#welp i saw some activity going on here

[wkbk33]

Let's become one; it's okay not to be able to turn back.

That's fine, for you're my one and only love.

#nct dream #nct fanart #jaemren #renmin #welp i saw some activity going on here #n twt dy1ng again so here am i #their hair colours were too perfect for me to miss this opportunity #my art

[slvtforfiction]

Truth or drink (pt.2!)

☆ Colby X reader ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

☆ Suggestive (No smut) ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

☆ Masterlist

☆ Part 1

☆ A like,reblog and comment is always appreciated:) ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

☆ Cw: alcohol obvs (idc what u say tequila rose is banging,fight me)

☆ Creds to @cafekitsune for dividers :)

☆ Hey guys! Before anything else I would ask you to request anything you want because I’ve lost a lot of motivation and it would really help! :D (Please look at pinned post to see if requests are open.)

Colby 🖤:

Hey doll,you wanna do drink or truth again? Like a part 2 but just us?

You:

Yeah sure,am I gonna get embarrassed again?

Colby 🖤:

Welp we both are so does it matterrr?

You:

Oh god tell me some of the questions then 🤦‍♀️

Colby 🖤:

Maybe some about kinks and maybe something about some other stuff :)

You:

Yay I’m so excited this is going to make me want to really do more videos with you!

Colby 🖤:

Laying on the sarcasm pretty thick

You:

If your asking if I care,I don’t :)

Colby 🖤:

Love you’re always sarcastic,I’ll see you down here in 10 hm?

You:

Okay,omw x

Colby 🖤:

Good girl,see you soon x

I blushed leaving him on read as I changed my top to a red and black crop top he had gotten me and some black ripped jeans that I got on a shopping trip with him along with some fishnets below them to spice it up.

I walked upstairs to his apartment which was right above mine and knocked his door waiting patiently for an answer.

He quickly answered and I saw the living room already set up with a tripod,camera,2 shot glasses,tequila rose for me and Smirnoff vodka for him.

“Oo my favourite!” I smiled as I realised he had remembered my favourite alcoholic drink.

“Yeah ofcourse.” He said smiling clearly knowing i would say yes to the video idea by the already prepared drinks.

He finished the intro and grabbed his phone reading out the first question, “Why do you not talk to the last person you “did the dirty” with?” And I looked at him,looked at the shot glass and poured myself a shot downing it immediately.

“I still speak to the person I last slept with so,” I shrugged,not wanting to actually admit on camera that Colby and me were dating and therefore he was my last.

“Same but I don’t think they want to be public so I’m drinking.” He said before taking a shot and smiling at me.

I always seemed to find comfort in his smile no matter what he was smiling at or who he was smiling at,although I thought it was a much better feeling when he was smiling at me.

“What is your favourite activity with your significant other?” He asked as he looked at me softly,his gaze mesmerising.

“I like just laying on the sofa with them and cuddling,it’s the little things you know what I mean?” I smiled back as he looked at the camera clapping his hands together.

“I don’t really know I think just their presence in anything I do is really special to me,I just like everything I do with them.” He said smiling softly and I smiled,blush running to my cheeks.

I knew after this video I was ready,ready to go on twitter and scream and rave about him being my boyfriend as long as Colby didn’t mind.

“Name 2 non-vanilla kinks you have.” He said smiling at me before he saw me pick up my drink,watching his smirk fall of his face.

“You know what? If you answer I’ll answer.” I said laughing putting my drink down. “Oh god Uhm okay.” He said laughing nervously clearly not expecting that.

“Can we say ones we said in the last truth or drink video?” I asked and he shook his head. “Nah that’s boring and also you can’t anyways because you said vanilla kinks.” He said smiling at me.

“Okay you say yours then and I’ll say mine I guess.” I said laughing nervously and he looked me dead in the eyes before leaning back on the sofa and putting his hands behind his head,kissing his teeth.

“Okay um,I’m nervous now.” He said laughing before kissing his teeth again and answering “okay um I like tying up my partner and I mean if a girls gonna call me daddy she’s gonna call me daddy.” He said and I giggled to myself.

“I didn’t actually think you would answer.” I whined not wanting to answer. “Well come on you have to answer now.” He said laughing at my embarrassment and im sure by now he had figured out my humiliation kink although I wouldn’t have said that anyways.

“Okay uh I have a size kink and I really like hickeys and stuff so I guess marking?” I laughed nervously as I realised my boyfriend was the one sat next to me probably making mental notes to himself.

Colby cracked up laughing as he clapped his hands together trying to make sure I knew that he was going to use this against me and honestly I was definitely wanting him to tie me up after this video.

We soon moved on and after about an hour of filming we got to our last question, “What’s one thing you dislike about me?” He asked and I shuffled closer to him to whisper in his ear.

“That you haven’t tied me up underneath you yet.” I then turned round and grabbed my drink,pouring myself another shot,at this point I had had about 10 shots,so what’s another one?

I downed my drink and he quickly downed his before ending the video.

“Don’t say shit like that to me whilst filming.” He said,I smiled and turned around from the fridge after grabbing myself a bottle of water.

“Hm I’ll think about it.” I said and he continued to walk up to me,cornering his hands around my waist against the counter top.

“Do you want to be tied up like a little slut?” He asked “Is that what you want hm?” And I smiled at him whilst he remained silent and faking his anger.

“Maybe it is..daddy.” I whispered in his ear before kissing down his neck,he picked me up by the waist and carried me upstairs.

“Wanna cuddle up on the sofa,beautiful?” He asked softly raking his hand through my hair as I laid my head on chest.

“No,wanna stay here.” I mumbled half asleep and fully naked still lying on his chest.

He had his boxers on and got up quickly leaving me on the bed barely able to move.

“Come back Colbs.” I whispered and he smiled, “I will im just going to get you a shirt,okay?” He asked and I smiled sitting up and rubbing my eyes.

“Can we be public? Like us?” I asked quietly scared to even suggest it “Yeah sure,I’d like that.” He smiled looking back at me.

“I’ll post it on twitter tomorrow morning if you still want to yeah?” He asked and I whispered an ‘okay’.

His lights remained off,his LEDS being the source of red light throughout the room and I smiled bashfully again as he lifted up an arm and then another putting me in his xplr shirt.

The room still smelt of sex and my wrists still had marks which Colby would religiously kiss for the next few days.

“Love you Colbs.” I said before falling asleep with an arm wrapped around me and another still taking through my hair.

“I love you too sweetheart.” I heard him whisper before dozing off.

#Spotify #spotify #smut #song #romance #cute #fluff #colby brock smut #colby smut #sam and colby #sam and colby fluff #colby x reader #colby brock x reader #colby brock #suggestive #k!nky thoughts #k!nk community #k!nks #k!nk tag #k!nk talk

[judasiscariotsfemalehysteria]

I watched Judas (2004) and welp

So erm this was supposed to just be a couple sentences but ended up becoming a full-blown rant, please bare with me

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD AND BRIEF MENTIONS OF SUICIDE ⚠️

So basically it all started when Judas saw Jesus going bonkers in the temple and got really horny-

Then he decided to invite Him back to his place for some grapes (malewife mode activated)

Afterwards Caiaphas and co. abduct Judas (this happens a total of three times) and attempt to blackmail him

Caiaphas calls Judas ‘son’

Judas ignores Caiaphas and runs away with Jesus. They start play-fighting and end up wrestling on the ground

Jesus says “I want you to spend eternity with me“

Unfortunately the harmony is short-lived. Judas sees Jesus hugging Matthew and gets jealous

Pilate, Herod and Caiaphas regularly get together for tea and crumpets

Here Judas is basically the stand-in for Simon Zealots. We learned that his father died in an attempt to stir up a Jewish insurrection. Flower!child Jesus asks Judas why he’s staying despite their contradicting beliefs and he replies: “I’m drawn to you like a thirsty horse to a riverbed” 😳

Babygirl 🌸

Supportive mama Iscariot tells her son he should invite his new boyfriend over for Passover, then promptly dies

OMG THE KISS

Judas really just smushed their faces together 🥴

The cinematic choices here are really cool, Jesus is almost always surrounded by light Star Wars hologram lookin ass whereas Judas is consumed by shadow the edgelord

After turning Jesus in Judas instantly regrets it, and tries to get the apostles together to rescue Him. It doesn’t work (obviously) so he screams and cries his way through the trial before going to hang himself

His last thought is of Jesus asking him to join the Eternal Kingdom 🥺

JESUS AND JUDAS’ DEATHS PARALLEL EACHOTHER

The disciples take Judas down because they know it’s what Jesus would have wanted, praying for him as the screen fades to black

The end 🥲

Conclusion

Judas has the vibes of an early 2000s made-for-tv movie (which it is) so I got what I came for. Definitely a fun ride if you like JCS and want to see attractive people acting out a biblically-inaccurate rendition of The Passion in the style of Gladiator (2000) or Troy (2004). The language used is modern, everyone speaks in American or English accents. Pilate even uses the term ‘rabble-rousing’ Overall I give Judas 18 silver pieces out of 30, for being corny and anachronistic but homoerotic enough to satiate all the freaks out there like me

To think this all could have been prevented if Judas just took his iron pills

Bonus quotes:

“Don’t leave me, I thought I was special to you!”

-Judas

“I wish you could love yourself the way I love you.”

-Jesus

P.S. I’ve seen Jonathan Scarfe referred to as ‘the whinier Glenndas’ so please proceed with caution if you do plan on giving it a watch! Here’s the link:

#okay I think that’s everything #judas movie #the passion #jesus christ #judas iscariot #jesus chris superstar #bible posting #jonathan scarfe #johnathon schaech #television drama #caiaphas #pontius pilate #king herod

[anewp0tat0]

Chapter 199

not much activity around this chapter but welp that's expected. art didn't disapoint, as usual.

thankfully I think the one thing this chapter did for me was provide the answers to the questions made last time(even if they were very small. and i expected them to be answered now. would be disappointing otherwise. )

so first, I'm just gonna review what we now know:

They are not the night watch.

previously, i have wondered that since these kids are all senior, if they work for Doll. But it's now made clear that they have nothing to do with any of that.

they know that Doll means trouble.

despite not working for her, they seem to know a lot about her background. about her nature tho, not sure.

they are not certain of what happens to them after fledging day.

just that it's quite bad. is this an educated guess based on the fact that they can't contact anyone outside, or more likely, have they seen something that scares them? such as what happens to the kids who run away?

and then there's something that I'm mostly certain of:

I don't think these children are supernatural.

since she's exhausted, and looks like she was using all of her dear strength to hold him up(and he's not the heaviest guy around for a long shot), I personally don't believe there's anything other than... possibly intense circus training going on(i still think doll may have shown her some stuff). + a dose of fiction. what child is normal here.

especially since they were all shocked when Finny bent the knife, I think it's fair to say they've never seen such obscene strength before.

look at this boy

...

now, here are some things that are unclear to me :

they probably don't know about the blood collecting.

they looked very shocked, so it's natural to assume this is the first they've heard. but of course, I'm still wondering if they've seen something terrible(such as what happens to the children who run away), so there's a possibility that they either already know and are shocked that Finny knows as well, or, Theo is connecting the dots between what he saw and what Finny says.

but I still think it's the former.

only one thing is very certain: Yana loves her AU's. we got Sherlock Holmes, titanic, Harry Potter, I'm just gonna say Grims fairytales or smth, and now we have the Promised Neverland.

lil emma here/hj

and also, that Archie really passed that aptitude test... those are some Sebastians he's pullinf right there.

(again, half joking cause it would be very funny if whoever created the test was able to assume Sebastian's personality. the resemblance must be a coincidence.)

hope y'all have a nice day!

#kuroshitsuji #black butler #kuroshitsuji chapter 199 #kuro chapter 199 #kuroshitsuji spoilers #kuro spoilers #chapter review #black butler manga

[agentwhiskeysdarlin]

A Look Out On Forever

Pairing: Jack ‘Whiskey’ Daniels x F!Reader

Rating: NC-17 18+

Warnings: so much tooth rotting fluff, camping (or glamping truthfully) fun, domestic bliss, smutty good times, oral (female receiving), p in v sex, unprotected sex, this is just so cute 

Word Count: 1.5k

Author’s Notes: Welp another little archived fic for you guys. This was orginally suppose to be a kinktober fic for sleepy sex but I decided to shelf it after writing what was posted. I thought this would be a good very cute, fluffy, fun and smutty fic to share. Plus who doesn’t love a cute engagement fic. Thank you to @clint-aww-no-barton​ as always. Thank you all for your continued support. I hope the spark for writing comes back soon so I can write new things for all of you. I have one more archived fic coming and it’s a heart shattering fic you will need tissues for so linger in this one as long as you can. 

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  The world opened up in front of you in the most breathtaking view. Snow capped mountains and the greenery of trees mixed together. The clouds seemed to play with the peaks, dancing along them. The sun was currently hiding but it still held it’s place high in the sky. You had made perfect time. A gentle hand rubbed up your back, seconds after you placed your backpack by your feet. You looked up, seeing Jack looking out at the view as well.

  “It’s beautiful,” you spoke so softly, the words seeming to disappear right off your lips.

  “It truly is. We made it just in time for it to be our view for lunch.”

  Jack spoke and you broke into a small smile looking back up at him, gazing into his eyes. He turned fully as his other hand cupped your right cheek, and he brushed his lips against yours. It was a gentle kiss but you could feel the hunger behind it all the same. You smiled up at him, sighing at the contentment you felt in this moment.

