#YES BPM DOING THE WORK!!!!!!!!

[spohkh]

TAEMIN SUMMER COMEBACK?????

#LETS ABSOLUTELY FUCKING GOOOOOOOO GIRLS #YES BPM DOING THE WORK!!!!!!!!

[heloflor]

Had some fun and decided to make a custom remix, if anybody wants to check it out!

#Rhythm Heaven #Rhythm Heaven Custom Remix #Tom Cardy #I guess ??? #Flor talks #other works #look at my video bois #I love how it took more time figuring out the rhythm than which minigames to use #because just like I picture animations in my head #I imagined this remix way before going 'you know what ? screw it; let's actually see how those get made and do one!' #still not satisfied with said rhythm tho; but between this one and the 167BPM version; this one is the best #which is crazy bc I originally wanted to keep it at 167 BPM and tried 168 just for fun before realizing it was much better #(yes much better still means it doesn't sound perfect #that awkward moment when you're supposed to have musical intelligence but can't figure this shit out #granted I barely use said musical intelligence for anything but in that case it's just about being able to listen to the beat)

[ioniansunsets]

I JUST FOUND YOUR BLOG AND OMG

hey imma need that confession Heartsteel Kayn moment yannoooo… fr all I’ve been thinking about 😳😳😳

✖ Heartsteel!Kayn Confessing ✖

✖ Word Count: 1.2k

✖ Tags: Awkward Confessions

✖ A/N: Reader here is just someone who works at his studio! He met you as Heartsteel slowly begun to start out and get ready for debut. Also writing this with that one ask about him writing a song about this exact moment in mind. Heehee!

I was reading some fanfics on my side and got filled with so much adrenaline and emotions I spat this out. I got very very very carried away writing this. I hope its not too OOC. Thank you for asking for this, I couldn't stop thinking about writing it.

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It sucked. It fucking sucked. The way his heart raced when you were near.

The loud thumping against his chest. He hated it.

He hated how vulnerably and un-badass it made him feel. How the high he got from you rivaled that of the stage.

How your voice played over and over in his mind more than any melody he knew. How your laughter made his knees weak. It made Him. Weak!

He hated. He loathed. He grunts in frustration as he rocks out hard on his guitar. Fingers picking at the strings, a sick solo riff but it was for no one but himself.

Oh, how he did arguably stupider things than usual when he saw you watching. Showing off to you he jumped off a stage once. Which is not too far off from usual but it was to no audience! It was during a practice run! He did it just to flex to you that he was cool! Fucking embarrassing to remember but he did! All because you were standing nearby! How could you do such a thing to him!

The absolute frustration he was filled with. Not pent up rage, not a craving for violence and destruction, but affection? Undeniable. Overflowing. Drowning and choking him. Affection!

He finally threw his guitar on the ground. Breathing heavy. Hands running through his hair to push away the hair that has fell to his face in his little jam session. Hands wiping away the sweat. No matter how long he played, how fast his fingers pressed the strings, how frantically he strummed away. How he still played, chipping his painted nails when he slips up and drops his pick. The loud music of his electric guitar couldn't drown out the high BPM beat of his heart going off in his ears. The mental image of you smiling and waving at him every time he shows up. The tingle in his fingertips imagining himself holding you.

Swallowing hard, he storms out of the studio. He was at his fucking limit and refused to deal with this flip flop of emotions any longer. A cold shower. He calms down. Tomorrow. At the studio when he goes in to record. He'll find you then. He'll go early before the rest of the band gets there. He'll get this done and over with. Enough hours were spent being a mess about you. He was going to get this done! Tossing and turning in bed for hours he finally falls asleep. Tomorrow, he'll confess.

xxxx

The next day came soon enough. Making sure he looked good, makeup on, hair styled nicely, a sexy ass outfit with his deliciously sculpted abs out. Not the usual for when he goes to the studio but if he was going to be confessing? Perfect. Yes he was perfect in his own eyes but still, his heart raced. Small whispers of Rhaast in his mind, telling him they might reject him, that he was someone that needed nobody, he shouldn't go up to them and say anything, the frustration was so good for his music! But still, he walked on. Boots hitting the floor at the same pace of his rapidly beating heart as he walks up to you. You heard him before you saw him, the thump of his boots echoing closer and closer.

" Hey!"

He cringes internally, the hell was that greeting. Hey? Just hey?! He smiles. Cocky as usual. Face never betraying his emotions, yeah he was cool like that. The shaking of his hands held back as he puts them in his pockets. Its alright, he looked cool. Just like that, hands in his pockets fiddling with his phone as he leans against the wall to talk to you.

" Can I talk to you a bit before I go and record stuff?"

Oh gods you smiled and nodded. His heart fluttered. His expression, involuntary, visibly lighting up. The way your smile just made him smile so bright back. He takes a deep breath.

" I uh...I love you."

He spat it out. It wasn't cool. It wasn't sexy. It was a choked out confession. Heart racing, palms now sweaty in his pockets, still shaking. Hells, shaking More now. His breath heavy as he tries to keep the anxiety at bay. A feeling of stage fright he never felt before. Suddenly hitting him. You look at him, face slowly getting more flushed as you process the sudden confession.

" I hate it but I've fallen head over heels for you. I'm a fucking wreck. You ruin me."

Kayn runs his hands through his hair, a habit to calm himself down. His eyes closed as he takes a deep breath before continuing.

" You genuinely make my time here at the studio fun, your presence is chaotic and calming at the same time. I want to be with you. I want us to be a thing. You already know me, you've seen the me on stage during practice, off stage when I record lines, you've seen Rhaast go all out and you still choose to be around me. I want you more than anything I've ever wanted."

He looks at you now, a calm stare. Lips pursed in a tight line. Swallowing hard. His nerves somehow finding solace in letting out all his feelings that were pent up over the month or two since you got to know each other. You laugh, gods your laugh. He's giddy. You tell him you love him too. He smiles.

A pause as he suddenly stands up straight. You tell him you love him too?

" Wait haha what? Really?"

He was amazing of course you'd say yes but still, there was that tiny part of him that was worried. You liked him back? You Love him? The amazing you! The you that shone like a sun in his frustrating days of endless work as a rockstar. You! He was fucking Elated. Arms immediately around you, a tight hug as he lets out a sigh. Breath he didn't even realize he was holding until now. His arms still shaking a little as he held you.

" Can I kiss you. Right now? I-"

Kayn doesn't even finish his sentence, the moment you nod his lips are on yours, passionate. Hands threading through your hair as he holds your head gently. Holding you against him. His free hand around your waist, supporting you as much as he was supporting himself from falling apart at your touch. How he loved you, the smell of your hair so close to him now, the taste of your lips on his, the feeling of your soft delectable lips on his. How warm you were in his hands, how faint your breath on his face. He was in love. He was in Love.

As he pulls apart. He takes another deep breath. The way you left him literally breathless. Fuck. This was an excitement he never felt before. Never has a kiss left him feeling so...good? Never has a hug left him literally shaking with excitement. You were special and now you were his.

" You're so fucking perfect you know that?"

He laughs shakily. A hand rising, trembling as he lightly touches his lips. Still in disbelief. He loves you. Undeniably. Overwhelmingly. The storm of emotions he held for the past, who knows how long, now a summer breeze filling his chest with a warmth he doesn't remember ever feeling. He loves you.

