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praeluxius · 3 months
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Red Wine - Karina & Natty
Aespa Karina x Kiss of Life Natty x M Reader smut
thanks to @capslocked & @passingnotions & @friskyriskywhisky
Masterlist word count: 9,957 Kofi
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A new girl every week.
Not like you mind it. As long as Karina is having a good time, then that's enough for you. She meets them all at work, and they're all equally pretty.
Of course they are—it's part of the job.
It's just how Karina is—she has always been a fountain of charisma and that's part of what drew you to her—some call it rizz. So, you know all too well how these girls feel when Karina cranks up that natural charm and it leads to her inevitably inviting them over on a Friday evening, an offer they can’t refuse.
A girl's night in. That's what she always calls it—truth or not.
It's a funny thing to call it, given that you're always there. Not that any of them ever complain. You're there. That's okay. You'll join in the chat or stay out of the way—it's all very casual. Most of the time, it’s just that—casual.
Most of the time.
"And then I told him: 'Look, this dress is Dior, and it's worth a year of your rent. So if you think, even for a second, that it's going to end up on your bedroom floor after you buy me a couple of glasses of bottom-shelf whiskey then you can Johnnie-Walk-the-fuck-on-out-of-here because there are a thousand more ways I can spend my night than wasting time on you.'"
The two girls break out into some sort of intoxicated, riotous laughter. The girl with the story? They call her Natty, and she is the latest of Karina's new friends to visit. This one sporting almond skin, eyes with an inky rich hue, thick lips and a smug look on her face that could melt the paint right off the wall, or the clothes off any man.
She has one leg crossed over the other, sitting at an angle towards Karina. The slight canting of her head, the way her black hair cascades over a bare shoulder, all of it conspires together in order to fully reveal her neck line where the loose t-shirt drapes from shoulder to shoulder.
"Yeah, like any dude's got enough bank to buy himself to a night with you." Karina laughs again before taking a drink from her wine.
You are trying to watch the TV, vaguely—your favourite team is on and it's a bit of a ritual for you.
You will never even know we're here. That's what Karina told you. Yet you’ve spent the better part of the last hour listening to them. We’ll be quiet.
As if that's ever true.
They've been reeling off anecdotes all the while, and if you've learned one thing about Natty, it's that she has a lot to say, and a lot if it comes down to either the pleasures, profits, or travails of her career. The stories just keep coming. And each and every one is punctuated by that same laugh from Natty. You have never heard anything quite like it before, and it's that which keeps drawing your attention back to their end of the couch. Much like her voice, it's high pitched, a little nasally and utterly adorable.
Karina laughs along as well; more than a few times a drink threatens to spill onto the carpet because one of them has laughed a little too hard or bumped into one another. Now that would be a disaster: red wine and a white carpet.
"So I got this really nice pink one. It's really pretty, a little sexy, but it's so comfy too." Natty is talking but you don't have a clue what about and Karina, turned away from you, is nodding her head, the ponytail on the back of her head shaking a little as a result.
You don't need to see Karina to know how she looks—as beautiful as ever. That same sharp jaw, high cheekbones and lips glistening pink, hued darker by her drink of choice. Those eyes. It’s always her eyes that captivate.
Her beauty and grace are two things she truly does share with Natty. All the women that come over are all part of the same constellation. Stars in their own right, but Karina is a supernova—or something equally poetic.
Karina says something, but the voice is soft and muffled and lost to you among the animated exchange.
"There's also this blue one. But I don't wear it nearly as much as the others, but it cuts real low. Nearly shows my, you know..."
That lowered voice draws your gaze right over to them both as Natty leans in towards the woman next to her. A gesture and the shape of her voice, the lilt of her accent, makes it sound as if she is being discreet even though you can clearly hear every single word.
"...you know." Natty then tugs a little at her own shirt.
The two giggle again as if they're not grown-ass women; two women who have admittedly drunk quite a lot.
"He loves this one I have, it's part of a set, and I picked it up in Paris last month,” Karina says. “Black and lacy. Super expensive, but it's so worth it."
"That pair would look good in anything," Natty lets out that same laugh again, if a little softer this time, as if the mood shifted a little. You felt this coming all along. If you're honest, sometimes as soon as Karina walks through the door with a girl on her arm, there’s a certain vibe that hangs in the air that tells you it’s one of those nights.
You're stealing glances at the two of them, and it's Natty who's looking towards you, over Karina's shoulder. Your eyes are caught in this awkward collision. Natty holds the stare, her smile shifting subtly from innocent to devilish.
She's a stunner. Even from the angle where you're catching glimpses at her, a glance out of the corner of your eye, there is something seductive and hypnotising.
"He's a really lucky guy." She says to Karina, keeping her eyes fixed on you.
That is usually the cue, one you're very familiar with. A flirty little comment, maybe an innuendo, something meant to test the waters—see where the land lies, the rocks you can stand on before stepping any further out into the surf. It's how so many of your Friday evenings play out. You are just that—an object of curiosity and interest to Karina's friends, and you have to credit the sales pitch she must deliver about you.
"You're damn right," Karina replies with a chuckle as she tilts back the remainder of her drink.
"Do you think he would like mine?"
"Of course, he would. But if you want, I can be the judge." Karina takes Natty's almost empty glass and sets both down on the table. Her expression and attitude—lips and body language—communicate her invitation far more eloquently.
Karina is reaching over and Natty's meeting her hands with her own at the hem of her shirt. A teasing lift and you can already envision what she's about to show. See, Natty's a dancer—you know that much, and a good one at that. That kind of talent comes with the blessing of a body that turns heads. Your girlfriend knew that well too when she had invited her back home.
"Go on then."
The shirt lifts off Natty's skin, with the help of Karina’s hands running up the side of her body, exposing a pierced belly button. You try, very valiantly, to pretend not to be watching, but you can't help it. Natty raises her arms and lets Karina pull off the shirt fully revealing her in her lace bralette. It's pink, it's pretty and a little sexy—just how she described it.
"They really are nice, wow," Karina leans in close and for a moment you think she's going to start kissing Natty right then and there.
Natty doesn't say a thing. She lets the next moment happen, and with their bodies so close you can feel the anticipation, there’s an agonising pause, but, just a moment later, Karina is running a hand up along her belly, cupping a hand over one of her breasts.
"Really nice," Karina repeats the compliment.
And you're all in now. Fuck the TV. You can't peel your eyes away from whatever the hell your girlfriend is about to do.
"Thank you," the girl purrs as she arches her body to push herself against Karina's hand.
A flirtatious hand and those slender fingers of hers begin to move delicately over the fabric. It's a good touch. You've experienced first-hand all the wonderful things Karina can do with it. She touches how she dances—passionate and precise.
"What do you think?" Karina's finally acknowledging you over her shoulder—your official invite to the fun.
"Gorgeous," you mumble, and Natty's smiling like a minx as Karina continues in a way that you should probably be offended. Your girlfriend runs her hands down to the girl's waist, round to the small of her back, and then all the way back to where she starts again.
"Come, take a closer look. What do you think?" Natty follows her words with a wink and a flick of the hair.
"Fuck yes." You whisper under your breath.
"What was that?" Your girlfriend's smirking to herself as you rise from your seat.
"Yes." You take a step towards them both.
"Yes?" Natty repeats, one of her dark brows arching.
"He thinks you're fucking beautiful, sweetheart. Gets a little lost in the moment sometimes." Karina is leaning her head in close, one arm around the girl. She has a finger running up along Natty's slender back as she pulls at the clips holding her bra together. "Isn’t she perfect, babe?"
"Something like that," you confess. You're standing in front of the girls, looking down at the topless Natty, at Karina who's still snaking her hands around her. And Natty looks up at you, eyes wide, inviting, smouldering with passion. She really is something else.
She peers beneath those bangs of hers with a look that says: why don't you sit right here beside me?
"There we go," Karina says and there's suddenly some slack. The weight of her pair is taken by gravity and Natty catches them into folded arms. She sinks back into the couch. You take a step, and taking her lead, you sit by her side.
Karina reaches down, pats you on your leg, then turns back to face Natty. "You were saying you thought he was pretty cute too, weren't you, Natty?"
"Pretty cute, yes. Hot too. Moreso now that he’s up close." Natty says while Karina's got her hands on her shoulders, taking the straps of her bra between her delicate fingers. And then her bra is gone—the last semblance of her modesty lost along with it. Her small nipples jutting, stiffened with arousal, ready and waiting.
"God, he's practically drooling."
"That's hot," Karina comments as her lips descend onto Natty's shoulder and she starts laying kisses up and along her neck, trailing all the way to her ears.
"Sit behind her, babe, let her make it easier for you," Karina says. There is something entirely different and erotic in the way your girlfriend commands you. It’s so often like this, the dynamic, the guest and you are equals but Karina? Karina is a level above, the one in control and setting the pace.
You move yourself further onto the sofa and seat yourself back, then Natty slides over your lap. She takes her place, just as Karina wants, in front of you. The look in your lover's eye tells you exactly what to do, while her hands give Natty some hands-on guidance. Holding her shoulders, she’s placing Natty’s back against your chest. 
You lay your own touch on the starlet’s waist, coiling them around her body. Dragging them up towards her smooth tits causes her to respond with a shudder. You keep your touches slow, leisurely, tentative and exploratory, but with no lack of appreciation.
Natty refuses to shy and settles firmly into your body. Karina, meanwhile, sets herself in front of the two of you, resting her hands on Natty's knees. Your beautiful guest parts her legs a little as Karina slips her hands between them, urging her thighs to open wider. Wider until she has to lift her legs over yours.
"Is this okay with you?" Karina is looking up into Natty's face and the woman simply nods."How does she feel?" Karina's asking you now, placing her hands on the back of yours, guiding your touch over her breast into a rougher pace.
"Perfect." The word slips from your mouth, followed by a throaty groan. Among all of this, Natty's ass is against your crotch, the weight of her pushing your manhood to swell and strain against your clothing. You are thankful she's wearing a thin enough pair of yoga pants that enhances it all.
Karina has planted her knees between yours and Natty's legs. She's pulling her own shirt over her head and you already know what's beneath. For all the talk earlier about bras, Karina isn't wearing one; she never does. "Fuck, Karina," Natty coos at her bare chest. "He likes it too. I can feel him twitching."
Natty’s hands are all over Karina as she pulls her in. There’s grace, there’s tension and there’s a coy giggle from Karina as their lips are only inches apart. The hammering of your heart echoes within as you take a front-row seat to their show. It always triggers something inside you when she first lays lips on someone, it always heightens that delicious, tingling, primal feeling.
"Oh shit, girls..."
Your girlfriend's the best kisser and you love watching her like this—exploring another woman's mouth. Natty is matching her tempo beat by beat, kiss by kiss. Her body arches as you squeeze her breasts. You swear Natty's making little whimpers as the two make out.
Her body is all action against you: ass grinding back, rolling slowly and languidly as your hands pull at her breasts—squeezing them together and then apart. You dip into her neck with your mouth. The sweetness of her skin fills your mouth and the richness of her perfume fills your nose.
You lower your lips and gently nibble at her neck, dragging teeth over her flesh until she gasps from a gentle bite and you work your lips on her skin. Tongue roaming as you feast on her taste. Karina's pushing forward now, Natty sandwiched between you, their pairs of tits pressing together with your hands somewhere between.
They break, and Natty naturally moves to your girlfriend’s neck. Karina has her sights set on you, prying your mouth from Natty's shoulder and catching you in a deep kiss. Tongues battling, clashing. There's the familiar fading taste of red wine in her mouth, and the unmistakable flavour of something foreign to you, the lingering taste of Natty.
She pulls away from your lips, staring down the two of you. There's dissatisfaction on her face. "Why aren't the two of you naked yet?"
She pulls at Natty's hips, relieving your cock of the pressure of her sitting on it, and you hold Natty so as to not let her slip too far away. You and Karina work Natty's yoga pants, and her panties, from her hips. They slip effortlessly down to her ankles, leaving her decidedly bare.
No one speaks and you all know this isn't the time to explain anything or ask questions. When her clothing is out of the way Karina descends upon Natty again, kissing her hard and you catch the dying whimpers of Natty's moans into Karina's lips. Karina's hand is snaking down Natty's back, reaching for your crotch. She unbuckles and opens your belt all the time fighting against Natty's movement as she tries to grind her ass back into you.
"Stop moving." Karina giggles into their kiss as her hand delves beneath your trousers. She breaks her kiss again. "Need some help."
Natty's peeling herself away from you, turning to face you. Natty's naked, Karina's halfway there, you're the one slacking. Not for long. Soon the two are tugging away all the unnecessary clothes until all three of you are equally exposed. Your cock stands heavy and ready under their gaze.
"Woah, you weren't lying." Natty's figuratively licking her lips, hungry and wide-eyed, and you'd bet your last dollar she's got an idea in mind. "Can I...?" Natty turns to ask Karina.
"I'd hate to be selfish." Karina shrugs her shoulders and winks. You're transfixed. There's natural magic about the way they move as if it is rehearsed; the way Natty sinks to her knees and the way Karina pulls your hips to the edge of the seat, then rises above you.
Karina hovers and watches, Natty leans in, and then your balls disappear into her mouth. She’s handling them with her tongue expertly as she takes hold of your cock.
"God, what a pro. She wasn’t lying when she told me she knew her way around a cock," she exclaims, savouring every second as the air rapidly leaves your lungs.
It is beyond explanation, the way Natty's tongue is dancing along the underside of your balls as her lips caress each one. Her eyes occasionally flick up and flash mischievously—it's the kind of look that means she could get away with absolutely anything, and there is no way you are going to stop her.
"She's got the face for it, doesn't she? Like she just gives the most amazing head." Karina's on her knees by your side, sliding a hand between her thighs.
"Y-yeah." You manage to reply. "S-so... ahh! Good."
Karina leans forward, cupping one of your cheeks as she looks into your eyes.
"He's speechless!" She laughs, moving a hand to the back of your head and tugging gently at the strands. "Natty baby, give him a few words or something, will you? If you can?"
It's hard to look at her, but you crane your neck and you catch her looking at you again—one hand upon your inner thigh, the other wrapped around your shaft. "That's a good boy," Natty murmurs.
She teases a thumb over the surface of your glistening wet tip. "She loves that shit. Watch her..." Karina explains, smiling, the delight on her face all you can look at for a moment or more.
She guides your chin and you follow your girlfriend's direction, then you see, Natty's taken her mouth from you for a second and she's licking your pre-cum from her thumb; her gaze on the pair of you. She repeats her motion once more and the grin on her face grows bigger as you leak another pearl for her.
"How does he taste?" Karina asks for both of you.
"Delicious." Natty answers—now she's literally licking her lips.
You'll believe anything this woman tells you.
She's running a teasing tongue along the underside of your shaft, and as she reaches the peak, she catches the snow-white trickle you drip right there. You close your eyes in ecstasy, but before long, you’re feeling a finger poke against your lips.
You part them open, letting Karina's two fingers inside, and she's running her digits over your tongue as you suck her fingertips. The taste is so undoubtedly her, nectar straight from her source, your mouth salivating for more.
The feel of Natty's soft plump lips against the end of your cock is incredible as she moves them in an inch, teasing, testing, and then she withdraws just the same and you want to cry out. But you can't, Karina still lubricating her fingers, your tongue swirling around the digits.
She withdraws and your eyes open. And as much as you wanted to see Natty ready to settle her mouth around your cock, she's got something else in mind. She has her tits in her hand. "Are they still gorgeous?"
"Yeah, totally," you sputter.
"Natty girl, let him fuck them." Karina tells her and then she turns to you, mouth to your ear. "You want your cock between them, don't you? Tell her." Karina's not leaving this up to interpretation. "Tell her you want them."
"Oh yes..." you blurt out, without even really thinking. Karina giggles—it's her sign of approval, a tick. "Your tits, Natty. Fuck. Please."
It's not something you haven't done before. You love Karina's pair too, after all. It would be hard for anyone with a dick to resist a pair of round tits like hers. Luckily for you, tonight she's brought you a girl with a pair to match her own.
"He asked so nicely."
"He's a real gentleman," Natty teases and she raises her breasts a little, then pushes them together. As your head slides into her cleavage, she puts her hand around them, and as the skin squeezes the sides of your member, you are reduced to shuddering. Karina knows exactly how this gets you, knows just how this can bring you undone. It doesn't even matter if the actual thing feels nothing like sex—you'll always go crazy over a great pair of tits.
As the tip of your manhood peeks out through the crease between them, Natty lowers her tongue to it and you swear you nearly cum right then. Then the words echo inside your brain: he wants them, Karina's voice and as soon as she says it, your subconscious concedes to the reality.
"Look how easy and willing he is," she says to Karina and both girls giggle, then Natty forms a mock pout. "Such a good boy. I really want to make him feel good."
"He does deserve something." Your girlfriend runs her fingers into your hair as Natty plants a soft kiss onto your cock-head. Instinctively, you reach out but before you can touch anything, Karina's hand finds your wrist. "Tell her what you want."
She's leaning in closer again and Natty looks up from where she's teasing your tip, sucking, tonguing and lavishing affection and attention. "Ask Natty nice. Tell her you want a blowjob. Tell her you want to cum. Tell her what you want," Karina purrs her words.
And god, if anything makes it impossible to think straight, it is Natty's gaze up at you. She wants to make it easy for you, impossible to do anything but give in to your wishes, whether it’s her intention or your deep-seated desire making it seem so.
"Natty... can you suck my cock?" Your mouth's dry and the words grate in the throat.
