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life-winners-liveblog · 5 months
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*taps mic* Hello? Can you hear me? (Except Martyn lol imagine going from the best listener to someone who is deaf)
Hi I just got here and am being very entertained by you guys
Gri I would try to help you work through your trauma but all efforts have been futile so far so instead take this leather jacket and sunglasses (to match timmy!), a sun holographic picture, as well as these cookies 🍪 (<- those are cookies shortbread is a biscuit)
Scott, be careful try not to burn yourself out, take these paints and easels, (fake) coral jewellery, a star/night sky holographic picture, and some poppies
Pearl, I would give you something, but someone is very mean and won't let me, so I'm sending you some sunflowers, a puppy and some bones, a moon holographic picture, and a clock
*If possible, I yank on Martyn's hair* *a note then appears with the following writing* Martyn, I don’t even care about the fact that you betrayed your Scott, it made sense for you, was a good ending moment and he didn't even mind (was probably his favourite version of events that could have happened). No, I'm mad at you because of how apathetic you are. I'm sorry that you find it "easy" to move on, but others feeling emotions about their past is not weak. It's human. You are quite literally my second-least favourite person and the other person has the same illness as you but worse. You get a pufferfish, a (toy) axe, a cake, and a holographic picture that seems to change images. Sometimes it shows the sea, sometimes it shows trees, sometimes Mars, sometimes a meteor, sometimes a black hole (ooc: etc etc just all the different Martyn winner interpretations lol I'm not writing all of them)
Jim-jam! Nice to see you! You get poppies, a wooden doll, a frog and bucket, and a holographic picture of a canary
Scar! It's been a while since anyone has sent you anything buddy so you get 3 more llamas, 15 more camels, 19 more pandas and 81 more jellie cats. Oh and a holographic picture of cacti
DL!Scott you fucker you are my least favourite you apathetic son of a bitch. You get the poison effect
SL!Jimmy you get cake for being the in-between person, as well as a ghost plushie and a holographic picture of a doggo (if you look closely there's a canary)
To the rest of the losers, I'll give them some weighted blankets. One for everyone :)
-Saph <3
LimL!Jimmy: This is still not Judge Judy and Executioner... But thank you...
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Grian: ugh... I don't know how other me can confortably wear this all day.
LimL!Jimmy: Grian why are you dressed like me?!?! Do this mean you want to join the Bad Boys??
Grian: Uhhhhh... not really? The whispers -
LimL!Jimmy: Why not?!? You could be an honorary Bad Boy!!!
Grian: ... Fine, whatever.
LimL!Jimmy: Yeah yeah yeah!
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Pearl: Ooooh nice! Let's see, how does this holographic thing work?
Scott: Oh they sent me one of those as well! I think... you do it like... this!
Pearl: Mansplaining moment.
Scott: What!?!? I was just... you asked...and I...
Pearl: Calm down Scott, it was just a joke... why are you so jittery.
Scott: ...Maybe the whispers are right, I do need to relax a little.
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Martyn: Well screw you too I guess, that hurt... and I never said that feeling about the past is weak, what I find weak is letting said emotions submerge you completely like Grian does, now I have seen how he was, I saw his passion but when I look at him now I see none of that, he is not weak because he misses Scar, who cares about that, he is weak because he wallows in his own self pity and misery constantly... He couldn't have done anything differently and he can't go back to change anything so why does he insist on acting like a wet wipe.
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andyling · 1 year
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Okay now that I got my Tango rambling out of the way IT’S TIME FOR A BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE
Jimmy Solidarity (aka the man sending team rancher fans into a collective breakdown, it’s me I'm team rancher fans)
stealth mission IMMEDIATELY failed
THE FACT THAT TANGO WAS OUT OF RANGE OF THE BOMB AND THEN RAN RIGHT UNDER IT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Tango congratulating Jimmy on killing him (even though it was Joel) Team Ranchers is still alive guys I swear, NO ANGST HERE IT’S FINE GUYS
Love how Joel is being attacked and Grian is nowhere to be found because he’s too busy hunting down Impulse
jimmy shouting tango’s name and literally jumping towards him as he places tnt counts as a rancher moment 
either he’s stupid or he was confident tango wouldn’t blow him up, it’s probably the former but hey I choose how I interpret this chaos
JIMMY WAS SO CLOSE TO DYING HOLY SHIT 
JIMMY’S FUCKING FACE WHEN MARTYN STARTED ATTACKING ETHO
mans was literally just :O
“what I'm realizing right is that everyone is thirsty” did ya have to phrase it like that??? I can hear the out of context compilations clipping this
Jimmy sounding so shocked that Tango was fighting Martyn as if he didn’t just spend several minutes fending him off from killing Joel
oh uh, the flower husbands are fighting
SCOTT THROWING TANGO UNDER THE BUS BRUUUUUUUH
damn flower husbands enjoyers must be in absolute misery
anyways WOO JIMMY DIDN’T GO AFTER TANGO, GUYS THE RANCHERS ARE FINE WE DON’T NEED TO MAKE ANGST FROM THIS
JIMMY AND MARTYN FIGHTING TO KILL SCOTT AJFSJAKFHDSHJGK
love how Jimmy is not even trying to find Tango he’s just there watching this chaos unfold
“guys he’s not gonna respond” Jimmy you underestimate how dumb your rancher is, there is a reason I call both of you wet cats
WHY IS THERE REDSTONE BLOOD EVERYONE?????
JOEL JUST WENT SPLAT
the way jimmy hunches over closer to his mic when he’s whispering is so funny, he’s trying to hide irl 
ah yes, “the bad boys bread bridge bakery in the sky” my beloved
hey now Jimmy has been trying to protect Joel for half the session don’t kick him out, I mean he failed but at least he was trying
ending the session with robbery, how wonderful
Grain
“looking tasty” aaaaand that’ going into the out of context compilation
JOEL SOUNDS SO DISTRAUGHT THAT HE KILLED CLEO
Grian seems to be extra manic this episode, I'm blaming that on the fact that he missed a session
the entire “definitely” bit is so stupid but I find it so funny
GRIAN WAS TRYING SO HARD TO GET IMPULSE AND ENDED UP DYING INSTEAD AJFHSAJFHDSSFKJSDGF
“normally this is last episode behavior” I mean last session was last episode behavior too I think this season has just made everyone crazy
DUDE GRIAN WAS SO SURE THAT TNT MINECART FAILED AND THEN HE GOT A TRIPLE KILL
HE ALMOST KNOCKED HIMSELF OFF THE PLATFORM IN HIS SHOCK
oh my god the yellow hoard is even funnier from their perspective
the pufferfish plays are insane goddamn
THE TANGO CHASE IS EVEN FUNNIER FROM GRIAN’S POV OH MY GOD SERIOUSLY HOW DID THEY NOT CATCH HIM
THEY JUST KEEP CALLING HIM AND HE RESPONDS FROM WHO KNOWS WHERE IN THE FUNNIEST VOICE
“How about we just kill him for fun now?” SCAR NO
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE’S A WARDEN NEARBY HELLO?!??!?!
tango just has a 6th sense for wardens now
awwwwww grian’s sharing in order to help skizz (pity totem is still totem)
someone is gonna trap those ender-porters I just know it
THAT WAS SUCH A WASTE OF A TOTEM 
MARTYN INTHELITTLEWOOD EVERYBODY
the mean gills chatting on their little island resort really contrasts how badly the rest of this session is gonna go
WELL DAMN SCOTT SMAJOR
THE FACT THAT MARTYN SAW THE TNT MINECART AND FUCKING BOOKED IT THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION HE WAS SO CLOSE TO DYING
Bdubs running to Etho for protection is hilarious in every POV
the bread bois and team ties have a fast travel to each other . . . we’ll see how that works out (please become allies please please please)
LOVE HOW MARTYN ACKNOWLEDGES THE OUT OF CONTEXT VIDEOS NOW AFJKHSAJKGHDKSGKH
MARTYN ON HIS PSYCHO ARC OH MY FUCKING GOD
MARTYN’S DECISION TO TURN ON ETHO WAS SO QUICK AND IT’S SO OBVIOUS HERE HE JUST LOOPED AROUND AND STABBED HIM
Martyn didn’t even realize Tango was still trying to kill him lmao
THE PUFFERFISH DIED IN THE EXPLOSION OH NO
poor scar stood in the wrong place at the wrong time
Etho trying desperately to get people to leave Tango and Impulse alone
MARTYN WAS SO FAR AWAY HOW DID THAT TNT MINECART KILL HIM HOLY SHIT WHAT IS THE RANGE ON THOSE THINGS?!?!?!
god Martyn is just having an awful time trying to stay alive this session
DUDE THE SCRAMBLE TO SEE WHO WOULD KILL SCOTT FIRST IS WAY MORE INTENSE FROM MARTYN’S POV FUCKING HELL
bruh Martyn really teasing us all with actual lore 
So uh, yeah that session was bonkers SEE Y’ALL NEXT WEEK
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cephalodon · 1 year
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Mic!
he's a transman octoling (mimic octopus), around 30 years old as of now. during splatoon 2, he started an industrial/disco metal band called U.s.c.h!, after his first career didn't exactly end well and left a shit taste in his mouth. Mic works as a lead singer and a bassist, while his bandmates, a guppy fish lady called Siro works as a guitarist and a pufferfish dude called Takifugu works as a drummer. later on, during splatoon 3, Ikkan and Warabi - formerly known as Disspair - joined U.s.c.h!. Ikkan became the other lead singer and bassist of the band and Warabi handles the keyboard. Siro and Fugu aren't here right now, but there will surely be more information on them sooner or later 🐙
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Mic's favorite past time is going to karaoke bars with his friends, especially Ikkan and Warabi! him and Ikkan are the same age yet they have a notable height difference which is funny to Mic - whose height is about 6' 5".
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Mic also works at the Grizzco industries!
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Mic mains the splatana stamper and will be joining team Spicy in the upcoming splatfest!
he's definitely not the most serious and emotional guy you'll meet but he sure does love his inkling boyfriend, Magister - who also happens to be the new Agent 3!
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Mic will not talk about his past.
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thats all I hope someone found this at least a little interesting
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mars-the-artist · 2 years
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Random HC! That occurred during TBHK scenes
📝 Prepare for the Angst and Fluff!
Contents: Fluff and Angst in all headcanons. Mentions of implied Suicide[Hanako's] and implied murder [Tsukasa's.]Spoilers for volumes 1-14 Tsukasa's part is reaaaaaly long.
Characters: Nene, Hanako, Tsukasa, Teru.
