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fallingappleshurt · 3 years

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Swept Away Sheets

YES I KNOW ITS NOVEMBER 22 BUT I WANTED TO DO A HALLOWEEN STORY AND FORGOT

Yeah here it is, I spazzed about this in the fd au server awhile ago and this isn’t that good but like- I’m already late

Wilbur is 13, Tech, 12, Tommy is 10? I don’t know

This AU was created by antarctic bay!! Anxiety is brrrrring so not tagging sorry

Anyways hope you enjoy!

“And you’re sure you remember the route you’re taking,” Phil asked, grabbing his key off the counter, “I want you guys to be safe, even though you are running around at night without adult supervision.”

“Phil we’ll be fine,” Wilbur insisted as Techno poked at his vampire fangs and Tommy thrashed around, the sheet draped over top of him flapping wildly.

“I don’t wanna be a ghost!”

“That’s on you, you didn’t pick something else before tonight, ran out of time to get a different costume.” Phil said, rolling his eyes.

“The sheet of shame,” Techno teased, pushing Tommy lightly.

“No!”

Wilbur grinned, “Tommy’s in the shame sheet!”

“No!”

Wilbur cackled, “It fits, I’d say you deserve it-”

“No I don’t you guys are just mean!”

“Alright, it’s almost 6:00, I’m going to be late and they guys at the store are already freaking out. You guys need to get to the neighborhood. Call me if anything goes wrong or you need help,” He pointed at Wilbur’s flip phone, “I mean it.”

“We’ll be fine Phil,” Techno said, “There will be other kids out,”

They walked out of their apartment towards a nearby neighborhood, it was a better bet then trying to do it in their apartment building.

The bones on Wilburs skeleton costume started to glow as the sun dipped below the trees. They had merged with a group of other kids, there was another ghost, a witch, a dog, an angel, and someone dressed as a lollipop. They traveled down the street together, the kid dressed as a witch urging them to go faster.

The houses were decorated with fake cobwebs and plastic skeletons, a few people just left a bowl of candy on their porch with a sign; ‘Please take one!’

They all took more then one, Tommy took three.

They had been trick or treating for over an hour as Techno followed Wilbur up to a creepy house with fake gravestones in the front. Wincing slightly as one of the other kids laughed loudly,Techno was growing tired of being around other people.

They knocked on the door and the women who answered cooed over everyone’s costumes and gave them candy. As they were walking back down the driveway something shifted behind a car.

A bloodied Freddie Krueger leapt out at the group, slashing at them with long rusty claws. Techno jumped back and tripped over someone else's feet as the other kids screamed and scattered in different directions, a few of them sprinting down the street.

The masked man cackled as Techno got to his feet, heart pounding, he was indifferent about horror in general but he did not like to be jumpscared.

Wilbur ran up next to him, threw a stick at the masked man, grabbed Techno’s arm and pulled him away.

“What the hell was that?” Techno asked as Wilbur looked frantically up and down the street.

“Hang on, I lost Tommy-”

“You what!” Techno whipped to the side, hoping it was a joke.

“He was right next to me- right next to me! I looked away for a second and now he’s gone!”

“Phil’s gonna kill us!”

“I know I know now help me find him!”

Techno scanned the surroundings, trying to spot Tommy’s dusty sheet but coming up short. “I don’t see him,”

Wilbur swore, “We gotta find him, right now-”

“No shit!”

They rushed up and down the winding neighborhood streets, houses and people started to blur together as Techno searched for a little kid with a sheet over his head. At first he had been more annoyed then worried, mentally grumbling about how Tommy shouldn’t have wandered off but after ten minutes of running around, calling for him, it started to shift more into panic.

What if he had gotten kidnapped or hurt? What if he was really hurt and laying by the side of the road? He could have lost his sheet and then Wilbur and Techno might have missed him-

His thoughts were cut off when he heard;

“Wilbur! Techno! Look!”

Techno skidded to a halt, sneakers sliding against the asphalt, he looked over to see Tommy running up to them, pillowcase crackling and bouncing.

“I found like three houses that give out full size candy bars!”

“Where were you?” Wilbur yelped, throwing his hands out, “Tommy what the fuck!”

“What?”

“Wilbur and I have been looking for you for like 20 minutes!” Techno said, anxiety and adrenaline starting to wear off.

“Oh yeah I saw you guys,” Tommy said nonchalantly.

“You-what, you- you saw us? And didn’t approach us until now?” Wilbur snapped, “Why!”

“Cause you guys were being mean earlier, I am not wearing a shame sheet!”

Techno slapped his forehead, dragging his hand down his face, smudging his glasses in the process.

“I’m going to kill you, you little shit!” Wilbur lunged at Tommy. Techno made no move to stop him.

“I’ll tell Phil you lost me while we were trick or treating!” Tommy shrieked, jumping back.

Techno grabbed the back of Wilbur’s shirt, pulling him back. Wilbur sighed, shoulders slumping slightly. “Okay, I won’t kill you, yet, but you gotta promise not to tell Ph-”

“I’m still gonna tell Phil,” Tommy said, even though his face was covered, Techno could see the shit-eating grin on his face.

“No, you can’t tell Phil, or I’ll tell him that you ran away and didn’t even try to get back to us.” Techno said, “It’s our word against yours.”

“I’ll cry,” Tommy said smugly. He knew Phil would side with him if he cried about being scared and then had his older brothers yell at him.

“Fuck.” Techno turned to Wilbur, looking for some kind of help. Wilbur sighed, “What if we give you picks of our candy when we get home?”

“Half of each,” Tommy stated.

“No! You can’t even eat that much candy!” Wilbur shot back.

“I think I’m being pretty fair,”

“You’re not-”

“Tommy what if you got a 1/3 of each of ours?” Techno cut in, biting his tongue as Tommy considered it. A literal two minutes later Tommy nodded.

“Okay!”

Techno sighed in relief as Wilbur checked the time on his flip phone.

“We still have like 20 minutes before Trick-or-treating ends, we could hit more houses on the way home.”

“Oh! Come with me and I’ll show you the houses with the big candy bars!” Tommy grabbed at Wilbur's sleeve, pulling him down the street, Techno followed, anxiety gone now that they found their brother and ensured that he wasn’t going to snitch, everything was fine.

Then they got home.

Phil was waiting for them, Techno guessed the crisis at the store had been fixed, he was sitting on the couch looking tired.

“Did you guys have fun?” He asked as they pushed open the door. Techno nodded, nudging his shoes off.

“Yeah!” Tommy said, “But Wilbur and Techno lost me halfway-”

Techno whipped around and jumped at Tommy before he could finish his sentence. He pinned him to the floor as Wilbur jammed his hand over his mouth.

“Wait, they what?” Phil asked, sitting up from the couch, going to untangle his brothers. Normally he didn’t bother because it was a semi-normal occurrence but this was different.

“What the hell,” Techno hissed under his breath as Wilbur, unconvincingly, said, “Nothing! He didn’t say anything, he’s just- just really hyped up on candy! That’s all!”

“Uh huh,” Phil walked over, shoved Wilbur away and hooking an arm around Techno’s chest, pulling him off of Tommy.

“Oh you’re strong,” Techno said under his breath as Phil grabbed Tommy and pulled him up.

“They what?” He asked.

“Wilbur and Techno lost me while we were Trick-or-Treating,” Tommy stated simply, ignoring the daggers his older brothers were glaring at him.

Phil turned to Wilbur and Techno, “You lost him?” He raised an eyebrow.

“Uh, well, it was a complicated situation-” Techno started,

“There was a guy with a mask and another kid and-” Wilbur butted in until they were both talking over each other, both dancing around the point.

“You lost your brother?” Phil reiterated slowly.

“Uh, yeah,” Techno looked away nervously, Wilbur scratched the back of his neck nervously.

Phil took a deep breath, putting his face in his hand, “I’m too tired for this, I’ll deal with this in the morning, I’m taking a shower,” He walked down the hall then looked back at them, “But consider yourselves on notice.” Then he disappeared into the bathroom.

The moment the door closed they both pounced back on Tommy, words jumbling together as Tommy laughed.

“You said we had a deal!”

“Why did you tell Phil!”

“I’m gonna kill you you little gremlin, come here!”

They wrestled, Tommy v.s Wilbur and Techno, they pushed and pulled at each other, pulling at clothes and hair before collapsing back on the tile, gasping.

They sat in silence when Tommy asked, “Do I still get 1/3 of your guys’s candy?”

“No!”

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aahsokaatano · 3 years

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King I would love that essay about Changing Channels

Fjdjshjdhdjd thanks for reading my tags Jesse you're the real VIP here.

Okay SO "Changing Channels" is the 8th episode of the 5th season of Supernatural. I give this information bc it's important in looking at the context of the episode - now I've complained a LOT about how SPN is terrible at giving us canonical timeframes within the episodes (y'all i was SHOCKED to discover the first season is supposed to cover a little over a year's worth of time, I thought it was like... 4 or 5 months) so I can't say for sure how long before and after the other episodes happen in-universe around "Changing Channels" BUT

The episode before is "The Curious Case of Dean Winchester" where Dean and Bobby bet years of their lives in a game of poker with a witch. The episode after is "The Real Ghostbusters" where Sam and Dean end up at a fan convention for the in-universe Supernatural novels.

Why am I pointing this out? Because it's important, please, no audience participation, this is like a Brian David Gilbert panel.

[under a cut bc this got...... STUPID long. Who knew I still had this many opinions about SPN in 2020?]

Okay first of all I wanna talk about the cinnamon topography of this episode - I love the way the first 5 seasons are shot because you really feel the americana gothic horror aesthetic they were going for (I have a whole ‘nother rant about the first 5 seasons vs the last 10 but thats for another time). Everything is a little washed out and grey-toned, the camera angles generally serve to make Sam and Dean appear even taller than they actually are (larger than life - again, another post for another time), and there’s honestly a LOT of shots from the ‘monster’s’ perspective, which is really neat! I’ve said it before (on another blog - YES i have a dedicated spn rant blog, don’t @ me hdjfhfjfh) but the episode that really got me hooked on spn back in the day was the second one, about the w*ndigo. Yes, it’s a racist, culturally appropriating shitstorm, but the way its SHOT is fantastic. I’m honestly not a horror fan, but that episode could have easily relied on jumpscares and they DIDN’T and it was scary as all fucking hell and just - fuck okay getting off topic.

In “Changing Channels” we get that distinctive grey-washed tone in the beginning and the very end of the episode, but the middle? When they’re in TV Land? Everything is bright. Almost comically so, I mean - okay look at these two shots of Sam (apologies about the crappy phone pics, netflix won't let me screenshot)

This one is from the start of the episode, in the "real" police station

And this is from a little later in the "TV" hospital

Ignoring that my phone is washing him out a lot in both pics, you can still see the warmer tones in the hospital shot as compared to the cold greyness in the police station one

Okay, now look at this picture

Dean inside the Impala, and those warm tones are back. Why? Because even though Sam and Dean believe that they’re back in the “real” world, they aren’t - so instead of the grey-washed shots that we’re used to, its the bright and warm shots that we see in “TV Land”! So the viewers pick up, even if its just subconsciously, that the boys aren’t out of the woods yet - everything is still too bright to be the in-universe reality we’ve come to expect from SPN by season 5

Which is also why i love this shift so much

These shots are literally SECONDS apart. The first is in "TV Land" and the second is in the "real" world. I have some red strip lights behind my bed, which are reflecting off my laptop screen - notice how much brighter they seem in the second picture? That’s because literally all of the warm colors have been drained out of the shot. As soon as Gabriel snaps them all back into “reality,” things get so much colder.

Okay, so the second thing I want to talk about is some of the very pointed dialogue choices within the “shows” the Winchesters take part in. Not between Sam and Dan and Gabriel, but from the, for lack of a better term, NPCs within the shows.

