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lunamidnight · 6 months

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November 6th

Fanfiction/Original Fiction

First created: Sept. 2020

Last updated: Oct 2023

General Premise: Centered around the original games with all three main characters Red, Blue, and Leaf, it starts off with how they met and goes from there.

Other notes: Red is a selective mute in this story, but can talk if he wants too.

Trigger warnings: Drug abuse, child neglect

any more triggers let me know.

It was a year before their pokemon journey when they met Leaf Green. The two boys were playing with water balloons when the moving truck pulled up to the once vacant house across the path. The dark-haired quiet one of the two, Red, looked up first, the other taking the distraction to his advantage to get a hit in. The other was a very cocky bright burnet named Blue, who was also the local pokemon professor’s grandson. He too stopped to see what had distracted his childhood friend. An older woman and little girl about their age got out of the moving truck and started getting boxes out of the back. No Machamp movers were present. The two females almost matched, both had light blue sundresses and simple white shoes, the younger one however also wore a couple of sizes too big white hat on her head.

The two boys stood and watched for a moment before both looked at their shared bucket of what was once filled with water balloons. They had gone through all of them, so both pushed the bucket over to drain it, and then headed inside their respective homes to change into something dry. Once back out and letting their mothers know, they headed over to the two across the path. The little girl was just inside the truck when they approached, the older woman, her mom probably, must have been inside. Red lightly knocked on the side of the truck to get her attention. She jumped and turned around but calmed slightly at seeing the two young boys, she still blushed in embarrassment at her little scare. “Oh, uh...hello?” She asked, wondering who they were and why they were there. Before they could reply, her mother came around the corner wondering what was taking her so long.

“Oh my? Hello, little ones, when did you show up?” She asked with a smile that wasn’t big enough for the kind of greeting she gave. Blue turns around toward the girl's mother. “Oh just now, ma’am, we both live across the path and saw you come in, and figured we’d lend a hand. We haven’t really gotten to introduce ourselves yet either,” Blue explained before getting nudged with an elbow by Red telling him to do so now. “Uh...oh right, anyways ma’am, This is Red, and I’m Blue the professor’s grandson, um and we’re your neighbors.” Blue introduced before getting another nudge. “Uh...would you ladies like some help moving boxes?” Blue finished as he was watched heavily by the older women in his rambling. By now the little girl in the truck moved closer to meet them hopefully. Her mom spoke. “The professor’s grandson huh? Alright, and what about you? Red, what is?” She asked, turning to the boy with the red hat. Red blushed and looked aside while pulling his hat down a little further, looking to Blue for help. “Oh sorry ma’am forgot to mention, he’s not really one to talk unless he’s super comfortable. I think in all the time I’ve known him if I heard him mutter maybe three-four words at most.” Blue explained. “He’s the son of the old champion of these parts.”

The mother nods slightly. “Ah I see now, well, my name is Carol Green or Miss Green to you, and this is my daughter Leaf.” She replied pleasantly, she looked like she didn’t want to talk to them, and both boys couldn’t figure out if they were reading her expressions wrong or what. Leaf smiled shyly with a small wave at them. “Hello again,” she replies quietly. “Leaf and last name Green, so like a pun?” Blue blurted out before getting elbowed in the stomach by Red. “Oof, uh sorry, I’m mean, nice to meet you Leafy!” Blue muttered slightly in pain. Red sighed with a roll of his eyes figuring that’s as best as Blue would do at this point. Leaf blushed a little at the nickname but replied in kind.

Miss Green claps her hands together once to regain the boys' attention as she spoke. “Well now that introductions are over, why don’t you boys run along and play hmm?” Miss Green asked, gaining two confused boys in return. “Wait, you don’t need any help? That looks like a lot of boxes.” Blue asked and pointed out. “Yes, well I didn’t ask for your help now did I?” Miss Green replied sounding a little closer to irritated than friendly now. Leaf took a step back knowing her mother’s personality and temper, Red noticed and looked up at her in question. “Just go...we're fine…” Leaf whispered to him, while Blue was trying to think of something to say to the adult in front of him. What did they do? She was getting angry for no reason. Red sighed, nodding to Leaf before pulling Blue back much against the other boy’s protest. “What? Red, what the heck man, quit pulling.” Blue complained as he was dragged away from the two females and back to his house across the path before being let go.

Blue rounded on him pissed before stopping at the contemplative look in his friend’s eyes. “Red, what happened over there? She got all angry for nothing.” Blue asked, watching for his answer. Red shrugged not knowing why that was either but then pointed his chin in the general direction of Leaf as she got out of the truck with another box. “To go…” Red said in a quiet barely audible voice. Blue heard it since he had practice listening for it. He furrowed his eyebrows as he deciphered that. “She said to go right?” Blue asked for clarification. Red nodded simply still watching the other two. “Hmm, guess her mom has a temper or something. Dang, she seems nice too.” Blue detailed getting another nod from Red. “You think we should tell Gramps?” Blue asked after a moment of silence. Red nodded again before moving down the path to the lab with Blue following and leading soon after.

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After telling Professor Oak, they were told that he already knew of their arrival. He was surprised by the temperament of Miss Green, so later that night after the moving truck was gone, the professor invited the Green’s over for dinner, as well as Red and his mother as usual. To say that Miss Green looked uncomfortable when they got there would be an understatement. Leaf on the other hand looked excited, or at least as excited as she could be seen with that big hat on. Dinner was still being made by Blue’s mother, so the three kids were ushered to the living room to play. Miss Green tried to protest this but ended up in a conversation she didn't want to be in with the Pokemon Professor.

“So Leafy, settling in here okay in Pallet town?” Blue began once all three of them were sitting down in the living room. Both boys were sitting cross-legged and Leaf folded her legs to her right because of her dress. “Oh yes, I am. Haven’t gotten to see much but that will come with time. Um, sorry about earlier, my mom has...issues…” Leaf said not even sure how else to describe her own mother. Red shook his head slightly as if to say it was alright. Blue relayed this with his own reply. “Red’s right, It’s alright no harm done. Although I am curious about that.” Blue said before getting a warning look from Red since this might be a sore subject.

Leaf noticed this and smiled. “It’s okay Red, I’m okay with talking about it, it's my mom that doesn’t.” Leaf replied, turning to look towards the dining room where Professor Oak was speaking with her mother. Her mother was looking more uncomfortable by the second and even looked a little irritated with the subject at hand. Leaf knew they didn’t have much more time. She sighed, turning back to the boys before speaking. “From what I’ve been told, and I don’t know if it true or not, but either way my dad didn’t come back from his last ranger mission. Mom says he left us, but sometimes she says he died. All I know is that he’s gone, we moved here, and she doesn’t want me around pokemon, or anyone for that matter.” Leaf explained.

The boys furrowed their brows curiously with Blue speaking up for both of them as usual. “Ranger mission, like a Pokemon Ranger?” Blue asked. “Yep, we're originally from a small island just outside of Hoenn, He often worked all over the region and its surrounding areas.” Leaf explained with a smile. Blue leans in excitedly. “Wow, that’s so cool. But your mom goes back and forth with him either dying or leaving, sounds like she’s off her rocker.” Blue commented, getting a grunt from Red as he felt that was inappropriate. Leaf giggled, however. “Yeah, well it’s not too far from the truth.” Leaf said before sighing.

“It's been rather difficult to live with her at times. She’s gotten so much more controlling now, I’m relishing in this little amount of freedom I’m getting.” Leaf explained. Then, there was a large slam of one of the chairs in the dining room hitting the floor. Miss Green was currently in the Professor’s face with a cold warning that was too quiet for the three to hear. Leaf sighed not needing to know what it was, to know that they were about to leave. “Sorry guys, freedom’s gone...it was nice hanging out with you both.” Leaf said smiling sadly now.

“You’re leaving? Oh man, when can we hang out again?” Blue asked as Red frowned in response to everything, but looked curious as to when as well. “I have no idea...But I think we'll figure something out.” Leaf said looking determined before her mother called for her to leave. ”Bye.” Leaf said getting up and heading to the front. “Bye…” Red said aloud, at least loud enough for her to hear him. Blue was shocked for a moment but recovered quickly enough to reply as well. “Uhm yeah, bye Leafy.” Blue replied. Leaf looked back at them shocked too but, smiled in response before waving and heading out.

Once she was gone, Blue looked at Red in surprise. “That was the quickest I have ever seen you open up to anyone.” Blue explained watching him, wondering if he was real. Red shrugged simply with a small blush on his cheeks that he chose to ignore. “Huh, well then, we will have to figure out how to hang out with her again.” Blue replied before they were called to dinner. Both frowned, realizing that Leaf left before dinner, and hoped that they could figure out how to hang out with Leaf again, hopefully without her mother.

Once at the dinner table Blue asked the Professor what happened. The professor almost didn’t say anything but remembered that they were only a year away from their journey’sjourney so they could handle different things. “Well, she is certainly anti-social, but there is something else that is going on that I believe she is also hiding from Leaf, it’s a shame I didn’t get to talk to her as well.” Oak commented with a sigh as plates were set down for them to eat. “Yeah, Leafy did say she couldn’t make up her mind on whether her dad left or died while being a ranger.” Blue replied thanking his mom before starting to devour his plate. Red did his own silent thank you before eating at a more dignified pace.

“Really? A Ranger? Hmm, I do know someone in the Union that might be able to help, but it’ll take a while to get a response back.”Oak replied nodding to himself glad that he got some headway on what was going on. “Anything else she told you two?” Oak asked. “Uh...she did say her mom had gotten more controlling recently and that it was difficult to live with her at times.” Blue began looking to Red who signaled to the professors Pidgey nearby as a reminder. “Oh yeah, apparently her mom doesn’t want her around pokemon or anyone too.” Blue explained. Oak hummed in response and sighed. “Yes that became apparent, when talking about her husband didn’t work, I tried to talk to her about putting Leaf into school with the two of you and sending her on her own Pokemon journey when that time comes too. She obviously didn’t like that.” Oak explained with a slight grimace at the recent exchange from Miss Green.

“What did she say before she took Leafy away?” Blue curiously asked, noticing the grimace easily. “Nothing I should repeat.” Oak replied quickly before returning with a question of his own. “Would you two like to see Leaf again?”Oak asked although he was sure the answer was obvious. The two boys nodded quickly in reply. “Yeah, of course, she seems cool so far, It would be nice not to have her mom around but yeah, we’ll take any hangout time we can get right Red?” Blue asked getting a nod from the other boy before he frowned wondering how they were supposed to do that. Blue frowned too at that before speaking up again. “How can we hang out with her though?” Blue asked simply. “I don’t know just yet, but I promise I’ll figure something out. If you boys find out anything else when you do hang out with her, please let me know.”Oak replied determinedly. The boys nodded again gratefully before going back to their food, the professor following alongside the rest of his family as well.

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With Leaf and her mother just across the path, Leaf walked into their new house just after her mother looking downtrodden. Her mother seemed not to have noticed as she went straight to the kitchen to a cabinet that Leaf was told not to get into. She soon pulled out a clear pill bottle filled with big purple liquid capsules, she opened it and poured out two, and took them dry. Leaf watched curiously but said nothing until her stomach growled loudly. Leaf looked down and held her stomach before looking back up to see her mother looking at her while putting the bottle away. “We...didn’t eat dinner…” Leaf pointed out quietly causing her mother to sigh. “No we didn’t but we have food here, I'm sure you can make something for yourself tonight, I'm going to bed.” She said before walking past Leaf to the stairs. Leaf frowned knowing they didn’t have much but didn’t want to make her angry. “Good night mama.” Leaf said instead. “Good night Leaf.” Miss Green said before going up the stairs.

After a moment of listening for her mother to start settling upstairs, Leaf finally moved to the fridge, opening it she found some bread and butter. Leaf sighed heavily before grabbing both items and placing them on the counter. She grabbed a step stool next and then started to use the toaster to make herself some toast. She made herself four slices since that was all she was going to eat tonight. After she finished making and eating it all she put everything away and headed upstairs to her room. By now her mother was fast asleep and snoring heavily. Leaf smiled to herself since Now she was free to do one thing. She went to her bed and pulled out a Pokeball from underneath her matrice. She carefully called out the pokemon inside, who stayed quiet because by now it knew the situation. This pokemon was a Mightyena, her father’s to be exact. Mightyena knew the situation and knew that it wasn’t allowed out of its Pokeball too often, the only time was now when Leaf would let him out at night.

Leaf hugged the wolf-like pokemon as soon as he was out. “Oh Mightyena, it’s been such a long day….But I made some friends.” Leaf told him in a whisper. Mightyena licked her cheek in response before moving to get on her bed. Leaf smiled before getting ready for bed and joining him to lay down. She was grateful that Pokeballs were designed to keep the pokemon inside fed and healthy, but even she knew it never could compare to the real deal, but her mother doesn’t buy Pokefood since for all she knew they left Mighyena in Hoenn. Leaf petted and talked with Mightyena for over an hour before she started to doze off. Mighyena had to nudge her to have her put him back in his ball before she could go to sleep, otherwise, her mother might find out. “Goodnight…” Leaf said before calling him into his ball and putting it away. She was going to try and get her mother to go shopping the next day and see what happens. With that in mind, she went to sleep.

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The next morning after Leaf got dressed and headed downstairs, Her mother was finishing up making the last of the toast. “Looks like someone used the last of the lunch meat.” Her mother said looking over Leaf expectantly. Leaf knew they didn’t have any, to begin with, but replied as expected so as not to anger her finicky mother. “I’m sorry mama, there were only a few slices left.” Leaf replied looking down at the table as she sat down. Her mother sighed simply sitting as well while taking one of the many pieces of toast. “Well, can’t be helped, guess I'll have to check out the local market, then you promise to behave while I go out today yes? No talking with strangers?” Her mother asked. ‘Translation, don’t talk to anyone leaf thought before replying with a nod. “Of course mama, I’ll be good.” Leaf replied before grabbing a piece of toast too.

Her mother nodded satisfied and they both ate the remaining pieces of toast before her mother went upstairs to get ready. Leaf cleaned up after what could be considered breakfast and was done by the time her mother was back down. “Alright dear, since I don’t know where anything is here in town or at the market, I’ll be a few hours, you can hold down the fort right?” Her mother asked as she got her bag and a small pushing cart by the front door. “You can count on me, mama.” Leaf replied with a small smile. Her mother nodded with a smile too, one of her rare genuine smiles before she headed out the door, a few moments later after making sure her mother was nowhere near, she exited her home and crossed the path to get to blue’s front door before knocking firmly.

Blue’s older sister Daisy opened the door, she had briefly met her the night before. “Oh Leaf, welcome, the boys are still asleep upstairs, want me to get them for you? You can wait inside and enjoy some eggs while I go upstairs.” Daisy offered with a smile noticing very quickly that Leaf’s mother wasn’t present. “Oh no I’ll just wait, I already ate.” Leaf replied sheepishly. Daisy looked at her seeing through the shyness easily. “And what did you eat?” Daisy asked. “Toast…” Leaf replied with a small blush underneath her hat. Daisy smiled more. “Come on in and eat. I made plenty.” Daisy replied, moving aside to let her in. Leaf walked in with a small defeated sigh relenting and heading for the kitchen when she was pointed towards it. Daisy quickly went upstairs while Leaf plated her food and sat down at the table.

When Daisy came back down, lots of shuffling could be heard from upstairs. “So your mom is going shopping I assume?” Daisy asked, heading to the kitchen to plate for the boys and herself. “Yeah, how’d you guess?” Leaf asked curiously as she took a bite of her food. “Oh this is good.” she soon commented. “Mine is too, she’ll probably spot yours and try to give more time for you to hang out, I already messaged her with my Pokegear when I went to wake up to dweebs.”Daisy explained. “Oh really, thank you, you didn’t need to do that.” Leaf replied a little embarrassed. “Oh no it’s perfectly fine, After last night we all kind of agreed to help you hang out whenever possible, I think Gramps is going to try and get your mother to enroll you at the school.” Daisy replied, taking a seat across from Leaf.

“She’d never let me…” Leaf replied with a shake of her head. “Not unless she’d get in trouble for it maybe?” Daisy offered as she started to eat.. “I wouldn’t know at this point.” Leaf admitted with a shrug before seeing two sleepy boys trudge down the staircase. Both perked up at the sight of her. “Leafy! Good morning.” Blue called as they finished with the stairs and headed out, soon being directed to the kitchen to get their plates. Red nodded his good morning greeting before following and then both were seated on either side of Leaf. Now that the table was collapsed down from the night before each person had a side of the table. “Morning guys, Figured with my mom out shopping I try and sneak a hang-out session with you two.” Leaf explained already looking happier to be there.

“Oh yeah great idea, Daisy you tell mom to look out for her right?” Blue asked, starting to eat his food. Red did too as he looked over curiously. “Yes I did and she’ll warn us when she’s headed back, so you three eat and hang out, I’m going to take my food and go clean up in the kitchen.” Dairy replied before getting up and picking up her plate and heading to the kitchen. “I’m sorry my mom took me back home so soon last night.” Leaf blurted out immediately after Daisy entered the kitchen. “No problem Leafy, Sorry you have to deal with that, did anything happen after you left?” Blue asked, having discussed what to ask her with red when they went to bed the night before. Red nodded in question too as both boys began to eat their breakfast. “Oh not too much she just took her strange-looking meds and went straight to bed, I had to make my own food, and all we had was toast. Which is what we had for breakfast too.” Leaf admitted with a frown.

Red tilted his head wondering about the weird medicine and blue read him like a book. “Strange meds?” Blue asked curiously. “Yeah there’s always this cabinet that I’m not allowed to get into, and until last night I didn't even know what was in it, but last night she took out a pill bottle with these purple liquid capsules and took two dry.” Leaf explained. “I have never heard of purple medicine before.” Blue comments, Red shaking his head as if saying that neither did he. “Me neither, but she seemed more docile and tired after taking them, and she didn't eat. She just went to bed and went to sleep, and she was snoring by the time I went upstairs.” Leaf replied.

“Weird, I wonder if Gramps would know anything about that.” Blue says with a sigh before asking their next question. “What does she usually do when she gets like she was last night?” Blue asked hopeing it didn’t feel like they were being pushy or anything. “You mean when she gets upset about just about anything? It ….can range from nothing like last night to being locked in my room and grounded for however long.” Leaf explained before Red unexpectedly spoke up.

“Has she hurt you?” He asked before Blue snapped at him since that was so sudden and although he wanted to know too he was trying to ease into that subject, so much for that.

Leaf froze a little in shock and then looked down at her almost empty plate no longer havehaving an appetite. Leaf sighed after a moment as the two boys glared at one another for bringing that question up. “Yes, she has.” Leaf replied simply not looking up at them. The two boys looked at each other both wanting to ask for more but both refrainingrefrained atfrom the sad look she had. “Sorry…” Red said quietly since he was the one who asked. “It’s okay, I just never thought I’d ever get to open up about it all.” Leaf replied looking up with a small smile. “I’m glad to have made friends that are so concerned for me, it feels nice, thank you.” Leaf continued while wiping her eyes from incoming tears. Red nodded with a small reassuring smile while Blue spoke up for both of them. “Your welcome Leafy, Were glad to meet you too, It’ll take some work but I hope we can all be close soon enough.” Blue admitted with a smile of his own.

Over the next hour, the three played around the house and watched a couple of short cartoons on the tv before Daisy told Leaf that her mother was headed back. “I’ll see if I can find out more about that medicine on my end okay.” Leaf said with her goodbyes, the boys (blue) stating similarly to talk about in with Professor oak. Then Leaf took her to leave back to her house where she waited patiently for her mother.

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Later back at Blue’s house, Red was staying the night again and the professor just got back from the lab. Blue told him what they did all day and told him in the information they got from Leaf, at the mention of purple capsules, The Professor frowned in thought. “Purple you say hmmm, there is one thing that comes to mind, but I don’t know if this is the case.” He told them. Red tilted his head in question as Blue voiced it verbally. “What is it?” The professor frowned not sure if he should say but after a moment of thought, he responded with the answer. “Pokemon venom, liquified to be a sedative drug.” He explained. “Wait like for example Arbok poison?” Blue asked incredulously. “Yes correct, although most likely Hoenn pokemon in origin in the case, I can’t say for sure.” The professor said trying to think of another idea before a loud barking could be heard out front, followed by the girls screaming for the professor to come to the door, the boys followed and gasped at the sight before them.

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Earlier at Leaf’s house, Leaf and her mother just finished eating their dinner, then Leaf’s mother went to that cabinet and took out the bottle, now was Leaf’s chance. “Mama, what are those?” Leaf asked innocently. “My meds Sweetie,” Carol replied automatically. “I mean, what are they for? Your not sick are you?” Leaf asked trying to sound just as sweet. “Oh? What is it for?” Carol asked turning with an excited grin like she was going to show her daughter something grand. Leaf didnt like that grin but she nodded her conformationconfirmation.

“Well my sweet little leaf,” Carol said walking over to Leaf as she opened the bottle and took a capsule out into her hand. “Why not see for yourself?” Carol asked holding out the capsule to her daughter. Leaf eyed the purple capsule suspiciously. “Is it safe?” Leaf asked after a moment. “Now Leaf would I ever put you in harm’s way?” Carol asked mock offendedly. Leaf knew not to answer that honestly and said no she wouldn’t but then she followed up with another question. “Don’t I need something to wash it down?” Leaf asked hopeing to ease the taking of the strange medicine. Unfortunately, Carol shook her head. “No sweetie that will take away from the effect, you take it dry, that’s why im only giving you one.” Carol said nearly thrusting the capsule into her mouth.

