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shesnikt · 2 years

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ok so i lied. again. im not writing tonight, im having a v early night. again.

my meds are being tweaked, so im hoping from next week i’ll be less tired and hazy. they’re not being reduced just yet (they should be one day) but the supplement that goes along with it is being tripled.

#‹ ooc ! / charlie af . ›#theyre working honestly #im in a lot less pain #but god damn i cannot think some days xD #increase that to most days when hormones kick in #and i feel like my seasonal depression is worse this year??#its ugh

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evablueblanket · 2 months

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Will you tell me about an LU character you love and why you love them? Please please please ramble on and on! It's my favorite! I get so many fun ideas when people gush about their favorites.

I (think) I've said this before, but I am not the most analytical/observ person ever so most of what I say is probably kinda shallow :') BUT THIS IS MY RAMBLE SO OH WELL

Okay so recently, I've been on a Warriors kick. I just super love how like, everyone portrays him! Most see him as big brother shaped, which I super love. His background is just so vastly different than every other Link, which serves as a very cool contrast imo

The way @somer-writes makes Twi and Wars idiodic brothers is like, my favorite ever. I love love love LOVE how he writes Wars and Twi it's so insane the comedy that unfolds when they're just messing around xD

Warriors has this air, this *vibe* which I'm just super drawn too, I think it's just how my personality vs his works (you could theoretically draw *some* parallels with Sokka from ATLA, at least the way they each hold themselves I'd say. Also big bro stuff) (ALSO how both of them are portrayed as 'smart', which is a trait I typically relate too in characters)

When I like a character though, it's more based on the different types of relationships everyone writes them as though, I'd say. Wars and Time and Wind have this super intriguing bond that I think is cool to see how everyone interprets it! For the most part people write them as they're all aware of the War of Ages and whatnot, which lead to some nice fluff and/or angst. But when there's some time paradoxes, it makes it every so more tragic and it's really interesting to see how that can get written. I recall a fic (I FORGOT THE TITLE AND THE AUTHOR NOO) where Wars was teaching Wind medic stuff, but it was like a year before Wind meets Wars in the war. So Wars is all "sob this is why Wind is such a good medic? *Bc I taught him?*" THIS IS SO COOL AND INTERESTING

Also when there's War of Ages fics that have Time/Mask being a stupid child (/aff) they're just super hilarious. There's a series out there that has the Fierce Deity (sorry forgot the author again xD) act as Wars parent figure/older brother figure and it's just really funny to me bc ofc Wars would be a stupid overworking idiot. Loser smh

Four is also another one of the sillies that live in my brain, and I kinda wish there were more fics on how they interact. Though, if I'm being real idk how they really would cause they don't really have the same synergy as any other Links. I just like my favorites to interact, but I super understand how they wouldn't ^^

Small side bit on serious Wars (the biggest example is "Call Them Brothers" by wutheringmights which I'm almost 100% certain you've read that already cause it's soooo long and it's SO GOOD AHH) and ugh I wish I could pay attention more to get every complexity that this Wars has but the brain kinda hates me. I think it makes a lot of sense for Wars to have a grittier characterization, war does that to people. The entire fic is so visceral to me, I just vividly remember reading the flashback section about the long winter, and I don't even know how to really describe it xD

Wars has such a broad range of emotion, if one were to put him under and microscope and study him there would be SO MUCH.

HAVE I TALKED ABOUT THE AESTHETIC

HES THE FUCKING PRETTY BOY OF THE GROUP AND THAT'S SO VALUBLE TO ME FOR NO REAL REASON

Ik Wild is seen as the one with like, outfits and Legend has his jewlery, BUT WARS HAS HIS FUCKING SCARF. THERES SO MANY POSTS ABOUT WARS AND HIS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT SCARF AND I AM SO FUCKING FOR IT YOU HAVE NO IDEA

THE SHADE OF BLUE IS AWESOME, ITS SO COOL, ITS SO COOL HES SO COOL RAHHHH

*oops tehe I rambled like a lot* ty for this opportunity :D I'm super glad I decided to type this on my laptop and not my phone xD

#EvaBlue Rambles #like a lot #EvaBlue Answers #linked universe warriors #linked universe wars #linked universe #lu wars #lu warriors #I love rambling #this was super fun #tyyyy ily skip #you're a very cool person

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wriothesleybear · 8 months

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Wrio has completely invaded my mind so here are my headcanons:

I think he looks intimidating to people because of his huge build but he's actually really really kind and nice.

He likes to tease people and he's really good with kids. Evidence: the fact that Segui...idk her name BUT she wanted him to drink out of her cute sippy cup and Wrio made it look like he was about to go for it but he chose his cup instead. He was clearly smirking XD.

He's addicted to coffee. Can't help himself.

He's a terrible cook but he will try his best.

The fact that he's a Duke and yet choose not to sit on his butt in a fancy castle but chooses instead to be a warden (a very dangerous job) shows that he wants to contribute to society because he believes in change.

He's a very GOOD motivator and a great public speaker. He tries to motivate the workers at his prison.

He's very tired sometimes and has to stay up ungodly hours hence the sleeping bags under his eyes.

He loves his job.

He doesn't like sweets.

He works out a lot.

He loves to brawl.

He's confident but he's not always confident. He has certain moments of weaknesses.

-girlie anon

OMGG GIRLIE ANON! I LOVE THESE! THEYRE SO CUTE AND WHOLESOME AHHHHH !! 🥹 ESPECIALLY THE LAST ONE ! i agree with all of them! You literally read my mind. He's got that dad energy with Sigewinnie. ugh he'd be such a great dad. i want him to be my daddy He does look intimidating to others but he's such a softie especially with kids and the people he's close to/cares about. He 's basically a big ol' teddybear. i just wanna squeeze him like one🥺

thank you for sharing your thoughts! i enjoy hearing other people's ideas of wrio🥰 and its fun finding other fellow wrio lovers🥺❤️ don't be afraid to share more of your thoughts with me👀😉

#wriothesley #wriothesley headcanons #wriothesley x reader #genshin impact headcanons #genshin impact x reader

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ngmn2002 · 7 months

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Ch 106: Random thoughts part 2

part 1

Really… he meant it when he said come play with me, huh? ~

And so, the game started! How fun!!! The dash she made with how she looked had me laughing hard. Love her expressions and words next, SAME GOES FOR TSU. He looks really silly... then cool! His face when counted zero… oh boy… he is enjoying himself too much. ♡ Just perfect!

Nene with Tsu!~ 1- ^^ 2- ^^ 3- ....

I did make a joke before saying Nene might end up running at full speed from Tsu... but this thing is way better!

Haha, how fun.

And… how adorable & funny he looks while he is searching for her… aww….

BOO! AHAHAHA. Love it. all of it. him chasing after her… OMG… too funny… lovely… cute… adorable… ahhh!!!

"I've got you N-ene-chan" WHY? WHY?! WHY was he cut of before finishing it, huh?! you don't know for how long I've been waiting for it to happen!!! Ahhh!!! Feel my happiness when he finally didn't refer to her with "that girl"!! ugh!!!

This thing has to be my favorite!!! AhAHaAHA lol, it reminds me of the time Amane hit his head with Akane's while chasing Mirai. Tsukasa… ah… I'm laughing too hard. It's all too funny. Though his state after the hit is better than Amane's. He seems to be not in pain at all. reminds me of that little moment between 4 yo Tsu and Kou in the red house as well. Alsooo.. wow. what a move you made, Nene-chan! Seems your training to be a perfect twister have paid off! ahh... the whole scene is so funny.

He is really holding back a lot, I believe he can catch her any time he wants so easily, hmm... he wants to go easy on Nene-chan and just have fun, huh?~

...and so, the chase kept on going. Too fun, hilarious and funny. So enjoyable.

Hmm...!!! Leave it to Tsu to make things so much fun.♡ it feels like this is his specialty. ~

I wonder too… why? is there anything… causing him to be like that? And aww… sweet girl.

She is too lovely and too trusting… well…

wow! Is that what's meant by the rumor??? So this thing will take your time… I see… though… the place should be the boundary… not the clock, and not the time left... it seems its steals your own time until you're left with nothing and gone?

Good to see middle school Nene-chan again!!! Too cute and lovely!!!

♡

Yeah, that's the same guy.

How cool. ~ yeah, it looks like my wishes are coming true? I wished to see Tsu this way again, Tsukasa and Nene having fun FUN, dealing with a yorishiro together, Tsukasa making a face... cool.

And wow… love how this boy changes… from cheerful, playful, carefree… to being deadly serious and focused in like… a split moment. even while fighting he kept on going back and forth between these things! A thing to admire about him. Again, love it when he is explaining things!

AWWW!!! THIS! THISSSS!!! Guess who won the game of tag at the end??? ~ ^^ Now.... Oooh!!! little Nene-chan!!! ♡ wanna hold her!!! don't cry dear!!! she was into hamsters since she was so little how adorable!!! gotta love Tsukasa's surprised face upon finding her, same goes for his face when she is crying, and how he is covering his ears, haha. See, Nene-chan? you carried your plan just right. lol how he held her at the end!!! oooh!!!

Another wish of mine that came true... I did say before I wonder if Tsukasa would be making a face like Akane's in here... it's not really the same... but a bit similar.

Haha.

spot the difference. I wonder how Hanako would react to know not only the 2 left him behind… but also went to play tag. fear he would cry harder to find he was double betrayed.

AWWWW...

Uh... soooo... researcher T went through things like these?

Now I respect researcher T more than I ever did before. Thanks for all your hard work, dear researcher.

Hmm...

So now, you too… Tsu… need to bring the researcher T inside of you out!

Yes, good boy.~ Would love to see you taking care of her like T once did. That's going be really interesting. Looking forward to see it. ♡ He has a good record of taking care of other so far I think. Amane, Mit 2.0, and now Nene-chan!

So, yeah. a really nice and funny chapter. I enjoyed it a lot! looking forward to see ch 107!!!

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Would like to keep this thing as just funny and not go into any serious stuff like I always do. This chapter is made for me to juuuust have fun and enjoy seeing my little 2 cuties doing the same. ♡ ~ I'm so so so so happy to get this chapter. I wanted to see Tsukasa and Nene this way for so long!!!

My little dream came true with a game of tag. Unbelievable amount of beauty lies in simplicity. ♡ ~ How pleasant!!!!

Though, I will mention a little thing briefly, I expected Tsukasa at some point might take Nene-chan to No.1's boundary and have her destroy the yorishiro. I was right in there. didn't expect he would turn things into a little game of tag, though. This boy… always unpredictable, always so lovely.

still a bit sad Nene still keeps her guard up around him... but maybe this thing happening now might turn to be a push for them into the right direction! I'm all up for it! ~

#ch 106 #toilet bound hanako kun #jshk #tbhk #jibaku shounen hanako kun #jibaku shonen hanako kun

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ctitan98official · 3 months

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Donna Beneviento long lost child au: Y/N is trying to woo Elena

I’ve gotten a lot of requests for this scenario XD I hope you enjoy this! Let’s get into it!

Getting to know your mom and live with her was amazing. It didn’t take long for you to feel comfortable with her. You two liked to do lots of things together.

To get you more familiar with the village and its customs, Donna started sending you on little errands for her. Picking up groceries from Duke, running things over to Mother Miranda (Who always insisted you stay for a visit and talked your ear off for a while), and… Going to the local bakery.

There was a gorgeous woman, Elena, who worked the counter at the bakery. You had never felt so awkward in your life. Every time you tried to talk to her, it seemed you did something incredibly embarrassing.

Your latest showing topped the rest, though.

You opened the bakery door and Elena had welcomed you in, giving you a warm smile.

You blushed but quickly grinned back. You placed your order and Elena began to put breads and other baked goods in a bag for you.

You had been anticipating her asking if you wanted a receipt, so when she spoke you answered quickly.

“Okay, have a nice day, Y/N!” Elena says with a sweet smile.