In the hospital, Dr. Piccolo tells Sam that he is “the finest cerebrovascular neurosurgeon I have ever met - and I have met plenty! So that girl died on your table; it wasn’t your fault. It wasn’t anybody’s fault. Sometimes people just die.” Standard cheesy soap opera dialogue - but lemme just swap some words here and -

“You are the finest hunter I have ever met - and I have met plenty! So that girl died on your hunt; it wasn’t your fault. It wasn’t anybody’s fault. Sometimes people just die.”

Or even -

“You are the finest hunter I have ever met - and I have met plenty! So Jessica and Mary died above you; it wasn’t your fault. It wasn’t anybody’s fault [but Azazel’s]. Sometimes people just die.”

Keeping in mind that the NPCs are basically Gabriel’s mouthpieces, its easy to see why so many people ship Sabriel. I’d actually love to see a fic that explores them talking about this moment in particular later on and the kind of gentle forgiveness that Gabriel can give Sam... getting off topic again.

In an abrupt about-face, the herpes commercial (much meme’d within the fandom) is straight up Gabriel shaming Sam. Because if you replace “genital herpes” with “demon blood” it’s.... dark. And very intentional.

So that’s what I did! (I combined all spoken lines to make the message easier to read, rather than splitting them up across 3 speakers as in the episode)

“I’ve drank demon blood. I tried to be responsible... did I try. But now, after being forcibly detoxed, I fight my addiction every day to reduce the chances of passing back into that toxic mindset. Ask your loved ones about a demon blood intervention today. [...] I am doing all I can to slightly lessen the chance of drinking demon blood again. And that’s a good thing.”

Like... the subtext throughout this episode sure is. Something.

Okay this is getting ridiculously long so I wanna wrap up by talking about The Best Scene In The Whole Goddamn Show

I’m talking, of course, about Gabriel’s Confession

“Max,” you might be saying, “there are so many better scenes out there, even within the first five seasons!” and to that i say, again, no audience participation, please. Also, you’re WRONG and here’s why!

Gabriel’s confession hits every goddamn emotional chord that the fandom begged for on this show - fear, rage, grief, pain, guilt, and even, yes, absolution.

Okay, here’s the scene again for those of you who don’t think about it at least once a week like me

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Now this video is missing some of the conversation, but most of it is there, enough for you to see what I’m talking about. Gabriel up to this point has been, essentially, a nameless antagonist - this is the third episode he appeared in, and before this, we didn’t even know he was going by Loki. He was just referred to as ‘The Trickster’. But here, not only do we get a name (a real name at that), but we also get a glimpse of his backstory and a hell of a lot of character development in less than 5 minutes. I mean, Sam didn’t get this much character development throughout the entirety of season 1! There’s a good reason Gabriel has been a fan-favorite for a very long time, and I think a big part of it is this particular scene.

Because here, we get to see Gabriel being vulnerable. And we even see Dean show a little vulnerability, as he can empathize being the third party to explosive arguments between the two people who mean everything to him.

I mean... okay, it will never see the light of day, but I wrote a little bit of a Reverse ‘Verse fic (because I’m a sucker for Reverse ‘Verse) and this was the scene I started with. Not s1e1, not even the resurrection in s4e1, but this scene. Because this scene, more than any other, is critical to the way not only Gabriel’s (first) arc plays out, but also to how Sam and Dean conduct themselves for the rest of the season (and maybe a bit beyond, it’s been a hot minute since I watched s6 and later). Dean is angry but determined, he has a point to make, he is going to save Sammy and if he can’t do that, then he’s going to damn well die trying. But Sam... it’s after this episode that we start really seeing how bone-achingly tired Sam is. It’s after this conversation - where one of the other archangels, one of the few beings who can truly understand how powerful Michael and Lucifer are - says that there’s no other way around this that Sam seems to start inching towards giving in. Saying yes.

Sure, in the actual episode, he seems outraged by the idea, practically scoffs at it - “you want us to say yes to those sons of bitches?” - but it’s after this where Sam really seems run down.

I mean, look at the episodes before and after (HAH you thought I forgot about that first point I made at the very beginning of this post! I did, briefly, but I’ve circled back to it, thanks for being understanding). In “The Curious Case of Dean Winchester,” Sam behaves much as he did since the start of s4, which is to say, ‘annoying little know-it-all brother tossed into the middle of the apocalypse and just trying his best’ and it works well for the mad scramble for any scrap of information that’s happening in s4/early s5.

But in “The Real Ghostbusters” it’s different. This is another funny meta episode - except, while Sam and Dean are technically aware of the joke, they aren’t as amused by it as the audience is. And it’s not because of the ghosts. It’s because they’re just... done. Especially Sam. Dean has that nice little moment with the cosplayers at the end of the episode, but Sam... threatens to shoot Chuck. Sam ‘goes darkside’ more often than pretty much any other character in the show, but that moment is different. It’s a flat promise, not a threat. He’s not being an asshole, like he is after losing his soul. He’s just... done. And it’s obvious to see.

Gabriel’s confession is the turning point for Sam in s5, and it informs a lot of his behavior through the rest of s5, and possibly beyond! Like I said, I haven’t watched past s5 in a very long time, so I don’t feel confident enough to analyze that specific sort of character line, but I feel confident in saying that hearing one of the most powerful beings in the universe basically say “it doesn’t matter what you do - your destiny is unavoidable” and then he’s proven right (Sam says yes to Lucifer, and Dean eventually does say yes to Michael down the line!)... like, that’s really gotta fuck up your world view that was built on free will and throwing off the shackles of fate. Sam managed to avoid his ‘destiny’ in s2... but then it turns out that that wasn’t ever his destiny. Lucifer was his destiny.

Talk about an obscured view of the inner self.

#thebisexualmandalorian #jesse #max answers #spn #naturally super #changing channels #im having some THOUGHTS yall

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eighth--wonder · 3 years

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hehe @fruity-dean i wrote the first lil part and @romano-hottopic i saw in the notes that if someone wrote it you wanted to be tagged so here :)

pairings: moceit and eventually prinxiety

warnings: ask to tag

based off this post

“You ever realize that Janus and Patton would probably be good as a couple?” Roman asked.

He and Virgil were just sitting on the couch. Nothing had prompted this question, but Virgil found himself thinking.

“I mean, kinda.” He answered.

The two were definitely dynamic. Patton was very soft and fluffy, figuratively speaking, while Janus was, well, the opposite. Patton cared about people, Janus not so much. Patton loved sweets, Janus didn’t care for them. Patton was very affectionate, Janus was not. You get it, right?

Roman gasped and looked at Virgil. “We should set them up!”

Virgil shut off his phone to ponder the idea. I mean, they definitely could. It wouldn’t be hard, just ask them to go places then bail and leave them together. Yea sounds do-able.

“Yes,” Virgil said, pointing at Roman. “But when?”

Roman scoffed. “Oh, that’s easy. Now.”

Virgil sputtered. “Now?” He sounded surprised.

Roman laughed. “Yes, now! What better time?” He said, spreading his arms out and doing a little spin like he was basking in something.

Virgil rolled his eyes.

“A better time for what?” Patton asked.

Roman and Virgil looked at each other and nodded.

“The amusement park!” Roman smiled. “Me and Vee we’re just about to go. Wanna come?”

Virgil nodded. “Yeah, you can bring someone if you want.”

Patton clapped excitedly. “Oooh, yay! I’ll go get Jan and ask him!”

After Patton had left to retrieve Janus, Virgil and Roman quietly celebrated.

“Oh my god, that actually worked!” Virgil exclaimed.

“Yeah! It did!” Roman nodded.

The two waited for Janus and Patton to enter. Patton was wearing a variation of what he usually wears, a light blue t-shirt and khaki pants. Janus was wearing something more casual, a black t-shirt with a yellow pocket and trim, a black jean jacket, and black ripped jeans. He went without a hat.

Virgil wore his regular outfit, a dark purple t-shirt with his classic hoodie and black skinny jeans. Roman wore a red t-shirt and a tan corduroy jacket with light blue jeans.

They walked out the door and started walking towards the park. Janus and Patton walked ahead, leaving Virgil and Roman slightly behind them.

“This park has one of those ‘Tunnel of Love’ rides, right?” Virgil asked.

Roman thought for a moment. “Yeah, I’m like 96% percent sure they do.”

Virgil nodded and looked at Roman, who was smiling stupidly.

They purchased 4 tickets and proceeded to wander around the park.

After they had gone on a few rides, including the ferris wheel, a carousel per Patton’s begging (“Look at the horsies!!”), and the bumper cars, they had stopped for some drinks and snacks. They ordered funnel cake and lemonade.

“Oh look! One of those scary ‘Tunnel of Love’ rides!” Roman exclaimed, pointing to a ride across from them. Most Tunnel of Love rides were sweet and romantic, but some weren’t. The purpose of the not-so-romantic ones were to scare the riders and make them cling to each other, and if Roman and Virgil knew anything about Patton, it's that he scares easily, and Janus doesn’t.

Patton smiled. “It is! We should all go one together!”

Janus let out a small laugh. “It would be interesting. Sure.”

The three of them piled into the semi-long line for the ride and waited.

About 5 minutes into the wait, Patton tapped on Roman’s shoulder.

“Uh, Jan said his stomach hurts. Do you guys mind if we sit this ride out?”

Virgil looked at Roman, and they both seemed to understand the same thing:

They would have to go on this ride themselves. Patton and Janus would be incredibly suspicious if the two also decided not to go on, and would realize they were trying to set them up. But, if Roman and Virgil did go, no one would be suspicious and their plan would be somewhat intact.

Roman smiled. “Yeah, that’s fine!”

Virgil laughed nervously and nodded. “Tell Janus we hope he feels better.”

Patton smiled and apologized before leading a supposedly sick Janus in the direction of the restrooms.

Virgil and Roman stood in line awkwardly.

“Maybe we could dash at the last moment? I really don’t want to go on this ride.” Roman shifted his feet. Surprisingly, scary things, well, scared him. Real bad.

Virgil turned to Roman with a smug look on his face. “Oh? Did I just hear that Big Strong Princey is scared of a wittle wide?” Virgil said, despite the death stare from Roman.

Roman just rolled his eyes. “A little, yea! It’s all dark and there are jumpscares and stuff. It’s scary!” He said, a small shiver showing through the shudder of his shoulders.

Virgil playfully punched him in the arm. “I’m just teasing. I won’t tell anyone.”

Roman sighed, annoyed.

“Next!” The ticket person shouted.

The two stepped onto their cart. A few glances were thrown at them and the two realized they were the only two gays on this ride.

The boat lurched forward. Roman was already nervous and was fidgeting with his jacket sleeves. Virgil tried calming him down to no avail.

They were only 2 minutes into the ride and Roman had already latched onto Virgil’s arm. With every little noise that came from behind them, hell even in front of them, Roman let out a small whimper. Virgil laughed quietly, only to hear a small insult followed by another shriek coming from his sweatshirt sleeve.

Virgil found the ride quite amusing, if he could look past the shivering being next to him. The animatronics were mediocre but the scenery was nice in a way. It had spooky trees and a light fog coming from a distant fog machine. The lighting was sharp purple's and green's.

The boat pulled into the clearing at the end of the ride. Virgil shook Roman’s shoulder.

“Hey scaredy cat, the rides over.” He said.

Roman lifted his head and looked around. He cleared his throat and adjusted his jacket before stepping out of the ride. Virgil laughed and followed him off the cart.

The two wandered around the park, stopping at small snack stands and petting peoples dogs until they found Patton and Janus sitting on a bench. They were having a small conversation and both seemed to be enjoying themselves.

"Oh, Roman!" Janus said upon seeing him. He waved to both of them.

"So how was the ride?" Patton asked.

Virgil laughed as Roman shuddered.

