#just in case huu..........

[hellothere-generalangsty]

It's way past my bedtime ans my cat is sleeping-purring next to me but I thought I'd post the process of the @ailani-reillata Ailaniversary art I made today just to talk a bit more about it

Disclaimer: doing traditional art is cool until you need to scan it or post a picture of it 😂 also kinda long post below so ofc no obligation at all to read it!

Phase one: Sketching the Idea

My inspiration for the posture was a Yara Flor comic strip I found on Pinterest. Yara looks over her shoulder and her hair falls on the side of her face, and I loved the way it framed her face and thought it would look great with Ailani's hair.

I drew a little doodle on the page to help me visualize how the hair would be divided, and focused on 3 main parts (the lines, the bubbles, the empty space) which would - supposedly- help me during the lineart stage. Below are images of the final sketch.

I was hesitant on adding details to her arms, such as the folds of a dress, but I was so anxious about ruining the drawing I abandonzd that idea. I was considering adding her tattoos and was still not decided at this stage of the drawing.

Phase 2: Line-ing the Art

Is that even a real word? Idk, I'm too tired to English properly so we will say it is. Following the sketching phase was naturalle the lineart phase, which is one of my favorite stage when drawing. I bought new inking pens too so I was able to test them out, and it went quite well!

As you can see, the ribbons, outline of the skin and facial features have been done with my new pens, and i was quite happy with the result! It gives a more natural look to the whole drawing in my opinion.

At this stage I decided not to add her arm tattoos and consider this version of Ailani as the one you would find in the early chapters of Begged and Borrowed Time, so before she would get her tattoos.

Phase 2.5: Line-ing the Hair

This stage has it's own part because it was really fun to do! The inspiration for the way I draw hair comes from @/ssavaart (aka Scott Christian Sava on Youtube). I've been following him for a while now and I'm trying to push my art beyond my comfort zone and try new stuff thanks to him, and having fun with drawing hair is one of these things!

Look how beautiful these curls are. I'm not trying to toot my own horn or anything, but I'm really proud of the drawing at this stage 😂 it's the perfect moment where the inking went well and I have not yet ridked myself with the watercolours - so I always take a long sight (and tons of pictures) to celebrate reaching this stage without incidents.

Phase 3: Watercolours

Here comes the difficult part. It always makes me nervous because I always fear ruining my drawing and all the efforts I put into it by doing the watercolours. But I love the medium too much and if I want to get better I need to practice. So, testing the waters, I finally dive head first into this crucial stage.

The watercolouring goes well, I'm overall satisfied enough to take some pictures and even try to scan it, with the hope that the scanned rendering will be better than the usual "photographing and editing" I do with my phone.

Spoiler alert: the scan was NOT better than the pictures, and no amount of editing could change that. (Or maybe I am just very bad at editing.) So, back to my "photographing and editing" habits, I somehow managed to get a good enough result:

I still feel unsatisfied as I find these digital versions do not properly render the visuals I have on paper, IRL. With the digital versionsw the hair is either so dark we don't see the details, or too bright, the colours are too warm and light... And while Ailani looks light-skinned, the paper version has these visible brown tones that I struggled to find on the digital version, even when editing the pictures. The closest I got is the tone you see on the first picture, but the image is not lighted enough so the overall quality of the picture is a bit lessened by that.

Still, I won't complain too much, because overall it was a very fun drawing to do, I enjoyed every stage of it and I would love to do another piece like this! But for now I will go to sleep because it is Way Past My Bedtime 😂

If you've made it this far, thank you for your attention, feel free to let me know which stage is your favorite and what you liked most (or disliked most) about this drawing!

I for one really had fun doing Ailani's lips, as well as filling her hair, and colouring her eyes! 😊

#ailani #ailani art #I'm tagging just in case you wanna see more but again no obligation to read all of that or anything! #this post is mostly here to show the early stages coz I was so prouf of how smoothly it went!! #until the colours #it's always the colours 😂 #but I hope you enjoyed the drawing anyway #I've actually been working on it last weekend but couldn't finish it until this saturday because of my exams week #which is over btw which means i finally has time to read Begged And Borrowed Time!! #and I'm really excited about that!! #so yeah that's all for me now is time to sleep because it's like 4:19am right now and I am huu tired 😂 #once again happy Ailaniversary 💕💙 #also yes we can't see my signature on the drawings I cut it out by accident when i cropped the pictures and was too lazy to retake pics etc #please pretend like you see my name signed next to her hair x)

[the-fiction-witch]

Shut Up!

Media The Queens Gambit

Character Benny Watts

Couple Benny X Reader

Rating Smut

Kinktober Day Fifteen

Kinktober Concept Incest

Smut Incest / step sister x step brother / full sex/ raw sex/ cum inside

I made sure the place was clean or well clean enough when I heard a knock at the door, I sighed and went to open it up but I was taken back "Hey Benny" Beth smiled jumping to give me a hug "Hey, Beth!" I smiled hugging her happily letting her in "What are you doing here?" "Layover and the flights have been delayed until nine tonight, I figured I could sit in the hotel bar feeling sorry for myself or pop up and see you" she explained wondering though setting her jacket on the chair and her bag on the table "relax I'll be out of your hair by eight"

"No no it's fine it's just uhh not who I was expecting" "Oh? You expecting someone?" She chuckled turning leaning in the chair crossing her arms "Kinda" "I thought the place seemed clean, what you got your girlfriend coming over?" She joked heading to make herself a coffee "Ohh god no" "Don't keep me in suspense then" she laughed But the door knocked "Excuse me" I sighed walking as slowly as possible not really wanting to answer the damn door but I pulled it open begin faced her I just let her in without even speaking

"Hello to you too" she snapped heading inside hanging her black fur on the rack and heading inside with her red suitcases "ohh I didn't realise I'd have company" she smirked as she stood in my apartment in her knee-high black boots, black and white plaid mini skirt and white cream jumper, her thick dark hair with intense curls her hair pinned back with a small clip on each side just above her ears "Uhhh hi," Beth said rather surprised "Beth Harmon" she said offering her hand

"Y/n Watts" she smiled giving her hand a shake "No, you are not" I snapped heading across the apartment "Mom took it so I'm gonna use it" she snapped "I don't care, you're not a Watts don't use it" "I can do what I bloody well like Benjamin" "Uhh explanation please?" Beth asked "Y/n this is Beth, grandmaster and a good friend of mine" I explained "Beth this is Y/n. My…." I trailed off not wanting to say it "I'm his sister" She rolled her eyes "Step sister" I corrected "Huu he's never mentioned you" Beth spoke up "He doesn't like me" she smiled pinching my cheek as she walked across the apartment "Why would I? You've been nothing but shit to me since you turned up into my damn life" "Can you be civil for five damn minutes!" "Whatever," I sighed heading to my chair Eventually, Beth and y/n came over and the three of us sat chatting for a while even if I had to drink to even tolerate her but that's pretty much how this usually goes. "So what are you doing in New York?" "Touring a show, figured I'd be cheap and come stay in this dismal place then getting a hotel the whole time," she explained "and I promised the folks I'd check in on my stepbrother" "A show?"

"Y/n's an actress" I smirked "And you're a chess player. Folks are thrilled about that" "How exactly is this all set up?" "My dad met my mum and had me. Mum died and he got remarried" I explained "My mother met my father and had me and then my father died so my mother remarried. And then we became siblings" "Step siblings" I corrected "He's always been pouty about it," "Yeah because you just turned up and inserted yourself into my life" "You literally inserted yourself into my space" "In case it wasn't obvious we shared a bedroom" I sighed "You were an evil thing" "So we're you" We all chatted for a while until Beth had to leave for her flight, leaving me alone with y/n. "Guess you're not just a loner chess boy" she smirked going to unpack "I'm letting you stay here to be nice. don't be a dick because I am more than happy to throw you onto the streets" "No, you wouldn't" "I would" "You are such a cunt" "me! I'm not the dick here" "yes you are you've always been a dick" "You're just mad I took half your pocket money" "You broke my favourite chessboard!" "You decapitated all my stuffed animals!" "You sewed love hearts on my jeans" "You faked an allergy so we had to give my cat away" "I wasn't faking that cat made me sneeze. Because he was a huge fluffy thing and you never brushed him" "Maybe I would if I wasn't dealing with the fact you cut my pigtails, twice!"

"You waxed my pubes while I was sleeping!" "You broke my doll house!" "You just fucking turned up! I was still in a bad place after I lost my mum and you just fucking showed up! you and your mother. we'd barely buried mine and you just showed up. and I was expected to just put everything down and accept a new mum and a sister. I never wanted anything to do with you" "You think I did! Need I remind you my dad was barely buried too before I had to pack my life up and get shipped across the county, all I was told was we were moving, and when I got there I had a new dad and some jumped-up stepbrother to deal with. Don't blame me for turning up into your life, I didn't turn up I was dragged kicking and screaming" "You boo hoo precious little princess, you always were" "DO you have to be such a bastard about everything-" She yelled I was beyond angry, all I wanted to do was shut her up! tension boiling over I grabbed her face and kissed her mostly just to stop her from talking but the moment our lips touched it felt so heavenly like all the frustration melted away she pulled back and we both just stood bright red in shock "Fuck-" "Yeah…" "where did that come from?" "I have no idea"

"It uhhh it was kinda nice" "Yeah, it was. Weird But nice. I mean terrible awful and very very wrong." I explained but she grabbed my face and kissed me, I kissed her back wrapping my arms around her waist and pulling her closer until we both pulled back "It is nice" "It is, but very wrong, very very wrong, your my sister." "Stepsister" she corrected "Don't encourage me." "That's encouraging?" "Ohh shut up y/n" I smirked pulling her into a kiss and grabbing her ass squeezing it hard as we kissed she happily and eagerly kissed back rubbing her hands around my shirt, soon enough we were walking we kissed heading over to my bedroom until we stopped as her legs hit the bed so I pushed her down on my bed and climbed between her legs "This is for all the fucking years I spent in a bed next to you with you teasing the living crap out of me" "Did I?" she giggled "Don't play innocent you used to sit in your fucking bra just to tease me" "And how many times did I catch you masturbating while I was sleeping"

