#party possession

[ikarakie]

mike has a panic attack.

it's sudden and it's terrifying and eddie has no idea what to do. one minute they're all yelling and laughing and just playing d&d, and the next, mike is collapsing to the floor struggling to breathe. gasping out the same two names over and over again. the panic attacks eddie's had before were never, never this bad. for a fucking awful moment he thinks he's about to watch wheeler die.

lucas stays with him, crouched by his side and talking in gentle tones. murmuring words of assurance that, while good, don't seem to reach his friend. dustin had sprinted out of the room yelling into a walkie talkie as soon as mike went down, so eddie has no fucking idea what he's up to. not that he's able to focus on much other than the kid (because, god, he's so young, what the hell has happened to him?) trying and failing to just breathe.

he tries the shit that worked for him, trying to get him to breathe in time with his counts, but it's like mike's ears are full of cotton. there's not even a hint of recognition in his eyes as either him or lucas speak.

dustin returns exactly three minutes later, trailed by the last guy eddie would've ever expected to walk through the doors of hellfire club. steve harrington zeroes in on mike like a hawk, crosses the room quickly and crouches in front of him. lucas scoots away, visibly relieved to see steve, so eddie reluctantly does the same. mike's knees are to his chest and he's heaving sobs so powerful they wrack his entire body. for about thirty infuriating seconds, steve just watches.

"oh god- oh fuck- fuck- will, will-" mike is saying, through stilted breaths. "will, el- el- i can't- they're-"

"mike." steve's voice is like honey, low and soothing in a way lucas' can't be yet. mike snaps his gaze up, finally proving his ears work. "where are you right now?"

"hawkins lab-" mike chokes, and eddie just listens, dumbfounded. "hawkins- starcourt- fuck-"

"no," steve says gently. mike stares at him, slightly less glazed. "where are you?" he asks again, a little more pointed. a few seconds pass. mike's eyes dart around the room.

"hellfire." he whispers, barely audible. steve nods, asks if he can come closer, if he can touch mike. the kid nods frantically, and then his hands are being peeled from where they were curled protectively against his chest. they're placed against steve's instead, and they spend the next few minutes breathing in tandem. harrington demonstrating and mike doing his best to follow.

his breathing eventually evens out, thank god, and the heart-wrenching sobs simmer down into quiet tears. mike all but throws himself into the embrace steve offers, tucking his head under the guy's chin and seemingly making himself as small as possible.

"it's okay, you're okay." steve promises, speaking into mike's hair as he gently rocks them back and forth. "they're okay. they're just fine, both of them. you looked after them so well, bud." he keeps whispering reassurances and sweet, kind words into the little cocoon he's crafted. mike stays curled up there for a while, making a wet patch on steve's shoulder.

then finally sounding more like himself, grumbles, "just 'cos we're hugging doesn't mean i like you." after maybe four or five minutes have passed. steve just huffs a laugh, because despite his words, mike is still clutching steve's arms as he pulls back.

"of course not." steve agrees. mike smiles as his hair is carefully ruffled. turns and reaches for dustin and lucas, who waste no time in piling themselves onto their friend. steve doesn't go far though, keeping a hand in the hair at the nape of mike's neck.

it's only then that he finally makes eye contact with eddie, who's watched the whole thing go down with a sick curiosity. because... who was this guy? this was not king steve, or the asshole, cookie-cutter jock steve harrington that eddie knew of. eddie had thought dustin's nickname for him of 'number one babysitter' had been an exaggeration; that maybe he'd watched them a grand total of three times back when he and nancy wheeler dated, and dustin had developed some fixation on him.

but... no, here he was. having brought hard ass michael wheeler down from easily the worst panic attack eddie had ever seen with the ease of someone who's done it a million times. (and wasn't that a harrowing thought?)

"you mind cutting it a bit early tonight, man?" he asks, softly, and it takes eddie a second to register that he's speaking to him. "i know you've still got, like, 20 minutes, but-"

"no, no," eddie cuts him off, kind of desperate for wheeler to get home and rest. "shit, man. that was... yeah, of course, take him." steve smiles appreciatively (an annoyingly pretty expression eddie never imagined him capable of, let alone directing at him), and turns back to the kiddie hug pile.

"hey, boys? mike?" he calls, all gentle and warm. it makes eddie's heart ache; even more so when all three turn to steve with big, shiny eyes. mike's peek out from dustin's arms. "how about we head off now, and stop at that payphone on the corner of glenview on the way home? give the byers a call in california?"

mike nods, hinging on desperate. dustin and lucas give him one more good squeeze before agreeeing themselves. steve corrals them all up, bids a fucking goodnight to the present company, (plus an extra one for eddie specfically), and shuffles them out of the room. eddie, and the rest of hellfire, are left stunned in the wake of babysitter harrington.