Yashiro [Our favorite Daikon]
• it was like a surprise party being thrown just for you! Except you knew pretty much all about it. • It was like that, but it wasn't your surprise. It was Yashiro's, your human friend. • How did you know about Tsukasa's secret tea party? Well, you were in said, Tsukasa's crew of rebels. But you didn't know the part about sending Natsuhiko with her! • You disguised yourself as a human being for Tsukasa's plan to rule the school, but during this phase, you gained a girl with seafood green ends for a 'friend' ''(Y/n) Chan! Why are you doing this?!'' the girl with radishes for ankles questioned you. Her teenage body trapped in a beautifully crafted chair. She looked like she should be Alice, and you should be the Cheshire cat. You weren't allowing her to go by herself with that much of a supposed 'Senpai'. ''Aww~ Don't worry Nene! I'll won't leave you alone! Oh and by the way, you might want to hold your breath.'' You clutched onto this beautiful kannagi, in hopes of a fun adventure
Hanako [O Honorable No.7]
• After the incident of well. Amane Yugi's last day, you passed on that same day, the same way. Trying to have him in your arms, so he would know that you would always be by his side • now you both are supernaturals, just on different ranks. • you would always hang around Tsuchigomori, waiting for an adventure, or a certain bathroom ghost. • When the spider disguised as a teacher left for some ''personal time'' in the library, you follow him. I mean why wouldn't you? ''…But as payback…I will broadcast their most embarrassing secrets all over the school'' a familiar voice threatened. You giggled in response, unfortunately for you, you got some attention. Spiderface saw you, so did Hanako, two kids, and Yako. ''(Y/n)! What are you doing here?~'' the bathroom ghost teased you, making yourself wonder, why did you come here? ''Ah yes! My favorite out of Emo spider and No. 7!'' The inari statue skipped a few steps to get close to you, sitting next to your legs proudly. Hanako floated and put his arms around your waist with a question, ''What if they don't tell you their secrets? Will you fight me?'' pointing his knife at the so-called teacher. Making the gomori frown. Later on, the girl with pretty colored hair left with your father figure. Which gave Aman-Hanako the chance to reconnect with you. I mean, you both were two peas in a pod, you know! ''Hello again, old friend''
Tsukasa [The human Yorishiro]
• As much as he cares for you, he cares about power more. • at his little meeting of his with his crew, you figured out that he had somewhat, a hostage. • It was… A Pufferfish?🐡 • where the hell did he get that? • it wasn't like he wasn't going to keep it there as a pet. • never the less, you wrote down your thoughts and situations in your journal, as usual. before ''Ooo! Lemme borrow that for a quick sec!'' his Amber eyes went empty, there was no life inside of them, just pure 'curiosity'. I mean he was just going to use it to 'de-stress' like he always does. Your hand was hesitant in giving the younger twin the pen you were using just a second ago, but you gave in. Knowing that bad things would happen if you didn't obey. ''…And guess what! There were fish!'' he excitedly announced, ''Fish. I sounded what talking fish are like on the inside…doesn't it make you curious? I'M super curious~!'' Tsukasa's voice was filled with this scary tone, the one that sent shivers down your spine like they do in horror and thriller movies. ''Hey Sakura San, what rumor will we spread today?'' you questioned the lady closest to the mic while you yourself were putting on your headphones. Natsuhiko's confident voice fills the room, ''My lady, I think we've been spotted, by this… Fishy thing.'' followed by ''Fish!'' ''It's not really a problem, let it go.'' ''As you wish~'' But before Natsuhiko could throw the sea creature away, the child ghost snatched it from his hands, like stealing candy from a baby. You slowly took off your headphones, wanting to know what the sudden case of interaction was about, only to hear the same question be repeated again. ''What do you think talking fish is like, on the inside?'' ''Don't kill it.'' Tsukasa's ear to ear grin sent even more shivers, causing you to order, ''Don't, Tsukasa.'' His grin turned into a light hearted smile, which unfortunately didn't change the atmosphere in the room. ''Don't worry!'' Hanako's twin reassures, ''I'm just gonna take a little peek!'' The three humans in the room turned away in disgust of how he took advantage of a poor fish and your pen, and turned the desk into a gruesome scene. ''Oh! (Y/n), your pen is dirty, allow me to clean it up for you!!'' The ghost boy passively aggressively 'offered'. At least you guys cleaned up the scene before anyone could notice.
Teru [The oldest Minamoto brother]
• Funny thing was the 'crime scene' wasn't really a crime scene • you both just found a whole ton of supernaturals and…Akane's glasses? • You and Teru figured that the vice president might be in huge trouble, so what can two exorcists do? • Try to save him of course❤!
''Oh my!'' you dramatically gasped to get the supposed couple to see you and the tall blonde next to you. ''Are we… Interrupting something?'' The President questioned, making the couples identites be revealed. You figured out the girl was Aoi San and that they were having a moment, which lead you to teasing Akane about finally getting his girl.
You guys find an exit, and Teru told the squad to not look back. Later on, on this long walk, you overheard Akane and Aoi having such an awkward conversation, which reminded you of the first time you and Teru met each other. ''Aoi reminds me of someone~'' You teased Kou's older brother, causing him to have a noticeable rose tint all over his face. The sad thing is, you only felt dread when you didn't see the purple haired girl when you all made it home.
📝 AHHHHHH FINALLY I POSTED SOMETHING. [BTW requests are open guys. ]I just finished reading volumes 13 and 14 and it made me so sad. 🤧😭 But DAYUM THEY REALLY GAVE US AKANE SIMPS SOME FANSERVICE. [I wish I was Aoi and Yashiro-] But thank you for reading this mortals! Have a good time out there…until next time…
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sojutrait · 1 year
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its a long one lads
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( @aomi-nabi ) THANK U AAAAAAAAA ur asks always make my day omg 😭😭❤❤❤
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THE WALK WITH ME IS SENDING ME KFKJFDGFGK so far we’ve also canonized him death dropping so i can really see his ass doing both-
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nothings going on dw ive just been busy dkfjdfk 😭😭
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TYYYY RIGHT BACK AT U MWAHH
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( @deathbypufferfish ) death by pufferfish . com 
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( @astralsi ) I CAME BACK JUST FOR U MAMA MWAAAHHH 🤧🤧❤❤❤
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( @lava-nder ) ngl my sims rarely even interact with townies made by the game kfgjfk 😭😭 if i do notice my sim getting close to a townie (.ie nadine or josh) THEN i’ll give them a makeover, but other than that i just ignore them or put in my own townies kdfjk as for lots, i just build my own or place down any new ones once i realize ive been to a lot too many times and want to switch it up
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GATIA BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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REAL i love oshin sm omg, been with her since her get famous lp 😌
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( @lake-lunvik ) YOU ARE SUCH A HORNDOG LIO SDJFKDFJKF
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HELPPPFKFDK im not surprised, during homelandertrait halloween takeover i was ready to lose some followers 😭😭😭
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( @mmusicalwhims ) thank u so much !! 🤧❤❤❤❤ i should bring back that username tbh it was kinda iconic KDFJKFD
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( @wildmeadowsims ) (link) AAAAAAA I SAW im not really a concert person but im excited to see everyones recording of it dkfjfkfkg and i heard she was adding more international dates eventuallly so fingers crossed !!!
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ive never had that problem god bless KFDJK but i think u can turn off auto mean interactions with mcc so theres a temporary solution 
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the randomize button is my beloved 
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THIS ASK MADE ME GET OFF MY ASS AND FINALLY ORDER A MIC SO SOON IF I DONT PUSSY OUT DKJFKGF
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( @velvet-disc ) TYYYY take them, they’re too much for me to handle anyways 🗿
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( @25dejulho ) it depends on the save, but usually i start in another simmers save (my faves are ratboysims and simlicys), either build a house or find a shell off the gallery and decorate it myself, make a fam, then make some townies, give them all skills, careers, etc. just so theyre not like- newborns THEN start playing dkfjk its hella overkill and takes hours but thats how i do it 😭😭😭 tbh u dont even gotta do all that, u can just start in the aforementioned saves by other simmers and start ur own sims from scratch dkfjfgkj
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( @catladyfinds ) hi!! i try to keep my cheating pretty minimal, but theres no like- hard fast rules i do. i never cheat money just bc i think its boring for my sims to be hella rich skfjkgfgk but at the same time, if they have to pee and the toilet is 3 stories up then ill just say fuck it and cheat it 😭😭 so my rule is pretty much, quick lil cheating of needs is fine, but nothing that would make the game too easy or unrealistic 
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currently its cas and gameplay! but im hoping to get bit by the building bug again bc i have some ideas dkffkfg
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aaahhh, idk really i get hella attached to 90% of the sims i make instantly 😭
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( @chlosimly ) TYYYYY 😭😭😭❤❤ its all the cc makers not me KFDJKF
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(referring to the non-canon halabi death i overruled) SEE its so depressing and dark i dont even wanna say it 😭😭😭 ITS OKAY, THAT TIMELINE NEVER HAPPENED I INTERVENED 
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see i take offense to this bc the charm family is ugly as hell 🥴🥴
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thank you!!! 😭😭❤❤❤
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HELP i dont want to be too annoying so i try to keep the soju shut up posts to a minimum but im glad u like them 😭😭❤❤ im a chronic complainer so theres more where that came from dkfkff
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i didnt wanna use her last name in the tag in case she got married and changed it 😭😭 same kinda with her first name, lord knows i cant resist family gameplay so i wanted something that could still work if i ever post from her future kids pov!
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THE WAY THAT POST IS STILL FLAGGED TOO UGHHH
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( @starterflowers​ ) thank u so much !! i also think hes pretty awesome kfdkfgk u have a great day/night as well ! 💕💕💕
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*jumps then falls flat on my ass*
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in theory 😌
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REAL i need him as an actual tangible person i can slap around (affectionately) 
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i dont think its a specific part, more so just trying to make someone who doesnt look bland 😭😭 if a sim is too cookie cutter ik i wont feel any emotion for them kfkgfk
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i actually liked how evermore/folklore had no hype! the surprise made the whole thing more special, like i lookback at those releases fondly dkjfkd now- yeah she def overhyped midnights 🗿🗿🥴🥴 this roll out has been so lackluster and so help me god if we get another anti-hero remix im gonna snap 
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nartothelar · 4 years
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saucy-zashi · 4 years
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Whoever makes pufferfish mic art tag me I will print it out and put it on my wall
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bashfulcookies · 2 years
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🥂THE SIMS 4 LOOKBOOK | NEW YEARS EVE🥂
Meet Alex Woods, she can’t decided what to wear for the big new years eve party. Which outfit do you think she should pick?
She is so much different than me, I will be sitting a home in my pjs. I hadn’t even planned on staying up since I have to be up early for work the next day, but my mother convinced me to stay up and watch the count down with the family. 
What are/were you’re New Years Eve plans?
My YouTube video of this create a sim is being published at 1pm EST, December 31, 2021. Come watch me create this sim!
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Thank you to all the creators who made this look possible: @kijiko-sims @lunar-daisiess @sentate @joliebean @pralinesims @christopher067 @gorillax3-cc @jius-sims @thepeachyfaerie @squeamishsims @missrubybird @okruee @arethabee @crypticsim @ratboysims @greenllamas 
+ @mmoutfitters @s4lookbookgallery
CC links below the cut. Genetics can be found on my RESOURCES page.
🧁Tip Jar:  ko-fi.com/bashfulcookie 🧁
SAME OVER EACH OUTFIT: Eyeshadow | Eyeliner | Piercings: Nose & Ears
OUTFIT 1: Hair | Chocker | Dress | Heals 
OUTFIT 2: Hair | Dress
OUTFIT 3: Hair | Dress | Rings | Heals
RESOURCES: Check DEFAULTS | SKIN OVERLAY #5 (Pufferfish) & (Daises) | MICS. #1, #4 (Highlight), & #7 | MAKEUP #8 & #10
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wjbsart · 3 years
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A complete, very long list of all GBoard-combinable emojis because I can't find one anywhere.
Ok so for those who haven't seen my stuff (or have only seen my Bionicle posts), I sometimes emoji mashup redraws, with the recent fourth one using GBoard-based fusions. Frustratingly, there's no actual list of fusion-compatible emojis, so I'll attempt to compile them, in a list below the "Read More" thing:
Green/▢ = compatible with fusion Blue/△ = only works with certain emojis Red/◯ = not compatible with fusion
Also, since other people's terms for specific emojis might not match up with mine, I recommend using CTRL+F and then doing this to find the specific emoji you're looking for. This list is in the order presented in GBoard's Emoji menu. Some of them will be generic unicode symbols, I don't know how to change that, sorry for the inconvenience. Also, I won't aknowledge multi-category Emoji.
