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I Love You, Always

Sukuna x Reader

Part 7 Too Much to Drink ♡ ♡ ♡ Part 8 Alcohol on Your Tongue series m. list

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Warnings: Alcohol consumption, sneaky drinking, slight teasing, drvgs, sexual tension

Note: I’m sorry if it’s hard to read! The format might be ugly and not spaced out enough, but none of this is proofread and it’s transferred from my google docs!

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Loud music blares through the air, blending in with the scent of musk and sweat. Loud laughter and drunken conversations are lost and muffled through crowds of bodies while Sukuna’s lips curl into a seductive smile as he watches a group of women in the club. They’re practically tipsy, on the verge of being drunk. Their previously styled hair is tossed and tussled while their party outfits are wrinkled and crooked, a sign of constant movement. In his eyes, he sees a fat tip, so he makes sure to keep an eye on them. He’s done this a number of times, so it’s easy to lure them. With just a single glance, he’s caught the big fish, the prettiest woman of the group. Red, blue and green lights flash onto his skin that bears a sheen layer of sweat. His button up shirt is completely undone, and he wears nothing underneath, revealing the muscles of his chest and abs while his gelled back hair is slightly undone. She smiles eagerly and gathers her things, leaning in to tell her friends to go to his area, the bar. One thing about this club he works at is that they hire people with looks. That’s their first priority, since it brings in more money.

Sukuna hands another customer their order and then proceeds to do his job all while maintaining eye contact. The woman and her friends make it over, immediately taking the seats. She bats her false lashes at him, “a paloma for me.”

“Right away, sweetheart.”

He types in her order to start her tab and then prepares her drink, mixing in the tequila, lime juice and grapefruit soda. It’s a simple girly little drink but who is he to judge? He slides the glass over to her and begins making her friends’ drinks.

“What’s your name?”

“Sukuna.”

He purposely licks his lips to gain her attention and it works like always. Her eyes linger on his glistening lips and she can’t help but gulp, “Sukuna,” she repeats, now leaning on the counter, “you’re pretty handsome.”

“Of course I am,” he boasts, shooting her a wink.

He finds it ridiculous that this stupid shit works all the time. And maybe it’s the effect of liquor that makes these people so desperate, but he really can’t talk either since he does this shit for extra cash. He makes sure to serve all his customers with the same small flirting, but he makes sure to give this woman special attention, from lingering gazes and subtle touches. When he’d slide a drink over to someone near her, he’d make sure his hand grazed hers and then he’d smile that cunning smirk of his. She’s obviously reeled in. After ordering a few rounds of shots for her and her friends, she reaches over to grab his hand that rests on top of the counter.

“When’s your break?”

She’s quite bold. Pretty reckless. Her nimble fingers push her curled hair back as he finishes off his other customer. He looks at the time and then his co-worker, “I can take one right now if you want.”

“Great.”

He hands her the tab and she pays. Then, she slides him a pretty little stack; one he takes with ease. Sukuna walks over to the other bartender and tells him that he’s going on break. Just like that, he leaves the bar and walks up to the woman who discards all of her friends. He wraps his arm around her waist and drags her somewhere else, but not before turning back and shooting a wink at her group of friends.

Sukuna has never done it. He’s never gone that far with any of his customers. He takes her to the back alley of the club and leans her against the brick wall while his left hand trails from her thigh up to her hip. She has a pretty little silver dress on. It makes her stand out a lot, almost like a disco ball. He likes the way the sequin feels beneath his fingertips too, but his face remains the same, like a mask as he takes her in. She breathes harder just from the anticipation and her arms come up to wrap around his neck, “kiss me.”

It’s a demand he usually does easily. He had no problem at all before so why would he have one now? Sukuna chuckles deeply and leans down, hovering just above her lips. All he has to do is kiss her. He already got the tip, so just kiss her. When she notices that he’s taking too long to connect, she moves towards him, only to have him pull back. Why can’t he kiss her? Why can’t he do it? The woman chuckles, “oh? Don’t tell me,” Her right hand trails down from his neck to his crotch, “guilty heart?”

She grips him and laughs to herself. Not because he’s not hard but because she can tell he’s just massive based on how he feels soft. She coos at him gently as her eyelashes flutter seductively, “what’s wrong, baby? You in a relationship? Guilty of cheating?”

“Nah,” Sukuna sniggers, “I just realized you ain’t my typa gal.” He digs into his pocket and hands her back the stash of cash, “maybe you can try again with my other buddy behind the counter.” With that, he leans down and plants a teasing kiss on the top of her head before pulling the heavy metal door open and going back inside.

Fucking bitch. It’s because of you, isn’t it? You’re playing with his money, you know that? You’re messing with his snack money. Not that he needs it, but still. Irritation rises in his chest as he moves to the back where all the other staff reside. The boss spots him and shakes his head, “bad day?”

“Something like that.”

“Here, this always calms you.”

Sukuna looks at the small bag he holds out and takes it, “thanks.”

He digs in the bag and takes a pill, dry swallowing the bitter thing. He washes down the aftertaste with a can of beer. What did he ingest? Molly. This is a side you don’t see. This is the version of him that you don’t know of. You already think he’s bad as he is, so would you think he was helpless at this point? Thing is, he’s been doing this for years, even back in high school. He hasn’t consumed molly as often in his adult years, but he still does every now and then. It’s horrible, he knows, but who fucking cares. It makes him feel great inside.

“You haven’t been coming into work lately. Something happen?”

His boss sits down on a leather seat as he eyes him with his dark eyes. Sukuna shakes his head as he patiently waits for the pill to kick in, “just been distracting myself with other things.”

“Why’re you even here, kid? You’re loaded.”

He takes out a cigarette and begins smoking on the floor. His shined shoes are glistening under the dim lights as he taps his foot to the muffled beat from the other side of the door.

Sukuna just shrugs, “dunno.”

“It’s not too late to get your life together, you know? You can still do other things.” He picks up a glass and stirs the drink around with a circular motion, “you’ve still got a long life.”

He barely laughs at his boss, “I’m much too lazy to do anything else.”

All his boss can do is share an empathetic expression. About half an hour has passed and the drug begins doing its work. Sukuna’s vision is blurred; It’s like he’s seeing tunnel vision while his pulse races his heart. The music’s vibrations dance around him as he continues to make drinks for drunk customers all while all his senses become heightened. Sukuna feels fucking euphoric and it’s the most amazing thing ever. He doesn’t even remember coming back home. He can’t remember showering or even getting in bed, but apparently it all happened because he’s staring at his ceiling, and it’s spinning.

♡ ♡ ♡

Sukuna’s eyelids pull open and he realizes that he’s in his bedroom. It’s empty and dull. His first instinct is to text you, but he refrains from doing so. Instead, he gets up and gets ready for the day while his head pangs from last night’s consumption. His throat is so dry that it hurts to swallow so he sits at the table while the housemaid pours him a glass of water.

“You can leave for the day.”

Sukuna decides to scroll through his phone for any news of some sort. He takes the time to quickly reply to both you and Kaede before getting to his other friends who have been trying to get in contact with him. Apparently one of his friends is throwing a party soon and the only reason why that caught his attention is because you keep bothering him about one. Do you seriously want to go? If so, he guesses he can bring you around just for the experience. Maybe after experiencing one, you’ll never want to go back. He titters at the idea, even though he knows he’s damned. Sukuna has no idea why you want to party, but he’ll always give in to you, even if you won’t ever feel the same way.

He walks with a baseball cap on and enters the shop with a stoic expression. His usual cold face breaks as he sees who he’s meeting up with today, “hey, Kaede.”

“Took you long enough,” she huffs, offering a cute pout.

Sukuna sits across from her and picks up the drink that she had ordered for him, “sorry, I missed the bus.”

They spend their day exploring all around Tokyo while Sukuna smokes until his lungs suffocate. He texted you the details about the party but made sure to tell you not to mention anything to Kaede. It’ll be bad enough having to watch over you, so he’d prefer if Kaede didn’t know. Something that does make his chest weigh down is your reason for wanting to party.

