#they look so amazing though!!!! so many weapons!!!! i'm so excited!!!

[roboyfriend]

30 Minute Missions x ACVI - Nightfall and Nachtreiher kits announced!

#armored core #armored core vi #armored core 6 #gunpla #plamo #mecha #sorry for bad quality i cropped it straight from the stream 🙇‍♂️ #RUSTY KIT + IT INCLUDES HIS MELEE YIPPEEEEE 💙 #they look so amazing though!!!! so many weapons!!!! i'm so excited!!!

[dreadfutures]

impressions from the hades ii technical playtest

absolutely chock full of spoilers but also theories

Amazing gameplay, feels just as good as Hades 1 with improvements and creative changes. So many different builds/play styles will be possible. in the dev stream they talked about melee close quarters vs sorcery ranged, but I find myself doing HEAVY spellcasting while also stacking in heavy melee boons on the knives, and mixing and matching.

The boons have a few familiar perks but so many of them are new and creative, even for gods we know from the first game. All of them feel really good.

The SOUND EFFECTS are amazing. The sounds of your weapons change based on the boon equipped to each attack. the sounds of the arena change depending on the god at the end (if any). Nothing and I mean nothing makes the dopamine go off more than the sound of Hephaestus' boon blasts when I do my fan of knives and they all explode. PING PING PING.

I find myself doing "resource runs" and "story runs." they do overlap. It's tough to only have one harvesting item equipped at a time and I spent so much time looking for silver and looking that my eye has started slipping over the lone spirits who gives you psyche, even when Selene leads me to them lol. I do like that they have her guiding light, but it is subtle. I also like the way you can pin certain items when you're in a run so you can remember what you needed for a recipe.

Unfortunately I did so many harvest runs that I actually got all the recipes before I had a chance to USE forget me not on a run so.... woops on that fated list lol.

We are maybe going to romance Moros or Nemesis (probably both are options?) but maybe not both at the same time? since they're siblings technically (technically) (I wouldn't mind though). I love all these children of nyx and want to protect them and smooch them all.

EXCEPT. Mel is a Silver Sister, with Artemis and Selene. Does that mean she's gotta be a virginal girl squad? lol

I love sister Artemis. I love that she throws snacks!!!!! which is even more endearing bc it's fried and a chocolate bar and soda. I wonder if sometimes I hear a note of disapproval from her and I wonder where her plot will go later. Selene it's said may not be able to reach us in Tartarus, but Artemis might.

Speaking of found family.

I fucking adore Odysseus. I love Od. So. Much. Like I loved Achilles but Od is such a good girl dad for Mel, and his pep talks are the best and so sensitive ;_; what a guy I love him.

I think? that Hecate's familiars must be placeholders, since they're just little statues that vibrate when you give them treats. I can't wait to see where they go in the full game.

It's an interesting take on Hestia, that she hates everybody. It makes me wonder if we'll see Hera or not, since I kind of expect that behavior from Hera.

Hephaestus and Demeter and Aphrodite remain my favorite boon givers.

As far as I can tell there is no fishing rod in the playtest but there will be in the full game and I'm excited.

Arachne's self esteem hurts me 😫 I love you little bug!!!! I wonder if we'll find her shop in Olympus or in Tartarus -- and I worry about her. At least Athena is too busy to bother her! I hope! I love Mel's different outfits.

The amount of pets that Mel gets to have is delightful. I love her frog so much.

Hecate is fascinating. She is SUCH a mother, she is SO compassionate to Mel and trying to build her up! She is wry and dry but never cruel or negative. I love her sm. Poor Mel has some low self esteem and understandable doubts and is putting so much pressure on herself. And I really wonder about Hecate's relationship with Persephone and the house of Hades and with nyx. Nemesis says something that makes me wonder if Hecate is innocent. Either way I don't think she'll really be a villain. My heart would break if so. Mel would break.

Mel is so sweet and pure. ;_; and she says "death to chronos" so coldly. When she says "Hence I go" I just hear her as a little baby playing hide and seek with Hecate and it gives me so many feelings.

I want to know about Mel's arm!

I can't wait to see the other regions just from the Crossroads, since there's currently two doors we can't enter.

Also what are we going to DO with the fish?

Very exciting stuff.

#hades 2 spoilers #hades 2

[silverynight]

The bride

The barbarians have come to the village so their King can choose someone to get married to, or at least that's what everyone's talking about those days. Izuku is not sure what to think of it, he knows it's important for his village to form an alliance with them because they have protected them countless of times, but he truly hopes both the King and his future bride are happy with the decision.

He doesn't have the time to see what's going to happen though because he needs to start traveling again; he's gathered so much information on his notebook about magical creatures (especially dragons) although it is not enough in Izuku's opinion.

However, his attention is drawn towards one of the barbarians; it's a tall and well built blond boy with a constant scowl on his face whose back is completely inked. He has a huge dragon painted on his back. Izuku has heard the ink stays permanently on the barbarians bodies so it's very fortunate that the person who inked him was very talented.

The ink is completely dark and yet Izuku recognizes the type of dragon immediately.

He gets excited and forgets is not safe to approach a grumpy stranger with many weapons on him like they have known each other their whole lives.

"Is that a red dragon, right?" Izuku can't stop himself at that point. "I can tell by looking at the shape of his wings!"

"Hah?" The initial irritation disappears from the barbarian's face as soon as he turns around to look at Izuku. "How do you know?"

"I've seen them!" Izuku beams. "Never too close, but at least enough to draw a couple on my journal... They're very powerful, one of the most powerful dragon species... Oh, I'm sorry, sometimes I can't stop myself from rambling..."

"It's alright," the barbarian smirks, grabbing his face with one hand, squeezing his cheeks. "I suppose it's normal for a nerd like you. What's your name?"

"Midoriya Izuku," he says, finally stepping back.

"Deku?"

"No, Izuku! Besides, we just met, you have to call me Midoriya!"

"I'll call you however I want, Deku!" The barbarian doesn't look irritated though, he almost seems amused.

"What's your name?"

"Katsuki."

"That's your given name, what about your family name?" Izuku asks, rolling his eyes as he notices the huge grin on Katsuki's face.

"I won't tell you."

"Then how am I supposed to call you?"

"Katsuki," he says like it's obvious, then he leans closer to Izuku only to cup his face with both hands again.

It seems barbarians know nothing about personal space.

"I can't, we just met!"

"I don't care!"

"Then I'll have to call you Kacchan," Izuku says, trying not to chuckle as Katsuki narrows his eyes at him. "It's only fair since you call me Deku!"

"Tch! Fine!" Katsuki huffs, surprising Izuku by agreeing way too fast...

"Are you one of the King's guards?"

For a moment it seems he offended Katsuki somehow, but his expression changes quickly and the blond nods.

"Yes, that's exactly what I am... A guard."

"That's amazing! So you'll probably be with him when he chooses his bride!"

"Exactly," Katsuki grins, pinching one of Izuku's cheeks, making the green haired boy pout. "I know I'm supposed... I mean he has to choose someone from all the people they'll present to him, but actually anyone from the village will do."

"I just hope they both agree to this," Izuku comments, a little bit worried as he rubs his cheek.

"So... You like to travel, right, Izuku?"

"Yes!" The green haired boy nods enthusiastically. "The world has a lot of interesting things I can't wait to see!"

"We barbarians travel a lot too, you know? You can come with me if you want..."

"Really?" Izuku grins. It'll be interesting traveling with them, at least for a while. "Yes, thank you! I'd love to!"

"Great!" Katsuki smiles from ear to ear like it's the best day of his of his life. "Now come with me to the selection."

Izuku doesn't have much of a choice actually, since the barbarian has grabbed one of his hands and is using it to pull him next to him.

They get to the heart of the village where the curious people have gathered around a line of boys and girls with the most expensive and beautiful clothes he's ever seen. Izuku knows the elders would never present someone like him as potential bride for a King. At least he feels relieved when he realizes everyone in line looks very excited about the whole thing.

They're standing in front of a strong barbarian woman who actually looks a lot like Katsuki. They call her Queen mother... She must be Bakugo Mitsuki... But it doesn't make any–

"Old hag!" Katsuki says, prompting Izuku to look in shock at the rude way he speaks to the Queen... Why is he doing that? "There's no need for this, I've already chosen someone!"

"I can see that, brat," she smirks, eyes finally meeting Izuku's. "He's too pretty for you though..."

Oh, no. Katsuki is not... He can't be–

"But my King," one of the villagers protests. It seems one of his daughters is in line. "Midoriya is a nobody..."

Katsuki growls, startling the man.

"Don't you dare say that about my future bride again!"

The people in line sigh in disappointment before quietly leaving the place, the man shivers, but nods before bowing in front of Katsuki, Izuku and the Queen.

The green haired boy is too confused and shocked to react. He's not... The crowned King cannot be Katsuki and he didn't just call him his future bride.

That didn't happen.

"Are you the King?"

"Of course, Deku!" Katsuki turns around with a grin on his face, he leans closer to nuzzle against the shocked boy's cheek. "And you'll be Queen consort soon."

"But..."

"Don't worry, cutie, I'll teach you everything you need to know first," Bakugo Mitsuki assures him. "There'll be plenty of time for that since my son has to win your heart first."

"I never lose anything, Deku," Katsuki grins with confidence before pulling the flustered boy against his bare chest.

"Please do ignore my son," she says, ruffling Izuku's hair affectionately, prompting Katsuki to growl at her. "You can say no at the end of the courtship, but at least give him a chance."

"O-Okay," he stammers, still having no idea what he got himself into this time. Although he can't say he's not attracted to Katsuki already.