“No, thank you.” You say immediately. Your eyes go wide in shame. Damn it, Y/N! You had been rehearsing how to speak to Elena so much in your head, that you made a complete fool of yourself.

Elena gave you a cute giggle at your mix-up.

You couldn’t process what to do, so you avoided eye contact and promptly walked out of the bakery. Smooth, Y/N. Real smooth. She must think you’re insane!

You went home and began unpacking things in the kitchen, but Donna could instantly tell you were upset.

“Sweetheart, what’s wrong?” She asks and cups your cheek.

You sigh and give her a weary smile. “It’s dumb. You don’t have to worry about it.” You say.

“Y/N, tell Mama what’s wrong.” She prompts.

You can see that Donna’s serious, so you give her the rundown of your encounter with Elena.

“She told me to have a nice day, and I literally said ‘No, thank you.’ Then I just walked out of the bakery like an idiot. Ugh! It was so stupid!” You lament and put your face in your hands.

Donna winces. That’s pretty bad. She gives you a sad smile and puts her hands on your shoulders. “Poor thing.” She says and ushers you to sit at the kitchen table. “I must admit, you probably get your nerves around crushes from me. Lucien made me feel so worked up when I first met them that I almost always got tongue-tied. It was completely embarrassing.” She tells you and reaches out to take your hands.

“I’ve had crushes before, but never as intensely as this one.” You say. “I always prided myself on being calm and level-headed, but around Elena… I just care so much about what she thinks, you know?” You grimace.

Donna squeezes your hands and hums in agreement. Suddenly, an idea hits her. “Y/N, why don’t you bring Elena a small present? It doesn’t have to be elaborate, but a handful of flowers or a handmade gift might do wonders.” She suggests.

You raise an eyebrow at this. “You think so? I can imagine I’ll ruin that somehow, too. I can hardly even look at her, Mama.” You grumble.

“If you show Elena that you’ve thought enough about her to give her something, she might figure out what you’re unable to say. It’s just a small gesture that lets her know you like her.” Donna tells you.

“Hmm… Okay, it couldn’t hurt.” You say with a smile. Now, what would be a good present? Elena works in a bakery, so she might like to cook and make things, you assume. What about a recipe card box? Yes! That’s what you’ll do.

You hurriedly set about constructing the box. That goes well, but you want to put a little touch of personality on it. You paint intricate designs and even write her name on the side. Eventually, you’re happy with your work and show it to Donna. “What do you think, Mama?” You ask her, a tiny bit nervous.

Donna gasps and gently reaches out to hold the box. “This is beautiful, Y/N. You did this all by yourself?” She asks and admires the quality of work you achieved.

You scratch the back of your head. “Yes. I kind of just tried to mimic how you create things, honestly.” You tell her.

Donna presses a kiss to your forehead. “This is amazing, tesoro. Elena will love it.” She says with a proud grin.

“Thank you. I hope so.” You say.

“I’m going to get started on dinner, so why don’t you go take this over to her?” Donna asks.

“Umm, sure. I’ll wrap it up and head over.” You say, feeling your nerves go all over the place.

You gently tuck the present inside of your coat and make your way over to the bakery. You enter and the sweet smell of freshly baked bread calms you somewhat.

Elena looks over to you and smiles. “Well, hello again, Y/N.” She says and beckons you over.

You look to her with a huge blush and make your way over.

“To what do I owe the pleasure of seeing you twice in one day?” She asks with a playful glint in her eyes.

You clear your throat and reach into your coat to grab the present. “This is for you, Elena.” You say quietly.

Awe shines on Elena’s face as she takes the package. “For me? Oh, Y/N how sweet.” She says and puts a hand on her chest, touched by your thoughtfulness. Elena opens the present and gasps at what she sees. An expertly crafted recipe box with her name on it greets her.

“I figured you might like to cook and bake, so I made this for you. I hope you’re able to put it to good use.” You say, feeling your heart thundering hard in your chest.

“Y/N, this is the kindest thing anyone has ever done for me.” Elena says and comes out from behind the counter. She immediately brings you in for a hug and she fits perfectly in your arms. Elena is so warm. You don’t want to let her go.

Elena pulls away slightly before she places a kiss on your cheek. “Thank you, Y/N. This means so much to me.” She says, glowing in happiness.

Your brain kind of short-circuits from Elena’s kiss. You stare at her with wide eyes before she laughs at your reaction.

“Y/N, would you like to… Come to my house and have a cup of tea with me? I just love when you visit the bakery. I’d like to get to know you better.” She offers, suddenly feeling shy herself.

You beam and quickly nod your head. “I’d love that.” You tell her.

The two of you make plans to meet up tomorrow and you exit the bakery, feeling a lot more confident as you head home this time as opposed to earlier.

Donna grins as you walk in. She sees how excited you are. “I take it everything went well, sweetheart?” She guesses and walks over to you.

“Yeah, Mama! We’re going to hang out tomorrow!” You tell her enthusiastically.

“I’m so glad, Y/N. I guess it just goes to show: Mama knows best.” She says with a wink and pinches your cheek.

Who knew your mom would make an awesome wingman?

Note: Mama Donna and Y/N brotp?? Nah. Anyway, what did you think? Let me know!

Masterlist

#donna beneviento #re8 #re8 village #donna beneviento x reader #donna beneviento x y/n #angie beneviento #resident evil village #resident evil imagines #resident evil 8 #resident evil

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twistedlorae · 2 years

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Two weeks later

Warning- smutty, voyeurism, smoking

No minors!

Its been two weeks since you walked in on stefan in the shower...his dirty words and moans took over your mind even as you tried to focus on anything else you couldn't because he was there.

his words always coming back to you taking over every moment of your days, it was hard to resist.."not again" you mumbled fixing your jeans "great another hard on"...you shook your head it was like he had enchanted your mind and body with magic.

(Y/n) took a deep breath as you walked out of Bonnie's grandmother's house after giving Bonnie her ancestor Aggie Bennet's grimore as she had high hopes to find the cure for vampirism as the salvatore boys wanted human elena back... ugh...... it made you furious, she would toy with their feelings.... poor innocent elena..but still you kept your feelings towards stefan a secret even around the group....only stefan knowing ofcourse. . .

Taking a deep breath before you vamp-speed to your home, entering your home throwing your black lather jacket on the couch closing the door not bothering locking it behind you ... after all you are a vampire...

You entered the kitchen made your way the fridge grabbing a blood bag taking a sip not even drinking half before hearing a loud noise knowing stefan wasn't home...

he was on "secret mission" knowing damn well he was with klaus tracking information of the cure.....you swallowed the sweet metalic substance setting the blood bag on the kitchen counter...

You walked up the stairs trying not make any noise of your own as you got closer to the source....soon realizing it was coming from stefan's bedroom...

you opened the door slightly as the smell of smoke filled your nose...that's until you heard a familiar voice...that wasn't stefans but it was indeed klaus, your mouth went dry...peeking inside holding in your breath as you saw stefan on his knees head bobbing up and down in front of klaus a smirk playing on the hybrid's lips you couldn't stop looking you didn't want to..

"Just like that! Stef!.......fuck!.....just like old times..huh....you suck me off and if I'm feeling generous after i fill your mouth with my seed I'd might return the favor...." Klaus moaned taking a puff of from his cigarette making stefan roll his eyes as he pulled away.

"Oh Ok Klaus, you talk to much besides as I remember correctly I was always the top" stefan grinned as klaus puffed smoke on his face..

"Shut up!..." he pulled on stefan's hair gripping it tight earning a yelp from the rippers lips...."respect your alp-" klaus cut his words short as his eyes shot up to your own

"well......well.....it looks like we have an audience come in love, I can literally see you." klaus smirked,winking at (Y/n) you walked in standing there stefan looking back at you "welcome home baby as you see we have a guest" stefan smiled looking at your very noticeable hard on.

Working on the second part which will be longer not sure i should post it on ao3 or on here and another story p.s i know i am taking a long time I am dealing with a lot in my personal life..anyways..

Also the house keeper story will be somewhat of a love triangle but since I want it to be perfect I am taking my time with it...

Also excuse my spelling xD

#the vampire diaries imagine #manip #tvduedit #tvd imagine #the originals imagine #x male reader #stefan salvatore #klaus mikaelson x male reader #klefan imagine #klefan #klaus mikaelson x stefan salvatore #edits

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celestial-robots · 11 months

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Finding Equinox

A Sun & Moon X Reader Story

Chapter Three: Mr. Sunshine and Mr. Moon

First | Previous

Word Count: 6943

Summary: After the disaster and injury of your last shift, you return to the Pizzaplex with a peace offering and a new determination to figure out what the hell is going on with Sun... and that other personality, too.

Author’s Note: I know, I know, it’s been a HOT minute since the last chapter. The only explanation I have is that the executive dysfunction got real bad guys :( I completely forgot about this story, but now I have remembered all the ideas I had and I am determined to finish it. Please hold me accountable. I hope anyone who remembers this story find this new part and enjoys it XD :)

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True to your word, you had gone down to the nearest first aid station after leaving the daycare, grabbing a cold pack and wrapping your torso in bandages. It was sheer luck that you didn’t have that many tasks for the rest of the evening. That night at home and the next day absolutely sucked. The pain from landing on your back faded, but didn’t go away, lingering in the back of your mind and flaring up when you moved the wrong way.

Your doctor’s office closed at eight, meaning that by the time your shift ended at nine it was too late to call and schedule an appointment. So you did that the next morning, braving down the dreaded “making a phone call” part of being an adult. It went easier than you expected. Unfortunately, you knew that getting your injury checked out wouldn’t be so easy. You would have to make an appointment with your doctor, then get your doctor to help you make more appointments for various procedures, then go to those procedures to figure out what was wrong...ugh. At least Fazbear Entertainment provided surprisingly good health insurance. They probably expected injuries like this—or worse—to happen on the job.

Speaking of which...was it worth it to email management and explain that you were injured? Would they tell you to get to work anyway? You highly suspected that was the case, but maybe it wouldn’t hurt to ask for a lighter workload anyway. But then again, maybe they would make you stay home. And you needed that explanation from Sun. Not to mention you promised him you’d show up the next day to prove you were alright.

In the end, you drafted a very polite and unassuming email to management explaining that you’d injured your back and that you were willing to come to work but would prefer if you had less laborious tasks. They responded the next morning saying that they would keep that in mind but that “If there is something that needs to be taken care of and you are the most convenient option, you will be assigned to it.” Yep. That was about what you were expecting.

Well if you had to head to work, which you did, (damn you capitalism!) you would have to add to your Survival Pack. It now included bandages and an ice bag—one that could be refilled with ice from the various restaurants around the Pizzaplex. Sun suggested that you cool your injury for twenty minutes every hour, and that lined up with a lot of the advice you’d seen online. So it looked like you were going to have to stop working every twenty minutes to move the ice pack to a different area of your back and secure it there with the bandages. Hopefully that email was at least slightly truthful in the task decrease. Otherwise you might end up staying late. And when your shift already ended at three in the morning, staying late was far from convenient.

The moment you stepped through the doors and clocked in on your FazWatch, you were greeted by that familiar ping! “New task added!” Groaning, you checked the screen. A STAFF bot had fallen down some utility stairs and broken off its arm. You were required to replace it.

Dread filled your stomach. It had finally arrived. The fateful moment where you had to try and repair a robot, which you had no idea how to do. At least it was just a STAFF bot. Those were simple in comparison to the headlining animatronics, and you were pretty sure they weren’t as sentient, either. But still, you knew this would take a good while to figure out how to reattach a robot arm. You hesitated, standing in the middle of the front entrance, watching happy families flow around you to the various Pizzaplex attractions. After a good minute of putting it off, you finally started moving again, looking for a way into Parts and Service.

