Welp, with the encouragement of my dear sweet enablers, I've done it. I posted what I had sitting in my docs of the RvB university AU onto AO3.
The basic gist: Blood Gulch Hall is a student residence of the local university. It has a red hall of students, a blue hall of students, and a purple hall meant for the Residence Assistants. Sarge, of course, is one RA- convinced the two halls of students are separate and rivals- and so he's moved himself in amongst the students there. Flowers was the other RA until he suddenly died, leaving the blue hall with no real oversight.
After a prank gone wrong, the university decides a new RA needs to be assigned. Wash, a student who's distinguished himself to the school through the Project Freelancer student research placements, is given the job- much to his relief, as it's a sweet deal that saves him from his crushing student debt. Naturally, the local residents do not take kindly to his attempts at enforcing rules, and tomfoolery ensues.
Church is a history major finishing his final year of undergrad. As the member of Blood Gulch Hall that's been there the longest, he's especially tired of everyone's shit, but knows exactly how everyone seems to operate. He's also the son of the Director of the university, and has one of the biggest grudges against him and the school. In general, he's jaded and cynical, but likes fucking with the other residents and shooting the shit with Tucker.
Tucker is a political science major- after going on a student exchange program in high school with the intent of just getting away for a while so he could slack off and "pick up chicks who think foreigners are hot", he ended up accidentally adopting a role as an unofficial ambassador of his home country-and decided to try and pursue it as a career. He also minors in human sexuality- which he thought was going to teach him about how to be a sex god, but actually ended up making him re-evaluate himself and realize his constant talking about chicks was covering up his insecurity about his bisexuality.
Caboose is a mechanical engineering student in his third year. Though no one knows it, he's actually only been at the school for two years- he overloaded courses and passed them with surprisingly strong grades. He doesn't spell very well, which is mostly me leaning into the classic "engineers can't spell" joke, but he's extremely gifted in math and robotics, thinking in numbers and spacial reasoning- baffling his professors and classmates alike. Caboose is accustomed to a large family, which naturally comes with a lot of bickering. He views the group at Blood Gulch Hall like a surrogate family that way- and is happy to just smile and nod when they argue amongst themselves, more concerned with his latest robotics projects.
Kai is a business major- she's been running side hustles most of her life, it seemed natural for her to take it to the next level using the savings she'd made. She knows people don't typically view her as smart, that they look at her as a bimbo- and doesn't care. She sometimes even leans into the role if it means she can turn people underestimating her to her advantage. She throws awesome parties, knows all the cool people on campus, and has all the best self-care tips and tricks. She also delights in embarrassing her older brother at every opportunity.
Grif is a chemical engineering student- at the time, it seemed like a good idea. He had a dream, you see, to develop a banana flavouring that actually tasted like bananas, a grape flavouring that actually tasted like grapes. By the time he realized it would be a lot more complicated than that, it was too late- he was committed. He now spends his time suffering through and scraping by in all the core engineering classes, learning about motors and thermodynamics and waiting for the light in the tunnel. He passes his free time by developing a tier list of all the pizza joints across campus, and perfecting his own brownie recipe (with and without weed).
Simmons is an electrical and computer engineering student. He was always a nerd, but until he gained a bionic arm, he'd been leaning more towards the theoretical side of the sciences. After that, though, he was constantly studying in his own time, learning how to tinker with it and improve its performance- which naturally brought him to engineering. He's the kind of keener who does all the readings well in advance, visits every office hour even when he doesn't need help just in case there's interesting discussion, and stays after class to chat with professors. He pretends to be tired of Grif leaning on his to study for the things he doesn't find interesting, but he secretly enjoys being the smart one who can lecture his friend on a topic.
Donut is a vet sciences student- he grew up on a farm, surrounded by and caring for a myriad of animals, and kept the passion for it throughout his whole life. He plans on specializing in bovine and equine medicine, which means he doesn't get grossed out by much anymore. It throws people off when he cheerfully discusses sticking his arm inside a cow's ass- but he's so desensitized he doesn't even consider it, much to the dismay of Grif and Simmons. He and Kai are the residence's biggest supporters of self-care regimens, regularly getting together to discuss skin care while they give each other manipedis. He also enjoys wearing novelty themed earrings... when there isn't a concern of a patient biting them.
Sarge is the RA for the red team... and while very few people know it, that's actually the umbrella term over his true role as Faculty in Residence. He's a member of the engineering faculty, specializing in combustion modelling. After developing the Stagnation And Radiation Generalizing Equations method of computation and modelling (SARGE method for short), he was granted tenure and celebrated as a pioneer in his field. However, over time, he was left in the dust as the field was largely dropped in favour of more environmentally friendly things like electric vehicles. Very few people remember his contributions to the field now, and he's never really asked to teach classes, so he was appointed RA so the pay wasn't going to waste... and he's thrown himself quite cheerfully and passionately into his work.
