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nitrozem · 3 months
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Juni Que: Hey Dad, you think you can upgrade my laptop for me?
Tony: Yeah, seems easy enough, but you gotta cook dinner then.
Juni Que: Oh uh- heh I don't think I'm good at cooking...
Tony: Well there's only one way to get better at it and your old man is gonna be too busy fixing up you computer. Don't burn down the house...
Juni Que: *sigh* Okay...
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subsequentibis · 3 months
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ok computer stuff. if you want the full sordid details theyre under the cut tl;dr it's like a ship of theseus in here
my pc was a custom build by a college friend of my brother's who souped it up to be a top of the line gaming pc, then sold it to my brother when it went out of date, then he gave it to me. so by the time i started having problems with it it was 10 years out of date, like still built to run windows 8 and shit, WOOF. we ended up buying a new motherboard, processor, and ram sticks, had an issue with the motherboard's video card but solved it with help from a very nice msi help desk agent, and then had to go and get a new hard drive and OS - it turned out it was probably the hard drive that was bad, not the motherboard, but my dad assures me that this was all for the best and i really needed and upgrade anyway, and i trust him! i'm gonna get way farther on this equipment than the old stuff. even though the only things still the same are now the video card and the computer case. AND my 1tb solid state storage drive with all my files still on it. YIPPEE for not losing my stuff!!! i'll have to redownload all the programs but that's fine. all in all i'm out about $600 which SUCKS but is a lot less than it could have been, and i haven't used my desktop in two weeks and i miss it so fucking bad. i wanna draw so fucking bad!!!
anyway on that note. i might open commissions of some form to help with that bc i have to pay for an anthrocon hotel room soon so uh. eyes peeled for that!
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mtqcomic · 7 months
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Hey!
So, you might be wondering where I've gone. I don't like talking about my real life, but I doubt I can go too long without explaining that I'm now in university, and living in residence.
So, why is this stopping me from making pages?
Up to this point, my workflow for this comic has been... odd. I've been using an old iMac that I inherited from my dad when he upgraded several years ago. It was my only desktop computer throughout high school, so it's also where I started making this comic. It runs incredibly slowly and it hasn't received software updates in years, but it does have old versions of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
Yes, that's right; up until now, I've been making this comic on an old iMac in Adobe software from 2015.
Since I had to move into a much smaller living space for university, it would be silly to bring this ancient desktop with me. It takes up way too much space for something I only ever use once a week (and which could break down irreparably at any moment).
So, I'm currently trying to figure out a new workflow on my PC. It doesn't have any of the software I've been using, so I'm gonna need to start from scratch.
When will pages resume? I don't know. Maybe next week, maybe not for another month. I'm doing my best!
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padawansuggest · 8 months
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I’m so goddamn excited. I got the best birthday present ever and it cost nothing. So me and dad already had a Roku setup because we expected we could use a tv we had for a while now but dad has since used it for his computer because he’s half blind, but. The neighbor downstairs gave away, not only an even BIGGER tv, which dad got from him, but two armchair sectionals and a middle piece that we can store things in and has cup holders. Which is awesome. So this morning dad and the neighbor spent a good 15 minutes moving them upstairs because I’m useless with that and he said yes because that means he doesn’t have to drive them to the dump, which is great. They’re still fairly good but he got a whole living room upgrade lol. So, we got a living room setup. Yesterday on my actual birthday I set up the tv and Roku but today we got the couch. Dad cleaned them off of all dust and stuff outside but he’s gonna do upholstery cleaning on them tomorrow when he’s had some sleep, then we’ll finally be able to have movie nights again, with half the issue with setting up my tablet, lol. So excited. I just love this. Also I can play switch and crochet out there so. It’s so useful.
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(An apology for all the angst lately, lol)
"Lily! Lily, wake up!"
Lily grumbles as she wakes, rubbing her eyes. She sees Lil Coding in his cat form, standing on her stomach. His tail is wagging, and it just confirms Lily's suspicion that he might be part dog.
"What?" she grumbles, gently pushing on his face to get him away.
"C'mon, we need to get up and get everything ready!" Lil Coding chuckles before hopping off of her bed.
The young girl grumbles and sits up in her bed, rubbing her eyes. She reaches for her phone on the nightstand by her bed and turns it on. She deadpans, looking down at the cat. "Get what ready, LC? It's 5 AM!"
"All the stuff for Father's Day, duh!" the cat chuckles again.
She tilts her head as she pushes off her blanket and gets out of bed. "Father's Day..?"
"Yeah!" Lil Coding nods. "For papa and dad!"
Lily hesitates. She knew full well who Lil Coding was referring to. "But.. they.. aren't my dads."
The Code snorts softly but stays quiet. He decides not to call her out on the fact that he used to think the same thing back when he first met his dads.
"Well, doesn't mean you can't help me!" he instead hums, padding over to the door. "Dad and papa actually wake up pretty early, around 8 AM, so we have some time. But we're gonna go get them some gifts!"
"What kind?" she asks, slipping on her shoes before following. She doesn't bother changing. All she wore to bed was sweatpants and a t-shirt anyway. "Like.. computer parts or something?"
"Exactly!" Lil Coding chuckles.
"Oh."
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The two are in a well known computer store just an hour later, scouring through the shelves.
"What.. are we looking for exactly?" Lily asks, keeping her voice soft. They were the only ones in the store, other than the cashier.
Lil Coding pulls out a list and hands it to her. It's divided into two, one list for SMG4 and another for SMG3. "I divided it cause it's easier." the Code shrugs.
The young girl giggles before nodding. She points to SMG3's. "I can get his stuff, and you can get 4's stuff?"
"Sounds like a plan!" Lil Coding nods. He glances once more at the list before walking off towards the parts he would need to get.
Lily took a small breath before glancing down at the list. She then glances back at the basket she's holding before exhaling. She could do this. It was fine. Lil Coding was literally two aisles over, what was she worrying about?
The young girl then, while constantly checking the list, got the parts that were needed. She wasn't sure why she was so nervous. Maybe it was because it was still so early and there weren't any people in the store.
"Got everything?" Lil Coding's sudden question made her yelp in surprise and back away. She huffs at her friend as he chuckles gently.
"Yeah, I did." she nods.
"Great!" he smiles. "Let's go!"
"Don't.. we need to pay?" Lily furrows her eyebrows.
The Code purses his lips before grabbing her hand. "There's a reason why I brought us to the only store with nonfunctional cameras and through the back entrance."
"Lil Coding-!"
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A while later, they returned to the castle, and with relative ease, the duo had upgraded SMG4&3's computer. They ran much smoother now, even smoother than before, and they had even upgraded some other aspects, too.
"Okay.. so what now?" Lily asks.
"I'll make them breakfast!" Lil Coding smiles. "And you can get them flowers!"
"Why can't I help make breakfast?" Lily crosses her arms.
As her friend stares at her, she looks away sheepishly, remembering the last several times she tried to cook. It always ended up with her burning herself and the stove somehow exploding.
"Okay." she huffs.
"I have some flowers out on the table, but I don't really know which ones work best.." he admits sheepishly and watches at Lily walks out.
As she walks back out to the foyer and to the table, she looks at the vase and the flowers there. Red roses and.. nothing else.