"Great!" The blond smiles triumphantly scooping him up before walking towards one of the red tents in the middle of the village. "We have a lot to talk about, Deku!"

"Oi, brat! He won't be sleeping in your tent! So don't get any ideas! You haven't even given him his first courting gift yet!"

Katsuki purposely ignores her, although he puts one of his own necklaces around Izuku's neck once they're alone.

"Are you sure about this, Kacchan?"

"Of course I am," the barbarian says, almost outraged at the question. "I'll win your heart, Deku! You'll be mine!"

Izuku's face turns bright red and he wonders what kind of trouble he's in right before Katsuki pulls him closer and kisses him on the lips until all his worries disappear.

He can definitely get used to that.

***

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#bnha #mha #my hero academia #bkdk #bakudeku #bakugou katsuki #izuku midoriya #mha fantasy au

[highfantasy-soul]

NATLA Episode 6 - Masks (1/5)

[Masterlist of my NATLA thoughts]

An explanation of what I'm doing here and my history with ATLA.

Of course, full spoilers ahead.

<previous/next>

This is a LONG one, so strap in for many parts. I have essays.

Opening with Zuko's side of The Storm animated episode was amazing. The way the camera starts from behind and Iroh's voice-over talking about masks and former excitement to show the world your true face - before that joy is beaten out of you - was such a strong way to introduce the themes explored in this episode. A new watcher wouldn't initially know that's Zuko, and the shock of seeing him without the scar was a great reveal that this is a flashback. Iroh already stepping into the mentor position with Zuko, helping him with his armor and giving him advice just fleshed out their connection even more. The way Dallas Liu played young Zuko was so great - from the way he walked, how easily he smiled, and even the different inflection of his voice, you immediately saw this was a younger, less tormented Zuko than we had seen before. Which then perfectly seeds in the dread of finding out what turned him from this tolerably happy kid into the surly, hurt boy we've seen in the other episodes.

Zhao's take-over of the Avatar hunt is so good. All the emotions racing across Zuko's face, the way Zhao clearly never respected Zuko and then the crew letting loose their frustration at the way Zuko treats them. Even though we've been primed to 'root' for Zuko (even in the animated series, we had that weird desire to see Zuko beat out Zhao), everyone's reactions to him make perfect sense. Of course Zhao isn't going to see Zuko as an equal - he's 16 years old! And Zuko HAS been treating his crew like shit, so their anger and lack of loyalty to him is justified. The show did such a great job at adding layers even within the ranks of the bad guys.

The Crescent Island looks PERFECT! All the sets are fantastic and I adore how Aang just assumes that even though the sages are fire nation, they'll respect him because he's the Avatar. After all, that's what they're supposed to do - but how Ozai has a tapestry of himself in the temple of the Avatar, we see the hints of how the Fire Nation has been led to treat the Avatar. I really like the addition/clarification in the live-action that the fire lords have placed themselves above the Avatar as the spiritual leader of the world - they've undermined the authority of the Avatar, no doubt due to Sozin's anger at Roku for standing against his bid to colonize the world. Even cultures where religion is seen as all-important, corrupt leaders have no problem co-opting that religious devotion and placing themselves in the position of power and adulation. Of course, as with all societies that try to do that, there will always be those who condemn mortal leader's attempts to usurp the power of the divine and hold to the 'old ways'. Love how we see that in the fire sages and the one who aids Aang - fulfilling the 'true' purpose of their order rather than the twisted one the leaders of the fire nation have turned it into.

Having a devout fire sage collect relics of past Avatars to keep in Roku's temple, I think was a great addition. It also makes a lot more sense to me that Zhao would have easy access to the info (and weapon) needed to kill the Moon Spirit rather than that shlub somehow finding the super hidden library that an archeologist spent YEARS exclusively searching for. While it was a cool foreshadowing of the library in season 2, having Zhao discover the moon and ocean spirit stuff in Avatar Roku's temple in the live-action I think makes more sense. I'll get to why I also think it was a good choice to have to attack them on a specific moon phase with a specific knife once those episodes come around.

The other fire sages truly believing that Ozai is the only one who can 'bring balance' is an interesting philosophical idea that the fire lords have implanted into the culture of the nation - and their ability to skew what 'balance' even means is really great work too. Not to bring Star Wars into this, but when one group tries to dominate the world (galaxy) fully so that they can control everything that happens, that's NOT 'balance' and forces will rise up to upend that system of control. Like Ozai said in episode 3, the way they've all been taught to 'create balance' is actually just an intense form of law and order where they control everything. It's an argument used liberally today that many fall for as well, so clarifying that here in season one instead of waiting all the way to season 3 like the animated show did really grounds the story in reality and lets viewers sit with the lessons and interrogate how they see it happening in their own lives for 3 seasons rather than just a few episodes.

It is a bit iffy world building from the animated show to have Aang only be able to talk with Roku on the solstice in his temple when later in the story, he can just connect to his past selves as long as he's meditating, in their clothes, or in a spiritual place - I think the animated show just really wanted to add in the temple and manufactured a reason for Aang to have to go there specifically on that date in the animated show. Not bad, but also makes the 'connecting to Avatars at their temple anytime' fit with the worldbuilding just fine. Like many first seasons (or books) of series that aren't all pre-written, the world building of early installments is usually a bit shaky and ironed out in later seasons, so I like that they've already started to do that here.

Roku, like Bumi, was another character that they shifted the tone of for the live-action. I think they chose to introduce Roku as a more fun-loving Avatar to really contrast him with Kyoshi (and later Kuruk) as well as most of the adults who've interacted with Aang so far. I think Gyatzo took the role of the more serious mentor that Roku had in the animated show and the live-action Roku really needed to be a stark contrast from the adults in Aang's life who blamed him for what happened with the war. I think they may have overdid the jokey nature of Roku a bit but as we see in the flashbacks with him in season 3 Roku always had been a more fun-loving guy. He does get serious and gives Aang some good advice - even though part of that advice is like Kyoshi's and Kuruk's that Aang needs to be careful about his friends. Though, his advice is distinctly different from Kyoshi's or Kuruk's in that he doesn’t say Aang can't have friends or let them help him, but rather that they can become liabilities and Aang will need to make decisions that sometimes could harm his friends for the sake of the world - not letting the lives of the few outweigh the lives of the many. Including lore about the Mother of Faces (full disclosure, I've never read any of the comics or books, so I just heard about that stuff second-hand) was really cool - and also ties back into the theme about identity and masks this episode is going hard on.

I also love how each of the Avatars Aang talks with have different ways they fulfilled their duties: Kyoshi through force and combat, Roku though diplomacy, and Kuruk through protecting the veil between the spirit world and the material plane. While they each caution about needing to be more than a singular thing, we can see Aang identifying more with Roku and his mention of diplomacy - as evidenced by his plan to use the Mother of Faces statuette to bargain rather than to lure Koh out and use force to try to kill or restrain him as Kyoshi might or further anger him like Kuruk. Aang always leads with kindness and understanding, even to his enemies who've harmed him and his friends. There's no reason for him to immediately jump to giving Koh what he wants, but the fact that that's what he thought of first really says a lot about his character. Yes, he was warned about not being strong enough to 'defeat' Koh, but that he didn't initially think about tricking Koh or trapping him shows us who Aang is - and that same kindness and urge to talk it out with enemies is echoed at the end of the episode with him talking to Zuko.

Removing the comet deadline I think was a smart move for the live-action both for practical and storytelling purposes. It would add a whole lot more things the characters are needing to do prematurely - let's focus on getting to the north and figuring out the Avatar state first, then we can put a timeline on Aang's bending journey, plus irl kids age - it's just a fact of life and it's taken like, 3 years to cast, film, and get this season out onto Netflix and they haven't even started season 2 yet, so who knows how much older the kids will look once we get to season 3. Having Roku instead provide a different take on what the Avatar's personality can be, warning him about friends, and giving him the answer to the issues Aang is facing with the spirit world was justification enough to have him show up the way he did, even if he didn't give Aang the info on the comet.

Though I do miss Roku going apeshit on the fire sages who have forgotten what they're supposed to stand for, I understand through the storytelling aspect why they shifted that and didn't allow Aang to escape the temple unscathed. Again, due to the episodic nature of the animated show, every 20 minutes ends with the characters no longer in danger, having escaped certain doom. That structure doesn't flow when you only have 8 episodes, so continuing the danger from the fire temple right into June having caught up to Aang (like she did in Bato of the Water Tribe in the animated show) makes the story flow better. In the animated series, Aang gets caught as he's zipping around a mountain looking for frozen frogs to heal Sokka and Katara from a fever. Random guards see him, send a message to Zhao, and he sends in the Yuyan archers. For such a pivotal episode as The Blue Spirit is, the events that kick it off don't really connect to much - very episodic in nature. I think having it all connect with Zuko coming THIS CLOSE yet again to capturing the Avatar and regaining his place in the Fire Nation was a good choice.

Love that not only do we combine June into these episodes so it's her skill that once again finds and captures the Avatar, we also get more view points of people around the world through this time of war. In the animated series, much like Suki, June is just there to be hot, useful, and the muscle for the main male leads (plus she was there to be creeped on by Uncle Iroh in what I feel is one of the worst writing of his character of the whole show). The live-action, like with Suki, gave June an actual character - she had motivations and goals that had nothing to do with the male characters and more depth than just 'want money'. She's jaded and accepted the war, she's going to use it for her advantage.

It's also another view we get to see of how people in the world have adjusted to the lack of the Avatar for 100 years. They've had to make do without him, so the fire nation has placed the Fire Lord on that pedestal, and people like June have decided the Avatar isn't really necessary - after all, why would you think they would be if you've lived your entire life without one and have never seen a world where the Avatar does keep balance. It's hard to imagine a fundamentally different world that you've never seen.

