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“Jeez, it’s f—er, hecking cold,” Merrick grumbled, peering around the dark field over his even darker lenses.  The sunglasses were an annoying precaution, but a necessary one; Merrick hadn’t really thought about the risks of having to disguise his bioluminescent sclera while out with strangers in the dead of night.  He’d simply volunteered to host the town stargazing night straightaway.  Thankfully, the chilly weather seemed to have put a check on turnout; tonight’s only attendees were a sleepy pair of elementary schoolers, their equally sleepy father, and a solitary young man who looked to be about Merrick’s own age. Merrick sighed.  He wouldn’t be able to count on much audience participation, but at least his secret would be safe. Probably. He drained the remaining hot chocolate from the styrofoam travel cup in his hand, set it down on the ground beside him, and switched on the karaoke machine microphone.

“Hello, everyone!  Welcome to the third weekly Community Cocoa and Constellations! My name is Merrick, your host for this evening, or alternatively, your guide to life! The universe! Aaaaaand EVERYTHING!” It occurred to Merrick that the joke was too dated to land for at least half the audience, but it was too late to worry about that now.  He continued,  “…Or, well, just the universe for tonight, but the rest of it’s 42, in case you were wondering.  Anyway!  If y’all would come grab one more cup o’ cocoa and settle on down, that’d be fantastic.  We’re just about to get started, and it’d be real nice if we could just soar on through without toooo many interruptions.” The smoother Merrick’s presentation, the sooner its end.

#shoyuyaku #[[ * √(–1) 2^3 ∑ π... and it was delicious! * ( m.verse ) ]] #sorry this took so long! I'm a dumbass and agonized over one sentence for like two days whoops #the rust is real <~<;;

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lazy roleplayer symbol meme

Send in a symbol and I’ll:

@ : reply to one of your open starters

?? : write you a starter

+ : go through the memes you’ve reblogged and send one in

!!! : write a headcanon about our muses

% : write a drabble about our muses

$$$ : go through your wishlist tag and write a starter based on one of the posts

♬ : write a starter based on your blog music

… : write a headcanon based on one of the aus in your verse page

^^ : go through your muse’s aesthetic tag and write a starter based on one of the posts

# : write a headcanon based on one of your side muses / npcs

#[[ * Barq's or MUG? * ( memes ) ]] #what up my dudes let's get back into it #not gonna be using icons until I can motivate myself to get off my butt and draw some new ones but #yee #I'm here

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just resurrected my idiot daredevil daughter right before finals against my better judgement, maybe I’ll try to bring this boi back again when I get home for break :0

#[[ * Sleep~talking as somebody else * ( ooc ramblings ) ]] #keep saying I'll come back n then... not doing that but #I'll have almost a month so??? #get home in two weeks so we'll see then

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#[[ * {Insert inspirational cliché here} * ( aesthetic ) ]] #[[ * 3 queue~t 5 me * ( queue ) ]]

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“This?  Explode?  Nah, this one here’s totally safe!  Nothing liable to combust this time! ...I think.”

((boi where tf are your safety goggles ;;=.=))

((merrick’s part of a fully colored version of this from forever ago))

((life is busy af but I do still care about my son a lot I swear <~<;;))

#[[ * Some people are more banana than others * ( mun's art ) ]]

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yo so uhhh... just don’t believe me if I say I’m gonna be active again lol my life’s been so crazy I missed my boy’s birthday (I’m not aging him up this year bc I’ve hardly done anything but it was yesterday and I totally forgot .w.) and idk if/when I’ll be able to promise anything more than sporadic bursts >~>

#[[ * Sleep~talking as somebody else * ( ooc ramblings ) ]]

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starbrosforever replied to your post: Yesterday was this blog’s birthday...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!

aestasetbruma replied to your post: Yesterday was this blog’s birthday...

!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD ONE

((Thank you both so much!  Had a nice lowkey day er, running errands, but I did get some time to doodle and hang out which was nice ^~^)b))

#[[ * Sleep~talking as somebody else * ( ooc ramblings ) ]] #starbrosforever #aestasetbruma #replies

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Yesterday was this blog’s birthday...

I can’t believe it’s been a full year since I created Merrick, and while admittedly I haven’t accomplished as much as I’d like in that time, I’m very pleased with how my boy’s developed with what he’s done!  Here’s to many more, I do intend to come back to at least a low level of activity in the coming months before school starts up again <3 Thank you all for your patience and support!

...And today is mine!

