#They're FLABBERGASTED

[rottenpumpkin13]

ASGZ meet Cloud’s date

Everyone's like: "HE'S NOT GAY!?" 😭 This is so cute 💖

#kharits and their magnificent art again #i love how everyone has their mouth open and Sephiroth is just 😐 #They're FLABBERGASTED #❤️❤️❤️ #ff7 #ffvii #sephiroth #cloud strife #genesis rhapsodos #angeal hewley #zack fair #jessie rasberry

[blackplaaague]

Me, on Thanksgiving, finally telling my family about my interests: so, I was halfway through my self-indulgent FNaF fanimation, the one that utilizes audio from the Ninjago movie, when I actually got some photographic in-game reference, and it turns out Springtrap doesn't have eyebrows, and I was wondering how I would get him expressive enough without them; I remembered how in Little Runmo there's a part where angry eyebrows come down from the sky to land on the greedy king before Runmo's first underworld-level death; I was a Gooseworx fan before TADC but nobody believes me, but I'm a pink city cartoons purist because they're so goofy and nostalgic, anyway, I did enjoy TADC, I just wish it was less trendy because now there'll be a million clones; I do appreciate a good video-game inspired horror, we've come so far since sonic.exe, and my current personal favorite is Lacey's Games, since it utilizes that nostalgic Flash aesthetic so well, and I want to cosplay Lacey sometime, but of course, I'm building Springtrap right now, so it'll have to wait, and I already have a blue wig but that's from my Punk Miku build I did for my friends on the old interwebs, oh, and on a totally unrelated topic, have any of y'all heard of lostwave? You're all old. I bet you know who wrote Everyone Knows That, and I can finally get it out of my head.

My homophobic uncles, who don't even know how to react:

#bp rambles #i may be cringe but i am free #thanksgiving #they're flabbergasted #fnaf #ninjago #springtrap #little runmo #gooseworx #tadc #lacey's games #cosplay #lostwave #wheeeee

[bklynmusicnerd]

Trina and Spencer basically: GENOCIDE IS BAD!

Victor:

#general hospital #they cannot believe this man is back in his terrorism era #they're flabbergasted #victor cassadine #trina robinson #spencer cassadine

[sergle]

When I talk about something bad I've experienced, Baked In to my experience as A Woman, I am not "making my little cousins feel like shit for being women", because I am talking in a space with, allegedly, adults. I am not bringing my problems to children in the first place. That said, I don't HAVE to make my baby cousin feel bad, because she's already experienced sexual harassment in her life, and she's only 8, and doesn't even understand what any of it means yet. And everyone in her family can try to instill confidence in her, and never talk about our bodies in a negative way. But she can still feel like she's too chubby, because she still goes to school, and talks to other kids and their parents, and still sees ads, and still watches tv. We can be positive, but we can't fix the root of the problem. And I don't HAVE to tell trans women that "pain is a rite of passage", because that's not a Rule being enforced (by me), because I've already sat and listened to my friend complain about constantly shaving as a Baseline necessity and how it hurts her skin and she has to put makeup onto fresh cuts on her face because going out without a full face of properly feminine makeup would make her life worse, and being anything less than thin and lithe makes her "less feminine", and ALL the things that can make her "more feminine" are behind a paywall. And I can try to make her feel better, and I can hear her experiencing the tenfold version of problems I relate to, but I can't fix the root cause of her problems by just telling her not to complain. Forcing happiness as a core personality trait for women is not the Girlboss Feminist move that you think it is, and no amount of gender euphoria in the world will make you immune to systemic oppression.

#sergle.txt #you cunts learned the term 'toxic positivity' years ago and forgot it instantly #putting a bandaid on a fuckin severed leg is what it is #do i wish i wasn't a woman? no #do i feel pretty in a dress? yes #have i suffered? OH MY GOD YES #do i think any woman alive today has lived without suffering in these ways? NO. #unless she is being raised by wolves. in which case. good for her. #again I am still flabbergasted by that post having used trans woman as a last ditch effort scapegoat. #like. shocked. as if ANY trans girl's problems are because other women complain abt the way they're treated. #she's got her own problems bitch!! and they are directly correlated to my problems!! #it's like. it's infantilizing almost. the way the dickheads in that post went from ''kids'' to ''trans women''. #adult women who know how gender works. #condescending.

[wdapteo]

trying to make a new dnp post like

#phan #dan and phil #they're deranged! this whole situation is nuts! leaves me flabbergasted!!