"Anything," she says with a twinkle in her eye. And now it's all one motion. Her tits clamped against the sides of your length. Your cock drives between them and into Natty's waiting mouth. She's all tongue, bobbing her head a little and taking the tip of you in and out of her mouth.
Karina's all over you—kissing your neck, holding a hand behind your head, caressing, squeezing. "Aren't I just the best? Always doing this for you with all these girls." She's muttering away in your ear. The heat of her breath is constant and burning. She continues with sweet nothings in her deep, sultry voice.
You're sinking deeper into the couch, like you're laid on the shore and the tide is enveloping you. Wave after wave crashing against you, rolling, engulfing you and drawing you out further and further. Natty is pulling you under; every time she takes you into her mouth, wrapping her tongue around you, it's another wave over you. Karina is a life rope. You're grabbing onto the strands of her ponytail, trying to keep your head above the water. All her touches, her words, her encouragement, that's the air you need.
But the torrent grows ever more intense and powerful and the riptide is too great, Natty's drawing the last vestiges of resolve from you. You lose grip of everything—of reality.
You're lost.
Lost in her mouth, lost between her tits.
Karina knows it, she's seen it all before, so many times, for her and others. "Feel like you're gonna cum?" Karina's in your ear asking you the obvious.
Your answer's a growl.
"Cum!" It's a low-roar in your ear.
You don't say a word.
"All over those perfect fucking tits. Her mouth, her face, look at her," and then that's it. You're drowning in pleasure. Every sense abandons you—hearing, touch, and sight, all surrendered.
You can't think or do anything, because every fibre of your being is focused on a single action—pouring out cum. You're rigid and straining.
Your eyes regain focus and you see it all. All of it smearing her tits and just a little on her face, and then more streams erupt. Natty doesn't shy and she doesn't stop. She is milking you for every single drop.
And Karina's ever the encourager, ever full of pride. "Just like that, yes. Empty all of it right there on her chest."
This is her thing now. Has been for a while, ever since she convinced you to try it just one time. Her imagination was fueled by all those dirty little stories she read online about voyeurism and the like. It opened her eyes and redefined your relationship. It started with an experiment. With her best friend, Winter, all those months ago. It was the first time she took enjoyment in her friend getting you off.
Now it's a regular surprise. Sometimes they're girls you met many times before, almost like she was dangling them in front of you, teasing you. Other times it's just like Natty. You barely say a few words to them and before you know it, you're covering them in your cum.
Truth is, you always get the gut feeling when it's one of these nights, as soon as Karina and whichever girl it is start their first drinks of the night; you know it's one of those nights. Then it's just a case of waiting.
Natty didn't take long to get on her knees—she must have been excited.
And lucky for her, you're nowhere near being finished.
Karina is prowling and on the move, towards Natty, and she reaches her with both arms as she locks her into her grasp. A kiss, deep, hungry. All tongue. Seeing is believing; some of you ended up inside Natty’s mouth and now she’s sharing, distributing to Karina. Back and forth it goes between their mouths, with some spilling from their lips. As it’s shared, it’s swallowed bit by bit between them.
"Your turn Natty. I want to watch you cum for me." Karina announces she breaks away, then lapping up what remains on her lips and she has a hand on Natty's chest, playing with the mess you made of them.
You're lying there, spent and watching, as Karina guides Natty to her feet.
"There you go," Karina is pushing the girl towards the couch and she gets to the edge, then places a knee on it. Your eyes drift over her body as Karina bends her into place, her sticky chest planted against the cushions. Her juicy ass is in the air and the light in the room highlights every line and contour. Her flawless curves are accentuated to their perfect best.
"Legs wider, yes, yes. That's perfect," Karina's voice cuts through the air. She's behind her, hand on the small of her back, urging Natty into position. Lower and lower, Natty's head pressed into the cushion; she's turning to look at you, face full of excitement, of yearning.
A quiver passes through her entire body as Karina's lips descend upon her lower back.
Then lower, kissing her tailbone.
Her ass.
Lower and lower, peppering her skin along the way, Karina finally nestles between the two cheeks. Then she places her hands on Natty and starts parting them. "Perfect. Isn't that so perfect?"
Karina doesn't wait for any reply from you.
She doesn't need to. You are fixed there, utterly mesmerised, entranced and completely undisturbed, watching this gorgeous woman lay tongue on her newest conquest. Karina, meanwhile, can't contain her excitement. She's feasting on Natty, lapping at her sex, diving lower and lower with her tongue. "Oh yes. You taste so good."
Everybody's taste is unique. Just as her aroma earlier was something you couldn't put into words or compare, you can only imagine how sweet Natty must taste. And as if she reads your mind, Karina adds to the narrative, "So sweet."
And the sounds.
Fuck. The sounds. 
Natty moans, loud, sharp and high. You should have known it, her voice being what it is—the tone; so unique, so unmissable. You should have expected the melodic composition. The pleasure is pure, crystal-clear music. It's perfection in sound. It's the kind of musicality people work their entire lives to compose, to play, to express.
To do all without a care in the world.
With as much freedom, spontaneity and energy as possible.
The tone shifts, and the octaves change. And it's Karina, playing her, burying a pair of fingers into Natty.
There is no question here. The two are in sync. Karina, a performer by profession, plays your guest as if Natty is merely an extension of herself. Your girlfriend, in her element, her playground, her stage and her domain. You are her audience. And she has never sounded, looked, or acted so majestic in her role.
Natty sings a string of profanities, nonsensical and fragmented phrases.
"That good?" Karina exclaims, teeth digging into her butt cheek as Natty spills into the cushion. Her legs quiver. Karina smiles into her ass, nipping her a second time and then she turns to you, staring at you with the same dark hunger, the same thirst, you always see.
"You still with us, babe?" she asks—rhetorical, she know’s you’re fixated. There's no question in her mind. She can read you and she knows how captivating this performance is.
"God yes," you whisper in reply. She's smiling wide.
"Good." That one word response, so laden with meaning.
It's a dangerous smile. It means only trouble. Good trouble.
"Come here," she's beckoning you behind Natty. Your legs feel weak and like jelly, yet you crawl up and behind her, your hand slips up to her thigh, pressing, pawing and grabbing her flesh. She purrs at your touch, and Karina, too, responds with delight.
"Natty," you begin, feeling her ass under your touch. "Do you want me inside you?"
"Mhm. Yes."
Karina slips a hand around your erection, her wet, lubricated fingertips meet your skin and when she says, let me get you ready for her. That alone could have done the job. But, damn, her hand feels so good as it strokes. The motion's just the right pace and when her grip gets tighter, a tremor courses through you.
"You did such a wonderful job already." Her praise is just as nice as her tongue running along the side of your length and then her lips, pursed, locking onto the tip.
"Karina..." it's a long-drawn groan. She lets her tongue swivel over you, each stroke lasting longer and longer. The more she continues, the more feels you grow and get hard—she works you until the last ounce of sanity leaves your brain.
Then she draws away and finishes her sentence, "I told you, you're the best. Now look at her, look how needy she is." Karina's still got a hand on your cock and the other caressing Natty's cunt.
Natty’s now the girl in the center of it all. Her beautiful face turned, eyes closed. She's twitching, aching, longing. She whimpers, and then gasps in desire as you angle your cock at her slit. Her folds open gratefully and the wet warmth of her sex embraces you. Her groans rise again, heightening ever more in the satisfaction as she backs herself further onto your length.
You move, thrusting into her, and she breaks into a tempered moan.
"Oh yes! God, yes."
And you feel a hand grab at your backside, encouraging, guiding, demanding more of you. She partners her touch with an all-telling grin. Karina's about as happy watching you fuck someone else as she is being fucked.
"That's it... You like it like this Natty? Does this feel good to you?"
It's a silly thing to ask, but it still makes Natty stir. It makes her hot—burning hot. As soon as the words are out of her, and she follows with a moan, she becomes tighter around you.
"Ah! Yes, yes, yes..." she trails into several more repetitions as you angle deeper into her.
Your girlfriend is dancing her fingertips over her skin. "So amazing," your lover is still muttering her words. "So fucking hot," Karina says as she tracks her kisses up Natty's back. Gentle kiss after gentle kiss to her glistening back as Natty keeps driving her ass back against you. 
There is the unmistakable look of an idea forming in Karina's mind. She's climbing onto the sofa, crawling past Natty onto the back of it, where Natty's head is pressed against the fabric. Natty grows hesitant at the expectation of what's to come, and it allows you to take over. A hand on either side. You're gripping her hips and really fucking her, pushing your cock fully into her and stretching her.
You see Natty's fingers wrapping around the bottom of the sofa cushions in an iron grasp, trying to bear the surge of bliss. She shudders and clenches up as Karina runs a set of nails up her back.
"Yes, baby, you take her, don't be afraid," Karina hisses her words, raking at Natty's back with her claws. "Harder." Karina demands and you pull on Natty's hips, pulling the gorgeous young woman into your hips as you fuck.
Karina's sliding into where she wants to be, right in front of Natty's face, sitting where she rests it. She's handling her like the toy she currently is, pulling her head exactly where Karina wants it, and coercing Natty's mouth onto her. To bury her in and make her satisfy Karina's craving.
And Natty wastes no time, sliding her lips onto Karina, exploring her core the way she has explored her mouth. "Just like that," your girlfriend cries as she rests a hand on Natty's head and rocks back against her. "See, I knew you'd be perfect for us."
You have to admit, Karina nailed it with this one. Before any of the girls even step into the apartment, they know why they're there, but none of them are as ready for it as Natty. It must be a deep, dark fantasy of her own, maybe something she's played out in her mind over and over. It must have been burning inside her before even that first taste of red wine.
Red wine.
That's it. That's how you knew it was always going to end up like this. Fuck, you must be a fool for having missed it all those times before. It's so obvious now that it's when she drinks red wine with them—that's the signal of how the night's going to end. Your subconscious had made the connection, now you realise.
You smile to yourself in the moment of clarity and Karina has noticed, breaking through her moans to ask, "You look a little lost back there, babe. Something funny?"
She's got a coy grin on her lips and her hand gripping Natty's hair, grinding the woman's face further into her pussy. It's a stream of muffled moans from Natty between her hungry licks of Karina's cunt. She's all action between you and Karina's stare. "Nothing."
You raise a hand and spank Natty's ass; the echo fills the air and her cheek ripples. Karina flinches with surprise and she's drawing the young woman further into her body. "Jesus, fuck. Again."
Again and you lay your palm on Natty. Harder. She mewls in pain and Karina shivers in bliss. Her fingertips dig at the younger woman, grabbing her by her scalp and pushing her harder.
A final time you spank her ass, planting your hands and digging your fingers into her soft flesh. Using the strike on your mount to signal one thing; faster.
You're reckless now—manic. Grab her ass and pound; that’s all that is on your mind. You're rabid—not holding anything back. This is the sole reason that girl's here tonight and you're not letting her down, nor Karina.
You hammer against her body, deep into her depths. Her cries echo over Karina's. Each hit a satisfying smack to Natty's cheeks. Slaps and claps and cries. Sounds fill the room. The wet squelch, the grunt of every stroke to the backing track of Karina's rich mewls.
It's a symphony, eroticism on an epic scale.
Your eyes roll upward, over Natty's body and land on Karina. She's bouncing on Natty's tongue. Head back, face creased with pleasure. A grimace so beautiful that you swear it is the definition of raw sexuality.
Natty's struggling; her legs are giving way and she keeps reaching with her hands. To the couch, the cushions, Karina's legs, to anything. There is no steadying her, and it looks like she's barely clinging on for dear life. She has only her waning strength and determination holding her together.
You think she's cumming. But fuck, it is hard to be sure. Maybe you should slow down, but if she is cumming once, better to make it twice. Or thrice. So, you pick up the pace instead. You become wilder, stronger, faster, more forceful.
She's not even eating Karina's cunt anymore—she just can't. You grab Natty's arms and pull her upright so she doesn't slip. Chest to back now—she’s against you and your thrusts drive upward into her.
Natty wails and all the while, Karina is sliding down the couch onto her knees, face to face with Natty. She brings a hand to Natty's throat, grabbing and pushing to pin her against you. And her other hand is sinking between Natty's legs.
Karina's teasing Natty's cunt with the soft caresses of her fingers, and you're sliding between those fingers and into the girl. "Look at you," Karina's saying between clenched teeth, then a loud hiss passes her lips. "Oh, fuck."
A fire blazes across the brunette's eyes—you swear it is an inferno. Fingernails and knuckles are going white in her grip of Natty's neck, and the same could be said of yours holding her arms.
"Oh, Karina!" Your newfound fuck toy screams your girlfriend's name out at the top of her voice.
Karina responds by rubbing her fingers on Natty's clit, then pressing hard, strumming it at a maniacal pace. She's whispering into Natty's ear, words only the girl can hear, coaxing something out of her.
Natty screams again and again. Your name then Karina's.
She's cumming. 
Not just that, she's fucking squirting.
Her body's a boneless jelly in your arms as it spasms. And your girlfriend just won't stop her mischievous act, not a single pause until she's dragged more from the young beauty. She's dragging her second and then a third eruption.
It pours. It flows. Eruption is exactly the right word. 
Natty's spraying onto your cock— 
onto Karina's fingers— 
down your legs— 
on the couch— 
everywhere.
You've got an ardent geyser in your grip and her voice cracks, the climax too much for her, for any of you.
In a flurry of a moment, Natty falls, slipping from your grasp and collapsing and sinking against Karina's chest. Limp. Saturated and dripping, sweat and cum.
The girl has come undone.
You've slipped out of her, set her free, but you're ready to burst. Staggering behind her, a mess and almost drunk on sex, you catch your breath. "Karina... I..." you begin.
"Look at the mess she made." Look at the mess she is. 
Karina's laying the girl down to the side; Natty is almost lifeless aside from the aftershocks still tearing through her.
"Karina..." you try again. "Karina, please..."
"Come here sweetie," and that's enough. You sink to your knees on the edge of the seat. Karina's in front of you, grabbing at your erection and lying back. You're collapsing over her, propping yourself with an arm. She's pulling at your cock. It doesn't take much and you're about to fire.
"Please Karina, please" you growl and Karina whispers back the sweetest reply, 'I love watching you do this'.
She's tugging your cock, aiming it at her wet cunt, freshly eaten.
Then your legs grow heavy and stiff, it's impossible to move, muscles tense, locking your body in place. Karina's jerking your cock and it's impossible to hold it.
Release.
It comes.
You can't explain, words can't describe it, the sheer, earth-shattering and mind-numbing rush as it pours. Spurt after spurt, you feel it all come out, and through your hazed vision you're watching it pour over her cunt. Some on her abs, some on her thigh, but most of it coating her pussy. It is all you want to see before you fall, slipping onto her, your head in the nook of her neck. Her words are just a noise in your ear.
"Stay with us," it's her soft voice that you feel vibrate in your ears as her chest rises and falls beneath you. "Natty? Darling, you too."
There's this moment of near silence. Three sets of heavy breaths.
There are things you know to expect before long, but in this space between you don't really know where it'll go. It’s all wild in the night.
"That was... fuck. Intense," you begin, laying the seeds to push the three of you to the next course, "Wasn't it?"
Karina's responding with a push at your shoulders, making you look at her. Her features, still so sharp, she's still so elegantly composed, the dark and playful look hasn't left her eyes. Her smile endearing. "We're not done," she begins, a whisper into your mouth as you lean over her.
Hand grasping your cock, firm, and she’ squeezing a drop or two more out. "I want you inside me." She demands it of you, of your spent dick. This is always the danger. You're just a single cock in a game that demands more.
It hurts as she rubs your cock. No matter how gentle her touch, it feels rough and you wince in her hold, it's raw pain and all you want is to draw back, but you stay. You have to stay. You want to stay. Refusing to let the pain, the momentary sting and discomfort end it. "Give her what she wants," it's Natty's voice, from beside the two of you. Who knows where the young girl even got the strength?
“Please,” It’s rare that Karina pleads, but her mouth is on your ear, nibbling softly. Her hot tongue traces the shell of it and the whole motion gives you a shiver that makes the hair stand on end. "Come on." She coaxes in a sultry, yet playful, sing-song voice. It makes her intentions unmistakable.
You draw your body back and rest on your knees, looking at the two girls, side-by-side, one melting and the other keening. Your heart is still trying to get out of your chest, but somehow the sight of them has calmed you. They make it all feel a little easier.
"I'm sure your cock can still work for me," Karina's words are undisguised lust.
Natty reaches a lazy arm, working her fingers into the cum you left on Karina's body, playing with it. She begins painting Karina's belly, streaking it over her skin. "So much," she purrs, adding a moan as a compliment, her tone soaked in desire.
Karina takes her own finger to it too, dousing it in your fluid before taking it to Natty's lips. It's a question that goes unspoken, not one word, one command, just a mere motion. Natty's reply is perfect; she opens her mouth and accepts it eagerly, slipping her tongue onto Karina's digit and suckling it. 
Natty returns the favour, her finger into Karina's mouth. They're both sucking, tasting, swirling their tongues as you watch, drinking the liquid, gulping it down, savouring the taste. Their eyes locked in an impossibly sinful gaze. Neither can bring themselves to break it.
They only give in and finally end it when their bodies move instinctively, rolling in to a desperate kiss. Mouths together, sharing the fluid back and forth in a series of dirty, noisy kisses.
Natty's running her hand down Karina's body, running it through your cum and heading right for her cunt. One finger sinks inside, met by a silent whimper from Karina and a second finger joins the first as the girl's now twisting inside your girlfriend. She draws in and out, each time pulling more of your cum into Karina's hole.