Leaf stopped her but took the pill into her hand and looked at it closely, she didnt like the pit in her stomach that said not to take it, but after some insistent coaxing from her mother, she shoved it in her mouth and swallowed. Instantly she felt like she was on fire from the inside out, her vision went into a purple tint, and she started to cough excessively causing her to fall from her chair. Leaf looked up at her mother wanting help but her mother just looked down at her with a tilt of her head saying something about not getting her immunity in the womb, but Leaf could barely hear her over her own coughing.

Upstairs however a bright flash went off and Leaf knew it had to be Mightyena, sure enough, to the surprise of her mother the black and gray dog came down the stairs and bounded over to Leaf. Even with her mother yelling at the dog, leaf pointed to the house across the path through the window, and Mightyena picked her up on his back coughs and all, and broke through the window and ran to Blue’s house barking along the way.

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Now back in the present Mighyena was let into the house with Leaf just as the professor and the boys got to the front door. The boys gasped for their friend as the Professor inspected Leaf calling out to Daisy to bring him his bag. Leaf continued to cough and looked like she could hardly breathe as Daisy returned with the bag. The professor quickly went through it and took out a yellow-filled shot and shot the contents into Leaf’s arm, The coughing subdued instantly letting Leaf cry from her shock from her experience. Blue and Red rushed to her side to comfort her, still very confused and shocked at the events until growling could be heard from Mightyena towards the front door where Carol Green stood looking fake concerned for her daughter.

At the sight of the woman, Leaf moved closer to her friends in fear “Keep that monster away from me!” Leaf shouted in fright. The professor looked between the two Green’s before stepping in between. “Blue, Red, take Leaf and Mightyena upstairs, the adults need to talk….” He said sounding more serious than he as ever been. Neither boy questioned as they helped leaf upstairs with Mightyena in tow.

While a very intense conversation started downstairs, the children got to Blue’s room and settled into a pile of blankets on the floor, Leaf was still crying but as she clung to the two boys she began to calm down. After getting Leaf some tissues and a water bottle from his closet did she calm down enough for Blue to ask what had happened.?

“I asked her about the meds when she went to take them, she got excited and took one out to take, she wouldn’t answer me one what it was for, I didn’t want to take it, my gut said it was bad, but she was so insistent, and I think you can figure out the rest,” Leaf explained in between sips of water. Mightyena nuzzled into her side to comfort her. “Then this..uh Mightyyena? Right yeah saved you? Where did he come from.”Blue asked simply. “Oh I've had his Pokeball under my mattress since we moved, he was my dad’s before,” Leaf replied smiling down at the dog Pokemon.

“Huh well good thing, sucks you obviously had to hide him from her.” Blue replied before noticing the Red seemed even more quiet than usual. Red looked up at him when Blue got his attention and conveyed wat he was feeling. Blue nodded in understanding and turned to leaf to ask her. Leaf waited patiently having an idea on what was about to be asked. “Red and I want to know…how did the meds feel?” Blue asked hoping that it wasn’t insensitive. “Leaf nodded in understanding and explained how it felt like fire coursing through her veins and her vision went purple and it was near impossible to breath. It was overall terrifying.”

Blue frowned at the description but it was red who spoke. “That could have killed you, her own daughter.” Red said with a low growl before being nuzzled by Mightyena. “I know but, it would do anyone could to get so mad.” Leaf replied agreeing with Mightyena’s intervention. Red sighed but nodded in understanding before a knock was heard from the door, after Blue said to come in, Daisy poked her head in with a tub of ice cream and a bowl of pokechow. “Hey, So It’s best to stay up here, I brought yum yum things.” Daisy said with a sympathetic smile. “Your the best sis, your welcome to join us too.” blue replied. Daisy steped in and gave the bowl to mightyena and spoons to the three with the tub of ice cream in the middle. “Not right now I gotta help downstairs. If there is anything you need message me okay.” Daisy replied already heading out the door, “Will do thanks Daisy.” Blue replied before she shut the door.

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my-biggest-disaster · 2 years

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Food Preference 2/7

AKA: Two siblings growing up with each other also involves lowkey judging each other’s food decisions.

Bits of time in the twins lives from the past and now, from there and then.

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Hopefully I didn’t overthink this one.

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Read Chapter 2 on Ao3 here.

Blankshippers DNI

2. Greens and Grains

Age 6

The school field trip was great so far. The Nacrene City Museum was so interesting with its displays of unique fossils and towering shelves of books.

Well, hopefully towering shelves of books. That was scheduled for later after lunch, much to Ingo’s slight disappointment. He and Emmet were planning to go to the train section of the history museum and not leave unless persuaded.

Their class still had fun learning about the local and regional fossils and how efforts to revive them were going. Paleontology was verrry cool, but not as cool as trains in the twins' opinion.

Afterwards, there was some free time to explore the entrance of the museum. Emmet and Ingo spent the last of it arguing what color the round rock in the corner was.

“The rock is black.”

“Emmet, the stone clearly has a white hue.”

“You have been reading the dictionary again. You are wrong.”

“So what if I was? That’s not related. This rock can’t be completely two different colors at once if nothing is affecting it.”

“It's in here for that then.”

“It would have been mentioned on the pla-que if it was.”

“Switch with me. Maybe it's like that metal.”

“Bis-muth? But it was clearly tested and it's a rock.”

A voice piped up, interrupting their squabble.

“Why are you two arguing about a dumb gray ball?”

They turned to see a girl with yellow overalls and a black shirt standing behind them.

“Well,” Ingo starts, “We saw the other fossils, and they didn’t talk about this one.”

Emmet nodded. “I am Emmet. They ignored it. We went to see. My brother, Ingo, is wrong.”

Ingo squinted at him “No I’m not, Emmet. Look-, huh?”

The rock was gray. To both of them, it didn’t look like that earlier. The twins’ shared befuddlement made the girl laugh into her hand.

“You two are funny. I think I’ve seen-”

The girl got cut off as the classes were called for lunch. She looked surprised before trying to school a neutral expression.

“Oh, I gotta Blitzle, I guess. Bye.”

She leaves the two, walking in the opposite direction of where they were being called.

Ingo and Emmet looked at each other in confusion before going to meet up with the rest of their class.

One of the most anticipated times any school can have, field trip or otherwise.

Lunch. The optimal time to trade snacks.

The open area they were ushered into had a large picnic table area for classes. Their class sat more towards the tree line, hoping to catch glimpses of local pokemon.

Ingo and Emmet initially opted out of the lunch trade for this today. They were excited as they got to pick their own separate lunches for the trip rather than having two almost similar meals or leftovers. They were going to eat it and then look around the forested area.

At least, that was the plan.

Some of the other classes had a couple students missing. That meant that they had to do head count again and couldn’t explore too far now much to everyone’s dismay.

One of the students missing was a person wearing a black shirt and yellow overalls.

The twins glanced at each other in realization. They made their way towards the teachers so they could share what they knew.

She was hiding by the display of the unusual “gray” stone. Honestly it was a good hiding spot with how overlooked it was. It took some teachers half of lunch to find her.

The girl in question stomped over to where they sat and pointed at them.

“You two Patrated me out. I had to tell them I got lost trying to find the restroom.” she pouted.

“No we didn’t. You didn’t follow safety rules for the trip.” Emmet corrected, giving her a stare at her pun.

“You also haven’t roped us into being your ac-com-plices. Why did you try to depart in the first place? We all received repro-cus-sions due to this en-dea-vour.” Ingo questioned.

The girl paused, lightly kicking the dirt with her black flats before responding.

“I hate my lunch.”

“Then throw it away.” Emmet blurted after a beat.

“Emmet, no. There is more to this than that. You can attempt to trade your meal first. Some people are still trading food.” Ingo suggested, trying to give an alternate route.

The girl rolled her eyes at their advice, but she shook her head, discouraged.

“I would if I could, but my cousin is in the same class as me and she’ll snitch to my dad again. She’ll make fun of me, and my dad will be sad at me again. No one would want my lunch anyway. It's gross.”

Emmet gave Ingo a knowing look. He sighed and agreed. The uneaten parts of their lunches combined had a green apple’s worth of slices, a pack of Nilish wafers, a mago juice box, and a half a cold cut meat, lettuce, and cheese sandwich.

“I am Emmet. I will eat your supposed verrry gross lunch. I will win.” Emmet suddenly challenged.

Ingo nodded, “I will help as well. We will trade you what we have left of our food. It is suf-fi-cient enough to be a meal combined.”

“It isn’t verrry balanced. I ate the carrots. Ingo’s veggies were blended in his soup.” Emmet added.

The boys pulled out the remaining parts of their lunches to trade from their train themed lunch pails to present to her.

She raised a brow at that, a small thankful smile on her lips.

“I’ll take you up on that. The name’s Elesa. If you like vegetables, I think you might even like my lunch. Most of it was leftovers from dinner.”

Uh oh.

Ingo stilled, starting to get worried. He was the one that had trouble eating vegetables.

He was only able to eat them cooked in with other things, other flavors masking any usual bitterness.

Elesa pulled out two small matching containers and a pair of forks from a Pachirisu lunch bag.

One tupperware held a pesto pasta that was verrry green. The other was a salad that had a couple of ranch packets with it.

Ingo started to pale, starting to regret what he had agreed to do. To back out now would be cruel and unhelpful.

Sadly, Emmet picked up on this, his mouth turned into a mischievous smile.

“Brother. It is easy. Look.”

Emmet casually eats a bite of dressingless salad in front of him like it was nothing. The crisp taste of the fresh vegetables didn’t bother him in the slightest.

Elesa seemed to be making it worse, describing the food.

“There is no cheese, and my dad insisted on adding ar-u-gala and kale.”

Ingo internally grimaces and then glares at both of them. He hopes his frown is more prominent.

“This is peer pressure! Elesa, I assume we are supposed to help you? Why are you de-pic-ting it to be worse?”

Elesa shrugs at that. “I told you to make sure you don’t have allergies. This is a win-win situation, right? I don’t have to eat it again so soon and you get healthy food?”

“There can be good kinds, yup. Nibi said so. This is the good kind. If you eat more veggies, Nibi and Mama will be happy.” Emmet interjected.

Ingo wasn’t convinced. That trick won’t work on him again. Not after they tried to bake a cake with Uncle Drayden for their parents’ anniversary. The scorch marks may be gone, but he will remember.

Emmet takes note of this and ponders for a moment, seeking another way to convince his wary brother. He then leans over to whisper in his ear.

“Me and Mama placed bets. Yup. The time when you stop eating veggies only in soup or fried rice is the bet. I will win.”

Ingo’s eyes widen and he shakily grabs the fork and puts pasta in his mouth.

The slight spicy pepperiness doesn’t hide the bitterness at all. At least the pasta wasn’t overcooked.

He even takes some bites of a now partly ranch drenched salad for good measure, too focused on finishing his half to analyze his brother’s wording.

The motivation to prove your sibling wrong out of spite can be verrry strong.

Elesa watches their antics, handing Emmet some Nilish wafers as Ingo tries not to gag from the food.

“What did you tell him?” Elesa asked quietly, surprised at both of them willing to help.

“I told him part of a truth. He guessed the rest.” Emmet snorted, finishing his part of the salad.

He thinks the food is pretty good if you don’t mind the slight bitterness. The salad was still crunchy and there were even croutons despite the lack of cheese.

He saves the wafers for after eating the pasta. Ingo being seen as the outwardly dramatic one for once is nice to see.

Emmet would have been willing to help Elesa with no strings attached, but this opportunity was hard not to pass up.

How else were they going to get more train memorabilia not during their birthday or Delibird Day?

Mama was going to lose with her betting more around their birthday.

Even if Ingo would feel butt hurt over it later, they would get that subway car alarm clock.

The one based off of the Brown Line is usually available. Maybe the Lime Line since its terminal is at the Elite Four?

Emmet also thought of suggesting getting the Orange Line one to celebrate this happening at his brother’s expense.

Emmet has a lot of things to be excited for, and they haven’t even finished their field trip yet.

Age 26

Ingo stares at the night sky on a flat rock in the outside area of Lady Sneasler’s Seat. He assumes it will be dawn soon as the sky minutely brightens. The crisp spring air is still cold but not as bone chilling.

Metro sits next to him, bouncing on her barbed tail. She watches as Trolley lazily spins its screws as it floats in circles.

Her content fanged smile and the fresh air is already soothing his distress.

He had woken up again in tears and confusion. The parts he remembers of any substantial dreams didn’t stop at the station of consciousness.

The ones that do stay leave him with inscrutable emotions and things he doesn’t understand. It's as if his mind consistently arrives late, refusing to create a junction.

He sighs at these frustrating thoughts and unpacks one of his prepared meals. Some dried meat and two bean cakes mixed with some mountain vegetables.

He hands one of the meat pieces to the Gligar who bleps her tongue in thanks. Trolley floats over and he hands them half a bean cake. They take it to a spot behind a rock to consume.

Ingo starts eating the rest of the bean cakes with as much enthusiasm as he pretends he has.

While the earthiness wasn’t unpleasant, it was the bitterness that made it hard to persevere. He knew that it was crucial to have a balanced and fulfilling meal, especially in the wilderness and perilous heights of the Highlands.

It's just that he and his mentor have been eating the same vegetables since spring has started due to the abundance of them. Ingo had since been learning and cooking meals with the same things.

Soups, steamed meatballs, boiling, salted, he even traded with Warden Melli to even have some form of grains when he was forced to express that he was tired of just the radishes and root vegetables they had in supply to accompany the foraged food.

It's not a bad thing, it's just something that he has to get used to. He has a lot to get used to, so what is one more thing?

Teacher said it can be hard to handle a sudden shift in space at first. The current Warden had tried to reassure him that it took some patience, like warming up to Melli or learning to traverse better.

Ingo had agreed, but he couldn’t help internally feeling a little out of steam.

He supposes where he had lived before had more food diversity? It feels like there was something more than that. He wearily finishes the bean cake and takes a swig of water.

Something that he was missing entirely that he couldn’t explain.

Ingo puts down the water to go finish the rest of his food to find the last piece of dried meat was missing.

He turns to Metro, the small pokemon caught red handed inching away from him.

She was looking away from him, her right claw unashamedly trying to cover her full smiling mouth. Her left was posed to get her up on her feet.

The sight made him loudly laugh as he moved to clean up. He couldn’t be mad as he was the one that had invited to share with her.

Metro blows a razz berry triumphantly in response to his enjoyment of her antics causing him to laugh more.

Afterwards, he stood up and picked up the purple pokemon so she could perch on his left shoulder. Trolley hovers behind as Ingo moves towards Lady Sneasler’s den. They spin as they circle around the two, eager to start their morning. He obliges by out lining their plans.

“Metro, Trolley, we must inform our Lady and Teacher of our tracks for today. We will be aiming for the prospect of berries at the base of our station and the check up of passages. Let us depart! All Aboard!” Ingo addresses.

They both give a positive cries in response.

He hopes that Warden Melli had left the torches alone that night. He had to carry light to retrieve enough of what they needed to prepare for the hatching of their Lady’s clutch.

He moves as the sun rises, basking the steep cliffs surrounding Lady Sneasler’s Seat as it starts peaking through the mountain range. The wind ruffles his coat as he descends with a basket on his back.

His pokemon spots him as they trek through the Coronet Highlands. The increasingly light blue skies still very cloudy as the lingering bitterness left from his breakfast was stuck in his mouth.

The Warden in training can’t help but feel someone laughing somewhat at his expense that day.

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Emmet glumly sipped his milkshake, chewing on the straw as he waited for his food.

The awning over the outside tables of the diner couldn’t combat the hot humidity of Hoenn even in spring. He was much more accustomed to the drier air of Nimbasa, but he does enjoy the plethora of beaches.

Despite all of this, he feels that it was an unusually good couple of weeks. The Contest Circuit was an interesting thing to observe as he did the Gym Circuit.

He had fun talking to Wattson about the application of solar paneling and windmills and how the desert sand could affect their efficiency.

It feels verrry strange to feel like this, to be happy when someone is missing. To not feel constantly sad or angry at how many people assumed his brother was dead. Is it wrong to-

No.

He wouldn’t want Emmet to feel sad all the time. If he was gonna treat his Journey as somewhat of a vacation, he was going to enjoy it.

He will take pictures and write about memories and battles. He will document these memories to be able to tell all of his family when he returns.

Emmet pulls out a journal, intending to start writing, but his cheeseburger and salad arrive.

Ah. Well, he has time later to write. He had been unreasonably craving a cheeseburger for a good bit now.

He even got all the fixings his brother gets rather than his usual sans fries. Emmet liked salads a bit more anyways.

#submas #ingo #emmet #elesa #fanfic #food preference #i literally wrote three separate things for the hisui part and chose to go with one that didn't actively have sneasels #woops i guess #idk #loving ingo's other pokemon hours yuh #i think that he grows his team over time #but he has all of them by the time you meet him in pla #they are probs just patroling the area or he is going easy on the player #i made names for all of them

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dailypokemoncrochet · 3 years

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I want to doodle!! I'm going to make so many colorful scribbles and post them with random pokemon!!

#text #also little cute phrases like #oh or maybe pokemon puns if i can think of any!!!#i want ice cream

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arctimon · 3 years

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The Big Hero 6/Pokemon Crossover We All Wish Would Happen

Over the past couple of weeks, members of the Big Hero 6 fandom have been drawing/making mock-ups of the team with their respective Pokemon partners. Now, in total accordance with being late to every single trend ever, I will now do the same, but I won’t be backing it up with wondrous drawings.

Mostly because I can’t draw. Some of the members were really obvious, and some...weren’t. Out of everyone, Hiro was actually the hardest one, and I actually am still not really sold on my choice. That’s mostly because the specific Pokemon is not his schtick. There’s not really a Robot Pokemon. There are certain members that were tremendously easy.

And we’re going to start with one of them: Go Go. 1.) The picture I drew of Chibi Go Go and Cinderace (which I still have to finish, for the record) doesn’t actually depict the Pokemon I’d put with her. Cinderace would be her second choice. The first?

Falinks, the Formation Pokemon.

Genwunners may not know this one, because it’s from the newest Pokemon games, but it’s very symbolic of Go Go: there’s six of them, it’s pure Fighting-type, and it has a signature move in No Retreat, which is basically a Pokemon version of “Woman up!”. It raises all of its stats in exchange for it not being able to escape from battle.

But Go Go never escapes from anything, so it’s appropriate.

Plus they have the discs as well. Cinderace would be her backup, mostly because of the speed and rabbit parellels for her roommate, who is up next.

2.) Honey Lemon actually had the most options for her, because she’s the cutesy one. That means she can be handed literally any Fairy type and call it a day, but what fun would that be?

Especially because there’s another bunny Pokemon that she’d be with...and that’s Lopunny.

It doesn’t really delve into her superhero side because it’s a bunny and cute and furry and all that jazz, but imagine HL’s completelyf amazed face when she gets one. The squeeing would be nonstop.

Her secondary would be a Fairy type, and something that would change colored flowers based on the mood: Flabebe.

3.) Wasabi was also entirely way too easy, and he gets, in my opinion, one of the coolest Pokemon that was introduced back in X and Y: Aegislash.

I can’t even think of a proper backup for him; Aegislash is just that good. Plus, if worse came to worse, Wasabi could grab him and swing it around himself. But not too much, because the Aegislash line have a thing about possessing people with their tassels. His backup is another blade-related one: Bisharp.

Dark/Steel, cool design, somehow got Laser Focus as a level-up move in the latest games. Pretty much a no-brainer. 4.) Karmi is also an easy one, and her inspiration came from one of the occupants of her lab when Hiro came to offer his help in “City of Monsters”: Mr. Varicella Zoster.

What Pokemon is cute, semi-translucent, looks like something scientific, and is also a psychic powerhouse (you’re assuming Varicella Zoster is not)? You guessed it.

Reuniclus. The Multiplying Pokemon. The origin of it is based off of cells and amoebas, which is a perfect thing for a very scientific person like Karmi. And the imaginary story in my head has her getting her partner first through the mysterious means that the team has to investigate. Her back-up plays off of her other project: the tech rose. And the only Grass/Steel Pokemon (Ferroseed/Ferrothorn) isn’t really much of a fit. So we’ll play off of her wannabe superheroics with another plant-based masked powerhouse: Roserade.

What’s better than a bouquet that has flowers for fists? Nothing. 5.) Fred is a mascot for a “living”, and I think it would be funny if his partner would be very similar to a mascot, and that would be Bewear.

No, it doesn’t have cool Fire/Ice-type moves, and it’s not a lizard, but it’s a pun name, and I think Fred would appreciate a Pokemon with a pun name. Plus, I couldn’t really find anything that had Fire, Ice, and was a lizard.

At least with Bewear you can chain-breed Ice Punch onto it from Cubchoo, thus making Cubchoo an even greater Pokemon than before. His backup is one of the Pokemon based off of kaiju: Tyranitar.

Do you think that Fred is actually a Pokemon guy, or is Hiro the Pokemon guy? Methinks it would be a collaborative effort to try to get everyone else to know what the heck they’re talking about.