As of now, June 22, 2018, both the mun and muse of this blog are 18+.  What does this change?  ...Not much, tbh, I’m still not really comfortable writing smut, soooo... yeah, um... but I can READ--- ah, who am I kidding, nothing’s changed ^^; just thought I’d throw it out there I guess  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#[[ * Sleep~talking as somebody else * ( ooc ramblings ) ]] #((oh also I graduated three days ago :0 that happened)) #((woot!))

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whaddup my dudes! i’ve written a new oc and i’m ready to share her with the world! ( for the second time )!

please LIKE / REBLOG if you wouldn’t mind interacting with a traumatized conspiracy theorist who believes she is being tracked & followed by the lizard people and will shove all of her theories down ur throat and talk ur ear off about her “abduction”!!

                                                                                                   ( written by lizz )

#[[ * Finger~gunning my way into your heart * ( promo ) ]] #having read akira's history idk how uh... healthy interacting with merrick'd be for her but .~.

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“On a scale of Tim to Caerul, how reckless are you?”

I keep saying I’ll draw something other than my own OCs and then just… not doing that ;;>~>

Whoops  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#[[ * Some people are more banana than others * ( mun's art ) ]] #[[ * Up down strange charm top bottom * ( headcanons ) ]] #a few of my other characters + ya boi ☆⌒(ゝ。∂) #may come back and post this with merrick's proper colors later ^^;

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#[[ * {Insert inspirational cliché here} * ( aesthetic ) ]]

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I’m too lazy for half-assedly fancy promos anymore hey guys it’s HUSH! do you like soft boys? especially soft boys who love flowers? ❋❀❁✾✿ AND what about soft boys who are also SUPERHEROES? how about soft boys who are superheroes who also struggle with anxiety? 

well here he is!! Cricket Johnson, the softest soul:     ❋ his room is basically a greenhouse at this point     ❀ he chose to gain abilities he isn’t sure he should have      ❁ he’s had Selective Mutism since he was young     ✾ he’s a scaredy-cat and cries easily and his heart is in the right place     ✿ he wears skirts in the summer because they’re nice and cool and??         because he can wear whatever he wants??

so if you could give this a like / reblog, we’d both appreciate it very much !

#[[ * Finger~gunning my way into your heart * ( promo ) ]] #:000 he looks like a cutie!!!

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John Berkey

#[[ * {Insert inspirational cliché here} * ( aesthetic ) ]]

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Figured it wouldn’t be a bad idea to re-introduce myself with a "borrowed” meme as I slink back into pseudo-activity???  heck here we go,,,

ONE ( name / alias ):   Shiro (/ Nox / Shirp / whatever) TWO ( birthday ):   June 22! it’s coming up 👀 THREE ( zodiac sign ):   Gemini/Cancer (cusp .w.) FOUR ( height ):    about 5′ 3″ / 160 cm FIVE ( hobbies ):   drawing, writing, hiking, gaming (but only like, the free stuff I can get my hands on, I’m a freaking casual), sleeping =w=)b SIX ( favourite colour(s) ):   sky colorsssssss SEVEN ( favourite books ):   Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card); The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams); The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkein); The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkein); Percy Jackson and The Olympians (Rick Riordan); Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen); Seraphina (Rachel Hartman); Unwind (Neal Shusterman); The Warrior Heir (Cinda Williams Chima) EIGHT ( last song listened to: ):   Justitia of Life / 命のユースティティア, by Neru - specifically the English cover by Ham NINE ( last film watched ):   Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion TEN ( inspiration for muse ):   Uhhhhhh, I doodled Merrick before he had a personality which is... pretty rare tbh, I don’t usually just design characters for the aesthetic, so it’s no real surprise that he ended up developing one not long after, haha ^^;  His design was partially inspired by a VERY old doodle of a jubjub-like critter with antennae that I made in middle school. Yeah, I know.  Yikes >~> Personality-wise, Merrick was sort of a revamp of a hella-early character of mine, and they share a name and a fair number of personality traits, though they differ significantly in story and maturity.  It’s been like four years since I created the first Merrick, but if I remember correctly, he was sort of inspired by someone I know irl - big emphasis on that “sort of” - the concept of having “nerdy” interests without being socially awkward, and a then-recently developed obsession with The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. ELEVEN ( dream job ):   Something creative!  and/or professor, NASA employee, or video game designer~  TWELVE ( meaning behind your url ):   It’s a pun on Merrick’s name and “miracles” pffffffft

Tagged by: I stole this from @aestasetbruma​ ^~^;; Tagging: ...Do you get to tag people when you stole the meme? ;;>~>

#[[ * Sleep~talking as somebody else * ( ooc ramblings ) ]] #[[ * Barq's or MUG? * ( memes ) ]]

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#[[ * {Insert inspirational cliché here} * ( aesthetic ) ]] #[[ * xoxo eXOplanet~ ♡ * ( noctralore ) ]]

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aestasetbruma

 Observatory, quarter-past nine. Quarter-past nine meant 9:15, as 15 was a quarter of 60, the number of minutes in a hour, minutes and hours being the units used to tell time, without any mix-up between Metric System and Imperial System. Quarter-past nine meant 9:15, plain and simple.