And your cock, exhausted moments before, now wants to wake. It's stiffening, not too far from hard once again. You're a moth to a flame and Karina's burning brighter than ever. 
Natty's insatiable thirst is getting the better of her and her finger fucks your lover relentlessly.
Karina's mewl of satisfaction turns into a blissful howl. And when you climb between the girl's legs, finding them parted, you grab her behind the knees. Karina moans once more when you move to slip her ankles over your shoulders and Natty is forced to concede. Your stiff shaft, the one Karina has yearned for, drives into her.
Karina absorbs you, clinging, squeezing, and she holds you, embracing you. Her body is soft against yours, yet inside she's hotter than molten iron. She's even wetter, every slick and intimate part of her is grinding against you. "Yes, fuck yes," she's slurring, muttering nonsense.
She's a fucking mess between her legs—there's some of Natty's, there's some of hers, and there's a lot of yours down there, and you're fucking it all into her as lubricant. Natty's forced to watch as you're pressing Karina's knees up to her chest. She's riding the edge between pleasure and pain and enjoying every bit of it.
And there's no better feeling than when you press her even closer, and now her ankles lock at the back of your neck. Every thrust from you forces her ass to rise from the cushion and her cheeks meet your hips in a way that resembles Natty not long ago. Her tits are pressed almost flat under the weight. She is so open to you—so, so willing. 
Her thighs tremble. Her hands claw. She's losing everything inside herself, everything but the one thing she wants most, a violent orgasm.
It's Natty's turn now, a role reversal, as she tries her hand at the encouragement, the guiding partner, "Harder," her first order. "Deeper," her second. Both punctuated with her nails scoring along your flesh. And in an act that's so entirely Natty, she's now spanking your ass and laughing as she does it. She's playfully flirty and full of giddy enthusiasm.
"Faster." Natty's clapping her hands and she's watching your thrusts drive Karina wild. Every stroke, every strike, all of it Karina is crying out for. Every push forward makes her twinge, a sensation, a mix of pleasure and pain, each jolting through her. "God, isn't she great to fuck?"
"She's the best," you groan, struggling to reply with the only response you can formulate. She is, of course, better to fuck than anybody else. There's no question about that.
"And you," Natty turns to her, "are you going to cum for us now?" Karina's hair sways. Her mouth is full of cries and whimpers. Every roll of your hips, every pull back and every plunge into her pussy steals every breath.
"Yes," she says. "Fuck yes. Right there, baby. Don't stop."
Natty relaxes to enjoy the show. She can see your shaft thrusting. She can see it when you withdraw, almost the full length and then every inch into Karina. Each time, your girlfriend's body jiggles and twists and writhes.
Karina's face grows contorted. A contortion of pure delight.
It's what Natty's been waiting for. Watching. The expectation she couldn't express. The feeling inside her core growing.
"Oh. God!" Karina squeals. She's seeing white spots explode in her vision. A flash of colourful patterns swirl in her head. The white heat rises higher and hotter, so high and so bright it consumes her. She's gone in it. Next comes a sound following a deafening gasp that stops the air dead in her lungs, the release as an equally loud scream.
You hear it, and the heat burns inside your ears, as if sound could cauterize. Every cell of your skin sizzles. It's electric, this passion.
Her cunt turns to water and floods. Your cock is saturated. That's all the reason you need to lose yourself. To slip back and slide yourself deeper into her, pumping. Her eyes squeeze shut and a loud, sonorous gasp is swallowed by her lips. She's never seemed sexier. She is utterly engorged with desire.
"Ah! Ah!" 
You know Karina's at her limit. A dire need for respite, for air to fill her lungs—for relief.
You know what you're going to do. Natty is oblivious, so when you pull out of Karina, and slide over Natty—who's lying on her side facing Karina—it catches her by surprise. One that brings a look of elated shock to her face. You push up one leg and mount her from the side, driving your cock into her.
Karina's drowning in air as she opens her mouth to take all she can. Her vision clears. It focuses on Natty.
The young woman is caught, once again, and in the best way possible; she's lost and helpless beneath you, she has to clutch and clasp whatever's available—the cushions, her own arms—and take it. She's face down to the couch; her body twisted. Her tit's pressed underneath her but her waist rotating, one knee pointing at Karina and one leg straight between your own.
And Natty has taken this all in stride. She's dug her nails into her own scalp, grabbing at her hair. And there is no uncertainty or indecision within her body, nor in her mind. She revels in her vulnerability. She loves the feel of you inside her. Loves the thrill that floods through her entire being as you dominate and ravish her.
Karina makes her move. To join Natty, she slides in on her side, lifting Natty's leg over her own hip, turning Natty fully onto her side to face her. You relent for a moment and Karina does what she needs to. She pulls her own leg up under Natty's and hooks it around her ass. The girls pull each other close. Pull each other into a kiss. Their mouths together. Their breath shared.
Karina whispers, but loud enough you can hear her, and says, "Told you," and her words are all wrapped up in a smirk, the smile of satisfaction.
You slap the length of your cock against Karina's ass; teasing her but not sliding into her. And only when Karina has worked herself up even higher do you lower yourself and slide in, penetrating, filling and stretching.
You're fucking in and out of her. This might be a new favourite of yours. The girls tangled together, sharing kisses and bites and tongue. Both their holes are there for you—each available whenever you want it, and each is only a hair width apart.
It's hard for you to keep a focus on everything like this. But you fight through, burying your shaft inside Karina. Once, and twice, and a final time again. And it's ever so easy to just drag yourself out, driving it between their cunts for a few short pumps and then slip it up into Natty.
"Fuck. I wish we'd done this sooner," Karina is mumbling more, but her words are rolling together and coiling into nonsensical verbal splashes of pure want and need.
Natty strains a response, "I'd... love... to... join you. Often."
"Perfect." Karina is happy as she shifts, arching her body to make a point, to tell you who to fuck now.
And you slip, and then you're inside Karina. As easy as that. Buried as deep and hard as you can, she's mouthing a silent cry and her hair falls over her face.
Natty's got a handful of Karina's tit now, caressing her nipples. It's hard not to envy the beauty that's in her hands. Soft, round, pert, perfectly curved, her breasts are works of art, beautiful beyond anything you could ever put into words.
And all of a sudden, Natty has shifted from Karina's mouth, planting her lips on Karina's soft pillows. Natty is suckling at them and Karina's mouth is twisted open in a soundless gasp, then she speaks, "I could do this forever."
Her arms draw along Natty's body until she finds her ass, slipping down and around, and then her fingertip sinks between her cheeks. It makes Natty lurch as it caresses her taint, presses lower, and touches her tight rear entrance.
Then she does it, a manoeuvre only the confident would have considered, a twist and she's pushing a slender finger into Natty's ass and causing the girl to nip at Karina's breast. "Fuck," Natty hisses, giving a breathy shudder. And her reaction draws a grin onto Karina.
And they keep going like that, they are perfectly attuned to each other. And you swap again, seeing the opportunity to really punish Natty. You're angling towards her again, sliding into her soaked cunt.
You push up inside her. With no time or inclination to start gentle, you're instantly fucking her fast. In and out, hard and deep, over and over, you hammer her cunt. She's muffled with a mouth full of Karina.
"How's that Natty? Both your holes are ours." It's Karina, whispering her dirty words again, "tell us you're going to join us again. Tell us."
Natty nods her head against Karina's chest. It's not a verbal answer. But it's an affirmation that, fuck, yes, she'd like that—as would you all. You could have this again, and maybe soon, a replay with a fresh twist.
Maybe next time you can be the one inside Natty's ass. For now, it's Karina's finger working her, and it looks fucking amazing as it drives into her and withdraws in the exact same rhythm that you're giving her.
You both keep the pace, driving Natty into nirvana, and at some point, it's clear when the climax hits. But it's an awfully hard thing to gauge the passage of time while being wrapped and caught and tangled with these two vixens. All you know is that all too soon, your balls are beginning to churn.
And that's when you switch back again, driving into your girlfriend's cunt with no time for a rest.You're going for broke. Slamming yourself fully inside and Karina knows the instant you do what your fate has become. She laughs and squeezes Natty, pulling the girl tighter.
It's only natural that the rising tide, the bubble of the climactic force, grows and grows and grows. Your ears pound in the beat of the blood racing and your breaths come in fits and starts. The noises escaping your three mouths become louder than before, more frenetic, more unchecked. More lustful.
"Karina— I— Natty—" You're losing the fight against your own body. The rush, the pressure, all the sounds, sights, and smells have put the signal in the green. There is no stopping it. No controlling it. It's all building, coalescing, into one pinpoint of space and time, right there between their legs.
Karina's pulling Natty into position as you're pulling out of her cunt. They both turn to face you, their cheeks pressed together, tits too, and their legs in a knot. They're lying in such a manner that they feel to you like an oasis in a hot desert, inviting, like a promised paradise, and it's calling you, tempting, and you can't hold yourself any longer.
You're rubbing yourself over the edge, and they're calling out to you in a desperate tones, still riding some faint traces of orgasms, "On us."
"Go on."
"Please cum on me, on us."
"Cum for us."
You barely hear their calls, and there's no fucking way you know who is saying what. It's just words of need spilling from two filthy mouths.
It takes only a handful of seconds, and then it happens. 
With a harsh spasm from head to toe, you feel it shoot forward, ripping free from your body, and pulsing as you paint their flesh. Spurts and ropes and slivers shoot up and over the girls. A little on a thigh, on their bodies, over their tits and all the way to their pretty little faces.
They're smiling like idiots as you cum. They're proud of it. They relish it. Natty's tongue moves around inside her lips, just getting another taste—a droplet or two. Karina's teasing as always, "Is that all?"
You're still forcing every drop out you can, the final bits dropping to their thighs.
"There's no way that's all of it, huh," Karina continues to tease. And then it ends, and your body lets go and you fall beside them. You simply can't stand any longer.
"I think that's all of it, Karina," Natty's giggling to herself. She's twirling her fingers over Karina's nipple, playing with the rope of cum that landed there. And Karina is humming out an almost silent cry, twisting under the touch. "Here, taste," and the offer is clear, and again Natty is surprising you.
She offers her own tit to Karina, willing her to lick your cum from it. And the act brings a gleam to Karina's eyes as she cups it, bringing it to her mouth to taste. She's sucking and licking and Natty's gasping at the sensation, and at the way Karina nibbles just a little—just a little too much for it to be painless.
You're laying and watching in awe at the debauchery of the scene and wishing you could watch it forever, or at least capture it. The girls are just lapping at each other now, filling their mouths with your seed and swallowing. Laughing. Panting. Moaning. Sighing. Gasping.
Their limbs tangle. Their tongues too. And it's then you realise, no matter how drained you are—completely fucking bone-dry—these two aren't even close to finishing. There's still a show to be enjoyed yet.
You shift just a little to find the most comfortable view, and Karina's taking control now. Slowly she rolls Natty onto her back, their legs still tied, in such a way that Karina can mount her. Natty's got a playful smile across her lips, looking up, seeing the glistening of cum and sweat shining against Karina's neck and cheeks and mouth, her entire gorgeous face soaked in the stuff.
Karina's getting rougher, her nails cutting into Natty's skin. A hungry bite here, a nip there, another scratch here. She's threatening to draw blood as red as the wine she drank. Right on the edge of true pain, but Natty's relishing it. Her eyes roll back, and she lets out a small squeal. And you watch her buck and writhe. 
Karina grows ever more forceful—pinning her and keeping Natty in place. She's starting to drive her hips against her. The desire is clear; she wants Natty to a delirium.
You can do nothing but marvel at the sight. You may be raw, you may be sensitive, but you're here to enjoy the show that may yet last a whole night.
"Me and you now, Natty. Are you ready to cum for me?"
"Yes," the whimper slips out of Natty. "Yes, anything for you."
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leviathans-watching · 8 months
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Do you have any random headcanons about any of the Obey me characters that no one's asked the right question for you to share / don't fit with any headcanon post you've made?
misc hcs of the brothers
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includes: the brothers
wc: .7k | rated g | m.list | pt. 2
a/n: omg?? this was so fun to write i'm def going to have to do one of these for the dateables at some point. thanks for requesting!! my inbox is open to that, req, or leave feedback, so come say hi!
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➳ lucifer wears makeup. after someone (mammon, most likely) not-so-kindly pointed out the bags and dark circles under his eyes, lucifer went to asmo for help and learned the basics of concealing, which eventually grew into a whole bag of products he applies most mornings, unbeknownst to everyone but asmo. he does a light coverage foundation, concealer, pencils in and shapes his eyebrows, some light contour on his nose and jawline, and some hardly-noticeable eyeliner. his whole goal is for it to look as natural as possible and he’s gotten really, really skilled over the years.
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➳ mammon not only knows how to sew, but makes many of his own clothes himself. nothing on the market was eclectic or unique enough for him so he took matters into his own hands and not has a closet full of custom-made and designed pieces. he doesn’t tend to show off his talent (for once) preferring to let others think they’re obscure designer clothes or made by difficult-to-book designers. every once in a while he can be convinced to make his brothers something, but not unless they agree to an exorbitant price.
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➳ levi is an adobe girly. not only does he use almost all of their services, but he’s really really good at them too. mammon and asmo will have him photoshop pictures for him, lucifer will go to him for help with document creation, and even belphie had him teach him the basics of premiere pro. the reason he has such high-powered computers and machinery isn’t for gaming, as most assume, but so they can handle adobe optimally without lagging or overloading. additionally, upon hearing adobe flash was being retired, levi scalped the mechanics of it and created a knockoff that functions just as well, something he shares liberally at rad.
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➳ satan has a prodigal-like talent for instruments, able to pick them up and teach himself how to play decently in very little time. he also has perfect pitch, can sightread excellently, and composes music in his free time. his favorite instruments to play are the violin, the piano, and the harp. though his not in any music-based classes (as those are all too basic for him of course) he offers help to students in the classes that are struggling with theory, composition, or playing. he’s also the reason the music wing is rumored to be haunted, as he often plays at weird hours.
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➳ asmo is the most independently wealthy of all of his brothers, thanks to all of his economic ventures. not only does he model and act, but he also has shares in many major companies in all three realms that show large profits even if they aren’t super successful when he first invests. he works with barbatos to manage his money and has several bank accounts, and though he lives lavishly, is careful not to show the extent of his wealth, leading people to believe it’s family money he’s spending. although this was done, in part, intuitively, he’s also taken several finance and business classes over the years to help him learn and improve.
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➳ beel really really enjoys all of the booktok books, and even discusses them at length with solomon and thirteen, when the two can be civil enough to speak to one another. his favorite genres is dark fantasy and belphie makes fun of beel to no end when he catches him reading. beel keeps his kindle on him at all times, and for his personal favorites, buys a hard copy and annotates it with sticky notes–the whole nine yards. for his birthday, satan gives him a book cover so that he doesn’t keep walking around with those embarrassing overs on display. beel doesn’t use it.
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➳ belphie is notorious for stealing his brothers’ clothing. for some reason, he finds them more comfortable than his own and every few weeks the others force him to empty out his drawers and give them everything back. his personal favorites to steal are beel’s shirts and asmo’s sweats, but he’s not picky. he wears them to sleep, around the house, while running errands, and would wear them to rad were there not a uniform. at the beginning, it was out of laziness; him grabbing whatever was close. but over time he developed favorites, and, well, there was no going back from that.
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It’s me again… I’m annoying you again with my half awake thoughts. Ugh thinking about oral 🫠 From Thoma insisting that you let him pleasure you please and how he falls apart having your attention (and mouth) focused on him. Or Childe (I’m sorry) just being far too rough and hard because he’s sooo excited and you feel so good. AND UGH he absolutely prefers it in risky situations it makes it so much. BRB creating a detailed list of where they best like their cum on you (I’m gross)
And. AND please this is haunting me. Eating Yae Miko out at her shrine??? How teasing her voice is and how she knows you can do better than that. Or Lisa on her desk, legs wrapped around you to keep you in place... Meowwww
jade you are never annoying me with ur thoughts ever. thank u for always giving my genshin brain rot something to bounce off of. i cannot Not Think about them
cw: not sfw, minors dni. oral sex, fellatio. reader is afab; one gendered term ("princess") is used in childe's blurb. squirting. kind of exhibition-ismy in miko's. bondage in ayato's. mentions of non-human features (knots, inhuman tongue) in gorou's. ft: thoma, childe, yae miko, lisa, diluc, ayato, gorou
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Thoma, who loves being able to use his mouth on you. He's torturously slow; clearly enjoying himself, making pleased, satisfied noises in between the slow laps and licks of his tongue, grinding himself against whatever he's closest to in order to provide friction to his own untouched cock. He lives to serve; that includes on his knees, and nothing pleases him more than your hand tangled in his hair and your hips canting up to his mouth and your over-stimulated voice pitching and keening as he leads you up and over more orgasms than you ever even realised your body was capable of. Thoma, who, when the tables are turned . . . smiles at you and says you don't have to. Who flushes so prettily when you brush your cheek against the slick head of his cock, who can hardly contain his own moans when your tongue drags across the slit of the head. Who blushes and gasps and whimpers and is pushed over the edge so, so easily when he looks down at you and sees how adoring your gaze is when your eyes meet his.
