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I'll Follow You

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Summary: You came back to the compound, a year later after you left to make your own career, and you are worried about meeting Loki with how things ended when you left. Pairing: Romantic!Loki x OC Female Reader (Foxglove is her Superhero alias.) Word Count: Over 5.3k Warnings: Explicit. Fluff. Angst. Smut. Oral (female receiving). Shadowplay. Hallucinations.

Loki flipped through the magazine at a hurried pace, not looking at the photos or any of the articles. His hands needed something tactile to do. Or else, he feared, he might choke someone with them.

He paused when he saw an advertisement for a watch you were modeling for. There you were—a close-up of your beautiful face. Your eyes were bright and round. Your lips were dewy and sensual. Norns, he missed those lips. Especially when they were wrapped around his…

Ugh. Why can’t I stop thinking of her?! Loki snarled under his breath as he threw the magazine halfway across the room. It landed on the floor right by Sam’s feet. “You dropped this!” Sam said picking it up from the floor. He held it up in the air, not even looking, his attention fully absorbed on the TV screen.

Everyone had gathered to watch the talk show you were appearing on tonight. They couldn’t wait to see you come out and gossip about your life or inconsequential things. The entire team supported you in your decision to leave and start your acting career—everyone, except him.

Loki wanted to leave the room. He should’ve left and not agreed to come and watch the show with the others. He was about to stand up when-

“Shh. Shh. Guys quiet down. Here she is!” Wanda said shushing the entire room.  Loki watched the enormous television, enraptured. The camera panned over to the audience, their loud applause and cheers were deafening. Signs and pictures were held up from a time when you were an Avenger. He couldn’t help but sink further into his chair and get caught up with your grace once again.

“So, Foxglove- can I still call you Foxglove?” The host asked as you sat down.

“Of course, you can,” you beamed at the man behind the desk.

“I- I don’t know the protocol for these things. Do you get to keep the name even though you’re not an Avenger anymore?”

Your practiced laugh showed through your gritted teeth. “It doesn’t work exactly like that. Foxglove is the name I gave myself. I had it with me when I started with the Avengers and took it with me when I left. It wasn’t a title or anything.”

“And did they just let you leave? I would think it was like being in the mafia. ‘You know too many of our secrets. We can’t let you out alive!’ sorta thing,” the host said, thinking he was being clever.

“My friends and colleagues have all been supportive. And I remain in close contact with most of them.”

‘Most of them.’ That statement swirled the emotions Loki was feeling inside. He was not one of those who supported you and was very vocal about it. The fact that you still keep in contact with almost everyone here left him envious.

“And that’s actually part of the reason why I’m here tonight,” you continued. “My dear friend Tony, whom many of you know as Ironman- again, not a title…” you chuckled. “…Is throwing his annual charity gala this spring. This year he decided to make it a month-long occasion with different charities and events happening once a week culminating in the yearly gala at the end of the month.”

“That’s wonderful! That’s all he does when he’s not out saving the world, is party, huh?” the host said looking straight into the camera.

“Asshole!” Tony sassed under his breath, earning a few chuckles from the team.

“And what exactly is your part in this month-long event?” The host asked you.

“Well, I plan to raise money for The Nature Conservancy here in New York. I ask everyone to come and help us plant new trees or donate. Every dollar will be matched, and we can help restore some of the forests, in other parts of the country.”

“The Nature Conservancy is a special organization for you, isn’t it?”

“Yes, it’s where I first worked. It’s where I first started noticing my powers.”

“Your powers are amazing! You can talk to plants!”

“Well, it’s a lot more complicated than that,” you said with restraint. “Chlorokinesis allows me to excel a plant’s growth to a thousand times what they normally can. I can also enhance their natural defenses and abilities. And like my namesake, Foxglove, I can give you hallucinations when touched.”

“Can we get a demonstration?” the host asked to the cheers of his audience. You reached out to touch him “No, no, no!” he said nervously. “I don’t need any more hallucinations right now!” you both chuckled. “Thank you. But maybe you can make a flower grow?” he suggested, and the audience cheered you on.