Halfie: I just want to hook up with someone. I don’t know how I feel about Kazuya, but in case I do decide to date him, I want to make sure I’m ready in all ways.

Halfie: Sorry if that was tmi. You asked, so I provided an answer.

Kaede leans down and pokes her head into his line of vision, “are you coming?”

“Right,” he mutters, standing from his spot. Kaede said that they could watch movies together at her house, in her room, so that’s where they’re going. Although he does the same thing with Kaede as he does with you, it doesn’t feel the same. With you, his heart is always racing and pounding, and he finds himself thinking about the stupid things. With Kaede, he finds comfort in being able to relax. He’s able to just chill and watch whatever is on the screen. Cookie points go to Kaede, since she’s not as annoying as you. You’re always feeding him better though, so cookie points for you too, maybe.

Kaede goes into the house first and then opens her bedroom window after a few minutes pass by. He crawls in with ease and settles into her bed as soon as possible. Her bed is way bigger than yours, the sheets are silk, and the room smells like lavender. Kaede’s color scheme for her room is violet and cream, and he thinks they complement each other well. He still prefers your room though. It just feels more… homey? Is he being biased? Probably.

Due to Kaede’s easily spiked fear, they decide not to watch horror movies. They spend most of the night watching romcoms, pure comedy and some romance. It’s easy to watch movies with Kaede because they can both talk and focus on the movie at the same time. With you, he can’t fucking focus. You talk so fucking much. All. The. Time. But, as annoying as you are, Sukuna always finds himself answering you every time. Besides, sometimes it’s him that is the talkative one. Kaede is currently bawling her eyes out at the current scene.

“Stop being such a crybaby,” Sukuna laughs.

He reaches over to her and wipes at the fallen tears. Kaede sniffles softly and points at the screen, “but this scene is so sad! She can finally see again but she can’t recognize her lover since he just disappeared and suddenly reappeared.” More tears slip past her eyes as she speaks, “like, she massaged his back in the hospital and her hands recognized him, but his name was different because he never told her his real name–”

“I get it,” Sukuna cuts Kaede off and proceeds to laugh at her. He doesn’t understand the point of crying about a movie. It’s all fake anyway. He cocks his head to take a better peak at her and offers a small grin, “you already know they’ll end up together in the end. Why cry about–”

Kaede sits up in the bed and clamps her hand over Sukuna’s mouth, “shh! Shut up! The other guy just told her he bought the night jasmine!”

Sukuna’s eyes shift from her to the tv. It shows the female lead slowly realizing the situation and now she’s running on the streets as she cries to her heart's content. He’s not fazed in the slightest, but Kaede is. She stretches her hand out to her bedside table and grabs a few tissues to wipe at her nose and tears. A sympathetic laugh comes from her, “she just realized it was him! Noooo~”

She doesn’t want to face Sukuna. She can’t. She’s afraid she’ll look stupid for crying so hard at the movie. Sukuna remains silent as he watches the film and he smacks Kaede’s shoulder at the upcoming scene, “see? She fucking found his ass. They’re together, now stop wailing.”

Kaede slaps his arm back weakly and lets out a new stream of tears, “stop making fun of me…” Her eyes flick to the screen again but she looks away immediately, “oh no! Now she’s touching his face like she did when she was blind. It’s all too sweet. Now kiss! Kiss…”

They don’t. The movie ends with the couple hugging and then the credits begin to play. Sukuna leans back into the bed and chuckles at the mess that Kaede is, “you’re such an ugly crier sometimes.”

“That’s so rude,” she barely argues, a whimper falling from her lips towards the end.

What time is it? Sukuna looks at her digital clock and gasps softly when he realizes the time, “I’m gonna go now.” He lifts the blanket off of him and is already throwing his legs off the bed, “see ya.”

“You’re going home already?” Kaede’s hand grips his wrist with gentle firmness, “it’s not that late.”

He’s thinking about you again. Fuck. He hasn’t seen you all day and has barely texted you at all. He’s not even sure if you’re aware that he’s here. He knows that he didn’t say anything to you but he’s not so sure on Kaede’s end. He takes his phone out, “yeah, but–”

“I still wanted to watch all these other movies with you.” she looks at him with puppy-like eyes, “do you really have to go?”

He’s always stayed later at your house anyways, so this should be no different. And it’s only eleven so, he shoves his feet back into the sheets and fixes himself, “I suppose not.” He points a stern finger at her, “they better be good movies or you would have wasted my time.”

Kaede clicks her tongue at him in offense, “don’t be mean!” She exits from the previous rented movie, “you didn’t like ‘Always’? I thought it was a great movie. A real tearjerker.”

“It was interesting. A little slow but still good.”

♡ ♡ ♡

Kaede yawns first and begins to stretch her body a bit while still laying down. They were so caught up on movie marathons that she had completely lost track of time, so she peeks at her phone, “oh, when did it get so late?”

Her question gains his attention and he too, looks at the time. 3:37am. His eyes widened a bit at the lost track of time, “shit, I gotta go home.”

Sukuna gets out of bed to rearrange his wrinkled clothes before leaving but Kaede flips the lights on and sits up straight in her bed, “just sleep here tonight.”

Though that’s an offer he’d usually never mind with you, he’s never actually stayed over at Kaede’s like this. Sure, he doesn’t care about your boundaries, but Kaede is different. He’s not sure how, so don’t ask him. She just is. He looks back, “I wouldn’t want to intrude or make you uncomfortable.”

Kaede giggles out loud while making a sarcastic face, “you already laid in bed with me to watch movies.” Her hand taps the spot he was in previously, “if I was uncomfortable then none of that would have happened, Sukuna.”

He doesn’t really answer her. He spins around to meet her eyes but stays quiet so she puts on a more serious face. One that lets him know she’s being serious, “the trains and buses have stopped running, and I’d feel bad if you had to walk home in the cold. Besides that, I’d feel worse if you had to wake your chauffeur up at this hour to come get you.”

She does have a point. He usually wouldn’t care about his chauffeur but he’s feeling kind of lazy too and he’s beat from all those movies. He remembers to keep his voice low in case there are any family members awake at this hour for god knows what, “you sure about this?”

“I don’t see why not.”

He thinks about it once more before finally giving in, “alright.” Sukuna crawls back into bed and rubs his eyes, “g’night.”

Sukuna pulls his phone out and begins to text someone. It interests Kaede, so she leans over his shoulder to snoop, “what’re you doing?”

“Texting y/n.” His reply is curt and monotoned.

Kaede’s eyebrows raise with surprise, “she messaged you? At this hour?”

“No,” a small smile creeps up on Sukuna’s face as he thinks about your sleeping face, “but I always tell her goodnight.” And he never once mentioned to Kaede that before sending you a goodnight message, he sent a short, detailed text about how he and Kaede spent the day together and now he was spending the night because it was too late.

“Oh…” Kaede’s voice dies down a bit but she playfully shoves Sukuna, “you always leave me on read. Even worse, delivered.”

This time Sukuna laughs with her, “I send you a message back sometimes. You should be grateful.”

“Yeah yeah, whatever, big boy.”

Kaede sticks her tongue out at him and reaches over towards the lamp, “go to sleep.”

“Night~” Sukuna sings in a mocking tone, which earns him another smack. He rubs his back, “ouch. See? That’s why you don’t get goodnight messages back.”

She giggles while the lights turn off and then lays in bed. It’s silent between them now with only small shuffling as background noise. Sukuna has his back facing Kaede and he’s still awake. He’s tired, yes, but he’s not sure if he should sleep yet or not. About ten minutes pass and that’s when Kaede shifts in bed once more.

“Sorry, but, can I hold you to sleep?”

Sukuna’s voice gets caught in his throat at her sudden request. He knows what he feels for you. He knows that he’ll burn for feeling this way, but he can’t help it. You’re just so annoying, always infiltrating his mind. Is it okay for Kaede to hold him? He doesn’t belong to you. You don’t belong to him. Matter of fact, you’re not even interested in him, despite your odd behavior and slight hints of jealousy. You don’t even see him as a man, and you’re talking to someone else. Oh, and to make things worse, you want to party and mingle. You want a quick hook up so you’re prepared for pretty little Kazuha. Ugh, that pipsqueak. He knows his name isn’t Kazuha, but he doesn’t care to fix it. Just thinking of all these things has Sukuna feeling ugly inside, so he shoves them aside and hums softly, “hmm, go ahead.”