Childe, who may not have the most experience in this matter but certainly makes up for that in enthusiasm. Who drags his tongue over you with little finesse but ardent fervour; who notices when you jerk underneath him and likes to go back to that point. If you're not whining and to the point of tears, why even bother? Childe considers all things a competition; a fight for victory. And he intends to be victorious over your orgasm, too - if you do not come in his mouth, what good has he really been here? If you squirt, be prepared - once Childe knows, he certainly won't be satisfied using his mouth on you ever again unless he makes you do it over and over. Childe, too, who gets . . . a little too invested in you, when it's your mouth sealed around his cock. Who perhaps pushes his hips too roughly; bumps the head of his cock against your throat and loves to see you gag on it, the cute noise that escapes, the widening of your eyes. Who croons; "Oh, princess - too big for you?"
(He does like risky situations, of course; loves pulling you into a disused alley between crates in Liyue Harbor and pushing your shoulders. Adores bidding you crawl beneath his desk in the Northland Bank. Lets his hand brush your thigh under a table in a restaurant, and perhaps slips it between them, bemoaning that the waiter is coming back any moment now so he can't simply bury his head between your legs. Adores a public celebration after one of his debt collecting missions has gone smoothly; under a tree, a patch of grass just a little too close to where he last spoke to a group of treasure hoarders for you to not be on edge--)
Yae Miko, who plays with your hair whilst you're buried between her thighs. Who laughs softly when you profess anxiety that you are profaning the holy shrine, and simply quirks an eyebrow as she says; "Oh, but you're servicing your Guuji, are you not, little one? I can think of nothing more fitting for a place of worship than your pretty mouth between my legs." Who insists you don't wear underwear beneath your clothes when she takes you with her to the publishing house, and allows herself the slow luxury of using her mouth on you when she ought to be in a meeting with a group of editors waiting outside her office, who are instead currently being treated to you muffling your whimpers with your hand and Miko wetly kissing bare skin as she insists; "Now, now, little one. Let them hear you." If you're very lucky, you may even get to pet her ears whilst she's making you see stars. She occasionally makes soft remarks about how much the Raiden Shogun would like you, she's sure . . . the Shogun has always had a taste for sweet things, and Miko can think of nothing sweeter than you--
Lisa, whose eyes are kind when you're locked between her long, stockinged legs - who praises you with every breath in a tone that suggests she's patronising you, just a little. Who makes soft, pleased little noises in between your licks - who adores having you look up at her for her approval. And in turn, when she comes on your face and pushes you away . . . she wipes a thumb over your wet mouth and 'tsks' at you. "So messy," she chides. "And in the library, too." When the tables have turned, and she's in between your legs, the power dynamic does not change. It's clear she knows what she's doing; as knowledgeable as this as she is in all things. The noises that come from her are downright obscene; it's really a lucky thing it's after hours and Jean is locked in her own office, because Lisa does not feel the need to muffle how much she's enjoying the taste of you on her lips. Of course, she's still a librarian above all else, and rules that apply to you do not reply to her - when your whimper of her name breaks the air as she comes, she pauses to look up at you with a wicked smile on her lips. "The library," she tells you, in utter sincerity, "is no place for noisiness. . . must we swap places again, so I can find a way to quieten you down?"
Diluc, whose mouth and breath are hot against you - who keeps looking up at you to check that he's doing it right, he's not being too rough. Who needs you to tug on his hair sometimes to ground him, or he loses himself completely - who gets carried away in his desperate need to be needed by you and needs the pillow of your thighs either side of his ears tightening as a reminder to slow down. Diluc, too, who goes all-over flushed red to see your own pretty face between his legs, on your knees - who tries to bite back his whimpers and groans and maintain face but can't quite manage it. Diluc, who loses control once more just as he's about to come and his hips begin to jack-hammer into your mouth, cock twitching wildly, whimpering out breathless apologies about how he needs this even as he's surging thick spurts of his come down your throat. Who tenderly wipes your mouth when he's done of where his release has pooled at the corners and whispers to you how grateful he is.
Ayato, who loves nothing more than seeing you squirm . . . and you do squirm so beautifully when he takes his time over you. When he ties your wrists to the bedposts with silken ribbons and presses your ankles apart. He so rarely gets to spend leisure time how he wants it . . . so when he does have it, what better way to spend it than with his tongue dragging across your slick folds, teasing you to the edge but never quite letting you topple? Unfortunately, there's no telling when the Yashiro Commissioner might be called away to attend to urgent business, and even if he's currently buried with his mouth in your cunt, he cannot leave anyone waiting for too long - but you'll be a sweet obedient darling for him, won't you? Simply lay there until he returns? Oh, he forgot to untie you? You're so wet and turned on and needy you can barely breathe, and he's wiping his mouth and calling to Thoma he'll be right out? Well . . . no matter. You'll live.
Gorou, who eats you out like an eager puppydog; whose tongue is longer and flatter than an ordinary human's, whose tastebuds are more sensitive . . . and who laps and drools and licks at you like you're the most delicious thing he's ever tasted. Who doesn't register that his tail is thumping in time with his heartbeat and his ears are flickering wildly - who doesn't realise that he's whimpering and whining as he does it. Gorou, who is utterly lost in the ecstacy of what you taste like and has to be physically pushed away when you get so sensitive you can barely breathe, and whines about that too. When you use your mouth on him . . . oh, he can barely control himself. He's rutting into you with his hips stuttering wildly, his mouth dropping open to show sharp teeth and a lolling tongue, his eyes heavy-lidded and dreamy. Oral isn't always enough for him; he feels his knot start swelling, and there's nothing he would like more than to end the night with his entire length stuffed as deep into you as he can go.
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“ the wag diaries ”
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Dating ~ Sam Kerr ~
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• Sam was definitely the more comfortable flirter before getting together
• but as soon as you were official?
• you gave as good as you got
• and somehow she found herself loving that more
• you say “jump”, she says “how high?”
• you humble her and keep her grounded
• she cares for you and teaches you that your Miss Independent act wasn’t necessarily healthy or necessary
• Sam’s favourite hobby is teasing you
• she gets to the point where you tell her to “fuck off” though and she’s like a schoolchild in trouble
• doesn’t know where to look or how to approach you when she gets on your wrong side
• knows full well you can survive without her and she'll have to keep winning you over to keep her place
• you know you can't though, not really
• as much stick as you give her, your life post-Sam has made you a much happier person and there’s nothing you’d wouldn't give her up for
• sometimes its fun to see her get a little hot under the collar though
• as if he couldn’t get worse he does, Elys becomes the bane of your relationship in the most classic annoying younger brother fashion
• secretly you love it though, seeing Sam adopt him as if he were her own brother warms your heart
• she and Enya already had a strong relationship as teammates but even the crowds begin to notice the extra protectiveness she shows on the pitch
• the feeling is returned when Sam sees you interact with her younger sister too
• although a number of their conversations are teasing over the red vs blue football rivalry 
• everyone thinks Sam would be the hardarse in the relationship but it's you putting her in check and telling her to cool it on the pda
• she knows you need and love the extra care and attention
• the affection surprises you anyhow
• it takes time to get used to how exceptionally soft she is
• and how much she spoils you
• especially after the hardcore flirting
• doesn’t stop her RKOing you onto the bed though
• Sam goes from spending time with her cat and sister in an otherwise large and empty house to cramming into a three-bedroom flat with you and the twins
• despite the endless teasing that follows her from home to training she somehow loves it more
• although she is constantly begging to spend the night at her place (not that her little sister would be any better)
• you always get your way though, like the princess you are
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I said I had thoughts in the bank! Both are dating head-cannons tho so sorry if that’s annoying or whatever
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The Report Card – Fantasy High Junior Year Ep 4 Shrimp and Strudel 
Welcome back to the Report Card where we’re gonna waste no time with just getting into it as the last ep ended on a big cliffhanger. 
We pick up where we left off–Kristen talking to Cass who is petting Kalina–currently in her cat form and claiming that she’s not bad anymore (with a verbal “meow” which is so unsettling/funny). Kristen isn’t buying it but it’s not a crazy claim. If Cass is bad, she should be bad and if Cass is good, likewise. 
Good or bad, she is still very eyes on the prize and immediately starts grilling Kristen on what her plans are as Cass’s sole cleric–a fair question considering she’s all that stands between Cass (and Kalina by extension) and oblivion. Cass tries to keep the peace between her familiar and her cleric and even gives Kristen an out: she’s gotten invitations to quit being a god and be an archfey of the Autumn Court instead. But Kristen doesn’t seem to want to take it. She says she does believe in Cass but she’s kind of hard to evangelize for because her whole deal is a hard pill to swallow even if it’s more true and deeper than the certainty other religions provide. Kalina’s eyes narrow and she says that Kristen’s a shitty saleswoman. 
Kalina instead wants to go with a pitch of, “Hey? Do you wanna wield sick ass night magic and crush your enemies?” Which Kristen thinks is kind of a betrayal of Cass’ whole ethos. Kalina thinks they can quibble over details once Cass has more than TWO followers (shoutout Craig) and Cass on one level gets where Kristen is coming from but on a deeper level REALLY doesn’t wanna die. She says that their plans aren’t actually conflicting and they can work on both of them! She asks Kristen when she has the bandwidth to talk about this and Kristen is like, right now! All she cares about is Cass…and her campaign. Kalina is clearly so over this and reminds Cass that though they can’t actually go to the material plane, there are places they can talk to mortals outside of the material plane like the Synod of Spyre (wizard hub where they incidentally just put in a new mall!). Wizards like magic and mystery and stars, right? Cass is all about all of those things! It’s an untapped market! 
A plan is set for them to head to the mall over the weekend and Kristen sincerely apologizes for dropping the ball and hurting Cass’s feelings. Cass tells her that she doesn’t need to be sorry, that she’s there for her when things are uncertain, and that she believes in her. She kisses Kristen on the forehead and sends her back to school. 
At lunch, Adaine tries to call Aelwyn but gets her answering machine. Aelwyn texts to ask what’s up (she’s in class “looking after bozos”) and Adaine says she’ll call her later. She texts an “I love you” and then deletes it, causing a torrent of divination spells to come in as Aelwyn tries to figure out what the deleted message was. 
Before Fabian heads to lunch, he has a banking interlude with his banker at KVX (Alston) who tells him his trust is worth 20 million gold and he gets an allowance of 5k gold a month. Rich as he is, Fabian is staggered by the amount of money and asks if there’s a way to cash it all out now. Alston says that due to a clause left by his dad (meant to encourage him to forge his own path), he can cash out 2 million but then the rest would go to his various nemeses (with a small cut to the bank). They apparently have a whole department just for tracking the nemeses of their clients. Chungledown Bim is listed as one of Fabian’s nemeses so he immediately shuts down talk of cashing out. Chungledown Bim with 18 million gold? Terrifying. Alston offers Fabian a free trial of Nemesis Alert which lets you know if anyone on your planet has sworn vengeance on you but Fabian declines, having the foresight to know that he’ll forget to cancel. 
Once everyone is at lunch, Riz uses the Message cantrip to tell everyone that Kipperlily Copperkettle (KP) was spying on them and overheard them talking about Kristen’s god dying. They look around to check if she’s spying on them right down and don’t see her but, on a Nat 20, Fabian senses…something. He immediately signs up for that free trial of nemesis alert and is told that no one has sworn vengeance on him in the last 30 days (but what about before that Alston???? What about before 30 days ago?????). Adaine turns on her wizard feature that lets her see invisibility and walks around the cafeteria, but doesn’t clock anyone. 
Gorthalax shows up to hype up the boys for Bloodrush tryouts later in the day and Fabian asks about the Rat Grinders. Gorthalax says that their Barbarian (Mary Ann) is trying out later and offers to tell them where the name comes from. It’s just what we speculated last week. These posers are literally level grinding! They’re farming XP by going to the woods just outside of school (Where the week 2 freshman go to practice) and killing rats, spiders, and twig gremlins. They made it to Junior Year by just killing rattatas on route 1! Apparently, they do this for 3 hours at the end of every day and 9 hours every weekend. Riz is HISSING with rage at how against the spirit of the rules this is. But here’s the thing. Grinding low level monsters to get this far is very uncool. But the focus it takes? Kind of impressive. And that thought strikes Riz through the rage. 
After lunch, Gorgug goes to talk to Henry Hopclap (gnomish Artificer teacher with the same last name as the Rat Grinder bard btw). He sees an equation on the board and tries to have a Good Will Hunting moment but ends up just trying to solve for Henry’s email address and phone number. Minor mathematical blunder aside, Henry tells Gorgug that he actually approved his MCAT, but Porter had the last word. He tells Gorgug that he doesn’t actually have to be an Artificer in a school sanctioned capacity just because he’s passionate about it. He can just do it on his own time. But Gorgug is determined so Henry tells him that there’s technically another way: he can take three years of Artificing at the same time and withdraw from Barbarian classes. 
I took psychic damage from hearing that and I took even more when Gorgug decided to do that AND take Barb classes (which Henry says that he can do but he has to run that by Porter). 
Though Henry is way more supportive than Porter, he still tells Gorgug that this is gonna be an uphill battle. Junior Year artificing is already very hard and there’s never been a Barb/Art multiclass at Aguefort before. Like Porter, he says that he doesn’t really see how the passion you need to be a good Barbarian and the dispassionate focus you need to be a good Artificer mesh together, but he’s rooting for him. The other students filter in and, based on how well equipped they are, it seems like our boy has a lot of catching up to do. 
Meanwhile, Fabian gets the other half of his MCAT paperwork signed off by his Fighting teacher (Corsisca Jones who looks a LOT like Aabria who played her younger sister Antiope Jones in The Seven) with barely any conversation or pushback about it. Must be nice! 
During a break period, the Bad Kids are hanging out on the quad. Riz and Kristen work together on Kristen’s paperwork and his applications for as many clubs as possible while they both down coffee. Fig is trying to see if she can figure out where in time the fossils Ayda sent her are from so she can send a message but she’s beaten to punch when a weary knight from “Order of the Sacred Scroll” shows up with a message his order has protected for 1500 years. One that he killed his brother for peeking at. One that he’s devoted his life to. Fig opens it up and it’s literally just a “Love you, Miss you,”  postcard from Ayda. 
Porter (who we learn loves Fig despite the fact and honestly largely because of the fact that she hates him and he appreciates a good rage) shows up and Gorgug goes to tell him that he’s going to triple down on his classes. His friends say that he’s really smart and he can handle it. Porter says that he’ll let Gorgug do it if one of his friends audits the class with him to help him and Fig happily agrees.
After school, Aelwyn calls Adaine and we learn exactly what kind of teacher Aelwyn is as she says that she got sent to the principal’s office for making some of her students cry. Thank you for letting her stay in Elmville, Brennan. Anyway, Adaine rattles off the list of insanely expensive things she needs for class and Aelwyn suggests some solutions: (1) They can find and kill their mom in order to inherit, (2) they can sell drugs, (3) they can sell weapons, (4) Adaine can maybe…get a job? Adaine doesn’t know how to get a job and asks Aelwyn how she got hers. Apparently, she blackmailed the principal. With what, asks Adaine. Photographs Aelwyn says with a coy smile and Adaine requests that Aelwyn not enlighten her any further. Adaine laments the fact that she had to give up all her dragon madness gold and then signs off with a verbal “I love you” that she tries to take back. Aelwyn pounces on it like one of her five cats. “I heard you say it!” she says with a villainous laugh. “I win. You've exposed yourself to me.” She hangs up and, once again, Brennan, thank you. 
We cut to Bloodrush tryouts where Fabian gives an honestly really good speech to the team and prospective recruits (tres Jammer). Riz is also at tryouts because, remember, he’s trying out for literally everything. We see a drow student (Hexblade Warlock Max Durden) give a really good showing and Riz give a not so great performance. Then, Mary Ann Skuttle shows up–the Barbarian of the Rat Grinders who’s this tiny kobold girl with aesthetic, kawaii plushies on her backpack. None of that energy is on her face though and she seems very unenthused to be there, answering all questions with short, monotone answers. On the field though? She’s a monster. She absolutely bodies Gorgug, sending him flying across in the field in a way that no one has before (Brennan says that he needed to beat a 33). And she didn’t even get a running start! Gorthalax is thrilled to get her on the team so that they can finally beat their rivals (the Hellions). Riz uses one of his gadgets to cast detect magic and sees that she was buffed with magic (but that’s not illegal in Bloodrush). Gorthalax breaks the news to him that he didn’t make the team and he just runs to the next club on his list. Gotta pad that resume! 
After school, Kristen meets up with Bucky who has a lot of the same energy she had on her first day. He’s a Helioic Paladin as we suspected and he’s been telling people they’re going to hell. Kristen doesn’t *love* that but she does tell Bucky to campaign for KP while he’s proselytizing to try to poison the waters a bit. Bucky says that he really misses her and that he hasn’t told their parents about all the gold she sent. Kristen tries to convince him that maybe the concept of hell they grew up with isn’t real, but that’s hard to argue when two separate devils (Fig and Gorthalax) are literally in the room with them. Bucky recognizes the Rat Grinders symbol on the pin Kristen gives him and says the new Helioic cleric from Highcourt (who their parents love) has one of those. We don’t get any more info from him though because Kristen drops an F bomb in front of him and he runs away like a scared puppy. 
Fabian drops some hints that he’s lonely in his big empty house so the gang heads to Seacaster Manor for a study party. They Doordash some pad thai and Adaine gets a text from Aelwyn which has a link to job listings at the Synod mall. On a pretty low Investigation check (6) she finds an ad for a place called Oodles of Strudel that pays 2 silver a day and doesn’t require a resume, just an interview.  
A lot happens during this study party so I’m gonna go through it rapid fire:
Kristen tells everyone that Kalina is back. 
Riz learns (as a residual part of his 30 Investigation roll from last ep) that party comp is announced at the end of their first day and if it changes (ie: someone leaves the party or dies) everyone else goes pass/fail which excludes them from extra credit which would exclude them from scholarships and such. So everyone has to stick together and not die!