“Sure, of course,” you smiled, happily. You rotated your wrists and flicked them around, gesturing for a plant to grow from the host’s wooden desk. The branches wrapped around itself forming a steady trunk. Soon the branches grew out further and further. Blooming wisterias in varying colors began to sprout, amazing the audience.

You used to be unstoppable. You used to tear down enemies left and right, numbing them with your visions before you cut them down and made them regret opposing you. Now you do party tricks for the camera so you can get a laugh from people who don’t care about you. Who didn’t even love you! Loki was furious.

Once again, Loki made to get up. He was almost through the exit of the room when he heard the next question that made him stop.

“So, Foxglove, will you be attending these events alone?” The audience ‘ooh’d’ at the question when the host decided to get a little more personal. “I heard you were cozying up to a certain superhero. Do you like those types? Do you have a type? What does Foxglove look for in a partner?”

You laughed embarrassedly. “These rumors! I swear they pair me up with someone new each week.”

“Oh, but you were seen leaving a nightclub with your costar, Superman himself, Henry Cavil.” The photo was put up on the screen. A picture of the two of you laughing in front of a busy club as Henry gingerly put his arm around your shoulders. The entire room of Avengers whooped and hollered cheering you on.

“We were celebrating. We had just wrapped our movie and it was my first time in London. So, Henry just wanted to show me around. Very friendly. All platonic.” You smiled, blushing. Loki noted that blush. I’ll break him like a twig!

“Ok. Ok. What about your former colleague, Loki of Asgard?” The host asked as a picture of the two of you replaced the one on the screen.

It was a photo taken when the two of you had gotten back from a mission. You had failed and cried about it on the flight back. Loki was wiping the tears from your face, trying to cheer you up. You didn’t know the PR department was there taking shots as all of you disembarked off the jet.

The camera cut back to you and you blushed harder. Once again, Loki noted that blush. He let out a deep breath he didn’t know he was holding and swallowed. Does she miss me too?

“Loki and I have remained good friends. I look forward to seeing him again,” you told the host.

Lies. Not a single word was exchanged between the two of you since you left. The last words you said to him were “I hate you! I never want to see you again!” Loki couldn’t detect any falsehood when you screamed those words at him. That hurt the most.

Everyone turned to where Loki was standing. Some, like Thor, were smiling. Mostly everyone else was shocked.

“What?!” Loki snapped back at them, making everyone turn back to the television.

“Oh! Did you hear that? She wants to see him again.” The host embarrassed you. Your powers grew erratic as a new sprout of branches grew from the tree.

The whole audience was eating it up, clapping. You tried to hide behind your hand, but the different cameras provided different angles of your mortification.

“Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Foxglove, everybody!” The host said pointing towards you clapping. You laughed and waved at the audience as Wisteria petals fell from the ceiling.

Weeks later, you sat in the back of a Maybach that Tony hired to chauffer you to the gala. This year it would be held at the compound which garnered more donations because everyone wanted to see inside the heavily guarded facility. Your intricate beaded dress fit you snuggly and covered you from shoulders to toe. It ensured that no one would accidentally come in contact with your skin. Especially with how crowded Tony’s parties got. The only wrinkle was from all the times you’ve grabbed it in anxiousness and wrung the fabric.

Why did I let Tony talk me into this?! I should’ve faked sick or something! What if Loki’s there? Of course, he’s there. Where else would he be? What if he doesn’t want to see me again? What if he has a date?! Maybe I should’ve invited Henry? No, no. He’d get the wrong idea. Just drop in, say your hellos, then leave. I don’t have to stay. I’m a grown adult. I can do what I want! FUCK! What if Loki comes and talks to me?

Once past the gates, the car crawled through a winding road with lanterns adorning the pathway. The car stopped at the front steps of the Avenger’s compound and you could hear the heavy bass of the music pounding through the car windows as bright lights and lasers littered the night sky.

You made your way through security to the massive, yet highly decorated, quinjet hangar and a sweeping staircase that descended to an impressive room below. You smiled, reminiscing about all the parties and events you attended as an Avenger- sweet memories that erased the worry you had when you were in the car. Picking up your gown, you gracefully descended the staircase. Keeping your eyes trained on the steps below, you tried not to look around, to look for him.