Wash is a walking disaster- and by that, I mean he's in his third year, has no declared major, and is still trying to figure out what he wants to do with himself. Formerly part of the university's Project Freelancer, a research placement that recruits undergrads into a high-pressure work environment for very little pay, he's found himself burnt-out and exhausted. Being given a work-study position as the peer mentor RA of Blood Gulch Hall is a relief- it doesn't pay, but it's free housing and a waived tuition fee for the year that gives him time to figure his shit out. Unfortunately, his reliance on the job ends up becoming another source of stress... and it's a while before he learns the motions of living and working with his fellow residents.
...Obviously there's way more to it, more characters, more lore tidbits that I've yet to sprinkle in, et cetera. But this post is already long enough, so if there's interest, I'll probably post that another time.
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It’s Showdown Time!
By: Mod Nightmare
During a routine shift of helping out in the Portal Room, Jack, Hunter, and Edric accidentally get transported to another world
One Jack is intimately familiar with
Let the action/Rom-com shenanigans begin!
(This is the first of a series of one shot shenanigans Mod Nightmare will usually be writing when she needs a break from her own projects! And maybe Aeon, but probably only Nightmare)
……….
The first indication that something had gone wrong, at least in Hunter’s perspective, was when he started to regain consciousness, despite not remembering what knocked him out.
The second indication was a hard boot slamming into his back-
“YEOW!”
Hunter bucked up to throw off his assaulter, whipping around with a snarl as he got to his feet. However, his anger was quickly washed out with confusion as Edric hastily motioned for silence.
He looked… scared.
“Whats wrong?” Hunter questioned, voice low to not startle the greenette as he finally took in their surroundings.
This is NOT the portal room, what the fuck
“Jack’s in trouble” Edric answered, gesturing at the entrance to their dingy prison cell, where an angry-looking jungle cat was prowling back and forth, glaring at them. “Long story short, you’ve been… “out of commission” for two hours”
“What could have-“ Hunter started to demand, before memories of an overloading portal invaded his brain. “Actually, better question, what did I miss”
“Long story short, portal overload, we ended up in the “treasure room” of some evil overlord Jack knows, guy was NOT happy to find us there” Edric explained, ticking off fingers. “Jack talked the guy out of outright killing us, but now we’re essentially hostages unless our resident robotics whiz tells aforementioned evil overlord how we got in”
“…Chase Young?”
“From the stories we’ve been told, most likely” Edric replied as he followed Hunter to the bars of the cell. “I’ll warn you now, Jack was not exaggerating, dude’s hotter than the surface of the sun”
“We’ll torch that distraction when we get to it” Hunter replied, tapping a claw against the bars of the cage.
As expected, the big cat lunged for him, clawing at the empty air where he witch had just been.
“Okay, Vex, wake up, we need you” Hunter ordered, pulling his hoodie collar a bit so his little palisman could dart out, hovering attentively next to his head. “You’re gonna be our recon scout here. Without letting anyone see you, find Jack, give us his location, then wait in hiding for further orders”
“As you command” She responded, dipping her head a little bit before disappearing into the shadows along the wall. Edric, meanwhile, had crouched down and flicked open his enchanted school satchel, which was basically the groups infinite storage space for all their valuable shit.
“What are we looking at?” The greenette asked as he pulled out his portable “potions” set, mostly stocked with dangerous chemicals and a near endless supply of spherical glass bottles, enchanted to contain all substances safely until thrown. Hunter turned back to eye the big cat still clawing fruitlessly at them through the bars.
“Obsidian reinforced with steel, I think. Mostly steel to keep functionality” he mused, checking underneath his nails. “Go with a melting solution, I want it to look like we escaped quietly out the front”
“Got it” Edric muttered, quickly filing through his available chemicals and selecting the ones he needed. “And the cat?”
Hunter simply snapped his fingers, and a spike of shadow shot up from underneath the big cats head, killing it instantly.
“They can draw their own conclusions”
…………..
Of course Chase Young would finally be interested in me after I stopped idolizing him
It was honestly hilarious, in that ironic way, but also so, so, irritating. Mostly because the evil warlord was trying to leverage admiration that no longer existed.