"Maybe I wouldn't have to if you came and took care of me" "Diddo" she smirked pulling me back to her lips heavily made out for a good while until I pulled away "We can't this is crazy-" I began but she smirked and turned on her stomach grinding her ass against me "Fuck it!" I groaned grabbing her hips and grinding hard on her I quickly undid my jeans and stroked my stiffening erection she giggled and tugged her panties down, I didn't waste any time burying myself deep inside her and started to pound fast and hard "Ughhhh fuck! You were an evil little thing, their precious little princess, I'm gonna fucking ruin you" "Ughhhh! you couldn't ruin me if you fucking tried. I remember your first girlfriend who walked out because you came in her hair" "I kept quiet about you fucking your eight-grade science teacher" "I passed didn't I!" "Yeah because you blew him under the science bench! you always were a little slut" "Like you weren't? those three girls you had in your Austin hotel that you never shut up about?" "It was a foursome there pretty rare I was allowed to get excited. I guess four people in one go isn't a lot for you is it?" "Ughhhh just shut up and fuck me, Benny!" She yelled moving back and forth in time with my thrusts we both got faster and louder she pushed herself hard against me as she squealed loudly hitting her orgasm I kept going working into her intense tightness until I hit my own burying myself as deep as possible. When I caught my breath I pulled out and lay in bed with her, "I think that helped. got the frustration out" "Yeah I think you're right" I nodded "We can't ever tell anyone about this" "I wasn't planning to" she laughs "Relax, genetically there's nothing between us we're not related by blood at all our parents got divorced we'd be nothing again" "Like that's gonna happen, too are smitten with each other and always have been" "Yeah, can't fault them for loving each other." "Fucked us up though" "No matter what you do you fuck your kids up, that's just having kids" "Yeah hence why I aint having any" "same." "Ohh don't tell them that they'll lose it they know neither of us is gonna give them grandkids" "I mean I'll give them grandkids if they want them" She smirked glancing at me "Lets not fucked the family tree up too much y/n"

#tbs smut #thomasbrodiesangster #tbs imagine #thomas sangster imagine #tbs imagines #thomas brodie sangster imagine #thomas brodie sangster #tbs #thomas brodie sangster smut #thomas sangster #benny smut #benny x reader #benny watts #benny fanfic #benny #bennywattssmut

[yasmina-505]

Meet me in the pale moonlight 

tw. Cheating (kida toxic relationship)

a/n. This is my first fic dont be shy to comment and tell me how to improve love ya xoxo -Yas

It's been months since I started dating, Harry At first it was great, don't get me wrong. The all mighty harry potter benign the one I call mine. Crushes are a tricky, wicked little thing huu. Why did i fell for him? Celebrity, the thrill of being with the one who survived the dark lord, his overall appearance didn't help my case. But some crushes are better off as crushes, nothing more. And some things just aren't meant to be, no matter how hard you try to hold on to them. Maybe I always knew. Maybe that's why I didn't feel bad for seeking Draco out. It started with a drunk makeout session. Just a drunken little mistake. Nothing even worth mentioning. But it turned for – the best – the worst when He started seeking me out.  Midnight; I sneak out of Harry's bed, put on a discarded sweater and leave his dorm. I don't know how Harry always manages to move around the castle at night, undetected. It's so cold. I lose feeling in my toes by the time I reach the top of the astronomy tower. And there he is. Draco waiting for me, i know what he wants, but he knows i want it too, desperately so.

#harry potter #harry potter x reader #draco malfoy #draco x reader #fanfiction #booklr #booktok #books #hp fandom #slytherin

[ibasae]

Sprout*Waning Hermitage - Wednesday 2

Shu: ...(chewing)

(Aaah, rich fragrance fills my nostrils the second I bite into it! This bakery's croissant is an unmatched perfection, after all...!)

(Having some croissants from this place is almost the first thing I do whenever I come back to Japan!)

(I wonder what made the difference? The flour...salt...? Or is it the water...)

(If it's possible, I'd like to figure out the recipe so I can bring it to France with me. That way, I'd get to taste this every day.)

(The bread overseas just can't compare, I can't stand it... Although, some of it is tolerable.)

(But in the end, Japanese-made bread suits Japanese people's tastes the most. Even if you disregard that, the bread from this bakery is a top tier delicacy.)

(Huu--- perfect croissants and a cup of delicious coffee. This is what a breakfast in heaven looks like, my day is ought to be filled with happiness after this.)

Mika: ...[1]

Shu: Ack! K-Kagehira?! Don't just stand at the door without saying anything! You could seriously give someone a heart attack.

Mika: ...

Shu: ...Kagehira? Are you still not awake? Pull yourself together. Since when were you this sleepy in the mornings? It's not like you're Rei.

Shu: Did you stay up all night seeking entertainment?

Mika: ...

Shu: Kagehira...? Can you hear me? Are you quite alright?

Mika: ! Uwah?!

Shu: Uwaaaah?! W-what the hell?! Why are you so loud all of a sudden?!

Mika: Eh?! Oshi-san, What's wrong? When did ya get there?

Shu: I'm the one that should be asking that! Is there something unusual about me having breakfast in the kitchen?

Mika: Um...Kitchen? Uwah, yer right! This is the kitchen! Why am I in the kitchen?!

Shu: ....

Mika: Oshi-san....? Why are ya makin' that scary face?

Shu: Kagehira! Have youlost your mind from sleeping so much? You are way too relaxed. Do you not remember that we are in the middle of a new song's touch-up?

Mika: Eh~? But I really weren't slackin' off! I found myself here unconsciously....

Shu: That's why I said you slept too much.

Mika: Ngah~ I might've gone silly from sleeping then. Even though I don't think that's the case...

Shu: Non! Seriously...Have some self respect, you are a member of Valkyrie! You have to straighten up your attitude in your daily life.

I will be especially hard on you in today's practice, mentally prepare yourself. Perhaps that will straighten up your mind.

Well, time is precious. Let's head to the ES building and begin today's practice session.

Mika: ♪~ ♪~

Shu: ...!

Mika: 'M done.

Shu: W-well that's... fantastic! Kagehira! You managed to achieve this amount of progress in one day...!

Shu: You are exactly like a marionette. You are even better at it than you were in past Valkyrie! Spectacular job, Kagehira!

Hm, but now the stage isn't good enough for your dancing... Then I'll cooperate with Kagehira and change up the decorations...

Hm, yeah. I'll have to use the plan that I thought was too difficult to execute....

Mika: ...

Shu: Huh? Oh, yeah. My apologies. I was lost in my own world for a second.

"Acanthe" is the catalyst of Kagehira's thoughts, as well. So I should ask your opinions on things.

To match your acting, I'd like to include this change in the stage decorations. How do you feel?

Mika: ...Sure.

Shu: Then, you can rest assured I'll be taking good care of the stage decorations. I'll match it to your current acting level, and we'll have the most perfect of performances.

Mika: ...

Shu: ? Kagehira?

You aren't nearly as energized as you usually are... are you perhaps tired?

Hm, to achieve this level of perfection, you must have worked hard outside of practice.

Let's end practice early then. That suits me too, I can properly study how we can change up the current decorations.

Go to your room and rest well, Kagehira.

Mika: ...

Shu: ? Left without saying a word... That's certainly strange. I've never seen Kagehira so quiet.

Aack. I'll go check on him after I wrap up this bit. I'll go back to my room to finish up the performance design and the stage decorations. Ah, right. I forgot the outfits...

Maybe I'll head to the ES clothing gallery for that, I always think clearer there.

Mika moves with an almost robotic animation in his live2D for the duration of this dialouge, he only snaps out of it when Shu shakes him

#shu itsuki #mika kagehira #acanthe #sprout waning hermitage #enstars #ensemble stars

[bizarrescribblez]

SORRY IVE BEEN RBING SM SPOT AND ONLY SPOT LATELY . I know I am crazy but I am free .

ALSO LIFE UPDATE :( sadly not gonna be active from tomorrow till the 24th cuz I’m going to New York with the worst members of my family I could’ve possibly gone on a trip with 🤕 keeping my head up cuz I’m gonna see the cure hehe and I’m taking Johnny fig with me ofc so it can’t be too bad… JUST IN CASE YALL SEE ME NOT BEING ACTIVE OR LIKING/NOT SEEING STUFF HUU

#bizarre.ramblez

[decalcomania21]

For this dérive I took inspiration from Haegue Yang, a Korean artist who created an amazing piece called the “Carsick Drawing”. She traveled toward Huu Nghi and Youyoguan and during that time Ms Yang traced the movement of a car shake with ink on paper.

For my transport I chose the bus 83 which I take every day going to university. The bus wasn’t that shaky as usual but still I could describe how my journey went with the line that I draw.

I had a lot of fun doing that dérive and following Ms Yang steps. Drawing the line made me think of every little shake that the bus created and I paid more attention to little details surrounding me. I found it surprising that I was waiting for a hole in the road just to create more shaky line. Usually you want to have your journey as smoothly as possible but in that case I wanted completely the opposite. Bumpy ride was what I was looking for and inconvenience for other people in the bus I got what I was waiting for.

#dérive #bus ride #university #london

[sonderwrit]

C114: Somewhat familiar

I Have to Be a Great Villain - Masterpost

Author's 木火然 Weibo post:

Translation: You should sleep early tonight~ Giving you guys a preview of young adult!Wang Yi ahead of schedule! (The preview hasn't been updated yet) There should be a few more chapters of peaceful years~ It's not that I want knives [read: angst], it's just that it's almost time for the main storyline. ^_^

(Me: Author that's hardly enough, lemme add a couple pics of my own...)

S-0: (Huu…so Mr. Qin transmigrated into Host's master this time.) <- ran off previously to connect with Main System

["It's already fully healed, Master's spiritual energy has healing properties."]