She purses her lips, thinking, before an idea came to mind. Of course!
She smiles and rushes to her room and rushes over to the several vases of flowers on the windowsill by her bed. Whenever she had the chance, she liked to help Luigi out at his flower shop, and sometimes he'd let her take home some flowers as thanks.
She gently takes out gardenias and peonies. She checks them other with a hum both nodding, satisfied. The young girl rushes out of her room and back to the table, gently inserting the gardenias and peonies into the vase.
Lily spends a while arranging them, and it takes her long enough that she doesn't even realize Lil Coding had finished cooking. Just as she finishes arranging the flowers, her best friend walks out of the kitchen, carrying the tray with two plates.
"Ready?" he smiles.
She picks up the vase and nods. "Ready!"
The two make their way to SMG4's room, which they knew SMG3 was sleeping in since he hadn't gone back to the Internet Graveyard the night before. Lily's the one to open the door and walk in first, her brother best friend close behind.
As she set the vase on the nightstand next to SMG3, she notices the two waking up.
"Lily..? Lil Coding..?" SMG4 mutters as he slowly sits up, rubbing his eyes. "What are you two doing up so early..? It's 8 AM.."
"We know!" Lil Coding chuckles, voice soft as he watches his papa grumble as he wakes. "Buuuuut it's Father's Day! And we wanted to make you guys breakfast! And Lily made the flower vase for you guys!"
The two SMGs blink in surprise, seeing the tray with the plates and then Lily standing to the side sheepishly, looking at the floor.
3 chuckles softly and reaches over, patting Lily's head and then his son's. "Thanks, kids. I can't imagine how long this must've took."
"Lil Coding got us up at 5 AM to get everything ready." Lily says, crossing her arms.
"5 AM?" 4 narrows his eyes at Lil Coding. "Why in the world would you be up at 5 AM?'
"We were upgrading your computers, and it took a while." Lil Coding admits with the sheepish chuckle.
SMG3 laughs softly while SMG4 only shakes his head with a gentle chuckle. Lily smiles at how happy they sound.
"Well, thank you, you two." 4 smiles and Lily feels.. prideful. Like she did something good.
"You're welcome!" the two children giggle with warm smiles. This was a good start to Father's Day.
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yubel198 · 11 months
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Revival AU notes/Headcanons part 4
((Are we doing this again? yes we are!
Sorry it’s been awhile since the last one, my computer wouldn’t let Tumblr work anymore, broke my old iPad, opened up my other one, and just got a new computer all set up. My dad’s gonna be using my old Mac Mini until he can get a new one. I’m just glad to be back and writing headcanons for this crazy AU. especially after where I left off last time.
This’ll pick up after what happened in MAR10 Day btw))
** Regarding the stream, and Garcy’s whereabouts, Garcello hides in the park, away from everyone else from Saturday to Sunday, watching the stream
** despite what SMG4 said, Gar can’t keep away from making sure he’s okay, having a feeling he knows what’s he’s going through.
**Sunday night, Meggy finds him, worried out of her mind, as Axol begged her to help him find Garcello.
**the two hug and Meggy takes Gar back to her place to clean up, where Mario’s been staying.
** Mario shows Garcy what the main event was, which hurts to see.
** the others, minus SMG3, show up, see Gar, and hug, thankful he’s okay.
** Meggy, Mario, and the others find out that Garcello’s been keeping an eye on SMG4 via the stream, when Annie asked why, he tells them “I’m worried about him, I’ve seen this behavior before.”
** SMG3 stops by, sees Garcy, and they hug.
** after the upgrades to SMG3, SMG4, Boopkins, and Meggy, along with the takeover from the castle, Gar, Niles, and Axol help, along with Steven and Glitchy Red.
** Niles and Garcy get pulled into the castle with SMG3, Meggy, and Mario.
** During the moments upstairs, after SMG3 laments about how he knows how SMG4′s feeling regarding SMG4′s thoughts, Niles is reminded of what happened in Revelations, wanting the perfect universe, bringing him to tears.
**Three and Meggy comfort him.
** Garcello remembers what happened with Lucks and Sheridan, even himself once, regarding his smoking before he died. He however says nothing.
** During the final encounter with SMG4 while he’s under Winston’s control (I think everyone’s calling the TV Adware creature Winston so I will too) SMG3, Niles, Mario, and Meggy say their pieces, Garcello however tells him he’s been in his position, knowing he has people that care about him, which is more important than any video.
** SMG4 still breaks through in the end.
**Meggy, Niles and Mario escape the castle, Garcello runs back with SMG3 after Four.
** Gar helps the two finish the video
** *the three escape and cling to the side, with Three reminding Four they’re (boy)friends, saving the two.
** Garcello climbs up himself, with Three and Fours help, getting hugged by everyone else.
** In between “It’s Gotta Be Perfect” and “My Roommate Mario” Garcello lets SMG4 stay with him for a week.
** During that week, SMG4 is apologetic for what he said while crazy on MAR10 Day, and keeps trying to make up for it throughout the week. This includes doing the chores all over the house, making dinner, and kinda overworking himself again.
** Garcello does intervene and just hugs him, explaining he knows what he went through again.
** their interaction during this: SMG4: Gar, I... I hurt you... why don’t you hate me? Garcello: .... Four... I know you weren’t in the right state of mind. SMG4: .... I wish I could take it back... *clings to him* you’re my friend... *tears up* .... I’m glad to have you in my life Garcy... I’m so sorry! *SMG4′s crying and clinging to him* Garcello: *holds him, let’s him cry*
**Garcello does forgive SMG4, by the two having a rap battle. Four accepts.
** Fun times all around.
** The guys all settle in to the Showgrounds.
((now onto other important matters))
** as of March, SMG1 and SMG2 are now engaged to be married
** the other engaged couples know 3 and 4 are next.
** Terrance and Eggdog seem to cuddle with SMG3 while he sleeps, which he doesn’t mind.
** SMG4 often gets called Jelly Bean by Ruby, mostly because he can be a bean at times.
** much like with SMG1 calling SMG2 Gumdrop thanks to Garcello, SMG3 starts calling SMG4 Jelly Bean, thanks to Ruby.
** SMG1 does get a pet name from Two, that being Bubble Gum (if you think about it, SMG1 kinda looks like a piece of blue bubble gum)
** Because of his “spicy” attitude, SMG4 calls Three “Cinnamon” to be cute. It always makes Three all flustered.
** SMG3 is best Tsundere, change my mind.
** As of the Easter story, Garcello has reunited with Masa
** While Meggy isn’t the best cook, she does watch cooking shows with Garcello from time to time, same for Desti
** Desti can’t cook either, sadly.
** Kaizo and Mario are both scared of Annie’s Liquid form
** Steven can control his “Inner Madness” aka S!3v3n, but if he’s provoked, or someone says something that’s considered, “Too far” Steven will lose control and black out.
** Mario learned this the hard way once, and is scared of S!3v3n
** Unfortunately, so is Niles (Yellow gave me the idea in her Ask the Gang series)
** BF and GF reunited with Garcello, a rematch was held.
** Mario has a tendency to T-pose when spaghetti’s mentioned.
** Bob and Birdo are dating, Swag’s married to Sonic, meanwhile Mario still gets no bitches.
((that’s all I have right now, but more is to come later down the line guys. thank you!))