6.) You didn’t think I would forget about Baymax, would you? Now, you’d think that with being a healthcare companion would make me want to go for the obvious choice.

Blissey. And...you’d be partially right. But Baymax can’t just sit on the sidelines and heal, even though that’s his...purpose. Nah, we gotta get something a little more...metal.

Melmetal, to be precise. He’s very Baymax-y in the anime when Ash has him, and plus he’s got a two-fist move in Double Iron Bash.

Oh, and we’ll just give Mini-Max Meltan for funzies. 7.) As I was writing this up, I scanned back through it and was like “Who am I forgetting?”.

Oh nuts, Hiro is the one I was forgetting. So here’s the thing. I actually really like the idea of giving him Magnezone, because of “lul magnetism” and all that.

And I was struggling to give him a back-up when I saw @baymaksu and his drawing of him and Riolu, and it just clicked for me.

Plus the mental image of Hiro manipulating Aura just like Ash gets me excited. So there it is. My long, exhaustive post about Big Hero 6 and their Pokemon partners, based off my twenty some odd years of being a Pokemon trainer. I wonder if I should do the villains next. Or maybe the Beta Team. Or both.

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rowdeyclown · 3 years

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i want to hear about your pokemon ideas!

oh man this is a dangerous question bc i am about to go OFF so i'll just leave this in a read more. also keep in mind i have only played platinum, moon/ultra moon, sword, and a little bit of red and lets go eevee, so if i accidentally steal something from another game whoops. also i do have a lot of inspiration from the games i played here anyway since i am less knowledgeable abt pokemon than most people but anyway here we go

setting: several years prior to the start of the game, as low as 18 or high as 100 years (i have specific reasons for that) this region was very prosperous with many young people moving in all the time to get a headstart on a successful life. the region is known for being nearly a perfect circle and there are 18 areas of the region, each corresponding to a different type. dead center is normal type, maybe i'll make a map later if i get more interested. by the time the story takes place however, the region has become uninhabitable and anyone who didn't evacuate died. for now im calling it Ebril

legendary: part of what once made ebril so prosperous was the presence of their legendary. idk the exact type of creature it is but it was worshipped as a god and protected the land. however an unknown sickness fell over it and it let out an explosion of energy across the whole region that turned each area into a hellscape. for example, the water region completely flooded over; the grass region sprouted dangerous plants everywhere that so much as touching them could kill a person; the fire region literally just lit up on fire and hasn't burned out, and so on. not only this but the air of the whole place is toxic, though the poison air is like 5 times worse. after this explosion the legendary disappeared, and ebril was completely abandoned. it's later revealed that the legendary has died.

characters: at the start of the game there are few people in the region. in fact there are exactly 4, and they all flew in from different regions.

the leader is one Professor Pine, a young professor from wherever the fuck probably new york with ancestors from ebril. she's always been fascinated with the region and decided to start figuring out a way to fix the place and make it habitable again. with her studies she figures out there's a chance to save it and so she contacts the professors of all regions with the request to help, though only 3 other people were sent in to help due to the dangers of this journey.

the player character(s) are both present in the game, a pair of twins named Jade and Grey. their names are puns on the word jaded and the phrase old and gray. the twins hail from kanto, the region the first games took place in iirc, and the player character u choose went on a pokemon journey at age 10. at present time they are anywhere around 18-20 bc theres no way any reasonable person is gonna let a minor into this apocalyptic region. the twin you don't choose at age 10 rather than taking a pokemon journey started working as an assistant to Professor Oak, and as an adult starts studying to become the next professor. the twin you choose had their journey and got all the way through until the elite 4 which they never beat, and for several years in frustration swore off battling. eventually they couldn't resist the call to the world of pokemon they used to love and they start working as an assistant alongside their twin. when Oak is contacted by Pine he initially refuses to help, but the twins find out and volunteer to go. Oak doesn't want them to but in the end he doesn't stop them.

the fourth member of the expedition is the former champion of some region who just got knocked off their throne by some 10 year old. they serve as the rival of this game. like the twins they found out about this expedition and with nothing better to do they decided to join in just to Feel Something. unlike the twins they never told anyone they were going.

starters: at the beginning the starter is actually either charizard, venusaur, or wartortle. after all this is kanto and the player did go on the journey. the twin has the pokemon that is weak to the player and the rival has the type that is strong against it. however Pine advises against bringing the actual starters bc the environment might be dangerous. however, as someone with ancestors from ebril, she does happen to have some baby pokemon native to the region, of course of the classic typings. seeing as how none of the pokemon in the region were much affected by the changes in atmosphere so she knows it's safe to bring them.

story: the expedition starts when Pine through remote studies discovers an energy wave coming from the center of ebril, one she hypothesizes is similar to the energy that destroyed the region in the first place. at this point in time no one knows the original legendary has died, but this leads Pine to wonder if the legendary is gathering the energy after their sickness and thinks maybe it has the power to reverse the damage. she develops hazmat suits that should be able to endure most of the terrain of the land but isn't 100% sure on their durability. with all the preparations she can do, Pine and co set out to land in the dead center of ebril

once there they discover a giant crater right at the center, and at the bottom is an egg. the egg is the source of the energy wave, and they think maybe it houses a baby legendary. the player character is the first to approach the egg and the moment they get near it, the egg hatches, revealing a baby pokemon. it bears a resemblance to the legendary so they assume it is indeed the child of the former legendary, and also it's fucking adorable. whenever i picture it i think of kubfu or toxel bc theyre both Baby so it definitely is shaped similarly. after study its found that surprisingly, this baby is normal type. they're confused because while there are conflicting accounts on what the legendary's typing was, there's an agreement that it's something like psychic or fairy or dragon. however, once the baby is right next to the starter of the player, it suddenly changes to the same type. they experiment with the other starters and find that the baby pokemon does change type depending on its environment, but cannot be more than one type at a time. it defaults to normal if its kept in a neutral environment away from other pokemon. basically it's kinda like silvally

and so they're all in the direct center of ebril which represents normal type and thus the only thing wrong with it is the toxic atmosphere, however Pine theorizes that the baby has the ability to fix areas due to the type changing. she comes up with two hypotheses: either bringing the baby into say the water area will turn it into a water type and it will be able to fix the place with the typing, or if you enter the water area while the baby is a type that is strong against water like grass or electric that can help overpower it and thus reverse the damage of the area. they don't have a fighting type with them so they can't test this theory about weaknesses right in the area they're in so they can only test the first theory, and of course it doesn't work out. and so the first part of the journey starts

each member of the expedition is given a role. Pine remains at base camp and does research there, the twin ventures out to observe the pokemon and how they've changed since the apocalypse, the rival does something or other idk i havent thought abt that, and the player takes the baby to try to heal each area. the first area visited is of course the area that is weak to their starter, so grass if it was fire, fire if it was water, and water if it was grass. these three areas surround the center of course so it works out. and just like Pine hypothesized, when the baby is the strong type in this area the surrounding radius of it and thus the player is completely safe.

in the journey the player discovers healing spots that work as a pokemon center, these spots are named an oasis. the player also encounters some of the wild pokemon which have grown feral and dangerous over time, so they're unable to catch them at the moment. some point in their journey they discover some other spot similar to an oasis, however it emits a strong energy similar to what the baby emits but on a higher scale, and when the baby is placed in the spot the whole area returns to the way it used to be. and so that becomes the goal: to travel to each area with the baby and fix them with this power spot. also every time the baby sits in a power spot it gains the ability to change to the typing of the area at will. also i should mention the baby is carried around in one of those baby backpacks bc i think that would be adorable.

the world is more or less completely open, the player can travel to any area as long as long as they're wearing a hazmat suit, but the area can only be fixed if the baby has been in an area that is strong to another area and so on.

and yeah thats abt what ive got, i havent thought too hard abt stuff like an evil team or whatever but maybe i will one day who knows. thanks for asking and if u read all the way to the end thank u!

#here's the mail it never fails #asterism343

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shiroganeryo · 3 years

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if you still doin that character thingy... Kanda, pls? or Krorykins, whichever u wanna do more, cuz i cannot choose 😅

*breathes in* This is it. This is how I finally get to write about two characters in one go because I also can’t choose XD I hope you don’t mind this getting long and thank you for giving me them, you beautiful human being! 🥺

Kanda

My otp for them: With Alma, no doubt (only trust!). Alma’s last moments break my heart, in a good way - they are soulmates meant to be. Their story is very sad and yet extremely touching and beautiful. I have a thing for lovers who meet again in their next lives, as I’m a sucker for the “red string of fate” myth. I get emotional just thinking of their relationship, and I wish, I really wish, that if they have another chance, that they can meet again and finally be happy together without being torn apart by the tragedies of war. My brotp for them: Weirdly enough, I’d say Allen! After Alma arc, Kanda seems to be a lot softer than before, and I’ve been loving the mutualism between him and Allen. They are very alike (as much as they hate to admit it), and that’s why they can understand each other well and know what the other needs without him needing to say anything. They’re both not good at talking about their feelings. Any other ships: With Lenalee! I know most people see their relationship as a brotherly one, but man, they have such good chemistry together. They bicker often, but just imagine what a killer duo they would be 💦 I’m weak for powerful couples. They know each other ever since they’re little, so they have shared a lot of moments together and know each other well, too - the scene in which Lenalee goes to meditate with him because she was scared of Lvellie was adorable; she feels safe around him. Their best friend: I want to say Marie! I think Kanda would rather people who don’t snoop around too much into his personal space, and Marie simply knows where these boundaries are at. He also knows how to deal very well with Kanda’s temper. He understands him but also knows of his flaws, yet he doesn’t question or confronts him, which I’m sure Kanda appreciates. He’s been recently showing that he cares a lot about Johnny as well, but deep down, Kanda does care about many of the people close to him. My favorite nickname for them: It’s gotta be Bakanda, the pun is just great XD It doubles in greatness because, in my language/official release, this got translated as “BabaKanda”, which is also a pun! In Portuguese, “babaca” is the same as “idiot”. So I appreciate this silly pun a lot more thanks to that XD My favorite AU headcanon of them: I think that, sadly, Kanda won’t make it alive to the end of the story. I headcanon that, in case he does die, it’s after repaying his debt with Allen in a roundabout way; he did help Allen, but at the same time, he went to rest in peace together with Alma. And Allen did fight for them to be happy together, so I just... kinda want this to be true. It would pain me to see Kanda go, but this would be his happy ending and he deserves this. My favorite outfit they wear: A hard pick! Kanda is very handsome so basically, anything he puts on will look awesome. However, the one moment that made me go 💓 was when we saw him in civilian clothes (Chapter 208). Jesus Christ!? He was stunning. I really like his current Order uniform + outer coat combo too, looks so comfy and warm. Defining color: When I think of Kanda, I think of a mix of colors. Namely, Cobalt (#1338BE), Carnation (#FFA6C9) and Indigo (#4B0082). I believe it’s because of the Lotus Pain ending using this palette for the effects of the lotus flowers shining in contrast with the dark background colors. Would I date them: As handsome and amazing as he is, I wouldn’t. I know he’d hate my guts because I’m the type of person who wants to overthink and needlessly talk things over more than he should, and Kanda simply abhors the very idea of this 😂 He is a simpleminded guy, and I quite like that on him. First impression: I knew Kanda wouldn’t be the bland “angry asshole character” trope during his and Allen’s first mission together, in Martel. What he told Allen left a mark and made me think there was a lot more depth to him: "I hate the way naive people like you do things... And even more so, I hate people who don't keep their promises!" This one line told me a lot about his personality. Current impression: Pretty much my first impression, but with a lot more context! I really love Kanda and his past was a surprise to me. It made me appreciate him even more than I already did. Hogwarts House: I’d say Slytherin. He would stop at nothing until he found “that person”, and this House is well known for the ambition of its people. He’s also sharp and while not smarts smart, he is perceptive and intelligent in his own way; very skilled as well. Which Pokemon starter they’d be: Oshawott! Samurott looks as intimidating and stoic as Kanda, besides, it’s definitely based on a samurai, so they share this trait as well. Its first stages don’t look like much, but Samurott gets its own sword to fight with!

Krory

My otp for them: With Elliade! Now, this is one complex relationship. I admit I don’t like Elliade much but, at the same time, I understand her. For an Akuma, she really did love Krory; and he still loves her too. I just wish she hadn’t left him in the dark for so long. Her love was selfish and, while I understand how she felt, I feel bad for Krory since he thought he was a monster and that drove him to loneliness. I wish things could have been different, because their love was really pretty despite the downsides, their feelings for each other were very strong. My brotp for them: I want to say Marie! The latest Discussion Room (Vol.27) mentioned how good Krory is at many things, one of them being music. I love to think that he and Marie could have enjoyable long talks about their shared interest, they do look like the type of guys to appreciate music on a higher, more emotional level. Any other ships: I don’t have any, but I’ll make a mention to Miranda! While I don’t ship them personally, I totally see why people do. They’re both soft sweethearts who are always ready to do their best towards the people they care about - and they also share low self-esteem, sadly. The world has been very unfair with them 😢 Their best friend: Definitely Allen and Lavi! They were Krory’s first friends ever, and it’s clear how much he cares about them. My heart literally can’t take how they’re the first thoughts that cross Krory’s mind when he’s scared; it means that he feels accepted by them, they bring him comfort and make him feel safe and confident that everything will be alright. It’s just so sweet. My favorite nickname for them: Krorykins! If there’s one thing the English translation did right (and I can’t say that for like 80% of it), was translating “Kuro-chan” as “Krorykins”. It sounds so silly it’s cute 😅 My favorite AU headcanon of them: Just like I wrote about Miranda on her post, I headcanon he’s one of the people to either drop out of the Order to side with Allen, or actively help him in other ways. I think it’s not a mere coincidence Hoshino-sensei had specifically him, one of the people who cherish Allen the most, accompany Chaozii to go after him. I’m observing with great interest, as they might meet again sometime soon. It broke my heart to see him wanting to see Allen but, at the same time, wishing he had escaped safely. My favorite outfit they wear: There’s only one answer to this question, and it’s his casual clothes! He looks so elegant and fancy, so handsome yet so adorable! I mean, just look at him! Defining color: When I think of Krory, I think of deep red, a crimson shade like Carmine (#960019). I’m very sure it’s because of his Innocence. Would I date them: Maybe? I think I’d like befriending him more than dating him. He’s close to me in age though (unlike most of the characters I’ve written about so far XD) so I’d be down to it. Imagine dating a sweet guy who not only could cook you your favorite dishes but also has a more assertive, wilder side to him. Sounds like the complete package. First impression: Who is this? He looks scary but my intuition tells me there’s more than it meets the eye. Oh, he’s crying. He’s worried...? That’s too sweet, I’m betting he’s not a villain. Current impression: Well, he wasn’t a villain just like I had thought! Krory is an amazing but underrated character, he definitely deserves more love and appreciation. I love his personality, but what I love the most about him is how he had everything to be the “plain edgy, shady character” and then this notion was completely twisted around. I love it when things aren’t just about appearance. Hogwarts House: I see him being in Hufflepuff! The best people I know (namely, my best friend and spouse) are from this House and while they’re sweet and caring people, there’s also a lot to them more than it meets the eye, just like with Krory! Hufflepuffs are dedicated, loyal, and capable. Which Pokemon starter they’d be: Great question because when you think of him, you’d instantly think of a bat Pokémon, right? haha But I’d give him Sobble, I think! Poor shy crybaby that gets to go from water to wine upon evolving into its last stage, which is completely fabulous and badass! Drizzile even has the prominent bang falling on its face, while Inteleon has what could look like how Krory’s bang gets upward when his Innocence is activated 🤔

#dgm #d.gray man #kanda yu #yu kanda #arystar krory #take a shot every time I say the word 'sweet' on Krory's #beware of alcoholic coma #this one got long! They're already long on their own #but I never thought people would be interested in my opinions and I'm so flattered #I'm having a blast; on cloud nine #I just apologize for the text walls all the same though!#ask

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Couldn’t Care Less

Anonymous asked: logince + pining + patching up each other’s wounds? make it as angsty as you like uwu

You’re speaking my language, anon! I decided to combine this with Animal Attack from my @badthingshappenbingo card. So here’s some Logince that was meant to be hurt/comfort, but for the first portion I just wrote fluff and humor before remembering it was supposed to be angsty. Oh well. Thanks to the amazing wonderful human @chaospersonified for the idea and first line, as well as my other friend @carrot-kake-chillin for some of the puns. The first aid might not be entirely accurate, but I did try to research. (Also yes, I know Logan couldn’t actually pull off a one-person lift of Roman, shut up, let me have this.)

Title is from Not Another Song About Love by Hollywood Ending. You can find this fic on Ao3 here.

Summary: Logan reluctantly agrees to accompany Roman on a quest in the Imagination, but after Roman gets hurt, Logan blames himself.

Pairings: Romantic Logince

Words: 4101

Warnings: blood, wounds, fantasy violence, threats of murder and eating someone (from an animal), self-deprecation, kissing, maybe very mild cursing?

Roman has done many stupid things, many annoying things, and many things that make Logan question why he still talks to the Creative Side. In fact, it would probably be quicker for him to list the things Roman’s done that have not thrown a wrench in Logan’s productivity and sanity.

However, dragging him to the Imagination because he was “in need of a valiant sidekick” might just take the figurative cake.

“Why can’t you bother Patton?” Logan had pleaded. “Or Virgil? Or your brother?”

“They all said no!”

“I can’t imagine why.” Logan rolled his eyes. “I have work to do, Roman!”

“It’ll be fun!” Roman grabbed Logan’s arm and hauled him off the couch. “You’re always saying we need to practice self-care, right? Exercise is part of that!”

Logan struggled to fight off Roman’s grip. Why was he so strong? “Roman, you’re interfering with productivity--”

“All I’m hearing is ‘I’m a square and need to lighten up,’“ Roman said in a sing-song voice. “Let’s go, Specs!”

That’s how Logan ended up marching through a forest, wearing a frankly ridiculous outfit with a sword on his hip, ‘fighting’ various monsters that were either ripped from Greek Mythology or a D&D Manual. But when Logan pointed that out, Roman curled into himself a little bit and mumbled something about “thought they were cool.” Logan immediately quieted, ignoring the pang of guilt in his chest.

Despite his dire predictions, the expedition was not terrible. The forest was beautiful, filled with luminous flowers and tall trees, the leaves dappling the path with shadows. Roman wasn’t terrible company either. He kept the Disney songs to a minimum and asked Logan about his favorite books. Logan didn’t even have to do any fighting. He could just sit back and watch Roman burn a hydra with a torch. He could admire Roman’s sword techniques from a distance as he flipped and plunged the blade into the chest of a behir, a triumphant smile on his face and his hair mussed--

Logan flushed and stared pointedly at the sky. “Roman! I...this has been fun, but I have places to be!”

Places where you’re not making me think illogical thoughts, he didn’t add.

Roman frowned, wiping his sword on the ground. “But we’re having so much fun!”

"I am sorry,” Logan said. The statement wasn’t a falsehood. It wasn’t Roman’s fault he was so...distracting. “However, I really do have things to attend to, Roman, for the benefit of Thomas.”

“Fine,” Roman said, pouting. “Would hate to get in the way of that. The door should be that way.”

Logan nodded and followed him down a smaller trail. Only ten minutes or so, and he’d be out of the Imagination and could return to his desk and surround himself with numbers that made sense and not Roman, who didn’t.

Unfortunately, Roman apparently decided that they needed to make the most of those ten minutes.

“Roman, for the love of Crofters,” Logan said, when their path was blocked for the seventh time. “Would you care to tell me why there are so many goddamn monsters on this path?”

“I dunno,” Roman said, failing to hide his smile. “It doesn’t seem like that many.”

“We’ve had seven encounters! It’s been four minutes!” Logan shook his head. “This is worse than a Pokemon game. Don’t any of your Imagination creatures prefer civilized debate?”

Roman slashed the goblin in half. “You just don’t understand quests.”

“I understand them perfectly well.” Logan stepped past the goblin’s body. “Please, Roman. I know you control the Imagination. I am begging you to stop with the endless fighting and let me walk back to the door in peace.”

“Fine.” Roman sheathed his sword. “Party pooper. Excuse me for trying to make this exciting.”

“There are forms of excitement other than excessive violence.”

Roman raised his eyebrows. “Like ‘civilized debate?’”

“I find it highly stimulating.”

“Whatever you say.” Roman chuckled to himself. “Let’s keep going.”

For a minute or two, no animals leaped out of the trees. Logan entertained the idea that Roman had actually listened to him and sent all nearby monsters away.

Then he spotted something on the path ahead.

“Roman,” Logan said tightly. “Please tell me that’s not another monster.”

“Sorry,” Roman said, not sounding sorry at all. “I cannot tell a lie.”

Logan rubbed at his eyes. “Why, again, did I agree to this?”

“Beats me!” Roman leapt forward, grinning. “Come on, let’s say hi!”

Logan sighed loudly and followed him.

This monster was smaller than many of the ones they’d already fought. It had a woman’s face with narrow cheekbones and amber eyes, dark hair chopped in a messy pageboy haircut. Beneath her head was a lion’s body, crouched with her paws out. A familiar position for a familiar animal.

“A sphinx?” Logan asked, trying not to sound too annoyed.

“Yes,” said the sphinx, tail twitching. “Before you pass, you must answer me these riddles three.”

“Right,” Logan said. “Of course.”