[kitswag]

Ace, Sabo remembered clearly, was not this sappy.

The ten-year-old Ace loved them plenty of course, a loving and caring big brother who protected Sabo and Luffy from any harm, that death glared anyone who dared to stare at his little brothers funny. Sabo had found that throughout the ten years they were apart, Ace had stayed the same, had still protected them from harm, but something else had bloomed in and trapped Luffy and Sabo in the middle of it, something that Sabo had missed the chance to see grow.

Ten years away had drifted Sabo distant from their usual rituals and banters and habits, when he dragged them away from Marineford the very last minute, he had seen that everything stayed the exact same. How Ace had still protected Luffy and how Luffy was still so endearingly stubborn, fighting tooth and nail for someone he loved.

After it, however, after Ace had awoken from a long sleep, after his punch was centered right to Sabo's cheek, after tears and hugs and explanations of the missing hole in his memory, after tackles from Luffy, Sabo had noticed something. This something that bloomed in his older brother.

Something that had Ace dragging them towards his embrace, Pulling them close to plant kisses on their foreheads. Soft and tight, "my brothers, " Ace had murmured as he kept them both safe and warm.

Luffy tucked himself into the fold of Ace's arms like he had practiced it thousands of times before, resting himself into a place he knew existed for him, between Ace's chest and his arms, above his lap and beneath his chin.

Sabo rested awkwardly on Ace's shoulder, slowly observing Luffy's huge, content smile. A smile so sweet and so bright it made Sabo's heart melt, his eyes trailed to Ace's as his was warm and comforting, both acted as blankets wrapping around Sabo and whispering to him; "you are here. And we are too."

Both of them were fast asleep, too tired from crying and the whole thing Marineford was.

Sabo's only working right eye observed Ace and Luffy, wrapped around each other so perfectly, a pair of brothers who had spent ten years with each others, who made a space for each other, a space they fit into, curled around one another.

The three of them had made spaces around each other years ago. A space that's still there. Still open.

Yet Ace's embrace was new, and Luffy had already made his space in it long ago, fitting right into Ace's open one.

It made Sabo wonder, would he fit into this new embrace? could he make a space, tucked inside Ace's embrace? this new embrace Ace and Luffy had created without him?

Would he fit after ten years without them? Would they mind? would-

"Sabo? aren't you joining? Ace had already pulled you, so if you don't join it's a crime, " Luffy's sudden owlish gaze struck Sabo. His little brother stuck out his bottom lip, "I want to hug you. "

Ah. It seemed like he had woken Luffy up somehow. But Luffy was like that, wasn't he? he didn't like being left alone.

(And Sabo had done just that ten years ago.)

Sabo hesitated. Luffy did not.

His little brother stretched his rubbery arms around Sabo and dragged him in until Sabo was half-laying down, the side of his head against Ace's chest, his legs sprawled on the medical bed that was a bit too small for three people.

Luffy smiled as Sabo had completely sunk in the embrace, "don't just stay in the sides, Sabo, you belong here. "

And Luffy carelessly jerked back to sleep, now his arms wrapped securely along Sabo and Ace.

Sabo felt his eyes water.

("You belong here.")

So Sabo made himself comfortable and fought the urge to cry. Slowly, he tucked himself into a space.

(A space Ace and Luffy had open for him a long time ago, he only now just realized.)

("You belong here.")

Sabo felt tears dripping from his eyes, for the ten years gone and the ten years ahead. For his space, back in their little trio he loved so much.

"Idiot. You're crying again. I thought the crybaby was supposed to be Luffy, " Ace's voice snapped him out of his thoughts.

"Shut up, " Sabo chuckled, "you cried too," he wiped the back of his hand against his eyes, yet they kept dripping out.

"Only once, " Ace snickered, wiping his tears off with a thumb. Ace pressed another kiss on his forehead, and then on Luffy's, and then he went back to sleep.

His big brother tightened his hold on him and Luffy, and Sabo couldn't help but smile.

He wiped the tears off and settled in the space he belonged to.

("You belong here".)