  You and Jack had been together for three years now, and in celebration you decided to go camping. You had made a list early on, when you knew Jack was it for you, of activities you wanted to do with him. When he took some time off from Statesmam and asked what you wanted to do, camping had been the first thing out of your mouth. Although Jack’s idea of camping was a bit different than yours. He had insisted on bringing his RV and after bickering with him for days you let the man win.

  “Let’s sit and eat,” Jack spoke, before his hands were gone and he was pulling his own backpack off.

  You pulled a blanket from your pack and spread it out over the rocks, far enough from the cliff edge to be comfortable, but the view still perfect. You and Jack had split the load, and you both pulled things out until you had a full spread in front of you. The two of you ate your sandwiches in blissful silence, just taking in the world around you.

After finishing lunch, the two of you fell into easy conversation, moving closer to each other. He made you laugh and every single time you looked into his eyes, you could see the love that shone in them. He gave you butterflies, just as he always had. You let your eyes move back out over the ledge, noting the sun was slowly starting to move down behind the mountains.

  “We should probably get back while we have plenty of light.”

  Your voice held a sigh, not wanting to leave. You stood and so did Jack, gathering your things up.

  “Hang on darlin’,” Jack spoke and you turned to him.

  He was looking at you and the look on his face made your stomach clench.

  “Jack what’s wrong?”

  “I…I hadn’t completely decided to do this until we came up here and I saw the look on your face. I knew then that I had to do it now.”

  “Jack?” You stared, confused, as you watched him.

  The man fell to one knee in front of you and your heart stopped. Your hand went up to your mouth muffling your gasp.

  “I knew the second I laid my eyes on you, that you were it for me. It took a lot for me to work everything out, after what happened in my past, but I knew without a doubt you were the answer to everything. I love you more than words could ever express, and I wish you would do me the honor of marrying this ol’ cowboy.”

  “Jack Daniels…I want nothing more in the world,” your words choked up as the tears started, and a smile so wide it could have broken your face spread over your lips.

  Jack lit up at your answer, quickly slipped the beautiful ring he had been holding onto your finger. Your brought your hand up to look it over. It wasn’t anything massive, just a simple diamond on a silver band. It was perfect. This moment was perfect. Jack stood and you watched him, before you all but threw yourself at him and the two of you kissed deeply. Then Jack had your feet off the ground and spinning you in a quick circle. You let out a giggle, before your feet landed back on the rock under you.

  “Let’s head back fiancé,” Jack smiled big and you knew that would be your new pet name until he could officially call you wife.

  You were perfectly okay with that. He took your hand, after slipping on your backpacks, and you started back down the trail to the RV.

  The sun had painted the sky such beautiful colors, that you and Jack couldn’t stop from finding another small clearing, to see another version of the view you had just left. It was so beautiful but you couldn’t linger long. The two of you made it back to the RV with just a bit of light left in the sky.

  Jack opened the door for you and you stepped inside, taking in the coolness of the small area. It wasn’t massive, just big enough for a bed, a tiny bathroom, a kitchen and a small table that folded up. It was perfect for the two of you though. You slipped your backpack off, feeling the exhaustion hit you suddenly.

  “I’m going to go shower.”

  “Alright darlin’,” Jack kissed your forehead and let you go.

  After the two of you had quick showers, you crawled into bed with heavy eyes. Jack came after you, crawling over you, his lips brushing over yours. At first it was a soft kiss but then Jack deepened it, his hips brushed against yours. You let out a sigh against his lips and wrapped your arms around his neck with lazy arms. After awhile he finally pulled away, and you were met with lust blown eyes.

  “Jack how do you even have it in you to do this?” You laughed with a horse voice.

  “It’s you darlin’. The effect you have on me. Plus, we need to celebrate.”

  “I’m so tired,” you whined softly even though you could feel that familiar heat in the pit of your stomach.

  “I am too darlin’ but we can have a little quicky can’t we?”

  The pout he gave you made you giggle, and shake your head, but he already knew he was going to win this.

  “Alright fine, fine.”

  He did a small victory shimmy that made you throw your head back laughing. When your eyes fluttered back open slightly, you were met with that look that sent butterflies through your stomach. Jack’s head dipped and his lips fell to your neck. Gentle kisses trailed down your body, clothes being discarded as he went. Until he settled between your legs. He looks so relaxed as he dipped his head and sent you spinning.

He knew how to use his mouth and within seconds he had you moaning, head back and your fingers threaded through his brown locks. Then you pulled, signaling him to stop before he is back up your body, taking another path back to your lips. When they fall to yours, you taste yourself there and moan, the feeling of sinking into the mattress washing over you.

  Jack’s clothes are gone between kisses and then he entered you. He thrusted much faster and harder than you thought he would and flipped you over. He positioned you flat on your stomach, the blanket under you brushing deliciously on your clit, as he fucks you from behind.

  “Jack I’m close,” you whimper out, turning your head.

  “Just a little longer angel,” he groans and his thrusts become sloppy.

  He brings you up against his chest as he keeps going, one arm holding you up and the other snaking around to rub at your clit.

  “Cum with me angel,” his voice is deep and gruff in your ear and you fall apart.

  The world disappears and nothing else is left but you and Jack. He keeps going, working you both through your highs, only stilling long enough to empty himself inside of you. He says sweet things in your ear, and you come down sleepily sated. He’s gentle as he removes himself and lays you back down.

  “Let me get something to clean you up with darlin’. Stay awake just a little longer for me,” his speaks to you in a hushed tone, a kiss pressed to your temple before he’s gone.

  He returns to find you hanging on to the waking world by a thread. He’s soft as he cleans you, before settling you both under the covers. He pulls you to him and with one last kiss to the forehead, he deems it time to sleep with a sweet goodnight. The last word you hear before slipping to blissful sleep is “fiancé.” You don’t stop the small smile that plays on your lips as you slip into dreams, that are in no way better than the life you are living.

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[steverodgerslater]

I slept with my Bf’s dad

Phew I’m not even sure how to start this. So my bf (25m) and I (22f) have been together for 3 years. Two weeks ago everyone in the family me, bf, his siblings (their significan other), parents all went down to the beach. I have always found my bf dad (51m btw) attractive. Not in the “oh my god he’s so hot” kind of way. But the “yeah I could see it back in the day.” Welp that was until this trip.

The first few days I noticed that he was stealing looks at my chest. I’m a natural g cup, and although he’s seen me many times it’s not like I’m going out in a bikini like this case. I didn’t think anything of it, I’m use to my chest being starred at, it’s just one of those things that comes with the boob size. I don’t know why after the first two days, I started pushing the limits a little more. Tying my top to give more of the push-up bra effect, moving the fabric around so that it barely covered my nipples. And boy did he keep staring.

Now a few days settled into the vacation when everyone is over the excitement of being in a new place everyone started doing their own thing and less family based activities. So everyone is doing their own thing. His dad was working on his laptop in the living room. My bf was going to the little shops with him mom to look at gifts for everyone and I would have joined them. But I spent the morning on the beach so I was already showered in my im not going back out side over size tshirt, no bra, shorts combo. I was planning on taking a nap that afternoon.

Eventually everyone is out of the house. I venture out about 10 minutes in to grab some water for the room before I decided nap. My bf dad is looking frustrated so I ask him if it’s work related which he says it is. I offer to look over it, we happen to both be accountants. Sometimes you need a new set of eyes to point out the obvious of what your missing.

So here’s where things get spicy

He’s still sitting down and I’m bent over standing look at his laptop screen. We’re just talking and I look over at him and we hold eye contact for a few seconds to long. Then his hand is over my shirt squeezing my tits. I smile and straddle him. And as if a flip switched we are making out and I’m grinding into him. He pulls of my shirt and has such a shocked face when he sees my nips are pierced. I keep grinding into him while he sucks and bites on my nips. Which drives me insane. I ask him if he likes my tits and if he wants to play with them more. He starts to lead me to a bedroom then turns back and deadbolts and puts on the security latch up.

I’m so surprise that the moment we get into the room he pushes me face down on the bed and pulls down my shorts. He starts fingering me from behind while he’s bent over me using his other hand to pull on my nips. I’m now a moaning mess begging for his cock. And oh my god. There was no forewarning. One minutes he’s only 2 fingers inside of me the next thing I know I’m screaming out. He shoved his cock so deep inside of me with one thrust. He felt massive, I could feel myself stretching out for him. He starts fucking me from behind and I’m moaning my head off. Then he just kept going harder and faster. I feel him constantly hitting my g spot over and over. I cum so much on his cock, I’ve squirted before but nothing this this. That must of done something primal to him. He tells me to roll over then he gets on the bed with me. Grabs my hairs and says “I’ve been thinking about this for a while” and forcing my mouth around his cock. Now I actually saw it and not just seen it, he’s so big, I hate to say it bigger than his son. I’m gagging barely able to breathe. He pulls me up by my hair and ask if I want to cum again. I’m so dick drunk all I can do is smile and hop on top of him. He just kept going back from and forth from slapping my face to tits. I rode his cock and we both ended up cumming at the same time.

We clean up, I had to throw the sheets in the wash. And everyone shows up about 30 minutes after that. No one suspected the anything. Later that night bf dad and I ended up talking on the porch drink a beer and he just says that the best sex he’s ever had and I look over at him, smile, and agree.

(2) I slept with my Bf’s dad : SluttyConfessions (reddit.com)

#confessions #familycheat

[waitingformy-fanfiction]

Welp, it’s your unlucky day, because my counterpart is at a party, so I’m going to scream at all of you about Alexsandr Kallus.

Star Wars: Rebels spoilers ahead, obviously.

I just…love this character, y’all. The trauma? The guilt?? The redemption??? The complexity???? I absolutely cannot be normal about it so let me break down my entire thought process.

When we first meet this guy, he is one nasty Imperial bastard. I mean, if you haven’t seen Rebels, take it from me; this guy is a dick. But unlike most nasty Imperial bastards, he doesn’t seem to be in it for power, glory, or some sick sense of satisfaction he gets from hurting others. He’s just an absolute simp for the Empire. In fact, I’m coining the word Simperial right here right now just for my boy Alex. He seems to genuinely believe he’s on the right side, and as we find out later, he actually does have some reason to believe this. I mean, imagine you’re a little baby Simperial, the people you admire have been telling you that the rebellion is made up up savage maniacs who want to destroy the order of your nice, peaceful galaxy, and then you watch a rebel mercenary kill a bunch of injured and helpless members of your unit in cold blood, confirming everything your superiors have been telling you. And I could write a whole other post about how much I love Saw Guererra’s rebels and what they add to the story but that’s not what this is about. This is about why Kallus is the absolute worst. Which he is, by the way. Mans simped so hard for the Empire he massacred an entire species, not because he’s evil or wanted to cause suffering, but because he—not unlike Saw’s rebels my beloveds but I digress—was convinced that the ends justified the means.

So he believes he��s on the right side. He believes that the absolute atrocities he’s committed are justified. Then, in The Honorable Ones, we see that belief start to fracture. Now, lot of people talk about this episode like it’s Kallus’ redemption, but it’s not. It’s only the beginning—not even the beginning. He’s still very much a villain at this point. But the wheels have started turning, and some time between The Honorable Ones and An Inside Man, his actual redemption arc begins. Now listen, listen, listen, everyone always talks about how Kallus defected from the Empire, but he didn’t just defect; he actively betrayed the Empire. He didn’t just walk away. He didn’t have a sudden change of heart and make one grand sacrifice to right his wrongs. He intentionally and repeatedly put himself on the line for the rebellion, knowing damn good and well what kind of torturous fate he would face if and when he was discovered. That’s a goddamn redemption arc right there. And you wanna know my favorite part? He never asks for forgiveness. He. Never. Asks. For. Forgiveness!!!

Anyway I’m absolutely feral over Star Wars: Rebels and I accidentally busted my knuckles open while writing this might delete later ok bye.

#Star Wars: Rebels #Alexsandr Kallus #Might delete later

[la-scree]

Hoo boy I'm about to have a hot take and I'm sorry for putting it on your dashes. But I've done this event five times and I have Thoughts. Mainly one thing:

The XV event was better than the XVI one.

Yes we got good glam to show off our tits and we got a doggo mount but if this was a means for me to want to play XVI, this wasn't it.

Welp, going under the cut here so if you haven't done either the XV or XVI questline, turn back. Probably won't be as bad but you know, people probably don't want to get spoiled.

(Same Yua. Same.)

We good? Cool.

For me, what draws me to a story is the characters. With Noctis, he felt more active during his event as we do a mini road trip with him. He asks questions, he tells us a bit about himself, hell at one point he goes fishing and is like 'hey I wanna take a picture!' and having recently played it on Cinder, it felt nice. He takes the lead at times and it was fun.

Then I did the XVI event and at first, I thought it was nice and good. The fight idea felt like something from Persona and y'all know I do love that series (despite all the bullshit) and facing yourself and your fears are in fact tasty. But Clive...he was boring. It felt like I was guiding a lost puppy because Yoshi-P's insert told me to due to guiding stars he saw in a dream. Lead Clive to airship, lead him to various points in Gridania where he says basically the same thing until hearing about Garuda.

