#woops spelled the original wrong

[thewisestdino]

When they asked Starclan to watch over their child. . . I don’t think they meant like this. . .

#jayfeather #warriors #warrior cats #wcs #digital art #my art #biblically accurate angel #gonna make a tag for biblically accurate warriors #bibicallyaccurate!warriors #also this was one not done on ms paint and it makes me sad #idk i like the colors better when I do it on ms paint #biblicallyaccurate!warriors #woops spelled the original wrong

[sanssupremacy]

The shades? The cap? Probably not the most original out of the bunch but here he is!

Synth!

(the image has the name spelled wrong woops-)

I'm still working on the design but- here's some general information about him:

His height is 160cm, he reaches scian's shoulder.

His small pouch (that looks similar to the one fresh has) carries several light cans (he does his graffiti with them, why are they made of light? Cause once the graffiti is done, it shines like one. I'll elaborate on that later)

His shades are fully LED, and the message appears whenever he wants to say something without actually talking.

He loves to create music! Its another form to express his feelings.

Synth is very energetic and spontaneous, but his one trait is that he loves to talk! Probably the reason why him an kameta get along really well!

The inside part of his ribcage has this really saturated hue of colors, (the rainbow) and when it's completely dark, it glows

#synth sans #synth #synth!sans #wish sanses #synthsans #undertale au #undertale #sans #undertale aus #undertale alternate timeline #undertale alternate universe

[dewydaichi]

♡ haikyuu boys as random shit i do that i blame on my adhd ♡

a/n: please don't take this seriously, i just thought it was a cute idea and wanted to make something wholesome. also not all of these are adhd related but i blame my adhd on everything so

inspired by this post by @doinmybesthere

tags/warnings: spoiler for the animated young justice cartoon fdnljskjcbs but other than that none really uhhh lemme know if i need to add anything

comments and reblogs are greatly appreciated <3

❀ hinata shoyo - snapping my fingers in front of my face because i can't fucking focus just read read it it's right in front of your god damn face READ THE FUCKING ARTICLE

❀ sakusa kiyoomi - refusing to do the dishes unless there are gloves available and nothing smells too strongly who the fuck wants to touch wet food are you a monster

❀ yamaguchi tadashi - just stops talking if there's someone talking in the background what do you mean i'm not talking?? i hear a voice it's obviously mine right??

❀ kenma kozume - listening to video game music to do homework/exams because no noise is worse than white noise

❀ bokuto koutaro - rereading a text for way too long because there was one wrong letter in a word and now i have no fucking clue what you're trying to tell me

❀ tendou satori - picking up a new hobby every week and letting it take over my life for approximately 1-2 weeks before completely abandoning it

❀ terushima yuji - redoing my eyeliner four times in the morning except it gets thicker and thicker with every correction and now im ten minutes late to work

❀ kuroo tetsurou - getting so fucking excited whenever there's even the slightest mention of biology before info dumping on a bunch of people who literally could not care less

❀ ushijima wakatoshi - refusing to use anything other than spray deoderant because every other product feels like slime

❀ kageyama tobio - not being able to spell deodarant, apparently

❀ atsumu miya - flirting with everyone, no matter what, you can't stop me let me love you

❀ osamu miya - putting way too much rice in my mouth with whatevers paired with it because fuck yes sticky rice mmm

❀ lev haiba - buying every pokemon from the build-a-bear collection and then spending 60$ trying to get a knock-off psyduck at a claw machine when bab didn't have it

❀ aone takanobu - just crying whenever something is cute did you see that fat little bee? did you see his tubby little butt? oh my fucking god i can't don't look at me-

❀ sugawara koshi - buying new phone cases originally to match my nail colour but now i haven't gotten my nails done in two months and oh my god i have 27 phone cases what the fuck

❀ iwaizumi hajime - sneezing like a dad™ because my hearing was so bad as a kid i never learned how to mimic sneezes

❀ kindaichi yutaro - just rubbing my hands together like a fucking fruit fly at any possible moment because stimming™

❀ kentaro kyoutani - owning three different mascaras and using all of them because i like the brush on one, the formula for another and the third just has pretty packaging

❀ suna rinataro - putting latex under my eyes when i do sfx makeup and ruining the prosthetic with my tears because i can't be bothered to read directions (please do not put latex under your eyes)

❀ tanaka ryunosuke - buying pineapple flavoured lube for my ex who didn't like going down on me in the first place and getting a bladder infection the day after using it for the first time

❀ kita shinsuke - jokingly collecting chopsticks and woops now i have 16 pairs of them

❀ nishinoya yuu - being genuinely so distraught at the age of 16 that wally west dies in young justice that i nearly passed out from hyperventilation and had to sleep with my mum

#haikyuu #haikyuu!! #haikyuu headcanons #hinata shoyo #kageyama tobio #lev haiba #suna rintaro #iwaizumi hajime #kuroo tetsurō #bokuto koutaro #sakusa kiyoomi #kita shinsuke #miya atsumu #miya osamu #ushijima wakatoshi #haikyuu!! headcanons

[partnersatfazbear]

I’m... salty? Fazbear Frights: The Cliffs anaylsis

My initial thoughts about The Cliffs under the cut (contains spoilers):

The Cliffs - My favorite story of the bunch, but mostly because I really liked the main character. Not TOO much to write home about, but I will pick apart a few lines from this one. In my first set of similarities, the wife dies in childbirth. Not only is this a huge fear of mine (for my wife, in the future), but I wrote this happening in William’s backstory in RS. I generally loved the protagonist here, except when he didn’t realize the obvious: the Freddy was telling him not to kill himself, but where is son was. That doll got burned (yes, burned!), run over, and tossed off a cliff for nothing. I wouldn’t be surprised if that thing came back to kill them :V

Only thing that annoyed me was a few paragraphs wasted on a female co worker, because for some reason that was relevant. (No really, it wasn’t.) Why does this series insist on writing PAGES about useless love interests that do nothing for the plot, nothing for the MC, AGH. I know it’s a kids book series but Christ it’s annoying and I’ve been skipping this sort of stuff and the long action sequences.

The Breaking Wheel - This was the story I liked the least, but honestly, the one I’ll be writing the most about. I think it parallels William and Henry a little and I was a little irked how similar a specific part was to my Springtrap-springlock chapter in Resurrection Seeker.

So first, the story focuses mostly around two kids and they are rivals in a robotics class. One kid a huge douche (Julius) but competent and the other is struggling to put his ideas on paper (Reed). Then there’s Reed’s friend, Pickle, who is a genius.

I’m just gonna bullet point stuff I thought was relevant:

- Reed describes his relationship towards Pickle as: “He was so used to Pickle out performing everyone around him that praising him for doing something well was like praising him for breathing.” (This really reminded me of William’s admiration for Henry, although there isn’t any jealousy here.)

- Reed is described as having a “monkey face”. This reminded me of William, mostly because of the criticism from the fandom towards The Silver Eyes GN’s design. It could be a jab or coincidence.

- Julius’ robot is an exoskeleton (like the power loader from Aliens). When showing off, he becomes trapped in it:

- Reed leaves Julius to be trapped in the exo all night, including locking him in place so he can’t move. This is initially to get back at Julius for being a dick, but then the guilt starts eating away at Reed. Also, Julius getting locked in: “Julius jerked his arms, yanking to free them from the restrains of his skeletal suit....” Julius says: “Unlock me!” and “Do what I tell you! Unlock me!”

Reed tells him, “I’m going to leave you here in your suit overnight... so you can get an idea of what it feels like to... [be treated the way you treat others]. Maybe your robot can teach you a thing or two.”

Julius says, “Get back here you stupid ape! Do you know what you’ve done? I’m going to kill you! ... I’m going to tear you apart, limb from limb. Get back in here and unlock this! ... You can’t leave me in here like this!”

So, yeah. It reminds me a lot of Springtrap. As for the actual story... I was disappointed. The story starts off good (albiet with that poor kid trope this series LOVES) and reminded me early on of The Tell-Tale Heart. Then it defies stated logic to make a real, edgy ending that I didn’t care for. If the entire thing had been in Reed’s head it would’ve been better (more akin to Blackbird, which did the “in your head” trope poorly. If these stories were switched around, I think they’d work better.) So this story was meh. Such a promising start.

Another thing that annoyed me was a few paragraphs wasted describing Orey (fml I don’t care if I spell it wrong. Who the hell comes up with these names). He barely shows up in the story and is just a background character... story could’ve worked without him.

He Told Me Everything - If you love Goosebumps style stories, this ones for you. I really enjoyed it, but it had almost nothing to do with FNAF. The Chris name is obviously a giant troll (and to make matters worse his father’s name is Dave). The sister and wife don’t have any name parallels, although the wife reminded me a lot of my design for Mrs. Afton. The backstory of Chris’ family reminds me a lot of Afton’s backstory for Resurrection Seeker. Like. A lot. It’s spooky how close it is.

“The houses were small, identical little boxes, which had originally been built for workers at the steel mill...” “His dad... ...had gone on to vocational school to learn how to work on cars.”

Another thing to note about the Dad is his weight is specifically touched on several times. Seemed like a callback to the novels’ mention of an earlier version of William.

All in all, a solid entry into the books and some weird coincidences I can’t overlook.

The story did drag a little, but honestly, not nearly as bad as the others. It was good.

Now, for the epilogue.

I don’t know if I wanna fume or not. I’m DISAPPOINTED. Afton essentially dies in the end of it, only to have a piece of his soul in a female endoskeleton escape into the factory. Also, the fucking... the fucking PUPPET shows up (and is actually why Afton dies). [Note: I didn’t realize that Left-E isn’t shown burning in the FNAF 6 ending, which many people are using to justify this. Read below for how I feel about that.] I just. I don’t know. I mean, William always comes back, but... I don’t know how I feel about this. I have a HUGE suspicion that the female endoskeleton is what becomes Vanny. I definetly still see this sort of leading into Security Breach EXCEPT for the fact: The Puppet is still alive.

Okay, so those were my initial thoughts. Upon looking around / rereading people say the female endo is Eleanor (Baby). My wife pointed out I missed the long necked detail. Woops. I wonder if Eleanor/Baby MIGHT be our Vanny stand in in this universe, though. And yeah, still not happy.

Afton is pretty much dead outside of a small part of his soul existing in the endo that escaped (this is an assumption on my part, I don’t think it’s stated, so essentially he’s dead, dead). There are parts of this I liked (and William only had ONE line: “I am Agony.”) Like, no shit? I couldn’t tell! SMH

However, despite some of the parts I thought were interesting (we get a thorough description of AlmagAfton and when he dies its pretty pathetic and I had all the FEELS), I think overall I’m disappointed because we may be at the end of Afton’s story. I have a suspicion that Vanny will be replacing him and possibly even betraying him in Security Breach, if this is anything to go by. Another odd duck is that Jake, in the remnants of the Stichwraith (that everyone insists is the GF parallel) is still wandering around too. I’m assuming Puppet went down with the ship, quite literally, since he [William] falls apart into a lake. Thanks, Charlie. You continue to ruin my day.

My wife pointed out the lake reminded her of OMC’s lake and I’m like... Why are we backpeddling?! This entire epilogue is a fucking mess. Another thing that irritates me (and apparently quite a few people) is if this IS the way the story is heading, then it makes FFPS pretty much USELESS to the story, nullifies Henry’s sacrifice / wishes... and that sucks! ESPECIALLY the fact that the Puppet SURVIVED the FNAF 6 fire! I get she just wants William to pay for what he’s done to her and her father, but... Henry wanted her to rest. To move on. She didn’t do that. That’s shitty to me.

Also, apparently souls have a smell. So that’s canon now.

#the cliffs #fazbear frights #spoilers #security breach theory #william afton #almagafton #the puppet #vanny #stichwraith #henry emily #ffps #fnaf 6

[rootiebaga]

nobody asked, i know, but heres my departments thus far! (with nicknames, of course)

note! i do use mods, one of them being the ultimate fashion corp mod from reddit, a mod that lets you keep your employees after you reset a run, and some other useful ones

also its under the cut because uh- long

control team! (aka the OGS! (because control team is the first department people unlock when starting a run))

morty (former employee)

-may the brave fool rest, gone, but not forgotten.

rootieee (captain)

-its, its my self insert what do i have to sa

paul

-the most boring in the facility (and the most sane one in the department,)

-just wants to do his job correctly.

-not much to say about him, really

maxim (morty’s replacement after he died, rest in piece morty, you were a brave hero, yet a little dumb after trying to fight a green dawn in the early runs i had)

-morty’s big bro, a little sad that morty died but he didn’t know all that much in the facility,

-takes his job too seriously

-usually chills in the main room alot,

shao

-an absolutely innocent baby, even if they some horrifying abnormalities, they would still think of them as cute

-just, likes being here, many friends for them!

-they also like hugs!

igoree (rip)

-the sleepy employee has come back! wowie

-still sleepy and also hungry,

-the one who doesn’t work all that much

-..”how did she.. die? did she just want to? what in the world happened there? is it because of that behaviour adjustment thing?”

“just forget about it and keep working,”

“but, paul im curious-”

“quiet.”

eden

-woooooo returning!

-one of the calmest people in the department

-probably wouldn’t even be phased by the effect [CENSORED] gives her if we had it

“hey uh, eden? i got something to tell you..”

“go on shao,”

“didn’t... something happen to you? h-how are you even-”

“hey hey, dont worry about that! just, make sure you stay safe, alright?”

information team! (aka the threeks! (named by tom, who is dead, an idiot, and couldn’t count))

tom (dead)

-an idiot

-okay moving on

ryn

-the only one with aleph gear, seriously (edit (draft edition): hes the first one with aleph gear after i got nothing there’s gear, the second being daniel)

-chill once you get to know him,

-likes protecting others with his gear, since, you know

mason

-usually anxious, he doesn’t mean to be though!

-”alright calm down.. never mind this is not the time to calm dOW-”

-probably likes ryn??

eugene

-a little bit crazy, yet kind nonetheless! 

