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cerastes · 10 months

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Arknights God, how do I use Reed the Flame Shadow? I got her and I've leveled her but I think I'm missing something, because it doesn't seem like I'm doing the damage she's supposed to be doing.

So step one is that we need to stop with the Arknights God thing because I'm flattered that you and others have a high opinion of my gameplay advice but it also makes me look like a narcissistic jackass. I appreciate the compliment and I'm happy my advice helps, but to everyone not familiar with the whole "I like to play a heel clown character on my blog for funsies with my friends" will think I'm actually addicted to the scent of my flatulence and the rhythm of my own words. It makes answering these a tad awkward.

Step two is understanding that Reed' skill selection, and which skill is the correct answer to any given issue, has a lot of factors going for it, more than the majority of Operators. If you use Cantabile, for example, you know that both of her skills are bangers, and while they have their respective jobs, they are not hard-slotted into these. Reed's S2 and S3 are similar in this regard. You'll be ignoring S1.

Before we get into that, though, here's some fundamentals about the Flame Shadow: You position them differently from other Medics and most other units. A good Reed tile is one where she has both enemies and allies in her range, so, if you placing her at a front, you'll want her to be a bit behind, but not fully behind, your line of engagement. She needs to be able to attack in order to heal, and her allies need to be in her range in order to get healed. This may sound obvious, but it needs to be taken into account. She's not a Marksman or a Medic, she's her own beast. Another thing that needs to be taken into account is that her healing comes specifically from dealing HP damage to enemies, not barriers. Greytails and the Rat King, for example, have shields that must be broken with Arts damage before exposing the succulent flesh within, right? Well, until the shield breaks, Reed is not giving anyone any succor and they might in fact just explode because while she's dealing damage to their shields, it doesn't count as valid damage for her healing. Keep this in mind so you don't run out of sustain while fighting shielded enemies, since shielded enemies tend to also have high attack. The Final Reed Essential regards her Cinders (AKA Firebrand), which she always has a chance to apply with her attacks and skills (with S3 guaranteeing it): The way it works is that, if an attack would apply Cinder, it applies it before the attack resolves, meaning, the Arts Fragility will be in effect and that attack will already be dealing 30%(32% with Potentials) extra damage off rip. Or, in other words, you don't have to apply Cinder and then start capitalizing on it on the next attack. Arts Fragility, by the way, stacks multiplicatively with Fragile, and they count as different debuffs, despite the similarity in name.

You made it past the tutorial, now let's tackle 1-1:

S2, or as Harvard scholars call it, the Spitroast, is a damn strong skill. For the purposes of this post, I'll be using the M3 versions of the skills. Spitroast grants two allies, with Melee tile priority, 3 fireballs that'll deal 240% of Reed's Attack as damage to enemies they touch every 1.5 seconds, with this 1.5 second timer applying only for each unique target. The fireballs do in fact have a hitbox, so if there's enemies on either side of the fireball unit, you'll trigger two fireballs at once, one for the enemy on one side, and another for the other. Each fireball then takes 1.5 seconds to refresh (they'll look darkened around the Operator) and once they are a vibrant orange again, it means they are ready to explode again. Each time these fireballs deal damage, they'll heal their Operators as per Reed's trait (so 120% of her Attack), and each fireball has a chance to inflict Cinder as per any of Reed's attacks. You can test this yourself by putting fireballs on Operators so they hit enemies outside her attack range, and you'll see that they do in fact also have a chance to inflict Cinder. Be mindful that the fireball's instance of damage counts as a Reed instance of damage! This means that for the purposes of Counter effects, it is Reed that's the source of the damage, so for Spike Chests, Reed WILL receive the reflected damage, and for The Last Knight, Reed WILL freeze if the fireballs hit him, etc etc. The lane-holding application of this skill is that you can grant your cornerstone immense Arts damage and healing independent of everything else they have going for themselves, including through Status effects like Freeze or Stun, as the fireballs are independent entities separate from the Operator. So if Mudrock gets stunned by Nervous Impairment and has sweet dreams of beautiful rocks that go on adventures with her, she's not completely helpless, as the fireballs will keep shredding enemies while she's in dreamland. This actually leads us to the next point: Fireballs cannot be placed on Summons, so if you had dreams of making the sickest Stainless turret surrounded by industrial flames or picturesque mindblasts about Ling's Great Thunderer's surrounded by godly plumes of cleansing conflagration, well, stop being silly and come back to reality, also rent and student debts are due. Fireballs can be placed on 'Enmity' Operators, such as Musha (ie. Akafuyu) and Juggernauts (ie. Mudrock), but they won't receive the healing from each of their hits, as the healing is mechanically counted as direct healing, thus, they may not benefit from it. Well, at least they can always take a whiff of Lena's wonderful fragrances instead. With all this in mind, we get to the Spitroast part of the Spitroast: If you jail an enemy (sandwiching them between two Operators) and use Reed's S2 to give them her mighty balls, now that enemy is getting assblasted by both sets of balls, so a whooping 480% of Reed's attack as damage, which in turn is very likely to diagnose them with Cinder due to how many times they'll be taking Reed damage, so that final damage is now also increased by another fat 30%, in addition to being inflicted with Cinder's ATK -20%, so your engager is safer as well, on top of being healed a lot. So, in practice, let's say your trusted Specter the Unchained is currently blocking Yamcha Jesselton, and as they are engaged in mortal combat, you then deploy Skadi S2 on top of Jesselton as well. But this is all within Reed's range, so you use her S2 and now the shark and the orca also have fireballs around them that further obliterate Jesselton, and he can't even damage Specter in a way that matters because 1) she leveled HP and 2) she's getting an absolutely unholy amount of healing from Reed's hot balls, so, in short, he'll never have another birthday. This MELTS bosses, but obviously, it's a rather expensive endeavor, necessitating 3 deployment slots dedicated to the bit. But no one said being funny was cheap, and end of the day, it's funny seeing bosses melting down to nothing under what's practically two fire buzzsaws.

Ideal Operators for these strats involve your prim and proper engager, someone tough that can take a hit and also hit hard, like either Specter or Skadi S3, but you can also make this engager a dedicated tough slab of meat like Hoshiguma, and your drop-in assassin with huge damage, like Texas the Omertosa, Surtr S3 (two girls that will appreciate the Arts Fragility Reed can inflict!), Skadi S2, Nearl the Radiant Knight S2, et al. 'Enmity' Operators work as well but you'll not be received the healing, just keep that in mind, but they work splendid as well. Once again, Arts Fragility stacks multiplicatively with Fragile, so break out the ol' Suzuran S3 or, if the boss can be Frozen, Gnosis S3 for some more immensely violent peacekeeping.

That was a lot, but trust me, it becomes second nature once you see it in action once, it just clicks and now you know exactly how to roast that spit.

Woah, look at all the progress we made, it's time to start 8-12:

So, S3, the big flashy and fun explosions that scream "I'm a healer, but," in big red flaming text. This skill does a fair amount of things, actually! First of all, Reed will have multitarget attacks, two per attack, and her attacks during S3 will always 100% of the time inflict Cinder, so that +60% ATK buff she's getting is actually bigger than that, given that she'll always have her final damage increased by 30% Arts Fragility on top of that. What's more, Cinder's CANNOT expire for as long as the skill is active, and now have the additional effect of inflicting a Damage Over Time effect that deals 60% of Reed's Attack as Arts damage (so, again, amplified by Arts Fragility). And, of course, as we all know and love, if an enemy dies while having the Cinder's effect during the skill duration, they explode for 140% damage in a 1.7 tile radius, and enemies damaged by these explosions, you guessed it, also become inflicted with Cinder.

That's a lot going on, but it's also pretty self-explanatory once you lay it out like that. Ace detectives might have gleaned something from this river of letters: Cinder is a very strong effect. Cinder lets you deal more damage, take less damage, and receive more healing, since Reed's healing is based on damage dealt. S3 takes Cinder to the next level: Guaranteed proc, now with a DoT, and will never expire until the end of the skill. Not only that, but the multitarget makes it easier to inflict more and more enemies with Cinder, it's truly a fire gone out of control, for the enemy, anyways. S3 lends itself to mob control and killing large crowds of enemies with the power of friendship, but do not neglect its utility in engaging with troublesome elites and bosses! While S2 is her premiere boss-killing tool, it required set-up, deployment slots and tiles you might not necessarily have in high-end content, and in these situations where the boss isn't the only issue, but you also have to deal with an overall dangerous map that's threatening as a whole, S3 may just be the perfect tool to have a more balanced and yet still very potent approach.

This is what makes the Flame Shadow such a fun unit! Your skills are not really locked by circumstance, and they can be used with several different objectives and goals in mind, depending on what the rest of your team is and who your enemy or what the challenge of the map is. With her incredible adaptability and wide array of applications, Reed the Flame Shadow absolutely shines and can be a core part of any team.

#arknights #Reed the Flame Shadow #dreamknights

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neppednep · 26 days

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Hey! If you're busy feel free to ignore this, but could I please get some romantic headcanons for Red Hood? No hard feelings if you don't want to, since she's not on the masterlist or anything, or if you just don't want to do it. But if you do end up doing it then thanks a lot for taking the time out of your life, as well as keeping this blog running.

I wish you a good day, as well as luck in any future endeavors!

Red Hood Romantic HCs

I wanted to make a part for Dorothy too, but I've been busy as hell, so that'll probably come after I get through a couple other asks.

Also, if a charcter isn't in the Nikke masterlist, feel free to still request. I have to remake it one of these days because of the photo limit. Anyways, sorry for being late and hope you enjoy.

》 Being in a relationship with Red Hood can be a mixed bag. On one hand, you two really do love each other, even through the whole alien invasion, pretty much the end of humanity thing. On the other hand, you two don't get as much time together as you used to and even that is an understatement. Between her new duties as a Nikke and worrying whether or not she'll make it back home after her missions, it can get stressful.

》 You would be lying if you said it was easy when she first became a Nikke though. The two of you weren't exactly well off, living in a relatively small village away from most of the fighting. You didn't really think much of it, not realizing just how bad it was until raptures practically appeared out of nowhere, killing everyone in sight. While you were evacuated… you couldn't find her. The only proof of her existence being the cassette player she gifted a friend of yours.

Your breath freezes in your throat as you stare at the red haired woman, proudly walking down the street with a gun damn near twice her size tossed over her shoulder. You don't even know what to feel.