Funny how Garuda is some kind of key thing in both events but in XV's event, not only do we fight them but we understand a little about them and that this kind of thing is a test for Noct mainly. We don't know shit about XVI's Garuda or what a Bearer is. And if someone is going to say 'oh they don't want to spoil the game!' I am going to retort with that they did not spoil XV for me. All we know is that Noct is on his way with his bros to see his fiancee. If you played the game you would be able to figure it out but if you're like me who knows it through osmosis and an old memory of someone playing the game but not much, it wouldn't bother you.

I didn't connect with Clive but I wanted to...in the non sexual way unlike most of Twitter. Yeah, most of my exposure to him is people talking about his tits, how breedable he is, and getting him naked. There is the rare moment that someone puts a clip on that shows some kind of emotion he has that doesn't involve any of the above and I'm just like "Where is all the stuff for this?!" I want to see emotion come from Clive or at least SOMETHING other than blank face. He sees his Ifrit before the fight starts and yells "THAT'S THE THING THAT KILLED JOSHUA!" and he's never mentioned again. My knowledge of XVI is bare fucking bones but when Torgal got more of an emotional response than him...something is weird.

As a side note, never do complete memory loss plots for short term stories like this. Because people may assume (like me) that it's an excuse for them to have no personality. Btw Cid and Yotsuyu want to know your location. No reason. Also, I know when it comes to something heavy like that, you need time for that. I'm doing this with Cinder as she regains her past life memories up until 6.0 and Yua's bit in Faerun has her with no memories but both regain pieces as their stories go on.

So long story short: XVI event felt like a nothing burger but the wrapping (rewards) were nice. If I want to get into the game, Yoshi-P's insert saying to go play XVI won't do it. It might be from people who enjoyed the game and have passion for it that might. Make me have an emotional connection with the character, make me root for them when they need it, make me feel SOMETHING!

If you enjoyed the event and thought it was S-tier then good. I'm happy for you because we need some of that around. It just made me look more at the event after my third go and think '...hmm, the joy I feel is decreasing. Why?'

#ffxiv #ffxvi #ffxv #lita has thoughts

[spicykaraage]

A Wonderful Way to Spend the Morning - Story Translation

[Prologue]

Niou: That was pretty good.

Kirihara: Phew, eating lunch has bumped my energy back up.

Yagyuu: Kirihara-kun kept complaining about how hungry he was all throughout practice.

Sanada: We’ll all be meeting in the training room this afternoon.

Yukimura: Right. But before that, I’d like to do a quick review of some things from this morning’s practice—

Niou: …*yawn*

Sanada: You’re seriously yawning right after lunch? How slovenly.

Yukimura: Did you stay up late last night?

Niou: Nope, I was in bed by the time it was lights out.

Niou: I just have a hard time falling asleep.

Yagyuu: You’ve been staying up late quite often, it seems.

Niou: If you have trouble falling asleep, then you won’t wake up feeling refreshed. But maybe that’s also why I don’t get enough sleep…

Sanada: Going to bed when it’s lights out isn’t even that early, in my opinion.

Niou: Yeah, for you.

Niou: It’s hard when your body isn’t used to following all these rules and regulations.

Kirihara: I can fall asleep as soon as I get in bed.

Kirihara: I could even sleep right here if I wanted.

Yukimura: There’s a skill that Niou could really use right now.

Yukimura: In any case, not getting enough sleep could end up interfering with your practice.

Yagyuu: There’s still plenty of time before afternoon practice begins, why not take a nap in the meantime?

Niou: Yeah… I think I’ll do just that.

—

Niou: This breeze feels nice.

Niou: (It’s quiet around here and it seems like a good place to take a nap… Hm?)

Niou: (Something’s sticking out from behind that tree… Is that someone’s feet?)

[Episode 1]

Ryoma & Jirou: Zzz… zzz…

Niou: Looks like this spot’s already taken.

Niou: (I thought this would be a good place to take a nap, but I’ll have to go look for another place.)

Gakuto: Damn that Jirou, I found him!

Kaidoh: So Echizen’s sleeping over here too…

Niou: What’s up, you guys. You were looking for these two?

Kabaji: Yes. The Hyotei members have a meeting after this…

Kaidoh: We do too.

Kaidoh: Hey, wake up Echizen.

Ryoma: Mmm…

Ryoma: What’s up, Kaidoh-senpai. It’s not even time for afternoon practice yet.

Kaidoh: Captain Tezuka told us to meet up beforehand so we could talk about our training regimen for this afternoon.

Gakuto: You wake up too, Jirou!

Jirou: Zzz… mnah…

Niou: Good luck getting him to wake up.

Kabaji: I’ll carry him on my back…

Gakuto: Christ, he’s hopeless.

Gakuto: He didn’t even do the morning routine we talked about trying since he fell asleep twice.

Niou: Morning routine?

Gakuto: It’s this one where fixing your sleeping habits can have good effects. I saw it on the TV the other day.

Kabaji: We’ve only just started… but I think it’s been helping me sleep better, wake up refreshed and has good effects on my practice.

Niou: Oh…

Kaidoh: Why don’t you try that? You suck with mornings.

Ryoma: Uh… Yeah, I’ll pass on that.

Ryoma: I’m gonna go get ready for afternoon practice.

Niou: And away he goes.

Kaidoh: …I’m gonna get going too. See ya.

Gakuto: We’re gonna head out too. We’ll be late to our meeting if we don’t hurry.

Kabaji: Right.

Niou: Welp… I’m wide awake, so there’s no chance of me getting a nap at this point.

Niou: (But a morning routine, huh. I’ll have to ask someone fill me in about that later.)

[Episode 2]

Niou: …That was something I heard earlier.

Niou: You guys know anything about it?

Yanagi: Of course I can you fill you in on it.

Yanagi: Simply put, a morning routine is deciding in advance what you need to do once you wake up, and practicing it every day.

Yanagi: In general, it is said that improving one’s lifestyle helps regulate their daily rhythm, and that getting a good night’s sleep helps to clear the mind.

Yagyuu: Now that you mention it, I did see a special feature on TV about morning activities.

Yagyuu: That’s just what you need right now isn’t it, Niou-kun?

Marui: Why?

Niou: I’ve been having trouble falling asleep recently. And I have a hard time waking up ‘cause of it.

Jackal: Ah, so that’s what it is.

Jackal: You’re consulting with Yanagi since you wanna get in better shape, I take it.

Niou: It’s not just wanting to get in better shape…

Niou: Not feeling refreshed isn’t a good feeling, so I figured it wouldn’t hurt to try out a method to help me sleep better.

Yagyuu: This has caught my interest as well, what exactly should he do?

Yanagi: Nothing particularly taxing, as far as I know.

Yanagi: Some people make it a morning routine to open their curtains as soon as they wake up to let the sunlight in, or to make their bed.

Jackal: So it’s as simple as that?

Yanagi: It’s hard to make a habit out of something if it’s too complicated.

Marui: Yeah, I totally agree.

Yagyuu: So it’s important to make something a habit, that would be the first step.

Yanagi: Yes.

Jackal: Well since we’re here, why don’t we all give it a try?

Marui: For sure. The guys from Hyotei are doing it too, I’ll talk with those two about it once I get back to my room.

Niou: …

Yagyuu: Niou-kun?

Niou: No, it’s nothing.

Niou: (A morning routine… I get having morning activities, but it feels too basic and uninteresting…)

Niou: (Could doing something that simple really work…?)

[Episode 3]

Niou: Mmm…

Niou: (Morning, huh… Feels weird waking up this early.)

Niou: (There’s still plenty of time before morning practice, I’ll just go back to sleep…)

Niou: …

—

Niou: *yawn*…

Niou: I got up and got dressed, but I’m still feeling sleepy…

Kabaji: …

Niou: Mornin’.

Kabaji: ! Good morning.

Kabaji: Did I wake you up…?

Niou: Nope, just happened to wake up early. I thought about going back to sleep, but then I remembered that talk of morning activities.

Niou: So I’ve just been zoning out here, trying to soak up some sunlight.

Kabaji: I see.

Niou: I think I’ve gotten enough sunlight now, I’m gonna wash my face and go for a walk.

—

Niou: (Not many people are up at this time, it’s pretty quiet.)

Niou: (The air in the morning has its own unique flavor… This isn’t so bad.)

Sanada: Mm… So you’re up, Niou.

Kaidoh: Good morning.

Niou: Yep, mornin’. Were you guys running with those high schoolers over there?

Kaidoh: Yeah. They invited us to…

Tokugawa: It’s unusual to see you up at this hour.

Sanada: Yes, he didn’t sleep in today.

Niou: It wasn’t even that big of a deal.

Niou: But yeah, today’s the first day of trying out these morning activities.

Kaidoh: Morning activities? You mean the morning routines we talked about yesterday?

Oni: I’ve seen something about that on the TV too.

Oni: I think it’s good to give things a shot.

Niou: Puri.

Tokugawa: …Well, I think this amount of running is sufficient, shall we end it now?

Oni: Yeah. We can do some light rallying from here.

Oni: You guys wanna join us?

Sanada: I’d be honored to work with you.

Niou: Oh yeah. Since you were kind enough to offer, you can count me in.

[Episode 4]

Niou: Hah!

Shishido: Dorah!!

—

Tsuge: And stop! We’ll be taking a ten minute break now.

Tsuge: Each of you be sure to hydrate yourselves. That will be all!

—

Yagyuu: You’re doing exceptionally well today, Niou-kun.

Niou: You’re right. Yeah, this isn’t so bad.

Niou: I’m more focused than usual.

Shishido: Yeah, you sure are. Even I could tell from practicing with him.

Kabaji: Maybe the morning activities are having an immediate effect.

Gakuto: Seriously, now you’re doing it too?

Krauser: Uhm, what is this “morning activities”…?

Gakuto: Oh, uhhh. Well, it’s—

Krauser: Oh, so it has that kind of effect! I’d like to give it a try, too.

Shishido: It makes me feel refreshed and clear-headed in the morning, so I recommend it.

Kabaji: I think it’s best to start with something simple.

Kabaji: For me, I do some ironing and tidy up the room…

Gakuto: I try drinking room temperature water once I wake up.

Gakuto: They say it’s good for your health.

Krauser: So you guys do different things.

Yagyuu: I wasn’t expecting you to dive right into these morning activities.

Yagyuu: You appeared to be skeptical when we were discussing it, Niou-kun.

Niou: I managed to wake up early today, don’t get your hopes up for tomorrow.

Gakuto: Nah, you should keep this up.

Niou: (Now that I think about it, I could sort out my issues in practice ahead of time or try out that strategy I came up with when I was with Sanada and those guys from this morning.)

[Episode 5]

Several days later…

Yukimura: Niou, I heard you’ve been doing morning activities.

Yanagi: And Genichirou told us you both have been working together more.

Niou: I have some free time when I wake up early, so I do a little exercising before morning practice.

Niou: I’ve also been starting the day by soaking up some sun with Kabaji.

Kabaji: Right.

Atobe: Sounds like you’ve been having peaceful mornings, huh.

Yanagi: I know you had asked about morning activities a couple days ago, but I didn’t expect you to be this eager to try them out.

Yanagi: If you’d like, I can try and find resources related to morning activities that could be of interest to you.

Niou: I appreciate the sentiment.

Niou: But just because I’m into it now doesn’t mean I won’t get bored and call it quits later on.

Yanagi: Well, even so, at least I’ll have data on it.

Niou: When you’re given lemons, you turn ‘em into lemonade…

Yukimura: Aren’t you guys doing it too, Atobe?

Atobe: Yes. Each of us are doing different things, but we’re all feeling the effects.

Atobe: The practice reports that I have each member submit have become more specific when describing the impressions of their practice content, since they’ve been using their time more efficiently than before.

Kabaji: I believe it’s made it easier to find my issues in practice…

Yukimura: Nice. I think I’ll try it out too.

Yukimura: Like if Niou can’t wake up early, then I’ll go wake him up.

Kabaji: When we first started, people would ask me to wake others up…

Kabaji: Niou-san seems to have gotten used to it now, and I think he’s usually up before I go to wake him.

Yanagi: Well then, I’m going to go to the library and see if there’s any foods that promote brain activity.

—

Atobe: Heh…

Atobe: It appears you’ve completely inspired the others, haven’t you?

Niou: Piyo.

[Episode 6]

Niou: …

Inui: Hello. Pardon me interrupting your reading.

Inui: I’d like to have a chat with you, may I have a moment of your time?

Kaidoh: I got a quick look of the cover, you’re reading about morning activities, aren’t you.

Niou: Yep. I was recommended this book of data that summarizes the different outcomes of before and after doing morning activities, it’s easy to read too.

Niou: So, what can I do you for?

Inui: It’s actually about those morning activities. I was thinking of stretch exercises we could all do together, and I thought to discuss it with you.

Inui: Kaidoh asked me for advice on a good morning workout besides running, so I’ve been thinking it over.

Kaidoh: I heard that doing extreme exercises right after waking up is bad for the body, and that stretching is good for loosening the stiffness in your body when you sleep.

Inui: Stretching your muscles activates the sympathetic nervous system, which then increases your metabolism and helps you wake up feeling better.

Niou: Got it. In that case, count me in.

Niou: Speaking of, this talk of morning activities sure is spreading…

Inui: They’re saying that it actually works, especially among the members of Hyotei.

Niou: You’ve been quiet as a mouse so far, but are you doing morning activities too?