-hi

-just wants some friends, unfortunately not many people are willing to befriend her due to her kinda crazy nature

-basically someone who cares for everyone in the facility, y e e

(also whats known as a “bow kinnie” to the control team captain) /j

emma

-looks really kind until you try to talk to her, shes an asshole is what im trying to say

-likes to bite things with the sharp teeth she has, because why not

-absolute chaos

ray

-i dont know why she exists, shes just there

safety team! (aka the wind wielders (named by isabel, cause he likes flutes))

isabel

-brother of gregory

-the second innocent bean,,

-likes playing the flute whenever hes done for the day

-i accidentally gave him crumbling armour’s gift

gregory

-brother of isabel

-prefers acting over playing instruments,

-a bit more serious,

neville (prefers nelville)

-an absolutely tired employee, they just like waiting till everyone is done for the day to go home

-they’d be at home if they weren’t forced by their friend to work here

-hates everything right now

ramirez

-the joyful friend

-wanted to work here because of the people here, so many unique faces!

-likes all things unique, she usually loves trying different things that look nothing alike from the things she tried before

khanna

-the mute employee in the facility, uses notes to communicate

-another sane one, yet still kinda nervous

-a bean

training team! (aka “nobody here is fine” (named for the fact that almost everyone is very nervous, and then we got firenze))

hana

-the one thats sad most of the time

-really helpful for when it comes to working on abnormalities!

-gregory has a crush on them (why would you say tha)

sobin

-before you think of him as edgy, hes not all that edgy personality wise, he just likes the aesthetic

-hes just a really chill and friendly dude

-yes, he can see more with the e.g.o outfit hes wearing, it is pretty strange to him though

firenze

-the narcissist, he really thinks hes the king of this department

-hes wrong its actually hana thats the captain of this department

-nobody likes him

daniel

-actually used to be a clerk! the face was a little different then before but hey, thats fine

-the third pure bean

-hes a really good friend to have!

susan

-what can i say about her?

-well i mean

-shes susan

central command team! (aka where is everyone? (due to there being not many agents here))

geminiano

-the most sane one in the facility (while being the dead inside captain)

-really good when it comes to tech

-”oh sh** did anyone check on mika?”

charlotte

-the bald employee, doesn’t mind being bald, that just means she can take care of the “your bald” abnormality

-”ignore the second mouth i got on my armour, please”

-plays vibe games on roblox

mika

-absolutely. chill

-doesn’t know where he’s going most of the time

-the one that works on child of galaxy everytime

gimtteol

-really bad sight, she doesn’t mind it

-kalm

-nobody can spell her name right

arang (prefers ayang)

-you thought sobin was the edgelord huh? think again

-easily annoyed.

-also was a clerk before

john

-the newbie!

-hes trying okay?

-hes still a little nervous but thats fine!

disciplinary team! (aka f**k (also nicknamed “why do we have red” due to me choosing little red riding hooded mercenary every run where theres disciplinary))

ara

-angy

-another person that takes their job way too seriously but doesn’t mean to

-not really that rude sometimes, but most of the time she can be a bit of an asshole, probably because of something that happened in the past, nobody wants to talk about it though

-lesbian

camille

-has a slightly torn snake tongue, it makes them not able to speak, they mostly make noises like growling,

-nobody knows why their like this, they just are, but dont be afraid to talk to them if you need anything! they usually write what their trying to say

-the expert, especially at finding things, even if they cant speak

tim

-another returning employee! wooooo

-still dead inside, but feeling a little bit better!

-might be the oldest out of everyone

welfare team! (aka “sleep tight” (nobody knows why its called that)

space

-very calm, most of the time doesn’t mind anything, but still does get a little nervous at times

-nobody knows why her eyes are always closed, (ara specified that her eyes look like a galaxy that can only be opened for a couple of seconds because if she opens them for more than a few seconds they’ll start to glitch, when others see it happening, it looks like the galaxy is becoming more like an image other than a real galaxy, parts of the galaxy become misplaced and reverted back to their original place quickly repeatedly (kinda like the select thing in paint, usually in the shape of the rectangular selection though) and parts of the galaxy turn into static and back very quickly and repeatedly. we she sees it happening her vision becomes the same as how other people see the galaxy when it starts glitching, randomly shifting from original place to different place, or from static back to normal, some ominous, glitchy sounds have been heard when this is happening aswell, (i thought of this because of a small dream(?) i had when i was in a certain state of almost about to fall asleep, maybe i was napping i dont really know, it was a strange dream, i dont remember much of it which is expected, i think it was something about discord and some sort of strange thing that had a little timer on it, and after it was done the thing it was in started glitching, the background it was in and even the button that used to be the timer was glitching, i heard some sounds that were glitching a little (it looked like those screens you see when someone’s streaming something on there,) and then i woke up, yeah kinda weird,)

-like eugene, cares for everyone! especially ara, since space herself is the one who helps ara through tough times

courtney

-gets bored alot, just wants to work on the difficult abnormalities

-really snarky

johnson

-a smartass

-yet still a little friendly if they trust you

-i’ll upgrade them soon dont worry (i have upgraded them/him dont worry)

,

woop!

i’ll probably update this soon, but in the meantime have this, sorry for being dead lately, on both this and my sideblog

#rooty goes onto lobotomy corporation #lobotomy corp #lobotomy corporation

[seekeroftruthpromestein]

So last time we headbutted some Fairies and Elves. Now. Let’s punt some Mermaids.

IM NOT LOST YOUR LOST! .. And I have this map in game or something. Shut up.  Anyway Amira told me where the Mermaids were anyway so let’s go. 

I don’t remember if I’ve been here before... They probably scooted me away when I tried.

OH NO!!

HER!

Ooooh

Honestly? Thank you Luka. I didn’t remember that. Kids this is why you don’t take a year long break. 

 “Take one from your enemies”  Dammit Luka. This isn’t Borderlands. We don’t have time to beat up every enemy, and then compare whether you want a sword that had +5% Accuracy, or +4% Damage. (The answer is Damage. Always damage)

Poor girl. She’s in her ant crushing phase and realizing that the ants are living things. 

Oh fuck. Its Lorelei. The Gym Leader. I hope she doesn’t throw out Lapris. 

Luka is just. He’s amazing. 

I actually wanna talk about a kind of flaw I have with this game. And that flaw is something of Choice Paralysis. See. I got this for Luka and I thought “wow. That’s pretty neat. That’s good!” But then I thought for a moment. And went to check Teeny and.

Oh hey. She has it too. I literally forgot that she had it because that wasn’t how I ended up usually using her. And it works rather well. Sure obviously it won’t work on bosses but, it doesn’t have to. This would have saved me so much time in random encounters and so much Mana as I’ve been smashing everyone with Black Alice’s Wombo Combo of spells. But this?? These two together give about a  7/8 chance of killing all enemies. 

I mean. I kind of been singing song’s of death to them and leaving a whole bunch of corpses pretty hard to say they aren’t taking responsibility for your actions.  I honestly always felt that was a dumb justification and that the idea that soldiers act without question always irked me but. That’s whatever. I get it.  I do think one of the weaker points of the game is when it has to retread through things the original trilogy did. The writing for these parts always feel particularly weak, and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t understand. It knows the player is probably already familiar with this whole story, so much that she didn’t bother going and explaining her whole “Humans have wronged me” dealie. It just wants to check mark that we did this and move on.  Anyway. Got The Mermaids to surrender and I got El. Which honestly? Let’s check her out. 

Not a bad Magic stat there at base. And an Artic Mage? 

Lot of ands. Sadly, this screams a midway between Black Alice and Teeny for me. 

WELP! Vamp now has a lot to balance.

I forgot you were a thing. Woops. 

Mhm. Mhm.

PITIFUL job breakdown... Just awful. But I suppose she could be a good one trick pony. 

#Prommey Plays Paradox #Paradox 2

[pellimort]

I love the Adventure Zone but I esp love Taako.

#TAZ #taaco #the adventure zone #taako taaco #fanart #cobbillustrations #still soft boy saturday but just one this time #and did i copy paste the sketch for that leg yes yes i did #taako #haha woops tagged the wrong spelling originally

[a-mad-scientist-approaches]

Dad, Probably

Well, I've had quite a stressful time, and I really needed a whole lot of happy, self-indulgent fun, so enjoy my entry for Diptember, Week 3: Mysteries.

A VERY short amount of time ago - Dipper can't stress that enough - Mom got a job as a travelling journalist and now, in the absolute epitome of convenience, she's gonna be pretty much constantly on the move for anywhere between 2-6 months. So, him and Mabel need some place to stay.

What better place than this . . . this . . . Mystery Shack.

Which belongs to a friend Mom hasn't seen in years.

Who looks kinda . . . terrified?

Oh boy.

AO3

“I like it,” Mabel decided brightly, staring out the car window at the tourist trap.

It was old. It was gauche. It had been owned, operated, and inhabited for a long time and looked it. The self-proclaimed “MYSTERY HACK” nestled in the woods as naturally as a toadstool in a library and as yet Dipper hadn’t been inclined to autocorrect the ramshackle spelling. The fact that Mom was going to dump him and his sister here for the rest of the foreseeable future didn’t help his mood. He glared at the floor.

“I think that’s the guy.” Mabel nudged him, tilting her head towards the view she had. Sparing a glance, Dipper saw a large group of overly-excitable tourists rounding the side of the building and being herded inside by a man in a suit and a fez, directing them with some sort of cane like a Maestro. Mom approached as the last of the crowd disappeared inside, calling out an indistinct greeting. The man turned, immediately stepping forward with a wide showman’s grin, only to falter. He became significantly more awkward as Mom approached, and by the time she stopped in front of him the smile was more a grimace of politeness. Dipper frowned. This was not encouraging.

He watching glumly as they talked for a while. When the guy’s jaw dropped, and his head snapped around to look at the car so fast he must have gotten whiplash, eyes going wide and face draining of colour at Mabel’s happy wave, Dipper sighed and turned back to the floor. To the backdrop of a very loud “Oh God. Oh my GOD,” he thought, Great. She doesn’t tell us she’s got the travelling journalist job, she doesn’t tell her friend beforehand that he’s going to be putting up two kids for a while, what’s next on the agenda?

“I think he’s excited!” Mabel cheered.

“WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH-”

“Very excited,” Mabel maintained blithely as Mom shut the guy up before he could say (or, more accurately, shout so loudly the windows rattled) something he’d really regret. She was pretty big on the no-swearing thing.

“Is he about to throw up?” Dipper wondered, eyes drawn back to the scene against his will.

Mabel paused, inspecting the view. “He might be. Oooooorrrr he might be really interested in the grass! He sure is bending down close to it,”

“I think ‘doubled-over’ is more accurate,”

“Haha, cool words. Ooh, what about now, what’s the word for that?”

Dipper looked closely.

“I’d say that’s a ‘row’,”

“‘Row’.” Mabel turned it over in her mouth. With cheerfulness that possessed the tensile strength of a steel cable, she said, “It rhymes with ‘wow’! This is gonna be great, I just know it! Woop, here they come,”

Mom was walking back towards them, the guy following her like his legs weren’t working properly. When she motioned for them to hop out, Mabel did so in an “eager” way, while Dipper went for more of a “resigned” look.

The four of them met in a square of grass. There was a daisy growing in it. Mom looked at the guy. The guy continued to gaze speechlessly at the kids. The kids side-eyed one another. Mom sighed.

“Kids, this is Stan.” She introduced. “He’s okay with you staying here for a while until I get back.”

Riiiiight, Dipper thought, mentally raising an eyebrow. In his experience, Mom usually ended up getting what she wanted regardless of what other people were okay with. He and Mabel considered it both an awesome and frustrating superpower, and this was a case where Dipper was sour enough to be leaning heavily towards the latter option.

“He’salsoyour-” she added, lightning quick, but the speed with which Stan’s head cracked around to nail her with a panicked glare was still fast enough to stop her in her tracks. And ‘cracked’ was perhaps an even more suitable term than Dipper had originally realised. Now that he was closer, the guy did look old – but not definably so: he could have been anywhere between five and fifteen years older than Mom; the hair that was visible under his fez thick, but very grey, and his face lined, but more of the stress type than the age type, if Dipper had to guess. The cane seemed to be for show rather than support, and everything he’d heard of his voice so far was . . . well . . . atypical, Dipper decided with some restraint. Really gruff (possibly the roughest thing he’d ever heard), but what it lacked in pleasantness could more than be made up for in strength of volume, as he’d already demonstrated.

“I’m sorry, I mean, he’s also my . . . very good friend,” Mom finished eventually, rolling her eyes. Stan relaxed slightly, which was to say he looked like a marginally less tense bowstring.

Now, Dipper wasn’t an idiot. He was very proud of that fact, and he was determined to keep it true. As such, he’d only had to listen to one of Mabel’s overly-embellished explanations of this in his whole life, when certain things came up, and since then he’d been able to put together clues himself. Mom had never been married, had never wanted to be as far as he knew, and had had no one serious enough in her life for Dipper and Mabel to know about since they’d been born. That being said, they would, occasionally, encounter and be introduced to someone who had been, at one point, Mom’s “very good friend”.

i.e. Someone she’d dated or something. Mabel was generally more interested than he was in prying for details.

So. Another one, then. One that he and his sister would be crashing with.

Could this really not have been planned better? Or at all? He thought desperately.

During the silence Stan’s gaze had gradually been drawn back towards them. Dipper managed a weak grin. Stan matched it, even weaker. It stayed that way, before becoming something more genuine. Another moment, and Dipper would call it downright infectious.

“This is a long silence,” Mabel said airily, also grinning widely.

Stan laughed.

“Anything you want to say?” Mom asked him expectantly. That brought him back to reality. The grin dropped, and he suddenly looked like he wanted to run away again. Mom grabbed his arm.

“Excuse us,” she said to them, her smile brittle. Stan got dragged a few steps back to the Mystery Shack.

“This is not going well,” Dipper said flatly.

“You’re right,” Mabel snapped her fingers. “This old man is gonna need some ultra Mabel cuteness if we want this to be the best summer-slash-undefined-length-of-time-that-probably-won’t-exceed-six-months ever!”

“-of course I’ll tell them! Yes, I will I swear, I just- I need some- I gotta sort some things out first!”

“That’s not exactly what I meant,” frowned Dipper, trying to subtly edge closer to the adults and eavesdrop on their hissed argument better.

“-it’s a lot for a guy to take in, is all I’m saying!”

“Hey.” Mabel tugged at his sleeve.

“What?”

“Did you see that?”

“-the hell wouldn’t you tell me?!”