Smileys and Emoticons
😀Open-mouthed smile▢
😃Wide-eyed smile▢
😄Closed-eyed smile▢
😁Closed-eyed grin▢
😆Laughing▢
😅Sweating smile▢
😂Cry-laughing▢
🤣Cry-ROFLing▢
😭Crying▢
😗Kissing▢
😙Kissing, closed eyes▢
😚Kissing, blushing▢
😘Kissing, winking w/ heart▢
🥰Surrounded by hearts▢
😍Heart-eyes▢
🤩Star-eyes▢
🥳Noisemaker and party-hat▢
🤗Hugging▢
🙃Upside-down▢
🙂Smile▢
☺Blushing, smiling▢
😊Blushing▢
😏Looking off to the side▢
😌Relieved▢
😉Winking▢
🤭Hand over mouth▢
😶Nightmare fuel Mouthless▢
😐Neutral▢
😑-_-▢
😔Pensive▢
😋Licking lips▢
😛Tongue out▢
😝Tongue out, eyes closed▢
😜Tongue out, winking▢
🤪Tongue out, wide-eyed▢
🤔Hmmm▢
🤨Suspicious▢
🧐Monocle▢
🙄Rolling eyes▢
😒Unamused▢
😤Snorting▢
😠Angry▢
😡Angry, red▢
🤬Swearing▢
☹Frown▢
🙁Frown but less▢
😕Confused▢
😟Distraught▢
🥺Pleading▢
😳AWOOGA Flushed▢
😬Yikes▢
🤐Zip▢
🤫Shushing▢
😰Distraught, sweating▢
😧Distraught, shocked▢
😦Distraught, neutral▢
😮Open mouth▢
😯Open mouth, surprised▢
😲Shocked▢
😱Horrified▢
🤯Your head asplode Mind blown▢
😢Crying, single tear▢
😥Crying, less sad▢
😓Sweating▢
😞Dissapointed▢
😖Pained▢
😣Persevering▢
😩Weary▢
😫Tired▢
🤤Drooling▢
😴Sleeping▢
😪Sleeping but different?▢
🌛Left-facing moon▢
🌜Right-facing moon▢
🌚New moon face◯
🌝Full moon face◯
🌞The sun▢
🤢Queasy▢
🤮Vomiting▢
🤧Sneezing▢
🤒Unwell▢
🤕Bandaged▢
🥴Drunk▢
😵Dizzy▢
🥵Hot▢
🥶Cold▢
😷Masked up▢
😇Angel▢
🤠yee haw▢
🤑Money-tongue▢
😎Cool▢
🤓Nerd▢
🤥Lying▢
🤡Clown▢
👻Ghost▢
💩Poop▢
👽Ayy lmao Alien▢
🤖Robot▢
🎃Jack-o-Lantern▢
😈Demon 1▢
👿Demon 2▢
👹Oni◯
👺Tengu◯
☠Skull and crossbones▢
🔥Fire▢
💫Star with trail▢
⭐Star▢
🌟Star with bits▢
✨Stars▢
⚡Lightning◯
💥Explosion◯
💯100△
💢Anime anger symbol◯
💨Steam▢
💦Sweat Droplets▢
💤Zzz▢
🕳Hole▢
🎉Party popper▢
🎊Confetti ball▢
😺😸😹😻😼😽🙀😿😾Literally all the "cat in different emotions" emojis▢
❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤Literally all the coloured hearts△
♥Heart suit▢
💘Heart with arrow▢
💝Heart with ribbon▢
💖Shiny heart▢
💗Growing heart▢
💓Beating heart▢
💞Swirling hearts▢
💕Two hearts▢
💌Love letter▢
💟Heart in square▢
❣Heart exclamation mark▢
💔Broken heart▢
💋Kiss▢
👥Two silhouettes◯
👤Silhouette◯
🗣Talking silhouette◯
👣Footprints◯
🧠Brain◯
🦠Microbe▢
🦷Tooth◯
🦴Bone◯
💀Skull▢
👀Eyes◯
👁Eye▢
👄Lips◯
👅Tongue◯
👃👂🦶🦵💪👍👎👏🙌👐Every other body part and hand gesture, seriously this isn't even all of them◯
People
Seriously, I don't know why none of the people-category emojis are Fusion-compatible. Let's just move on.◯
Animals and Nature
💐Bunch of flowers▢
🌹Rose▢
🥀Wilted rose◯
🌷Tulip▢
🌺Hibiscus flower◯
🌸Cherry blossom▢
🏵Rosette◯
🌻Sunflower◯
🌼Daisy▢
💮White flower◯
🍂Falling leaves◯
🍁Maple leaf◯
🌾Rice plants◯
🌱Seedling◯
🌿Herb◯
🍃Falling leaves again◯
☘3-leaf clover◯
🍀4-leaf clover◯
🌵Cactus▢
🌴Palm tree◯
🌳Deciduous tree◯
🌲Coniferous tree▢
🏞National park◯
⛰Mountain◯
🌊Wave◯
🌬Wind◯
🌀Tornado symbol◯
🌁Foggy scene◯
🌫Fog▢
🌪Tornado▢
☃Snowman (with snow)▢
⛄Snowman (without snow)▢
❄Snowflake
🏔Mountain with snow◯
🌡Thermometer◯
🌋Volcano◯
🏜Desert◯
🏝Desert island◯
🏖Beach◯
🌅Sunrise/set (water)◯
🌄Sunrise/set (mountains)◯
☀Sun▢
🌤Sun with cloud◯
⛅Sun and cloud◯
🌥Cloud with sun◯
🌦Sun and cloud with rain◯
☁Cloud▢
🌨Snowcloud◯
⛈Stormcloud◯
🌩Thundercloud◯
🌧Raincloud◯
💧Drop◯
☔Umbrella with rain◯
🌈Rainbow▢
✨Sparkles▢
🌙Crescent Moon◯
☄Comet◯
🌠Shooting star▢
🌌Milky Way◯
🌉Bridge◯
🌆City in the evening▢
🌃City at night▢
🌍🌏🌎Earth▢
🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘The moon◯
🙈🙉🙊🐵Monkeys, wise or not▢
🦁Lion face▢
🐯Tiger face◯
🐱Cat face▢
🐶Dog face◯
🐺Wolf face◯
🐻Bear face▢
🐨Koala face▢
🐼Panda face▢
🐹Hamster face◯
🐭Mouse face◯
🐰Rabbit face▢
🦊Fox face◯
🦝Raccoon face◯
🐮Cow face◯
🐷Pig face▢
🐽Pig nose▢
🐗Boar head◯
🦓Zebra head◯
🦄Unicorn head▢
🐴Horse head◯
🐸Frog face◯
🐲Dragon head◯
🦎Lizard◯
🐉Dragon◯
🦖T-Rex◯
🦕Diplodocus◯
🐢Turtle▢
🐊Crocodile◯
🐍Snake◯
🐁Mouse▢
🐀Rat◯
🐇Rabbit▢
🐈Cat▢
🐩Poodle◯
🐕Dog◯
🐅Tiger◯
🐆Leopard◯
🐎Horse◯
🐖Pig▢
🐄Cow◯
🐂Bull◯
🐃Water buffalo◯
🐏Ram◯
🐑Sheep◯
🐐Goat▢
🦌Deer▢
🦙Llama▢
🦘Kangaroo◯
🐘Elephant◯
🦏Rhinoceros◯
🦛Hippopotamus◯
🦒Giraffe◯
🐒Monkey▢
🦍Gorilla◯
🐪🐫Camels◯
🐿Squirrel (why does the squirrel of all things have a Unicode symbol?)◯
🦡Badger◯
🦔Hedgehog▢
🦇Bat▢
🐓Cockerel/rooster◯
🐔Chicken◯
🐣🐥🐤Chicks◯
🐦Bird▢
🦉Owl▢
🦅Eagle◯
🦜Parrot◯
🕊Dove◯
🦢Swan◯
🦚Peacock◯
🦃Turkey◯
🦆Duck◯
🐧Penguin◯
🦈Shark◯
🐬Dolphin◯
🐋🐳Whales◯
🐟Fish▢
🐠Tropical fish◯
🐡Pufferfish◯
🦐Prawn◯
🦞Lobster◯
🦀Crab◯
🦑Squid◯
🐙Octopus▢
🦂Scorpion▢
🕷Spider▢
🕸Spiderweb◯
🐚Shell◯
🐌Snail▢
🐜Ant◯
🦗Grasshopper◯
🦟Mosquito◯
🐝Bee▢
🐞Ladybird◯
🦋Butterfly◯
🐛"Bug" yeah sure ok◯
🐾Pawprints◯
Food and Drink
🍓Strawberry▢
🍒Cherry◯
🍎Red apple◯
🍉Watermelon◯
🍑Peach◯
🍊Orange◯
🥭Mango◯
🍍Pineapple▢
🍌Banana◯
🍋Lemon▢
🍈Melon◯
🍏Green apple◯
🍐Pear◯
🥝Kiwi◯
🍇Grapes◯
🥥Coconut◯
🍅Tomato◯
🌶Chili▢
🍄Mushroom◯
🥕Carrot◯
🍠Sweet potato◯
🌽Corn◯
🥦Broccoli◯
🥒Cucumber◯
🥬Lettuce◯
🥑Avocado▢
🍆Aubergine◯
🥔Potato◯
🌰Nut◯
🥜Peanuts◯
🍞Bread▢
🥐Croissant◯
🥖Baguette▢
🥯Bagel◯
🥞Pancakes◯
🍳Frying pan◯
🥚Egg (somehow)◯
🧀Cheese▢
🥓Bacon◯
🥩Meat◯
🍗Chicken leg◯
🍖Anime meat◯
🍔Burger◯
🌭Hotdog▢
🥪Sandwich◯
🥨Pretzel◯
🍟Chips◯
🍕Pizza◯
🌮Taco◯
🌯Wrap◯
🥙Stuffed flatbread◯
🥘Paella◯
🍝Spaghetti◯
🥫Can◯
🥣Bowl◯
🥗Salad◯
🍲Pot of food◯
🍛Curry◯
🍜Noodles◯
🍣Sushi◯
🍤Fried prawn◯
🥡Takeaway container◯
🍚Cooked rice◯
🍱Bento◯
🥟Dumpling◯
🍢Oden◯
🍙Jelly Donut Rice ball◯
🍘Rice cracker◯
🍥Fishcake◯
🍡Dango◯
🥠Fortune cookie◯
🥮Moon cake◯
🍧Shave ice◯
🍨Ice cream◯
🍦See above◯
🥧Pie◯
🍰Cake slice◯
🍮Custard mate what kinda custard have you been eating, this is clearly a créme caramel◯
🎂Birthday cake▢
🧁Cupcake▢
🍭Lollipop◯
🍬Boiled sweet◯
🍫Chocolate◯
🍩Donut◯
🍪Cookie◯
🍯Honey◯
🧂Salt◯
🍿Popcorn◯
🥤Soft drink◯
🥛Milk◯
🍼Baby bottle◯
🍵Green tea◯
☕Coffee▢
🍺Beer◯
🍻Beers, plural◯
🥂Champagne glasses◯
🍾Champagne◯
🍷Red red wine◯
🥃Whiskey◯
🍸Martini◯
🍹Cocktail◯
🍶Sake◯
🥢Chopsticks◯
🍴Knife and fork▢
🥄Spoon◯
🔪Kitchen knife◯
🍽Plate▢
Travel and Places
🛑🎡Everything from the stop sign to Ferris wheel◯
🎠Merry-go-round horse▢
🎪🏕Everything from circus tent to campsite◯
🌇City at sunset yes I'm surprised as you are▢
🛤Train tracks◯
🛣Road◯
🗺Map◯
🗾Japan is an island by the sea filled with volcanoes and it's beautifuul!◯
🌐Globe with meridian lines▢
💺Plane seat◯
🧳Luggage◯
Activities and Events
🎈Balloon▢
🎀Bow◯
🎁Present◯
🎇Sparkler◯
🎆Fireworks◯
🧨Dynamite Firecracker◯
🧧Red envelope◯
🎐Wind chime◯
🎏Fish streamers◯
🎎Japanese dolls (that's what the emoji's called, don't @ me with the actual name for them)◯
🎑Moon viewing ceremony◯
🎍Pine decoration◯
🎋Tanabata◯
🎄Christmas tree▢
🎗Ribbon△
🥇🥈🥉🏅🎖Medals◯
🏆Trophy◯
📣Megaphone◯
🥅Goal◯
⚽⚾🥎🏀🏐🏈🏉🎾🏸🥍🏏🏑🏒SPORTS◯
🥌Curling stone◯
🛷Rosebud Sled◯
🎿Ski◯
⛸Skate◯
⛳Golf-hole◯
🎯Target◯
🏹Bow◯
🥏Frisbee◯
🎣Fishing rod▢
🎽Running shirt◯
🥋Martial arts uniform◯
🥊Boxing glove◯
🎱8-ball◯
🏓Ping-pong◯
🎳Bowling◯
♟Chess◯
🧩Puzzle piece◯
🎮Controller◯
🕹Joystick◯
👾Videogame alien◯
🔫Gun◯
🎲Dice◯
🎰Slot machine◯
🎴Flower playing card◯
🀄Mahjong tile◯
🃏Joker◯
🎩Top hat◯
📷📸Camera◯
🖼Painting◯
🖌Paintbrush◯
🖍Crayon◯
🧵String◯
🧶Wool◯
🎼🎵🎶Music▢
🎷🎺🎸🎻🥁Instruments◯
🎤Mic◯
🎧Headphones▢
🎚🎛🎙📻Assorted audio stuff◯
📺TV◯
📼VHS◯
📹Camcorder◯
📽Projector◯
🎥Film camera◯
🎞Film◯
🎬Clapperboard◯
🎭Comedy and tragedy masks◯
🎫🎟Tickets◯
Objects
📱🧻Everything from smartphone to toilet roll◯
🧸Teddy bear▢
🧷🧢Everything from safety pin to baseball cap◯
👑Crown▢
🎒💍Everything from backpack to ring◯
💎Diamond▢
💄👓Everything from lipstick to glasses◯
🕶Sunglasses▢
🥽📁Everything from goggles to folder◯
🕶Newspaper▢
🗞🔎Everything from rolled-up newspaper to right-pointing magnifying glass◯
🔮Crystal ball▢
🧿🔓Everything from Nazar amulet to open lock◯
Symbols
There are no compatible non-repeated Emoji here.◯
Flags
Aaaaand none here either.◯
Feel free to let me know if I got anything wrong.
