inspired by GG Model)

The Chrysoprase Band (original Gemtype, made by me!)

Assertive Off-Colour Ruby (SU Canon, inspired by GG Model)

#original character #character art #steven universe #gem galaxies #gem oc #gemsona #steven universe oc #su oc #defective gem #ruby #pyrope #richterite #olivine #selenite #sapphire #thorium #jade #rutile #pearl #spinel #chrysoprase #gems #collection #artists on tumblr #digital artist #oc artist #canon #wee dudes honestly #i love drawing gems

[johnwicklover1999]

parable authority stanley doodle owag i love this stupid rock im gonna shatter him in my hands. hes So face. i actuslly like how his face looks which is Surprising!! he is very funny to Me .

#he's grabbing narrator's wrist and accusing him of being defective #<- stanley is also defective #this is a NEW parable authority au (not rlly ive mentioned it before) with rebel quartz stanley and diamond pearl narrator #its more like what people THOUGHT su was before the pink/rose reveal #stanley IS just a normal quartz and the narrator really IS a runaway pearl; stanley never owned him or anything #narry was at the reef one day and this fucking quartz showed up and was like 'hey let me show you the wonders' #the parable authority #brutus.art

[silverrowbrush]

I was just imagining what would happen if Splatoon characters played out the Rottmnt story as a joke, and. Um. I may have gotten a little bit too lost in the sauce.

#just. yeah #gramps as splinter #the four main agents as his mutant cephalopod children #callie and marie filling in for april #octavio as draxum #maybe pearlina fill in for casey #with marina being a defected foot member thats secretly a yokai and hides out with human vigilante pearl #deep cut are all celebrities that got mutated into their respective animals and now run around as bandits that help out other mutants #shelldon as some kind of yokai expert on mystics #dont know who would fill in for the actual foot clan leaders or big mama #but we all know who would fill in for Kraang #smallfry is either mayhem or I make them a human kid to replace casey junior #or the funnier option of having dedf1sh go in for junior #can you tell how deep into the sauce I have gotten by this point #splatoon #rottmnt #arrow chats

[shibascrem]

First metal show

When that loud-ass punk who breaks all the sound equipment brings her new hip hop "friend" to the venue.

Yes, Pearl brought her custom Houzuki flying squid guitar. Marina is only a month out from her defection and wanted to see Pearl perform. And yes, I'm still insane about Suffer No Fools.

Wish they'd show us more of metal vocalist Pearl and just-defected Marina...

Cross-posted from my other blog FrumpGrump

#pearlina #off the hook #marina ida #pearl houzuki #splatoon #my art

[mechahero]

CAN YOU PLEASE SHOW THEM? I WANT TO SEE

//oh yeah sure lol

get ready for another read more and a crap ton of names again (names at top of the pics just like last time)

alright starting off with a milky quartz!

next up is a smoky quartz!

this is a zebra jasper!

this is a prasiolite!

this is a blue quartz!

this is a citrine!

this is a cherry quartz!

this is an onyx!

this is a strawberry quartz!

this is an unakite!

this is a lace amethyst!

this is an ocean jasper!

and last but not least, an aventurine!

#//yeah so bnfgsmsha #//there’s a LOT of these guys #//and they’re all from separate game passes so yeah that’s a lot! #//there’s also regular amethysts and jaspers but I left them out for obvious reasons #//and this isn’t even counting the defect versions of some of these quartzes #//so yeah #//it’s a lot #//quartzes have a high morph count next to the pearls i think? #//but yeah once again i am beaming thoughts of playing gg into ur brains again #backup log {ooc}

[phoenixiancrystallist]

Day 3 of 2023, more color on the background! Plus the realization that I drew the mountains all wrong and made the trees too small so I'm gonna have to redo pretty much the whole thing XD lol oops

Reference under the cut for reference :P

#the great artscapade of 2023 #art #my art #legend of mana fanart #elazul #princess pearl #lake kilma #tote the wisdom #tote the turtle #bonus rattlerboa butt #I'm almost over my New Year's cold #so naturally that means I started shark week >< #we're not even a week in and already 2023 is kicking my ass #can we get a do-over this year is defective

[crackships4lyfe]

Im bored as shit because i have no access to my pc and mobile games are shit. Have some art of my character boon from a gem galaxy God rp

Shes the goddess of art and dance. Somehow she went from excitable overactive kid to cheerful caring mother figure despite her being so gosh darn tiny. I adore playing her though -w-

Shes usually hanging around club etherion as that is her main domain she can also be found in oasis or the new gardens map. The next rp session with the group i joined im gonna drag her to geode though to figure out how she’ll deal with mortals since rp lore has humans as the “unwanted children of the gods” and most of the gods despise humans. Im thinking shes gonna just be awkward around them. Either that or im gonna try and get nova to back off the path of villainy via shoving tea and snacks in her general direction. Ill fail at that since her player is set on her villain arc but it’d be character development for both characters i think.