#natla #natla positivity #avatar netflix #netflix avatar #avatar live action #avatar the last airbender

[merryfortune]

he felt his tongue tie as he finished his well rehearsed speech

Written using the Sweet and Spicy sweetheart Bingo [I'm aware it is ineligible for bingo]

Prompt: I’m Yours

Title: he felt his tongue tie as he finished his well rehearsed speech

Ship: Motherearthshipping | Earth/Spectre 

Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! Vrains 

Rating: T 

Word Count: 1,548

Warnings: None 

Tags: Reunions, Post-Canon, Fluff, First Meeting

   Spectre faced himself in the mirror and repeated to himself an introduction which had become like a mantra for him, big breath then, “Hello, I am Spectre and I am your Origin.”

   He felt giddy. Wrong and excited. It was amazing. He felt like a young man looking to propose, a long lost sibling looking to make amends. It was all of these things and more as he looked into the mirror, readjusted his jacket and forced a smile.

   It was wrong. He wasn’t a smiley person, he wasn’t someone who ought to talk through gritted teeth and yet, he could not help himself. He had been waiting for this day to come for the past ten years if he was being honest.

   He recalled when he had first been taken under Ryoken’s wing, ushered into the back stage of the glorious theatre of pain which had been the Hanoi Project, explained the on-goings and happenings, the number one thing Spectre wanted was to meet his Ignis. His reason for his kidnapping and consequent torture. But alas. The very creature whose importance had necessitated the crime against him and his captivity was to be eliminated.

   By him no less.

   As a member of the Knights of Hanoi’s upper echelon. It was only right.

   That is what Spectre came to believe despite his initial disappointment.

   However that murder never came to fruition. Though Earth did die. Just not by their weapon.

   Ten long years had passed by that point and Spectre thought he had done well to calcify the resolve that was asked of him. He had performed so well for the Lost Incident, he could do this, too, but instead the psychic scream of his Ignis was too much to bear and so, past his defences, Spectre had shed one single tear.

   A hole had opened in his heart.

   And inside that hole, many things - many emotions, imaginings, and more - festered. Spectre began to explore more of the envy that he felt towards Playmaker and his Ignis, towards Soulburner and his Ignis. He began to wonder: what if?

   Earth had never sought him out. Spectre had been told it was because his reputation preceded him. That made sense. Thus, it became his assumption. 

   Now he would know for certain, however. If Earth had never looked for him because he had heard or realised or just somehow miraculously known that his Origin was now with one of the factions would seek to end him and his kin. Because now, Earth was back.

   He had died but now he had been resurrected.

   Playmaker was a disgustingly determined person. He was self-important and arrogant with how he proclaimed his justice and executed it without flaw. Spectre couldn’t stand him and yet, he was entirely enamoured with him because they were so opposite. 

   He couldn’t wait to thank Fujiki Yusaku in person for being exactly who he was. Weird as he was - and weird as it may be - because he had done the impossible in the name of love. He had brought not just his own Ignis back from death but all six of them.

   Then, he released those which did not belong to him.

   Ai was content - no, overjoyed - to stay by Playmaker’s side. The other Ignis on good terms with their Origins - so Aqua and Flame - made their way back to their own loved ones. Aqua reunited with Aoi and was finally able to meet Miyu, face to face and wide awake. Flame made the journey to Takeru’s hometown and was met with warm, open arms.

   Windy and Lightning… held back. They were rightfully reserved, remorseful, for what happened. Windy had only the cold grave of his Origin to visit and so, remained at Lightning’s heel, guilty, but together, as a pair, they made amends with the one who was still alive and bearing the brunt of their misdeeds. Jin accepted them, though he did heed the warnings all around him regarding what he didn’t remember but so far, the relationship though burdened was moving past that history.

   Then.

   Finally.

   The Earth Ignis.

   He was free to do as he pleased. What he was pleased to do was wander, much the same as he had been looking for Aqua, now it was a question of if he was trying to look away from Spectre, however. He simply tramped through the Link VRAINS without a seeming care in the world for concealing his presence. 

   But his brethren encouraged him to find Spectre. 

   Even Spectre was encouraged by his own organisation to find Earth.

   In the months that Earth had been absent from his psyche, Spectre had changed. He had never realised before but Earth had been important to him. He had wanted to be fine with them never meeting, their paths remaining ever parallel, if only the Ignis had stayed inside their halcyon Cyberse World, had never interacted with humanity, for better or for worse. So when Earth was gone from this world, Spectre had never felt such frailty until then. 

   But now he was greedy. He wanted to meet Earth, he wanted the Ignis in the human world. It would never be beautiful or idyllic but it was as the cliche wrote. It was better to love and lose than to never love at all.

   So when Playmaker gave Spectre a tip - the coordinates of where Earth was likely to be at a certain time - he immediately made plans. He began to rehearse, in life and online, how he would introduce himself, how he would show he had turned over another leaf if Earth hated him or was certain he was still a threat.

   Spectre counted down the days, hours, minutes until he could finally bisect paths with Earth. Even if he had to force it. He would go to him if Earth wasn’t going to come to him. If that was how it would be, then Spectre wouldn’t just lay down and die like his namesake would imply.

   He would forge out a new future, a new happy time, with his own two hands for the… for the first time in a long time. Since he had run away from the orphanage, really. Even if the idea of it made his head spin and made him sick to the stomach, he would do it.

   He did do it.

   Just as Playmaker had said, Spectre found Earth in the vastness of the Link VRAINS. In some place no regular player would ever think to venture but it was a place which was fitting.

   A forest.

   Tall trees surrounded them, mossy rocks jutted out from the ground underfoot. The grass was lush and made satisfying noises when walked upon. The sky overhead was the purest blue. It was lonesome and beautiful here. Even if it was a fake forest.

   They found each other in the middle of it and Earth was… visibly surprised to see him, Spectre could tell. Though, he very well may have been surprised to see any human. Let alone him, wearing his stark white uniform of the Knights of Hanoi.

   Earth sized him and for a moment, Spectre thought he might flee. He had been warned that Earth was capable of making portals and disappearing through them but no such thing happened. Though Earth, floating at eye level, steeled himself, he didn’t run away.

   Relief flooded Spectre’s veins as he met Earth’s hard, discerning gaze. Thick silence ensued as they waited for the other to make the first move. Spectre willed that it would be him but his mouth dried as his rehearsed introduction momentarily failed him.

   In this pause, this stare down, Spectre faced Earth and briefly, he felt as though he were facing a mirror of himself. It was a stranger flicker but it was an intuition nonetheless. Of course Earth was going to be a reflection of him, he was the product of Spectre’s Hanoi Project.

   He had duelled well. He had channelled his love of the natural world and his despising of humans. He held on tight to a sense of importance: that for the first time in all the years he had walked the Earth, at the grand age of six, he had reason to be. That he was important. That his boredom was alleviated and that a happy time had been delivered unto him, one that he had been chosen specifically for.

   Earth was the culmination of all of that and more. All whilst he was his own being, with his own values and morals, history and memories, wants and needs, character and personality.

   Spectre took a deep breath as he felt his eyes well up with tears. Why was he trying to cry? He was stopping himself as he sputtered out.

   “Hello, my name is Spectre and,” he felt his tongue tie as he finished his well rehearsed speech with a fumble, “I’m yours.”

   Earth bowed his head. He took it in stride, not knowing there was a mistake at all. He put his hands in front of him in a manner Spectre knew well: the fist to palm salute, it made his heart tremble.

   “My name is Earth and it is good to finally meet you, I am yours as well.” Earth replied.

#writing tag #sweet and spicy bingo #yugioh vrains #vrains #yugioh #spectre (vrains) #earth (vrains) #motherearthshipping #<- its a very gen fic though

[chidoroki]

182 Days of TPN - Day 176

Chapter 176: "We're Home!"

The long awaited hug! It's so heartwarming it almost makes you forget about Emma tossing her weapon aside, which later becomes an unfortunate consequence, but we'll worry about that later and do our best to focus on these precious kid's happy faces.

I'm pretty glad their reunion is one of the only things to get animated from this chapter.

Of course one of the downsides to the anime not including everything is us missing out on Phil's reaction to seeing everyone else. The rest of the kids just sorta show up all in one place in the second season but the manga makes the many reunions feel more personal, especially with him learning that Norman was never killed.

Phil reflects on how hard the past couple years have been for him while keeping the farm's secret and feeling isolated from the other children due to knowing it and if there's anyone who can understand his pain, it's Ray, as he suffered the same cruel experience so the fact the two of them can share this hug (and head pat) is so sweet, it can bring me to tears. These boys deserved so much better! No more sadness allowed for either of them til the end of time!

I'm very happy Sherry get her own moment with Norman too. Their friendship is so adorable. She's undoubtedly his biggest fan.

Look how relieved and happy Isabella is to finally be done with all the lying and fighting. That smile of hers is so pretty, she wants nothing more than to care for her children like a real mother should and damn it y'all, I wish she could've got that chance alongside all the other moms and sisters!

This quote (that continues into the panels after this page) is probably my favorite from Emma. I know I've said it a lot, about how amazing Emma is to be so optimistic while being surrounded by this world's many various threats that constantly want her dead, but finally being able to see her achieve all her goals while staying true to herself is something I'll always be proud of her for. No matter all the difficulties she faced, whether it was losing someone dear to her, sustaining serious injuries or making life changing decisions, she kept on fighting to secure a better future for her family. Of course she had some moments of weakness to process everything going on around her and to keep her emotions in check, but not once did she ever quit pursuing that bright dream of hers.