#Also from personal experience as I too jumped off a stage once to an empty audience for a flex. #I sprained my ankle after but it was cool. Kayn would do that I can see it happening. #Anon Answer #My heart was racing as i wrote this #i was shaking too #so i made kayn shake too #heehee #SO MANY EMOTIOSN #I LOVE LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #Kayn x Reader #Heartsteel!Kayn #Shieda Kayn #I really outdid myself writing this #this is my new favorite answer #Kayn LoL #Kayn League #KaynLeague #Kayn League of Legends #SCENARIOS #Shieda Kayn x Reader #im ruined i love this so much and i fucking wrote it lmao #League of Legends Scenarios #league of legends imagines #oh i love him i love him #to hold him close and tell him he is worthy of love that is hard and fast that leaves him breathless and wanting #to give kayn a love like no other that is you reader. thank you for loving him. #Yuno's Favourite Answer #oops proofred to make it gn

[1-ker0sene-1]

God your blog is fucking SCRUMPTIOUS. If you’re willing could you do something with a reader who has POTS? Much love ❤️

{Thank you so much ♥️ Apologies this took so long! Requests are starting to come out again! I lost all my drafts due to my laptop breaking and had to rewrite 🥹}

Gaz

Honest to god. This man would probably be the absolute best partner for someone with POTS. Whether he was there for your diagnosis or you already had it when you started dating, he wants to help and accommodate the best he can. Kyle would hate for you to feel isolated, trying to match and normalize your routine so you're not alone.

Definitely got you both massive water bottles, the ones that have at the very least sixty ounces. So you can keep drinking and sipping all day and stay hydrated. If you don't feel comfortable going out to a physical therapist? Kyle is researching ALL night how to do gentle therapy at home with you.

Taking care of you is second nature to him. He's constantly thinking about you. When he leaves for deployment he has small meals already prepped in the fridge for you, cleaned the whole house.. leaves sweet notes all over the place reminding you to drink water, get some electrolytes, cool off and get plenty of rest.

"I'll be home soon baby ~K"

"Don't forget to drink your water! Love you pretty girl ~K"

"Rest for me lovie, we'll be doing plenty of 'exercise' when I get back ;) ~K"

Price

Prepared. That is what John is. He wants to be ready if you have a bad day, so he can pamper you as much as he physically can if he cannot immediately whisk away your pain. John definitely moves fast in a relationship, especially if he feels an immediate connection. You're telling him he can take care of you? Of course it's not that he likes that you struggle with the condition, but his love language is definitely acts of service.

" 's no trouble love, house feels empty when you aren't in it anyways. Might as well just stay full time."

You're moving in. He's installing a nice and sturdy shower bench, he's got snacks all around the house for you, he's mixing electrolyte powder in your water. John wants you to thrive more than anything, you're his girl, going to be his wife one day. He still wants you to feel and be independent, if you need he'll go with you to get a mobility aid so you can comfortably go out more.

He's set in his military ways so.. He's somewhat blunt with scheduling. Little reminders all day to drink your water with a kiss to your forehead. When you go out together, he's stashed some instant cold packs and little salt packets in your bag. John often lifts your hand to check your BPM tracker, once he's done he'll kiss your knuckles.

"Look at that darlin' .. Takin' care of yourself so well for me."

Soap

Johnny had quite the habit of being a bit lazy when home from deployment. But then you wandered into his life, he didn't know about your POTS at first. Just figured you also had a busy life and preferred nights in for dates. Then you got more serious in your relationship and opened up to him about your condition. It was an immediate flip of a switch, Johnny became your Johnny.

He wants you to be able to spend your energy doing the things you love, not the simple tasks, especially when he can take care of it. You practically gained a Scottish housewife. He'll shoo you softly away from the dishes, insisting you enjoy your hobbies or rest up so you two can have a nice day out. Laundry, cleaning, making the bed. Bathing you even though you're perfectly capable, definitely not to touch you and get a little handsy-

"I can take care of ye bonnie.. believe me tha more I do the more I fall for ye."

Would say the only somewhat struggle, is overheating at night. Cause you cannot tell me this man doesn't run hot like a heater. And he loves to love you, hold you, touch and feel you. But there's work arounds, a nice AC, and cooling blankets. Besides he sleeps like a rock so once he's out, if you get too hot you can give him a little push off you. Rarely he'll wake up and drawl out whines.

"..miss ye lass.. my arms are useless without ye in them.."

Ghost

Simon never thought of himself as a worrier. He's been through hell and back and not much phases him. But the first time he saw you faint nearly sent him to an early grave, threw whatever was in his hands to dart over to catch you. This was definitely before he really started to understand the seriousness of POTS. Now it's constantly on his mind, especially the moments in the day when he's not right there with you.

He doesn't want you to feel guilty about his panic, so he's pretty stoic and calm when face to face with you. Definitely goes in with you to every doctor's appointment now, asks questions, how he can help, what to do during your flare ups. You best believe he is taking everything your doctor suggests to heart. Buying you a BPM monitor, knowing Simon he'll probably figure a way to connect it to his phone. So even when he's not with you he knows a little about how you're doing. Statistically it's his most used app now. Once in a while you get a blunt-

"Go rest."

-text from Simon as soon as it gets too high for his liking.

Simon is very adamant that you take plenty of breaks throughout the day, if you're overexerting yourself he's right there with you. An arm winding around you, kissing the nape of your neck after gently brushing your hair aside.

"How you feelin' doll? Let's get you some water and we'll take a break for a while yeah? Put on that show you like and I'll take care of this.."

#cod x reader #disabled reader #call of duty x reader #cod mw x reader #johnny mactavish x reader #simon riley x reader #kyle garrick x reader #john price x reader #taskforce 141 x reader #cod ghost x reader #cod soap x reader #cod gaz x reader #captain john price x reader #simon ghost riley x reader #johnny soap mctavish x reader #kyle gaz garrick x reader #tf 141 x reader

[payasita]

Good job getting ADHD medication! I’m so proud of you :D

thanks so so much im very happy and so hopeful for the first time maybe ever but also it TOOK ME LIKE. A YEAR. A YEAR.

like yall for real?? for real. for real i have been diagnosed since i was like six. (funny story my teacher thought i was on the spectrum so my parents get me tested with the nodes and shit and according to mom, who loves this story, my neurologist did all that and talked to me and then just turned to my mom and went "she's not autistic. she just hates the other kids" but they DID find an adhd diagnosis in there so net win for all of us)

diagnosed since i was SIX. on stimulants until i turned 8, and you know why i got off em? my pediatrician retired. we could not find another who would take our low-income insurance. so i just had to rawdog The Rest Of My Fucking Life. diagnosed when i was six. legally neurodivergent for 20 slutty slutty angry years.

and it still took me like. a few months to get a psych appointment. a few weeks to reaffirm my diagnosis as an adult. a few more weeks for another appointment for meds. he doesnt Want to do meds first, because i must have been doing fine without them if its been two decades, right? i got a job and a car and everything. well gee fuckin shittickers Dr. Brain Guy, just WHAT was my alternative? would you prefer i be maladapted to the point of incapacitation; is that what it takes for someone to be considered? i cheated my way through school. every day after work i sit for an hour in my car because i dont have the executive function to stand up and walk the ten steps to my house. garbage just appears around me. i have three empty bags of hot chip and two cans of sprite on my desk as we speak, neither from today. at that point i hadnt had a debit card for six months because that would have required me to Drive To The Bank, a location that was new to me in this area, so i just did everything on credit. is this all normal? is this fine? am i GOOD, actually, Dr. WeirdBrain?