“Hey, you wanted ‘civil debate!’“ Roman waved a hand at the sphinx. “Here you go!”

Logan glared at him. “I don’t suppose, since you created this animal, you know the answers to the three riddles so we can get on with our lives?”

“I don’t direct their individual actions,” Roman said. “Beats me what she’ll say.”

“Fine.” Logan stepped forward, staring at the sphinx. She didn’t appear that intimidating, with a coppery coat and small wings on her flanks. Her haunches reached to Logan’s chest. “What are your riddles?”

“Are you the one who chooses to answer?”

Logan glanced at Roman, known dumbass. “Yes. I would like us to actually pass.”

“Hey!” Roman complained.

“If you get all three riddles wrong,” the sphinx said smugly, “I eat you.”

Logan glanced at Roman’s sword, known sharp object. “Understood.”

“Thus, the trial begins.” The sphinx licked its paw thoughtfully. “These riddles shall be challenging, human. They shall stretch your mortal brain and--”

“Get on with it,” Logan said. “Also, if your first riddle is the ‘what walks on four legs in the morning’ riddle, I will be extremely disappointed.”

“Do you think I’m an amateur?” the sphinx asked. “I might just eat you for that slight, mortal.”

“Apologies. I underestimated you. Please continue.”

Roman was giggling into his hands. Logan gave him another glare for good measure, already running through every riddle he knew. This should be easy.

The sphinx ruffled its hair and took a breath. “What did the grape say when it got crushed?”

Logan blinked. “I beg your pardon?”

“What did the grape say when it got crushed?” the sphinx repeated. “You have one minute.”

“I--” Logan glanced over at Roman. “What?”

"He is not allowed to help you.”

“You heard her. It’s out of my hands.” Roman grinned, leaning against a nearby tree trunk. “This should be fun.”

Logan stifled the urge to grab Roman’s sword and stab him with it. Instead, he made a frustrated noise in the back of his throat and turned away from Roman’s smirking, infuriating face.

What did the grape say when it got crushed? What kind of riddle was that? Grapes could not feasibly say anything when crushed. Or, indeed, at any time. Of course riddles often had double meanings or metaphors. What metaphor could a grape possibly be for? All Logan could think of were The Grapes of Wrath and Raisin in the Sun, neither of which could really apply. Or could they? Was he thinking about it from the right angle?

“Time’s up,” the sphinx announced.

Logan groaned. Roman was laughing harder. Why did he volunteer if he was just going to be mocked?

“Next riddle,” the sphinx said. “You have two more chances.”

“Hey!” Logan complained. “Don’t I get to hear the answer?”

The sphinx gave him a long stare and repeated, “Next riddle.”

“Fine,” Logan said, folding his arms.

“What did the skeleton say in court?”

Wonderful. Another nonsensical question. Logan ran through every possible angle he could as time ticked away. Finally he gave up and said “Is it ‘we all know each other, who are these clarifications for?’”

Roman laughed louder, collapsing to the ground and wheezing. Logan chuckled too.

“Don’t let emo nightmare hear you say that!” Roman finally said, wiping his eyes and standing back up.

“I won’t.” Logan nodded at the sphinx. “I’m guessing that’s wrong? What is the third question?”

The sphinx looked beleaguered. Finally she asked, “What’s the difference between a poorly dressed man on a bicycle and a nicely dressed man on a tricycle?”

“Do these even have answers?” Logan complained. “As in, answers that a reasonable person could know?”

“Of course.” The sphinx licked her lips. “Fifty seconds.”

Logan didn’t bother replying. What was the difference between a poorly dressed man on a bicycle and a nicely dressed man on a tricycle? There was a difference in both their outfits and their vehicles. Was there some kind of pattern between the clothes and the transportation? Why would any man be on a tricycle when a bicycle was faster and less childish? Was it reflecting the maturity level of the two men? Did their gender matter at all?

He was running out of time and he still couldn’t figure it out, what was he missing, he was supposed to know everything, Roman probably thought he was an idiot--

“I--” Logan scrambled for an answer. This didn’t matter, he knew that, the stakes were low. So why was his heartbeat increasing rapidly? “I don’t know.”

“Well.” The sphinx grinned. “What did the grape say when it got crushed? Nothing, it just let out a little whine.”

“What?” Logan asked blankly.

“What did the skeleton say in court? I cannot tell a fibia.”

Dread filled Logan’s stomach. “Oh, no, you didn’t--”

“What’s the difference between a poorly dressed man on a bicycle and a nicely dressed man on a tricycle? A tire.”

“A tire,” Logan repeated. “Wait, they were all--”

“Puns.” Roman shook his head, laughing. “They’re all puns, Specs.”

Logan turned to Roman. “I despise you and everything you stand for, I hope you know that.”

Roman opened his mouth, probably to continue mocking Logan for his failure. Then his eyes widened.

“Look out!”

Logan glanced back just in time to see the sphinx lunging at him, claws out. He threw himself backward. His hands hit the ground and the sphinx skidded to a stop in front of him, hissing wildly. Her amber eyes had grown red and veins bulged in her face.

“You failed,” she hissed. “Prepare to be eaten.”

“Logan!” Roman fumbled for his sword, racing towards them. Logan tried to draw his sword, but he was lying on the ground and it was hard to lever it from his sheath. The sphinx swatted at him and he barely dodged. Her claws slashed his shoulder. Logan bit down a yell at the stinging pain. He could already feel blood wetting his clothes. That would leave a stain, he thought idly as the sphinx came in for another pass, teeth bared.

“Logan!” Roman yelled again and he was between them, sword in hand, swiping at the sphinx. She hissed at him, a strangled sound low in her throat, eyes wide.

“You should not interfere,” she growled. “He is the one who incurred my wrath. Stand aside.”

“Not on my watch!” Roman waved his sword dramatically, keeping her at bay. Logan tried to get up, but his shoulder flared with pain. He whined. Roman froze, and proving that he had learned nothing from the last minute, turned around to see what was wrong.

The sphinx attacked him from behind, claws extended, ripping open his chest.

Logan screamed. Roman stumbled, falling to his knees and then to the forest floor.

The sphinx leered at him, blood staining her claws. Roman wasn’t moving. His stomach was a nightmare of slashes and blood, the same color as his ripped sash. She crept closer, peering at him.

"Don’t you dare touch him!” Logan yelled, stumbling to his feet. He gave up getting his own sword out and just grabbed Roman’s from his hand, ignoring the searing ache of his shoulder. “Don’t you dare!”

The sphinx’s legs bent and she was flying at him, mouth open wide. Logan squeezed his eyes shut and swung the sword. It bit into something hard and vibrations traveled up his arm, further irritating his shoulder. There was a loud screech, a thud, and liquid dripped onto Logan’s hand.

He cautiously opened his eyes.

The sphinx lay on the ground, hissing slightly. A long cut showed on its belly. Logan’s stomach twisted and he immediately dropped the sword, letting it hit the ground. He never enjoyed violence, even against a fictitious beast. But the sphinx seemed incapacitated.

Logan bolted to Roman’s side, looking him over. His eyes were closed and his whole shirt was soaked with blood.

“Roman!” Logan called, his voice breaking.

“Ow,” Roman muttered, prying his eyes open and blinking blearily at Logan. “Hey, Specs.”

Logan almost cried with relief. “How do you feel?”

"On a scale of one to ten?” Roman shifted and winced. “Like a 7.8.”

“You’re bleeding a lot,” Logan said, ignoring the blood on his own hands and examining the wound. “Do you have medical equipment here or should we return to the commons?”

Roman weakly snapped his fingers and the forest around them dissolved. The Imagination was back to a blank white canvas, a red-and-gold door hanging a few yards away. So close and yet, so far.

“Can you transport us to your room?” Logan asked.

Roman shook his head. “Sorry.”

“Right.” Logan looked Roman over. He was clearly in no shape to walk, even such a short distance. Additionally, moving him could cause further damage to his chest. But there were no options for care in the current area.

“Roman?” Logan asked, tapping Roman on the shoulder to keep his eyelids from drooping. “Please focus. I’m going to try and carry you.”

Roman chuckled. “What?”

“Carry you,” Logan repeated. “Please stay still and tell me if I’m hurting you so I can adjust.”

“Okay?”

Logan slid his hands under Roman, and imitating Roman’s usual carry, lifted him to Logan’s chest. One arm was under Roman’s knees, the other around his back. He waited for Roman to laugh or mock his adoption of ‘the prince carry’ that Roman often used to get Virgil to meals. Roman didn’t. He only curled into Logan’s chest, clutching at his shirt and tucking his head into Logan’s neck.

Logan took a deep breath, his shoulder throbbing. Carefully, he stumbled forward. Each step was a figurative odyssey. He had to shift Roman so he wouldn’t fall, lift his foot, lean forward carefully, and step down without jostling Roman. Then he repeated it, again and again and again. The door seemed leagues away.

But Roman was still curled in his arms, bleeding, his nose pressed against Logan’s neck and his hair tickling Logan’s jaw. Logan kept walking.

Finally, finally, he reached out and shoved the door open. He bolted into Roman’s room and placed him carefully on the bed, breathing a sigh of relief. Roman’s head was propped up on several pillows and Logan crumpled to his knees next to the bed. He allowed himself two seconds to rest before he was on his feet again, checking Roman over.

“Do you have medical supplies here?” Logan asked.

“Golden cabinet.”

Logan scanned the walls. There--between two Disney posters and near the mahogany desk. Logan opened it and pulled out several first aid kids.

“How often does this happen?” Logan asked, bringing all of them over for good measure.

“Not often,” Roman said, trying to smile. “But sometimes, you know. I’m not fast enough.”

“You should come to us,” Logan said, opening the kits. “We would be happy to help.”

“I know first aid!” Roman protested. “And Patton doesn’t, and Virgil would get freaked out, and Janus hates me, and Remus would probably make the injury worse.”

“And what about me?” Logan asked, pulling on a pair of gloves.

“What about you?” Roman asked bitterly. “You really want to babysit me all the time? You’re always saying you have places to be.”

Logan pressed his lips together. “Roman, your health and well-being is very important to me. Please, if this ever happens again, come to me.”

Roman looked more surprised than he should. Logan clearly hadn’t done a good job of declaring Roman’s worth, though in his defense, he was always afraid to compliment Roman. His true feelings might leak into the words, and Roman would surely be contemptuous if he found out how far Logic had fallen.

Focus. Roman had finally stopped bleeding, but his face was pale and Logan hoped he hadn’t lost too much blood.

“Take off your shirt.”

Roman’s face turned bright red. “What?” he spluttered.

“The wound is on your chest, correct?” Logan ignored the slight blush he felt on his own cheeks. “I need to wash it out. Take off your shirt. Or, actually, let me take it off for you. You shouldn’t move.”

It was pretty easy to remove the shirt. It had been split into several pieces by the sphinx’s claws. Logan tossed the bloody pile on the floor and got his first good look at the wound. Oh, thank Newton, the cuts were numerous and bloody but not life-threatening or extremely deep. Logan noticed many nicks and scars on Roman’s chest as well, which made his heart tighten in a rather irritating way.

Telling himself he would not let himself be flustered by staring at Roman’s chest, Logan started wiping away the blood with a rag. Roman clenched his jaw and balled his fists.

“If I’m hurting you,” Logan said, tossing the first bloody rag aside and reaching for another, “please tell me, Roman.”

“It’s fine,” Roman said airily. “Just stings a bit, is all.”

“If you say so.” After the remainder of blood and dirt was removed, Logan grabbed some soap and water. “This will probably sting, Roman.”

He dabbed at the cuts themselves, cleaning them. Roman hissed with pain, shoulders tight. The longest cut was almost four inches long, red and ugly. Logan cleaned it as carefully as possible, but Roman still whimpered.

“I know, it hurts,” Logan said softly. “I’m sorry. Just a little more and I’ll be finished, okay?”

Roman nodded jerkily.

Logan wiped the last of the blood. Pinching the inside of his glove and peeling both of them off, he tossed them in an empty trash can nearby. A new set of gloves and he was grabbing some gauze and bandages, eyeing Roman’s chest.

“I’ll need to wrap this around,” Logan said. “I think the easiest way for me to reach all the way around is to...um...”

“Do whatever, Specs.” Roman smiled. “I trust you.”

“Right.” Logan took all the gauze and bandages available, placed them on the bed near Roman, and stood up. He hoped that would be a good enough angle on its own, but he was still leaning over Roman. Well, it looked like there was no excuse. Carefully, Logan swung a leg over Roman’s legs, pulling himself into a sitting position.

Roman, once again, turned redder than his sash. “Um...Logan?” he squeaked. “You’re...you’re sitting on my lap?”

“Yes?” Logan unwound some of the gauze. “It allows the best angle. If this is uncomfortable, I can change my position.”

“No!” Roman stammered. “It’s--it’s fine! Cool! You keep doing what you’re doing!”

“Excellent.” Logan reached for his chest and started dressing the wound with gauze, wrapping it around his chest and securing it in place. “Does this hurt or is it uncomfortably tight?”

“No, it’s okay.”

Logan nodded. “That should help if the wound begins to bleed again. Please stay still while I bandage it up.”

Logan tried to ignore Roman’s eyes on him as he wrapped the white bandages around Roman’s chest. He went through several rolls, tying the loose ends together. Every few wraps he would check with Roman, who never had any complaints. Finally Roman was bandaged, and no blood had leaked through. Logan allowed himself a small smile of satisfaction.

“You’re good at that,” Roman said, eyes unreadable.

“That’s why you should call me when you’re injured,” Logan responded, peeling off his gloves.

“I don’t get injured that often,” Roman protested. “Just when--

He stopped himself, but Logan understood what he was going to say.

Just when someone else gets in the way.

Logan stared at his hands, still covered with blood. “I’m sorry, Roman.”

Roman made a choked noise. “Logan, what--”

“I’m sorry,” Logan repeated. He swallowed, trying to get rid of the obstruction in his throat. “I failed and you got hurt, and that is my fault. So I’m...I’m sorry.”

Roman looked horrified. He tried to push himself up, but Logan placed a hand on his shoulder and made him lie back down.

“Logan, you didn’t fail--”

“It’s fine,” Logan said, turning away. “I'll go clean your clothes, I know how much you like that costume.”

“Logan, I’m sorry.”

Logan whirled. “What?”

“I didn’t want things to go this badly,” Roman pleaded. “I...I thought the sphinx would be fun, I didn’t know I’d mess up and get hurt, I just wanted to--spend time with you. And, I dunno, show off? You’re so smart and intuitive and you do your work so well, I just--I wanted to...impress you, I guess.” Roman looked away. “It was stupid.”

Logan couldn’t stop a big, goofy smile from spreading over his face. “You don’t--you’re not mad?”

“How could I be?” Roman laughed. “You slayed a sphinx, Logan. Couldn’t have done a better job myself.”

“Huh.” Logan reached out and brushed Roman’s hair from his face. “Roman?”

“Yeah?”

Logan glanced at the wound. “You’ll want to keep cycling through those bandages until you are healed. Please alert me every twelve hours and I can assist with them.”

Roman rolled his eyes. “So bossy.”

“I care about you,” Logan retorted. “Get used to it.”

But he didn’t think he’d ever get used to the way Roman’s face lit up, like Logan had found the Unified Theory of Everything.

Then Roman frowned. “Lo, you’re bleeding!”

“Oh.” Logan glanced at his shoulder. “I suppose I am.”

“That won’t do!” Roman grabbed the first aid kit and levered himself to a sitting position. “Take off your shirt.”

Logan gave him a long stare and rolled up his sleeve instead.

“Oh no,” Roman said, staring at the cut.

“It’s fine, it’s only a scratch--”

“Shut up and let me help.” Roman dabbed at the wound with a cloth, placed some antibiotic cream on a large Band-Aid, and carefully pressed it to Logan’s shoulder. “There. That should be better, right?”

Logan frowned disapprovingly, hiding the happy glow in his chest. “You shouldn’t be moving around too much, Roman.”

“Just one more thing.” Roman pulled Logan closer and pressed a kiss to his shoulder. “There.”

It was Logan’s turn to blush violently. “Wh-what?”

“I was kissing it better!” Roman said, a small smile on his face. He looked absolutely wonderstruck as he rubbed the Band-Aid, cupping Logan’s neck.

“Kissing it—” Logan huffed. “Roman, that’s a ridiculous idea! There is no medical benefit to kissing someone’s wound. In fact, it could have the detrimental effect of spreading germs—”

Roman smiled wider, not his usual glittering gleam but a soft crooked smirk. “You’re saying it didn’t work?”

Logan rolled his eyes. “Roman, of course it didn’t work!”

“Well.” Roman slid his hand upwards and cupped Logan’s cheek. “I guess we’ll have to try again, won’t we?”

Logan forgot how to breathe. He probably looked foolish, with a blush spreading across his face and his mouth hanging open. Roman’s fingers stroked his cheekbone, rough but somehow not unpleasant.

Roman tilted his head. “Okay?”

For once, Logan was speechless. He swallowed and nodded.

Roman wrapped Logan’s tie around his hand and tugged him down. Their lips met.

It was a short, sweet kiss. Logan tangled his hand in Roman’s hair and Roman ran his thumb across Logan’s cheek. They pulled apart, barely, noses almost touching, staring at each other. Roman giggled and Logan did too, sporting big loopy grins.

“Specs?” Roman asked, pressing a kiss to Logan’s nose. Logan shivered.

“Yes?” Logan asked, trying not to sound as euphoric as he was.

“When I’m healed?” Roman kissed Logan’s jaw. “Can you come to the Imagination again? No sphinxes or monsters, just…us?”

With that large stupid smile on his beautiful stupid face…how could Logan say no?

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@most-likely-fandom

@the17thmeatball

@caffeinated-cryptid

@csi-baker-street-babes

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@somehow-i-got-an-account

@silverobsidion-speaks

@a-fandom-trashdump

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Top Five Villains

HERE WE GO, THE FUN LIST.

#5 Gatomon

Controversial, maybe, to have her be on the Villains list as well, but she was a villainous character for a while.

I’m a real sucker for a good redemption storyline; failing that, at least a turncoat character. While Gatomon didn’t really commit any real atrocities onscreen to atone for later in the story, she still proved a fun villain while she was one. She was no nonsense, efficient, knew exactly what she was doing... if she’d stayed on Myotismon’s side, she could have been a real force to be reckoned with. One of the things that I’d have really liked to have seen explored more in this series was Gatomon’s time with Myotismon, and how much she’s changed since then.

Plus there’s something so weirdly entertaining about a group of creepy, ominous, obviously evil monsters and then a small white kitty cat who’s just as dangerous as them.

#4 Myotismon

This guy.

When this guy came onto the scene, the entire show changed. Devimon’s arc was fun, if a little generic; Etemon’s was very similar with a different villain, and then Demidevimon’s arc came along and we got a fun, goofy villain who can’t Evil properly. Even so, we knew he was following orders from a higher power, and Myotismon’s eventual appearance changed the dynamic from “Team Rocket Fools Children Repeatedly” to “oh shit an actual vampire is going to kill us”. And then the whole Eighth Digidestined thing happened... Plus, that #aesthetic, amirite?

To tie into Gatomon’s thing up there, the Eighth Digidestined arc was one of the best of the season, if not the best. Taking the fight to the Real World made it more, well, real. It was fun as hell watching the parents interact with the Digimon, both good and bad, and finding out exactly what the kids had been up to lately. The kids watching their families getting dragged into the fight was TOP. NOTCH. Plus Myotismon actually knew what he was doing as a villain so.

He knew to go after the one kid without protection. He knew how to cut everything off effectively. He did take a shot at some of the kids when they were on their own, instead of thinking only of killing Kari. Death didn’t stop him the first time. Even when he pulled the classic villain “You Have Outlived Your Use” thing and killed his own minions, it was on Digimon who had already turned against him, like Wizardmon, Pumpkinmon, Gotsumon and (arguably) Darktyrannomon.

(No, wait, they’re still alive because he sent them to his Dungeon, isn’t that RIGHT DUB TEAM.)

(Even though pieces of them were left behind and dissolved on their own.)

(No, I’m still not over that.)

#3 Ogremon

Another redeemed villain! I just like them, okay

Maybe it’s just me, but just the act of Ogremon turning good at the end made me like him. He was a little bit generic in the Devimon arc, though at least he had the feud with Leomon to make him interesting. (Any logical reason to that, by the way? Was it just that we had these two Digimon who could fill in the character roles we’d set out for them? Nothing mythological about lions and ogres hating each other or anything? No? Okay then.)

All Ogremon really did in that first arc was serve as the henchman. He made some... interesting choices, and then he was absorbed into Devimon for power. And then he came out of the back of Devimon’s knee. Sure. When Devimon was defeated, he ran screaming off into the distance, shaking his fist and yelling “NEXT TIME, GADGET. NEXT TIIIIME.” The very act of bringing him back when he wasn’t employed by the Big Bad of the moment made him an interesting character, who had to atone for what he did. I’m a sucker for redemption, like I said, and the best part of it is watching them go soft.

Plus, how great is it to have multiple conflicting alliances within a group? When Leomon returned, even though Ogremon was firmly on the Digidestined side now, he had absolutely no problems with trying to immediately murder Leomon. There’s nothing wrong with that, right? They’re rivals, it’s just natural! He’s also kind of a shithead in general, even still.

Also, Ogremon is incredibly hard to draw. I’d just like to bring that up.