The children have all fought through so much together and had their own personal struggles, so seeing them all smile and break out into tears is definitely one of the best moments of the series. They all deserve this victory and a moment to be excited about their freedom.

Sigh, rest in peace to all those we lost along the way! I may not remember all their names aside from Yuugo, Lucas, Conny, Olivia & Michelle, but having Emma think of everyone again proves just how important they all were to to, even if we, as readers, didn't get to see them often enough throughout the story.

Yeah, that brief moment the kiddos had to relax? All gone, thanks to this bastard! If anyone desired to know which character I hate most, it's this damn demon. I don't wanna talk about it but the reason is literally unavoidable in this chapter and to this day I'm still crushed that it happens.

Glad you finally realized your own mistake, honey, but ya gotta be quicker than that! These poor children though, living just a normal life at the orphanage one moment and then running scared for their lives because of this demon the next.

I'm so damn proud that Ray managed to stay alert despite all the reunions and how his protective nature gets kicked into high gear to try and stop that bastard from harming Emma and the girl she's rushing to save.

The look on Ray's face (& everyone else's) makes me wanna scream. I don't wanna imagine this scene getting animated (& I'm so incredibly thankful it wasn't) but I can just hear the couple of shots Ray fired off, the complete silence that follows as the kids stand by completely speechless due to the sight in front of them as an occasional drop of blood drips off the demon's claw as Emma slowly looks up and... aahhh fuck.

The way I fell in love with this woman just a handful of chapters ago to now be on the verge of losing her, just.. FUCK! I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. I will always hate it. I will always hate this demon. I will always hate how this chapter was released on Mother's Day. The timing could not have been any worse and I'll never not be completely devastated by this moment!

Favorite panel/moment:

I desperately need some happiness right now and this panel is the perfect way to achieve it. Writing out the next chapter is absolutely gonna put me through emotional hell. again.

#the promised neverland #tpn manga #182daysoftpn #chidoroki used chatter

[someone1348]

Hello there! I red almost all of your ROTTMNT related stuff and I must say your writing is sooooo good! You have a talent for that!

Also, if you dont mind me askin, I would really love to see how Lou Jitsu (in his human form and/or as Splinter) would react to have around a ticklish Y/N.

Also, any possibility that we could see Draxum too with a somehow Ler behaviour towards Y/N?

With that said,

Hope you havin a great day!

HIII! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I am so so so sorry this is so late but I still hope you enjoy!

This is such an amazing request! I'm so excited to do this!

I hope you have an amazing day as well my friend! :]

Tw: none this is adorable!

Side note: All of this is completely platonic!

With all of that being said let's get into it!

-K :]

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Lou Jitsu! (Human form):

-We're gonna assume for these headcannons you're an actor that was meant to do a movie with him (because I can't think of anything else for human lou!) But!

-He's Having a field day when he found out you were ticklish

-You were anxious about a scene because no matter what you tried it kept getting turned down and nothing was going right

-So he knocked on your trailer door with a rose to try and help cheer you up after the scene was shot for what felt like the 50th time

-After he put the (non thorned) rose in your hair/behind your ear and it accidentally tickled your neck he was on cloud nine!

-"Are you?-" "nO!"

-He tickled you to make you smile, after getting the go ahead, because he's respectful! and reassured you that the scene didn't matter and that everything was going to be okay!

-Let's just say now every time you have stage fright, he'll always be right there to make it all feel better again, in his own little Lou jitsu way!

Splinter! (Lou in rat form!):

-He already knew you were ticklish from seeing the way you acted with his boys!

-So when he finds you alone, upset, he sat down next to you until you were ready to talk about it

-"If any of my boys did this I promise you they'll be grounded" he said half jokingly trying to get you to crack a smile

-after you calmed down enough he asked if it was alright to hug you which you happily accepted he gently nuzzled his whiskers into a tickle spot of yours which got you giggling

-"This normally helps my son's I don't understand what's got you so giggly, I said nothing funny" He joked as he skittered his fingers around more of your tickle spots

-He continued until you felt better again

-"I'm always here if you need anything kid, you're family, no matter what"

Barron Draxum!:

-He is both happy and intrigued! And confused!

-He doesn't know the first thing about humans so when he poked your side to get your attention and you laughed he looked at you as if he was solving a difficult math equation!

-"Why did you laugh? What was that?" He asked in his monotone voice as he did it again to experiment what was happening

-After you explained to him what was going on, and he remembered what Mikey told him about it, he nodded

-"I see, can I do it again?" He asked curious to learn more, it could be a useful weapon, you never knowww (his words!)

-I mean can you blame him, it worked before ('Many Unhappy Returns' episode!)

-If you said yes to his request he's going to run every experiment possible, like Donnie, to study more and learn more about these humans

-He will absolutely be reporting this back to Mikey!

-I wish you the best of luck my friend!

-In the future though if you ever do need a pick me up, Draxum will be there too, You're a friend of the turtles so you're family to him

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I'm sorry if these were too short! I hope you all enjoyed them anyway! :]

I hope everyone has a great day/evening/night! Because you truly deserve it! Treat yourself, Take care of yourself and know that I am so proud of you for existing! /p /gen /pos

-K :]

#k writes tk things #rottmnt tickle headcannons #rottmnt tickle #ler!loujitsu #ler!splinter #ler!barrondraxum #ler!draxum #lee!reader

[ben-talks-art]

Why I like Asa and Yoru

"Hypothetically…if one person in class…had to jump off a roof…and that person was to be chosen by a vote…I think they'd all vote for me. I'd vote for me too."

Chainsawman has probably my favorite cast of female characters in any action shounen manga. Something about the way this author writes women just really works for me.

I always hate in manga when a female character is just the male lead's friend, or the male lead's love interest, or the male lead's mom, or teacher, or secretary, or dog walker or whatever... Basically, they tend to either have no character or life outside of the male lead's world.

Something I really like about Chainsawman is that all the girls and women act like they could be the protagonist of their own stories. They all act like they have their own problems, their own goals, their own sh*t to deal with... They all feel like actual characters and not just things to be added to the male lead's story. If something happened to Denji and he were to die or something they each would still have a life to live and a story to tell.

So when I saw that part 2 of the manga would focus on a girl as the new protagonist, I got really excited!

(spoilers for Chainsawman)

And just as I imagined, it took me just one chapter to completely fall for Asa. I love this girl.

Just like all the other girls in the series, she feels like she has her own struggles to deal with. She hates devils and yet has to live in a world where everyone's biggest hero is a devil, both of her parents are dead and she has no friends which means she's always alone, and everywhere she goes she keeps attracting bad luck after bad luck, be it a devil trying to kill her, her classmates trying to kill her (in more than one ways), or the crazy girl inside her head threatening to kill her.

But what's really interesting is that, even though she deals with a lot (and it really is a lot, my God I feel sorry for her...) she is always true to her ideals.

Even though Asa has probably all the reason in the world to just be the most miserable person alive, she never stops being a nice person. Any time she's offered the option to help someone right in front of her she takes it, even if things don't work out in the end and she ends up getting really hurt as a result.

Something that I don't feel many people often realize is that being a selfish jerk is easy... Like, absurdly easy. There is nothing more tempting than just saying "My problems matter more than yours, so deal with it!"

Again, by all accounts, Asa should be the world's biggest supervillain because almost everyone and everything treats her like garbage... And yet, for some reason she still remains a good girl, never betraying her standards.

I'm not sure if it's because she knows how ugly it is to be a bad person and she refuses to be like them, or if the little love she received in life is enough to stop her from falling into temptation, but for whatever reason, she still continues to be one of the noblest heroes I've ever seen, even despite all the misery she faces every day.

But aside from being a noble and kind soul, Asa also has amazing chemistry with her internal roommate, Yoru.

I've always been a big fan of this trope, the two souls in one being, the devil in your ear, the demon that hides a secret power in the protagonist's body.

I liked it in Naruto with the fox, I liked it in Bleach with the inner hollow, and I also liked it in Soul Eater where they have people turn into weapons and have their souls literally connect, or in the Kane Chronicles where they have the protagonists be hosts for the Egyptian gods.

It's just a really fun idea with the concept of establishing a strong bond with another being and having them understand you on a deeper level than most people would. Having someone that knows your whole story, your secrets, your fears, your worries... It's kinda scary but at the same time fascinating because you have someone constantly looking at you and making you realize things about yourself you didn't even know about.

And that's exactly what Yoru is.

She's always pushing Asa to question and challenge her ideals. making her see who she truly is, and what she truly wants. It's like having a psychiatrist inside your head, constantly talking to you about who you are... And they do it in such a charming way.

Yoru keeps going back and forth between being this threatening creature holding Asa hostage to this complete dork who has no idea how the real world or how people work. It reminds me of Shen and Po how Asa goes from being scared of her to just being baffled by her.

These two have such good chemistry, probably the best one I've seen from this trope. I could watch them just talking to each other forever.

I love how Yoru keeps acting like she's so elegant, sophisticated, and gracious always making these exaggerated poses as if she was in a perfume commercial or modeling for a magazine... But when you hear her actually talking she kinda sounds like she's five years old, and you just have Asa looking at her antics and trying to process how to even react to her. It's just great mood backlash that really works.

I know it's weird to like a character so much when these two only had about 10 chapters of existence so far... But even from the little pieces I've seen from them I feel so many things clicking just right for me.

Great chemistry, great ideals, great personality... And I didn't even talk about how awesome their "war powers" are.

I completely adore this duo and I'm very happy with this new direction for Chainsawman!