“Uh huh, sure,” Dipper said vaguely, craning his neck to try and make out the expression on Mom’s face.

“Dipper. In the forest, look!”

Mom was saying something matter-of-factly back now, but she was much better at keeping her voice quiet than Stan was.

“It looked like a hawk and an octopus had a baby together!” Mabel said ecstatically, peering further into the forest.

“Right, right – what?”

“It was a . . . wait for it . . . hawktopus!” She grinned dazzlingly, eyes wide and amazed.  

“What? Mabel, stop messing with me, what did you really-” He stopped dead at the shadowy shape he saw moving high in the trees. There was a clear bird head, and a hint of feathers, and . . . well, could those really be vines, dangling below it? And from its beak, as well?

One whipped out and snagged a nearby critter, dragging it up to the tentacled beak to be swallowed whole.

Dipper felt his jaw drop open.

“Alright kids, I’m gonna head off now,” Mom said unceremoniously. Mabel turned away immediately and dashed over to give her a bone-crunching hug, which was readily returned.

Dipper continued to stare speechlessly at the forest.

“I’m going to miss you so much,” Mabel whined.

“I know honey, I’m sorry, but it’s only for a little while and I’ll be back as soon as I can. I love you so much. Dipper Pines, get over here and give me a hug good-bye!”

“Oh, right.” Dipper shook himself and tore his gaze away, heading dutifully over to Mom, remembering when he was halfway there that he wasn’t happy with her and appropriately reschooling his expression. He still gave her a hug, though, and hugged tighter when he realised he might not be seeing her in person for as long as six months – but it wouldn’t actually be that long, right? Just until things became a bit steadier, which couldn’t take too long, right?

He caught sight of the garish building again.

No way that we’ll have to stay here for six months. Right?

“Promise me you’ll at least try to have some fun?” Mom said, pulling back and looking at him in concern.

He didn’t want to have bad memories of his last hug with Mom for definitely-not-a-long-time. With this in mind, Dipper only used about a quarter of his sarcasm reserves in his answer.

“Well, you said spending some time outdoors would be good for me, so I suppose it’ll happen whether I like it or not,”

“That’s the spirit. I’ll be back as soon as I can,” she promised them, and then got back in the car, honked a goodbye, and left. Unnecessarily rapidly, in Dipper’s jaundiced opinion.

With nothing left to do, he turned back to Stan.

And the forest.

And the hawktopus!

All concern and resentment was flushed from his mind in an instant: he wanted to know what the frick-frack was in the trees and what it looked like and how big it was and if there were more and was it really a hawktopus or was it just something normal after all? That would be disappoint-

“‘Pines’?” said a dazed voice.

“Uh, yes?” Mabel smiled at Stan, who was blinking like he’d been hit on the head with a your-life-is-now-changed stick. “That sure is our last name, and it sure does seem to have a lot of significance to you!”

He cleared his throat and seemed to hurriedly pull himself together. “Right. Of course. I just, y’know, was under the impression that your mom’s last name was . . . er, something different. Right?” He looked at them uncertainly.

Well, this guy mustn’t have lasted long, Dipper mused privately. He doesn’t even remember Mom’s old last name. So of all the exes she could have loaded us with, why this one?

“Yeah it was,” he explained, still itching to run over to the boundary line between the trees and the car park and examine the dark, tentacled shape further. “But she didn’t want us to have it because it was so awful, and then she changed hers to match ours as well a few years after we were born,”

“Right! Yeah, that makes sense, ‘cause, yeah, her last name was definitely cra- cruddy, that . . .” Stan trailed off.

“Pea-Nez!” Mabel filled in helpfully.

“Pea- what?” He looked pretty startled. Dipper felt his cheeks warm up and nodded grimly.

“Yep. Some people still call her by it, but at least now the spelling’s different,”

“Yeesh, no wonder she used mi-,” Stan said reflectively before abruptly cutting himself off. “Uh, well, better get you two inside, huh?” He crouched down to pick up Mabel’s bag for her.

Immediately, Dipper saw his chance to investigate the thing in the trees starting to vanish. He looked urgently at Mabel, and she leapt into action, just as curious about it as him.

“Wait!” she shouted.

Stan jumped violently and snatched his hand back, stricken.

“What?!”

“We want to explore!” she beamed.

“Specifically the forest!” Added Dipper eagerly. “Is there something in there? That, like, possibly has never been discovered or seen by human eyes before?”

“Like an entire forest full of magical creatures?” Mabel enthused.

“You saw something?!” Stan whirled around on his knees to face the trees, one hand unmistakeably closing into a fist.

“Yeah!” Dipper said excitedly. “It was like this huge hawk, but it had tentacles for a beak and more tentacles for legs and it reached out and just grabbed this squirrel and it ate it whole and it’s eyes, oh man, they were-”

“-so beady!” Mabel picked up. “Like it had a hunger that could be satisfied only by the blood of the innocent! But other than that it was totally cute. Its squishy little tentacle face! Awww!”

“I wonder if it squirts ink! Wait, wait – if it inks, then it must have a predator! But it was huge! How big could its predators be? How dangerous? Mabel, we need to check this out!”

“You mean, go after the crazy deadly animals that hunt hawktopuses for food and maybe fun?”

“Yes!”

“Well, duh! What else are you supposed to do with the wonders of nature! Haha, I doubt we’ll get eaten or anything,”

“Stan!” Dipper’s heart was starting to beat faster and he already picture all the cool photos he could get if this was really happening and not just some awesome dream he didn’t want to ever wake up from. “Is the supernatural real?!”

After a moment, Stan turned back to them, hands spread in a what-can-you-do gesture, a shrug in his shoulders and only the barest hint of strain in his grin.

“Nope. Sorry, kid. The only weird things around here are the idiot tourists, who, believe me, are much easier to scam out of their money than the effort making a moving hawk-octopus hybrid thing requires,” he dismissed, taking hold of Mabel’s suitcase and reaching over for Dipper’s as well.

“Wait . . . you mean it’s a robot or something? You made it?” Dipper frowned.

“Awww, what?” said Mabel disappointedly.

“Got it in one,” Stan said easily.

“But I could’ve sworn it was . . .” Dipper moved to the side so he could see around Stan, who was blocking his view of the hawktopus.

“Well it wasn’t,” Stan said shortly, his arm coming up to grab Dipper’s shoulder and keep him in front of him. “Alright, let’s go find some room for you in the Shack, huh? Indoors. Away from any hell-bir- robotic hell-birds. I think the attic’s got some free space. You with me, kid?” He waved a hand in front of Dipper’s wandering eyes, bringing them back to him – which made Dipper notice something.

A very familiar pair of brown eyes.

Dipper blinked and frowned a little, looking more closely into the man’s increasingly confused gaze.

“What, I got something on my face?”

Dipper looked over at Mabel – or more precisely, her eyes; the same brown – but he supposed brown eyes weren’t all that unusual, and even if they were also a similar – no, exactly the same shape that didn’t necessarily . . . mean anything.

Mabel had tilted her head and was looking back and forth between him and Stan, inspecting them thoughtfully.

“What? What is it?” Stan and Dipper said together. Then they looked at each other. Then they scratched the back of their necks in bemusement, mirroring each other.

Stan froze. Dipper lowered his hand hurriedly.

“Okay, this is gettin’ weird,” Stan said after a pause. He retook his hold on Dipper’s suitcase and stood with both their luggage. They followed as he strode perhaps a bit quicker than necessary back to the shack, the thought briefly crossing Dipper’s mind to make a break for the forest before it was dismissed. He was getting more curious about Stan, which . . . kind of undermined his strength of cynical conviction.

They were in a crowded giftshop. Tourists milled about near clothes racks and counters, fawning over snow globes and souvenirs. Stan grinned and talked and gestured grandly, upping prices with practiced ease. Dipper had to admit that his guts were impressive – he was certain that no snow globe could be worth eighty dollars, no matter how well-made or “one-of-a-kind” (despite there being another twenty on the same shelf). With every gaudy and obviously fake attraction he saw, like the jar of eyeballs on the desk, Dipper became more and more suspicious of the creature he’d seen outside. It had appeared significantly more . . . real than anything inside so far. The tourists called Stan “Mr Mystery” as he passed. Dipper was beginning to think that name fit him.

They reached the back of the room. The thought that maybe all wasn’t as it seemed was once again entering Dipper’s head. If it was true . . . well, maybe this hopefully-only-a-summer (although if this town was a nesting site for the supernatural, maybe six months wouldn’t be so bad) was going to be a lot more interesting than he’d imagined. Question marks were filling his head.

“Hey, who are you two little doods?” said a friendly voice.

Tweaking the hinges of an “Employees Only” door was a large man with an affable face, a toolkit belted around his waist, and, huh, a question mark across his dark green shirt.

“Hi!” Mabel said brightly, sticking out her hand. “We’re here for an epic summer romance!”

“She’s here for an epic summer romance,” corrected Dipper.

“Our mom dropped us off to live here, in this place specifically, for no discernible reason except that she somehow knew Stan,” Mabel continued happily. “I’m Mabel Pines, and this is my brother Dipper!”

The man laughed, shaking Mabel’s hand. “Oh man, what a coincidence, huh? Mr Pines, they’ve got the same last name as you!”

“Same last name?” Echoed Dipper. He looked narrowly at Stan, who was very interested in the ceiling all of a sudden.

“I’m Soos, by the way, the Mystery Shack’s mysterious handyman – or not really, I guess. If you want real mysteries you’ll probably have to go into the forest,” Soos said amenably.

“Mysteries in the forest?” Dipper repeated, perking up.

“Soos, can I talk to you for a minute?” Stan interrupted, making the request sound more like a demand.

“Sure thing, Mr Pines.” He added to Mabel though, “No discernible reason, huh? Then I’d guess you’re in for some life-changing and probably unexpectedly heart-warming personal revelations. That’s the way it always goes.” He nodded knowledgeably.

“A room, Soos! We’ve got to set up a room for them!” Stan said, some desperation creeping into his voice.

“Oh, sure. Can’t have you sleeping on the floor – unless that’s what’s you like. If that’s not what you like though, we should probably get you some beds. I don’t know if there’s any more in the Shack, actually. But hey, I’m sure Mr Pines’d let you have his bed if it came down to it! After all, you guys have the same last name, and you look a little similar, and your mom knows him, so you’re practically fam-”

“Now, Soos!” Stan quite literally dragged him into the next room, carting away Dipper and Mabel’s bags with him.

Dipper stared at the door, feeling a little bowled-over. He licked his lips.

“Hey Mabel?”

“Yeah?”

“Do you . . . do you think Stan’s our da-”

“Probably.”

“Huh,”

Well, I guess that’s one mystery down. Only a hundred more to go.

I wonder if the hawktopus is still out there?

#gravity falls #fanfiction #anyone got a name for this au? #for now i'll just call it #dad au #whatever works #dipper pines #mabel pines #stanley pines #soos ramirez #almost typed soos pines #but that's true too #diptember2018 #week 3 #mysteries #my writing

[jess-the-vampire]

Sky And The Forces Of The Multiverse, Chapter 11

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"You hang out.....here? Like didn't you say you don't hang out with people and stay in your room all day?" "Quiet, or i'll head right back....". The girls and landed found themselves outside of what seemed like some kinda hangout spot, and the girls found themselves staying close as the prince was given easy access to the front of the line and to the Vip room of the dark and calming area. It almost reminded them of a coffee house, expect way fancier with candle-lit tables and a game room in another area. Though as landon leads them to their vip room, a room on the second floor that gave them full view of a brightly lit stage, that's when it clicked why landon came here. "I only come here once in a blue moon, never talk to anyone....it's quite mostly...except for the lovely music...", he  removed his violin and plopped down on a nice couch before inviting the girls to join, "Do me a favor, don't let my brothers know, I don't need judas to get on my case about it and i don't need mason trying to find me here.". They plopped down in their own seats and took in the place and it's dim lighting and calming atmosphere. One that didn't seem fitting for someone like Landon, who wore boots, ripped up shirts and wore biker gloves.