It’d be really funny if boon trying to be helpful pushes nova further considering boon is a pacifist and tends to deal with problems with tea and snacks.

Oh i dont think this is THAT important to her character but shes also aroace ovo

#art #roblox art #gem galaxies #gem oc art #pearl oc #if your wondering shes the bronze pearl model #defect pearl #rp oc

[smoozie]

Secret Life Roomates AU?

-🌌

OH I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED!!

Something about the alliances this season just felt right. The mounders are the main inspiration for the au tbh, I absolutely ADORED them! The roomies as well! I couldn't get the idea of them as actual roommates out of my head, thus the au spawned.

All secret life alliances are roommates! That's kinda the whole premise, but there are some important footnotes.

First of all, I put Scar and Lizzie together. Yes they both technically were loners all season, but their interactions KILL me! No one gets them like I do okay. They both think the other is the weird one and they are one-sided frenemies.

The mounders live in a house. Like they all bought a house together. Everyone else has apartments, the mounders get a house. They said "mounders for life" and decided they would all buy a house together. I can't decide if they decided they were mounders because of the mound in their yard or if they bought the house because there was a mound in their yard.

Also my prologue to the au is basically that Etho and Cleo found Grian in Distressing Situation and just. Took him home with them. Now he lives with them. The only people he knows are Evo. Basically, Grian just randomly disappeared as a teenager and no one knew exactly what happened to him. Then Etho and Cleo take him home and now he is reunited with his old friends!

Lizzie and Jimmy are siblings, I adore my seablings. And my skyblings, Grian and Pearl are also siblings. I am physically incapable of writing anything that does not have a set of traumatically torn apart siblings in it. I am tempted to just make all of them siblings (I like Grian as siblings with Lizzie and Jimmy too!), but we'll see.

I have very specific scenes in mind for Grian meeting Bdubs and Scar. And a lose idea for his Pearl reunion. I am a lover of shenanigans.

I am also obsessed with a few dynamics that I really want to be a focus, but I'm still figuring out how to incorporate the relationship I want some characters to have. Like obviously I can't have Gem and Pearl be former allies who killed all their friends together and then were so strong to their home alliances they were forced to fight against each other in the final battle, pleading for the other to defect and join their side. Cuz this is Real Life. So uh, I need to figure out how to make That Bond happen, without the murder.

But that is an overview of my au. It is still in the works and I am SO EXCITED

#life series #life smp #secret life #trafficblr #secret life smp #traffic smp #traffic series #the mounders #grian #gtwscar #goodtimeswithscar #lizzie ldshadowlady #ldshadowlady #ethoslab #zombiecleo #pearlescentmoon #geminitay #smooziespeaks #ask #anon #🌌 anon #dragonanswers #this was longer than I meant it to be

[sixteenth-days]

prisoner's dilemma

The prisoner's dilemma is a game theory thought experiment that involves two rational agents, each of whom can cooperate for mutual benefit or betray their partner ("defect") for individual reward. Or: “I just want you to know,” Pearl tells Scar, casual, “if it comes down to it, I want you to kill me.”

(secret life finale character study! contains spoilers)

#my writing #secret life #secret life spoilers #pearlescentmoon #goodtimeswithscar

[bobamilkk]

Silly lil swap au!!! Steven’s mom is white diamond and the og 3 homeworld gems are the crystal gems!! Greg’s still his dad and most of early season one would be pretty much the same but with a more dysfunctional found family cuz they’re silly like that. The og crystal gems are now villains to be redeemed but in like. Slightly different ways idk man- With the diamonds it’s Pink in White’s place and then blue plays a bit more of an aggressive role than yellow does