S-0: (The Main System should be in the middle of extracting data right now.)

S-0: (As long as it verifies everything's normal, everything that happened beforehand will be safe.)

S-0: [My task is to quietly protect them.]

S-0: [And help Host grow up…healthy under Sword Saint Qin's hands.]

S-0: (However…)

—

Wang Yi: That there, Master doesn't need to mend it, I have lots more. [A rich second generation villain]

S-0: [I keep feeling like these scenes are somewhat familiar.]

S-0: [As if…]

S-0: [A long, long time ago, in the memories during a time when my consciousness was still chaotic.] 

S-0: [Mr. Qin and Host…seemed to look like this when they were together.]

(In flashback)

Y: ?

S-0: (So nice~~~~)

[A few years later—]

[Sword Peak]

Wang Yi: Huu…

[Wang Yi - Cultivator - 15 years old]

Qin Xian: ?

QX: What is it? (Usually he's the first to run up to this Master after cleaning up the secret realm.)

WY: …ah, Master's back?

WY: I'm find, I'm just thinking over some questions.

QX: ……

WY: Don't look at me with those eyes.

WY: So cold…

WY: It really is nothing.

WY: It's just that recently a little junior sister said she liked me while I was practicing with fellow disciples.

Junior Sister: That um…shixiong*, your swordsmanship is really beautiful…I really like it (you).

*sect brother, senior brother in this case lol

WY: But I had no idea how to reply, so…

WY: Thanks, I like it too.

WY: And then all the sect siblings ridiculed me.

Other disciples: HAHAHA! You're too much!

WY: But I can't understand what I can't understand.

WY: Master's lived for so long, can you understand what she meant?

*CRACK*

QX: ….

[Sword Saint Qin Xian, cultivated purely for thousands of years, never lost a battle.]

QX: Urk…disciple is still young, it's normal to not understand.

WY: I'm not little anymore.

[For the first time he encountered—a topic he's no good in either.] (Anyways, just pretend he knows a lot.)

WY: According to mortal ages, I'm of age to take a wife already.

[Specification: Note that in ancient times you could get married at 15.]

QX: …then is there anyone disciple cares about…or someone you always want to see? *racking his brains*

WY: Hm?

WY: Master's someone I care about. (Since you're the closest to me.)

WY: As for someone I always want to see, I do like seeing senior sister beating up the shixiongs until they cry out for mercy.

(Shixiong: Good junior sister, shixiong really can't take it anymoooooore—)

*CRAAAaaCCCK*

QX: (Hold on.)

QX: (Isn't there something wrong with that?) [knowledge in hindsight]

QX: ….beg for mercy?

QX &lt;;- was instructed by the sect leader to properly bring up his disciple

WY: Mhm. Is it strange?

QX: It's not strange. It's getting late so this Master is tired, you can leave first.

QX: As for your doubts, Master will answer them tomorrow.

WY: (This is…my room, right?)

—

[Thousands of years ago—]

Random Girl: That um, I really ike your swordsmanship.

Random: (Like, I like so much)

QX: Good, then [the esteemed] I shall accept this battle manual.

QX: (Since she likes to compete so much, I'll agree to it.)

Random Girl: ???

—

[Yunshan Sect - Medicinal Division]

(Same girl, now leader of the medicinal sect): …..

Woman: Sword Saint Qin, if you want to reminiscence about old times, please come back during time off.

QX: There's something important to discuss.

Woman (in the middle of class): What?

Woman: It's not something like a problem of the seal array of the sect, or invasion by demonic cultivators right…

QX: The seal array is very stable and chaotic demonic forces have been thoroughly eliminated.

QX: This esteemed one just wants to ask, when you said you liked the esteemed I back then—

Woman: *SNORTS* HAHAH, TODAY'S CLASS WILL END EARLY, PLEASE LEAVE IN AN ORDERLY MANNER!

*jabs dao whisk into QX's mouth*

Woman: (AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!)

—

(And so and thus) (Like this like that)

Woman: Huff…Sword Saint means to say, that child was similar to you in the past, with weak emotions?

QX: No, perhaps more so. His likes seem to lean towards those of demonic cultivators. (He likes seeing people in pain and whatnot…)

Woman: Aish—~ Retribution.

Woman: Cough cough, I mean, The cycle of Heaven—is tried and tested again.

Woman: First off, I'd like to say I've seen through the world of mortals to devote myself to the Way, and thus lost all of my former emotions towards the Sword Saint long ago. (*ptooey*)

QX: Mm.

Woman: Your disciple's situation is rare, perhaps due to his innate soul of the former heavenly deity and hidden bloodline.

Woman: We can't exempt the fact that he left home early and entered the sect, leading to neglect by the Sword Saint.

QX: *is faceslapped*

Woman: But no matter the case, it's not an illness any pill could cure, so I'm sorry I can't help.

QX: ….

QX: Neglect?

Woman: Right.

Woman: Hasn't the Sword Saint been constantly in closed door cultivation or off eliminating demons outside? (Half the time you're not even at the sect, right?)

Woman: At the same time you were busying ascending your skills, your disciple was probably alone at Sword Peak—

Woman: Waiting for you the entire time.

—

WY: (How come Master still isn't back yet?)

—

QX: ?!

#i have to be a great villain #manhua translations #villain 114 #ok qin xian this is on you tho you DID just leave him alone

[senzafili]

A video is posted. It’s been so long since the last one... Only this time the video starts with a view of the Beneviento den, dusty faded couch in the center of the frame with the coffee table sitting in front. After a few seconds, the video skips and suddenly there’s a raggedy looking doll sitting on the couch cushions.

It’s a slumped over mess of fabrics, it would almost be unrecognizable as a doll if its face wasn’t turned slightly towards the camera. There’s a wide-stitched smile and strange little googly eyes sewn onto its face, but that’s the only real features it seemed to have. The rest is patchworked, hastily thrown together into a vague doll-like shape. 

Another video skip and the doll is sitting upright, facing the camera with the black dots of its eyes rolling slowly at the bottom of their clear casing... Rolling back and forth, back and forth... before snapping up to stare into the camera lens. That’s when it finally moves, slowly stretching its arms out to press onto the couch cushions underneath it as it takes a moment to stand, swaying there on its perch on the couch. 

Then it steps forward. Strangely, it seems to stretch as it moves- as if someone took an image of it in a computer paint program and simply made its image much longer. Its limbs stretch to meet the floor as its head lifts towards the top of the screen. What stood in frame now was a monstrous amalgam of almost leathery looking patches and thick criss-crosses of thread holding it together. Somehow looking alive, yet still somehow not.

“Hhuuaa.... Huu huu~” The voice that chuckles in the audio seems to come from deep within the creature than come from its mouth- which now pulls at its seams as it curls into a more wicked grin. What had been googly eyes before had darkened into a wide-eyed watery gaze- a dog’s whale eye, whites flashing almost threateningly as the pupils shift.

“OoOOoohh looook~! Am I shtill cuuute?” The voice is a muffled creaky chuckle as the being- Angie- crouches slightly to lean a little more into frame. Her eyes still crinkle just slightly when her sewn mouth smiles wide again, patches fighting thread to flash a hint of hard white underneath for just a moment. 

“Let’sssss cause some trouble...” She crackles as she straightens up, lifting the camera up to her height for a moment, letting it get one last good look at her strange patchwork Frankenstein’s monster-esque form before finally the video shuts off.

#drabble

[awanderingmuse-ficrec]

Dragon of the Yuyan Series

Fandom: Avatar the Last Airbender

Author: theawkwardpenguin @awkwardpenguinproductions

Rating: Teen

Warnings: Violence, Character Death, Child Abuse, Strong Language, Major Injury, Suicidal Thoughts, Racism, Colonialism, Alcohol

Word Count: 137, 313

Characters: Zuko,  Commander Toshiaki (OC), Kai, (OC), unnamed OCs, Ozai, Iroh, Azula, Commander Atsuko (OC), Yuyan Archers, Chihese Squad (OCs), Captain Hiroki (OC), Sergeant Mika (OC), Private Jiyoti (OC), Master Ryoichi (OC), Various tertiary OCs, Jet, Sokka, Katara, Aang, The Gaang,  Freedom Fighters, Smellerbee, Pipsqueak, Toph Beifong, Joo Dee, Haili Squad (OCs), OCs out the wazoo, Zhao, Appa, Momo, Bato, Pakku, Arnook, Yue, General Fong, Mai, Ty Lee, Bumi, Toph Beifong's Parents, The Dangerous Ladies, Wan Shi Tong, Professor Zei, Suki, Gansu, Sela, Lee, Than, Ying, Than's Sister, Piandao, Jin, Lao Beifong, Long Feng, Dai Li, The Blue Spirit,  Hakoda, Aang, Jee, Zuko's Crew, The Duke, Huu, Foggy Swamp Waterbenders, The Mechanist, Teo, Tyro, Haru, The Boulder, The Hippo, The Painted Lady, Order Of The White Lotus, Fat, Hama

