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midnighmoonligh · 19 days

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Agere CoD Animal Crossing Head Canon's

(this is just for fun)

Item list; Denim Overalls (white), Kerokerokeroppi Pin, Pacifier (baby grey), Simple-accent Socks (white), Rubber-toe Sneakers (black), Dreamy Backpack (mint), & Panda Umbrella.

Big on-island design

Plays religiously when little

He will harass anyone he can to play with him

Ghost has to aggressively avoid Kyle when playing, he makes him regress

Has a Dark Academia theme

Favorite holiday is a mix of Halloween (favorite character is ofc Jack) and Turkey Day

Aggressively collects amiibo cards, has two binders full of them

The villagers he has are; Apollo, Wolfgang, Skye, Dobie, Chief, Kyle, Fang, Freya, and Vivian.

His starters had been Apollo, Daisy, and Pecan

Ghost's favorite villager is Kyle (looks like Riley & has Gaz's name)

Item list; Annyeong Tee, Baggy Shirt (gray), Dreamy Pants (blue), Jogging Shorts (black), Diaper (light blue), Mohawk Wig, Punk Hair Wig (orange), Pacifier (baby gray, Pacifier (baby mint), Holey Socks (blue), Knee Bandages, Knee Brace (black & blue), Basketball Shoes (light blue), Crossbody Boston Bag (blue), and Blue Umbrella.

All his villagers are jocks

His first animal crossing game was New Leaf

Prefers new leaf, but doesn't mind new horizons

The villagers he has are; Kid Cat, Samson, Stinky, Tank, Teddy, ED, Tad, Moose, Mac, and Lyman.

He collected the amiibo cards for a small time to get jock villagers, but he gave his collection to Ghost.

Soap's favorite villager is Tad

His favorite holiday is Bunny Day

His favorite character is Zipper

His original villagers were Teddy, Deirdre, and Poncho

Soap's Island is a cross between city-theme and kidcore

Obnoxiously into animal crossing conspiracies

He has loads of theories about Zipper

Item's list; Anorak Jacket (red), Colorful Striped Sweater (white, yellow, & red), Diaper (cream), Formal Shorts (white), Track Pants (gray), Crown, Colorful Striped Knit Cap (red), Pacifier (baby gray), Pacifier (baby pink), Color-blocked Socks (brown), Kerokerokeroppi socks, Pompompurin boots, Rubber-toe High TOps (berry red), Bug Cage, Butterfly Backpack, and Rainbow umbrella.

Big on bug collection

Maxed out the bug half of the museum

Gets so excited when seeing Flick

Casual player & often hangs out with ghost

Has had the same villagers since he started

Only really plays if he can play with someone

Got the crown from Ghost (both Ghost & Soap worked to get it for him)

The villagers he has are; Molly, Fauna, Beau, Erik, Deirdre, Pecan, Poppy, Kiki, Mapple, and Ike.

His starter villagers were; Fauna, Deirdre, and Pecan.

His favorite holiday is Festivale and Bug-off

Will take a day off just to sit and play the Festivale event

He'll spend an entire day running around collecting flowers because shiny

His favorite characters are Nat, Flick, & Kiki

The island theme he picked is a sort of glow forest

Item list; Colorful Striped Sweater (navy, light blue, & pink), Oilskin Coat (red), Explorer Shorts (beige), Pineapple Aloha Shorts (red), Outdoor Hat (red), Pacifier (baby yellow) Pacifier (baby orange), Pacifier (baby pink), Rounded Beard, Frilly Knee-high Socks (black), Knee Bandages, Rubber-toe Sneakers (yellow), Rain Boots (red), Fish Pochette, and Fish Umbrella.

The museum is fully maxed out

Shares an island with Gaz, doesn't decorate

He will get super anxious when things are suddenly different

Fishes ALL THE TIME

Only plays to fish for hours

Rich from the fish he catches

Gets lost on the island a lot

Will excitedly shake Gaz if he finds out CJ is roaming around

Is a pro at the fishing tourneys

He has all the special items you can get from CJ

Has the same villagers as Gaz

His favorite characters are CJ and Chip

Gets upset when things block the view of where he's fishing

Will complain about how clapped the villagers look

His favorite holidays are Fishing Tourney and International Museum Day.

Item list; Energetic Sweater (purple), Konnichiwa Tee, Mod Parka (green), Cargo Pants (avocado), Chino Pants (gray), Labelle Cap (midnight), OK Motors Cap, Pacifier (baby gray), Pacifier (baby green), Color-blocked Socks (green), Pom-pom Socks (green), Kerokerokeroppi Boots, Rubber-toe High Tops (olive), Nook Inc. Pochette, and Frog Umbrella.

Loves when it rains

Decorates like crazy

Super pretty and aesthetic island

Specifically created places where Price and fish

He's on fashion and his storage is full of clothes

Doesn't have enough space for his clothes and gets really upset about it

Island aesthetic is neutral neighborhood

He borrows Ghost's cards. He thinks they're really cool

His villagers are; Pietro, Julian, Elmer, Papi, Victoria, Roscoe, Winnie, Savannah, Reneigh, and Annalise.

The original villagers he had were; Julian, Alice, and Elise.

Gaz specifically picks the most obnoxious villagers to annoy Price

He forgets to warn Price when making changes to their island

Favorite holiday is Toy Day

Favorite character is Isabelle

Item list; Chick Tee, Culottes (white), Diaper (light blue), Boa Parka (gray), Denim Overalls (avocado), Kiki & Lala Pin, Pacifier (baby gray), Pacifier (baby mint), Color-blocked Socks (white), Nordic Socks (gray), Tube Socks (navy blue), Cinnamoroll Sneakers, Cute Sneakers (blue), Rubber-toe High Tops (blue), Bear Backpack (brown), and Pineapple Umbrella.

Only plays with Logan and/or Hesh

Shares an island with Logan & Hesh

Hesh's wife plays with them too!

Loves collecting shooting stars & their crafting recipes

Doesn't do anything in particular, mostly just follows Logan & Hesh around

Often watches Logan & Hesh fight over decorating (sometimes antagonizes it & finds it funny)

Logan enjoys having a fall scene, always skipping time to stay in it. Hesh prefers winter. So to compromise they split the island into three parts

Keegan went for a dark cottage-core on his side

Their villagers are; Phoebe, Charlise, Katt, Tybalt, Claudia, Filbert, Kitty, Tammy, Graham, and Vesta.

Their original villagers were; Phoebe, Kitt, and Charlise

His favorite holiday is New Years and Christmas

He always makes sure to play on holidays!

Favorite characters are Timmy and Tommy

Item list; Dreamy Sweater (blue), Garden Tank (blue), Kids' Smock (cherry blossom), Culottes (white), Diaper (light blue), Dreamy Pants (blue), Cinnamoroll hat, Prom Crown (silver), Pacifier (baby gray), Pacifier (baby mint), Pacifier (baby blue), Kiki & Lala Socks, Lace Socks (white), Cinnamoroll sneakers, Mary Janes (blue), Dreamy Backpack (mint), and Blue shiny-bows parasol.

Doesn't share an island with anyone, but is always having shadows play with him on his island

Half the island is worked on the other half isn't. It's been this way for two years

Has a fairy-tale aesthetic (mostly greyscale)

His favorite villager type is dogs

His favorite villager is Cookie

Favorite event is New Years (for the fireworks) and Fireworks show

Favorite character is Redd

His current villagers are; Goldie, Cookie, Portia, Shep, Bea, Butch, Maddie, Daisy, Lucky, Bones, and Boom.

His original villagers were; Lucky, Sparro, and Bam

He has a small collection of cards. He only bought them to collect the dogs more easily but ended up giving up

Plays more than anything when he's injured

Item list; bone Tee, Cardigan School Uniform Top (beige), Two-tone Pants (yellow), Worn-out Jeans (light blue), Paper-bag Hood, Ski Mask (black), Halo, Cosmos Crown, Pacifier (baby gray), Pacifier (baby yellow), Aran-knit Socks (white), Cute Sneakers (yellow), Mary Janes (red), Vivid Socks (yellow), Nook Inc. Knapsack, and Eggy Parasol.

Shares an island with Horangi

Horangi plays way more than he does

Plays New Leaf more than New Horizons

Only really plays when regressed

Absolutely terrified of the bugs and will run away from them or yell until Horangi catches them

Their villagers are; Bangle, Bianca, Claudia, Leonardo, Rolf, Rown, Tynalt, Patricia, Spike, and Merengue.

Their original villagers were; Bianca, Dozer, and Shari.

He really likes talking about animal crossing

He loves playing with people online

His favorite characters are Isabelle and Digby

Horangi conned him into having all the tigers

Island Aesthic is kid core (he begged Horangi)

He has ALL the fruits

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aegonrhaenys · 2 years

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I don’t understand why some people are like “we don’t know if Daemon would have chosen to cut Laena open to get the baby out or not”. We CLEARLY see him looking at Laena and then SHAKING HIS HEAD TO SAY NO. Also NOWHERE in the behind-the-scenes does it say he would have made that choice if Laena hadn’t gone to Vhagar. Also. He’s there with her the whole time. He’s not having fun somewhere else while she’s dying (let’s say, at a tourney...). His choice of words is also important. He doesn’t ask “you can save the child?” like Viserys did, but “would the mother survive?”. That’s an important contrast. He calls her “brave”. He does not mutilate her against her will, doesn’t make a decision without her consent. Not to mention, his own mother died in childbirth and he saw first-hand the consequences of Viserys’ choice (both Aemma and the baby died anyway, but Aemma had an agonizing and terrifying death). (BOOK SPOILER//POSSIBLE SHOW SPOILER) He’s also going to witness Rhaenyra go through a very difficult birth with their daughter Visenya, and, spoiler alert (but no, it’s really not) he’s not going to gut her like a fish. So, yes, in many aspects Daemon is an asshole and we love him for it, but he’s not the asshole who cuts open his wife.

#I REST MY CASE #daemon targaryen #house of the dragon #house of the dragon spoilers #hotd spoilers #no one is sanctifying daemon #but can we please stop dehumanizing him?

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paupermodern · 6 months

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PAUPER MODERN NOV. 4TH, 2023 - 11 Players - FAERIES TAKE 1ST - Jared

Ten of the best pauper modern players on earth gathered at my home on a sunny Saturday, and I somehow prevailed! I took the crown for the first time after being runner-up at many a Pauper Modern tournament.

I piloted mono blue faeries after running mono blue terror last tourney, and Kiln Fiend in tournaments past.

I used insider information to get the edge in the meta. I utilized a phishing scam to learn Rob wouldn’t be bringing his synth deck and removed two Annuls from my sideboard. I saw Todd walk in my door and tossed in two copies of Tormod’s Crypt. I gave Chris COVID by sending infected customers to their new job, so I knew their storm deck wasn’t as likely and therefore Echoing Truth was less valuable.

Here’s what I settled on:

Faeries:

4 spellstutter

4 seer

4 miscreant

Ninjas:

4 deep hours

4 moon circuit hacker

Others:

2 brinebarrow intruder

4 spire golem

Spells:

2 preordain

4 lorain revealed

4 counterspell

2 vapor snag

2 mutagenic growth

4 of one mind

16 islands

Sideboard:

2 echoing truth

2 annul

2 mana leak

2 vapor snag

2 snaremaster sprite

2 tormond’s crypt

2 spell pierce

1 bonesplitter

Match 1: Todd - Mono U Serpent

First match I was paired up against Todd and I was thankful I added the Crypts. Last tourney we were both slapping our serpents around, so I was excited to see how the faeries would do against this T1 powerhouse. The first game was absolutely insane. Todd played Delver turn 1, though he didn’t flip it until turn 3. He got two serpents down at one point, but I Vapor Snagged one of them back to hand and had enough faerie babies to sacrifice - like Andromeda - to the remaining serpent. I was at 1 life and the serpent was eating up my faeries while the Delver defended the sky. I then drew into my final Vapor Snag and bounced the insect. With only a few faeries, it seemed I didn’t have the juice to get him down to zero, but I had Perseus’s will on my side! My faerie swarm flew over his snek and ninjitsued into Moon Circuit Hackers, dealing exactly lethal. I was at 1 life.