Okay, next!

#2 Etemon

HE’S A MONKEY WHO TALKS LIKE ELVIS, NEXT QUESTION.

But for real, Etemon is such a fucking great villain. Great character all around, I’d love a version where he was an ally or something, but how else would we get the trademark Elvis-laugh-turns-into-villainous-laugh thing that Etemon has going?! Come on, that’s great.

Devimon’s villainous style was one of corruption; he wasn’t all that powerful on his own, but by using the Black Gears he could build his own damn forces and control small areas. He only managed to control a handful of Digimon in the end. He was also taken out by a single Digimon in a single one-on-one, though you could argue that the others had weakened him by that point, they hadn’t really.

Etemon’s style was drastically different - he was far more comical, but far more dangerous. His introduction scene involved him panicking over the Digidestined already being in the area. He sang a lot, he cracked jokes, he threw childish tantrums, and again, he was a monkey who sounded like Elvis. There is nothing not awesome about this guy. And yes, he was deadlier - his main attack can undo Digivolutions and leave the Digimon vulnerable as hell. He ended up taking a couple of episodes to take out, only losing because another villain tried to sabotage him in the end.

And coming back partway through the Dark Masters arc as Metaletemon?! FUCK YEAH. Every pun he made, I laughed at and I don’t apologise for that. Even starting a series-wide tradition, he was stylish until the end.

Also he called Ikkakumon a goat that one time.

#1 Demidevimon

T H E B A S T A R D O R B

Nobody is surprised that he’s my #1, right? It was a close call between him and Etemon, but ultimately I just like Demidevimon’s arc more. We have Devimon and Etemon, as I discussed above. After that wave of villains who are dangerous because they’re powerful, we have one who is dangerous because he’s just a little bastard.

Demidevimon wasn’t strong. Most villains had their huge beatdown happen in the form of a Digimon Digivolving to Champion, Ultimate or Mega for the first time, Demidevimon had his when Patamon reached Rookie level again. In his debut episode. He was never a threat physically once the kids realised that he was not to be trusted. His arc came right after two arcs of the kids being stranded in this strange world together, only briefly separated - and then everyone was torn apart, and he could manipulate them individually.

I’ve argued in the past that Demidevimon was a more effective manipulator than even Puppetmon, one of the Dark Masters, and I stand by it. Puppetmon managed to physically manipulate them with the dolls, sure, and he had Cherrymon convince Matt to attack Tai. But, uh, he didn’t exactly have to twist his arm very hard to get that to happen, and that was Cherrymon’s doing anyway. Plus you could argue that physically manipulating someone isn’t much of a social power as it is more a matter of strength. (also Puppetmon is more of a “play with them like toys” type, but still, being a literal puppetmaster, you’d think that manipulation was more of his domain than a BAT.) Demidevimon, however, managed to:

convince TK that Matt didn’t want him as a brother anymore and to ditch Tokomon

nearly have TK, Tai and Agumon eat poisonous mind-wiping mushrooms

convince Digitamamon to keep Joe and Matt in the restaurant, simultaneously threatening Joe to help keep Matt there and sabotaged them constantly to manipulate them all further

trick Izzy and Tentomon into Vademon’s trap

tell the Gekomon and Otamamon about Mimi’s singing voice, somehow knowing that they’d end up hindering her progress somehow(???)

And, even after knowing that he’s an evil manipulating Digimon, he managed to convince Sora that she’d never manage to activate her crest, causing her to believe it in a self-fulfilling prophecy, even as she worked to sabotage his efforts otherwise.

I mean, apart from all that, I just like Demidevimon as a Digimon. He’s a tiny flying motherfucker and that’s great! He had some of my favourite lines, even his death was kind of tragically funny, and I have a clear bias when it comes to his voice acting, because I just like Derek Stephen Prince. He does it well! I don’t know how Demidevimon closes his eyes like that, though, those appear to be his pupils closing. I don’t even know.

Really, I just find great nostalgia in comical villains. They were all the rage back in the day, especially in children’s media. They’re still around sometimes - Doctor Doofenshmirtz from Phineas and Ferb, the Rubies from Steven Universe, the Ice King from Adventure Time, even Team Rocket from Pokemon are thriving still. Good, menacing villains are great and all, but where’s the fun?

Honourable Mentions

Scorpiomon, who probably benefited the most from the dub’s style - his constant cried of “hey, stop it, come baaaack” while chasing Joe and Mimi are more remnicient of a kid trying to get his toy back from the bully who just took it away from him than someone trying to murder children, and that’s just fucking hilarious.

Mimi, when she was briefly an antagonist in that one episode. Just as I really like Heel-Face turns, I really like Face-Heel turns, even temporarily, and even as petty as this whole thing was. It was the perfect trap for her, who just craved the comfort of home, and who could be easily confinced to go for more. And it was the perfect trap because she was the jailor and the jailed at the same time, trapped as long as her own selfishness would allow. It was one of my favourite episodes.

Datamon, who had his own agenda and didn’t care that he was stepping on Etemon’s toes to get what he wanted. Just like Leomon and Ogremon had conflicting alliances on the protagonist’s side, Datamon and Etemon were opposing forces on the antagonist’s side, and multiple villains fighting each other are always fun to see.

Actually, Etemon later fought Puppetmon as Metaletemon, didn’t he? Wow, dude just doesn’t get along with other villains.

Gizamon. Give them more lines, you cowards.

The Dark Masters, as a whole. Just as Myotismon changed the entire tone of the show, these guys took the entire first half of the show and murdered every safe thing about it. They immediately started playing with the Digidestined, fully intending to off them all right then and there as a team. They were competent, for the most part - only failing when they were forced to split up, and their dirty tricks could be dismantled one by one. I’ve never seen a more co-operative group of antagonists, who never tried to dethrone each other and take everything for themselves.

And okay, sure, Kokatorimon. Purely for this.

Dishonourable Mention

Apocalymon.

Look, dude, I’m sorry, you’re cool and everything, but where the fuck did you come from? We killed Piedmon, it’s over, no, wait, here’s one last guy, no wait he’s dead, nevermind. What?

The fact that Apocalymon didn’t get any fanfare before being dropped on the Digidestined without warning made him seem like an afterthought, like the writers forgot their own endgame until they got there. Even if there had been a mention of the effect that caused his existence before he showed up - a “hey, did you know that not every Digimon survives Digivolution? Their data just gets deleted or something,” really would have helped, but even then.

Apocalymon’s existence in the show really highlights how disjointed the series as a whole is - Devimon has no relation to Etemon, who has no relation to Myotismon, who has no relation to the Dark Masters, who have no relation to Apocalymon. The kids face a constant load of “okay, so we beat this guy and we can go home, right? ...no, maybe this guy??” where every new villain is dropped on the like a hot potato, making their first appearance in less time after their existence is revealed in less time than it takes to heat up said hot potato. Myotismon is the only one who gets any decent buildup before his first appearance before the children, and he’s often said to be the best villain of the show, so see how that works?

Digimon Adventure is the story of a bunch of kids who were brought to the Digital World to take care of one guy, and hey, while you’re here, we’ve also got some sort of demon on this island causing trouble, and there’s this monkey threatening us, and also a vampire, and then these four have joined together... It was a fun adventure, and I love that it could be part of my childhood and my life, but wow it really needed a more cohesive throughline for the story.

I hate to leave this post on a negative note, because it was full of mostly nice things, so here’s another picture of the bastard orb.

Hahahaha, oh you silly little man.

#digimon #digimon anime #digimon adventure #auto plays digimon #auto watches digimon adventure #character analysis

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Season 5 Remix - Episode 2: Lip Synch Extravaganza Eleganza (eventual Jadore) - Eevee

Uhhhh. Hi? I’m back, for the three of you who remember me, I hope you weren’t expecting anything new in terms of content, I remain a one-trick Ponyta. Unless you count Pokemon puns as a trick, then I have two.

This is chapter 2 of a fic from uh, fuck, two years ago. Ehehe…. Here’s chapter 1, since there’s a very good chance no one here lately has read it, and even if you have, not recently.

Ummm. I dunno. I barely even remembered how to submit a fic here, and V had to remind me that it’s been long enough I should link to chapter 1 in my author’s note. I’ll figure things out again, but in the meantime, I think Eevee is confused, and I might hit myself in my confusion a few times before I snap out of it.

Here’s this mess.

The thirteen queens headed back into the werk room, looking for the mirror message from Serena.

God bless America, Viva Panama, Keep bearing light QUEENS xoxo Serena ChaCha

“Bye, Serena.” Adore started cleaning the mirror, and Detox cheered.

“Thank you, Adore. That kid was annoying as fuck.” Detox said, unpinning her wig.

Jade nodded. “Yeah, she really was.” A few other queens nodded and mumbled agreements, and Adore felt good. At least they liked her.

Monica seemed troubled, nervous. Jinkx considered asking, until Adore slid next to her. “Hey, your dress was really pretty.” The younger queen smiled, her green eyes sparkling. Jinkx forgot what she was thinking about immediately.

Jinkx grinned at Adore as she took off her wig. “Aw, thanks. I think Ivy did great with hers, did you see her sewing?”

Adore started shimmying out of her disaster of a dress, kicking it under a table. “Yeah, I gotta get some tips from her. Not that your help wasn’t great!” Adore blushed, afraid of offending Jinkx.

Jinkx just laughed. “It’s fine, I want to learn some sewing stuff from Ivy, too. Did you know she made some of Manila’s dresses?”

The queens continued chatting as they dedragged, then made their way back to the hotel for the night.

~*~*~*~*~

“Rolaskatox is in the house!” Detox, Alaska, and Roxxxy announced as the queens strutted into the werk room the next morning. Jinkx rolled her eyes, and Adore snorted.

“Roll what?” The young queen shook her head. “Girl, that is not a word.”

Detox scoffed. “Roxxxy, Alaska, Detox. Rolaskatox. It’s the hot new drug for people who are gagging.”

Jinkx looked Detox dead in the eye. “I’d rather choke to death than take that.” Her voice was devoid of emotion.

Adore lost it laughing.

“Sounds like a venereal disease.” Ivy said with a shrug, and Jinkx couldn’t hold a straight face anymore.

Rolaskatox and the trio that didn’t seem too impressed with them were pulled out of their shade throwing by a video popping up on the monitor.

~*~*~*~*~

Ru strutted into the werk room to the cheers of the queens. “Condragulations, Adore Delano, on surviving the first lip-sync for your life.”

Adore grinned, the other queens clapping. “Thanks.”

“Let that be a lesson to all of you. To win $100,000, you’re going to need to put your money where your mouth is. Oh, pit crew!”

At that, the pit crew came in carrying… a bizarre board with five RuPauls on it, all of which had holes where their mouths should be. They also were all wall eyed, it was very strange.

Jinkx shook her head slightly. “What?”

Ru explained the mini-challenge was to lip-sync to his songs (now available on iTunes) and sell a performance with only their mouths visible. The queens all went to do their lips as fantastical as they could.

Alaska would later provide opinions on the lipstick skills displayed. “There are some crazy lips in this room. Detox looks like the Joker, Lineysha looks like a painted peacock fantasy, and Coco’s looking like… she just fell into a vat of glitter.”

The queens were split into groups for the three songs. Adore and Jinkx both landed in group one, lip-syncing “Tranny Chaser.”

“Ladies, assume the position.” Ru was not interested in making the way this mini-challenge was set up any less awkward. Once the queens were on their knees, he added, “You all do that so well.”

Adore cast a quick glance at Jinkx, who was blushing pretty hard. She chuckled awkwardly as the music began, focusing on her own performance rather than her friend. After all, she still had a crown to win.

~one incredibly transphobic song later~

“That was awesome,” Ru began, pacing in front of the board with a cake pop, “But one of you really… popped.” He put the snack into Adore’s mouth. “Adore Delano.”

“I win!” Adore cheered, jumping back to her feet. “And I get cake!” She grinned around the cake pop. Jinkx hid a laugh behind her hand, amused by Adore’s cheerful attitude.

Detox won “Lady Boy,” and Ivy Winters did the best on “Peanut Butter.” With the mini-challenge complete, Ru explained what they had won. “For this week’s main challenge, it’s gonna be a lip-sync extravaganza!”

The queens all cheered, despite not knowing what that actually meant for them. Ru continued. “You’ll be taking classic moments from the herstory of Drag Race, and recreating them in your own scene-stealing viral videos!”

Adore, Detox, and Ivy were team captains for this event. Adore got first pick. “Uh, Roxxxy?” She didn’t sound sure of herself, she wasn’t sure of herself, but she didn’t want to pick Jinkx first. She wanted Jinkx on her team, but she didn’t want to seem too attached. Or let ‘Rolaskatox’ be all together, for that matter.

Detox’ first pick was naturally, “I want my Lasky!”

“Toxy!”

“Lasky!”

Every other queen in the room just stared at the two, slightly uncomfortable. Ivy was up next. “Ms Lineysha.”

“Jinkxy, c’mon.” Adore smiled, and Jinkx walked over to her happily.

“I’ll take Monica.” Detox decided, Monica nodding as she joined the group. “Ms Vivienne.” Ivy said.

“Alyssa.” Adore couldn’t leave Laganja’s drag mom out of her group.

“Coco, get your ass over here, bitch.” Detox and Coco hugged dramatically.

Ivy was left with Honey Mahogany and Jade Jolie as choices. “Sorry, Jade, but I’m gonna have to go with Honey.” Ivy sounded genuinely apologetic.

“That’s okay, girl.” Jade assured, unconvincingly, and was directed to join Adore’s group.

Once the groups were split up, the scenes they would be lip-syncing to were handed out. “Season 3, Untucked. Party.” Adore tapped play on the tablet as her group huddled around, looking at the scenes they were given.

“So, we have Shangela versus Mimi, with Mariah, and then Raja and Delta.” Adore looked at her teammates. “So, who feels like a particular queen?”

“I’ll do Mariah, and Alyssa should do Shangela.” Roxxxy suggested, and Alyssa nodded. “Somebody has to be Mimi.”

Jinkx suddenly had a thumb jabbed in her direction. “I think you should be Mimi.” Alyssa said, and Jinkx just blinked.

“Uh, okay, Mimi.” She agreed, but her words were drowned out.

“I was thinking maybe I could do Raja.” Adore offered.

Alyssa agreed, “Hands down, you’re Raja.”

Jade was stuck playing Delta, and was not thrilled with it. But no one seemed keen on listening to her misgivings.

The queens all settled in on learning their lines, and getting themselves made up as the queens they were portraying.

Ru came by to talk to them as they prepared. “Team Adore!”

“Party!” Adore chirped cheerfully, the other queens smiling at Ru.

Adore was already mostly done up, and Ru noticed. “So, you’re playing Raja?” Adore nodded. “Did you assign the roles?”

“Sort of. Not everyone likes who they’re playing, but not all the queens we’re playing are fun choices.” Adore shrugged.

Jade scowled. “No kidding.”

“I’m sorry, Jade!” Adore sounded earnest. “We just got what we got. I know you didn’t wanna be Delta, but we were out of choices. Sorry.”

Jade nodded. “Thanks.”

Ru smiled at the queens. “Well, at least there’s no hard feelings. So Jinkx is Mimi Imfurst,” Jinkx smiled at Ru, the silly mouth makeup around her eyes confirming it. “And Roxxxy, you’re playing…”

“I’m doing Mariah.” Roxxxy offered.

“Mariah, of course. And Alyssa, who are you playing?”

“Shangela ‘halleloo,’” Alyssa supplied. “I put her in drag for the first time.”

“A family that drags together…” Ru started.

“…stays together!” The queens finished.

Ru went on to talk about Lypsinka and wished the team luck, moving on to talk to Detox’ group.

~*~*~*~*~

Adore’s team was first up to film their scenes. Everyone got into place, and Alyssa and Jinkx started acting out their fight. Instead of drinks, they threw glitter at each other, quickly coating everything. Jinkx was having an issue trying to hoist Alyssa over her shoulder, she was not bulky enough to lift a grown person up and carry them around.

Alyssa slipped on the glitter covered coffee table in the lounge, and Adore helped her back to the floor. “Are you okay?”

“I’m good. Let’s reset!” Alyssa said.

Jinkx adjusted her… lampshade. “Can I have a minute?”

Adore sat next to her. “Here, let me help you with that.” The young queen helped Jinkx get the silly prop balanced again.

“Thanks, Adore,” Jinkx smiled.

Adore grinned back. “You’re welcome! Let’s do it again, yeah?”

Jinkx nodded, and the lampshade wobbled but stayed put. “Take two!”

~*~*~*~*~

The group moved to the other lounge to shoot the other scene, and Adore was gesturing and hamming up the performance, but in a good way.

“I wonder if people talk about us this way.” On that line, Adore and Jade locked eyes, shrugged, and knocked back their drinks. Jinkx felt a deep emotional connection to that choice.

Adore and Jade did the scene maybe once or twice over, but it was pretty solid.

The group headed back to the werk room to get ready for the runway.

~*~*~*~*~

Category is, best drag. Jinkx had a silver sequin dress she planned to wear for the runway theme, and was at war with her deep red wig, trying to get it into a shape she liked. She abandoned the effort for the moment and started painting her face.

Adore was waffling between two dresses, one black and white, the other styled to resemble a mermaid’s tail. “Hey Jinkx, do you think I can last until whatever the ‘fishy fierceness’ runway is?” She looked to the queen she was quickly considering her best friend in the competition.

Jinkx looked at the two dresses Adore was holding up. “I think you’ll be here for a while yet, you did great today. Save the ‘fishy’ dress.”

Adore nodded and hung her mermaid dress back up. “Werk.” She and Jinkx worked on their makeup quietly for a bit.

Adore looked over at the ginger queen, who was going in a bit heavy on her nose contour. “Jinkx.” She had to save her friend from herself.

“Mm.” Jinkx hummed, not listening.

“Jinkx!” Adore repeated, louder. The shape Jinkx was making her nose was not improving.

Jinkx turned to Adore. “Huh?”

Adore shook her head. “You helped me out, now it’s my turn to help you.” Jinkx gave a confused smile, and Adore continued. “Your contouring is… a lot. I know how to paint soft, let me show you how.” She held a hand out, as though to take Jinkx’ makeup brush. “May I?”

Jinkx handed the brush to Adore. “Sure.” She didn’t know why she trusted this queen so easily, but she knew it was the right choice. Adore went straight to work.

After a few minutes, Adore leaned back from Jinkx’ face and nodded. “There, much smoother.” Adore grinned at Jinkx, who looked in the mirror. Her face looked soft and feminine.

“I love it!” She beamed at the younger queen. “Now finish your own beat, we have a runway to slay.”

~*~*~*~*~

Adore was far more confident in this runway than she was the previous. She strutted her way down the catwalk, and was excited for critiques.

The queens all assembled on stage to watch the videos with the judges. Jinkx and Adore stood next to each other, exchanging a reassuring glance as the videos began.

~*~*~*~*~

The judges seemed happy with the videos Adore’s group put out, and Jinkx and Adore shared a high-five.

Everyone got critiques from this challenge, and while the performances were fine from Adore and Jinkx, the judges had some opinions on their looks.

“What’s going on with that wig?”

Jinkx ran her hands through her wig. “I tried to tease it but I just pissed it off!”

Adore giggled from her place on the stage, earning a warning glare from Michelle. The other judges were too busy laughing to notice Adore’s outburst.

“Next up,” RuPaul returned her attention to Adore. “Adore Delano.”

Adore quickly recomposed herself. “Party.”

“Your performance in the challenge was amazing,” RuPaul said. “It was dramatic and over the top, yet it worked because you knew your lines and it fit the character.”

“I love this gown tonight,” Santino said, gesturing to it. “It’s very glamorous.”

Michelle rolled her eyes. “Santino, you’re an idiot. The body shape is all wrong and the length of the gown is awkward. It’s too short.”

“Should I have worn flats?” Adore asked, a bit sarcastically. “Would that have helped?”

RuPaul and Santino laughed, and they moved on to the next queen.

“The forty ninth state,” RuPaul giggled a bit as she said it. “Alaska.”

“Hieeee,” Alaska whined.

“What was that makeup?” RuPaul asked. “It was so dark that it could almost be considered black face. Especially since you were playing a person of colour.” Alaska’s face drained of visible colour.

“Not only that,” Michelle chimed in. “You didn’t know any of the words. And you used ridiculously over the top hand motions as if you thought that would distract us from it.”

Alaska opened her mouth, but it just sounded like a door creaking open when she tried to say something.

“It wasn’t very Phi Phi.”

Alaska kept creaking as they moved on to the next queens.

Adore breathed a sigh of relief, at least she wasn’t under fire this time.

~*~*~*~*~

The results of the judging were almost a reverse of the previous challenge, at least for Adore, who won for her performance. On the other hand, while Alaska had ranked high the previous challenge, she was up to lip sync against Monica this time.

Alaska dominated the lip sync, something the judges and other contestants didn’t expect, seeing that she actually learned the words this time. Monica didn’t stand a chance, and she was asked to sashay away.

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Love in the Time of Corona <One>

One.

“So Scott, got a question for you, well, maybe your brother.”

“Honey, what’s wrong you look stressed.”

Colton sighs as he rolls over to look closer at his boyfriend Scott Evans. “I know we are on lockdown but. . . “

“But what?”

“I don’t know if I can stay here with you at your brother’s when my sister is alone at her apartment.”