-Jasper is the first time he sees a gem poof. It’s similar to the pearl episode but it’s a robot Peridot made instead of a pearl hologram- She gets frustrated with Steven not taking his battle training seriously and gets punched straight in the face because of it. She doesn’t stay in her gem nearly as long as pearl does and Peridot actually helps him when this weird lil robot keeps trying to fight him- The only reason Jasper doesn’t come back in a few hours is cuz she’s embarrassed she got poofed me thinks

-Sapphire comes to earth to use her future vision to see the status of the cluster and properly check on it- She has her group of 3 rubys with her and they manage to poof Jasper in the same manner of Garnet getting poofed by Jasper in canon. Ship chaos happens and Jasper manages to poof 2 of 3 rubies while the last one escapes in the escape pod with Sapphire. Steven bubbles the rubies cuz he’s silly like that and wants to make sure they’re going to be ok

-cue a couple fights later and Jasper gets frustrated that she’s lost a few battles to a lone ruby and a sapphire of all gems and starts pushing the other gems away and preventing them from fighting with her- She goes to attack Sapphire while Ruby’s catching her breath since she’s seemingly defenseless but Ruby jumps in and they fuse and sit there having a panic attack. Jasper stands there in shock for a moment cuz she’s not entirely used to fusion either before going to attack again-Only for Steven to jump in the way and save them

-Ruby’s getting stressed over the cluster and pacing in the barn so Lapis recommends Steven goes to show them what it’s like on earth-Cue Sapphire and Ruby slowly realizing they love each other. Also the frog. Steven shows them what a frog is and Ruby excitedly shows it to Sapphire. Gay people-They don’t fuse as often but like. By future they’re permanently fused?? But for the majority of the main series they only fuse when needed

-Amethyst comes to earth to collect Sapphire!! She has her limb enhancers to make up for her height n stuff- Idk how the baseball episode parallels will work but. They’re there. Somehow!! Garnet also gets to fuse to hide Sapphire since Amethyst wouldn’t expect a fusion idk anymore

-garnet somehow manages to poof Amethyst in her panic and Steven unbubbles her because he’s curious about her limb enhancers and peridot won’t tell her because she’s scared of him knowing too much about homeworld. She traps herself in the bathroom peridot style until Steven manages to make her realize she’s safe here and the cluster is bubbled and she’s allowed to be herself and doesn’t have to be afraid of being shattered for being defective if she messes up even slightly. She gets her peridot arc or smthn

-Greg gets taken to the human zoo like in canon but Pearls there with Holly Blue Agate to watch over the humans and their growth. She was sent there after white was shattered as punishment for failing her diamond and it’s seriously messed her up- She does see them being free tho and helps them escape with Greg without thinking- Steven offers for her to tag along and she hesitates until Holly Agate comes along and she immediately jumps in the ship

-Pearl watches Steven sleep like in canon but it’s. Creepier. It’s habit from the human zoo but she starts to investigate his gem in the process and realizes it’s her diamond aka white. She goes to remove the gem to free her diamond back-Maybe get her status back by having white back-Desperation type beat- only to wake Steven who panics and pushes her away- She panics massively and starts sobbing and calling him her diamond

-Instead of the loud distraction yell of “She’s Gone” from pink Steven- Steven accidentally mind controls pink for a split second and it makes them both tumble back- I don’t know fully how this scene would work tbh I gotta brainstorm more but. Ik white diamond Steven has a different set of powers than canon Steven- He’s got whites mind control powers n shit

-Bismuth takes the role of Spinel in the movie!! Not in the same abandoned sense but in a “you ruined our perfect plan” and wants to kill him for it whether her diamond wants her to or not- she’s silly like that!! She resets the gems like Spinel does and Jasper signs her life to Greg like pearl does- She carries him around n is super protective of him. Ma’am’s ready to kill someone on sight for Greg-

-Post-Corrupted Steven gets silly lil corrupted traits still. 1) his gem is flipped so it’s like a horn now 2) he’s got silly lil underbite fangs 3) spikes on his shoulders so his jacket is tied around his waist so it doesn’t get ripped 4) he’s like. Extra extra tired all the time someone save him

You should send me asks about the au it’d be so sexy of you /j

#Steven universe #steven universe au #steven universe swap au #steven universe fanart #Oliver was here #info dump

[is-the-snake-video-cute]

hiya! i encountered your problem morphs list a few days ago and got kinda confused on something? a bit sorry for asking but do you know how pattern morphs like super lily white in crested geckos and super motley in boas cause fatality? or lethality in pearl for ball pythons as well? it seems odd that just a pattern gene would cause such a thing… also sorry if you already got an ask like this, I wasnt sure if the first one sent correctly ^^’

Great question. The simple answer is that those genes don't just affect pattern! We call these pleiotropic genes - in layman's terms, that means that the gene that changes pattern also affects something unrelated.