so we cordially agree that yes i should probably be medicated. i want to do a stimulant. he does not want to put me on a stimulant. "stimulants can mess with your heart," he says, "and you're young, you don't want heart problems." i say ok because i dont want to make him think im just looking for narcotics. even though i am. because they WORK. i agree to try some kind of antidepressant.

the antidepressant gives me tachycardia. i go to the emergency room after reading a heartbeat of, oh, 140 bpm, which is about like double what it normally is and juuuust below the You Are Having A Heart Attack threshold. i get to the ER and the doctor there is very obviously convinced i'm a local addict having some sort of episode. it is the most ironic experience i've had all year and i feel an abrupt and all consuming kinship with those birds in australia that will swoop you and peck at your face for seemingly no good reason.

so yeah, we narrow it down to the antidepressant. as it turns out, these particular meds are known to, semi-commonly, Mess With Your Heart. i have my next appointment with my psych and somehow refrain from pecking his eyes out. he puts me on a noreprinephrine inhibitor(iirc) that isnt actually FDA approved to treat ADHD specifically(i DEFINITELY rc) but it IS given to smokers to help them quit. i dont smoke. i may very well fucking start before this whole ordeal is at the point where someone listens to me

it obviously does a combined total of jack and shit, and the man waffles with this one because he has "had success" using it as treatment for other ADHD patients. he ups the dose. twice. three months on the smoker meds, which are also apparently notorious for destroying your appetite, but they didnt even do THAT. no change to the average amount of hot chip on my desk.

he wants to try quelbree after that. i finally tell him i'm tired of this shit and would like to have more than two hours of usable daylight to function before it all falls to uncontrollable youtube shorts binges and a daily experience i like to call The Weighted Nothings and i would very much like to PLEASE. TRY A STIMULANT.

he's been friendly enough with me over these past four or five or whatever months but at this he gets suddenly very very business-baseline. gives me the whole spiel about the north american shortage. gives me a spiel about how i absolutely cannot, under any circumstances, lose or sell this medication, because they will not refill it if i do. i am sitting here wondering if he he's telling the truth about having other ADHD patients at all like ever in his career, and also, am i nuts or should the "don't sell your prescription drugs" bit apply to EVERYTHING? i dont fuckin know man i just live here

he says he wants a urine test first. its scheduled for two weeks out. i take it.

"hey uh, your piss came back with cannabis in it" "well it'd be weirder if it didn't, we are in california and i am a kitchen manager" "you can't have weed if you want adderall" "fine i'll stop" "we'll schedule you another test in a month" "aight bet" it didnt go exactly like that but this is kind of what the vibe between us has devolved into by this point.

anyway i wait a month and get a good grade in piss. i get the meds prescribed. i go to fill out the prescription

all i really need to say to you are the words "prior authorization error" for most of you to get what happened next.

the psych isnt even aware. i wait another month for our next meeting, which was yesterday. i do not yell at him. he tells me to take it up with the pharmacy, and yell at them. i am going to yell at them.

so i go, and guess what, it actually went through a while ago! NO ONE TOLD ME OR DR. FEEL-BAD OVER HERE. but we can't fill it right now because its a controlled substance so come back in a few hours. hey it's ready where the hell are you? TAKE YOUR METH AND GET OUT

anyway i started it today, reorganized my pantry, and fixed the fire alarm in my hallway that's been chirping at me for a week. i no longer have to wear earplugs to bed.

and with my newfound executive function superpowers, i will be spraying my weed-free piss all over Reagan's grave.

#personal #anyway thanks for the kind words anon #i am going to go lie down #ADHD #long post

[itaerae]

café visit 💭💭

pairing: barista!ricky x reader

summary: what happens when you take a trip to the local café to see your favorite employee ? will you admire him from afar or do things take a twist ? psst, he knows you’re a regular !

word count: 365

warnings: this is my first piece of work, please bare with me ! (not proofread)

heading back home after your tiring classes, you spot the café out of the corner of your eye. suddenly, the only thing that enters your mind is that cute blonde barista, what was his name ? ah, ricky ! making up your mind, your feet guide you to the front door of the awaiting café and within seconds you come face to face with your favorite boy.

you realized you’ve been staring at his insane visuals for quite some time, and start making your way to the register. “hello, what can i get for you today— wait let me guess, a strawberry milkshake with a slice of strawberry shortcake ?” he asked, sending a playful wink your way.

“yes, how did you know ?” you asked, astonished he knew your order in the first place. “you practically come here everyday, i’ve started to notice your repeating orders !” your face flushes red in embarrassment, he knew ? “ah, i see ..” those were the only words you could mutter, looking anywhere but the guy in front of you.

what you didn’t notice was the small grin making its way up ricky’s face. spoiler alert, he thought you were pretty cute. “alright, i’ll have that out for you in a couple minutes.” he turns around. “wait, what about—” by then he’s already walked to the back, preparing your drink and cake slice. confused because you hadn’t payed, you decided to just take a seat in your usual spot anyway.

a couple minutes had past and you could hear footsteps walking up to the register. “order for ___ !” those words got you on your feet. “enjoy !” he said with a smile before attending other customers. you won’t lie, that angelic smile of his has your heart beating at 1,000 bpm. that’s when you looked down at your drink and noticed something written on the plastic cup.

i’ll pay, do you wanna go on a date with me ? -ricky

looking up, you noticed he was already looking back at you. a crimson tint instantly covers your face, but you nod anyway at his expecting eyes. oh, how this boy would be the death of you.

#boys planet 999 #boys planet drabbles #boys planet scenarios #boys planet imagines #boys planet x reader #shen quanrui #shen ricky

[isaac-roc]

So, here are my thoughts on my little meow meows from the dlc (yes, I'm talking about the owls):

The first word that comes to my mind is ''victims''. These people are victims of the Eye, and of the game itself; the first one is easily explained by that one slide reel, which really broke my heart, in which one of those owls scans the Eye and then falls to the ground in horror after getting a nightmarish vision of what's to come. Just the expression on their face, man. I know I'm still pretty early in the dlc, but so far they present as people who just wanted to protect themselves, or take (very understandable) revenge. I'd say the former.

The second point sounds a bit strange, but it's the best way I can put it: they are "victims" of the game (this is not me saying the game did a bad thing, I think it's brilliant actually), in the sense that everything is made to give them a bad rep. The game itself warns you about being scary, and it's obvious that they're the ones you should fear, gigantic deer-owls with glowing eyes, intruding in our solar system with an eerie invisible ship filled with some dark and frightening mysteries.