Ryoma: …I didn’t wanna do it, but once Krauser said he wanted to do it, then Kintarou got on board.

Ryoma: I just figured it’d be better to wake up by myself than have those two wake me up every morning.

Niou: Heh… Smart move.

Kikumaru: Huh, what’re you guys all talking about together?

Kaidoh: The morning activities.

Oishi: Oh, what Inui was talking about over dinner. About how we should all do stretches in the morning.

Oishi: I also told Tezuka and the others who weren’t there.

Kikumaru: Plus, the two we room with said they’ve been doing morning activities, so we talked it over with them too.

Inui: That saves me the trouble of talking it over with you two then.

Kikumaru: So Shorty’s gonna do it too. Can you even wake up on your own?

Oishi: I can come wake you if you want?

Ryoma: I’m good. Why are you even that worried about it?

Ryoma: You guys need to stop treating me a like a kid.

Inui: You have a track record for oversleeping and being late.

Niou: Keep up the pouting and you’re gonna get treated like a kid even more.

Ryoma: Ugh…

Kikumaru: It’s hard waking up early, but you’ve got this Shorty!

Ryoma: …Right.

[Episode 7]

Gakuto: *gulp*… *gulp*…

Gakuto: (I’m tired… But drinking water helps me feel refreshed.)

Marui: Mornin’. Up already too, I see.

—

Marui: Oh yeah, good for you to keep drinking that water.

Gakuto: Yeah, I guess. Alright, I’m gonna go to the bathroom and wash my face…

Jirou: Zzz… zzz…

Gakuto: Augh, I have to wake Jirou up first.

Marui: He was all excited to wake up early last night.

Marui: Sooner or later, waking him’s gonna be a part of our morning routine.

Gakuto: It pretty much already is.

Gakuto: Hey, Jirou! Wake up!

—

Room 205—

Kaidoh: …

Kirihara: Wow, Kaidoh. Up this early just to organize your bandanas?

Kaidoh: This is part of my morning routine.

Kaidoh: Besides, waking up at this time isn’t even early for me.

Kirihara: Well, you are used to waking up early.

Kirihara: Still though, it feels nice to get up early now and then.

Zaizen: How about you have some compassion for the guy who got woken up by your loud alarms…

Hiyoshi: And that didn’t even wake Kirihara up. We ended up having to wake him ourselves.

Kaidoh: You actually snoozed through all that loud noise.

Kirihara: Shut up! You should just be happy that I woke up.

Kirihara: Plus, Zaizen was still half asleep by the time I woke up.

Zaizen: Because my mind was in shock from hearing all these loud alarms so early in the morning.

Hiyoshi: Then you should try waking up before the alarms go off tomorrow.

Hiyoshi: You know a lot of people have been getting up early for morning activities and yet we still have to listen to you gripe every time.

Kirihara: Tch, alright, I get it.

Kaidoh: Good, now that we’re all set, let’s head to the training room.

[Episode 8]

Niou: …8, 9, 10.

Niou: Done with all my stretches.

Jackal: You’ve been moving really good, Niou.

Jackal: You were saying before that you had trouble waking up, have you been doing okay?

Niou: Yeah, I’m good.

Niou: I’ve been waking up naturally at the right time more often nowadays.

Jackal: Yeah? That’s good.

Niou: But, even so…

—

Momoshiro: Hey Echizen, are you still half asleep? C’mon, get a grip!

Ryoma: Wha… Momo-senpai, you’re heavy. If you keep putting your weight on me, I’m gonna get crushed.

Amane: Doing flexibly exercises with everyone gives me lithe… Pft.

Amane: I’ve been on a roll this morning.

Kurobane: On a roll, he says. Having to listen to all these puns this early.

Kurobane: Seriously, David!

Amane: Bane-san, timeout!

*whack!*

—

Niou: Looks like Inui and the others spread the word about this.

Niou: All this time on their hands this early and they choose to spend it in here.

Jackal: They’re doing morning activities just like you.

Niou: Puri.

Jackal: Well, whatever. Let’s meditate now to boost our concentration and then call it a wrap.

Jackal: You guys should do it too.

Kurobane: Yeah, for sure!

—

Niou: …

Jackal: …

Momoshiro: …Phew. Done and done.

Kurobane: Yeah. Now I can really concentrate during morning practice.

Amane: It’s about time we get a move on.

Niou: Sure is.

Niou: …Mm?

Ryoma: …

Jackal: I don’t think Echizen’s even moved an inch.

Niou: He must be pretty concentrated.

Momoshiro: Heyy, Echizen?

Ryoma: …

Ryoma: …Zzz.

All: He fell asleep!?

[Episode 9]

Ryoga: Hey, so about the middle schoolers… They’ve been doing a whole lot better recently, haven’t they?

Irie: I heard from Oni and the others that they’ve been trying out morning routines.

Irie: Tokugawa-kun told me there’s been a lot more people asking to train with him before morning practice.

Ryoga: I see.

Ryoga: Well no wonder Chibisuke’s been early to bed and early to rise these days.

Irie: I’d say we also struggle when it’s early, so it may be a good idea to follow the middle schoolers’ example and try to be more active in the mornings too.

Ryoga: Sure. Yeah, if you feel up to it.

—

Niou: …Already that late, huh. About time we get ready for bed.

Ryoma: Right…

Gakuto: You look tired. You should take a bath before you head to bed.

Kabaji: Everyone, just one moment please.

Niou: ? Something up, Kabaji? What’s with the tea set…

Gakuto: Oh yeah, you left while we were watching TV, didn’t you?

Kabaji: Yes. I’ve prepared hot tea for you all.

Kabaji: Here you are, chamomile tea.

Niou: Thanks for going out of your way to make that for us Kabaji, but I’ve heard that tea actually makes it hard to sleep.

Kabaji: Yes. Regular black teas can do that…

Kabaji: But chamomile tea contains ingredients that promote sleep.

Kabaji: It also has a relaxing effect, so it’s good to drink it shortly before bed...

Gakuto: Wow… I didn’t know chamomile tea worked that well.

Ryoma: It’s warm and delicious…

Ryoma: This was a good idea.

Kabaji: Chamomile tea is gentle on the body, and I figured it would be good for waking up early since it would help get a better night’s sleep.

Niou: But you already wake up early as is…

Niou: (Oh I get it, he made it for us, not for himself…)

Niou: Alright then, I’ll have a cup too. I’m sure I’ll sleep better after drinking this.

[Episode 10]

Niou: …There!

Kaidoh: Hah…!

Niou: Now try this on for size.

Niou: I’m really feeling it, let’s keep this up.

—

Gakuto: Hey, go up against me next.

Kabaji: Me as well… please.

Niou: Heh… alright. I’ll take all of you on at once, get on the court.

—

Niou: *gulp*… *gulp*…

Gakuto: Man, these drinks sure hit the spot.

Ryoma: For real. It feels like I’m lighter and have been running more than usual.

Kabaji: I’ve been hearing more people say that since the morning activities became popular.

Ryoma: By the way, I’ve been thinking…

Niou: What’s up.

Ryoma: You’re still putting a lot of effort into your morning activities aren’t you, Niou-san?

Kaidoh: For sure. You said it was hard for you to wake up, but now it’s gotten better hasn’t it?

Gakuto: I’m surprised you’re still going with how much you hated mornings…

Niou: I was doing these morning activities on a whim at first so I could wake up better.

Niou: I thought if it’d help that I’d give it a try.

Kabaji: …

Niou: But once I started, I had people helping me out like looking for resources, cooperating and working with me, and just overall being very supportive.

Niou: Even though this was ultimately to help ourselves out, the fact that people were looking out for me too…

Niou: It made me feel like it wouldn’t hurt to live up to people’s expectations once in a while.

Gakuto: Niou… So that’s how you feel…

Kaidoh: That’s surprisingly considerate of you.

Ryoma: I… agree with you, Kaidoh-senpai.

Niou: —I was wondering how you guys would react to me saying that.

Niou: And as I expected: boring.

Gakuto: Huh!? So was you saying all that a trick?

Ryoma: He really had us going there…

Niou: Well, maybe, maybe not.

Niou: Anyway, that’s enough resting for me, time to get back to practice.

Kabaji: Right!

#tenirabi #tenipuri #my post

[sarahhillips]

This Just In, We’re Back to Libertys Kids While Higher Than Ben Franklins Kite

New York New York

Gotta be one of my favorites because of how smooth that guy was

Why isn’t this the national anthem? I want someone singing this before every football game

American history but make it so sugarcoated that everyone gets diabetes

Mom I like your friends house

Black Dick, your telescope sir

James that collar looks great, stop whining and be the queen you are

James is like fuck she’s conservative af too

Omg that cute yankee soldiers looking at me ☺️

I’m just gonna get out if this march to try an get some

James should have started cackling after her ‘I’m English’ comment. It would make Udneys comeback way smoother.

“I give you my strong arm for your protection” “BRO WTF GET BACK IN LINE”

Almost got it Udney.

“Can I come?” “NO”

Strategy is important

“This is a PAID internship” “Ok hell ya”

“What do they know about running a country?” Mrs. Radcliffe spitting facts.

Whot are you doin in ma swamp?

They really let Henri get snatched like that 

“Because they can’t fly” Damn

“General Howe is welcome to him” DAMN

Henri wtf

Henri blew up the Sept, not Cersei

“I found Ugly and he told me what happened.”

Welp, the British have New York

Black Dick took Manhatten.

One Life To Lose

Ah yes, this was when they saw a nice man get hanged for creepin’

I feel like the sound of his neck snapping and the sight of his limp body would make Sarah faint if they were ballsy enough to include that

Wow these dudes were fat

And the proof is in the pudding

Oy the drunkin sailor be back

Sarah is so bored

The Brits are stealing American men

The old man was like “Get tf out of here”

Nathan cuts in so randomly it does not feel natural.

She did the full curtsy for him

Mr. Hale so hot he’s got all the girls curtsying.

Nathan, why are you telling them all this?

Sarah is totally flirting with him.

So wait, Admiral Howe and General Howe are different people

God damn it how did I not know this

They’re spying on a spy. The irony

Nathan WTF

Don’t tell me this is actually how he got caught is it

There come these three stooges

I think James has been kidnapped way more than Sarah could ever be despite her damsel in distress demeanor

Nathan is ballsy af

James said I’m staying

Sarah said I’m gonna hitchhike.

Here it comes ya’ll

“He’s actually quite gracious and cultured when you get to know him.” Ok Jane Austin.

And now they’re Hillips shippers

“So, when is the big day?” And then it transitions to them years later at the alter, Sarah wearing a nice green dress with gold butterflies and a veil and James in a nice blue suit with a hat, and you hear the priest say ‘I pronounce thee Man and Wife.’

“Anyways, Nathan’s hangin out with the redcoats today.”

These men are so burning in hell for how they treated these people

They wouldn’t even draw in a noose

The sight of Nathan at the gallows causing Sarah to cling to James’ arm tho

Alright James time to write this article

Captain Molly

Ok but an episode where Henri accidentally joins a mafia

THE JAM STAYS

Ben be going on another cruise

Sarah’s insulted Washington won’t let her come

And here comes Molly

Henri giving off autistic vibes here

Rosemary, that is French silk you crotch goblin

Damn Molly

“Sarah, she’s English!”

“I don’t ask permission to do nothin’!” Sarah, let those words inspire your character.

Dad Moses mode activated

James got passionate there

You can forget about those eight to ten kids Molly

Well Sarah now you’re seeing a lil bit about why King George is evil

They brought in tHe bagpipes for their funerals.

I’m surprised the redcoats didn’t hold all those women and children hostage.

James is so happy Sarah’s alive

Molly was another woman school didn’t teach me about.

American Crisis

Henri has a soldiers spirit

Moses you’re too calm about Henri running away

Traveling by ship must have been mentally trying for everyone.

These dudes are not ok

Henri 😭

When a little French boy smelling of onions sneaks into your camp in a barrel.

Thomas Paine is back 🩷

Writers block is a bitch

Do you think Paine would like the movie Soul

“We’re walking to Philadelphia.”

Omg Moses no

A printing press is large enough to bone on. Just saying.

Tom said “I will beat yo ass in with this log.”

Imagine putting all those letters together by hand

“Hold your breeches”

#sarah phillips #libertys kids #james hiller #american history #liberty's kids #henri lefebvre #george washington #thomas paine #moses #ben franklin #john adams

[oraclememehacker]

"This isn't something that you see every day..." Futaba was outside of her house, examining a thing that had appeared out of nowhere. It appeared to be some sort of green pipe that was sticking out of the ground. It wasn't sticking out too far, but it was big enough that she would be able to fall into it and be in it. "Reminds me of something from a video game." She told to herself. It seemed like nobody else cared though as they passed by the alleyway.

"Is there a reason why it's here?" She was wondering since things didn't exactly appear out of the ground for no reason. Was this metaverse related? It could be, but she doubted it. There wasn't exactly any metaverse activity around here since her palace was dealt with. So that idea was crossed off her list quickly. "Welp, might as well be curious like a cat."

Regardless of whether it was a good idea or not, she investigated the pipe and saw nothing but black and darkness. When she said something, it echoed and echoed until her voice faded. She grabbed a rock and threw it in there and she never heard it land. "Okay then..." Suddenly, she would feel a suctioning sensation and she was being drawn into the pipe! Try as she might, she couldn't escape, and she ended up falling down the pipe, yelling as she did so.