Game two I was expecting the same butthole-clenching action, and boarded in 10 cards, taking out Miscreant, Brinebarrow, Mutagenic Growth, and two Spire Golems. Unfortunately Todd got two no-landers in a row and had to mull to 5. I Crypted turn 3 and when the faeries finally won he had three serpents stuck in hand.

Match 2: Ben - Jeskai Ephemerate

I welcomed Ben to his first tournament at my house. He borrowed one of Brian’s beautiful decks with gorgeous lands and shiny creatures, all contained in a deck box neatly-labeled “Jeskai Ephemetate.” First game Ben played Cleansing Wildfire and pretty soon was way ahead on lands. Still he didn’t play an Ephemerate and only late in the game got an Archaeomancer out before the faeries ate his entire life total one tiny-mouthed bite at a time.

Game two he Cleansing Wildfired what felt like all of the basic lands and still couldn’t get enough to slow down the faeries. He tried to teach me the “Kill Spellstutter when it ETB to reduce the number of faeries and therefore make Spellstutter fizzle” trick, but I refused to learn! Still with only 12 creatures, there weren’t enough bodies to stop the fated faerie fish (Mulldrifter) feast. After our match we played for fun and Ben prevailed.

Match 3: Brian - Goblin Combo

The first time I met Goblin Combo (https://www.moxfield.com/decks/6blWcj57AECqd6RZ7HQAnA ) I was confused and terrified, like my cat. “Infinite mana!?” I asked. Brian explained the insanity of First Day of Class and its interaction with Putrid Goblin. I was going to learn today - first day of class indeed. Game one I tempoed him out even though he Bolted my first Faerie Seer. Still I feared the combo. I realized the only thing to fear is Putrid Goblin resolving, so I boarded in Annul, Spell Pierce, Mana Leak, and the remaining Vapor Snags. Brian played Unearth so I boarded in Tormond’s Crypt.

Game two I was on the hunt for Putrid Goblin and countered one and subsequently Crypted it into oblivion. Another Putrid Goblin resolved after Brian foiled my Spellstutter’s counter attempt by blasting it after ETB (a lesson I refused to learn from match 2). I made a play error by discarding to hand size Annul rather than Spell Pierce, which allowed Brian to resolve Makeshift Munitions and zap my faeries at instant speed. Brian’s combo resolved and I took infinite damage.

Game three was ultimate buttclenching. Thinking I had forced him to board out the Unearths with Tormond’s, I switched the Crypts for Mutagenic Growth to save a ninja from Bolt or finish the game slightly faster. Brian was stuck on 3 lands and couldn’t make it happen, and I was on to the final match.

Match 4: Taylor - Boros Synth

Another newcomer was Daniel’s cousin Taylor who was 2-1 when we met in match 4. We discussed what would happen if he won and were both 3-1. Would the computer decide that he defeated me in the “final” and therefore is the champion? To frail humans like myself this is the appropriate outcome. However in prior tournaments, the algorithm determined the match loser was the tourney winner. We deferred to the machine. For faerie pride and to ensure the algorithm didn’t steal my glory, I knew I had to prevail. It was man versus machine, appropriate for the matchup against Synth.

My opponent was a hilarious shit-talker who borrowed my version of Synth (read: Rob’s deck). That same deck that took gold last tourney piloted by Cyrus. Taylor switched the Lembas for Ichor Wellspring and added Kuldotha Rebirth for the Batterfists.

Game one Taylor landed a turn one Swiftspear and started the assault. He showed the Wellspring and the Rebirth. I showed Mutagenic Growth to take out a Kor Skyfisher with a faerie early to instill fear of the free combat trick for the rest of the match. Brinebarrow Intruder did real work taking out a Glinthawk with a Ninja of the Deep Hours. Narrow victory, much buttclenching. Boarded in Annul, Mana Leak, Echoing Truth, Spell Pierce, and Bonesplitter for the Vapor Snags, a Growth, an Island, and the Miscreants.

Game two again a turn one Swiftspear. I persevered but eventually was Synthed out in a grind.

Game 3 I got ahead on land after denying some Synth shenanigans, and the Golems took over the game. Taylor proclaimed, “Spire Golem for free - the best words in Magic.” I agreed, and clouded the air with Golems despite two going on Journeys to Nowhere. I became undisputed champ in both human intuition and machine logic.

Epilogue

I, like Oberon, have ascended to the faerie throne. However it was a hollow victory, as I brought a T1 deck against the mind-boggling brews of my comrades. Still haunted by Rob taunting, “Your net deck is showing,” when modern-banned cards popped up in my Pauper Modern decks, I am hopeful to prevail with an original brew. Until then,

The King doth keep his revels here tonight.

#magic the gathering #control magic #faeries #mono u #monoblue #control deck #tempo #counterspell #preordain #miscreant #shakespeare #pauper #modern #paupermodern

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arhvste · 4 years

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❝atsumu, kuroo, tsukishima and bokuto playing acnh ❞

miya atsumu

→ first he called the game dumb but he eventually gave in because everyone and their aunts were playing it and he didn’t wanna be left out

→ mf tries so hard for raymond at first

→ he insists it’s just because he can sell him for a lot

→ he really just wants raymond because he lowkey reminds him of osamu

→ anyways this fool doesn’t get raymond but ya know who he does get?

→ pedro

→ atsumu was ✨disgusted✨

→ “a clown?! a fukn clown?! yer jokin me!”

→ “aw don’t cry he fits in so well on your island 😹”

→ “sHUT YER TRAP 😠😠😠”

→ he hated pedro at first and for what?

→ eventually he starts vibing with him though

→ he decides that perhaps... pedro isn’t a bad guy after all

→ so atsumu develops a soft spot for him and begins to favour him over the rest of his mediocre villagers whose names he can’t be bothered to remember

→ ya know whose name he can remeber though?

→ BELLA 😡😠😡😠😡😡😠

→ the name that sparks rage in him

→ atsumu hits his villagers with his net shouting “nice cut g!” as a joke

→ with bella he’s not joking 😐

→ he hits her repeatedly and grins maliciously when she gets angry eventually

→ LOVES shoving her into pitfalls for absolutely no reason

→ cusses her out under his breath

→ writes hate mail to her only to get fustrated when she sends a nice reply about the flowers she saw the other day that reminded her of him

→ honestly bella girl it ain’t worth it, pack your bags and get outta there sis 😔

→ he wants her to get tf off his island because he doesn’t like her but he also kinda wants her to stay because he loves annoying her and making her angry

→ literally goes out of his way to buy the ugliest clothes for her to wear

→ he also has all his villagers address him as “big dick man”

→ pedro is special though 😳

→ pedro is the chosen one who gets to call him “tsumu”

→ JUST PEDRO 😤😾😡

→ literally thinks it’s the funniest thing when his villagers say “hey big dick man! the weather sure is great today isn’t it!”

→ you can hear his cackling from down the hall

→ thinks it’s the peak of comedy

→ oh and you’re not allowed to visit his island on a saturday

→ saturdays are “for the boys”

→ and by that he means he’s just going to buy a ton of matching clothes for him and pedro and talk to him all day until he eventually annoys pedro by accident to which he genuinely gets upset about

→ he doesn’t really bother with the fishing tourneys or bug offs

→ does catch a few though just to make sure he beats bella earns nook miles

→ pretty average island, not too much effort put into it yet

→ atsumu prefers channeling his energy and game time into bullying bella interacting with his villagers

kuroo tetsurō

→ bangs. it. tf. out.

→ literally acts like he doesn’t care about the game but has 395+ hours game time

→ uses the excuse it’s to play with kenma but kuroo actually got into it before kenma had the chance to look at it properly

→ fishing tourney KING

→ has multiple gold trophy’s and built a whole extension just to show them off

→ also treats all his villagers equally

→ he was a bit picky and only wanted cats and dogs on his island though

→ if you’re anything but a cat or a dog, i’m sorry but kuroo will timeskip you tf off of his island

→ has a soft spot for lucky but doesn’t admit it

→ he likes to come across as a “fair dictator of the island”

→ just admit luckys your fav and go oh my god

→ his house is really nice too

→ pretty much paid off all his debt and is financially responsible 😼

→ he will send you money over a few times a week because he claims he’s a good boyfie virtually and realistically

→ LOVES opening the letters from ‘mom’

→ it’s a small detail in the game but it brings kuroo comfort when he opens the letters and sometimes receives gifts from his virtual ‘mom’ 🥺

→ keeps all the letters from her because that’s what he would do if his real mom ever wrote to him

→ he’s a shameless timeskipper

→ “tetsu?? where tf did you get all this the games only been out a week??”

→ “👁👁 idk what you’re talking about baby”

→ the thing that annoys him the most are the fossils

→ HATES the stupid little marks in the ground that appear every day

→ also HATES talking to blathers

→ “spit it out already! i have places to be and villagers to see!”

→ completely ignores blathers’ real name and refers to him as ‘bokuto’

→ because he’s an owl duh

→ and bokuto also talks a lot

→ you thought it was a cute friendship thing at first but took it back when you heard him muttering under his breath

→ “oh my god just analyse the fossils already you himbo bird!”

→ “did you just call blathers a himbo? 😳”

→ “...no? 😳👀”

→ all in all, kuroo’s pretty good at the game

→ you like visiting his island because he has a ton of extra stuff he just gives you

→ “i never want to hear you call me a bad boyfriend again 😐”

→ “okay fine...but oNLY if you give me an ironwood dresser 😏”

tsukishima kei

→ another one who bangs it out

→ doesn’t really care when you point it out though

→ “you’re just jealous your islands a dumping ground compared to mine 🥱”

→ “k-kei 😔”

→ also sprints near where you’re fishing to scare the fish off and be spiteful 💀

→ little shit KNOWS you only need oranges to complete all the fruits on your island

→ he also knows you’re out of nook miles tickets

→ “aw that’s a shame, maybe if you were a bit better at the game you’d find them quicker but good luck! 😀”

→ oranges are his native fruit 😐😑😐

→ eventually he gives you them because you’re relentless and his patience runs thin after a while

→ good at the bug offs

→ pretty good at scorpion/tarantula hunting too

→ convinced spike is in love with him after the amount of scorpions and tarantulas he’s donated to him

→ his fossil exhibition in the museum is completed already

→ when blathers tells him the facts about the dinosaurs he just rolls his eyes

→ “i knew that already you stupid bird 🙄”

→ why’s everyone bullying blathers damn 😿

→ now, he likes henry

→ one of the few villagers he doesn’t bully

→ tsukki doesnt particularly care for majority of his villagers

→ henry has a special place in his heart though

→ maybe it’s because henry isn’t overly perky or he isn’t rude like the cranky villagers which tsukishima doesn’t like

→ henry is just??? so??? nice????

→ he can’t hate him

→ all his villagers have catchphrases that are dumb af

→ tsukki thought he was being clever when he made them but he just looks mean when other people talk to his villagers

→ “good morning i am useless! i love your outfit!”

→ henry gets to call him tsukki though

→ only because he figured out that henry reminds him of yamaguchi

→ that’s the only reason henry’s the exception to his bullying

→ i feel like tsukki has a pretty nice house too

→ he makes a lot of bells from selling scorpions and tarantulas and spare fossils he’s dug up

→ doesn’t really care about the size but has very detailed rooms

→ like all the furniture in his rooms follow a scheme

→ mf never opens his mailbox

→ doesn’t care for what the other “peasants have to say for themselves”

→ terraforming isn’t really his thing tbh

→ doesn’t like how slow the process and be and kinda likes the natural flat land

→ he likes laying down paths though

→ cusses villagers out when they get in the way though

→ full on shoves them and will keep shoving them until they get annoyed just because they’ve annoyed him

→ tsukki doesnt put as much time into the game as kuroo but his island is still pretty good and aesthetically pleasing

→ he just won’t help you make yours look like that 💀

bokuto koutarō

→ weeds. everywhere.