(when mike tries to apologise the next day, eddie absolutely refuses to accept it- and, at lucas' timid request, writes the mind flayer he'd introduced out of the campaign entirely. the next session, it's like the thing never existed.)

#basically eddie introduced a mind flayer and it sent mike spiralling #bc he would be fucked up after watching his best friend be possessed #and his gf nearly die and then lose her powers #and i think he'd associate the mf with the byers leaving hawkins so itd be extra fucked #stranger things #prompt #steve harrington #steddie #imagine #eddie munson #stranger things prompt #steddie fic #steddie prompt #steve and eddie #steve and mike #steve and the party #good babysitter steve #babysitter steve #stranger things headcanons #stranger things hc #the party #mike wheeler #dustin henderson #lucas sinclair #hellfire club #the party stranger things #pre steddie #steddie ficlet

[p1nkc4lyps0]

saboteur

#anyway today on: loop is a weird freak. they would absolutely be super touchy with siffren as a form of ricochet selfharm #thought process going like: #I get really touchy with siffren-> #this makes fighter jealous and not like me -> #confirmation that I’m just a burden to the party = a win #also to anyone who thinks (oh but Isabeau wouldn’t get jealous!) he is actively shown to get possessive and catty over siffren #see: mirabelle calling siffren sif and Isabeau immediately being like ABSOLUTEY FUCKING NOT #I don’t think it’d be outward bitchiness but I don’t think he could hide it very well #anyway siffren doesn’t give a fuck they’re just happy about the contact #isat #isat fanart #isat spoilers #isat loop #isat siffrin #in stars and time #in stars and time loop #in stars and time siffren #in stars and time fanart #sifloop #two hats

[cool-frog-hours]

This bad boy is doing numbers on tik tok, so I figured I’d post him here too

Audio: [“Welcome…babies…to The Fruity Pebbles Castle of Torment, a scary castle with one hundred rats.” *laugher*]

#frogs art #dnd #curse of strahd #white balancing a white puppet in a dark room is a skill i do not possess #strahd von zarovich #dnd5e #dungeons and dragons #puppetry #puppets #hand rod puppet #tik tok #mcelroys #dnd shenanigans #dnd party #dnd campaign

[spookysweaterblog]

"James is having a party, Jason and Freddy are too scared to come... But you'll have a hell of a time."

#the northwest comix collective #james prolongo #night of the demons #YES I THOUGHT VERY DEEPLY ABOUT A NIGHT OF THE DEMONS AU #the northwest invited the eltingville over for an abandoned house party so they could scare them but ended up being possessed by demons #blood warning

[bbygirl-aemond]

aegon: i always carry a note that says "helaena did it" in case i get murdered

aemond: why?

aegon: i don't want her to remarry

aemond: you literally tried to run away from your wedding

aegon: and?

#aegon's possessiveness over helaena in the dinner party is so funny to me #the way he looked at aemond like “you see this shit????” #peak big brother energy #quotes #incorrect house of the dragon #incorrect hotd #hotd #house of the dragon #helaena targaryen #helaena #aegon targaryen #aegon ii targaryen #aegon #aegon ii #aegon the elder #aemond targaryen #aemond #aemond one eye #helaegon

[viobearr]

hi dsmp fandom i offer a scrunkly ctommy  🤲 

#ctommy #tommyinnit #dreamsmp #dsmp #fanart #arts #vio.png #a #2 years late to the party heyyyyy pls be nice to me <3 #those finale streams destroyed me /pos and i was possessed by the spirit of ctommy to draw him as my first official dsmp fanart

[phoenixcatch7]

More possessed doll au!

Each time a bat is ready to take on a new form, they must pay a visit to the tea party. Should they be accepted, through whatever strange reasons the dolls use, they will find another figure seated at the table, dressed in full tea party doll regalia. It is up to them to modify the doll within the limits imposed, and learn its form to achieve its full potential. The Robin doll, so far, is the only one to return to the table despite being moved to a display case, and truly makes the mysterious sidekick timeless.

Despite its obviously supernatural origins, the bats have found very, very little can effect the dolls outside of physical force. They do not use wires and electricity to move or think - they cannot be hacked. They are not, to their knowledge, superseding other minds - they cannot be exorcised. They use no magics to fight crime - they cannot be traced. They have no blood to be identified, no teeth pattern to compare, no fingerprints or retina to give them away. Gas cannot affect them, hypnosis requires a brain, pain cannot override them. For all intents and purposes, the dolls are perfect for fighting crime.