She didn't know how long she had been in the pipe, but it felt like an eternity. The next thing she knew however, was that she ended up getting spat out in the middle of nowhere. But the atmosphere of the place wasn't exactly inviting. The air felt thick, everything was dead, and she could see smoke in the air.

"Where...where am I...?" She asked herself, managing to push herself up. Thankfully her headphones were fine, laying on the ground. So, she put them back on and looked around. She saw a castle off in the distance, and it looked about as inviting as everything else. On top of that, there was suddenly these weird creatures walking up towards her. Some weird turtle looking things that pointed their spears at her!

Well, this certainly wasn't going to end well...

#Hacking and Memes (Futaba Sakura Musing) #The Oracle Navi (Futaba Sakura IC) #Short Stories (Drabbles) #A Hacker Strikes at any Time (Persona 5/Strikers)

[the-blind-assassin-12]

Back on Your Feet

June Drabbles 2022 Day 14 & 30 - Fries & Peaches 

A/N: I have been wanting to challenge myself to write a drabble a day for a whole month for quite some time now, and I finally decided to just go for it. The goal is to fill every prompt on this list by @creativepromptsforwriting with a short one shot (500 - 2k words) by the end of June. Can I do it? I do not know. But let’s find out! - HAHAHA the answer, as we have come to find out, is no, I cannot. I wanted these all to be under 2k words and to be finished in June. But here I am at 12:50 am on July 3rd with 4,600 some odd words like the incorrigible rogue that I am. Oops. This is the same Frankie x Reader pairing that I’ve written for the other one shots for this event, and you can find them here. 

Word Count: 4,641

Warnings: injury, description of injury, language, slight anxiety 

Summary: A walk in the park with your friend on your shared day off goes sideways - literally - and Frankie steps in to turn it around... in a big way. 

“Welp…I’m not a doctor but I’m pretty sure you’re lookin’ at a broken ankle there, ma’am.” 

The young man in the park ranger uniform gave you a sympathetic frown as he squeezed the second of two ice packs to activate it. You adjusted the one that was already on your ankle, hissing as a sharp bolt of pain shot through your lower leg and into your foot. It was propped up next to you on the bench under the pavilion you’d been able to limp to with Halle’s help. Though she was currently standing on the other side of the picnic area on the phone with her husband to let him know what happened and that she wouldn’t be able to pick their kids up from soccer practice, your friend looked over and winced at the ranger’s words. 

Well this sucks. 

But it wasn’t a total shock. “Yeah.” With a sigh, you reached up to take the cold pack from him. “I think you’re right.” 

Thanking him, you gingerly lifted your foot to slide the second ice pack under your injured ankle. Ow. The motion was small but still caused you to flinch in discomfort despite the relief that the ice was starting to provide. Shit, that hurts. You hadn’t removed your shoe until Micah, the ranger who had answered Halle’s call and was now standing over you, arrived with his first aid kit, but once he got there you took it off and peeled your sock down to reveal the rapid swelling around your joint. Even before you saw it puff up like a balloon though, you were almost positive that something was broken. I felt it crack when I twisted it. Your stomach turned at your next thought. I…heard it. 

You and Halle had gone out on the trails for a hike, taking advantage of the beautiful weather and the fact that you both had the afternoon free and using the time to catch each other up on things. She talked about her recent trip to Disney with her family and the new eye roll worthy drama her future sister in law was causing surrounding the wedding, and you filled her in on your preparations for the upcoming dental hygienist license exam and how things had been going with Frankie - how things had started to become more serious between the two of you. 

As soon as you mentioned him, Halle’s grin widened. “I like him. He seems really good for you,” she said, twisting the cap off of her water bottle. “I love seeing you this happy. And I know it’s not all because of him, but-” Bringing the bottle up to her lips with a shrug, she took a sip and winked. “But I’ve never seen you this happy with anyone else, and I also know he’s a big part of it.” 

“He is, Hal.” He’s a huge part of it. You felt your whole body go warm and not just from the humid summer air. There was no denying that she was right about the fact that being with Frankie contributed largely to your happiness. “And I’m glad you like him.” 

Before you could get into any details about the weekend trip to New Orleans that he’d surprised you with or how proud and excited you were for him to have gotten back in the air flying gulf coast charters with his restored pilot’s license, you stepped unwittingly into a divot that was half-hidden by a tree root. The sole of your sneaker got stuck between a rock and the root, and when you tried to remove it to take your next step, you instead lost your balance and fell sideways. There was a searing flash of pain and a low crunching sound that didn’t come from the loose gravel on the trail, and then you were grabbing at your right ankle and letting out an agonized “fuck!” 

“Oh, shit!” Halle had been quick to react, immediately dropping down to the ground next to you to assess your injury. She gave your ankle a quick once over to make sure that you weren’t bleeding - you’d scraped your opposite knee and both palms trying to catch yourself when you fell, but they were shallow surface cuts that just needed to be washed up. The real problem was your ankle, and the odd angle that it bent in. “That does not look great.” She sucked air through her teeth and pulled her bottom lip to the side in a grimace. 

Blinking down to where your lower leg met your foot and moved your hands away so that you could get a look at what Halle was talking about. When you did, you gasped, your sudden intake of breath coming back out as a whimpering groan. Oh, that does not look great at all. The area was already beginning to swell, swallowing the knob of your ankle joint. That alone would have been enough to sideline you for a week or two. You’d sprained your ankle a few times playing soccer in high school, so you knew what recovering from that type of injury entailed. This is worse. An inch or two above the joint, another bony knob protruded from your leg, not puncturing the skin, but not at all normal. You took a breath that shuddered slightly, and the small shake of your shoulders was enough to make it feel like someone had just slammed a hammer against your ankle. “Oh, fuck, that’s gotta be broken, right?” 

“I…” Halle frowned, sighing your name. “I don’t know… Might be. We need to call the- ” Whipping out her phone, she opened the Pinellas County website and navigated to the Wall Springs Park page. With the press of a button, she dialed the number for the park ranger service, letting the person who answered know that you needed help. Because you’d fallen on a narrow stretch of trail buried in a dense thicket of swampy undergrowth, the ranger had asked if it was possible for you to get to the closest place that he’d be able to pull his truck up to. You nodded behind eyes that were screwed tight against the pain, and then your friend was helping you up off the ground and instructing you to lean your weight into her as she wound her arm around your waist, the two of you hobbling towards the picnic pavilion like you were in an awkward three-legged race. 

Micah had pulled up only a minute or two after you’d gotten situated, the young man following his training and doing what he could for you - which he admitted wasn’t much, apologetically telling you that he wasn’t even allowed to offer you Tylenol. Never going on another hike without it, that’s for sure. “Keep that ice on for a few minutes, alright? And then when you’re feeling up to it you can hop in and I’ll give you a lift back to the parking lot.” He jerked his thumb over his shoulder to indicate the hunter green truck he had pulled. “You got a ride to the hospital?” 

Halle ended her call, crossing over to where you sat and taking a seat across from you. “Yeah,” she answered the young man’s question, reaching across the table for your left hand and covering it with hers. “Simon’s gonna leave work early to get the kids.” She rolled her eyes as you started to protest. “Please, he’s happy to leave early on a Friday, are you kidding? Not that he wants your ankle to be all fucked up, but-” You actually managed a snort of laughter at that. “I’ll take you, no worries.” She patted your hand and then pulled hers back as you sighed out a thank you. 

As grateful as you were to have Halle there with you - it would have been much worse if this had occurred during one of your solo hikes - and for the assistance that Micah had given you, you couldn’t help but wish that Frankie was there, too, that it was his truck you’d be climbing into. But checking the time on your phone you saw that you couldn’t even talk to him yet. He’s still in the air. He doesn’t land for another 45 minutes. You knew that while he was flying, his phone was stored in his locker at the airfield, which made complete sense but also meant that all you could do was leave him a message. Knowing that you wouldn’t be able to keep the pain you were in out of your voice, and not wanting him to worry more than he already would or worse, feel guilty that he wasn’t able to get to you more quickly, you opted for a text, opening the message thread with his name on it. 

Hey you, hope today’s tour went well. I don’t want to freak you out, but I’m heading to the hospital with Halle. I fell on our hike and we’re pretty sure my ankle is fucked so she’s giving me a ride there for x-rays and probably a cast. Ugh. Idk how long I’ll be there, but can you call me when you get this? Don’t worry, I’m alright, just a little banged up. Love you. 

You knew you couldn’t downplay it enough to erase his concern completely - that your message would cause him to mutter an “oh shit” while his brow creased and he absently chewed his thumbnail as he pressed the button to call you, already halfway from the locker room to the parking lot - but you knew that he wouldn’t want you to brush it off completely, either. Because he cares. A lot. You pressed send, the thought taking some of the edge off of your pain, and then you let Halle and Micah know that you were ready to get moving. 

–  –  –  –  

The ride to the hospital only took around ten minutes, but the wait in the ER before you were seen was at least double that amount of time, another fifteen minutes passing as you waited for the radiologist to read your scans. Thankfully you’d been given a strong dose of acetaminophen and a fresh ice pack, so you were in a little less pain. But as your eyes wandered up to the clock in the curtained stall where you waited, you saw the time and realized that Frankie had landed and had probably called you back. But I left my phone with Halle. They hadn’t let her come back with you - not that you needed her to - and she had been holding your bag, which had your wallet, keys and phone in it. Your shoulders slumped at the thought that you’d have to wait even longer to talk to him. I hope she answers it if he calls before I’m done. You sighed, nothing to do but wait for a nurse or doctor to come back and tell you the extent of your injury. 

That happened several minutes later, the orthopedist coming in to inform you that you’d need to be in a hard cast and on crutches for six weeks. While she tried to stay positive, the woman telling you that luckily you wouldn’t require surgery to repair the fracture, you couldn’t help but groan as a few tears slipped down your cheeks. That’s practically the rest of the summer. Not only did that put a damper on the remainder of your summer plans, it also meant you’d be out of work for over a month. And I’m gonna have to push back my certification exam, and… 

“You’re gonna be just fine, hun.” The doctor assured you, a sympathetic smile curving her lips as she removed her glasses, letting them hang from the beaded strap around her neck. “Little physical therapy, little rest and you’ll be back on the trails in no time.” 

“Yeah,” you sniffed and nodded. “Yeah I’ll be fine.” Don’t know how I’ll pay my rent being off work for that long, but I’ll be fine. 

She went over some things with you - when to take medication, how to elevate your ankle when you were sitting or laying down, and when you’d need to schedule a check up for more x- rays - and then the doctor let you know that a physician’s assistant would be right in to set your cast. Another woman, this one around the same age as you, maybe a year or two younger, came in to immobilize your right ankle in green fiberglass that ranged from the middle of your foot halfway up your calf. That whole process - cutting the sock-like bandage that went on first, dipping the meshy strips, wrapping them and then waiting for them to harden and cure - went quickly, Jeff the physician’s assistant trying his best not to jostle your foot while he worked. Before long you were handed a set of crutches, and then Jeff directed you back out to the lobby where Halle was waiting. You took a few wobbly, uncoordinated steps, right knee bent to lift your leg so that your foot wasn’t touching the ground, but got the general hang of the crutches by the time the automated doors swung slowly open. 

But Halle wasn’t there.

Instead, when you picked your head up to look around the room, your eyes locked with the one pair that you wanted to see most in the world, and though you could feel the concern swirling in their dark brown depths, your heart flipped in your chest at the sight of him. Frankie. Still in his work clothes, the top two buttons of his short sleeved shirt undone and the bottom untucked, he didn’t waste a second before he was up and crossing the lobby to where you stood, the straps of your drawstring backpack slung over one of his shoulders and both of his hands reaching for you. “Hey, you,” you sighed as he made contact, one palm placed at your waist and the other sliding along the side of your face to cradle your cheek. He’s here. 

“Hey yourself,” he responded, leaning forward to press his lips to the top of your head. “You had me worried.” His fingers flexed to curve around your side, opposite thumb sweeping softly under your eye as he pulled back and murmured your name. “You alright? You okay?” 

You nodded and let the padded braces under your arms take most of your weight so that you could hold onto his biceps, his skin warm against your palms despite the cool temperature of the air conditioned waiting room. “Yeah,” you shrugged and gave him a small, lopsided smile. “Broke my ankle, and I’m stuck in this very fashionable cast for the rest of the summer, but-” He winced, sucking air through his teeth. Yeah, it sucks. “But I’m fine, Frankie.” You lifted your right hand from his arm to his face, fingernails lightly dragging over his sparse beard before trailing over the edge of his ear. But it sucks less now. “I’m really glad you’re here. I know you probably called and I’m sorry I left my phone with-” 

“Halle.” He nodded, lips twitching upwards, a spark of warmth jumping into his eyes. “Yeah, she answered your phone. Filled me in on what happened and told me which hospital to come to.” He cocked his head to the side to indicate your bag. “She gave me all your stuff when I got here, and she said that she and Simon were gonna go pick up your car from the park so I could get you home.” Oh, Hal, you don’t have to-  “She’s a good friend.” She sure is. You felt the movement of his thumb across the top of your cheek again and then he leaned all the way forward to catch your lips with his in a quick kiss, your fingers tightening in the crook of his elbow. “Are you all set? You ready to… can I take you home? Get you comfortable?” 