Favorite character list>>

#chainsaw man #asa mitaka #asa chainsaw man #yoru chainsawman #war devil

[cross-armageddon]

I got too silly (again)

Before I say anything though, I must add something offtopic - this will not be a daily thing

I've uploaded the PJO AU sorta daily until now, because I had thoughts already - the rest of the characters' powers will require more thinking on my part. Also, I'm going to London for a few days soon, which means I won't have access to my tablet.

I MIGHT make an update for Prima Vista though, so when you're lacking in content from me, just head to AO3 to catch up with my prsk OCs

You can also send me asks with ideas for the PJO AU or questions to both the AU and Prima Vista during my vacations (Wednesday till Sunday) and I will reply to all of them as soon as I will have a break from sightseeing and have wifi (I'm silly like that).

Well then.

Leo/need (1/2)

(if you're disappointed it's not niigo or vbs, im disappointed in myself too)

The Honami Hephaestus is honestly a really cool idea in general, I'm very confident it fits her the most.

You wouldn't expect her to be a fire wielder after how Leo was in the series, but yet - that's exactly what she is to me. She has way more control over it, as she has to focus really hard and be extremely calm to get a spark, so exactly the opposite of Leo, that can straight up blow up if he gets too angry or excited.

As a Hephaestus daughter, she's naturally good with electronics and machinery. Everyone just kinda assumed she learned how everything worked while homekeeping, but in reality she doesn't actually know any theoretical stuff. She just moves something or hits it and the thing is fixed.

Also, I'm spreading Honami buff agenda. Her training at the camp gave her some muscles and yeah

yeah

Usually it's not noticeable, so people get shocked if she doesn't cover her arms or stomach, because "wtf where the fuck did she get those??"

Also, I feel like Honami would become a huntress of Artemis. Whether or not the rest of Leo/need would follow her is purely up to interpretation. On one hand I feel like they would, but then again - Saki would get extremely close to pararelling with Thalia and. I d

I don't think Tsukasa wants to follow Jason's footsteps actually.

On another note

Why is Ichika unclaimed?

I could make so many fucking excuses as to why she's unclaimed, but I will actually stay silent about it. Yall can give ideas and your reasoning for certain godparents tho 👀

hmu in my askbox

Anyways, since Ichika is unclaimed, she sometimes gets some weird looks and is a part of the "weirdos" from her Cohort.

(You WILL get dragged into my OC content, because I cannot shut up about them)

Ichika is a demigod, she has the same ADHD and dyslexia and she can see monsters. It's just that she doesn't know what potential she has, since she doesn't have a godparent. Her story is about finding out which god will claim her and what will make her godparent proud of her.

(Ichika is Kaii's older cousin in the Prima Vista canon, Kaii's mom is one of her parents' older sister. Which one? I dunno, the one that looks more like Ichika.)

Because Ichika doesn't know her powers, she spends a lot of time fighting, because what else could she focus on?

I must admit, her weapon idea is so fucking badass tho.

Percy had a pen that could transform into his sword and Ichika has something similar, but I kind of went crazy with it

The hook snaps very easily off her neck and after it snaps, the guitar pick transforms into her longsword. The handle on said longsword has the hook and loop still in tact, for whenever she doesn't need it anymore - it goes back to being a normal guitar pick necklace and she can wear it without unhooking it.

She plays the guitar with it too and finds no issues with it, actually amazing weapon, I'm very in love with that design.

Awawawa that's all I had for now, I'm going to have to actually start thinking of more powers now oh no

I might have to research the gods (aka refresh my memory from 7 years ago) again for inspiration and hope for the best.

Also, I think I should've done it earlier, but this is the list that like, 5 people maybe, worked on

If you see anything you like and any ideas for their powers, yeah go ahead and hit up the askbox 👀

I'm very interested to keep this AU semi-open - I allow people to engage in it! If you wish to make your own content with my ideas or add something of your own too, you can! If you're still unsure about things, you can also ask for my permission (if that makes you feel better).

#project sekai #prsk fa #prsk oc #pjsk #prsk x pjo #pjo au #ichika hoshino #honami mochizuki #minori hanasato #kaii kotebiki #hayato edogawa

[its-deputy-caleb]

It's MY BIRTHDAAAAY! Can I get a gender neutral reader celebrating their birthday with Camila, Juan, Clara, Dani, and Philly? Love you bestie!

FC6 — Celebrating your birthday

HAPPYY BIRTHDAYYYY!! ILYSM 💕💖 i hope you had the most amazing day— i'm sorry i couldn't get these done for the big day but we all get to celebrate our bday for a week anyway so i hope these make up for it 💕

Dani Rojas

Dani is so excited for your birthday. She’s been planning the big day for months, organising food, music, gifts, cervezas and all the other small details so everything is perfect for you.

She’s got a big party planned at Libertad HQ, with Clara and Juan helping her set up decorations and a bonfire. She even managed to get Talía and Paolo to DJ after running around Yara for them.

“Its your special day! Get out there and celebrate!!”

Dani is with you all night, dancing by your side as everyone cheers and wishes you happy birthday. Her hands are linked with yours as she spins and dips you in a cheesy attempt to steal a kiss.

When it all goes quiet and everyone is curled up on the beach shore, Dani pulls out her gift for you— a handmade charm with your initials on it. Theres a little antique charm connected to it, a relic from your first date exploring the Oluwa caves and its the perfect match to your weapons.

Despite the darkness and faint moonlight, Dani’s blush is clear as day when you lean forward and kiss her but she doesn’t let it get in the way as she kisses you right back.

Clara García 

Clara is looking forward to your birthday and the intimate gathering she’s put together for you and your close mutual friends. She hasn’t planned everything in detail but she worked very hard in the recent months to make sure Libertad’s leaders could have a night off.

Everyone is settled by the warm fire, Clara’s head resting on your shoulder as Julio plays the guitar and Lita sings with him. The two of you are sharing a beer as Juan cracks jokes and passes another round of rum to everyone.

Clara takes a blanket and wraps it around your shoulders when the temperature drops as the sun goes down. Her arms stay wrapped around you in a tight hug as you both rock to Julio’s melodies, and she whispers only to you how much she loves you.

Eventually she brings out a wrapped box and gifts it to you, letting you flick through the scrapbook she’s put together. There’s photos from your first few dates at Esperanzas University and others from your trips scouting for libertad recruits.

The last end of the scrapbook is empty and has Clara’s printed handwriting that explains that section is for when Yara is free and you can grow old together in peace. She doesn’t get to explain it further though, when you’re tackling her into a hug and littering kisses over her face.

“I promise, mi ángel we will free Yara together and then we will celebrate so many more birthdays to come.”

Juan Cortez

Juan is surprisingly nervous for your birthday, not because he doesn’t want to celebrate but because he actually planned something akin to a date and he’s not good with those intimate situations.

After a lot of drinks and planning spiralling with guapo, Juan has a boat ready to go and a cooler full of snacks and drinks waiting. The two of you find a spot in Quito bay to anchor and have a picnic on the water.

Mindful of any sharks, your legs get to rest in the cool blue water as you chat for hours. Of course, it wouldn’t be Juan style without his fair share of sex jokes and innuendos but it’s all because he loves to see you laugh.

At the end of the evening, when you think its time to leave Juan has one more ace up his sleeve as fireworks go off in the bay. Your head is tucked under his as you watch the lights and if you look close enough you can see Dani igniting everything and waving from Fort Quito.

Juan’s never been one for gifts in general but he’d break all his rules for you. The newspaper wrapped gift reveals a custom supremo comic which he made for you, the book containing a badass storyline and a superhero which is no doubt you with a cool cape. That includes your own real custom supremo Juan designed, made and painted for you to use out in the field.

At first he thinks you’re going to hate his gift but that all leaves when you lean over and plant a kiss to his cheek and both of you laugh at the way his eyes light up under the light of the fireworks.

“Feliz cumpleaños cariño.”

Camila ‘Espada’ Montero

Camila is equal parts excited and nervous for your birthday celebrations, but mostly because she doesn’t want her family to be overbearing on your big day.

She’s planned a big dinner at the Montero Farm, with music, food and most importantly family. It means a lot to her that Carlos, Alejandro and Philly all welcome you and she wants your birthday to be perfect.

Of course, there’s no need for her to worry as you’re all seated on a long dining table. Her hand is squeezing yours under the table as Carlos gives his blessing and everyone cheers and congratulates you for your birthday.

The food is amazing, with Carlos’ infamous slow cooked croc and your favourite dishes Camila spent perfecting. Chorizo begged you for food (which you snuck him some without Philly noticing) whilst everyone chatted between plates of food.

When everyone went quiet and turned to you, there was a brief moment of panic before you noticed Camila holding out a dagger. There were little engravings all along the handle and fabric matching her shirt along the grip.

“Happy birthday amor, you’re a Montero now… and don’t worry I’ll teach you how to use it.”

Everyone is clapping and cheering (with a few celebratory whistles) as your arms are wrapping around her neck and kissing her gently. Both of you laugh under your breath when Carlos goes into protective dad mode but you know deep down he’s happy and wants you to have an amazing birthday.

Philly Barzaga

Philly has the biggest grin on his face for weeks leading up to your birthday cause he know’s he’s got it all in the bag. With Chorizo’s help and some of his infamous ‘Philly magic’, he’s planned a whole date for you.

Going with the intimate theme, Philly put up lights in the airstrip runway of his home with a canopy, pillows and beanbags for you to sit in. He planned all the little details including a small table to eat some home cooked food on and a stereo for music.