#one piece #revolutionary sabo #monkey d. luffy #portgas d. ace #asl brothers #op fanfic #one piece fanfiction #thinking about what sabo would think if he ever get to experience ace's hugs #he would be flabbergasted but he would love it #i love them so much they're so brothers :“”“(((

[swordheld]

hello! do u have any new music recommendations?

of course!!! going to throw some general pop/indie/rock/instrumental all over vibes at you? these are some of the ones that i've been having on repeat a lot lately because they bring something bright and fun into my days - hope you enjoy them !! 💛

if i'm honest (trousdale) – oh the absolute vibes of this one. the harmonies. the beat. the slow downs and build ups? that ending? it's like easy, slow, growing ease and joy. that point 3/4 of the ways through the song, that building of things? the payoff? those background horns? the drums? i cannot sit through it without some kind of air guitar / drums / chair dance type beat. it's too good that you cannot help it, it just goes so hard.

close one (fizz) – i have been writing so much love poetry to this song. it is soft and slow and serene like light, all golden hour, the soft golden hues of almost, of here, like this, with me? that little 'fuck it' before the chorus is so fun. this group is made of insanely popular individuals (dodie/orla gartland/greta isaac/martin luke brown???) and together .... they are so powerful. cannot wait to see what they create next !!

run (maisie peters) – there is such a fun vibe to this song. that line of the chorus, that 'i've been lied to / i've been cut and deleted / i've heard some things i will leave unrepeated' is sooooo good, that rhyme scheme that syllable count balance? it immediately went onto my writing playlist w/ that fun beat, that synth, that catchy repetition? the whole album this comes off of is so very good too, esp. 'the band and i'? i really enjoy her sound!!

like a brother (hey, nothing) – this song feels like a lullaby, in the way of being swung in a hammock? all late summer, early winter winds? but there is such a lyricism that gets stuck in my brain, the whole layout of the chorus and is just so soft. i feel so many things. another easy one for the poetry playlist.

margo (sally boy) – oh the orchestral, string opening? the easy flow of it, instrumental and light, before hitting that small bit of silence before the guitar and lyrics come in? and then the absolute hit that is the beat of the chorus hitting? obsessed. phenomenal. i love the balance of gentle, light instruments and the slow instruction of the drumbeat, it feels like a whole story that you can experience, the flow of it!

eightball girl (maddie zahm) – i can leave this song for a few days and then out of nowhere it'll just be in my head again, the vibes of it, that beat of the chorus? the layered voice effects? sometimes songs have this balance to them that my brain just sucks up like a sponge and this is one of them. soooo good. i'll be in the supermarket and my brain will just go eightball girllll, tell me how you feel about meeee and it's perfect.

snow angel (reneé rapp) – this was one of the first ones i found on my daylist that was just like, how did i go so long without you. how did i not know about you. and since then it's been a daily listen. the slow, gentle breeze of that beginning? there is such a rising and falling to this song, like seasons, like the breeze? all tide, all here and there and back again, all resilience and ferocity, softness and violence? that electric guitar and the piano and the feedback just makes me want to just. aaaaaaa. this whole album is just banger after banger too!!

grace (henrik) – it's so fun!!! it brings me so much joy and energy, the easy breezy pop vibes, it's so hopeful and gentle and loving. i have it set as my alarm rn because i really do think it'll last through the sisyphean task of getting me out of bed in the mornings, it just feels like sunlight.

#q&a. #birdsong. #music recs. #i have not been immune to the impact of the daylist introduction. spotify will tell u i am obsessed ! #some of these artists have only like? 20k listeners? and i'm just amazed. flabbergasted. like they're SOOOOO GOOD???? #anyway music continues to be something i love and live to enjoy. artists u have my whole heart!!!!! #went through my liked songs to look for The Recent Hits™ for this and i think i've saved like 200+ in the last week and a half. love it !!! #hope u enjoy them babes !!! lemme kno if ur lookin for more / or anything more specific <33

[lin-of-the-linkverse]

WHAT THE FUCK

BOWUIGI FANS WHY ARE WE STILL WINNING?!?!

#i am flabbergasted #SIR THAT IS GAY THING TO DO #I DON'T-I DON'T UNDERSTAND THEY'RE FEEDING US CRUMBS #WHY WHY WHY?!?! #super mario bros #bowuigi

[hyperfixatinator]

I like the DC x DP AUs where the Justice League and Amity Park (and Elmerton by proxy) never noticed each other due to an information blackout. I also find it neat when the idea's taken a step further.

For example, what if the government built Amity Park on insanely haunted land on purpose? Let's say, years ago, the whole LoA and Ra's Al Ghul situation made the U.S government curious about Lazarus water. They wished to find it's source in order to harvest it themselves.