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Say hello to this sweet little child!
So, Trouble Maker. Oh my, this story gonna be big. Let's start with her dad. Megatronus, popular gladiator of Cybertron. He fights with rage and always wins, but sometimes he looses some of his parts. Thankfully he can afford repairing himself, sometimes he upgrades himself, and his old parts usually being sold to some fanatics or scientists. That decision wasn't the best he did, but he was to young to see that. When the war started, a group of autobots' scientists run away, hided on a moon, and started their new base there. They were building machines, guns, creating new armory, even biological weapons. They were stealing deceptions' blueprints, following their steps. And one day, one of them decided to create a super soldier. Fem bot called Digit discovered that they actually had the access to Megaton's DNA(or CNA is that what it called on Cybertron?), one of the scientists bought a spare part of Megatron's brain(? Sorry I am not in that cyber things the thing is that part contains his logic and strategy abilities, I believe he decided to upgrade his brain to become even more powerful) wanting to study his unique abilities, but now when autobots have some of Decepticons blueprints, they can make something even better. Shockwave's technology of growing a new organism using part of an old one, and some Megatron's CNA helped Digit to create a soldier, as big and as smart as Megatron, his perfect opponent that could finally kill him... Well, not exactly... She used this technology for the first time, so the end product was a little... defective. Little girl was developing very good, but she opened her eyes way faster that she needed to, started looking around, wondering. Digit couldn't take it, it was a sweet little child, some mom instincts woke up in her, and she freed her sooner that she supposed too. The girl was small, just like a regular Cybertronian child, but she already got a grownup brain, she was smart, but mentally of course still a child. So the moment she escaped the tube, she started running around, looking at everything, touching everything. Scientists weren't ready. Who would think that such a little thing can cause so much destruction? The laboratory was a big mess, so they all collectively decided to call this little one Trouble Maker.
Trouble was growing, she was supposed to be as big and strong as Megarton, but Digit used this inconvenience to make her even stronger. They were teaching little trouble how to shoot, how to fight, how to create a strategy, they were preparing her to kill Megatron, but of course they kept away from her the fact that Megatron was technically her father. Even coded this information in their journal so little smart girl wouldn't accidently find out. It was all going very well, right until one moment. Eventually Decepticons found the secret base.
It happened when Trouble was 8 human years, still very small but already old enough to understand what's going on. They saw the big army of flying transformers approaching. They all knew what's going to happen. They started hiding everything, hiding important files, hiding their inventions. Digit came up to her daughter. She said they are going to play hide and seek, but she needs to hide in a place where nobody could find. Trouble knew that is not true, but what could she do? She hid in a storage with the rusty energon, it wasn't good for consuming, but was perfect for running machines of the laboratory, and it was well hidden, nobody cared for this little storage. And that was a very good thing... She heard shoots, she heard screams, booms, it was a chaos... it didn't last long, all this bots were scientists, not fighters... decepticons started collecting everything they could get, energon, machines, computers, they loaded all of it on one of too starships that was on the moon, they would also take the second one but it was broken. And then they started preparing to fly away. Trouble was sitting in a storage, scared, but dead silent. She couldn't let them find her. She heard heavy footsteps. Two decepticons was coming her way, making sure they took everything. One of them saw the storage. He stopped, and looked inside, and he even gasped happily that he found more enegron, but then he noticed the child. Small, crying, looking at him with her big eyes, thinking she will die right now... "Knockout, you found something?" Second decepticon approached, but first immediately closed the storage door. "I thought I saw energon but it was just a spill." "Shame. Let's go back, nothing left here" And they went away... This decepticon saved her?... Why did he do that? She didn't know... But she will remember his face till the end of her life. Trouble waited for a little bit and decided to finally get out. Everybody was gone. Some energon was spilled on the floor, she knew someone was injured... She managed to see how one of the spaceships is flying away, with all her people inside... She was left and forgotten.
Time started passing by. Trouble needed to find her way out of this abandoned base on the moon. Luckily her grownups left her some hidden things, not everything was taken. She found a computer that she started using to learn how to repair the second spaceship. She was using some old appliances to make herself toys, training her sniper skills, fighting with loneliness. Big problem of hers was the energon. Some of that rotten one was left, and she needed it to live. So she started consuming it, but she also was saving it, eating only the small portions and not every day, she learned to keep energy by sleeping. Of course that impacted the way she was growing, she was supposed to grow up big and strong, but his diet only gave her small and weak body. She lost her ability to express emotions with her face, it just atrophied, and her sound detectors(ears) became very sensitive, but that was absolutely no problem, she was alone anyway. Her skills were becoming better and better, she slowly was repairing her spaceship, only thinking about her mother... wanting to find her, to find all other autobots, and now WANTING to kill Megatron... He was the one who did it to her, and he is going to pay. One day she saw something in the sky, big... circle, she didn't know what was that, but she saw someone up there, building it more and more... And one day she woke up to the big explosion of that circle, and she saw blue color... That was energon. That was transformers. Her people were around here somewhere. She became even more desperate to finish the space ship, she only knew about other autobots by the pictures in her computer, but she knew that they will understand her, and finally, one day, she did it. Her Spaceship was finished. She took all of her things, all the toys, all the energon that left, all the machines, and finally escaped the moon. She flew to the Earth, sending SOS signals to find her people, but little did Truoble Maker know what will happen to her in the future... Yay! Finally! If you've read all the way down here than I am impressed! Thank you! This is not the end, this is only the start, and if you want to know what will happen next, then please tell me that! Also sorry for mistakes if you see them! Love you all <3
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fedoranonymous · 2 years
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Once again reminiscing about my first computer, the first one that was just mine and not dad's old one, now dubbed the family computer and kept in the living room, but my own computer kept in my own room, which had a whopping 256 megabytes of storage, and which I could upgrade to an unnecessarily generous 512 megabytes (what we today would call "half a gig") by replacing both very expensive memory cards.
And now this glorified walkie talkie I'm holding "won't work properly due to system space running out" at 1.2 gigabytes available. And this is provably true!!
It's only been about twenty years. Twenty years before that, having multiple working computers in the home was a feat that my dad could only achieve by becoming the neighborhood's Apple II repairman, and he had to give the extras back once he got them working.
Where are we gonna be at in another twenty years?