Tags: POV Zuko, Yuyan Raise Zuko, Semi-Feral Child, Ozai is an Asshole, Flashbacks, some instances of suicidal thoughts, Zuko is a hurtin' puppy, Pre-Series, One F-Bomb, that might become a thing, because it amuses me, Inspired by MuffinLance's Tumblr, Alternate Universe-Canon Divergence, Discussion of child abuse and abandonment, Ozai Being a Terrible Parent, Zuko is an Awkward Turtleduck, OC-centric, Past Abuse, baby steps to badassery, OC is an asshole, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, bad days suck, but your Yuyan Archer squad always has your back, Zuko Angst, Panic Attacks, Hijinks & Shenanigans, this part is almost entirely "teenagers doing stupid shit", what did you expect when you put a bunch of highly skilled teenagers in a military base?, plot is minimal but existent, handwaving Fire Nation war tech because I can't find satisfying answers, Zuko-centric, Zuko meets Jet, and is completely turned off, S1Ep10 "Jet", slightly out of continuity, both in terms of canon and this series, but someone asked on tumblr, and this came out, Zuko's just joined the Gaang and is still figuring things outs, 2e14 City of Walls and Secrets, Ba Sing Se is SUPER CREEPY, and Zuko HATES IT, inspired by @muffinlance's lovely AU concepts, just a little peek into a new AU I'm working on, dear G-d what have I done, just in case, TW: military action, TW: Vomiting, TW: hunting animals for food, none of this is hugely graphic,  but just in case, if I miss anything please please please let me know, Zuko being a curious bean, is it treason?, or is it "reasonable response"?, based on a throwaway line in THAT episode, WARNING: this one's gonna hurt, sorry, No happy ending here, Beware ye who enter here, Hurt No Comfort, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, TW: mistreatment of prisoners of war, TW: forced suicide, trauma aftermath, disillusioned former prince plots treason, Toshiaki unleashes his inner Commander Dad, Nightmares, Kai is a good bro, Midnight Rooftop Discussions, oblique references to canon events, based on MuffinLance's YuyanAdoptZuko Tumblr post, IT BEGINS, Episode: s01e13 The Blue Spirit, Zhao is a jerk, lots of f-bombs in this one, because Zuko is a soldier, and he's also really really done with Zhao's bull, shit, tried really hard not to just rewrite the whole episode, hope it worked, Zuko is actually really competent, Aang is a child, LITERALLLY, he's TWELVE, And tinybased on MuffinLance's Tumblr series #Yuyan Raise Zuko, in case I haven't said it before: THIS SERIES WILL NOT CONTAIN ROMANTIC SHIPS, I'm a little gen sailboat and like it that way, (apologies to maychorian for stealing her blog title), but it is EXTREMELY relevant, anyway, introductions, Sokka needs more sleep, dammit Aang stop picking up strays, Sokka is a nerd, Katara is conflicted, THIS IS THE ONE YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR, Zuko meets the Gaang, do I need to keep using that tag? it's pretty obvious at this point, Zuko loves animals, POV Bato, Episode: s01e15 Bato of the Water Tribe, another one I wasn't planning on writing but did anyway, Bato needs therapy, Zuko needs THERAPY, Everyone Needs Therapy, Guys. Sokka is actually an authority figure. He's the SON OF THE CHIEF, everyone can have a tiny bit of world building. as a treat, Post-Episode: s01e16 The Deserter, Zuko has ISSUES with Jeong-Jeong, and firebending as it is currently taught, LOTS of ASL grammar, Aang is still learning sign, he's not quite code-switching yet, Zuko talks to himself in sign, Sokka has no fear, short and sweet, nearly drove myself crazy with this bullshit, my beta reader is a goddess and she saved my ass, all the fish ever for all time to her, Firebending & Firebenders, Episode: s01e18 The Waterbending Master, it's been a whopping five minutes and Zuko already hates the North Pole, it's freaking cold, the people are not nearly as friendly as they first appear, Katara challenges the patriarchy and Zuko suffers, Katara and Zuko like to giggle at Sokka being a dork, Episode: s01e19-20 The Siege of the North, Zhao's here to fuck shit up, Zuko does not have a good time, nobody has a good time, get y'all some tissues, remember how I've been saying that I'm not changing major canon events?, Yeah I'm sorry, Pyrrhic Victory, all hail Koizilla, Episode: s02e01 The Avatar State, this is basically just a chance for Zuko to meet the disaster human that is Fong, not really much to tag here, honestly if I keep going the tags list might end up being longer than the fic itself, just let me know if you want me to tag anything here, Short & Sweet, ummm.... this might be really sad?, an interlude, very short, Episode: s02ep03 "Return to Omashu", in which Zuko's past comes back to kill him, enter the Dangerous Ladies, Aang is a dumbass sometimes, the Gaang has one braincell between them, most of the time Zuko's the one who holds it, he really would rather not thanks, Omashu is basically a ninja's playground, who WOULDN'T want to go parkouring through that place???, Episode: s02e04 The Swamp, Shor, tshort and weird, Zuko can't get over how creepy this place is, not much else to add, special guest star, TOPH SMASH!!!, Toph Being Awesome, Badass Toph Beifong, Episode: s02e06 The Blind Bandit, HERE SHE IS Y'ALL, i hope i did her justice!, Toph is done with everyone's bullshit, I tried really hard not to use visual descriptions guys let me know if it worked,   how does one communicate when one can't talk and the other can't see?, LET'S FIND OUT, Let Toph Say Fuck 2020, Episode: s02e08 The Chase, SHIT HITS THE FAN Y'ALL, Azula is her own warning, Major Character Injury, Sokka is sleep deprived, the babies are fighting, Zuko is done with everyone's shit, Episode: s02e09 Bitter Work, lots of talking, and Toph kicking butt, Zuko is the worst patient, commiserating about shitty families, finding yourself through getting your ass kicked by a twelve year old, Toph Beifong and Zuko are Siblings, i don't make the rules, Hurt Zuko, Zuko is a firebending master, and Toph is an earthbending master, Zuko Has PTSD - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, (need to think of an in-universe name for it), Episode: s02e10 The Library, I know it's been a while, but everyone should remember that Zuko is in fact a prince, with all of the training in diplomacy that implies, Wan Shi Tong isn't unreasonable, he just wants to be left alone with his books, Sokka's a moron but we love him anyway, yes y'all can have a little canon-divergance, as a treat, Rating for Language, (Zuko's a former soldier after all), Episode: s02e12 The Serpent's Pass, guest starring the family from Zuko Alone, enter: Suki!, hey hey the Gaang's all here!, honestly this is more exposition and backstory than real plot, but hopefully now things are a little more clear, TW: Profound Grief, tw: perceived character death, TW: suicidal thoughts, Iroh does not have a good time, at least for the first part, POV Iroh, Iroh is a Good Uncle, Iroh Loves Tea, Let me know if I missed any tags, Episode: s02e14 City of Walls and Secrets, or rather elements thereof, Iroh meets the Gaang, Iroh adopts the Gaang, honestly this one's pretty chill, not much going on past Zuko and Iroh catching up and Zuko dragging Iroh home to meet his friends, ONCE AGAIN: FAKE DATING AU, Fake/Pretend Relationship, I swear the Zutara is only like 30 seconds and neither characters are happy about it, Fake dating for infiltration purposes, someone want to come up with an ATLA version of James Bond?, cause this is it, Episode: s02e15 Tales of Ba Sing Se, fluff and nonsense, and a tiny bit of plot, wait, how did PLOT get into my FLUFF???, that's frustrating, Iroh's living out his teashop au, Aang and Zuko stop in to help, and get some wisdom, and some tea, everybody loves iroh, including the gaang, some dialogue taken from Episode: s02e09 Bitter Work, I'm sure you can guess what dialogue, Episode: s02e17 Lake Laogai, the Blue Spirit strikes again!, co-starring: the Little Badgermole!, Mission: IMPOSSIBLE (ATLA edition), Zuko finally puts his training to use, are you telling me Toph can SEE UNDERGROUND, and canon DIDN'T PUT THIS INFORMATION TO USE????, in an UNDERGROUND FORTRESS????, Toph gets her life-changing field trip with Zuko, Episode: s02e20 The Crossroads of Destiny, Canon Temporary Character Death, if you've seen the episode you know what happens, Protective Sokka,  Big Brother Sokka,  basically just Sokka processing the events of Sacrifice, which means run on sentences and a lot of cursing, honestly not super thrilled with this one but it's done and it needed to be written, Episode: s03e01 The Awakening, Episode Tag, remember how in The Awakening, Katara had said that Aang had been asleep for "a few weeks"?, I'm taking that literally, ie potentially murdering prisoners, Hakoda's a nice guy but he IS the leader of an army/nation, please let me know what else I should tag, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, also language, pretty much every character in this fic is some kind of combatant, and therefore there is swearing, a lot of swearing, Racism, Colonialism, Alcohol, Episode: s03e02 The Headband, what was the gaang doing while Aang was at school?, Fire Nation Cuisine, my inner foodie comes out in this, Mostly Fluff, there's a brief instance of Zuko/Katara but they're undercover and it's NOT REAL, Episode: s03e03 The Painted Lady, Pollution,  Effects of Pollution, Starvation, Ozai Being an Asshole,  Ozai is a BAD leader, this has effects on his nation, Protective Zuko, Zuko will be a GOOD leader, Zuko cares about his people A LOT, Environmental Terrorism, ecoterrorism, Episode: s03e04 Sokka's Master, that feeling when your friend walks up to a random castle, and knocks on the door, and the answering butler addresses him by the name that has a warrant out for his arrest, just a fun little thing, I love this episode, Let The Gaang Stay at Piandao's 2k21, Episode: s03e06 The Avatar and the Fire Lord, you cannot tell me that everyone just sat around while Aang was chatting with Roku, volcanic beach vacay, pure fluff, no redeeming nutritional value whatsoever, Episode: s01e17 The Northern Air Temple, zuko is conflicted, but only for a little bit, sokka and the mechanist are science bros, zuko gets to be a big brother, fist bumps are a fire nation thing???, one of those instances where I didn't expect the characters to react the way that they did, Episode: s03e08 The Puppet, mastertried to keep it creepy, dunno how well I succeeded, also this was really hard to write and if it's crap I apologize, like don't be mean about it but seriously tell me what I screwed up and how so I can fix it, this fic is not Hama friendly, it is not SUPPOSED to be Hama friendly, if you're here just to yell at me for not being Hama friendly then you can just scoot on out, Bloodbending,  Hama Is Her Own Warning, why is that not a tag?, Episode s03e09: Nightmares and Daydreams, Episode: s03e10 The Day of Black Sun Part 1: The Invasion, Aang is sleep deprived and aangsty, Zuko is a Good Brother, Toshiaki returns!, Episode: s03e11 The Day of Black Sun Part 2: The Eclipse, War, Canon-Typical Violence, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Badass Zuko

Inspired by MuffinLance's #Yuyan Raise/Adopt Zuko on Tumblr.