It took a while, but eventually you found your way through the maze of utility tunnels and arrived at the red double doors that led into Parts and Service. Pushing through those doors, you found yourself in a large room, with various smaller rooms around the perimeter. Your attention was immediately drawn to the middle, where a big glass cylinder stood as the room’s centerpiece. But also, equally as attention-grabbing, there were two real human people standing by a computer terminal and talking.

You half-wanted to go up and introduce yourself, but the two of them looked busy. So instead, you walk around the edge of the room, looking for that broken STAFF bot. There it was: in one of the side rooms. You hurried over, passing through the already-open door and into the side room. Alright...how were you supposed to do this?

There was a box on a table. You glanced inside and saw a detached STAFF arm as well as some tools. You could identify the most obvious of them—hammer, screwdrivers, wrenches of various sizes—but some of them eluded you. Was that a drill or a nail gun? Was the long metal tool with a hole in the end also a kind of wrench or was it something else? And, most importantly, which of these were necessary for arm replacement?

You slowly pick up the STAFF arm, thinking that maybe if you looked at the joint you could figure out what to use. But before you could do that, there was a SLAM! behind you as the door suddenly closed. You yelped in surprise and spun around. That was startling. But no problem, you just had to open the door again...except that it wasn’t opening. You tried pushing, pulling, and sliding, all to no avail. The door was locked. But luckily, the wall next to it is glass. “Uh...hello?” You wave through the window. “I’m locked in!”

Outside, the two people had moved and are right outside the room you’re in. They must have closed the door. One of them, a woman with dark curly hair, noticed you. She reached over and tapped the shoulder of the other person, a man with auburn hair. Once he turned back to look at her, she points at you and then at the room’s door. The man’s eyes widened, and he hurried over, opening the door from the other side. “Sorry about that,” he said the moment it was opened. “I didn’t even see you in there.”

You laughed. “No, uh, it’s okay. I’m just confused. I-I couldn’t open the door.”

“Yeah, they’re set to a ridiculously high Security Level. There’s no real reason for it, not like there’s anything dangerous in here.” The man chuckled. “Are you new here?”

“Yeah, it’s my third day. I’m, uh...well, technically I’m a technician, but I’m not really qualified. They just decided that I should be one, I guess.”

“Oh cool! That means Pamela here is your boss.” The man gestured back at the woman, who was standing some ways back. “I’m Seth, by the way. Security.”

You introduced yourself, giving the pair of them a better look now that you were no longer distracted by being locked in. Both of them were older than you, with Seth looking to be in his mid-30s and Pamela in her 50s. Seth’s hair was neatly coiffed underneath a black baseball cap with “SECURITY” written across it in white letters. He wore a white button up shirt with black shoulders and an image of a badge on the lapel. Pamela’s curly hair was pulled back with a red bandanna. She wore overalls, but underneath you recognized the same style of shirt you were wearing: the employee T-shirt.

“Well it’s nice to meet you,” Seth said, grinning. “Right, Pam?”

Pamela hummed a vague affirmation.

“Had any trouble yet?” Seth continued.

“Uh...not much,” you said slowly. “But, you know, I did hurt my back recently, and uh...doing manual labor with that is gonna suck a—it’s gonna suck.” You refrained from saying ‘it’s going to suck ass’ in front of your work superiors.

“Oh, well, if you ever get any task that you don’t think you can do, why don’t you call Pam or me to come help?” Seth offered.

“Hey, don’t rope me into this,” Pamela grumbled. “My desk is piled high with Glamrocks.”

“I thought you didn’t have a desk.”

“It’s a metaphor, genius.”

Seth chuckled good-naturedly. “Well, if you ever get a moment of free time, you can help out the new kid, right?”

“I’m not a kid,” you muttered under your breath. Thankfully, neither of them seemed to hear you. You continue, in a louder volume, “What do you mean call you? Like, on your phones? Should I give you my number?”

“No, on the watch.” Seth held up his hand, and you saw that he also had a company-issued FazWatch, identical to yours.

“Call...on the watch?” you repeated, blankly looking down at your own FazWatch.

“Yeah, it works like a walkie talkie. Oh, but you have to enable it in the settings.” Seth leaned over, helpfully pointing at the gear icon in the corner of the screen. “You can also change your voice settings there, the text size, screen color, all that fun stuff.”

“Huh.” You shifted the STAFF bot to your elbow and tapped the gear icon with your newly free hand. The settings opened and you navigated through the menus until you found the ‘Enable Calls’ option. Once you returned to the main screen, a new tab had appeared, simply labeled ‘Calls.’ “Well would you look at that. ~The More You Knooow~!” You laughed. It soon became awkward as neither Seth nor Pamela laughed with you. “...ah. Uh, I’ll add you, then?”

“Yep. Just search up our names.”

A few seconds later, you had added Seth (Seth Myer) and Pamela (Pamela Brooks) to your FazWatch contacts. Out of curiosity, you also searched up that Jeremy kid from yesterday and added him as well (Jeremy Patrick). “Well, uh, thank you,” you said. “I-I’ll keep that in mind for the rest of my shift, haha.” You took a step backwards. “For now, uh...I gotta figure out how to replace this robot’s arm.”

Pamela sighed, and stepped forward. “Alright. I’ll do it.”

“Oh I wasn’t trying to—”

“Don’t get me wrong, I’m not gonna be doing this for you all the time. You’re gonna stay right here and watch me do this so you know.”

“...Oh. Um, okay. Thanks.” You stood there and watched as Pamela rummaged through the box on the table and began pulling out bolts that had collected in the bottom. You appreciated the help, but felt a bit offended that she didn’t wait for you to ask for it.

Seth stepped backwards, giving a joking little salute. “I’ll be heading out, then. Guess I’ll be seeing you two later.”

“Yeah, see you later.” You waved a bit awkwardly as you watched Seth walk out of the red double doors and disappear into the utility tunnels.

“Hand me the arm.”

You started. “What?”

“Arm.” Pamela held out a hand.

“Oh, right.” You’d forgotten you were still holding the replacement STAFF arm. You held it out to Pamela. “Heh. You want me to lend you a hand?”

Pamela was not amused, as she took the STAFF arm and held it up to the empty spot on the STAFF bot. “Now, do you see this round space at the shoulder of the arm? That’s for the joint. It’ll take a bit to pop it on, but don’t push too hard or you’ll break it. Once you got that on, you take these bolts...”

Pamela ended up going over the entire robotic anatomy of a STAFF bot, explaining the fine details of joints and wheels and ocular sensors until your head filled up with information and started to leak. It was sort of interesting, but there was just too much of it, and by the time she let you leave three new tasks had been added to your list.

You weren’t sure if it was luck or if management had actually listened to your email request, but the tasks this shift weren’t too intense. Well, some of them were. You spent about half an hour with your arms buried in the back of a large stage speaker as you cleaned dust from the insides. But hey, at least you could sit on the floor for that and didn’t have to bend too far forwards or backwards. The rest of the tasks were similar, ones where you could find some way to avoid moving your back or breathing too heavily—which was difficult with your ribs bruised, to say the least.

The Pizzaplex was a lot emptier after nine o’clock, and it got even emptier as closing time approached: midnight. By about 11pm, the place was basically a ghost town except for you and the STAFF bots. And, presumably, the few other human employees like Seth and Pamela, but you didn’t see them.

Soon, the intercom turned on. You took off your headphones just in time to hear the announcer say, “Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex is now closed. Initiating nighttime protocols.” That must mean...you checked the time on your phone. Yep, midnight. Closing time, and also your break. Perfect time to go talk to Sun. You double-checked your backpack to make sure everything was there, then headed over to the daycare, walking as quickly as you were able.

Nothing had changed in either the daycare or the surrounding areas. It was just as empty after closing as it was during open hours. That thought made your chest sink with sadness, especially now knowing that Sun wasn’t allowed to leave. You put your headphones into your backpack, allowing that catchy daycare tune to fill your head, and went through the big wooden doors into the playplace. One day, you were going to go down the slide. You swore it. Just not today, when you had some serious questions to ask.

The playplace seemed empty. You looked up to the overhead balcony to see if Sun was there. He wasn’t. “Hello?” you called. “Sun? It’s me, I’m here.”

There was no answer. Confused and a bit concerned, you wandered around, looking for any sign of the animatronic. It shouldn’t be too hard to find him, considering how tall he was. Then again, he was pretty thin and flexible, maybe he could fit into smaller spaces.

Then you saw it. In the middle of the ball pit, poking up from the surrounding colorful balls, was a crest of yellow triangles—the top of Sun’s rays peeking out. Was he hiding from you? Trying to avoid your questions, or just putting them off? Surely he knew you could see his rays.

“Hmmm,” you hummed, pressing your lips together. “Well. I guess you’re not here right now. That sucks, I’ll have to wait to give you this present.” You turned around, starting to walk back towards the doors.

Immediately there was a flurry of plastic balls as Sun shot to his feet. “Wait, don’t go!”

“Ha-ha!” You spun back around and pointed at him. “Ja’cuse! I knew it was you!”

“I-I’m sorry for hiding, friend—well, I wasn’t hiding, I was just preparing myself.” Sun climbed out of the ball pit, throwing any balls he knocked out of the pit right back in. “But I’m sorry! I-I needed a moment.”

“No, it’s okay, dude, don’t worry.” You gave him a reassuring smile. “I don’t really know what the whole deal is yet, but if you need to mentally prepare, go ahead.” You decided not to point out that he had more than a full day to prepare. “Anyway. Because I know this is probably going to be a serious talk, I decided to bring you something to, uh...help offset the mood.” You took your backpack off your back.

“You said something about a present, right?” Sun leaned down over your shoulder, trying to get a good look inside your backpack as you rummaged around. “Ooo, how exciting! I haven’t gotten a present in a long time! Not since the daycare was open! Some of the kids were really, really sweet.”

“Ha, I can imagine. Well, this is sort of similar to that.” You pulled a plain manila folder out of your backpack, carefully slinging the bag back on before handing the folder to Sun. “I mean, you probably got a lot of these from kids. But I thought it would be nice.”

Sun’s face tilted, curious, as he took the folder and opened it up. “Oh. Oh!” Though his smile didn’t change, the way his voice brightened made it seem wider. “Friend! You didn’t have to go to all this effort for me!”

“It wasn’t a problem, really.” You awkwardly bounced on your feet. “I like to draw. And it seemed fitting. You know, since we were doing arts and crafts for our first meeting.”

“But you really didn’t have to!” Sun spun around—once, twice, three times in pure excitement. “It’s so pretty! I look so bright and happy! I did get a lot of drawings from kids, but they usually drew Freddy and his friends, not me. This must’ve taken a while to make. Wow!”

You chuckled. “Glad you like it, bud.” You’d spent a good while that morning digging out your old art supplies, finding a good position to sit that didn’t hurt your back, then sketching, lining, and coloring a drawing of Sun. It was cartoony in style, sort of similar to the candy ads that featured Sun. Not a copy, as you changed up the color scheme a bit and added a cooler-colored background to contrast with Sun’s warmer tones. You hoped that you were able to capture the excited energy Sun always seemed to have. Well...almost always.

“I do like it, very much! Wow...you’re so talented, friend.” Sun bent over and gave you a quick one-armed hug, squeezing just enough to avoid hurting you. “I’m going to put this in my room later.”

“Your room? You mean...that place?” You pointed up to the balcony.

“Yep! That’s our room!”

“...‘our’ room?” you repeated.

Sun froze. All the happiness seemed to drain out of his posture, leaving behind only a nervous, shuffling anxiety. “W-well...” He fidgeted with the manila folder for a bit, flapping it and the drawing it had inside. “I...guess I can’t avoid it for much longer, can I?”

“Sorry, bud. But...I-I’m really confused and I would appreciate some answers. Um...why don’t we sit down?” You lowered yourself to the ground, crossing your legs. “I wish we had actual chairs here or something,” you muttered. “I like sitting on the floor, but sometimes you need a chair.”

“There are a lot of tables and chairs in our room,” Sun said, trying to be helpful. “I could go get one—”

“Sun. Please.”