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bestomato · 2 years
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13, 14, & 15 for the ask game? :]c
HEHE HII TY!! :-D
13. A creator who you admire but whose work isn't your thing
Tatsuki Fujimoto i think! Chainsaw Man is his main work right now and the reason he's most known for but i don't find the story appealing personally. however i did read both of his oneshots just to see how his work was like and Oh My God. Look Back is great honestly, but instead of being more enthralled in the actual events of the story when i read it i was Taking Notes on how he managed to achieve certain plot points and story beats and how the paneling got across exactly what he wanted to say. i don't remember the other one too much, it wasn't as appealing and mind-opening to me as Look Back tbh
14. Any favorite motifs
LORD ALMIGHTY this might get personal but i am obsessed with art that has more focus on backgrounds than in characters lately and i really want to explore that in my work. it's so interesting how everything in art can be seen as its own entity? everything has its own soul and we act as the gods of our own universes etc. massive extra points for me if the background is super desolate and/or filled with nature, maybe with some abandoned buildings too. despite me coming from a kiiiinda rural town, it's still quite packed and i do have to make trips to the main city because Everything Right Now revolves around that place it's insane . i've been fortunate enough to be living alongside nature and cement, but i always grieve about the things we keep losing and the things that will never come back. this is both about green lands with healthy life flowing through it as well as abandoned hotels, houses etc that i see too. the city keeps growing and it keeps forgetting. it needs to abandon its pain to continue growing like moss throughout terrains that are risky to inhabit. i want to make a whole ass essay on how i feel about my state but i won't post it anywhere for obvious reasons LOL
15. Where do you draw
ok so to make the answer more interesting i'm gonna go waaay back LMAO.. i drew at my house first, in multiple rooms, in multiple canvases (printer paper, my sister's books, etc). then i drew in school too. then i got a screenless tablet and was confined to the desk and the old computer to draw, and i also continued drawing at school. then we upgraded the computer and changed desks so i drew there, but in the same room with my dad's star wars etc figurines and comic books and all that jazz. then i got an ipad and now i draw inside the house all over the place LMAO because i hate staying still. i also draw on my notebook outside but less often nowadays. i never had, never do and never will take my ipad out of my house though <3 it's for its own safety
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futuresconnected · 3 months
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Like A Dragon Quest Continues: Yakuza 3, Path of Exile, Escape From Tarkov
Hello gamers, I'm back with another weekly wrap up! Busy couple weeks for me, messing around with a few different things.
The big one is that Like A Dragon Quest continues apace. This is how im gonna refer to my plans to play through the Yakuza series, since that is how the series is named in Japan and going forward outside Japan as well, and I think its a good pun on the title and Dragon Quest, the games that the recent RPG forays of the series are taking direct inspiration from.
To that end, this week I played through pretty much all of Yakuza 3. This game sees Kiryu leaving Kamurocho behind to start and run an orphanage in Okinawa where he hopes to live a peaceful life away from trouble. As you may expect, this does not go well. He gets a good two years of being a dad to Haruka and the others before some mess with the Tojo clan forces him back into action. Overall I really liked the game, I think that the story is really good, a ton of great characters to bounce around and some good side stories, plus the combat was pretty enjoyable for being the oldest one of these games that I am going to play. I think where the game really shines is in the surprisingly large amount of time the game spends on Kiryu just doing dad stuff: helping make dinner, going shopping, helping the orphans settle disputes and doing a lot of parenting along the way. It's bittersweet to see all of this in the game however, knowing that the series continues for long after this and Kiryu doesn't quite get the peace he deserves. Definitely one of the better games in this series that I've played.
I also played through Yakuza 4 in the time since my last blog post, and my thoughts on that one are a bit less positive. This game sees the player take control of four different characters (including Kiryu) over the course of the game, and while I generally like all the characters well enough and enjoyed how they played, I felt like giving each character a whole bunch of ways to spend time and upgrade their abilities was a bit annoying once I realized I was only going to be playing as them for 6 or so hours a piece. I also didn't care as much for the overarching plot in this one, it was nice to see how the ripples of the previous games' events impacted other people, but I felt that over time the conspiracy plot and who was backstabbing who got more silly than anything else, especially coming off the heels of the third game, which had a stronger emotional core and more interesting plot twists overall. Probably the worst one of these that I've yet played, but it was only about 30 hours and was still prettty decent.
I dabbled a little with Escape from Tarkov, a big new patch for the shooter came out recently and I wanted to dip my toe in and see how I felt. The game is very fun, but is definitely the kind of game you would want to play seriously for a few weeks, and right now I've got other things distracting my attention, mainly a rekindled love affair with Path of Exile.
Path of Exile is, simply put, a game for freaks. And I have been a freak for over 1000 hours in that game easily. But its not often you get to witness someone else turn into that kind of freak as well! A few weeks ago my friend Wes told me that he had been tasked by another friend (due to them winning a fantasy football league) that he had to play through at least act 5 of PoE (halfway through the base game, maybe a 10th of the whole experience) and I took it upon myself to be his guide through the crazy experience that is path of exile.
If you're not familiar, this is a game in the genre of Diablo Style Action RPGs, and over the ten years that I have been playing PoE it has developed (devolved?) into a game where your player characters zip across the screen at incredible speeds mowing down hundreds of monsters and producing enough calculations and particle effects to humble even the strongest of computers. Again, this is a game for freaks. From the start, I taught Wes how to play the game like I play it, with an eye towards the end and no time to think too hard about the first half of the game. Hour by hour, I taught him about gem links, movement skills, third-party build planning tools, currency, trading, the whole 9 yards. And the most gratifying experience has been hearing him slowly turn into a true-blooded PoE sicko, cackling as he jumps around the screen blowing up everything in his path. Being on this journey with him all the way to the endgame maps has been so much fun, and honestly reminded me of my own love for the game. I am so excited to be able to play more of this game in the future, I've got the bug for it again.
That's all for this update, thanks for sticking with me, and I'll see you next week as Like A Dragon Quest continues with Yakuza 5!
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crimsun-n-clover · 4 months
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i graduated recently. forgot to post about that.
not really much of a difference.
my parents have been off work for christmas which has sucked major ass. i’ve been sleeping until 5 just so i don’t have to leave my room and interact with them. the amount of times i almost started crying randomly today?? fucking pathetic. i REALLY hate christmas man.
met a hot girl at the record store on saturday. she has my insta now and i wished her a happy birthday so i’m winning at hot people social interaction.
maggie stayed over one night this week and we both sobbed our fucking eyes out watching mamma mia. what happened was she has never seen it, and the previous week my parents were gone for the evening so i got tipsy and watched it (bc i was gonna audition for donna in a local production and also it’s a good fucking movie) and bitched to her that slipping through my fingers SHREDDED ME. and then when she agreed to spend the night when my parents were away AGAIN we both cried during that scene. it wasn’t as bad sober.
i applied for a freelance captioning gig so i can do it from my computer without my parents knowing. i finished my application today and only had to lie a little bit.
mom and dad got me a new car for christmas. i don’t want a new car. i’ll take it, but it was upsetting to have them not listen to me. “what’s your dream car?” “my car” because i LOVE my car. charlie, maggie, daisy, mickey, and i all say that she has a personality and opinions. i can tell when she doesn’t like the music because the air conditioner stops working. i can tell when she’s upset because the engine sputters. i can tell when she’s happy because the acceleration is smooth and quick. i talk to her and treat her like a friend, because she IS. when i was making emergency plans, almost all of them involved hiding out and living in my car. i survived a bad accident in my car and rebuilt her. she gets me away from my parents. she’s my baby. she’s past her engine’s expected life span but i love her and she loves me. there are all sorts of little tricks to make things work, and that makes it a hostile environment for my parents which is FANTASTIC. they don’t feel welcome in my car.
and one day my parents drag me out of bed and there’s two of the same car in the driveway. because i didn’t want a new car, they got me the SAME car with less miles on it, leather seats instead of fabric, no accidents, all that shit. i don’t understand how someone can miss the point so hard. “i don’t want a new car” “okay so we’ll get you the same car with slight upgrades and spend several thousand dollars on it because WE think your car is cheap and shitty and we don’t care what you think”
i wish they just let me have the money for a down payment on a trailer. it’s not like i’m ungrateful, i just don’t understand. the new car keeps needing parts and they’re all upset that they can’t get rid of MY car faster.
whatever. i know it’s a strange thing to complain about, but it summarizes my parents.