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photolover82 · 3 years
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The Masked Singer Season 6 Episode 2 Recap: Group A Wildcards, Back to School Themed, Let’s Meet New Students Baby and Hamster (Commentary & Guesses)
Hello my internet friends and welcome (or welcome back) to Ana's Masked Singer recap, where I, Ana, recap every single episode of The Masked Singer. So, this is technically the 2nd part of the premiere episodes’ recaps, since both of these episodes aired on the same week, back to back. So yeah, let's get started, shall we:
Ok so same ones as last time performed (minus the 2 who got eliminated), which were Pufferfish 🐡, Skunk🦨, and Bull 🐂, plus 2 new wildcards, Baby 👶🏼 & Hamster 🐹 and 1 of them was revealed who was...
*DRUMROLL PLEASE*
Ms. Pufferfish 🐡
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Performance: So, she stuck with the Tik Tok song theme, and performed Levitating by Dua Lipa and DaBaby (yup, she did rap again), which felt like a repeat of her 1st performance. I feel like she is WAY BETTER than singing these overly played Tik Tok songs and that's why she went home honestly, and I know the internet is up in arms about her leaving this soon, & I get it but I honestly wished she would've chosen a way better song that really showcases her range, like Bull does. Even though he picks songs that a lot of people know, they make sense & actually compliment his voice/showcases so many things he can do vocally, while the songs she chose were too one note for me.
Having said that, she was revealed to be by no one's surprise at all (well maybe the judges but they're always slow):
Toni Braxton (in a mask)
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First of all, yeah not surprised... Moving on, she was wearing a mask under the costume's mask wow (because she has lupus so that means her immune system aka the system that tries to keep you from getting sick is weakened because it thinks everything even healthy cells that are part of your normal bodily functions are dangerous so they destroy them... Long story short, covid& lupus are not a good combo so she wears a mask as added protection). The thing about masks when you are singing (which is why most singers take off their masks when they sing), it makes your voice muffled and not as clear sounding no matter what mic you use. So yeah her voice might have sounded a tiny bit muffled but it was great considering. Was it the biggest upset in masked singer history? No, Tori Kelly getting eliminated in season 4 was, but this might be a close 3rd (2nd is a tie between Jesse McCartney not winning season 3 & Jojo not winning season 5). Anyways, let's talk clues:
Now, onto our remaining 4, starting with our OGs and ending with our 1st wildcards of the season:
1. Bull 🐂
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Performance: This time around, he sang What Hurts The Most by Rascal Flatts and god damn the man got range, he started the song with a whistle tone run thing idk what’s called but it was punchy and amazing! He used a song a lot of people are super familiar and showcased a ton of rasp and range to his voice, from high to low notes he hit. I’m obsessed with this performance, it was probably my favorite of the night!
For my guess, I am still sticking with (and will fight anyone who disagrees, that’s how sure I am, my mind isn’t changing here):
Todrick Hall, ladies and gents and non-binary folks
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Ok, I’ve known about Todrick for years, so much so that I didn’t even need someone to explain to me the clues (usually I do some research on the celebs, because I am not a celeb expert by any means, but he is the one I have done the least research on), like I figured some of them on my own which very rarely happens (if I see another ex Disney or Nick star, it will happen again possibly). Having said that, let’s look at them sweet (almost sweeter than the donut he is holding in that picture) clues that seal the deal for me (which as you can probably tell from the title are back to school themed):
Marched to the beat of his own drum in high school= he was openly gay in high school which was probably a bit rare in Texas
Disney concert hall= 2 things: before Idol, Todrick actually worked as a cast member at Disney World in Hollywood Studios and one of his most viral videos on his YouTube channel (and one of the ways I discovered him online) was called Evolution of Disney, which currently has 13 million views.
Cheerleaders in his locker clue= he actually really was a cheerleader in high school
2. Skunk 🦨
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Performance: Ok, so I take back everything I said in my last recap here, because her performance of It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World by James Brown was a total 180 from her last performance! Like this was the kind of performance I was expecting from her, and she delivered in all her soulful, diva goodness! She sang this song to filth, it was the perfect song for her voice because it showcased her range and you can tell she was connected to the song, showcasing emotion from under the mask. It was fantastic and I really hope she sticks to these kinds of songs honestly because she is so good, like I hope they don’t make her sing super current pop songs, because she isn’t pop… anything rock, soul, R&B, or even funk works amazing with her tone. You can tell this isn’t her first rodeo performing so having said all that…
I am going to also stick with my initial guess for Skunk, who is:
Faith Evans
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Alright yeah, I’m sticking with it, the voice is so similar (I used this video to voice match) but let’s get started with the clues:
Got a full ride scholarship and had to leave due to unexpected circumstances= yup, Faith left Fordham University to have a baby
Forced to take a different path= ended up singing backup in LA and moving there which in turn got her recognized by P Diddy
The vase with a D on it= she was on R&B Divas
3. Hamster 🐹
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Performance: Yay a new wildcard! His first performance was Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison and you can tell he’s a great singer but he’s putting on an impression (a very good one may I add) but is a comedian like he isn’t a professional singer, he’s a comedian or actor who can sing granted but is trying to do impressions to throw the judges for a loop… but I see through you Mr. Hamster…. NOW I see through you, even though at first you did confuse me as well. He was ok though, nothing insane or shocking, I predict he might go home next in this group (depending on what the new wildcards sound like and/or when the next wildcards will be integrated)
I'm gonna say I think Hamster is...
Rob Schneider (better known as Elle King’s dad)
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Alright, so again I had to do some voice matching because I have heard of him (mostly as Elle King’s dad haha) but never really heard him sing… if you watch him singing with his daughter, I can hear the tone and he might be putting on an Elvis style impression (which I have heard from a lot of people on the internet that he does those kinds of impressions in his stand up because he is a huge Elvis fan), but let’s look at them clues:
Famous Friends= he was on SNL and has multiple famous comedian friends like Adam Sandler & Chris Rock
Alcatraz Island= he’s from San Francisco, Cali
Locker clue is a baseball bat= hinting at a movie he was in, Benchwarmers
4. Baby 👶🏼
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Performance: Ok, so I had to leave the most shocking one one for last, because this one threw me for a loop. At first, he was doing the baby voice and I was like this guy sucks he’s a goner…. and then he Barry Whited me with You’re the First, the Last, My Everything, and my jaw dropped (yes I did use Barry White as a verb, I’m so sorry Barry White, you are amazing, may he Rest In Peace, like no disrespect but it is his song so I tried to do something funny there… might have not worked out how it did in my brain, but I am too far gone now). Like I didn’t expect that voice coming out of that giant creepy thing you see pictured above this unnecessarily long commentary. Even my mom was shocked, and she don’t get shocked a lot…. Anyways, onto my guess:
This might sound like a dumb troll guess, but I genuinely think Baby is...
Larry the Cable Guy
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Ok, ok, ok before y’all gang up on me and tell me “Ana, that’s such a Ken guess!,” I am gonna defend myself and say 1. Well Ken is now in the lead for the Golden Ear so anything can happen, and 2. Just hear me out, you’ll understand why when I explain myself. I feel like no other celebrity except Mr. “Get er Done” would put on a giant baby costume that’s borderline creepy, have an accent like that, and sound like Baby Mater from Cars (if you don’t believe it, just watch the performance, I’ll link it here and everything for you). Anyways, here are the clues that convince me and hopefully might convince you guys:
Replaced Arnold Schwarzenegger in a movie= Larry starred in the direct-to-video sequel to one of his comedic hits “Jingle All the Way.”
Locker clue was failing a driver’s ed test/reference to high speed car chases= reference to his success as the voice of Mater from the Disney movie Cars
Anyways, that’s it! Tomorrow is Group B’s first performance and I can’t wait to meet the new group! I’m so excited! See you guys this weekend and I hope y’all enjoyed this recap! Don’t forget to like and comment and do all the internet things. Follow me on Twitter too, it’s @photolover82 just like this page, where I live tweet the show if you wanna check me out there! 👋🏼 Bye guys!
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alexsrousseau · 4 years
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Erasermic, YEAAAH!
So, since a handful of people have started following me for my fanfiction, I figured I’d compile everything I have erasermic-related here! A lot of it is 18+, please keep in mind! 
On AO3: 
Touch and Fire (18+) (Short, smut one-shots)
Our Moonlight Secrets (18+) (Smut-with-plot fic ft. Villain!Hizashi and a very sad Shouta Aizawa)
Sound and Fury -incomplete (Villain!Hizashi)
Commissions:
My Voice Belongs to You (18+)
The Melody of You (18+)
You’re a Pufferfish, Mr. Mic
(I am accepting commissions!)
Info + Ko-Fi + my AO3
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is0gild · 4 years
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Ice Cream and Fire Oven Pizza - Chapter 9
Pairing: Elsa x Lea/Axel || Side Pairing: Riku x OC
Summary: Modern AU. She's an introvert ball of nerves who works at Ice Palace, a mall food court ice cream shop. He's the outgoing, sassy goofball who works at the Pizza Planet across the way. Hilarity, snark, and fluffy romcom hijinks ensue.
Word Count: 6,398
FIRST CHAPTER || PREVIOUS CHAPTER || NEXT CHAPTER
Credit for super friggin’ cute and super friggin’ amazing cover art goes to the super friggin’ talented ky-jane here on tumblr!
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“What’s with the sour face? I know your idea of fun on a Friday night is locking yourself up alone in your room all by yourself, but come on! Going out with a few peeps for a night on the town ain’t gonna kill ya!”
I heaved out a sigh as Anna turned us into the same parking lot we’d just seen Xion’s car go into. “It’s not that, I just… I thought it was only going to be the two of us tonight. We haven’t seen each other since… well, you know… and so much has happened and I just wanted a nice evening, just you and me, talking and catching up.”
“And we can still do that,” she nodded, pressing a couple buttons on her dashboard. As the convertible’s top started to rise and all the windows slid back up, she parked in an open spot right beside Xion’s little blue Prius and powered down the engine. “But now we get to party at the same time! Besides, this way I can meet all of your new friends too!”
Snatching my Ice Palace cap off my head and tossing it into the back seat, I gave a tiny huff. “These people aren’t my friends.”
A couple of loud thuds against the left side of the car made us both jump in our seats before glancing to the source. Roxas and Xion had smooshed their noses up against the door windows, mouths wide open, lips suctioned against the glass and cheeks puffing in and out as they made funny faces at us. Anna snorted then burst out laughing, asking me, “Do they know that?”
“I wasn’t talking about those two. Lea and them are my friends. Well…” I snagged a pale tendril of my hair to twist around my finger as I worried my bottom lip between my teeth. “...sort of…it’s all still very new...” Then I shook my head and tightened my ponytail. “In any case, I meant everyone else that’s going to be at this thing. They’re not my friends because I don’t know any of them.”
“So this is how you get to know them,” she grinned, nudging her shoulder into mine. “Come on, sis, this’ll be fun! I promise!”