"Never again." He said.

Virgil smiled. "Ol' Princey here is scared of the dark."

Roman gasped and hit Virgil softly on the shoulder. "You said you wouldn't tell!"

Virgil's smug look returned. "Well, I lied."

Roman smiled and rolled up his sleeves.

"You little-" He attempted to tackle Virgil but in reality he just looked like he was trying to hug an angry cat as Virgil kept swatting at him trying to get him off him. Both of them were laughing.

"Oh c'mon. Don't kill eachother yet." Janus said.

The two stopped fighting, if that's what you want to call it, and sat down on the bench next to Janus and Patton.

"So, you feeling better?" Roman asked.

Janus was confused for a second before responding.

"Oh! Right. Yeah, I'm fine. It's just that funnel cake doesn't sit to well with me."

"Ah," Virgil said.

There was a comfortable silence before Patton spoke up.

"I'm pretty tired. If you guys are ready to go home?"

"Sure! That ride really tuckered me out." Roman said.

"Yeah, I'm sure all the screaming wasted your energy." Virgil muttered.

Roman stuck his tounge out at him.

The four of them chatted on the way home. It was relatively dark and the air around them was getting a bit cold.

"Oh darn, I forgot a jacket." Patton said, rubbing his bare arms for warmth.

"I told you to bring a jacket." Janus said, taking off his own. "But I guess you can borrow mine."

Patton giggled and put on the jacket. The two walked fairly close to eachother and if it had been a little brighter, Virgil and Roman might have seen Janus's arm around Patton's lower back.

#haha i'm sorry #i feel like it could have been better but my brain went 'no ❤'#it feels very short and rushed but oh well #this is only the first lil part #i just felt like it'd be nice to release them in parts #sanders sides

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babi-correia · 4 years

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Prompt list

At last! Drop by my inbox with one or two numbers plus the ship (x readers, preferably) and I’ll get to it soon! Working on the other two requests as we speak =)

Note: You can send a request other than these prompts! Note #2: italic is recently added prompts!

“There’s a light in you that tears me down to nothing”

“I don’t know how, but you see right through me”

“Something in me hopes that you can make everything better”

“I always hoped I’d die for something”

“If your world comes crumbling down, I don’t think I can pull you out from the rubble.”

“It’s so weird for you to call in the middle of your shift, is everything ok?” “I- Yeah, I just wanted to hear your voice.”

“I’m not leaving you here like this!”

Latibule: (n) a hiding place, a space where one finds solace; a place of safety, warmth and comfort.

“Please don’t leave me.”

“I can’t keep kissing strangers and pretending they’re you!”

“I thought you loved me.”

“We can’t keep this up forever.”

“Don’t die on me, please.”

“Don’t hurt me like this.”

“I don’t deserve to be loved.”

“They’re not answering the phone.”

“What do you mean ‘they’re not back yet’?”

“You know I have feelings for you”

“You’ve never hurt me. ever.”

“You’re the only thing that makes me smile”

“When was the last time you ate?”

“I knitted you this!”

“I know I was the one who suggested this trip, but I’m beginning to regret it”

“You had the great idea to go on a skiing trip and now we’re trapped on the chair lift, how wonderful!”

“You’re a christmas caroler?”

“What do I get him/her that subtly says ‘I love you, you big idiot’?”

“Why are you staring at me?” “You’re adorable when you’re babbling about something you’re passionate about”

“Look at the stars! C'mon, you’re not looking!” “I’m looking at something way prettier.”

“Can you stop hogging the bed and the blankets? I will kick your ass.”

“And here I was, thinking it was impossible for someone to screw up a simple yellow cake/pan of rice… You never cease to amaze me.”

“I hate this uniform/dress.” “Wanna bail and go get a hot dog at that stand down the street?”

“Can you stay still? I’m trying to count your freckles.”

“I’m sorry (guy), but what the hell possessed you to make you think that my clothes would fit you? You’re tearing the seams!”

“We’re totally gonna get kicked out but holy shit this movie is so bad!”

“How do you pronouce this? Turtle lining? Sounds disgusting.” “…Do you mean tortelini?”

“Look at this filter, I look like a Disney princess!” “You’re already my princess” OR “Look at this filter, I look like a Disney princess!” "I want to try" “Nooo, your ugly face will crack my screen”

“You want to get up early on out only day off to watch cartoons? For real?”

“We’re in the middle of a combat simulation, what-” *kisses and shoots before running away* “YOU LITTLE BASTARD”

“Well, my sibling never told me they worked with someone so attractive”

“How much longer will people keep trying to set us up?” “I don’t know, but it’s funny to watch.” “If only they knew.”

“You keep coming in week after week to pet the dogs, but how about you actually adopt one?”

“You come to the beach to sunbathe and dont think to bring sunblock, and now you look like a lobster. You’re not too bright, are you?”

“You’re wearing my socks?” “No” “They come up to your knees.” “Innocent until proven guilty.”

“You jump out of your own skin at every jumpscare there is, are you sure you like horror movies?”

“Why do you keep tagging me in memes at 3 in the morning? Do you have no sleep schedule?”

“This was supposed to be a gag Valentine’s date because we were both alone but here we are, dressed fancily, with heart-shaped chocolates, a bouquet of roses, and on our way to a dinner reservation. This isn’t a gag anymore, is it?” “Do you mind?” “Not really, I’ve hoping on this for a while.”

*walks into room* “Lovely day, isn’t it?” “…It’s snowing.” *to someone else* “How dense can one single person be!?”

“What do you mean you’re fine, this is very much the opposite of fine oh my god-”

“You’re headphones might be a tad too loud, you might not hear yourself but the rest of us do.”

“Why are they always so grumpy?” “What do you mean? They’re always smiling when they’re with me.”

“It depresses me that your clothes are more expensive than my whole apartment.”

“You know that fighting people isn’t the only solution available for when things don’t go your way, right?”

“Your heartbeat seems faster than average. I wonder why…” “Now you’re just being an asshole.”

“I’ve been in love with you my entire life”

"This is my 'I don't care face." "Uhm, no, that's your everyday face."

"Just ask them out, the worst it can happen is getting rejected." "And that would be devastating."

"You need to get laid." "No, I don't need sex, life fucks me everyday."

"Yeah, I make bad decisions that put me in a lot of danger." "Yes...?" "That's it."

"We're never going to catch him." "Not with that attitude, we won't."

"I'm not great at giving advice, can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?"

"Can you describe the person who attacked you?" "He was not very friendly."

"Can you answer some questions without the usual level of sarcasm?" "Only if you as the questions without the usual level of stupid."

"Why is everyone so hot?" "Global warming."

"I'm 80% exhaustion, 10% sarcasm and 20% not caring." "That's 110%" "20% not caring." "Fair enough."

"Life's a party and I'm the fucking pinãta."

"When life gives you lemons..." "You throw them at people."

"You're mad at me." "I'm not, I'm just disappointed." "Oh, everyone knows that's worse!"

"When you agree with me, I question whether I agree with me."

"Are you talking to yourself?" "It's the only way I can have an intelligent conversation in this apartment."

"You use sarcasm to distance people." "And yet, you're still here."

"We're ride or die, right?" "I'd definitely like to ride you before I die." "What." "What?"

"Are you drunk?" "No, I'm X."

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dxmagedrose · 4 years

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GET TO KNOW THE BLOGGER!

Tagged by: my lover @hammurabicomplex I’m tagging: anyone and everyone who wants to pick this one up! share with the class if you feel like it! tag me in it!!

PRESENTING. RANDOM DEEP DIVE WITH INDIGO-MUN AT 2AM ;

FIRST NAME Good fucking question… It’s (sort-of) currently Dylann! I was Kieran before that, though; it’s still used as one of my first names and I’m not used to Dylann quite yet bc I’ve just started using it.

Indigo is one of my middle names though, and I’ve used it as an online handle elsewhere forever so I use it here now! [ Fun etymology facts: Dylan(n) is a mythology name generally meaning “born of the wave” (aspiring diver & a water witch at heart). Kieran means “little dark one” bc of my love for horror, && I chose Indigo bc as a kid to be it was neither boy (blue) or purple (girl) and was both and neither as well as my absolute favorite color as this vibrant ass mystical color. ]

STRANGE FACT ABOUT YOURSELF hmmmmm…. I’m a horror lover at heart, so as a child (I wanna say 12), I was walking through an antique store (I have a few cool finds, I considered putting my other one as the fact tbh) and I turned the corner and I saw these two dolls staring back at me at the foot of the stairs of this antique building. my blood froze, and i felt my stomach drop. i got actual, physical goosebumps stumbling across these two creepy dolls staring back at me in the corner, and i couldn’t leave the store without them. perhaps the little painted porcelain boy would be somewhat spooky by himself if it wasn’t for the terrifying lidded gaze of the porcelain girl with the hairline fractures and slightly open lips. i cant look at her. i dont really find dolls scary, I like to find the spookier ones ones, and she makes me paranoid as hell. i keep her face covered and her up in my closet except for when i bring her out to show her off proudly as the spookiest thing I have but……. i dont really collect dolls anymore. even thinking about her brings a fearful tear to my eye. i don’t like to think about her for very long, but that’s why I’m so fucking proud to own her. ( YES — I’m THAT white person in the horror film )

TOP THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU FIND ATTRACTIVE ON A PERSON hhhhh a beardy jawline, high cheekbones, crooked canine teeth >:3c

A FOOD YOU COULD EAT FOREVER AND NOT GET BORED OF b.l.t.’s with avocado. ahhhh. my mouth is watering just thinking about it, oh my god. just a bit of salt and pepper???

A FOOD YOU HATE barbecue anything, i hate the taste of bbq sauce, you keep your nasty black goo to yourselves at the grill. twice in my life i have presented with barbecue pizza and both times i cried literal tears. why would you do such a horrible thing to a person? what kind of a monster are you? how do you sleep at night?!

GUILTY PLEASURE the sims. constantly. always. i’ve sunk thousands of hours into my households. oh also uhhhhhh i run two 80s horror blogs, one being a shitpost blog with occasional art of mine and one gremlin fanfic ship blog for horrible, terrible self indulgent fanfics i’ll get the courage to finish writing & post so i can be cancelled on tumblr for at some point. NO, i won’t link them. as i pretend they’re even all that hard to find, within a day i was found on both by someone i admire here a lot :’) ilu bby thnk u eternally for supporting ur local horrifying dumbass wtf

WHAT DO YOU SLEEP IN the same clothes i’ve been wearing all day usually, my sweats & long sleeve raglans or my hoodies. i like being cozy day & and out. and ugh. efoort. just throw me in a blanket in a cool room and im out.

SERIOUS RELATIONSHIPS OR FLINGS serious relationships with some openness or poly. i wish i could fling! just not exactly easy for demisexual autistics lmao.

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN THE PAST AND CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT YOUR LIFE, WOULD YOU AND WHAT WOULD IT BE I think I would be adopted by my grandma as a kid. It would save me some trauma but mostly I think it would get my autism diagnosed way earlier and save me angsting all these years of wondering why & thinking it’s my fault I’m struggling so much and so loud and affectionate and different in a world that i didnt fit in the same way.

ARE YOU AN AFFECTIONATE PERSON when i get drunk i text people how much they mean to me in my life. does that answer your question? ahhh. i’m sometimes a cuddle monster with friends, i message people with long texts about how much they mean to me, but I sometimes really don’t like to be touched at all.

A MOVIE YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER AGAIN FLYPAPER. F L Y P A P E R. FLYPAPER. FLY, and, I can’t stress this enough, fucking PAPER. ( Though also Whole Nine Yards and both Re-Animator & Bride ). I have watched Flypaper already like, 5 times this week and I’m still not done, and the other movies have been on repeat for days in this household within the last year. In the past it has also been Donnie Darko & the new Nightmare on Elm Street. roast me.