"You hang out at a place like this?", celeste still look genuinely shocked by this bit of news, but landon kicked back in his seat, not really caring much about how surprised she sounded. "I come here to listen to music, it might sound lame to YOU, but all my family seems to listen to is cheesy boyband songs and i happen to think it's kinda cool here. ". He huffed, "You know like how kids in movies escape to some secret hideaway they have? Yeah, this is my lame version of that....my family doesn't really come here themselves so i use the Vip section instead.". "and you only come here rarely...?" "Only to see certain shows, since i'm forced to watch you i guess i might as well let you come, as long as you don't fib on me.", his eyes directing themselves mostly towards celeste, "Plus you guys didn't seem to mind my music so maybe you'll like it or something, i dunno...". Sunny looked happy and kinda thankful, "That's really nice of you landon, you didn't have to do that...". But he blew it off, putting himself down, "No it's whatever, i just think this place is cool...part of me is tempted to get a drink here but my parents might kinda kill me if i'm not careful with some of this..". "Wait, didn't you say people pick our pockets in this kinda place?", landon looked towards the questioning brunette and shrugged, "yeah, they do, not everyone in the underworld is a saint y'know? Especially to the royal family of all things , though i don't keep my money in my pockets anyway so...". He started to move his leg and the faintest sound of change could be heard from his boot, "I've learned my lesson before and i'm not falling for any more tricks again..". "What kinda show did you drag us into?", landon snapped his fingers for a paper to speak in front of her lap, showing a couple of demons playing the electric cello. Her face just kinda made landon want to laugh more then anything. "What? We'll make in back in time for dinner, you're so picky...just sit back and enjoy the show....". To his surprise, celeste said nothing, indeed sitting back as they watched demons prepare to get the show ready. "Granted this show wasn't one i planned on going....but...whatever..". "You dragged us to a show you weren't even originally planning on going to?". "Do you wanna fuss or do you wanna watch something other then the underworld walls?", Celeste crossed her arms and sunny found herself examining every inch of the place, "My parents never took me or my brother to anywhere like this before, looks like fun.....do people sign up to perform?". The boy bit his lip, "Kinda? More people pay though, it's just kinda a joint for new talent to start making a name for themselves...and i swear if you say anything about me playing my violin...". "No, i was thinking more.....you think i could sing up there?". He blinked at her, "Uh....why would you wanna sing up there? You're supposed to stay undercover y'know? Performing in public will only make things worse....". She shrugged, "It's just, well, since i don't get to really perform outside of my house back home...it just kinda seems fun y'know?". She nervously pressed her fingers together, "Sorry for bringing it up....it just kinda seemed fun. y'know?". They gave her strange looks when the lights started going down. "Oh, i guess they're starting...", landon took note of the speakers and cellos already up as people filled up tables . Some ordering drinks or eating strange pastries, chatting as a couple of twin demons took on the stage, landon watched them with slight enthusiasm. Though Sunny's face was the most interesting, she looked in wonder and to landon's surprise her tail slinked out of her dress and started wagging. Expressing her excitement, and landon's attention was suddenly diverting from the music to the swishing extension. Celeste looked to landon, "Hey, what are you looking at?". Landon immediately stopped staring before shuffling uncomfortably in his seat, "Nothing....don't worry about it....". Celeste gave him another look as their attention diverted back to the music playing. Strangely, it was actually pretty good, like a blend between rock and classical music. And landon could easily be seen tapping his foot or closing his eyes to listen to the music, as though he was in his own little world. At one point he even got them some drinks to sip on as the concert went on, hot chocolate. Mugs that were empty by the time the show ended, the audience in applause and clapping. Especially sunny, who looked more then delighted, even whistling at one point as the twins bowed and started talking about their next show. Landon weakly clapped, a smile on his face and sunny took note of her tail as it slinked back under her dress. "That was really fun landon, thanks for taking us here!", she looked towards celeste, who grumbled before saying "Thanks", under her breath. Landon kicked his feet off the coffee table in front of him, and shut himself down, "It's fine, i'm glad you liked it...". He took hold of his violin, placing it back onto his back, "I guess we better go though, dinner y'know? I'm sure everyone will be waiting for us....". He was about to leave when he felt the smaller demon tug at his sleeve, "Landon...are you ok?". Landon looked at her and shook her head, "No it's....nothing...don't worry about me, we better go...". "Are you sure you're ok?", the small girl looked really concerned, as if perhaps she had done something wrong of landon wasn't feeling good. But as expected he dismissed her and threw a cover over himself, "Yes, i'm sure, look, i'm not that important, just stay behind me ok?".   The girls were about to say something when landon bumped into someone, making him stumble back into the girls a bit. The demon he bumped into turned around, and though sunny had expected him to apologize at the sight of his prince to her surprise the bigger demon growled at landon. "Watch where you're walking buddy.....", landon rubbed his head and got himself back on his feet, "Fine, whatever....". But that apology didn't seem to slide with the bigger demon, who pushed him, "Don't "Whatever" me kid....watch it....". And much to landon's displease, sunny stepped forward. "He's your prince, you should show him some more respect...". The demon looked more annoyed being talk down to by the little girl as landon suddenly felt the urge to drag sunny out of here. But the large demon eyed landon again, "Our prince huh? Which one?". Landon eyed off as sunny kept speaking, "Second youngest, landon!". The demon huffed, "Oh? The extra one? Yeah right....", then a pink hand grabbed sunny's shoulder, "C'mon, let's just leave....". He urged her to move and sunny compromised, Celeste following behind as to leave and stop from starting some kind of fight. Though behind him he could hear the demon mumbling to his friends. "Pft, figures the weakest prince would be the one hanging around girls anywa-" Then, before he could speak anymore, a cloud formed above his head, indoors. It was small, and dark, and before the demon could react, drops of water rained down on him, followed by a strike of lightning, zapping him right in front of his friends and making him collapse on the floor under him.  Landon looked freaked as he looked between the girls in front of him, mouthing to them "D-did you?".  Whoever was responisible sure didn't seem ashamed however and landon only looked MORE unhappy. "We gotta go..", he mumbled under his breath to both girls as the demons watched the cloud continue to zap the confused demon. As he dragged them out the littlest girl still seemed unhappy, "Landon, i'm so sorry about back there, i don't know what happened! I-". Now out of earshot, he zipped around, still angry, "Ok, WHO did that?! I could've gotten kicked outta that place! Like, sure, he was being a jerk but i didn't want to FIGHT him!". Sunny's eyes wandered to celeste, who looked off to the distance, "He'll be fine, that spell only lasts 20 minutes...". Sunny looked surprised, and celeste gave her a look, " what? You didn't think it was you right? Of course it was me, what a total jerk that guy was! Like i could woop his sorry butt in ten seconds!". Landon was in awe, "So you.....you summoned a cloud on him?!!". She only shrugged, "i like weather spells, is there a problem? When some ass acts like that in front of royalty he shouldn't get a free pass, you're still above him y'know.". Landon was about to interject but she kept going, "Look, we haven't known each other that long but it doesn't mean i want dirt talking to you like that. I'm not heartless y'know, plus it's not like that guy can frame it on you anyway.". Landon looked both thankful and both adjitated, "Ok fine, at least we're not in anymore trouble i guess....but....let me tell you...starting fights in the underworld is not a good idea. I dunno what it's like in your universe, but around here being violent can get bad fast.". Celeste snorted, "Well when a jerk talks to you like that, you should stand up for yourself! Like c'mon, you can't just walk away like that. You're royalty, you outta put that guy in his place for talking to you like that!. " "I'm not doing anything, c'mon...we got dinner...". "Landon-". "I said enough, c'mon..". - "Sky you need to focus!" "Mom, it's not my fault, it's just not working today!". Sky muttered narwhal blast under her breath again as a couple of disfigured minnows popped out instead of narwhals, flopping on the floor in between them. "Sure, it worked yesterday but i told you...my wand works when it wants at the end of the day...", she could feel her own words stabbing her in the heart. It tended to do that alot, one day she feels confident in her magic the other she feels entirely useless, shaking the device like a toddler with their raddle. She spotted melaine recording the whole thing while bernard, next to her, was checking his phone, tying rope, and playing with cards all by himself. He was probably dragged out here again, though perhaps he didn't have anything better to do with him time anyway. Guess that was what happened when you where the new kid, though her mom always made it sound a lot more fun. "Mom,  we've been doing this awhile....maybe we should call it quits....i mean, i summoned my own cloudy and well....i got fireskull frenzy on point.....so....that's something right?". Star sighed, "I just wanted you to learn some new spells....i don't...i don't understand what's going on but...maybe i should confiscate the wand? Just to be sure?", the blunette clutched in tighter in her hands, "I'm sure it's nothing mom, maybe it's out of juice? Or something...i dunno....". Star didn't seem so sure though, the queen crossing her arms, "Hmm, maybe......". Sky put it in her back pocker, makign a face, "Mom, it's cool, it's nothing to freak out about....". "I'm just worried, we don't...well we don't need anymore issues with the wand then we've had before", she rubbed her chin, "Perhaps we should call it a break till tomorrow,  though i still-". Just then the queen's compact started buzzing, she pulled it out and checked it's number fast, "It's marco, er....excuse me...i better take this...". She held the phone up to her face and left the room, leaving the kids by themselves. Melanie stopped her recording to take notes but Bernard was still as distracted as before. After she was out of earshot sky turned her attention towards them, slightly relieved at the sudden interruption. "I think you did great sky!", Melaine smiled at the girl, giving her a thumbs up as the princess took a seat on the banister. "Yeah yeah, c'mon you don't need to go easy on me, i know i suck....". She rested her head on her hands, "I'm kinda distracted enough as is anyway....". She pulled out her compact, waving it around, "Judas i guess is busy, he hasn't replied back yet.....hope everything is fine...". She eyes at bernard, "Told him about landon missing your calls, i'm sure he'll sort it out....eventually..". "Maybe you were right about the compacts not connecting with real phones...."., he mumbled, "I mean, mel only got everything she did to you by transferring data, and i dunno....but it was a nice thought to talk with your friends again.". He sounded kinda upset, maybe worried he was the one at fault in this situation. Sky bit her lip when she got a text back, "Oh, judas left to get food, says landon did get get your calls....and that....". She then paused and read over judas's texts, telling her landon was too embarrassed to pick up and on the spot came out with the first lie she could. "-he didn't have his compact with him", telling the boy the truth would probably embarrass landon more and she suddenly thought maybe associating herself with a friend's crush was a bad idea. But Bernard didn't seem bothered, "Oh cool.". And Sky almost wanted to slap herself across the face for making melaine go through an entire process to send her the audio she needed when she could've sent it in a few clicks.  She awkwardly turned to melaine, who was much too focused on whatever she was doing in her notebook. Her embarrassment must've been obvious because she felt Bernard quickly try to cheer her up, "You didn't actually test to see if those things connected before huh? Hey, you didn't know, nothing to be ashamed of.....and now you do know. So now you don't gotta complicate your phone system anymore". She nodded, "Sure, uh......sorry, that's very embarrassing. uh.....hows moving in been? Weird question, it's just......". He started shuffling the cards in his hand as he spoke, "Need a change of subject? Oh I've been fine, the diazes have been so kind in helping us move in, also they have A LOT of dogs might i add. Are they supposed to shoot lasers?". "Er...yes....long story..."., sky said, and he continued on as if unfazed by this news. "My family has moved a lot to be honest, it's not my first time adjusting. I just hope this is my last time moving....", he finished shuffling his cards and placed them on his lap. The princess looked up at him in curiosity, "Leave a lot of friends back home?". He sighed, "Yes and no, i had a lot of people hang out with me but i don't know if they counted as friends....though I never stayed in places very long so It doesn't matter much anyway.". He stared down at the pack of cards, "I'm kinda hoping to get perhaps more of a fresh start here? Since my folks says it might be permanent this time around but so far Landon and mel here are the only ones who have approached me...". "Landon isn't very social...",sky started, "I mean, being social isn't much my thing but i'm surprised you got him to talk to you at all...". Bernard snorted, "We were bringing in more boxes when their carriage showed up in front of our house, and then the diazes immediately had me shake hands with all their grandkids. Those two are the most chipper and hyper elders i have ever met you know that? I mostly just talked to landon to apologize and we ended up talking about his violin....also does he carry that everywhere?". Melaine then turned around and spoke up, "Bernie, You carry a pack or cards and some bit of rope everywhere.". "Touche". "You're into music?", the human turned back towards the princess and smiled, "I used to be apart of the glee club in our last move before we left, i'm told i can sing well though i have other talents....". Sky smirked, "Like wearing sweaters and a vest in California without sweating? Because i'll tell ya that's pure talent right there". The boy snickered, "No, but i do appreciate the jest. Anyways landon was really fun, he's a funny guy to be honest, i appreciate the number cause i could use some other friends while i'm here and he seems cool...I mean, being friends with a demon wasn't on my bucket list but i think i can mark it off anyway". "Landon...funny?", the way she said it seemed surprising to bernard, based on the expression of his face. "Is he not normally funny?", sky and mel exchanged looks, "Landon's not normally even smiling, what did he even say to you?". Bernard shrugged, "We started talking about love sentence and he started talking about the name and i couldn't help but laugh....". The boy put his hands on his hips and twisted his face into a pouty one, as he imitated the prince. "What's a love sentence anyway? Is it a sentence about love? Like, who in the heck woke up one day and said THAT was a good band title? Like my dad showed me some poster of them dressed as criminals and it's...are they being sentenced for LOVE? Who sentences people for being in love? Well actually there are people like that but....STILL. ". Bernard then started to laugh like it was the funniest thing he'd heard as the girls just smiled awkwardly. "Oh don't give me that look, just a few minutes ago you were upset because you forgot to actually test the limits of your strange mobile devices and had fish flop on the floor...let me enjoy this", the girls quit their looks and he shook his head at them. After he finished he smiled fondly, "Anyways, Yeah, he seems like a grump, but i thought he was fun to talk to. We were mostly stuck together for a few hours and i honestly just think he wanted a reason not to be crushed by his grandparents with their hugs."  