》 Imagine your surprise, spending months thinking she was dead until you saw her and a few others, still alive, receiving a hero's welcome at the city you were staying at.

Relief?

Confusion?

Happiness?

You couldn't even move, practically stuck in place as you stare at the spitting image of your supposedly dead girlfriend.

She scans the crowd, her eyes eventually land on you, having to double take before stopping dead in her tracks. You have no time to react before you see a huge smile on her face. Her weapon falls to the ground with a loud crash and the next thing you know your feet leave the ground as you're taken into a bone crushing huh.

No words really needed to be spoken between the two of you, everyone else in the crowd forgotten. You just bury your head into her large chest, letting reality sink in.

She's still alive and back with you, so you won't complain.

》 It really doesn't seem like much has even changed, besides that hug she goes right back to how everything was before. Immediately dragging you off with strength you didn't think possible. She wasn't a small woman by any means but it just wasn't human. After she introduced you to her squad and catching up, you found out she wasn't. It was a lot to take in. She did die… kind of? Then got turned into some powerful android who fights aliens for the sake of humanity.

》 Irrelevant. By the end of the day you two were in your house, listening to the cassette player she never seemed to get tired of.

》 She did seem a bit different though, only through very small things anyone else wouldn't really notice. Red Hood was definitely more clingy than she used to be, not to mention she was practically treating you like you were made of glass most of the time. It wasn't a bad thing though, just relaxing in her arms, getting the pillow treatment.

》 It did kind of suck when she had to go out on missions. She was on the best and one of the only squads around, but you still worried whether she'd make it back home or not.

》 Dates are certainly fun. Taking you to a shooting range, though not letting you shoot her gun of course, as you'd probably do more damage to yourself than the target. She's quite fond of showing off in simulations, or just going to see a movie or concert, though needless to say those are exceptionally rare these days.

》 Speaking of shooting ranges, out of everyone in her squad, Snow White is someone Red Hood loves to bring around. She's a nice girl, if a bit childish but she definitely looks up to Red Hood, and you to a certain extent. If you like guns or shooting, she'll be coming over a lot to run ideas through you or just hang out, almost seeing you as an older sibling.

》 Definitely protective of you. Not that many people would really try to hurt you. Your girlfriend is part of the Goddess Squad and an android that can tear through even the strongest Raptures with ease. Even then, she won't resort to violence too quickly, usually just using her words to drive them off. If that doesn't work… a flick probably won't kill them.

》 Red Hood is more romantic then her relatively rough and playful exterior lets on. You can't really blame her, you two didn't have the best life growing up, after all. Some nights it'll just be you two staring into the setting sun in a comfortable silence. She does still have a girly side buried deep somewhere in here, though it rarely comes out. She claims doing stuff like that just reminds her of what she’s fighting for, but with the way she stares at you, you know it's deeper than that.

》 It was quite the surprise when one day, out of nowhere, Red Hood approached you saying she was going on her last mission. You were a bit confused, but she brushed it off saying she's been fighting for long enough and wants to spend the rest of her life with you.

》 Was… that some kind of proposal?

》 If it was, you didn't have time to blink, let alone even ask before her face flushed red as she gave her usual smile and speeding off. You just chuckled and shook your head. She was always a free spirit, and you know she'll be back. She always comes back.

#red hood x reader #nikke red hood x reader #nikke x reader #goddess of victory: nikke x reader #goddess of victory: nikke #nikke #red hood

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memurfevur-archive · 5 months

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A question for the mun; May I ask what are your favorite trolls in the ftc as a whole?

Oh geez, I feel like this is always changing for me because I keep getting to know amazing new people and amazing new characters. I think I'll just name a few blogs and list my favorites from there, as I don't think I can pick out of the entire community when it's full of people I also don't know or haven't interacted with (yet!).

Quite a few of them belong to my partner @mageofspacemultiverse as I've known those the longest and have quite a few ships between us. A few of my favorite characters from him are Zomson, Hidelord, Devaron, and Pixcel. Each character of his is unique and has interesting backstories and personality, and yet every one of them is so on-brand for his blog.

From @thestarlightbrigade I have always adored Deltra and MY LIL MAN HIBUKI. Special shout out to Iiboye too. Lots of edgy angsty characters but each one is a specific flavor that never gets tiring. Avery's vibe is I'm shaking him by the shoulders and biting him affectionately. That is to say, he's a fun guy and silly to talk to. Prepare to get cat-gif'd.

@stuckstucktrolls I thirsted after Viktor since day 1 bruh. He's the Troll I am most familiar with besides Teagan. Creative characters and also very pretty, the lot of them. Cool cat boy cryptid gets the seal of approval from royal moth cryptid.

@goddesstrolls Kairos and Kairne. Ik Kairne isn't on the blog anymore but I thought he was pretty damn neat tbh. One of the first characters I knew Bast by. Also um... my (ex)wife Akidis, I love her to bits and pieces, and my male-wife Darvai. Buff women and bastard men run this blog, and all the world build and narratives Bast has come up with over the years are SO -chefs kiss- .

@miks-fantrolls Antemh <3 Sticking him under a microscope fr. I don't know a lot about anyone else, but maybe that'll change sometime. I don't know a lot about Mik but I personally think he's cool af. Mik if you're reading this I'm staring at you with wet pathetic eyes and offering you an egg in these trying times.

@roetrolls Veylin <3 She makes my heart happy. Also Franky, I would give him the world. Mallum is up there, too. Roe makes a lot of characters that are compelling, friend-shaped, and possesses you with the Funny Horrors (aka I can't stop laughing every time I see 'Dominion' on a street sign or pub. Like, it's the kind of joy that's like 'I know that guy! That guy belongs to this really cool person that I look up to! How silly that he has a bar named after him!' )

@sasster ...................... Redivi.................. Look, one could argue and say it's because he's a vampire and I'm absolutely a vampire simp 100%. But. But he's *terrifying* and that's a big reason why he's a favorite Chase Troll of mine. Compelling, scary, but recognizable as people we may know in our every day lives. An ever so loved face and name, but there's always something behind the scenes that we can't see. There's a performance for the world, while on back stage the true colors show. Mind you, I am extremely behind in the lore of the blog, but that guy? Man. That guy.

@windy-trickster -slaps the top of this guy's blog- This blog can fit so many funky lil dudes filled with unique lore and fantastic personalities and oh my god the angst. My favorites among them are Doleos, Rastho, and Althor. Windy is a creative writer and puts SO much love into his characters. Like for real, it's always a pleasure listening to him talk about them. It's clear he puts in a lot of love and effort into his guys, and I think y'all should go and see that for yourself.

@askthehiddencaste Shuska and Ashoal. I feel like Shuska is the face of the blog (i mean, the entire theme is a library, so), and she's such a charming character. Warm, friendly, but she's STRONG in spirit. Ashoal and Shuska are the two I'm most familiar with aside from Heliel (I want that goopy man carnally). Kanny has a lot of fascinating characters that all feel like a natural family to me. I could hang out with their characters and feel right at home.

@experimental-failures The only one I'm familiar with is Nix, so I guess he's my favorite by proxy-- BUT! I've always thought Nix was very neat. He feels like a guy I can run into out on the street irl. He feels so real to me, and it's always a pleasure.

@the-rainbow-overflow Elnric and Viroxa. Two very interesting characters for vastly different reasons, lol! I love the alternate timeline stuff Elnric has going on, and I feel soft for this guy mostly because it's the first Troll I knew Dusk by. Viroxa is... oh boy, god damn, a bastard? Such a manipulative and cunning guy where the ends justify the means, and I am OBSESSED. Bonus points that he's a scientist guy, ya know? We all love unhinged scientists. Kissing him on the cheek even if he may take my lips as donation and sew it onto someone else. Special mention to Makona as well, I am unwell about HISStory of Violence <3

@trollbreak Um, Bladed, teehee -twirls hair- Jonah has SOOO many lil guys. Silly lil guys! Some of these silly lil guys commit murder and treason! Some of them will give you plushies and Autism Creature stare at you as a means of friendship. Heehoo is my ultimate favorite, and Bladed is close second, but I adore Jonah and all of their characters.

@clown-fuckers-r-us Montague!!!! MONTAGUE!!!! MY BELOVED!!! CRYING WEEPING AAAAAAAA-- ahem. So um Montague is my favorite, he's so cool? I'm so invested in his story and not just because I have a ship going with that guy but his concept is so intresting??? A Purple with anger issues, rich and privileged but kind and loving-- now ruined by a broken mind and psyche, his one scrap of salvation that keeps him from fully losing himself being the memory of a lover that he hasn't seen since before the war on Limebloods... You should definitely go share some love with Bun, the mun of the blog; she's an AMAZING person, truly a wonderful friend, and one of the most nicest people I know.

@moonlit-trolls Tythus by far. It's been SO neat seeing Tythus grow and develop as a character. Moona and I made Ptillo and Tythus together, and while Tythus had some shaky beginnings as Moona was figuring him out, it definitely solidified and paid off in the end. Tythus is a compelling villain imo with complex goals and ambitions. Not to mention what a SILVER FOX HE IS GOD DAMN. You go girl, make that man hot and pathetic <3

I'm running out of steam for this post; if you're not listed on here it doesn't mean I don't have favorites or that I don't like you. There's A LOT of trolls to keep track of in the community and a lot of members too. Everyone has such amazing characters that I cannot possibly list them all off. Keep doing what you're doing, and remember that even if it feels a little pointless at times or that nobody cares, there ARE people who enjoy the content you put out-- whether its art, writing, silly little tidbits, or whatever else! There's people out there who will think about you over the smallest of things and smile, people who will think about you and your characters and feel inspired, people who may be too shy to interact but love and appreciate you and what you do. Whether you're a big or small blog or something in between, thank you for being part of the FTC.

#mun asks #tag train lets go!#mageofspacemultiverse #thestarlightbrigade #stuckstucktrolls #goddesstrolls #miks-fantrolls #roetrolls #sasster #windy-trickster #askthehiddencaste #experimental-failures #the-rainbow-overflow #trollbreak #clown-fuckers-r-us #moonlit-trolls

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butterfrogmantis · 6 months

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Archaeologist (Archie) Baines was the firstborn son of Curator and Cartographer Baines, and the older-by-three-years brother of Palaeontologist (Pal) Baines. Their father, Curator, was the owner of a large natural history museum in Yorkshire, England, where the boys grew up with a constant source of artefacts, minerals and bones to observe and learn about. It was through their parents and their childhood at the museum that the boys both discovered a mutual but separate love for history, with Archie wanting to know more about human civilisations and Pal being interested in prehistoric creatures.