FAVORITE BOOK White Fang by Jack London. Have I actually ever finished it? No. Do I still own a copy I’ve had since childhood thru multiple dogs eating it, taking it to and from school, and highlighting and circling all the best parts of chapter one ever since I was a kid and it was too hard of a book for me to read? You bet your ass. If I ever need inspiration I just reread chapter 1. Although one of my other favorites was Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes. But White Fang is like, a weirdly personal text. We stan London’s writing in this household.

YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP ANY ANIMAL AS A PET, WHAT DO YOU CHOOSE FENNEC FOX!! I used to daydream about having my own named Shiloh when I was a lil kid. they’re adorable little things and i am obsessed. i mean, gimme any fox and im happy, marble foxes, red foxes… but I was obsessed with fennec foxes. Also tbh ferrets. I want a ferret.

TOP FIVE FICTIONAL SHIPS [IF YOU ARE AN RP BLOG, YOU CAN USE YOUR OWN SHIPS AS WELL] Rosa & @ninetyscnds‘s Luke, Rosa & @iimpulsivity is already screaming my name, Rosa & Constantine, Jesse & Andrea from Breaking Bad, and the joker and harley of 80s sci-fi Dan & Herbert from Re-Ani. I am but a simple opossum.

PIE OR CAKE Pie! I’ll take both pumpkin & melty apple over cake. also, cheesecake is more pie than cake soooo, pie wins.

FAVORITE SCENT my dogs / my blanket. :’) It’s the most grounding smell in the world.

CELEBRITY CRUSH oliver jackson-cohen, i’m fucking GAY and im angry about it. there i was, minding my own business, and i saw that asshole in a certain SHIRTLESS GIF and it AWOKE SOMETHING IN ME. dont talk to me about it, holy shit im obsessed with beardy men now god fuckkdafjaask i hate him why did he make me this gay i was perfectly fine being into girls but NOOOOOO him and his dumb hairy chest and sweet rugged face and I—— I also am obsessed with the archaeologist & television personality Josh Gates and may or may not be considering making a fan blog for him bc idk if my anthropology docuseries host is Dad or Daddy but i love him lots

IF YOU COULD TRAVEL ANYWHERE, WHERE WOULD YOU GO I would go on a dive with anthropologists and archaeologists doing fieldwork research in the ancient cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula. My actual dream job, catch me crying & fantasizing about being underwater documenting Mayan skulls given as offerings. Fuckkkk, I love anthropology so much!! take me anywhere in the world to immerse myself into culture & archaeology.

INTROVERT OR EXTROVERT Introvert. I have a real life friend I see roughly once a month, and that’s it. Plenty of online relationships, I’m chatty, message me all day every day. but i dont do people well.

DO YOU SCARE EASILY I used to! Really bad. I don’t as much anymore. I do get paranoia a lot still. Having therapists telling you that the FBI could be outside your house watching you through your windows will kind of nervous. ( no google results for: yes hello fbi i am a writer please dont put me on watchlists i just have research i need to do for this idea im working on, would you like to try again? ) I have nightmares nightly but not they never make me afraid, they just make me feel like crap. jumpscares and loud noises and seeing people reaching into their pockets dont set off as many brain alarms anymore tho!! progress haha.

IPHONE OR ANDROID I like my android better bc of capabilities but meh

DO YOU PLAY ANY VIDEO GAMES My mom, her husband & I play COD for family game night, and Silent Hill is my life’s blood. I’ve sunken hours into Sims & Skyrim, and Norman Jayden from Heavy Rain is my #1 fictional character in existence, why do i love the druggie babies

DREAM JOB Oh… You’re asking me to pick? I’d love to be an anthropologist doing work out in the field. Underwater archaeology is peak, but I’m also heavily considering being a body recovery diver or police diver. I’d love to see myself in uniform someday, if possible. Just the thought makes me teary eyed & proud.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH A MILLION DOLLARS fund my person creative & educational endeavors. get myself a spooky ass abandoned house to make my own home to create in, and travel to the world’s best dive sites. just live a mild life of education, creation & exploration. that’s the dream TM.

FICTIONAL CHARACTER YOU HATE dr. hill is a gross and whiny lil bitch this post brought to u by the miskatonic crew, how is everyone here an even worse bad guy than herbert west precious dan excluded talk shit get hit tho john winchester from spn and both walter white & todd from breaking bad are all in my crew of hated characters. i jusT… the reani novel is difficult to read because i have to deal with this old sack of shit.

FANDOM THAT YOU WERE ONCE A PART OF BUT AREN’T ANY LONGER Supernatural :-)

… AND THIS CONCLUDES A DEEP DIVE WITH INDIGO!! //

#||: && the mundane ( ooc );#( get to know a bitch!! )#( this was... a lot of me rambling about weirdly personal shit at 2 am )

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coleomegilla-maculata · 5 years

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Okay so I’m not ENTIRELY done with it yet but I started playing Smile For Me yesterday (well technically today at 1 in the morning but Details) and I wanna ramble because I can. Potential spoilers for people who aren’t as far in the game yet, I guess?

Please don’t spoil me on stuff by the way, I haven’t finished the game yet <:D

I don’t think there’s a single Habitian I don’t like (maybe one or two that are like, meh to me) but uhhh I think my absolute favorites so far are Trencil, Lulia, Trevor, and Tiff. Please don’t ask me to choose one singular favorite yet because I Don’t Know (and also I don’t know if I ever will have an absolute favorite)

I’ve shamefully had to refer to a game guide a couple of times because I’m a poser puzzle solver. I’m so sorry 😔

I keep getting feelings of “OH FUCK MY TIME IS RUNNING OUT OH SHIT” which might be the intention? I don’t know how many days I get before the Big Event and I wanna make everyone happy

I’m glad there’s no fall damage in this game. I’ve saved time by plunging down the stairwell through the part that doesn’t have a guard rail. Flower Kid is invincible

Curfew seems to only apply to Flower Kid, which kinda makes me mad. Everybody else is immune to Forcible Nap Time

Also on that note I’ve only stayed up past curfew once and I was certain I was going to be jumpscared in that little video. I want to keep staying up but the loss of time to do things in the day makes me hesitate. I can only hope I don’t miss anything too important by being a good little noodle who gets rest

I love the cowboy bed so much, which I’m sure surprises nobody

I have really conflicted feelings about Dr. Habit right now. Like I feel bad for him definitely but he’s also kind of potentially keeping people in the Habitat there against their wills? (Also like I said above please don’t spoil anything about him or the ending of the game to me. I will make my judgments on this boy when the time is right or whatever)

That’s uh. That’s it I guess. I wanna browse through the tags to reblog stuff about the game but I’ve accidentally spoiled myself on a couple of things in the game (minor things I think), so I don’t wanna risk it

#sylph says stuff #smile for me #i guess i'll put it in the main tag? and also the spoiler tag too i suppose #smile for me spoilers #not a lot of big ones i think but uh. yeah

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jaycewriteslikealot · 5 years

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15 Questions, 15 Mutuals!

Spoiler alert, I'm not gonna tag 15 of you, sorry 😂 but thank you so much @chraneness for tagging me!

Are you named after anyone?

My first name came from some book my mom was reading while pregnant (except it was a boy's name and spelt Jace, but they thought it was pretty and added a Y to make it more feminine!) and my middle name (Justina) was my dad's grandma 😊 FUNNILY ENOUGH (storytime) my birthday was on Valentine's Day, and my late had already decided on my name before they knew (I was supposed to be born early March), but they called my grandparents to tell them my name, and apparently, by total coincidence, my great-grandma Justina was also a Valentine's Day baby!! (She MAY have also had type one diabetes, but that's not confirmed) So that's pretty fun 😁

When was the last time you cried?

It's been a little while (which is SO nice, considering how depressed I used to be #lovemedication 💊💊💊) but I think that last time was probably sometime in December?? Idk 😄

Do you want kids?

Yes!!!!! I really really want to adopt kids!! I mean, maybe I'd get pregnant, doesn't sound particularly appealing and I might be asexual, BUT ALL THAT ASIDE I think it's awful how some kids don't have good families and I would love to be able to provide that!!! I have a large extended family and literally all of my relatives are so nice, I'd love to give that to children who need it 💜💜💜

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

Yeah, I mean, mostly for humour. Like, one of my best friends has a bunch of allergies and whenever I see something she's allergic to, I say "Ooh, look Alyssa! Your favourite food!" 😂 Y'know, stuff like that, but I'm not straight faced AT ALL so I'm not fooling anyone or anything lol

What’s the first thing you notice about people?

I'm not sure?? Demeanour I suppose? Appearance? I don't really think about it? 😂

What’s your eye color?

Hazel ✌

Scary movie or happy ending?

I definitely Do Not like being scared BUT, to the credit of horror movies, they often have awesome mystery plotlines that intrigue me. I just hate cheap jumpscares and/or gorey scenes, so overall, happy endings I guess 😊💜 but I really don't mind endings that are unconventional,in fact, it's pretty great sometimes, but I don't like purposefully being scared so

Special Talents:

I can bring anything back to either Nancy Drew and/or a musical, like any word you say, I'm 99% sure I can make a connection to a Nancy Drew game or musical soundtrack 😂 I also like to think that, after all the years of the intake of mystery-genred media, I'm pretty good at riddles and puzzles 😁 plus the normal talents, I can draw and write and I've been told I'm a pretty good singer, that sort of thing 😊

Where were you born?

Lower Mainland British Columbia, born and raised! It's a gorgeous area, I've always lived in an incredibly kind and diverse community, I have beautiful friends—I'm grateful every day 💜

What are your hobbies?

Writing, drawing, reading, and I suppose singing too, though I don't really do it in front of people haha

Do you have any pets?

Two doggos!! Pepper, a Fermoson Mountain dog (idk if that's how you spell it??) mixed with other breeds but we don't know, and, our new dog (we just got him this past June!) Copper, a miniature pinscher (also mixed)! Copper belonged to some family friends who were moving and couldn't find a place that allowed animals, so we got him! I lovingly call him Demon Dog bc he gets super possessive over stuff and looks like he's possessed, so we can't give him any toys or bones lol they're both super cute tho :3 I'll post pictures if anyone wants

What sports do you play?

Zero!! I'm not a sporty person whatsoever, I kinda hate sports (mostly bc of bad experiences and rude kids when I was younger). But occasionally I'll play sports at youth group (stuff like Passketball, Sweat, Two Ball, Volleyball, etc)

How tall are you?

Just about 5’7”! I'm tol 😋

Favourite subject in school?

English!! 😍😍🙌🙌 I also loved my Intro to ASL 11 class!

Dream Job?

Full-time Author! But, sometimes I really wanna be an English teacher too, but mainly an author.

Thanks again for tagging me, Kelly 💜💜💜 I don't think I'm gonna tag anyone this time, but this was really fun, so feel free to consider yourself honourarily tagged!! 😁

#this was very fun #thanks kelly 💜#jayce tagged

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the-energon-hole · 6 years

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In this two-month period of the school I went down in some subjects and I feel frustrated and badly for knowing that my final average will not be the same. Could you please do a small scenario where TFP Smockscreen, Optimus Prime, Breakdown and Bulkhead are saying pretty things to the human s/o to cheer her up when they see her sad?, like she is intelligent or any of the style? Thank you.

((A/N - Uhmm, I kind of made these to long, my bad, Let me know if you want me to put them under a read more tag so I don’t clog up anyone’s dash! This was fun to write and I hope you feel better about your grades, I am extremely cynical and a college dropout and let me tell you it’s just a stupid piece of paper.

I would never want to discourage you from trying your best in school however, and I just want to tell you that you are so much more than your grades. Take it from an Advanced Placement Student who is now just a washout that school isn’t all that important.))