Of course, being a mechanic he wired a projector to play your favourite films along the wall of the airplane hanger and the two of you curled up in a pillow fort for an outdoor movie together.

“Happy birthday hero— hey hey! Don’t get distracted this is the best part!”

As the credits roll sometime between the third and forth movie, chorizo comes waddling out with a present tucked into the work-pouch of his wheels. Inside the small box is an engraved, handmade necklace for you that Philly delicately made and is signed, ‘from your favourite guerrilla’s Philly & Chorizo’

After putting the necklace on you, Philly messes up your hair and you pull him into a bear hug. You gently kiss the corner of his mouth before curling back up with your head on his chest to binge another movie and cuddle.

#fc6 #far cry 6 #fc6 headcannons #fc6 writing #far cry #dani rojas #dani rojas x reader #clara garcia #clara garcia x reader #juan cortez #juan cortez x reader #camila montero #camila montero x reader #philly barzaga #philly barzaga x reader #gn!reader

[mmorpg-escapism]

Am I anxious as hell about posting this? Yep. Am I doing it anyway because I want to and I'm equally excited about it? Also yep. There's a lot so it's always going to be title -> break -> chapter -> in-game levels/quest(s) + notes if any.

Without further ado...

A Realm Rewritten: Chapter 1

 “Are you alright?” Besany startled awake at the feeling of a hand on her arm, and reached up for her weapon on instinct. The feeling of the handle in her palm brought comfort in a way that few things could.

“Easy now. You were thrashing about in your sleep.” The white haired Miqo’te woman retreated from Besany’s side to a bench across from her, swaying slightly to stay upright with the rocking of the boat.

“What a strange dream...” Besany blinked away the last of the crystal images fogging her brain, and regained her bearings in the hold of the ship with a flick of her ears. “How much longer until we arrive, Y’shtola?”

“Minutes, if that. I had come to retrieve you to see the view of Limsa Lominsa from the deck while we docked. Small wonder that Brennan’s monologuing put you to sleep, though.”

Besany chuckled at the mention of the old peddler, and relinquished her death grip on the weapon strapped to her back. He had attempted to regale her with stories of the land she was to call home, but ended up launching into a fabulous rant about beastmen, the state of the land, and how none of it was good for his vague business. As a result, she quickly dozed off to the noise of his rambling and the gentle rocking of the ship.

“Yeah. I wish I could remember the dream. There was a giant crystal? It spoke, but none of that is clear anymore.” She frowned. “I wonder if I should have left that glowing rock back where I found it.” Y’shtola shook her head hard enough to send the silver weights at the end of her twin braids swinging around like little angry bees trying to sting her neck. “I wager that it was Hydaelyn. You’ve been chosen indeed.”

“Yeah, great. I’m not only the youngest surviving member of Gunnhildr’s Blades, sent off to be a Scion instead of aiding the Resistance, but I’m supposed to be some mythical Warrior of Light? How’s that supposed to work when I can barely draw on the aether I need to charge a cartridge?” The resentment in Besany’s voice was barely suppressed in an attempt to maintain her facade of strength. Unlike most of the combat ready people she had fought alongside, she was incapable of more than the smallest amount of aetheric manipulation. It was barely enough to wield her gunblade properly. “Your path is yours to walk or abandon, even though others have set you upon it. And you have thus far chosen to keep your sights on the goal instead of your infirmity,” Y’shtola chided. “I have seen stronger warriors than you give in to despair over much lesser injuries. Do give yourself more credit.” Besany pondered those words in silence as she gathered up her cartridge pouches,  maintenance kit, and a loose satchel for whatever odds and ends she may acquire, and made sure her gunblade was strapped securely to her back. “We’ll see. Now, you said we were close?”

“Yes. The view is quite spectacular, even though I have beheld it many a time.” “Then let’s not miss it.” The two women squeezed their way between scurrying crewmembers and made their way up on to the deck, where the dim lantern light gave way to clear skies and bright sunlight. Besany’s tail flicked in unconscious annoyance as her eyes adjusted to the bright light and took in the sight.

Limsa Lominsa loomed overhead like an earthen galleon balanced precariously on stilts of stone. Twisting pathways connected haphazard white rock spires and led down to the seaside docks while airships filled the spaces around one of the highest towers, and the entire city looked alive with commerce. Even from the lower elevation, Besany could see merchants and sailors scurrying about on all levels. 

“It looks like a ship...” Besany trailed off, amazed by the sight. The activity above was mirrored on the deck of the ship where the crew was scurrying about as they worked to dock safely. 

“That it does. Limsa was founded by pirates, so their architecture naturally reflects that. I shall see you to the Drowning Wench, but then I have a mission of my own.” Y’shtola’s bright blue-green eyes twinkled, betraying hidden knowledge that Besany knew she was never going to access before the Archon wanted her to. “You will be welcome to rest for a few days, or perhaps Baderon will have some work you may undertake.”

Besany watched the approaching city in silence, subconsciously absorbing as many details about pathways, escape routes, and distractions as she possibly could. Finally, as the ship softly impacted the dock for the final landing, she spoke again. “I’d rather get the lay of the land, if it’s all the same to you... Sitting around in a floating city for days will drive me crazy.”

Y’shtola smiled a knowing smile. “Many adventurers who arrive here must contend with the scrutiny of the Yellowjackets, Limsa’s erstwhile policing organization, before they are granted more critical jobs. Suffice it to say, my vouching for your skill to Baderon will be more than enough to bypass that tediousness. He operates the Limsan Adventurer’s guild, and I am certain he will have a small job or two for you that will let you do just that.”

The port’s wharf was set up with many tiers of walkways, aimed at accommodating vessels of all sizes, which allowed the pair to merely step off the three-story boat onto sturdy wooden “ground” rather than wait for a gangplank to be set up. 

Of course, sturdy was relative, and after days at sea, Besany’s legs were unaccustomed to unmoving ground, and she wobbled, unsteady as she tried to adjust to movement that was no longer there. Y’shtola kept walking along without hesitation, clearly the veteran in ship-to-shore movement. After spending a few moments to recover, Besany followed.

The busy pathways on Limsa’s upper decks were less crowded than the lower, but still abuzz with movement and chatter. As Y’shtola confidently led her through the scattered masses, Besany tried to listen for what information she could, but it was largely an unintelligible mess of numbers and negotiations, with the occasional swearing mixed in. 

After what felt like an eternity, the crowds parted and Besany found herself standing in a large circular room, with a bar occupying about a third of the wall, and several other smaller counters set up elsewhere along the border. The center of the room dipped down a few steps and held assorted tables and chairs. Only one of these was occupied, filled by a small group of Roegadyn and Hyur in identical yellow garb.

Behind the bar stood a Hyuran man in a teal shirt with a stylish bandanna for a hat, cleaning a glass over a thick tome. When he noticed the pair, he slid the tome and glass aside and threw his arms wide in greeting. “Y’shtola! To wha’ do I owe tha pleasure?” “Baderon! Just passing through, I’m afraid, but I have someone for you to meet. Besany, this is Baderon. Baderon, Besany.” 

Baderon gave her an appraising look that spoke of great experience dealing with all kinds of people, taking in the gunblade, the subtly armored casual-wear, and the way she was making eye contact without losing awareness of her surroundings. “Yer a long way from home, lass. Ain’t oft’n we get that sort o’ weapon paraded around. I presume yer here to spend a day?”

Besany shook her head. “Y’shtola told me you might have work for me to do. I want to learn my way around the city and beyond, but wandering the streets alone is never a good idea...” She trailed off, remembering the moment of wobbliness not that long ago. “Although, after that long sea ride, a day to rest might be best before I start,” she amended.

Baderon chuckled. “Yer in good hands, lass, don’t ye worry about that.” He pulled the massive tome back over in front of him, and Besany could see that it read “Adventurer’s Guild Ledger” on the front before he flipped it open and shuffled through to find an empty space in the midst of a sea of names. 

“She’s brought ye straight to the 'ome o' the 'Venturers' Guild, 'ere in Limsa. That's why we've got a desk 'specially fer 'andlin' guild business─an' why I seem to spend more time savin' the necks o' fresh faces than wettin' the throats o' me regulars.” He finished by sliding the tome around and handing her a pen wet with ink. “Now if ye’ll slap yer name down here, we’ll make ye an official member. That’ll let anyone what wants to hire ye for whatever work yer willin’ to take.” He continued as she signed in the indicated spot. “Y’see, some years back, Eorzea took a mighty blow durin' the Calamity, but our 'omes weren't the only things what got wiped off the face of existence by that thrice-damned bastard of a dragon. It took our bleedin' memories, too. An' no one's been able to explain it in a few days. 

Besany faintly registered Y’shtola starting to walk away as she handed the pen back to Baderon, but remained focused on his speech. She knew the Scion would turn up again in a few days. 

“But there is one thing we all remember, an' that's the group o' 'venturers what laid down their lives to drag Eorzea back from the brink, when she was bound fer the abyss. So th’ Admiral an’ all th’ other city-state leaders set up ‘Venturer Guilds, as to nurture new ‘eroes like those ones.  An' that's why any aid we can give to a 'venturer is effort well spent.”

He flipped the book around and took a look at where she had scrawled her name in mostly-legible writing. “Besany Ajana, is it? A fine name, tho’ it confirms that yer a long way from home indeed.” He shrugged the thick logbook closed and stowed it away below the bar. “Anyroads, welcome to Limsa Lominsa, where the sea's as green as the faces o' me patrons after a few too many Blackbelly whiskeys! Wander over to the innkeep yonder for a room, an’ come see me when yer good an’ rested so’s I can put ye to work.”