He feels her arms snake over his waist and she shuffles closer to him to feel his body heat against her skin. He notes how she still keeps a safe distance between them, unlike you and him, then he focuses on himself. His heart doesn’t pound erratically for her and it’s not making him feel any special way, but sleeping doesn’t feel as lonely anymore so he finally closes his eyes and falls asleep.

Sukuna wakes around 7am and finds that he and Kaede are still sleeping closely. He has one arm wrapped around her while her head lays on his chest. He’s not too sure when they ended up in this position but it’s comfortable. His eyes close for another second as he considers sleeping for a bit longer, but he knows he has to leave soon, so he carefully removes himself from her arms and gets ready to leave. But first, he checks his messages.

Halfie: Sounds like you had fun.

Your text sounds bland. There’s no emotion to it. Don’t ask him how he knows that, okay? He just feels like it is. If anything, you almost seem bitter. Are you upset? Okay, if he had to be realistic, you probably don’t give a shit in the end. He’s only reading it that way because he wants you to behave that way. He decides to leave you on read and listens closely to the household for any sign of someone being awake. When he hears nothing, he leaves from her bedroom window.

If only he knew that when you woke up this morning to his texts, a part of you swelled and your eye twitched. All the more reason for you to disregard the weird things you feel when he spends the night with you. You were beginning to think that the reason you can’t like Kazuya is because you’re too close to Sukuna; and it appears he’s like that with just anyone, so you can’t understand why he sounded so offended that one time you asked if he ever slept at Kaede’s. You know what? You’re crazy. Just focus on your mission! If you go to the party and hit it off with some man, then that means you just see Kazuya platonically, no matter how hard you try, and that you spend too much time with Sukuna, so it makes you confused.

♡ ♡ ♡

The day has come. You’ve been curt with your responses to Kazuya lately, but it’s so you won’t feel as bad. Of course, you’re not obliged to him in any means, but it still feels wrong. You feel like you’re cheating, even when you’re translucent with your uncertainty about romantic feelings. It’s normal to feel this way in any circumstance, right? Okay, whatever. There is something bothering you deep inside. You’re not sure if you’re in denial and are just choosing to be blind, but you’ve been feeling a bit shallow. You’ve caught yourself giving glares or odd looks towards Sukuna and Kaede, and you’re not sure if it’s because you’re upset at how close they’ve become that you’re now sometimes excluded, or if it’s because you’re still jealous that he smiles so kindly at her. He doesn’t have a stupid nickname for her, still. And he still calls you halfie. It’s a bit irritating to your soul. Okay… maybe it’s because you don’t feel special anymore. Before, it was just you and him. Now it’s you three, and that’s not bad, it’s just harder to keep up with them because you’re also busy with Kazuya. Kaede has met him numerous times, but Sukuna is still yet to meet him officially. It’s because he’s mean and brutally honest. The man can act, for sure if he wanted to, but you just can’t trust that he’d be all smiles and giggles for Kazuya. And now he sleeps over at Kaede’s place too. Sure, it was once, but once can turn into many more, so you no longer feel special. It’s stupid right?

Your thoughts are interrupted when your phone buzzes. It’s Sukuna telling you that he’s almost there, so you send him a short reply and continue to get ready. Your makeup is softly dramatic, your rust velvet cami dress is skintight against your body, long enough to just barely cover your ass and your hair is left as it is. Oh, and even though Sukuna argued for you to not wear heels, you do so anyway, making sure to grab the crocs he bought just in case.

You may have lied to your parents and said that you were going out to dinner with the girls, but they don’t have to know. With that excuse, they easily let you slip out of the house in your attire and you quickly run to the gates to get in the car. He’s dressed nice as well. If you were crazy, you’d openly say that he looked yummy. Good thing you aren’t! He tells his chauffeur the address and the ride begins. There’s an instrumental playing from the chauffeur’s radio station choice. It doesn’t calm your nerves at all. You’re fidgeting in the back while Sukuna watches you.

“Just letting you know, I’ll be watching over you. All night.”

“I know,” you sigh, finally looking him in the eye.

You see the pendant dangling from his neck and smile to yourself, “but I think you should take this as a chance to mingle too. I feel like it’d be good for you.”

Sukuna’s jaw clenches, “I’d rather make sure you were safe. I’m the one bringing you to a party full of strangers.”

Right, anything could go wrong. Maybe it is better for him to babysit you all night. What started off as a nerve wrecking night soon became one you could relax in. The vibe was chill and you enjoyed the company of others, mainly because everyone was friendly and not in a pushy way. There was, however, a certain man looking at you throughout the whole night and no, it was not Sukuna. Another reason why you might feel more at ease is because you’ve been drinking. How? Okay, Sukuna won’t let you smoke because he argues that it would ruin your insides, right? Isn’t alcohol just as bad? It is. But! He was willing to let you drink under his supervision, and you didn’t have too much– or so he thought. When he was too caught up in catching up with his other friends, you’d sneak drinks with the other women you met there. It was fun! The experience was extremely different than you imagined and now a part of you could understand why Sukuna might like this kind of setting or even indulge in liquor. You always ask him to let you try smoking but he’s always batting you away, so maybe after this, he’ll finally teach you how to smoke. You’re just curious, that’s all. But, all those secret shots might’ve been a big mistake because you’re starting to feel a little loopy. In a good way, at least.

What you were originally here for was to test if another man could woo you, but you’re too immersed in partying with these strangers, both men and women, to care at the moment. A good thing is that you stopped taking shots like, twenty minutes ago? The conversations become muffled as you try to focus on your own vision. The girl that is drunkenly talking to you is talking about more shots but you pout at her, “sorry, I promised my friend I wouldn’t drink too much. We’ve already snuck so many shots, I can’t.”

“Exactly!” She boasts, a dopey smile on her lips, “we’ve already snuck so much. What’s one more?”

She’s already shakily pouring another round of shots, so you give in and grab your glass, “cheers to you~” you shout in sync. Your glass clinks against hers and you bring the little cup up to your mouth to drink, but a big hand grabs your wrist and they snatch the drink right from your hand.

“Hey–” your new friend shouts, eyeing the mysterious man. Her tone softens when she recognizes him as the friend you came with, and she mouths a short “shit” at you. You glance up at Sukuna and grin when he downs the shot for you.

“That was mine.”

“Now it’s mine,” Sukuna grins back.

There’s something off about him too… What the fuck? When did he get drunk too? You’re thinking back to when he kept getting swept away from you by his other friends and come to the conclusion that they must’ve peer pressured him into drinking, even when he wasn’t supposed to. And if he isn’t drunk, then he’s at least tipsy, given how laid back and smiley he is. You’ve never really seen drunk Sukuna before and he’s never seen you drunk before, so this should be interesting. Funny at most. You turn to your friend and pat Sukuna’s back, “this is my friend, Sukuna. He looks big and mean, but don’t worry, he’s big and mean.”

“What??” She bursts out laughing at your introduction but shakes his hand anyway, “I think y/n might’ve forgotten my name, so let me introduce myself. I’m Imai Emiyo.”

Sukuna holds the glass out, “great meeting you. Pour us a shot.”

Emiyo grabs a different bottle of liquor and pours herself a shot first and then fills the shot glass that Sukuna has to the brim. Your eyes follow him as he drinks half the shot. When he swallows, his left hand comes to grip your face and he squishes your cheeks, making you look like a fish.

“Your turn.”

Before you could think properly, he poured the rest of the shot into your mouth. The only person laughing along with you two is Emiyo because everyone else is so immersed in themselves or other people. After a few more minutes of talking, Sukuna drags you into the living room area. It’s more crowded than the kitchen but it’s not too bad. You’re currently standing against the wall with Sukuna in front of you.

“You know,” you start, speaking slowly to make sure you make sense, “I never asked if you were single.”