Optimus Prime

You were sure that no one would find you out this far away from the city, as it was kind of your secret place you liked to go to as an easy escape just sit and look up at the stars and contemplate what it was that you did wrong exactly. Your grades in school were beginning to slip a little, and your average was way down from the normal rate, which was really going to negatively affect whether or not you could graduate and get your stupid degree faster than intended. You were predicted to be some kind of prodigal genius as you were always a step ahead of everyone else around you,b tuas time went on you came to the realization that with each step up things just got more and more complicated- you were no longer a genius, but just an average student, and it felt like such a devastating blow to your already fragile ego.

You were so dang used to being the brightest and the smartest in a class of people that going to college made you feel inadequate as you found more and more people were on the same level as you were. It kind of hurt as you came to the realization that you were just a normal slightly above average teenager growing up to be just an even more average adult without any kind of special skills or talents that others already seem to have. You felt like somewhere along the way you have fallen behind, and you just don’t know how to deal with it, you never failed and you never fall behind- what the heck was this feeling?It made you feel like you were the dumbest person on the planet that all of this was able to get to you so deeply. You can’t even process your own emotions anymore for corn’s sake!

Which was why it was even more frustrating that Optimus’ arrival to your secret little oasis surprised you at all as you can see him roll up to you in vehicle mode- of course he was looking for you, it was just another thing you were too dumb to realise!

You haven’t checked into the base today with the bots, so he must have been concerned for your safety and tracked you down using your phone’s gps signal to find you so far away from civilization.

He was smart enough to do that, and you were to stupid to turn off your phone-ugh!

He expressed his concern as he transformed into his robot mode to see you just sitting in the dry desert dirt just staring up at the only now dimming sky that would soon be dotted and light up by an amazing display of naturally occurring lights known as stars and planets. You must have been out here for hours just staring at nothing as he noticed your skin was a little red from being out in the sun for too long, his concern for your well being was growing rapidly as this little outburst was so out of character for you.

You just sighed and explained that you were realizing that everyone who praised you as a kid was wrong to place such merritt in you, and that you turned out to be less than what you were expected to be worth. You turned out to be such a terrible failure that people should regret believing in you because you can’t even manage to keep your damn grades up enough to stay on the dean’s list.

You were just bitter.

You were just average.

You were just stupid.

“Why would you say such horrible things about yourself?” Optimus asked as gently as he could with his oh so attractive baritone voice “Everyone has good and bad days- sometimes those bad days can turn into bad months, even those can turn into bad years. It does not make you any less worthy of praise for your intelligence.”

He sat in the sand next to you as he lifted you up to be closer to his faceplate as he spoke directly from the spark.

“Bein average intelligence is not a bad thing, just as being more intelligent is not always a good thing. In the end, we all grow and change in mysterious ways- and we all change over the course of our lives that one day you might find you are no longer interest in one subject and are inexplicably drawn into another. It doesn’t make you any less intelligent, besides, it has come to my attention grades are not a reflection of intelligence but rather the ability to perform a multitude of assignments and works.”

He paused for a moment as he began to stroke your hair gently.

“I failed many assignments as an Archivist on Cybertron you know, but it did not reflect who I have become as a Prime and it didn’t change the fact that I could still do my job just as well as I could before the mistake. You will be ok- do your best and everything will turn out alright.”

It was comforting to know even someone like Optimus Prime could fail- maybe there was hope for you, you just had to try and focus more on your weaknesses and turn them into strengths.

Bulkhead

He peeked into your second story window from the big and secluded backyard of your house to see you still sulking quietly in your bed with all the lights turned off, you still dressed in your comfy looking pajamas that had cute characters on them, and he felt himself deflate a little as you barely spoke to him as he announced himself with a gracious hello and a fine how are you. It concerned him a lot to see how far you have fallen in just a few short days from being completely ok to being in this depressed state since you were made fun of at your job for being too incompetent for not being able to do this one task that you weren’t even trained to do. Your manager had no right to yell at you like that, especially when they didn’t even bother to teach you how to do that task after you were scolded so you would at least know next time!

This manager was just on some sick power trip if you asked him and he only got more frustrated as you told him time and again they just liked to yell at everyone who even did the slightest thing wrong, Bulkhead hated micromanagers- it was why he was A Wrecker and not a regular Autobot warrior, less pressure to perform a certain way and more smashing and hitting involved.

It was so much easier for him to just be that big force to be reckoned with on the battlefield than some finesse filled mech who had to perform a certain way. Smashing things was so much easier than dancing around an enemy.Though he knew how you took pride in your intelligence and problem solving skills, and he can see how deflated you have become having all of that questioned by some jerk who couldn’t even be bothered to teach you the correct ewy how to do something. That was the sign of a bad boss- those kinds that like to sit on their ass while the rest of you all slave away to make them a profit, he knows those types all too well from his time as a contractor on Cybertron. He never cared much for people in higher up positions, and it only frustrated him more that he can’t just smash hi way through your problems like he can his.He would gladly tear down a wall if you found it was offending you.

“Do you wanna go for a drive? I hear there is this crazy new monster movie out that guarantees at least one good scare! None of that fake jumpscare stuff either, but like, genuine fear!” He said excitedly as he was trying to offer up a little distraction to your sulky attitude “You don’t even have to get dressed or anything, no one will see you in my cabin at the drive in!”

No one liked getting dressed after spending all day- or in your case, all week in their jammies.

“Tempting Bulk, but no thanks- I’m not feeling it today.” You said as you turned over on your bed to face away from him as an indication that you were done talking for now, but he was a little too frustrated at this point to let this kind of thing go.

“Look, I know this guy at work hurt your feelings and junk, but you are like the smartest person I know! No one else can think of cool out of the box ways to solve a problem- it’s your manager’s problem that they have to work out!”Yeah, he wasn’t good with words.

You said nothing as you just wrapped yourself up in your blankets as you lay on your side hoping Bulk would just let you sulk for a little while longer, and Bulkhead felt himself go from frustrated to compassionate in 2 seconds flat. He can physically see the pain you were feeling having such a core part of your character come into question like that- to have someone rip you down thinking they know oh so much more about a subject than you do.

It hurt. A lot. He would know.

“I-I know I’m not the best at comforting you or making you feel better” He began “but I know you, and you are an amazingly smart and fun person who can make this bot’s day in ways you can’t even imagine. You are like uhhh- the sun?”He coughed and rubbed at the back of his head in an awkward fashion.You turned to look at him quizzically as you were still wrapped up in your comforting cocoon of your bedding as he seemed to be having trouble finishing his thought.

“I-I just mean that you are like warm and junk, and that seeing you sad makes me sad, so like maybe making you happy can make me happy?” He just sighed and started mumbling to himself quietly as you picked up on words like “I’m so stupid” and “The Sun? What the heck was that about?”

He was so cute and you couldn’t help but feel lifted from this little funk you were in.

“You know what bulk, I think the movie is a good idea- maybe a good spooking will cheer me up!” You said as you stood up from your bed and stretched a little as you made your way out the door to where he was now parked in the street in front of your house.

He was so bad with words, but you know what he was trying to say, you were a bright star in the sky that kept his life going and no matter what that jerk says and that you are worth so much more than the few mistakes you’ve made in the past.

Thanks Bulk, you thought as you sat in the driver’s seat watching the events in the movie closely to see if you can predict when the scary bits would start to happen so you can pretend like they didn’t surprise you at all.

Smokescreen

He didn’t really notice anything wrong with you at first, as that was just how his personality was as he can come off as seemingly uncaring as he was just a little bad at noticing subtle differences in your demeanor, but he began to catch on when you began to act unimpressed at some of his macho displays that he puts on to try and impress you. You didn’t react to it when he made a bunch of cool donuts in the loose and grainy sand, which bummed him out a little as doing things like that took him forever to master, and you also didn’t really react when he poked at you sides a little to try and get some kind of reaction from you as you were so ticklish he was sure this would work, and you didn’t react when he tried his super secret method of cuddling and hugging by just pulling you up to his chest and sitting in a quiet room somewhere to just relax and decompress from a stressful day.

It hurt him a little that he couldn’t see it earlier in you, but he would just have to sit here and think really really hard about the situation to know if maybe you in fact did tell him and he was just to insensitive to remember what it was you said.

Damn, what was it that you talked about last week-

You talked about how you were stoked to try this new soda flavor that was coming out this summer to go with the new fast food burger you liked at this one chain that was like a two hour drive away from where you lived, you talked about how your family was bumming you out a little because it was the same old same old pressures of you not being good enough and junk, you told him how you never thought your first car was going to be something as awesome as him (of course he would remember you saying something passive like that), and he remembered you saying something in frustration about being in this tiny little town in the middle of the desert that wasn’t even big enough to have a functioning shopping center.

Hmm- it would seem his inability to listen to you was starting to become a problem that he should really work on. He is starting to feel so very guilty as he realizes that needs to be a better listener to you, because you are so kind and patient to just listen to him rant and rave about all of his stuff all day long, what kind of mech doesn’t even listen to his own partner?!

C’mon, think!

Your family! He remembered!

You were really bummed out about how they just continued to verbally berate you based on your choices in study, telling you how useless and wasteful of your skills and potential it was to get an Art Degree instead of pursuing something more “meaningful” like engineering or sciences. They said something about you wasting your life and resources while frustratingly telling you that you were “so much smarter” than someone who just bangs a brush against a canvas for a menial living where you can’t even buy you a nice house or start a real family on that kind of money- harsh. You were so passionate about the art you had a hand in creating, you were so amazing at picking all kinds of colors and patterns to a simple piece of paper that he was sure it was your calling, and it was fun watching you make things come to life with your various tools. Also if you were to ask him, which no one ever does for some reason, you were like the smartest human he had ever met- you were not only very book smart but you were so very intelligent when it came to things like problem solving and emotional serenity.

Being some doctor or some engineer isn’t meant for everyone, and so what if you weren’t, it’s not the end of the world!

The fact that your family just screamed at you and called you stupid for wasting your potential, that was just cruel on their part and he can see why you were so bummed out about it.

You were so much more than whatever career you choose, and you were so much more than whatever it was that they expected of you.Some partner he is, huh? You must be so frustrated and depressed and here he was doing donuts in the sand.

“Hey.” Smokescreen said as he caught you sulking in his berth room all alone without so much as music playing in the background.

“Hey, yourself.” You snapped back as you curled deeper into your fetal position, you weren’t exactly in the mood to hear him talk at the moment- You loved Smokey but was just so… Unintentionally cruel?

“I’m sorry, I screwed up.” He said as he looked defeated as his shoulders physically slumped downwards. You looked up at him with a quizzical expression as it looked like he was trying to think of words to way.

“I know you have been feeling bad lately, and instead of trying to be a good friend and listen to you, I have just been throwing distraction after distraction in your direction and I can see how it can be a little overwhelming.” He sighed out loud “You tell me all the time how frustrating your family is and how upset they make you and I can’t even do the most basic thing and just listen so-”

He sat on the berth next to you as he gently stroked at your hair with his digits.

“I’m here now, and I promise to always be there- I will try to slow down from now on and let you catch a break with me like you are supposed to be able to. You mean the world to me and I don’t want to lose you over me being to stupid to read a situation.”

Wasn’t he supposed to be comforting you and not the other way around? He was such a goober- but you loved it.

“It’s ok, Smokey, just don’t cry on me ok.” You said as you playfully punched him on his leg.

“I’m not!”

Breakdown

It was true that Breakdown was not the smartest Cybertronian around, in fact, throughout most of his life he was just considered hired muscle and basically paid to just keep his mouth shut and so his job. It wasn’t really a bad thing to be able to support yourself just doing odd jobs that required a little extra strength to convince someone to pay up whatever debt they owe, but he has come to the conclusion that all these years of just hard labored work, well it has left him a little clueless when it came to problems of the spark. He always felt a little funny involving Knockout so much in what it was he was doing trying to impress you and make you love him, but what else can he do?