“Eheh...sorry.” Sun got down on the ground as well, folding his lanky legs beneath him and clutching the folder with your drawing to his chest. “Just thought I should offer.”

“And thanks for that. But not right now.” You let out a deep breath. “So. Yesterday.”

“Yesterday.” Sun nodded. “I-I see you’ve patched yourself up. Did you go to the doctor’s yet?”

“I tried, but I couldn’t. I made an appointment, though. It’s for Monday morning. Soonest I could book it.” You paused. “Yesterday. Was that...you?”

“No no no!” Sun shook his head furiously. “That wasn’t me at all! I would never hurt anyone, especially not you!”

“Okay...But that moon-face guy turned into you.” You shivered a bit as you remembered the transformation. Even though it was a mechanical process, the screams and shuddering made it so much more visceral that it should have been.

“H-he did...” Sun said slowly.

“If it wasn’t you, then who was it?” you asked.

Sun hesitated. “...Moon.”

“Moon?”

“Moon.”

Of course it was. Sun and Moon. Whoever named these robots was sorely lacking in creativity. “And Moon isn’t you. So...what is Moon?”

“Moon is...someone else.” Sun spoke very carefully. “The two of us have always been together. We’re the Daycare Attendant! When the lights are on, it’s my turn, but when the lights go off...he takes over.”

“Oh. Okay.” You’re beginning to put the pieces together. “You guys are two different personalities in the same body?”

“Yes! Yes, exactly!” Sun nodded. “Moon was supposed to watch the kids during Naptime and Lock-In Nights, while I looked after them during Daytime Activities! We were...supposed to work together.”

“...huh. Alright. I can see that.” You nodded as well. “Fazbear probably wanted to save money, so they built you two as one robot with two different...I don’t know, personality chips, or whatever. Instead of forking over the money for two animatronics. That fits with what I know about this fricking company.” Seriously, you’d only worked here for three days and you kept running into more money-making schemes. That thing with selling cameras in golf and then confiscating them? You were pretty sure that was illegal. “So why did Moon hunt me down and drop me from the playplace bridge?”

“I-I-I...I don’t...know,” Sun admitted.

“You don’t?” You’re a bit surprised by that. Somehow, you expected him to know. “Why not?”

“Well, I can’t exactly ask Moon why h-he does anything,” Sun explained. “We can’t talk to each other if we’re out at different times.”

“Have you never, like, written him a note or something?”

“I used to! But...Moon didn’t write a lot. Just a couple sentences, i-if anything. And some time ago, he...stopped answering at all.”

“That’s weird,” you muttered. “Okay. Then...if you had to guess. Why do you think he dropped me from the bridge?”

Sun went quiet for a moment, thinking. “Well...Moon was always scary,” he finally said. “Not a lot of kids liked him. But he kept them safe! He would never hurt a child! Then...something changed. He stopped being just scary and...things started...happening.” He paused. “Then they closed the daycare and started the Lights-On Protocol. I...I did wonder why, but like I said, he stopped answering my letters. But I could guess...I could guess.” Those last words were whispered in a hushed tone. Then Sun shook his head and his voice returned to its usual volume. “Um...did he...say anything? When he was...going after you?”

“Yeah. It was a bunch of creepy shi—stuff about it being past my bedtime and me needing to sleep. Which made no sense, because it was like six in the evening. My guess is that he was going to knock me out. As some sort of fricked-up way of putting me to bed. It makes sense with what you said about him being in charge of Naptime.” You thought about it. “Maybe...something went wrong with his protocols? Like a glitch or something. Made him start using force to put anyone to sleep.”

“A glitch?” Sun’s face rotated to the side. “That would make sense, but is it possible?”

You laughed darkly. “Sun. I know you can’t leave the daycare, so you probably don’t realize this. But there’s some scary rumors about Fazbear Entertainment. Apart from shady corporation things, I mean. They’ve inspired horror games for a reason. A glitch that makes animatronics hurt people, or even kill them? It’s exactly the sort of things people whisper about with this company.”

“Oh.” Sun went quiet for a moment. Then suddenly, he leaned forward and grabbed your shoulders, bursting into fast, frantic words. “But I don’t have a glitch! I promise! I would never hurt anyone, I would never even think of it! Even if Moon does, it doesn’t affect me, so there’s nothing wrong! I promise, there’s nothing wrong! I’m alright!”

“Whoa, whoa, Sun, calm down!” You instinctively put your hands on top of his, gently pushing them off your shoulders. You held his hands tight—even though each one was almost twice as big as your own—and smiled reassuringly. “I know you’re alright. You’ve been nothing but nice and great these past couple days. Nothing’s going to happen to you. Or Moon. Or the both of you.”

“Are you sure?” Sun asked in a small voice.

“I’m sure.”

After a second, Sun sighed, and leaned back. He slowly pulled his hands away from yours, seeming reluctant to you. “Well...I-I’m sorry about Moon,” he said.

“It’s fine, it’s not your fault,” you said.

“I promise, I really don’t have any control over him.”

“I know. You guys have like, a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde thing going on, I get it.”

Sun’s face rotated to the side. “A who and who thing?”

“Oh. Oh! That’s right, you probably don’t—I don’t know why I thought you knew. Even when the daycare was open, I doubt kids were telling you about that.” You laughed. “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a gothic novel that’s kind of developed into a pop culture symbol of alter egos and split personalities. Basically this scientist guy, Dr. Jekyll, makes a potion...formula...thing that gives him a second person in his head, Mr. Hyde, who he transforms into. Hyde looks different than Jekyll and causes all sorts of trouble and chaos. There’s a really good musical about it, actually, where Hyde is the darker form of Jekyll. It’s great, but the original book is a bit...different...” You trailed off.

Sun had gone still at some point during this explanation. His white eyes seemed even blanker than usual as he stared at you.

“You, uh...you alright, dude?” you asked slowly.

Sun suddenly jerked to attention. “Yes! I’m great, friend, thank you! Tha-that’s a very interesting story.”

“Yeah.” You nodded slowly. “It’s really good. I think I can pull up the musical’s soundtrack, if you want.”

“Oh. M-maybe another time, friend? I...I think I need...some time.” Sun looked down, again fidgeting with his bells and ribbons.

“Alright. Take all the time you need.” You uncrossed your legs and get to your feet slowly, careful not to aggravate your bruised ribs. Then you check the time on your phone. “My break ends soon, anyway, and I still need to eat.”

“You shouldn’t be eating so late in the night, friend,” Sun said, looking back up.

“Well I burn a lot of calories working here, so I need the energy. Besides, I’m not going to bed for at least four more hours.” You began to realize how much your work schedule was going to mess up your sleep schedule, and mentally curse. “I have another shift tomorrow at these same hours. Should I come see you then?”

“Yes, yes, that would be great. Thank you.” Sun got to his feet. “I’m going to go put your present in my room. I’ll hang it up right on the wall!”

You laughed. “Alright, bud. Thanks. I’m glad you like it.”

“I’m glad you gave it to me! I’ll see you tomorrow, then?”

“Yeppers.”

“Great! Great.” Sun nodded. “I-I’ll look forward to it.”

“Me too, bud.” You headed towards the wooden doors. “See you then.”

“See you!” Sun waved as you left, the movement more subdued than usual.

You ended up eating at one of the many pizza places around the Pizzaplex, grateful that they still made food after closing time. Soon after you finished your second slice of cheesy pizza, your FazWatch let out its distinctive ping! “Two new tasks added!” You wondered if you could mute it. But alas, the most you could do in the settings was lower the volume. Well, at least your headphones would drown it out.

The next hour passed smoothly, and as 1am neared, you found only one task left on your list. One you had gotten near the start of your shift, but purposefully put off. Unjamming the coin slots in some arcade machines in the West Arcade. That task filled you with dread. You’d looked at enough arcade cabinets to know the coin slots were usually low to the ground, and you usually had to crouch on the ground and bend over to unjam them. That was already going to be hell on your back, but also, the West Arcade was a giant three-floor area, and the jammed cabinets were scattered throughout it. There would be a lot of crouching, bending, standing, climbing stairs, and walking.

Reluctantly, you took the elevator up to the Pizzaplex’s third floor, preparing your small screwdriver and keys in anticipation of the unjamming to come.

Well, at least the West Arcade was one of the coolest-looking places in the Pizzaplex. You stopped for a moment to take it all in. The neon here was bright, but not overwhelming. And the holes in the walls were an interesting design. Before you headed off in search of the jammed cabinets, you ducked into the side room with the dance floor, just out of curiosity. You hadn’t been a big fan of the Pizzaplex before getting the job, but even you had heard of the DJ animatronic in the Fazcade.

“Holy shit,” you muttered, staring at the massive animatronic on the stage. They appeared to be sleeping, resting their head on their folded front arms. “Um, hi?” You clicked your company-issued flashlight (they never asked you to return it after the blackout yesterday) on and off a couple times, shining it at their face. “Music Man? Are you awake or in like...rest mode or something?” The lack of a response was an answer in and of itself. “Well, if you can somehow hear me, hi, I’m new, I’m going to be working in this area for like...at least the next hour. Will probably show up again some other day. Uh...good to meet you. I hear you’re pretty cool.” You started to feel kind of silly talking to a sleeping robot, so you turned around and headed out.

The task on your FazWatch gave you rough locations for the jammed cabinets, but not specific directions. You stood at the entrance to the West Arcade for a moment, formulating a plan, then decided to start on the first floor. You’d just found the first cabinet listed in the task—something called Plushtrap Chaser—when the lights went out.

You froze, wondering if this was another blackout like yesterday. And then you remembered something that management told you when assigning you a night shift: “Every hour from one A.M. to six A.M., the power in the Pizzaplex is diverted to the recharge stations for the Glamrock animatronics. The building will be dark for five minutes. Do not worry. This is completely normal." So, even when there were no Glamrock animatronics, that programming still held up. Probably too much effort to change that.

What, exactly, happened to put all the Glamrocks out of commission for so long? You remembered that earlier that night, Pamela the technician had said her desk was full of Glamrocks. Was she repairing them? Or...in charge of the team repairing them? How badly damaged were they? This all seemed very weird.

Well, if the lights were going to be out for five minutes, you might as well get comfortable. You slowly lower yourself to the floor and leaned back against the Plushtrap Chaser cabinet, stretching your legs out in front of you. This place was very spooky with all the lights out. Something about there being a bunch of places to hide in between arcade cabinets. Anxiety slowly creeped up on you, and you paused the music in your headphones so you could better hear your surroundings. Your flashlight beam darted around the big, empty space of the West Arcade. In particular, it lingered on the big holes in the walls. They’d been so cool when they were lit up with neon, now they were just spaces for something to hide.

And hide something did. The circle of light landed on a hole about eight feet off the ground, one of the smaller ones that was still easily big enough for a person to sit. Or an animatronic. As proven by the familiar moon-faced robot crouching in the opening.

“Oh mother of fuck!” You jumped. The animatronic—Moon—didn’t move at all. He just stared down at you with those glowing red eyes. “Uh...uhhh...hi?”

Moon’s face rotated until it was upside down. The rest of his body stayed crouched in the hole. “It’s past your bedtime,” he said in that raspy voice.

“Well I understand where you’re coming from this time,” you admitted. “But I’m still an adult, and I still work here. I’m on the clock.”

Moon kept staring at you. His face rotated back into position, the nightcap somehow staying on his head.

You kept your flashlight beam pointed at him. He was still very, very creepy. Not to mention he clearly didn’t mind harming you—or anyone else, reading between the lines of Sun’s earlier explanation. But knowing what he was drained some of the fear from you. Not all of it. But some.