To be clear, you don’t know what you’re trying to say but you do at the same time. Well, you know what you’re trying to get at, but you’re not sure if you can deliver it correctly in this state. Does any of that make sense at all? Even you can’t understand.

Sukuna’s lip curves into a sly smirk and he steps a bit closer, “so, you wanna try asking me now?”

He’s taking on a playful tone with you, so you decide to too. Your head leans back against the wall and you tilt it while keeping eye contact, “are you single??”

Sukuna lets out a maniac chuckle, “do I seem single?”

See, this is where he confuses you. You know jack shit about Sukuna and he’s both hot and cold at times. “I dunno,” you lilt, “you’re all reserved and shit. Who knows, this whole time you could’ve had a girlfriend while I was with you like,” you pause for dramatic emphasis, “almost every day.”

All he does is laugh at your dumbness. He finds it cute, almost.

“Don’t laugh at me. What if you were in a long-distance relationship this whole time?”

Your concern seems valid enough, but it still is funny to Sukuna, so he decides to keep on teasing you. With a wide smile on his face, he goes on, “I might be. If anything, my girlfriend would be just as bad as me.” Sukuna brings his hand towards your stomach and pokes at it, “she might kick your ass, y/n.”

You grab his wrist to stop him from poking you but hold his gaze, “so then protect me.”

His eyebrows genuinely raise at your statement. That’s something he’s never heard from you ever. Sadly for you, his surprise is shoved aside and he’s back to being mischievous, “protect you? From my girlfriend? You’re crazy, y/n.”

You shove his hand away from you and roll your eyes at his unseriousness, “so do you have one or not?”

“Why should I tell you?”

Sukuna looks through the big crowd of people and titters when he sees the man who’s been watching you all night. He can tell that he’s trying to be discreet about it, but it’s not working. It’s you that makes him break focus.

You’re frowning at him, “so I know whether to run or not…”

The sudden seriousness that you wear alarms him and Sukuna is no longer trying to tease you. His smile drops almost instantly, “don’t run.”

“Well that depends on your answer. Are you single or not?”

“Y/n,” he sighs, “I was literally by myself until you came. Isn’t that clear enough for you?”

You roll your eyes, like you always do, and push yourself off the wall, “no, so answer me before I leave.”

Sukuna’s head drops down for a quick second before it raises again, “I don’t have anyone currently.”

You still don’t believe that Sukuna is a virgin, so suspicion rises on your end as you narrow your eyes at him, “any exes?”

“Nah.”

Right then, a few of Sukuna’s friends surround you two and he briefly introduces you to them but you’re a bit too tipsy to even care or try. Their names and faces go by in a chaotic blur. A new face comes to join, and he wraps an arm around Sukuna’s shoulder, “it’s been a while since I’ve last seen you,” he proceeds to poke at Sukuna’s core, “you’ve put on some weight.”

“Have I?”

Sukuna looks down to check himself and the friend laughs loudly, “yeah, but not in a bad way. You look good.”

That’s when Sukuna pats your head and pinches your cheek, “thanks. Y/n here has been feeding me a lot.”

You introduce yourself and you quickly excuse yourself from Sukuna so that he can have fun on his own. Their eyes linger on you until you disappear and then the friend opens his mouth again, “she your little girlfriend?”

Sukuna deadpans, “dude.”

“Just asking!” His hand raises up in a defensive manner, “lover, at least?”

“Friend of mine.”

Why did Sukuna instantly regret saying that? Why didn’t he just claim you for the night? It’s not like his friends would ever hit on you, but now he feels even further away. The friend sucks on his tooth, “yikes,” his hold on Sukuna loosens, “seems like there’s something more going on. From my eyes, I’d say.”

Sukuna grabs Junta’s beer, takes a long swig and then hands it back, “I like her.”

Junta’s eyes widened just a bit, “you do? Sukuna, you do?”

“Yup. It’s one sided though.”

Sukuna hates how dejected he sounds because it’s just not him. The fucking alcohol is making him show all of these stupid emotions and he hates it. Junta gives him a sympathetic stare before trying to cheer him up, “aw, that sucks. Next time, right?”

“Nah,” it’s not even something he hesitates to say.

The blonde shifts on his feet and taps his chin mischievously, “or you could swoop her up and snatch her away from whoever she’s with.”

Sukuna’s eyes are on him and he wears a relaxed smile, “she likes to argue, so no.”

“But you like her.”

“Cause she’s real.”

Junta’s face scrunches up in confusion, “so am I.”

That earns him a light smack from Sukuna.

“You know what I mean.”

“I’m just playing along,” Junta sulks as he rubs his arms.

You go off on your own to find Emiyo but can’t. She’s somewhere mixed in the crowd and that’s just something you’ll have to sulk about later. By now you’ve lost track of time and you’re too tipsy to even care anymore. One thing is for sure and it’s the fact that your feet hurt! You remembered something about how Sukuna said he placed your crocs in his friend’s bedroom since no one should be up there, so you make your way up the fancy steps and stumble past the small crowd of people hanging out up here. If you’re lucky, you can quickly find the bedroom and swap your shoes. Just as you’re about to open a door, someone shouts at you from behind, “hey!”

You jump up at the voice and whip yourself around. You meet those pretty blue eyes again and a smile forms on your lips, “oh, it’s Adonis.”

“Oh, it’s angel face. I didn’t know you were here.”

Satoru flashes you his pearly whites and takes a swig from the red cup in his hands, “what were you doing? My friend said no one is allowed in the rooms up here.”

“I came with Sukuna and he put my crocs in one of these rooms. Since you’re friends with the host, can you help me find my crocs?” You’re already beginning to stumble so Satoru catches you and holds you up by your waist.

He observes you carefully with a sugary smile, “you’re pretty wasted, aren’t you? That punk doesn’t know how to take care of his friends.” He shakes his head at no one and then continues to beam at you, “well, since you’re drunk and your feet hurt, let’s go find your shoes. Better I help you than some strange man. Sit here.”

With Satoru’s help, he sits you down on the wooden floors and unbuckles the straps of your heels for you. He gathers them with one hand and begins to check the rooms, “I’ll be quick.”

Quick is a promise he fulfills. He’s back with those cute pink crocs, “here ya go. Are you okay to go off on your own?”

He holds both hands out for you to grab and you stand with his help and nod, “pretty much. I’m a bit tipsy but I should be fine. He’s right downstairs anyway and if I can’t find him then at least I know there’s another pretty face I recognize here.”

Satoru blows raspberries at you, “yup. Can I ask something?”

“Of course.”

He eyes your crocs and taps it gently with the tip of his fancy dress shoes, “did Sukuna buy you those?”

You chuckle softly and lift one foot to take a look as well, “he did!” You beam, “he bought it for me after I had a date with this guy named Kazuya. See, I wore heels and my feet were hurting so he offered to piggyback me and then he carried me until I got hungry. When we ordered, he saw the blisters on the back of my ankles and ran all the way to the crocs store to get them. Cute, aren’t they?” You step away from Satoru and twirl a bit to showcase the shoes and he rubs his chin with one hand while an amused smile shows.

“They’re super cute. Tell him I said hi.”

♡ ♡ ♡

The night is still young and the music is blaring excitedly. You’ve danced with your fair share of people and snuck a couple more shots even after you told yourself you’d stop. The reason was just because you were having too much fun. You were enjoying it all, was that so bad? Maybe you’re drunk now, but you’re still aware, so it’s okay. You can see Sukuna. He’s sitting on the couch beside some woman and they’re talking. It looks like a serious conversation but then you see a flirtatious smile dance on her lips at something he says. Oh god. Did he lie? Did he have a girlfriend this whole time? You don’t want to get your ass kicked! You weren’t even aware he had one because you never bothered to ask him. Technically, you’d also be a victim in this case. Thankfully all of your fear is swept aside when another man approaches them, and he kisses the woman on the lips. You avert your eyes from them and look around. There he is again, the man who keeps looking at you. He’s handsome, but he seems shy. He’s had all this time to talk to you, yet he hasn’t. Are you that mediocre? Jeez. Instead of thinking about that man, you decide to walk over to Sukuna after the couple leaves his side.

