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fangsanddaggers · 5 months
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Hunting for Information ||@drunkelreporter||
Finding a new world wasn't an every day occurrence, nor was owning his own home. Though he was informed he was a co-owner he still owned his room.
However, he knew nothing of this place. Watering holes, be it Taverns or Inns or even food stalls were the best place to find any and all information. Perhaps companionship as well, already feeling the painful ache of loneliness itch at his skin until he's fighting down a sneer.
He calms, entering the tavern and gravitates with ease towards the bar. He looked to the little pouch he has, finding coin and strange slips of paper in it, figuring he'd be able to work it out from there.
"The currency sure is different here." He states idly, spotting an older man nearby he slides closer, ever light on his feet, the rogue in him cringing as he forced his steps to make noise.
"Is this seat taken by chance?" He asks the man, pointing to the stool beside him, the two tucked away off to the side.
One could see all entrances and exits, but were out of the way enough eyes were not often drawn here. Though his elegant attire might change that fact, he seemed uncaring of it all.
"You look as if you belong here as much as I do. Another snatched from their world by the Gods?" He muses, taking the seat all the same, forcing his posture relaxed as he ordered a glass of wine.
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boundlesschaos · 1 year
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Strange, but Not Unusual.
@dyshonor ;
She knew it. She knew something was off.
Ever since she stepped foot in this new place, Niamh had the sinking suspicion that something had also come here. No, there was a high probability that it was a someone. A very, very dangerous someone.
If she was right, this would complicate many things. Still, Niamh despised being left uncertain more than confirming a harsh truth. She had to take the opportunity to look into matters while she could! And if she was able to prepare in time-
Waaaaait. Halting awkwardly in the hallways, someone catches her eyes. It's the sight of a someone in different attire that usual, yes, but that's often the norm for the two of them, wasn't it? But even so...
"...oh. It's you..."
This was by far not the first time the man had defied her expectations.
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lesliestedeman · 2 years
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@sabrina-christiansen​
"I used to think that it was the illustrations." Sabrina put the book down, having not seen it since she was a child. She'd taken a copy of it from the library years ago, unable to stomach having the book in her own collection. Now at the Institute, it was much harder to pretend that they were nothing more than children's stories. There might just be grains of truth hidden within Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Now sitting with the newest folklore teacher, she leafed through some of the stories that haunted her nightmares. "I never said a word to anyone about it. Not even the librarian who original showed her the book knew how much the stories had effected the young woman. "Have you heard any of these? Know the origins? Maybe the truth is more logical than the fictional accounts."
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“They are rather... gripping illustrations.” Leslie held his hand out for the book and once she’d let him look, he glanced through the book, meant for older children. He hadn’t read them, of course. They appeared to be only 30 years old tales, but he was sure some were new spins on some rather old ghostly yarns.
“You know what they say, ‘truth is stranger than fiction’... I suppose being here, the creatures inhabiting his island certainly is proof of that.” Leslie smiled to the computer teacher. If she was interested in bending his ear on his particular area of study, maybe she wouldn’t mind him doing the same. He wouldn’t mind getting his television up and going. Whatever an HDMI was... Leslie was old fashion, he simply couldn’t be bothered to keep up. It all moved so bloody fast.
“Ah, well, of course the Wendigo is a creature from the American Great Lakes region, Native stories there... And a black dog is classic symbolism for death in Britain. I can take a wild guess that ‘High Beams’ and ‘The Hook’ are your more modern road trip ghost stories. ‘Oh Susannah’ must be from the Gold Rush era in the America West, that song of the same name from several years ago...” Leslie paused, clearing his throat and correcting himself, “Several decades ago.” He looked to her, holding the book up, “Would you mind terribly if I borrowed this? I haven’t read it and now you’ve gotten me very interested, indeed. I could give you a better assessment of it tomorrow.”
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dutchjan · 1 year
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February 18, 2021
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go-learn-esperanto · 10 months
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I see so many people starting to use Threads as a way to escape Twitter and yes, it's owned by Facebook's CEO and giving Facebook the monopoly of social media is bad but I think we should also talk about the fact that, you know, Threads isn't avalibe in the EU for privacy reasons????? That should be concerning to EVERYONE
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vinceaddams · 8 months
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Early 18th (and late 17th) century fashions are so under-utilized in vampire media and I think it's a damn shame.