You let out a hefty sigh and tilted your chin down so that your forehead was resting in the center of his chest. “That sounds great.” Groaning, you lifted your head and frowned. “This fucking hurts. They gave me some Tylenol but they said I could take ibuprofen in another hour, so-” 

“So let me get you back to my place,” he suggested, easing away from you and making sure you were steady on the crutches before fully letting go, your hands both curled around the grips and your left foot firmly planted. “I’ll get you set up and then I’ll run over to the pharmacy to get what you need.” He walked beside you, intentionally slowing his gait to match yours, head turned to keep his eyes on you as he spoke. “It’s right around the corner from that burger place we went to with Ollie a couple weekends ago, the one with the good fries? I can pick us up some food and we can watch a movie or something.” 

For the first time since you hurt yourself you realized that you were actually hungry. “They do have good fries.” You paused in front of the doors leading out to the hospital parking lot, waiting for them to slide open, and looked up at him. “You don’t have to go back out though.” The warm air of late afternoon hit your face as you stepped outside, Frankie right beside you and ready to catch you should your crutches fail you. “ We can both go. I can wait in the car, and then-”

“Nope. I’m bringing you home first.” He dug his keys out of his back pocket then and turned to you, pointing to the bench that was directly outside the ER doors. “And you’re gonna wait right here while I go get the truck.” Hands going to your waist again, he helped you lower yourself onto the seat, taking both crutches in one hand and setting them against the armrest. “I’ll be right back.” He left another kiss to the corner of your eye and then headed for where you could see his pickup parked a few rows back. 

It was amazing, how easily he made you feel better. 

Twenty minutes later, after you spent the ride back to his house describing what happened when you fell and telling him what the doctor said your next steps should be, he was pulling into the driveway. Just as he’d done when he helped you into the truck, Frankie got out and came around to the passenger side to help you down, one hand gripping yours and the other going under your arm to guide you down to your left foot before pulling your crutches from the backseat and handing them to you. He walked up the path to the front door ahead of you so that he could unlock it, and then he was directing you right onto the couch, pulling the ottoman up and using both hands to gently lift your casted foot up off the floor. Next he went into the kitchen and came back with a glass of water, setting it down on the side table beside you where he’d also put your phone, and then he stood in front of you with one hand on his hip. “Okay. You good? Need anything else? Got enough pillows?” 

You looked up at him, still disheveled in his uniform, curls completely wild from running his hands through them, and you weren’t sure if you had ever loved him more than you did in that moment. That feeling lodged in your throat squeezed your heart and even though your ankle was throbbing and there was a dull ache deep in the bones of your foot and shin, you smiled. “Yeah, no, I’m…” You swallowed. “I’m good, Frankie. Thank you.” 

He nodded. “Good. Alright, let me go grab you some meds and the burgers.” He placed his hands on the backrest on either side of your shoulders, hovering down to run the tip of his nose over yours. “I’ll be fast, I promise.”  

With that he was gone again, leaving you alone in his house. You’d spent enough time there for you to be perfectly comfortable, but you realized as soon as he left that this was the first time that you were ever there without him. It feels… You smiled to yourself. It feels normal. Comfortable. Because I… because I love him and I know he wants me here. He could have just as easily driven you to your apartment. It was equidistant from the hospital. But he wanted me here. So he can take care of me for tonight. 

Your phone vibrated then, interrupting your thoughts. Reaching for it, you saw that it was Halle, and you answered it on the second ring. “Hey Hal,” you sighed and thanked her again for everything she’d done for you that afternoon, including offering to bring your car home. You let her know that you’d left the hospital and that you were at Frankie’s. 

“I know,” she said, a hint of satisfaction in her voice. “He told me he was going to take care of you and boy I could tell that he meant it.” You could hear her smile as she continued. “That man loves you.” 

Your heart pounded against your ribs as you pressed your phone to your ear. He does. “Yeah,” you licked your lips. “Yeah, he does. I’m… I’m lucky.” 

“Mmm, lucky wouldn’t fall and snap her ankle on the beginner’s trail,” she teased and you scoffed, cursing her out sarcastically. Halle laughed and went on. “But I’d say you’re doin’ pretty good.” 

You knew that she wasn’t talking about the trail or your ankle anymore, and you had to agree. You would be hard pressed to do better than Frankie when it came to finding someone who cared about you as deeply, who made you as happy, who loved you as fully as he did. “Yeah, I’d say so, too.” 

You talked for a little while longer, giving her the details of how your recovery was supposed to go, and then some kind of child-related commotion clanged in the background of the conversation and your friend sighed. “I’ve gotta go see what that was.” You laughed, imagining one or both of the kids running from whatever they’d just knocked over or broken. “Call me if you need anything tomorrow. I’m off until Thursday so don’t think twice, alright? Though with Frankie there I think you’re in good hands.” 

With him there you were in the best hands. 

You told her that you would call if you needed anything, wished her luck with whatever it was that the kids had gotten into, and then ended the call. Before you could set the phone back down though, it vibrated in your hand with a message from Frankie. You swiped to open it, and instantly grinned at the photo of himself that he’d sent, his mouth full of French fries. Another came through right after, and you read that one. 

On my way back. 

You grinned at your screen as you typed your answer. 

Save some fries, will ya? 

Three dots appeared at the bottom of the thread and then they vanished to reveal his answer. 

;)  

You laughed, shaking your head and putting the phone down, and picked up the T.V. remote to search for something to watch when he got back. 

–  –  –  –  

True to his word, Frankie had been quick, returning with the bag of food on his arm and another smaller bag from the pharmacy in his hand. You heard the tell-tale rattle of pill bottles - extra strength Tylenol and a big container of ibuprofen - but there was something else in the bag and you couldn’t tell what it was. He noticed you looking though, and grinned as he locked the door behind himself. 

“Picked up a couple things to make you feel better.” Walking over to where you were situated, he set the bag of food down, the smell of just-grilled burgers and fried potatoes filling your nose, and then opened the pharmacy bag. “Got these of course.” He took the two bottles of medication out and set them on the table next to your water glass. “But I also got this.” He pulled a pint of ice cream - Jeni's peach jam and biscuit flavor, your favorite - from the bag, too. “Figured you can add this into the medicine rotation, what do you think?” 

It was a small thing, a pint of peach ice cream, but it wasn’t at the same time. He knows that’s my favorite. He knows it's my go to when I have a shitty day. “I love you, Francisco, that’s what I think.” 

He took a breath and came to sit next to you on the couch, putting the ice cream container down. “And… what do you think about you stayin’ here while you’re in that cast?” 

That question was unexpected, and you blinked twice at him. “What? The whole time?” 

He swallowed and nodded once. “Yeah. The whole time.” He didn’t let you ask another question, reaching for your hand before explaining. “Your place has a shit ton of stairs. Here everything you need is on the bottom floor, and you can even get outside on your own if I’m not home or workin’. I’d just… I’d feel better knowing you were here, if… that’s okay with you?” 

“I… Frankie, I-” another thought cut in then and you widened your eyes. “Don’t you get Ollie all of next week? I thought…” You shook your head. “Is Tori okay with that? Me being here while he’s-” 

“Yes.” He answered without hesitating. “I already brought it up with her a few weeks back.” You… what? He cleared his throat and spoke your name, lacing his fingers through yours. “Tori and I decided to be real honest with each other when it comes to who we’re seeing, because who we have in our lives affects Ollie. So I told her I was… that this,” he raised your hand to his lips and kissed your knuckles, “was serious. That I’m serious about you, and that you were gonna be around more, and she said she was happy for me.” She did? “So yeah, Tori’s fine with it.” He sniffed. “So is that a yes?” 

“Frankie…” 

He turned his body so that he was facing you more fully. “I love you, and if I can help you while you’re hurt I’m gonna. You got me back on my feet when I was down… let me help you while you’re offa yours. I know it’s different, but-” 

You had tears in your eyes when you cut him off with one word, his mouth left hanging open. “Okay.” 

“Okay?” His eyes widened, brows rising on his forehead. You nodded, trying to swallow the lump that was quickly forming with the knowledge that he’d spoken to Tori about your relationship. Because that means he… he’s really in this. All the way. You knew it already, from the small things, from the way he looked at you, from how you felt when you were with him, from the way he’d reacted to you being hurt, but this made his intentions even more clear. Because he wouldn’t take that step if he didn’t mean it. His expression softened then, a puff of air coming from his nose as he smiled. “Okay, good.” He leaned in and kissed you, lips moving slowly over yours and lingering just long enough to leave you smiling when he pulled back. “Now let me go put this ice cream away before its soup.” He winked, rising from the couch and grabbing the orange colored container, heading towards the kitchen. “You need anything?” 

Just you, Morales. 

But you had him, so your answer came easily. “Not a thing, Frankie.” 

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[lvlyhao]

『ghost hunters!SVT HIP-HOP TEAM』

ghost hunters AU headcanons, SEVENTEEN's hip-hop team

A/N: heavily inspired by buzzfeed unsolved, i just love that show. I've already written the vocal team and perf team versions but they'll take a while to come out :)

𝓖𝓮𝓷𝓻𝓮𝓼: sci-fi (∞), comedy (☼), crack (⍢)

𝓦𝓪𝓻𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼: welp i swear a lot + it's a ghost hunters AU so you can expect some mentions of, well, ghosts, spirits, demons, satan, etc

disclaimer: the characters in the story below do not reflect real people or present real facts. this is purely fictional, and you may not copy, change, translate or repost my work in any way. all rights reserved © lvlyhao 2022.

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seungcheol: scared out of his mind the entire time. has NO IDEA why he agreed to this and is constantly trying to run away from the locations, even knowing it would possibly mean leaving the others behind with some demonic entity lmaaao definitely believes in ghosts and really doesn’t wanna piss any of them off, so his first suggestion when they start rolling is usually “hey how about we don’t do this, leave them alone and go eat pizza instead? how does that sound?”. no one buys it (actually, some of them do) and he’s SO whiny about it. if they ever get any evidence, like a message on an ouija board or something, he might start crying on the spot. hates how silent most of these places are so he either talks to himself or starts singing anything that comes to mind so it isn’t as creepy. 0/10 doesn’t work and he’s still absolutely terrified, please get him out of here

wonwoo: one of the two sceptics in the team. basically anything could go down in front of his eyes and he’d find a compelling way to explain it, or just brush it off like a coincidence. he’s not really ever scared?? he does find the locations interesting, tho, cus sometimes they’re crime scenes or historical places, so he tags along out of curiosity (and because mingyu begged him to go). wonu isn’t very inclined to do a whole lot more than walk around, so he’s usually with the audio recorder or one of the cameras. what’s funny tho is that nothing happens whenever he’s around. it’s always dead silent, no activity WHATSOEVER, but the moment he steps out of the room to take a call or something, everything goes batshit crazy, and of course no one ever gets it on camera. mingyu will swear on his own life that he just saw a little girl’s ghost there in the corner and wonwoo will go. “hmm”. end of story <3

mingyu: wishes he could be a sceptic but he’s way too much of a scaredy-cat to brush everything off?? lol he’s not like seungcheol who’s completely against contacting ghosts, tho, so he’s the official spirit box* guy. he’ll try to have a conversation with some entity but immediately starts regretting all of his life choices when someone responds. for him it’s like. “i know i just turned this device on and asked if there was anyone here with me, but i didn’t actually want anyone to respond. i’ll panic now.” and he does panic. refuses to explore any room on his own and probably apologizes to the spirits for intruding. absolutely HATES investigating anything that’s possibly not human. human ghosts? he can deal with them. there’s gonna be a lot of screaming and regrets involved, yes, but he can deal with them. but MISS HIM WITH THAT DEMONIC SHIT!!! not today satan, not today

vernon: mostly a sceptic, but he’s open to the idea that spirits might exist. he’s probably the one who wants to find evidence the most, and he always has such a good time when they film lol i think he just has the scooby doo theme song playing in his head on repeat. that’s pretty much it. vernon’s normally on spirit box duty along with mingyu bc when they hear something and gyu starts to panic, he steps in to actually try to maintain communication. asks ghosts shit like “are you aware that you’re dead?”. since he’s the most invested in discovering whether spirits are real or not, he’s also the one who knows about ghost hunting techniques and equipment. his logic is that they’re probably more likely to find compelling evidence if they follow the rules and do shit properly right? plus, he’s a huge fan of the warrens?? has NO IDEA if they were legit or insane but either way thinks their stories are dope as hell

bonus:

(*if you have no idea what a spirit box is, it’s basically a modified radio that goes over a lot of random frequencies/minute and relies on the theory that spirits can manipulate these to communicate, so if you used this and heard anything coherent that isn’t just white noise, it could be evidence)

they don’t usually tell seungcheol where they’re investigating before they actually get to the location, otherwise he’d just bail??

vernon: hi everyone today we're here to investigate the arnold estate, the house that inspired the first of the conjuring movies, and-

<cuts to footage of cheol trying to run away while wonu mingyu and vernon hold him back. his screams are very loud.>

vernon carries a backpack to the investigations, with not only usual equipment like the spirit box or an EMF meter but also snacks. he’s a firm believer that spirits are more likely to show up if you feed them so he’s always leaving lil offerings

wonu has brought his own set of tarot cards for an “energy reading” at the place they were filming and completely manipulated the whole spread to spook the others lol

<“w-why did the devil card come out like that”

“idk mingyu could just be that satan is standing behind you rn”>

vernon’s pretty fearless for this type of thing but dolls creep him out. just a bit. his least favourite investigation has got to have been annabelle bc MAN HER EYES ARE SO VOID the fuck

fans theorize that wonu is actually a high ranking demon himself and that’s why he’s not scared of anything + tries to cover up evidence (seungcheol agrees and has once sprayed him with holy water)

in this au vernon also has the whole ‘eyes of truth’ thing. except it’s exponentially worse bc he’ll walk into abandoned houses at night with no lights on while wearing sunglasses and immediately smash his nose into a doorway

seungcheol has a default set of reactions for whenever they see some activity. first, he’s scared. wide eyes, looking around him to make sure there’s no one but the boys, potentially hiding behind wonwoo. then, he’s angry. both at the guys for bringing this onto themselves but also at the spirits for ??god knows what?? expect a lot of whiny yelling and pouting. third, he’s gone. his mind is far from whatever cursed place they’re at and his eyes are just. so empty. he wants to go home now

#svt headcanons #seventeen #svt reactions #seventeen hip hop unit #svt vernon #scoups #svt wonwoo #kim mingyu #svt mingyu #wonwoo #mingyu #seventeen crack

[whomst-art-thou-whomst-whomst]

Whomst’s Predictions for Ep 7 of Only Friends: SandRay Edition (spoilers)

Focusing on the “Rockstar and DisasterKitten” pairing here, because 1.) I’m wary of Boston and Nick’s never ending competition to be the bigger creep, 2.) the lesbians will overcome because they’re lesbians and we are capable of anything, and 3.) I am DYING for Mew’s villain era to take off next episode, so folks…it’s time for me to Overthink about SandRay.