He took at look at the wand in her back pocket and his frown vanished, "You know if that thing is busted you outta fix it or find a replacement.....hard to practice anything with a broken tool that's for sure...I may not have owned a real wand but having one that doesn't work sounds like recipe for disaster.". "It's a family wand, we can't replace it...". "So you're stuck with a tool you can't use? That's not fair. What are you supposed to do if you can't use it? What if it gets lost!?", His friendly look had shifted to be more annoyed, brows furrowed. Bernard seemed to get ticked when other people were mistreated it seemed. "If it gets lost.....well we're kinda screwed, i mean, unless the high commission finds it or something. I kinda wish my wand was like a bag or something so it was easier to carry around...". "Magic seems kinda unfair where you come from...", he stood up and stepped down the stairs onto the floor, "Mel tells me you go on some crazy adventures, and get into danger, and you have to do it with a broken wand?". The princess groaned, "Well of COURSE i went on some weird adventures, it's just like....i mean.....it sounds more fun when you're not he one whose almost died!". She took her wand out and flicked it, "It's like, it's magic...but even magic sorta has rules to it.....". Her eyebrow pricked up, "You know, i'm sure all of this is nonsense to you, you don't have to worry about my wand or anything....". Bernard blinked and crossed his arms, "Fairness matters to me, i'm sorry. I just don't like when parents don't treat their kids....like how they should...like...who puts their kids in danger like that with something they can't control..". He got quieter at the end but retained himself, "anyways, take it from me, using a faulty tool will bite you someday. If there's way to fix it or replace it, you better do it, especially when it's a weapon that might save your life...". "Trust me, we're....I'm working on it...", he nodded, "I'm sorry for worrying, but that honestly kinda sucks.". He might've kept talking but mel stepped in, an arm around sky, "Trust me bernie, sky will be FINE, she's taken out bad guys left and right and when the robots take over she'd totally kick their butts.". Sky snickered and then star stepped in, compact back in her pocket, "ah sorry kids, ponyhead apparently lost loki and she needs help finding him, so we better get a move on..". She made finger guns to mel who copied her back, "See you soon, honestly mel you should come over when you have the chance! I know how much you love exploring and sky could really benefit from teaching you more about mewni!". Melaine turned to sky, face full of hope, and sky made an awkward smile before answering. "Well, yeah i'm sure we could have her come over again....let's just uh...not repeat the incident last time when we do it alright?" Bernard looked between the knowing faces as mel squealed, "YES! AHHH, it's been such a long WHILE since I've been to mewni! My mom gets so freaked! I'm totally gonna ask her and maybe we can have a sleepover and you can teach me about monsters and-". She paused before looking to bernard, "Wait can i bring him too?". Star blinked before shrugging, "If his parents are ok with it, we're fine having more guests in the castle, sky hasn't had a sleepover since FOREVER-". "MOM!!", sky's face was red with embarrassment, "Like you know we stopped because most of my friends were boys and it was getting awkward cause we weren't kids anymore right?". Star bit her lip, "Aw, but didn't i invite all those princess that one time? That was fun right?". Sky groaned, "No, no it wasn't...", and star let out a light laugh in response to the girl's bitter answer. "Eh, well i suppose you weren't wrong, though at least cleaning glitter out of your hair wasn't too hard..". "At least you didn't put glitter in the pancake mix again...", sky said back, amused. "Oh don't start with that....", She motioned to her daughter as she opened a portal, "C'mon, let's go. Good bye mel, bert was it? Don't get yourselves into too much trouble!". Sky motioned to the humans to call her as she felt herself be dragged into the bright blue swirling portal. Star immediately heading off to find pony and sky about to text judas when two figures approached her, covered in dirt and mud, It took her a few seconds and almost startled her. Untill she realized who it was. "Hi...", luna grumbled as galexia smiled behind her. "We picked mushrooms!". - "Loki, hey, i gotta head to dinner with my folks in a few minutes but i brought you some-"., judas closed his bedroom door behind him and entered his room, only to find the place empty. He placed a bag of chips and a soda on the bed before walking over to his desk to find a poorly scribbled note on his desk. His three eyes squinting as he attempted to read it before folding it up and throwing it in the trash. "Ugh, i told him not to get involved and of course he.....ugh..."., he made his way out of his room, texting sky on the way. Her response was immediate. Sky: Nice one jude. Judas: Hey, for the record, he's just trying to call him out for the compact, which you said had nothing to do with anything anyway...so.... Judas: Should I go after him? Sky : Don't bother, it's not worth it... Judas: But it's partially my fault, maybe I should find him before he does something. Sky: Loki's gonna be fine, and you don't wanna get caught next to him when his mom finds him. Sky: I'm sure he'll bail anyway, you got dinner jude, you've run around enough lately.. He thought for a moment before texting back Jude: Ok Sky: We'll talk later Judas: I'll see you soon sky.... He shoved his compact back in his pocket, despite his mixed feelings he outta go to dinner anyway, his parents would be worried about him. Hopefully whatever loki was doing, he'd be fine. Though if angel didn't kill him no doubt the pony's mom would. Granted, maybe not "Kill" considering him and his family, more or less....."lightly annoy". When he arrived to dinner it seemed everything was normal, his parents were discussing pony's raid with his grandfolks, the girls were eating and his brothers were being their normal selves. As in mason was being cheery and going on a long discussion about his plants and landon was being quiet and angry. He could only hope nothing went wrong when he was with the girls this time. Though the only thing of note from dinner was when a note was passed into his lap, making sure the adults weren't watching, he opened it up to find a note from landon himself. Scanning over it he looked at landon, who eyes him before returning to his food. Giving the girls compacts? What was he thinking? Though his note also stated for them to talk in his room tonight about everything. So i guess he could hear him out on this later. Maybe he could even get sky to show up. He nodded to his younger brother as dinner resumed as usual. Night fell, the girls were in their rooms and in bed, and judas was alone in his room, sitting on his bed when landon teleported in. The boy already in his pjs, which were typically an old shirt and sweatpants, and of course this time around he wasn't lugging his instrument as he tended to do. He bit his lip, fangs pickling the flesh as he crossed his arms, "Hey....". His older brother sighed, hands on his lap, and one of those "Really?" looks on his kind face. And landon seemed already prepared for this reaction as he explained his reasoning. "Judas, i know we've known these girls for two days but c'mon, you know we can't tag them all the time. It's gonna look weird to everyone and we kinda both got other things going on...". Judas raised an eyebrow, "Landon, we still don't know them well, giving them something like a compact...what if we have been dooped? What if they take em and use them for something bad and it's our faults?". "I dunno, i guess maybe...i don't think the girls are really....evil? I just....i mean they kinda do wild things, but i don't think they'd betray us exactly.", the purple boy didn't seem convinced, "I mean, they're nice girls and all, it's just kinda early for us to put so much trust in them. They've done some nice things for us landon, and i'm not saying they're bad people. I just don't want us making a mistake too early and.....this is a good opportunity to make one...". "You're overthinking things jude, c'mon, tell me, what do you think of the girls?", the boy turned his head, looking at the posters aligning his walls. "Well sunny might've attacked me but she's a sweet girl, and she wants nothing more then to see her family again...". Then his eyes closed, "And celeste is a pain in the butt, but she still healed me and still listened to me despite everything i said to her.". He sighed to himself, "Still landon, we haven't known them very long....it's a risk...". "They defended me today....", landon admitted, much to his brother's surprise. "I mean, it was kinda stupid, but they genuinely didn't have to do anything for me.....i mean, still stupid, but i also think we kinda owe them a bit. For healing you, or helping me, if you're really worried we could put locks on it or something.....". Judas still didn't seem convinced and landon found himself continuing to push , he honestly should just give up in convincing his brother of anything, but maybe that "Stand up for yourself" nonsense from earlier was starting to leak in just a tad. Only a tad though. "C'mon dude, look, if you do this...i'll......take the fall if something happens...and...", his shoulders sagged, "And i'll answer my compact next time bernard calls....". The older demon's brows pricked up, "You must really want this don't you?". Landon's feet shuffled on the floor, his face not even looking at judas. "Look, i just think....it's nothing, i just want it to be easier for us....w-we can get some cheap ones...". Judas stood up, looking down at his brother and placed a hand on his shoulder, "I'll consider it then.....ok?". Landon looked up at him, kinda thankful. 'Ok....". "I guess you are right about this being ineffective anyway, and well....i guess we could track the phones if we needed to...but i mean it landon. We got enough on our plate, if this all turns out to be something different, don't say i didn't warn ya....". Landon got it, "I dunno, i mean, the whole "Other universe sister" thing is weird....but honestly...if they wanted to kill us.....i think they could...".. Judas smirked, "I honestly hope you're right, as weird as it is.....i kinda prefer that to ALOT of other outcomes right now...". Then a bright blue portal opened up, a girl with dark hear and a demon onsie hopping out. "Hey dorks...". Judas smiled and walked over to see his friend, sky was smirking but she was clearly still very troubled. "So not much of a progress report today, luna and lexi are asleep, one mom is doing the same while the other is out.....i dunno raising the dead or something? How about you two?", landon took a seat on judas's bed, "Of course you invited sky. Only to be met with a look from his brother who went back to talking to the princess, "Sorry about your lessons not going as great as last time, i'm sure you'll pick them up again eventually! Uh....did the girls find anything?". "Pft, nothing i didn't know unless you count some gross mushrooms, my mom's weird, eclipsa is a creeper and everyone hates us....the usual", sky sighed and took a seat on the floor, "Also i think mel is planning on a sleepover sometime soon, so i guess expect her to show up again....". Judas was about to grumble and then sky added on, "But....she's gonna drag bernard with her...". Landon's ears twitched, "Wait, what? Why would she drag- Sky.......are those two hanging out together? Wait....new kid bernard?". "The guy with the two hair colors, piercings, and who wears sweaters in one of the hottest states ever? Yeah, that bernard...". Landon turned more red as the smile on his brother's face spread, "Sounds like a good as time as any to hang out together". Landon's eyes only dimmed and he kept his mouth shut before he could say anything rude and get himself in more trouble. Sky shook her head, "You guys are both ridiculous....honestly....", and she laid back on the mattress, singing her feet off. "So......you sent loki off to see angel huh? Well, if queen pony shows up i guess that's two birds with one stone being grounded for life...". "Isn't angel almost always grounded?". "Well, Can't they ground him harder?" "He sneaks out of his room and isn't phased by most things thrown at him...if you grounded him any harder he'd be under the underworld by now." "hmm.." Judas pointed a finger at her, "Hey, Don't even consider the taser next time we see him, we're not doing that again. We're lucky enough as is that didn't cause any serious problems. Only reason i'm even getting the shocker for me is cause i might need it for a real emergency if my arm comes back and i become.....yeah". Which immediately sparked landon's attention, "The what now? Taser? When did you get a taser?". And sky put her hands out in front of it, "Ok, don't we got enough to talk about? I would rather...you know...we drop that one.". Landon huffed, "You tazed angel? Pft...way to go sky, that's one way of taking him down...". "Hey, i didn't say I LIKED it! and besides...his folks didn't freak...", he eyes off to the side as judas shot her a disapproving look, "Well yeah they're nice folk but, I don't think angel DESERVES it.....i kinda feel they should be a little more upset that their boy got hurt...what you did was not ok. It was too far.". Sky and Landon exchanged looks, and the pink one stepped forward "What? And risk the butterfly's bailing on them? C'mon jude, you know why they do what they do....they're too scared to do anything, you're getting paranoid again". Judas was quiet, and sky bit her lip, "Look, i'm still sorry about it ok? You don't need to bring it up....". "No it's fine...landon's right...i'm just still tense about things, i'm sorry for fussing about it.....", the room was quiet before landon spoke, breaking it. "To be honest though, angel's life probably kinda sucks, i mean.....his parents think he sucks, his mom is sick, star doesn't listen to him, his people are poor, you both kinda kick him out, and does the guy even have any friends?". Sky and judas exchanged looks, "Like, not denying he kinda sucks and does stupid and bad things, it's just like....that guy has GOTTA be miserable..". "He looked pretty upset when we saw his mom....he didn't even want to stay in the same room as her....", the girl bit her lip but still shook her head, " It's still kinda no excuse for him to be a total jerkwad though, taking your things, messing with citizens till he gets his way....thinking he can go back in time and change everything". The girl found herself pacing along the soft floor, " Like no matter what he does, he never suffers anything for it! He doesn't care about being punished and he's got his mind in the wrong place....and it's like, i can't even go outside in a dress without my mom freaking or read a spell-book without worrying and-". "Sky?", her attention turned to judas, who looked her over curiously, "everything ok?". That's when she fell face forward on the mattress, burying her face into it, "You guys ever get tired of sucking so much?". Judas just patted her head in amusement, "there there sky, you'll figure out these spells someday, then you can do whatever you want without your mom...". Sky simply groaned louder in response, "You really suck judas....c'mon now, i was just venting about how angel does whatever he wants and i get all punished and freaked out about..", "Friends tease, get used to it.....". "I hate you...". "So.....anything else tonight cause we need to sleep?". Landon yawned, "I mean, this is fun and all, but i'm gonna pass out and our parents might find out we're talking in here or something and get us in trouble...". Sky lifted up her head, "Eh, knowing your folks i'm sure they're in their room getting comfy with each other. Too busy to go sneaking around and pressing their ears against your doors...". Judas playfully lifted sky's head up more, "Ok for starters, never say that again, i would rather not think about that, and two....if you're gonna fall asleep, better it be your room...". "Fiiinnne~", she got up and back on her feet, " It was good talking though, you better text me if anything happens.....you got it?". Her friend smiled, "C'mon sky, since when do i ever not tell you anything?, only to be met with a glare. "Don't start with me Judas Lucitor-Diaz! ", Landon groaned before he took his hand out to snap and leave. "Ok losers, i'm going to bed, oh by the way sky....we're uh....we're considering getting compacts for the girls so we can all talk....K BYE!". Landon vanished quickly and Sky's attention was drawn towards judas, "Uh...?". He huffed at his brother before letting out a sigh, "So speaking of not always telling you everything...". - Days passed by, the long hours passing by in a breeze. The girls were getting comfortable in their newer surroundings, getting food, sleeping in their beds, and interacting with their sudden comrades much more regularly. Well, as regular as can be when luna was not off keeping herself undercover. Kelly had seemed to take a liking to her, though finding time to talk to her was harder to come by then luna thought. As the woman would often keep her position during training or vanish off to somewhere luna couldn't know about. No wonder janna creeps around in the place when she wasn't there, Kelly must've rarely been there in the first place. At least on the brighter side of things she was impressing her, and no one seemed to question her too much. Which was a good sign if anything, and even lexi was under control a bit more as sunny and her seemed to spend quite a bit of time together, clearly they had hit it off. The compacts being used on a regular basis much to judas's comfort. The watch shocker he now had on his arm was making him antsy enough as is, not to mention how he hadn't heard anything on loki since he left to supposibly face angel. As bad as loki could get at times, judas would be angry at himself if anything did happen to him on his account. He'd probably go out and look for him, maybe ask some of the girls to help but today he found himself with his own parents, who were much more interested in talking to him about his future coronation and everything that came along with it. Which mostly consisted of decor, activities and of course...attire, but it was a big deal and judas sure wasn't going to avoid it like loki clearly wanted to. Though frankly loki was a year younger then him and at least he had more time to prepare then judas did. His parents probably just wanted loki to have the kingdom pawned off as soon as possible so they could stop running it themselves to be honest...that or....the sooner they started preparing the less likely they'd be to forget their own son's coronation when it was time. Coronations were different for every kingdom , and how soon it was prepared mostly depended on the current royals. And no doubt those two were no "Parents of the year" with the planning skills of gods. Though his own folks seemed more excited then anything, and judas could remember how much his father used to gush about his coronation. Talking about how beautiful it was and of course his favorite part of it, when he and marco got married shortly after. Though lucky for judas, finding a partner wasn't something he had to prioritize himself in finding for is at all. He sat in a chair as his parents started going through photo albums and shared as many ideas as they could. The queen of the underworld, was in their prime, planning and preparation as their husband was randomly pulling out ideas every few minutes and throwing it out there. It was like marco to be prepared for everything and plan in advance, honestly they probably had been planning this day since judas was created. Judas almost wondered if the books marco was going through they made themselves in order for him to have a variety of options to choose from. Though judas seemed more distant, and it probably wasn't because he was thinking about sky or the girls or even loki. It probably had more to do with the fact he couldn't bring himself to pay so much attention to these creative ideas when the thought of impressing the locals lingered the back of his head. When he was younger maybe he'd like some of these insane idea, like an lava filled chamber or a fancy masquerade ball, but nowadays that seemed to feel like childish fantasies that would only make him seem more unqualified as the next king. "We could do something along the lines of mine? But maybe more retro?". "Oh c'mon tom, i'm sure judas doesn't want to