→ get so confused when he’s told he has to pick them all

→ “really? why can’t i just let them grow though i kinda like them 🤩”

→ mf ✨struggles✨ at the first stages

→ “y/n, you know i love you, please give me 30 iron nuggets 🥺💖💞💗”

→ ofc you give them to him because you’re well ahead in the game and don’t need them as much as he does

→ praises you like royalty but then he’s back to begging for materials from you 💀

→ doesn’t pay his debts

→ you’re gonna have to help him out here

→ doesn’t like the idea of having to constantly pay them off

→ like?? he doesn’t want a bigger house so why is this damn raccoon always bothering him to upgrade like leave him and his 2 room house alone 😠

→ has a the same camp bed and lamp from when he first moved out the tent 💀

→ insists he doesn’t need another one because the furniture all functions the same

→ he has a point tbf but his house just isn’t aesthetically pleasing

→ he also hoards stuff

→ common butterfly? yeah bokuto has 37 sitting in his storage

→ doesn’t like letting the bugs go because he “caught them fair and square”

→ you show him how to pay his debts back and then he dedicates a whole room to his stupid bugs 💀

→ loves blathers and celeste just because they’re owls

→ doesn’t care about what they’re wittering on about he loves interacting with them just because they’re the only owls in the game 😐

→ his favourite villager is kid cat

→ literally follows him around and sprints circles around him

→ l o v e s the chaos outside the town hall

→ 2 of his villagers are singing, 3 are running around and 1 is just watching like 🧍🏻‍♀️

→ HYPES his singing villagers tf up

→ “yeah get it bianca! turn it up!!! 🥳🥳”

→ has to match his villagers clothes at least once a week

→ also makes them all refer to him as “the best ace”

→ it boosts his ego a little more each time they say it

→ bokuto actually got raymond out of luck but had no idea who tf he was and just how popular he was

→ lets that mf go without advertising that raymond’s in boxes

→ atsumu screeches when he finds this out eventually

→ bokuto doesn’t care what his villagers look like everyone’s welcome

→ bella should move to bokuto’s island and move from atsumu’s because bokuto will accept her with open arms rather than a net to the head everytime he sees her 😿

→ ALWAYS remembers birthdays for his villagers

→ and always shows up to their birthday parties insisting he’s the life of the party and they’d be bored without him 😹

→ which is true to a certain degree cause the party only really starts when the player arrives

→ bokuto is actually okay at terraforming

→ quickly changes his mind after an hour of building and digging and restarts it all over again

→ he can make his island look pretty good

→ theres just weeds and buried fossils everywhere though 👁👁

→ also forgets his turnips go bad

→ literally the least financially responsible out of them all

→ it’s okay though because you help him and he eventually gets the hang of it

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genshinfeelspact · 3 years

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I LOVE YOUR HCS ABT CHILDE BEING A FATHER!! GOOD FOOD 🥺❤ btw could I request a one-shot of Childe introducing his s/o and their child to his family just the idea is so soft,,, ;;;

I spent several days tryna figure out how to write this, so I’m so sorry if it’s not the best. But it was such a cute idea that about kdsghfdskld died lol🥺 imma leave the baby's gender up to the readers so they’ll be described as they/them ^^

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Meeting the Family | Childe [Tartaglia]

Childe cradled the precious bundle in his arms, adjusting the knit hat on their head, a smile breaking across his lips. He was still baffled by the thought of being a father, the feeling just blew him away with something indescribable. This new life in his arms was his to raise and protect. To love unconditionally.

This would be the first time his family would be meeting the baby. Tonia, Anthon and Tuecer raved in their last letter to him, expressing their excitement over being aunts and uncles. Their excitement made Childe happy and more than eager to let them meet his baby.

“Are you ready to go?” You come downstairs while slipping on some gloves. Snezhnaya’s weather conditions were quite the contrast to Liyue’s and the cold temperatures proved to be intense for a warm soul like yourself. Childe looks back, the warmth in his chest swelling. He never dreamed or thought he’d find someone in this world who accepts him for the mess that he is and give him the honor of being a doting father.

“Yeah.” He smiles, holding his hand out for you to take. Your fingers lace through his and he tugs you closer, returning his gaze to the baby nestled in his other arm. “Let’s get going before the gentle snow turns into a full blown blizzard.” He jokes, leading you outside into the cold streets of Snezhnaya.

.・゜-: ✧ :-　　-: ✧ :-゜・．

The moment they walked through the door to Childe’s family home, his siblings were there to greet them. Teucer ran up to them, followed by Tonia who tried to keep him under control and then Anthon who looked like he just woke up from a nap. Their excitement and curiosity were radiant, especially from Tonia who had a nurturing spirit herself.

“I never thought our brother would end up a father. Especially with the..toy business.” Tonia teased, innocently looking at the sleeping bundle in his arms. Childe laughs heartily and adjusts so she can admire her [niece/nephew] with an adoring smile.

“I’m..surprised myself.” You joke, watching Anthon nod his head as if he were able to fall asleep again. Tonia looks back and shakes her head. Childe chuckles and nudges your side playfully. Of course his favorite ladies would gang up on him.

“He was up all night. Doing what? I couldn’t tell you.”

Teucer jumps a little, also wanting to see. Childe couldn’t help but smile at his siblings, they made his heart swell and you pat his back reassuringly as he bends a little for Teucer. “You have to be gentle with the baby, Teucer.” He says while Teucer leans in close, watching the baby’s face scrunch while they sleep. He was the youngest out of the children, so seeing a baby was a new experience for Teucer.

"Can I touch them?" He asks, holding a finger out and barely poking the baby on the cheek. Though he jumps when the baby yawns with a little whine, he thought he might have done something to them on accident. "Did I do something?" He pouts, looking at Childe who pat him on his head reassuringly.

"No, they're starting to wake up. Wanna hold them?" He asks and Teucer's eyes widen. Tonia looks between them and huffed.

"Hey, let me hold them first. Tuecer barely knew what a baby was before you came over." She jabbed with a snicker and Teucer stomped her foot. Her yelp brought Anthon out of his standing slumber and he finally noticed that Childe was home.

Childe admired the sibling chaos and stood beside you once again, letting the two fight it out. "This reminds me of when I was little and Tonia was just a toddler. She'd do everything she could to get on my nerves and it'd work." He reminisces to you with a fond smile.

"I wouldn't know what that was like. Perks of being an only child. Does it count I had a cousin who liked to terrorize me every time they came to visit?" You ask, thinking back. Luckily that family member moved onto better things. Childe nods before looking down at the baby, whose eyes were now open. They stared quietly but a smile slowly broke out when their eyes met.

"Yeah it does." He says, while Teucer yells and Tonia whacks him on the head.

"You don't need to be loud when there's a baby! Now stop throwing a fit and sit down." She scolds Teucer, who pouts and sulks away to the couch.

Childe looks around when he notices something. "Where is mother and father?" He was distracted by his siblings to notice at first.

"They left for a ice fishing tourney two mornings ago. Sister tried telling them you were visiting soon, but father insisted on going since it's the first tourney." Anthon piped up, stealing the words from Tonia. She scowled and held her outs out, taking the baby from Childe and going over to Teucer, who leaned over her in intrigue.

You and Childe watched them handle the baby gently, Tonia muttering cute words while Teucer pat their head. It made Childe happy seeing their acceptance and how soft they were.

"Were you worried about their reactions?" You ask, linking your arm through his as he leads you into the living room to sit across from Tonia and Teucer. Anthon followed behind, sitting on the other side of Tonia and peered at the baby.

"No, not really. Tonia wants a large family one day, or so she said while she slept one day. Teucer is overly curious and Anthon, well he is an observer. So this was to be expected. I just think..they're going to argue over holding rights." He chuckles, entertained by how Teucer kept bugging Tonia, who continued to deny him.

"Stop being a hog Tonia." Anthon takes the baby from her, awkwardly getting a comfortable hold on them. She blinked and crossed her arms, pouting ever so slightly. Teucer followed Anthon, his curiosity at an all time high as the baby sneezed.

Childe took your hand and squeezed it, his whole being warm with such an unfamiliar feeling. He always knew he was a family man, considering how much he cared for his siblings. They were his reasons for retaining his humanity. Then he met you, fell face first in love and now has a beautiful baby. His world had been turned upside down in the best way he never could have imagined.

When he looks at you, there's a mischievous glint in his eyes along with a smile that made you tilt your head.

"So when do you wanna try for number two?"

#genshin impact #genshin imagines #genshin impact one shot #genshin impact headcanons #genshin impact childe #genshin impact x reader #genshin impact x childe #genshin childe #childe x reader #childe imagines #genshin tartaglia #tartaglia #tartaglia x reader #tartaglia imagines #tartaglia headcanons #genshin imapct imagines

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butterflies-dragons · 3 years

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Sansa feeling bat wings inside her tummy ? Could that mean kids with some Targ heritage in her belly ? Sansa carrying the child of a Targ ?

Are you talking about my tags on this post Cracking / Breaking a Gigantic Egg?

It’s an old idea that is in my drafts since 2017. Let me elaborate:

Sansa's Wedding:

"A bride at her wedding should be more than well." His voice was not unkind. "You seemed close to tears."

"Tears of joy, ser."

"Your eyes give the lie to your tongue." Ser Garlan turned her, drew her close to his side. "My lady, I have seen how you look at my brother. Loras is valiant and handsome, and we all love him dearly . . . but your Imp will make a better husband. He is a bigger man than he seems, I think."

The music spun them apart before Sansa could think of a reply. It was Mace Tyrell opposite her, red-faced and sweaty, and then Lord Merryweather, and then Prince Tommen. "I want to be married too," said the plump little princeling, who was all of nine. "I'm taller than my uncle!"

"I know you are," said Sansa, before the partners changed again. Ser Kevan told her she was beautiful, Jalabhar Xho said something she did not understand in the Summer Tongue, and Lord Redwyne wished her many fat children and long years of joy. And then the dance brought her face-to-face with Joffrey.

Sansa stiffened as his hand touched hers, but the king tightened his grip and drew her closer. "You shouldn't look so sad. My uncle is an ugly little thing, but you'll still have me."

"You're to marry Margaery!"

"A king can have other women. Whores. My father did. One of the Aegons did too. The third one, or the fourth. He had lots of whores and lots of bastards." As they whirled to the music, Joff gave her a moist kiss. "My uncle will bring you to my bed whenever I command it."

Sansa shook her head. "He won't."

"He will, or I'll have his head. That King Aegon, he had any woman he wanted, whether they were married or no."

Thankfully, it was time to change again. Her legs had turned to wood, though, and Lord Rowan, Ser Tallad, and Elinor's squire all must have thought her a very clumsy dancer. And then she was back with Ser Garlan once more, and soon, blessedly, the dance was over.

—A Storm of Swords - Sansa III

In summary,

That time when Joffrey said to Sansa: “I will put a bastard on you just like that King Aegon".

This is yet one more JoJo thing, JoJo is what I call all the things that make Jon and Joffrey foils. The main one being: Jon is a Prince disguised as a Bastard while Joffrey is a Bastard disguised as a Prince.

So, while Jon is all: “Jon trembled. "I will never father a bastard," he said carefully. "Never!" He spat it out like venom”. —A Game of Thrones - Jon I

Here is Joffrey comparing himself with Aegon IV “the Unworthy”, the King that fathered numerous bastards...

And this is the second time Joffrey is compared with ‘an Aegon’. The first time was this:

The morning of King Joffrey's name day dawned bright and windy, with the long tail of the great comet visible through the high scuttling clouds. Sansa was watching it from her tower window when Ser Arys Oakheart arrived to escort her down to the tourney grounds. "What do you think it means?" she asked him.