“Come here,” Sukuna demands, looking more intoxicated than before. When you come, he taps his thigh, “sit.”

You raise a brow, “on your lap?”

Sukuna’s eyes glint while a relaxed smirk remains, “did I stutter? Sit.”

You’re not completely sure you want to… You usher with your head, “there’s other seats. I’ll just sit there.”

Before you can even move to sit on the couch, Sukuna’s smirk drops and he pats his thigh once more, “I won’t ask you again, y/n. Sit down.”

“So fucking bossy,” you groan, marching at him. You spin around and plop down on his lap. Oddly enough, it’s quite… comfortable. You mold into him pretty well. It’s a little scary knowing that. Sukuna chooses to sit up now and presses his whole chest against your back. He leans forward towards your ear and begins to speak, “you see that guy over there? Right across from us?”

You tense up and shiver from the chill that runs down your spine. The feeling of Sukuna’s lips on your ears makes you feel something dangerous. It's something that should not be acted on, so you move away from his lips just a bit, “don’t do that, Sukuna. It tickles.”

“Oh?” he muses, leaning towards your ear again, “do you like it when my lips rub against your ears?” His arm wraps around your waist to hold you in place, “because I can sense how tense you are, and I can see the goosebumps on your arms. You’re breathing harder too.”

You choose to ignore his dangerous words, “shut up, before I leave. What are you even going on about?”

“He’s been eyeing you all night and I can see the desire in his eyes for you.”

Sukuna’s hold on you becomes tighter, “stay by my side tonight.”

Feeling ignorant, you laugh, “why should I? We came here to meet people and have fun, didn’t we?”

Sukuna releases you and shrugs, “well you’re my responsibility, and it’ll kill me if you end up hooking up with the wrong guy and I have to come to your rescue, so, just sit still by me.”

You turn back to grin at him, “I’ll be fine on my own, Sukuna. Don’t let me stop you from having your fun. Besides, he’s a looker.” You poke your own cheek, “just look at his dimples.”

Sukuna looks over at the man and sees him smiling at the person he’s talking to. He indeed has deep dimples, but so what? He smiles widely at you, “mines are cuter, I must admit.”

Your body twists a little so that you can get a full look at Sukuna. Your index finger comes up and you poke his dimple, “indeed they are, but they look cunningly sweet, just like you. Maybe I’ll go talk to him.”

Sukuna has moments when he handles you gently and this is one of those moments. His big hand wraps around your wrist but his eyes speak threats, “don’t you fucking dare. Stay by my side. I’m serious. His aura is bad.”

Maybe since you’re drunk, you’re acting more careless. You shrug nonchalantly, “so is yours, but I’m still here, aren’t I? Go have fun already. I’ll find you later tonight–”

“I won’t ask you again, y/n.” Sukuna’s tone is stern like before and you’re not sure why your heart is racing at this.

“I–”

“Look at him, getting hard from seeing this shit,” Sukuna cuts you off. His hand reaches around you and he grabs your chin to direct your line of vision. He leans close to you again, “should we put on a show for him? His pants are tighter just from seeing me manhandle you.”

Your heart is pounding and there’s a throb in your pussy at everything he’s saying and doing, but you still have some sense, so you push his hand away from your face, “Sukuna, stop, before anyone else thinks wrong.”

A loud laugh rumbles from Sukuna and he leans on the couch again, “I’m just teasing you a little, sweetheart. Besides, messing with him was fun.” He lightly slaps your thigh, “but all jokes aside, stay near me tonight and don’t wander off too far where I can’t see you. There are creeps everywhere. Understood?”

“I understand–”

“And don’t even think about getting near that guy. I’ll break his neck if I have to,” Sukuna threatens lightheartedly. It’s almost like he’s done it before, cause how can he say that so casually?

“I won’t, okay? Can I go now?”

You stand with him following after. Sukuna grips your shoulder firmly, “call me if you can’t find me in the crowd. I’ll come find you and throw you over my shoulder.”

“Okay, daddy.” you mock him with the name, not knowing that it would stir a raging boner in his pants. Now he’s the one who looks like a creep. Great. Sukuna groans, “go have fun.”

“You too. I won’t stray off too far.”

“You better not. I’ll be super mad if I can’t see you.”

You sneer, “shut up.”

Sukuna’s arms cross over his chest and he chuckles, “I mean it. I’ll flip the whole place upside down.”

You ponder for a bit while rocking on your feet, “what if I find someone to hook up with?”

You’re fucking seeing things! Was that just a pained expression on Sukuna’s face?! No, you’re drunk as fuck… He puts on a coy expression, “then, just text me before you go so I’ll know. When you’re done with them, let me know as well so I can take you home.”

“Okay, I will,” you chirp cheerfully, hoping it’ll change the sudden change in mood. There’s a shake to his head while he grins lazily, “have fun, halfie.”

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Making Raskolnikov's Birthchart

as per my post about doing a birth/natal chart analysis for rodya, i have finally gone and crafted this chart for him!

the process:

i needed to establish a couple of important information about our beloved babygirl 23-year-old student failure:

his birthday/year: crime and punishment was published in 1866, which makes rodya, from what i understood, 23 years old (turning 24, since i headcanon that he's a scorpio; will elaborate further) at the time of the plot; it doesn’t really make sense to me why rodya would only be born in 1866, because by the time he’s 23 it’s going to be 1889/1890 already (and Russia would have changed quite a lot by then) AND in doing this, we consider the hypothetical situation that rodya is a real person, thus 1866 is the book’s “birthday” and c&p is a story of what happened to him that year; ergo, i took the liberty to run it back by 23 years, but with some exceptions: i ended up with the year 1842 — i purposely subtracted a year (bc well, 1842 + 23 is 1865 so we’re short by a year) since the events of the book happen in july. this leads me to my second talking point:

i (and perhaps a couple of other readers) maintain that rodya is indeed a scorpio. like, come on. there’s no way he isn’t. ambitious, intelligent, mysterious (but is actually really obvious about damn near everything LOL) deeply emotional (but denies it), prone to extremes, and proud as HELL; there’s no other sign that fits rodya other than scorpio. for that reason, i headcanon that he’s a scorpio sun, born some time in early november. i didn’t want to risk putting him in the late october range, because it seemed to me that he’d have more sagittarius-capricorn influence instead of virgo-libra (which, from my experience, kinda “softens” out some scorpio traits)

his birthplace: in the book, we are given this passage that hints about rodya’s hometown:

“A minute later the letter was brought to him. That was it: from his mother, from the province of R—.” (Constance Garnett translation)

Now, a disclaimer: I am not from Russia, and have no idea which provinces existed in the 1860s, so I had to make shot in the dark #1: I had to look up “provinces in Russia that started with the letter R” (no joke) just to have an idea which province Dostoevsky might have been talking about (it's times like these where i wish he didn't censor those places out but oh well). i found two oblasts (Google says it is often translated into English as “region” or “province”) that started with the letter R: Rostov and Ryazan. i literally went “well FUCK which is it?” when i saw it — since it was like almost 3 AM when i was doing all this, i just went with my gut and chose Rostov.

his birthtime: okay, for this part, i had to make shot in the dark #2. when i made the post, @vintageshits suggested that rodya could be an aries rising. that was the first thing i kept in mind when i was tinkering around in astro-seek/astrodienst. this was a bit tricky to do, because i needed to check back and forth in between tabs to make sure that rodya’s birth time was going to align the way it has to to make him an aries rising. again, i was half-referencing from the transits at that time in 1842 (which was, again, no joke u guys it was kinda tedious) and half-choosing numbers from gut feeling, but in the end, this was what i came up with:

Rodya's hypothetical birth details:

November 7, 1842 3:21 PM, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Plugging these in astrodienst gives us this chart: (yes ik it’s in whole signs don’t @ me on this i did it bc it makes my job easier even though i’d normally use placidus)

This makes our beloved twink ax murderer a:

Scorpio Sun

Capricorn Moon

Aries Rising

Sagittarius Venus

Virgo Mars

Scorpio Mercury

i’ll go into further detail about his chart in the next post I’ll make about this! I might do another one on his big six placements, and then maybe a couple of others about his major aspects. i'll link these under this post in the future when I get to do them.

edit: 08/02/2024

sun, moon, rising analysis post

#rin's stuff: astrology #crime and punishment #rodion romanovich raskolnikov #fyodor dostoevsky #russian literature #classic literature #astrology #natal chart #birth chart #scorpio sun #capricorn moon #aries rising #sagittarius venus #virgo mars #astroblr

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where-theres-smoak-2 · 1 year

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Do you think there is a real change for Shadow and Bone to be renewed for a 3rd season, and for netflix to give the green light for a Spin Off on the Crows ? 😟

This one is really going to come down to views and engagement in the show. I do think at the moment we are in with a decent chance for getting a season 3 and spin off. It does seem to be getting the views, its currently number one in around 50 countries, it all depends whether it can maintain that position as we go into the second week of its release.