“Don’t go making promises you can’t keep,” I grumbled.
Just then, we watched Lea go sliding across the hood of Anna’s Porsche in one smooth motion, bringing him to my side so he could open the car door for me. He bent into a half-bow, sweeping one arm out with a smile, “M’lady.”
Anna giggled. “Ooooo, such a gentleman! I don’t believe I’ve gotten your name yet.”
“Lea,” he leaned into the car, stretching across me to shake hands with her. Once again, I caught the faint whiff of cinnamon and had to resist the urge to squirm at his closeness. He smirked at her and winked, “Also answer to Mr Hottie-With-A-Body.”
...so he had heard that.
Great.
Just dandy.
My kingdom for a rock to crawl under right now.
“And you would be the sister, I take it?”
She grinned, “Anna. I’m thinking I like you already, Mr Hottie-W-”
I discreetly pinched her arm, shutting her up.
He didn’t seem to notice as he looked past her to where the other two were still making like a pair of pufferfish against the glass. “And those gremlins out there are Xion and Roxas. They’re harmless, just don’t ever feed ‘em after midnight. Hey!” he raised his voice so they could hear him. “Knock it off already, twerps!” They both pulled away, Xion hiding a snigger behind one hand while Roxas razzed his tongue. Shaking his head, the smile returned as Lea at last backed out of the car to straighten up again, “Well then, shall we?”
To my credit, I only hesitated for a second before exiting the vehicle, tugging at the hem of my skirt slightly as I stepped out onto the asphalt. Ugh, I hadn’t even had a chance to change out of my work clothes before getting sucked into all of this, so I didn’t even have the small consolation of being dressed comfortably. My eyes followed Xion and Roxas as they ran ahead to 7th Heaven, or so the gigantic, yellow neon sign hanging above the door proclaimed.  It was a rustic, wooden building with a small set of stairs leading up to the wraparound patio. There was a warm glow coming through the fogged windows and muffled music could be heard from within.
Anna pushed a button on her key fob and the Porsche beeped as all its doors locked. Then she latched onto my arm, practically skipping as we made our way to the entrance. Lea dashed out in front, taking the steps two at a time and holding the door open for us. As we climbed up onto the deck as well, I could now hear the murmur of voices and laughter coming from inside as well. I gulped, my stomach sinking.
If it weren’t for Anna clinging to me like a two ton anchor, I’d probably have made a break for the hills by now.
And she knew that, which was exactly why she was doing it.
Traitor.
And so it was that I, with little choice or say in the matter, was dragged by my sister into the dreaded bowels of El Diablo.
...I’m not sure what I’d expected to hear upon descending into the terrifying Underworld, but it certainly hadn’t been the perky pop beat of Barbie Girl.
A strange, but oddly fitting soundtrack for eternal damnation.
The music was coming from a small stage all the way in the back of the place where some young woman was badly singing karaoke under spotlights. Between us and her was a massive, dimly lit room packed with tables and people cheering her on as they drank their presumably alcoholic beverages. Off to one side was a long bar, crowded with customers and tended by a brunette who, ahem… could only be described as the very epitome of the term ‘one busty babe.’ The wall opposite the bar was lit up with flashing lights from a row of retro pinball and arcade machines.
“We usually stake out one of the back corners for ourselves and spread out from there,” I barely heard Lea say over all the noise. I glanced back at him to see him squinting as his eyes scanned the darkness before his face brightened and he pointed off to our right. “Over there! Follow me.”
Anna gave my arm a reassuring squeeze and I replied with a thin, shaky smile.
There were just... so… many… people.
We navigated through the throng behind Lea, his blazing hair like a guiding light in the shadows, showing us the way. With every step we took, the knots in my gut pulled tighter and my knees grew numb.  This was it. It was time…
...to mingle.
(Shudder.)
The three of us came to a stop at a large table. Half the people seated were all still in their work duds too, making me feel a little better about my attire, but not by much. Everyone looked up to warmly greet Lea before all eyes turned to me and I resisted the urge to shrink behind Anna. “Hey guys!” Lea shouted over the roar of the pub. “This is Elsa and her sister, Anna! El here is the newest scoop slinger at Ice Palace, so you’ve probably already seen her around.”
“So you’re the fresh meat,” one woman smirked at me. I recognized her from the greek food place that was Ice Palace’s neighbor. “Pleasure. Name’s Megara. My friends call me Meg.”
“Tiana,” the girl sitting next to her in a cute green dress smiled.
“She’s a server at that lil Cajun grill also in the food court,” Lea supplied before cocking his head at her. “Boyfriend couldn’t make it tonight?”
She immediately frowned and averted her gaze. Meg gently pat her on the back, shooting him a tiny scowl, “Smooth move, ya knucklehead. They broke up.”
“Oops,” he chuckled awkwardly. “Hey, don’t sweat it, Tiana. You know what they say - gotta kiss a few frogs and whatnot.” Crickets from the table. “Heh, get it? Cuz you work at… aw, too soon?” He cleared his throat, “Oookay, moving on! Next, I’m sure you’ve seen these three over at Lucky Cat.” He waved a hand towards a familiar blue-haired chick, her stocky coworker with slicked back, chocolate locks, and what I was guessing was Roxas’s doppelganger, not Roxas himself. Lea pointed to each in turn, “Aqua, Terra, and Ventus.”
“You’re the place with the super sweet tabby I got to cuddle earlier!” Anna said excitedly.
Aqua laughed, “That’s Chirithy, Ven’s pet. He likes to bring him into work sometimes. The cat’s so well behaved, management doesn’t mind.”
Ventus scratched the back of his head with a lopsided grin. “Yeah, I’m lucky. He’s sorta become the unofficial mascot of our café.”
“Then Grumpy-Pants over here is Squall and-”
“That’s Leon,” a guy with a scar slashed across the bridge of his nose corrected with a growl into his beer.
“Riiiiiight, forgot you were rebranding,” Lea snerked. “He works over at Buster’s Swords, the replica weapon shop in the mall. And last but most certainly not least, this little one here is Naminé,” he indicated a petite blonde sitting between Ven and Leon, who gave a shy wave. “When she’s on the clock, you can find Nams at The Crayon Box for all your art supply needs.”
“Lovely to meet you both,” she nodded at us. “We’re currently rooting on our friend Ariel,” she pointed to the stage. It was only now upon second glance that I recognized the girl up there currently murdering Barbie Girl as the redhead from the fish store. 
Lea winced as a particularly bad note was hit before he snorted. “Girl’s usually got a voice that’d put mythical sirens to shame, but she’s just getting over a cold. Couldn’t talk for three days. Now that she’s started getting it back, there’s no keeping her away from the mic. RIP eardrums.” Then he clapped his hands together once, “Alrighty, on to Table Numeros Dos!”
...numeros dos?
As in more than one? As in this wasn’t it? As in more people?
If I survived this night, it’d be a miracle.
At least the first table hadn’t been too bad. Everyone else had done all the talking, which was a-okay by me.
...unless… crud, did they think I was boring now? Or worse, that I was sticking my nose up at them? Well I wasn’t! Trust me, there was absolutely zero nose sticking up going on here! My nose was down! Way, way, way down! So far down, it was past the secret civilization of mole people and halfway to China by now!
Dammit, only five minutes in and pretty sure I was already screwing everything up. And I hadn’t even done anything yet!
Lea shifted a couple steps over to an adjacent booth against the wall and Anna followed, tugging me into a stumble after her. Grabbing the attention of this new group, he announced, “Yo, everyone! I’d like ya to meet-”
“Elsa?”
I locked eyes with a golden gaze I knew all too well at this point and blinked. “Rayne?”
She scrambled out of the booth to hurl herself at me and I staggered to stay upright under the sheer might of her hug. Then I heard her gasp, “Anna too?! Get in here, girl!” I grunted as Anna dogpiled into the embrace. “Haven’t seen you since you were an ankle biter at summer camp! What are you doing here?! In fact, what are you both doing here?”
“What are we doing here?” I repeated incredulously as we all pulled apart, my eyes flicking down to her belly then back up. “What are you doing here? Did you forget you’re, uh… drinking for two now?”
A squeal from Anna, “Oh my gawd, Ray-Ray, your friggin’ preggers?! Congratulations! Who’s the lucky stud who knocked dat fine ass of yours up?”
My sister, ladies and gentleman. Ever the classiest of dames.
Rayne turned, yanking her husband out of the booth and onto his feet beside her. Wrapping her arms around his waist, she smiled smugly. “This is Riku. Riku, meet Anna, Elsa’s little sister. And don’t worry,” she turned her attention back to me, rolling her eyes, “all my drinks are virgin.”
“Though Ray is what you might call an empathic drunk,” Riku snerked, slinging an arm around her shoulders.
I quirked an eyebrow, “A what?”
“The more people get liquored up around me, the drunker I get without sipping a single drop. It’s an odd phenomenon, I don’t do it on purpose, but not complaining either. All the perks of intoxication, none of the hangover!” Then she furrowed her brow at me, “But no, seriously, what are you doing here? This ain’t exactly your scene.”
“I kinda kidnapped her,” Anna hummed out a tiny, evil laugh. “She’s my hostage tonight. She’s gonna have fun whether she likes it or not!”
I was firmly in the “or not” camp.
Rayne grinned at her, folding her arms together, “Then that brings us back around to what you’re doing here… where did you even come from?”
As the two of them began to catch up while Riku listened in, Lea snagged my elbow, pulling me over closer to the booth once more. 
Oh. Right. Socializing. I’d almost forgotten.
Ahhh forgetting. T’was a better, simpler, blessed time. Now, as I was presented with another small horde of new faces, I felt my heart rate spike and my chest tighten as the butterflies battled for dominance in my stomach again.
So be it. Once more into the breach! Come on, Elsa, you can do this!
“Now then, before I was so rudely interrupted-”
“Shove it, Red!” my roommate snapped.
“Screw off, Raindrop!” He stuck his tongue out at her, then sniggered to me, “Remember, verbal abuse says you care! Anyway, I’m sure you’re already very familiar with this mall rat we all know and love, given he’s almost a big an ice cream junkie as I am.” Sora beamed up at me from his seat. “But have you met this half-pint’s amazing, intelligent, beautiful and might I add way out of his league girlfriend, Kairi?”
He was gesturing to a pretty redhead dolled up in pink who smirked around the straw in her drink as she glanced out of the corner of her eye at Sora beside her. “Any comment to that?”
He shrugged, leaning back as he laced his fingers behind his head and his already impossibly huge smile somehow managed to get even wider. “Can’t argue facts!”
“She, like her boy here, is also a local mall rat, but we take pity on these poor schmucks who have nothing else in their pathetic, empty lives and let them hang out with us cool kids whenever we all get together like this,” Lea teased.
“Hey now, ex-mall rat!” she harrumphed before proudly puffing up her chest. “You’re looking at Mickey’s newest hire as of today!”
Lea arched an eyebrow, “No shit, really? Congratz, princess! Welcome to the crush of the daily grind. It sucks! Enjoy!”
Kairi snorted. “Please, it won’t be all that terrible. I’m gonna work a counter in the jewelry department. I can already tell my favorite part’s gonna be helping customers with the charm bracelets. Look!” she jangled the band she was wearing around her wrist before lifting up one of the little trinkets dangling from it. “This one looks like a thalassa shell star from my home, Destiny Islands!” Then she narrowed her eyes at Sora, one corner of her lips quirking up. “Now if only this lazy bum would get a job too, we’d be set!”
“Gimme a break, Kairi, I’m working on it!” Sora half whined, half laughed.
“Uh oh, do I smell trouble in paradise? We’ll leave the two lovebirds to it then,” Lea then turned my attention to a slender chick with short black hair sitting next to Kairi, who waggled her fingers at me with a crooked grin. “This is Yuffie! She works with Squ- ‘scuse me, Leon over at Buster’s Swords.” He lowered his voice to a whisper behind his hand, “She likes to steal the merch for her own personal amusement.”
She scoffed, “You shut your whore mouth, I don’t steal! I just… borrow for quality testing! I’m doing a community service here, really!”
He shook his head, “Uh huh, sure, whatever you say. So what’s on the menu for today?”