"Glory to your betrothed," Ser Arys answered at once. "See how it flames across the sky today on His Grace's name day, as if the gods themselves had raised a banner in his honor. The smallfolk have named it King Joffrey's Comet."

Doubtless that was what they told Joffrey; Sansa was not so sure. "I've heard servants calling it the Dragon's Tail."

"King Joffrey sits where Aegon the Dragon once sat, in the castle built by his son," Ser Arys said. "He is the dragon's heir—and crimson is the color of House Lannister, another sign. This comet is sent to herald Joffrey's ascent to the throne, I have no doubt. It means that he will triumph over his enemies."

—A Clash of Kings - Sansa I

And who is the real “dragon’s heir”??? In the Show Jon’s Targaryen name was Aegon but I still hope it will be Aemon...

So every time that Joffrey is compared with ‘an Aegon’ in Sansa’s Chapters we can find allusions to Jon Snow??? Uhmmm.......... Curiouser and curiouser!

Onto the next Sansa's chapter:

Joffrey's Wedding:

Tyrion scarce touched his food, Sansa noticed, though he drank several cups of the wine. For herself, she tried a little of the Dornish eggs, but the peppers burned her mouth. Otherwise she only nibbled at the fruit and fish and honeycakes. Every time Joffrey looked at her, her tummy got so fluttery that she felt as though she'd swallowed a bat.

—A Storm of Swords - Sansa IV

In summary,

That time when Sansa felt very uncomfortable imagining Joffrey putting a bastard on her and she felt like a bat was inside her tummy.

It’s interesting that Sansa describes the idea of carrying Joffrey's bastard as though she'd swallowed a bat.

Sansa usually says that her tummy flutters when she feels uncomfortable, distressed, scared, etc, but this is the only time that she links that “fluttering” feeling with bat wings.

One of the meanings of the verb flutter is the “beating of wings.” And George has used the image of bat wings as a symbol of dragon wings several times in the Books.

“Tell me how my child died.”

“He never lived, my princess. The women say …”

(…)

“They say the child was …”

(…)

“Monstrous,” Mirri Maz Duur finished for him. The knight was a powerful man, yet Dany understood in that moment that the maegi was stronger, and crueler, and infinitely more dangerous. “Twisted. I drew him forth myself. He was scaled like a lizard, blind, with the stub of a tail and small leather wings like the wings of a bat. When I touched him, the flesh sloughed off the bone, and inside he was full of graveworms and the stink of corruption. He had been dead for years.

—A Game of Thrones - Daenerys IX

In the center of the Plaza of Pride stood a red brick fountain whose waters smelled of brimstone, and in the center of the fountain a monstrous harpy made of hammered bronze. Twenty feet tall she reared. She had a woman’s face, with gilded hair, ivory eyes, and pointed ivory teeth. Water gushed yellow from her heavy breasts. But in place of arms she had the wings of a bat or a dragon, her legs were the legs of an eagle, and behind she wore a scorpion’s curled and venomous tail.

—A Storm of Swords - Daenerys II

Viserion launched himself from the ceiling, pale leather wings unfolding, spreading wide. The broken chain dangling from his neck swung wildly. His flame lit the pit, pale gold shot through with red and orange, and the stale air exploded in a cloud of hot ash and sulfur as the white wings beat and beat again.

—A Dance with Dragons - The Dragontamer

As you can see, dragon wings are usually described similar to bat wings or leather wings, as it also happens in this passage in reference to Sansa:

“What wife?”

“I forgot, you’ve been hiding under a rock. The northern girl. Winterfell’s daughter. We heard she killed the king with a spell, and afterward changed into a wolf with big leather wings like a bat, and flew out a tower window. But she left the dwarf behind and Cersei means to have his head.”

That’s stupid, Arya thought. Sansa only knows songs, not spells, and she’d never marry the Imp.

—A Storm of Swords - Arya XIII

As I said before, the fascinating image of Sansa as a wolf with big leather wings makes me think of Sansa wearing a Targaryen Cloak/ Marrying a Targaryen in the future.

And there are even more Targaryen allusions in the Joffrey’s wedding passage:

FIRE: For herself, she tried a little of the Dornish eggs, but the peppers burned her mouth = Eggs (dragon eggs) + Burned her mouth (dragon fire).

BLOOD: Every time Joffrey looked at her, her tummy got so fluttery that she felt as though she'd swallowed a bat = Carrying Joffrey’s bastard / carrying Aegon’s IV bastard / carrying a dragon’s heir (the blood of the dragon).

This two events happened in two consecutive Sansa’s Chapters from the same Book (ASOS), during two weddings, the couples that married didn’t love each other, the marriages were unconsummated, the discussion of bastards was involved, Targaryen allusions were present... there is a pattern: Weddings / Aegons / Bastards / dragon's heirs / Kings / Joffrey / Sansa / Jon / Fire & Blood...

So maybe in Sansa's future she will wed, for love, to a real Aegon descendant, and due her fertility, during her wedding night she will conceived a baby dragon, a king; just like Cat conceived a king during her wedding night.

And that’s all.......... I never wrote properly about it until this summarized version here.

#Sansa Stark #Jon Snow #jonsa #Joffrey Baratheon #joffrey is truly a little shit #JoJo #bat wings #dragon wings #the dragon's heir #bastards

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athetos · 2 years

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thinking about if i made my own “mario party superstars” game what i would want in it and....

Minigames are the most important part, obviously, so here are all the ones I’d want included! Most of these are from the first few games, but I tried to include some from the later entries too. I picked 100 of them...

Buried Treasure

Hot Bob-Omb

Crazy Cutter

Face Lift

Mushroom Mix-Up/Hexagon Heat

Grab Bag

Bumper Balls

Tipsy Tourney

Shy Guy Says

Hot Rope Jump

Slot Car Derby

Shell Shocked

Toad in the Box

Roll Call

Tile Driver

Deep Sea Salvage

Bob-Omb Barrage

Look Away

Filet Relay

Quicksand Cache

Balloon Burst

Speed Hockey

Cake Factory

Rakin’ Em In

Day at the Races

Bowser’s Big Blast

Ice Rink Risk

Picture Imperfect

Messy Memory

Curtain Call

Toadstool Titan

Chip Shot Challenge

Mario’s Puzzle Party

The Beat Goes On

Spotlight Swim

Hide and Sneak

Hand, Line, and Sinker

Ridiculous Relay

Thwomp Pull

Eatsa Pizza

Picking Panic

Etch n’ Catch

Slot Synch

Stacked Deck

Merry Go Chomp

Locked Out

All Fired Up

Vine With Me

Baby Bowser Bonkers

Silly Screws

Booksquirm

Paratrooper Plunge

Toad’s Quick Draw

Free Throw

Photo Finish

Bob-Omb Breakers

Stamp Out

Long Claw of the Law

Makin’ Waves

Blame it on the Crane

The Great Deflate

Revers-a-Bomb

Team Treasure Trek

Order Up

Cheep Cheep Sweep

Trace Race

Chain Chomp Fever

Coney Island

Ground Pound Down

Pushy Penguins

Pop-Star Piranhas

Hotel Goomba

Flower Shower

Fish Upon a Star

Flatiator

Bill Blasters

Piece Out

Note to Self

Trap Ease Artist

Money Belt

Snow Brawl

Clean Team

Hyper Sniper

Insectiride

Bob-OOOM!*

Shell Stack*

Melon Folley*

Sort Stack*

Koopa Krunch*

Bumper Crop

The Final Countdown

Warp Pipe Dreams

Rotisserie Rampage

Goomba Village

Pokey Punch-Out

Skateboard Scamper

Platform Peril

Bombs Away

Cast Aways

Mr. Blizzard’s Brigade

* = these were solo minigames from mario party advance, but i loved them and think they could be adapted for multiple players

As for the boards, I chose TEN of my favorites...

Birthday Cake

Jungle Adventure

Horror Land

Bowser Land

Waluigi’s Island

Toad’s Midway Madness

Goomba’s Greedy Gala

Toy Dream

Towering Treetop

Neon Heights

And of course, for characters, there’d have to be:

Mario

Luigi

Peach

Daisy

Rosalina

Wario

Waluigi

Yoshi

Birdo

Koopa Kid (NOT Bowser Jr)

Boo

Donkey Kong

Diddy Kong

Dry Bones

Toadette

Rex

and that’s all i got lol

#saving... do not turn off power #mario party #read more

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encyclopika · 2 years

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Animal Crossing Fish - Explained #178

Brought to you by a marine biologist who's going ham on the oceanography rn...

CLICK HERE FOR THE AC FISH EXPLAINED MASTERPOST!

Oceanography isn't the same as marine biology. It's very true the two work in tandem, but when we talk oceanography, we're talking about the big processes in the ocean, usually the non-living chemical and physical, the behind-the-scenes gears that make the whole thing work. If you want to think of it this way - marine biology is the who and the what, and oceanography is like the how and why. Understanding the animals that live in the oceans is multi-faceted. Just like on land, their lives are really (and in this case, literally) fluid, and the fact that they basically live in a giant soup makes learning about the ocean really complicated and of course now it's *changing*. All this to introduce the Spotted Knifejaw:

Welp, if you were planning on getting this guy in AC Pocket Camp, you need to hop a time machine back to July 2018 for Fishing Tourney #4. It hasn't been seen since and that's a shame.

If the name sounds familiar, that's because its cousin, the Barred Knifejaw, is a staple of the Animal Crossing series. Both fish come from the Family Oplegnathidae with its single extant Genus Oplegnathus. All of these fish have teeth fused together that look like a beak, hence their other common name of "beakfish". They use those teeth to crunch into their favorite, hard-bodied prey like barnacles and mollusks. The Spotted's scientific name is O. punctatus. It is a common sight around rocky reefs and coral reefs from Hawaii to East Asia, including waters all around mainland Japan. However, that's not always the case!

Picture from this amazing website by Frank Baensch.

A paper published just last year (2021) spotted the Spotted in the southern part of the South China Sea for the first time. It's a strange spot for it to be in for this fish - the new area is some 1800km (1,118 miles about) from where researchers thought was its most southern limit. However, thanks to some special environmental parameters coming together perfectly - such as an influx of cooler water onto a rocky coral reef - juveniles sticking close to drifting seaweed get washed over there and settle. We spoke about larval dispersal when I covered the Barred Knifejaw...I swear this isn't a knifejaw thing, but rather, an oceanic thing! Fish larvae are part of the plankton and so they get washed away to new habitats all the time. Mismatched habitat or temperature ranges will stop the fish from truly spreading (such as invasive baby lionfish making it to my doorstep in New York, but, thanks to our cold winters, they still don't take hold here). Of course, with climate change, fish are quickly shifting their ranges, as new habitats open up to them, the currents change, and old ones are no longer settled.

And there you have it! Fascinating stuff, no?

#spotted knifejaw #fish #marine biology #oceanography #animal crossing #animal crossing pocket camp #science in video games #animal crossing fish explained

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smolferal · 3 years

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04. 10. 21

I'm rather sad I didn't get to play much today. Today was the first Fishing Tourney in this island run but had to miss out big time because we went to get the keys to the new house and ended up taking some boxes.

We honestly didn't come back home until... 8pm? And by then I was starving and my guinea pigs were absolutely fed up too. Plus they hadn't eaten or drank aside from some carrots I gave them. Poor babies immediately took a long nap once they were home. They don't like long car rides and this was their first time visiting elsewhere.

Lilo is the little caramel mocha and Chopper is the fat little cow. Lilo is turning 6 months old in a few days and Chopper just turned 10 months old. You can tell they just wanted to go home but how do I tell them they technically were home?