Their mother, Cartographer (totally not inspired by king of seas …) had been quite the traveller in her younger days and had become accustomed to making her own maps as she went. Having retired to Yorkshire to raise her sons, she made a habit of creating treasure maps and hiding little things around the yard and in sandboxes to encourage both of her children’s passions as well as her own.

Archie attended a local Yorkshire university to gain his archaeology degree, which is where he meets Miner MacCarrick on campus, who had been pressured into academics by his family despite not wanting to attend. Miner did admit to enjoying digging, something he shared with archaeologists, and the two went from best friends to a relationship. And it was good for a while … their personalities genuinely clicked, they had shared interests, and when Archie got his first overseas assignment to work in the field in Belgium, both his brother and Miner followed. All three ended up enjoying the area so much they looked to stay, eventually moving into a small town village. Here, things start to break down for Miner and Archie. Archie is loving the place, so many cool European artefacts to uncover, so many new people, he’s started an archaeology blog and is going to meetings with others across Europe to discuss their finds. Miner is working bringing coal and metals back for the village and is happy where he is. He approaches Archie with the confession of wanting to start a family. Archie’s like ‘woah buddy I’m way too young for this I can’t be lugging a baby around excavation sites now can I and I’m not mean enough to let you to everything”. Miner puts up with it for a little while but after a couple more years Archie admits he REALLY isn’t sure the two are in the same place in life, despite being totally compatible in every other way. They decide with heavy hearts to break up and pursue their own things.

Miner and Archie continued to be best friends, but Miner went on to date German newcomer Blacksmith Schmidt for a short time before running into the same problem. Miner can’t pick em and that'll come back to haunt Blacksmith when Zinc arrives lmao. After that, Miner dated Canadian born Timber Boyce, the local bear- I mean lumberjack. Who, to his relief, was on the same page as him. The two soon have a daughter, Lapidary MacCarrick, and Miner anoints his bestie Archie as her godfather / fave non-relative uncle. Archie is happy to only babysit every once in a while and is kind of relieved both he and Miner are where they want to be in life.

Pal Baines and Clover Xun, and their daughter Onyx Baines. Unsure if they're gonna get married yet. Also despite being Humanverse, Onyx was probably made with whatever sorcery has been making all the other kids for reasons, dw about it.

Archie meanwhile stuck to carbon dating, something Skelly discovers he shares with his father the first time the Baines’ parents come over to visit their son's new home village. You should be flattered Skelly, they think you’re fascinating after all.

Archie, Pal, Miner and Clover (c) The Smurfs

Curator, Cartographer, Lapidary, Onyx and Skelly are mine

#the smurfs #smurfs #BFM ng: Lapidary #BFM oc: Skelly #BFM ng: SmurfOnyx #PalxClover #I kind of forget Skelly is an oc sometimes cause he and Archie have the funniest fucking dynamic

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berrybelbakerycrackfic · 6 months

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Hello Pizza Tower and/or Celeste community on Tumblr(preferably both) And welcome, to this very rough and work in progress blog for Berry-bel Bakery! This is a Pizza Tower X Celeste Alternative Universe(though in tags and the url you'll notice I refer to it as "crack fiction" cus I think that sounds cooler) that combines elements and characters from both games to make new weird and wacky things! Rather than having both worlds directly cross over. Oh there's also a lot of pie. 🥧 The concept of crossing over Celeste and Pizza Tower isn't exactly new, and this is most definitely inspired by that whole trend of having Peppino and Madeline interact with each other for funsies back in February; but with a deeper twist to it that I came up with after thinking way too hard about how a more silly Madeline would both act and play like in Pizza Tower esque scenarios(with some light Sugary Spire inspiration). Speaking of which...

The girl you see with her fists balled up over her mouth and giving you a worried look is none other than Maribel Syrup, the protagonist of this story! She's supposed to be a mix of Madeline and Peppino's traits, if you couldn't tell. Whereas Peppino is a chef running his own pizzeria, and Madeline bakes a pie for her friends after her climb, Maribel is a Canadian baker specializing in pies who owns her own bakery in a town home to a legendary, yet flat volcano shaped like a pie. She even has orange hair meant to somewhat resemble a pumpkin to fit this theme further, and her outfit(seen below) has call-backs to both of her inspirations! She's on a mission to investigate and climb through this volcano after suddenly having several disturbing and horrifying nightmares with mysterious messages telling her to go there. The volcano, while unnamed currently, is meant to embody how Mt. Celeste and the Pizza Tower work for their respective protags; A food themed mountain with possible risk of boiling over.

I came up with this idea back in May of 2023, and have continually fleshed out the idea since then. I've shared quite a bit about this on the Celestegame subreddit and various small discord servers, but thought about creating a Tumblr for a more ease-of-use central hub for me to post to; while also showing the AU to new faces(like you, probably) that'll motivate me to work on this even more. You'll see me post art of various characters and locations, as well as the occasional illustrated gameplay idea on this blog. It is a far out dream of mine to turn this into a fangame Sugary Spire style, but I'm going to wait on getting down to that once I have better knowledge of GML and have completed some smaller Pizza Tower projects to boost my motivation and create better work habits.

If you've read this far, then thanks a ton! I know it's cliche to say but knowing I've created my own little sub-fanbase that like what I have to come up with means so much to me. Until next time!

(these drawings of maribel syrup were both done in an art studio with chalk and oil pastels, but I can do some intermediate-level pixel art too)

#celeste #celeste game #pizza tower #alternate universe #crossover #pizza tower au #pizza tower fanart #crack fic #maribel syrup #madeline celeste #madeline spaghetti #pizza tower peppino #peppino spaghetti

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paperbagsandwich · 2 months

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that makes me want ros to be my friend!! (Ive been working on magical girl ocs because of my love for the genre, i think i might have too many wip because im planning on making a small animation as well for other stuff i like.)

That's more than fair! My little sister and brother are both on the spectrum (both have been tested for it, i haven't, my little sister stims a lot and runs around, my lil brother is more on the none verbal side unless it's something he likes, like sonic, kirby or mario kart). I know i stim as well (when the stardew valley update came out i was bouncing, clapping and waving my arms excitedly) its just lovely to see such attributes in characters.

please dont feel forced to check them out! Take as much time as you need if you want to tho! (Nausicaä has some of my fav creature designs in it honestly and there are lil apple people in stardew i needle felted some before)

!!! Yay!! Take as much time as you need ill be excitedly waiting for them even if you post them 200 years later, i don't mind i just wanna see more of your lovely art!

Ive done the same before! i like trying a bunch of different ways to make designs its always a bunch of fun to experiment, id reccomend trying if you also like just making random designs as well!

Aww thank you!! He had always tried to flirt with her before (he was just terrible at it) so she knew he was interested. She let him know she had feeling back when she kissed him on the cheek after he comforted her after a hard day (it made him happy cry and laugh as he hugged her tightly).

Thank you! I honestly think im just doing the bare minimum but thank you. Im happy to be here!! I enjoy talking to you and sending questions about your characters and you!! Plus as another creative person its nice to understand how you view your characters and how you explore different sides of them! Its something i want to do more (im still anxious about creating my own tumblrs/twitters for wg and nsfw content -these would be separate accounts-)

Ros does have that energy with people, she gets along with people a lot!

And OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH, THAT'S AWESOME!!!! Man I wish I had the energy for animation, that's so cool!!! Godspeed!! 🫡

I mean it's a long time coming, this was something I was going to check out on anyway for future characters so I can get people on the spectrum right and not just guess I've just been procrastinating JDKSHDKDISJS

Also, that's so cute!! 😭😭

And yeah, I'll get to the things on my own time, I like getting suggestions sometimes so I don't mind at all.

Also, AAAAWWWWWW, YOU DO FELT STUFF, THAT'S SO COOL!!! 😭😭

OOOH, that sounds so fun, maybe that'll help with Art Block!!

Making a Toon based campaign really helps with figuring out different art styles which is very fun to do.

Also, your patience is very admirable!!! 😭😭

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH, I LOVE THESE TWO SO DAMN MUCH!!!!! 😭😭😭💕💕💕💕💕

And goodness, you're too nice, I really love talking about characters and other stuff with you!!!!

If feels so nice getting questions like these and I always get excited getting messages from you!!!

But don't force yourself to ask if you run out of things to say, I understand. You can only ask so much.

And I totally understand your nervousness when it comes to making a niche blog. It's okay if you're not ready, just do it when you're ready.

I'm sure everyone would love to see what you have.

And you can take the advice Lemon said by blocking people you may know online before posting your work.

#Nonfat #Anon #NonFat Ask #You do you Anon #take your time!!#I'll gladly wait 200 years if I have to HDKSBZKDJJDKS

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animentality · 1 year

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same as the 7 habits hookup question but this time with revs + roman. (one day, when motm has blown up, ppl will scour this blog and come across this ask and say, thank god this bitch asked. to those ppl: you're welcome).

Yeah...I wish Memoirs would ever blow up, lol.

Anyway.

Ten: It'd be nigh impossible to hook up with him unless he knew you very, very well. no one night stands from him! you'd better put a ring on that bitch! but if you had sex, it would absolutely be unhinged. he is so touch starved and desperate for affection. i'd honestly see him being really gentle, though. very scared of hurting someone he cares about. wouldn't even kiss you too hard or touch you anywhere you didn't explicitly and eagerly ask for. i also don't think he's the type to ever lose control during sex either, he knows it's not safe. as a result...bottom energy.

Roman: That little loser... he'd be a little puppy dog chasing after a car. he likes flirting and pushing, but when it comes to sealing the deal, he'll be very, very shy and silly. kind of an attentive partner, though. and unlike ten, he DOES hookups. he's just also the type to fall in love with you after fucking you. also, he's a vanilla baby. the most he'll try is new positions, but...nothing kinky from him. he's not rough, he won't spank your ass, he won't tug on your hair. he's not good at giving head, but he could GET good if you gave him the practice.