Scott relaxes and runs his hand through his boyfriend’s curly dark brown hair. “You know we can ask Chris to come let her stay with us.”

“Do you think he would be ok with it?”

“If she’s family and she’s alone. I don’t see why not.” Scott stands and walks to the side of Colton’s bed pulling him to his feet. “Let’s go ask him now since I think you’ll keep tossing and turning if you don’t.” he says as he gives his boyfriend a hug and kiss.

*knock knock knock*

“Come in.” Chris sits up in bed waiting for his brother to come in. “What’s up?”

“Well I, well we have a HUGE favor to ask.”

Colton cuts off Scott while coming in behind him. “Feel free to say no. If it’s too much I understand but. . .” He takes a deep breath.

“So first off thanks for letting me stay with you and Scott but, my sister is quarantining alone and her birthday is in a few weeks and I’d rather her not be alone. So . . . “

“So you were wondering is she could stay here?” Chris asks letting his right eyebrow arch.

Colton’s eyes became large as two saucers when he was cut off but Chris. “Yeah. If it’s too much it’s fine I understand completely.”

Chris adjusts more in bed and thinks for a minute and figures the more the merrier. Plus it’s her birthday is coming up soon. It’ll suck being stuck in a house anyways but all by yourself would be worse. “Nah, it’s fine. Tell her to come on. Does she cook or anything?”

“Oh yeah she cooks and she cleans.” Colton says, “She makes amazing fried chicken but her pepperoni rolls are life.”

Chris and Scott both look at him curiously and reply in unison “Pepperoni rolls?”

“Yeah pepperoni rolls. Don’t worry I’ll call her before bed and tell her. I haven’t mentioned anything to her so it’ll be a good surprise. Thanks so much.” Colton says as he goes back to the bedroom he shares with Scott.

*Ring. Ring. Ring.*

“Hello?” Nico groggily answer her phone.

“Hey sis, did I wake you?” Colton replies.

A deep sigh comes out of Nico, she was in the progress of falling asleep in front of television yet again. “No, just laying here. What’s up? Are you ok?” he replies.

“Yeah, just worrying about you. So, do you want me to come quarantine with you?” He asks trying to test out the waters. He knows she is stubborn true to her Taurus sign so he has to ease her into it.

Nico adjusts her pillows then lays back in bed again. “Honestly, it would be great if you were here but I know you are with your new boyfriend Scott, so I don’t want to sound selfish and make you leave him.”

“Well, what if there is another way for us to be together.” He replies smiling after hearing her response. Always so giving, even if it hurts her.

“How’s that going to happen? I don’t even know where you are at.” She replies slowly shaking her head.

Colton takes a small breath, “ We are with his brother in the outskirts of Boston. He’s got a big house and yard, AND I asked if you could stay and as long as you help out with cooking and stuff you can come stay!”

“Colton . . . “

“Hear me out sis. It’s either this or I’ll have someone else come stay with you. And I don’t mean friends. Maybe mom and dad or one of the other sisters and their families.”

Hearing that threat makes Nico shoot up from bed instantly feeling stressed, “Why would you say that? Of all things! Why?”

“Because I’m your big brother and I worry about you and your mental health. So how about you load your car up with a month full of clothes and whatever else you need. I’ll have some extra groceries sent to us so you can make some of those delish pepperoni rolls.”

Nico’s head falls to the side. “Are you sure you actually miss me, or are you just craving pepperoni rolls?”

Colton chuckles at little bit at his sister, “Nah, I miss you but pepperoni rolls are like an added bonus.”

A deep sigh leaves her, “Fine. “I’ll pack up tonight and leave in the morning I guess.”

“Awesome! Can’t wait to see you, it’s like a 4 hour drive from New York so it’s not too bad. I’ll text you the addy. I’m going to bed and you should too since, you have some driving to do.”

“Yes yes, I’ll go to sleep after packing my stuff up. Nighty nighty Colton.”

“Night Nico.” He replies as he hangs up.

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When Colton left to call his sister, Scott and Chris talk for a few more minutes, “So what do you know about his sister?”

“She’s a cosplayer and runs a party planning business. She’s the middle child out of the five of them, lives in New York.”

“Do you have any pictures or anything of her?” Chris asks wondering if inviting her is a good idea since Scott just mentioned her being a cosplayer. He wonders if she would be a fan girl or something making the quarantine lockdown a little awkward and miserable.

Scott looks at his brother perplexed, “Are you having second thoughts?”

“No, not really. But if she’s a cosplayer, is she a fan girl?”

“No idea to be honest. He talks about her the most but, didn’t mention her celebrity crushes. I’m sure she has met a few celebrities at conventions and knows how to act. Mainly, I know she’s a great cook. She’s sent him some cookies and cakes not to long ago and they were amazing.”

Chris nods his head in understanding but still curious. “Do you at least know her name?”

“Nico.” He replies with a happy face.

“Nico? What kind of name is that?”

Scoot sighs and rolls his eyes, “It’s short for Nicolette. The few times we’ve chatted on the phone she seemed really sweet. But don’t call her Nicolette. She’ll correct you.” Scott states and chuckles. “It's honestly like a curse word to her.”

“OK then, I’ll call her Nico.” He says with a small smile. “You do realize I’m going to Facebook stalk her.”

“Ohh I figured as much.” Scott shrugs as he leaves the room. “Thanks brother. I think he was really worried since the others have spouses and they usually do everything together. Plus he knows how her anxiety and depression gets a little crazy at times.”

“How crazy?” Chris asks as he stops typing her name on Facebook, “anything life threaten?”

“Ohh no no no, never anything like that at least I don't think so. But if you see her cleaning and organizing stuff, she is probably having some racing thoughts. Sometimes she can’t sleep or a few times she has called Colton in the midst of a panic attack and he has to talk her through things and breathing exercises. Apparently they get so bad it feels like a heart attack.”

Chris nods his head in understanding because he knows how this panic attacks feel. He’s gotten better at getting himself in the right head space but he can definitely sympathize with her. After typing in New York in location in Facebook he was able to pull up her page. “Gotcha, well I’m going to look around on her page. Good night.”

Scott picks up on his body language and leaves, “good night.”

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Chris looks at Nico’s Facebook page, while most of it is under private which he likes there are a few pictures of her. She looks honestly beautiful. Her most current picture is of her dressed up as Pikachu with a few other girls as other Pokemon. Even though she isn’t center stage, his eyes automatically goes to her. He can’t tell how tall she is but, she is about average build with large brown eyes, her skin is a little lighter than her brother’s almost like a burnt caramel complexion, and a big curly head of black hair with purple tips.

The other profile pictures that were there shows a few other of her cosplays of a Hufflepuff student from Hogwarts, the Powerpuff girls where she was Buttercup, and the last one took him by surprise. A few years ago she was dressed as a female Captain America with another girl who has been in a few other pictures of hers as the Winter Soldier.

She nails the look of Captain America with the colors and the stripes and stars but the girlie feel for it. To be honest she looks hot with the corset and the tutu bottom and knee high blue boots. Her hair was still curly but hair of It pinned back with a few large silver stars. When she smiles her eyes light up making her star lip ring show most prominently.

Out of curiosity and boredom he looks at the Winter Solider girl’s profile to see if there were any other pictures of Nico. Fortunately, her page was public and he could see some other pictures of her. The sweetest picture was a shout to Nico being an amazing friend and godmother to her kids. She was laying on the couch with a small toddler in her lap asleep the caption read, “the sweetest and best godmother.”

With what he could see of her, she seems like a really sweet girl. And beautiful to boot. Hopefully she’ll be all that and more when she comes. He reclines a little more in bed and slowly starts to fall asleep.

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Scott closes the door to his shared bedroom with Colton, “I think my brother will be shocked meeting Nico.”

Colton hits send on his message to Nico then looks up from his phone, “Shocked? Why?”

“Well because, she might be something he needs in life. He was Facebook stalking her and didn’t look to upset about her.” He says as he crawls back into bed with him.

“Oh wow. Has he ever been with a black girl?” He looks at Scott as his raised eye brow finally returns back to its normal position. “Because I’ll be honest she's only ever dated white guys so it’s no problem for her. But I don’t want his end game to get in her pants. No pun intended. But she is my little.”

“As far as I know, he has never dated a black girl but it’s not out of the realm of possibly. He’s open minded but he’s not just trying to have sex with her. He’s ready to settle down.”

“I guess that is good. But we shall see tomorrow how they interact.”

Scott nods his head in agreement, “Did you tell her who my brother was?”

Colton runs his head through he hair, “No I did not because . . .”

“Because why?”

“Well because I don’t want her up all night overthinking or her changing her mind and staying home. Plus, I want her to be shocked. I like seeing her shocked. It’s funny.”

“Gotcha, I love you Colton.”

“I love you too Scottie. Now let’s go to bed. I’m exhausted.”

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After getting off the phone with her brother Nico goes to her closet and pulls out her two biggest suitcases, sighing she starts to pack to stay with people she doesn’t really know for a month or so. While she’s not really thrilled with going outside of her comfort zone but she knows she can see and hang out with her brother, so there is some comfort and security in that.

Moving to New York has been the best and worse thing she has ever done. She enjoyed being away from small town life but sometimes she missed not knowing really anyone here minus her close friends and coworkers.

Thankfully, her brother did make frequent visits but after he got with Scott it was less frequent. She wasn’t jealous or anything just wishing to see him more with or without Scott.

Sighing once again, she starts packing leggings, tank tops, and other clothes. She knows she won’t be going anywhere so she doesn’t feel the urge to pack anything to fancy. Thinking harder on what to pack, she goes ahead and packs some crafts, her MacBook, and her Nintendo switch.

Looking at the clock she realizes it’s almost midnight and she’s not even tired. Since there were no places open for her to go she takes her wet curly hair out of her messy bun and decides to blow dry it straight then flat iron it. It’s been a while since she’s straighten her hair but figures that it’s better now then never. After an hour she is finished straighten it and does a quick trim on it then braids it and puts on her bonnet and falls asleep.

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The sun shines into Nico’s room slowly waking her up. She stretches and gets a hot shower then packs up all of toiletries. She opts to wear a black pair of leggings and a cami along with an oversized mustard yellow sweater that compliments her skin. She brushes her now straight hair again and rebraids it into a side ponytail.

Finally after a few hours she was able to finish packing different odds and ins that she might need or want, emailing and calling a few coworkers to let her know she was going to be out of town but still be available for conference calls. She notified her neighbors so they could keep an eye on her place. After putting the address into her map app, she lets her Driving Mix on Apple Music and hits the road.

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Chris walks into the yet to be occupied bedroom to make sure everything looked good for her arrival. Even though he slept good last night, he would be lying if he didn’t dream about Nico. He was excited for her arrival. Not because she was beautiful but, for a new person for to have there and someone who actually cooks from scratch, plus she would not make him the third wheel with Scott and Colton.

It had only been a week but he was already getting burnt out on take out and fast food already. He didn’t want to bug his mom with her making food for not only him but Scott and Colton even though he knows she wouldn’t mind. But seeing as older people are more at risk, he would rather her just keep interactions to FaceTime.

“So, when’s your sister getting here?” He asks casually as he walks into the kitchen. Colton and Scott are sitting at the island drinking coffee.

Colton looks at the clock and counts, “She should be here in about 30 minutes or so. Keep an eye out for a silver Subaru Outback with hello kitty on it.”

“Wow, ok then.” Scott says, “I’m surer that doesn’t stick out at all.” The three chuckle at the description of her car.

“So, is she excited to come here?” Chris asks.

“Honestly not too sure. She was a little apprehensive, but after I threaten to tell the rest of family she was glad to pack up her car and make the drive.” Colton replies with a smirk.

“You had to threaten her?’ Chris laughs.

“Wow, I thought I was bad but I can see you know how to twist her arm. So, I’m just going to be nosey.”

“Shoot. Be nosey. I don’t mind.” Colton says as he takes another sip of coffee.

“Why did she not want to be with other family members?”

Colton makes a small smile, “Don’t get me wrong, we love our parents and sisters BUT they are all married and have kids and we don’t. We have kind of have always been the black sheep of the family. Nico and I haven’t always gone down the beaten path of our family. I’m gay and she’s a blerdy girl.”

Chris’ head cocks to the side, “Blerdy girl?”

“A black nerd. Geez, Chris get hip with the slang.” Scott says while rolling his eyes.

“Exactly. It was kind of hard for us growing up with family being very straight lace while, I was out and proud since I was 17 and she finally accepted the fact that she would never have a stuffy office job that would make her hate her life. She’s great though. Her love of rainbows, unicorns, Hello Kitty among other things helped her to forget our family kinds of forgets that it’s ok to be different.” Colton looks at the clock and realizes she should be here any moment.

“I have to admit, I looked at her Facebook page. What I could see of it she looks pretty awesome. I just kind of hope she doesn’t completely freak when she sees me.” Chris says while smiling.

“Nah, she should be ok. She’s met a few people from the Avenger movies so she should be ok.”

“Really ?” Chris asks as he stands up to stretch. “Who has she met?”

“She met Chris Hemsworth and said that he was really nice and funny. I think I have a picture of her with him I think.” Colton answers as he scrolls through pictures on his phone. “Here I’ll send it to you. Ask him if he remembers her.”

Scott looks at his boyfriend like he is a little crazy. “I doubt he is going to remember her out of all the fans he has met.”

“Hey now, you never know. My sister has a way that people never forget her.”

Chris looks at his and saves the picture of Nico and Hemsworth. He decides what the hell and send it to the group chat he has with him, Sebastian, Anthony, Jeremy, and RDJ. “He might remember her, it was from a few months ago.”

The room gets quiet when they hear a car pull up the drive way. Dodger starts barking at the sound of someone new. Sure enough the three walk outside to a silver Subaru being put in park. Colton walks over to the drivers side to greet his sister.

“There she is! My little sister.” Colton says in an excited tone.

“Colton!” Nico replies as she gets out the car to give her brother a hug. She’s considerably shorter than her 6’4 tall brother. As he hugs her, he picks her up and spins her as her legs dangle. “I’ve missed your face brother bear.”

“I’ve missed you too! You look cute and comfy. Is that the sweater I got you for Christmas?”

“Of course, it’s like the most comfortable sweater I own and it works well with leggings.” She replies as she does a spin. “So where is this new man of yours? I get to finally meet him and not just talking on the phone!”

Scott pipes in excitedly from behind the pair. “I’m right here! Hi I’m Scott it’s good to finally meet you in person. He’s told me a lot about you.” He extends his arms and give her a hug. “Sorry, I don’t know if you are a hugger but I am. Even with all this going on, I like a good hug.”

“No, it’s fine. I haven’t touched anything outside of my apartment minus me lysoling my car so I’m clean. And no point of social distancing if we might be here for the next month or so.” She pulls away and looks at him again to figure out where she has seen him. “You look like someone I’ve seen before. I know my brother says you are an actor but I still can’t place your face.”

“It’ll hit you don’t worry. Ohh and here is my brother Chris.” Scott replies with a wink.

Chris slowly approaches the three of them waiting for Nico to either faint or fangirl. “Hello Nico, I’m Chis.”

Nico’s large brown eyes became even bigger as she realizes that Chris wasn’t just Chris but Chis freaking Evans and Scott was Scott Evans. Don’t freak out. Don’t freak out. “Oh wow, Chris Evans. Nice to meet you.” She sticks out her hand and gets pulled in for a a big bear hug from Chris. When he pulls away her cheeks were a little red.

“Sorry, just figured since you gave everyone else a hug I’d get one also.” He replies sheepishly as he pulls away.

“No worries, just wasn’t expecting to meet you. And . . . yeah.” She replies still blushing.

While the two were having this awkwardly cute interaction Scott pokes Colton in his side and mouths “See!” Colton shakes his head and looks at the pair and can kind of see it.

“So, if you two are done with the awkward meeting how about we get you and your stuff inside.” Colton says as he walks past Chris and Nico and opens her trunk and back door. “Did you pack enough stuff?”

Nico’s head tilts to the side and gives her brother a dirty look, “Hey now! It's honestly not a lot of thing, PLUS I’m sure you packed WAY more than me.”

“That he did.” Scott states with humor in his voice. “Also you need extra stuff because you really had no idea of where you were going and what we already had.”

“Exactly!” Nico squeals as she puts an arm around Scott, “I think I like you already.”

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After one trip they successfully all of Nico’s things in her guest room. Walking into the house Dodger greets Nico by jumping up on her a few times. Chris tried to pull the dog away from her but she wasn’t even upset she welcomed the dog’s affection. He was kind of surprised that Dodger took to her so quickly but it was cute.

While she was unpacking in getting settled, Dodger sat outside of door watching happily and wagging her tail. Every once in a while he would come in for a few pats then goes back to watching her unpack.

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Chris goes to his room to relax for a few minutes and looks at his phone to see a few messages from the guys:

RDJ: So who is this girl with Hemsworth exactly? She’s adorably pint sized.

Hemsworth: Ohh! I remember her. She was from a convention a few months ago. The girls loved her Eevee cosplay.

Sebastian: She’s cute. Why do you have a picture of Hemsworth with a random girl?

Chris: That’s Nicolette, Scott’s boyfriend’s sister. She is joining us for the quarantine. What do you guys think of her?

Hemsworth: What I can remember of her, she’s very sweet and has a few Avenger tattoos. If I can remember correctly her right upper arm has the symbols lined up with the Black Panther one included.

RDJ: That’s really specific.

Chris: Agreed. How do you know this?

Hemsworth: Well if you look at the outfit she has on it was strapless and her friend pointed it out. Her friend was fangirling a bunch but she was just so chill and a little shy.

Sebastian: Is she single? If so, your quarantine time might be a lot more fun. 🍆🍆

Chris: LOL. I honestly have no idea. I’d imagine single because she is staying with us but you never know. She is beautiful. Much more in person than the pictures. I did hug her and it was nice.

RDJ: Watch out hugging her. You really do sound like Cap right now. I think he really has rubbed off on you.

Chris: Dude! I just met her and in front of her brother no less couldn’t be grabby. You know that's not how I roll.

Jeremy: Yeah you very well couldn't dick her down in front of everyone. lol.

Anthony: Sorry guys late to the party once again. I remember seeing her at another convention. She was Pikachu and it wasn’t revealing but still sexy.

Hemsworth: Agreed a subtle sexy. I’d say that is your kind of girl.

Anthony: Most definitely. She might be the girl next door with a wild side.

Chris: I don’t know about all that but she is currently unpacking in the guest room and Dodger won’t leave her side.

Sebastian: Dogs always know the good ones. Might want to continue making a good impression on her.

Jeremy: Did you find out her favorite avenger yet?

Chris: No. Should I?

RDJ: Ummm yes up your chance to see if she likes you.

On that note, Chris closes out the texts and sees how she is doing.

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*knock knock*

“Come in.” Nico says as she is putting her last stack of clothes in the drawer. She was expecting to see her brother but saw Chris instead. Her eyes got slightly larger but her face stayed neutral. “Oh hey!”

“Hey, so hows the unpacking going.” He asks while leaning against the doorway taking in her form better now that she has taken off the oversized sweater and is now in a tank top with her black leggings and pastel hulk no show socks.

She surveys her open suitcases one more time, ”Actually I think I’m done. I didn’t overpack because I didn’t see myself going out anywhere so it was just lounge clothes mainly.”

“Yeah, don’t blame you. It’s crazy how quickly it all escalated. You know?”

“I couldn’t agreed with you more. One moment I’m going into the office. Next I’m working from home and then I’m here, thankfully I'm still getting paid but I can at least work on future events that I've been putting off.” Her facial expression looks unreadable so Chris walks in closet just to make sure she is ok. His movements caught her attention and she gave him a small smile with a hint of sadness in her eyes. “It’s ok though. I’m alive and I have a job. Just stresses me out a little bit.”

“Understandable. How’s the anxiety?” Chris asks gently.

She turns fully to him and gives him a half smile. “Surprisingly, that’s been pretty okay considering. I’ve only had a small panic attack but nothing major.”

He shakes his head in agreement. “I’ve been making sure friends and family are safe. It went from nothing to something big. But I just hope people don't forget to do mental health check ups to make sure they can survive this.”

Dodger comes up and puts his nose under her hand because he wanted so affection so Nico reaches down and scratches him behind the ears. “I bet having him around helps. They know when their owner feels stressed.”

“Yeah, he sure does. So, are you hungry or anything?”

“Not yet. I had some oatmeal before I left.”

He nods his head not really sure of what else to say because he wants to know more about her,” Would you like a tour of my humble abode?”

“Sure! That sounds great.” She replies. He puts his arm out and she links it with his as he shows her around the house and the outside.

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After Nico finishes her tour with Chris, she goes to the living room and sits down on the tan ultra plush couch with her legs under her. Since being here Dodger has followed her around like a baby duck. Once she gets comfy he places his head on her leg and cuddles closer to her. Even though she slept last night she was kind of anxious to get on the road and get resettled.

Looking at her phone she sees that is almost 5 and the sun was slowly setting as much as she knows it’s way to late for a nap she gets cozy with Dodger and drifts into dreamland.

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Chris was done with working on his few projects for his website and wanted to check in with everyone. Scott and Clinton were in their room about to come out. “Hey guys, any thoughts for dinner tonight ?”

“Nothing really. We could see if my sister wants to cook something for us.” Colton replied as he walks towards the door.