But I find them sympathetic in every possible way. First, let's look at their stuff. Second only to Timber Hearth, the Stranger is the most welcoming place in the game. The only danger comes from the structures breaking; as a place itself, it's harmless (unless you're dumb enough to swim in rapids). It's way more friendly than Brittle Hollow and its horrifying annoying black hole, or the Ember Twin, which has the worst death in the game. Now, I'm not blaming this on the Nomai, they did what they could with what they had. But the owl people put a lot of effort into making their spaceship a perfect replica of nature, and they're the only ones to do that in the game. As for the contents and structures of the ship, you'll see a lot of personality - and art - there. Decorated houses, rugs and carpets with pretty geometrical patterns, custom furniture, and gorgeous paintings, not to mention the little stylized stuff, like the sun-shaped rotating plates on the doors. Then there's the decorations in the houses, and now we get to look at the owls as people. Their houses have individual and family portraits in them, which shows that they treasure family bonds, and in the slide reels, you can see that they are a pretty tight-knit community (barring that one portrait which is vandalized, which I'm sure will be relevant soon). You see them working together, sharing discoveries, and in that one very sad scene, comforting each other. To me, they are like the Nomai; an alien species of engineers/artists, who have a penchant for discovery, families, bonds, and an interest in the Eye. Oh, and a bunch of corpses lying around too.

But, unlike the nomai, they are presented as scary. Which definitely works, I am personally playing with a heart rate of 500 bpms, but they are only scary according to our horror clichés (and fear of the dark), and if you forget what they are: owls. Of course their eyes glow in the dark, they're owls. Of course it's dark as hell in their world, they're owls, nocturnal people. (I won't comment on the corpse-rooms yet because I'm not that far in the game.) And yeah, green fire is eerie, but all of their light-based tech is green. And having finally gotten the first jumpscare, I'll say... they're chill. Sure, it was terrifying, and for a second there I thought that bird was getting some slow-mo momentum to go for my fucking throat carnivorous style, but all they did was take a huge breath to... blow out my light. That's it. They just kicked me out of there.

So most of the things we find scary about them can just be explained by "they just live in the dark, man". They're just chill birds, who got betrayed by the one thing they worshipped, and are doing... something about it, not sure what yet. Sure, they're stupid huge and their eyes glow, but that's no reason to assume the worst in them. Or even fear them.

I'll wait till the sun comes back up to play though.

#this is a thought-in-progress since I'm probs only halfway through the dlc. for all I know I'll change my mind soon but I strongly doubt it #whatever these birdies are doing I am ON. THEIR. SIDE. #outer wilds spoilers #outer wilds #eote #eote spoilers #long post #I also like them immensely because investigating their stories doesn't require any flying :D

[twstfournights]

A Very Important Update

Sorry for the radio silence folks, it's been what, two months now?

I am so so so sorry.

Development for the game has not been entirely halted, it's had to take its pauses. I personally have gotten a few sprites worked on that will be needed for the prologue, and was even working on the extra special cg that will hopefully set the tone for the game.

There's just been one teensy problem... my health.

For those who just want a quick summary, I've had a string of unfortunate health issues, that while manageable at first, has now led to a very severe wrench into development plans for now. If you don't want any details, skip the cut. Especially if you're sensitive to the topics of cancer and heart problems.

With that in mind, development has NOT stopped entirely. It's just made me more glad I said not to expect the game anytime soon. I still want it finished, God himself can not tear this game out of my hands. I just have to be a little careful with how I go about it for a while.

I see we've gotten so many more followers, and there are plenty of messages for me to parse through, and I'll be getting through those! I hope to be more active now that I'm on what we could call the road to recovery, and I hope to deliver more content to you soon. For those who want more in-depth answers and insight into what's going on. The cut below has it all. I felt awful keeping you all in the dark, and Salt has suggested I finally tell y'all. So here it is.

To start with. I have Thyroid cancer, have had it for a little while, and I'm set to begin the real meat of treatment and chemo and all its fun stuff within the year. With that, it doesn't actually impact my life too much. I'm more tired yes, and I can only really do things in my free-time on days I don't work, since I work 10 hour days and those take up nearly ALL of my energy, so far it's been a good cycle.

I've found my rhythm, and I was working on the game through it! ....So, what changed? About almost 3 weeks ago now, I had a heart attack at work. It went untreated since I was unaware of the signs of a heart attack at the time, and due to that, I merely just finished my shift and went home. Yes, that's right. I had a heart attack and kept working.

I know. It was so so so stupid at the time, but I was so worried about inconveniencing my coworkers that I stayed. Thankfully it was not a severe one, more on the light to moderate side. I passed out for a few seconds, but mostly just felt like my heart had been kicked by a horse, starry vision, numb left arm, the works.

The next day I felt so awful I skipped work, but the day after I went back in, still feeling bad, but due to how my dad raised me... If I'm gonna suffer, might as well make money while doing it. Turns out, I was nowhere near better! I passed out at work, several times, and finally decided oh shit.. I should go to the hospital. They were able to diagnose that yes, I had a heart attack, and that I probably had caused some damage to my heart, damage they at the time couldn't see, and basically sent me home with a doctor's note to avoid work.

That's fine! Just a few days off, and I'll be better right?

Hahahaha, no.

I kept continuing to pass out, and as the days passed, it was happening more frequently. I'll save you some time, I was in and out of ER's, and finally two days ago, I was in-patient in a hospital for over 24 hours.

They found out that my heart is seemingly fine, but for no reason they can tell at the time, my BPM drops below 50, and sometimes even below 40 when I pass out. Walking, standing, heck, even sitting, can cause me to pass out. And even just laying down (I was marked as a high fall risk patient so I was basically locked to my bed the entire time watching Bluey ((I may be someone who writes awful things but even I love Bluey))) I still continued to pass out.

Literally just yesterday I was cleared to go home, with a little machine patch on my heart, that will record my heart rate for the next week, and if i pass out, I'm to hit the button on it, and record in their journal what happened, when, and why. Seems easy stuff, and for now I'm totally home-bound. I can't even walk out to my shed without having a severe fainting episode.

There's just one problem, besides moving around, and I feel like such a weak Victorian maiden saying this. But if I get too wound up or excited, I also grow faint. I literally. Faint at the sight of ankles now. I am so weak and dying.

What this means for the game is a little rough, since the game itself makes me so happy, heck, just talking ideas with Salt has me bouncing off the walls, and I have to take breaks from doing so to go lay down cause I'm gonna pass out from happiness.

For a... spicy game. With spicy elements. It means I have to pace myself so so so much cause my ass swooning harder than the girls over Gaston just cause I drew Malleus shirtless.

Good news is with this patch on me, recovery should be coming soon, they'll HAVE to find something. It can't last forever. I initially had an awful arrhythmia, and that went away, so the future is open! They've already determined it's not fatal, so I won't perish, but if I do go...

I hope I go out because I saw a spicy fanart of Malleus and got so excited I passed out and cracked my head open.

It's the only way to go.

Thanks for listening, and I hope to be able to give more updates soon, on the game, not me, please do not worry for me. I am literally immortal until proven otherwise.

#twistedwonderland #twstfournights #development update #IM ALIVE #PLEASE DO NOT CALL EMERGENCY SERVICES SHE IS ALIVE #twstfangame #diasomnia #malleus draconia #lilia vanrouge #twst silver #sebek zigvolt #silver

[noonaishere]

Music of the Heart [J.YH] - thirty-one | JUPiTER

You walked into the studio to the cacophonous sound of multiple keys on the keyboard being held down. You looked over at the keyboard to find Hongjoong, face down on the keys.