One: She's cold and impenetrable and offputting initially, but if you're persistent without being too pushy, she WILL come around initially, and then you're in for a ride, because she's very forward in bed. Very demanding. Very... "takes what she wants." Likes to be on top, physically at least, maybe not necessarily on the penetrative side. She likes leaving marks, so...beware of hooking up with her in the summer.

Two: He's kind of like Rey in that he's down to clown, in any circus. But his default if he doesn't know you that well IS aggressive. Flirtatious to the point of adversarial. Kind of comes on mega strong, always. As you can guess, he's so easy to hookup with. His standards are low and his thirst is high. He's also default rather rough, definitely the slam you around kind of guy, but all in good fun. I also think he tends to go for positions that'll mess up your hips, because again...rough. Needs leverage. :P

Three: Ahaha not an easy hookup at all. Very proper, likes to go on multiple dates first. I for some reason don't see her that sexual, though...I also don't think she'd be interested in penetrative sex, just a lot of rubbing, foreplay, head, maybe some fingering. Kind of just doesn't care for the high cardio of full PV sex. She'd be pretty good at giving head though, just from experience :P

Four: Prickly. Kind of not much of a sex haver, a sex enjoyer, if you will. Hooking up would be kind of hard because he's really not that interested in people...i guess if he was to hook up, it'd be very rushed, impersonal, and he wouldn't really care if you got off...so...hard avoid. no second hook ups ever.

Five: She's down to hookup, but only if she's immediately into you. Like if she's not into you at all...fuck off. But if she's into you, she'll let you know within ten seconds, and then you're in for a wild time. Not an exhibitionist exactly, but she is definitely not terribly shy about PDA. She also might surprise you because she's very grabby, very touchy. Loves dancing up on you. Kind pushy in bed, though, so. Might be a bit of a pillow princess too. You're not getting a word in edgewise with her. kind of doesn't care if you get off either, lol.

Six: He slaps you immediately for daring suggest you might be interested in sexual intercourse out of wedlock with him. He might spray you with holy water and put a cross on your forehead too.

Seven: she's probably the easiest person to have sex with, and I don't mean that in like a...she's slutty way. I mean more...she tries to be friends with people before she has sex with you. She absolutely will not just do random hookups. She only fucks people she finds funny. people she could have dinner with. people she could play smash bros. and she's definitely the type to laugh during sex. work through any awkwardness. just make sure you're both having a good time. she's bad at roleplaying and is very goal-oriented. out of everyone...also most likely to actually check whether or not you're having fun...like every five minutes.

Eight: you know...you shouldn't hook up with this man.

Nine: He's not having sex because it's a lot of work, but he might like a super quick blowjob in a public bathroom somewhere. do not have sex with this man either, he's also too lazy to give head AND to fuck, so....

#memoirs of the mausoleum #writing

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ihopesocomic · 1 year

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THERE'S SO MUCH I WANNA SAY ABOUT THE NEW CHAPTER BUT..

THE POSE IN THE LAST PANEL, JUST LIKE CLEVER, THE MIRRORING?????????????????

Also I like how despite Edge's manipulative speech he DOES see potential in Hopeful. And yes Jasper's a fool :D. Granted, good thing she didn't get swayed, but I like that you seem to have stuck with that with him from what you've previously said on the blog regarding how he'd see her. Let's see how he'll react to her being mentally strong as well. (Honestly I am on the edge (lol) of my seat to know what happens next.)

God and this is such a good debut to Edge's pride. It's so uncanny to see how "different" he looks when he's smiling and all dad-like like that even when talking like some professional business, since his pride might as well be in a way, like a white-furred Simba compared to his first appearance (and obviously the fact that he's evil and not above killing others *Still sobbing over Quiet amd Clever and now whatever emotions Adamant is going through rn aaaaa* and might as well be the equivalent to a Lion mafia boss, but still, it's weird in a good way and you nailed it). I almost wanna punch that face lol. But y'all have certainly made him charming in this chapter, Imma make it a double punch with both fists in that case. You have officially made him more likable for me than he already has been, I'll always appreciate when Word of God turns into canon. Like... god I hate him but I love him already now too as a character just from this chapter, why'd y'all do this to me? xD

And omg I love Bright already, she's so childish it's honestly kinda cute even if it's to the point of immaturity. I had such a different image of her before this but now... now she seems like she'll be a fun character to see play out in the comic and is so fricking precious. I need more of her now. I wanna see how bad she can be too. Evil(?) lesbians are so damn fun to write because I've done it before because my friend's was the same simple archetype (ofc that wasn't all to it but, it's the jist) hah.

Fade... aaaaaa, others have said more about him than I can but aaaaa. The way he looked at Hopeful, what's on his mind? Hope doesn't know her lil' sis was originally gonna be wedded off to him certainly, that must be so awkward now that I think about it. He don't like this scenario one bit. Though saying anything while Edge is talking might as well be like going into the bosses/principles/etc. office knowing they're your parent at the same time and it just makes things even more unpleasant than they already are.

This got long oops sorry..

ALSO STORM???? WHERE THE FUCK ARE YA? DEFINITELY ALIVE BECAUSE YOU NEED TO BE IN THIS STORY FOREVER BUT GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE AAAAAA.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT BEING LONG, it takes me a billion years to read, but its a fun billion years LOL

YES I'm so happy people liked Hope mirroring Clever haha it was a great idea presented by RJ.

Edge, while he did horrible things, does present a good case to Hope. Despite her experiences with her father and mother, she wants a pride, like many lions do, and he was able to lean into that.

And yea drawing him smiling and fatherlike was difficult, especially because I wanted to make him more vain with his expressions /but that wouldn't work/ because he's being completely honest here LOL He's not trying to trick Hope. He means what he's saying, and a villain that keeps their promises is pretty scary in my opinion. I wish I could've had Vanish and co do more, but they'll be doing more next time.

Once again I'm thrilled Bright made an impression on people. I like writing evil? lesbians too LOL Its so much fun. She is quite immature, but that'll present itself more later. I can't wait to show more of her.

And yea Fade is stuck in a hard place because his dad is actually good to him, but he's definitely hearing and seeing some things he didn't sign up for. He'll need to discuss a change in his contract.

AND STORM CAN'T COME TO THE PHONE RIGHT NOW, TRY AGAIN LATER!!

Thank you so much for your notes, I absolutely loved it LOL - Cat

#ask

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bunch-of-kalosians · 10 months

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So, uh. Serena and Shauna came to me, wanting to put together a blog here on Rotomblr for the three of us.

I thought, "hey, what the hell?" and, well, here we are.

My (Calem's) stuff will be in blue, Serena's in red, and Shauna's in pink. We'll also put our names in before our stuff, like I did at the top of this post, for our colorblind friends, and to improve readability more generally as well.

Like this:

Calem: Hi there, hello.

Starting that... now.

Calem: Feel free to ask us questions or chime in on posts! We're open to (almost) anything. Within reason, of course :)

Also, Pelipper mail is open. Feel free to send us stuff! We do have a little bit of a screening process though, so, uh- nothing that could actually hurt us lol

(// in character justification for me shutting down asks and mail that make me uncomfy)

// Rules and extra notes are below the cut.

OOC from here on:

A multimuse blog for various Pokémon characters, written by @sierra0451. Will not always be active, but will try to be consistently active. No promises, though. I do this for fun—nothing less, nothing more.

Semi-selective, independent blog. Adult mun, uses she/her pronouns. Please be mindful, mun is autistic! Tags are below.

Current characters

Calem

20 y/o, he/him

Engaged to Serena

Team: https://pokepast.es/6c262e3ca1216e86

Serena

20 y/o, she/her

Engaged to Calem

Team: https://pokepast.es/4a903c4c6c984233

Shauna

19 y/o, she/her

Team: https://pokepast.es/19b14389f77fe140

Rules

DNI if bigoted, proship, lewd, or drama-oriented. If your first response to seeing the word "bigot" is to whine about how "everyone is such a snowflake these days", you're probably the kind of person I'm talking about.

Unless we're close (you'll know if we are), ask before sending me a DM! Sending asks is fine from anyone (as long as you don't fulfill the DNI criteria) though

Asks

Anyone (including non-RP accounts) is welcome to leave an ask, as long as you wouldn't fall under the DNI criteria.

Asks must be SFW. Swearing, violence references (though no real-world tragedies obvs), and such are fine (though I will tag those things if I answer), but sexual stuff is not.

Warning in advance: I will be slow to answer! Please be a bit patient with me, though if your ask goes, like, a week without getting a response, feel free to message me! Don't pester me though, that'll just get you blocked.

If you're throwing an ask game at me, please include the question in the ask (if it's, like, a lettered or numbered one) and specify who you're asking.

Another for ask games: if it has to do with interactions or thoughts on a character or anything, please don't send one in if I don't know you or your character(s). It won't get much of an answer, if any.

Pelipper Mail

I'll take mostly anything! Just be reasonable about it, to be honest. (Really, just no NSFW.)

Though I do reserve the right to not take a certain ask if I'm uncomfortable with it.

No godmodding. I control my characters, you control yours. Don't force relationships, especially not with characters I've already established are in relationships!

AU, OC, crossover, multiverse, and double friendly :>

Notes

This is very much a Kalosshipping (Calem x Serena) blog! Mostly fluff and maybe some angst, nothing crazy ("crazy" meaning stuff that shouldn't be happening between two canonical minors)

Discussion of serious topics will happen here from time to time! These include things like loss of a parent, PTSD, existential crises (occasionally), and abandonment issues. I'll be sure to tag appropriately when those do come up though.

Please let me know if I'm following someone problematic or if I make you uncomfortable!

If there's something you're uncomfortable with and you'd like me to tag it, please let me know! The last thing I want is to make people uncomfortable :) (i.e. all of my posts are ask to tag, along with the tags already present)

With all that out of the way, feel free to shoot an ask! I'll try and get around to answering it when I can (if, ofc, I'm comfortable doing so-)

#sierra ooc #pkmn rp #pkmn irl #rotomblr #rp tags:#calem speaking #serena speaking #shauna speaking #calem reblogging #serena reblogging #shauna reblogging #calem responding #serena responding #shauna responding

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zmediaoutlet · 11 months

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Hey there,

Hope you are having a lovely Wincesty day...

Scrolling through your delightful blog, I cam upon your Presidential J2/AU story.

I had read it before, and it was nice to revisit this piece.