I don't actually think I've ever seen a single image of a vampire character in an early 18th century suit. Hardly any movies set in that era either, and hardly any historical costumers who do it. (Even my beloved gay pirate show set in 1717 takes nearly all of its 18th century looks from the second half of the century. Not enough appreciation for baroque fashion!!)
Yes I love late 18th century fashion as much as anyone, and 19th century formal suits are all very well and good, but if you want something that says old, dead, wealthy, and slightly dishevelled, then the 1690's-1730's are where it's at.
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(Retrato del Virrey Alencastre Noroña y Silva, Duque de Linares, ca. 1711-1723.)
There was so much dark velvet, and so many little metallic buttons & buttonholes. Blood red linings were VERY fashionable in this era, no matter what the colour of the rest of the suit was.
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(Johann Christoph Freiherr von Bartenstein by Martin van Meytens the Younger, 1730's.)
The slits on the front of the shirts are super low, they button only at the collar, and it's fashionable to leave most of the waistcoat unbuttoned so the shirt sticks out, as seen in the above portraits.
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(Portrait of Anne Louis Goislard de Montsabert, Comte de Richbourg-le-Toureil, 1734.)
Waistcoats are very long, coats are very full, and the cuffs are huge. But the sleeves are on the shorter side to show off more of that shirt, and the ruffles if it has them! Creepy undead hands with long nails would sit so nicely under those ruffles.
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(1720's-30's, LACMA)
Embroidery designs are huge and chunky and often full of metallic threads, and the brocade designs even bigger.
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(1730's, V&A, metal and silk embroidery on silk satin.)
Sometimes they did this fun thing where the coat would have contrasting cuffs made from the same fabric as the waistcoat.
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(Niklaus Sigmund Steiger by Johann Rudolf Huber, 1724.)
Tell me this look isn't positively made for vampires!
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(Portrait of Jean-Baptiste de Roll-Montpellier, 1713.)
(Yeah I am cherry-picking mostly red and black examples for this post, and there are plenty of non-vampire-y looking images from this time, but you get the idea!)
And the wrappers (at-home robes) were also cut very large, and, if you could afford it, made with incredible brocades.
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(Portrait of a nobleman by Giovanni Maria delle Piane, no date given but I'd guess maybe 1680's or 90's.)
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(Circle of Giovanni Maria delle Piane, no date given but I'd guess very late 17th or very early 18th century.)
Now that looks like a child who's been stuck at the same age for a hundred years if I ever saw one!
I don't know as much about the women's fashion from this era, but they had many equally large and elabourate things.
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(1730's, Museo del Traje.)
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(Don't believe The Met's shitty dating, this is a robe volante from probably the 1720's.)
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(Mantua, c. 1708, The Met. No idea why they had to be that specific when they get other things wrong by entire decades but ok.)
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(Portrait of Duchess Colavit Piccolomini, 1690's.)
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(Maria van Buttinga-van Berghuys by Hermannus Collenius, 1717.)
Sometimes they also had these cute little devil horn hair curls that came down on either side of the forehead.
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(Viago in drag Portrait of a lady, Italian School, c. 1690.)
Enough suave Victorian vampires, I want to see Baroque ones! With huge wigs and brocade coat cuffs so big they go past the elbow!
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inspisart · 3 months
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very happy with ezra's live-action casting and look
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ganondoodle · 1 year
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there goes my favorite drawing software ...
i defended their plans for the version2 and all, bc i didnt see much wrong with it and liked csp alot, but i guess i should have become a hater back then already
after that one big mistake that sparked so much outrage they really said but how can we actually lose EVERYONE, they saw deviantart doing it and thought BET I CAN DO IT FASTER
(they say they dont use user data but are basing it on stable diffusion of all things, they literally only ask people to think morally/ethically when using it to not use stolen stuff like thats ever worked with anything ever, plus "we cant guarantee that there will be no copyright infringement" OH YOU DONT SAY)
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lucabyte · 1 month
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Stardust.