The U.S preferred to avoid Lazarus pools that already existed to prevent conflict with the LoA. Instead, they decided to seek out the perfect location to "dig a well" of their own.

GIW scientists established that Lazarus water, a heavily condensed version of ectoplasm, was linked to ghosts and other ectoplasmic entities. They also observed that these entities are highly attracted to human populated areas.

This gave them the idea to settle a whole population of people on a liminal hotspot to lure ecto entities into the human realm. With the Anti Ecto Acts in place, the GIW were be free to capture ghosts and other creatures for their ectoplasm. The end goal was for the Fenton portal to be used as a well to harvest mass quantities of ectoplasm directly from the Infinite Realms.

How might this work for Amity Park and it's place in the world?

The information blackout is heavier outside the Amity-Elmerton territory than inside. Amity residents are only cut off from info that could threaten the government project (EX: the existence of real life superheroes, the Meta Protection Acts, certain major events, etc.).

All devices that enter the Amity-Elmerton territory are unable to send or receive video/pics of the above "blocked" topics. In fact, it's difficult for social media users within that territory to connect with any posts or profiles from outside unless they look hard enough.

Amity residents are still allowed to travel, but airline ticket prices are jacked ridiculously high, especially for specific destinations (i.e: common superhero locations) to deter those residents from going there. GPS devices and maps bought in Amity or Elmerton are also set to misdirect users away from these same locations if they opt for a road trip.

Most Amity-Elmerton residents hardly bother leaving at all since there's a hefty fee for crossing beyond a set perimeter. They've all been lead to believe this is a normal part of traveling in the Midwest.

To everyone outside the Amity-Elmerton area, that area is virtually non-existent. It's not listed on any map, globe, or basically any public geolocation tool outside those provided in Amity (not even Google Maps). The only hints of it existing are in certain forms of documentation, such as birth certificates and tax forms. Even then, these people are hard to come by.

At most, Amity Park is a little known myth where people occasionally debate on it's existence.

In general, the government limiting Amity-Elmerton residents access to outside info while giving them just enough to stave off suspicion.

#dc x dp #headcanon #au #danny phantom #dc universe #This may or may not change later #It's a spur of the moment brain dump #I just like Danny being flabbergasted that superheros and aliens exist #meanwhile the JL are equally flabbergasted that someone can still be out of the loop after all the world ending catastrophies they prevented #Upon first meeting they're like “This meta kid doesn't even know what a meta is” #And then later Danny and a JL member compare maps and notice some glaring inconsistencies that just complicate everything #I wonder how long it'd take them to rule out alternate dimensional travel

[ronon-dex]

'extreme risk' is maybe. the most heartbreaking voyager ep yet? it wasn't perfect, tom and chakotay could be construed as acting ooc. but janeway's quiet conversation with b'elanna in the medbay, being so gentle with her while still remaining firm. b'elanna describing the numbness she's experiencing then laughing off a diagnosis of clinical depression. her relying so much on physical violence as a way to see the truth of the world, and this fact being so integral to her as a person that even the man she trusts most on that ship had to use it to help her. the palpable distance between her and tom, the way they're in this relationship like they're in voyager. clinging together out of necessity and trauma. this whole thing being a reminder that there is significant loss waiting for this crew even if they make it back. despite them making it back.

#st voy #star trek #star trek: voyager #st #voyager #st voyager #b'elanna torres #kathryn janeway #chakotay #tom paris #i was flabbergasted at how non interested tom seemed #and then i tried to put it in context. like ok she's been isolating herself from him for weeks. maybe months #they love each inherent but there's the constant underlying fact that if they were not on voyager they would not be together #like they share passion and a sense of justice outside of starfleet #but other than that they're like night and day. tom as janeway's protégé and b'elanna as chakotay's. #neither of them quite living up to the expectations of their mentor #it's fascinating how complex it is. they're not lovebirds. that will never be b'elanna #god there's so MUCH TO ALL OF THEM #this fear of family and dependence when it's already happened! she's trying to run but the bonds are in place! #yanking at janeway tom chakotay even harry and seven!!!! #they had her dead to rights and i still don't think she's accepted that #5x03 #day 26364774 of this show making me crazed

[carmillas-vampiric-rage]

my siblings think

this bi-han is fine and nice

this bi-han is scary

and this bi-han is ugly 💀

all and all, they said bi-han -without a shadow of a doubt- is definitely a sub sjsjsjsjsjsjs

#let's just ignore they think regular bi han iz ugly like 💀💀💀 #i was flabbergasted #they're just dickheads ignore them #they're reaction to eviler bi han was hilarious tho #and nobody has anything bas to say about titan bi han so 🤭🤭 #mk1 #mortal kombat 1 #bi han #sub zero #mk1 bi han #mk1 sub zero #mortal kombat 1 bi han #mortal kombat 1 sub zero

[horrorslu7]

hi! “use your words, baby” with corey cunningham from the smut prompts?