Episode 6…Welp. Ray has hit rock bottom. I’ve been thinking from the start that this might need to happen, that Ray has been going through the motions of life while hurting himself and others for so long, it’s painful and unsustainable and he needs to face the music (IF ONLY HE KNEW A MUSICIAN OR SOMETHING FFS).

And it’s not just him that will benefit! His friend group is already splintered and becoming toxic—as Ray is one of the core members most invested and loyal to it, he is going to need to get his act together if their friend group is gonna survive and evolve to something healthy.

(Side note that while I love, love, LOVE, Mew’s little plot to confront Top about his infidelity alone, which he did in the most unhinged way possible—good for him—I’m also not crazy about Mew deciding to let his least-stable friend be seen as the bad guy by all their friends in the name of this scheme, and I hope he fixes that)

So. While I didn’t want to see Ray hurt, I think it was inevitable (to some degree) that for a big change to happen, he was going to need a wakeup call of sorts. Ray being Ray means this wakeup call would be as a result of his self-destructiveness. But I think this is what is going to turn things around—what I’m seeing in the trailer for the next episode already points to a Ray who is quieter, maybe more thoughtful, passing time with both Sand and his friends.

And as for Sand…sweet baby sunRay’s been barely avoiding havoc for years, and now the worst has happened—friendships ruined (he thinks), love interest pushed away, himself as the perceived cause of it all—so where does Ray go from here? Who sticks around when the chips are down?

AHEM. WE ALREADY KNOW WHO.

The guy who knows Ray’s bullshit and has seen and experienced the worst he can dish out, this is the guy who sees that sopping wet stray kitten in the alley and is like, you know what? I’m feeding him and giving him a bath.

I think we can all agree that Sand is one of the standout characters on this show by virtue of being done with everyone’s shit, but in episode 6, we saw him (along with everyone else) pushed to the limit of good/remotely sane decisions. Sand also needs to recognize that constant mini-dates, meeting his mom, deep emotional conversations and passionate sex have maybe caused them both to grow feelings. Oops.

And that’s why I’m a little worried.

Despite Sand’s maturity, boundaries, and self-care, we can see that he is only human and capable of falling into the same messes as other people. The big difference is that unlike literally everyone else, he holds himself accountable for things and takes responsibility for his impact on other people. And in episode 6, it was his decision to get the clip of Top and Boston, send it to Ray and tell him about his ex and Top, all while trying to maintain an air of distance, that constant refrain of “I don’t care what you do, it’s not like we’re together” in the aftermath of Boyfriend Activities.

The last part I kinda get—what a shitty birthday for Ray, realizing the guy you are falling for, who you maybe thought was developing feelings for you, has nursed feelings for someone else, and you feel too proud and scared and hurt to try to talk through it.

But it’s Sand giving Ray that info about Top that directly precipitates the disaster at Mew’s birthday party—following that, Ray hurls horrible insults at Sand in some desperate attempt to figure out what they are to each other (will Sand stay? will he give up on Ray and leave him? Ray is painfully vulnerable in his anger and confusion here) and drives off, clearly drunk. And yes, it’s Ray’s decision to get drunk and make an absolute mess before storming off into a dangerous situation (which he needs to hold himself accountable for), but Sand isn’t like Ray’s other friends and he feels responsible for Ray, even if he isn’t. So knowing that something bad happens to Ray after all of that mess—I think Sand is going to feel guilty.

For a guy as responsible and mature as Sand, stealing/sending that video and using Ray as the intermediary (regardless of intentions) was a low point for him, and I think he’s going to feel guilt for feeding into Ray’s self-destructive habits. This whole time, he’s managed to keep his hands clean of the Drama, but he decided to engage this time for the sake of revenge and it has collapsed spectacularly, with (he thinks) Mew staying with Top and Ray being the one to get hurt.

My prediction for next episode is that Ray will start getting his shit together—relying on his friends for real talk and support instead of drunken superficial reassurance, hopefully dialing back the substance abuse, taking a look in the mirror and making changes without hating himself. They need to TALK. Without alcohol or pride or insecurity clouding their speech.

So while Ray has hit rock bottom, Sand has to reassess things, too—in the trailer we see him caring for the injured Ray, because kiddo cannot stay away, “oh Ray’s the one addicted to me” uhhuh sweetie keep telling yourself that—and I think it’s time they get on the same page. I think they have the potential to be incredibly good for each other, they just need the chance to be honest and stop hiding.

UGH WHY ISNT IT THE 23RD NOWWW

#whomst #only friends the series

[thesickpanda]

Heaven forbid a chronically ill person have fun!

2023 has been a colossally shit year so far for me, and that is saying something as the previous several years were also really terrible (with a few positive highlights here and there).

The past 3 months have been grueling for many personal and health-related reasons I do not care to go into. Needless to say my energy levels are the worst they have ever been; I am extremely tired and have no capacity to do even half the things I did last year. (I am actually frightened at how steeply I have declined).

One of the few activities that brings me joy is nature walking. Due to a combination of trauma, illness and personal life crisis, I have not had many opportunities to do this since last year.

Anyway, my significant other was forced to sell his last car on account of a broken transmission and bought a 2nd hand 4WD utility vehicle in January. We have long wanted a car with 4WD capabilities both as a useful tool for his job, but also so we could get to more rugged national parks to explore the area’s flora (I am a major native plant nerd).  So I called Nat Parks and asked about a nature reserve out west we’d been to a year ago but which had VERY rough roads (so we didn’t get in very far before blowing a tyre on our then ill-equipped vehicle). Apparently they had re-done the roads 2 months ago so they *should* be better than when we last tackled them with our now-deceased all-wheel drive. With a 4x4 we should be fine, the lady said. Feeling a bit more confident, we made a plan to go out on the weekend for a day trip so I could look at plants and SO could road test his car. I stressed to him that, as it has rained a lot recently, the roads might still be bad and we were not to take on especially scary looking routes. He was out for adventure; I wanted to forest bathe and enjoy a neglected hobby. We both DESPERATELY needed a break and some fun.

Welp…the roads were bad. Not all of them, and not all of the way, but they were definitely rough. We managed not to get bogged (though we came close) and I found some nice plants. By afternoon though, I was tiring and we decided to go home. Rather than going back the way we had come (and managed), my SO looked at the map and said we could get to the highway faster by going further along the road we were on. I was reticent but he said it would be shorter, so I agreed.

As we went down a very steep hill we saw our route was cut off by flood water from a previous downpour. I said “hell no!” and he agreed, but by that point, it was too late. He tried to turn the vehicle around (I now know we should have just reversed) but the vehicle became bogged…. BADLY. And as a new 4x4 driver, he was ill equipped for the situation. We had none of the tools off-roaders usually carry, like a winch. He tried valiantly to free the car but we were thoroughly stuck. A dead tree was holding us in place from sliding all the way down the hillside, but the car was also partly wedged into it, and on top of a boulder. The rear left tyre was in a grave of its own making in red clay. The sun was sinking and we had to climb, on foot, the very steep hill to the one spot in this large patch of wilderness that had reception. We were turned down by Roadside Assistance for being too remote, so ended up having to call emergency services. I had to make 2 ascents of that hill, which REALLY did my chronically ill body in. But I had no choice; someone had to stay with the vehicle while another stayed up top to be able to receive any calls from emergency services. We had to give GPS co-ordinates, we were so deep in forest. Finally two service people arrived and tried to dig out the car, to no avail. We gave up and abandoned the car. My SO was beside himself and wept the whole way home, with me doing emotional support and liaising with Emergency Services as he had gone into a freeze state (his trauma response; one of my trauma responses is to flick into Support Mode, which I guess got us through this debacle…ha ha ha #notactuallyfunny). They ended up driving us back in the twilight, informing us that to get a professional company to extract the vehicle would cost as much as the car cost at $5000. They dropped us off at the nearest train station and, several hours later, we got home just before 10pm. We were lucky the trains were still running.

My SO went to bed, planning to get up early the next morning to go to town and rent a 4WD and to take our friend with him to try to extract the vehicle themselves. I insisted he went to bed a.s.a.p. as he needed the rest. I obviously did too, but felt a wicked stomach ache coming on. At first I thought it might just be a delayed stress reaction (I have IBS), but soon realised it was food poisoning. I had been feeling a bit off since eating an egg at lunch (our picnic – thankfully SO ate something different). By 10.30pm I was stuck on the toilet with violent diarrhea and cold sweats. I called the pharmacy to ask if I could take Enterosgel after having Motillium and when the pharmacist learnt I had food poisoning from an egg, he insisted I call a home doctor or go to hospital. He sounded worried. At just after midnight, I woke SO up and almost collapsed. He got on the phone at 1am with a home GP who advised us what meds to take and when a hospital visit would be necessary. I was in the most horrific pain in my gut, because the food poisoning had also triggered a severe MCAS reaction in my stomach and intestines, and I was in sheer agony. Then SO remembered what an acquaintance of ours with MCAS had tried in such a situation - several antihistamines all at one. I tried this and….the pain reduced significantly. It was still BAD but not I-Wanna-Die bad. I have yet to be formally diagnosed with MCAS, but the fact that this worked so well tells me I am very likely to have it. (Indeed, my current specialist suspects I do (it is an extremely difficult illness to diagnose)).

I finally got to sleep at 3am. Overnight the heavens opened and at 6am, worried, I crawled out of bed and insisted SO call National Parks before heading out. He did this, and they told him it would be impassable in the rain. They advised he wait until weather conditions improved. We now have to wait a week for the rain to finish and for 3 days of dry weather to ensure he doesn’t get stuck again trying to rescue his vehicle. He has secured the help of another friend who owns a 4WD (and is experienced) who is driving up to assist him this weekend. I sincerely hope they don’t BOTH get bogged down there, as that will be a total nightmare.

There ends my attempt at some fun. I am exhausted, sick, hurt all over and even more unable to cope with basic things like hanging laundry or even watching TV without falling asleep/trembling. So many attempts to get out of my home and actually live my life have ended in disaster. I feel like the universe is trying to squash me like a bug. The only saving grace was that we were rescued at all. I shudder to imagine the kind of night I would have had with food poisoning in a torrential downpour, in the pitch dark, in the wilderness, with no medication and no torch. I know things could have been worse, but my goodness, they could have been better too!

#chronic illness #spoonie life #drama #endless bad luck #don't be an idiot and go trakking into wilderness ill-prepareded #especially don't go trekking into wilderness with a broken body #absolutely kicking myself I should have known better #long post

[annakie]

A Very Star Wars Christmas, Part 2

Continuing the recap of my family’s just-before-Christmas trip to the Disney Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser.  Part One here.

There will be a part three.

So in the last post, we arrived, I explained the tech like the magic band and the Datapad App, saw a little bit of the Atrium, a quick tour of the room, met D-3, ate lunch and saw a bit of the dining room, then headed back up to the Atrium and met a couple of the characters.

One thing I wanted to note is that while we were headed in we found out that our cruise was either sold out or very close to sold out, the staff seemed excited about it.  I wasn’t, because I was like “welp, it’s gonna be crowded and it’s going to suck.”  For the most part, I gotta say, crowding wasn’t an issue.  There’s only like 502 max guests at Starcruiser and I’d say we were close to that.  I’ll talk later about where it did feel crowded but for the most part, it was very comfortable.

We were hanging out in the Atrium not just to get some intergalactic tech support and to meet Ouannii and SK-620, but that afternoon is “Muster”

Wasn’t really looking forward to Muster because A) if you go on a real actual sea cruise, Muster is usually the worst part of the cruise even though it’s essential safety information time where you go where you’re supposed to go if there’s an emergency and they tell you want you need to do, but also B) I forgot to mention that after going through security but before getting on the shuttlepod to go up to the starship, you’re shown a safety video where they explain the difference between an in-character/story element emergency and what happens then, and if there’s an actual, real life emergency.  That’s where they told us about the “lifepods” in each of the rooms. 