Catherine Ackles.... do you have more of a back story for her? I like her character, and I don't like want to dislike her? Does that make sense?

Does she hate/resent Jared? I mean she's gotta know J2 love each other

How did her and Jensen meet? Is he bi? Did they have political ambitions from the start?

So many questions..

I loathe politics with a passion and I never watched West Wing, although I heard good things about it, but you made this a great read, I love your writing style.

Anyways, if you have a back story for Catherine, I'd love to see it. Thanks!

aw, bud! I'm glad you gave those fics a shot even though you're not a West Wing head. <3 Super sweet, ty ty.

I'd thought about writing a fic from Catherine's POV, but I kind of like leaving that series as a self-contained trilogy -- a little fairytale, you know? But I can for sure give you some Catherine backstory, because I like her and I'm glad you do, too. :)

So:

Catherine and Jensen met in college, after he left the Air Force. (I think in a Master's in Public Policy program, specifically?) Jensen had been very very closeted for a long time and Catherine was smart and funny and talented and clearly saw a lot of potential in him, and it just made sense to get married, you know? Unfortunately, she is so smart and observant, she started to put some stuff together, and Jensen admits to her finally that he's gay sometime during the first state office campaign. She is Disappointed To Say The Least (and Jensen feels very guilty), but at this point she's invested in his political career and thinks he's the perfect person to get the things done that they both believe should get done, and so she takes a deep breath and decides that they won't get divorced, and they can just. Live like this. It's not ideal but. What is? She just makes Jensen promise that if he's ever going to act on the gay thing he has to be superhumanly discreet and also tell her immediately, and he promises, and never breaks that promise.

I feel really bad for her, though. Like -- she's getting what she wanted, which is to be throwing the levers of power and making things move without necessarily being in the spotlight herself (until Jensen becomes President, obviously), but... she also thought her husband loved her. And he does, but not like that. And they aren't going to have kids, which she wasn't even totally sure she wanted to do, but now she definitely doesn't want to try. And when Jared becomes a thing and Jensen finally comes to her after that one night and confesses, she hates Jared for a week and then realizes that's stupid. She's very rational and it's ridiculous to hate someone for getting something you never actually had. So she's not Jared's best friend, either, but she realizes this is actually a good option considering how closely they work together and that Jared's also a true believer in Jensen's political career, and... it'll do.

I hope that she has an inhumanly discreet boyfriend on the side. (Actually in this case I'm thinking more of House of Cards than The West Wing.) Some also-powerful donor to one of her hospital projects, or something, who would have nothing to gain from announcing to the world that he's nailing the First Lady, and so she can go on trips and then stop in his city and have a weekend where she pretends that this is fine. And Jensen calls and tells her that they successfully negotiated some bill that'll help get more kids fed, or something, and it is fine. Your own happiness isn't the most important thing in the world.

And, you know, that's maybe an ongoing theme of that series, now that I'm thinking about it. Jensen's never going to Publicly Come Out and have it be some nice Red White and Royal Blue situation. Catherine's never going to write a tell-all. Jared's probably never going to get a happy retirement home in Austin somewhere with former President Ackles, although -- who knows, maybe when they're in their sixties no one would notice or care. I'm interested in people who are willing to give, if not the last full measure of devotion, at least a large portion of it -- who will give up a part of their life to make the world a little tiny bit better. The series is pretty fluffy but that's there, somewhere, in the core. I think Catherine lives her life by that principle.

#answers #nice anons are best anons #thank you for caring about that fic <3 #it's genuinely touching whenever anyone thinks about them... ever #like beyond a quick jill sesh :)#now i'm thinking about ackles being retirement!obama #he could have a podcast with bruce springsteen too! :)

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noxianwilled · 1 year

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19 . 37 . 12 . yeet

SHIPPING QUESTIONS

— @axewhirl

12. do you ship any rarepair?

what is a rarepair for kat? i'm not sure, i'm not very into the league fandom other than the rpc. does kat//lux count? bc i like it tbh. i like her and darius a lot, and other stuff that i shipped through rping in the past, like with sett and leona and samira. i think? that's it but honestly especially when it comes to rp i'm just open to anything that might seem interesting.

19. is there a ship you used to dislike, but now you like?

that happened in a different blog! there was a canon warcraft ship i wasn't a fan of involving a muse i wrote, and then came along someone writing the other half of the canon ship but with a take that made it make sense to me. for kat, though, none that i can think of.

37. how does your muse handle breakups?

terribly. i've talked about it before, but katarina isn't very open to love. her experiences with letting people get close almost universally ended up bad, and she tends to keep them at a distance, trying to do it even when she starts to get feels. she doesn't want to let herself be in love because she's so afraid she'll end up hurt, because people either betray her or leave.

so regardless of verse, breakups just sort of make that fear into a reality. she isn't the type to openly show she's heartbroken, though, and will do anything she can to hide and just not really deal with those feelings (she feels everything very deeply, imo, and heartbreak is no exception). so she's not the type to hide from the world and cry and mope and such. instead, she's more likely to keep herself busy in any way that'll distract her from her feelings, be it overworking or acting extra reckless bc hey it's better to be concerned about staying alive than her broken heart lmao and i think that applies regardless of verse. she'll be taking more upon herself in canon, she'll prefer the needless risk over the safer options. and in modern verse i feel that'd also apply, but on top of either working more or engaging in risky behavior, she'd likely go out a lot, hang out with friends a lot, and try to never be alone for long enough she has time to think about it.

of course that doesn't work literally all the time, but yeah she'd prefer to be out there doing things and living life instead of taking time for introspection. when she is alone, maybe she'll let herself be sad and cry about it

also 'friendly exes' doesn't exist in her vocabulary. like i said, she doesn't open up for serious things easily (she needs to have serious feelings for someone and know and trust them enough she'd give them a chance), so when she does she doesn't give up on her relationships easily, and if they fail and she ends up hurt and heartbroken, she doesn't wanna be friends with the other person. if she can't pretend they don't exist, she'll be extra mean - especially to them directly.

#» out of character — ⌜main sup irl.⌟#» character study — ⌜fear is as powerful a weapon as any dagger.⌟

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blujayonthewing · 1 year

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WELL SINCE YOU ASKED! :D what's the best way to get to know your d&d OCs?? do you have a collection of info about some of your favorites somewhere? a series of memes? writing pieces? I'd love to have a good starting point to get to know them!

AHH HI HEY HELLO FIRST OF ALL I LOVE YOU FOR ASKING!! I wish I had a good, like-- something succinct to answer with, lmao. I have an OC About Page on my art blog, but it needs updating and isn't accessible on mobile :') I've been meaning to do pinned posts and/or make a carrd or something to intro all my OCs, I just need to get around to it... and like, since all I ever draw or talk about is my OCs I've been meaning to make it a point to prioritize it haha, so, I think that'll be my immediate post holidays project 🤔

as it currently stands, I tag everything related to my OCs both on main and on blujaydoodles with that OC's name, including answered asks and memes and stuff. I also keep up running '[oc name] insp' tags for everyone on main but idk if those would be of interest to anyone but me lmao, they're mostly like, vibes and shitposts and/or aesthetics that remind me of that OC in some way

for now, aside from that about page, I can at least link to their tags (on here, cause I reblog everything from the art blog anyway) :3

Elyss is my water genasi ranger! she's spent half of her life feeling isolated from and unwanted by other people and the other half of her life living alone in the woods, and has spent the entire campaign being surveilled and influenced and betrayed by forces outside her control absolutely constantly, so she has a lot of Issues around love and trust and belonging and control, and a lot of trauma that her campaign's circumstances just keep compounding :') also she's a kill machine, and also she's my longest-running dnd character and still my favorite, my beloved girl

Idri is my forest gnome rogue! she's an arcane trickster whose dad wanted her to go to Wizard College but who opted to join the circus instead because studying tomes all day sounded boring, and when her mentor at the circus died she quit to join an adventuring guild looking for fame and excitement (and to just kinda opt out of processing her grief entirely oops lol no thanks bye) Her campaign is dead in the water so I don't talk about her as much anymore but she's still my lil sunbeam and I lov her ;n;

Juniper is my human druid! She comes from a long line of druids; specifically her family are traditionally the village Wise Woman, but she ran away from home to apprentice with cartographers instead because she's a big nerd (and struggles with suffering and mortality and doesn't think she'd make a very good full time village healer at all tbh) In her campaign she's the only one without, like, Severe Backstory Trauma and she's a mom friend with a martyr complex trying to solve everyone's problems while being wildly out of her depth to relate to anybody else, so she's anxious all the time :'). Also she's FINALLY dating the monk after like two real life years of obliviously mutual pining <3

Aubree is my halfling fighter! She's a lil bit of a roughneck, but fiercely good-hearted; blunt, loud, picks fights she knows she can't win if it's worth making a stand on principle for what's right. She also has a boar called Truffles, whom she found and adopted as an abandoned runt and now rides (and dotes on, that's her best friend). She also died three sessions into her campaign, but she got better, so the story around all of that is, you know, The Whole Thing this campaign is about and oh man it's been A Lot

Melliwyk is my gnome wizard/ artificer! At the beginning of her campaign, the art of creating magic items was eons-lost in her world, so, her whole thing was trying to rediscover or reinvent that process. Now her campaign is mostly about unraveling ancient mysteries (good! her whole jam!!) and uncovering deeply evil and complex conspiracies (wuh oh, not so good!). Her whole thing is she wants to learn EVERYTHING and try EVERYTHING and her originally intended vibe is 'low wis chaotic mad scientist who is blithely unconcerned with risks or consequences', which, she's had a lot of character growth and gained a lot of depth but that's still the heart of her as a concept. Also she has Magical Narcolepsy as the result of a failed experiment, so she spends a lot of time collapsing into an ungainly heap or being carried around in someone else's backpack

Nyssa is my satyr warlock! She's one of my older dnd OCs but there's not as much to say about her because I've never been able to play her regularly :') She's a sweet, gentle creature from a small and closeknit hedonist utopian satyr flock in the woods, so when I have played her it's been a lot of playing with the dissonance in 'gentle pacifist whose warlock magic is mostly aggressive' and 'a satyr trying to navigate Society, with like, clothes and money and (as far as she can tell) no sex for some reason??'