The ratings on sites like IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes are also good, RT has a audience rating of 83% which is a little down on Season 1's RT rating which is 88%, but it is still good and we are only in the first week so people will still be watching and so that rating may change. With IMDB the ratings for season 2 are very similar to season 1. Season 2's lowest rated episode was 7.6 and its highest was 8.5 which again is good. Season 1 on IMDB the lowest ep was again 7.6 and the highest 8.4. I don't know how much influence ratings have or whether netflix even looks at the ratings like these but it can give us some idea of what the response to the season has been and it does seem like people have enjoyed this season as much as they did the first. Which again is a good sign.

Another thing that will determine whether we get another season and the spin off is engagement on social media, specifically twitter, which again is something that is happening, I just hopped over on twitter and the hash tag is buzzing, there are loads of people talking about their favourite moments from the season and lots of people making it clear they want a season 3 and that they would be interested in a season 3 which again is all really good.

The high viewership, the high ratings and the high engagement on socials are all telling Netflix that this show is something people will continue to watch and is popular which all increases the chance of us getting that renewal and green light for the spin off, the important part now is maintain it for as long as possible, the longer its at the number one, the longer its in the top ten, the longer its being talked about on the socials the higher the chance we have at getting the show back.

I will say if you do want a season 3 then stream the show as much as the can, even if you just have it open in a muted tab whilst you are doing other stuff, or if you have it muted on a different device. The more views the better. Also if you have a twitter account put out a quick tweet to say that you would want a season 3 and the spin off and make sure to use the tags so it can be seen.

#shadow and bone #six of crows #shadow and bone season 3 #six of crows spin off #answered

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sunlithalo-goldeneyes · 1 year

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Hello, Happy New Year, and Goodbye

Hello hello everyone, how are you doing? How is life treating you? I try to keep tabs on my friends in the same quiet way I always have, but over the years people have come and gone. I think about everyone I have talked to over the years here, everyone I’ve written with, or almost written with. You all matter to me a great deal, which is why I’m deciding to make this post, rather than slip quietly into the oblivion of an inactive blog. I am done with Tumblr RP. It’s been years that I’ve gone inactive for months, come back for a few weeks, then left again. There’s a lot of reasons why. The most recent, and I think the last and final nail of me enjoying rp on Tumblr, is the new post editor. The incompatibilities caused by not everyone having the new update, or some still using xkit, have caused issues in cutting threads, something I really need to do since I am a paragraph rper. It’s not the only reason. Since notifications for Tumblr is a blog platform, not a messenger, I tend to forget when it’s my turn. When I maintained a thread tracker it helped immensely, but in general I’ve found over time I just, do not prefer to write with Tumblr. There’s other reasons in here too. I don’t have as much fun with plotless rp then I used too. Most of the people I once rped with are themselves inactive, or I keep in touch with over discord instead, or have disappeared into the ether, never to be seen again. I am a spoony, and it became a lot of spoons for me to be always trying to start the number of threads I would need to keep my brain interested Tumblr rp. It’s hard to always be the one to approach, and to plot, and to maintain, and I just don’t really have the mental energy to do it. So the couple of you that are still around and use mostly Tumblr, unfortunately, got consigned to the part of my brain struggling to maintain interest because I wasn’t meeting said brain’s stimulation needs. And that’s fair to neither of us. You don’t deserve to be ignored because I’m nurodivergent, I don’t deserve to have to deal with a system I find hard to use. I am not, per say, leaving. This is actually my main blog and I really do not want to move my multitude of side blogs. I figure this is actually a pretty good “hub” for my presence on tumblr. I will make sure my discord link is up to date so I can be found there if you so wish. I am not sure what I am going to be using this blog for now, I haven't decided, but I will be around. Just, I am not taking any new threads, and I won’t be replying to the old ones here. I am willing to move old threads to discord if that would interest anyone, but, if discord doesn’t work for you, then I wish you the best, and may you find what you are looking for. There are no hard feelings here, I understand that not every system works for everyone. Best wishes, Happy New Year, and take care.

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So… I had the strangest dream. Not gonna get all deep into interpreting my dreams…

But… I decided to do a Tarot reading for y’all!!!

(Btw thank you for the previous likes & repost on my last reading… i been feeling under the weather. But I’m back!)

Pick Your Tarot Reading of the Afternoon ✨

Please pick one of these, as the message will convey to you personally. (It has been shuffled and laid out with crystals and/or cowrie shells)

Now that you’ve picked the number✨

Card #1 : (Reverse) Cups 7 - A lost sense of wonder and awe. Your creativity and imagination 💭becomes your saving grace. You wanna do so many things in your life which eventually you procrastinate. TIPS: Sometimes your mind can imagine great things.. but it can also kill so much time in not doing anything. ⏱Time is ticking⏳… you are not getting any younger, what are you waiting for? Try to put as much time in doing something as much as you think .🤔💭 Since there’s 12 months in a year, it takes 30 days to form a habit. Try to form a consistent plan for 30 days and see if anything change in your life. Was what you were thinking about it a great idea to do? Or was the idea was just good to think about and not do it? I suggest you do things you LOVE to do… that way it’ll be worth it doing something about it.🤍✨

Card #2: (Reverse) Malika Swords - Absentminded. Forgetful. You may not think things through and are subject to the influence of others’ opinions. A widow. Divorcee. Broken Ties. TIPS: Sometimes collecting others opinions and theories to gain a better understanding is good; what is not good is NOT thinking for yourself. Do you like the color red because your parents or friends like it? Or because YOU like it? Ask yourself why? Question and answer yourself to understand where your head is really at. When you only subject yourself to other’s opinions, you sabotage your message, your viewpoints, your own opinions and theories. What you have to say is less important which the “widow” concept is death to your internal relationship. You don’t really take yourself seriously which means is you are stuck in this situation because you are stubborn about change. You must learn to “divorce” taking the advice of others and start taking your OWN advice. If you do come across someone with an advice, make sure that it is mix with your internal advice as well as theirs. That’s what makes you a character. 🤌🏾✨

Card #3: Wands 2 - You act as surveyor to all that you have accomplished and seek to research and develop new things. You contemplate that which success brings and a sense of responsibility. TIPS - Having responsibilities means to take on more roles you have to do. But being able to do it well means you organize your environment to keep tabs on your responsibility. You should be proud of yourself for maintaining responsibility; Especially, if you are a student or a worker during the pandemic or even a parent, then you have the ambition to keep going. Keep that positive uplifting attitude and you will be blessed in the long run. Someone will recognize your hard earn work.. don’t give up on yourself. 🤍✨

Card #4: (Reverse) The Sibyl II - Lies, ulterior motives, aloofness, isolation, and lack of awareness. TIPS: Are you ignorant? Did you know that ignorant means to ignore? Why are you trying ignoring the truth? Even though the truth hurts, you can move on faster than the long-term lies you projected in your mind. It’s time to grow up.. talk to the little kid in you and tell the kid, adult you wants to learn how to handle the truth responsibly. Adult you will meet many kinds of people in your life, some will stay in your life and others will leave for many different reason.. but these are the truth you have to face and let it teach you about yourself, your mind, emotions and spiritual views. Little kid you will cry internally but will trust you because you are all you got. Trust that you will be okay even when you are facing the truth.