In which Zuko is fostered/adopted/raised/recruited by the Yuyan Archers of Pouhai Stronghold, and destiny hiccups.

Updates Saturdays, unless it doesn't

Now posted: Part 39- Rendezvous

Notes:

ALL CREDIT FOR THIS CONCEPT GOES TO MUFFINLANCE AND HER TUMBLR AND EVERYONE WHO ADDED TO THE TAG.

ALL NAMED OCS IN THIS SERIES BELONG TO ME (00AwkwardPenguin00 and @awkwardpenguinproductions)

Part 1: Anchor Point

Zuko is so freaking hungry, and the Pouhai Stronghold is the only sign of civilization he's seen in six months. Sneaking inside is hilariously simple, until it's not. At least he's not a pincushion (yet), but it'd be really nice if he could understand what the bow-toting security guards were saying.

In which Zuko is adopted by a troop of silent ninja-archers.

Inspired by MuffinLance's #Yuyan Raise Zuko.

Part 2: Conflict of Interest

Toshiaki, Troop Commander of the Yuyan Archers, has been a soldier for fifteen years. He has served his Fire Lord and his Nation loyally and faithfully. But when Commander Atsuko, CMO of Pouhai Stronghold, brings to light a shocking revelation, it opens the floodgates to questions Toshiaki isn't sure he knows how to answer.

Inspired by MuffinLance's #Yuyan Raise Zuko on Tumblr

Part 3: Melee

Zuko may not have had much going for him during those six months in the wilderness, but he had a knife. And now that he's eating better and more regularly, he's got fire. He's ready to start training with the Yuyan, but are the Yuyan ready for him?

Part 4: Camaraderie

Zuko's life seems to be turning around--things are really looking up, and life at the Stronghold is settling into a predictable routine. And then he looks at the mess hall calendar.

Part 5: Stealth

The first time is because of a prank.

The second time is because of a dare.

The third time is because of an injustice.

or

Three times Zuko wears the Blue Spirit mask.

Part 6: Mission

Zuko is finally going on a mission with Chihese Squad! Yeah, it's a simple (boring) escort mission, but it's his very first military action, and not even Kai's oversleeping is going to ruin it for him!

It doesn't, but something else does.

Part 7: Debrief

It's been two weeks since the events at Huzhen, and Zuko can't stop thinking. Commander Toshiaki helps, and plans are made.

Part 8: Rebellion

The prisoner is tiny, and Zuko is filled with rage at the sight. The time he's been waiting for has arrived.

Time to break out of the Stronghold, instead of breaking in.

Part 9: Alliance

Sokka and Katara are confronted with the idea that not everyone in the Fire Nation wants to destroy the world. Tui and La, Aang, stop picking up strays!

Part 10: Nemesis

Something about Jet is just off. Yeah, he's got skills, and a flair for the dramatic that Zuko can appreciate, but seriously, the guy is weird. Can they go now?

Zuko meets Jet, and is not impressed.

Part 11: Perspective

Bato is nearly healed from the skirmish with a Fire Nation patrol, and is just hanging around the Abbey until he hears from his Chief. Then his Chief's kids show up out of nowhere with the Avatar, and a mysterious scarred teenager armed to the teeth.

Part 12: Education

Aang asks a question. Zuko wants to strangle a man. A discussion on the nature of firebending ensues.

Part 13: Ascent

Teo and his people are pretty cool, even if they did completely screw up an ancient Air Temple. But opening doors reveals secrets, and presents Zuko with a conflict he hadn't quite anticipated when he'd left Pohuai.

Part 14: Confrontation

The North Pole is freaking cold, and Zuko is not enthused. Add in the fact that even the culture is as opposite to everything Zuko knows as anything could ever be, and he's in for a rough time.

It doesn't help that Katara's challenge to the patriarchy brings back some bad memories.

Part 15: Seige

In which the Northern Water Tribe is under attack.

Part 16: FUBAR

The fortress may be a joke, but Zuko's not laughing when the general in charge of it proposes a Bad Plan.

Part 17: Anniversary

Three years later.

Part 18: Occupation

Omashu has been conquered.

King Bumi is missing.

And of course now is the perfect time for Zuko's past to come roaring back.

Part 19: Mirage

The swamp is dark, and gross, and creepy as all get out. Zuko would really like to leave please.

Part 20: Miscommunication

Toph can't see.

Her new friend can't talk.

This may be a problem.

Part 21: Pursuit

There's a scary-looking tank train chasing them.

The kids are constantly fighting.

Sokka just wants to sleep, for spirits' sake.

Part 22: Exposure

In the aftermath of Azula, Zuko learns some stuff.

Part 23: Justification

Zuko would like to make it clear for the record that this entire thing is Sokka's fault.

Part 24: Escort

Zuko gets an up close and personal look at the effect the Fire Nation is having on the Earth Kingdom.

It's not pretty.

Part 25: Reconnaissance

Zuko hates Ba Sing Se. And the creepy lady that's following them everywhere is being disturbingly obstructionist. The sooner they do what they came here to do, the sooner they can freaking leave. Time to break out some of his special skills.

Inspired by MuffinLance's glorious #Yuyan Raises Zuko on Tumblr.

Part 26: Reconstruction

Three years ago.

Part 27: Contact

They've been in this dump for a week, and still no sign of Appa. Then Zuko stumbles upon a very familiar tea maker.

Part 28: Manipulation

A party. For a bear.

Zuko knows that the Yuyan are experts of infiltration and espionage, but this was NOT what he'd had in mind.

Part 29: R and R 

Where do you go when you need a break from the secret dystopian drama that is your life? Your uncle's tea shop of course.

Part 30: Extraction

They've spent way longer in this spirits-cursed city than they really should have, and Zuko's had enough. When Ba Sing Se's ridiculous bureaucracy shuts down their attempts to find Appa, he decides it's time to take matters into his own hands.

Part 31: Sacrifice

Their family is scattered, and somehow Azula has entered Ba Sing Se. Katara doesn't know how things can get much worse.

And then they do.

Part 32: Shock

Sokka is trying to wrap his brain around what just happened. He's not entirely sure he's successful.

Part 33: Recruitment

Gathering allies for a certain-to-be-suicidal attack on the capital of the Fire Nation is not a straightforward task.

Part 34: Infiltration

Katara didn't really know what to expect when they snuck into the Fire Nation, but somehow delicious food and a dance party were not it.

Part 35: Homefront

Zuko has known for years that Ozai does not have their nation's best interests at heart... so he's not sure why he's surprised to find a village in his own nation barely clinging to life.

Part 36: Materiel

Sokka wants to become a master sword fighter. Zuko knows exactly where to go.

Part 37: Message  

Avatar Roku has summoned Aang to join him for the Summer Solstice. The Gaang takes an opportunity for a break.

Part 38: Terrorism

In the forest on Kong Xin Island, no one can hear you scream.

Part 39: Rendezvous

Reassurances are given.

Preparations are made.

The Invasion is about to begin.

Part 40: Invasion

It is the Day of Black Sun, and the fate of the world comes down to a choice.

#atla #atla:precanon #book 1 #book 2 #atla:angst #atla:ozai parenting #atla:zuko joins the gaang early #atla:fluff #atla:jet deragatory #atla:team as family #atla:no wani au #disabled!zuko #blue spirit!zuko #wip #100k #teen #fic rec #the muse's favs

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Sakura & Rose - Endeavours of the Heart 2

Writer: Mitsuki

Characters: Kagehira Mika, Sakuma Ritsu

Translated by: jewwyfeesh

Mika: B-but… I’ll get a stomachache if I eat them…

Season: Spring

Location: Yumenosaki Handicrafts Club Room

[One hour earlier]

Ritsu: Mikarin~ are you in here? Let’s go play~

Haha, you’re here, just as I had expected~ Why didn’t you answer me?

What are you making? Lemme see~

Mika: ……

Ah! Ritsu-kun! I hadn’t heard anythin’, when did’ya come in?

Ritsu: I did call out to you a few times, but it’s pretty obvious that you were too preoccupied with whatever.

By the way, what are you making? Did you receive some kind of job?

Mika: Nah. Oshi-san left early ‘cause he had somethin’ to attend to, so I dug up some cloth strips to practice my sewin’.

I wanna perfect my sewin’ technique so I can help Oshi-san out, heh heh.

Yer schedule’s all clear today, Ritsu-kun?

Ritsu: At present? Nope, nothing. And I’m so bored and sleepy that I decided to look for Mikarin to come play with~

Though, I might have something on later… but I think Secchan and the others will contact me when it’s time.

Mika: Could’ja hold on for a li’l bit, Ritsu-kun? I’m just ‘bout ta finish sewin’.

Ritsu: Mhm, sure. In that case, I’ll wait for Mikarin ri~ght here.

Mika: Next up, sew this connectin’ place shut, an’ it’ll be complete. It should look a li’l better than those before…

Mmn, it’s finally done. Ritsu-kun, could I trouble ya to take a look at what I’ve done up?

Ritsu: Huu~ huu~ (he fell asleep)

Mika: It’ll be better that I find a blanket for Ritsu-kun, then. It wouldn’t be good for ya to catch a cold and fall sick.

Mhm, I’ll drape it o’er like this.

Uwah, Mado-nee’s a li’l crooked… while I feel a li’l awed an’ intimidated[1], keepin’ a bad posture ain’t good for the body, so lemme help ya sit up straight.

I’ll be careful…

Now then, let’s wait for Oshi-san’s return together~

Mmh? Where’s that interestin’ sound comin’ from?

Sounds like it’s comin’ from Ritsu-kun’s body, could it be that his companion’s tryna contact him?

Ritsu-kun, Ritsu-kun, wake up. Yer phone’s ringin’.