go "Retro" for his big day. Last time we tried something like that it was for one of landon's birthday parties and he looked embarrassed beyond belief.",  Marco slipped another page before planting a kiss on their husband's cheek, "Don't worry, i thought it was cute...". The human then turned to judas, "Any thoughts on what you wanna do, we gotta start planning. The sooner the better, after all no one wants to remember their coronation as some travesty.". Tom grumbled, "Ugh, no kidding, everyone in mewni is there and if you make one small mistake they never let you live it down!". "Aw tom, but your coronation was great!", the demon grumbled though in disagreement, "Well, most of it was, but i'm still annoyed about the part where I had to enter the ancient demonic fire because everyone freaked out about how i closed my eyes! Like excuse me! I just preferred not to have the light shine in my eyes so much! But apparently if you close your eyes and squint it's the worst thing ever!". Tom grumbled again and marco hugged him, "C'mon, it was minor! And you honestly looked too good in that suit for anyone to really notice that much anyway..". Marco's comforting touch calmed tom down fast, as per usual, and he smiled to peck his partner on the lips, "Thanks bun....". Judas coughed into his hand, his folks returning back to the process at hand, both slightly red-faced at the jist. "So yeah, well, as far as themes go....i'm not entirely sure yet....i mean, maybe i should go with something average, then i don't have to worry about people judging it or something like that..", marco frowned, "Jude, we want this event to be all about you, you should pick what you want....". Judas shrugged, "it's just....I dunno if mine should be a ton more special, i do something traditional, less of a reason to worry about anymore issues with the kingdom right? ". His parents exchanged looks and tom bit his lip, "Jude, i mean, if you want to do something traditional we're behind you, but don't be afraid of how the world sees you ok? Your party could be dog-theme with paper plates and we'd still support it because it's you. You sure you don't have some of your own ideas?". "Well, if i do that, i might be taking it a step too far. Don't wanna make it seem like don't appreciate tradition or anything, i want to make a good impression, don't want to go out of bounds too much you know?". "We get it, we just don't want you to force yourself into a box just to impress these people. If you want traditional, we can do traditional, but is that what you actually want or what you think everyone else wants from you iinstead?". Judas didn't answer and marco stepped in, walking over to their son and planting a kiss on his head, "It's ok, just tell us if you need anything with it, ok? If you want something traditional we can consider some of the ruby drapes and of course the blood bathing, those are always fan favorites..". Tom agreed, "Yeah, we can start there, for now. The basis are always a good place to stat off till we get to the bigger details after all. Er..um...maybe we can put some of your heritage in there marco? We did that for mine after all!". Marco smiled, "That would be lovely, judas, what do you think?". Judas just nodded and his parents came to an agreement, "Judas, me and your father are gonna take care of something for a bit, you wanna pick this up later tonight? I'm sure it'll give you more time to think.". Judas seemed fine with it and he didn't protest as his folks kissed his cheeks like the embarrassing losers they were, instead smiling and slightly giggling at them as they ruffled his hair and headed out. Maybe he needed a break, he was getting upset with himself again. Part of him wanted to say something else to his folks but he honestly couldn't help but want to play it safe. What was the point in making your coronation perfect for "you" if the people didn't like YOU? Proving himself didn't mean going ape at parties after all, some way of proving himself if he went so far off tradition he just angered everyone. Though maybe he was pushing himself down too hard to impress these people, these people who treated him like garbage no matter what he did. Ugh, maybe he should get back on track, see if he can find loki. It wasn't like him not to say anything for this long anyway, though angel probably wouldn't appreciate another visit by the prince. Maybe he could send someone to check? He was a prince after all. Though really, his first check, should be on his sisters and parents. They might have found him already and he had been too preoccupied to notice for all judas knew, and he sighed as he pulled out his compact to make a call. A green-blue pony with pink hair in a ponytail, gills, slitted eyes, a dark pink striped horns, a pink "x" marking, and headphones. Loki's first younger sister, Coral. Honestly judas was lucky to have even have been able to contact her, she spent so much time playing video games she rarely paid attention to anything else. She used her tongue on some occasions with her gaming though this time around she had opted for using some magic to make herself same fake hands to control. Guess she got tired of making the joystick all gross and slippery. "Oh, hey jude.", the pony said, eyes clearly on an obvious game screen instead of facing towards the compact lying next to her. "Coral." "Been awhile since you called dude, I know we ain't super close but i haven't heard for you in awhile, you been busy?". "Heh....", judas sighed, "Yeah, a bit busy, coronation plans and curses y'know....though....sadly i'm not here exactly for more friendly chit-chat this time around. Sorry about that, maybe we can play games another time but i actually have a question..". "I bet you're here to ask about loki aren't you?", her eyes continued to never leave the screen, and judas was slightly taken aback. "How did you-", the pony interrupted him, "Because when he got home the last thing he remembered was talking to you apparently, so i figured you'd call..". Judas blinked at her, "Wait, he went home? I thought he well....I thought he went to...uh...do something else..he left a note...". The pony yelled at the screen for a second before speaking again to the demon as if she was paying close attention. "Really, what did it say?". "Erm....", now that judas thought about it, he kinda DID just assume loki left him a note saying he was going to confront angel . A note that was poorly written no mind, loki might've just written to him he was going home or something. Feeling embarrassed, judas was about to hang up when coral kept on speaking. "Whatever, don't worry about it, loki is fine anyways....mom just is grounding him like heck so he can't use his compact...". Judas let out a satisfied sigh before realizing this meant the queen knew who loki was with when he was in hiding. "Wait...am I-?" "Your folks vouched for you, mom's more upset with loki anyway so i don't think you gotta be worried about saving your own skin mate.", judas's look or annoyance was apparent and the pony laughed, "Oh lighten up a bit jude. No way your folks were gonna let their baby boy get punished for protecting a friend. Though tell me, was my brother being a pain while he was there? Because i'm sure he also did it to get out of taking care of our sister since babies gross him out..". "Well my folks didn't tell me coral, about the loki thing...", she snorted, "Really? Mom hasn't stopped talking about it, she keeps shouting about them. Your folks just get on her nerves...as per usual...thankfully i choose to wear headphones to drown out some of it..pays to be a gamer...". Judas sighed, "i'm sorry about that....", but the pony didn't seem to mind. "Dude, ugh, trust me, no one is blaming you. Honestly loki has such a man-crush on you it's surprising mom didn't know where he was already!". "Yeah, yeah i think loki shows that enough....", coral appeared to pause her game funny enough and then began to talk, rambling in a joking manner. "Like most of the time he pretends he's too good for most of us, but with you he's like a puppy! Like i think he's more like our parents then he cares to admit! That or...maybe he's just that sad that even he can't disagree with them on you at least. Sorry if he gave you a rough time though, he's like that ". She laughed to herself, "By the way, you wanna trade brothers mate? I will glady take m'grumpy or the plant child then Mr. "Everything is about me" anyday!". "Pretty sure my folks have enough to handle with us as is.", judas joked back, before biting his lip in curiosity, "Hows twiler anyway?". Coral laid on her side and groaned at the boy, "Ugh, i put her to bed a little while ago cause my folks can't raise us for heck, though she really does like the bubble blower your folks got her..so that's cool i guess." She nodded to her game, "Anyways, practicing for inter-dimensional championship, you got anymore questions?". "Oh no, just er...worried about your brother.". "Well sadly he's not dead so i guess you're in luck, though mom's probably gonna ban him from hanging out with you at this rate.", the demon didn't look surprised, "What else is new? I'm not exactly the peak of a safe and stable prince am i?". Coral stuck her tongue out at him, "You're too hard on yourself dude, though honestly you could just embrace it at this rate. That's what i do. You should see the mewman faces i get when they call me bad names for being two different species and i tell them i could drag them underwater and drown them without a worry for myself". "Er.....think that would make things worse, mewmans had their reasons for being scared of monsters after all...", the pony sighed, "I'm only kidding jude, c'mon, we all know you get sick of being treated like garbage, gotta shoot em back a little.". Her eyes reverted back to the screen, "Anyways, i gotta new game to nail, call me when you wanna play, i'd love to kick your butt again.". Judas didn't even get a word out as the pony hung up on him, "Welp.....". At least he could breathe a little easier, direct his focus to other matters. Like questioning his parents. In truth, it was no surprise they handled this matter without him. But then again he was also 17 and about to be crowned, he honestly should've at least been informed so he could explain himself or something. At least he didn't seem to be in trouble. But no doubt he needed to have the conversation about not babying him so much. Maybe with the arm it was understandable why they were so protective and concerned, but when it came to everything else....being babied at his age probably should stop. He was an adult, he could explain himself, it honestly was worse knowing they knew and were simply running around as if nothing was wrong. He bit his lip and considered going after them to confront them, when a servant tapped the back of his shoulder and got his attention. "Sorry prince lucitor, i'm just here to inform you of your crown and suit fitting sir? It starts in 10 minutes..."., the small demon said meakyl as the reminder pushed it's way back into the boy's brain, "Oh right! I'm sorry about that, i'll be right there!". The servant nodded and went on his way as judas started heading down another hallway, feelings the vibrations of an excited cerberus down below who was probably getting her dinner right about now. His parents had to wait. Back to business as usual. - "Has he called yet?!". "No, i think he's worried i won't answer...or maybe he's still busy moving in or...whatever.....", landon sat back on his bed, compact in hand. "Well, i was thinking when he picks up you can start with a joke! Like....sorry i hadn't picked up sooner but i was more focus on when i should pick YOU up first?". Landon's face was priceless, "Mason, do me a favor and never say that again....", he held his head in his hands, "Ugh, i really hope i didn't already blow it with the first guy to not think i'm a complete weirdo...". "Aw, landon, you're a totally COOL weirdo!", the pink demon wanted to face palm so hard but held the urge in, "Thanks mason.....uh...how are the plants?". Mason's wings folded in behind him, once in awhile moving to stretch a little as he spoke. Though he had to be careful he didn't hit landon with them by mistake as it was common he broke things with them around the castle. "Oh my plants are ok, i gave some of them a good ole watering but i think i'm gonna need to go to mewni and get em some treats." "Ugh, your plants aren't like lucy mason.....", but mason smiled, "But they're growing so well! Plus they like it more when you give them treats! And a happy plant is always a healthier plant!". Landon wanted to grumble about how plants didn't have feelings but he was pretty sure if he said something mason wouldn't listen anyway so he moved on. "look mason, you REALLY don't have to help me, i'm sure you got like....mud to mess with or...something..", but the younger demon persisted, leaning against his older brother. "Aw, but i wanna see you go on a dattteeee~", the demon whined, a wing wrapping around landon and pulling him in. "I'm your super duper WING MAN, i'm the ladybug to your garden, the bee to your flower, the-", landon coughed, "Ok, you made your point...look it's just, you guys are getting super weird about me having a crush. Like, can't i do anything on my own or something?". Mason's wing fell, "What's wrong with us being happy and excited for you?". "Nothing! It's just.....you guys are making me feel weird about it, like, when he calls....just...let me talk ok?", mason nodded, moving away from him. He swung his feet off the bed, "I like our new guests, the girls, they seem really fun!". Landon tensed up a bit as he spoke, "Yeah, they seem fine or whatever.". Mason glanced over to him before leaping off the bed, "I miss us having guests, you think the girls would play any games with us while they're here?". "No, i'm sure they're busy...", landon said quickly, "Like, doing other things...". Mason bit his lips, "Well sunny seems like she likes to have fun! We should all play some games together! I mean, what do you think they're even gonna be busy doing..?".  Landon crossed his arms, "I dunno, they're guests, they probably are....getting to know the castle or are hanging out with the skeleton horses or something.". He didn't mean to sound so rude, he just didn't want his younger brother getting close enough to them to be suspicious. "C'mon landonnnnn..", he felt the small demon pinch his cheeks, "Don't be such a grumpy grump!". "I'll be as grumpy as i please dude....", landon snorted when he felt his compact buzz, he almost dropped the compact. He swore under his breath for a second before staring at mason, "Pretend you didn't hear that and never say it aloud in front of anybody, got it?". Mason nodded and landon fumbled to open the compact, "Ok uh...so he's calling....ok..I..I can do this....I-". Mason immediately pressed the green button, much to landon's horror. "MASON!!" "What? It was gonna cut to voicemail!" "Um.....hi?" Landon froze until mason pushed him a little and urged him to speak up, "Hi? Uh...sorry, my brother is here...". The human's voice came from the other side perfectly, though there was no video, "Oh? Oh, i'm sorry, are you busy? I was told you were free around this time so i wanted to try around this time to make sure i didn't miss you and-". Landon blurted out, "What? No no no, it's fine, i'm sorry about that..uh....yeah no, it's good to hear from you again...uh...hows moving in?". "Oh, well i'm getting pretty well adjusted, uh, i think everyone at the school is getting used to me and your grandfolks have been lovely. Er, how have you been doing?", landon shifted in his seat, his brother urging him to continue talking. "Oh it's.....my life's not all that exciting, you know...just playing my violin and prince stuff." Bernard paused for a moment but spoke again, "Don't think that way, i'm sure anything is more exciting then doing as much work as i have to do.". "School?" "Well yes, and magic silly, i still haven't stopped practicing y'know? I think i'm getting better at slight of hand". Landon smiled as if remembering something fondly before speaking, and mason was making a happy face as he watched. "Oh? That's cool dude, Oh...I uh.....sorry we didn't talk sooner, i guess maybe i thought you didn't want to talk again.", then he realized what he said and backtracked as fast as he could, "Not that you probably didn't want to! I was just sure you'd make other friends and were gonna be too busy..". "Why be friends with a bunch of highschoolers when i can be friends with the prince who burst through fire in front of my house?", landon laughed, "Er....sorry about that still, mom tells my dad we might accidentally hit someone's car doing something like that but he's kinda flashy sometimes.". The boy on the other end laughed with him, "Hey, i'd honestly probably do the same thing if i had the option, sounds way more fun then taking the bus to school.". Mason's wings fluttered as he clung to his brother's shirt, eyes begging as he whispered, "Ask him out...". "SHHHHHH", the pink demon ushered to the small boy before diverting his attention back to the phone. "Grump!" Landon pushed him away, "So, I was thinking, maybe we could start hanging out some more......like, when you're not busy or whatever.". The human snorted, "Well as long as my folks are fine with me spending time in the fiery depths of hell that should be no issue at all.". Landon was smiling, a rare thing for most people, but seeing him happy was always a treat. He did it, he actually did it, he worked up the nerve to do something. The boys talked for a half an hour longer as mason fell asleep next to his brother. He hadn't remembered the last time he'd been comfortable talking to someone like this, it felt so natural. Everyone complained about how quiet and distant he was all the time but talking here just felt safe, he knew the person on the other line wasn't going to judge him. Bernard seemed so strange in his own respect that landon could bond with him on it, plus he was being way too nice to someone as distant and snarky as landon could be sometimes. Why anyone would make such an effort to be his friend was beyond him. And yet, here they were. Landon didn't even want to hang up, but knowing he'd speak to his new friend again seemed to have put a spring in his step for the rest of the day as he watched his younger brother sleep. Memories flooding back to them mason was still a baby and landon was only 2 years old. He was not all that liked when he was THAT young either when he thought about it. Though he and judas had been in a habit of accidentally waking their younger brother up during naptime. How was mason still adorable 13 years later? He mumbled in his sleep, making his older brother smile despite how frustrated he had been. "Love you...." Landon pulled one of his nicest covers over the boy, planting a small kiss on his forehead. "Love you too...".