Couldn’t tell from where exactly, but she suddenly pulled out a pair of ninja stars as her lips curved wickedly. “Shurikens!”
“Nope!” Leon pressed one hand to the edge of his table, leaning his chair back onto its hind legs so he could stretch an arm across the booth and snatch the weapons from her grasp.
“Hey!” she lunged after them but only ended up faceplanting into her own table. “Give those back, jerkface!” He ignored her, just taking another swig from the bottle in front of him. “Wow, rude much?!”
This place was an absolute madhouse.
 “Oof, that’s rough! Better luck next time,” Lea consoled her before pointing to the next person wedged into the booth, a girl with a blue bow tying back her brown hair. “And here we have Belle! Total bookworm, so no surprise her nine-to-five’s at Enchanted Castle Books.” She didn’t acknowledge us, just stared dreamily off into space while absently stirring the liquid in her glass with a straw. Lea sighed, “Yeah, she’s a real head-up-in-the-clouds sort.”
“I got this,” Yuffie chimed in before using a hand to shade her gaze as she raised her voice, “Hey, is that Gaston I see?”
Belle snapped out of it, eyes round in horror as she gasped, “Where?!” before ducking down to use the table for cover.
As Yuffie cracked up, Kairi swatted her in the shoulder, “Mean!”
“Gaston’s the local musclebound, meathead neanderthal who’s set his sights on Belle as his next conquest,” Lea explained.
“Don’t worry, sweetie,” Yuffie’s eyes gleamed as she produced a third metal star. “I’ll make sure he never bothers you again.”
“For the love of- another one?!” In a quick blur of movement, Leon had once again confiscated her toy, much to her dismay.
“Finally,” Lea jumped in once again, clapping his hand down on the shoulder of a carrot-top sitting on the end with giant purple headphones covering his ears, “this regular chatterbox is Neku, who gets his paycheck from Towa Records, the lil music store around the corner from the food court.”
Yuffie huffed, “I dunno why Orangeylocks even bothers to show up to these things since,” she leaned across the table to lift up one of his hulking muffs and yell into his ear, “he never bothers to take the stupid ‘phones off!”
He slapped her hand away with a glare and said nothing, simply crossed his arms and slouched further down into his seat.
Still I hadn’t said a word to anyone besides Rayne. Partly because all the anxiety was squeezing my throat shut - trust me, the terror was real. But even if I had been brave enough to actually make small talk with this pack of total strangers, it was impossible to get a word in edgewise. It was all just happening so fast. But hey, maybe I could get away with the whole not talking thing. This Neku guy seemed to be and he was getting along just fine. Maybe the secret was in the headphones.
Note to self: look into the possibility of purchasing ear buds with first paycheck in the hopes of avoiding human interaction at all costs.
“Okay, almost done, just one more table to go,” Lea chirped.
Hearing that was both a relief and a minor heart attack all rolled together. The good news: one more table, woo! The bad news: one more table, ugh!
As Lea led the way once more, I snagged Anna by the elbow. It was her fault I was in this mess, so there was no way I was letting her abandon me. She was my security blanket, dammit! She managed to get out a hasty “we’ll talk more in a minute” to Rayne before staggering along behind me. We were brought to the neighboring booth which took up a corner so it was slightly bigger. Thankfully, that didn’t equal a larger group seated here. Even better, I already knew two of the faces.
“Rox! Xion!” Lea grinned down at them. “So this is where you guys got to. Was beginning to think I might have to send out search parties. I-”
“Kristoff,” the name escaped my lips before I’d even realized it as I locked eyes with my coworker.
Make that three faces I recognized.
His eyelids drooped before he looked away with a harrumph, taking a deep drag from his mug.
Well fudge. Guess he was still mad about the phone.
This night just kept getting better and better!
“Brr, did it just get a few degrees colder in here? Ah well, forget it, just leave Lord Sourpuss here to his brooding,” Lea snerked with a roll of his eyes. “For the rest at the table who haven’t already had the pleasure, this is Elsa, the Ice Palace newbie, and her sister Anna who tagged along for funsies.” 
He tossed a hand towards a guy with amber eyes, messy raven hair, and was the poster boy for goth fashion. “That ray of sunshine over there is Vanitas - living, breathing proof that all our moms were always right: your face really can get stuck like that. Wow, misery really does love company, huh? Just look at those identical scowls.” Both Vanitas and Kristoff looked highly unamused with Lea. He responded with a smirk, leaning down to bring his face closer to Vanitas, “What’s with the pout, widdle man? Did one of the other kids steal your binky?”
“Bite me, jackass,” he deadpanned.
“You’d love that, wouldn’t you?” Lea waggled his eyebrows as he straightened back up. “Anyhoo, as you might’ve already guessed by just taking one look at the edgelord, Vaniboy here works at Halloween Town.”
“Halloween Town?” Anna echoed, tapping a thoughtful finger to her lips. “Isn’t that the line of shops that are kinda like Hot To-”
“Say that knock-off, poser, wannabe of a store’s name and die,” Vanitas sneered.
Lea said, “Don’t mind him, he’s just cranky cuz he missed out on afternoon naptime.” Vanitas flipped him the bird, which went totally ignored as Lea shifted his gaze to the other side of the table. “Woah, talk about a mismatched set. What are you two doing hanging out with Mr Negativity here?”
He was now addressing a sweet-faced brunette with bright green eyes and the boy beside her with sandy blonde spiked hair, a skull and crossbones printed on his shirt. The girl chuckled, “Oh come on, Van’s not that bad.”
“Yeah, once you get past his personality,” the guy sniggered. Vanitas just looked away with a soft tch.
“Meet Olette and Hayner. They- wait...” Lea glanced around the table a second time with a frown, “There’s usually one more of you. Where’s Pence?”
“Couldn’t make it,” Olette sighed, plopping her chin in her palm. “Had to finish his programming project for his Computer Sciences course. Said he’ll be at it all weekend.”
“Bummer,” Lea shrugged. “In any case, these two plus their missing amigo wait tables at Le Grand Bistrot, this hoity-toity restaurant on the opposite end of the mall from the rest of us. Though didn’t you guys get shut down recently for a rodent infestation?”
Hayner banged a fist against the table, “Ugh, will people stop talking about that already? We didn’t get shut down, it was one rat and it was just that klutzy garbage boy’s pet, got it?!”
A snort from Roxas. “Sounds fake, but okay.”
“Can it, pizza boy!” Hayner shot back.
“Touchy, touchy,” Lea tsked before his eyes made one more sweep of the surrounding tables. “Anyway, looks like that’s everyone! How ‘bout it? Got it all memorized? If not, don’t sweat it, it was a lot. And even more might show up later, who knows, these things are always sort of a random grab bag but that’s half the fun! In any case, feel free to take a seat.” He jerked a thumb over his shoulder, “I’m gonna go order a drink from the bar. Did either of you want me to grab you anything while I’m over there?”
“Is this a menu?” Anna picked up the glossy, colorful sheet of plastic from the table, looking over the list printed on it with a low hum. “I think a basket of the Cactuar Fries would be good for starters. As for drink, hm… Ooo, the Golden Chocobo sounds amazing! What about you?” she tilted it to give me a better look.
I shook my head, “Just water for me, thanks.”
Her tongue blew a raspberry, eyes returning to the menu. “That’s no fun. Lessee here… aha!” She smiled up at Lea, “She’ll have a Shiva, heavy on the rum.”
“I will most certainly not have a-”
“Got it!” Lea darted off across the room, cupping a hand to his mouth and calling out, “Oh, Tifa!”
Anna then proceeded to flump down into the booth next to Kristoff, giggling as she peeked up at him. “Hi! You’re cute!”
He blinked at her, all traces of the previous doom-and-gloom wiped clean off his face as it reddened slightly. “Uh…?”
She wiggled in closer to him, which seemed to fluster him more as he scrabbled over into Vanitas, who elbowed him back hard for making him almost spill his drink. Oblivious to the domino effect she’d created, Anna whipped her head back around to me and patted a hand on the space she’d freed up at the edge of the booth. “Whatcha waiting for, Sis? Sit!”
I stared blankly at her. She beamed back at me. I glanced over to everyone else. Everyone else watched me expectantly. I then flicked my gaze down to the open seat. It just lay there, being a cushion.
...psssst, dummy. Her telling you to sit? Was your cue to actually sit!
Still my feet didn’t budge an inch. Instead I looked over my shoulder back towards the door leading outside. So close, yet so far.
Clearing my throat, I took a small step backwards and held up a hand, “A-actually, you know what? I think I, uh... left something... back in the car! Yeah, that’s it! So I’ll just, er… I’ll go get-”
“I said sit!” Anna grabbed my wrist and jerked me down onto the plush bench beside her.
Well then. I guess I was sitting.
I suddenly felt a light brush of something against the back of my head and I twitched away, looking behind me. Rayne was leaning over the divider between our two booths, hands outstretched, apparently with the intention of petting both Anna and me.  “Pretty,” she cooed in delight. “Pretty, pretty hair. So soft!”
From somewhere beyond the separator, I heard Riku mutter, “It’s starts.” His voice was muffled. I suspected due to facepalm. Taking a small bundle of my hair and tucking it between her palm and two little fingers, Rayne then set the other three fingers and hand to work unraveling one of Anna’s pigtail braids.
Anna didn’t seem to mind, instead just turning her gaze to the rest of our booth and flashing a smile big enough to rival one of Sora’s. “It’s so great to meet everyone! This is super exciting! Isn’t is just so exciting?” she asked me. I opened my mouth, but Anna was already gushing once more, “And oh my gawd, so, so, so, sooooo much fun! I’m already having a blast! Are you having a blast?” Again, this question was aimed at me. Again, I didn’t even get so much as a peep out. “Aaaah, lookit her, she’s having a friggin’ blast! This is awesome! So how long have you guys all been getting together like this? Who started it? Was it just a small group at first? Were you guys always friends even before these Friday nights began? Do you ever change it up, get food and drinks somewhere else? Or is it always the 7th Heaven? Why is it called the 7th Heaven anyway? What’s the story there? What’s the food like? No, what are the drinks like? Did I pick good ones? I hope I picked good ones! And I just love that they have karaoke here! Anyone else going to be singing later? Ooo, here’s an idea! We could all go up and sing one together!”
Typhoon Anna had struck again, leaving round eyes and silence in her wake.
I was guessing most everyone else at the table hadn’t even caught half of that, the torrent of words had been coming out in such a rush.
The hush over the table stretched until Vanitas at last broke it with a flat, “Yeah, no, I’m out. I’ve had about all the pep I can stand from that pack of idiots,” he flicked a wrist towards the half the table taken up by Xion, Olette, Roxas and Hayner, “without having to deal with… this,” he cringed, gesturing to Anna. Then he downed the rest of his beverage. “Later, losers.” And with that, he vaulted himself over the table, shoved his hands into the pockets of his leather jacket and slinked off.
“So…” Anna dragged out the syllable, “...he’s pleasant!”
Certainly one word for it.
“Vani bail early?” Lea rejoined us. “No shocker there, he usually does. He's always been more of a lone wolf. Make room, Fun-size!” he looked down at where Xion was seated at the opposite end of the booth from us. She scooched to clear a spot for him and he plopped on down, setting a full, opened bottle on the table in front of him bearing a red label that boasted the title Ifrit Amber Ale. “Ladies, your drinks n’ fries are gonna need another minute. Someone’ll be by to drop them off when they’re ready.”
A small smile braved my lips, “Thanks, how much do we owe you?”
Or rather, how much did Anna owe him? Since A, she was the one that’d ordered it all and B, I’d yet to earn a single cent to my name.
Soon though. Payday was coming.
He batted a hand, “Don’t worry about it, my treat. And, uh,” he snerked, “you might want to keep a closer eye on what Raindrop's up to over there.”
I blinked. I had been feeling a faint tingle in my scalp as Rayne had continued to play beauty salon back there this whole time, but I’d just been ignoring it. Now both Anna and I turned to discover she’d weaved locks of our hair together into one thick, auburn-and-platinum braid.  “I made a pretty!” Rayne giggled, punctuated by a hiccup.
Biting back a grin, Xion called, “Hey Riku! Control your woman!”
A hand shot up and grabbed Rayne by the scruff of the shirt. With a squeak, she disappeared behind the booth separator.