“Where is she anyway? I know she unpacked and looked around with Chris but haven’t seen her since.” Scott asks. He couldn’t help but bring up that Nico and Chris were together just so Colton would acknowledge the fact that Chris night have some interest.

“Hard to say. She wanders off a lot. . . Especially if she is drunk. Go check her room.”

Chris pipes in, “Nah she want there I already checked." His statement makes Colton look at him but doesn't say anything.

The three walk into the living room/ kitchen area and see a sleeping Nico on the couch with Dodger curled up to her for warmth. Chris being worries that she might be cold since she was curled up almost in a ball so he gets his favorite blanket off the other side of the couch and covers her with it. Once the warmth is around her, she snuggles closer under it with Dodger.

“So . . . Should we wake her?” Scott asks as he sees her body rise and fall in a deep sleep.

“Nah, it’s best to just leave her there for maybe another 45 mins to an hour.” Colton says as he walks back to the kitchen to figure out what their dinner plans will be. “But you don’t want her up all night making noise.” He laughs at his own statement, “she’s done it before a few times. Growing up she would nap during the day then 2 o’clock in the morning she would be up doing art or her hair or just something.”

Chris nods his head with a chuckle running his hand through his hair. “Noted.”

Colton pulls out a bag of chicken nuggets and French fries then places them on a baking sheet and seasons them while the oven was preheating. He sees the way Chris is admiring his sister and feels unsure of it all. He wants the best for his sister and has always been leery of any man who wants to be with her but, a celebrity has never been interested in her and wants her to be happy and safe.

“Ni Ni, wake up.”

“Five more minutes, I’ve only been asleep for like 20 minutes.” Nico says sleepily.

“You mean more like 2 hours or more.” Scott says as he helps Colton pull the blanket off of her.

Her body goes from stretched out into a small ball as soon as the cool air hits her skin. Slowly she shifts and sits up to stretch remembering where she is. “Sorry guys, didn’t mean to be asleep that long I was going to make dinner.”

“It’s fine your brother has it right Colton?” Chris says as he lets Dodger out.

“Yeah. Yeah, Baby sis already slacking. I swear.” Colton replies with a chuckle as he shakes his head.

Nico rolls her eyes and walks over to her brother giving him a hug. “I’m sorry. Don’t worry I’ll make pepperoni rolls for us tomorrow and that will fix it all.”

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After a tasty dinner, the group watched a few BuzzFeed Unsolved: True Crime episodes then at around 10 they all said their good nights and went to bed for the night. Nico laid down and played some online games but honestly, she just wasn’t tired. She finally laid down and closed her eyes but then tossed and turned for a while.

11:45 the clock blared at her, after realizing that she wasn’t going to sleep, Nico pulls on some gray cotton shorts, readjusts her tank top, brushes her hair, and throws it into a high messy bun. Thankfully, her brother had kept the promise of getting extra ingredients sent to the house so she decided since she couldn’t sleep she would make his pepperoni rolls.

Nico finally figured out where everything was located in the massive kitchen and started mixing the dough. The wooden spoon wasn’t really mixing it like she liked but, didn’t want to pull out the mixer because that would more then likely wake the whole house. So after a few more stirs with the wooden spoon she pulls out the spoon and washes her hands again really good with soap and water then starts mixing it with her hands.

She got tired of the silence of just her breathing and decided to have Sir pull up one of her mix playlist to keep her company. Even though she was cooking, she decides to load her Shower Time Mix on Apple Music. Good Thing by Kehlani & Zedd fills the kitchen and she is swaying and humming. Baking and music were part of her happy place and helped to soothe her nerves. Lost in the music and mixing the bread she didn’t hear or sense anyone watching her.

Chris had tried to sleep but couldn’t so he laid there for a little bit until he heard faint music and decided to go see what was going on. He notices the door to Nico's room was open and figured she was in the kitchen. She was there with her back to him swaying to the music . After a few minutes of watching her short frame saying he decides to see what she could possibly be doing at almost 12 at night.

“So, should I be concerned that you are in my kitchen at almost 12 at night and it has been pulled apart and your hands are covered in dough?” He asks as he comes into the kitchen. Humor laces his voice which causes her body to jump and she slowly turns around her eyes were like a deer caught in headlights.

“Chris, oh hey!” She replies as she scrunches her nose and pulls her hands out of the now blended dough. “I couldn’t sleep, so I decided to start working on the pepperoni rolls.”

“Ohhh ok.” He replies as looks into the bowl. “Is that going to make enough dough?”

“It has to rise silly. I measured out enough to make about 24 rolls.” Nico replies as she washes her hands again then moves the dough into a greased bowl and then covers with plastic wrap and a dish towel.

He nods his head and crosses his arms across his chest. “It’s a little late to be doing all of this you know?”

“Maybe just a little bit but I couldn’t sleep and then you guys can have it for lunch tomorrow.”

“Point taken. He’s been talking about you and the pepperoni rolls kind of nonstop. I’ve never heard of them or had one.”

Nico doesn’t look too shocked but places her hand on her chest, “Well, you are totally in for a treat. They are soo yummy and filling. This is actually the recipe of the school kind so it’s authentic.”

“Noted. So would you like some company while the dough is rising?”

“I mean if you want to hang out with me in YOUR house, I wouldn’t mind. Some days it gets boring being alone.” She replies lightly.

He smiles at her answer while uncrossing his arms and takes in her beauty while she starts cleaning up the kitchen while the dough rises. “Minus the few things your brother has told me, what else should I know about you?”

She stops and looks at him curiously making her colorful unicorn glass fall down her little nose. Cutely and probably unconsciously she wiggles her nose to push the glasses back up. “Not really sure what all you are wanting to know about me. Honestly, I’m not that exciting.”

“Sure you are! You are a late night baker!” He states with humor laced in his voice making her chuckle.

Soon the kitchen was cleaned up while the oven was pre-heating to help make the dough rise quicker, she joins him on the couch. “Point taken. I’m a nerdy black girl. Currently, I work as a party planner so since the world is on lockdown, I’m just on break. It helps to relax me and help give me more ideas for planning and for cosplay ideas.”

Chris looks at her as she slouches on the couch, the action caused the back of her shirt to ride up her back. “Don’t blame you, I needed a small break and this is so helpful.”

#chris evans x black reader #chris evans interracial #Chris Evans

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After much watching...I cut it down to 5 anime and 1 short.

Suppose a Kid… 1

I am not writing out that full title every time! Anyways, here’s the first “real” debut of winter 2021.

For some reason…this series reminds me of Pokemon. Probably how at the start, Ash tries to get along with Pikachu by doing all sorts of things like what Lloyd is doing here. (<- learnt protag’s name through synopses)

The name “Shouma” rang a bell and I was right – Shouma is voiced by Souma…Saito.

The Japanese title has “monogatari” on the end there…so it probably doesn’t fully translate into the English title.

These orange flecks in Lloyd’s eyes are kinda distracting…

Isn’t Kunlun in China, though…?

If this is just going to be Marie yelling…I don’t see why I should stay. (<- turned volume on for everything so far)

*facepalms* Lloyd is so dense…

That fight scene’s not very good…

…oh great. Selen’s fallen in love with Lloyd already…*sigh*

The missing princess is certainly going to be a plot point later.

Wow, that tiger looks impressive! If only they could’ve done that for the fight scene…

…oh great, Selen is a low-key yandere…

Didn’t Lloyd say he sucked at combat…? Anyways, I’m not keeping this. The designs are colourful and the tiger was good, but it’s meant to be a comedy and it’s not funny.

Hortensia Saga 1

Here for Ume! He’s voicing a guy called Defloitte Danois.

I-Is that CGI? So early on into the anime???

*a dude gets bitten into by the werewolf*…welp, at least this series isn’t afraid of its own gore.

I had a sinking feeling our real protag was Alfred…and I was right, according to the OP.

Huh? The song goes silent for a second near the end…what the heck?

The book appears to use English, albeit English so faintly inked in you can’t quite tell what language it is.

Alfred, governing Albert…? Isn’t that a bit redundant?

I swear all the female voices in this anime are squeaky as all get out…

All these high fantasy anime – or heck, any high fantasy series full stop – ever justify why the country is worth fighting for. It’s why I find war stories pointless and senseless.

You can tell from the voice and short stature “Marius” is Mariel…but she uses boku, which is why Alfred can’t really tell the difference. (Also, he wasn’t privy to the fact Mariel cut her hair.)

This almost smacks of a game tutorial. The CGI is still there…it’s not as bad as other examples I’ve seen, but you can tell it’s CGI when you look at it.

Roy’s kind of pretty, in a generic way.

A close-range archer! Ho, you’re kinda impressive yourself, Roy. (The feeling of a game tutorial has disappeared by this point.)

Hortense…of Hortensia…how confusing.

The scruffy guy you keep seeing with the dark hair is Defloitte. Keep an eye out for him for me, would you?

The ED seems to consist mostly of…anguished pop screams. *cringes slightly*

Anyways, this anime isn’t bad. It’s quite average though and its CGI could easily get worse.

Kumo Desu ga 1

…you know I don’t like 1st person cam, yeah?

…this is just Kumoko (as I’ve heard her being called) yelling so far…plus there’s quite a bit of CGI.

I like how the ED has an English overlay and the style they’ve used for it. The music, though…? Nah.

Wait a second? Millepensee? Shin Itagaki? That would explain the CGI!

“…a spider that just happens to have my memories.” – A butterfly dream, huh?

…well, at least this anime is well aware of the genre space it inhabits. Maybe you could say…it’s an isekai light novel, so what? *groans from the audience*

…well, you didn’t really “bring” your “brother’s” (?) corpse in case of an emergency, now, did you?

…welp, to have guts, you must eat guts. I guess that’s how it goes.

What’s a “skanda”?

This anime’s quite monologue-y (as expected of an LN). I can live with it, but I don’t know if it can carry the entire thing through the season.

…humans? Haven’t seen them almost all episode. What are they up to?

These designs sort of look like SAO’s. They’re not a dealbreaker yet, but they could be down the line…

This ED seems to take cues from Cop Craft’s OP (same studio). It also has some…“Aggretsuko rage”, I guess you could call it.

2.43 1

…Another confusing title, I see. I normally don’t do sports anime, but I’m here for Ume.

*sees the colour of the volleyball* - Basically anything volleyball has to collaborate with volleyball maker Mikasa, doesn’t it?

This anime seems to like putting characters’ thoughts on the screen for dramatic impact. The CGI is sort of visible, but not a dealbreaker.

I’d thought I’d heard of this OP artist before, but it turns out I haven’t.

This series has a nice sense of force. You see those moments where the ball squishes, or when Yuni presses against the wall without thinking? Those.

LOL, way to burn Yuni, Chika…

These transitions are a bit hard to detect. I think I like Akudama’s more overt ones more.

LOL, Dr Popper (sic).

The serves are nothing special. Haikyuu does the same thing from the episode I saw of it. (You know I don’t like Haikyuu, yeah? Dropped it after 1 episode because everything I heard the fans talking about caused me to connect the dots.)

The way Yuni blushes…it’s more than someone usually would, even if it is out of embarrassment. It may just be the entertainment I consume, but I could swear that’s going somewhere in more of a BL manner.

I get the feeling Chika has a bit of Virgo or Taurus in him somewhere. The sort of guy who nags at everyone to do stuff his way is probably like that.

Pocari Sweat (unaltered).

I gave myself dimples by puffing up my cheeks and poking them until they became permanent. I guess you can do the same thing with ambidexterity…?

For some reason, I can detect Chika’s jealousy when he discusses blocks and natural talent.

…wow, this anime is pretty serious for a volleyball anime.

The ED scene where the face is replaced with flowers is pretty creepy. Like Jigokuraku or something.

Cells at Work!! 1

What are these blob creatures you see in the OP, anyway…?

I think I remember reading something that the numbers assigned to the cells aren’t arbitrary – they’re hexadecimal colors, e.g. RBCs get shades of red as their numbers.

D’aww, Platelets warm the heart. They really do.

Platelets have a master…? I thought they were all just lil’ kids.

“What the cell’s going on?!” – Oh, I remember seeing a tweet about this. I love that pun! Kudos to whoever was responsible for that.

LOL, no. 4989 dancing in the background.

Hmm…those nets look like CGI.

…uh, I did not need that shot of the Megakaryocyte’s camel toe…that’s distubring.

Wait, Backward Cap is a she?!

Aw, lookit WBC being a dad. That’s cute.

Backward Cap = Ushiromae-chan.

Is that…a construction worker holding a giant pudding?!

Cells at Work Code Black 1

This anime is called “black” due to black companies. It’s Code Black to avoid being racist, I guess. I’m looking forward to it because it’s undoubtedly going to show a dark side to the main series…

…and there it is, the RBC complaining.

I assume OJT = on the job training.

I knew “pespin” (sic) was a typo. It’s pepsin.

Now that I’ve been working at customer service for two years (give or take COVID), I can see where the senpai RBC is smoothing over the relations.

…that also means I know where to suppress my emotions. I’m not a person who opens up to people easily without getting used to them, so people never see me as suitable for customer service anyway, but it’s the only experience I have so *shrugs*.

…oh gosh. I haven’t seen these words since…the time I was still learning biology.

…*sigh* Rookie RBC is worried about boobs.

The fact Senpai lost his iconic hat…is kinda sad, actually.

“Don’t let his resolve be for nothing.”

Hmm…does the male WBC from the main series wear black fingerless gloves?

I thought I’d heard of this artist before…but turns out I just can’t distinguish really autotuned artists from each other…(lel)

…and stuff goes ka-blam. It’s the spiritual successor to HypMic, even if I wasn’t asking for it. (LOL)

Back Arrow 1

…I heard you said “hot guys”? (Yes, I am predictable as all get out.)

What’s with that episode title…?

Stereotypes, eh? I kind of expected as much from the promo, but where’s the title character…?

…was that yuri fanservice? I can’t quite tell because it was the aftermath of an action scene, but I can see the shippers gearing up in my head.

…after a bit of waiting, there he is. Back Arrow himself. He kind looks like Takuto (Star Driver).

“I’m not trying to hide anything!” – Well, that’s…true.

…*sigh* Why do girls always have more feminine-looking mechs? (Plus this one has boobs…*sighhhhhhhhhhhh*)

So it seems mechs in this anime are the form of one’s conviction and they have skills along those lines, eh? An interesting concept.

…you do realise I abandoned an entire anime based on a joke about lucky underwear? However, this anime is so absurd and just keeps running with the joke that I just can’t say no to it. If there’s one thing I’ve learnt from volunteering at a charity store, it’s that when it comes to selling stuff, you can’t say no to a lot of stuff…including selling potentially used underwear, so long as it’s not dirty or stinky.

Whoa! Those things break?!

Why does the title card mention the wall...?

Anyways, I…like it, surprisingly enough. Let’s keep going.

Back Arrow 2

…eh? Didn’t expect inflatable clothing, LOL.

I suspect Shu Bi is scheming something.

What’s the long thing…?

“…tomorrow might not come.” – A good reminder to have in these times of COVID.

Peath = Peace. (Heh. What a stupid name…*thinks about the name “Quattro Bajeena” suddenly* Okay, “Peath” pales in comparison to that.)

What is that creature that circles in the sky…?

I know this is meant to be a serious fight, but…that attacking guy’s hat seriously looks like a bamboo stalk and so I keep seeing it and trying not to laugh.

I only just now realised there’s CGI. CGI these days is getting much better than it used to be.

Tomozaki 1

LOL, Yontendo. It’s clearly Smash Bros + Nintendo Switch and the character designer was also around for Iroduku, so that’s why this style looks familiar.

…lemme guess, since this is a romance, it’s likely NONAME is Aoi. Or some other girl.

I would pay for a romance where it’s the girl building the guy up to be presentable, instead of a girl building other girls up to be presentable a la Ageha 100%.

Didn’t the anime show us Tomozaki reflecting to himself, though…?

“…rules working in combination.” - Well, there’s social norms (e.g. knock before entering a room), laws, contracts, societal standards (e.g. in Japanese society, you bow to others as a greeting or apology)…(continues to blabber on for a bit)

I think Aoi said something like “onitadaku”, but I’m not sure what the joke is there. Oni is in there, sure, but what’s the original phrase she’s playing off?

…LOL, it’s a good time to remind people to wear a mask.

LOL, Krout.

Anyways, this seems decent. I like how it’s going the way I want it to.

Tomozaki 2

“…make sure I’m nearby…” – Okay, that’s just being pushy, Aoi.

Minami and Hinami…so confusing…

*Minami chomps on Natsubayashi’s ear* - …okay, that’s not a thing girls do in real life unless they’re lesbians. This is likely trying to take the fanservice route.

They didn’t even show why the “kiss” was broken up…meaning they were doing it to make potential girl-on-girl look hot. Just great.

*Aoi touches Tomozaki’s butt* - Dude, that’s groping…

I didn’t think we’d get the story on Aoi’s “hexactly” so soon.

…well, that episode just made me feel mildly bitter. I’m dropping it here.

Praeter 1

…aw s***. Only a few seconds in and this looks like a terrible game…

It’s like someone barfed paint across Durarara…

The only time the background buildings look any good are when there’s a fight scene…

These Seals (or whatever those designs are called) seem to act like mini shields. Update: They’re called tattoos.

That transition was a bit fast for my liking…

Seems like the series is mildly peppered with Greek terms.

“To Infinity and Beyond” by…some author I can’t really read the name of.

Suddenly, they throw in more characters…?

Where does Eiji keep those bullet cases of his…? In his jacket?

Having a guy die in the 1st episode is cheap. I mean, we don’t quite care for him yet – it’s too early in the anime for that.

Now there’s Norse terms on top of the Greek ones…

Even more characters? You kidding me?

Lemme guess, Eiji gave up his tattoo because Yamato inspired him and now he’s a goner.

Welp, the weight of the world is in your hands, Yamato. Including that dead dude on your back. (<- sarcastic)

Sk8 1

I’ve been hearing good things about this anime! Let’s go! (<- about a week late to the debut)

That politician is probably relevant…probably someone’s dad, if HypMic taught me anything.

LOL, a beef. They call this stuff “beef”? Where’s the chicken? (<- joke from HypMic)

Haemanthus…apparently a flowering plant from S. Africa.

That’s rare, you don’t see Canadians in anime all that much. I was just thinking as I came home from volunteering how you know British people all have fancy names like William and Australians are Johnno, Danno etc., but Canadians? No clue. Update: Apparently you’d call one Arnold or something just as generic…?

Why are all foreigners in anime half-Japanese with the mother being the Japanese side, anyway?...Because people can make their character speak Japanese while looking foreign. Right. Moving right along.

Ahh…I understand your plight all too well, Reki.

…Hmm. It seems Reki’s surname is written kiya, but read “Kyan”. His name literally translates to “history (calendar/age) of bravery (military might)” Update: Turns out his surname is 3 characters (read “kiyan”, although I’ve never seen that final character ever being read as “n”) and his first name is one, so his first name is just “history (calendar/age)”.

Even I suck at balancing on bikes and stuff (…yeah, I still can’t ride a bike even though I’ve done so many other things in my life) and I know you have to support yourself with one foot on the ground before you do things like trick flips. I may not have observed Tony Hawk all that much, but he was on the periphery of my knowledge.

“What’s your hourly wage?” – Ouch, I feel ya, Langa.

Koko ni netete actually means “Lie down here”, but…okay.

These eyecatches are cute.

That’s a cute fox.

Yikes! 60 mph = approx. 97 km/h!!!

Random umeboshi, LOL.

Aghhhhhhhhhhh! Cherry Blossom’s so pretty~! I love him already!

Thank you, based Bones!

Something that can be enjoyed, even without sound: this is why I enjoy both action and comedy anime!

Okinawa? We’re in Okinawa?

Well, that was cool! I didn’t even ask where the location was until the end. Update: Why is this anime sometimes called Sk8 the Infinity anyway…?

Horimiya 1

Horimiya…I’ve been aware of this series for a while. There’s even a Chinese volume of it at a library close to me, although due to contact tracing I haven’t bothered to check it out.

Oh, I bet Hori is the otaku!

Ooh, Marketing Script!

Because I’ve been behind on the premieres, I’ve seen enough to know this boy with the chain is Miyamura.

…argh! Miyamura is cute! Y’all were right!!! (<- likes blushing bois)

I bet there’s going to be an emergency meeting!

“Sorry, it’s egg time!” – Oh, I’m laughing so hard! So that’s the context behind the Wonder Egg Priority meme!

“…see these?!” – Well, it’s not like you have a tattoo or some-*Miyamura shows his tattoos* Never mind…

Oh, I just realised they even animate the minute movements of the eyes Miyamura does…cool.

Notice how Miyamura is blocked from the other guy due to the window.

Miyamura goes “Ishikawa-kun” but “Hori-san”…hmm. No wonder he’s letting Ishikawa get Hori.

The problem I find with romance series is that they’re generally tied to heteronormativity. Hori is coded with red silhouettes and Miyamura with blue…*sigh* Whatever happened to gender ambiguity?

Good heavens, what is up with this ED?! It looks like Pocoyo! (…Does anyone else know that cartoon…?) Aside from that quibble, this anime is great though.

Mushoku Tensei 1

Apparently this is the grandad of all isekai. Why it took so long for an anime of this…who knows?

…and of course this guy’s a loser virgin. Go figure.