Hii, hope you liked it, I would love to have feedback on my smuts.

Dream of you.

Summary: You had a rather heated dream and your boyfriend Corey helped you out when he noticed.

Pairing: Corey Cunningham x fem!reader.

Trigger warnings: Slight somnophilia.

It wasn't rare for you to have more heated dreams. Usually Corey wouldn't notice or know at all because of how asleep he was.

You both worked a lot but he tended to have a deep sleep. He was out like a light as soon as his head touched the pillow and he felt your warm skin against his own.

This night was different though, usually after dinner you both would maybe watch a movie or an episode of a series and then go to sleep due to both of you being tired. But Corey didn't have to go to work today and while you went to work he took the opportunity to take a nap and then cook your favorite dinner for you.

It was really sweet but now it was 1 am and you were dead asleep beside him while he stared at the ceiling with his eyes wide open like an owl.

Your head was on his chest and his hand was slowly caressing your hair, he started doing that before you fell asleep which just made it easier for you to do so but he kept on caressing it very softly in order not to wake you up.

Eventually he started to stare at your face watching you sleep, you looked very peaceful even though your eyebrows started to furrow slightly. Corey couldn't help but wonder what were you dreaming of, though he didn't wonder for long before soft and small moans started to escape your lips.

Corey blushed slightly, could you be having a wet dream?

If the moans and whimpers weren't enough, your legs pressing together definitely were a big confirmation. Corey's eyes dilated while looking at your sleepy and messy figure.

You moved slightly, now having your head on your pillow looking away from Corey, your neck completely exposed to him.

He took the opportunity to get closer to you and leave a few kisses on your neck making you shiver.

His hands traveled to your lower abdomen caressing it softly and then playing with the waistband of your panties. His soft kisses on your neck starting to wake you up.

Your eyes fluttered open and with lustful eyes you looked at him, your mind and eyesight seemed to be blurred by your sleepiness as well as your lust. You slurred out Corey's name trying to beg for him to touch you.

"Use your words, baby." Corey said just above a whisper leaving kisses on your neck below your ear.

"Please Corey, I need you." His hands moved inside your underwear, his fingers moving on top of your clit before he entered one finger inside of you.

His kisses started to move from your neck to your chest and then abdomen. Your hands moved to his head while the other rested next to you, you couldn't help but close your eyes thanks to how tired you felt.

Corey moved and placed his head in between your legs after taking off your underwear. He looked at you before his tongue moved to your clit, you looked back at him with a shy smile spreading across your face.

Your hand went to his hair and you slightly pulled it using what seemed to be the only strength you had. He inserted another finger inside you and curled them slowly reaching your g spot.

Moans and whimpers scaped your lips as you called out for Corey telling him that you were close, the stimulation he was giving you making you wake up almost fully.

The knot that started to form on your lower abdomen finally leaving as a wave of relaxation and euphoria hit you.

Corey kept on moving his tongue and fingers riding out your orgasm before looking up at you with dark eyes and glossy lips thanks to you. That sight alone was enough to wake you and turn you on enough to go for a second round.

#corey cunningham x reader #corey cunningham x you #corey cunningham #halloween ends #you would be flabbergasted if you knew what I listen to when I write #I hope someone reads my tags cause they're my favorite part about writing #do you guys like my smuts? be honest #I love somnopholia I'm sorry #Corey malewife #why do I feel like I suck at smut

[the-spoopy-pretzel]

"I'M the one with the affinity!" will forever be a mood 🧜‍♀️

#h2o just add water #you??!! #that's a joke! #lol #honestly so relatable #except at this point in my life I'm not frustrated or jealous #I'm just flabbergasted that someone has the same interest or feelings on a subject #and i can't even properly put into words how it feels like they're looking inside of my brain

[possessionisamyth]

Look at this scene and tell me Remake Leon and OG Leon are interchangeable. They're not. You can't swap out the remakes for the originals. The character direction is different and that's okay!