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fia-bonkginya · 8 months
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rewatching calamity. yes again. and something i'm very compelled by is like. there are several plot threads setup in the first episode that truly do not matter at all. like- patia is informed that a slot is opening in the ring of gold, and it's implied that she could have that slot!! that's huge!! but within a few hours, that has been forgotten and thrown aside and we don't give a shit anymore.
and i just think that's brilliant setup for this campaign- we, the viewers, know that this will end terribly. we know that this is calamity. but the characters have no idea! they have their own plot threads that they're following, their own things to get excited about!! and it's so clever to establish these things, and to so simply and easily imply a richer world outside of this campaign, especially for these characters who are all such movers and shakers.
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the-kr8tor · 8 months
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Pin my Heart
Pairing: Hobie Brown x fem! Reader/ Spider-Punk x fem! Reader
Word count: 3.2k
Tags: Use of Y/N sparsely, no specific physical description of the reader (except for her clothing), Sexual innuendos, FLUFF.
*I don't consent to having my work translated/published on other platforms*
Main Masterlist
Thread the Needle Masterlist
PROLOGUE
Chapter 1 >>> Chapter 2
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Shielding yourself from the harsh rain with your windbreaker, you bravely wade through it, with one objective - convince Hobie to be your partner and model for your final project. The entire day you've been thinking if he still owes you a favour that you can maybe cash in, and you've got the perfect one. You think at least, You never know with Hobie really. You'd think after more than ten years of being friends, you can get a read on him, but alas he's quite unpredictable, maybe that's why you like him so much, he still has a few surprises up his leather sleeves even after years of friendship.
The loud music coming from Hobie's and his roommates' garage acts as a beacon for you to follow through the downpour.
Entering the band's domain, you wave at them since they wouldn't even hear your greeting with the loud music they're playing. You watch Hobie do his guitar solo as you wrangle your wet windbreaker off you, used to the loud music, you watch his long fingers expertly play with the guitar. You catch yourself staring, so you turn around to hang your soaking windbreaker on an empty shelf, using this excuse to hide your flustered state.
Hobie finishes his solo and you turn back around, avoiding the knowing stares from his bandmates.
"There's our number one fan!" Hobie screams, his ears still ringing from the loud guitar riffs, adrenaline still rushing through him.
"Hey, everyone" you awkwardly greet.
"Hi, shy girl!" Hobie gives you a hug, knowing he's all sweaty from rocking out.
You try to avoid his hug by putting your arms towards him, "Hobie! You're all sweaty! Stop!"
"Look who's talking! You're also wet!"
"Yeah! from the rain, not sweat, asshole!" You try to push him off, but he's too strong, damn him and his strong arms.
He hugs you fully, putting all his weight on you, chin on top of your shoulder, his breath tickles the shell of your ear. "How's your day?" The ringing in his ears finally stops, and he can finally talk without screaming at you.
"It would've been good, if I didn't get Hobie sweat all over me" you huff, leaning away so that Hobie couldn't hear your heart beat quickening.
"Don't act like you don't like it, sweets" he winks at you, releasing you from his grip, but he keeps his hands on your shoulders, you're an arms length away from him. He stares at you, head tilted to the side.
Yuri, their new drummer pipes up, she clears her throat, getting both your attention from eachother. "I'm making Tea, y/n you want some?"
"Yes please, thanks Yuri" You smile at the raven haired sweetly.
They all pile out of the garage, as Hobie manually closes the gate. He reaches up to grab the handle to pull it down, his shirt rides up, you ogle at the exposed skin on his hip. For the second time that day you look away immediately, finding the discarded drum kit more interesting than Hobie's toned back.
The loud crash of the gate closing signals you to look back at Hobie. A chill runs through your body, you wrap your arms around your shivering form.
"Shit, you're gonna catch a cold, let's get you warm, yeah?" Hobie rubs your arms. He grabs your backpack from the floor, and then slings his precious guitar on his back. Hobie leads you inside the house.
The house seems to be much cleaner than the last time you visited, probably thanks to Yuri. The warm aromatic smell of the tea hits you like a truck, you sneeze at the sudden change of smell, or it might just be from the rain soaking you.
"Bless you!" Ned, the band's bassist, yells from the living room.
"Thanks Ned" You sniff.
"C'mon, let's get you dry, don't want you getting sick on me now" Hobie hugs your shoulder with his free arm.
"That was one time, Hobart" you glare at him. He snickers at your comment.
You two stand in front of his door covered in various punk band stickers. He leads you in by your shoulders, and sits you down on the bed.
"I like the new song" you say as Hobie plugs in the portable heater, then places it in front of your shivering form.