If you want more Oracle readings, please reblog this post. Thank you ✨🙏🏾

#africa #african spirituality #african #afro witch #astrology #black spirituality #blacklgbt #lesbian #lgbt #spirituality #black tarot readers #tarot reading

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[ad_1] In this week’s episode of Whiteboard Friday, Mozzer Meghan Pahinui takes you through the process we use to implement customer feedback, in the hopes that you can take it and apply it to your own content creation and maintenance strategies. Click on the whiteboard image above to open a high resolution version in a new tab! Video Transcription Hey, Moz fans. Welcome back to another edition of Whiteboard Friday. My name is Meghan, and I'm on the Learning team here at Moz. Today, I'm going to talk to you about harnessing the power of feedback when it comes to content iteration. So one of the projects that I contribute to in my position here is taking care of our customer help center, which we call the Help Hub. If you're not familiar with the Help Hub, this is where we house all of our how-to guides, tips and tricks, workflows, and troubleshooting guides for the Moz tools. I do encourage you to check it out if you have some time later or if you have questions about the tools. A key part of maintaining the Help Hub includes gathering, monitoring, and implementing customer feedback, and this is a crucial component for us. Why is that? Well, because we want to be sure that we're providing quality, helpful content to our customers. In addition, this process allows our customers to find answers to their questions quickly and easily at any time. It does take some of the lift of our Help team as well by reducing the number of tickets that they receive asking these very questions. So I'm going to go ahead and take you through the process that we use to implement customer feedback, in hopes that you can take it and apply it to your own content creation and maintenance strategies. Gather data So what is the first step? Well, first, we gather data, because we don't know what feedback people have if we don't ask for it, right? So if you are familiar with the Moz Help Hub, you may have seen our surveys that are at the bottom of all of our articles. Here, we ask if the article was helpful, and we do this with a series of emojis that indicate if it met their needs or not. If the customer indicates that it did not, they do have the option to enter a comment letting us know why. When it comes to gathering data on your own content, you may opt to add a survey like this, or there are plenty of other ways that you can start to gather data to work with. So if you have a social media presence, you can start keeping track of feedback there or ask your followers directly for insight into what they find most helpful and least helpful about your content. Or you can send a survey out via email, ask your customer service team for feedback, look at customer emails and tickets to see what questions the customers may be asking, which you're not currently answering on your site. We do that as well. We work closely with our Help team to ensure that everything that we can answer is answered in the Help Hub. Analyze So once you have that data to work with, it's time to analyze it. So we review both vote counts, meaning helpful versus not helpful, as well as comments here at Moz. When comments are left, we look to see if there's an opportunity to implement a change in that guide based on the feedback. Additionally, if we're seeing a trend in votes for a particular page or section, we will take a look at how we can improve or reword, update the content to better serve the customer. One thing to keep in mind during this step, however, is that not all feedback you receive will be actionable, and that's okay. A few questions that I like to ask myself when looking at feedback for an article are: Was the customer on the right page to find their answer? If not, how did they get to this page? Is there an opportunity to help them find their way to the correct page, whether that's through links or additional resources, etc.? Is there a question that I can answer on this page, or should this question have its own dedicated page? Sometimes we end up writing whole new guides based on feedback that we get from customers.

What was the customer trying to achieve? How did this guide fall short in helping them achieve that goal? Implement change So now that we've identified areas for improvement, it's time to implement changes to that content. So this may be as simple as adding an FAQ to answer a specific question or as involved as writing a new workflow or troubleshooting guide, as I mentioned previously. Just as an example, some specific things, some specific changes that we implemented based on customer feedback include adding quick links to all of our pages for easier navigation, creating separate pages for each of our keyword metrics, and building out multiple workflows based on questions that customers have asked. This step in the process may look different depending on the type of content that you create and the type of feedback that you receive. For example, if you primarily work in creating video content and you receive feedback that customers wish the videos had subtitles, you may opt to implement those on past videos as well as any that you release moving forward. However, if you have a blog or a newsletter or some other type of long-form content, it may not make sense to use resources to update older pieces of content. Instead, you may opt to start implementing those changes in your content moving forward. It may be a combination of those. Maybe you have some really popular articles that can be updated from the past and start implementing those changes in your content moving forward. Track results So after implementing your changes, you want to be sure to track your results. We track our votes and survey responses regularly to help monitor for update opportunities and to see if the responses have changed for that particular piece of content. Finally, we start the cycle all over again, gathering more data, analyzing it, implementing changes, and then tracking the results. Implementing this process here at Moz has allowed us to see a correlation between changes that we've made to the Help Hub content and the number of helpful votes that we receive. We treat this part of our content library as a living document that is always evolving to not only account for tool changes but also to take into account customer feedback. Gathering feedback on your content can help to identify trends in what your customers are engaging with and how you can further improve your offerings moving forward. That's key. You want to always be improving. It can also help to identify resources that may need updating or ideas for future content. For example, if you have a blog post about how to bake a cake and your readers are commenting that they don't know how to pick the right kind of pan for the recipe, there may be an opportunity to publish a new blog post about the best types of cake pans. Or if you publish help guides, like myself, if a customer says they couldn't find the answer to their question in that article, there may be an opportunity to look into questions like the ones that we outlined earlier in our analyze step. What are they trying to achieve? How did they end up on this page? How can I help them to reach their goal? I hope that you found this helpful and that you're ready to get out there and start harnessing the power of feedback. Thank you so much, Moz fans. We'll see you next time. Video transcription by Speechpad.com [ad_2] Source link

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Harnessing the Power of Feedback — Whiteboard Friday

In this week’s episode of Whiteboard Friday, Mozzer Meghan Pahinui takes you through the process we use to implement customer feedback, in the hopes that you can take it and apply it to your own content creation and maintenance strategies.

Click on the whiteboard image above to open a high resolution version in a new tab!

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Hey, Moz fans. Welcome back to another edition of Whiteboard Friday. My name is Meghan, and I'm on the Learning team here at Moz. Today, I'm going to talk to you about harnessing the power of feedback when it comes to content iteration.

So one of the projects that I contribute to in my position here is taking care of our customer help center, which we call the Help Hub. If you're not familiar with the Help Hub, this is where we house all of our how-to guides, tips and tricks, workflows, and troubleshooting guides for the Moz tools. I do encourage you to check it out if you have some time later or if you have questions about the tools.

A key part of maintaining the Help Hub includes gathering, monitoring, and implementing customer feedback, and this is a crucial component for us. Why is that? Well, because we want to be sure that we're providing quality, helpful content to our customers. In addition, this process allows our customers to find answers to their questions quickly and easily at any time. It does take some of the lift of our Help team as well by reducing the number of tickets that they receive asking these very questions. So I'm going to go ahead and take you through the process that we use to implement customer feedback, in hopes that you can take it and apply it to your own content creation and maintenance strategies.

Gather data

So what is the first step? Well, first, we gather data, because we don't know what feedback people have if we don't ask for it, right? So if you are familiar with the Moz Help Hub, you may have seen our surveys that are at the bottom of all of our articles. Here, we ask if the article was helpful, and we do this with a series of emojis that indicate if it met their needs or not. If the customer indicates that it did not, they do have the option to enter a comment letting us know why.

When it comes to gathering data on your own content, you may opt to add a survey like this, or there are plenty of other ways that you can start to gather data to work with. So if you have a social media presence, you can start keeping track of feedback there or ask your followers directly for insight into what they find most helpful and least helpful about your content. Or you can send a survey out via email, ask your customer service team for feedback, look at customer emails and tickets to see what questions the customers may be asking, which you're not currently answering on your site. We do that as well. We work closely with our Help team to ensure that everything that we can answer is answered in the Help Hub.

Analyze

So once you have that data to work with, it's time to analyze it. So we review both vote counts, meaning helpful versus not helpful, as well as comments here at Moz. When comments are left, we look to see if there's an opportunity to implement a change in that guide based on the feedback. Additionally, if we're seeing a trend in votes for a particular page or section, we will take a look at how we can improve or reword, update the content to better serve the customer.