Baderon pointed towards a tall Roegadyn standing at a desk adjacent to a gate. The wall behind him was covered with keys tagged with room numbers, and he handed her one without question when she approached, then guided her through the gate and up a flight of stairs to a small room. It was simple, furnished with a bed and a table stocked with hardy foods, lit by a small fireplace and the window overlooking the port below. Heavy curtains were drawn open so that the fading light from the sunset could warm the room for a few moments longer.

Once alone, Besany took stock of the room’s exits, entrances, and eventually allowed herself to relax down from her heightened state of alertness, setting aside all but her gunblade on the desk. The food was good, if typically bland as most sailor fare tended to be. Once the light faded fully, she drew the curtains closed and set her weapon upright next to the bed where it could be easily grabbed.

In the unfamiliar environment, sleep came slowly, but eventually the darkness overtook her racing mind and she slept, shallow but dreamless.

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In-game Level: 1

Quest: Intro Cutscene + Coming to Limsa Lominsa

"Serial story" format has always been something I'm familiar with, with some experience with Pokemon Hard Mode (aka Nuzlockes), so writing and posting as it's written is really nice. I *am* playing on a fresh character to guide myself through this so if you see a Viera named "Stories Unwritten" running around Zalera, that's me getting more material. Officially, Besany (the actual character) started on Archer but as a tank main at heart I quickly swapped over to Warrior, and grabbed GNB as my main the instant I could.

Eventually I do plan to crosspost to AO3 but that will wait until I'm ready to archive this stuff properly - there may still be edits to make...

#a realm rewritten #ffxiv #wol #writeblr #ffxiv arr #a realm rewritten: chapters

[batteryrose]

Hi!!!! Thank you thank you thank you so much for letting me ask questions!!!!

This is already making my day!!!! Hugs!!!

I sort of have a lot I hope that's ok...

Um...

For both Hegel and Freud!!! If that's alright!!!

Do they like nicknames?

What would they be like romantically? Are either of them a fan of pet names like darling or love? What would they think if thier s/o decided to wear thier outfits for fun? (Btw you gave them amazing outfits!!! I can't get over how cool they look!!!)

Are thier rooms tidy or a little messy? What kind of furniture do they like? How much time to they spend in thier rooms? Do they ever go to the game room? Have they ever played a game against Arthur?

Do they like physical or verbal affection more? (Honestly I really want to hug both of that's ok to say!)

Who would be thier best friends in the mansion? Who do they get along with best?

What would they think if Mc was a philosophy or psychology student?

What was thier initial reactions to finding out vampires are real? And what do they think of the purebloods Comte, Leo, and Vlad?

What would they think of an s/o that loves them very much but is basically the complete opposite of them?

What are thier favorite foods, drinks, and colors?

Do they have pets?

What kind of music do they like?

What gets them excited?

What do they despise?

Do they have any regrets?

Any new hopes?

What do they current work as in the ikevamp universe? Like how Napoleon has a school...and Arthur has that detective stuff going on! And Isaac is a professor again! Jean has a weapons shop! Ect...

Anyways sorry for asking so much!

Hugs!!! I'm just really excited!!!! Hope you're having a wonderful and lovely day!!!

Heyooooo thank you so much for asking this many questions hdhdhjsjs sorry if not everything is answered. Just to get where I'm coming from tho, I like to make fun of them more than I like to make them dateable HAHAHAHAH so don't mind the mean spirited comments I'm making

So let’s go point by point here:

Do they like nicknames?

Like, modifications of their name? Hegel would think it’s kinda weird... He doesn't really get it, but whatever floats your boat. He'd probably have a hard time getting used to calling you by a nickname.

As for Freud: Only his mom calls him Sigmund! (I'm sorry I had to) though he would probably laugh if you call him Sig. Maybe it'll stick over time.

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Romantically, Hegel is... basically a textbook gentleman. Textbook because he can't really be intuitively romantic, you know. He'll take you out to dinners and buy you flowers but don't expect him to be creative or understand what you want right away. Poor guy needs you to be straightforward. He'd get things easier.

Pet names? He'd think it's sweet. I mean, that's how couples are supposed call each other right?

His clothes?? As long as you asked him maybe. He knows the robe looks kinda funny. Huh, what do you mean it looks super cool....

Freud, he's a bit of a sporadic guy. He likes going out, and he's really enjoying his new younger body now, and would literally walk everywhere. Anywhere with you. Maybe even run. Emotionally, he's quite sensitive. He can tell how you're feeling at a given time and knows the right thing to say. He likes giving gifts too, mostly weird antiquities, because that's what he loves collecting himself.

Pet names? Hell yeah, very cute! You want to wear his clothes? If you're a woman he might diagnose you with something! (I'm jk I'M JK he'd think it's amusing depending on how much it fits you. Either way, super cute.)

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Their rooms: Both of them got messy rooms. Both of them loves locking themselves up in their rooms but especially Hegel. Hegel is easy to find, the only places he would be is either his room or the library. He's like a video game npc with exact schedules. He doesn't hang out unless someone dragged him out.

Freud would lock himself up sometimes but he is very social. He'd smoke and play cards with Arthur and the guys and really enjoys trying to Win. He'd also lightheartedly cheats sometimes, to rile them up a lil, especially when it's late and they're all drunk and tired.

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Physical or verbal affection? Hegel, he's bad at doing both. But he definitely appreciates verbal affection. What's a more concrete form of love-language than using language itself! The easiest medium to absorb and understand human thoughts and feelings! So tell him u care him :)

Freud is too used to talking and chit chat as such that verbal affection will fly over his head. He'll notice physical affection more. You can, of course, hug them both. Freud is very hefty and nice to hug. He'd accidentally lift you up. Hegel on the other hand, would pet you in the head if you ask him to.

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Best friends in the mansion? Hegel lives in the same era as Napoleon, and even come across him once (while he was was invading Germany... and obviously did not recognise Hegel at all...) But. Hegel had this weird admiration for him anyway. They should have a lot to talk about I'd imagine. And they'd surprisingly hit it off....

Otherwise, he'd actually get along with Freud, because that man talks non Stop but also has interesting things to say.

Freud likes to chat up everyone but the only one that could match his vibes is... Probably Arthur.

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What would they think if Mc was a philosophy or psychology student?

Hegel would be Very interested in the development of western philosophy. Especially like, Centuries ahead of time. There's so much there. History and philosophy wise. Since he died I'm pretty sure the trend had been All About reading and/or rejecting Hegel... What's with the materialism vs Hegel's idealism trend... But we're not talking about that are we.

Mc and him would be chatting buddies. They would spontaneously plunge into some deep incomprehensible discussions. Other residents that overhear them might think they're crazy.

If MC is a psychology student they might have SOME questions for the guy... Maybe a lot of them. I think they could definitely go into heated arguments together because Freud is very passionate about his theories. He wants people to agree with him And he truly believes that he's on to something big. But he could probably still be convinced that he got things wrong. You gotta headbutt and match his stubbornness.

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What was their initial reactions to finding out vampires are real? And what do they think of the purebloods Comte, Leo, and Vlad?

Honestly think it had screwed Hegel up a little. Knowing a truly immortal being like the purebloods had existed could change something about his philosophy (given infinite time and resources... perhaps a being could transcend its own subjectivity? and possibly achieve the Absolute after all? And then someone calls him for dinner.)

As for Freud? An very old living being is an absolute HODGEPODGE of issues. Of course he wants to psychoanalyze the shit out of them. On a more serious note. He appreciates... Having his world turned upside down after this knowledge. I don't know. I don't know what goes on in that dudes mind.

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What would they think of an s/o that loves them very much but is basically the complete opposite of them?

Complete opposite of Hegel would be..... Someone that's very social? Active? Know nothing about philosophy?? Tbh. I think that'd be a perfectly good pairing for him. Someone that could give him new experiences and perspective.

As for the complete opposite of Freud, someone more mild mannered and quiet? Less prone to going outside? He's really good with people, I'd imagine it'll work out anyway. He might get frustrated if they don't communicate as much as him. So it needs some work, but it'll work.

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What are thier favorite foods, drinks, and colors?

I, unfortunately, do not know what German people eat.

On a more serious note, Freud probably enjoys his traditional Jewish food. Homemade! As for Hegel, that guy never talks about something like this. Who knows what he even eat. Does he even eat at the mansion? As for colours I don't— I don't know——

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What do they currently work in the ikevamp universe?

Hegel would just try to be an author again. Non-fiction, ofc, even if it's not philosophy (but it's probably still philosophy.) He'd be a Hegelian scholar that pretends to not be Hegel. Amazing. Also maybe he'd also try and be some sort of academic socialite. The word "try" is doing a lot of work here.

Freud would try doing some of that psychotherapy On-Call, I'd imagine. You know, directly visiting his patients houses? Because however flawed his theories were, he genuinely wanted to help people with mental illness. Especially as an alternative to the psychiatric institution of the time that I'm pretty sure was just, torture prison, or something.

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That's all for now... I took way too much time to answer these.... If you have more detailed questions like, what would they do in this and this situation, you can still ask me. I honestly planned to write something with them a while ago but it never came to be. So, if you (anyone else reading) want to write/draw something with them please go ahead!

also, since you wanted to read this too: @kissmetwicekissmedeadly ​

#my god how WOULD it go if you date them. #I forgot that this is a dating game and these guys are supposed to be dateable. #and not just a couple of goofs and gafs #ikevamp #ikevamp oc #ikevamp freud #ikevamp hegel #oc #ask

[samplingmoonsters]

You response made me feel so wholesome! I feel so warm inside (i hope that's not weird to say) I was actually realy nervous about sending my ask.