 It did not mean 8:30.

 Looking at the observatory clock didn’t help to pass the time, but it did tell her when she was 30 minutes early rather than 45, then only 20 minutes early, and then a mere quarter-before-quarter-past nine. All the while she fidgeted subtly, idle fingers twisting in her lap. It wasn’t that she was an impatient person; on the contrary, Sparrow had a truly endless amount of patience. But she was also self-conscious, nervous of over-stepping boundaries, worried about her classmate.

  The clock was her anchor, steady and true. It told her when it was finally the promised time, 9:15—and it told her every minute afterwards when Merrick didn’t appear. Tension built in a small knot between Sparrow’s shoulder blades and uncertainty twisted, twisted, tangled in her fingers. Perhaps—perhaps he had fallen asleep? Perhaps he had simply lost track of time, and time had lost track of him.

  (Or, perhaps, he had been relieved to escape Sparrow’s mother henning and the observatory was the last place he would be tonight—)

  But no, no, there he was, heading for her at a quick pace, looking as though he’d just rolled out of bed and stood in front of a high-powered fan. Of course. It made sense than he would have fallen asleep, after all the excitement of the day.

 “Ah, no, it’s alright…!” Seeing him so out of breath, Sparrow bit her lip over her reflexive concerns. Extreme physical activity wasn’t good for a concussion—if he had a concussion. If, if, if. She had to remember that lest she accidentally (figuratively) smother him.

  Then she noticed the sunglasses.

  “Ah—your glasses, are they for—? Do you have a headache?“ Concerns slipped loose, hand fluttering in a gesture caught between motioning towards his eyes and her own temple. “Are…do your eyes hurt? When you look at lights, or, or like there’s a pressure behind them?”

  Doubt surged in her gut. She shouldn’t have had him meet her (forgetting completely that he would have gone anyway); she should have taken him to the health center from the start; if he was already experiencing light sensitively, she should take him to the health center now.

While doubt wracked Sparrow’s intestines, guilt and trepidation washed over Merrick as his heart rate settled, his breathing slowly but eventually evening out—well, as much as it ever did, anyway.  The running hadn’t helped his already-shaky respiration, and he hacked, once, holding up a finger for pause as he pulled himself together.  He took a moment to fully compose himself before responding; though the delay itself could be problematic, he figured a wobbly reply would only exacerbate Sparrow’s concerns more.  His right antenna tightened around the pen.  He couldn’t have that.

Merrick took a deep breath, then flashed his characteristic, easy-going grin.

“What, worried my head’s getting too big from how fast I just ran?  That must’ve been a campus record—no, a world record, quick, call the Guinness people—” Catching sight of Sparrow’s wavering gesture, Merrick checked himself before the shenanigans could go too far.  He ran a hand through his hair sheepishly.  “Nahhh, I’m fine~ It’s a fashion statement!  Gotta stay cool twenty-four/seven~” He tweaked the glasses cheekily, broadcasting the wink he knew couldn’t be seen behind the lenses.

#aestasetbruma #[[ * √(–1) 2^3 ∑ π... and it was delicious! * ( m.verse ) ]] #yOOOOOO I RESPONDED #IT'S ONLY BEEN A MILLION YEARS WHAT'S UP? #I'm still in school so I'm not really back yet but I had a spark of inspiration and had to take advantage :D

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“Hey there, earthlings.  It’s me, ya boy.”

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Only took me six months to convince myself to finally line & color this… I’m glad I did eventually ^^;

Improvement comparison and process gif under the cut!

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#[[ * Some people are more banana than others * ( mun's art ) ]] #cHECK THAT GLOW UP YO #I missed drawing my boi but he looks so much better now >~< #I improved on!!! a LOT of things!!! this past year :0 #despite not getting to draw or write nearly as much as I'd like ;A; #just gotta get through this last month! #oh right also yes that is my art blog #;000