Ritsu: Ahh~ I just fell asleep… What did you say, Mikarin~?

Mika: Yer phone rang. Could it be your companion’s tryna contact ya?

Ritsu: Hello? Oh, turns out it’s you, Secchan~

Eh? It’s already time for work?

Yes, yes, I understand~ There’s no need to be angry~ I’ll make my way over now, so please wait for me.

Sob~ No matter what the time may be, being disturbed from slumber is sure to make one feel unhappy.

Mika: Ritsu-kun, cheer up~ Yer got this!

Speakin’ of which, I keep noticin’ that there’s this scent of sweet treats[2] on Ritsu-kun’s body today~

Ritsu: Hmhmhm, that’s because I was making them earlier on. This bag here contains all the treats that I’ve made, and these are the ones I brought just for you, Mikarin~

I modified my design and came up with this updated version, so please enjoy it~

I have to get going ‘cause Secchan’s hurrying me along… so I’m unable to give you a more thorough explanation.

But if you were to try it, you’ll be able to understand the painstaking effort I put into making it.

Alright~ I’ll leave it as that. Bye bye, Mikarin~

Mika: B-but… I’ll get a stomachache if I eat them…

Sob sob sob, walkin’ off just like that… how am I gonna deal with this…?

Moreover, the appearance of those treats never fails to bring ‘bout some sorta bad feelin’ in people…

There’s somethin’ about its colour an’ shape of it that makes people feel real uneasy… but Ritsu-kun is the overall champion of the “Sweets Makin’ Competition”… so it should taste real delicious.

Umm… I guess I’ll just wait for Oshi-san to come back, an’ leave the yummy stuff for Oshi-san to eat. Maybe Oshi-san’ll be able to appreciate the designs of these treats.

If I can see the happy face Oshi-san makes while he eats sweet treats, I’ll also feel real happy.

The original term used here is "诚惶诚恐", an idiom which means "(to treat something) with reverence and awe, in fear and trepidation".

Light refreshments, pastries, snacks, desserts… all of them can be used interchangeably here (head in hands). It's another of Ritsu's creations, let's leave it as that www

#enstars translation #sakura & rose #kagehira mika #sakuma ritsu

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I've Started it I'm Finishing it P1

Media IRL

Character Thomas Brodie Sangster

Couple Thomas X Reader

Rating Cute

Concept Building

I grabbed a few little items from my list and added them to the trolley, Hummm? where's he got himself lost now? I had to search through the various isles looking for Thomas until finally, I found him in the toy Ilse honestly, I am not sure why that wasn't my first assumption. he had gone down to the larger toys and bikes. He seemed in deep contemplation.

"What are you up to?" I asked 

"Questioning."

"Questioning... what?"

"Why?"

"Okay" I nodded rather confused 

"Is this that pink tax you were talking about?"

"Hu? Thomas, what are you going on about?"

"The little peddle car in classic primary colours is 45 pounds. The exact same peddle car in pastel pink is 55 pounds" 

"Huu, I mean that is kinda the pink tax your not wrong"

"What about this car makes it work ten more pounds?"

".... Uhhh it has some flower stickers on it."

"I can buy flower stickers to go on this it won't cost me ten pounds" 

"True, but I guess that's just the way Thomas"

"Didn't Alice say she wants one of these for her birthday?"

"yes, it's on her gift registry list."

"I don't know how she set that up, I tried setting one of those up for our wedding and I gave up."

"Yeah, but you're you. She's Alice. Girl overclocked her robodog" 

"Did she specify specifically that she wanted one of these peddle cars?"

"Yes. Everything on her gift list is noted with brand, colour, product number and in some cases QR codes" I explained "She wants the pink one Thomas you don't have a choice"

"I'm thinking of a plan..."

"Oh no, Thomas. Just bite the bullet and buy the mini car"

"Hummm I think I can build her a tiny car"

"Ohh dear" I sighed 

"What? Of course I can I have a load of tools I can make her a way cooler custom peddle car for like twenty pounds worth of wood, and then she'll be way cooler than all her friends. They'll all have these basic smart car-looking things I can make her like a fucking retro speedster peddle car, and it can be wood not plastic so better for the environment." 

"Thomas. I love you. I married you. I gave you a daughter. So when I say this it comes from a place of love, you're not going to build her a fully custom peddle car by her birthday. Maybe You might buy the wood and tools but then you'll put it in your shed have a cup of coffee get frustrated and it'll never get done. Just buy her the peddle car so she can play with her friends" 

"I am going to build it for her, and it's gonna be cute, and cool, and be better than anything you could have brought for her." He says "Too the DIY Isle!" he says before marching off with purpose

I sighed "It's the loft bed all over again" 

#thomas brodie sangster #tbs #thomas sangster #tbs smut #thomasbrodiesangster #tbs imagines #thomas sangster imagine #tbs imagine #thomas brodie sangster imagine #thomas brodie sangster smut

[sternenteile]

waking up hurts.

it makes no sense that  the light of dawn would sting his eyes this badly —— the eyes of a star, no less, a being vivid with light —— but it does. the doll shouldn’t make him this susceptible... but wait... he’s not inside of the doll, is he? he’s loose, nay, laid bare in what seems to be something of a vast, white wasteland. small nubs peel away from his face, exposing the full extent of what he’s facing to his gaze. it’s... nothing. it’s just nothing.

then, a voice——

❝ it took you long enough. ❞

❝ wh—— ❞ the little star whirls around, only to be confronted by another. their appearance is unmistakable. the spherical form, the jutting spikes of black matter erupting from their body, the harsh glare of red eyes—— a dark star. why? where did they come from?! this is an obviously urgent matter! the power of a dark star is nothing to sneeze at! he needs—— he needs to——

❝ what, about to call your dear master eldstar for help? ❞ the blasted thing cackles, glowing red thinning into slits. ❝ can’t do it alone, can you? since when do you need to rely on that old cretin to do anything for you? as if he ever has? ❞

they... read his mind? are they really reading his mind? it makes his very plasma run cold as ice. his mouth dangles open. ❝ it’s not... i-it’s—— i have to put my personal feelings aside—— ❞

❝ ha! hahaha! ❞ the hatred dripping from this thing’s voice is thick as blood. ❝ your personal feelings? if you actually stuck to those, you wouldn’t even bat an eyelash at that moron. seriously? are you that dense? as stupid as he is? ❞

that’s plenty to rile him up. this thing... this monster knows every single way to poke at his most sensitive topics. geno grits his teeth. ❝ who are you to even spew that bull at me? you think you know me so well?! ❞

❝ of course i do. ❞ the enraged star spirit is about to toss his rebuttal, but the dark star silences him before he manages a peep. ❝ who do you think i am? don’t be so daft! you know who you’re talking to. you may as well be looking right in the mirror. ❞

geno could spit cobra venom at this, this abomination right about now. ❝ i’m nothing like you! don’t you dare insinuate—— ❞

❝ i am you. ❞

❝ will you cut it out already? cut the cr—— ❞

❝ i literally am you. ❞ they tilt their head... their body? ❝ don’t you remember? halloween? you’ve been waking up in weird places, haven’t you? the fields, the graveyards, the cornstalks, the pumpkin patches... ❞

geno’s mouth runs dry. ❝ the magic of halloween town——? ❞

❝ ding ding ding! haha, wow. ❞ the dark star rolls their eyes. ❝ i thought we were smarter than that. i’m hurt—— ❞

they choke as they’re viciously cut off, geno’s real body slamming into them with the power of a hissing prankster comet. eyes stare wildly down at this manifestation, livid out of his mind. the dark star doesn’t even flinch. ❝ there’s no we in this equation! halloween’s almost over, and when it is, you’re toast. ❞

❝ alas, yeah... though, am i really? ❞ they notice their light counterpart rearing back for another attack, and immediately, they bring up a shadowy shield. ❝ hey, chill! i’m not here to fight! tsk—— you may as well have the brain of a smilax! ❞

geno snarls. ❝ then what do you want?! ❞

❝ it’s simple. ❞ they breathe in, eyes slipping shut. ❝ look at me. you fear me, don’t you? do you know what all i’m capable of? think about it. think of what you can do... and how much worse it would be if i did it. the power to even defeat your own mother, she who watches the whole of the cosmos... power that only comes once in a blue moon to us star spirits. you are afraid of that, aren’t you? ❞

geno can’t even manage a response. he just watches as they ascend above him, whirling lazily around his head.

❝  now, imagine how much they fear it. ❞

it all clicks into place then, and if anything, it only makes him more frustrated. ❝ is that what this is all about? let me guess, you want me to feel bad for what the council did to me? ❞

❝ hah! no way. ❞ the dark star, himself, faces his frazzled expression. ❝ quite the opposite, even. wouldn’t you like... to experience their fear firsthand? ❞ no matter how many times geno attempts to interject, they seem to know how to shut him up before he utters a word. ❝ face it. you hate what they did to you. you’re, in fact, way too soft. the fact that you haven’t taken vengeance of any kind yet is asinine. i can only do so much as a figment of halloween town’s curses, but together... ❞

their eyes swirl, bearing into him with malice unlike anything he’s ever seen, all bred from hurt. centuries, centuries of hurt are in those eyes.

❝ we can make them regret doing everything they ever did. ❞

finally, they allow him a little breathing room. they back away slightly, hovering expectantly in their endless void. geno’s expression goes through a mixture of things all at once —— confusion, anger, anguish, contempt —— but in the end, it all settles onto one sense of finality: exhaustion.

❝ you... just don’t get it, do you? ❞

❝ oh, going to argue with me about it, are you? let me guess, you forgive them? ❞

❝ no! stars, no. geez, ❞ remarks geno with a palm shoved into his face. ❝ maybe you were right about one thing. maybe you really are stupid. who said anything about forgiving them? way to make a leap bigger than mario. ❞

now it’s their turn to be speechless. geno hardly has the time to sort through his thoughts, but frankly, he doesn’t need to. his response comes cut and dry, raw and unfiltered.