Adaine goes to the Synod mall and interviews with a dude named Biff at Oodles of Strudel (where they pump strudel in from a strudel dimension because sure). She gets the job! Though idk if that’s worth celebrating because it’s 8 hour shifts and she has to work the night shift because of school. 
Fabian texts Mazey and determines that if he’s going to be a maximum legend like he wants, he has to host a party on the first weekend back and he’s committed. 
Fig, shockingly, goes to class AGAIN. It must have been cut from last episode but she learned that warlock classes meet at night and decided to check them out. The teacher is a hot vampire lady with a celestial paramour patron so Fig is like, all in right away. Not only that, she rolls a Nat 20 to catch up and it turns out that, as we already know, when she’s dialed in, she’s really good at this stuff! Plus, warlock is a charisma class and she has charisma for days. With warlocks it seems like it’s all about paperwork but really it’s about relationships, bargains, and exchange. As Zara tells Fig after class is over, these are things that everyone deals with every day, the power is just more potent when the bargains are struck consciously. Zara says she’ll approve her MCAT if she wants and Fig, eager to avoid work on her Sophomore album and genuinely taken by the class, agrees. 
Ragh shows up at the manor and Adaine asks how Tracker is doing. He says she’s doing great and the four months of night were honestly great for her whole situation as cleric of the moon goddess. Kristen GRILLS his ass about the “bitch on her lap” on her socials and Ragh (who was supposed to let Tracker break this news but cracks under Kristen’s manic energy) says it’s her new girlfriend, elven princess Naradriel–Nara for short (another girl with a dog name Kristen laments as though her first girlfriend isn’t named TRACKER). Ragh says Nara has been trying to have Tracker and her go Facebook official for a while and that photo she saw was her compromise. Kristen gives Rgh the go-ahead to tell Tracker she can reach out. Ragh says she’s cooler than Nara and he’s rooting for her. 
And that’s about it! The next week is hella busy for the whole crew. School crashes down on them like a tidal wave. There’s their actual classes, extracurriculars, and the campaign which everyone is super invested in. They recruit Torek Railgrinder (skater dwarf in the LGBT club and Drama club) to build a ramp off Fabain’s roof so Kristen can ride it off his roof into the pool which he will have filled with tartar sauce because it’s going to be the Ultimate Shrimp Party obviously. The party planning is also in full swing and EVERYONE is invited. That includes freshmen, Hudol kids, even cool middle schoolers. Ragh is buying them beer. The idea is that they can two birds this and make Fabian a Maximum Legend and Kristen super cool at the same time so people will vote for her. 
(Also, this doesn’t matter to the plot but Kristen gives a campaign speech at a steel mill for some reason–like a steel mill with adult workers–where Kristen is injured by a buzzsaw and Fig is once again questioned by Agent Clark (who she throws off the scent by saying Wanda left for the Red Waste). Not plot relevant but I HAD to mention it for the sake of posterity.)
But we quickly see the seams start to show. Fabian is forced to skip Bloodrush practice so he can set up the party. Adaine gets the new work schedule and sees that she has to work during the party. She texts Fabian that she has to work but she’ll show up later and doesn’t get a response back. Then she texts everyone else to ask if Fabian is mad at her. 
We follow Adaine to work where she’s met by none other than Kalina (in tabaxi form) who is there handing out pamphlets with Cassandra. She asks if Kristen is on her way and Adaine doesn’t know what she’s talking about. As far as she knows, Kristen can’t even get to the Synod without her help. Kalina asks if she can go grab her but Adaine says she’s at work and she can’t just leave. 
Back at the Manor, Kristen gets a brain ping from Cass who asks Kristen if she’ll be there soon. Kristen is full deer in headlights–she didn’t realize that she was supposed to be helping with that. She thought she was Team Material Plane and they were Team Synod. (And, in fairness to her, in this instance I understand how she could have thought that if the only conversation they had about this was the one that we saw but wild that they wouldn’t check in day before when Cass can talk in her mind) She quickly tries to finesse the situation and claims that with such a big crowd gathered, she’ll be able to spread the word to tons of people. Cass is briefly excited until she sees through Kristen’s eyes that her supposed recruitment drive is actually an Ultimate Shrimp Party. 
Back at the mall, Adaine watches red light burst through Cass’s chest as she cries out in pain and collapses to the ground. At Kalina’s behest, Adaine texts Kristen to get her ass to the mall right away. The non-Adaine Bad Kids try to make a plan to save the party–maybe Fig can do the shrimp jump disguised as Kristen–but the situation at the mall gets more dire. Cassandra, still in agony, yells, "This isn't fair!" She bleeds indigo and the light from her chest sails out and hits a nearby wizard. That wizard grows crazed and buff and kills his friend by smashing his skull open with his quarterstaff. Kalina is horrified. Adaine is horrified. The other mall patrons are horrified–the ones who aren’t getting possessed at least. Cass is on all fours, growing larger, and there are three more of those red light things coming out of her.
Adaine, who now has a special Synod key as an employee, opens a portal so her friends can join her. Everyone (including a kind of reluctant Fabian) joins right as the portal Adaine closes and that’s it for the ep! Next week, showdown at the Synod! 
Honor Roll
Kalina for Having Cassandra’s Back 
I never thought I’d give this to her but who else is looking out for Cass like Kalina right now? Nobody. I felt so bad for her handing out pamphlets at the mall. I’ve had to do that and it’s NOT fun. I’m glad she has someone sticking up for her and diligently looking out for her interests, even though it’s someone who I referred to as “the bitch” last week, lol. 
(Honorable mention to Fig for honestly being a great student. Way to go girl, you might just graduate yet.)
Detention 
Aelwyn for Blackmailing the Middle School Principal with Photographs To Get A Job
This is entirely affectionate. Also, unlike Adaine, I’m curious about what the level of blackmail is that allows you to strongarm your way into a job but still subjects you to being reprimanded by the person you’re blackmailing. 
((Dis)honorable to Fabian for his rich boy shenanigans which I touch on below.)
Random Thoughts
“Meat mama”
Insane that KVX Bank still exists and they literally just changed their logo from red to blue.
Was anyone else getting Berries and Cream vibes from the new lunch lad? (if you know, you know)
Fig got hurt yet again in this episode and stuck her hand in construction putty. Last episode I called out that both mishaps so far had involved construction equipment but now we’re officially out of two nickels territory and into rule of threes. Brennan, what are you playing at?
She also got food on herself twice (creamed corn and pad thai) and mimed eating it both times. Emilyyyyyyy grossssssss. 
Fabian got the confirmation that no one has declared him as a nemesis for the past 30 days but I would have asked for a full list. We know they have one because CDB is from like a year ago at least. 
I thought it was odd that Henry said that what was needed for artificing was “dispassionate focus” when I feel like a lot of people I know who tinker irl are actually intensely passionate about what they do. 
As a side note, Henry said that Porter couldn’t stop Gorgug from tripling down while taking Barb classes–just that he wanted Gorgug to tell him as a professional courtesy. So I’m not sure why Porter was able to attach a condition to Gorgug’s being there. 
Porter’s, “God this sucks” when Gorgug started talking about his feelings was extremely unprofesh but objectively funny. 
Actually, roundup of all the funniest parts of this episode:
1)The entire Adaine and Aelwyn conversation but especially (1) The bit about Fig being attached to Ayda’s feathers, (2) Photographs :), and (3) Jawbone no-selling her sinister flirting followed by her immediately moving out. 
2)Bloodbath and Beyond
3)Adaine not wanting to use a ladle at her job because of the Trauma (™) from Freshman Year (RIP Doreen). 
4)Fabian nodding knowingly when Adaine talks about killing her dad like it’s a normal, relatable experience. 
5)“What's the drinking age in Solace, if you're a pirate?”/“You guys have murdered so many people.”
6)“You find Siobhan Thompson.”
Don’t know if this matters but both the Artificing teacher and the Warlock teacher are new hires. Henry is said to be fresh out of college and Zara took over because the last guy (Evan Freem) failed his warlock pact and was devoured. I suspect out of game it’s just so Brennan can bring in interesting new NPCs that fit the plot for this season and he had to retcon whatever names he gave them for the faculty in Freshman Year. Not sure if there’s an in-game angle though. 
Brennan asks Fig where she thinks she gets her warlock powers from and she says, “I think it's from my dad or my bloodline or my legacy” That answer isn’t weird but I dunno the fact that he asked about a thing that I thought was already established struck me as off so it’s going on the list of notes. 
I loved Fig being rewarded for sneaking her name onto the class list by Zara who rightfully says that when it comes to warlocks, it’s all about what’s on the page. Brennan really invented a teacher to force Fig/Emily to get invested in class. 
Kristen trying to talk Bucky out of being scared of hell is another instance of the metaphor of Kristen’s arc brushing up against the reality of their world because some of y’all have *literally* been to hell. This isn’t real life where religion is all nebulous and personal. Hell is a place you can just go and, again, several of you HAVE BEEN. It’s not a silly thing for him to be scared of. 
Lol at Adaine who drank half a beer one time getting Bucky starry eyed by her Bad Kid exploits (said exploits being drinking that half a beer). 
So the new Helioic Cleric. What’s his deal? Have we been to Highcourt before? I don’t think so but it’s been mentioned as the place that the Applebees want to send their kids for school so they don’t turn out heathens so maybe it’s a bit theocratic or traditional? Also, did the Rat Grinders lose their OG cleric or did they just never have one seeing as they’re just fighting weenie monsters? Why did they suddenly decide to pick up a cleric? To round out their party comp or because they know they’ll be needing one soon? How did they convince this guy to join up with them first day? I wish Kristen had gotten more info but I’m excited to see where this is going. 
I wanna get your votes in now. Are the Rat Grinders evil or do their vibes just suck? Because it really could go either way. I really can’t wait to see what the rest of them are like and how they contrast their corresponding BK members. 
Sidenote: So far, every time we’ve met a Rat Grinder they’ve been alone. As opposed to the Bad Kids who hang out as much as possible. I wonder if we’re just never catching them together or if they literally don’t hang out when they don’t have to. 
The Hangman is so adorable when he’s like, “I don’t wanna do a shrimp jump but if you ask I will because I love you :(“ Big sad puppy energy. Be nicer to your bike Fabian!
Also, I said this in an ask earlier but despite the fact that Adaien’s financial situation isn’t Fabian’s problem–even if he’s 18 he’s still a child–he can’t be mad at her for not going to his party from his pirate ship mansion with his 5000 gold a month allowance. Come on now. The girl is filtering gold flakes from discounted liquor. 
I didn’t mention it in the recap proper because school is also kicking my ass right now but we learn in this episode that the Kristen/Tracker breakup was amicable, followed by 3 months of radio silence, followed by WHO IS THAT BITCH ON HER LAP RAGH??? Curious to know what Nara’s vibe is. I want her to be chill but the little disagreement over whether to be public gives me pause. Not that that’s a relationship ender of course, but I’m wondering if it’s meant to hint at further discord or if Tracker just didn't want Kristen to find out like that or something else innocuous. 
Nothing was outright stated but for like a second I felt like I caught a vibe that Ragh maybe felt bad about just being used to buy beer? But I could have imagined it. 
I really love Kalina being in this episode to just really cut to the heart of the matter re: things involving Cass. Like it’s hard to use humor to deflect when there’s a steely eyed cat there who will just very evenly say exactly what the situation is. I also really love that Kalina can just be casually encountered at the mall. I cannot imagine being Adaine and getting jump scared by that. 
(Sidenote: I wonder what Adaine’s other job options were if she didn’t go for the first one she found or if she’d rolled better.)
I know these are high schoolers, full children, but the idea that you would even be thinking about the shrimp party when your friend’s goddess is going supernova and your other friend is already on sight and in danger is WILD to me. People are dying Kim.
I also already said this in another post but my best guess about what’s happening to Cass is that she’s being affected by Kristen’s whole deal–Kristen has been obsessed with getting jacked, hence the buff wizards. It could be something totally different of course but that’s the best connection I can make with the info we currently have. 
I understand why this can’t happen mechanically but it seems pretty low commitment to be a follower of Cass and I don’t think she’d be opposed to giving the Bad Kids a level of cleric for their trouble. Like, literally Adaine calling for a medic for Cass is as much if not more than we’ve seen Kristen for her so far this season. Why not help Cass not die and pick up some free healing spells in the process? Like they don’t even need to become clerics, just give them one low level healing spell like magic initiate for the cleric class. It’s not like any of the Bad Kids seem overly religious/like there’s another god they’re loyal to that would prevent them from doing this. Idk man, if I was in this position Cass would just have one more follower is what I’m saying.
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Gojo headcanons bc ive got too much time on my hands
bro ate chalk as a kid and ive got proof
look at his kid self for a sec, he’s got a grown out buzzcut and the blue eyed stare. thats a chalk eater
you can’t convince me he’s a good swimmer
he’s lanky and tall, bro gets swept away the min he is near the ocean. he’s built to be shark food, sorry luv
the cloth he wears to cover his eyes is raggedy as hell
let me explain. he wears it constantly both in and out of battle, he wears it in any weather, and let’s be real he’s so odd that he probs sleeps in it sometimes
this leads me to believe that even tho he almost never gets hurt during a fight the blood and grime gets all up in the cloth
no amount of Tide or even acid could get rid of the STENCH that mask holds
it smells like ten cans of bounce that ass. one whiff could, quite literally, kill an old man
he’s a chronic podcast listener
tried to become one of those skater kids, failed miserably. geto never let him live it down
i think he’d make a great partner but if you listen to Hozier he will cause a scene
basically what im saying is he’s jealous of Hozier
Gojo knows that no matter how strong he is he will NEVER compare to that man’s vocals/lyrics and what they do to you
que Gojo trying to sing your fav Hozier song(s) but he can’t match the pitch which sends you into cardiac arrest
other than that he’s a pretty good singer, could probs serenade you to sleep
you know how everyone has an irrational fear? yuh his is birds
you ever see him interact with one in a normal way?
you see a bird, he sees a sack of organs with hollow bones that sore through the sky and sometimes they can talk
he pisses his pants when he sees a macaw
he’s a rich bitch and it’s a problem. not cuz he’s an ass abt it but bc he spoils the hell out of the teens
we know he would buy Megumi anything in the world but Yuuji and Nobara get the same treatment
he saw Yuuji’s orphaned ass and immediately transferred HUNDREDS to Yuuji’s bank acc
ain’t no student of his gonna be broke, that’s for sure
probs carries around pics of Megumi from when the teen was a kid
some are cute such as Megumi at the beach or having a fun at the zoo. others are of Megumi fighting for his life
i feel that when Yuuji entered the equation he also started taking pics of him during cute, fun, or important moments
very much sentimental older brother energy
whenever Gojo gets sick or injured he either becomes a massive baby or denies it until he’s dead
depends on the problem tbh. if he’s got a head cold he needs to be hospitalized but if he got his legs cut off he’d ignore it for weeks
you know how most men’s body wash or shampoo is named in, what’s considered, “masculine scents”
like redwood, campfire smoke, whiskey, fucking piss water
yuh he’s not a fan
i don’t think he’d really like those scents. in his mind, why does smelling like burnt coal or salt = masculine?
he probs just grabs whatever he likes, maybe orange scented stuff or even subtle vanilla
whatever cologne he wears tho is fucking delicious. you smell it and immediately your knees give out
i think if you gave him a huff of old spice tho he’d just disintegrate
im thinking of his general hygiene now, he has a solid routine
it’s not a million steps, probs just good quality face wash, serums, and moisturizer
that being said he suffered horrific back acne as a kid. dont ask how I know this, i will eat you alive
he looks and acts flawless but we know the truth. he sucks at card games
Yuuji’s biggest flex is he beat Gojo at go-fish 28 times in a row
he says calabunga and not a single person can stand it
that’s it for now, i’ll probs add more headcanons later
thanks for coming to my ted talk, i hope this post finds you before Sukuna does
(this is all mildly unedited, soz for mistakes)
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FHJY Spoilers || my live thoughts as I watch episode 7
this may take me longer than usual because I have hurt my hand so it's wrapped up rn and it makes it hard to type 🫡
TTTTAKING OVER TEENAGE REBELLION
I miss ayda aguefort i hope she shows up in this episode.
pitch perfect 2 mention! I used to be so into music related movies
So much happened last episode, this recap is so long
I am not a fan of Grix.
AGENT CLARK...
Two Kristen's again
OH NO
ADAINE COMING IN WITH THE SAVE
"Pretty fun to commit fraud"
"That was sophomore year, I'm cool now"
Body rolling I love body rolling it's so fun to just vibe
Mandatory drug test????
Bard class cool as hell
GRIX NETTED DURDEN?
Rip Gorgug he fell on the stairs
"Did she cast a spell on you " "I mean, in a sense..."
Littledoggy Girlcollar
they should investigate definitely
"If we all do drugs, they can't expell all of us."
Riz trying so hard to keep Fig from being expelles
shrimp burrito
Gorgug not being a fan of Mary Ann is very interesting to me and very reasonable.
"I think it's a really good thing you're thinking."
kipperlitty is subliminally messaging people with the food?!?!?!?!?
I can't wait to see the fan art that comes out of this episode
"Hey.... Girlie"
THE SILENCE
"Did you hear? She passed." KRISTEN EHEHEJWKEHBEE
OHHH KIPPERLILLY. THAT WAS SHADY. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY IT SO LOUD. I ABSOLUTELY KNOW YOU DID IT ON PURPOSE
KRISTEN KRISTEN KIRSTEN KRISTEN KRISTEN
"Hey do we need to lock it in" yeah probably
Max Durden is probably my second favorite npc
"Everyone has to have a least favorite friend, it's fine" NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Fabian running a study hall is so cool
This downtime sounds fun
SPECIAL THING IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF GORGUG GETS NAT 20????????