He is about as suave as a brick with the emotional capacity of a mechling.He was the kind of mech that would, as you humans like to say, hit it and quit it due to the fact that he just wasn’t good mate material- at least that is how he sees it in his own processor.

You on the other hand, despite the fact you were just a human, you were so amazingly bright and warm and comforting that he is inexplicably drawn to you and the energy you put off. You can make him laugh whenever he is feeling frustrated and you could talk him down from whatever else he was about to cross. He has been through so much in his days- including the little incident with those terrorists that snatrched him and experimented on him for those few hours. You were so polite and kind and patient, you never once judged him for his feelings and you never once have lost your temper with him.

Which was why he was so concerned with how you were behaving when you returned from your trip back to your hometown.

Your smile was a way to keep him grounded, and instead of greeting him with one, you just sulked down lower and shut yourself into your small room on The Ship.

He asked Knockout what he thought, as maybe this was just some femme thing he didn’t get, but for once in his existence his good friend had nothing to say. “I’m not an expert on humans, Breakdown, you are going to have to ask her what’s wrong yourself.” “I will frag it up though” “Probably”. Thanks Knockout, you are truly a great friend- see, this was why he needed someone like you in his life to show him that not everybot (and ever human) on this planet is just a sadistic and cruel being.

You always return to the human world on the weekdays, something about having to keep your job and to visit your friends and family, which was understandable as you were working undercover to sabotage the human race as they knew it in exchange for freedom and absolute power. You need to keep up this front in your government facility that you were who you said you were, and sure he gets a little lonely on the days you were gone, but he was so busy basking in your presents when you were here it kind of makes up for all the time you were apart.Listen to him rant, it’s not like the two of you were even together or anything- Primus, he really is as desperate as Kncout has said he was.

“So, how was your week?” He asked awkwardly as he poked his head into your unlocked room- the door was closed but unlocked, so that meant he could come in right? Maybe he should have knocked?

“S’ok, I guess.” You said as he noticed you were unpacking cloths and junk from your bag in order to make your stay on the ship more comfortable.

“Ok? Did something happen?” Was he prying? Scrap! “I mean, if you want to tell me or whatever I’m here- not that you have to or anything-”

“Oh Breakdown.” You chuckled sadly as you felt yourself becoming emotional again, this was what you were trying to avoid honestly. How weak is it to cry on a ship full of giant alien robots hell bent on destroying your planet in order to get back at their enemies that had forsaken them? It’s a rhetorical question, it looks terrible, and as sure as you were that Breakdown was a kind mech you did not want to risk it.

With your back turned to him you explained how frustrating it is to work a job that has so much red tape and so many rules and hoops to jump through that it is impossible to get anything done. You just wanted what was bets for everyone, but it was so hard to get anything done when it felt like there were so many roadblocks in front of you- not to mention all of those ungrateful constituents of yours that are constantly bringing into question your intelligence because you never actually finished college.

You don’t need a degree to be a politician, look at who was running the damn country.

Breakdown listened as you told him all of these things, and he was no expert, but he can hear you getting choked up about the part where you never finished school and your co workers were making fun of you for it. How juvenile was that, and that was coming from a guy who was paid not to think for Primus’ sake. You don’t need some stupid piece of paper to tell you that you are worthy of your job or to tell you how smart you are- the proof was in the pudding as you would say, why get hung up on some stupid paperwork?

“Erm Uhmm” he just coughed as he came all the way into the room and locked the door behind him, if he didn’t knock before coming in he was certain Knockout would to if he was inclined to be here- no need for him to see Breakdown’s tender side. “I’m not- I’m not good at this kind of thing, you know.”You turned around to see him looking down at his feet as he shuffled slightly like a child caught doing something bad. Was this weakness? How tender of him to show you this side, it made you feel less bad for nearly sobbing in front of him just now.

“You are so smart, you know so much more than I do, and I’m supposed to be the more advanced species in this scenario, you know? I’m trying to say that you shouldn’t let those bums get to you- after all, once we succeed in our mission you won’t have to deal with anymore of their scrap and you can finally do your job without having to deal with all those rules and red tape. You will be making the rules! Which I have seen you doing your job, it will benefit everyone- you are so great you know.”

You actually laughed as he looked up with starstruck optics as he was the one to actually make you laugh this time. “Oh Breakdown, you are better at this kind of thing than you think you are.”

That was all he needed to hear, as the highlight of his day was that bright smile, he will never forget it.

(05/16/18)

#Transformers Prime #Optimus Prime #Bulkhead #Smokescreen #Breakdown #Long Post #Drabble #Hurt/Comfort

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ash-and-oake · 6 years

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Time Machine Tag Game

Tagged by @merigreenleaf thank you so much! can’t wait for the Sci-Fi Future AU that completes the past/present/future trilogy of Darkened Stars and the D&D characters they’re based on.

Rules: Someone in your cast has created a time machine! Welp, that opens up a whole lot of plot holes. Answer each question with a character from your WIP. Only use a character once unless you have a tiny cast.

I’m gonna answer these in character because I want to work on voice! I can’t promise I won’t reuse people because I don’t have a lot of secondary characters (... yet)

1. Which character made the time machine? How?

“Eris did it!”

“Bullllllll-shit. Lilah’s just blaming me because he doesn’t want to admit that he shouldn’t’ve been conjuring.”

“Look, I took precautions! I cast it in a magic circle! And see? It’s stable. And if you hadn’t jumpscared me--”

“Why the hell were you casting teleportation anyway?!”

“Look-- shut up. We have a time machine now. Isn’t that cool? We can even change when it goes to. Just, like, we gotta be careful not to make a singularity.”

“Bitch you can’t even spell singularity!”

2. Which character doesn’t even want to touch the machine? Why?

“Lilah, I’m not going in your fucking bullshit time circle. We can’t play G-d like this! And anyway it’s going to destabilize as soon as I touch it, I’m not risking it, you need to get rid of it right--”

“YEET!”

“why”

3. Which character wants to go all the way back and see the prehistoric creatures of your world?

“Do you think Harellian Larethian would know who I am if I see him in the past? Maybe I could see what he looked like when he had eyes! And we could see what the great owls looked like! Or we could get, like, some dragon skin, from one of the really big dragons, the megafauna dragons, and make some dragonscale armor. I think I would look really cool in blue dragonscale armor. Do you think it’s heavy? Ooh, we could get Candace red dragonscale armor, and then we can be like those guys from Super Faction Nine. Did Koanas shed? I think she must have, because she was a dragon, but I feel like someone would have made armor out of it if she did. Koanas armor. That sounds like something I’ve heard of, but I can’t remember where. Oh well.”

4. Which character wants to go back in time to see an important event from their life again? What event was it?

“Does it count as retraumatizing if you go back to see your trauma shit? Or is it therapeutic? Fuck it, I guess I don’t really wanna. Maybe to keep tiny me out of the rain? Was it even fucking raining?”

“I want to go back and see that Fortwatch tournament I won that one time.”

“Hios, that’s not an important event. It’s gotta be like, your fucking, uh, graduation, or like--shit what are like normal life events.”

“I wanna watch when I got born... If I had a tail already, or did that grow after? How did they take me out if I had my ears?”

“Those are good questions, kiddo. I think no to Tharlindel’s, like, weird fucked up dad-killing stuff.”

“Aren’t there videos of your birth, Anye? I feel like famous kids’ birth videos are out there.”

“Yeah but I wanna seeee it.”

5. Which character wants to go to the past to fix a mistake of theirs? What mistake was it?

“I wanna go back and tell Rabbi it was Lilah who broke that toaster.”

“HEY!”

“You don’t get an opinion, you trickster jerk! You let Rabbi make me write lines!”

6. Which character wants to go to the past to stop some cataclysmic event? How?

“We could, like, totally get Maurus off so he stayed behind!”

“Yeah, but wouldn’t we want to go back to him? I mean it really took him going headfirst for power and like anti-mage stuff that made me realize he was a jerk.”

“We could write ourselves a letter. Or we could make him go to jail for abuse!”

“We can’t do that. It’s really hard to get someone convicted for abuse, and they hardly ever do it for like, emotional abuse

7. Which character wants to go to the future to see what happens to them?

“I wanna see whether I go home to mom and dad.”

“Man, this kid has the only good ideas. Y’all really set on going and screwing with your past selves? Geez.”

“I’m with Eris on this one. Anye is the only one who’s got this time travel things down.”

8. Which character wants to steal something from the future to sell and get rich?

“Ok, but like, it ain’t cheap to be an athlete? And it wouldn’t have to be anything big. Hell, I could jus’ get something like the code for a website and sell it to this guy I know so he can work for google or something. Look, you can’t blame me. They don’t even pay Olympic athletes.”

9. Which character accidentally gets permanently trapped in time because they weren’t paying attention to how to run the machine?

“You know, I haven’t actually seen Lilah in a while. He started it by not understanding his magic, he probably messed it up. Hashem’s sake.”

10. Which character is tasked with cleaning up all the paradoxes the other characters created?

“Not it!”

“...Not it.”

“Not it.”

“.........Hashem.”

This was super fun! I tag @brynwrites @cofffeeshopp @heavenlybattles @worldbuildingwren @elizzawrites and anyone else who wants to.

#Btw I'm assuming you all know the only person who says Hashem is Frederick #Lilah says it occasionally but if you hear it with no dialogue tag it's always Frederick #Tag game #character development #Writblr #amwriting

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aurasweirdcorner · 6 years

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The TNAR AU (not really)

Rachel -The leader. -Protective as hell over her friends. You touch them, You Die. -Has (accurately) tagged down The Thing as a "dangerous indivual" by this point so now she gives him the Thousand Yard Glare(tm) whenever he passes by ("Hey, what the hell are you up to?" "Nothing! I don't know why you'd assume-" "...What did you do this time?" "..." "...I may or may not have murdered the guard..." "Goddamit not again") -She instantly becomes the adoptive mom of any and all children who walk in. I don't make the rules. -Surprisingly friendly for someone who's perfectly capable of murdering a man with nothing but a broom. -Tries very hard to keep things from spiralling out of control. She's Failing. -Legitimately nice bc look, there's too much Rachel negativity on the humanizing community and i'm gonna change that- Doug -The good boy (Also Rachel's right hand). -Energetic. (Please, for the sake of Rachel's sanity, don't give him any energy drinks or foods) -Didn't Think This Through. At All. -Kind of in charge of making sure that neither Rachel or Ray pick any fights that WILL get them killed. It's a suprisingly hard task. -Probably listens a lot more when he's told not to do a certain thing nowadays. I mean, hopefully, bc the last time he didn't ended up Badly. -(note: the "screech" is the jumpscare noise. I don't know how it's called in-universe and i'm too lazy to look it up). Has been known to have accidentally startled himself with his own screech once. He's never gonna live it down now. -You'll often find him near either Rachel or Ray. Which means that hurting him is basically a suicide mission. Don't try it, please. Ray -The wanna-be bandit. -Just as protective as Rachel is ("You try to hurt these mofos, buddy. I fking dare you") -Didn't Think This Through At All, part 2. -Either really serious or really smug, there's no middle point. -Sees straight through your bs. -Steals random things and hoards them in his hut. Sometimes he gives them back after some time. Other times whatever he took vanishes forever into the void and you're never gonna get it back. -Once was really, really tired and told The Thing to "grow a spine, everyone here's died at least once" after the latter had been rambling about how he'd been murdered. Ray may have ended up on repairs for a full week, but he still regrets nothing. Pete -The batterist and also the designated cook. -You'd think Bane would be the one who is scary when he's angry, but no. Don't make Pete mad unless you Wanna Die. (Luckily enough, it's hard to make him mad. But fools always manage.) -Has good aim when throwing knives. Don't ask how we know that. -Tells bad jokes and even worse puns. -Makes waaay more food than anyone's gonna be eating. Then he eats it himself. -Has a bad habit of quietly sneaking up on people, accidentally startling them. Has it gotten him punched in the face before? Yes. Multiple times, in fact. -Once made with Bane a fort of boxes backstage and it's still there nowadays. Bane -I don't remember what he does rn. -Has a veeery short temper. But, then again, what you'd expect? -Loves small animals, particularly kittens. The janitor doesn't love having to brush cat fur off his clothes. -Actually doesn't really mind the color red. It's the fools who thought it would work that make him get mad anyway. -He's definitely gotten his horns stuck in the wall at least once. -Swears a lot when he's with the other animatronics or with adults, but never around children. -Would probably lose a fight against a butterfly. Racquel (Shadow Rachel) -The Nice Girl(tm). -Really done with The Thing's shit, honestly. -Trying her best so that no one dies. It's more difficult than it sounds. -Just sort of started talking to Rachel one day and she didn't even question it. Seriously, Rachel just kind of accepted it. "Yep, this is my day now". -She's currently the group's ghostly older sister, because everyone needs a ghostly older sister. -She doesn't fully get how the whole "phasing through walls" thing works. She's tried to test it out. Keeps getting stuck halfway through. -Has suggested sewing the curtains closed before, if it helps put her thoughts on The Thing in perspective. Rachel actually went and did it. The boss was pretty mad when he came in to find the curtains in shreds. The Thing -The Jerk. -MURDER. -Can somewhat get along with the animatronics when he's in a good mood. Somewhat. Still below average. -Absolutely HATES being in the coffin and will jump at any possible excuse to avoid it. -The weird uncle who wants to burn the house down. -"Boss, why is there a coffin in the back?" "Uhh... Decorations" "HE'S LYING!" "YOU SHUT UP-" -Wasn't out originally, but when he did get out, there was absolutely no way to put him back. -Once got found out by a couple kids who apparently didn't read the "STAFF ONLY" sign. He ended up with his hair braided and a bunch of drawings that he has nowhere to put. -Bad Choices(tm).