❝ i’m not going to just go around and start fights to make myself feel better. for what? what’s it going to solve? my feelings for them aren’t changing, and theirs for me aren’t changing either. besides, as much as i hate to admit it, i don’t want to hurt them. i don’t want to see them suffer. i just want them to leave me alone. don’t you get that? don’t you want that, too? you just want it to stay done and over with, right? if you’re really me, then you know what i’m talking about. ❞

the dark star deflates slightly. it seems it’s working... or something. to that, geno faintly senses that small amount of sympathy. it’s weird, though, isn’t it? feeling this way for himself, yet he does, approaching with care to place a nub on their side. they don’t react to it.

❝ so you don’t care, ❞ they concede. ❝ you’ll just forget about it—— like we don’t deserve any better. ❞

❝ yeeeah, no. quit saying stuff like that. i’ll never forget it, and i’ll never forgive them. what i think it is... ❞ geno’s eyes shut. ❝ i want... to get why they did it. you’re right. i am afraid of you. if that’s what they feel, i get that. it doesn’t excuse anything, but i get it. you know what i... you know what we can do with that knowledge, though? what we can do if we understand their side? ❞

the dark star begins to quiver. geno does, too, but with the fiercest determination behind his watchful eye.

❝ we can prevent it from happening to anyone else. ❞ he gives a tiny bob of his body. ❝ we don’t have to hurt. we can help. i don’t mean helping the council, but helping all the other stars who might be hurting in the exact same way. getting why they did it and refusing to forgive them... can co-exist, can’t they? just like how our bad feelings can exist without making us bad people —— like how we can both exist, right? we can make something better out of this instead of just... destroying. we don’t have to be a couple of doormats to do that. ❞

a sniffle from his darker self prompts geno to nuzzle their foreheads together, to which their body wracks with a sob. knowing well what they feel, what he feels, he gives a bitter smile.

❝ i-if you... if things had been any different, ❞ is the last thing the dark star tells him, ❝ you would be just like me. ❞

geno exhales. ❝ i know. ❞ the world grows dark around him, and the sensation of another body to his begins to fade. ❝ i know. ❞

he doesn’t fear the rise of dawn, of actual sunlight, when it finally comes.

#★ ; ( ic. ) #● ; ( prose. ) #♫ ; ( verse ~ the present. ) #event: spooky smashing fun #anddd at last! it is over!! #i was rly eager to write this it's almost 2 am hgouhgoushgg oops #time for bed ;v; heres to happy holidays! #moral of the story kidsz: its ok not to forgive #someone you might be 'expected' to forgive #maybe with what you learned #you can even help someone else a little too #abuse cw #just in case huu..........

[ibasae]

Sprout*Waning Hermitage - Tuesday 1

Mika: Uwh... Is this the right kind of feeling?

♪~ ♪~...

Hajime: ...(clapping politely)

Mika: Eh?

Hajime: Kagehira-senpai, you dance so incredibly well!

Mika: Eh? It's Hajime-kun. What's up? Why aren't you asleep, it's already past midnight?

Hajime: I have a slight case of insomnia tonight and thought some hot milk might help, so I came into the kitchen.

But then I saw the lounge's lights were still on, so I came by to check. And then I was too immersed in Kagehira-senpai's dancing---sorry if I'm disturbing you.

Mika: Nah, ya aren't disturbing me at all! Plus I was so focused, I didn't even notice.

Hajime: Are you still practicing? Didn't you already have practice today?

Kagehira-senpai is so hardworking~ I should learn from you!

Mika: Ehehe... But what I have ain't nearly enough. I gotta be more like a marionette!

Hajime: A marion...ette?

Mika: Yeah~ For our new song, we're exploring the style of ex-Valkyrie.

'N I'm playing a marionette in the MV... But I'm not up ta Oshi-san's standards at all.

I've been doing some solo practicin' to make up for it. Yet, I don't think I've figured it out still~...

Hajime: That looks tough... I would have been very fustrated if I were you.

Mika: Yer right~ 's pretty fustratin'...

But they say practice makes perfection! I don't want Oshi-san to lower his standards for me, so I've gotta work harder...!

Mika: Hah... I practiced some more after that, but 's useless... Oshi-san's gonna be disappointed in me tomorrow...

...eh?

(Ah, I thought I felt someone starin' at me. It's the doll!)

(picks up the doll...) Hey, lemme ask ya somethin', Doll-san. How do I be more like ya? I wanna be a doll, just like you.

...Ah~ It's useless for me to talk to Doll-san. 'S not like she'll talk back to me like mado-nee.

? Eh~? Ahaha, I thought the doll made a worried face. Must'a been the light.

Speakin' of which, I'm so useless. I never got around to name ya. What kinda name should I giiiive---Huu, Haaaaah~...

Is it 'cause I overexerted.... myself...? 'M so sleepy all of a sudden...

Mika: Ahaha, yeah. That's right.

My character in the new MV is so hard. I dunno where to start, 'n I'm making no progress.

Oshi-san's gonna be mad at me if this goes on~... If only I can be a doll like you.

Listen, I used to be Oshi-san's marionette too. But not anymore... I can't remember that feeling at all.

'M happy I'm a human now, Oshi-san's equal. And Oshi-san wants me to be like this, too.

But 's not like I was sad being Oshi-san's marionette, yanno?

...Huh, what did ya say? You can grant my wish? Really? 'M so happy ~♪

Eh? It just means I'm closer to what Oshi-san's standards are!

Mhmm, I don't wanna be a burden for Oshi-san.

...Hey, what did ya say? Uwh, I can't hear ya. You are getting further n' further away...

Huh...? Stay... you... for... and... ever? What's that? I can't hear ya clearly!

Doll-san, can you say that again? Ah, what's this beeping noise?

Mika: ...Uweh~? Huuuuaaaaah....?

Eh? Did I have a weird dream just now...? What was it about...

#mika kagehira #hajime shino #acanthe #sprout waning hermitage #enstars #ensemble stars

[anashins]

If You're Willing to Kiss || Taeyong

“If you’re willing to kiss, then let’s show him what he’s missing out on.”

During a stupid round of spin the bottle, your crush kisses someone else, but you make sure that he'll regret it very soon.

_____

“Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss!” the people in the circle chanted and clapped their hands simultaneously to the rhythm of their voices.

You watched in rigidity as your female best friend and your crush Jaehyun were about to kiss each other.

Reluctantly, they crawled to the middle of the circle as the chants only increased in their volume the closer they approached the spot until they were awkwardly sitting in front of each other, almost not daring to look into the opposite’s eyes, their cheeks visibly flushed.

At the same time, your heart broke into a thousand pieces.

You hadn’t signed up voluntarily to play this stupid game of spin the bottle as you sure had better things to do on a friday night, like reading or sleeping.

But you couldn’t have said no when Jaehyun had tagged you along to this party as all your friends were coming as well.

At first, you had been excited about it, because wherever Jaehyun went, you would willingly join him as you always wanted to spend as much time with your crush as possible.

After years of having hidden your feelings, tonight you had gathered enough courage to finally make a move.

But now he was about to kiss your best friend, and you felt utterly devastated as you watched how they slowly pressed their lips onto each other.

The people before had only shared light pecks without even touching one another at other parts, but Jaehyun and your best friend did not only kiss longer than required, they also started to put their hands on each other’s bodies, not minding the cheering crowd at all as though they had drifted off to their own world.

You felt sick in your stomach, murmured something along the lines of a hurried apology and excused yourself to the bathroom.

Splashing water into your face, you looked into the mirror while your fingers gripped so tightly onto the sink that your knuckles turned white in the process.

No wonder, you had always felt like that your best friend was a hundred times more beautiful and intelligent than you. Every guy wanted to go out with her, then why not Jaehyun as well?

You had seen the way they turned shy, the way they flushed at each other, and then the way they shared a chaste, yet deep first kiss with 20 other people as witnesses. You may be in love, but you weren’t naive.

If one kiss could change everything, then this had been the kiss.

The kiss he had been supposed to share with you. The kiss you had wanted to save up until it was now too late.

And before the first tears started running, you wanted to go home. Nobody would care anyway.

“Y/n, are you in there?” you suddenly heard from the other side of the closed bathroom door.

It was Taeyong, Jaehyun’s close friend, and the only one who knew about your secret crush.

“Yes, I’ll come out soon, no worries!”

You had forgotten that he was also here, but he hadn’t participated in this round of spin the bottle anyway.

Taeyong only knew about your crush because you had once poured out your heart to him when you were drunk, and until this day, you regretted it deeply as he never failed to miss a chance to tease you about this.

But always, he had kept his lips sealed in front of Jaehyun, and for this, you were grateful.

So of course he would now be the only one knowing about your true feelings after having witnessed your best friend and crush kissing each other.

Yet, you tried not to let any of your true emotions slip as you opened the door and faced him with the brightest fake smile you could pull off.

“Sorry, I just wasn’t feeling well. I think I’m going home.”

“Uh-huu…”

Taeyong inspected you from head to toe, and then decided that he wasn’t satisfied with this answer.

“You sure about this or are you just affected by the clownery Jaehyun has just pulled off?”

It had been a given that you couldn’t lie to him about this topic. Somehow, he must have gotten wind of what had happened. Perhaps, he had also purposely followed you to the bathroom.

You were just asking yourself why.

“Look, Taeyong, I don’t want to talk about it, okay?”

“Lately,” he started, “he has been talking about her a lot.”

You hesitated and gulped. “About… my best friend…?”

Silently, he nodded, confirming your fears and making your stomach churn. It hurt you more than anything ever before, and you were rendered motionless.

“I want to go home,” you then said in the same robotic manner.

At home, you could pour all your feelings out and finally started crying instead of staying at this place where you had to watch them getting closer and your best friend taking the place at your crush’s side that was supposed to be yours.

“Either that or you could stay,” Taeyong suggested.

You frowned. “Why would I want to stay?”