#resident evil #leon kennedy #ashley graham #still flabbergasted at those people who say they're interchangeable when remake leon isnt nearly this comedically petty #re4

[mspaint-flower]

https://youtu.be/kJMf_YLSLzU?si=eXZ0ezwCiDRBS0mn

this cover changed my life forever last year

#asks #you have no idea how flabbergasted i felt upon going on that link #that was the exact cover that lead me to discover nurse robot type t and now they're one of my fav utaus #also i still have that as my discord pfp........ #i don't know you but you sure as hell telepathically knew i wasnt normal about this song

[softquietsteadylove]

We need more Thena and jack stories!

Let’s say thenamesh and jacks family go to a big amusement park when suddenly 4 giant deviants attack.

Let there be action and a little drama!

"Do you want some ice cream, Aunt Thena?"

She smiled, prying her eyes open and looking down at the kindest hearted human in all the galaxy. "You should be enjoying it, no?"

Jack twisted his little lips and turned the heaping dish of ice cream around in his hand a few times. "Hm, I think it'll be too much for me to eat by myself."

Thena smiled. She had heard loud and clear the urging by Jack to get the three scoop cup, despite his father's insistence that it would be too much for young Jack. He had asked for the three scoops with the intent on sharing. She leaned and pressed her lips to his hair, "thank you, Jack."

The boy blushed, offering the dish to her.

Thena picked up the spoon and took a delicate bite of the strawberry scoop. "Are you having fun?"

"Yeah, lots of fun," he mused idly, swinging his feet off the edge of the bench upon which she had been seated for the last hour. He squinted as the light filtering through the tree over them shifted and changed. "Are you?"

This amusement park was a nightmare designed specifically to be her own personal hell.

Jack had insisted she and Gil come with them, though. Jack always wanted them to be included when they went on family outings, and it was endearing to no end. So Thena endured car rides and school functions and the general crowding of city life for her nephew.

He had let her decline to actually go on rides, though. She had found this bench for herself in the shade, close enough to see them but far enough that she wasn't in the depths of the crowds.

"I am," she smiled, and he pursed his lips at her (in the way that she often did). It made her laugh, ruffling his hair again, "so long as you are."

"Well, okay," Jack accepted, taking a scoop of chocolate for himself while she had more strawberry. "I'm glad Uncle Gil is having fun."

Uncle Gil was currently on a ride with Ben which consisted of going through a completely dark section of tunnel on a rickety metal boat at unacceptable speeds.

"I believe he is quite enjoying the experience," Thena smiled even more. She wasn't sure how else poor Gilgamesh was supposed to experience the thrill of a theme park, so she was happy to be part of that for him as well.

"I've tried going on that ride before," Jack said quietly, looking at his black and purple sneakers. "Baba loves it, but it's too dark for me, and I think it makes Dad carsick."

Phastos was better than Thena when it came to automobiles, but it seemed that the accelerated speed and jerky turns of the rides also reduced him to a motionsick mess.

"Then we can enjoy our ice cream together," she suggested gently. If Jack was going to be melancholy for even a moment of his day of fun, she would not have it.

"'Kay!" he beamed up at her, with his teeth becoming less gappy as time went on. According to Phastos, he was in the process of losing all his small teeth and growing new ones.

What amazing processes the human body could endure.

Thena looked around the park. People were mulling around along the concrete pathways. The sun was beaming, but there was at least a breeze to rustle the trees and people's hair. For as little as she had experienced major metropolitan areas, this was by far the most bustling. There were people everywhere, several children crying as loud as they could, the sounds of machinery, of people screaming in joy. It was a lot to process.

She looked around. Something didn't seem right. It was just something at the edge of her mind, but it didn't feel like the beginning of an episode. Although, even then, she needed to have eyes on Gilgamesh. "Where are your fathers?"

Jack watched her looking around, swivelling her head like a bird of prey. "Uh, Dad said he was gonna look up places to eat after we leave. And the ride Baba went on with Uncle Gil is that way."

Thena followed the point of jack's finger to a line of people no more than a kilometre away. She stood sharply, holding their cup of ice cream, "they should be done by now."

Jack scrambled to his feet to join her. He was no longer so young that he was willing to hold hands just for the sake of it. But he was used to the nervousness that existed in her at times. He reached up, tugging at the sleeve of her white dress. "Aunt Thena, are you okay?"