Riz "The Ball" Gukgak
SERVER AT BASRAR'S!!!!!!
Aewlyn mention 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
SHE GOT THE JOB
"Nice new shirt, did you buy it underground?"
The stress tokens are actually making me real life stressed
GORGUG NAT 20!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SECOND GORGUG NAT 20!!!!!!!!
"It might be more stable than mine"
i miss Cassandra I hope she's okay
The shrimp jump. WAS a miracle
let's go Cassandra!
Fig paladin of Cassandra??????????????
Oh my god is Fig Multiclassing
oh my god wait craig he's still around
"it's like animal piss but in a good way"
"Kristen, your adult man is being weird"
"You'd be a nasty as paladin?"
"I don't want to harsh your vibe"
"Everyone has to lick me"
oh no he's a noodler
DETECTIVE BABY
gorgug has tunnel vision
Gorgug is literally so stressed
"I SUCK, YOU RULE"
the rage!
Fabian is such a loser when it comes to talking with girls
This is so painful, Fabian needs something. I don't know what but God he need something
THIRTY TWO????
Fabian stress token
Walking store Adaine
ya hoo
av class 🔥🔥🔥
i need art of fishing club Riz just goin' fishing
NAT ONE THAT BECOMES A 10
Gorgug & Riz joint birthday party!!!!
17 having a ice cream party sounds absolutely lit
SELF INSERT PC CLARK
Gorbag and Roz!!!
goodbye lucilla she's gone to the skies
"I think you're being weird here"
oh my god fig
Fig is having a strange day
"Why can't I tell him he's weird"
A YOGURT YEAR
"Haha! Counterspell! ♪"
"You've gotta be fucking kidding me."
oh my god Brennan said teenage rebellion.... just like... just like the song teenage rebellion... T-T-T-TAKING OVER TEENAGE REBELLION IT'S OUT TIME IT'S OUR YEAR—
"Can I take a stress for Kristen"
Riz is the only character allowed to take a stress for another person
popular kid Kristen!!!!
"Anyone who think he's cool" me too I fall in love with everyone who thinks I'm cool
alter emo hauntings a kid's dreams
"Not All Who Wanda Are Lost" single released on all listening platforms. 1 mil listens in a week
oh no...... this is going to be awful and awkward.
ohhhhhh....... ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh...... Fabian.......... This is painful........
Ivy is catching these hands, leave my girl Mazey alone
"You missed your shot, playboy" no he has a call with his bank
Riz is at his conspiracy board
Something does feel off about grix
Everyone has a stress token
"Go roll me a corrupted bardic"
Even I'm grieving Lucy, she sounds lovely...
oh there's something deep going on with lucy
"It's the boss, baby"
Murph has figured it OUT
The epic music
This stress system is making me STRESSED
I relate to the stress causing antisocial things
LYDIA!!!!!!!!!
ohhhhhh goodness.....
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While everyone is sharing their Scooby-Doo pitches:
Mine would be three parts: Origin, Division, and Journey
Part 1 would be set in Coolsville. The gang would not have met yet and be in high school. The inciting incident is Shaggy sees. A monster. He goes to Velma because he thinks she is emo and knows about the occult. She tells him she's not emo, emos aren't the occult ones, and monsters aren't real, but does wind up helping him investigate. Fred is new in town, having moved in from the West Coast town of Crystal Cove, and is smitten with Daphne, who is already like halfway into investigating a secret society. Episode one ends with Shaggy telling from what the monster he saw was:
"It was, like, a talking dog, man!"
This part would involve a mysterious bank robbery, a mansion where any door can lead to any other, and Flim-Flam, Vincent Van Ghoul and Scrappy being the secret society who guards the Chest of Demons, which only Doos can use to seal demons in and a "13th demon, the one who escaped". It ends when the demon turns out to be a fake that Flim-Flam and Vincent were using to convince Scooby to help guard the chest, leaving the gang divided on if the chest is real, or actually just where the bank money is hidden.
Part 2 would be Shaggy, Daphne, Scrappy, and Scooby on the run with the chest, while Fred calls in a friend from Crystal Cove to help track them down: Marcie Fleach. They are bank rolled by Deacon Carswell, who wants the chest back desperately. This part would end with the gang deciding they have to be on the same side, and to do that they need to know what the chest is. They open it, releasing the demons.
Part 3 would be close to the classic formula. The gang has to go hunt down the demons, and so goes to anywhere in America where supernatural events are being claimed to happen. Sometimes it's a hoax, sometimes it's a demon, sometimes it's an unrelated source of magic. This one would introduce the Hex Girls and bring back Thorn's magic powers. In the end, Deacon Carswell is revealef to be the real 13th Demon, the Creeping One, and the gang have to defeat him in the aforementioned mansion with weird doors.
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Metaconsciousness
AO3
@aggressivelyclueless
The placement of the ravine made the fall look more treacherous than it actually was.  The island - floating, as all islands were in the Ghost Zone, even those that happened to find themselves resting on a body of water instead of the ectoplasmic mists - sat atop a bank of swirling fog, and, naturally, the rift that very nearly split the island apart was filled with the stuff.  There was no bottom.  Even a human with no understanding of how the Zone worked would simply fall, not stopping unless there was another island down there.  
Danny didn’t think there was, though.  Something about the currents and the sound.  You got an intuition for that kind of thing over time.  
However, even if it wasn’t dangerous to perch on the edge of the ravine and pitch pebbles down into it while Clockwork made adjustments to the massive and broken grandfather clock sitting on the rocks behind them, it still put certain things into perspective.  Floating freely in the Zone didn’t give a person much of a sense of scale.  Not until something was up close, and sometimes not even then.  Danny had seen both miniature whales and skyscraper-sized dragonflies in the Zone. You couldn’t really account for things like that.  
The bottomless cliffs made the Zone look deeper.  
“Clockwork,” said Danny, “how deep is the Ghost Zone?”
“Hm,” said Clockwork, and Danny turned to see him put his hands on his hips and look upward.  “We’re fairly deep, compared to other afterlives.  Say… something like thirteen Megametaconsciousnesses down or so.”  He raised a hand and tilted it back and forth.  “Give or take.  I hardly have to think about it, Daniel, so you have to forgive me for not knowing immediately.  You don’t have to give me that look.”
“No,” said Danny.  “It’s just not what I meant.”
“Ah, you mean the height of the Ghost Zone itself?  It depends.  I believe it averages out to about ten kilometaconsciousnesses.”
Danny’s mouth was forming uselessly and silently around questions he didn’t know how to phrase.  He clamped it shut.  “What’s, uh, kilomegakon…”
“A metaconsciousness is a measure of metaphysical or psychic depth.  It’s dependent on a number of things.  Residents, ascribed meaning, ties, visitors, assumed meaning… To give you something to compare to…  I would say your own, personal mental landscape is about a milimetaconsciousness in depth, or one one thousandth of a metaconsciousness.  Meanwhile, I contain approximately one metaconsciousness.”
Danny struggled to determine whether or not Clockwork was just calling him stupid via a very convoluted method.  
“For further reference, the average human’s mental landscape equals perhaps one micrometaconsciousness, the distance between that and yourself and you and myself being comparable, logarithmically.”
“I just meant… physically…” said Danny trailing off.  
“Ah,” said Clockwork.  “I see that now, in context.”  He rose a few feet into the air to peer down into the ravine himself.  “The Ghost Zone has no physical lower limit.  Or upper limit, for that matter.  Or sides.  We are called the Infinite Realms for a reason.”
“But… we’re next to other afterlives?”
“Yes, metaphysically.  That’s entirely different.”  Clockwork returned to his work.  
“But,” said Danny, floating after him, “wait, Clockwork, that doesn’t explain anything.  What other afterlives are there?”
“Oh, any one you’ve ever heard of, I’m sure.”
“But I’ve gone to some other afterlives here.  Like Elysium.”  Elysium was Pandora's realm, and it was where all the Greek ghosts liked to hang out.  
“Daniel, have you ever been to New York?  Or even anywhere in New England?”
“Sure.”
“There you go, then.  Can you pass me the crooked screwdriver?”
Danny rummaged through the toolbox for a moment.  “This one?” he asked, displaying a screwdriver with a ninety-degree bend in its shaft.  
“No, the one that looks like it’s broken.”
“Oh.  Here.  But I don’t get it.  What does New York have to do with anything?”
“Well, it isn’t York, is it?  York isn’t even in the same country.  For that matter, there are other New Yorks as well.  For example, one New York is in Ukraine.”
“So… Elysium is named after…  Elysium.”
“Yes.”
“Okay.  Why?”
“Why not?  It isn’t as if there is only one Daniel in the world.  It is what they desired, but could not reach.”
“Okay,” said Danny, still trying to get his head around everything.  “And the other… Are there any other afterlives near here?”
“We border a few,” said Clockwork, who still seemed not to notice the crisis he’d given Danny.  “The green gear, please?”
“Here,” said Danny.  “What are they?”
“Hm,” said Clockwork.  “At the moment, the Regiment and Vallhalla are adjacent to us conflictward, and the Indulgeant City passionward, the Elsewhereness is above us, and the Unworld is below.  Metaphysically.  You don’t have to worry about accidentally falling into it.  That’s not actually possible.  It’s a myth.”  Clockwork tapped a long gloved finger against the shattered casing of the clock he was working on.  “Those are all the ones I’m aware of.”
Well, now Danny was going to worry about it.  He’d never even considered the possibility that he might just fall out of the Ghost Zone.  At least, not without a portal popping up in front of him.  
“What do you mean ‘at the moment?’”
“They can hardly be expected to stay still, can they?”
“Kind of, yeah.”
“Oh, Daniel, you’d hardly expect to stay in one place forever, yourself, talking to the same two people forever, would you?  Goodness, your friend, Tucker, wouldn’t have ever met you if afterlives didn’t move around”  He closed the front of the clock he was working on.  “There.  That should do it.”
“It’s still broken.”
“Yes.”
“I don’t get it,” said Danny, starting to help Clockwork gather his tools.  Actually, he was pretty sure he’d need this conversation in writing to make sense of it.  “Why did we come all the way out here to fix it if we’re just going to leave while it’s still broken?”
“You will understand eventually,” promised Clockwork.  “After all, your metadepth has increased by a whole micrometaconsciousness so far this year.  That’s remarkable progress.”
“So, what, I’m just an outlier?”
“Daniel, you’re half alive and half dead.  Of course you’re an outlier.  How could you be anything else?”
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Gaslight, Chapter 40
Rated X | Read it here on AO3
Mulder watches Scully climb down the open hatch before following behind her. There’s a small landing at the bottom, and the light pouring in from overhead reveals just the first couple feet of a tunnel, beyond which there is only darkness. 
“What’s down there?” Scully asks, and Mulder pulls in a deep breath. 
“I don’t know,” he says. “But I was told it’s a safe way out. I think it’s our only viable option.”
She gives him a long, weary look, and it makes him wish that they had time to rest for a minute. Time for him to hold her and tell her how terrified he was by the prospect of losing her again. But every minute they spend down here brings them closer to being discovered, and they have to keep moving.
He reaches for her hand, wincing when he feels the sticky slip of Cal’s blood, and then enters the opaqueness of the tunnel, feeling along the earthen wall beside him so he has some sense of his position. 
They walk slowly, sweeping their feet across the ground to avoid tripping over the occasional tree root or divot in the path. The shriek of the fire alarm begins to fade, and within a few minutes there is neither light nor sound, just the shuffle of their feet and the wet funk of detritus filling their noses. 
Time is immeasurable, as is distance, and the further they go the more tightly he clings to her hand, afraid that if he stops touching her she might cease to exist. 
As harrowing as these last few hours have been, he feels more like himself than he has since waking up in the hospital. The heft of a pistol in his hand, the brazenness of walking willingly into danger, the reliance on instinct over logic, felt natural and right. At the same time, each pop of gunfire, each panicked shout, and the rusty smell of blood set off what he has to assume are flashbacks. Little snippets out of sequence and context, like a single frame from a motion picture he can’t see in entirety. It was enough to bring the weight of how many times he’s almost lost her come crashing down on his shoulders, and her sticky hand in his suddenly feels like a miracle. 
He doesn’t believe what the smoking man said about her dying within a month is true. Or even if it could have become true, the old man had no opportunity to put it in place before Cal put a bullet between his eyes. Prior to Mulder and Cal arriving he’d been planning to kill her, so why would he have gone to the effort to implant another chip or otherwise ensure her demise? It was only the last in a long line of manipulation tactics, and Mulder decides then and there in the pitch black of the tunnel not to tell Scully what the old man said. She’s going to be fine, because he’s going to do everything within his power to make sure that she is. He’s not going to let anyone hurt her again. 
In the distance, thin, shimmery lines begin to appear. As they draw closer, the lines take on the shape of a rectangle, and then reveal themselves to be slivers of light. 
“Is that a door?” Scully asks hopefully, the first words she’s spoken since they plunged into darkness. 
They shuffle that much quicker, less disoriented with a point to move towards, and when they run up against the end of the tunnel Mulder drops Scully’s hand and begins to run his palms over the surface of the door in search of a knob. His hands bump up against hers as she also paws desperately at the exit, and the door rattles when she digs her fingers in around the edges and pulls. 
“Stand back,” he says, gently moving her behind him with his arm. 
Resting one hand on the wall for balance, he slams his heel against the door and it gives a satisfying crack. He does it again and the wood splinters, letting in enough light that they both wince and shield their eyes. Scully steps forward, pushing and pulling at what remains of the door until it falls away and reveals the serene bank of a river. 
They both take a step back, looking at each other and then the river. Without speaking, they each pull the weapons from their waistbands and stand at opposite sides of the door, peeking out to be sure that the coast is clear. Confident that they aren’t being ambushed, Scully carefully scoots down the steep, rocky bank until she reaches level ground, then goes immediately to the edge of the river and plunges her hands under the water. Mulder takes a bit more time scanning the surrounding trees and peering up over the bank wall to clear the area. When he sees railroad tracks running alongside the river, he knows they aren’t too far from where they got off the train.
He makes his way to the water’s edge and crouches down beside Scully. She’s scooping up sand and silt from the riverbed, scrubbing it over her hands and forearms and digging dried blood from beneath her fingernails with a somewhat vacant expression on her face. Mulder dips his hands under the cool running water and watches smudges of blood fade from red to pink, then stands up and shakes them out, peppering the stones beside the river with droplets of water. 
“We need to keep moving,” he says gently, and Scully nods but doesn’t look at him. 
He watches her back as he pulls a cell phone from his pocket and powers it up. It’s another burner, provided by the gunmen so he could share their location once they found Scully and made it out. For the first time, he realizes that the children are now without a father, and that this is news Scully will likely be in the unfortunate position to break to them. Immediately after having this thought, he has the sobering realization that she won’t leave them behind; she is now the closest thing to a parent that they have. The resentment he feels in light of this realization kicks up a wave of guilt so strong that he immediately stuffs it down, tabling it for closer examination at a later time. 
When the cell phone lights up, the time reads 4:17 pm and the bars that should indicate the strength of the signal are replaced with the word “searching.”
“There’s no service,” he grumbles, stuffing the phone back in his pocket. 
Scully doesn’t say anything in response to this, and he’s becoming anxious about staying so close to the tunnel’s exit. He glances back to the gaping hole in the side of the river wall and stares at it until he’s sure that there isn’t any light coming through from underground. He crouches down beside her again and touches her shoulder, and she looks up at him sharply as though she hadn’t realized that she wasn’t alone. 
“We need to go, Scully,” he says, trying to keep the anxiety out of his voice. “We should cross the river so we’re harder to track.”
She stares at him for a beat. 
“What am I going to tell them?” she asks, and the guilt comes roaring back with a vengeance. 
He shakes his head, giving her a sympathetic smile. 
“I don’t know,” he answers honestly. “But we can’t stay here. It’s not safe. We need to keep moving until we find cell service.”
She nods and stands up, and pink-tinted water runs off the tips of her fingers. She has blood on her chin as well, but he’ll have to help her clean up later when they’re somewhere safer. 
They walk along the bank of the river, Scully staring absently at her feet and Mulder scanning the water to watch for a good place to cross. The river is overall relatively shallow, but if they can avoid soaking their clothes it will make whatever remains of their trek much more comfortable. He checks the cell phone again to confirm that it hasn’t connected to any towers, then turns it off to avoid leaving a data trail that can be followed.  
He finds a span of water where he can see the rocks beneath the surface for the entire width, which is about thirty feet. He holds out his hand for Scully and then guides them across, pausing with each new step to be sure he has steady footing before bearing any weight. Halfway across, Scully slips and he nearly loses his balance as he clings tightly to her hand. He manages to keep a hold on her, and she is able to get back to her feet with only her pants below the knees getting wet, which turns the rust colored blotches of dried blood on them cherry red. Once on the other side, they make their way up the opposite bank and into the forest where they are less likely to be spotted and begin to walk, keeping the river in their view at all times. 
He catches little glimpses of her from the corner of his eye as patches of sunlight sneak through the canopy of the forest. Her blood-stained jeans and her dirty Stanford T-shirt, and the abjectly miserable look on her face. He feels left out, in an odd way, like the fourth wheel of her nuclear family. Though Cal is dead, the loss of him and the resulting impact on the children they parented together is a significant event in a life that doesn’t belong to him. And though his relationship with Scully predates Cal’s, Mulder cannot remember it well enough for that fact to bring him comfort. 