“How many times must I tell you, it was pure bad luck I ended up in your little horde room” the redhead huffed, glowering at the intimidating man staring him down. With time, the memories of servitude and being the butt of every joke had soured Jack’s opinion of Chase Young and everything he stood for. Actually, he hated every single villain he’d ever formed an alliance with at this point. All they’d ever done was use, then dump him. “I don’t even have anything you could want on me. Just let me and my friends go, and I promise, I won’t come back”
“Friends? Oh, thats a riot” Quite possibly the only voice Jack despised more than Chase’s chimed from the Heylain’s side. Wuya, restored to her physical form, was cackling her evil little heart out, clearly mocking the redhead. “I’m more likely to convince Chase to give me all my powers back than you are to have even one ally who genuinely enjoys your company”
“If this were a bet, you would have your powers back, you bedraggled old cunt” Jack sniped back, smirking at the downright offended reaction he got out of the nasty hag. “What? Did you expect me to just sit here and take your shit? Sorry to tell you, but therapy has done wonders in helping me grow a nice, shiny spine”
“You little-!” The Heylain witch snarled, looking prepared to tear the redhead a new hole, but was blocked by Chase’s arm, the overlord shooting her a warning glare.
“Your misplaced confidence aside-“ Chase spoke, putting his arm down after his point was made, then turning to face the young inventor. “-you still managed to get into my vault, with no signs of forced entry, without the Golden Tiger Claws. Clearly, you know something that could be of value to me”
“Even if I do, there’s nothing to be gained from telling you” the pale redhead replied, keeping eye contact despite the painful reminders of shitty past decisions. “I can’t go home, and I got my friends dragged into my old problems on top of that. Theres nothing you can do, or offer me, that’ll get me to do anything for your benefit”
Wuya made some sort of snide comment on his statement, but Jack just focused on keeping eye-contact with the intimidating man at her side. The redhead knew he was out of his depth, with no chance to fight off either adult if they decided to kill him, but he’d be damned if the only people he cared about suffered because he talked to save his own hide.
He wasn’t expecting the warlord to roughly grab his chin to get a better look into his eyes. Still, Jack kept a brave face, hoping the Heylain couldn’t feel his trembling.
“… It appears I have gravely underestimated your value” He finally hissed, jerking the boys head to the side before releasing him, turning to face some of his Jungle Cat Warriors. “Lock him up in the west wing. He requires re-education”
“WHAT”
“Chase, you must be joking” Wuya sneered as the jungle cats stalked towards Jack, who was now actively struggling against his bonds. As Chase turned to address the witch, probably just to shut her up, Jack was distracted by the feeling of a familiar set of paws scrambling up his back, underneath his trench coat.
“Knock yourself over, you have five seconds”
Not needing to be told twice, Jack kicked out at one of the jungle cats who’d prowled too close, shifting his weight so the driving force knocked his chair to the side. However, before the second jungle cat had time to avenge the dishonor suffered by his brethren, a very big, very angry green wolf tackled it to the side, sinking its teeth into its throat.
Chase’s reaction to the sudden intruder was quick, knocking Wuya out of the room as he lunged for Jack, but unfortunately for him, at that moment, the wall behind the redhead exploded in a glorious inferno, from which a streak of purple plowed into the Tai-chi master, knocking him back before materializing in front of Jack, the violette behind it snarling in warning.
“Sorry we took so long, had to make the escape look physical” Edric apologized quietly, sawing at Jacks bonds with a pocket knife while Hunter intercepted Chase again, knocking the warlord back and returning to his previous defensive position.
“You have no idea who you’re messing with, child, step aside or face the consequences” the tyrant hissed, eyes flickering to a familiar, sickly yellow. “I have need of your ally”
“The only thing you “have need” of is a good punch into the center of that pretty face” Hunter spat back, catching Vex as she darted out from Jack’s trenchcoat, eager to return to her master. “Bring it on”
Chase roared as he shifted into his draconic lizard form, lunging for Hunter directly that time.
However, instead of sinking his fangs into the small witch as expected, he was instead met with a wall of dark grey scales, ones that easily deflected gnashing teeth. As the annoyed warlord made an attempt to redirect, golden claws dug into his hide and hurled him through the door and several fortress walls.
“Alright, we’ve lost the element of surprise!” Hunter shouted over the chaos of crumbling walls, while Edric helped Jack to his feet. As Chase poked his scaly head up from the devastation, the violette drew a circle in the air, returning Cedric to his palisman form as he blasted out another wall with magic from his free hand. “Vex, we’re out! NOW!”
Needing no other commands, the enlarged dragon slung Jack and Edric onto her back and took off, quickly followed by Hunter leaping onto her back right before she gained too much altitude.