#animal crossing new horizons #acnh #animal crossing #acnh diary #guinea pig #the lads are fine #they were active afterwards #i gave them plenty of kisses and chin rubs

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ahkaahshi · 4 years

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their animal crossing: wild world playing style [hcs]

characters: bokuto koutarou, sakusa kiyoomi, akaashi keiji

genre: humor and crack. what’s new

warning(s): I repeat, this is crack; also swearing

notes: y'all I'm talking specifically about animal crossing: wild world here. for the nintendo ds. that shit hit!! take me back. also, please bear with me; the chaotic energy here is just off the charts for absolutely no reason. when I finished this, it was suddenly midnight and I was listening to k.k. slider music on youtube. what a trip that was. enjoyed it tho.

CHAOTIC

dude the inside of his house has so many different vibes happening

the floors and the wallpapers in every room don't match??

he calls it creative freedom. no, he’s just a cheapskate since y'all know he’s only using that free stuff that he shot out the damn sky or found in the ground.

thinks it’s fun to chase the roaches that are always in his house

boy loves donating his fish, bugs, and fossils to the museum

just so he can go through and admire his work, like yes I caught that!! aren’t I the best??

keeps some of his catches tho and displays them at home. also names them.

once he found out that you could hit rocks and get bells, he was running around town hitting every. single. rock.

is really, really bad at catching bugs bc he just RUNS everywhere and scares them off

loves shaking trees to collect fruit

has been stung by many, many wasps because of this. poor boy can never make it inside in time lmao

talks to all the villagers like they’re actually his friends. also knows where they live by heart. visits their houses. vibes most with nibbles.

girl, don’t even get me started with his villager

y’all KNOW he’s at able sisters making his own clothing patterns with that tiny stylus in his fingers. the concentration is UNMATCHED

same goes for the town flag.

it’s raining. this boy says umbrella? there’s umbrellas in this game?? and proceeds to run around in the rain without one

villager’s hairstyle? permanent bedhead. if kuroo does it, so can he.

NEVER REMEMBERS TO SAVE

resetti’s always on his ass about it every time he opens his ds and turns on the game. poor guy. but he needs to save.

his town’s full of weeds. he don’t give a fuck. he’s just tryna have fun.

drinks way too much coffee at the roost. brewster is concerned for him.

visits omi’s town against his will. akaashi actually lets him come over.

let him visit you! he’ll plant his fruit for you and send you a love letter

okay, y’all. omi shits on this game at first but ends up secretly loving it

I mean, it’s so easy for him to form a routine and maintain task focus

he thrives off that!! the only thing he hates tho is that it never actually ends. that’ll keep him up at night

his routine: wake up, pick weeds, catch fish/bugs, dig for treasure, make bank

there’s not a single weed in his town. he picks them ALL.

his house is all one, cohesive theme. low key boring.

literal minimalist with like no furniture

he don’t need it, he’s always out grinding and only comes home when it’s time to sleep bc he’s just that hardcore

makes an event out of going to the roost every saturday night to listen to young k.k. slider play his groovy jams so he can collect ALL the cds

wants to catch every. single. creature. y’all know it makes him heated that those plaques in the museum are empty n that there are gaps in his lil handbook

has hella bells in the bank. pelly + phyllis want to be his sugar babies.

his character is probs dressed in the most basic ass outfit but with a ~ mask ~ since that’s on brand for him. picks one look and sells the rest of his fits. truly focused on the coin.

he’s just tryna pay off his mortgage, get a big ass house, and upgrade nook’s store to its fullest potential

is constantly trying to find ways to kick all the villagers out of his town. won’t accept the fact that he’ll always have neighbors.

will run for the fucking hills if any of them get that lil expression like they have something to say to him. he ain’t doin a damn thing for them.

got his hair done. came out lookin a fool. was too annoyed to go back and get it fixed. has worn a hat ever since.

always outruns the wasps. this bitch ain’t getting stung.

the way his villager looked after he got stung the first time made him gag so he vowed to escape the wasps like his life depended on it after that.

you wanna invite him to your town? he's taking your fruit, planting it back home, and selling it to turn a profit. your trees will be empty.

special town events? he’s never heard of em. fuck em. unless there’s money involved. then he’s there. wins the fishing tourney every time.

similar to sakusa in that he enjoys task focus, but will put way more effort into the experience

for example, his house is most definitely themed

like every floor has its own, cohesive vibe, complete with matching furniture placed in a very exact manner

visits tom nook’s store like everyday to see if he has the last item to complete his furniture sets

has a different k.k. slider song playing on every floor on his golden stereos. only the bangers tho.

roaches? he doesn’t know them.

his town is completely free of weeds. he hates them.

will help the villagers if they need it but will not enjoy it.

just let him fish, damn

speaking of, yall know how hard he’s smashing that button when the fish bites? hard. that bitch aint getting away. will catch them on the first try!

is a professional bug hunter. the bugs literally never see this man coming!! he is stealth.

spends a lot of time in the observatory and the aquarium sections of the museum bc they have nice vibes

grabs a cuppa at the roost every now n then. will come for the k.k. slider concerts and listen to the entire song. bless his lil cotton socks.

his villager is stuntin. like fully accessorized, new day new outfit type of deal. wardrobe is thriving. we love him for that.

if it’s rainin, he’s poppin his umbrella. he came prepared.

sends the most basic letters but on the ~ fancy ~ paper

will write thx 4 having me over on the firework paper or some shit lmao I can't.

will spend the bells on his haircut until he’s happy with his look. remembers the combo so he doesn’t have to mess around every time his villager wakes up with bedhead.

town event? he’s there. he’s all in for the experience. savors the special moments

is that villager with the sparkler on the 4th of july. also, gets all the love letters from other villagers on valentines day bc he helps literally everyone n remembers their birthdays. he deserves the best.

is 100% that bitch who plays at night just so he can listen to the 10/11pm rainy day music on repeat whilst strolling around the village by himself, twirling his umbrella n getting in his feelings low key (that was also me haha I just called myself out)

invite him to your town! he’ll fish with you and y’all can go to a k.k. slider concert together <3

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ranty-ramblestein · 3 years

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(captions~) Apr 10th: Iiit’s Fishing Tourney Day! ...And also I don’t care, lol. But, I had gotten 10 stacks of iron by winning a giveaway on the 9th, so I crafted a bunch again, and finally got over 1k furniture items crafted! (And I also confirmed that crafted rugs/walls/floors don’t count for that, rip.) Next stop: 3k crafted furniture items!

Apr 11th: A friend sent me the pet food bowls I was missing, and I changed Croissant’s corgi’s food bowl to the orange one. Yeah, I’ve still got two stand-ins for his imaginary dog, haha! ...I still don’t have an official name for the dog, yet I have a baby-talk name for the dog?? hilarious

Apr 12th: I caught the two Entrepreneur Friends working out together, but also, Cyd was sick, so I got him some medicine... Wasn’t he sick not long after moving in? Poor dude. + I think Del was the last one to get sick, so is it passing between Crankies now?

Apr 13th: Not much happened today, because I was starting my new project of maybe re-making every diy that can be customized, that I didn’t fully customize the first time? For the catalog! I ended the session with 750 custom kits, and someone is gonna lend me a tire toy and tire stack later, yay~

It took way long to find this dang elephant, aaa

Later I saw him hanging out with the Red Friends, haha!

#Animal Crossing #Animal Crossing: New Horizons #Island Man Croissant #Solaceon Island #Croissant's Corgi

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stormwaterwitch · 4 years

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Some Rose wine tonight while playing Animal Crossing and being a boss at the Fishing Tourney How Y’all Doin?

I’m not into wine like at ALL this is my first big girl bottle to try and ease myself into it. I actually really like it. Its fun light and fruity and its got a great reference to Reservoir Dogs that i didn’t remember until after i’d bought the bottle ♥

Do those of you who are adults have a favorite wine you like? I’m a big baby so i have no prior experience so send me recommendations!

#talk to me #send me things #Send me funny things #Send me happy things #send me sad things #HOw are you holding up?Quarantine treating you guys okay?#Come Vent in my inbox #anon is on #saturday night #lets get chatty

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krisiverse · 4 years

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Flick animal crossing

hell yeah!!!

Sexuality Headcanon: aroace!!

Gender Headcanon: trans demiboy. he/they

A ship I have with said character: nobody, aro rights baby!

A BROTP I have with said character: maybe unconventional but i LOVE the idea of them being friends with blathers.

A NOTP I have with said character: look i know flick x cj is basically canon but i dont like it ok? i dont like chip jr. the fishing tourney made me have an anxiety attack im sorry.

A random headcanon: he has autism and anxiety!! stims by humming, clicking, swishing his tail, changing colors, and watching bugs (especially beetles... shiney) also his net is a comfort item!

he works at the museum on the day shift, handling and caring for the bugs which blathers REALLY appreciates. when their shifts change they stick around for a while and talk about their interests together. flick spends their free time at the museum watching and sketching different bugs and admiring the art exhibits (while also wondering if The Bugs In The Amber Could Perhaps Be Freed One Day). hes made quite a few contributions to the bug exhibit himself, and dreams that one day his art will be displayed in the museum as well!

General Opinion over said character: everyone was going absolutely wild over flick when they were first revealed and tbh thats still the mood

#frisk answers

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eviesmyspiritanimal · 4 years

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April Fool’s Accidents

Summary: Jay’s been receiving congratulations all day, and doesn’t know why. When Audrey reveals why, he is surprised. However, they are both surprised when the prank turns on them in the most surprising but sweet way possible. Jaudrey or Jay x Audrey.

The first time it happened that day, it was with Carlos.

Carlos and Jay had been practicing hard that day at the school’s Tourney field, a tradition they had kept up ever since they had graduated Auradon Prep. Carlos and Jay had been timing each other and trying to train in running faster. So far, Carlos had managed to improve his time by five seconds, and Jay had managed to improve by shaving off an entire ten seconds.

Ultimately, it had been a very productive day, and Jay felt good. Tired, but good.

“Hey, bro! Congrats! It’s a real honor,” Carlos suddenly told Jay as they were leaving practice at the Tourney field, reaching over and patting Jay on the shoulder fondly. Jay tilted his head slightly, not sure what the boy was even talking about, but figuring that he would humor him, Jay smiled kindly.

“Thanks, dude,” Jay nodded to him, not sure what he was thanking the boy for, but sure it must have been something good. After all, why would he be getting congratulations for it? It simply made sense to accept whatever it was with grace.

“I’ll bet you’re excited,” Carlos grinned, and Jay narrowed his eyes a bit in confusion, trying to figure out what the boy was even talking about now that the de Vil had elaborated on his earlier statement.

Jay started to speak up, but before he could, Carlos bounded off, waving to him as he headed for his Mini Cooper yelling something about having to go with Jane somewhere.

Jay furrowed his brow, but ultimately decided to let it go.

After all, it couldn’t have been anything too important.

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The second time it occurred, Jay was strolling through the castle grounds in search of Audrey’s bracelet that she had supposedly lost on their walk the other night.

He was lost in his own thoughts, strolling through the grass as he looked about the route that he had taken with his wife. Jay suspiciously eyed the tree nearby where they had stopped to rest.

Well… They had actually gotten a bit distracted in kissing one another, but it was most certainly only momentary, and he hadn’t done anything to dislodge the bracelet. Or at least he didn’t think so.

Nevertheless, Jay strode over to the tree, trying to see if there was anything at its base where she had been pressed against it. He couldn’t see anything in the grass, but as he came back from around the other side of it, he was exceedingly shocked to see Harry Hook and Uma standing there staring at him.

Harry had an eyebrow raised as he had that exceedingly frustrating smirk that was so smug and always made Jay want to punch it off of him, and Uma was just surveying Jay with a look that was strangely soft but still very much her.

“Okay… Stalker alert,” Jay spoke somewhat awkwardly, really not knowing how to deal with the two of them since they weren’t really people that Jay conversed with very often.

“You looking for something?” Harry questioned suddenly, withdrawing his hook hand from behind his back as he exhibited what was on the end of it. Jay narrowed his eyes as he spotted the exact bracelet that he had been searching for so intently. Harry shook it tauntingly, and Jay glared at him angrily.