"Thanks, we've been working on it for a while" he grabs a towel from his drawer, while rummaging through it for a clean shirt, he tosses the towel on your head.
"Is this even clean?" You get a whiff of soap from the towel, answering your question.
"I'm not a barbarian" Hobie takes off his shirt, before you could ogle at him once more, instead you watch the light on the heater flicker. It's not the first time you've seen him shirtless, so why are you feeling so flustered right now? "What do you wanna do today? Can't go out though 'cause of the rain"
"Can I ask you for a favour?" You try to be blunt, so you could get it over with, wrapping yourself in the towel.
Hobie leans against the door, hands on his hips, he's now wearing a grunge long sleeved shirt that's too big on his shoulders, you see a peek of his skin from the various tears of the shirt.
"Ah, already cashing in the favour I asked you last night?" He raises his pierced brow.
"Yeahh? It's - I need your help" You look at Hobie, determination in your eyes.
"Are you in some kind of trouble? Knew you had it in you" he smirks.
"No, it's not that, I need your help for my final project"
Hobie remembers the tea waiting for you, "hold that thought" he leaves the room, you try to call him back in, but he continues towards the kitchen, you huff but you still follow closely behind. There goes the privacy of convincing him.
Yuri, Ned and their other band mate, James stop their conversation in the kitchen when they see you both walk in.
"Alright, what kind of project?" He questions your intentions, while preparing your tea, your preferred mixture practically ingrained in his mind.
You swallow your nerves, "It's nothing too big really, I - no, we need to create a look that encompasses us both, and for you to model it in front of my class?" The end of your sentence unintentionally sounded like a question.
Hobie stops from pouring milk on your tea, you can't see the growing smirk on his face. You snuggle the towel closer to you. His housemates sip their tea simultaneously.
Hobie stirs your drink wordlessly. He composes himself, turns back towards you, still stirring your drink dramatically. He looks like a Bond villain who can't wait to tell you his master plan.
"What's in it for me?" There it is. He sips your drink loudly, knowing that he's annoying you with the sound.
He doesn't even like milk in his tea, you thought, you bite your tongue from saying it out loud, you need to sweeten him up, so you try playing the nice card.
"What do you want?" Saying it through gritted teeth, trying to give him your best smile, you probably look like you're in pain though.
"Hmm, let me think" he taps the teaspoon against the mug, it clinks against the ceramic, he then brings it to his mouth with a loud slurp, releasing it with a pop. He's doing this on purpose, you cringe at the sound.
"How about I do your laundry for a month?" You negotiate.
"Nah, I can do my own laundry"
"I'll wash your motorbike every month for the rest of the year" you counter.
"Y'know I never let anyone else touch my baby"
His band mates' heads move from Hobie back to you, like they're watching a tennis match.
"Ok, um I'll buy you a new guitar then!" Gotcha you finally got him, hook, line and sinker.
Hobie hums at that "hmm, tempting, but no"
Frustrated at his lack of cooperation, "You know what fine, James," you turn towards his equally punk friend, "you wanna do it with me instead?" You should have worded that out better.
Hobie widens his eyes at the unintentional innuendo, he smiles at the opportunity, "Hey! No! I'm the only one you can do it with!"
His friends snicker, James looks at you with a slight blush on his cheeks.
"Maybe you can ask Yuri, She might be more of your type." Ned teases.
Yuri winks at you. They laugh, Hobie looks at you through his mug with a smile, watching your reaction.
"Guys, really? You're a child, Hobie" You cross your arms over your chest.
"Wait, I've got an idea" Yuri runs off to her room before you could question her.
You and Hobie stare at each other, while he drinks your tea.
"You're lactose intolerant, you're gonna shit yourself later" you grin at him.
"I have lactaid," he says matter-of-fact.
Yuri comes back and gives you a card. "Here"
"What's this? A business card?" You ask.
"Oi, are you actually trying to get a lawyer involved?"
"Yeah, a divorce lawyer, with how you both are acting like you're married" Yuri sarcastically says.
"It's a rewards card from starbucks?" You show Hobie.
Hobie comes closer to see, you both look at Yuri questioningly.