For those "super" genes ("super" just means a reptile has two copies of the gene, one inherited from both parents), it's a tad more complicated. For lethality in super morphs, when a reptile has two copies of the same gene, that triggers the gene to start affecting unrelated body systems and that means ultimately the reptile won't be compatible with life. If a reptile only has one copy of the gene, they're okay, but two copies trigger the defect that causes lethality.

As an example of how this works, I'm going to actually use horses. "Lethal white" horses are both very well-understood in the scientific literature (unlike reptile morphs) and are great for illustrating how these genes work!

So, in horses, there's a pattern gene called overo. It causes white splotches and is generally super pretty! Overo horses have varying amounts of white, but they look basically like this:

If a horse has just one copy of the overo gene, all's normal. You get a perfectly functional, healthy animal.

If they have two copies of the gene, though, it doesn't just affect pattern. You get an all-white foal, yes, but two copies of the gene also affect the foal's digestive system - lethal white foals are born without functioning colons, and it's invariably fatal.

Does that make sense? The reason some morphs can cause issues is usually because they're pleiotropic genes and affect unrelated body systems, and some "super" morphs are lethal morphs because two copies of a gene triggers a defect.

#not a rating #snake morphs #snake health #animal death

[buzzkillchainsaw]

THE LATEST PANEL OF THE PEARL COMIC HAS ME SCREECHING. Tbh part of me wonders if Pearl will ever learn how to breathe on land and be able to exist outside of the water. Maybe through exposure therapy? Or is she just doomed to spend her entire life underwater due to her illness/birth defect? ALSO FUCK LAMPREY. BASTARD DESERVES TO LOSE HIS WINGS. SEAWONK WITH NO WONK. HE IS JUST SEA.

Pearl lacks the anatomy that is necessary to breathe air on land, so it's not something she can ever achieve naturally. :(

But stay tuned for the upcoming 18(!!!) page long doc that details my hypothetical book series that also features Datura & Sidewinder, Ice and No-one :) You'll see then what Pearl & Tetra will be up to and how their story ends ...

And yes, fuck Lamprey. ;)

#ask #buzzkill wof arc

[mdzs-owns-my-ass-i-guess]

No simping in the Cloud Recesses!!

I received permission to write a ficlet based off this amazing post by the lovely @lovewanxian and this is the result. They're working on their own fic on the same premise, so make sure to give them some love when they post it <3

I had a lot of fun writing this and drank a lot of water to quench the thirst. It didn't work, but I highly recommend hydration - and have fun!

Lan Sizhui is suffering.

Now before you get up in arms about who to kill, it's not that kind of suffering. Nobody's trying to kill him and Lan Jingyi's pranks have yet to land him in the infirmary - the suffering that's plaguing Lan Sizhui is spiritual.

No, it's not a qi deviation, although he is quite sure he's heading that way far too quickly for his age and skill level. And he didn't get cursed either - hm, well, that's debatable in the circumstances - but the point is, his suffering isn't caused by anything that's related to cultivation or any outside interference.

Lan Sizhui is suffering because all his friends are simping.

But that's normal teenage boy behavior, you might argue. Teenagehood is, virtually, the best age to simp, it's basically in the job description for the ages between 13 and 19.

Fair, but Lan Sizhui's friends are simping over Senior Wei, who is twice their age, married and one of Sizhui's beloved father figures. See the issue yet?

Imagine all your friends do all day is lament over how much they want your dad to "punish" them, how hot his ghostly cultivation is and how much they wish he'd turn them into fierce corpses - Sizhui suffering makes sense now, doesn't it?

And he's been through this before. His friends' first crush has largely been Hanguang-Jun. Understandable - Sizhui has eyes, and he can admit he's attractive, objectively speaking.

To Sizhui, he's been the closest thing to a parent for many years, so thinking of him as anything less is weird - but facts are facts. Hanguang-Jun is powerful, domineering, but kind and supportive. These are all attractive features.

Sizhui has long grown used to Jingyi fangirling over him, and to the self-insert fic black market he ran out of their room from ages 12 to 15. He's done handstands for days to atone for it, and has made peace with it.