“Jaehyun is an extremely jealous person. If he sees you with someone else, he might regret it and realize that it’s you that he wants.”

“That’s stupid,” you judged and crossed your arms.

“How long have we been knowing each other, y/n?” Taeyong asked. “Long enough for me to know that if you don’t do something now, you will whine about it for ten years, and - no offence - I don’t have the time and patience to hear about your unrequited love for much longer. Either you do something now or you let go of him.”

“It’s already too late,” you commented dryly and wanted to pass by him, but he grabbed you by your arm, making you stop.

“Are these the words of a young woman who had fought her way through the crowd to the first row to see her favorite band up close, elbowing people to the left and right? They’re not! They’re also not the words of someone who had threatened an online seller with an imaginary consumer advice centre when they didn’t want to return her money! And you want to let him go just like that? If there was anything you have taught me, y/n, then it’s the fact that it’s never too late.”

Turning keen-eared, you asked, “So what do you suggest?”

--

Shortly after, you found yourself being part of the spin the bottle circle again.

Of course your eyes hadn’t missed out on the longing gazes Jaehyun and your best friend were throwing at each other while more and more people gathered in the middle of the circle to amuse the crowd with their kisses.

You were angry on the inside, but also full of nervousness as the bottle spun again and Taeyong jumped up, paused, and then reached out his hand to make it stop at the right time.

And the bottleneck was pointing directly at you. You inhaled deeply.

“Hey Taeyong, you wanna kiss her so badly or what?” someone shouted.

Another one added with a laughter, “He’s finally shooting his shot.”

“Shut up, the bottle is pointing at her, so that’s the rules.”

No one complained though as he crawled to the middle and you did the same. It was as though the crowd, your fellow students, actually had been wanting to see you two kiss for a long time, and you wondered whether you were right with your suggestion and why they would think that way.

Taeyong… he had always been there by Jaehyun’s side. He was Jaehyun’s friend, not yours.

Even though he always helped you with homework when you forgot yours. Even though he always handed you water at parties to keep you sobered. Even though he always gave you a ride when you missed the bus. Even though he always made you laugh when you were sad about Jaehyun again.

Even though, in a situation like this, he wanted to help you again.

There were many things Lee Taeyong did for you, yet you had never considered him your friend.

You wondered whether he felt the same way when he leaned in to you.

“If you’re willing to kiss, then let's show him what he’s missing out on,” he whispered only for you to hear. “If you’re willing to kiss, then close your eyes.”

But before you did as you had been told, you threw a last gaze at Jaehyun who looked at you with a mouth slightly agape.

Surprised that it might work, you grinned inwardly as Taeyong’s lips brushed over yours.

It had been so long that you last kissed someone, but from the first moment on, he proved to you that he was indeed a very good kisser.

Taeyong’s lips moved with yours in a very chaste way that had even something romantic to it, and it surprised you, to say the least. It was not even the manner in which Taeyong kissed you that gave you this feeling, but the way he made you feel, the emotion he delivered.

So comfortable, so warm, and raw, and you wondered whether this had been his intention all along or whether this was the usual manner in which he kissed.

So you didn’t wonder when you suddenly noticed him leaning in to you and bending your body to the point of you having to wrap your arms around his neck to look for support so as to not fall backwards, yet you didn’t stop.

Before, you had agreed on fake kissing passionately to rub it under Jaehyun’s nose, but truth to be told, the line between faking and reality slowly started to blur as you genuinely began to enjoy kissing Taeyong.

With his hands now holding onto either side of your waist, he parted your lips to deepen the kiss, and you gladly let him do so.

Even when he started using his tongue, you didn’t make him stop like he had asked you to before in case it would get too much, but you didn’t want him to just yet and pulled him even closer.

You only stopped in the moment Jaehyun interfered with an, “Enough now, it’s only a game!”

But when you pulled away and looked into Taeyong’s sparkling eyes that radiated so much fondness, you wondered how you could have missed the affection he had been holding towards you all this time.

You didn’t care much about Jaehyun’s opinion anymore. Or who he was kissing.

Because if one kiss could change everything, then this had been the kiss for you.

#taeyong #lee taeyong #taeyong imagines #taeyong scenarios #taeyong fluff #taeyong x you #taeyong x reader #nct imagines #nct scenarios #nct fluff #nct x you #nct x reader #kpop scenarios #kpop imagines #kpop x you #my writing #imagine #ah it's soft hours again

[sonderwrit]

C113: Deja vu

I Have to Be a Great Villain - Masterpost

Author's 木火然 Weibo post:

This time I'll let everyone see Qin~ This release will also talk about some events in the past, younger Qin actually had a pretty good personality (what)

—

*sniiiiiiiiffffffff*

*sniff* *sniff*

Wang Yi: ?

WY: (Kitty…nuzzling?)*

(Basically a repeat of last panel from 112)

—

WY: (Kitty nuzzling? What kind of phrase is that.)

WY: (Why is an image appearing in my head.)

*the image in question is modern!Wang Yi hugging S-0

WY: *pushes* Master, this is uncomfortable.

QX: !

QX: Apologies. Did it hurt disciple.

WY: It didn't hurt.

WY: But everyone says the Sword Saint dislikes interacting with others. So it was all lies.

QX: ….

QX: Master does dislike noisy things.

QX: It's fine, you don't understand. Have you done your daily lessons?

QX: Come back after you've swung the sword a thousand times.

WY: [inexplicably a little angry]

WY: ….huu. 

WY: (Forget it, I always knew Master was a weirdo.)

—

[Hello everyone, my name is Wang Yi.]

[Compared to those of my age, I'm a rather strange cultivator too.]

[Because…]

—

WY: Hah, hah.

WY: (Ahh… I'm no good at swinging a sword at all.)

[I can't feel emotions like normal children.]

WY: …..

WY: (It's still simpler to use spells.)

WY: *impatient* [shoots ice crystals]

Crane: *cries out as it's hit*

WY: (Ah, shoot.)

[I also possess nothing of the trait cultivators should have—compassion.]

WY: (I didn't want to hurt you.) [It was just an arbitrary shot.]

Other Crane: *crying*

WY: Eh?

WY: Why isn't the other crane leaving? Is it keeping him company?

Other Crane: *anxious bird noises*

WY: (But the bird was severely injured. It won't live, right?)

WY: (Since there's no chance of survival, I should end its suffering sooner. Once it dies, the other bird will be freed, too.)

S-0: AHHHHHH!!! SPARE THAT CRANE!

WY: ?

*crystal shards bounces off wood and slashes Wang Yi instead*

WY: Urk!

WY: (It deflected back onto me?) [My clothes are torn, it's so cold…]

WY: It hurts.

S-0: Eeeeek, why were you so careless! It's even bleeding, hurry and take care of it!

WY: Huh? You're the kitty I saw before. So you really exist.

S-0: *bats paw* It's not the time to discuss that!

S-0: (Although I agreed to hide away since Mr. Qin wants Host to regain his memories, Host's childhood self is really hard to manage.) [I have no idea what he's thinking.]

*System Y is a wanted criminal as well, and apt to be targeted*

S-0: Urk, let's just use some points to exchange for a quick-healing salve! (In any case, it's all points you've earned before.)

S-0: (Hurry up and use it.)

WY: ?

WY: … …treatment?

S-0: Mhm. (It's medicine that's not bad.)

QX: That is…

S-0: *shock*

QX: A spiritual cat? (It's rare to see spirit animals who hand over medicine.)

[Also has his memories sealed]

QX: (It's a high-class recovery salve.)

S-0: Mreow!

S-0: MREOW! *speedily flees*

WY: ?

WY: (Ah, it escaped.)

WY: Master…

WY: Why did you come?

QX: I was afraid my disciple would slack off. I came to see your sword practice. *pours salve on crane*

WY: Oh.

WY: (The crane's injuries healed.)

*wings flapping*

WY: (Why does it feel…)

WY: (A bit like deja vu?)

—

Qin Xian (?): Hey, Y!

QX(?): I said it could be saved, didn't I?

QX(?): You're such a cold System, saying things like killing it will set it free. You have no feelings at all.

Y: …….

Y: I'm a Villain System.

Y: Host signed the contract after killing many people and has exceptionally high potential as a villain. Why are you now…

QX(?): Hahah.

QX(?): Murder isn't a hobby.

QX(?): If I have to say it, compared to killing someone, the feeling of being together with Y—

QX(?): Makes me much happier.

—

WY: ? [back to his senses]

WY: (What's going on? Two big brothers suddenly appeared in my mind.) [Though I couldn't hear what they were talking about clearly……]

WY: Master. My head's dizzy…

QX: ?!

QX: Dizzy? Did you lose too much blood? (But it's such a shallow cut.)

WY: No.

WY: (Forget it, I can't tell Master. Mother says I'm too foolish…)

WY: (Saying nonsense outside will only trouble others.)

WY: *changing the subject* That medicine, it's super expensive right?

QX: …..

QX: It's expensive, but it's fine.

QX: Since disciple was going to save that crane, right?

[FLASHBACK] WY: (Then can I use this on the little bird?) [END FLASHBACK]

WY: !

WY: Oh? Did I want to save it?

WY: I was clearly planning to kill it before that…

QX: You had good intentions, but used the wrong methods.

QX: Take your time.

QX: You are master's disciple, so master will take responsibility for you.

WY: ?

[Mortals long for immortality, or power.]

WY: (Master is channeling spiritual power…into my injury?)

*injury heals*

[The things they want are things I'm good at.]

[Therefore, everyone who cares about me wants something from me.]

QX: Huu… *blows*

[But this child is different.]

[When he saw me, he only—]

QX: Does it still hurt?

[Saw me as myself.]

WY: It hurts. Master, blow on it again.

WY: (Why do I feel like this kind of Master…is a bit cute?)

WY: (Huh? What's "cute" supposed to be?)

#i have to be a great villain #manhua translations #villain 113 #preview pics are from author's weibo lol #i think i'll include them from now on since author usually says a little blurb too