Uma rolled her eyes at the two boys, and she effortlessly plucked the bracelet from the end of the hook, holding it out and offering it to the former thief. Harry pouted, but didn’t utter a single word as Jay reached forward and took it from the pirate captain.

“Thank you,” Jay expressed, and Uma grinned at him.

“You’re welcome.”

“Okay, what’s with the smiles?”

“Nothing. Just… Congratulations. You must be really happy,” Uma told him kindly. Jay just gaped at the two of them blankly, but once again, decided to blow it off as he had done with Carlos.

“Thanks,” he trailed off, and Uma nodded to him with a smile. She then snapped her finger, whistling slightly before heading off with Harry close on her heels, the Hook boy turning to wink at Jay with a lopsided smile.

Jay looked at the bracelet carefully, trying to figure out what had just happened.

In the end, he just shrugged, deciding that it ultimately wasn’t worth contemplating.

Pirates were just weird anyway.

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The third time it happened, Jay was going to visit Evie’s room in Mal’s castle to pick up some clothes that Audrey had ordered, and he was practically tackled by the bluenette. Evie had latched on to him like some insane sort of leech, and she was crying joyfully.

Jay, completely awkward in this situation, didn’t really know how to react, but he reciprocated his sister’s hold.

“I’m so proud of you!” Evie cried happily, sniffling as she hugged him tightly, and he was completely confused at what in the world was going on.

Mal came out of the room at that point, and she just offered him a thumbs-up with an exceedingly pleased smile.

“I love you!!!” Evie told him, completely bursting at the seams with this overwhelming emotion. Mal looked at the both of them as she walked over, and she embraced them both tightly. Jay glanced between his two sisters, totally confused, and he finally decided to ask about why everyone was congratulating him so much.

“What’s going on?” Jay finally thought to ask the two girls. Evie pulled back from the boy, looking at Mal with wide eyes, and Mal gazed back at her in surprise.

“He doesn’t know yet, does he?” Mal asked, and Evie shook her head before looking back at Jay with a suddenly very coy expression.

“Well… That’s interesting,” Evie acknowledged oddly, and Mal just smirked wickedly as Evie left the two to grab the dress Jay was to pick up.

He looked between the two girls, trying to figure out what was going on, but before he could inquire any further, Evie just handed him his dress with a flourish.

Jay raised an eyebrow confusedly, trying to understand what was going on with the two girls.

“What are you guys talking about? What do you mean interesting?” Jay demanded, and Mal just punched him in the shoulder playfully, winking.

“Oh, you’ll figure it out soon enough,” Mal assured him, and Jay was just bumfuzzled at Mal’s sudden refusal to let him know anything. He didn’t think he’d ever see the day that Mal wouldn’t tell him something he wanted to know.

But he left nevertheless, his mind filled with all sorts of thoughts as he looked down at the dress in his arms. He shook his head slightly.

Maybe Audrey could help him figure this out.

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Audrey smiled to herself as she heard Jay come in. She got up to greet him, and he looked exceedingly confused.

“Hey, baby,” she welcomed as she stopped before him, running her hands up his chest and wasting no time in locking lips with him sweetly. He reciprocated slightly, and Audrey pulled away after a moment, looking at him worriedly.

“You okay?” she asked, and he gazed down at her with an odd expression.

“Yeah… It’s just… People have been congratulating me all day, but I don’t even know why,” Jay told her, and Audrey held back the positively wicked grin at his expense.

After all, if she did that, it would ruin the entire prank that she had worked so meticulously to set up. She had planned the day out for him with every single person in his contact congratulating him. He had no idea what for, but it was still absolutely hilarious that it had taken him this long to be seriously suspicious that it had something to do with her.

So Audrey mustered a suddenly serious look on her face, taking his hands in her own.

“Well… I need to tell you something,” Audrey expressed, and Jay raised an eyebrow, trying to figure out what was going on.

“Okay,” Jay replied shortly, and Audrey pulled him over to the couch, sitting down beside him as she held his hand, gazing at him sweetly.

She was quiet for a moment, purposefully building the tension in order to leave him exceedingly hooked on what she was about to say.

“Jay… I’m pregnant,” Audrey expressed, and Jay’s eyes went wide as he stared at her. He didn’t utter a single word for a long time as he blankly gazed at her.

Audrey just looked him in the eyes in return, keeping her serious expression.

“You’re what?” Jay finally questioned, his mouth hanging open as he sat there on the couch gaping at his wife like a fish out of water. Audrey’s lips wobbled slightly as she nodded, looking at him from her vantage point sitting there beside him.

It was all Audrey could do to avoid smiling at him and laughing.

“Yes, Jay. I’m pregnant,” Audrey told him, serious as she could be as she mustered all of the solemnity that she had in her body.

Jay just stared for several moments, furrowing his brow as he considered it all. Audrey just watched him, his limp hand still intertwined in hers as she gently stroked his larger hand with her small thumb.

He thought for a long time before seeming to come alive again, his grip tightening only incrementally.

“Really?” he asked, and Audrey honestly couldn’t keep doing it to him. She knew the gig was almost up simply because the giggles were threatening to take her over, but also because she couldn’t keep telling him something that just wasn’t true. But she guessed she’d keep it up just a little bit longer.

“Really.”

“I’m going to be a… father?” Jay asked tentatively, and Audrey bit her lip, almost laughing as she looked at him. He raised an eyebrow, and he suddenly appeared quite suspicious.

“Is that right?” Audrey finally snorted, the humor of the entire situation overcoming her, and she dropped her head, resting her forehead against his shoulder as she laughed wholeheartedly.

She looked back up at him and his eyes were narrowed with a slight smirk on his face as he eyed his wife. Audrey just laughed, shaking her head.

“April Fool’s!” Audrey announced, and Jay rolled his eyes, looking away grumpily as he set his jaw a bit.

Audrey laughed, grabbing his cheek that was the farthest from her as she pulled his head near her so she could kiss the corner of his lips.

“Hey, don’t be mad,” Audrey told him, and Jay just grunted. Audrey pouted slightly and then kissed his cheek, trailing kisses along his jaw as she tried to get him to stop being unhappy with her.

“Huh. That was cruel,” Jay told her, and Audrey giggled against his skin as she nuzzled his neck.

“Oh, come on. I didn’t think you’d fall for it that hard. You’re the con-man, aren’t you?” Audrey playfully pointed out as she sucked a bit on his neck. He glanced in her direction when she started that, and he sighed with the slightest hints of a smile upon his lips.

“I think I’ve taught you too well,” Jay spoke, and Audrey grinned widely as she kissed a gentle trail up to his mouth, pressing her lips against his own insistently in an attempt to get him to return it. Finally after a moment, she sighed happily as he brought up his hand to the back of her neck and pulled her nearer, reciprocating her kiss that she initiated.

After a few moments, he pulled away, pushing his forehead against her own as their noses and lips brushed against one another.

“You know, you are terrible,” Jay murmured, and Audrey just laughed joyfully as she kissed him once again.

It had been a good prank.

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It was about a week later that Audrey realized that her prank had turned against her.

But not in the way that she had thought it would.

No, it wasn’t that everyone was mad at her. After all, she had texted them all and told them that she had tricked them for April Fool’s, and they all took it exceedingly well. Uma was a little irritated at the fact that the pink princess had made her actually show off her softer side, but most of them all laughed it off and weren’t too upset at all. Mal had even commended her for her work.

The problem was that Audrey had been puking all week since April Fool’s, and it was honestly starting to scare her. Especially since she was not a weak-stomached person.

So, as a result of some base drive sending her to the pharmacy, Audrey bought a pregnancy test.

She went home, wasting no time in testing it out. To her pure and utter surprise, she found that it was positive.

The pregnancy test was positive.

She was pregnant.

And now she was showing this to Jay as they sat there in the same spot on the couch as they had a week ago. He was just staring at her in something between disbelief and shock.

“You’re not getting me again,” Jay told her kindly with a bit of a laugh, grinning at her as he decided ultimately to take it as a joke.

Audrey shook her head desperately, in a complete and utter panic.

“Jay, I’m pregnant! I’m seriously and truly pregnant! I’ve been puking every morning all week, and you know I’m not a puker!” Audrey cried, and Jay furrowed his brow a bit as he looked at the test in her hand. His expression slowly evolved into something strange that she wasn’t sure she recognized.

“Seriously?”

“Yes, I’m completely serious this time!” Audrey exclaimed, and Jay looked into her eyes.

Audrey almost felt like crying. She was just so terribly worried and nervous. She wasn’t sure if she was ready to be a mother. Audrey had been trained to take care of children, but that didn’t make her immediately ready for the immense responsibility.

Slowly, he nodded, a slight smile coming onto his face as he gazed at her. He opened his arms and pulled her into his chest comfortingly. Audrey wasted no time in squeezing him as tightly as she possibly could, her tears finally spilling onto her cheeks.

“Don’t cry, babe. I love you, it’s okay. There’s no reason to be upset,” Jay reassured her quietly, his chin resting on top of her head, and Audrey sobbed a bit as she buried her face in his comforting warmth.

“But we--- are we ready for this?” Audrey sniffed hard, trying to speak in the midst of the intense wavering of her voice. Jay just kissed the top of her head.

“Listen, I’ve been thinking a lot since you pranked me the other day. My first thought was whether I’d be a good dad or not. But then I thought again, and I realized that it would be such a beautiful thing to have baby you’s running around this place,” Jay expressed somewhat awkwardly, but entirely sure of his words. Audrey stopped in her crying, shocked beyond all belief as she listened to him speak.

“I don’t know if you’re ready, but I think I am,” Jay told her before pulling her off of his chest and pressing his forehead against her own in a manner quite similar to how he had done the other day when she had pranked him.

“There is absolutely no one in this entire world that I would want to go on this journey with more,” Jay told her slowly and purposefully, before pressing a kiss to each of her tearstained cheeks, “than with you.”

Audrey looked into her husband’s eyes quietly, taking in every bit of the love and emotion that she found there.

Slowly but surely, she felt her heart mending itself, and she offered a small smile to him.

“Together?” she asked, brushing her fingertips against his hand. He firmly caught her smaller hand in his large, thick, calloused one as he kissed her lips gently.

“Together.”

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foxtophat · 4 years

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HEYYYYYY BUDDY!!! guess what? it’s 6:30 and i haven’t had a chance to get onto my animal crossing fishing tourney yet so i’m gonna keep this short!

today’s chapter is about nick and john (as usual), and their trip out to the river to check some animal traps. i know, it sounds exciting, but trust me it gets better. you’ll just have to read to find out how!!!

i really appreciate all of you guys reading and reblogging and liking and commenting and kudosing and just being fantastic people all around! it’s so wonderful seeing people enjoying my work and i know i say it every time, but i MEAN IT every time! i really really appreciate you guys!

below the cut is the chapter text for all those non-ao3 people (or people who are lazy and have xkit like me). if you enjoy what i’m doing and haven’t already hit me up, i love hearing what you guys think! you know the rest of this part probably: likes, reblogs, comments, kudos, etc etc are all super cool and i would appreciate them, but i also know we live in hectic times so don’t worry yourself. you do you okay!!!

now off i go to catch some fish!!! enjoy nick and john being full dumbasses for 4,000 words!

Nick knows that Carmina's runny nose, itchy eyes, and sore throat are from allergies. He's sure Kim knows it, too. But Carmina has only had one other allergy attack in her life, and today's heavy pollen has left her a miserable, bedridden wreck. It particularly sucks that it had to be this morning, because Nick and she were going to check the traps, which means she was already half out of bed before the real misery began. She hasn't been truly sick since she was four, and Nick is hoping that they can keep that streak going for the foreseeable future, so of course he isn't going to push her to come — it's just too bad, is all.

Of course, with Carmina bed-bound and Kim in anxiety mode over it, Nick doesn't have a lot of choices when it comes to checking the traps. Either he leaves them out there for some predator to take advantage of, or he trusts John to have his back out in the woods. Considering everything that's happened, Nick is fairly confident that John isn't a threat, but that doesn't mean he can't have some lingering reservations. After all, John has been a decent person for less than a year. He might be getting the hang of it now, but that doesn't mean it won't be easy to backslide into bad habits if he's given the chance.