“So,” Olette shook her head, one corner of her lips tugging up, “how are you liking it over at Ice Palace?”
...shoot, she was talking to me, wasn’t she?
I was so not prepared for this.
Glancing up from where my fingers had already begun disentangling the braid Anna and I shared joint custody off, I pursed my lips to one side. “Hmm, well… it’s pretty good actually. This is my first job ever, so I was a bit anxious.” Understatement of the millenia. “But it’s been going well. And I like the people I work with and get along with them and uh…” I eyed Kristoff out of my peripheral, who still seemed rather dazed by Anna and the apparent lack of the phrase ‘personal boundaries’ in her vocabulary, “...and they like me and are very kind and welcoming and… certainly not mad or anything at me for, oh I don’t know, hypothetically lobbing and busting their phones, like I would ever do something so silly as that, why would I even mention such a thing, that’s so random,” the jumble of words finished in a weak chuckle.
It was beginning to become clear to me that the tendency to babble might run in my family.
Only mine was of the nervous variety, whereas I don’t think Anna had a nervous bone in her body.
At last sensing my gaze on him, Kristoff shook himself out of his stupor and looked back at me. Then he frowned, narrowed his eyes and stared down at the table, nursing his drink once more.
“Oh yeah,” Xion snorted, “I can definitely feel the love simply overflowing from that side of the table.”
“Sounds like a sweet gig,” Hayner chimed back into the conversation with a smirk as he crossed his arms. “But then, anything’s gotta be better than working at some lame dump of a pizza place.”
“Ouch, shots fired.” Lea cocked an eyebrow, “What’s with the drive-by, my dude?”
Roxas snickered, “Ignore him. He’s still just sore about the whole rat thing.”
“There wasn’t a rat thing! I told you already, it was just some dumb pet so it doesnt count!”
“Sure,” Roxas sighed, “Just keep telling yourself that, man.”
“That’s it!” Hayner snarled, slamming both hands down on the table as he rocketed up to his feet. “It’s time we settle this like men!”
Olette groaned, burying her face in her hands. “Tell me you did not really just say that, you total caveman.”
Hayner stabbed a finger towards Roxas and growled, “You.” Then jerked a thumb into his chest, “Me.” He pointed at one of the arcade machines, “Struggle 9000. Loser buys rounds for the table for the next five Fridays.”
“Come on, you two,” Olette interjected, “is this really-”
Lea clamped a hand over her mouth, one index finger held up to his lips, “Shush, I want free booze.”
“You’re on!” Roxas shot back, eyes flashing. Then the both of them were ducking down and crawling under the table to exit the booth before dashing over to where the video games awaited them, elbowing each other the whole way.
“Wanna go root the boys on?” Olette asked Xion.
“Pfft, root nothing. I’m taking on winner and curb stomping his ass. Play my cards right and I’ll have them both buying our drinks for weeks to come.”
As Lea slid out of the booth so the two of them could get up and leave, Olette laughed, “Oh, I bet Hayner would be simply thrilled by that prospect.”
“Please, you think that bonehead’s gonna come out the champ?” Xion scoffed as they walked off. “Rox has got him beat, no contest.”
“Wanna bet?”
That was the last thing I heard from Olette before a happy shriek barely an inch to my left drowned out anything else that might have been said.
Gee thanks, Anna. Really, who needs hearing in both ears anyway?
Our order had arrived, which apparently was what had gotten her so excited. A heaping bowl of shoestring fries now steamed in front of us, covered and smothered in some chunky green sauce. Anna’s drink started out orange at the bottom and faded into a yellow at the frothy top where in the absence of one of the standard teeny decorative umbrellas, it was instead garnished with a fluffy, yellow feather. My drink was a chilly, neon blue color and served in a tall, skinny glass with wafting mist and a frosted rim.
“Bottoms up!” Anna singsonged, clinking her beverage to mine before chugging down half of it in one go. I pulled a face at her, scrunching my nose with a grimace. She puffed out a content sigh as she put the glass back down at the table. “Ah, that’s good!” Then her eyes darted between me and my drink a couple times. “Well? What are you waiting for? Get your drink on, gurl!”
“No thanks,” I nudged the Shiva away with a fingertip. “Someone has to drive us home, so I guess that someone’s going to be me.”
“Pssh, details,” she waved a dismissive hand while she tested out one of the fries. Eyes lighting up, she shoveled a couple more in her mouth before pushing my drink back towards me. “C’mon, one sip won’t kill ya! Besides, you’re hurting Lea’s feelings over there, he spent his hard earned munny on it just for you!”
“Nah, it’s cool,” he shrugged and grinned. “You do you, El!”
“Dude, work with me here! You’re supposed to back me up on this, I-” Anna cut herself off in a gasp. Seemed there had been a lull in the karaoke, so someone had kicked on the big vintage jukebox off to one side, which was now pumping regular tunes out of the overhead speakers. “I love this song!” Her hand clamped down around Kristoff’s wrist, “Dance with me!”
“Wha-?!”
I was all but shoved out of the booth as Anna bolted off, dragging a wide eyed and stumbling Kristoff behind her. I watched her go, shaking my head with a tired smile. Anna would never change. But then, who’d want her to? She was kind of perfect the way she was, chaotic energy and all. Sighing, I took a seat again and looked up.
That’s when I froze.
Because that’s when it hit me.
Somehow, my booth had gone from being packed to being empty. Well, almost…
There was still me.
And there was still a certain redhead.
And to be fair, my plan had been to spend the evening with a redhead. Just said redhead was supposed to have been petite, female, and my sister. The redhead before me now? Checked off none of those boxes.
So instead of the night of sisterly bonding like I’d been looking forward to, I’d somehow wound up in a bar. 
At a table. 
With Lea. 
By ourselves. 
Just the two of us.
Alone...
Help! SOS! Frantic smoke signals! I was not mentally or emotionally equipped to deal with this situation!
Commence cardiac arrest in three… two… 
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Author’s note: Hi, yes, welcome to Cameo Palooza, where we got references coming out the wazoo! This chapter and events in next chapter were originally all supposed to be one chapter, but the references just kept going and going… I honestly didn’t expect them to go on for as long as they did, but here we are xD Not gonna lie, I took an odd amount of pleasure in giving Lea and Elsa drinks to match to their respective elements/summons. Also lil fun fact: There are real alcoholic beverages out there called the Shiva and the Golden Chocobo, just google it if you’re curious and I think the recipes should pop up like the did for me! Also, there are in fact green Cactuar Fries out there in the real live world too - I’ve seen foodies post pictures!
Next chapter… how will Elsa deal with this latest challenge in human interaction she’s come face to face with? Will this be one step closer to strengthening the bond of her new friendship with Lea? Or will it all end in utter catastrophe thanks to her awkward penguin ways? Will we ever find out the secret of the Cactuar Fries’ green ooze? Stay tuned!
Thanks for reading, I super duper appreciate it! And an extra BIG thank you to any new followers out there (howdy! :D) and to those of you who’ve liked and reblogged previous chapters, seeing that always brings the biggest, goofiest smile to my face!
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busg · 4 years
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GET THAT OFF MY DASH HOJI IS WERAD OT GOD IMMS S BKJFVHJKGHVCGDJG
its too late i kin pufferfish mic i can't
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radiojamming · 6 years
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Hi I need more soft Jacob in my life. Jacob who doesn't know how to flirt. Jacob who is extra and gives rad speeches but doesn't know where to put his hands when someone kisses him the first time. Jacob who gets grumpy at feelings of affection but secretly loves being loved. Anyway thanks for attending my TED Talk.
YESSSSS
shoutout to @mademoisellegush for reaffirming the beautiful mental image of jacob and the deputy being a pair of raccoons eating spaghetti out of a dumpster
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The first time they kiss is… memorable. 
It’s memorable because both of them are filthy; Rook is covered in mud and pine needles like some backwoods attempt at tarring and feathering. Jacob has someone’s blood on him, although Rook can’t quite figure out who it belongs to. He wears a very fashionable impression of arterial spray across his face and neck, and there are four bloody finger prints on his neck from where someone apparently tried (and failed, very miserably) to choke him out.
All those Hallmark movies that extol the virtues of kissing in the rain are bullshit, because it’s raining so hard that Rook has very real worries about mudslides. Her boots are sloshing with every step, and Jacob approaches her like a drunken sasquatch, his footing heavy and unsure. Rook doesn’t run into his arms, because first of all, she can’t run for shit in this weather, and second, if she attempted to jump into Jacob’s arms, she’d probably just knock both of them over and they’d both get concussed. 
So, instead, she drops a very eloquent and romantic, “The fuck do you want?”
Jacob huffs like an asthmatic grizzly, and she has to remind herself that even though he’s at some peak physical fitness, he’s closer to fifty than thirty. 
He doesn’t answer until he gets close enough to her that she can see the rain making little clear creases in the blood on his face. His nose is red, because it’s stupidly cold, and he reaches up to wipe at it with his wrist. He has a pretty good-sized split in his lip, too, and she thinks that one might be her fault. 
In short, if this is her version of Mr. Darcy, she’s apparently scraped the bottom of the bargain bin.
Finally, in a voice like sandpaper on a cactus, he grinds out, “I have run four fucking miles after you.” Then, he grunts, stepping over a tree root, yanking hard on his left leg when his boot sinks an inch too deep in a mud puddle, before he’s finally right in front of her. 
No matter what, he’s still terrifying in his own way. Yes, he looks like someone tried to drown him, and Rook thinks that he might be exhausted enough that if she did decide to pounce on him, he probably wouldn’t get back up for while. However, he’s still Jacob Seed, all six-foot-whatever, built like a stack of cinder blocks. This man has killed people with his bare hands. Judging by the blood on his face, he just did it again within the past few hours.
And before Rook can ask him why he bothered to chase her down, he does the opposite of everything she thinks he’ll do and goes in to kiss her.
He sucks at it.
His hands are unsure, so he puts them on her shoulders until apparently he judges that it isn’t quite right. They move to her waist, then her hips, and then he seems to think they don’t belong anywhere yet, so they hang useless at his sides. As for his actual kissing, she tries to give him a pass in that both of them are soaked to the proverbial bone. His lips are freezing, and she thinks his nose is still running. 
Granted, she is kissing him back, because it’s already been a weird day (week? month? lifetime?) and making out with one of the Seeds just seems like the topping on the eldritch cupcake that her life is turning out to be. Her hands are on his face, feeling the strange texture of his scars, thumbs swiping at some dead person’s blood. She tries to ignore the fact that he goes still at weird times, and then bites her at the next moment. Tries is the operative word, because at some point, the white flag has to go up.
She takes the collar of his uniform jacket and gently tugs it back.
He looks at her, his stupidly pretty eyes just as bright as always. She’s close enough to see that, yes, his nose is still running. He works his jaw like he isn’t sure if he used it right, and part of her wants to say that he might want to put some WD-40 on it.
Instead, she just gives him some kind of grin (maybe a little constipated) and pats his face like he’s a delightfully stupid dog. 
He doesn’t say anything. No apologies for kissing like a deceased pufferfish. No questions about if she thought he kissed like one. His silence is heavy and thoughtful, which reminds her of sullen guys in the drunk tank back at the sheriff’s office.
“So,” she says.
He grunts.
“I’ll, uh–” She clears her throat, her left hand still curled into his jacket. Then, she makes a little strained noise that seems equal parts distress and delight. She stands up on her toes and presses a kiss against his (still very bloody) cheek, before letting go of him. “See you around?”
Another grunt. Then a slow nod. He might be turning red, but that might also be blood and rainwater.
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Jacob seems to take their first kiss as an unspoken challenge. Rook deliberately doesn’t bring it up again, because it seems to gnaw at Jacob more that she acts like it never happened. Their radio calls are still dry exchanges of military and psychological metaphors on his side, and vague insults and retorts on hers. Honestly, she could probably just announce, “Hey! Jacob Seed made out with me in the woods and he sucked at it!” over the radio and the whole conflict might be over quicker. However, she thinks better of it, because he’s still a sniper and she doesn’t want to give him a reason to practice his aim on her. The Whitetail Mountains are still terrifying enough as it is.