The euphoria that Jack experienced when he realized how much destruction the trio had just gotten away with had him shouting victoriously as Vex flew them off into the sunrise.
…………
By the time Vex had touched down again, the sun was just reaching its highest point, and all three boys had their fill of flying for the day.
Mostly because they discovered Jack got pretty airsick when he was riding on something that required a lot of movement to fly.
Edric ended up settled at the redheads side as he threw up what little food had been left over from the previous day, thankful the trio had decided to take the pre-breakfast shift to help out with reconstructing the portal.
It shortened the poor guys suffering.
When the pair re-emerged from the bushes, Jack still a bit disoriented from being sick, they found Hunter had stretched out on a flat rock, purring audibly as he basked in warm sunshine.
“Um… what are you doing?” Edric questioned as Cedric jumped into his arms, eager to see his master again, despite the relatively short time they’d spent apart.
“It’s been a while since I’ve enjoyed strong, uninterrupted sunlight” He replied, like that answered any questions the greenette had about his behavior. “I know this spot wasn’t chosen for my enjoyment, though. Why did you want us to fly here, Jack?”
“Oh! Right, that” Jack muttered, violently shaking his head to reorient himself. “I set up a secret base in this area a while ago, somewhere to hide out and live in when Wuya was refusing to send me back home. It’s nice, but… I haven’t used it in a while”
“You forgot where the entrance was, didn’t you?” Edric accused, making the shorter teen turn a little red. Which, adorable, but not helping the problem at hand.
“Well, its not like I can label it! It’s a secret entrance for a reason” The goth defended, crossing his arms and refusing to meet the tall witches eyes. “I just know it’s somewhere in this grotto, because you can’t easily get into it without flying”
“Which is a damn shame, this would make an amazing sun spot if it wasn’t mostly cut off from the sky” Hunter cut in, rolling onto his stomach to stare at them from his little perch, Vex taking the opportunity to jump onto his fluffy head. “Where was Jack sick at, this is basically going to be our front lawn, I don’t want it stinking”
Edric simply gestured to the cluster of bushes behind them, then passed him by as he started his search for the entrance trigger, Jack heading in the opposite direction.
Their search didn’t end up lasting too long, as a loud scream from the bushes they’d emerged from had the Christmas colored duo darting back to check on their friend.
They instead came upon a hole, with Vex hovering over it.
“Jack, why the fuck does the entrance trigger open up the ground UNDERNEATH it!?” Hunter screamed just as the duo’s heads popped up over the hole that had opened up, glaring at the redhead while his tail puffed out from rage. “I almost broke my neck!”
Edric had to duck back down to stifle his giggles from how cute the violettes enraged reaction was, while Jack hurriedly tried to explain his reasoning after mounds of apologies.
“If we’re still stuck in this world by sundown tomorrow, you are going to fix that stupid design choice!” Hunter finally yelled, sounding much calmer after Jack’s near incomprehensible rant. “Now get your asses down here, this place is a fucking mess, and I refuse to live in such grimy conditions!”
………..
By the time the sun had set, the trio had managed to deep-clean the entire base, to the point even the previously fucked up kitchen almost sparkled in the gentle lighting.
Their accommodations in their temporary home were rather luxurious, including, but not limited to: a video-game room, heavy duty lab space, reading nook, and a large, welcoming living area. It alone included a nicely furnished corner in front of a huge television, a five star kitchen (which Jack had almost destroyed in his time using the place alone) with accompanying bar space, and a large dining table with comfortable-looking chairs.
“Gotta admit, Jack, you know how to put together an awesome secret base” Hunter purred as he leaned on his palisman staff, Vex having overtaken one of the couches in the “living room” to sleep. “Despite the unholy destruction you inflicted upon the kitchen, this place looks pretty top-notch”
“The wi-fi is quite a nice touch” Edric added, and Jack found himself having to fight off a rather strong blush as he tugged at the collar of his trench coat. “Though it is pretty odd you only have one bedroom despite having a dining table that easily fits eight”
“Oh, the couches pull out! And I also have sleeping mats in a closet somewhere, I just wanted to have one private space for me” The redhead admitted, scratching his cheek as his blush got stronger. “Never really thought I’d be able to share this place with anyone long-term”
“Eh, thats because you’ve only been interacting with assholes before” Edric hummed as he threw an arm over the redheads shoulders, grinning smugly. “Now me and Hunter got your back, and we’ll make sure you’re treated right from now on”
“Thanks, that… that means a lot” Jack replied, trying to suppress a happy smile.
“Ack, Vex, what the fuck!?” Hunter suddenly yelped from the living area, bringing the duo’s attention to him just as he dodged another attempt on Vex’s end to bite him.