You laughed softly; he probably fell asleep there last night and didn’t even hear the noise. This poor guy was going to make himself deaf before thirty if he kept doing this kind of thing.

With a chuckle, you walked over to the keyboard and switched it off.

“Why’d you do that?”

“AHH!”

Hongjoong looked up at you, the lines of the keys indented on his face.

“What the hell is wrong with you? I thought you fell asleep like last time.”

“Oh…” he touched his face and then ruffled his hair in frustration. “I was just thinking.”

“Having emos?” You chuckled.

“Yeah, having emos.” He turned the keyboard back on.

Now that your heart rate had lowered to a number under 180 bpm, you could put your stuff down on the table. “What about?”

“This song I’m working on for my own recordings.”

“Are you also a soloist?”

He nodded as he pressed a few keys idly. “I release under another name though.”

“Really? Why?”

He shrugged. “I’d rather people look at my solo work without being biased by my producing work.”

“Makes sense. You are one of the most famous producers in the business.”

He nodded tiredly. “Anyway, JUPiTER is coming in today so I think I need to give up for now.”

Your eyebrows ticked up. 

JUPiTER was Wonderland Entertainment’s most popular boy band. While their main concept was astronomy and Greek mythology, each of their comebacks had a different vibes, from cool, to cute, to sexy, they pulled them all off well. As expected of a group managed by Wonderland.

“Wow, really?”

“Mhm. we had finished their album right before we hired you. I think they had some questions for their performances.”

“Umm, what should I be doing?”

“You should just observe today.”

You nodded. “Okay.”

You took your notebook and a pen out of your bag so you could make notes if you needed to. Out of the corner of your eye, you could see Hongjoong watch you for a moment before going back to idly pressing the keyboard keys.

A few minutes later, Maddox came in with JUPiTER behind him.

“Yes I be the cat and, yes I do the dragging.” He sang as he walked in, followed by his temporary entourage.

You looked up and bowed as they came into the room.

Hongjoong stood as well. “This is our new bassist and producer in training, t/l/n t/f/n.”

The group of boys took turns shaking your hand as they introduced themselves: the leader, Dal; the “mom”, Max; the unofficial maknae, Keeho; the fashionista, Jiung; and the actual maknae, Jongseob. You had seen them all on stage and in pictures before but - even though they were wearing casual clothes - they were all gorgeous in real life. Who could possibly think the visual arts were still needed when there were people this pretty on planet earth?

“It’s nice to meet you all.” You said.

They all nodded and responded with the same sentiment to varying degrees.

“So what are you doing here today?” Dal asked.

“She’s here to observe the recording process,” Hongjoong answered.

“But we’re done,” Keeho pointed out.

Hongjoong nodded. “And answering the questions of the artists is also part of the process. Otherwise you wouldn’t be in the studio today, would you?” He smiled.

They all nodded. He was right. 

He gestured to the chairs at the table. “Please, sit.”

Maddox joined you on one side and Keeho sat on the other side.

A few hours of discussion went by as mostly Dal and Max asked questions having to do with technical aspects, and asked for notes Hongjoong might have for the sound guys on the music shows.

You paid attention and took copious notes; if Hongjoong was really serious about training you as a producer, you wanted to show him that you were serious too.

When the conversation slowed and it seemed like the meeting was about to adjourn, Keeho turned to you.

“So how long have you been working here? You’re new right?”

You nodded. “I’ve been here… a few weeks already?

He nodded. “That’s cool. You’ll be around for our comeback-- Dal?”

Dal looked up. “Yeah?”

“When’s this comeback again?”

You opened your phone and went to the recording calendar, it had the comebacks on it. You checked the upcoming week. It was in three days.

“Umm… You know, it’s soon but I forgot the date again. I’ll check when we get back to the dorms. It’s not this week, I know that.”

“Okay.”

Your brow furrowed, could he have forgotten his own group’s comeback date? That’s weird.

You opened your mouth to help him, when you felt something hit your foot. Looking down, Maddox’s foot was now against yours. You looked up at him, confused, and he shook his head slightly. You looked to Hongjoong and he did the same.

You closed your phone and put it in your pocket.

After a few more minutes of questions and notes, the members, you, Hongjoong, and Maddox all said goodbye to each other and the members left. Maddox and Hongjoong went to their chairs at the desk and you sat at the table and got ready to do some transcribing.

“So um… is there a reason why Dal forgot his own group’s comeback date?”

Hongjoong and Maddox both laughed.

“What?”

“Dal knows it,” Hongjoong started, “he’s a really good leader who’s on top of everything. It’s just that Keeho…” He looked for the right words and looked to Maddox for help.

“Keeho is a streamer,” Maddox said, “and has spoiled every single comeback in some way since they debuted, so eventually the rest of the group decided that they had to lie to him if they didn’t want to continue getting yelled at by their managers for spoiling their comeback dates.”

You laughed. The idea was absurd. “On-- he’s spoiled them on purpose or by accident?”

“By accident. Every single one.”

“Wow,” you laughed. “Okay.”

They both nodded.

“That’s kind of ridiculous that they had to resort to lying to him about it.

“It really is.” Maddox laughed.

“Honestly, they’re doing it for his own good.” Hongjoong added.

“Does he know they’re lying?”

“At this point? I’m not even sure.”

You shook your head with a laugh and got to work transcribing.

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[penpinetree]

How bomb-sniffing Pomeranian (2-3N) perfectly tests mastery of rhythm doctor's svt beats

hiiii yes hellooo another ramble rime :) (rhythm doctor gameplay/story spoilers under cut) play the game, do it, this is a threat(/j), give the developers your money

Again, lets get mechanics out of the way, Svt beats are two tone notes that are called in via a "ready get set" cue from the nurse, and the game lets you know when theres gonna be no more notes on the current line by saying "and stop"

Over the course of chapter 2 the game introduces a new mechanic with each song (2-X kinda excluded) during 2-2 you're taught about "attacks" which cause the paitients heart rate (and by extention the songs bpm) to double, and rests, which will halve the current bpm/heart rate

In 2-3 you're then introduced to swing beats, which are called in by the nurse via a "re-ady set-go" call (hard to articulate it with text but if you play the game you know what i mean) Nicole's song goes very well with these notes and the game doesnt make them too hard to get used to in junction with regular notes

Skip beats arent in 2-3N but i wanted to talk about them too, in 2-1N you're also introduced to skip beats, called in by a rattle and a large X sliding across the heart line, they're identical to regular skipped beats, where you just have to do 2 counts to hit the next note instead of one (its kinda weird cause 2-1N uses one [1] skipped beat and its like never mentioned again until like, 5-X)

anyway 2-3N not only tasks you with remembering both attacks/rests and swings, but ALSO gives you two patients to work on, at the same time, while they play legally distinct smash bros, while their heart lines are also moving all over the place. the game tells you to listen to the nurse for nicole's tempo, and Ian's voice for Cole's

The song itself is great, but whats also amazing is that they dont just throw it all at you at once, the song starts out with just a regular tempo that both characters follow, then it introduces a rest for both of them, and after that introduces their attack tempo, allowing you to get used to the 3 base tempos and be prepared for when one character is having a attack while another could be resting, and finally halfway through they introduce a swing for both characters to follow

throughout the entire song not once are any rules broken, theres never serious curve balls, its simply a test to see if you've managed to master svt beats (at that point) its one of my favorite night levels in the game (easy A tier) and is so fun to hit the notes on