"Since Hobie here can't figure out what to ask of you in exchange for his cooperation with your thing," Yuri points to the both of you. "I figured you both need a rewards system. You poke out a hole in the card every time Hobie wants you to do something for him"
You look at the card with ten logos you can poke out, words printed neatly on top 'buy ten drinks and get a free one!' you look at the back - it expired a year ago.
"So he can ask for ten things then?"
"That's right, better than what you were suggesting, and you can keep track of it all," Yuri adds.
"Nah, I don't think this is better" Hobie declines.
"Do you have any better ideas, genius? Or do you want us to keep going back and forth" you shove the card in his free hand.
"Fine, say pretty please first, lovey" Hobie walks closer to you, the tips of your sock clad toes kisses his bare ones with how close you two have gotten. He looks down at you with a smile.
If you didn't like Hobie so much you would've asked James or any of his punk friends. Honestly you just want an excuse to spend more time with him. With how busy your schedule is, the same goes for Hobie, compared to when you were younger, you two barely hung out this year.
Hobie hopes this project of yours makes you two closer than ever, he also hopes when you finally graduate you get to finally hang out more, but it's a stretch.
You exhale, you look up at him through your eyelashes, "Pretty please, Hobie" you say sweetly. You don't break eye contact, you're not going down without a fight "with cherry on top?" You bat your lashes for added effect.
With how pretty you look up at him, Hobie's breath hitches in his throat, he tries to play it cool though, so he lightly shoves his mug on your chest, signaling his defeat.
You take the mug to your lips, and sip victoriously. You lean against the kitchen island.
"Does that mean I'm out of the picture then" James says, you all look at him unsure if he's joking or if he actually means it.
"Come off it, mate" Hobie shuts him down.
You're sweating bullets, wringing your fingers over the other, you wonder where in the world is Hobie? You sneak glances over your classmates and their chosen partners.
You see Flash next to a bombshell of a woman- all high heels, and manicured nails. Compared to his sporty style, he chose well. But judging from how the woman picks at her nails, and sighing every now and then, she definitely did not want to be there.
Your other classmates also chose well, the differences between their partners a stark contrast to each other.
Then there's you, sitting alone, without a partner. You busy yourself by sketching out a prototype of your project, instead of letting your thoughts freak you out.
The creaky doors open, like nails on a chalkboard. You stop in your tracks, head perking up at the sound, is it Hobie?
Your hope fades when your professor's heels echo around the room.
I'm gonna kill him, you internally curse.
Your professor looks around the room, her nose held up high. She opens her mouth to speak—
The door opens in a loud bang, the familiar leather boots strides in nonchalantly.
You would've sighed in relief, if not for Mrs. Williams glaring at Hobie.
"Sorry I'm late, teach" Hobie's hands are tucked inside his leather jacket, your professor's eyes narrow as she looks him up and down.
His eyes zeroes in your form. He smiles lopsidedly, Mrs. Williams follows his gaze, sizing you both up, she finds your pale blue cardigan a glaringly obvious difference to Hobie's leather jacket.
Noticing eyes on both of you, you give Hobie a shy smile, waving to get his ass over to your station.
The various metal on his clothes swing loudly, grabbing attention from everybody else who wasn't already looking your way. You cringe at the unwanted attention.
"Hey, love" Hobie gives his signature smirk.
"You're late!" You whisper-shout.
"Y'know how much I hate waking up early"
"It's half past eleven, Hobie"
"I'm here now aren't I?" He raises a pierced eyebrow.
You would've scolded him more if it weren't for your professor, glaring daggers in your direction.
"Looks like you all partnered up well" Mrs. Williams says plainly "ready your photographs" as she strides up to the nearest station.
"What photograph?" Hobie mimics your professor's cadence.
You elbow him to stop, just in case Mrs Williams has super hearing.
"This picture" you show him a polaroid tucked inside your sketchbook.
Hobie grabs it carefully, it shows you both two years ago, you're smiling widely right next to Hobie as he slings his arm around your neck with his guitar on his back. Hobie grins at the camera as sweat drips on his face.
He chuckles at the memory "I remember this, battle of the bands, right?"
"Yeah, your band won second place" you point at the silver trophy that Hobie's holding in the photograph.
"Should've won though" he slides the picture back to you.
"Aww, still salty, huh"
He leans on your side of the table, hand on his chin "we were robbed, lovey"
"Mmhm, sure" you tease him, even though he's right.