#star vs the forces of evil #svstfoe #svtfoe #tomco bby #starkie bby #janstar bby #tomstar bby #starco bby #sky and the forces of the multiverse #ostar bby #star butterfly #tom the demon #tom lucitor #marco #marco diaz #fanfiction #fanfic #my art

[flowers-in-your-dustbin]

All the numbers again (second tag reblog)

1: When you have cereal, do you have more milk than cereal or more cereal than milk? More milk than cereal cause I like to drink it!

2: do you like the feeling of cold air on your cheeks on a wintery day? Yeah, but when I can get into the warmth after that's even better!

3: what random objects do you use to bookmark your books? I try to remember the page number instead so usually end on a multiple of 10 or 5.

4: how do you take your coffee/tea? Tea: Two sugars, milk, hopefully brewed by the gal. Coffee: I don’t!

5: are you self-conscious of your smile? Kinda!

6: do you keep plants? Nope!

7: do you name your plants? None to name!

8: what artistic medium do you use to express your feelings? Oils if I had the money for that so typically watercolours

9: do you like singing/humming to yourself? I am right now.

10: do you sleep on your back, side, or stomach? Typically side, but back is fine. Not stomach really!

11: what's an inner joke you have with your friends? Oh My Gouda.

12: what's your favorite planet? Uranus ;)

13: what's something that made you smile today? My gal surprised me with a beautiful orchid

14: if you were to live with your best friend in an old flat in a big city, what would it look like? Edgy expose brick aesthetic

15: go google a weird space fact and tell us what it is! Uranus’ blue glow is due to an abundance of methane which filters out red light.

16: what's your favorite pasta dish? Spaghetti carbonara probs! Especially cooked by the best.

17: what color do you really want to dye your hair? I don’t! I did want pastel pink in August.

18: tell us about something dumb/funny you did that has since gone down in history between you and your friends and is always brought up. I had a paddy fit in primary school because I used to always sabotage my meals so I didn't eat them but I spilt milk on something I legitimately didn’t mind having... I cried over spilt milk.

19: do you keep a journal? what do you write/draw/ in it? I do! I write the days events and my feelings, I draw key points or little objects. Not all the time tho.

20: what's your favorite eye color? A nice hazel-y to chocolate amber brown woop

21: talk about your favorite bag, the one that's been to hell and back with you and that you love to pieces. A grey Kanken Fjallraven, if Switzerland counts as hell, there you have it.

22: are you a morning person? Yeah! I’m straight too!

23: what's your favorite thing to do on lazy days where you have 0 obligations? Exactly that, nothing. With a side of music.

24: is there someone out there you would trust with every single one of your secrets? Only the one.

25: what's the weirdest place you've ever broken into? An abandoned slaughterhouse. Soz vegans

26: what are the shoes you've had for forever and wear with every single outfit? Black old skool vans hehe original

27: what's your favorite bubblegum flavor? Strawberry!

28: sunrise or sunset? Why not both in a day?

29: what's something really cute that one of your friends does and is totally endearing? I’m not sure!

30: think of it: have you ever been truly scared? I’m not sure, close calls/

31: what is your opinion of socks? do you like wearing weird socks? do you sleep with socks? do you confine yourself to white sock hell? really, just talk about socks. I like socks. Weird socks are fun. So are odd ones. I do not sleep with my socks, nor do I confine myself to white sock hell.

32: tell us a story of something that happened to you after 3AM when you were with friends. We had deep convos for the time, we probs cried, then probs went to sleep.

33: what's your fave pastry? Uh choux just cause I can remember that is one. Hahahaha.

34: tell us about the stuffed animal you kept as a kid. what is it called? what does it look like? do you still keep it? I had one called Baxter Bear which was the best, he was quite obviously a bear with a red scarf and his own passport. I threw up on him in the car and he was never the same again, he disappeared short after. Don’t ask about Scrubs the dog.

35: do you like stationary and pretty pens and so on? do you use them often? I do, I just don't use them often.

36: which band's sound would fit your mood right now? The xx

37: do you like keeping your room messy or clean? A healthy middle.

38: tell us about your pet peeves! Couldn’t possibly. There’s a fair few.

39: what color do you wear the most? Probably black? Emo ik.

40: think of a piece of jewelry you own: what's it's story? does it have any meaning to you? I own a necklace I got for my 16th its very cute and only comes out when I have heterosexual days to masquerade it. It’s nice.

41: what's the last book you remember really, really loving? The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde, it’s my favourite ever. I don’t read as much as I used to, sigh.

42: do you have a favorite coffee shop? describe it! There’s a cute local one. They do unreal Nutella pancakes and its quite central and very aesthetic-y. Yum!

43: who was the last person you gazed at the stars with? My gal, typically on the way to my car where I point out Orion or The Dipper. It’d be nice to do it properly sometime.

44: when was the last time you remember feeling completely serene and at peace with everything? Two days ago.

45: do you trust your instincts a lot? When I need to.

46: tell us the worst pun you can think of. Someone mentions a dog, then I normally incorporate the word ‘ruff’ as a homophone for ‘rough’ and get death stares. But I like it.

47: what food do you think should be banned from the universe? Gherkins.

48: what was your biggest fear as a kid? is it the same today? Abandonment/loneliness hahahah yes it is.

49: do you like buying CDs and records? what was the last one you bought? I do like buying records yeah! I can’t say until April the 23rd but I’ll have bought another by then.

50: what's an odd thing you collect? I don’t think I do have anything odd!

51: think of a person. what song do you associate with them? Uncomfortable by Wallows, as well as Fast Food by D.I.D and many many more.

52: what are your favorite memes of the year so far? The new Patrick one is doing pretty good.

53: have you ever watched the rocky horror picture show? heathers? beetlejuice? pulp fiction? what do you think of them? Nope, nope, nope and nope!

54: who's the last person you saw with a true look of sadness on their face? My dog. I didn't walk him.

55: what's the most dramatic thing you've ever done to prove a point? Hahahah you wouldn’t want to know. 

56: what are some things you find endearing in people? Feeling secure with them, if you get me.

57: go listen to bohemian rhapsody. how did it make you feel? did you dramatically reenact the lyrics? CAN YOU DO THE FANDANGO!?!?!

58: who's the wine mom and who's the vodka aunt in your group of friends? why? K is probs the wine mom bc I'd say A but she’s not as sensible, thus A gets the Aunt role.

59: what's your favorite myth? Bulls hate red, they’re actually colour blind lmao.

60: do you like poetry? what are some of your faves? I don’t mind a bit of poetry! Marking Time by Owen Sheers is noice.

61: what's the stupidest gift you've ever given? the stupidest one you've ever received? Me and mum put a fancy brooch in a pack of digestives for someone. I’ve received stupid spellings of my name on the birthday cards.

62: do you drink juice in the morning? which kind? Nope

63: are you fussy about your books and music? do you keep them meticulously organized or kinda leave them be? Rainbow order woop.

64: what color is the sky where you are right now? Black.

65: is there anyone you haven't seen in a long time who you'd love to hang out with? Yep!

66: what would your ideal flower crown look like? Cutesy and white and blue and stuff idk. But I wouldn't wear one haha.

67: how do gloomy days where the sky is dark and the world is misty make you feel? Serene! Albeit Silent Hill-esque

68: what's winter like where you live? Fun! Cold! Disruptive!

69: what are your favorite board games? The Game of Life/Monopoly/Articulate!

70: have you ever used a ouija board? Nope!

71: what's your favorite kind of tea? English Breakfast, brewed by the girlfriend.

72: are you a person who needs to note everything down or else you'll forget it? I've been known to be.

73: what are some of your worst habits? Overthinking. Nail biting.

74: describe a good friend of yours without using their name or gendered pronouns. Ginger.

75: tell us about your pets! A doggo! A beagle! and a fish...

76: is there anything you should be doing right now but aren't? Revising!

77: pink or yellow lemonade? Yellow

78: are you in the minion hateclub or fanclub? anyone in the fanclub needs natural selection to do its thing.

79: what's one of the cutest things someone has ever done for you? Surprised me at work with flowers.

80: what color are your bedroom walls? did you choose that color? if so, why? White, because I’d like grey but we haven’t got there yet or painted the house since its still pretty new.

81: describe one of your friend's eyes using the most abstract imagery you can think of. I don't have the time for that shit.

82: are/were you good in school? I was! I still think I am! Who knows.

83: what's some of your favorite album art? Smithsmithsmithsmithsmiths

84: are you planning on getting tattoos? which ones? Yeah! Quite a few. All tonal, but above all a Venus sign and more importantly the great wave off Kanazawa by Hokusai

85: do you read comics? what are your faves? I don't fun fact I used to read them start to feel sick.

86: do you like concept albums? which ones? I feel stupid for not knowing what they are.

87: what are some movies you think everyone should watch at least once in their lives? Donnie Darko.

88: are there any artistic movements you particularly enjoy? Not Gothic. Can’t go wrong with a bit of impressionism.

89: are you close to your parents? I think. Depends on the time of day.

90: talk about your one of you favorite cities. Starts with E, ends in Dinburgh.

91: where do you plan on traveling this year? Nowhere abroad really, just a couple of good cities.

92: are you a person who drowns their pasta in cheese or a person who barely sprinkles a pinch? Barely sprinkles, but I have a drowner with me to compensate.

93: what's the hairstyle you wear the most? Down. Full stop. 

94: who was the last person you know to have a birthday? My girlfriend’s. mum!

95: what are your plans for this weekend? Work, a party, a Harry Potter film, a sad Sunday.

96: do you install your computer updates really quickly or do you procrastinate on them a lot? I leave them for as long as possible

97: myer briggs type, zodiac sign, and hogwarts house? ENFJ/Pisces/Ravenclaw

98: when's the last time you went hiking? did you enjoy it? Hah idk.

99: list some songs that resonate to your soul whenever you hear them. Nude - Radiohead is the one I’m thinking at the mo’ and I can’t think past that.

100: if you were presented with two buttons, one that allows you to go 5 years into the past, the other 5 years into the future, which one would you press? why? Future. Don’t need to lament on the past when I hope I have a good one ahead of me. Then from there I'd click 5 back so I’m right back to where I am, cheers.

[towergirlsthegame]

Towergirls 0.127 Update

This update marks the first release of any public mod tools for our game.  This first one- the conversation designer- allows you to make your own custom overmap encounters, character conversations, and add them to the game.  It’s also possible to chain one modded dialogue to another, which should come in handy.  More information and the download link can be found on our forum.

Otherwise progress on Knight Princess continues.  I am still waiting on writing and art, to plug it into the game.

Towergirls 0.127

Major Changes: The first community mod-tool has been released; the conversation designer.  With it you can map out a conversation/dialogue of characters, and then export that as a mod file.  When placed in AppData/Local/Towergirls/Mods the game will then play your custom dialogue if the chosen conditions are met.  As time goes on this tool will be further extended to allow custom images, emotes, and modifying variables.  And it'll get an actual UI maybe.  Please report any bugs/crashes encountered when used, but be aware they are a lower priority.

The Band of the Moon (territory) has been added and is navigatable.  Two new shops are included, and the other areas/original description text will be unlocked after Knight Princess is added and rescued.

Minor Changes: Did some more work on random event functionality behind-the-scenes. Slime Traps have been given new base/idle/attack sprites. The 'character refuses to enter dungeon' dialogue can no longer crash the game. Other trap abilities have new sprites. Fixed a bug that prevented traps from applying the correct debuff. Fixed an oversight that prevented traps from using Stamina. Talent icons have been added for the functioning trap abilities. A 'select party button' now appears when the mouse is near the party on the overmap. Added origin talents to the race talent tab- all of them sans 'When All You Have' are fully functional. Armor/Shields/Trinkets have some new possible enchantments at various character levels. May have fixed the 'inventory items-disappear after finishing Glacier Fields' bug. Snow Boulder is now correctly tagged as a Cold ability. Fixed a bug that messed with enemy line-AoE abilities dealing the wrong damages. Kobold Princess' Warm Ore actually has an effect now! Kobolds are correctly weak to Cold now.  Have fun with that. Bandages now remove Bleed debuffs, as was intended. Many Enchanted Items are now colored to match their suffix. Half-Swording has been fixed and changed; now applies +30% Critical Strike Chance, +5% Avoidance, and -20% Damage. Dagger damage now scales off of Speed. Shortswords now correctly have the +2 Damage modifier in battle. Bucklers/Router Shields now correctly add to Critical hit chance.  Woops. Shortsword damage now scales off Agility and additionally grants +5% Critical Strike chance. Longswords are now 2D6-1 POW/4 damage, +6% Avoidance. Greatmaces are now 1D6+4 POW/3 damage. Sords nurfed XD. Maces have been buffed slightly. Spears now benefit from +4 Initiative. Burning Hands now has an animation. Native engine particles have been fixed; they use the correct snowflake/cloud/smoke/etc. sprite once again. Speed and Strength spell durations now scale faster. Commanders/generals (specifically Band of the Moon ones) can no longer be taken into dungeons. The Forgotten Garden Street Urchin background should play its own dialogue, now, where appropriate. A selected territory will no longer be controllable if the party moves far enough away from it.