Felix is my NEW BOY that I fixated on instantly despite only getting to play him like. three times. and his campaign probably being dead before it started :') he's a forest gnome inquisitive rogue who loves Finding Stuff Out; he spends most of his time people watching and eavesdropping and taking it upon himself to investigate mysteries just out of curiosity. he also loves small animals and is friends with, in particular, most rats, cats, and small birds

Quick n dirty rundown of other OCs I talk about significantly less, for various reasons: Kethri, my utter sweetheart halfling bard who has found herself thrust backwards in time and, to her dismay, into a position of significant social power for reasons that are still unclear; Tsakesh, my khajiit archer who just wanted to explore some dwemer ruins and examine some weird devices but ended up wrapped up in some daedric end of the world bullshittery; Ambrose, my half-elf bard who is a poet, linguist, and ancient historian studying the ruins of a lost people who all mysteriously vanished at once; and honorable mention to Indigo, my gnome circle of stars druid pirate who's only a one shot character but whom I keep drawing and thinkin about anyway because they're cool 😌

#whew jeysus this still isn't even ALL my dnd OCs but #I'm largely indifferent about kiele if I'm being brutally honest and everyone else is a one shot character that's like...#what is the point of telling you about draugwen. she's an illiterate barbarian elf raised by direwolves. now you know everything about her #I MEAN extra honorable mention to Milo my oldest beloved sweet baby boy!! but I never draw or post about him anymore :')#tbh it's probably not worth mentioning Ambrose on similar grounds but. I WANTED him to be relevant :( he's so interesting to me... alas...#ANYWAY. MAN. GOSH WOW THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ASKING?? BLOWS KISSES!!!???#I'm laying on the floor overwhelmed with 'people CARE? about MY silly little guys???? 🥺💕'#about me #my OCs #elyss #idri #juniper #aubree #nyssa #melliwyk #felix #.... [deep breath]#kethri #tsakesh #ambrose #indigo

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nexusnyx · 2 years

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✧ update ✧

hey, angels!

i know i don't owe anyone anything but i know some of yall care (and want your story update lol) so i'm gonna tell you why i've been so horrible with sticking to dates lately:

i got a new job!!!!

while i loved my previous school (and i'll still be teaching at it during evenings) i'm happy to say i'll be teaching at one of the best private schools in my town as of next week. i've been really busy with timetable and making sure all my classes and their notes are up to date for the next teacher that'll cover them.

there's also the fact that my best friend's been doing internships all over the country and i'm the one responsible for taking care of her house animals while she's away. she's a vet (graduating this year, hoot hoot for bestie!) and has a bunch of animals, so i gotta stay on top of that, too.

as someone who updated twice every week last year i just wanted y'all to know that i'm not letting go of this blog okay? i'm just busy as fuck and super fucking happy about it. all this (^) doesn't even cover the attention i gotta give to the people in my life, right, so i apologize for delaying some of the updates.

they will come, though. and when they do, you know i put in my whole soul into it.

that's it.

adore you all very much. mwah mwah. <3

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CHAPTER THREE || YOKOHAMA GANGSTER PARADISE

PAIRING: Osamu Dazai x F!Reader

PRONOUNS: she/her, f!reader

TYPE: story

WORD COUNT: 5.5k

WARNINGS: scars, fighting, self-harm, Dazai's suicidal references, heavy grammar errors

AUTHOR'S NOTE: wooooo, a continuation! the time has come, so here it chapter three. i truly hope you enjoy it. more explanation to Y/N's ability will be added below as an extra note once you finish reading the chapter. also, after writing on this blog for some time, you may notice a change in my writing style-ish? that'll show here, and most likely moving forward. i will also start adding word counts now just so you guys can get an idea of how much i've written for each chapter. i guess, LOL.

BEFORE READING:

➵ The story of Bungo Stray Dogs belongs to Kafka Asagiri.

➵ Y/N's ability will be explained a little bit more in an extra note at the end of this chapter. Read that once you finish reading the chapter.

➵ Here is the STORY MASTERLIST.

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You followed the blonde woman in front of you as she was making her way to the bathroom. She excused herself for a moment before you rested your back against the wall, sighing as you held out your phone to see that Chuuya had texted you an angry message about how you spilled coffee on one of his new vests—and it was totally not an accident.

(Definitely not.)

“How do I look?” You heard a feminine voice next to you as you saw the blonde’s hair in a more formal state and she straightened out any wrinkles on her black blazer.

“You look fine Higuchi,” you responded, putting your phone back in your pocket.

Higuchi looked at your outfit; a black blazer and pants—and it only took more talks with Akutagawa to finally have you join in on the mission of pretending to be civilians with Higuchi in order to get closer to the Agency. He promised it would’ve been a simple mission, though you had a thought that the plan was not going to go as well as Akutagawa would have hoped.

“You look beautiful yourself, Y/N,” she complimented you and you only returned a smile. She noticed your hesitant look and she scrunched up her nose. “Y/N, don’t worry. The plan will go smoothly and we will be able to capture the Weretiger.”

“I didn’t even want to do this, to begin with,” you muttered in annoyance.

“As much as I respect you as the future executive, I expected more of your support when it comes to the Port Mafia,” Higuchi retorted, placing her hands on her hips. “Y/N, you are aware that you cannot go back to the normal life from before, right? Because now you are part of the Port Mafia.”

You remained quiet, not wanting to continue on with the conversation but it seemed as if it was never going to escape you; high expectations of becoming the future executive, and with Mori on your head, praising you every moment you stepped into his large office—all of it was unbearable and almost terrifying at the same time.

“Your words don’t scare me, Higuchi,” you retorted, closing your eyes. “I can walk out at any moment and I know damn well that not one of you will come after me.”

“Then why haven’t you just yet?”

You turned your head, not wanting to respond.

However, Higuchi did it for you instead. “It’s because of Chuuya, correct?” She spoke out his name loudly, causing you to freeze in your position. “Y/N, are you in love with Chuuya?”

“It’s not that,” you groaned, placing a palm on your face. And of course, she’d ask that, but you were used to that question a lot at this point. “He was the one that came to me to begin with to get me in the Port Mafia; I just happen to call him a really close friend of mine.”

“Seems like he doesn’t see you as an only close friend.”

“I’d rather not talk about this right now,” you sighed deeply, waving a hand as you turned on your heel; footsteps audible as you continued down the dark hallway. “Let’s just get this over with.”

Higuchi followed behind you. “You are walking me to the Agency right?”

Shaking your head in annoyance, you pinched the bridge of your nose. “I think you have two feet and you can walk on your own, right?”

She didn’t find your response amusing and with her silence, you only continued to laugh out loud before shrugging your shoulders at her playfully. “I’m joking,” you said, tilting your head as she let out a deep breath next to you; both of your footsteps clacking on the floor as the scent of cigarettes poisoned your nose. “I’ll accompany you, I guess, but you’re doing all the work, yeah?”

“You as an executive…” she scoffed at that before you hummed teasingly at her, nudging your arm against her own. “Sometimes I can’t believe it, but I will continue to respect you as my higher-up regardless.”

“Come on, you don’t need to act so sophisticated around me,” you chuckled. “I’ll probably be finding my way out of the Port Mafia at some point if I’m being honest with you.”

She knitted her eyebrows in confusion. “I’m not sure why you’re telling me this information. I’m assuming the boss knows that you’d like to leave?”

“He definitely knows. But it’s not like Mori can do anything about it.”

“You’re staying because of Chuuya, isn’t it?”

You stopped walking before letting out an exhausted sigh. “Chuuya knows that I’ve been wanting to leave the Port Mafia for quite some time now. However, I don’t know how he’ll handle the news once he realizes that I will actually take my words seriously, like, you know,” you scratched your head, “walk out the door, for good?”

“I’m not going to tell you what you can and can’t do, but your presence in the Port Mafia itself has been nothing but helpful to all of us,” Higuchi explained. “Even I would like you to stay and don’t act like the boss won’t threaten you if you do end up walking out.”

“Oh, don’t worry, I know that he will,” you shrugged, waving a hand at her as she scoffed in response. You turned your foot around the corner of the hallway as you began walking. “He has already talked about it all; torture this and that, all to get me to not leave this dreadful organization.”

Raising her voice, Higuchi questioned you. “And why do you not fear any of his threats?”

You felt a smirk rise up on your lips and you turned around, growing the smile on your lips. “Because he knows that I can easily take over this organization within a matter of seconds. Mori can threaten me all he wants, but he will never admit that he’s actually scared of me.”

Part of your body twitched; the cockiness could only go for so far. At least, it kept you confident in a way, though you weren’t wrong with your words. Hidden beneath the sharp eyes of Mori, he knew you were capable of taking control of the whole Port Mafia if you wanted to.

Though you swore to yourself that no one would ever die by your hands. (Even you could hear Mori laugh out loud in pure amusement from your own oath; much to his enlightenment.)

“Your ability is something to be feared of,” Higuchi responded, feeling herself sweat after your sinister stare at her. “Not even Akutagawa can be above you.”

“I rarely use it unless I need to,” you rubbed your neck. “When it happens, I try to make it as quick as possible. I don’t like using it—actually, I hate it.”

“Why is that?”

“It’s just…” your voice trailed off, and thoughts began to spill in your head before you shook yourself out of the dreadful patterns. “It just sucks, let me put it that way. I’m not a fan of it.”

Both of you reached the wooden doors in front of you and as you placed a palm on your hand, Higuchi reached out and placed her hand onto yours. You turned to her, seeing her serious expression with her lips tightened. “Y/N, if anything goes wrong during this plan, I know that Akutagawa needs you there to take care of everything.”

“The only problem is that there is a man that is an ability nullifier in the Agency, correct?” You questioned, raising an eyebrow. “If that’s the case, I’ll need to be as far away from him as possible in order to use my ability—if I really have to,” you groaned playfully, earning an irritated glare from Higuchi.

“Don’t act so childish right now. I am being serious.”

“Whaaat, I’m not,” you rolled your eyes before you snickered at her annoyed stare. “Look, if I have to interfere with it all, it’ll be fine. I just have one question.”

“And what is that?”

“Who’s the name of the ability nullifier?” You asked with a sudden serious tone in your voice.

Higuchi gulped before turning away. “I’m not so—”

“Bullshit. I know you know the members of the Agency and so does everyone here,” you retorted, raising your voice as she took a step back. You noticed her behavior shift so you sighed and toned down your vocal volume. “If you don’t wanna tell me, then fine. I’ll figure it out myself.”