Of course, all juniors have kept some degree of Hanguang-Jun worship and, as the female disciples put it, "fanny flutters", but the crushing has evolved into admiration rather than infatuation and Sizhui only has to deal with number one Hanguang-Jun stan fluttering over his dad.

And then Senior Wei came about and Sizhui's peace of mind has gone to hell.

Disclaimer for all of you clutching your pearls right now: Sizhui loves Senior Wei very much and is infinitely grateful to have him back, has even slipped and called him "baba" a few times. The problem doesn't lay with Senior Wei at all.

The problem lays with the entirety of the Lan junior population (please let it be just the juniors, if the seniors simp over Senior Wei too, Sizhui's going to defect) being shameless about a man that's treated them as nothing less than his unofficially adopted children.

And how do they show their gratitude? By lusting over him and moaning about how lucky Hanguang-Jun is to bed him every night.

Lan Sizhui is suffering.

---

Lan Wangji is suffering.

No, he isn't dying, cursed, qi deviating or having to sit through sect leader Yao's rants - he's being Wei Ying's teacher assistant for his introductory talisman course.

It may sound confusing - how could that be a cause for suffering? Lan Wangji loves his husband and being around him, finds his inventions fascinating and likes helping him. So what's the issue?

The issue is that literally nobody in that whole entire classroom is paying any attention to the lesson. Sword to their neck, he is positive neither of them would be able to recall not even the past five minutes of talisman theory.

But ask them anything about Wei Ying and they'd rant for hours. And Lan Wangji doubts it would be a respectful rant.

Because the Lan juniors may not be paying attention to talismans, but by God are they paying attention to their teacher. Lan Wangji can virtually see the hearts in their eyes and the bloodflow directing down south - and he hates it. Wei Ying is being such a thorough teacher, he's putting his heart and soul into it, but his class seems fascinated only with the robes he wears, the way he moves, and they nearly break their necks to look at him when he turns his back to write something on the blackboard.

(Okay, Lan Wangji does too, sue him, that's his husband, he's allowed.)

Point is, these kids are entirely undisciplined. Lusting after seniors is not explicitly forbidden in the rules, but Lan Wangji is going to suggest his uncle adds it to the list. This way, he can hand harsh punishments fairly. Nobody is allowed to have horny thoughts about his husband except for him.

And it's not like the kids are being subtle about it either.

Here's an exmple.

Wei Ying's just finished demonstrating the penmanship for a banishing talisman, and encouraged the students to try it themselves, as he would walk among them and offer help where needed.

Everyone - everyone except Sizhui and Jingyi - needed help. Even those that Lan Wangji knew to be specialized in talisman work.

Everyone needed Senior Wei to take their hand in his, lean closely and direct their brush strokes. Everyone needed to be spoken to softly and encouraged to try again.

Lan Wangji has broken two brushes already and he's probably going to move to breaking fingers next.

One of the students, Lan Yichen, Hanguang-Jun's third favorite after his two ducklings (yes, they're his favorites, no, nobody knows and this doesn't cloud his judgement, yes, they're his ducklings), raised his hand and called for "teacher Wei" (Lan Wangji glares his way, but of course the little horny bastard has no time to look anywhere but at Wei Ying).

"What's wrong?" Wei Ying very obliviously asks and Lan Wangji feels the wood of his third brush crack in his grip.

"I really don't know why this talisman won't burn correctly..." Lan Yichen whines, looking up at his senior through his lashes, pathetic and submissive.

Lan Wangji will have him copy the rules about propriety fourty times.

Wei Ying looks over his shoulder at his talisman, and doesn't see the way the boy leans into his scent just a little bit, his cheeks dusting red at the close contact.

Lan Wangji fights the urge to grip Bichen. He can't kill a kid. Come on.

Wei Ying takes the brush from his hand and glides it once over the talisman paper. He smiles encouragingly at Yichen, who's managed to make himself look borderline tearful. "Let's try it together now."

"T-Together?"

Lan Wangji is a strong man. Self-disciplined, in control. He doesn't know how much longer he'll be able to stop himself from - what was the word Jingyi used... ah yes - yeeting that young man all the way to his home sect.

"I'll send in some of my spiritual energy, and you send in the rest. Let's see if anything cool happens, yeah?"

The boy looks like he's won the lottery. Lan Wangji can see it behind the sopping wet cat look. The brush in his hand is halfway broken now.