“I’m sorry about Cal,” he says, and she pulls in a deep breath and nods. He should probably leave it at that, but for some reason he can’t. “I know I only knew him for a few hours, but he seemed like a good guy,” he adds, and Scully looks up at him briefly. 
“He was,” she says blandly, then resumes staring at the forest floor. 
They walk in relative silence for at least an hour before they stop to rest and check for cell service. Scully is sullen and withdrawn, and he begins to draw terrifying conclusions about what she must be thinking and what will happen next. He decides that she will likely choose the children over him, which is both devastating and understandable. The problem with this is that he cannot see any value in a life in which she does not play a major part, which gives him little hope for his future. 
“Still nothin’,” he says, flipping the phone shut. Scully is sitting on a rock, her blood-smudged face tipped up toward the sun and her eyes closed. “You okay?” he asks, immediately kicking himself for such a stupid question. Of course she isn’t.  
Scully slowly opens her eyes and looks at him. 
“Yeah,” she says, extremely unconvincingly. “Just tired and hungry.”
She forces a thin smile and it breaks his heart. 
“I wish I’d eaten more at breakfast,” he says, resorting to small talk. “I was so nervous about getting on the train I barely touched my food.”
“Hm,” Scully hums with a slow-motion pop of her eyebrows. “Breakfast would have been nice.”
Mulder considers her for a moment. Her affect has become increasingly flat since they left the bunker, and she looks like she could fall asleep right here. Even the cadence of her speech is lagging.
“When did you eat last?”
“Sometime yesterday,” she says, slowly getting to her feet. “I’m going down to the river to get a drink of water.”
“Hey, hold on,” he says, touching her shoulder to still her. “You need to conserve your energy, and we need to find something you can eat.”
“I’m fine, Mulder,” she says, attempting to move past him. 
He wraps his hand loosely around her upper arm, and she has so little energy he doesn’t need to exert much force to prevent her from walking away. Scully’s shoulders slump and she looks up at him with a pitiful little pout. There’s something so familiar in her petulance, it makes him smile. 
“Please let me help you,” he says, pushing her hair behind her ear. 
Scully closes her eyes and steps forward, slumping against his chest. He wraps his arms around her and kisses the crown of her head, and an acute mix of love and pain pits painfully in his throat. He won’t blame her if she chooses to go her separate way with the kids, but he’s not sure he’ll survive losing her again. 
They stay like that for a long while, taking comfort in the safety of each other’s bodies while birds sing carefree summer songs in the trees overhead. When she finally pulls away, he bends down and kisses her, and she kisses him back without hesitation. Perhaps she is still his afterall. 
“Come on,” he says, turning his back to her and crouching down. “Saddle up.”
“Mulder,” she whines, but he waits, and eventually he feels her hands on his shoulders and then her legs around his waist. 
He carries her down to the edge of the river, and they both scoop up mouthfuls of cool running water with their hands until they’ve had their fill. It takes less convincing to get her on his back the second time, and they resume their trek through the trees at a slightly faster clip. 
Scully wraps her arms loosely around his neck, resting her chin on his shoulder. Every now and then she startles a little and tightens her grip, and after a few repetitions of this he realizes that she keeps dozing off. He’s pretty exhausted himself, and the sun is beginning to move lower in the sky, less and less light reaching them through the trunks of the old-growth trees. It seems likely that they’ll need to find a safe place to stop for the night soon. 
Suddenly she lifts her head and starts looking around, and Mulder stops in his tracks. 
“What is it?”
“Do you smell that?” she asks.
“Smell what?”
“Put me down.”
He squats down so she can get off his back, and a chill runs up his spine when the evening breeze moves over the warm spot she left behind. Scully walks purposefully deeper into the woods, disappearing into the trees, then lets out a little squeal. 
“Scully?” he calls out, readying his weapon as he follows after her. 
He finds her beside a sprawling blackberry bush, eagerly stuffing barely-ripened berries into her mouth. Her lips are already stained with bruise-colored patches, and her fingertips are once again red. 
“I smelled the fruit,” she says with a satisfied smile.
“Are they any good?” he asks, tugging a raspberry-colored fruit off the vine. 
“No,” she says around a mouthful. “They’re incredibly sour, but I’d be willing to eat dirt at this point.”
Mulder smiles at her immediate change in mood, then walks around the perimeter of the bush looking for the ripest berries and brings them to her. He eats enough to take the edge off his own hunger, and when Scully is sated, they make their way back to the river to rinse the stickiness from their hands and lips. 
When they’re finished, Mulder wordlessly shucks off his shirt and wets the hem, then holds Scully’s chin in his hand and wipes bits of dried blood from her cheeks. Her eyes roam over his face while he works, and when her jaw begins to tremble, he looks up to see that there are tears pooling under her irises. 
“Hey,” he says, abandoning his task. “What’s wrong?”
“I can’t leave them, Mulder,” she whispers tightly, and his heart sinks. “I’m all they have.”
“I know,” he says somberly, pulling her into a hug. “I understand.”
He feels her tears wetting his bare chest, and he squeezes his eyes closed. It suddenly feels as though a clock is ticking, a final countdown until he’ll have to say goodbye. 
“I know this isn’t what you signed up for,” she says, her voice muffled. “If you can’t do it—if you don’t want to, that’s okay.”
He pulls away from her slowly, considering her blotchy cheeks and watery eyes. 
“What do you mean?” he asks, too afraid to be hopeful. 
“I would never ask or expect you to take responsibility for two children you don’t even know,” she explains, averting her eyes to his chest. “It will make everything harder: traveling, avoiding detection. I don’t know what will happen when I take their chips out, how they’ll behave. If that’s too much and you don’t want to go with us, I’ll understand.”
As she speaks, tears run quietly down her cheeks and follow the curve of her jaw to her neck. Mulder runs the back of his knuckles under her chin to clear them away. 
“Is that an option? Me going with you?” he asks, forcing himself to sound neutral. 
Her eyes flash up to his face, wide and wet and incredibly blue.
“Of course,” she says emphatically. “I just couldn’t imagine that you’d want to. It’s not going to be easy.”
Mulder heaves a sigh, then tips his face up to the slowly darkening sky and smiles. He looks back down at her befuddled expression, takes her face in his hands, and kisses her soundly. With his lips still lingering near hers, he whispers, “Wherever you are, that’s where I want to be. Easy isn’t even a factor.”
He feels her cheeks stretch against his palms when she smiles, and he kisses her again, and again, and again. 
They find a relatively clear and level patch of ground beside a thick-trunked oak tree and settle down for the night just as the sun kisses the distant horizon. Mulder leans against the tree and Scully sits between his legs with her back against his chest so he can wrap his arms around her as a makeshift blanket. He tells her about how he crossed paths with Cal and the kids, updates her on Langly’s condition, and fills her in on the lakeside community in British Columbia, Canada that they’ll soon call home. By the time he’s finished, it’s so dark he can’t see anything beyond the stand of trees that surrounds them. Scully shivers, and he rubs his hands over the gooseflesh on her arms to try and generate heat.
“This just reminded me of something,” she says through chattering teeth. 
“Oh yeah? What?”
“Another time we slept in the forest,” she says. “I can’t recall the exact circumstances, but I remember sitting in the woods, in the dark, and you had your head in my lap. And you asked me to sing to you.”
Mulder laughs. 
“Can you sing?”
“God, no,” she says emphatically. “Which I did warn you of, but you insisted.”
“Sounds like me,” he says. “Would you like me to sing to you?” he asks playfully, brushing his thumbs over her wrists. 
“Can you sing?” she teases.
Mulder shrugs. 
“I’m no Pavarotti, but I don’t think I’ve broken any glass yet.”
“Then by all means, please do.”
Mulder thinks about what to sing. Elvis is always a good choice, but all the songs that come to mind are too sad or too serious for the occasion. It should be something upbeat but melodic. 
“Jeremiah was a bullfrog, was a good friend of mine,” he begins. “Never understood a single word he said, but I helped him drink his wine.”
Scully sits up and twists around to look at him. He can barely make out her face, but her demeanor is clear. 
“What?” he asks. “Is something wrong?”
“Why did you sing that?” she asks. “Why that song, specifically?”
Again, Mulder shrugs. 
“I don’t know. It’s just what came to mind. Why?”
“That’s the song I sang to you when we slept in the woods. Did you know that?”
He considers it for a beat. He doesn’t feel like he knew that it had any significance, it just popped into his head. 
“I don’t think so. That’s odd, though, isn’t it? Odd coincidence?”
Scully shuffles around to face him more fully, then feels for him in the dark. Her fingers collide with his cheek, then run up the side of his face and into his hair. Mulder closes his eyes and savors the sensation. 
“I think it’s all still in here somewhere,” she says softly, scraping her fingernails over his scalp. “Maybe you’ll be able to remember, with time.”
“Maybe,” he says, pulling her close again. “And if not, you can tell me about it.”
“I will,” she tells him, giving him a squeeze. “I’ll tell you everything.”
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morihaus · 9 months
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Teeth
The story of the Lantern is a story about hunger. Not just that, it's a story about eating, and thusly, a story about teeth.
In that dreary gray valley where everything began, hunger existed before matter. Before that first world rose from the dregs of the pitch river, when flickering spirits lived and babbled in forgotten tongues while the mightiest of lasting languages were spoken in the shiftless palaces of heaven, yes, these spirits yet knew hunger. Whether they admit it or not, they all learned from the river.
Boesha was one of these spirits, a mote who dwelt in the swell and lived only to be dashed against the shores. She fought and struggled to stay afloat, thrashing against black currents to wrench herself from the all consuming rapid and carve her name into the shale of the bank, but like countless others, she was too small to resist. But then, by chance, as she sunk down towards the riverbed, she found herself raised up; it was a golden world rising to the surface, and stood before her and the other sinking spirits was its maker, the daughter of the river: Tsae.
After carving her name onto that world, Boesha became Tsae's most loyal student. When Tsae spoke, she hung on every word; when Tsae was insulted, she made the sword to defend her name and the names of all creation; when she traveled, she raised Tsae's banner and shouted her name in every language she knew so that all of the valley would know of her wisdom and compassion for every spirit.
And when the scaled king of heaven descended to sculpt a son in his image-- building him from the black mud of the river so he would carry its hunger, a hunger so deep as to swallow the world-- and the first world was devoured by the pitch scaled prince, none, not even Tsae, were more furious than Boesha.
Long, long after all of this, Boesha stands with Tsae at the shore of the river Scodai. They watch as the 12th world, its every language and matter, is torn apart by the teeth of dragons.
Boesha grabs for her sword, but the river's daughter stays her hand.
"I understand that it is your nature, Bo, but please, seek no further strife with them."
She stares dumbstruck at her teacher, enraged. "What are you talking about?!? Do they not deserve my strife??? This world was even shorter than the last! Those gluttonous serpents, why should they get to fill themselves with all your hard work!?!"
With an impassive expression, Tsae looks down at her knight. "It cannot be helped. That is their nature." The black stream laps at her bare feet and in her black robes and the dull darkness that consumes the middle valley, she appears as a tributary of her mother river. "They will not relent, nor will their father. Ka does not know change like we do."
At this point, Boesha recognizes the sereneness in her teacher's dark face that means she knows something she doesn't. "What?!" Boesha demands. "What is it? You're planning something??? Will we finally kill that despicable-"
"Kill? No."
"No!?!?"
Tsae shakes her head. "Look, Bo, and think." She guides her student's eye to the collapsing world. A great ocean atop a river, mountains that barely escape the surface of the brackish blue water, vast kingdoms of coral; each thing a morsel in the yawning maw of Alduin and his brothers. The firstborn drinks up the ocean, devouring the largest share as the eldest eater, while his younger kin pick at this or that, arguing over the scraps like scavengers. Almost everything is destroyed when they eat it; they are voids, not containers, born of their father's will to maintain control over the barren world below. What escapes their mouths breaks off and sinks down to the bottom of the inky-black river, vanishing, but not destroyed.
"They have to destroy it when they eat it. Otherwise, it would change them. They would become it." Tsae explains, setting a hand on Boesha's shoulder. "Why not kill them? Because there are better uses for their power." She smiles. "I have an idea for the next world... a Lantern, one that's fire will consume them."
Boesha looks up at her teacher. "What fire can consume a dragon?"
Tsae's smile grows, her teeth cut a white crescent into her face. "Yours."
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Another beast slain, another god dead. Tserida-Shak, Student of Boesha, Master of Tsaescence, has led her warriors in another successful hunt. Her party is fifteen Blades and herself, almost so skilled in the Kiai now as to be an overwhelming force to any dragon; more now flee than fight, the rise of these warriors who slice apart their words has rattled their number so.
Nevermore would the menfolk toil beneath the wings of serpents. Now that the fires of the Lantern burn in their eyes and light the path to deliverance, they can walk this road, swords in hand, and slit the throat that would swallow their world.
As always, her disciples watch as their teacher calls out for the defeated dragon's spirit; bright orange-gold flames rise from its corpse, burning flesh and filling the air with a metallic scent. Its soul is hers, but not in whole, some cuts of its immortal flesh still cling to its skeleton. These, they know, are for them.
At the end of every successful hunt, a great feast is held. A bonfire is lit but only for warmth and tributes, for the serpent's steak is best eaten raw with all its vital essences.
Gomak-Resae, demon-helmet doffed, regards his meal, dragon's flesh on a dragonbone plate. An almost inky ichor of blood pools at the bottom of the rough and chewy cut of meat. It's nowhere near as appetizing as beef or venison, but the wealth of mystic powers contained within are the true flavor of this dish.  
He looks to his side to see his mentor digging in to her cut, some hock from the thigh; without cutlery, she rips at it with her teeth, the wrought sinews of the serpent stretching and snapping in her jaws. Her brow is set furrowed, flames dance in her eyes while she stares deep into the bonfire, deep, as though it were a doorway.
"Master." Gomak speaks lowly as all her cohort help themselves, some still cutting more from the corpse, throwing offerings onto the flame or burying them within the earth. "I understand that you leave this essence behind when you swallow their spirits... so that we can eat of it ourselves. I thank you for this, and all else you have given us, but I have often wondered... why is it that you eat their flesh as well?"
Tserida-Shak works over the bite still in her mouth before reaching for her waterskin and washing it down. She regards her pupil, eyes still shining as she turns to him. "Because I am hungry."
Gomak-Resae waits for more, then realizes how simple the answer really was. "Oh... my apologies, Master. I was not sure whether devouring a spirit would fill your stomach."
Tserida hums. "It does," she takes another bite and speaks around it, "but not enough. It's not a mortal way."
Gomak-Resae begins to eat as well, tearing strips off with his bare hands then bringing them to his mouth. The juice of dragon's blood is what gives this meat its rich stinging taste, and so he rolls balls out of the skins and dips them in the puddle of ichor collecting at the bottom of his plate. He would be remiss to waste even a drop. "Mortal way?" He asks.
"Of eating." She says, clearing her throat. "Too quick, too clean. Mortals eat slowly. We bite it until our teeth are touching, we tear it apart, we chew it, we savor it." She stares into the flame again. "That's the same way Boesha ate them."
Her student commits this lesson by firelight to memory and takes another bite of the dragon's flesh. It's no wonder the Dov are so terrified by these mere mortals. What can the eater do when their meal turns its teeth on them?
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neonponders · 1 year
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Nobody expects Steve Harrington to join the military. Least of all the Harringtons, Steve included.
But he does. Because divers use the lake in the quarry for classes and master diver certifications. Steve discovers that he likes diving - a bit unsurprising considering he had always enjoyed swimming and lifeguarding.
The instructor is a retired Navy Diver. One of the other students is a retired Navy pilot. Steve didn’t even know the Navy had pilots. He thought the Navy was water and Air Force was for the sky. Zeus and Poseidon, one could say. But he enjoys the pilot and the diver’s conversation and benign competition.
Perhaps it helps that the pilot is a woman, and both veterans have polar opposite spouses. For being hardened, disciplined veterans, their spouses are practically woodland, cottage hippies in comparison. In short, Steve gets a very clean and pretty window to see inside veteran life.
So when they approach Steve, whom they’ve noticed is lost and isn’t really acquiring the right skills fast enough to qualify for Harrington expectations, they give him an out, but not without a lot of helpful information.
Recruiters are insidious parasites. They lie. Don’t sign anything until you’re ready, no matter what they tell you.
There’s nothing glamorous about war or labor. Research military jobs and apply for them. Don’t let the military just put you anywhere, or else you’ll get put on a ship with the sole purpose of pumping nuclear waste into the ocean. If you let them, they’ll give you the worst job.
Steve thinks he wants to be a diver. He’s good at swimming, even in low water visibility, and he enjoys it.
Then he learns about deep sea diving. He learns about pressure chambers and the very real danger of going too deep too fast, and rising to the surface too fast. How a terrifying, pitch-black dive can end with him sitting for eight hours in a pressurized chamber, for the purpose of making sure his blood doesn’t have bubbles that will kill him.
He looks into being a pilot. That comes with its own pros and cons, and the danger of pressure on the body and blood is still there. Steve honestly thinks he would enjoy flying...
But he doesn’t want to fight anybody. Best case scenario, he’s doing air shows every few months and living on an aircraft carrier for the rest of the year. Worst case scenario...he doesn’t want to think about that.
So he doesn’t think about it. He goes to boot camp to get that out of the way. And it’s easy. Easy in how it’s physically taxing. Black coffee because they wake up too early to give a shit about the taste. Exercise beyond the point of conscious thought because they don’t have the calories to spare on thinking.