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randomfandomimagine · 6 years

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Halloween Festival (Final Fantasy XV Imagine)

Characters: Noctis Lucis Caelum, Prompto Argentum, Igins Scientia, Gladiolus Amicitia

Fandom: Final Fantasy XV

Tags: Interactive imagine, Halloween

A/N: Along the story you will be given two choices for some situations, each of which are linked to that part of the story that is written in a different post so the main story is all in here and you can contine reading after it. So when the choice is given, just click the link of the choice you made and get back to this post to continue reading. Links open in a new tab. Enjoy!!! ;)

Prompto seemed very excited to be in the Halloween festival, judging by how he skipped around like a child and couldn’t keep the grin off his face. But I knew it wouldn’t last long, he was a scaredy-cat like myself.

I wasn’t worried about Gladio and Ignis at all, though. Perhaps Ignis would jolt up in startle every now and then, but Gladio wouldn’t even blink.

About Noctis… I didn’t really know what to expect. He seemed somewhat enthused, and I knew he enjoyed Halloween.

I would probably be the worst one of all. I startled easily and the jumpscares would definitely get me. But I was still very excited, Halloween was so cool and fun! Especially if I was spending the day in there with my friends!

Even though the place was filled with people in costume, prepared to scare us even before we got to the haunted houses. They were part of the festival and I noticed they would startle the people passing by.

To be honest, I felt on edge because I expected them to scare me at any moment.

“Why did we have to come here during the evening?” I asked them as we made our way to the main attraction of the festival.

“To get in the mood” Noctis grinned in amusement, letting his eyes wander to let the Halloween spirit sink in.

“Why? Someone’s scared?” Gladio chimed in with a smug smirk.

“Me? Not at all” I huffed, brushing it off. “How bad can it be?”

“Exactly” Ignis calmly adjusted his glasses, apparently neutral to the whole thing. “You don’t seem frightened at all”

I glared at him, just to be defeated by the soft expression he dedicated me next.

“Let’s go already” I rolled my eyes at them, knowing how much they would tease me that day.

“Way ahead of you” Apparently nonchalant about it, Noctis leaded the way.

“C’mon, Y/N!” Prompto eagerly linked his arm with mine. “Halloween festival!”

I sighed and followed in compliance, trying to enjoy the spookiness instead of letting it make me jittery.

The first haunted house was completely dark, as expected, except for the flashing lights that sometimes had a reddish hint. There was dramatic music loudly blasting through the rooms that made me feel tense, contributing to the suspenseful mood.

My friends walked with me, and only Prompto seemed to jump at the scares that lunged at us. Noctis did too, but he wasn’t nearly as loud as our blond friend and definitely tried to hide it more.

The other two just followed us calmly, not being too affected by it at all. Except for the fact that Gladio had a laugh whenever one of us got scared.

We advanced cautiously, the three of us –Prom, Noct and I –linking arms and going together. It seemed like we were safe from jumpscares at that moment when…

AAAAAAH!

A man carrying a chainsaw jumped at me, making me squeal loudly in cringe.

Prompto screamed next to my ear, pulling at my arm as he backed away from him. Noctis gasped lowly and jolted up slightly. I, on the other hand, screamed at the top of my lungs and hid my face on Noctis’ shoulder.

I could not believe my ears when I heard a snicker coming from Ignis. Outraged, I slowly turned around to meet him and saw him covering his mouth with one hand.

“Are you laughing at me, Iggy?!”

“I would never!”

“I would!” Gladio patted my back as he encouraged us to keep going.

I sighed and held on to my friends as we walked further into the haunted house. The artificial sound of lightning, accompanied with the artificial lighting, made me jump and consequently made Prompto jump too

Only to be scared with the most stupid thing.

BOOO!

A little girl –allegedly creepy- who was holding a little doll had literally just shouted ‘boo!’ at us. We hadn’t really even noticed she was there.

I was the only one scared by this, apart from Prompto, who made me feel less embarrassed about being so jumpy.

After a while and many more jumpscares, we exited the first haunted house.

Noctis had jumped a little, but always cleared his throat awkwardly and pretended like it didn’t get him and he actually chuckled. Ignis did jump a couple of times, even though he got startled noiselessly. Prompto was the only one maybe worse than I was, the boy squealed at the top of his lungs, visibly jumped and clung on to whoever was closest to him at that very moment, which usually it was me. And Gladio didn’t bat an eye with every single jumpscare, but instead heartedly laughed at our misfortunes.

When we walked outside, I felt energized and a bit hyper due to the constant racing of my heart and probably the adrenaline rush. I was still jittery and nervous, but at the same time I was having a great time.

As we made our way to the next attraction, a very tall man with his face painted a deadly pale color came out of nowhere and roared in my face like a wild animal.

I flailed around like an octopus, wondering where he came from, and hid my face with my hands out of pure instinct. The guy seemed amused by my reaction, because he laughed a little before he left.

I turned around, feeling like my cheeks were burning but my heart was racing because of the scare. I was so tense, I felt like I needed a hug.

GO TO PROMPTO FOR COMFORT // GO TO NOCTIS FOR COMFORT

We made a pause in our spooky pilgrimage from the first haunted house to the next –avoiding scary dressed up festival workers as much as we could –to have a snack.

We bought some different and creative Halloween themed snacks and ate them while we took lots of photos and messed around some more. The festival was really big, and so we wandered around it for about half an hour.

Next, we found a stall that sold Halloween accessories and bought a couple of them since we didn’t really have any costumes and we wanted some. I bought a witch hat, Prompto bought an ugly mask that he enjoyed scaring us –or attempting to scare us –with. Gladio bought a cape and vampire teeth and Noctis put a fake knife over his head. But the best part was Ignis, as he reluctantly let Noctis convince him to wear a silver wig that made him look hilarious with his unamused expression.

As we calmly made our way around the festival, I observed Prompto.

He seemed so distracted and absent that my instinct told me it would be the perfect moment to scare him and a mischievous little voice told me to do it. After all, he was the one most affected by the spooky environment other than myself.

SCARE PROMPTO // DON’T SCARE PROMPTO

As we walked around –we couldn’t seem to find the second haunted house at first. The festival was very big, and filled with a big crowd that distracted us along with the many Halloween treats that were sold all around, including giant gummy pumpkins, caramel apples, and other treats that looked like brains, zombies and other spooky Halloween stuff.

Being alert and expecting one of the workers in costumes to scare me like they had before, I squeaked when Noctis caught up with me and appeared next to me.

“Calm down!” He complained, pushing his shoulder against mine. “It’s just me, I’m not scary!”

“She’s freaking out” Gladio observed in amusement, pointing his thumb at me as he grinned at Ignis.

“I am” I looked all around me before turning around to face the big guy. “Gladio, come here and protect me!”

“What if I don’t wanna, scaredy-cat?”

“Iggy, tell him something!”

“There is nothing to be afraid about, Y/N” My friend calmly reached out to place a hand on my shoulder.

“You’re not helping!” I complained, actually being a little silly. Especially because Gladio was cracking up again.

“I’ll protect you!” Prompto gallantly offered, sticking his chest out to appear stronger.

“Please” Gladio pushed him so hard that he nearly fell.

“If anything she’ll have to protect you, Prompto” Noctis draped an arm over his shoulders, more playful than usual.

“You did scream louder than me in there” I admitted, winking an eye at him to know we were goofing around.

“It’s supposed to be Halloween” The blond was blushing, and was averting his eyes from us. “Not pick on poor Prompto day”

I let out a guffaw and kindly patted his arm to show my fondness.

“You still want protection, Y/N?” Noctis teased me still, enjoying to fluster me.

“Yes, do you volunteer?”

“Not really…”

“It would be better if you faced your fears in order to overcome them” Ignis assured, elegantly shoving his hands on his pants pockets.

“You just want to see me suffer!” I whined, dragging my feet across the ground.

“That is preposterous, dear” I had never seen Ignis smile for so long before!

“Well, I do want to see you suffer” Gladio evilly got close to me, placing his hands on my shoulders. “So you’re going first”

I noticed that he positioned me in front of a building that definitely was another haunted house. We had found it.

“I’m not going first!” I complained, wanting to go last and be safe behind them.

Besides, I had already gone first with Noctis and Prompto in the first one!

“Are you sure about that?” Gladio teased me, creepily standing behind me to get on my nerves.

I rolled my eyes, reluctantly obliging and leading the way.

“Okay” I complied, however crossing my arms with determination. “But I can’t go alone!”

“How bad can it be, right?” Gladio teased me, using my own words.

“I guess I will protect you…” Noctis playfully yet sweetly smirked as he positioned himself next to me.

He offered me his arm with apparent reluctance, even if his eyes shone with friendliness. I clung on to his arm, and even knowing that we weren’t in actual danger and we were having fun despite being startled and jumpscared, it made me feel safer.

“Here we go” Ignis sighed, quite irritated.

I knew he wasn’t a big fan of Halloween as he found it to be a childish and silly holiday, but he was probably used to giving in to things with Noct.

Besides, he seemed to be having fun with our goofy demeanor.

We came in, with Prompto following closely, along with Gladio and then Ignis. We arrived at the second haunted house of the day.

This one felt a lot calmer, and there was no background music to set any moods. The lack of music or ambiance was far more disturbing than the flashing crimson lights or the suspenseful notes.

I was definitely more scared as we immersed ourselves in that one. Perhaps because I was still tense from the first house, or maybe it was just that it was too quiet and calm in there. Which couldn’t be good.

Two hands gently rested on my back, guiding me through that place. Gladio.

A fake skeleton suddenly jumped at us, and I was not expecting it to be starting so early. It scared the hell out of me!

What can I say, I was not prepared for the first big jumpscare already!