#penpen word vomit #rhythm doctor #yes im making another essay about rhythm doctor sue me

[chocotonez]

skz + promposals

a/n: hopefully this is ok anon!! thanks so much for requesting! <3

warnings/genre: high school au, fluff, based off another one of my hcs u can find here

chan

-definitely one of the more public ones, probably during lunch or in the commons

-nothing overly cheesy with signs and backup dancers, but mainly just a simple “prom?” with a flower or smth

-he doesn’t want you to feel like everyone’s scrutinizing you, but he also just wants to show you off <33

-probably jokes on serenading you with his guitar at lunch

-tries to hide how happy he is and the sappy grin on his face when you say yes, but he’ll always respect your choice at the end of the day <3

lee know

-more private, intimate, and quiet

-you two are probably just hanging out or doing homework together when he asks what you’re doing on prom night, and when you say nothing he’ll just drop “wanna go to prom with me?”

-very simple, quick, easy, but his heart is going at 1000 bpm and his hands are all clammy

-if this is what it feels like to ask you to a high school dance, he could never imagine proposing

-just giggles a bit when you say yes and smiles, not being able to properly word how happy he is

changbin

-another more public one but he makes it fun!!

-public as in he just…does it in public, he isn’t purposefully trying to draw attention to you two, it just happens

-such a dork with it too, makes up a really cheesy pun that is so bad it’s good, and is doing his best to make you smile and hopefully his cuteness will make up for the terrible promposal puns

-gives you a super tight hug when you say yes, saying “I knew my charm would win u over ;3” and acting all smooth

-little did you know he spent the night prior screaming to his friends on how he should ask you to prom LMAO

hyunjin

-another more silent, casual type

-you’re probably watching him work in an empty art classroom while you rant about your day, as he’s listening carefully but drawing out silly portraits along with his project

-he interrupts you suddenly “hey, wanna go to prom with me?” and when you say yes he just keeps on steam rolling through his art

-little did u know that he was letting you rant so he could build up courage to ask you hehe </3

-tells his friends almost immediately and is freaking out on his private story “omg guys they said yes tell me im not the smoothest guy ever!!!” and his friends will be like “jinnie you spent five days trying to plan a single question”

han

-so sorry but he will be a little shit and be very public

-since he’s the kid in the announcements, he’ll either a.) call you down so he can ask you to prom there, or b.), ask you to prom over the intercom

-either way you get all flustered, and when he sees you he’s smiling v wide but his cheeks are tinted with a nervous blush

-does his absolute best to make it funny and memorable, while also just showing everyone that your his

-your friends def tease you about how much of a simp hannie is for you <33

felix

-casual but cute!!

-shows up to your house to ask your parents, brings out cupcakes that spell out “PROM?” and just wins your family over

-honestly you think your mom wanted you to go to prom with him more than you did

-either way, the cupcakes were very tasty and it wasn’t super public or loud. Felix was just happy you said yes LMAO, but he’ll definitely post photos of the cupcakes and you on social media

-but he doesn’t really get sharing the fact that he asked you to prom, he’s more excited for the cute photos u guys r gonna take at prom :,)

seungmin

-asks it casually and honestly it’s kinda hurtful how easy it was

-but in some sense is was very romantic how you two were sitting in his car, listening to music while he was talking about his day and all these weird thoughts floating around his brain, or that one story of a helicopter crashing into his place while he was brushing his teeth…

-either way, he just randomly asks you to prom. he doesn’t seem taken aback or flustered, which makes you a bit nervous that he doesn’t care tbh

-but then his friends send you screenshots of him cheering and celebrating in their group chat

jeongin

-shy but still does it in public, but nothing massive

-gives people dirty looks if they stare too long, mainly because he feels v v awkward but he also just thinks promposals are cute :,)

-it’s really just a decorated letter while he sheepishly asks “wanna go to prom with me?”

-it’s honestly so adorable LMAO, he was also gonna plan chan and lee know as interpretive backup dancers but he felt like that would get too much attention

-he also really wanted to make one of those big, cheesy signs but he was too shy :,)

-either way immediately starts coordinating your matching fits

#stray kids imagines #stray kids reactions #stray kids scenarios #stray kids x reader #stray kids blurbs #stray kids fluff

[unnaturalequilibrium]

I did it, I actually fucking ran a Semi. My goal was to do it in 2h30min. I failed, but it was a super useful failage, because I feel like I learned so fucking much. And yes, I will be doing this again. I’m thinking of finding an actual training plan though, going at it with a bit more structure for the next one. Not just pulling through on fucking determination and bad attitude. Anyone with similar intentions? Anyone want to do a virtual accountability buddy thing?

The weather was that difficult in between weather- they threatened pouring rain and two degrees Celsius. What we got was around four degrees Celsius as we began, but climbed up into around nine degrees by the time we finished. I’m glad I picked shorts to run in. Honestly this is something I’ve come to realise, even around freezing - shorts are my go to. It just works, my legs do not freeze. The only potential downside is before and after, I need to be a bit careful in the beginning because the muscles are cold and afterwards you get stiff as hell if you don’t cover up quickly. My torso game I have yet to figure out though. I ran this one with a long-sleeved undershirt, t-shirt and started off with a windbreaker. The windbreaker got ditched after 4 kilometres. And if I’d done it again the undershirt would have been dropped too. 

What felt good? The first 10k. I fucking breezed through that shit. It was easy running, the course was a lot of fun, I ran with a buddy and we kept that perfect “let’s chat while we grind” pace. It was ideal. Also, I’ve got to say I love how acerbic French people are cheering you on. A lot of smiling on that first lap (the course consisted of two laps on a 10+k loop). Also, ran my fastest 10k so far, so nice.

What did I learn? I need to fucking drink while I run. In between not ingesting enough liquids and being a bit overheated by the undershirt once the temperatures rose I had problems keeping my pulse in check. I kept maxing out in a way that was not consistent with the pace we tried to keep. My recovery rate is usually really good, going from 195 to 140 bpm usually takes a few minutes if I slow things down. Not this time. I kept riding my max heart rate and just did not seem to be able to get it down to that sweet spot. So the last 6 kilometres were a constant struggle of keeping a fair pace and then having to slow it down to a snail pace while still pushing my limit. The body however felt fucking fine, the original pace we set was that perfect kind for me where I can go for a really long time without taxing the muscles too much. Feet felt good, no real niggles with shoes even though three days later I realised I had a blister on the side of one of my feet. Calves started acting up towards the end though, but it wasn’t so much muscles pain as it was another side-effect of the dehydration. I kept being on the brink of constantly cramping up. With big calves comes big responsibility, and a lot of muscle for the cramping to take hold of. It is a cross I am going to have to carry.

All things considered though, considering this was my second outdoor run of the year and I've never run the distance before I feel pretty good about the whole thing. And with a bit of training I think it might actually be a really nice distance. So next goal is to make it a comfortable experience, or at least as comfortable as running 21 kilometres can be.