“i like this thing and it makes me happy and comfortable” “we may have lived through poverty and addiction and other things that people look down on us for but we’re still judgmental assholes and think it’s cheap or weird or some other thing because we’re old conservatives” “that’s ridiculous why would you say that” “i don’t KNOW stevie we can never WIN WITH YOU you’ll understand when you’re OLDER and also KEEPING UP APPEARANCES RAHHH IM FUCKING RACIST”
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ultrastupid · 8 months
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I'm gonna slop down all the (mostly safe for tumblr dfklgjdfkl) headcanons I have for 1010 (along with Sayu gkldfjgkl). I literally keep them all in a doc file.
(Note: In my canon, Neon J is not their dad and 1010 are not brothers (this is a popular headcanon might I add, not actual game canon), and it takes place 5 years after the events of the game so Sayu is 21) (Sorry olden days of NSR fandom drama makes me always have to say that as a defense mechanism lmao) (Some mentions of genitalia but only VERY brief, anything else that isn't flat out removed gets censored with a humorous [REDACTED] label)
Applies to all of 1010 -Omnisexual and omniromantic, with different preferences -All have the ability to switch genitalia between dick or pussy, and can even have them both out at the same time -Their black-and-white sailor outfits are really plates more or less, that cover up their body with is a frame covered in soft, sensitive silicone skin. They can retract these plates so expose their body and wear other clothes -All of them have an animalistic (animal traits) form -Not related to each other in my headcanon because they are robots lmao -Also not related to Neon J for the same reason, he's just their creator -Used to have a kid form, then teen form, and currently have their final adult form -They are waterproof, can eat and "digest" (incinerate) food, cry, sweat, drool, piss (oil), bleed (thicker oil), and even have fake silicone organs, motherboard/CPU functions as their brains -All have a power associated with them -Cheeks glow brighter for blush, cheeks also can have different sensations when rubbed/touched -Can go multiple days without needing to recharge, but still tend to sleep normally (which recharges them) -They all have surge protector functions, and electric shocks that would damage them instead make them [REDACTED] -They can get computer viruses that act like real viruses and make them sick -1010 are still combat bots so they are VERY powerful, strong, and huge -Neon modeled 1010 after fallen comrades from the war in his unit... Minus Rin. Rin looks like he did before he got a screenhead
Rin (Nickname Rinrin) -The leader of 1010, the face of the band, tends to do the talking in interviews -Oldest member (first created) -Also the shortest at 8 feet -His charm method: All of 1010's charm methods combined -His flavor/scent: Vanilla -Omni with no preferences -Animalistic form: Puppy -In a relationship with: Zuke because I ship onionship sdgljkdg -Power: Hyalokinesis (glass), typically in the form of dangerous shards, but also able to shatter people like glass with strength -Cheeks: Feels smooth like glass, when happy it feels really good to touch, when mad it's sharp like glass shards -Body/build: Twinkish, relatively lithe -Other info: Despite being the leader, he is submissive both in the normal way and the [REDACTED] way, he doesn't like making the decisions and usually leaves that to Purl-hew. Or Neon. Also he has a heavy crush on Neon. Also why 1010 got SEX upgrades after Zuke's [REDACTED] short circuited him LMAO
Purl-hew (Nickname Purly) -The cool mysterious guy of 1010, doesn't show many emotions, most intelligent -Second oldest (second created) -Second tallest at 10 feet -His charm method: Staring/his eyes, he wears shades because he's accidentally made fans [REDACTED] before -His flavor/scent: Blue raspberry -Omni with a preference for men (or anyone with a DONG) -Animalistic form: Kitty -In a relationship with: Zimelu -Power: Cryokinesis (ice), able to form ice and create cold, has turned people into ice and shattered them before -Cheeks: Feels cool, when happy it feels comfortably cool, when mad it's cold enough to cause frostbite -Body/build: Very lithe, next to no muscle -Other info: He always has a semi-renewed bite mark on his neck (from Zimelu~), has two simple black ear piercings, likes water (he's the reason 1010 got waterproof upgrades, love to swim, shower, bathe, etc), second-in-command under Rin
Zimelu (Nickname Melu) -The bad boy of 1010, tsundere as HELL, somewhat rowdy, strongest member, big softy deep down -Middle child (third created) -THE tallest at 10 foot 10 inches -His charm method: His voice, fans have [REDACTED] from his voice alone, he knows just what to say as well -His flavor/scent: Strawberry -Omni with a preference towards anyone with a COOCH -Animalistic form: Bull -In a relationship with: Purl-hew -Power: Pyrokinesis (fire), able to make fire, raise temperatures, has burned people bad enough to expose bones -Cheeks: Feels warm, when happy becomes warmer, when mad it's hot enough to cause burns -Body/build: Tiny waist, firm [REDACTED], broad shoulders, FAT chest, [REDACTED], bodybuilder-like -Other info: He has piercings everywhere, his tongue is 2 feet long and retractable, shark teefs, mohawk is almost always down off to side, loves to cook, this man will take any opportunity to snuggle others, the reason 1010 got fireproof upgrades (was/is a pyromaniac), third-in-command to Rin
(Zimelu's piercings specified, all black) -Nose: Septum piercing (bull ring~) -Ears: Industrial piercing, gauges, multiple rings, multiple spikes, multiple studs -Lips: Canine bites (studs up top rings on bottom) -Tongue: Stud near the tip of tongue (when retracted, looks like normal "middle") -Hips: One stud on each side -Navel: Barbell -Nipples: Barbells [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [JUST TRUST ME HE'S PIERCED EVERYWHERE]
Eloni (Nickname Loni) -The odd guy, tends to be shy and has low self esteem, tends to crack jokes a lot -Second youngest (fourth created) -Second shortest at 9 feet -His charm method: His touch, his fingers feel like magic, he's a hugger and snuggler too~ -His flavor/scent: Green apple/lime, depending on partner's preference -Omni, no preference -Animalistic form: Deer -In a relationship with: Sayu and Haym -Power: Ergokinesis (energy), can manipulate raw energy into hard matter (usually spikes), has impaled/crushed many people -Cheeks: Feels velvety soft, when happy feels VERY soft, when mad turns spiky like thorns -Body/build: Chubby, messy hair, soft middle and chest, decent [REDACTED], no muscles -Other info: His hair is almost always down from his ring in a ponytail, his hair is prehensile, he's traumatized (fans [REDACTED] [REDACTED] him), has scars all over his silicone skin (minus his face/neck and hands, aka what's visible normally), the reason 1010 got surge protector upgrades, fourth-in-command to Rin
Haym (Nickname Sunshine) -The young cute happy guy, very energetic half the time, and sleepy and unable to focus the other -THE youngest (fifth created) -Middle height at 9 foot 5 inches -His charm method: His smell and taste, produces aphrodisiac pheromones and spit, self explanatory -His flavor/scent: Lemon -Omni, preference for people with BREASTS -Animalistic form: Bunny -In a relationship with: Sayu and Eloni -Power: Electrokinesis (electricity), can zap at varying intensity, has zapped people into ash before -Cheeks: Feels tingly with electricity, when happy it tingles so nicely, when mad it can make a nasty shock -Body/build: Tall femboy, nice [REDACTED], skinny and kind of girly -Other info: His hair is long and always down, loves sweet foods, has robot bipolarity complete with insane manias and violent depressive crashes, loves to bake, fluent in "Japanese" (Akusukan?), was actually a Sayu fanboy before they met, the reason 1010 has taste and digestion upgrades, fifth-in-command to Rin