“Do you think that you’ll be able to defeat him? Once he touches you, your ability is no longer activated.”

You smiled at her before turning the knob on the door. “Don’t worry. I think I’m stronger than whoever he is.”

❀ - ❀ - ❀

Walking in the hallways of the Agency’s building was brand new to you. Not to mention, you were blending in as a citizen in need of the Agency’s help. Although you were surrounded by basic paintings on the light neutral painted wall and the plants were decorated on the tables, you couldn’t help but feel somewhat uncomfortable.

“You’re doing all the talking, right?” You questioned, raising your eyebrows.

Higuchi nodded before she stopped her feet in front of a door that was named ‘Armed Detective Agency’ and you felt your body shiver reading the name. You weren’t sure if it was your anxiety boiling you up—which most likely was—or the coffee that you drank about half an hour ago.

It was most likely both, really, but—whatever.

She raised her fist up high to knock before you interfered, “wait!”

She turned to you, knitting her eyebrows in confusion and you gulped. “I—uh, I need to excuse myself to the bathroom.”

“Seriously?” She snapped quietly and groaned in a quiet tone. “You just want to get away from the job, is that it?”

Yeah. Most definitely.

“No, absolutely not,” you chuckled in a playful tone.

You walked away from Higuchi calling out your name in annoyance before the door had swung open. Snickering in amusement, you kept your distance from her as your eyes glanced further down the hallway. The doors all looked similar to their dark wooden tone from what you noticed and you raised an eyebrow, making your way further down the hall.

There wasn’t much to the Agency building, despite the usual offices that were meant to be for storage purposes and more. You found it amusing knowing that you were able to skip your way out of a job—let alone, in hopes of catching the Weretiger—though it was difficult to slip your way out of certain missions. It was usually inevitable; Mori kept you wrapped around his finger, always chanting on to others about your ability and you could basically hear the chuckles of the blonde girl, Elise, rewind in your mind.

It had been fifteen minutes since Higuchi had made her way into the office. Much due to your grogginess and annoyance with the Port Mafia, you slowly grew impatient before you decided to knock on the door. At first, there was a loud shuffling of movement—almost similar to a loud thud and a slam of another door from within the room—and then the front office door opened.

Your eyes met with a younger man, with grey hair as his hand nervously shook on the knob. “Ah, hi,” he anxiously greeted you.

Raising an eyebrow, you recognized his features from the past reports. Knowing that you were meeting with the Weretiger, himself, you only smiled and let out a forced chuckle. “My apologies for interrupting, one of my colleagues is in there with you, correct?”

He blinked. “Ah, yes! To talk about the suspicious activity going on around the area, right?”

“Yup! I’m sorry but she talks for a looot,” you joked before he moved aside to make your way into the room.

Your eyes darted at Higuchi who—somehow politely—glared at you before she proceeded to talk to—what seemed to be—the other Agency members that were sitting on the opposite side of the couch.

Higuchi didn’t make any comment at you and instead introduced you as one of her colleagues. It wasn't long until you hopped onto the act and then spoke about the unusual whereabouts and suspicious activity of the issues going on around the area where you worked. At first, your eyebrows knitted at the sight of a younger woman clinging onto one of the Agency members—clearly taken back by her tight grasp—whilst the Weretiger boy anxiously sat on the couch.

“Um…” your voice slurred out in confusion, eyeing the door to your left as you heard a lot of wailing and bantering from the other side. The voices were muffled—along with the harsh slaps that were very audible despite the closed door. “What’s going on over there?”

“Oh!” The slim young boy with orange hair chirped up, eyebrows raised. “One of our other colleagues was flirting with your friend over here… and let’s say another coworker of mine wasn’t too pleased about that.”

You laughed, turning to Higuchi. “Looks like you’re getting men swooped off your feet, aren’t you?”

A wink was sent towards her way as you smiled at her holding back a scoff. “We are here to talk about our issues to the Armed Detective Agency. Let’s move on from that incident.”

“Suit yourself,” you stretched out your arms before turning on your heel. “I’ll be waiting outside.”

“Wa—”

“Don’t take too long, now!” An exclaim left your lips as you finally heard her scoff.

Playing games with some of your colleagues from the Port Mafia can be fun.

Sometimes.

❀ - ❀ - ❀

Dazai swung his legs on his office chair, singing along to a song while Atsushi was fiddling with his fingers. He watched the grey-haired boy walk back and forth for the past ten minutes now as Kunikida went more in-depth about the current mission; well-suited for a newer recruit, as Kunikida reassured, though Dazai knew that there was going to be suspicious activity.

Nonetheless, suspecting that the Port Mafia was toying with the Agency was not a surprise for Dazai. Much to his intelligence, he only smirked to himself in satisfaction as he kept his hands resting on his headphones while keeping his head down on his desk.

“Hey, kid,” Kunikida’s voice called out to Atsushi, a photo loosely tucked in his palm. “Look here, memorize this picture and take note.”

Dazai looked up, intrigued by the conversation. Kunikida handed Atsushi a photo and sternly said, “if you see this man, run.”

The suicidal man knew exactly who Kunikida was talking about.

“Who is he?” Atsushi questioned, raising his eyebrows in curiosity.

“A mafioso,” Dazai responded quickly, lifting himself up to sit on his desk, not minding the crumbled papers and pencils rolling off the surface. “Honestly, we only call him that because we don’t know anything else about him.”

Keeping his thoughts to himself, Dazai kept his head down, allowing the muffled voices of his colleagues to fade out into the distance. Part of his past from the Port Mafia continued to brew inside him; stirring up a pot in unfortunate demise; Dazai never really dwelled too much onto his past. Not when your presence had almost gotten involved with his shenanigans, though the past had been tucked away for quite some time.

Dazai had moved on—to the Agency. A better man. He strived for it, even though, part of his blood still lingered on the old side of his mafia days.

“The man’s ability is designed specifically for bloodshed,” Kunikida said, still explaining the man in the photo to Atsushi. “The police don’t want to get involved with it and the military doesn’t. To tell you the truth, I wouldn’t want to pick a fight with him either.”

Atsushi gripped the photo hard. “What’s his name?”

“His name is Akutagawa,” Kunikida knitted his eyebrows as Dazai clenched his hands on his desk at the mention of that name. “But that isn’t all.”

“Ha, there’s more…?”

“There is supposedly a newer member of the Port Mafia who is just as dangerous as him.”

Atsushi scratched his neck anxiously. “Wh—what’s their name?”

“We aren’t sure,” Dazai responded, tilting his head to make eye contact with his two colleagues. “We just know it’s a young woman who’s affiliated with the Port Mafia. Her ability is unknown and we don’t know how dangerous she really is.”

For once, Dazai actually wasn’t aware of who the newer member was—only rumors spread around the city of Yokohama, whispers amongst the crowds and newspapers flaring about an unknown person that was a part of the Port Mafia. Not much was found about the newer member; it was nothing but a mystery to Dazai, which caused him to be intrigued.

Rarely, he found himself questioning the newer member since he hadn't met anyone back in his time in the Port Mafia that could’ve been just as powerful as those that he worked with in the past. It interested him, caused him to dwell more on the subject, though as much as he’d like to dwell deeper into the Mafia’s hidden secrets, it was best to keep his past tucked away—solely, for the purpose of an old friend’s wish.

And, perhaps so, to become a better man for you.

Wherever you were.

❀ - ❀ - ❀

You kicked the door to the abandoned apartment building, coughing as you wailed your hand around from the trickles of dust. Part of you cursed Akutagawa for choosing the dirtiest place to have you hide in, though you were aware it had been the best choice.

‘I didn’t even wanna do this,’ groaning to your thoughts, you sighed. Looking back at it, you knew that you didn’t want to participate with so many activities involving the Port Mafia. Childishly, you’d avoid them—a mere worker that was too lazy to do her job, really, and even bantered on about how you didn’t want to associate with any of the mafia’s future plans; such as capturing the Weretiger.

But you couldn’t blame yourself. As you placed a hand on the railing, continuing to cough from the clouds of dust, you scrunched up your nose at the flashes of bloodshed and unforgivable crime that the Port Mafia had affiliated with—such as hearing the words of Mori forcing your body to fall into assassination tasks though you only argued in response to him that you would never kill anybody and you’d swore an oath to it.

(Imagining the wicked grin on Mori’s face was unpleasant enough.)

To be stuck in an organization that had nothing but murder, extortion, and God, much more. This wasn’t the life you wanted. Nonetheless, the life you had from before. Such a shame that the normality that you once held had vanished, and now, your eyes laid down to the light scars along your wrist, marking every moment that your ability had been used during dangerous circumstances.

However, this mission would’ve been easy. Capturing the Weretiger—simple enough.

Nothing you couldn’t handle.

(And, rightfully so, Mori promised you a last-minute weekend vacation to not be pestered by any Port Mafia duties. Not that you’d do most of them if you were assigned to act upon them, anyway.)

When you reached a decent level, you managed to make your way into an empty, dirty apartment, and you walked into a bedroom. Sunlight peeked through, capturing your sudden attention from the darkness basking in the empty room. Walking to the window, you looked down to see that you weren’t too high up from Higuchi down below, who was holding her gun towards the Agency members.

You watched the scene unfold; eyes widening at the young girl from before, who clung onto the younger man with the orange hair, falling to her knees; blood gushing from her open bullet wounds. Slamming your fist against the wall, you gritted your teeth and kept your breaths steady.

“Fucking hell,” you snapped quietly. “Enough of this bloodshed. I’m so sick of this.”

It wasn’t long until Akutagawa swooped down to fight alongside the Weretiger. Your eyes darted back and forth, watching the Weretiger jump from the empty dumpster to attempt to land on Akutagawa, and even so, you gasped at the strength Akutagawa held. His Rashomon ability was strong; whereas you weren’t very capable of such physical strength.

No matter. The fight had been going on long enough.

And prickling your finger didn’t hurt as much as you’d thought it would. It had been a while since you used your ability, but in the case of Akutagawa’s stubbornness to keep the fight going, you weren’t surprised that you had to fall into play for the plan. Not wanting to dwell in the abandoned apartment any further, you eyed the small drip of blood trailing down your skin.