From your peripheral you see your professor looking in your direction.
You swallow down your anxiety, leg bumping up and down, feeling a firm hand on your thigh, you stop, looking at Hobie, a comforting smile on his lips, but all you can give him is a tight lipped smile.
He rubs comforting circles over your thigh, leaning slightly towards you to whisper "it'll be alright, it's just an introduction, you've got this" you would be flustered at the contact, but your nervousness triumphs over it. Hobie shakes your leg, taking his hand back when the professor stops on your station.
She takes one look at the both of you, eyes darting between your forms, she watches as Hobie places an arm behind your chair, smirking at the woman.
You can feel the bead of sweat falling on your forehead, hands shaking.
Mrs. Williams extends a lithe hand to you, asking for the picture on your table. You quickly hand it over, you don't want to make her wait, fumbling a bit, scared to give her a papercut.
She flips the picture to face her, you try to read her reaction, but her straight face makes it hard for you to understand her emotion.
"Good" she hands it over to you after a quick scan of the picture.
"Thank you?" You hold the picture like it's your most precious possession (it is) you can't believe that you actually impressed her, not knowing that the word 'good' is even in her vocabulary.
She moves to the next student, Hobie leans back in his chair, looking at you through his lashes "good? That's it?" He watches as you look at the picture with stars in your eyes, disbelief on your pretty face, Hobie thinks he's gonna have a lot of fun with you in this project, before you inevitably leave him for greener pastures.
He sighs, trying to dampen his thoughts, he's not ready for you to leave his side yet. You've been through thick and thin with him for more than ten years, it's hard for Hobie to think of you not by his side. He's proud of you, truly, but he can't help feeling that you're gonna leave him behind for someone better. He wants to savor every last second with you.
Hobie flicks your cheek, trying to get your attention.
"Ow, what?" You whisper-shout.
"What're you gonna do after this?"
"I don't have other classes today, I guess just go back to the dorms and design?"
"That's loser talk" he pokes your cheeks, what is up with him and your cheeks these days? "Come with me after this snooze fest"
"Where to?" You swat at his hand.
"Somewhere" Hobie shrugs, leather jacket squeaking when he moves.
"Last time you said that, I had to haul your band's equipment, while you lot were blacked out drunk"
"I wasn't blackout drunk" he mimics your voice on the last two words, "I wasn't even drinking that much"
"You introduced me to Ned, I've known him for five years, Hobs"
"So? A reintroduction doesn't hurt?" He tries to play it off, fixing the collar of your shirt.
"Just promise me it's not a pub, I don't want to take care of drunk you again"
He grabs his chest, feigning hurt "I thought you liked taking care of me?"
"I do" his heart sings, you slap your palm over his chest, Hobie's hoping you don't feel the thudding of his chest. "I just don't like getting your sick all over my new trainers"
He winces at the memory, but he bounces back immediately "yeah, but I can't help getting sick over you" Hobie casually flirts, hoping you finally get the hint, ten years isn't too late, right?
You roll your eyes, used to his flirting "stop, my classmates could hear"
"Let 'em" He leans back in his chair, mission failed, he'll get you next time.
Mrs. Williams clasps her hands, one look from her gets the entire room quiet, Hobie doesn't seem fazed though, staring directly in her eyes.
"We'll reconvene next week with your sketches and fabric samples, your partners included. Is that understood?"
A collective "yes ma'am" can be heard from her students, even some of the non-students say it. Hobie mockingly salutes in her direction, you're horrified, good thing she missed it though.
"Hobie!" You say through gritted teeth, grabbing his half raised arm.
"What? She didn't even see" he stands up, heavy boots thudding on the linoleum floors. "C'mon then" Hobie beats you to your backpack, waiting hand stretched towards you.
You hear shuffled feet, your classmates and their partners slowly file out of the room.
"Where are we going?" You narrow your eyes at him suspiciously, he's being too nice.
"Told you, somewhere nice"
"Not a pub?"
"Not a bloody pub, it's too early anyway" he flexes his fingers, beckoning you over, "don't make me exercise my rights"
You chuckle "what?"
"The bloody card"
"You want to use one, for this?" You wave the rewards card after grabbing it from your pocket "must be some place important" you tease him.
"Yes, now give me the bloody thing" Hobie snatches it from your fingers, punching out the logo, you see it float down on the table. He hands it back to you, tucking it safely inside your pocket.