Easy friendships. Fast friendships. Faster and kinder and less maintenance than Steve has ever known. Nobody knows who the Harringtons are, or what is bank account says. His hair was the first thing to go, and it’s kind of mind boggling how much he looks like everyone else once that defining feature is negated. He can have laughter and smiles and conversation delivered right to his dorm room just by knocking on the walls.
Eventually he has to decide: water or air.
His fear says to fly. Whispers, make me untouchable.
His heart begs, don’t make me fight.
He starts Navy Dive school, and he’s good at it. Good enough that he wonders if he’s broken, because one of the first tests is comfort in the water. Watching kids have panic attacks in the pools because they get their gear wrenched off their bodies and they don’t know how to stay calm breaks Steve’s heart.
One of the higher ups, some once-upon-a-lieutenant takes Steve aside and gives him the lesson: It’s good that you want to see them succeed. Teachers want students to succeed. But when you’re in the water, hope isn’t enough. Your diving buddy needs to be able to save your life.
There are plenty of other lessons and hurtles. The military’s bizarre hazing ritual of tear gasing recruits was a highlight that Steve is certain his father would lobby to get out of practice if he knew about it. Steve has a new spice tolerance, at least, which comes in handy when he starts getting stationed somewhere new every three years.
It’s some kind of irony, having one of the most dangerous military jobs that doesn’t involve fighting at all. Ten years go by, and Steve’s done a little of everything between salvage and underwater demolition. When people ask what he does, he never says the same thing twice.
I’m a military snorkeler.
I’m an underwater engineer.
He gets deployed for a few months in South East Asia, and it’s possibly the best gig of his life. The water visibility is unreal. Work is easy and beautiful. He looks forward to it. The locals treat the military like tourists, ie. stiffly and tolerated, but Steve supposes that’s their right. A lot of the work of the military is just flaunting USA blah blah blah. A passive aggressive fear tactic of keeping military bases all over the place. Remember we’re here.
And then a job goes wrong. It’s common knowledge that militaries all over the world - but especially American - places mines underground and underwater...and just leaves them there. The war ends and they can’t be bothered to clean up after themselves.
Enter: Steve.
Half of this deployment was working with EODs (explosive ordnance disposal) to clean up the waters. The work wasn’t that deep, so it was mostly chaperoning EODs underwater.
Turns out, just because a guy can safely negate a bomb threat, doesn’t mean he can hang out underwater.
Steve’s come a long way since scraping by in high school. He paid attention in their EOD crash course. In the time span of what feels like a minute and a year simultaneously, he sees his EOD buddy lose his cool, and the mistake happen.
Steve isn’t proud of his choice. It was so subtle that he doesn’t know if anyone else even knows what he did. He isn’t sure, himself, if he made a conscious decision, or if the water current just pushed them into the corresponding places.
Either way, there are casualties. Steve gets honorably discharged for his injuries. Awarded for saving lives. It’s all a blur. The military washed him out and replaced him like a well oiled machine. The connections he made to individual people was still there, but it was a strange dichotomy, being attached and thrown away at the same time.
As they say, a military resume will get somebody anywhere, and Steve has his pick of where to go and what to do. Part of him wants dark waters after being injured in topaz seas. To go home to Hawkins and just hide in the depths.
But Hawkins is too quiet. Steve wants noise.
So he goes to Mexico. Kind of a stereotypical gig, catering to tourists and snorkeling and whatever, but it’s the medicine he needs at the time. Because coral reefs are loud. Nobody tells you that, how fish are loud, and their neighborhoods are riots of color and eel drama.
A year of cleaning up the reefs after tourism and general ocean flotsam and jetsam gets him noticed by some ocean conservationists. They’re recruiting and talking to Steve makes their eyes glow. A diver and a leader? Perfect.
But Steve was warned of recruiters long ago...
“They’ve been heckling me for weeks. Skip town for a week if you really mean no.”
Steve looks into eyes the color of hot, tropical water. Familiar waters. Sunlit hair. And a shark smile.
“I’m used to being underwater. What about you?”
“Oh, I’m a seagull. Surfing, wind surfing, sailing. But being a California bilingual has its charm.”
“I never saw it back in Hawkins.”
“You can see it now, if you want.”
“I think I just might.”
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excusemejb · 9 months
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Lamelo Ball imagine-
Summary: Naomi signs her little brother up for the big brother club, but is intrigued by her brother’s mentor.
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"You're going to be fine" she reassured while fixing Nalo's collar. How did you fold your collar inside out? She thought to herself in pure confusion.
Looking back up she notices the anxious look on her brother's face. "Nalo they are going to love you, someone in there will be so excited to have you as a little brother okay"? He nods and straightens up.
"I'll be back in two hours and we'll go grab food at Inizio Pizza". "INIZIO PIZZA?!" Nalo squeals excitedly. "Only if you give this big brother thing a try" she said trying to persuade him.
"I should've known there was a catch" Nalo says as he walks into the building. "I love you too" Naomi says breathlessly from laughing.
He just turns around and smiles.
That's my boy.
•<3<3<3•
Lamelo sat on the bleachers as he mindlessly scrolls through twitter waiting for pairings to start. When he hears a small voice yell "That's too easy!".
He looks up to see a kid absolutely dominating the basketball court, obviously too talented for his competition. He posts a tweet and waits until they are done then he approached him.
"You was out there going crazy man!" Melo says as he puts his hand on the young boy's shoulder.
The kid turns around and his eyes widen. Melo smiles in amusement and says "what's your name?" "I'm Nalo Pierce" reaching his hand out to shake.
"Maybe I can teach you some moves." Melo scoffs "teach ME some moves?! okay show me something".
Nalo starts to dribble the ball while Melo lazily defends not taking him seriously. Which causes Nalo to go in for the layup. Melo laughs "Okay youngin, my ball".
Melo starts to dribble the ball up the court when Nalo comes in and steals the ball causing a turnover. He then runs to the three point line to bank in a three while doing his head tap celebration at Melo.
This kid is hilarious.
Melo does his high pitched scream while laughing hysterically. Nalo comes over smirking ready to tell him off but they are interrupted by the organizer.
"How's it going over here?" asked Brian. "Great, just getting to know my little brother" Melo says looking down smiling at Nalo. Nalo glanced down bashfully as Brian walks away.
"Little brother?" he asks. Melo's face contorts from confusion to realization when he blurts out "I just assumed you'd want to pair with me, if you don't it's fine it's really up to-". "I'd like that", Nalo says calmly.
Bro pulling my heart strings I don't like it.
Clearing his throat, Melo grabs the ball and says "1v1?".
"Are you sure you can handle it cus I gave you the business earlier" Nalo taunts.
"Mannn you got lucky, I wasn't even trying" Melo said as he kissed his teeth.
"Of course that's what happened" Nalo sarcastically says grabbing the ball from Melo getting into position.
What have I gotten myself into?
•<3<3<3•
Naomi rushes into the recreation center to pick up Nalo. Walking through the zig zags of the hall gets too confusing as she rushes past every door until she sees a gym.
She peeks through the glass to see Nalo and a man sitting on basketballs with their backs turned toward her. She gently opens the door and walks in slowly hoping to surprise her brother. As she approaches she picks up on their conversation.
"-yeah so now I'm in Charlotte like you, playing basketball, having fun, and I'm getting pizza later. Life's good you know what I mean?" She heard Nalo say.
The guy laughs before replying "yeah, I know what you mean".
"I know what you mean too" Naomi announces. Turning around quickly Nalo runs to her and gives her the biggest hug known to man. "You're late.." he says expecting an answer. "Sorry the meeting went a little longer than expected" she says turning her attention to the man waiting patiently.
"I really hope he wasn't too much trouble he can be a handful sometimes" Naomi says apologetically. "Oh not at all but he's quite the trash talker" Melo laughs.
"Oh don't get me started I already know" Naomi dismisses.
They share a laugh before shaking hands. "Naomi Pierce, the sister". "Lamelo Ball, the mentor".
Looking up at him she admires his features, his handsome features. The eyes. The smile. Those lips... Snapping out of her thoughts as his tongue licks his lips. "You're really tall" she said hoping he didn't see her checking him out.
"I'm a professional basketball player the height helps, I taught this one here all he knows" he said pointing to Nalo jokingly. "More like I taught you" Nalo said not even bothering to glance up from his phone.
Naomi and Melo burst out into laughter, as they sobered up Naomi says "It was nice meeting you Lamelo".
"It was nice meeting you too...very nice" not even trying to be subtle as he looks her up and down.
Oh he's bold.
Nalo daps him up and walks towards the exit. "The pizza isn't going to eat itself come on" he says impatiently.
"Okay okay I'm coming, impatient creature!". Naomi replies while speed walking towards the exit. Almost there she turns and waves goodbye to Melo. He waves back but her car alarm starts to blare the culprit being Nalo.
"If he doesn't show up to big brother's club one day don't wonder why" she says running out of the gym.
Melo laughs before shaking his head and turning around to put up shots.
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bobtheacorn · 8 months
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Wrote this for another thing but i know I'm not gonna be able to wedge it in so I’m chucking it out here! Spoilers for Travels with Jotaro / Fathers and Sons (and also Usagi’s backstory):
Usagi's heart is in his throat.
He splashes along the bank of the river calling Jotaro's name, scanning the rocks and run-offs and shallow pools for a flash of white fur or purple kimono, dreading what he's going to find. Surely Kenichi taught him how to swim. Was he even conscious when he went in the water? Was he hurt? The current is so strong here - how far would it have dragged his body before it spit him out? How deep is it? Could he have gotten caught between the rocks?
He's so small….
What if Usagi already passed by him without noticing?
Usagi stumbles to a halt, wracked with indecision. His chest heaves. He scans the river up and down. The cold water froths around the rocks undisturbed. Jotaro could be drowning. He could be bleeding. He could have broken all of his bones.
Gods, Usagi thinks, charging ahead, Please let him be safe. Please let me find him.
The light starts to fade quickly under the trees. Well before the sun has properly set, Usagi is forced to slow his pace so he doesn't miss Jotaro in the gathering dark. When it falls completely, he has no choice but to stop. He paces fretfully. It’s pointless to fumble around in the pitch black.
Usagi sits on the bank with his face in his hands - he can't bear looking at the river - and strains his ears for the faintest sound of a familiar little voice calling his name over the trickling water.
….It's been a long time since he found himself thinking of the night his Lord became a widow and childless, but his mind won't settle and it's hours before moonrise. Adachigahara is so fresh in his mind, it often feels as if he lived it yesterday. But it was the ninja attack that changed the trajectory of Usagi's life, and so many others. It gets pushed into the back of his mind, a quiet lapse in his own judgement, simply because he hadn't known better at the time.
He had only been in Lord Mifune's service for two years. He did what he was told to do and followed his senior's lead during a crisis.
Gunichi was right. Usagi did have a duty to protect his Lord. It had felt foolish to have to be reminded of that in the moment - but Usagi should have followed his instincts that night. He should have gone to Tsuruichi and Lord Mifune's wife.
It might have made all the difference in the world.
It would have been worth any punishment.
Usagi remembers how quiet Lord Mifune's halls were in the long months that followed. He remembers how lonely the gardens seemed. He remembers the shroud of grief and anger that laid over the castle, and how Mifune wrapped it around himself and wore it like a second skin. How it bowed his shoulders and darkened his eyes. How he cared for nothing but revenge and how it drove him to his death, and how Usagi allowed himself to be swept up in the tide without even comprehending it.
He was little more than a child then, himself.
What did he have to weigh it against?
He had been so bitter about his own loss, his own sense of failure. (He had to come to terms with the fact that he was still alive in spite of them.) Now he understands. And he wishes that he didn't. He would burn the world as well for one small child, even if it didn't bring him back.
When the moon rises, Usagi climbs to his feet and continues to search.
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Jotaro is alive and well and Usagi's relief is beyond measure. He puts a hand on Jotaro's chest as the boy is sleeping that night, in the hay beside Gorogoro. Usagi does it just to feel the rhythm of his breathing, just to let it sooth his heart.
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Nyx's First Flight
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Feysand Month Prompt: With the children
Summary: Mama Bear Feyre worries over her son's flight training.
It's only a little water, Feyre darling.
I scowled at that lilt of amusement in my mate's mental voice. He, Cassian, and Azriel were taking Nyx for his first flight lesson and, like any mother, I wanted to be there to witness it.
Unlike other mothers of Illyrians, I was a little paranoid about how my eight-year-old would take to flying. After all, I was going through those same lessons a decade ago and did a few trees around here some serious damage. At least the ones that didn't do me damage.
Still, my hope of keeping my child's brain intact seemed to be a crime, or at least a strike to the pride of the males around me. Breaking my promise of not interfering, I had dove after Nyx as he took his first plunge towards the massive lake below.
The three adults had banished me from the airspace.
So here I was, leaning against a tree and watching my four favorite boys talk technique at the edge of the cliff. Cassian was taking the lead at the moment, red siphons burning with the glint of the sun as he made exaggerated movements to teach Nyx how judge wind resistance and adjust his wings.
Rhys-completely unworried compared to me-looked over his shoulder with a smirk. He's doing just fine, Feyre. Trust me.
I do trust you, Rhys. However, I also know what it feels like to hit water and tree trunks from this height and speed. If you break our only child with your brute methods-
Feyre. Stop worrying. Children are invincible until someone reminds them otherwise. None of us have told Nyx otherwise, as far as I know.
I gave no response.
He let out a sigh and I knew neither of his brothers missed it's meaning, especially as Az's eyes flicked back towards me. The shadowsinger shook his head as I stuck my tongue out. Mumbling something to Nyx between Cassian's pointers, my mate came to stand behind me, his strong arms tugging me back against his chest.
"Training as young as possible, before the fear sets in-"
"I know, Rhys. I know I shouldn't be this worried. I know you and your brothers learned over solid ground. I just... Blame it on my human heart, okay?"
"I happen to be quite fond of that human heart. One of my many favorite parts of you, in fact."
"How many are there, again?"
He chuckled, running his nose down the right side of my neck. "Well, darling, I could list them all here and now."
"Or?" I asked, already feeling the answer dance down our bond.
"Or we could leave my brothers to teach Nyx while I take the time to show you properly. Privately." He nipped my earlobe. "Repeatedly."
The response lingering on my tongue was silenced by whistles of different pitches. The sound filled the air and my attention snapped back to the grinning shadowsinger and general. "Look at that, Rhys! Perfect banking!" Cassian whooped again, chuckling as Nyx came back around to the cliff's edge, stumbling as he hooked a foot on the rock. "Watch your height, kid."
"I did it, Uncle Cass!"
"I know, I watched every second. We'll make an Illyrian out of you yet, Nyx."
He called to me next and I grinned ear to ear, stepping out of his fathers arms to hold him close. "You're still all wet!" A draft of wind I controlled had us dry in second. "I'm proud of you, Nyx. Even if your father and uncles won't let me help."
His grin held as he dropped his hand to my belly. "If I can fly well does that mean I can teach the baby one day?"
I laughed. Indeed, Madja had told us yesterday that Rhys and I could expect a second winged babe in the coming winter. Thankfully the delivery should be far less complicated this time around. "Yes, Nyx. I think that will definitely be in the cards for you. What do you say about getting some food in you now?"
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tartt9 · 13 days
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what kind of friend is jamie :] how does he show his love?
despite his past, jamie likes to think that he's a really good friend. even as a kid, he was the type to stay up all night talking to his best friend/next door neighbour with their walkie talkies, burrowed under his blankets, whispering so that georgie wouldn't hear him.
as an adult, he'll stay late at training to help his friends learn how to master a move that's been evading them. he'll come by with their favourite candy/hot chocolate/tea if he knows they've had a hard day (or if he's had a good day and wants to share the love!). he's often at sam's restaurant, posting about it on his socials, to bring more people in to try the food that sam's poured his heart into.
he's a very touchy friend, too. if you don't want jamie hanging off of you whenever you're together, it's probably best to keep him at arms length both physically and emotionally. both on and off the pitch, there's lots of hugs, forehead/cheek/neck kisses, ass pats, hair ruffles, heads on shoulders, casual touching.
he's a no-holds-barred money spender for the people he loves, after growing up without much access to funds, now that he has them, he'll spend on anything his friends ask for - and sometimes things they don't. genuinely, if a friend asked him for 10k, he'd do a bank transfer no questions asked.
one of the bigger things is that he shuts up when his friends need someone to provide an ear or a shoulder to cry on. when jamie's sitting (mostly) still and quiet for you, it's a big sign he loves and trusts you.
on the pitch, if he's lined up to take a free kick, and a friend asks him to let them take it, he'll step aside. or if he believes someone has a better shot at converting a penalty, he'll hand the ball over to them despite his near-immaculate record.
if you're an adult and he loves you, you'll know it because he's competitive. he won't let the people he loves get past him during training, or beat him in a game of fifa or fortnite without him putting up a fight. it means he wants to spend more time with you, even if you're shoulder to shoulder arguing about who actually won the game. you are going best of nine or eleven or seventeen in rock paper scissors.
he'll also remember things you tell him about yourself. if you show him a list of the clubs his friends have played for or the numbers they've worn, but don't tell him who the player is, he'll be able to name the player in an instant. he'll remember your mum's name, your sister's birthday, your niece's first words. he'll know what club your family supports, he'll know every word to your favourite song, he'll know how you take your tea or what your favourite movie is.
he's a deeply loving person, because he believes that to love is to be loved. his mum raised him right <3
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