Free Towergirls Download: https://www.mediafire.com/?7diougjr3didp1u

Alpha Launcher: http://www.mediafire.com/file/5farbyam3x5784z/Launcher.zip This is still in the alpha stages, but should let you auto-update the game when new patches come out. It might take a few tries to get uncorrupted files at the moment.

Official Forum: http://towergirls.boards.net/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Towergirls?ty=h Discord: https://discord.gg/w4TuMPg

#tower girls #Towergirls: Subtitle Pending #tower-girls #Game Update 0.127 #towergirls

[nemossubmarine]

Knights of the Night Sky 7

The first arc of KoNS is coming to a close. It clearly has more questions than answers in store for us, but let’s see what kind of questions those are!

Before leaving the monastery, Natalain tells that he has remembered one another thing about Yadira. She had asked him “Would anyone notice if the sun went out?”

Natalain didn’t rly get what she meant by it, but perhaps it could help our heroes.

On the way towards the Knights’ HQ, Dophina tells her friends that she has been having weird dreams in which she is falling through a void.

She has had more than 10 of them, though not every night. Now there’s something different about them though, a person has appeared in the void.

Jeff suggests that he’d put Dophina to sleep with his magic and they’d observe what happened to her while she was asleep. Dophina agrees to this.

She has the falling dream. This time the person tries to reach out for her, and she catches a glimpse of colors: purple, black and white, but nothing more.

In the waking world, the others observe how Dophina opens her eyes, how they roll to the back of her skull and the whites of her eyes start to glow.

Jeff uses detect magic and notices that Dophina’s body seems to be linking up to her necklace.

Kendrick uses detect good and evil and detects that Dophina’s body has been made sacred.

Lutharin is of no assistance.

Nearing where they know the HQ is, they notice a familiar figure up on a hill. It’s Aunt Mairin, who has, together with Lir the Drow made their way from Underdark to the HQ, waiting for our heroes to appear.

Our heroes have a reunion meal and talk about their adventures.

Mairin, who has visited Joan, also gives a letter to Kendrick from Summer’s Pass.

After meal they head towards the Vault of the HQ. Lir opens the door since he is the only person who has been in there before.

Mairin and Jeff go look for the spell that would help Joan, while Lir takes the others to the center of the vault where the founding information is.

The information is kept in tubes inside the walls.

The three notice one that seems especially central. Lutharin goes to pick it up. On the wall is written “Don’t forget”.

As soon as Lutharin touches it, all four of our heroes lose their consciousness.

We play out a scene featuring the original Keepers of the necklaces. Those are Wasim Brokeland, a human paladin (Necklace of the Sun), Orgoth, an orc druid (Necklace of the Forest), Pansy Littlefoot, a halfling necromancer (Necklace of the Death), Hilde Runejaw, a dwarf wizard (Necklace of the Sky) and Reane, drow plane walked and the non-binary representation we all need (Necklace of the Void).

The situation is dire. There is a brewing civil war in Gamtel. A disease which causes people to attack each other, or just die, maggots spouting from their bodies. And something is destroying the sun.

Pansy thinks that the necklaces are to blame for the things, and they should destroy them.

Hilde respectfully disagrees, she thinks they should use them.

It doesn’t stay respectful for long, and devolves into personal insults pretty soon.

Wasim agrees with Hilde that they should be used, while Orgoth thinks that the necklaces’ powers should be bound, but not destroyed.

Reane is in it for shits and giggles, and just about the only thing Pansy and Hilde can agree on is that Reane should start acting like an adult.

The horribly personal insult fest ends with a vote. The vote is 3-2 for using the necklaces.

Our heroes wake up in the same room where these people who had been fighting had been, replacing the people who’s necklaces they hold.

On the spot where the orc Orgoth had been stands an unknown man, who introduces himself as a Bard.

Our heroes pretty quickly realize that this is the person in armor who they saw in the cellar where Nessa died.

Bard claims he didn’t kill her, only took her necklace because she died.

Jeff tries to attack him, but it doesn’t work. Bard says that they can’t harm him when he has the necklace. So Jeff says it’s maybe better to ignore him, as they talk about what they just witnessed.

When they are done talking, they decide it’s time to leave the room, but just as Lutharin opens the door, there’s a page outside it, telling that the lords and lady are expected at the party.

So it’s party time! Bard makes his way to the dance floor immediately.

Kendrick realizes the castle they’re in is the castle in Summer’s Pass, and he notices that the King attending the party looks a lot like one of the princes of the royal family, prince Floyd, but only older.

He goes to talk to the king, and the king asks him for a dance.

The other tree make their way to the buffet table. They realize, based on the clothing, that they are 1000 years in the past.

Dophina tries to gather some information about Bard from the guests in the party, but most she gets out is that Bard appears to be from the country Carulla.

Lutharin gets roped into a dance by a human woman. They talk about the Woods Lutharin is from

Jeff hides under a table, when Bard stops dancing and goes to talk to some band members, so he can listen in. Mostly they talk about music, but then Bard asks about the time, and upon learning it, starts heading for the door.

Jeff follows him, invisible, as does Lutharin, not invisible. Dophina attempts, but it becomes very clear that Bard would notice her immediately. So she pulls a halfling man to a dance.

Meanwhile, Kendrick’s and the King’s talk has gotten very personal, so the King takes Kendrick outside, where he tells that he has never married because he was in love with a knight who died some years ago.

Kendrick reminds the King of the knight, and things are starting to get a lil’ bit romantic, when they take a sudden dip for the absolute worst.

Everyone in the dancehall and the King suddenly start holding their heads in pain. And then they attack.

Lutharin asks Bard what is going on. Bard answers that they need to get out, and he can do that, but he needs someone to protect him, while he prepares

Dophina gets swarmed on the dancefloor and she disappears into a pile of fancily dressed murderous people.

Jeff tells Lutharin that he has realized that they are not really there, so he is pretty sure that Dophina won’t die, so they focus on protecting Bard.

Lutharin kicks ass, and Jeff makes the people attacking fall asleep.

Kendrick knock the King out and then tries to heal him. He reaches out towards the will of his god, and gets an answer and manages to get maggots (cos that’s what they are) out of the King and the King wakes up.

Bard starts singing, and the maggot-possessed people all around him kneel to the floor, granting him and Lutharin and Jeff passage.

First they go get Dophina from the pile of partiers. 

After that they pick up Kendrick and the King.

Kendrick leads the people away from the castle. Once outside, they notice that the sun is full of holes and Bard takes the lead. He starts towards the sea, where the waters have disappeared. They make it to a rock, usually under water, and he stops singing.

Bard falls to his knees, exhausted.

Kendrick tries to explain the situation to the King, though he is obviously confused.

Jeff realizes that the spell is a complex divination spell which purpose is to seal away a part of history. They’re not really there, but they can’t get out until they figure out what the ending point of the piece is.

Dophina asks Bard, who says that he can get them out, no problem.

He also suggests that our heroes maybe should go see the sun once they are out.

He then throws his necklace to Lutharin, ordering him to catch it. Lutharin does, and everything goes white, and our heroes wake up on the Vault’s floor.

Lutharin’s fingertips have gone white where he touched the other necklace, but other than that everyone is okay.

They tell Lir and Mairin about what had happened. Mairin’s reaction is “there’s nothing wrong with the sun”, while Lir’s is “Hey, wait, Bard?” (but with a thicker accent)

It turns out Bard was a member of the Knights. In fact he was given the Necklace of the Sun when the Knights knew something was coming to kill them.

The last thing written about Bard in the Knights’ papers was that he had gone with some others Knights to check an abandoned temple in the northern Wilds.

Our heroes go check out the sun. It’s full of holes. Woops.

The next thing they are going to do is go free Joan from her prison, and then they are heading to Summer’s Pass, to see if they can figure out what the original necklace Keepers did all those years ago. Also Kendrick says that there’s someone there who knows of his mission, and might be able to help.

So, who is this mysterious Bard and what are his goals? How did Yadira get the Necklace of the Sun from him? What’s up with the sun? How come no one else can see it? Or remember what happened 1000 years ago? How did the original Keepers of the Necklaces fare in their quest? And what became of them? Would anyone notice if the sun went out? All of this and more perhaps answered in our second story arc!

#nemo roleplays #long post #knights of the night sky #arc: keystones #i think the next arc will be called sun #but we'll see :P #man Fuzzy played hilde #in that one scene #she did fabulously #everyone did good of course #but i played pansy so i was in an insult match with fuzzy #so good you guys

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From Lovers To Friends||Jatie||Chapter One\\

A/N Uh Lol Hai! I’m SketchPadsAndPuppieS A.K.A SpapS sooooo This is a Fanfiction. Do not put hate that Johnathan Dawn looks like John Laurens. That is because it was originally Little John Laurens, From a Role-Play I have with some Fwends (No worries i know how to spell Friends, lol) Of mine. And Katelyn Janna Xervantas is well a made up character. Yeahh This is mostly Fluff And some drama, oh and NO SMUT. because- Just because. Oh and the names i use are not the real names 😉 Anyways i have been rambling too long lol time to get to da story!

~*~*~ (Means time skip)

Chapter one -Hewo John\

{John’s P.O.V}

i woke up again in the Orphanage…wondering..When am i ever gonna get adopted?! I’m Only two….I can’t really say much words properly…well in my mind i can say things clearly…but … anyways i was awake playing with the covers on the bed when i heard someone say “John! Someone wants to meet you!” Is this the time i get adopted?!

{SpapS’/Author’s/Reader’s P.O.V}

John Ran downstairs to see a couple who- wait- It’s litterally schorching hot why is the woman wearing a poofy coat?! Eh beats me! Whatever…Maybe i should read along- ANYWAYS!

John sat down looking at the couple exitedly then they started asking him questions…“Hai there! I’m Kristopher Cruze and this is Janna Mishka Xervantas, And you little one are?” Kristo asked John who looked at them.

“Uh, J-John” John said “Nice to meet ya John! So i hope you understand but we are not here to adopt you. We are here to Foster you because i think i know someone who might want to adopt you, But you’ll have to wait” Mishka said in a nice cheerful tone.

“Okie” John said innocently smiling, Kristo lead John up to his room to pack up and Mishka went to go and Sign the papers for fostering(?) (Lel idk what they are called)

~*~*~ [At The House]

{John’s P.O.V}

I enter a huge house with a gigantic backyard a cooking place and so many bedrooms i looked down at a hall and saw a room, But i just stood there staring in amazement….“Wow….” That’s the only thing i was able to say.

“Haahaa Oh John” Auntie said “Awntie?” I started to grow curious about why she’s wearing a coat at like …. 99° Degrees outside….I had to ask.

“Yeah John?” She said softly. “Why are woo wearing a Jacket, Awntie?” I asked, “Well uhm…If i- We- If we tell you, You promise not to tell anyone?” auntie said in a serious tone.

“Yeah” I blinked, I was…Confused….Until she took off her Jacket, Wait- Um what the what is that?

{Third Person’s P.O.V}

Yeah She took off her jacket, John wondered what was going on when he saw a woman who was- Pregnant, Clearly was. She was Laughing because of how clueless John was.

“What?” John asked and Kristo giggled in the backround “You’ll know soon enough.” Kristo just said and then went over to get himself a shake.

John ran to the backyard where he played in sprinklers and Mishka just watched peacfully, After a while she recieved a call from her friend Vixennia Dremmur who lives in canada “Hello?” Mishka asked almost confused,

“Heyah Mish! It’s me Vixen!” Vixen esclaimed and they started to talk more after the whole conversation mishka did not mention anything of fostering a child and having one on the way, She sat and watched John play.

~*~*~*~

{Mishka’s P.O.V}

“I know but you guys will be great here!” I said as i was packing my stuff “Wait, but what if you have- It when you’re there?” Kristo asked, Being the over protective guy he has always been.

“Then i’ll call you.” I told him trying to focus on things “Oh just remember time zones.” I said, Sometimes Kristo tends to forget, he also doesnt like leaving me alone, Ah He just cares alot that’s all but really he needs time with Family and i do too.

“Auntie, Pwease don’t go!” John said, I kinda felt bad but i had to go back to the Philippines, I love it in New York but my Family lives in the Philippines…So…I have to go.

“Sorry John, But i have to. I’ll Back soon.” I Assurred him and continued packing. “Hey I’m Gonna help you pack!” Kristo said in a childish way. “No thanks, I’m good.”

~*~*~*~

{Airport}

I’m exited to go! Though i will miss Kristo and Joh, But i have to. I Hugged both of them and said my goodbyes. I went on the plane and left. “Bye” I whispered from the plane as it took off.

~*~*~*~ (sorry for all the time skips i’m just exited for when John meets Katie and stuff. Oh and i had a pretty busy day)

{two years later}

[John’s P.O.V]

I haven’t seen Auntie since she left. Well i see her through video call, I’m turning four in a few months and i am getting smarter, Uncle was always good help exept he did have a time where he wasn’t home for a few days so i stayed with my friend, His name is Seb, Today is the day i get to see Auntie!

But i feel like she’s hiding something- eh whatever. “Unnnnnnncclllleee! Let me pway with woo!” I screamed as he played an one man soccer (football) Game by himself i ran to him and kicked the ball.

“HA!- oh oh sowwy” Woops …. I aimed it wrong. Hit the wrong goal- Oh well….“It’s - ehh- It’s Fine John.” Uncle said and we continued playing.

Then uncle got a call….

All i heard was uncle say..

“Hello?”

Then i heard auntie..

“Hey there!”

and then…I heard someone else it was loud and sounded… like a girl?

“HEWOOOO! JOHNNNNN I HEARD ALOT ABOUT WOO!”

“AGH SHHHH!” I heard auntie scream but…..the girl her…Her…Uh her…Her voice was…..Nice to hear- No i mean She sounds fun but who is she?

A/N HHAAHAHAHA OMG! Finally finished the first chapter. Yeah i know this is sort of a cliff hanger but hey! Da suspense! so I hope you enjoyed! Please be free to give feedback. Thanks! And for a first chapter 1067 words is good! Baiiiii my cinnamon rolls and potato pups! -SpapS-