The talisman lights up blue and dissipates.

"Wow!" Lan Yichen shouts, as if he hasn't been using talismans for the past 5-7 years of his cultivation career. "You're so good at this, teacher Wei!"

Wei Ying laughs and pats the boy's head before returning to his teaching desk. Behind him, the boy looks like he's just ascended. Or had an orgasm.

Either way, Lan Wangji breaks his brush in little smithereens and tries talking himself out of murder.

"These kids are so distracted today." Wei Ying sighs. "I knew I shouldn't have taken you with me, all they do is look at you."

It takes all Lan Wangji has not to side eye his husband.

---

Lan Sizhui walks into his room after having tea with his dads - they always have tea together before night hunts, a little ritual to lift their spirits and... well, for a last memory if something bad happens. It's a risk of the job, after all, though it's highly unlikely, considering how powerful both Hanguang-Jun and Senior Wei are.

So, Sizhui happily returns to his room to get ready and finds several of his friends all over the place, looking much like the backstage to a courtesan show. Some are struggling on deciding which robes to put on, others fight for natural light to powder their faces and the rest struggle with hairstyles.

"Hello, people who do not live here. Where's Jingyi?"

"Getting scolded for calling sect leader Nie cunty to his face at the last discussion conference." One of the boys, Lan Haoran, answers, blending the powder into his skin to hide acne scars. "He's not allowed to come to the night hunt with us."

"That's a compliment." Sizhui replies, and barely manages to reach his wardrobe for clothes in the mess.

"Tell that to teacher Lan Qiren."

"Anyway, what are you guys doing here?"

"Getting ready for the night hunt, duh!" Another, Lan Lixin, says, fixing a golden hairpiece in his bun.

"And since when does night hunting entail a makeover?"

"You want us to look like shit with Senior Wei around?!" Lan Tao exclaims, emerging from the bathroom in a delicately ornate set of light blue robes. "We have to look presentable."

Sizhui rolls his eyes. "You know he only has eyes for Hanguang-Jun."

"It's worth a try." Lan Lixin says, taking a final look in the mirror. "And anyway, last time he said he liked my hairpin, so what more could a man want from life?"

Sizhui takes in a deep breath to calm down. "And why are you lot here instead of your own rooms?"

"Your room has the best lighting." Lan Haoran responds. "God, I really need to invest in some skincare."

"Anyways, do you guys think we'll get to see Senior Wei control the Ghost General this time?" Lan Tao asks.

There are three dreamy sighs in response.

"I wish he'd control me like that. He wouldn't even need Chenqing, I'd just do anything he wanted stat."

"Same. I love when he gets all serious, I'd love him to get like that with me~"

"You guys realize I'm right here, right?"

---

Wei Ying saves his third Lan junior of the night and he's starting to grow tired. Of course, he doesn't expect them to be able to take on a night hunt independently and succeed at it, he's quite sure they've never been so uncoordinated before.

The strings of the guqin vibrate loudly and the fierce corpses kneel, growling in pain. Wei Ying rushes to pluck yet another child from their grasps and sends a burst of resentful energy their way. "It's alright, I got you."

The boy in his arms whines and hides further in Wei Ying's chest. He didn't get hurt that badly, but Wei Ying figures it must have been terrifying for him to be nearly torn into, so his reaction is understandable.

He gently lays the boy against a tree, wipes some dirt off his face and sends him a reassuring smile. "It's all right now, you're safe."

"Thank you, senior Wei..."

Lan Wangji rolls his eyes as his fingers move over the guqin. Who knew the Lan have so many aspiring actors in their ranks?

Wei Ying lifts Chenqing to his lips and a shrill tune fills the silence. The fierce corpses writhe at the sound, and, holding the flute with one hand, Wei Ying sends three talismans to immobilize them.

A nod is all it takes for Hanguang-Jun to send Bichen their way.

"Wow..." the "injured" juniors exclaim, eyes fixated on senior Wei, his eyes glowing red and expression determined.

Sizhui, who's unfortunately been delegated to tend to their wounds, fastens a bandage a bit too hard on one of his friends, pulling his attention away.

"You lot are being ridiculous. You could've gotten killed."

Lan Tao clutches his arm, eyes full of horny ideas as he stares at the way Senior Wei sends resentful tendrils towards the fierce corpses. "I wonder what else he can do with those."