Beta 1010 (Nicknames Ichi, Ni, and San, aka Japanese number puns lmao) -Three almost identical clones, they were the prototypes for 1010 -Made before the others -10 foot even -Their charm method: A weaker version of Rin's (aka everything) -Their flavor/scent: Blackberry -Omni, no preference -Animalistic form: Birds -In a relationship with: Each other -Power: Mild telekinesis -Cheeks: Feels soft and pleasant, when happy it's REALLY soft, when mad it feels rough -Body/build: Very average, tall, slim hips and wide chests -Other info: They are based off the unused/beta 1010 from the early development of the game, they were hiding out in the flying factory for years, Neon J thought they were dead, they are very shy and timid, they are VERY weak to praise because they don't get it often (remember that 1010 is technically powered on praise in canon), they get found and join 1010 and gain fans so happy ending, sixth-in-command to Rin, despite having different names and tiny differences treating them as one is recommended, they still have the 1010 synchronization urges hard-coded into them, feels vulnerable and lost when split up
Sayu (No nickname dlgjkdfl) -She is 21 years old in my canon so not only can she fuck but she can legally drink lmao -About 12 feet when interacting with 1010/organics, normally around 50 feet and can change size -Her charm method: Same as Rin, all the charms of 1010 with even more powerful voice and pheromones -Her flavor/scent: Passion fruit -Omni, preference for men with ANY genitalia -Animalistic form: None, she's already a mermaid girl lmao, I am NOT giving her back the Fishyu form -In a relationship with: Eloni and Haym -Power: Able to switch between physical form and virtual form at will, can manipulate technology, connected to databases 24/7, can summon tentacles (to help her do things but yes, also for [REDACTED], lmao) -Body/build: Uses her 1st form from the game because fuck it's less complicated to write lmao, big [REDACTED] because she is an adult -Other info: She's a food addict and prefers salty foods, she drinks sake, she can cook and bake really well, she watches a LOT of [REDACTED], fluent in "Japanese" (Akusukan?), was actually a Haym fangirl before they met
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mask-of-prime · 11 months
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Went through a significant hardware change since I believe some kind of malware might've sent my already very geriatric Gigabyte computer into BIOS/Windows 10 purgatory, stuck on an "Insert or Reboot Secure Boot Media" black screen that won't respond to any keyboard shortcuts. For the past year, I'd been quickly running out of space in my C: Drive and have been getting automatically sent to BIOS. Even by treating these things, such as getting an external disk drive and replacing the motherboard's CMOS battery, my computer didn't seem to run much better. I think my computer giving out was bound to happen.
All of my files are safe and on a new device. Only casualties I think were some desktop games/software I don't use anymore.
But yeah if that's the case, if my old computer really is out, then RIP to my Gigabyte computer: (January 17, 2015 - May 7, 2023). You did great, little guy.
I'm gonna miss these:
- The Windows user interface that I've been raised to use since I was 4.
- Windows-brand features such as Movie Maker, Media Player, etc.
- The standard color profile for Windows that definitely influenced how I perceived/mixed colors in my drawings.
- Especially, the old version of GIMP that I'd been using for a decade for most of my art on here. I used GIMP 2.8, and now the new one is GIMP 2.10 I believe.
I now have a Macbook Air that I actually got ahead of time because my dad and I knew the Gigabyte was getting old. I'm looking forward to these benefits:
- Mac is the industry standard when it comes to digital illustration/animation, which is my major.
- The newest Macbook can handle quite a lot, so I have a better time running Adobe programs.
- If I still want/need to use GIMP, the 2.10 upgrade is designed to work much more like Photoshop, even down to the interface and keyboard commands.
- I've been consistently using Macs in high school and college for 6 years, now, so I adapted to the Mac interface quickly.
Only big disadvantage rn that I think will be distracting when it comes to art production is that I have yet to get the Macbook's resolution to look good on my TV monitor, makes the text all crinkled and offset, which means it'll look art on there look bad too. I miss looking up at a screen than hunched over a laptop lol
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Noob setup. I've been working on computers my whole life but not with them as intimately as I have been thanks to #theodinproject Its just an old tv for the side monitor but im hoping it'll help not having to click through so many pages on my laptop. . The laptop itself came from my dad's old work. They closed and didn't take their computers so he kept his. It was locked down due to an admin password something-or-other and he couldn't get it to unlock so he was gonna trash it but I asked for the shell. So I wiped the OS and added #ubuntu with a thumb drive I had made and boom. Free computer. Better processor then the desktop I have which.... . The Desktop is for my son's school and roblox. My goal with that lovely $300 paper weight is upgrading the RAM and GPU. Maybe another part depending on what it looks like once I take it apart. Eventually I think it'll come alone nicely. Currently for where I'm at I think it's perfect 🥰 💞 👌 #noob #newbeginnings #webdevelopment #selfteaching #learning #growthmindset #nevertooold https://www.instagram.com/p/ClTyPYWuUlq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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zelly-raptor · 1 year
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14/11/2022: Spiderbatvember day 14: Concussive Man.
I was gonna post this yesterday but I got to preoccupied with using my Dad's old Laptop (Since I bust the other one 😖). This is my Interpretation for Day 14's character prompt "Concussive Man" an Amalgamation of X-Mens Cyclops and Doom Patrols Negative Man.
Meet Scott Trainor former Jet Pilot and Adventurer. And on one Fateful day Scott accidentally crashed into the mountains of Eastern Europe, whilst trying to get to civilization Scott missed his Footing and Fell into a Radioactive lake. Exposed to the Strange radioactive Energies Scott's body changed Into pure Crimson Energy and he would have vanished complete.
Luckily Roborine (aka Jane Howlett) was close by that day and using her Computer Brain she was able to keep Scott's energy form into her Robot body till they could get some help.
Scott's energy form was then Transferred into a Special suit that Locks in his Energy form Till they can find away to return Scott back to normal.
Scott/Concussive Man can now Fire Optic Blasts from his Visor and his Energy form can also Escape out of his Special outfit and can merge with various machinery kinda like what Upgrade does from Ben 10 😅.