*sighhhhhhhhh* He’s just ogling this woman’s boobs…

…oh, sorry. I was so distracted by the man candy, I didn’t care about Rudy.

I-It’s actually quite refreshing to not have an OP protagonist from the get-go for once. (Or maybe I’ve developed such a disdain for isekai since SAO rolled around that everything here suddenly feels fresh.)

You can see the birthplace of isekai without having watched any of the others right here, it looks like.

“…what’s the point of incantations?” – To make it easier for you to cast spells, I gue-spoke too soon.

…wow, they shamelessly showed off Rudy’s privates. I know he’s still young at this stage, but that reminds me of how I dropped Dragon Ball around the time Goku was shown the same way (which is…very early on, by my own admission).

I believe, based on the name of the spinoff I see in the 7 Seas emails, the magic tutor is called Roxy.

You’re thinking about marriage?! At your (reincarnated) age?!

Oh no! The tree again!

LOL, Rudy’s acting like a kid who’s been in COVID lockdown for a while.

I think what most of the isekai that spun off from here missed is that the loser is job age. Losers at life at job age are relatable and high school geniuses are relatable (albeit sometimes insufferable), but losers who become NEETs for no reason whatsoever and then get banged up by Truck-kun are not.

Anyways, this was good, but a risky kind of good, since it seems like this male gaze will continue to be around as Rudy gets older.

Update: Dropped after learning Rudy was a paedophile in his past life.

Update 2: Apparently the anime toned down this paedophilic tendency of Rudy’s, so...now the verdict is that I move on while I let other people tell me if this is true of the anime or not.

Kemono Jihen 1

“Kemono Jihen” means something like “creature incidents”. I wonder why Funimation didn’t change the name…?

Kabane means “summer wing”.

Kanoko Villa, I’d assume, is named after the deer (the name means “deer’s child”).

My experience with Sho Aimoto (creator of this manga) is reading a bit of Hokenshitsu no Shinigami. (That, by the way, reminds me of Nube, but it’s nothing spectacular.) However, Hokenshitsu no Shinigami has a very detailed artstyle…That’s why I’m pretty shocked Kemono Jihen has such a scratchy one…

Ooh, edamame!

Oh, I see…this is like Furuba or a werewolf story, huh? Rather than a Natsume Yuujincho sort of thing.

…I thought Inugami and Dorotabo had seen everything of each other because of bathing together…I guess not, then.

…is Yataro going to die?

It seems the “immortal demons” are oni, so…why subtitle them as “immortal demons” and not just “demons”?

Ohhhhhhhh…this shite’s good. It seems to have a throwback feeling to it, moreso than even Yashahime or a lot of the sequels I’ve seen recently.

Cells at Work!! 2

I was going to move right along to Wonder Egg Priority because I’m really behind on the debuts right now, but I accidentally opened this up while I was cleaning up so I might as well watch another episode or two before setting it aside.

He’s dead, Jim. (<-joking)

…gosh, these walls look like Hover all over again and that’s from 1995…

LOL, these background cells don’t even have any details. They’re basically stick figures with fat bodies…

I think that phrase that appeared, “Take good care of B Cell!”, may be a pun on Give My Regards to Black Jack (written with similar Japanese, “B Cell wo Yoroshiku!” vs. “Black Jack ni Yoroshiku!”).

LOL, “you sure have the guts”…while they’re in the guts.

The certificate says something about it being presented to someone in the face of bravery, I think (<- just looked at it briefly).

“You have a good head on your shoulders,” says the T cell as WBC struggles with the disguise…stuck on his head.

Wonder Egg Priority 1

I’ve been hearing this series is surreal, but no more surreal than Flip Flappers. So…I don’t know if I’ll like it or not.

What’s this K?(?96…?

There’s a sunflower on her raincoat…so that’s why I saw a post called “You’re the sunflower”. Personally, that just reminds me of Post Malone.

Those Seeno Evils…they’re CGI, aren’t they?

As Boueibu once said (but I may be paraphrasing here), “nothing is more scary than free”.

…to be honest with you, I haven’t had a best friend for at least 2 years now. I only really feel close to people who are like me and who I have sustained contact with over many years, so I end up cutting contact with people after we part ways and never trying to fix it.

I always find it slightly absurd when anime girls get a little pudgy and go, “I’m so fat!” (See, for instance, the Dumbbell series.) Or, in this case, Ai’s going, “I’m so ugly!” when there’s nothing wrong with her. She’s only a bit different from everyone else due to her heterochromia - she doesn't have any physical or mental difficulties.

IChu 1

Here for Ume and, of course, dem bois. Bring it!

I seem to remember one of the magazines called an “Ichu” “an idol egg” (i.e. a fledgling idol)…More egg puns for me, then.

I found him! Ume! He’s Akira Mitsurugi! Update: Turns out that’s Toshiyuki Toyonaga…Oops. (Ume is actually Lucas from I*B.)

Huh? For a second, I imagined Akira with a dubbed voice. Of course, I could only be dreaming, because idol anime normally don’t get dubs, but…it was interesting to think about.

LOL, “Onsta”.

This Akio-type character is popular lately. The sort who’s timid but has an outstanding talent they themselves might not see.

…uh, but Kocho means “Principal”…?

An idol bear?!

Torahiko is crazy…(Note the tigers. Tora = tiger.)

Specifically, that’s black coffee with no sugar.

As much as I want to keep watching this, I’ll hit pause on it here. There’s much better offerings this season.

YuruCamp s2 1

…grandpa’s writing is so…neat.

*glares at CGI car…*

This OP just doesn’t compare to Shiny Days, y’know…?

OOPArts.

Talking pine cones! They’re back!

Curry rice! Literally had some of the Japanese-style stuff the other day. It was great.

All this talk about jobs…I personally don’t like jobs because I like to work at my own pace (hence one reason why I’m working on being a translator), but…money…I’m jealous, girls.

I’m trying not to rely on the subs for those texts that appear on the screen so that I can keep my reading skills up…I kept up with them for the most part…but then I got distracted by the croquette sign at one point…

“…buy you some local food?” – That’s omiyage, normally translated “souvenirs”. “Local food” actually does make more sense in that gap, though.

…man, I’m jealous that the girls all got jobs suitable for their personalities and everything. Lil’ ol’ antisocial me sucks at retail, even after 2 years.

Design-bu 1

LOL, that man and his bunny. Update: That’s Unabara-san.

…geez, these utaite are everywhere now. I’ve seen 96neko, USSS, Eve and more being more central to anime song creation…

Thise characters in the OP seal (<-the stamp, not the animal) are saiyou, meaning “recruited”, or in this case, “accepted”.

OEM = original equipment manufacturer.

Hrm…you can tell it’s a giraffe by description, but…that “base everything on the horse” is interesting as you could count several things as horse derivatives. Also, the angels’ names are all standard Japanese names with natural components to them (Ueda = upright rice field, Shimoda = frost rice field etc).

Is this pink-themed guy…a guy? Or a crossdresser? Update: That’s Kanamori-san.

I like how the suits have little wing-like flaps. Also the wings on Shimoda’s back.

…I never thought an anime episode would make me so concerned about giraffes.

That guy in the green I remember from the Wave x Tendebu (Heaven’s Design Team) collab, his name is Kimura.

Oh, so there is a bird like that!

The random wiggling the chibis do in these short segments…it’s a bit disorienting. (<-Just a small quibble of mine.)

Oh! Galapagos effect!

Agonistic: “polemical; combative.” I thought they meant “antagonistic”.

Oh man, that punch line was great! It took me a while to get into the spirit of it, but this anime is great!

Update: Oh, that’s where those nature names come from! They’re actually meant to be gods! (Or…named after gods…?) Also, Ueda vs. Shimoda (the “shimo” could be the kanji for “below”).

Ex-Arm 1

I’ve heard this anime looks bad…even well before its debut. How bad? Let’s find out.

*stifles laughter* From the first pan, I know this anime is doomed on my list. Even Praeter was better than this!

*stifles laughter again* This OP really does look as bad as the stuff I was seeing prior to winter 2021! Like a game I shouldn’t take out of my archives! (It’s not as bad as Hover’s graphics, but still…that’s from 1995. Cut it some slack.)

That’s the 2nd Kimura this season…

Yugg is just…ugly. Never try to render elaborate eyelashes in CGI again, people.

Dimension High School was better than this because at least that had puzzles. This is even jankier than that!

Wait, why is Akira 3D when his dad is 2D? It’s not that obvious, but I notice these things. Update: That’s not his dad…but close enough. (That’s his brother.)

…and here comes Truck-kun! (LOL)

This would be good…if it weren’t rendered in the jankiest CGI known to man…

Alma’s gun strike doesn’t have a lot of force to it.

The fire is rendered so terribly…*stifles laughter*

This part with a disembodied Akira is what I assume I got up at 6 am for…but I can’t hear it, due to background noise. Remind me to confirm this later. (Minami’s mouth is rendered so terribly…augh.)

No force to any of these recent motions, either.

LOL, this censorship.

Wave 1

Ever since this project was announced, I’ve been watching developments unfold on Anime News Network. I knew it would get an anime or something similar I could follow…and now here I am. I mentioned in the Sk8 comments I have basically zero knowledge of surfing, so…this is very unexpected, in one sense.

Was that a drone…?

“Wizard of the Waifu Board”?! Are you kidding me?! (LOL)

There seem to be shots where I can see the CGI here, but…anything’s better than Ex-Arm. Let’s say that.

Actually…yappe is a derivative of yabai, meaning “cool” or “crap” (in an ironic sense). So it would probably be better to translate it as “Surfing’s the greatest!” or “Surfing’s the coolest!” Anyways, what I was thinking before I was going to say this was that the waves are so enticingly animated, it feels like a summer anime. Basically the only other anime I’ve ever said that for is Grand Blue.

If I’m understanding where Isokichi’s name comes from right, “iso” is the character for seashore or a rocky beach (磯).

LOL, the teacher just wrote “Show must go on.”

Hayama, Kanagawa. Kanagawa’s capital is Yokohama, so it’s not quite Tokyo, but somewhat close.

“Murphy”? I have zero clue what that means.

Oh, I see. The title is translated that way due to context. Now that I can accept.

I just burst out into laughter when I realised Nalu hasn’t dropped or put down his ukulele once.

BSD Wan! 1

Here comes my past to haunt me…aside from me being a fan of BSD, I’m here because I influenced this series. How so? Once upon a time in the now-distant year of 2016, I was a scanlator for a brief period. Most of the work I’ve done hasn’t influenced the world at large, but this is the most influential manga I had a hand in working on.

Oh no! They’re starting with the dog AU?! (That comes from pretty far into the manga, IIRC. Further than my work was on it, at least.)

It’s Rashomon, but Rashoken (that last bit means “dog”). Hence Ruffshomon.

Basically, they just insert dog-related words everywhere…don’t make me explain every one!

Ouch, I can only imagine how much pain it was to translate Inu Shikkaku. Literally, it’s “No Longer a Dog”, but how would anyone make it in line with the other puns…?

I wasn’t fully aware of how the dog AU was connected to the main Wan series because I haven’t really looked at it after I quit due to aggregators, but…that was a nice fakeout. Also, I was concerned as to whether this was going to be a full-length ep or a short…seems like it’s a 10 minute short, so I have more chances of taking it.

…oh gosh, that pose! I remember it! I worked on this one! (Now that I know it’s a TV short, I won’t cover future episodes, but I want to at least finish this one because I started it.)

I think they added a bit there. I remember Kunikida’s and Yosano’s were in the manga, but not the other members or Fukuzawa going “the wind is smiling” + Kenji working on the roof at the start.

Oh yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh, I remember Rampo. I think I had to approximate how he would say stuff with Pocky in his mouth, but Slug (current scanlator) went the extra mile and stuck food in his mouth to do the same panel.

It seems to make a short ep., they strung a bunch of the chapters together. Also, I don’t think we ever found out what Yosano’s puddle was and that was…probably for the better.

Oh yeah…I think I remember this one.

Now I remember it! I remember having fun explaining what a youkan was.

Whoa, Higuchi scrapped the SFX! That wasn’t in the original…

The ED seems to be an Atsushi cover of Namae wo Yobu yo.

Oh noooooooooooo! The flower gazing episode! That’s the one I remember most, because I was trying to figure out how to translate 移動 while making it smooth-sounding English…(I remember the final result was something like, “Move! Move~!”

Dr Stone: Stone Wars 1

Final debut! Let’s go~!

The last time this series was on the air was about 1 year ago. I can remember that far back…

I like how that recap is framed as Gen talking to the kids.

Senku overcomes every problem with science.

…not much to comment on here.

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GX Month 2020

SUper late and I’m too lazy to do anything (as always), but this seems like fun to think about. So let’s go!

Day 1 (August 31): “Game on!” (It’s Judai/Jaden Yuki’s birthday today! Let’s celebrate!):

Jaden is a great protagonist. I love dumb but OP main characters, especially when they got lucky-go attitudes.

Day 2 (September 1): “Red, Yellow, Blue!” (Ah, the tier system at Duel Academy. Which dorm is your favorite?):

I’m attached to Slifer Red, lol. They got a cat for mascot, what more do I need? Also, they serve tempura for lunch.

Day 3 (September 2): “Rule the School” (These kids might be saving the world, but they’re still students with homework to do and exams to pass. Celebrate the school life today!):

Don’t know what to put here, but I was a terrible student because I didn’t study or do things in a timely manner. Do better than me, kids.

Day 4 (September 3): “Sometimes I Can’t Believe We’re Related” (10Join! Today is all about the iconic brother-sister pair, Fubuki Tenjoin/Atticus Rhodes and Asuka Tenjoin/Alexis Rhodes!):

I love this sibling pair! ^^ Alexis is really cool, and Atticus is so far out of the left field. I really thought Atticus was going to be cool like his sister, or edgy like Zane, but nah, this guy is, like, I just want to support my sister and play this ukulele. They make such a contrasting pair, so it adds to the humor.

Day 5 (September 4): “Pass The Salt” (No story is perfect. So what is something you wish you could have seen in the story of GX?)

I can’t think of anything.

Day 6 (September 5): “Going Down With The Ships!” (You know what I’m talking about. We all have an armada parked in the bay, but there’s that one ship, that one ship, that you would die for. Today is all about OTPs and OT3s!)

I really like Rivalshipping. I don’t really have that many ships for GX. 5D’s and Zexal are more of my jam.

Day 7 (September 6): “Bring the THUNDER” (Ichi! Juu! Hyaku! Sen! Chazz it up! Today the world does in fact revolve around Jun Manjoume/Chazz Princeton.)

HANDS DOWN, one of my two top choices for favorite rival. (Jack’s the other.) My favorite things about Chazz are his name, his energy, and that fact that he’s a baby brother. He’s so cute! ^^ I just want to make fun of him.

Day 8 (September 7): “The Power of Friendship!” (Favorite dynamic duo, two characters you think would have been friends if only they met, how friendship saves the day, or maybe a friendship fail. It’s up to you!):

Chazz and Pharoah, lol. I need Chazz to hold that cat and pet it. Why didn’t he? :’(

Day 9 (September 8): “Born to be Bad” (Inherently evil, brainwashed, misguided, or misunderstood. GX boots a colorful cast of villainy. Who’s your favorite bad guy?):

I haven’t finished season 4 yet, but Nightshroud.

Day 10 (September 9): Free Day/Introductions (Tell us about yourself and your GX experience! Your favorites, why you like it, how you got into it. Or leave the day open to do whatever you want!):

I’m known as kappa. I got Hulu, and Hulu has almost all the YGO series excluding VRAINS and SEVENS which is fine because I also have Crunchyroll and the internet, lol; so, I watched all the YGO series simultaneously, skipping back and forth between series. I did not watch any of them in order. GX was number 5 or 6, but it’s the one series I’m putting off.

Day 11 (September 10): “Cyber Legacy” (No Yu-Gi-Oh! show is complete without a pair of brothers. Today’s stars are Sho Marufuji/Syrus Truesdale and Ryo Marufuji/Zane Truesdale!):

I love these guys! It was great to see them grow and become their own people. ^^ They had, I think, the most realistic relationship.

Day 12 (September 11): “But What If We Had Bikes?” (That’s right! It’s time for the GX crew to rev it up on their very own D-Wheels/Duel Runners!):

I CANNOT DRAW. SORRY LMAO

Day 13 (September 12): “And You Are…?” (Got a favorite OC? Or one you’ve been hiding in the closet? Introduce them to the world today!):

I only have a Rivalshipping OC baby. Her name is Mira Princeton, and she has Jaden’s brown hair and Chazz’s dark eyes (with a bit of a golden glow). Since both her parents can see spirits, it’d make sense that she can too, lol. Her companion is Yata-Garasu, a rare card that her mama won at a tournament. She likes pink and flowers. She is very close to Aster and calls him Uncle Aster. She’s four, and most of her life, she knows her dad as the “Slifer slacker but a really good duelist.”

I love her. :)

Day 14 (September 13): “The Perfect Formula” (He duels with the power math and science! Today, show the world that you still remember Daichi/Bastion Misawa!)

Bastion is a funny character. “Everything is science. I’m going to disappear for several months. Don’t forget to forget me,” I think.

Day 15 (September 14): “Insert pun here” (It’s meme day! Recreate your favorites! Make some shitposts! Be the troll you’ve always wanted to be!):

Bastion: SIr, I’m afraid your DNA is backwards.

Jaden: AND?

Day 16 (September 15): “Creation and Destruction” (The Gentle Darkness and the Light of Destruction. The eternal struggle. And also the Darkness that tried to drown the world. Huh. Feels a little unbalanced.):

It’s pretty cool to have darkness and light reverse, and then watch as darkness conflict with itself, lmao. The Light of Destruction would be a chaotic good, and the Gentle Darkness as chaotic neutral. (Don't quote me on that, I don’t do personality quizzes.)

Day 17 (September 16): “Putting the D in Destiny” (Pro duelist by day and crime fighting vigilante by night. Today is Edo/Aster Phoenix’s day!):

He’s great. I like him. He’s the precursor to Declan Akaba’s D/D/D archetype. Maybe not. Can you believe that he actually said “Shmaden Shmuki on national TV???? LMAO

Day 18 (September 17): “In Another Life” (It’s AU day!):

Currently trying to write a fantasy-ish AU in which Jun marries the Supreme King. Trust me, I have no idea what I’m doing.

Day 19 (September 18): “I Was Here Too!” (GX has a vast array of unique characters, some of which we only saw once. Pick a “one shot” character and show them off!):

I really like Princess Rose. She was pretty, and her spirit monsters care for her. I appreciate that.

Day 20 (September 19): Free Day 2/Support Fellow Creators (Show some love for your favorite creators, or leave the day free for whatever you please!):

Literally @ everyone whose work(s) and/or post(s) I’ve reblogged. Keep up the good work!

Day 21 ( September 20): “Prehistoric Predators” (The dino duelist with a fossil in his leg. Today is all about Kenzan Tyranno/Tyranno Hassleberry!):

Dino DNA is so funny; I’m sorry, Hassleberry, but I don’t like dinosaurs. At least you were cute as one.

Day 22 (September 21): “Stop Blowing Holes In My Ship!” (Some ships are popular and some are…not. Today is all about rare pairs and crack ships! Give those underdogs some love!):

Tanya/Bastion is kind of cute. And I guess Chazz/Atticus too. ^^

Day 23 (September 22): “And For Today’s Lesson…” (The teachers at Duel Academy have their work cut out for them, but they still take care of their students. Show the DA staff some love today!):

Fonda Fontaine!

Day 24 (September 23): “Legend of the Seven Gems” (Resurrect the greatest light in history today with Johan/Jesse Anderson and the Crystal Beasts!):

Johan is very cute! I’m so glad they gave him a Southern accent in the dub. ^^ It makes him extra soft and lovable. I can’t believe that Johan/JIm is called Cowboyshipping, but I love that name so much.

Day 25 (September 24): “For The Glory of Academia!” (We got to see Asuka/Alexis and Edo/Aster over in Fusion Dimension, but what about the rest of the cast? Show us some Fusion counterparts today! What are these dorks up to and what part do they play in the war?):

I’m bad at rewriting canon. ^^: Sorry.

Day 26 (September 25): “Dream Team From Overseas” (Austin O’Brien/Axel Brody, Jim “Crocodile” Cook, and Amon/Adrian Gecko. Today is all about them!)

I absolutely love Jim Cook, from him being Australian to having a crocodile as his best friend to getting burned with a mysterious object to cowboy hat. xD

Day 27 (September 26): “Duel Monster Spirit Day!” (The world of GX is full of spirits. Do something fun to celebrate your favorite!):

Mine would be Scapeghost and Rose Garden Maiden!

Day 28 (September 27): “Gold Eyes in The Darkness” (Today’s all about the Supreme King! Unleash the Darkness and create your content!):

I like his aesthetic. I’m into Chazz/Supreme King for sure.

Day 29 (September 28): “Don’t Forget Me!” (Have an underappreciated character you wish you’d seen more of? Give them some love today!):

Miss Dorothy! She’s wonderful, she’s friend shaped.

Day 30 (September 29): Free Day 3 (Share anything. Anything at all. It’s free game.):

The Chazz/Supreme King fic I’m working on: The Supreme King’s Husband (Prologue)

Day 31 (September 30): “Gotcha!”:

Is this a Pokemon reference? O_o

#kappachyun muses #yugioh #yugioh gx

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