“Living room for palisman! You three share!” She warbled in that creaky, unnatural way she did whenever she physically spoke.
“Vex, you are vastly underestimating my willingness to strangle you for a good nights sleep” Hunter hissed dangerously, fingers twitching.
Both Jack and Edric took a step back, as it just occurred to both of them Hunter had a total of eight hours of sleep in the last three days thanks to a combination of bad nightmares, insomnia, and a whole night of tracking down two preteens after they got lost in the woods.
The sunbathing and sheer ruthlessness of his blatant feline homicide that morning now made a lot more sense.
Vex, however, was unbothered, choosing to land on the backing of the sofa.
“You underestimate this ones knowledge” the palisman purred back, shooting the other two teenagers a sly look. “We get living room, or all secrets exposed. Choice yours”
Hunter visibly stiffened at the threat.
“Fuck this” He finally muttered, storming off in the direction of the bedroom. When Vex leveled her gaze to the two other boys in the room, she received dual notions of surrender.
“We really need to get some dirt on her” Edric muttered as the female palisman ducked out of view. Jack simply shuddered in response, the thought of his personal fears and insecurities being put on blast enough to resign himself to his fate. That was, until Edric flung an arm over his shoulders, and in a teasing tone whispered “See you in bed then, sweetheart”
Jack was left in the room with his brain essentially fried as Edric giggled and sauntered out, only moving again to slap his hands to his face as the automatic doors closed behind the greenette.
Jack was left in the room with his brain essentially fried as Edric giggled and sauntered out, only moving again to slap his hands to his face as the automatic doors closed behind the greenette.
Jack was left in the room with his brain essentially fried as Edric giggled and sauntered out, only moving again to slap his hands to his face as the automatic doors closed behind the greenette.
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answered asks & requests below:
Below are requests, general asks, and asks about my birthday!
requests:
Hi there! May I request more Japanese or Korean baking videos? Thanks!
This request is a little specific, but you know that one video Goodnight Moon does where she's talking to the listener outside of a party and tracing her drawing? I was wondering if you could find some tracing videos similar to that, where we can hear and see the tracing while also getting some soft speaking or whispers. Thanks in advance
Hello! May I request some makeup application videos with soft speaking please? Can be applied on the audience/camera or just watching the creator apply it to themselves. Thanks!
Hello! May I request two things? I would like some more videos with face/camera tracing and also some videos where the glass/camera is actually being drawn on (if that makes sense). Extra points if there's some tapping and whispering involved. Thanks!
I'd like to request some more skin care/massage videos please! Preferably with the actual sounds instead of music. I appreciate it. Really love this blog!
Video game / minecraft sfx
Could i request a couple silicon mixing videos? Thank you!
could you post some more candy mix or cleaning videos? thanks so much, i really love your blog!! :D
I know a lot of these are pretty old, thank you for your patience! All queued.
general asks:
Q1: thank you so much for the videos it's so nice to listen to them all!
A1: Thank you, I’m glad you enjoy them!
Q2: about your scrapbook posts: Is scrapbooking making an aesthetic page based on emotions or real life things? I'm a little confused on it. ty!
A2: I’ll be honest, I’m not sure of the logistics. I caption and tagged that post as “scrapbook journal” because that’s what the original creator used too.What you’re saying sounds right though!
Q3: I just wanted to thank you for only posting safe cleaning videos. That last sink cleaning one gave me a spike of worry because of the trend of people shoving 45 billion different and incompatible chemicals together. It's so dangerous to do that and I hate videos that normalize it 😬 so anyway thank you!!
A3: Those videos gross me out so much! I love a nice fresh gentle cleancore scrubbing and I’ll never post one of those “product overloads”, so worry not!
birthday asks:
happy birthday!!!
happy birthday!
hey, happy birthday!! hope you have a lovely day :D
saw the tags on your cake pops post, happy birthday! thank you for posting this type of content, it makes a lot of people happy. I hope you have a great day today!
happy birthday!!!
happy birthday!! hope you have a wonderful day <33
happy birthday!
happy birthday!! ^^ hope its a good one
I saw you said it was your birthday, so Happy Birthday!! I hope you have a wonderful day!!
happy belated birthday!!!
Happy belated birthday 🎂🎉🎉🎉
Here is a belated thank you to you all! I took 2 days off work, went to the Goodwill bins, and got a lot of cheap stuff! Then I got sushi and sake, and went to Dave and Busters. A few days later on Saturday I had a house party with my friends and the theme was monochrome outfits! Very fun <3
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