You remembered your encounter with him yesterday. Specifically, the part where you yelled at him after he dropped you. He hadn’t moved to attack you again until after you finished talking. Maybe he wouldn’t attack you at all tonight if you kept saying whatever random bullshit came into your brain. “You know, people’s circadian rhythms are different for a reason,” you said, proud of how casual you sounded. “Some people are night owls, some people are early birds. That’s because when we were all living off the land or shit, if you had different people awake at different times, they could watch out for danger while the others slept. You’d take turns protecting the others from...I don’t know, lions, or whatever. But for some reason, our society puts a lot more emphasis on the morning and waking up early and all that. Sucks for night owls like me. But hey, at least I can take night shifts.”

Sure enough, Moon hadn’t gotten any closer during your rambling. Well, he’d leaned in a little, but hadn’t moved.

“It’s kind of like what you and Sun do, I guess,” you said.

Moon suddenly jolted.

“Surprised? Yeah, Sun told me about you two,” you continued. “Well, he told me what he knew. Which wasn’t a lot. I think he’s scared of you. I don’t know if he always was, I mean, he said he used to write letters to you. Maybe he was always afraid. Blacking out whenever the lights go off and getting your body taken over by someone else...yeah, that would be scary even if the other person was super nice. Lack of control, and all that. But either way, it suddenly became a lot scarier when things started to happen. He didn’t tell me what, but judging by your reaction to me yesterday, I can figure it out. Not to mention them closing the daycare. They let you look after kids? With glowing red eyes? I’m surprised the daycare wasn’t sued into closing earlier.” You squinted up at him. “Why’d you change? I wondered if you got a glitch or something, but maybe you just decided to start being murderous. Heh. You’re probably not gonna tell me, are you? You don’t seem very wordy.”

A moment passed as you and Moon stared at each other. And then Moon turned around and vanished into the hole in the wall. You could hear the usual mechanical noises, as well as metal thumps as he climbed through some sort of tunnel.

“Good talk,” you said. At least he didn’t jump at you or anything.

A minute later, the lights turned on again, illuminating the West Arcade in beautiful neon pink, purple, and blue. “Bisexual rights,” you muttered. Then you turned around to face the Plushtrap Chaser arcade cabinet. Time to start actually doing your job.

Unjamming all the coin slots turned out to be as painful and time consuming as you feared. The one upside was that you weren’t getting any new tasks. That allowed you to take your time, standing and crouching slowly to delay the inevitable heavy breathing against bruised ribs. It took a full hour to find and unjam all the arcade cabinets, with half the time spent just locating the damn things.

You finished on the third floor, and took a moment to sit down and chill on a sofa in one of the karaoke rooms—or at least, that’s what you assumed they were. Shortly after sitting down, the lights went out again as 2am approached.

Even though you were expecting it this time, it didn’t make the sudden darkness any less eerie. You took out your flashlight once more, this time pointing it at the doorway to the karaoke room.

One minute later, a familiar face appeared in the doorway. Moon was standing right outside. His crescent-moon-face leaned into the doorway from the left side, hands gripping the frame. He waved at you. It was both cheerful and somewhat threatening.

“Hey, Mr. Hyde,” you said, aiming your flashlight at him again. “You know, I was wondering something. Sun can’t leave the daycare. How the fuck are you here?”

“Forgot to change permissions,” Moon said simply.

“Permissions?”

“For roaming.”

“Oh.” The gears in your mind spun for a moment. “You mean...both you and Sun used to be able to roam the Pizzaplex—or at least, go beyond the daycare. But they changed the protocols in your programming, and now Sun is stuck in the daycare, but they forgot to change yours so you aren’t. That’s kind of a massive oversight, isn’t it? Hey, we’re gonna restrict the movement of this animatronic because he’s probably hurting people. But we’re just going to do it on the mind that isn’t the one being all creepy and shit, and not the one who’s actually dropping people from bridges. No, I am not gonna let that go, that’s for asking.” You glared at Moon. “But anyway, I’m not surprised Fazbear made that mistake. I’m actually surprised they didn’t give you more stuff to do! Hell, let’s have him serve pizza to the kiddies! Nothing will happen, surely!”

Moon chuckled. Wait. Was that in response to your comment, or was he just laughing because he did that a lot? “Mr. who?”

You blinked. “Huh?”

“What you called me,” Moon explained. “Mr. who?”

“Oh! Mr. Hyde? Yeah, I was telling Sun about that earlier. There’s this book called The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It’s a gothic novel, and it’s sort of become a symbol for split personalities. Reminded me of you two, cause you’re also two people in one body.” You chuckled. “Honestly, though? Even though the name’s become known for evil alter egos, the book itself is actually a little different than most interpretations.”

“How?” Moon asked.

“Uhh...” For a moment, you were thrown off by the question. Was he...actually interested? Or was this some sort of distraction? You decided to talk anyway. It worked before. “Well, in the book, Dr. Jekyll is this scientist who makes a potion that can transform him into Mr. Hyde. That’s in most interpretations, too, but what’s different in the book is that Jekyll and Hyde aren’t really that different from each other. Hyde is, like, Jekyll but without any impulse control. And Jekyll remembers what he does as Hyde, which is really different from most interpretations where neither of them know what the other does. Jekyll took the potion on purpose so he could do impulsive, dangerous stuff without feeling guilty. Stuff like killing a random guy on the street. But of course, Hyde leads to a bunch of legal trouble because of him committing crimes, so Jekyll tries to stop being him. But that doesn’t work because for whatever reason Jekyll starts turning into Hyde more and more, and he can’t control it, and as Hyde he can’t control himself, so it’s really...uh...frightening.”

At some point, Moon had gone very still. Not like the stillness before a predator pounces. More like...the same was Sun went still when you explained Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to him earlier. Was Moon having that same reaction? Whatever that reaction was?

“How does it end?” Moon asked. “The book.”

“Oh. Well.” For some reason, you hesitated. “Jekyll tries to find a cure to turning into Hyde, but nothing he’s doing is working. Meanwhile, the police figure out that Hyde and Jekyll are connected and start to hunt him down. Eventually, Jekyll realizes that he’s going to become Hyde, with all of his lack of control, permanently. So he writes down everything as a confession. Then he turns into Hyde forever, and when the police and the book’s narrator—not Jekyll, by the way, but some other guy—track down Hyde, he, uh...immediately shoots himself in the head and dies. It’s...not a very happy ending. But it’s not a very happy book.”

Moon gripped the doorframe harder. You could see the tightening of his mechanical joints from where you were sitting. Did he not like the ending? Was he going to take that out on you? You instinctively brace yourself...only for Moon to disappear. You could hear his mechanical footsteps retreating.

You keep your flashlight on the door until the lights turn back on.

No more tasks arrived for the last hour of your shift, so you stayed in the karaoke room until it was time to clock out, thinking about Sun and Moon and the idea of being two minds in one body.

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Freakshow & Jason

Idea what if Freakshow's orb/something similar works on Jason : I but it takes a while for the group to realize he being mind controlled eoe

until the fact that he's completely silent and doing petty thieving or maybe even some dirtier work for freakshow uou

maybe its a fragment of the orb so it only works on one subject at a time. Freakshow didn't mean to use it on Jason(red hood) but found out it works. Maybe stole it and was caught but then it turns out it works eoe

This is an interesting idea. And it’d be so different from his ‘normal’ criminal behavior. You’ve made me curious

LOL

yes because at first the bats think Jason lost it again

but then it gets stranger

I think it’s like: “alright, Jason fell off the band wagon. What elaborate thing is he going to try this time?”

And then, “wait a minute… this doesn’t seem right”

yess

because it seems odd what he's stealing and why there is no banter when confronted… then realize he isn't in control

maybe to restore the orb or maybe restore some other artifact is Freakshow's goal

Maybe

one to use on Phantom and maybe even more than ghosts

Yep, you’ve got me intrigued

i just thought it be an interesting way to merge the worlds without any of the heroes really involved

And Jason’s proved that he can rely on muscle memory when his mind isn’t there

like Danny Phantom n stuff

yes

lol imagine they do defeat freakshow and they see a picture of a white hair kid on a dart board XD

And they’re like, should we go make sure this kid is okay?

At least investigate him

yes probably figured out through freakshows monologuing that "Phantom" is his next target

ugh damn cant explain my thoughts

I can see this causing a lot of inner conflict too. Because Jason would have been aware they thought he just went off the deep in. Also concern(especially Batman) there might be more relics that affect Jason like that too.

Yep! Though, as a neat side note. In Nightwing: Blood Brothers (not brothers in blood- that’s a different storyline). Someone is impersonating Jason… and Dick is like, “was this you?” Jason tells him ‘no’ and that’s good enough for Dick

oooo

It’s weird. Jason canonically thinks he’s closest with Tim (post crazy days) due to their shared ‘they’re living in Dick’s shadow’… but in reality, Dick’s probably the one who’s actually closest to Jason in the family

Save for Alfred

that's what it seems like to me LOL from limited view I had.

Alfred is the exception to them all

i would read just a comic of Alfred’s interactions with all the bats :I

We just need a compilation of just Alfred’s sass

mmhm

that would also be good reference LOL

but yea i just thought this be a neat way to introduce the bats to Phantom. Ooo make them go to amity park....

I like thinking of setups for big stories.. eAe (my brain think in show logic LOL how to continue story to story )

Oh, because the idea hit me. What if Freakshow ground up what was left of his orb and it was the powder that affected Jason?

Ooooo

Also, I’m now convinced it’s red obsidian

maybe because Freakshow comes from a family of ghost obsessed parents he has recognize red hood was something ghostly

Which is both stupidly hard and brittle at the same time

And is associated with spirits

and since it was already shattered

it probably wasn't that hard to ground up

Exactly!

It’s also stupidly sharp

Uh, obsidian is the sharpest natural substance known to man. They were looking into making surgical tools with it

maybe trick red hood into going after him. amg imagine red hood not being affected at first because the helmet but once he takes the helmet off he inhales it. Making him bust out freakshow who just got arrested.

Bats assuming it was just a jail break because more than freakshow got loose.

Oooo

thats neat >:O

Oh, if the dust from it is on the helmet and Jason accidentally inhales it while cleaning it…

yess

Jason probably feeling stupid for it though ToT

but eoe maybe the bats find the dust on the rag in his apartment

or safehouse he was last in eoe

once they realize he isn't acting normal even for Jason

Either stupid or frustrated. He knows he needs to take precautions due to fear toxins and the pollens and stuff Ivy uses… but at the same time, stone dust. Why should that affect him?

yes maybe he just got into a fight with his family too well more an argument(probably with Bruce) while finishing his rounds so he was just angry and frustrated

Also why the bats think Jason might have lost it

Yes. Especially if a physical altercation happened…

oo yes reason he was just so ready to rip off the helmet without a second thought and clean everything as normal

he was still just pissed off

which leads to him being controlled and lead to the bats thinking they caused Jason to loose it.. but then figure out something isn't right. Do some investigating of where he last been before this. After the fight.. finding the red dust on a clothes and some trace of it where Jason sat down.

Poor Jason

they did assume he lost it

but perhaps focusing on the person Freakshow really wanted to target, will distract him some. Cause Jason probably heard a lot in that state.. and the picture looked like a kid.

all the other bats feeling so guilty for just thinking he lost it… especially if Jason calls them out

Yeah - I think it’s stated in freakshow’s original episode that the other ghosts know what’s going on but had lost their free will… though Danny’s memories are hazy…?

I might be wrong

It’s been a while

And since it’s powdered, would the effects wear off after a while?

I would think so

its been a while too

yes i imagine so

so by the time the bats intervene/know what's wrong Jason is able to fight control. Ooo imagine him pretending he's not for a moment so he can get a drop on freakshow eoe

He would do that

bats intervene just to find out the thing wore off and Jason was just fishing for more info now LOL

freakshow order Jason to attack he just dropkicks him instead like yeah... no : I ur dirty trick wore off

“I mean, it’s fun to have an excuse to antagonize the bat and his birds, but you decided to control me, and I don’t particularly like that”

LOL yes Though he probably would have wanted to punch them all for taking so long : I but that would make them think he was doing it because someone told him to and he doesn't appreciate that.