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#Zellyraptor #Doczink #spiderbatvember2022 #Spiderbatvember #Artchallenge #Artwork #Illustrationwork #Uniballink #Pencilsketch #Blackwingmattepencil #Medibang #Medibangpaintpro #Medibangedit #Lineart #Linedrawing #Someoneelsescharacters #Concussiveman #Amalgamation #Cyclops #Negativeman #Xmen #Doompatrol #Superheroes #Specialsuit #Energyform #TheInvisibleman #Weirdsuperheroes #Costumedesign #Day14
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bucksfucks · 3 years
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𝙁𝘽𝙍𝙊 ; 𝗯𝘂𝗰𝗸𝘆 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀 [𝟳/𝟭𝟭]
summary┃bucky’s past comes back with a vengeance and you’re determined to get the answers you’ve been searching for. 
pairing┃roommate!bucky x f!reader
word count┃2,682 words
warnings┃bucky’s past is revealed, character mentions; [sam wilson, natasha romanoff, tony stark], pet name [kid (platonic), sweets & baby], threats made against bucky + reader, trust-issues, mention of hit-men, brief mention of death, phone sex, praise kink, masturbation, mention of toys, slight angst, soft ending — 18+ ONLY • MINORS DNI
notes┃there is A LOT of plot here but also some filthy goodness and a sprinkle of angst <<3
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     Ex-wife.
    Bucky’s words echoed in your ears as he didn’t dare to look at you.
    His ex-wife was threatening you.
    And he didn’t think to mention her? Ever?
    “Can I please explain?” Bucky croaked finally, voice sounding broken as you shrugged your shoulders — in a state of shock.
    That was all he needed before he recounted his previous relationship with the woman who was now sending you threatening emails.
    Married young, too young and too fast and it ended up blowing up in their faces.
    Well, clearly she hadn’t gotten over it.
    “I thought I lost her,” he explains. “I thought that moving halfway across the country would be enough.”
    You finally looked up to meet his eyes, glossy, sad and terrified as you sniffled.
    “There’s a reason only Tasha calls me James.”
    It broke your heart hearing that, the way his head hung low and he nearly winced at the sound of his own goddamn name.
    But you didn’t know who to trust anymore.
    Bucky always glossed over how he, Sam, and Nat knew each other — telling you that they were old friends that go back.
    How far back?
    You needed to know, but clearly you weren’t about to get answers from him.
    “Buck,” he stopped you, taking a step closer as his eyes begged and pleaded you not to finish your sentence. 
    “I can’t,” he shook his head, “I need some time.” 
    You couldn’t bring yourself to say those words that would shatter both of your world’s. But you had no idea what the hell you had gotten yourself into and you needed answers. 
    And you knew exactly who to go to for them. 
    “I understand,” Bucky sighed. “I’ll stay at Sam’s for some time, okay?” 
    You could only nod your head, watching him walk past you and into his door. 
    Then he shut it, something he never did because his door was always open for you. No matter what you needed and no matter what time of day it was. 
    It felt...wrong. 
    But you couldn’t dwell on it, grabbing your keys, phone, and whatever other important things you could think of being you nearly bolted out of the front     door. 
    You plugged your headphones into your phone, hitting shuffle and descending down into the subway. 
    The entire ride made you anxious, slowly approaching your stop and you were way out of place in this crowd. 
    People rushed by you in expensive suits and what you could only guess were the infamous red-soled shoes that were worth close to your monthly rent, if not more. 
    You cringed, thinking of the man you were about to see in his stupidly tall office building that you had to crane your neck at an uncomfortable angle just     to get a look at. 
    The elevator could not have taken longer, tapping your foot impatiently as you rode up to what felt like the heavens before the doors opened to revel smooth wooden doors that reach from the ceiling to the floor. 
    You were so close, before you were stopped. 
    “Ma’am, I’m sorry, you can’t be here right now.” A man’s voice stopped you, dressed in a security guard uniform and oh, this was so him. 
    “I know him,” you said, intent on seeing the man probably sitting behind those large doors. 
    “I’m sorry, I can’t let you do th—”
    “It’s okay, Marv. I know her,” his voice came not from behind the doors, but from the long hallway to your left. 
    The security guard, Marv, nodded his head as he looked at you once more before retreating back to where he was leaning against one of the walls. 
    “This is a surprise,” you rolled your eyes, “Tony, please. I don’t wanna hear it.” 
    He walked over to you, embracing you in a hug, “oh c’mon, I’ve missed you, Kid.” 
    You shook your head, “I haven’t been a kid in years,” you tried to remind him, but it was Tony, he wasn’t going to listen as he just laughed it off and welcomed you into his office. 
    It was much different from last time, all new furniture and appliances, but nothing lasted more than a year with Tony. 
    Tony was an old friend, sort of.
    He was an old friend of your father’s, something like an uncle, but also like your older brother. 
    So just one giant pain in your ass.
    “So,” Tony sighed. “What trouble did you get into this time, Kid?”
    You told Tony everything. 
    From being roommates with Bucky to the way he asked you to be his fake girlfriend to Sam’s wedding and all the way to the situation you were in now. Confronted by his ex-wife without any idea of what she was going to do. 
    Tony had that look on his face. The one where he was going to tell you that you were crazy. 
    “I don’t know how you manage to get yourself into these situations,” he chuckled, hand clamping over your shoulder as he walked around his desk and typed something into his computer. 
    “Last name is,” he looked at you. “Barnes.” 
    He nodded his head, typing away at his computer again before he stopped. 
    There was a brief moment of silence, Tony hiding behind the computer screen before he stood up and walked back around the desk, “I’m gonna need some time.”
    You understood, shaking your head. You were asking Tony to hack into any known database and collect as much data on Bucky as you could. It was wrong, but you just needed to know who you were dealing with. 
    “Thank you, Tony. I-I really appreciate it.” You weren’t good when it came to...well, the heartfelt side of things but luckily neither was Tony. 
    “Don’t get sappy on me now, Kid. You know it makes me sick,” he joked playfully, smile on his lips as you stood up to give him a half hug. 
    “I’ll call you as soon as I know anything.” He promised before you walked out of the too-tall building with far more questions than you came with. 
    It was a waiting game that you didn’t want to play, but you didn’t have a choice. 
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    It seemed like your relationship with Bucky was doomed from the start. 
    Friends to lovers rarely, if ever, works out in anyone’s favour. 
    The fake dating trope you could handle, pushing your feelings aside to help Bucky win a bet didn’t seem like the worst thing in the world. You had a great time, great fucking sex, and a trip out of it. 
    Then Steve wouldn’t leave the picture. Going as far as coming to the wedding as Natasha’s boyfriend to spite you not realizing that you and Bucky had gotten married. 
    Married. 
    You and Bucky were married. Bonded in a whole other way and now, his ex-wife was out for you and him. 
    Maybe this was a sign from the universe, a big red fucking flag telling you that it wasn’t worth it and yet...you couldn’t let go. 
    The apartment felt empty without Bucky, his bedroom left the way it was in the morning with your favourite sweater of his laid out on the covers and a little post-it note on top of it. 
    You never could really decipher Bucky’s handwriting. It was absolute chicken scratch as you picked it up and managed to make out in case you get cold scribbled onto it. 
    It was an easy decision to pull it over your head and drown yourself in the scent of Bucky’s cologne as you fiddled with the small gold band you now wore around your neck as a necklace. 
    You didn’t want anyone other than Bucky. There was no in the world who understood you better. Who knew how to make you laugh when you were having a bad day. 
    Everything led you right back to Bucky. 