So I was like, what are they going to tell us at Muster that we didn’t already see?

Long, long post below. 

Also, in case you missed it in part one, I am going to say things like “the ship” and “the cruise” even though I am well aware that it’s a hotel on solid ground and not an actual spaceship. :p

Also a weird thing was I think that my brain has been tricked by having gone on several cruises and every once in awhile some part of my brain really did feel like I was on a ship and thought the ship was rocking, which was extremely silly as I knew that was impossible.  Also I’m not sure a spaceship would feel that way.  But it was a little disorienting for just a second a few times in there.

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Well, it turns out that Muster is actually the first big Story Moment on the voyage.

First, you meet the Saja (Sajas?).  They’re basically “force guardians” or like, low-ranking new Jedi, who work on the ship keeping the force alive I guess.  There are four on the ship, and they are both guards and teachers.  You got assigned a muster station based on where you were sitting/standing at the time, and we were station Kresh, and here’s our Saja.

After that, Captain Keevan came out to welcome us, and introduced us to Cruise Director Mok.

Everything seemed to be going great, and then uh, well, it was announced that the First Order was nearby and, well, we got boarded.

Lt. Cray and his Stormtrooper flunkies were here to observe our entire voyage, apparently, and watch for seditious Resistance activity.

Also on the ship was Sammie, an engineer who just seemed to be involved in everything for some reason (a little more on him with a pic later), Sandro, a younger Mirilian guy who really wanted to meet his idol, Gaya and make it big in his recording career (the only pics I got of him are not good and will be some of the last pics I post), oh and galactic singing sensation Gaya!  And her manager, Raithe.  More on him in a sec, but say Hi to Gaya.

All the people, including the staff, we’d met so far had been very excited that Gaya was going to be performing on our cruise.

Raithe, well, he looked like a guy I wanted to talk to, so I made note of that and waited for my chance later.

Note: I am going to spoil most of the storyline in these posts, but not the detailed stuff.  Honestly a lot of it was a blur. AND also I missed some of it.  I really don’t think it’s possible to see EVERYTHING that happens on one trip.  But there will be some spoilers because I can’t talk about the experience without it, and yes, the grand finale in particular is gonna get spoiled because I really want to talk about it, but I’ll warn you when that happens.

Right about then is when we started getting text messages on our datapads from some of the people we’d met.  The captain, Cruise Director and Lt. Cray all had things to ask us.  I basically told all of them I wasn’t here to be helpful to either side, but was friendlier about it to the Captain and kept my options open.  (I wish I had screenshots, but honestly it’s all basically choosing dialog options, like “Sure, I’ll help you.” “Let me think about it.” “I’ll never help the First Order!”)

The characters all mixed it up in the lobby for a bit, but it was kind of a mob for a little while.  We also took this time to look at more bits of the ship, but I’ll hit on those when it’s more natural.

This is a pic from much later, but it’s the best pic I have of Raithe, and Captain Keevan.

I did manage to spot Raithe while he was only with a small group of people, casually chatting.  I hung back and waited, and at one point he spotted me and smiled, and a few minutes later asked me specifically about my necklace.  I said something about how it was a gift from an old friend, just some precious stone.  He shook my hand, saying he wanted to talk to me later, and while we were shaking hands, he slipped me a little card.

I gotta say, it was a very, very cool moment.  I actually felt like I was living life as a smuggler for a few seconds.  I also had no idea that the smuggler storyline would have a lot to do with a kyber crystal and it was just like... perfect coincidence that I was a smuggler wearing a kyber crystal.

So I went and found someplace quiet to see what Raithe slipped me. The card was written in Arabesh and it had a thing to scan on it, so I pulled up my Datapad and translated the words, then scanned the scanner bit.  It was (spoiler) information on a particular kyber crystal important to the Twi’lek people.

A little while later, Raithe texted through the app (again, note it is not the human actor sending messages but just a part of the app, though the actors are aware of how the app works and what their characters say in it), and asked me if I was down to help procure an item on the down-low, then told me that when Gaya performed later, to pay attention to the words in a certain song.  I told him I was very down, and wouldn’t tell a soul what we were doing.

My guess is that the card I scanned triggered the quest in the app, but likely there were other ways to start the questline I didn’t see.

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We had early seating dinner, so next we headed back down to the dining room for dinner.

As I mentioned in the previous post, our dinner server was Gina, and she was fantastic (I know my dad tipped her well the second night, thankfully!)  We sat way back in the back corner of the main part of the dining room, right next to the stairs on the left in the pic I posted in the other post.  Dinner was kind of a blur, but I do remember it was all very good. There’s no menu, everything is brought out family style and there’s a large variety of stuff to try, and if you want seconds you can have it.  Gina also asked us on the first night how many people didn’t like seafood and made sure to bring out extra non-seafood dishes on the second night since... most of us don’t. (But also there was PLENTY for the few who did eat it.)

Gina was especially great with the kids, she called them “my younglings” and gave each of them as much attention as she could.  I was sitting with most of them that first night and my bro/SIL were on the other end of the table and so she did call me “mom” a time or two and I had to laugh and point out who Mom and Dad were. 

Gaya performed for us for three or four songs during dinner, which was very good.  She has a great voice!

This pic above is basically the reverse view of the lunch pic I took of the dining room in the first post.

I did indeed pay attention to the lyrics of the song Raithe texted about, and made notes about a few things, and about the necklace Gaya was wearing.

Oh wait, my mom got a pretty good pic of Raithe at dinner, too.  He saw me and winked, and I nodded back like “yeah, I’m in!”

So uhhh... one other thing happened at dinner.

Gina told us we were lucky because we had some of the best seats in the house even though we were way in the back away from the stage.  And during this part where we were up on our feet clapping while Gaya was singing and Raithe was working the crowd, I looked over to my right, and hiding behind a pillar not ten feet from me was.... WAS...

HOLY SHIT Y’ALL CHEWIE IS ON THIS SHIP WITH US.  CHEWBACCA.  RIGHT THERE. 

(look it’s just some guy in a suit blah blah I know and I don’t care.  In that moment, I BELIEVED.)

What was Chewie doing here?  Oh man, I couldn’t wait to find out.  He slipped out almost as quietly as he slipped in.  I doubt half of the people in the dining room were ever even aware he was there, but the niblings and my mom (and I) were so excited. (Han and Chewie are my mom’s faaaavorites.)

So anyway, dinner was amazing.

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Leaving dinner, my family were all going to go back to the rooms to sort luggage since all the luggage ended up in the wrong rooms thanks to the same mixup that kept us at Security for twenty extra minutes.  But as I was waiting by the elevator, Cruise Director Nok asked me to go to the “fashion show” happening in the atrium.  SO I hopped in the elevator with her.  But then we got to the atrium, and Raithe was nearby, talking to a few people, saw me, and jerked his head over like “Hey, come join this group talking to me.”  So I did.

Annnnd he talked about the missing Twi’lek Kyber crystal and how they had plans to retrieve it, but first he needed access to more of the ship’s systems.  He sent the half dozen or so of us off on a secret mission to go gather data in the bar.  So I snuck off to help do that.  By the time I finished, the fashion show had started, and I needed to head down for lightsaber training with the Saja.  Sorry, Cruise Director Nok!

A little while later I got a text from Raithe to hack into a computer terminal and get him access to another part of the ship.

I hadn’t yet explained that there’s a dozen or so terminals around the atrium and common hallways. 

This repeat of a pic I posted last post is the best pic I have of one of them, sorry, but now with the terminal circled! :p

These are both actual information terminals where you can do things like view a map of the ship or see a schedule, but ALSO you can scan your magic band at them and it will know things like YOUR schedule and also what quests you’re on and will give you access to places to complete quests.

Here’s an interface to one of them, courtesy of my SIL.  I blocked her name out.

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So NOW it was time to head to Lightsaber training!

OK well, my back was really, really hurting at this point (I have scoliosis and back pain has been a constant in my life) so I decided to sit lightsaber training out and take lots of pics.  My parents and aunt also sat it out but loved watching the kids and my bro/SIL.

One of the Saja (not our muster Saja but I think she’s the head one?) did the training.  There were five or six lines, and everyone took a turn.

It was very cool though, they first learned their stance, and then the positions to use to block with their sabers.  Then everyone took a turn blocking a laser beam with the lightsaber.

Once everyone learned that, they did some advanced techniques, and the first two rows of the line also got shields to block any bolts the trainees in front missed.

Lightsaber training went so well that the trainees were visited by (spoiler alert) a little green force ghost, which was extremely awesome.

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After Lightsaber Training, there was a little bit of downtime for questing and catching up on the app.  The niblings also visited the snack bar in the atrium (and I was just like HOW ARE YOU EATING MORE I SAW HOW MUCH YOU ALL ATE AT DINNER but I mean... kids and candy haha.)

But it wasn’t long before we had Bridge Training!

Everyone gets to do bridge training!  Let’s look at the bridge, shall we?

First of all, you can just walk right onto the bridge at any time, as long as bridge training isn’t happening for some group.  It’s at the front of the Atrium (the stage I posted pics of earlier is the back of the atrium.  The bridge is obviously at the front of the ship. :v)

So I jokingly sent pics to some friends earlier in the day of the empty bridge and, as IT Security and Compliance is my RL job, joked about the lack of controls and how they’re definitely gonna fail their security audit.

A few pics of an empty-ish bridge:

There’s a ton of control stations and when it’s empty you can just walk around and play with all the buttons, though they don’t do much.  It is a very cool feeling to be in there, though.  The buttons are very real and the layout is great.  There’s just a ton of details to find, as well.

For bridge training, Sammie lead us, with a few other crew helping out. 

More or less, there are four different kinds of stations and each station has a different minigame.  The minigames play out either via overlays on the windows (aka on the screens) or smaller screens where you’re standing.  Most stations need to be run by at least two people.

Also there are four sets of controls (ops, weapons, retrieval droids and shields) (and two of most of the games in each set.)  So you’re divided up into four teams for training.  You take a turn at one control, then rotate to the next control for the next game.

In one game, you control a droid out in space trying to pick up boxes of cargo that are floating around, and your partner controls a grabbing arm on the droid. I was partnered with my aunt.

In another, it’s more or less a shooting game with one person controlling a shooty droid and the other controlling the firing, iirc.

The hardest station was operations, and in that middle picture you can see two halfs of the two operations stations.  There are a TON of different buttons/switches/levers/dials on the panel, and the monitors just above it tell you which parts need to be changed to which positions.   It took a lot of concentration and I still felt like we were really slow, haha.

The last station is the big circular desk that I posted as the first pic in this post.  In that, you’re deflecting asteroids with the ship’s shields.  There’s like 8 stations around there.

I feel very lucky that somehow I ended up at the back center station for my final training regiment.  Because when our training was done, we got an alert that we needed to go... do a thing.  So Sammie said we were all good enough to actually man the bridge, and we jumped to light speed.

Not only did we jump, but my niece got to pull the controls!

(ooo, gifs, fancy!)

I was very happy for her and very annoyed at the woman who hopped right in front of us. :p  Also just trying to mask my nephew’s face there a bit with the !!!!

Anyway, we got ourselves into a spot of trouble, and in order to not be too spoilery, I’ll just say we stepped up to the job, but also were aided by (spoiler) a certain pair of droids that we were all very excited to see, even if only on a vidscreen.

Also, the First Order showed up at the end and arrested Sammie for clear Resistance sedition!  Booooo!

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My parents had ducked out during Bridge training (juuuust missing the cool stuff at the end) because they were exhausted and tbh, by this point, so was I. But there was supposed to be a Gaya acoustic performance in the atrium, so we settled in for that.

Gaya didn’t get very far before the First Order showed up, laughed about arresting Sammie and made him put a restraining bolt on SK-620!  We booed him, and some other plot stuff happened which, honestly I was too tired to remember clearly anymore, haha.  But the First Order was sure interfering a lot in our fun little trip.

But honestly, it was also very cool to like, be walking somewhere then BAM.  There’s a couple of Stormtroopers standing there questioning you or someone else.  They could only say like, pre-recorded things, and I’m guessing they control what they say with hand gestures?  Or maybe it’s on their blasters?  But there were a lot of things they said and their presence really worked.

Also it was really fun just having antagonists on board.  And last post I mentioned how if I ever did this again, I’d probably join the First Order.  This is specifically because there were a few, but not many, people who did join the First Order and those that did really got a more up-close experience with their faction leader, Lt. Cray, to the point where he knew all their names and gave a group of them an actual squad name (his Legion of Doom!).  I think they ended up having a very cool experience, and when you join the “bad guys” you know you’re going to fail from the start when you’re in a Star Wars story but along the way they got to see and do things those of us who allied with the more popular sides didn’t.  But more on that next post!

Okay so, after that we more or less headed up to bed. Like I posted in the last post, when we got back to the room, D-3 was on the vidscreen talking to us (we let my niece do most of the talking), asking us how our day was, then we advised her on how to resist the First Order, and she told us a bedtime story.  I was EXHAUSTED but man do they really pack a lot into the first afternoon and evening of Starcruiser.  But tomorrow would be an even bigger day!

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