Jason’s memories hazy but very clearly remember moments of maybe like Dickie trying to convince him to stop, brief moments of Freakshow monologuing... and now he got the tailor end of what Freakshow was planning to do.

also if i may throw my two cents: Jason would snap out of it if he's being ordered to harm/kill a kid

of course~

lol just now imagining they go to investigate and Danny staying as far from them as he can XD because ppl that come from out of town asking about him cant be good : I

#ghosts and bats channel #jason todd #freakshow #danny phantom #batman #dc x dp #dick grayson #family drama #goshi lore

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magicalyaku · 3 months

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Hello and welcome to another reading year! Following the devastation Dark Heir cause in my heart at the end of 2023, I didn't really feel like reading much for about two weeks. I did catch up on a few manga series, most notably 8 volumes of Yona of the Dawn by Mizuho Kusanagi. While it's still very good, I think binge reading helped quite a bit to keep me invested. :'D After that, I read one book that will definitely go into my worst books of 2024. Refer to the later half of the post if you want to know more. Let's focus on the good ones first!

Cursebreakers (Madeleine Nakamura): This one was really good! I was positively surprised. The world is magical, not medieval but futuristic! The story around the conspiracy is interesting and intense and the main characters are difficult people that might be hard to like in real life but they complement each other so well and it's so nice to see their relationship grow (no love story here!). I also really liked the way it is told. The protagonist has bipolar disorder which is a huge factor in the story but he recounts the story from a later perspective, so rather than being right in the moment with every dramatic and sometimes questionable decision we get a little bit of distance and insight into his actions and thoughts which works really well.

Twelve Bones (Sixteen Souls 2) (Rosie Talbot): The first volume was a already a little dark but all the bad stuff involved a limited circle of people (most of them ghosts), this one takes a full dive into the swooping dark threatening the entire city, living and dead! The stakes, my dear. Ugh! Based on that I wouldn't call it fun ... would I? I liked reading it, though! The cast of characters is really endearing. The story is good. The struggle felt warranted. The ending is kinda mangaesque but I like manga, so I don't mind. xD I wonder if there'll be a third volume. If not, I'll look forward to the author's next work. :)

The Necromancer's Light (Radiance 1) (Tavia Lark): I picked up the set of the trilogy which has a much better cover than the indivual books. :'D This one is very simple and straightforward, it's cute. The characters are likable. The hurt/comfort in here is indeed comforting. I think I like the first part with the pining best. This story's animal is a horse! (I read half of the auther's Perilous Courts series and there's friendly animals in every volume there as well. Nice touch.)

And now for the first book of 2024 I did not like. Heir to Thorn and Flame (Court of Broken Bonds 1) (Ben Alderson): I read the author's self-published Darkmourn series last summer and quite liked it despite its issues with the writing. Now this one has a tradtional publisher so I wanted to know if that made any difference. On a whole, the writing feels a little bit smoother than Darkmourn. But it's still long, repetetive, and tries to hard to sound fancy by exaggerating a lot. The premise of the story isn't even that bad. Boy finds out he has magic, accidentely kills the prince, has to take his place and political stuff occurs with two countries on the cusp of war over him and his magic. The first thing that annoyed me: The story feels unnecessarily cruel. It literally starts out with attempted rape which is already the second time protagonist Maxiumus is assaulted in his life. People are killed right in front of him, he is forced to shoot someone he cares for. People violently dig through his memories and still don't believe his story afterwards. And the villains are just caricatures. They have the balding hair, yellowed teeth, bony fingers, stinky breath, and leering eyes. They're ugly and evil! It was so over the top that I couldn't care at all. The other characters have nothing going on for them either. I don't like Maximus at all. He's whiny and indecisive and only worries about his parents. He does have that superstrong magic he uses to rip people apart when he's angry, wow. He also has two love interests and I don't see the chemistry with either of them (I suppose it tries to be Slow Burn but not very good). But they're so good-looking, the strong arms and nice smell, so tall! (eyeroll) The second one of these guys is named Simion. He's the only one remotely nice to him in the beginning, so Maximus likes him. Then he hates him. Then he likes him, then Simion reveals stuff and Maximus hates him again (even though he's just the messenger). But then he's suddenly attracted to him again to the point they even kiss … but oh no, Maximus can't kiss anyone, because he is married to the other guy by magic (against his will)!! And everyone treats it as this big thing "oh old magic you are bound to each other now for life" etc, but nobody explains what the handfastening (as they call it) even does for 80% of the book! Until Maximus kisses Simion and the magic causes him pain because he's cheating!!

Here my mind went on a tangent. The magic seems to have a conscious in this story, alright, but I want to know it's moral values then. Does it only detect kisses and sex? Physical acts? Can it differentiate between consensual und non-consensual? Who is doing the touching? Does is only clock sexual attraction or romantic attraction as well? What if he has a crush and never acts on it? Would it still cause him permament pain? What's with platonical kisses? Now you ask, do we have to explain all of this in a book like this? No, we don't (there's also two sequels), but I sure hope the author thought about it when he introduced a complex thing like this. Oh, also Simion forces his way into Maximus's mind via telepathy several times. Such a nice way to get to know each other. And speaking of the morality of the magic, it counts how many people are killed with it. On the wand. As tally marks. How does it know? Why does it only count humans, not animals? Why does it care?

Two more things I found annoying (there's more, but this is long enough already): First, the parents. Everything happening in the story hinges on their whereabouts, it's back and forth and very tiring. The Red King has them so Maximus has to stay with him, then the Blue Prince has them, then they get kidnapped so Maximus follows, then it turns out they've never been kidnapped and the Blue Prince kept them all along! In between he freaks out over his father not being his father and when they're reunited, but before they can talk, the father dies. Yay. Tragic. Not. The same thing happened before already. The one lady Maximus was forced to kill? She survived! She was saved and he goes to meet her, they talk for 30 seconds and then she's eaten by a dragon. :D I was pissed for wasting my time.

Which is a sentiment I kind of share about the whole book, but also not. It made me angry but sometimes it's good to have an outlet for the rage. :'D

#yaku reads #january wrap up #books #queer books #queer lit #lgbtq books #bookblr #cursebreakers #twelve bones #heir to thorn and flame #the necromancer's light #tumblr kept telling me it couldn't save my post because I made my paragraphs too long ...?#you're weird sir

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chained-champion · 2 months

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//BLOG IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REBOOTED!!! Mainly using it to interact with our friends’ blogs at the moment

*A teen sits alone in his dorm room, fumbling with a brand new Rotom phone. A small, purple-pink Pokémon floats over his shoulder. The two seem to be talking despite the Pokémon not speaking a human language. They eventually manage to work the phone.*

Uh, hey. Name’s Kieran. Heard people saying Rotomblr was nice so I’m here now I guess. No idea how this place works but I’ll figure it out.

Don’t wanna say too much about myself in case my classmates are here. One of my Pokémon might talk here sometimes too, and they don’t really wanna be known yet.

Not your Pokémon! Friend not trainer. [PT: Not your Pokémon! Friend not trainer. End PT]

Right, sorry Pecha.

Anyways, I should probably get back to homework. Ugh, I hate math…

//OOC below cut (lore and rules/boundaries)

Hiiiii welcome to the official ask blog for the Bridged Toxicity AU! (Link goes to the AU’s masterpost over on our main)

We have Ideas and wanted to let them out, but fic writing isn’t our thing, so here we are with an RP blog!

We as the mod use they/them and refer to ourself with we/us since we’re a system

Our version of Kieran uses He/They, and Pecharunt uses they/it.

Pecharunt can speak very limited English; Kieran has to translate for them the majority of the time. If Pecha ever does directly speak on here, it will write in pink text like this! [PT: pink text like this! End PT]. We’ll always provide plain text too when that happens, since the colored text can mess with screen readers and be hard to read for some people.

Pelipper Mail is open, and we’d love interactions from other RP blogs! (If anyone wants to collab our DMs are open to talk about it!)

In-character negative asks are welcome, and you can direct stuff to Kieran or Pecharunt. They were recently introduced to multiversal stuff, so they’re still adjusting.

Follows and likes come from @skyedancer2006 ^^

Now into the actual blog lore! (There’s a lot here to explain; sorry xd)

The TLDR is that Kieran met Pecharunt shortly after the Ogerpon confrontation in Kitakami. He willingly joined Pecha, and let himself be chained. The chain had unintended effects cause he willingly and eagerly took it. It’s pretty much part of him now and causes him to become more and more nonhuman (both physically and mentally) over time. At the time of this blog he’s somewhere between the 2nd and 3rd ref sheets in the masterpost.

-Pecharunt’s chains do give it a level of direct control over people and Pokémon, however, it prefers to only passively influence or leave them mostly alone. They will only take more direct action if needed to defend themself or their chained.

-Pecharunt is not malicious here! Like in canon, they just want to be liked by people, and take some less than moral approaches to reach this goal. At first, Pecharunt doesn’t fully realize what its mochi and chains do, and chain the Loyal Three against the Three’s wills. They do eventually realize the power they have though, and try not to use it unless necessary like we said above.

-And that leads into Kieran. When the two meet and Pecha offers the deal (Kieran gains power in the form of the chains, and in exchange Kieran lets Pecha tag along with him and they are “friends”). Kieran doesn’t care about the possible risks, and takes the chain, very much willingly.

-Kieran doesn’t resist the chains like the Three did, and as a result they affect him differently. Instead of simply attaching to him like they did the Three, the chains become part of him because of his desire to have them and the power they granted. They’re essentially burrowed under his skin and appear like tattoos along his spine almost. Except they can come out in the form of extra limbs (It’s more comfortable to have them out in some form; since it’s on his spine Kieran usually has the chain as a tail of sorts). Also fangs (cause I like fangs lol).

-At first the two of them are freaking out cause neither of them expected this to happen. It’s not exactly normal for a human to suddenly gain Pokemon-like features after all. Kieran figures out how to hide the chain itself (though it is very uncomfortable to do, since it retracts some and lies under his skin, very crushed/compressed) and the fangs are subtle enough to not be too much of a problem (unless someone looks closely). As more changes happen they become harder to hide though.

-The blog picks up after Kieran takes over the League as champion, and a little before the MC (who I’ll be using Florian for) shows up. Personality-wise they’re mostly the same, just more reclusive since they’re worried about people finding out about the chain and Pecharunt (who just hangs out in their dorm while he’s out, or hides in a backpack until they can be alone in the Terrarium). Pecharunt and Kieran do genuinely become friends at some point, despite the rocky start.

-Oh yeah, bc of the chains and Pecharunt, he can understand Pokémon to a certain extent. It’s not perfect and the only one he can fully understand is the peach itself (at least for now).

-Very outlandish idea but this is entirely self indulgent and we wanna have fun with it so yeah! We hope you all enjoy!

~ The Skyedancer System

Record of Pelipper Mails

-Hydrapple Plush

-Pokémon treats (eaten)

-Poffins (eaten)

#bridged toxicity au #pokemon rp #pokemon irl #rotomblr #pkmn rp #pkmn irl #pinned post #intro post #tag system ->#the champion answers ~ asks #pull back the curtain ~ mod posts

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quinloki · 3 months

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QUIN I'm so sorry to hear about your shoulder!! Shoulders/knees/wrists are always the worst you don't realize how much you move them until they're hurting.

I just woke up a bit ago so this might be a little rambley but maybe that's perfect for a distraction

FIRSTLY omg those headcanons cracked me up bc Ace/Sabo would def just be so distracted. Like Ace walking into a mast bc you took your shirt off while working bc it was hot and now he's just passed out on the ground (with Marco in the bg just laughing and shaking his head) Omg and Marco turning into a bird. That would be HILAROUS. Baby Marco was so cute and silly I can just see the tiny little bird he'd turn into. Omg you give him a hug randomly to thank him for something and bam, bird.

OKAY SO I was reading Marco stuffs last night trying to slowly push Sabo out a LITTLE bc my god was he taking up a lot of brain space and now they're just both in there UGH.