So where, Bruce thinks, lying awake in bed one night after patrol, do they come from? Alfred knows nothing, neither of them found anything in the archives or library. His father grew up on the estate - surely he'd explored the caves himself at some point? The doll had been right at the well entrance - had he simply never entered that way?

After the first time meeting their doll, they do not need to touch it to transfer their consciousness again. It's a breeze through an open window, ever so slight, in the back of their minds, and one simple twist can send them spiralling into their other body.

But when Robin became Nightwing, and the child sized body was retired, it was placed in a sturdy glass display case. Jason was already making noises about joining them on the streets, but a transition had never been attempted. They assumed a third doll would become the new Robin, and the first would simply become inert.

That was not the case.

When Jason - against Bruce's decision to wait a few more months - decided to make the walk to the doll house, and deeper still to the tea party cave, he found, waiting, an untouched child sized doll. The light from his torch cast across its Victorian style waistcoat, the plumped breeches and buckled leather booties, all in the bright and bold colours of his predecessor. It sat at the right hand of the empty throne, porcelain tea cup in hand, as though left by a rich little girl called away just a moment ago to supper.

The doll had been sorted in a locked case. Glass. In full view of the main area of the batcave. With cameras. It should not have been able to be taken away without several people noticing. He had taken a different route to try and sneak past Bruce, but...

It was not the first time a doll had moved. It would not be the last.

@puppetmaster13u

@dehydratedmockingbird

#batman #possessed doll au #cryptid batfam #cryptid batman #bruce wayne #batfamily #Just going into more of the background. I really like the idea that the dolls have a mind of their own... Kind of. #When the bats bond to a doll they enter a contract. One with unwritten rules and terms. But the dolls are too invaluable to risk losing. #Bruce owes so much to the dolls and he knows it. Without them his kids would be out on the streets in their real bodies #And that terrifies him. #So they do their little superstitious rituals and don't alter the dolls too far and occasionally take them out for a Gotham Tea Party #And all is kept in balance.

[cornercritter]

hey did y'all know dnd is a game. that you can play if you have cool people to play it with? wild. also you can really get carried away making art for it sometimes

middle big piece is all our characters, left to right: syl's dragon's zera's west's leo's and mine :D

#ack i should probably give SOME context #top left & mid is my guy :DD! #top right is leo's guy who is so so fun to draw <3 #middle big piece is when half the party got possessed #mid left is during a canon fight #middle is a doodle of one of my guy's wildshape forms #mid right is just a sketch of everyone being cool (not part of the story lol #bottom is zera's guy burying his sister :D #dndecked out #my art :)

[brosif40]

game night :3c

#idk how im making art like this somethin is possessing me #my art #king boo #dark moon king #party king #sunshine king #me when i put characters in me clothes part 200

[androgynouswizardbanana]

WHY DID THEY CUT WILL OUT OF THIS SHOT

IT HAUNTS MY DREAMS

WHY IS HE NOT PART OF THE FAMILY ANSWER ME PAUL DICHTER

#it's because he's possessed by the mind flayer #will byers #stranger things 3 #byler #the party

[eikohanjatketa]

📸:https://instagram.com/kaverikarim?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

From the ig story of the music video's director 👀 bye bye bolero! 💚

#käärijä #tommy cash #it's crazy it's party #icip #the music video is possessing me #bye bye bolero!

[myrkulitescourge]

imo karlach’s soul coin usage seems like it should have been a little more significant than it was.

she only ever really stops to consider the magnitude of burning through a person’s soul for power during an origin playthrough—otherwise she rationalizes to the player that they’re doomed anyway, and if using them gives her an edge in combat, why not use them for good instead of leaving them to be used by evil? the dialogue with lann tarv in act 2, where he tells the story of each soul he's handing over to her, tries to humanize each soul coin, and still she doesn’t really budge and disapproves pretty heavily if she's told no in regards to using them.

it just seems like something that could have caused some kind of conflict between her and wyll, given he sold his soul to a devil in dire circumstances and takes issue with the player for sleeping with mizora, because she 1) is mizora, and 2) similarly expends tormented souls during her romance scene, even if for a different purpose. but it just... never really comes up?

i love karlach. but that seems like it should have gone Somewhere, from a writing standpoint? karlach values wyll as a person but is willing to use currency forged from souls like his for the sake of a temporary power up. she knows the soul is consumed when she uses them. that whole exchange with lann tarv is there to emphasize that every soul coin she destroys was a person once. but it all kind of loses narrative purpose if this combination of factors doesn't mean anything? karlach doesn't change at all in her willingness to use soul coins, no matter what the player says or how much she cares for wyll.

idk. missed opportunity that wyll doesn't have any dialogue about this, of all things.