One thing to keep in mind during this step, however, is that not all feedback you receive will be actionable, and that's okay. A few questions that I like to ask myself when looking at feedback for an article are: Was the customer on the right page to find their answer? If not, how did they get to this page? Is there an opportunity to help them find their way to the correct page, whether that's through links or additional resources, etc.? Is there a question that I can answer on this page, or should this question have its own dedicated page? Sometimes we end up writing whole new guides based on feedback that we get from customers. What was the customer trying to achieve? How did this guide fall short in helping them achieve that goal?

Implement change

So now that we've identified areas for improvement, it's time to implement changes to that content. So this may be as simple as adding an FAQ to answer a specific question or as involved as writing a new workflow or troubleshooting guide, as I mentioned previously. Just as an example, some specific things, some specific changes that we implemented based on customer feedback include adding quick links to all of our pages for easier navigation, creating separate pages for each of our keyword metrics, and building out multiple workflows based on questions that customers have asked.

This step in the process may look different depending on the type of content that you create and the type of feedback that you receive. For example, if you primarily work in creating video content and you receive feedback that customers wish the videos had subtitles, you may opt to implement those on past videos as well as any that you release moving forward. However, if you have a blog or a newsletter or some other type of long-form content, it may not make sense to use resources to update older pieces of content. Instead, you may opt to start implementing those changes in your content moving forward. It may be a combination of those. Maybe you have some really popular articles that can be updated from the past and start implementing those changes in your content moving forward.

Track results

So after implementing your changes, you want to be sure to track your results. We track our votes and survey responses regularly to help monitor for update opportunities and to see if the responses have changed for that particular piece of content.

Finally, we start the cycle all over again, gathering more data, analyzing it, implementing changes, and then tracking the results.

Implementing this process here at Moz has allowed us to see a correlation between changes that we've made to the Help Hub content and the number of helpful votes that we receive. We treat this part of our content library as a living document that is always evolving to not only account for tool changes but also to take into account customer feedback. Gathering feedback on your content can help to identify trends in what your customers are engaging with and how you can further improve your offerings moving forward. That's key. You want to always be improving.

It can also help to identify resources that may need updating or ideas for future content. For example, if you have a blog post about how to bake a cake and your readers are commenting that they don't know how to pick the right kind of pan for the recipe, there may be an opportunity to publish a new blog post about the best types of cake pans. Or if you publish help guides, like myself, if a customer says they couldn't find the answer to their question in that article, there may be an opportunity to look into questions like the ones that we outlined earlier in our analyze step. What are they trying to achieve? How did they end up on this page? How can I help them to reach their goal?

I hope that you found this helpful and that you're ready to get out there and start harnessing the power of feedback. Thank you so much, Moz fans. We'll see you next time.

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Harnessing the Power of Feedback — Whiteboard Friday

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Gather data

Analyze

Implement change

Track results

Finally, we start the cycle all over again, gathering more data, analyzing it, implementing changes, and then tracking the results.

I hope that you found this helpful and that you're ready to get out there and start harnessing the power of feedback. Thank you so much, Moz fans. We'll see you next time.

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Minecraft shouldn't ever Feel Clingy, Mojang Says

Mojang is still paying attention to the other survival games doing well.

Just before the latest Minecraft 1.19 (opens in new tab) update launched I inquired of Mojang what the future of Minecraft looks like. Game director Agnes Larsson and developer Nir "Ulraf" Vaknin weren't willing to discuss specific features for the next major update. No surprise, they're likely to save that for the next Minecraft Live showcase. Instead, we talked about how they're still learning from other crafting competitors and how they'd like to "keep the excitement of Minecraft" for the next 10 years and beyond.

When Minecraft's beta launched in 2010 it put survival and crafting on the map. A thousand other crafting games later-many also made from voxels-Minecraft remains the gold standard for sandbox creativity. It's not difficult to Mojang to get complacent after having worn the crown many years, I can imagine that they would become solitary and source ideas only from its own developers and players.

Larsson and Vaknin both insisted they wouldn't call Minecraft superior to the others. (I would, though. It's not risky to sound boastful coming from me). They do say they know what makes Minecraft unique and will maintain the uniqueness of Minecraft.

Larsson called it intrinsic motivation. Larsson called it intrinsic motivation.

Vaknin agreed with the assertion that Minecraft's success is due to encouraging players to be self-motivated "A number of games are deviating from that because a lot of players want to be guided, and that's okay."

I've tried all blends of crafting games for survival throughout the years. The most recent one was the viking crafting experience in Valheim that enticed me for a couple months, session-based survival in Icarus for a few weeks and crafting with vampires in V Rising for a couple days. Even Valheim, which was my favorite game for over 100 hours, and which I lobbied for to be the game of 2021 (opens in a new window) has not kept me coming back like Minecraft.

Vaknin said that he's kept up with the competition as well. Like me, he was intrigued in the way food and hunger interact in Valheim. It got me to genuinely consider food as a part of my gear, whereas I felt allowed to not have food systems, or treat all foods as essentially equal-in so many other crafting games, including Minecraft. tecelana "I think about it and wondering if we can learn from that," he says.

Vaknin said that V Rising has a very unique goal and boss tracking system. He also spoke about the need to track bosses throughout the map to locate them. It was like the way you find the End stronghold in Minecraft with the eyes ender.

Vaknin hopes Minecraft will not chase its users even though it can learn from Minecraft.

"Minecraft is really not clingy," is how he said later in our chat and compared it to an old friend who will be there for you even if you choose to leave and return months later.

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Vaknin spoke about a typical experience that is common in the Minecraft community: playing a lot for a few many years ago, then returning every year when the mood strikes. This is exactly how I've dealt with for years and I'm glad that it's a pattern that Mojang feels confident cultivating.

"So many games you play can pull you in a bit too hard and then you don't want to let it end. It's incredible that Minecraft does not do that. It is so important to me that this is maintained."

"One thing that has been added to our core values is that you play Minecraft because you want to, not because you are forced to," Larsson added.

As I start looking ahead to the inevitable announcement of Minecraft version 1.20, it's good to hear that the people in charge are confident enough to keep up with all the most recent trends in survival and crafting without having to chase them.

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Want Extra Money? Begin Minecraft Launcher

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Even your instruments and weapons that have misplaced its durability are mechanically changed. You can even get your companion with the OreSpawn mod! Each of these mods offers players multiple options, distinctive animals, and even more gadgets. The place can I study more about Minecraft? JurassiCraft is one of the best Minecraft mods of all time as a result of it provides dinosaurs into Minecraft. DaftPVF’s Tree Capacitator mod is without doubt one of the best Minecraft mods of all time because it makes chopping down trees one million instances simpler. I previously posted a Minecraft mod that makes it easier to mine; now it’s time to share a mod for Minecraft that makes it simpler to cut down trees. The error is likely to be brought on as a consequence of corrupted or incomplete set up of Minecraft Launcher. That is why we have put together an inventory of our favourite Minecraft mods. If you're searching for that distinctive expertise ultimately, then look to the modding group, which has created a wide range of mods that target improving the player's expertise in the long run dimension. It looks like the top simply exists to "complete" the sport, quite than an space of its personal for gamers to take pleasure in. Only those the participant allies with will be capable to work together or affect blocks within the claimed area.

Despite having amassed an energetic participant base of more than 126 million worldwide, many gamers haven't formally "completed" Minecraft. This permits you to achieve the boldness to discover far without the fear of never making it again to your own home base. Most of these blocks allow quick access to the gadgets displayed on them, which lets you free up storage area when they don't seem to be needed anymore. It allows players to teleport to each other, change nicknames, set houses, and extra! Place down sofas, kitchen units, ovens, higher beds, and way more. You should use the Special Armor Mod to fly, glide by way of the air and do a lot, way more. Generally, building your constructions is simply too much laborious work. In order for you to build a server spawn area, construct a metropolis within seconds, or just wish to have enjoyable with constructing in a brand new method, the moment Huge Buildings Mod is for you.

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