"You know what, I'm going to kill you myself actually."

"What's your issue, Sizhui? It's not like it's our fault senior Wei is a DILF." Lan Lixin huffs.

"I do not want to know what that means."

"It means dad I'd like to fu-"

Lan Lixin finds his lips glued together. Hanguang-Jun sends him an icy look. "Stop talking. Conserve your energy."

"Serves you right." Sizhui mumbles. "I was wondering when Hanguang-Jun will do something about you horn dogs."

Lan Lixin glares meaningfully at him, but Sizhui pretends not to see it.

"You guys need to stop thirsting after my family. Hanguang-Jun, now Senior Wei, who's next, the Ghost General?"

The boys appear to actually be considering the possibility and Sizhui barely stops himself from liberally smacking the backs of their heads.

At least Hanguang-Jun and Senior Wei have slain all the fierce corpses, and the night hunt is over.

If he has to see his friends act so pathetic for attention again, Sizhui is going to just jump in horde of fierce corpses sword-less.

---

"Ahh, Lan Zhan, you were even more beastly than usual today!" Wei Ying whines as he takes his rightful place on his husband's chest. "I'm not complaining, of course, but what brought this on?"

Lan Wangji decides not to answer, placing a possessive arm around Wei Ying's waist underneath the covers. "Mine."

"Yours, always." Wei Ying leaves a soft kiss on Lan Zhan's neck. "Hey, did you set up the silencing talismans before we started? I don't remember anymore."

"...yes."

Wei Ying hums and burrows further into Lan Zhan's chest, pliant and sleepy. "Good, good, we would've probably kept the whole inn awake if you hadn't."

---

The juniors' dark eyebags the next morning and their refusal to look either of their seniors in the eyes is peculiar.

But who can understand the youth these days, really?

#mdzs #mo dao zu shi #wangxian #lsz #ljy #writing attempts #this was really fun to write #f in the chat for the lan juniors

[chillychive]

Random Lore Alert! (for my life series star trek au)

Scott had a brother. However, for reasons, his brother grew up in the mirror universe. Scott doesn't know he *has* a brother. This brother is known as Xornoth

Joel's parents met through the operation mentioned in the TOS episode Journey to Babel- his andorian mom defected and served as a DNA model for making surgically modified orions pass as andorian. She and Joel's Orion mom, an andorian scientist fell in love through that.

Shelby is a trill (no symbiote) who was raised by humans. Her name was given to her by her baby sister who couldn't pronounce her given name "Shubble". Originally- it was more like "Shebbie" but settled on Shelby.

Pearl loving to draw on the tablet like Spock does and Gem adores waking up/walking into Pearl’s art flying through the air. Their room is VERY full of plants, but in a somehow neat way?, and anyone who goes in there is just like *glitter bomb to the face*. (they are roommates)

Joel is the CMO, but everyone likes Nurse BigB more- mostly because he bakes things for his patients.

Etho and Joel are not exactly close but like each other a lot. Whereas he and bdubs were friends before etho became so well known, joel 100% knows who he is but refuses to treat him any different than just some guy. Etho really appreciates this. Theyre both weird about each other and its great.

#scott major #scott smajor #trafficblr #star trek #hermitcraft #life series #xornoth #empires s1 #empiresblr #hermitblr #hermitshipping #just in case #tos star trek #journey to babel #joel beans #joel smallishbeans #etho #hc10 #shelby shubble #shelby grace #shubble #pearlecentmoon #pearlescentmoon #geminitay #hermitcraft s10 #hermitcraft season 10 #smallishbeans #bigbstatz #ethoslab #boat boys

[wilted3sunflowers]

Valentines special adopts!

First date: SOLD

an excited pearl, a little dressed up yet trying to keep it casual to not be 'too much'. Abundant Love: SOLD

abundance or rather, rich in love. A defective pearl that's much smaller than the usual pearl even with her heels. A very rich and vibrant coloring atypical of the pastel creams of pearls hold. Her gem is on the palm of her hand as she's wealthy in affection, she doesn't need to be a perfect pearl to know she deserves just as much respect and love a typical pearl. Young love:Sold

shiny, new, a little blunt and rough around the edges yet all too eager to start. She wants things to work out from beginning to end, but will it? First come first serve, I take payment over PayPal Please dm me if interested You get the transparent file of them after purchasing

#steven universe #fangem #pearl #su adopt #adopts #my art