John killing him is a toss-up, but there's no doubt Kim will murder him if he heads off on his own. So, once Carmina is bemoaning her fate in bed and Kim has her under control, Nick meets John downstairs.

"Lucky you," he says, interrupting John mid-breakfast. "Looks like you and I are going on a trip."

Although John looks at him as though he expects it to be a short trip out behind a barn, he manages to respond with a balanced amount of sarcasm. "I thought I wasn't supposed to leave," he says, accidentally pulling off a great impression of Carmina in the middle of an argument.

"Well, you already broke that rule, what's one more time gonna hurt? C'mon, Kim will kill me if I go by myself, and I'm pretty sure she might kill you if you hang around and stress her out more."

It's the first time since bringing John home that he's left the property, not that it's a particularly exciting first trip out. They aren't going very far — there are three traps set up along the river, easy enough to find if you follow the embankment — but John still keeps close, as if they're moseying down some foreign avenue and he doesn't want to get lost. Nick knows the route pretty well by now, but he's willing to take it slow so that John might memorize some of it himself.

"Strange how little things have changed out here," John says after a while. "I was expecting a blighted hell-scape, but all of this seems... normal."

"From what I've heard, the greenery took some time coming back, so we missed most of the actual apocalypse. I guess nature had a pretty big leg up without all the people around."

John hums neutrally in response. Nick glances his way, expecting him to be lost in some dark thoughts like he usually seems to be, but John is only observing the tall, thin trees and their patched canopies. Either he's getting better at handling his inner turmoil, or he's gotten better at hiding when he's spiraling.

"I guess you didn't get to see much lying in that ditch I found you in, huh?" Nick asks. Despite himself, he's not trying to be a dick about it. He's just curious, is all — John doesn't talk about his bunker or the circumstances that brought him topside where Nick could find him. For all Nick knows, John was up and running around for days or even weeks before he got sick.

"Not really," John admits. "Although from what it looks like, not much has changed."

"Yeah. You'd have to go into town to really see the difference."

At the mention of town, John's neutral silence turns noticeably uncomfortable. "I suppose I would," he says, hedging awkwardly around the topic. It's the same routine he pulls out every time Nick or Kim mention going to public spaces, especially this past month or so. Nick understands his reservations — hell, you couldn't pay Nick to go somewhere where he would be as unwanted as John would be in town — but Nick also doesn't want John to hide for the rest of his life. He doesn't think he can keep a secret that long.

John surprises Nick by taking it one step further. "They have enough to worry about without my inglorious resurrection making things worse," he admits, offering his first genuine reason not to go beyond not wanting to be killed by a mob.

Nick chuckles. "That's awfully considerate of you," he teases. He's managed to find a balance between antagonizing and friendly ribbing, although the difference is probably lost on John. "At this rate, you might convince people you're a whole other person."

Almost immediately, Nick regrets the suggestion. It would be relatively easy to fade into anonymous obscurity if John wanted — not that he thinks John would want to. Nick just doesn't want to be the guy giving him bad ideas.

"It's simpler to stay here," John replies, sounding as though he'd dismissed that option a while back already. "Safer. If Jacob taught me anything, it was that I wouldn't make it one week by myself in the wilderness."

It's another first to have John mention his family outside of verbally disowning them for other people's comfort. Nick wants to pry up those floorboards in particular, because the brotherly relationship between the youngest and oldest Seed had to be a bizarre one, but John's pensive enough about it without him digging further. These are the baby steps that Kim's always talking about — he has to let them be small, and let John take them when he's ready.

They eventually reach the clearing, where scraggly trees give way to what used to be the river's embankment. With the river having moved some ten yards, the land has been left open to grow thick with weeds and vines. The traps they set out here tend to have the best luck; even Carmina's earliest snares managed to catch squirrels and rabbits all the time. Since it's been a couple of days since they last had meat beyond old jerky, Nick is especially hopeful that they're going to get lucky again today. The more traps that they fill, the more food they have, and the more food they have, the more they can trade and give away. Nick isn't sure if paying Grace's trust back with rabbits is going to work, but damned if he isn't going to try.

Unfortunately, it looks like something else got to the trap before them. Nick examines the fibrous old rope that had kept the trap anchored to the tree, which must have frayed enough for some predator to drag the cage down to the bottom of the incline. It's an old animal control trap from before the bombs, so it's unlikely to have broken, but Nick is not looking forward to making it down the embankment and getting mud up to his knees. Especially not while wearing his last pair of mostly-intact jeans.

"What are you doing?" John asks incredulously as Nick starts to gently pick his way through the brush down the slope. "That's a terrible idea."

"Suddenly you know so much about everything," Nick grouses. "We need that trap. I've got this, just stay there and —"

Nick hopes he never has to admit it again, but John is apparently right to warn him. The dirt under the thick foliage is loose and wet from the earlier rains, which Nick only realizes as he sinks his boot right into the root system of the vines holding the erosion at bay. He pitches down the hill, managing to bring up his arm a fraction of a second too late to save himself from going headfirst into the ground. His elbow takes most of the damage, followed immediately by his temple, ringing his bell so thoroughly that he misses the rest of his full-on tumble down the slope. He's face-first in the dirt one second, and face-up to the canopy the next, the world still spinning even when Nick is pretty sure he's hit the bottom.

Somewhere nearby he can hear the river, and all around him are deep green leaves and bright pink flowers. Sunlight shines in through the trees, and for a moment the amber light turns the world around him into an alien landscape. The plants rustle in the breeze; somewhere on the incline above, he can hear roots tearing through the dirt. They're miles away, on the contour just above him, and Nick struggles to focus on them.

Somebody is calling his name. How long has he been lying here? Dazed and aching as he is, Nick can't tell if it's been seconds, minutes or longer since he fell face-first down the hill. He doesn't want to move — his entire body aches, his ankle throbs, and there's a painful blooming knot behind his ear that tells Nick he definitely hit his head somewhere on the way down.

The sunlight shining down on him is blotted out as John Seed looms into view as he reaches the bottom of the embankment. Nick has trouble making heads or tails of what he's seeing at first, but as John approaches, he starts to make more visual sense. He's looking around the dirt, sliding his foot through the brush before every step. Nick doesn't know what he's looking for, but as soon as Nick catches sight of the rifle lying in the weeds nearby, he starts to get an idea.

He must see it at the same time as John does. As John reaches down to pick it up, Nick tries to come up with something more intelligible than a painful groan, failing miserably. John weighs the rifle in his hands, staring at it, largely ignoring Nick's struggling to move. Nick barely manages to push himself to his elbows by the time John sighs with noticeable relief, pulling the strap over his shoulder so that the rifle can hang harmlessly off his back.

He crouches down next to Nick, who's still struggling, even after the danger has passed. "Quit it," John tells him, reaching out to steady him before he goes falling back into the dirt. The relief he'd felt holding the rifle must've been short-lived, because he only looks concerned and mildly upset now. Nick can't help but think he's upset because Nick thought he was gonna shoot him. He should apologize for that, probably.

"Nick," John repeats.

"Ugh," Nick groans. "I think I smacked a rock on my way down." He reaches up to feel the back of his head, and it's only John's grip on his shoulder that keeps him from falling back again.

"Stop squirming," John sighs. "Just — stop ."

Nick hates to listen to John's orders, but he's the one who didn't go ass-over-teakettle down the hill, so he's sort of the de-facto leader for now. It's a hard sell, but it's not like Nick's got any options right now, so he has to let John feel out the back of his head and reserves his complaints to pained hissing every time John prods the throbbing spot on his skull.

He feels momentarily faint when John pulls his hand away and reveals his bloody fingertips, but John doesn't seem phased in the least. "Lucky for all of us, you didn't crack your skull open," he says, somehow managing to sound both irritated and relieved at the same time.

He looks around them, which reminds Nick for the first time that they're at the bottom of a steep incline that goes on for a good mile in either direction. They're gonna have to go up the hill, which means Nick is going to need to keep it together at least long enough to get up to the top.

"I can make it," he tells John, who tries to mask his concern under schooled irritation as he looks back to Nick. "C'mon, I just need a hand up."

"I don't think it's going to be as easy as you seem to believe," John replies.

Nick groans, trying to push himself up. He doesn't admit how relieved he is when John grudgingly comes to help. He pulls Nick up by both shoulders, easily enough that it unnerves the crap out of Nick, but what's he gonna do? Complain that John is strong enough to help him?

As soon as he tries to put pressure on his left ankle, Nick knows he's screwed. He bites his tongue for the first second or two, but the sharp glass twinge every time he tries to rest his weight on it is too much to bear. "Ah, fuck ," he hisses, ready to sink to the ground again, "Yeah, that's not good."

John grabs Nick before he can drop back down to the ground, taking the weight that Nick's leg can't handle. "Damn it," John grunts. "You couldn't have listened to me just once?"

Nick laughs like it's supposed to be a joke, but John only looks offended in response. He yanks Nick's arm over his shoulder and asks briskly, "Which way?"

Nick is still thinking of climbing back up right here, but with his leg like it is that's probably not a great option. "Uh, that way," Nick chooses almost at random, his only hunch that the northern bend might ease more than the southern one.

John doesn't say much while they walk. Nick doesn't either, mostly focused on keeping his weight off his foot and trying not to give in to the urge to lie down and nap for a decade or two. Every wrong step on his bad leg makes his vision gray around the edges, but John walks slowly enough that those become few and far between.

Nick can't believe that John has ever had this amount of patience within him, much less that he's using it now as Nick grunts and tries to maintain his balance. All of his weird television ads had made him seem intense and caring, and all of the Peggies seemed to find him comforting, but Nick had realized pretty quickly that it was all an act. Or, he'd thought it was, until now, finding himself being partially carried through the forest without even the pettiest of complaining.

The incline begins to ease. Nick has no idea how long they've been walking — it's either been minutes or hours, and it's not his job to keep track of that kind of thing right now. All he's supposed to do is keep calm and coherent. Mostly coherent. Awake, anyway.

"We'll go up here," John decides at one point. "Do you need to rest?"

"What?" Nick asks, blindsided by the question. "No. What?"

"Oh, good," John sighs, "I was wondering when the brain damage would show."

He seems offended again. Nick keeps accidentally offending him, which sucks. When Nick had wanted to offend him, he never managed to, but now he doesn't even have to try. He should probably apologize, but that would set a bad precedent, wouldn't it?

"Man, I don't know, just get me home already!"

John heaves an extremely frustrated sigh, accompanied by a heavy eye-roll, and then he and Nick start the long trek up the hill. It's slow, slow going; even without Nick's sprained ankle, the dirt is loose under the brush and every step could lead to either of them rolling back down to the bottom. Even so, John keeps a firm grip on Nick's arm, digging his boots into the hillside before helping Nick drag himself up. Not once does Nick think he's going to fall.

They stop to rest at the top of the incline. Nick flops down, almost lying back before remembering that he should probably keep awake. That's what you're supposed to do with a concussion. He hasn't had one since he was a teen, but it's sort of like riding a bike. Right?

After taking a minute to catch their breath, John pulls Nick back to his feet, taking noticeable care not to force more strain than necessary on his bad leg. It's not a long walk of shame from here, but Nick's making it difficult to go at any speed other than a crawl. Even though he's taking forever, and he has to stop every few feet, John remains oddly patient. Well, it's not really odd - most decent people would cut a guy with a busted ankle and a concussion some slack. It's just - well, John isn't most decent people. He isn't even any decent people. But he waits for Nick to catch his breath when he seems winded and doesn't comment on how easy it would be to throw him to the wolves like this. Nick's made plenty of jokes and off-color comments about that kind of thing, but now with the tables turned, John isn't giving as good as he gets, and the guilt is starting to gnaw irritatingly in his gut. He probably should apologize.