I'd say rn in my brain it's Law/Marco/Sabo/Ace and I was thinking last night it's interesting bc while Law doesn't really have anything with the other 3, there's perfect little things in an AU where he could just interact with any of the other 3 and idk man why have one when you can have more than one >> I have expanded in my brain poly with law/marco, or marco/sabo, or tbh sometimes law/marco/ace but my brain is currently considering law/sabo and I'm like hm. That is an interesting dynamic and idk how much it makes sense but I will continue to think about it.... I can't think of a good basis for them to be around eachother in an AU. Like Law/Marco tbh I read a fic on them as doctors so that got me and then the whole brother thing with Sabo/Marco but uh... hm. I will continue to think about Law/Sabo.

One more random thought that I thought while reading fanfic last night: I wanna bite Marco That man is too composed I can just see it throwing him off guard even if it doesn't leave a mark and even if he punishes the heck out afterwords (bc doing it in the middle of the ship would be the funniest, and not at all a bet with ace/izou/thatch, noooo)

Hopefully my waking up rambles can distract you from your shoulder for a bit >o< make sure to take it easy as much as possible!!

Answering this in reverse order - it was MONTHS ago but the idea of tickling/biting Marco on the deck and getting him to *Yelp* is an idea someone kicked around with me on anon. I still have the ask in my inbox because I want to sit and do a solid one-shot for it xD

So yes. Yes to all of that and especially the payback afterward >.>

Sabo/Law… I’ve seen that pairing (thank you Dressrosa for causing their paths to cross canonically)

They could be college classmates - there’s general courses overlap between degrees, and Sabo is a Lawyer in modern AUs in my mind.

(Oh gods could you see this cheesy blonde bastard straddling Law and pulling off his shirt. “Don’t worry, I have a PhD in Law, you’ll enjoy what I do to you.”

Poor Law is like I need you to fuck me until I forget you made that awful joke.)

Maybe it’s a meet cute deal if we’re talking threesome with the reader. They all frequent the same cafe.

Sabo’s already working in a firm finishing up his degree. Law’s in a similar boat with his doctorate, or already established since he’s a little older. The reader could work at the cafe, or own it, or she’s a professional dom and just likes the cafe on its own merits.

They don’t interact at the cafe but they’re aware of one another as regulars.

The club the reader works at is run by Ivankov, and Ivan’s friends with Dragon - the main name in the legal firm Sabo works at. Sabo drops by the club for legal reasons and recognizes the reader, they chat a bit.

Law’s friends end up getting him a pass for the club and he gets his world rocked by the reader in ways he wasn’t expecting. (There are promises to keep distance at the cafe.)

Sabo doesn’t have those promises and chats with her when they’re in there together (law totally gets a little jealous and doesn’t know why.)

Then an accident or wreck or something has the reader dragging Sabo into a hospital and Lo and behold who does she run into?

Law saves Sabo, and in updating the reader realizes what their status is and that’s the beginning of the three of them becoming friends and then more.

#quin answers #kazieai #I thinks that’s the first dom reader idea I’ve ever had #and I don’t normally vibe Law as a bottom #power bottom would work better - bratty little shit for the reader to wrangle #but he folds when he comes and becomes much more pliant after #>.> sabo likes to watch #but he certainly participates too #reader insert #x reader #polycule

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inlocusmads · 1 year

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Countdown to 2023 WRITERS' EDITION

This is a non-exhaustive list, as always! Thanks to @choicesfandomappreciation for the event!

Honestly without this loving community, I doubt anything would've been possible at all. I've met so many people here, got to know of so many different perspectives and it actually made me understand there's depths to our madness XD! But in all seriousness, it's just wonderful how many of us there are. I'm so glad we made it to 2023!

(Edit: I accidentally hit "Post" once, before finishing this up, so if you've accidentally received some sort of error on your page, it is probably me and Tumblr fighting a war.)

Onto the list!!

Writers whose works I've read this year:

@aallotarenunelma

Aallotar, thank you for being here. Serious. I'd never get tired of our Formula-1 conversations, getting excited over Aspec representation and gushing on and on about the things we enjoy! Thank you for being there, my friend and belated happy birthday wishes! Had it not been for you, I'd have probably never gotten the courage to talk about *anything*, really. Thank you so much for your positive support, your enthusiasm and so much more!

You're a fantastic writer and your ability to draw inspiration from small little details that send those butterflies, goosebumps, the "vibes" as they say, absolutely marvels me.

@peonierose

Peonie, we've been buddies for so long I am surprised to see it has only been around 6-8 months! We've talked on and on about everything and it feels like we're practically siblings/family at this point XD. I miss the days (prior to uni) where I'd open up my dash and see your wonderful little messages and it would literally make my day. Thank you for being such a social butterfly, such a ray of sunshine in this fandom and supporting it through its hard times.

Your writing never fails to make me happy. It's warm, fuzzy, gives you so much comfort. It's about characters being happy, fighting for change, overcoming problems, being utterly domestic and ugh, the food! I can never get tired of your Pictagram edits! Thank you for being here and being such a caring friend.

@ofmischiefandmedicine

Lin, my wonderful pal! It's been ages since we talked and I can only imagine how stressful uni life is for you. Nevertheless, I sincerely hope you're taking breaks. I remember when I first came across Laura and I was just amazed. Just downright amazed because of how much thought and effort you went to, to create her a stunning background information, talking about her Ukrainian heritage and culture.

I've always admired your ability to research and bring to light about different traditions. I've learned a lot about Ukrainian culture, about literature and the arts, about medicine and so much more. Thank you for being a fantastic writer! Your writings are so illustrative, so depictive of the characters!

Writers whose works I must catch up on, by 2023:

@jerzwriter

Elsa, you're absolutely remarkable! I love your writing - how raw and emotional and painful it can be, but at the same time, it is a reflection of reality. Nobody is perfect, not even our best characters. Your fics are always refreshing, like a nice cold drink after a hard day. I really hope to catch up with your works soon, because I wouldn't miss it for the world.

Kaycee and Casey are wonderful people! I can't imagine writing 2k words/fic let alone creating TWO SEPERATE UNIVERSES with lots and lots of minute details to remember! I'm just so much in awe! You've done a fantastic job and you continue to do so and it is just a series of 😱😲🤯 for me!

@liaromancewriter

Lia, your writing reminds me of a lot of those old contemporary novels - so full of life and it tackles characterisation but through simple and neat ways. Often times Cassie's personality traits are explored through little wholesome domestic ways and that's what I love so much, because it's subtle. It's so neat!

I've also admired your ability to write two pairings; Maxenna and Cassie/Ethan (Casthan? Valensey? Ram-tine?) As someone who's managing two right now, it's basically an uphill climb and it is just so encouraging to see it is possible, it is totally worth all of it and you'd never get tired of either of them.

@mydemonsdrivealimo

MJ, I'm a huge, huge fan of your art. Jensen doubly so! I love your little headcanons that you post every so often and it is incredibly motivating for every one of us. Serious! It actually inspired me to write down my headcanons and it then, subsequently sparked a lot of fic ideas! It made me think about my characters in general and their motivations, thoughts and hobbies. I hope you know that you've probably set Choices' flash-fiction era in motion lmao!

Jensen is *the* coolest person I've ever read about (Bryce can dream all he wants, HA!) and they're so adorable. I hope to explore your writing style this new year! Thank you for being awesome and being an even awesome artist because GODDAMN, your art style is a force to be reckoned with.

Writers whose works I shall read/get acquainted with:

@trappedinfanfiction

I remember first coming across Fast Break and going, "Damn, that is the coolest concept ever. A basketball AU?" and decided to add it to my never-ending list. But I really really hope to read more of Trappedinfanfiction's works! I've loved getting to know Celia and I can only imagine how awesome she'd be, out there in the world!

@storyofmychoices / @lovealexhunt

Dani's works have always managed to pull me in, because they are just so comforting, so domestic and just so utterly FLUFFY!! Alex, Ellie, Laura, Daenarya, Astraea - I'm just so mind-blown, because of how simple and complex the lore is, the little backstories to each fic, how intricate the characters are and not to mention, the ART!! THE ART!! (Especially the famed Love and Scotch series. Plus, this is probably the first time I've seen a writer write for MoTY! Such an underrated, beautiful book!)

@peonyblossom

Peony's works have just been absolute MAGIC. Not to mention the wonderful 🏳️‍🌈 rainbow rep! Between Pictagram edits, Sadie's Self-Care Saturday and Peony's @choicespride project, I only hope to read more. I love Sydney, Sadie Valentine and Jackie Hunt and I remember coming across a magazine edit, I think, of Jackie and her experiences exploring their gender identity and I was so in awe of how beautiful it is; how we treat our characters as people too.

Thank you for inspiring me (and countless others, who've also inspired!) to explore Aspec- characters in my fics without constraining myself to some uptight standards and unspoken "rules". It's been so wonderful and freeing!

Even more mentions but I got really lazy for some reason (and also it is 12:16 right now and I'm very delirious okay bye)

Because I might have to expand this into a Part 2, I'm just going to tag some wonderful people here and then bring them up in the Part-2, which is definitely in the drafts.. I hope.( I mean, unless Uni thwarts my plans, that is, but you know what, we'll deal with it. It's THE NEW FREAKING YEAR AND IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A FEVER DREAM!)

@takemyopenheart : When I first came across your edits, I was literally on the balls of my feet, going "Aaah it is Luci and Ella!" at your fcs XD, but I'm just so happy! I hope to get to know Luz (and that's the baddest name ever for a doctor) and Ethan!

@gryffindordaughterofathena : Dri, it's been so SO LONG. How are you doing? How's everything? It's been literal decades lmao but I just *love* Diana so much. She reminds me of that cool, nice aunt at reunions who'd give you those fun fancy chocolates. I hope to catch up with your works and hope to catch up with you as well! And hooray for South-Asian rep! As a South Asian myself, it brings me so much joy to have our traditions and clothing attire represented in little, evocative poetic ways.

@openheartforeverinmyheart : Lizzie, you are absolutely incredible. I love the whole noir aesthetic to your works, your edits and I really really want to catch up with Adelina and Ethan's stories. Honestly Adelina gives off major "next-door neighbour who's ten times smarter than you are and also really nice but at the same time, can kill people with her stare" and I'm living for all of it! Thank you for introducing us to your wonderful world and I hope 2023 brings new adventures for both you and your MC!

@genevievemd: Sarah! I love your wholesome approach to your fics and edits and your EDITS ARE AMAZING! I love your approach as you chronicle Ethan and Gen's important moments through texts and pictures and calls and it is such a genius move. Not to mention super adorable! I love that and I hope in 2023, I get to read your works and explore your version of canon!

@lilyoffandoms : Lily, argh, it is so so hard to find Blades writers these days and I'm so glad you're one of them! You're always explorative with your writing; always up for something new, like say, switching genres, themes and so on and I've always wanted to be a versatile writer. Plus, I've always wanted to appreciate how beautiful and simplistic your drabbles are. They're short, sweet and just utterly beautiful and remind me of a little book of short stories. I hope to explore your writing style even further in these coming months! Thanks for creating!

@headoverheelsforramsey : Sruti, it's been so long since I caught up with your works. It brings me so much joy to see a lot more South Asian rep in the Choices fandom. As a South Asian myself, it feels so good, so validating to have MCs and LIs celebrate Diwali together, enjoy Asian cuisine and appreciate their cultural backgrounds. It's wonderful and I hope you know that you're doing a fantastic job! Between that and your cheeky writing style, it is so heartwarming to read your works.

There are so many more people to thank, so many more people to send love and support after, but it would be overkill to condense all of it in a single post. I really hope I'd get to write an even longer appreciative post because this fandom has been there; this community has been there for me when I was going through some of the worst things I've ever gone through. And I hope you know that you deserve to be celebrated, appreciated and above all, loved and cherished.