She inhaled. She could feel something in the air. Something familiar, but also distant in her mind. And her Cosmic Energy was crackling inside of her. "Jack, I think something is coming."

"Like," he huddled somewhat closer to her, "bad guys?"

"Possibly," she murmured. She was thinking more along the lines of a horrific creature designed to look like a beast and a nightmare rolled into one. But she gave Jack's hand a gentle squeeze, "nothing will happen to you, Jack."

He looked up at her with wide eyes, "are you gonna fight them?"

"If I must." She would do what was necessary to protect the humans here, most of all, this human child.

"W-What about Uncle Gil, and Dad?" Jack continued, tugging at her sleeve more to dissuade her from seeking them out. "They'll fight whatever it is. You could let them handle it."

Thena stopped in her hurried steps, looking down at the worrisome boy beside her. "Jack?"

His little lip tightened, both of his hands attempting to anchor her wrist where she stood. "Don't go."

Thena's heart ached. In all her years on the planet, she had no experience to compare with this one. She had never felt the desire to turn away from the fight like she did now, just because Jack asked it of her.

Jack squeezed his eyes shut as she knelt down in front of him, kissing his forehead on the way.

She collected his tiny hands between hers. He would grow up so fast, his hands probably becoming larger than her own in no time. He would become a fine young man, then a grown man, just like his fathers. But that could only happen if she used every breath in her lungs to protect him. "I do not wish to leave you, Jack. But I will let the planet split apart at the seams before any harm shall come to you."

Before he could dissuade her further with his big teary eyes and wobbly lip, she turned away, looking through the crowds. A human would have no hope of seeing from their distance, but she picked out the head of her husband in an instant.

He looked their way, already frowning. He knew as well.

Thena scooped Jack up under her arm and jumped. If she moved fast enough she could probably remain undetected. It was a mere matter of dropping Jack at the feet of his father so she and Gil could deal with the danger at hand. "Do not leave your father's side!"

They were gone in a flash. If there were people recording their surroundings, they would look like blurs of motion. And the world was growing increasingly used to happenings like this.

"I thought they were gone," Gil voiced beside her as they ran towards the outer edge of the park.

"I cannot say I'm surprised by anything, at this point in time," she lamented as they skidded to a halt before leaping over the outer fence. The threat was still far enough away that those inside weren't panicked yet. They may be yet able to stop them within the parking lot.

"You two are show offs."

Thena offered no comment to her snarky brother, already summoning her blades to her hands. The bracelets around her wrists tightened around her skin. "You should be with Ben and Jack."

Phastos huffed at her, his rings floating around them with a gentle tinkling of metal. "They're fine. And I am not leaving you two to handle these things alone."

"How many are there?" Gil asked him, needing no further preparation than clenching his fists.

"Looks like four," Phastos looked at the palm of his hand. "And they're big."

"Then we will have to stop them here," Thena declared. She looked at her hands, reminding herself why she was holding weapons in the first place. No matter what, she could not leave this post. What was behind them was far too precious to risk.

"Hey," Gil whispered to her, touching the back of his fist to hers. Their Cosmic Energy sparked and fizzled at the contact. "You're not alone here, okay? Just stay close to me."

She looked at her husband, trying not to think of the last time they had been in combat. She nodded.

"You two take those ones!"

Phastos faced down the two larger ones prowling closer. They looked crocodillian, massive maws of teeth and scuttling legs at their sides. He thrust his fists forward, leashing them together with lassos of energy.

"Gil!"

He didn't need to be asked, grasping her by the waist and launching her up into the air. The flying ones were always the most troublesome. And this one would be capable of flying over the fences and walls and plucking those inside like ripened berries.

Thena grabbed onto its foot, already enough to shifts its balance. She reached up, climbing up its form until she could strike out, driving her blade through the membrane of its wing.

The winged beast roared as they plummeted, crashing to the ground again. Its body was met with the frame of several cars below. Thena tumbled off and away, rolling a few times before scraping her feet against the pavement. She wished she had the durable boots of her armour, but she was in sandals and a light sundress.

"Y'okay, T?!" Phastos called out from holding the other two at bay, with Gil grasping the tusks of the third one.

She didn't bother answering. They would know she was fine by that. It was if she called out them that would mark cause for alarm. She pulled up her blades again, sticking one straight through the underside of the Deviant's 'beak' and through its head. "One down."

Phastos did what he did best - one of several things, to his credit - sending an electrical current through the creatures tethered to him. They writhed in agony. "Finish 'em off!"