He doesn't, but that's mostly due to his struggle to keep conscious. The longer they walk, the weirder the world around him feels — fuzzy and distant, sort of unreal. He's more watching the situation unfold than experiencing it. He needs to sit down and rest. He needs to take a goddamn nap and try not to use his brain any more than he usually does.

John waits until they reach the airstrip to reveal his fraying nerves. "Kim!" he shouts, repeating her name one more time for good measure before muttering mostly to himself, "She is going to kill me."

"Welcome to my life," Nick replies, because John just wasn't quiet enough.

Kim rushes from the house before they've cleared the hangar, catching herself a few feet from colliding with them. She looks ready to fight, or run, or both , but instead, she hovers there anxiously. "What the hell happened?" she exclaims, trying not to raise her voice as Carmina watches them from the porch.

"I'm fine," Nick groans, waving Kim's concern away before it starts freaking him out. "Slipped down the hill is all."

John doesn't sound so blase about it as he tells Kim grimly, "I think he may have a concussion."

"I definitely have a concussion," Nick agrees, having forgotten about that part. "Sprained my ankle, too. I don't think it's broken, anyway..."

Kim sighs, relieved and exasperated in equal measures. "Come on, let's get him inside," she says, and to Nick's never-ending surprise, she willingly lets John continue supporting him. She lets them go by as she stops by Carmina, who looks sniffly but otherwise healthy. "Everything's fine," she tells her as John helps Nick into the house. "Your dad just slipped."

"I thought John wasn't supposed to have guns?" Carmina asks.

"Let me worry about that. Go ahead and read without me, I'll be back down in a minute."

When Kim catches up, John shrugs out from under Nick's arm, letting her take over supporting him as he goes to disarm himself. Every movement he takes is slow and deliberate, leaving no surprises as he carefully pulls the rifle from his shoulder.

"Just put it over there," Kim tells him, and to Nick's surprise, she doesn't give him a backward glance as she helps Nick up the stairs. She doesn't even indicate where "over there" is, she's so unconcerned with John having a firearm!

He manages to share a bewildered look with John before craning his neck becomes too much, Kim dragging him upstairs to the comfort of their room. "What are you doing," he hisses at her as she shoulders their way through the door. "You left him alone with the gun and Carmina ?"

Kim sighs wearily in response. "What did you do?" she asks as she maneuvers him to the bed.

He sits with a groan, immediately thinking of how nice a nap sounds right now, but Kim's hand on his shoulder keeps him upright. He can take a nap once they make sure he didn't do more than ring his bell. "One of the traps was down a hill, and... I guess I followed it. Really, Kim, it's no big deal."

"You should have been more careful," Kim scolds, although her worry is keeping her from chewing him out properly. "What if John hadn't been there?"

Nick waves a hand, probably too dismissively. "C'mon, you would've found me eventually."

Kim scowls at him until he almost apologizes, distracted only when she hears John coming up the stairs. "Okay," she says, "You need to rest. Don't move. I'll get you some water and we'll clean you up."

She leaves the room before Nick can argue any of the points. He huffs at her retreat, but at least she doesn't lock him in like she would whenever he got the flu. Probably because the lock doesn't work so well anymore, but Nick can pretend it's her trusting him not to get out of bed.

Through the crack in the door, he can hear Kim as she meets John out on the landing. It's only then that Nick realizes how dangerous all of this could be — but the actual threat doesn't feel as present as it used to with John. He's gone rotten-soft, apparently, but at least John isn't likely to take advantage of it. Not without some convincing, anyway.

"I tried to stop him," John says. "He wouldn't listen."

"Welcome to the club," Kim replies, which might be true, but ow . "Thanks for bringing him back."

John doesn't say anything to that. Nick closes his eyes, only to be surprised when John continues the conversation. "I know where the trap is," he says, "It'll only take an hour or two for me to go get it."

Kim clicks her tongue. "No way."

"It can't just sit there. And there are still other traps to check." There's a beat before John continues in frustration, "What? You can't possibly think I'm trying to escape ."

"That's not what I'm worried about," Kim says. "It's a family rule. Nobody goes out by themselves if they can help it. Don't worry about the trap, okay? We can get it later."

Nick doesn't hear John's response. He's not even sure there is one. After a quiet moment, Kim speaks again. "You can go in, if you want. I'll be back up in a minute."

"Yeah," John replies. His voice sounds really rough, enough so that he clears his throat and repeats, "Yes."

Even then, Nick doesn't quite expect it when John eventually enters the room. "You can come in, I'm not dying ," Nick groans when John hesitates at the door. It's enough to earn him a nasty look, which is better than the weird sickbed sympathy, and John shuts the door behind him with a lot of false bravado to make up for his discomfort.

Nick opens his mouth to make a joke about John using this chance to kill him, but the words don't come. It must be the concussion making him feel guilty even thinking about it. His brain is addled and he's thinking more about how hard John's been working now rather than how about how awful John was before. Still — it would be a low blow, and Nick is trying to be better than that.

"You... uh..." Nick clears his throat, the words rattling around in his head out of order until he shakes them into place. "You... really came through for me back there."

"What?" John asks, startled.

Nick is startled, too, because as soon as the words come out of his mouth, the months-long ball of guilt that's grown in his stomach eases somewhat. "Yeah," he admits. "It's probably the concussion talking, but, uh. Thanks."

You'd think Nick had tried to punch him with how John reacts. "You're welcome," he rasps, looking like he needs to sit down.

"Don't think this lets you off the hook or anything," Nick adds. "You're still a miserable bastard, and I still really dislike you, but at least I know I can trust you not to leave me for dead."

The word trust seems somehow worse than Nick's thanks. "You don't mean that," he says, like he can demand Nick change his emotions.

But Nick does mean it, and being told otherwise is frankly sort of irritating. "Of course I do. You think I would have taken you with me today if I thought you were gonna betray me?"

"I... hadn't thought about it," John admits.

"And would I have let you carry a firearm into the house if I thought you would use it on us?"

"You didn't have a choice in the matter."

Nick groans. "Jesus, John."

"Sorry," John snaps, not apologetic in the least as he points out, "It's not like I'm used to this."

"What, people trusting you?"

John doesn't have the chance to respond; before he can do more than look moderately offended, the door opens. Kim comes in with Carmina in tow, checking their expressions for just a second before letting Carmina follow her into the room.

"Everything good in here?" she asks, just in case.

"I could use a nap," Nick tells her, as if he hasn't been having a heart-to-heart with John Seed just seconds ago. When Carmina comes forward, she's got a stiff upper lip and an extremely worried pair of eyes, so he makes sure to smile big for her. "What's the matter, sweetheart? I just rolled my ankle."

She reaches over to hold his hand on the bed, which just makes him feel like an old grandpa about to give away his farm. "I'm sorry I didn't want to go," she sniffs, heavy with self-guilt. "It's just allergies, and I'm good at climbing. I would have been able to help."

Nick wraps both hands over hers, pulling her until she climbs onto the mattress with a little laugh. "It's okay," he tells her. "John handled it alright."

From the way John is standing, leaning towards the door, he probably doesn't want to stick around much longer, but he tries not to look like he's trying to escape when Carmina turns her big eyes on him. She's expecting him to say something to reassure her, but when all he does is stand like a deer in headlights, she loses interest.

"Okay," Kim says, with a damp piece of fabric in hand. "Let me clean you up so you can get some rest."

Nick obliges, mostly because he can't resist, and lets Kim lean him forward so that she can get a clear shot at the gash behind his ear. Carmina lays beside him, fingers wound in his shirt as she watches her mom work. For his part, John lingers close to the door, not running yet even though he has a clear escape route. He watches Nick hiss through Kim's care, going through a lot of effort to keep himself removed. It makes sense. John isn't part of the family, and even if he were, family seems to be close to a four-letter word when it comes to the Seeds. Still — they're edging around the six-month mark and even Nick has to admit, John's pulled enough weight around here to warrant a little more opening up on his part. After all, the bastard did just drag him home.

"Hey," he calls out, drawing John's uncertain attention. "Tomorrow, you and me will go finish the run."

Kim tuts at him like he's a five-year-old. "You don't even know if you're going to be on your feet tomorrow."

"I'm gonna be fine ," he grouses.

"Why don't we wait until you're feeling up to it, and then we can all go together?" Kim asks, as diplomatic as ever. "It's been a while since we could go somewhere as a family."

"Really?" Carmina asks, perking up. "Can we go swimming? Should we bring the fishing poles?"

Kim laughs gently. "We'll make a day out of it, sure."

" Finally ," Carmina sighs, laying her head on Nick's chest.

Nick isn't sure if John knows he's being included in the plans Kim is making or not, but he doesn't try to question it or run from it. He stands there, willingly letting the Ryes make plans around him, and watches with a complicated expression. Even in the face of familial love, though, John doesn't bolt. Nick can give him credit for that.

"Alright, I think that's it," Kim declares at last, once she's cleaned up Nicks cuts and double-checked his ankle to make sure it's only been sprained. "There's nothing left but for you to get some rest." Nick begins to ask a question, but Kim cuts him off with a smile. "You're coherent enough that sleep isn't out of the question. I'll keep an eye on you."

"Thank God. I feel like I just got dragged a mile up-hill."

With a fond shake of her head, Kim pushes herself off the bed, moderately surprised to see John still standing near the door. "I'm sure we can find something for you to do," she tells him.

John nods in response, but he doesn't move until Kim approaches, ushering him out the door. She turns at the doorway and addresses Carmina, who seems to be pretending to be asleep for the moment. "Don't keep him up too long, sweetheart," she says. "He needs to rest."

"Okay, mom," Carmina mumbles, just like a sleeping girl might if she weren't lying. Kim rolls her eyes, leaving the door cracked as she heads out into the hall.

Nick and Carmina lie in bed for a few minutes without talking. Nick starts to drift almost immediately, although he suspects Carmina is about to start talking any time now. Sure enough, after the comfortable silence passes between them, Carmina tugs gently on his shirt to get his attention.

"Does this mean I can talk to John without you getting mad, now?" she asks.

Nick groans quietly, wrapping an arm around her. "He might not like that," he points out, because it's more diplomatic than saying "no" outright.

"Dad..."

He heaves a sigh. "It means... I don't know what it means." He runs his hand through her hair, closing his eyes. "I don't trust him with you, sweetheart," he admits at last. "But you're getting old enough to start trusting your own gut on this kind of thing. Just... listen to the voice that tells you if something's a bad idea. If John does something that raises that voice, you come tell me or your mom."

Carmina breathes quietly for a moment. "Mom said he hurt you," she mumbles.

"Yeah," he replies. "Yeah, he definitely hurt me." He drops his free hand over his chest, right across the raised scar near his heart. "It was a long time ago, though. And I don't think he's gonna do it again."

"But you don't know?"

"Nope." Checking her expression, Nick can't help but chuckle when he sees her frustration plain as day. "Some things are unknowable, Carmina — especially the future. All you can do is trust your instincts. Your mom and I never knew how bad things were gonna get, but when my gut told me to stock the bunker, I listened to it. And when your mom's instincts told her it was time for us to go topside, we listened. So far, so good."

Carmina's irritated frown softens as he talks, but Nick still worries that he's gonna say the wrong thing. He's always worried about it with her. Carmina is smart, but kids see everything in black and white, and he doesn't want to accidentally turn his kid into someone like Hurk. Then again, Hurk is still alive and comfortably set up with weapons and alcohol, so maybe he isn't such a bad guy for Carmina to emulate.

Oh, he definitely needs to take a nap if he's starting to consider Hurk a decent role model. "Daddy's gonna close his eyes for a bit," he says, well after his eyes have already drifted shut.

"Me too," Carmina mumbles. Nick isn't about to push her away, and so thankfully, he gets to fall asleep to the sound of his daughter's gentle breathing, her small fingertips resting against the scar tissue that he's been trying to hide.

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