    So when your phone rang from the other side of the couch, you were secretly hoping it was Bucky. 
    Instead, Tony’s name flashed and your heart sank into your stomach as you quickly hit answer and held the phone up to your ear. 
    “You’re not gonna like this, Kid.” Tony’s voice flowed through the speakers as you took a shaky breath in and braced yourself for what Tony was about to tell you. 
    “He did a damn good job at erasing his history, but you can’t erase all of it,” Tony chuckled as you rolled your eyes, “quit stalling.”
    He sighed, “the Howling Commandos was an organization tasked with,” he paused, “tasked with collecting intel and making sure that information never got released to the public.” 
    This time, it was your turn to fall silent. 
    “Like, spies?” You asked and Tony hummed, “sort of.” 
    “They had spies, agents, hit-men.” 
    No. You shook your head, no. 
    “James Buchanan Barnes was their highest ranking hit-man. Him, along with Sam Wilson and Natasha Romanova worked as a team. A spy, agent, hit-man trio.” 
    You had to shake yourself out of spiralling, what you needed was everything Tony could possible tell you. 
    “Anything on his ex-wife?” You then asked and heard shuffling on the other line, “not much. Mary Barnes, but I doubt that’s her real name, was part of a training initiative the Howling Commandos were testing.” 
    You bit your lip, at least you had a name, even if it wasn’t her real name. 
    “By that point it looks like James—” 
    “Bucky. His name is Bucky.” 
    Tony cleared his throat after a moment’s silence, “Bucky looks like he had disappeared. Blipped off of the face of the Earth. There’s nothing in his file after 2014.” 
    That makes sense. Bucky was perhaps the most old-fashioned man you knew, only upgrading from his flip-phone just a few years ago. He barely knew how to unlock it, though. 
    “Sam and Natasha went on to live normal lives, Kid. I’m sure that’s all Bucky wants.” Tony tries to assure you and you laugh, “you sound like my dad.” 
    He laughed on the other line, “oh gross.” 
    “Thanks for everything, Tony.” You said, “you know what number to call in case you’re in trouble.” 
    With that, you both hung up, tossing your phone away from you to digest everything you’d just been told. You knew you had to talk to Bucky, but you didn’t know when. 
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    “So you’re tellin’ me,” Sam was confused. “That this is the same Mary that tried to get you killed?” 
    Bucky rolled his eyes, taking another swing of his beer as he rounded Sam’s kitchen island. 
    “That’s the one, you know, the undercover agent working for Strucker.” Bucky scowled at the name. 
    He was angry, beyond angry at the fact that his past was creeping up on him despite how far he had gone to erase it. 
    “But why now? Why come after you now?” Sam poses the question that even Bucky doesn’t have an answer to. So he just shrugs his shoulders and finishes off his beer. 
    “Unfinished business.” 
    They stand in silence for a little while longer, listening to the old ticking clock hanging on the wall before Sam takes a step towards Bucky. 
    “Whatever you need, you know that Tasha and I are here for you, right?” He whispers and Bucky feels the warmth blooming in his chest as he gives him a half-smile. 
    “Yeah,” he nods his head, “thanks, man.” 
    Sam knows that Bucky was never really good at the sappy shit, so he doesn’t force it. Instead, he offers him another beer, bottle necks clinking as Bucky’s thoughts race. 
    He was worried. 
    Not about himself, but about you. 
    And you were worried about Bucky, curling up in his bed as you sighed and tossed and turned. There was no way you’d be able to fall asleep alone tonight. And hugging his pillow just wasn’t enough. 
    So you grabbed your phone, hitting his name and waiting for the ringing to sound before he picked up — tired and groggy.
    “We need to talk.” You didn’t give him a chance to greet you. He sighed on the other line, but hummed in agreement, “tomorrow?”
    You hummed in response to his question, the sound of his voice soothing as you played with the sheets of his bed.
    “I miss you, Sweets.” Bucky whispered, your breathing hitching at how low and raspy his voice really was.
    “I miss you too, Bucky.” You admitted, shifting as you got comfortable on the pile of pillows against your head.
    There was a moment of silence before Bucky spoke again.
    “You know what ‘m really missin’ right now?” His words sent a shiver down your spine as you shakily inhaled, “what?”
    Bucky sighed, reminiscent of how he sighs when he runs his hands all over your body. 
    “I miss that sweet cunt of yours.” Bucky purrs, you know he’s smirking, possibly even dragging his tongue across his bottom lip as he closes his eyes to imagine you under him. 
    You’re at a loss for words, feeling your panties grow damp, core aching and you’re going to have to touch yourself soon. But that’s all part of Bucky’s plan, you think. 
    “Here I am, all alone, with my hand wrapped ‘round my cock,” he whispers, but you can hear him stroking himself. 
    “And all I can think ‘bout is that way your tight little pussy grips me and milks my fuckin’ dick, baby.” Bucky was always so good with his words, knowing exactly what to say to make you melt. 
    And it was working, because you were a squirming mess in his bed. 
    “Well,” you could tell he was smirking by his tone, “what’re ya waitin’ for, Sweets. Go on, touch yourself. I wanna hear you work your clit.” 
    Your hand flew under your panties, being given the permission only made it sweeter as your fingers came in contact with your soaking folds. The sensitive bundle of nerves needed desperate attention as you slowly circled it. 
    “Good girl, that’s my girl.” Bucky praised, continuing to work himself. 
    “God,” he hissed, “can’t wait to have you all to myself again. Bury myself deep, maybe even have you sit on my cock as you beg me to do somethin’.” 
    You worked yourself a little faster, applying some more pressure as you let out a whine at his words. 
    “Add two fingers, Sweets. I know how much you love bein’ stretched,” Bucky chuckled deeply, “been thinkin’ of gettin’ you a mould of my fuckin’ dick for when ‘m not home.” 
    Oh my God. Oh my God that shouldn’t be so fucking hot so why does it make your walls flutter and breathing uneven as you have to stop yourself from actually fucking cumming. 
    He chuckles again, “yeah, you’d like that, wouldn’t you?” 
    You can’t verbally respond, too focused on the tight coil in your abdomen that’s ready to snap. 
    “I know you’re close, can hear it in how fuckin’ desperate you sound,” he pants, “so why don’t you make a mess all over my clean sheets.” 
    You gasp, how did he know, but you don’t get to dwell on it for much longer than a moment because your orgasm rips through you and leaves you panting Bucky’s name. 
    Both of your breaths are uneven and ragged through the phone’s speakers, bed springs creaking on Bucky’s side as he hums. 
    “If only you could see the miss I made for you, Sweets,” you shuddered at his words, closing your eyes to relish in the moment. 
    “Now get some sleep, okay? I’ll see you tomorrow.” His tone has changed, entirely sweet and caring as you grab the phone to bring him closer to you. 
    “Okay,” you reply, another lick of silence before you hear Bucky going to end the call but you stop him. 
    “I love you, Bucky.” You quickly blubber out and it feels good to finally say those words because there’s no more denying how you really feel about him. 
    “I love you too, Sweets.” 
    It’s a bittersweet ending to the phone call, thoughts and emotions running wild as you’re forced to remind yourself that Bucky has a lot of explaining to do. 
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