#running #half marathon

[cardio-girl]

"So you've been having palpitations? Let me just slip my stethoscope down your gown so I can take a peek at that heart of yours, sweetie," said the young woman's doctor with a kind tone in her voice. She had come into the emergency department today because of palpitations, chest pain, and shortness of breath. The doctor opened the woman's gown slightly and listened while she moved the cold bell of her stethoscope around her patient's chest, auscultating heart and lungs to get a clearer picture.

The young doctor started with lung sounds. "Breathe in for me please, dear... Okay, now blow it out," she said. There was a wheeze with her shallow breath; she could see on the monitor that the patient currently had an oxygen saturation of 88% even though she had been laying in the bed for an hour. Her head filled with worry. She moved her stethoscope over her patient's heart and heard three PVCs in a row, then another run of three shortly after. "Can you feel palpitations right now?" she asked the patient, pressing down so slightly on her chest with the bell. "Yes, and I feel pain in my chest and get winded every time it happens," was her reply.

Taking the earpieces of the stethoscope out of her ears and the bell out of her patient's gown, the doctor exclaimed, "Ah. I heard the palpitations you've been talking about. I've looked at your ekg from when you got here and your chest x-ray. Your oxygen saturation is low, so I'm going to have your nurse administer oxygen to you via a nasal cannula. Hopefully that should help with your breathlessness. I'm concerned about your heart too, and I'd like to admit you for observation and testing. You possibly had a heart attack recently, which is especially worrisome in someone your age. Do you have any questions?" The woman looked at her doctor with anxiety, her heart rate accelerating from 113 to 127 bpm in a few seconds. "I'm sorry for being anxious!" she said, putting her hand to her chest suddenly feeling self conscious about her heartbeat being on display to this beautiful stranger with the worried look in her eye.

"There's absolutely nothing to feel sorry for, sweetie!" the doctor said with a surprised tone in her voice. She continued, "You have something serious going on here, and you were right in coming to the hospital to see me. It's totally understandable for you to feel anxious. I need to get that order in for your oxygen soon, so what questions do you have for me?" The only thing that could come to the woman's mind at that moment was, "Am I going to die?" "We all die eventually," the doctor said with a slight chuckle and a wink, "but I think you'll be okay now that you're here. You'll probably see a cardiologist for your heart and a pulmonologist for your lungs during your stay, they specialize in these things and are more knowledgeable than I am about determining your cause of illness. I can't tell you how long they'll keep you, but I do know that you'll be well taken care of. We have a great facility." She finished off with a disarming smile. Her patient blushed from the wink, feeling her anxiety subside a bit with the doctor's words of comfort. "Thank you so much for explaining that to me, I do feel less nervous than I did before, but I'm still scared." The doctor replied earnestly, "It's okay to be scared. Being sick can be scary, hospitals can be scary, but you'll have a whole team of people working to help you figure out what's going on in your heart and make it better. Was there anything else you needed from me before I go, besides your oxygen?" "Oh, not right now. Thank you for taking care of me, I know it's your job, but you already made me feel a little better, I'm more comfortable now that you talked to me," the patient said with a relieved sigh. It was the doctor's turn to blush now, "It's just what I do, you know?" As she pulled the curtain to the side, she turned around before leaving her patient and said, "I'm going to give orders to your nurse now for your oxygen, you should be going upstairs as soon as a bed is available. Just let the nurse know if you start feeling more discomfort in the meantime, sweetie, he'll let me know and we can help you with that. He'll be in here soon." The doctor walked out of the room and to the nurses' station; her patient felt her heart skipping in her chest, a pain starting there and spreading across to her arms and back...

#cardiophile

[paledoptera]

Are you open to do music commissions? I'd definitely be down to commission you sometime, your work is amazing!

yes i am!! my base price is 75 euro per minute of music produced, negotiable depending on the complexity, bpm, etc.

if you're interested, add me on discord!! my tag's @paledoptera

#music commissions #commissions info #commissions open

[animejeice]

Test Log 002: Exam Day

Azure was lying down in his room. He was waiting for tony to return after what happened the day prior. He still felt guilty about what he did to tony and was thinking of ways to pay him back. Not long after he hear the door open and shoots up to see tony with a crutch and clip board.

Azure: hey, glad you could make it today… what’s that stick your holding?

Tony: oh this? It’s a crutch, it’s to help support my body since you hurt my back pretty bad. But i’m fine, it’ll heal in a few day and I won’t need it anymore.

Azure: well, that’s… that’s good, but you seem to be struggling to move with it.

Tony: heh, yeah, my hands are full and it’s kinda hard to move around.

Azure: here, let me help you then.

Azure stands up and walks over to tony where he grabs him gently like a doll with his crutch and clip board in his hands. He gently carries tony over to the other side of the room with him and gently places him onto the floor. Azure then sits down next to him as to not have tony walk around too much.

Tony: uhh thank you for uhh, carrying me over here. Now then, I do have some tests I need to run on you, and since you’ve never let anyone else do these tests, I was hoping you would be nice and let me do them

Azure: I… I’d rather not, I don’t want to be some kind of guinea pig for seeing what does and doesn’t affect my body.

Tony: NO NO NO, THOSE ARE EXPERIMENTS, I’M JUST TRYING TO GET YOUR VITAL INFORMATION.

Azure: o-oh… you mean my blood type and heart rate and all that correct?

Tony: yes, that’s all I need to get, i-if you let me, you’ll never have to be asked again.

Azure: then uhhh… sure, I don’t mind if you take my vitals.

With azure’s consent, tony begins doing some basic tests and getting all of is vital information using the equipment in the lab. Such as drone scanners to get X rays of azure’s skeletal system and nervous system.

Tony: okay, we’re almost done, I just need to get heart rate and a blood sample and we should be done.

Azure: sure, what ever you need.

Tony: okay i’ll do your heart rate first so let me just scan you again for heart rate.

Azure: sure, take your time.

Tony begins the scan on azure and completes it, he looks at the screen confused before looking at azure.

Tony: ummm… okay so it’s glitching out right now and got a ready of 10 BPM which is basically impossible for you, so uhh, i’m gonna rescan you okay?

Azure: sure I don’t mind

Tony does the scan again, he wait a moment before looking at the screen confused again.

Tony: okay, now it’s saying… 258 BPM which is uhh… also impossible because your heart would’ve exploded by now… so I’m gonna do another scan

Azure: do as many as you need, this genuinely doesn’t bother me

Tony: thank you, now let’s hope it works this time

Tony does another 8 attempts, none of which are close to possibly accurate readings, which frustrates tony.

Tony: THIS STUPID PROGRAM’S BUSTED IT’S NOT EVEN CONSISTENT IN THE READINGS

azure: hey hey hey, calm down, i know you’re frustrated at the machine but there’s gotta be another way to get a proper reading

Tony: well i could just hear your heart, but i would need a stethoscope… actually… no I wouldn’t, you’re heart should beat loud enough if i put my ear on your chest i can hear it.

Azure: s-so you want to uhhh… lie on my chest for a minute and get my heart rate that way?

Tony: yeah… oh, OF- OF COURSE IF IT’S FINE WITH YOU OBVIOUSLY I MEAN YOUR BODY YOUR CHOICE AFTER ALL HEHEHE.