#destroying souls is otherwise unambiguously portrayed as A Pretty Bad Thing To Do in bg3. so it just seems weird to go #yeah using this destroys a soul but it makes me stronger and it feels GREAT! #and stick to that no matter what without really questioning it much #ethel's vicious mockery line about her selling every soul but her own just doesn't hit right if it flat out doesn't. matter at all. #plus. idk. something something soul coins apparently are difficult for non-evil characters to even have in their possession #so using them and fully destroying the souls within seems kind of. idk. significant from a character standpoint #disclaimer: not character hate obvi. i love karlach and her relationship with wyll is very good. #but idk. conflict is interesting! and that seems like somewhere it should have happened if you have both in the party #karlach sans wyll might never question using soul coins but karlach with wyll probably should have? #in the same way wyll's character changes somewhat whether he chooses to kill karlach or spare her #as it stands this is like how using the tadpoles makes a grand total of one roll in the game harder. there's no bite. no consequence. idk #not every character has to change to be good but idk. idk! #it all seems set up to make her reconsider at SOME point #and that she just doesn’t is in itself a pretty significant moral compromise on her part #that is just not. recognized or discussed basically ever #karlach #karlach cliffgate #bg3 #baldur’s gate 3

[weallpartyatybcpatricksfuneral]

fun youngblood chronicle idea: patrick dies of his injuries in the phoenix music video and the only thing keeping him alive is the drugs from young volcanos/demon possessing him

#that man realistically should have been dead in the phoenix its a MIRACLE he managed to live #but ive just been toying around with the idea that he is the first one to die #turns out im living in a horror film where im both the killer and the final girl type of shit #like. theres some element of magic to the youngblood chronicles so its not totally unrealistic in that universe #to say the drugs from young volcanos keep his body alive until he gets possessed #of course patrick doesnt KNOW hes dead obviously #he doesnt learn that until pete stabs him a bunch of times in the desert and demon possession can Only Do So Much to keep a guy alive #and hes in heaven and elton is like oh yeah youve been dead this whole time btw #and like instead of gettinh flashbacks to the young volcanos party he gets these little white flashes of heaven #until wdtpg and he hallucinates that hes in hell #<- because his soul is already trying to get to heaven but since hes. possessed. and yknow murders people. he cant get there #until he finally dies for real and he is tested #fall out boy #fob #patrick stump #youngblood chronicles #the youngblood chronicles

[zorionbbq]

YAKUZA THEATRHYTHM RHYTHM GAME NOW!!!!!!!!

#yakuza #rgg #theatrhythm final fantasy #fanart #I HAVE BEEN POSSESSED. NORMAL HOURS #THERE ARE NO WORDS............ #lichrally this (and yakuza sportsgame) is my dream 👍 karaoke minigame is great but there are like 8+ whole OSTs!!!!!! SO MUCH POTENTIAL #i've only played the demo but theatrhythm sound design is too darn good and the beatmaps(?) are fun #and the battle/party system with the intraseries crossover cast IS PERFECT FOR RGG!!!!!!!!!! #we NEED to continue the saga of messedup-looking rgg chibis #apparently there's even a dragonquest version......... you know what would go great with ichiban's upcoming game? 👁👁 #anwyags! #the notes don't actually match the songs they were just copied from theatrhythm tracks so they'd look realistic 😌 #if there's one thing ph*otoshop can actually do.... it's layer styles 🤔😳 #smartobjects also.....

[frobby]

actually the most autistic thing I've ever done is when I was watching dungeon meshi with some friends over chat and in the middle of the 2nd episode I just started infodumping about how mandrakes work in the etrian odyssey franchise

#im not even joking i was literally possessed by laios #it all starts with 'off topic but-' and 2 seconds later im in what status effects they cause on what stratas in which games #mandrakes in etrian odyssey 2 are fucking evil tho what do you mean it has insta death party sweep #god himself doesnt even have insta death party sweep #u get to the heavenly keep and and see a mandrake and usually they just cause panic or bind so its all good and then ur entire team is swep #and also u forgot to save so u gotta go back and fight bertrand again #go play etrian odyssey and get ur ass kicked #and watch dungeon meshi too #dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #etrian odyssey #eo2u #autism

[steel-knight]

this game is my downfall i cant stop thinking about it

#kinitopet #i wish i wasn’t late to the party #i should’ve known about this earlier it’s perfect for me #kinito’s monika ass the second you do… anything: #am working on memorizing the lyrics to a world i built for you #everything’s very normal and average over here #why is the gif glitchingggg #beyond the screen you cannot leave #inside my code you’ll always be #in moments old we’ll make some new #in a world i built for you #now i know where to get a bonzibuddy monika possessive axolotl best friend if i ever want to get trapped in a computer server for eternity