"Ooohh one down nine to go" you finally stand up.
"Let's go before they close" He slings his arm over your shoulders.
"Are we taking your bike?"
"Of course, I'm not letting you ride the tube, don't worry I brought your helmet"
"You're such a softie, y'know"
"Yeah, yeah" only for you, he wanted to add, maybe next time he gets to finally say it to you.
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A/N: Thank you for reading! Hope you enjoyed it, as always likes and reblogs are appreciated ❤️
*pictures above are from pinterest*
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lesliestedeman · 2 years
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Steele was annoyed. Well that was the wrong word, they were pissed and boiling with anger. They loved a good trick, while they have been on the receiving end of many since coming to the island, this one was the worse. At 18 the mimic didn’t know how to property control their powers and their hunger was insatiable. Even if they were still mentally themselves their body was not listening to them. They couldn’t shift and was stuck.
The note in their pocket confused them even more. Part of them wanted to go find the headmaster and demand he pay for his own crimes, but instead they want hunting, the only thing their mind and body could agree on.
They were feed on some confused when they heard a voice they was slightly familiar. Dropping the slave to the ground and wiping their face they jogged over to the fellow Zealander. “Leslie, you look young as well,” They stated.  
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Leslie turned, spotting a male presenting person... who seemed to know him. That was baffling enough. Because Leslie sure hadn’t ever seen this person in his life. The only men he saw really were the visiting Fathers to the nunnery and the new local vet if something was really off about the livestock. Nevermind such an odd statement coming from the person...
“Sorry... I don’t know you.” It was a statement but an obviously confused one. As if Leslie himself wasn’t sure. But of course he was sure, he’d never seen them. He would’ve remembered meeting another boy around his age. It wasn’t something that happened. Not to Leslie.
“Are you alright?” Leslie shoved aside the curious nature of the buildings and signs around him, unable to help but wonder why the person said ‘you look young as well.’
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shorthaltsjester · 7 months
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god i cannot express how impressed in general i am with the storytelling that cr is doing with candela obscura but what really strikes me is how evident it is that the storytelling they do is defined by the hearts of those who are putting it together rather than adhering to a specific idea or image of a given story that they want to uphold. there is such a stark difference between the tones of chapter one and chapter two (to the fault of neither, i’ve enjoyed them both immensely because they both happen to hit parts of the supernatural-horror genre that I am so deeply fond of and so happy to see in a real play medium).
there’s the obvious difference in gming styles, matt has fantasy running through his veins and that’s evident in the way that chapter one ends up having a tone akin to something like the scarier episodes of buffy the vampire slayer. spenser outright references mike flanagan in his pre-interview thing and good grief is that so so evident in his narration and the way he emphasizes the themes emerging in the story in the environment of the world they journey through and choices like the letter from sean’s mother that subvert the audiences ability to rely on a character’s perception.
but the energy the groups of players bring to the storytelling is obviously also so important, too. like, even just looking at the groups prior to watching each I probably could’ve guessed which might’ve had a more lighthearted tone. the combination of ashley, anjali, and robbie already would be one i’d guess a more warm/goofy vibe for (not to say they can’t be serious and dramatic, but the tone of the seriousness is still warm and the world that prompts them towards drama likewise feels warm) and laura, despite her propensity for goofs, does tend to be a chameleon with group make ups. likewise i think we all had a certain (affectionate) fear™ when it was revealed that marisha, brennan, luis, and travis would be reuniting in another short form story and that has certainly held up and been incredibly bolstered by zehra’s absolute commitment and immersion into the story (constantly fucking blown away that this is her first real play she’s incredible).
this is all just to say as someone deeply interested in digital storytelling, i am so so enamoured by cr’s commitment to following their own desires as humans telling stories to one another while adhering to the requirements they have as a company. and also if you haven’t you should watch candela obscura, especially now that spooky season is here.
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makiitoh · 1 month
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butchdykekondraki · 5 months
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she apple on my eve till i drop the crown of thorns. i ignore the pain as i step on them to run to her. she is confused when i break down. i do not understand. i do not know why she has done this to us. she sobs. she says she just wanted to help. i don't believe her. i don't believe her when she says she loves me. i do not believe in her. i am sorry. i am so, so sorry.
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