Eyes dancing along the tiny bit of red. You never thought that you’d get used to the sight of blood. Then again, a simple drop wasn’t meant to frighten you—or anyone, in that matter. Sighing, you felt your heart pick up its pace; pumping the blood through the course of your veins. Body falling into a higher temperature, not so much of a fever, but the growth of your ability has always kept your head warm for an unknown reason.

The sting of your pupils caused you to shut your eyes for a moment before blinking rapidly, watching the aura of red seep out of your skin while you watched the movements of Akutagawa outside in the alleyway. Part of you laughed at the splatters of red painted on the ground. ‘Always leaving a mess,’ you thought—not surprised by Akutagawa’s evidence of blood.

Breathing in deeply, your eyes darted to the Weretiger, frantically jumping from the dark walls of the outside buildings before your mind quickly retorted to one word.

‘Sleep.’

Within seconds, the Weretiger let out a defeated howl before tumbling down to the ground; eyes fluttering to a quick shut. Seeing Akutagawa down there made your fists clench as he tried to land a hit to the—now—sleeping Weretiger.

“Time for a nap,” you sighed.

Landing your eyes on Akutagawa from below, he continued to unleash more of his Rashomon power towards the Weretiger. Even Higuchi was frantically screaming that the Weretiger was asleep and could finally have been captured. You sighed, slapping your forehead before shaking your head.

Keeping your gaze on Akutagawa, you noticed the frustration boiling up inside him. Though he was taking it too far—and you weren’t sure if him attempting to fight a sleeping target was supposed to be him releasing his bottled-up emotions (whatever that could be) or that he was attempting to boost his ego furthermore to dwell deep into the satisfaction of impressing that older executive that he’d always obsess over.

It didn’t matter. The Weretiger was now asleep.

Squinting your eyes at Akutagawa, you exhaled in exhaustion.

‘Freeze.’

Within moments, the black-haired man stopped to his feet before he attempted to shift from his frozen movement. It was difficult to hear him from below, though you could practically hear his grunts since he knew that he was under your spell now. Of course, he was—as anyone would underneath the ability that you withheld.

You weren’t sure how abilities really came into play; a whole world where you were met with unique people that held powers that were indescribable to others. And you—out of misfortune—had to be given an ability that only Mori could tease and envy about. Perhaps that was the reason why he gave you the position of a Port Mafia executive rather quickly; maybe Chuuya was meant to find you since even you—yourself—had known the capabilities of your power.

If you wanted, a simple drop of your blood was enough to take over the Port Mafia, but at what cost? Not that your heart had set for a pointless dream; powers were one thing, though it became a nuisance—nothing but a traumatizing talent to bestow and flaunt about.

“Don’t fight against my ability, Akutagawa,” you murmured underneath your breath as he attempted to move from his frozen position. “I can control the mind and the movements of others so long as I sacrifice my own blood. You never really learn much, do you? You’re a really complex one, God.”

“Takes one to know one.”

A raspy voice was heard, followed along with a chuckle. The sunlight beaming in through the only window you were watching from was the only source of light to the abandoned room. Quickly, you turned around, grabbing onto the figure behind you, hidden within the shadows before you slammed the intruder to the ground; handcuffed around their neck as a cough echoed across the room.

Your eyes widened with a gasp stuttering out from your lips.

As if a grin was enough to make your heart swirl with the eyes of a familiar man—Dazai—resting underneath your grip as his hands clenched around your arm. The shakiness of your body was enough to cause you to loosen the grip though your mind remained intact with the current mission at stake.

“No way…” you chokingly breathed out.

“Hello, my belladonna,” he grinned. That damn smile. So proud of his cocky tone, as usual, and Dazai’s grip tightened on you before you noticed a flash of light blue that lit up the room. Within a blink of an eye, your temperature had died down before you noticed the red aura illuminating from your body had suddenly vanished.

With the shocked look in your eyes, Dazai kept that grin on his face before you turned, running towards the window, brushing past the ripped curtains. An electric bolt shot through your body, causing you to clench your fists at the movement of the—now awake—Weretiger fighting an even more frustrated Akutagawa down below; Higuchi left speechless from afar.

‘Dazai…’

Your thoughts trailed away before you turned around, not acting on instinct before your body leaped up to lunge at him and then grabbed ahold of his neck. Pushing his body against the wall, anger boiled up within you—and you weren’t sure if it was because he was the ability nullifier that you had just discovered about at that moment or, maybe, it was the realization that he was working with the Agency yet you were a part of a deadlier, terrifying organization.

Maybe it was because he left you so long ago without a word—no proper reason.

No matter what emotions you felt, all at once, the spirits of anger and sadness combined into one together, and tears filled up your eyes. Part of you wanted to pull him into a hug; a shitty reunion, yet this wasn’t the plan nor had it been what you were assigned to do. An ability nullifier. Osamu Dazai. Leaving you in speechless gasps, you shook your head as your grip tightened around his neck.

He chuckled loudly. So pretty—as his voice had always been. “My, my, I miss you… too, I guess?” Dazai said in amusement, raising his palms up to surrender. “Is this your way of flirting, my dear Y/N?”

“You haven’t changed,” you responded, biting your lip.

“I notice that you have,” he elevated his brows before letting out a sigh. “Buuut you’re in the way of my tiger. I’m here to retrieve him and my other colleagues, so would you kindly let me go?”

“You’re with the Agency…” you breathed out.

“And it seems like you’re with the Port Mafia,” Dazai smirked, almost finding the situation to be a comedic show for him. “Didn’t think that you’d ever fall into the acts of such an evil—”

“Shut up.”

“Ow, ow, oooow,” he whined dramatically. “You’re too harsh on my neck. Should’ve asked you to strangle me to death. You know that won’t be such a bad way to go?”

Gritting your teeth, tears slowly trailed down your flushed cheeks. “You really haven’t changed.”

“I’m sorry buuut—” Dazai choked on his breath after the hold on his neck became tighter. Though within seconds, your back was met with a harsh kick to have you tumble over him and then heave out breaths. Your body trembled on the dirty floor; rough coughs echoing throughout the blanket of darkness despite the window that portrayed a gleam of sunlight.

Hearing footsteps after Dazai had gotten up, you turned to him and then—without thinking—grabbed ahold of his ankle and he fell down to the ground again before attempting to rush his way up. Quickly, you loop your leg around his waist and then roll him over on the ground, causing your weight to shift on top of him with your arm finally meeting his neck.

Part of you didn’t want to do this. Fighting with him. It was almost unbearable, yet your body stung with so many dreadful emotions seeing this man once again. You didn’t dwell much into the fact that you would’ve reunited with him this way—realizing that he was your enemy and that no matter how much he acted from before, nothing was going to take away from the truth that he was with the Agency.

Enemy. That’s what Dazai was to you. Regardless of how bittersweet your tears tasted on the tip of your tongue, you knew that was the realization and you couldn’t back down from a mission. Or really, you could—but that would've left the hunt for the Weretiger after all this time to be completely wasted.

“I’m sorry,” you croaked out.

Dazai kept his hands on your arm, clearly struggling underneath the weight of you on top of him, pinning his neck down to the floor. Disheveled brown hair sprawled out angelically despite the tensed-up situation you were both in.

Without saying another word, you closed your eyes, letting a cry be released from your lips. Dazai stared at you, completely breathless before you felt his palm on your reddened cheek. His thumb swirled around your skin; a warm touch to the overheated body you were in, and he wiped as much of the tears away.

“Don’t be,” he responded and you carefully removed your arm from his neck. Dazai didn’t make any sudden movements at you and instead, he helped himself up. You didn’t stop him this time. The enemy. That was what he was. A villain to your tragic story of being in the mafia. “Belladonna…”

“Get your tiger and colleagues out of here,” you quipped, keeping your head down.

“Y/N, listen to me.”

“What?” You snapped, pleading that he’d get out of your sight, yet part of you wanted him to stay.

Dazai adjusted his position before he threw his arms around you quickly, pulling you in for a tight hug. A faint dash of cologne lingered along your lips as his bandaged neck met with your flushed face. A tremble of your bottom lip caused you to close your eyes, not wanting to open them for any longer—for if this was a dream, you’d hope you would never wake up and only lay with him for as long as you’d wish.

“I’m so glad you’re okay,” Dazai spoke softly, petting your head. You nearly froze at his touch before you pictured that smiling face of his in your mind. “I’m very happy you’re alright.”

“I—I told you to get the Weretiger and your colleagues out of here,” your voice trembled in response. “Don’t worry about me. Ju—just get out of here.”

“Let me tell you one thing, my belladonna.”

“What now?”

He hummed delicately, almost easing your racing heart.

“I’m sorry for leaving you.”

Quickly, he stood up in a flash before exiting the empty room. Your eyes watched his figure fade into the dark shadows, your position shook, completely unable to move before your gaze slowly made its way down to the floor. Eyes meeting with the chipped wood before you let out a quiet sob—soft wails tumbled out yet it caused your body to tremble down into an unfortunate abyss.

It wasn’t long until you forced your way to the window from where you watched Dazai taking control of the fight between Akutagawa and the Weretiger. Like before, the flashes of light blue took control of your sight before you blinked as the bright illuminations vanished immediately. It seemed as if Akutagawa had fallen back, and you knew—fully—that Akutagawa was going to question the meaning behind Dazai’s sudden presence.

Despite how much your legs shook in complete shock after seeing Dazai once again, you made your way further down the abandoned apartment building to end up in the same alleyway where the others were having a simple chit-chat. Higuchi noticed your figure, waving out to you as her empty gun rested in her other hand.

Walking up to Akutagawa, he watched you before you sent out a tired look and turned away.

And facing the view of Dazai standing in front of you was so unsettling. It wasn’t how it used to be from before, where you shared smiles and giggles with one another—resting on rooftops as the stars danced above you and the late-night walks that he’d frantically skip down the streets on. Those faint memories of delight have faded into a fog; the harsh reality of it all.

“I’d expect nothing less other than you, Dazai,” Akutagawa snapped, furrowing his eyebrows at the tall man who kept his bandaged arms crossed.

You sighed, keeping your head down as your eyes were kept shut.

A scoff escaped Akutagawa’s lips.

“After all, you were a Port Mafia executive, weren’t you?”

Your eyes widened at his comment.

Y/N L/N'S ABILITY: Dracula - Capable of manipulating the minds of others along with being in control of their movements once she sacrifices some of her blood.

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