Their normal banter goes on for about a week, until suddenly Jacob changes his tone. 
Of all the people Rook could be travelling with at the time, it’s Adelaide. Most of their hikes through the woods are full of a one-sided conversation full of things like comparing Jacob to a side of beef, wondering if he has a six-pack, hoping that maybe he’s so in tune with nature that he bathes in the river, and taking estimates on how big his rifle is. 
Halfway through a hike around Cedar Lake, Adelaide pauses and looks at the sky in thought, like someone is going to skywrite the exact statistics of Jacob’s genitalia. 
“You think he’s got a chode or–”
“Addie!” Rook hisses, and even checks to make sure she hasn’t accidentally keyed her radio. If Jacob overheard them, Rook might just have to drown herself in the lake out of mortification. 
Adelaide shrugs. “It’s an honest question, honey! The man’s built like a Mack truck. You see his boot size lately?”
Yes, Rook thinks. Except he was losing them in the mud and I didn’t get much of a chance to check them out because he was trying to bite my lips off.
“No,” Rook mumbles.
“Mmm, that’s a shame. Big man like him? I mean, he might be compensating, but I’m gonna be optimistic.” She holds up her hands like she’s about to give the measurements for a prize trout, but before she can make her estimates, Rook’s radio chirps.
“Deputy.” Jacob’s voice hisses through the speaker, low and breathy as usual. It makes both Rook and Adelaide jump, but probably for very different reasons. “You’ve been keeping a low profile lately. I was starting to wonder if I should be worried.”
Rook doesn’t immediately grab her radio, even though Adelaide’s eyes are wide and her grin is halfway to predator. She frantically points at the mic clipped to Rook’s belt. “Answer him!” she stage-whispers, as though he can hear her.
With deliberately slow movements, Rook unclips the mic and tugs it close to her mouth before pressing her fingers down on the key. “No reason to be worried, Jacob,” she says, trying her best to sound casual. “I’m just as destructive as usual.”
There’s a long pause; long enough for Rook to think that maybe he signed off. The only thing she hears is static and the sound of a pair of ducks quacking happily nearby. Then, “Good to know,” Jacob says, although it comes out like a low growl. “You know, Deputy, if you ever get bored of playing out in the woods and making a mess, you could always come back home. I promise I’d make it exciting.”
Rook nearly drops the radio, and Adelaide doesn’t even hold back a surprised, “Hot damn!”
“Uh, I’ll pass,” Rook manages to reply, even though Adelaide is about two seconds from whacking her in the shoulder out of sheer excitement.
“Mm. We’ll see how long that lasts.”
The radio goes dead before Rook can even try to reply, and she’s left in shocked silence for only a few seconds before Adelaide crows in something like victory.
“Oh my god, honey! If that ain’t the sound of a guy rockin’ a hard-on, then I don’t know dicks worth a damn.”
Rook tries to protest, but her tongue has about half a dozen false starts before she just shrugs miserably and clips the mic back in place.
Because honestly, she can’t tell if Jacob’s trying to flirt with her, or if he wants to ventilate her.
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Rook thinks Jacob might be trying to pay her back for the split lip, because he’s certainly biting at her like that’s the reason.
It’s their third attempt at kissing. The second attempt was three days after the fateful radio call (and those three days were full of Adelaide’s plentiful Jacob-themed innuendos), when Rook accidentally got a Bliss arrow to the thigh after she snuck up on a Hunter, and Jacob was the one to scrape her off the ground. Her memories of that are a little vague and probably more pleasant than it actually was, because all she can recall is a sparkly Jacob calling her clumsy, yanking the arrow out of her leg, and then kissing her.
Maybe kissing her. That might have just been the Bliss.
So the third kiss might be the second-and-a-half. And the second-and-a-half or third kiss is just about as refined and lovely as the first, because Jacob has her up against an equipment shed near the dam, one leg between her knees, and his goddamn wolf teeth doing a number to her lips.
Even so, she can’t help but kiss him back, clinging onto his jacket like a burr. Because by this point, after all the weird threats that might have been flirts, and the one or possibly two bizarre kisses that had far more blood involved than a normal relationship should have, she actually does like Jacob. She likes the way he leans into her like a cat when she runs her hands through his hair and gently scrapes his scalp, and she can’t help but imagine how much of a human radiator he would be under a few blankets. 
And apparently he likes her. At least, Rook thinks he does. It’s hard to tell when he kisses like a dog gnawing on a rawhide, but she believes he’s not doing it to blow off steam. Honestly, that would be risking a lot against the rest of his family. She decides to pull a (much more innocent) Adelaide and assume the best.
She gently pushes him back, both of them breathing hard, his hands a painful grip at the sides of her thighs. Rook thinks her lip must look like it hand a chance encounter with a meat grinder, but she smiles sheepishly regardless.
“I used to have a policy of not kissing on the first date,” she says, smoothing out a crease in his collar. “I don’t think I planned on kissing before I even went on a date at all.”
One eyebrow goes up, and it makes Jacob look very skeptical. “You want to go on a date?”
She laughs. “I mean, it’s a little limited around here. Like wine and dine me while we watch Sharky roast some Angels on an open fire?”
At first, Rook thinks Jacob might take her seriously, because he seems exactly the type of person to try to make a romantic outing out of watching people get slow-roasted. Then again, she doesn’t think the patrons of the Spread Eagle would take too well to Jacob Seed calling in reservations. They’d probably end up having to pull a Lady and the Tramp and eat spaghetti behind a dumpster.
Then, Rook sees a smile start to form on his face, as slow as a sunrise.
He doesn’t answer, but he does kiss her again.
It isn’t any better than the first one and a half times, but Rook enjoys it all the same.
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Coral
“Tea, Bob?” Grace asks her stuffed sheep who is sitting at the small white table for afternoon tea. The sun shines through the family room windows as she watches her friend for a moment before she decides his response is a yes. Standing from her seat Grace pours the pretend liquid into a tea cup. “Teacake?” She asks Bob, holding up the plastic pastry. She places one on his purple flowered plate, and adds another to the plate in front of her. “Mmmm ‘wishous.” She says, taking a phony bite of the cake.
Lifting the cup to her mouth, Grace takes a final exaggerated sip. She lets out a gasp and wipes the imaginary tea mustache from her lips with the back of her arm.
“Watch a moobie?” Grace says to Bob. As she stands, the chair hits her bum, knocking it over onto the floor. She doesn’t pay attention to the knocked over seat as she makes her way over to Bob, wiping his mouth with the napkin placed by his plate. “All cwean.” She picks up her stuffed animal, hugging him in her arms, and walks over to the couch.
Placing her friend on the cushion, she sets her arms down and throws her little legs sideways onto the couch. Wiggling and pulling her body up the sofa, Grace plops her bum down, reaching for Bob and placing him in her lap.
“Moobie!” Grace says, picking up the remote, looking at it closely. Her pink painted fingernails press the button with the up and down arrows. She looks at the telly to see if that did the trick. But the screen is still black. She moves her fingers to the blue button, giving it a hard press; still no change. Her eyes land on a red button at the top of the device; placing her fingers over the round raised circle, Grace presses down and the screen comes to life.
“Yay!” Grace claps her hands, dropping the remote control on the cushion next to her. Leaning back into the pillows, Grace wiggles her shoulders back and forth, attempting to get comfortable.
“Fissy!” Grace points towards the screen where beautiful schools of fish are swimming Her eyes grow wide as she follows the fish across the telly. She relaxes into the pillows, completely immersed in the story of a fish who is looking for others to be in her band.
Grace giggles as the pufferfish steps up to the mic to audition. Taking a deep breath, the pufferfish opens her mouth, ready to sing, but ends up blowing herself into a big pokey ball. The giggles take over her whole body as the pink shrimp attempts to play the drums, but is instead a huge disaster. “Not wike Sarah!” A squid makes it way on stage and tries to play the guitar but ends up breaking all the strings. “Be sof wike Unca Mitch.” Grace tells the squid, and continues to giggle at the calamity that is before her.  
Coral, the main seahorse of the show, hangs her head in frustration at the horrible acts in front of her. “What is the difference between an out of tune piano and a fish.” She sighs, feeling stuck in her options for the band.
“Yeh can tune a piano, but yeh can’t tuna fish.” The voice comes out of the speakers and Grace’s body sits straight up. It’s a voice she knows, and she is confused.
“Daddy?” Grace looks around the room while the movie continues in the background, but her attention is on finding the voice that sounds just like her daddy.
“Would yeh mind if I sing a song? I saw a sign for band auditions and I thought, why not!” The rainbow colored fish is on the screen. Grace looks around the room again. “Daddy? Hewo?” Grace hops off the couch, looking around the room at the different spots her father typically likes to hide when he is teasing her. And then it happens. Her body stops. She turns and faces the telly as she realizes that the voice of the rainbow fish is one she has heard since the day she was born.
“I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade
He'd let us in, knows where we've been
In his octopus' garden in the shade”
Walking towards the music, Grace is stunned at the fact that her father’s voice is coming from a place she has never heard it come from before. Her tummy bumps against the entertainment center as she presses her hands against the screen of the telly. “Daddy. I Grwacie!” Grace yells at the film. “Daddy dere?” Slapping her hands against the screen, clearly confused why her father’s singing voice is coming from the speakers. “Daddy!!” Grace yells again.
“Hey, Jeff. I’ll call yeh back. Sounds like Grace is callin’ me.” Harry says to Jeffrey on the phone. Jeff had called to talk about schedules, and Harry ended up taking the phone call in his office while Grace played quietly with her tea set. “I’ll call yeh back. Okay. Bye.” Harry hangs up the phone call and follows the sound of his daughter, who is yelling his name loudly with a tone of frustration.
“Grac…” Harry stops in his tracks as he enters the family room. His daughter is standing on her small chair, mouth pressed against the television screen, and she is yelling his name as loudly as she possibly can. “Gracie Bug,” Harry’s voice is soft so he doesn’t startle his little one who is already confused. The yelling stops as Grace pauses. She turns her head, noticing that Harry is standing behind the couch. She looks at the telly, then back to her father. Harry gives her a small wave; his smile is big and his dimple is deep as he finds it slightly funny that she is confused that his voice in an a movie. She looks at the telly again, pointing to the rainbow fish.
“Daddy.” Grace says, then turns her body towards Harry. “Daddy?” Grace points to him. Doing the action again, Grace attempts to connect what is going on.  “Daddy.” Grace points at the fish on the screen once more.
“Yes. That’s daddy.” Harry says as he comes up next to her. Helping Grace down from the chair safely, he picks his daughter up, and takes her to the couch, wrapping her in a cuddle.
“Daddy, fiss?” Grace asks, her eyebrows crinkle, still a little bit lost about what is going on. Harry lifts the remote and pauses the movie.
“Mmmhmm. Just like daddy sings songs on here.” Harry points to his phone, knowing Grace will understand that he sings music that plays through the speakers. “Daddy talks in movies.” Harry points towards the telly. “I was a fish. My name is Albert. I’m a rainbow fish. And that is Coral. She is a seahorse.” Grace cuddles into his side, watching the movie after Harry presses play.
The band is created, with Harry as the frontman, and Coral plays the piano. “Corwhow wike Cware!” Grace says.
“Yes. Clare isn’t in the movie. But Coral plays the piano like Clare. That’s right, Bug.” Harry explains how each person of the band is like his band, but they aren’t played by those people. It is a hard concept for Grace to understand. But she continues to watch the movie with her father.
The movie comes to an end, and Grace releases a small sigh. “I wike daddy fiss.” Grace says with a small smile. “Moobie adin?” Harry can’t resist the smile and the fact that his daughter wants to watch his movie again.
“Let’s watch it once more.” Harry presses play,  as Gracie holds Bob so he can watch the telly.
“Dat fiss is my daddy,” she tells her friend, and they watch the movie together.
A/N: A big shout out to my rock and the bestest friend in the world @whoopsharrystyles. Without her Grace and Harry wouldn’t be here. So thank you my friend!!
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Questiorino for ya! 1) do you have a redbubble? And 2) would you happen to have the shirtless trans aizawa on there? Because, honestly, big big mood
I don’t but if I ever do shirtless trans zawa and pufferfish mic would be the first items on there
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