Gil tossed away the tusked one's positively mammoth body just to turn around and deliver a bone shattering punch to one of them. It was easy to tell it was effective when the Deviant's eyes exited the cranial cavity.

Thena leapt over the other one, easily landing with her blade pointed down, driving it in similar to how she had taken down the winged one. She was not going to waste time on these things. They were interfering with Jack's fun day. "That one."

Gil shook out his fist after killing one of the reptilian ones, only to look at the tusked one again, which was dragging its front feet to signal being ready to charge. "You ready, baby?"

Thena grinned. She had almost forgotten what a thrill the hunt could be. The battle thrummed through her veins as she took her stance beside her lover. "Always."

Gil focused his energy into his feet, driving them into the concrete and refusing to budge as he caught the elephantine Deviant by the tusks again. "All yours!"

Thena jumped onto one of the tusks as her launching point, twisting and leaping over its head to the back of it. There was quite a hump there, and clearly it was built to b e durable. But she wasn't going to hack at it blindly (who was she, Ikaris?).

The Deviant bellowed as she found the softness where its neck and head connected, and pierced. The creature reared up on its hind legs in one last ditch effort to rid itself of her.

Thena leapt off, flipping over a few times before landing. She'd had her feet out to land, but she found herself in her husband's arms. She blinked at him.

He smiled at her, "one of your sandals is torn, hon. Don't wanna ruin them before we get home."

She laughed; what a sweet Eternal her husband was. She nuzzled and then kissed his cheek as dust and wind rushed around them, signalling the fall of the largest Deviant.

"Seriously?" Phastos rolled his eyes at them, cleaning off his glasses with his shirt collar. "Can we go?"

Indeed, they had to go. New castors were arriving, crowds building. If they wanted even a semblance of a chance of escaping, it had to be now.

Thena sighed, "where is Sprite when you need her."

"C'mon," Phastos motioned to them to follow him, taking a roundabout route closest to the emerging crowds. They could blend in and pretend to be early spectators.

Gil laid his light jacket over her shoulders, "you feel okay?"

Thena looked down at the bracelets around her wrists. Her powers were in check and her mind was clear. She nodded, letting him kiss her cheek as they melded back into the human masses.

"Aunt Thena!"

She blinked, receiving a bundle of human youth hurtling at her. She patted his shoulders, "you should not have run off from your father, Jack."

"Are you okay?!"

She melted; how could she not, in the face of those big puppy eyes? She sighed, letting him cling to her after she had disappeared from his side so suddenly. They continued back into the depths of the park, Ben mere steps behind his son. "I am."

Ben put his hands on his hips as his husband also rejoined them. "Should I expect alligators if we ever go to Six Flags?"

Phastos rubbed his husband's back as they walked towards the other end of the park. "You know we can't go there, babe."

"Why not?" Thena asked with Jack still clinging to her as Gil patted his head to reassure him.

"It's all water," Phastos sufficed to say, and she had to agree. They all sank like stones (them and their semi-inorganic bodies, and all).

"Aunt Thena, will you come to Six Flags if we go?"

This boy--her one weakness! She sighed, "of course."

#Jack and Thenamesh #some action! #Jack making sure Aunt Thena is having an okay time #he brings her ice cream the sweet boy #meanwhile Thena is in hell #listening to screaming kids and in the heat of the sun and already motion sick from the car ride over #but Jack wants to go so she sits and watches #all the other moms sitting and watching are like which one is yours? #she finally looks at them and says that she is thousands of years older than all of them #they're flabbergasted but at least they're not talking to her anymore #Phastos loses it on her but it's not like anyone believes her she protests while rolling her eyes #Ben says oh honey it's fine let Thena have some fun #Gil gets back from the ride #baby it was so fun! #he's soaking wet on either side of him #but he's having fun that's all that matters #Thena takes his damp jacket from him and kisses him #if he wants to walk around in a damp white t-shirt she's not going to stop him #they watch it on the news when they get home #there are only some blurry shots of them from a distance #Phastos tells them they got lucky #Thena does not care #she looks at him after they had a deadly battle like #Thena: why do you not have strawberry ice cream? #Phastos: T we battled aliens today can you have priorities? #Thena: my priority is why there's no good fucking food here #For all I talk about how Kingo and Druig are great brothers #Thena and Phastos are actually peak brother and sister #Phastos: when are you gonna leave my house? #Thena: when you stop being ugly did you order the pizza?