The next chapter of man say hello sounds realy exiting! I already know it's going to be a joy to read.

You are actually the person that made me interested in reading stories that heavily feature second-hand embarrassment. I always though they were too embarrassing to read. But the feeling enhances your works.

It made me crave for more fics like yours. I don't know if you read slashes and ampersands by jirolicious but it realy reminds me for your writting! Top notch utilization of cringe

I'm sad to hear you had difficulties in the fandom. I tend to stay at the outskirts of most fandoms im in but i have heard the dsmp fandom can be an especially difficult environment.

It must be especially hard to deal with as a creator. In a fandom filled with young people that are in their first fan comunity and twitter puritans being a nsfw artist must be hell.

But your works really touched me, and I'm sure they touched others as well.

When i saw that English is not your first language under one of your fics it made me so motivated to work on my own stories. It's also my second language and i often worry that the fact I'm not a native speaker may be holding me back.

I'm the most comfortable writting in English but i worry i word things poorly. And reading your stories made me feel so secure. You write so beautifully.

Your works made me laugh, and the way you write second-hand embarrassment is so good i often have to put my phone down because i felt it so strongly.

It makes me think i can create too, and you also being a visual artist shows me i don't have to choose between the two crafts i love the most.

I hope you experience as much joy from creating as i do from experiencing your work.

Sincerely,

dust-anon

(I hope the essay long asks aren't coming off as creepy, i just have so many words in my head)

Hello dust-anon!! Sorry for the late reply! I've been busy as always haha! I read your message before going to an oral exam, it really gave me strength and confidence, and the feeling of being part of a community scattered around the world but still sharing a close kinship of some kind. Thank you again for your kind words!

Please don't worry about sounding creepy or off putting! I really value communication with my readers and I never found any of you creepy! It doesn't matter if people just ramble their ideas to me or write me a heartfelt message, I appreciate everyone's words :)

I'm happy to hear that u are looking forward to the next chapter! If it's done right, second-hand embarrassment can be weaponized perfectly to create an exciting chapter! Sadly I didn't read Jirolicious' story yet! But I will keep it in mind, and will make sure to check it out when I have the time 👏

About the whole twt drama and co... It's been somewhat annoying not gonna lie. As u said, it's the first fandom for many people and they don't know or care about the "fandom rules". I never have been in a fandom where there has been so much drama. Before this fandom I've also been more of a lurker, I'm not used to being in the spotlight like this. Kinda miss just being an unknown anon like u sometimes. But I guess I would have never met all those amazing people if I didn't have the courage to post my art and writing so I don't regret being here.

And I hope you also find the courage to post your stories or art! Create what makes you happy! There is no need to be bound to just one medium, spread your wings and try different things!

Thank you for praising my English! Yours is also very good from what I could tell through our messages :) Don't feel discouraged to write just because English is your second language!

Keep your head up and I hope we will talk again sometime! I wish you all the best! :) <3

#anon ask #dust anon🌫

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[gnomewithalaptop]

Ok, finally getting to those other Asks I wanted to do. So the TAU blog reblog of ur "The last time I saw you (you were so young)" fic post, u said this: "'LISTEN I know I’m meant to be working on that one longfic but my mother told me a story about my deceased grandmother & then I just blacked out and wrote this idk what to tell you", I thought for a sec, u were talking about: "The Man Who Knew the Future You" (I love the idea of Alcor meeting a past Mizar; prob. so weird for both, lol), 2/?.

(Continuing on from my Last Ask(s)): , but then I realized u were prob. talking about "Cue the Sun" instead actually, which I found out from the Ask from toothpastecanyon asking: "What is cue the sun? 👀" (having trouble linking links), & now, I am obsessed w/ that idea/it. Like, a civil war, a R!Ford Mom having a R!Gideon (of all people) Troubled teen of all people (it's also cool to see more Ford & Gideon stuff in TAU & R's of them too), trying to find something to win the civil war 3?/?.

(Continued from Last Ask(s) again, sorry for how many Asks): , but then them finding like a 2016 (I think it was 2016) Gravity Falls and meeting a skeptical and/or sus. Stan (Stan meeting reincarnations of his brother and enemy and/or past enemy, man, oh man) and the OG Mystery Twins (Dipper and Mabel, right? Awesome. That/This should be very fun), and they all think it is 2016, and not, 7098 (man, the year differences is gonna be strange &/or confusing for everyone), &/or etc. 4?/?

(Continued from my Last Ask(s) again): Like, sign me up for "Cue the Sun"! And it is gonna be a longfic (probably)? Like, even if it wasn't, I would still be interested in it, but it being a longifc is even better (as a Gravity Falls, TAU, and/or etc. fan even more esp.). The map(s) u did for "Cue the Sun", & the thought u are putting into "Cue the Sun" is amazing. 4 or 5?/?. The next 1 should hopefully be my Last Ask. I didn't realize the/my Asks would get this many.

(Continued from my Other Asks. Just 1 more after this): Is there any more "Cue the Sun" posts besides that Ask I mentioned in my other Ask(s)? When I try searching up "cue the sun" on ur blog, this is all I get "Sorry, no results for cue the sun". I didn't even get that Ask I talked about, that literally has "cue the sun" in the Ask. Tumblr's Search can be so bad sometimes. Anyways, really excited for "Cue the Sun", whenever that is. & I love ur other TAU fics and posts too! 5 or 6?/?.

(original cue the sun post)

Oh dude. Dude. Never apologize for sending too many asks -- getting this in my inbox literally made my day. To your first question: yes! The longfic in question is Cue the Sun -- I'm still working through it rn, and I'm hoping to start publishing sometime this summer/fall -- woot woot graduation time! Right now, it's looking to be about 6-7 long-ish chapters? Which is def a longfic in my book lol (I'm trying to get it all written out before I start posting -- that way I can keep with a consistent update schedule)

I am SUPER excited about it though -- I've been having a blast working through the twists and turns of it all and making sure all the pieces fit together (and dropping Easter Eggs to as many other pieces of TAU lore as possible lmao)

But yes! OG Mystery Twins are 16-17 y/o Mabel and Dipper Pines, Stan is extremely sus (but lbr that's par the course for him), and Olya and Fatima (r!Gideon and r!Ford) are about to have the worst week of their lives.

Featuring: dead sisters who haunt the narrative, utopian society models gone wrong, weapons of mass destruction, the long-term effects of magical radiation (i.e. what happens when you stick a Chernobyl disaster inside Gravity Falls), and narratively significant golf carts

FINALLY: you can find all my writing posts under #this-is-gnomes-writing-tag, but since you're the second person to express interest in this fic, I'll start tagging Cue the Sun stuff with #cue the sun. Right now there isn't really much there (read: it is a barren wasteland) bc I tend to just vague post about things, but I'll make sure to tag any future excerpts/asks/milestones

#cue the sun #this-is-gnomes-writing-tag #give me two weeks and I'll post an excerpt. gotta give me a hard deadline #also: The Man Who Knew The Future You was (unfortunately) one of the many casualties of writing fic on the now defunct family desktop 😭 #the price of being fifteen at the time i'm afraid 😔 #ok but fr tho I just counted and there's like. at least two dead sisters haunting this narrative. four if you squint #who are these women. how did they get in here. what do they want from me #asks #chatxkilluaxnoir

[dangerous-realms]

☮ Do you like to fight? Why or why not?

✈ Do you prefer fighting in the air or on ground? The sea?

☠ What kind of death do you expect on the battlefield? //Azice

Oh? Who was this calling upon the fusion born of the potara? They seemed friendly to say the least, which was good. She didn't feeling like turning someone into minced meat at the moment.

"Hmm, do I like fighting? I mean, yeah. Both my 'parents' liked to do such. Though one liked to fight prove her strength for the purpose of survival and protecting her children. Meaning the other fought for fun and protecting his children and wives. Both worked in the military, one as a captain and the other as a spy."

The fusion states, this wasn't the question asked but for some reason this felt like a good explanation as to her love for it; but an explanation for her reasoning for liking it was still needed.

"I do like fighting. I'm from a warrior race after all. There is a thrill to it, to knowing that I'm one of the strongest things alive. I like to challenge myself to only using a couple techniques and magic during such to make it even more exciting, and for that I've been called an adrenaline junky. But how can I not be when life is as amazing as it is and has so much to offer."

The next question was met with open ears, an intresting one of weather she like aerial fight, ground fighting, or water combat. Such was intresting due to how she was far better at two then the all three.

"Each has their own perks but I like to mix ground and aerial combat. Both are perfect for ki attacks and magic while being more versatile for physical combat as well. Ground having many things you can use while also having a sturdy footing whilst aerial I can maneuver somewhat quicker and, depending on how hard the hit is, I can recover quicker then if I was skipping across the ground."

Her opinion on aquatic fighting was that she wasn't the best, she had skill she can use for it and she could hold her breath for a long time. But, she moved slower in water as she used her wings as a form of propulsion. The perks of it being she can easily just drown someone or freeze them in the water.

The next question would gain a look of surprise from the woman, it was not one she thought of at all. The kind of death she expected on the battlefield, it would make her think for a good few minutes.

"My healing factor is quite high, it makes me near impervious to death. So, I expect it to be a battle of glory or someone I trust stabbing me in the back when my guard is down. I can only imagen how intricate the plot of my downfall would be and how skilled the people would have to be as well. I expect my death on the battle front to be me missing most of my body while laying in a pool of my own blood. If not that, possibly in the hands of an embodiment or someone with an incredibly powerful weapon."

She couldn't see her death not being a tough fight, she was incredibly powerful but that didn't mean she couldn't fault the probability of a supposed friend to stab her in the back.

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