Seeking comfort, I instinctively curled up against who was behind me. It happened to be Ignis, who began stuttering flustered by the sudden needy attitude of mine.

“Are you alright, Y/N?” He actually worried, resting his hands warmly against my back.

“Uh…” I breathed out, trying to even my panting. “Give me a moment”

“Haven’t got all day!” Gladio said behind me, sticking his head over my shoulder.

“Why don’t you go first if you’re so brave, big guy?” I raised an eyebrow at him.

“Yeah!” Prompto supported me, actually hating to be leading the way. Even if he was hiding behind me and Noct the whole time.

“Allow me, children” Gladio gladly lead the way and left Noctis and I behind, reuniting with Prompto.

“Prompto, keep your camera ready” Noctis whispered to his friend.

“Yeah, he might actually get scared” I excitedly said, hoping I got to see it.

“It is not likely” At first I thought Ignis sounded skeptical, but then he added something else. “Yet not impossible”

“Watch and learn” Gladio said to us, smugly, as he navigated the place.

However, just when he had walked only a few steps, a clown popped out of his hiding place and planted himself a mere centimeters away from Gladio’s face.

Our friend yelped. Gladio actually got startled! He even lifted his fists up in a fighting stance, out of instinct! It was hilarious! I thought nothing could perturb his stoic and fearless demeanor!

That would be a fun haunted house!

When I was calmly walking down the street, trying to recover from the tension and jitteriness from the second haunted house, something made me jump out of my skin.

Gladio’s voice had whispered a ‘boo!’ at me while he slapped his arms on my back. The scream that followed earned a loud guffaw from his part.

Fuming mad, I turned around to be face to face with him.

“Gotcha real good there” My friend smugly grinned at me.

Maybe I should tease him to get some revenge.

GET REVENGE ON GLADIO // DON’T GET REVENGE ON GLADIO

It was getting late, and we were starting to grow tired. Not that we hadn’t laughed a lot and spent one of the best evenings ever. But people were also starting to leave for the day. Because the place was starting to get empty, I had definitely kept my guard down when I shouldn’t have.

Another scarer, this one on stilts so I had no way of noticing him getting closer. I didn’t see anyone until him –or her, I couldn’t really tell under that loose tunic and all that much makeup, it was definitely a much more elaborate costume than others –crouched down before me made an ugly scary face.

“Aaaah!” Prompto screamed behind me, and Noctis yelped as well.

I, on the other hand, internalized my heart attack this time.

“Gods…” Even Ignis had gotten startled, and he had gotten mad at himself for it too.

Nope. I was done with having mini heart attacks every time someone jumped at me, I hid there where I wouldn’t be bothered again.

“Where’s Y/N?” I heard them calling for me.

“Here…” I reluctantly admitted from my hiding spot.

When Gladio turned around and saw I had been using him as a human shield as I tried to recover, he broke out in laughter.

“What?” I complained with a resigned pout. “It feels safe in there!”

I definitely needed to feel safe in order to recover from all the spookiness!

I needed another hug! It was the best medicine. So I went for it.

GO TO GLADIO FOR COMFORT // GO TO IGNIS FOR COMFORT

We couldn’t be bothered to go into another haunted house –anyway, it would be pretty much the same thing like the other two –and we took a walk around the festival before finally going back home. It had been a fun night in which we got scared, teased each other and were silly together. I was glad that they put a Halloween festival, and I couldn’t wait to come back next year.

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so @tracinyad tagged me for fucking ever ago and holy shit ty for being patient cuz i have NOT been around lately omg

#long post because LORD do i know how to rant and rave for way too long :’D

1. Favorite game from the last 5 years? Probably Breath of the Wild! Though it’s my sibling who owns the switch so I can’t play it all the time... ;-; but honestly, like... the zelda series is what really got me into video games in the first place. before, like sure, i’d play pokemon and mario on my gameboy, but i don’t think i would have really classified it as a hobby (vs casual pastime) until i booted up our old n64 and played through ocarina of time in high school.

so getting to play breath of the wild, it reminded me of what it felt like to actually play through Ocarina of Time. This wonder and curiosity, this wide eyed excitement. Breath of the Wild is definitely a huge leap from oot, but playing it and exploring felt like what oot gave me.

2. Most nostalgic game? Y’know, considering how much I just went on about ocarina of time, probably that. :’D Like I’ve said, it’s what got me into video games. I doubt I would have gotten to this point in my life if it weren’t for OOT. I’d be elsewhere, and definitely not playing swtor, I’ll give you that much.

oot, it was just... so much fun. And sure, looking at the n64 graphics now is a fucking trip, but it was just so exciting to go through hyrule field and gerudo valley and kakariko and learn about the gerudo and the sheikah and the hylians and seeing all of it was just.

i mentioned already that i had played pokemon games before, but something about oot felt more in depth to me. and now, now that i can play this once-console game on a handheld? it’s amazing to see how far we progress in just a handful of years. it’s amazing how we can excel as humans, as people. I can relive that wonder from oot anywhere now, since I can bring it on my 2ds. and i love it.

3. Game that deserves a sequel? god, a few years ago, i would’ve said mirror’s edge. but it got its sequel! and i’m so proud! when i had first seen mirror’s edge, i was jittery with excitement, to see a video game where there’s a person who looks like me, an asian! that’s the main character!

now though? i admit, i’m not sure. as much as i love video games, i don’t play a wide variety, mostly because of budget restraints. i have yet to play through prey, i definitely want to, but i’d love to see more games in general that feature asian protagonists. hell, i’d love to see more games that feature protagonists of color, and the ‘build-your-own-protagonist’ games don’t count.

4. Game that deserves a remaster? WELL I WOULD’VE SAID OCARINA OF TIME BUT YEAH, I ALREADY WENT OVER HOW IT’S ON A 2DS NOW. though i think it’d be cute to see an updated version of the zelda handhelds, like minish cap. i do like the gba graphic, the pixel art style, but i wanna be able to move in 3D instead of up/down/left/right.

5. Favorite game series? Z E L D A

6. Favorite genre? rpg and puzzle! simulation ones are fun too :D

7. Least favorite genre? i’m not even gonna bother touching horror games lol. if there were some completely jumpscare free ones, maybe, but i’m not here for slasher horror games with jumpscares. :P

8. Favorite song from a game? i will never get over the opening song to ocarina of time. it always gives me chills and it’s like, instantly calming.

9. Favorite character from a game? one singular character? that’s a hard choice. the thing about say, link from the zelda series, is that he’s always sorta a blank-ish slate. the point of him being named link was so that he would be the link from player to game (i read that off an interview a LONGGG time ago lol). though in botw, he does have more personality than the previous games... and besides, he looks super fucking cool ALWAYS.

other than a character from a zelda game, i might have to go with someone like Vette from swtor. She’s gone through hell and back, she’s been a slave practically all her life (and she very well may be, if a player decides to play the dark side route for their SW), and she still has this energy that’s never ending and it’s amazing. she has a love for who she is as a person, as a twi’lek, and she takes so much pride in her identity and she always gets back to her feet and i love her for that.

10. Favorite ship from a game? Link x Zelda. Listen, if in every game, I (as link, i guess????) fawn over the princess, want to protect her and make her happy, i’m gonna have to go with a ship that just? makes sense to me. i’m not even thinking about any romantic relationship, i just... love them. depending on the game, link either starts out with nothing or leaves everything behind, to protect her and hyrule. sometimes, he doesn’t even know what he’s protecting, or how much it’s all worth. botw, link goes out to save hyrule without knowing anything of his past. he rediscovers it along the way, and in all those cutscenes, link is by her side, ready to do whatever it takes to protect her. is it his duty? sure. but he takes it seriously.

11. Favorite voice actor from a game? ... tbh, I don’t really... know voice actors by name???? especially game ones. outside of swtor, i can’t even remember the last full game i played that had voice acting.

from swtor, i really do like the smugglers’ VAs, as well as the SWs’ and the M!IA. felix’s voice actor also made me really love him so he counts too ;u;

12. Favorite cutscene? i’m not gonna lie, i’m horrid at remembering cutscenes. like, i will remember the emotional impact but i can’t remember jack shit rn.

though the final scene in oot, after ganondorf is sealed, when zelda speaks to link in the clouds, that was pretty emotional. and how link came back to hyrule castle afterwards. ;-;

other than that, i’d prolly say all the memories from botw together. the one that you get when you first pull out the master sword again, that made me tear up the first time around. ;-;

13. Favorite boss? ok this might sound strange, but it might be bongo bongo from ocarina of time. not necessarily for the mechanics, but more for the personal headcanon i’ve built around the OOT sheikah and who bongo bongo might have been.

the sheikah temple, we see that it’s filled with things like torture devices and shit and the undead enemies, etc. all the enemies in that temple? the dead, or parts of them. and yet it’s referred to as a temple. obviously, ganondorf had something to do with the corruption of the temples in hyrule, but my headcanon is that the sheikah temple was a battleground for a... sorta like a sheikah civil war. the hyrulean civil war is something mentioned throughout multiple games, so my theory was that the sheikah were at odds with each other too. some wanted to stay loyal to the royal family, others didn’t. bongo bongo was one of the latter ones.

my theory is that the dead of the sheikah, especially the ones who were disloyal to the crown, were cursed to protect sheikah land forever. bongo bongo, one of the disloyal ones, had his hands cut off and was decapitated before being bound to the well. (hands cut off bc he played rhythms on his drum to relay messages to other disloyal sheikah.)

... anyways, i love the sheikah, they were creepy af in oot, and honestly my love for the bongo bongo boss is mostly because of the story i built up around OOT.

14. First console? it’d be the n64, handed down from my older cousins. they had also sent majora’s mask, donky kong 64, 007, some racing game i think??? and that was it. i never actually finished playing majora’s mask either bc timed shit stresses me out lol. but my first console was handed down to me.

15. Current console or consoles? uhhh, I still have the N64, and a hand me down xbox 360. i also have my desktop! i suppose handheld consoles count too, so my 2ds, my phone, i still have my gameboy SP and my sibling’s gameboy color lying around somewhere lol.

16. Console you want? i want my own goddamn switch dammit!!! let me play botw!!!! let me play mario games!!!!

17. Place from a game that you’d like to visit? Hyrule. Undoubtedly. Plus, the universe of star wars, of course! i wanna see how much of a greasy smelly mess Nar Shaddaa is :’D

18. Place from a game that you’d like to live in? y’know, as much as i joke about wanting to live on nar shaddaa, that place is a goddamn mess. it’s more space vegas than space hong kong, so i’d rather live in space hong kong - wherever that may be.

though rishi WAS a beautiful planet. looked pretty humid though ngl. maybe rakata prime? the beaches there were so pretty omg ;-;

19. Ridiculous crossover that would never happen but would be super fun? i would fucking love to see link beat the living shit out of ganon with a lightsaber lol. and honestly, the master sword has the same amount of emotional weight that luke’s first lightsaber did when he held it for the fist time.

20. Book that would make a good game? my friend, i have lost most ability to actually read a novel lol. curse adhd. though, the circle of magic series, that was a really fun series. i’d like to see it turned into some sort of visual medium!

21. Show/Movie that would make a good game? star wars. :P no uhhhh lemme think. i feel like gravity falls would be great for it, mostly cuz of all the hints and clues the creators left for fans.

22. Games you want to play? PREY.

23. Have you gotten 100% completion in a game? i think i technically might have done so in the n64 version of oot? but they didn’t really have achievement trackers on that one so idk :P i’m not much of a completionist tbh

24. Have you cried over a game? oh, yeah. zelda series makes me cry a lot ngl.

25. What power-up or ability would you want IRL? I’d say force powers, because let’s be real now, who doesn’t still try to use the force to pick up things out of arms reach?

#long post #alex gets personal #a real live alex

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