So thank you for everything.

Cheers,

Mads.

#choices fandom appreciation #choices countdown to 2023 #choices fandom

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theviridianbunny · 1 year

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I’ve been doing a lot of thinking recently about my special interest over the years…

my first ever proper special interest was naruto. I remember being 11/12, in my first year of secondary school. My school had a library that that had manga in it and they had all of the original manga. I picked up the manga and fell in love with it. I then started the anime and the special interest really kicked in!! Me and my best friend at the time would sit together in class and hype over naruto (and not get any work done- but we were good kids- we were having fun- and put our heads down when we were told XD) I remember doing little doodles of gaara or rock lee in the margins of my note books- or all over my school planner !

Through school I was always picked on / bullied for being the weird kid- in the later years of secondary school I pushed away my love for anime/manga- also things like gaming/pokemon . I wasn’t allowed to like that stuff no- I could not because fuck - I was so tired… But in recent years- I’ve been in learning the negative associations/ thinking around the passions. It’s not cringe bunny- if you like it- it’s not cringe- nothing is cringe! (It’s something I tell myself every day now)

If I could go back, I’d tell 12 year old bunny it’s ok- to not listen to the boys who picked on me- or to not pay attention to the girls who’d look at me weirdly- I’d give her a big hug and tell her everything is going to be ok- to keep her head up- rough times we’re on the horizon but - she’d make it through… Naruto bought me so much joy during a time of my life where everything sucked! Other anime’s did too (like bleach and then code geass R1 and R2) - but for now I’m just talking about Naruto!!

I’ve been revisting some of the anime - to be specific my favourite arc- the chunin exam arc!! I’ve been rewatching a bunch of the second round fights and -!The neji and Hinata fight- the family struggle that came with it… and then- oh my god the gaara rock lee fight!! I’d forgotten just how hyped I used to get over it! Like just oh my god- I didn’t even have the words for that fight- literally it was my favourite part of the whole series hands down!! The character design in naruto will always stick with me! Orochimaru’s design especially- just ugh- the purple eye shadow and his piercing yellow eyes!! The soundtrack SLAPS as well- the animation is so of its time- the cell shaded (?) blocked shading in areas- the areas of line weight- ugh it’s just- it’s something special to me !

Naruto will always be special to me, it will always have a place in my heart- even if it’s no longer a proper special interest. Every now and then I revisit it- the same childlike wonder and hype is still there… a lot of nostalgia as well…

#bunny screams into the void #naruto

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walkingstackofbooks · 5 months

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DS9 4x16 Accession thoughts (I’m re-watching, so beware spoilers for future episodes!) [8 July ‘23]

I love how offended Julian is about how much tidying Miles hasn't done - I guess he offered to help and hadn't realised how much work he'd have to do XD

"You should have seen it before." Mood. That was always my sentence wherever mum came to pick me up from uni XD

Does Julian actually want to help? That was a sudden swing to "it's a shame to pack it all away" xD

Oh, I thought this was the plant killing episode where Keiko gets secretly possessed.

"Daddy, I have a little bother." So cute!

His gaze looking at Keiko is so gentle!

Sisko fiddling with baseball and hiding it :3

Aww, awkward Sisko

"I think I'd like it." Of course you would, Jadzia, you LOVE attention. (And being emissary would make Kira pay more attention to you..? :P)

Why does this man think he's the emissary, even before he knows he's in a future time?

The awe in Kira's voice

Nothing Sisko's quoted from the prophecies is not about him...

"All I have to worry about are the Klingons, the Dominion and the Maquis. I feel like I'm on vacation!" Oh, Sisko

"I remember when my nephew Nog..." Yes, we all know he's your nephew, Quark.

" I used to love reading to him. You know, See Brak acquire. Acquire, Brak, acquire." Hehehe.

"Oh, well I'll be sure and call you when she's ready to deliver. You can lend a hand." Julian's so earnest

"Unfortunately, I will be away from the station at that time. Far away. Visiting my parents. On Earth." Worf making several addtion's just to make sure they get the picture.

"How about a game of darts?" "Don;t you have to get home?" Huh, wasn't expecting Julian to give him up that easily.

"I don't see it as a contradiction." "I don't understand." "That's the thing about faith. If you don't have it, you can't understand it, and if you do, no explanation is necessary." This is really close to my heart as an ex-believer. I really like Kira's attitude to her faith. Idk

"Farmers have become politicians..." Ohhhh.... I'd remembered about Kira's struggle, but not what that would mean for Shakaar and their entire political system.

Kira's shaky breath and hesitation to clap.. Ohhh...

"If Bajor returns to the D'jarra system, I have no doubt that its petition to join the Federation will be rejected." "Kai Winn and I have already discussed it. We're willing to make that sacrifice in order to follow the will of the Prophets." Ugh, of course Winn's involved in this...

"You don't have to get up for me." "You're Ih'valla. I'm Te'nari." Yikes

"Maybe you never realised this, Captain, but we would've tried to do whatever you asked of us when you were Emissary, no matter how difficult it seemed. I'd better get to Ops." She's so subdued. Oh, Kira.

"An excess of neuropeptides. I can give you an inhibitor to make sure it never happens again. [Sisko nods, and Julian goes to get it.] Of course, if I do, you risk never finding out." This is like the reverse of Sisko's vision episode in Season 5

"So, any idea what they might have been trying to tell you?" I think Julian's really, genuinely curious here.

"Sure. That I have too many neuropeptides rolling around in my head." Heh, and that smile

"I suppose Julian has one too." Your wife knows you, O'Brien.

"Wanna try for twins?" "I don't think it works that way." XD

I know looking longingly at his costume shows his wish for his own free time... but it also reads a lot like longing for Julian ngl

"I'm sorry. The last thing I want to do is add to your problems, but this is something I have to do." Ohhh, she's blinking back tears as she says this, I hate this so much for her.

"I don't doubt I can find someone to fill your post.. But to replace you?" OH, HE'S CRYING TOO THESE GUYSSSS

Miles looking for Julian :3

"Chief! Excuse me!" As soon as Julian sees Miles he rushes over. It can't have been THAT LONG since you saw him??

"You and I were evenly matched" - wellll, no you weren't. That was a ruse on Julian's part. Sorry.

"Actually, I was hoping maybe-" his awkward hand gestures :3 sweetheart

I can't stop watching Julian's face in this scene. When Quark reminds him "no refunds", he looks hopefully for a second at Miles. And his expression is so sad thereafter, his laugh at Miles' joke so lacklustre. Guys, I just have feelings.

"You killed him because of his D'jarra?" "I had to." My goodness. Fricking hell. I did not remember this getting that awful!

"We have to go to the wormhole and ask the Prophets." Solid plan, actually

"I was the first!" Heh, I knew they wouldn't understand first. Not an argument you're gonna win with them

"Why did you send me into the future?" "For the Sisko." Love how the episode just says yes, this was all for Sisko's character development

"I promised I wouldn't say anything, but it's about Julian." "What about him?" "I ran into him the other day and he seemed depressed. He'd never admit it, but he really misses you." This part is MY FAV

"I'm a lucky man." The way she nods and winks <3 Keiko is a queen and I wish we saw more of her, not her-and-Miles

Julian's little smile when Keiko messages him :3

"I want you to have this. It's an original Kira Nerys. Could be verrrry valuable one day." "I hear she didn't make many." Their laughs <3

"We were wondering if there's any chance you could come and give her your blessing." Kira's glance over to him, not quite sure how he'll respond, but his genuine smile and "I'd be happy to" ❤❤

Aww, Sisko covering up his smile at the end there. I love it.

#DS9 4x16 #DS9 Accession #andi watches ds9 #WSB

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demonslayedher · 2 years

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Ramble on Exposition Serving the Plot

Writing is hard, let me just get that out there first. Developing stuff is fun, but writing--conveying that interesting stuff in equally interesting ways--is hard. Gotouge-sensei had so, so, so much to convey, while also keeping readers wanting to come back for more every week. And, with this being Sensei's first serialized work, it's unsurprising how much it improves once the characters have been established and the manga finds its flow. I could say (and have said, when asked) a lot about the writing flaws, but I find the flaws so endearing nowadays that I don't like to criticize this manga. KnY wouldn't be KnY without its inherent silliness.

But on the first time around, when I didn't know and feel everything I do now, I found myself disappointed with Inosuke and Zenitsu's introduction to the story. I hated them both at first, though I had come around to Zenitsu by the end of the arc. Inosuke, though, ugh. That fight between Tanjiro and Inosuke felt so unnecessary, and weird what with that 'your face is pretty' bit, and Inosuke bending like a circus performer just because he can, but then especially how there's so little tension remaining after the fight, like Inosuke was all bark and no actual bite. I didn't actually like Inosuke until I saw him moping in bed, hahaha. XD Looking back it's so typical Tanjiro and Inosuke though, isn't it?

That all having been said, I really appreciate some details in how the exposition was worked into the plot.

What got me thinking about this especially was that showing us Zenitsu and Inosuke's heightened senses was actually relevant to the plot. It's really easy to mistake Zenitsu's first mention of sound for a trite exposition drop about how we're liking up a cast of heroes that can be sorted out as easily as Power Rangers, not for what color they wear but what sense they have special abilities with.

But since they were going up against a drum demon, with the drum being played being the very indicator of a demon's power being used, it was the most relevant way to both have Zenitsu notice something that would be very in-character for him to notice, and to get us looking for how sound might be relevant in a demon's powers. This is a laying of exposition groundwork, a red carpet for us to walk on as we march in with our hands cupped and ready to receive worldbuilding info about the demon, as opposed to simply having it dumped on us.

The introduction of Inosuke's senses comes on much, much more subtle, we don't actually gain a good understanding of his abilities until Mt. Natagumo, at which point we've already gotten a good understanding of Zenitsu's hearing, as well as Tanjiro's ability to smell world-specific stuff like Lines of Interval. However, it's first hinted at while Inosuke is running down the halls, dodging right before he'd have been attacked. As first time readers, it's easy to dismiss this entirely as him just having a good reaction, but on second reads you get the "ohhhhhhhhh I know what's happening here" satisfaction.

But what really drives the plot forward is here, when Inosuke has followed the aura of a demon.

Had Inosuke not sensed Nezuko: --Inosuke would have otherwise not had any reason to interact --Zenitsu would have had no reason to protect the box, thereby not giving Tanjiro (and readers) the chance to appreciate an entirely different side of Zenitsu's character --Tanjiro would had been the only one injured to go on to the next arc, leaving him with still only Nezuko to do much interacting with

That's another thing that works really well about the choice to make Inosuke fight Zenitsu as a way of driving the plot--as we had just been introduced to Inosuke and Zenitsu, thereby realistically not caring about them as much yet as we care about Tanjiro, it was too early to give either of them any serious injuries in battle against demons. In their introductions it was crucial we get an understanding for how they function as capable demon slayers and what their fighting style is like. They were fighting zako-oni (random background demons of no consequence) so as not to overshadow Tanjiro's battle with Kyogai, and you couldn't have them get seriously injured by zako-oni.

But if you need them to have some reason to stay in a long-term recovery at the same time as Tanjiro so as to build some bonds with each other before the following arc...? Oh, have them survive their demon encounters only to go and break each other's ribs instead, yes. Excellent work-around. Throw in some Corp rules exposition while you're at it, sure.

As much as I love Kyogai and I believe that fight showed a lot of Tanjiro's maturation as a Demon Slayer (as well as established Gotouge as extremely creative and established Ufotable as very, very ready and willing to show off), the scuffle over Nezuko's box--made possible only by Inosuke and Zenitsu's unique abilities, as well as the two of them revealing aspects of their personality by the decisions they made--was the most meaningful interaction in that whole arc, even if the 'your face is pretty' thing came right after it.

#kny nerdery #when the writing techniques are good they can be very good #but even when they aren't the story is told with so much heart #ultimately if something keeps you reading #then it's accomplishing all it needs to

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