Without even thinking for a second, azure grabs tony and gently places him on his chest, where both lie down in awkward silence. Tony keeps tract of the beats while azure simply keeps calm as to not disrupt the data.

Tony: okay… 80 BPM, that’s far more accurate then anything else from the machine.

Azure: that’s… that’s good, ummm… I don’t mean to sound creepy but… how does it feel?

Tony: well your heart SOUNDS healthy so I don’t think that’s anything to worry about

Azure: No, I meant, how does it feel to ummm… lie on my chest?

Tony: OH… ummm, it’s… it’s soft, and uhhh, warm, and c-calming to be honest.

Azure: oh… that’s good to hear, guess that means if you’re ever stressed out you can just… lie on top of me

Tony: yeah… ummm, so why don’t I get that blood sample and I’ll turn in the data.

Azure: of course, here, you should be able to get it from a vein on my arm

Azure brings his arm close to tony where he sticks a needle into it and grabs a small blood sample. Azure then gently carries tony over to the door and helps him to stand with his crutch.

Tony: thank you for being cooperative, it definitely made my day a LOT easier.

Azure: yeah, uhh it’s no problem, hey before you go… can I uhh…

Tony: can you what?

Azure: it’s… it’s nothing, nevermind

Tony: hey, as long as it won’t hurt me, I won’t mind, after all I did do those tests today, I feel like it’s only fair if you get to do something to me.

Azure: umm… okay, just uhh hold still, please.

Azure lowers himself to the floor completely and gets his face closer and closer to tony. Tony is a bit frightened not knowing what he was going to do until he felt azure’s giant lips press against his entire body. After removing his lips, azure take a minute to realize what has happened.

Azure: WELL THAT WAS UHH DEFINITELY WEIRD UHH SORRY ABOUT THAT, WHY DON’T YOU GO GET THAT DATA SUBMITTED HUH?

Tony: OH UH YEAH SURE, I’LL DO THAT RIGHT NOW SEE YA TOMORROW BYE.

#g/t #g/t community #g/t idea #g/t related #g/t prompts #g/t scenario #g/t writing #sfw g/t #g/t characters #g/t story

[gamebunny-advance]

I was thinking about what I said the other day, and I feel like putting it to a poll to see if I'm in the minority with my opinion:

*Replaying the entire game multiple times, but only playing the approach the single required time, does not qualify for this option. "Yes" refers to willingly replaying an approach stage after it has been unlocked by already being played once for that playthrough.

Feel free to leave your reasoning in the replies. I'm probably not gonna do anything with the data besides satiate my curiosity, but I genuinely want to know how y'all feel about those stages.

I'll leave my thoughts under the cut, but please vote before you read it, as to not influence your own opinion.

I voted for, "No, I don't think they're fun."

Strictly speaking, I've replayed them all multiple times due to replaying the game multiple times. I've done no less than 3 runs through the entire game. At least twice (but probably much more) through the Switch version due to collecting data/screenshots, and once through Encore Edition. And every time I've done a playthrough, I've always dreaded doing the approaches.

To me, they feel like busy work just to get to the next boss.

Point 1: Combat Doesn't Feel Good

I know that the game's gimmick is that the player doesn't need to attack to the rhythm, but the enemies do. However, the consequence of that is that attacking on the beat goes unrewarded (with one exception) but, failing to dodge on the beat is punished. It creates a very negative feeling gameplay loop where I don't feel good when I succeed, and I feel worse when I fail. The one exception to that is enemies which have parriable attacks. It feels good to parry enemy attacks and subsequently destroy them, but only shooting enemies can do them, and they're one of the least used enemy types due to the game's dedication to making parrying optional during the main campaign. Besides, it's usually faster to shoot those enemies with ammo or by directly attacking them in the case of grounded enemies. (Tbh, I can't even remember if grounded shooters can shoot parriable attacks. I feel like they don't, but I really can't remember, and I can't be bothered to replay them to find out.)

Point 2: Navigation Doesn't Feel Good

This is a small point, since only 2 of the 5 approaches (Sayu's raising platforms and 1010's moving cars) have platforming challenges, but it's a problem nonetheless... at least in earlier releases of the game. In Encore Edition, these moving elements were nerfed so hard by slowing them down that I can't tell if they're even following the music anymore. So now they feel even more like busy work than they did before. This was probably done in response to feedback finding the platforming difficult. And honestly, they kinda were, or at the very least it wasn't intuitive.

Originally, the platforms moved to the beat. As the music for the approaches are EDM based, the BPM is naturally a little fast, so the platforms move a little fast. From observing this, it may then be assumed that to clear a platforming challenge that you must also jump to the beat. But the jump is so long and floaty that by the time you start to descend, the platform has likely already moved, so you actually have to jump in anticipation of the beat, which just doesn't feel as good. Also, since the characters lack any kind of "magnetism," or ledge-grab, even if you just barely miss the platform, if it's gone, it's gone. The designers must have been aware of this because you can unlock a move, the air dash, which seems specifically designed for course correction. (A greater issue with NSR is that it seems to have a lot of "band-aid solutions" to its problems, which is indicative of its troubled development, but explaining all that is beyond the scope of this post).

Again, less than half the stages force you to do platforming like that, but I bring them up because they're arguably the only things which made their respective stages even a little engaging to go through since I have to consider my actions before executing them first, but the Encore Edition doesn't even have that much, and the remaining 3 approaches don't have anything.

This isn't to say that the other 3 stages don't have "gimmicks," but they're not better than the platforming of the other 2.

Point 3: These Are Just Corridors of Combat

Yinu's approach has a homing missile which requires the player to almost always be moving. In theory, that could be engaging: having to bob and weave between attacks could be its own kind of rhythm game, but what's really happening is that it's increasing the time it takes to destroy the drones. Since I already don't like the combat, forcing it to take longer is just frustrating. I can't attack while dodging, and most of the enemies already have attacks which require you to back-off to avoid damage, which is more annoying than engaging. If I want to get through the stage quickly, I'm basically forced to tank the damage or rely on other methods of attack such as ammo (which requires defeating an enemy to collect) or abilities which take a lot of time and/or items to charge.

Eve's approach is similar, but rather than having a constant threat, some of her hallways have security eyeballs where if you're caught in their spotlight, they'll attack. While this theoretically means that you need to be a little more careful with your movement lest you take damage, I don't remember there being any section where you're actually forced to walk through one. That being the case, her approach is both the longest and most frustrating because the only thing I can do to progress is to attack enemies and move forward.

The escape from NSR tower isn't addressed as an approach, but it has the same gameplay elements, just reversed: instead of destroying enemies to charge a generator to move forward, you have to charge the generators first while the enemies are *technically* optional. But, the enemies are only optional in the sense that you don't need to destroy them to move forward, but it's going to be annoying as hell if you don't. So if you want to get through the stage without having to constantly stop your charge to avoid enemy attacks, you're basically going to have to destroy every drone anyway.

There is just not a single moment or thing in any approach stage that I ever look forward to doing or seeing. They don't even have the benefit of having cool set pieces most of the time. I just do not see any reason to ever play through an approach except that it's mandatory for completion.

#nsr #no straight roads #gbunny writes #i wrote so much under the cut that it might as well go in that tag #hopefully i didn't mess anything up #since the post has a poll i can't edit it after i post it~