“Fox! I can’t believe you’re here!” Wanda shrieked as she ran up to you. She squeezed your sleeved arm and pressed her cheek on your shoulder.

“I’ve missed you, Wanda!” you said kissing the top of her hair.

“Come on. Everyone’s here- well, almost everyone,” she corrected herself. “We haven’t seen you in so long. Everyone wants to catch up.” She led you along to the bar where you were greeted by your former teammates. You were grateful that Loki wasn’t among them. He always loved these parties. You actively refused invites the past year just to avoid him. Awkward hugs and pleasantries were shared. Drinks were offered along with your first few dances promised to Sam and Wanda.

After hours of conversations with the team, and some drinks with Tony, you fell back into a sense of belonging and family. You didn’t realize how much you missed your friends here. How much you missed being an Avenger. It got so lonely most nights not having anyone to talk to. At least here, you would have had Nat or Bucky to train with in the middle of the night.

Or Loki to keep you company.

You groaned internally. You couldn’t help but be on edge all night, thinking about him and wondering if Loki was ever going to show up.

Before leaving for the night, you excused yourself to get some fresh air. There was a greenhouse in the back glades of the compound that you frequented most nights just to be alone. You used to make the hedges grow all around, giving you a private garden away from the rest of the world.

Inside, it was as if you had never left. The plants stood tall as if to greet you. Bright flowers bloomed in different colors as if in competition to win your adoration. And in the back corner, hidden behind large monstera plants, was a cove of plush blankets and chairs that you hid from anyone ever finding. Everyone except, “Loki?”

Loki sat in the rattan chair; his legs crossed reading a magazine with your picture on the cover. He looked as breathtaking as the first time you saw him, like trouble and a promise all wrapped up in his pressed monochromatic black suit. His mischievous smile appeared, tempting you closer.

“Hello, Foxglove,” he greeted you. His voice sending shivers down your spine. Fight or flight? Fight or flight? You kept repeating in your head.

“I…didn’t know this spot was taken. I won’t bother you. Goodnight,” you hastily said as you turned to leave.

“Wait!” he cried standing up. You could feel him grab hold of your wrist. You looked down to see his shadow holding on to you like a dear friend, shadow to skin. It’s been so long since you’ve been touched. It’s been so hard to be intimate with anyone because of your body’s defense mechanism. And here was Loki, the only man who figured out a loophole to your little enigma.

“I just wanted to say…” Loki paused, staring only into your eyes. “Y-you look beautiful tonight.” You pulled your hand away from his shadow and stayed quiet. “I saw you. We… the team… saw you on the talk show. You’ve done amazing things this past year. One movie, a television show, countless endorsements.”

“Still don’t think I can make it?” you challenged.

“Fox, it was never about that!” he argued. His sudden outburst propelled him like a predator. He stalked his way closer to you, making you back into the glass wall of the greenhouse. You caught whiffs of his cologne mixed with the tropical scent of the flowers all around you. He stopped when he realized he had alarmed you. “I should not have advanced on you so quickly. I apologize.”

“It’s all right. Just habit, I guess.” You were always conscious of people touching you and getting too close. You never wanted to be the cause of their hallucinations. Loki felt relieved that he hadn’t scared you off. His shadow stood ahead of him, rubbing your arm with the back of his fingertips, trying to mollify your anxiousness.

Loki watched and waited as you settled. Jealousy festered in his body at the sight of his shadow being able to comfort you and he couldn’t. “You look… breathtaking, by the way.” He tried to soothe.

“You already said that,” you said curtly, blushing. Loki loved your blush. He loved getting under your skin and teasing you.

“Is your new lover here with you tonight? Got sick of the real superheroes, had to get yourself a pretend one?” he tried deflecting. Loki smirked looking through the glass and out to the party to see if he could spot Cavill.

“As I recall, you wanted nothing to do with me once I stepped foot out of your room,” you said quoting him from the last time you spoke. “So, it’s none of your business whether or not Henry and I are together.”

“But you are…together?” he asked. His stare was unwavering, demanding an answer to his desperate question.

“I don’t need this right now!” You were angry and speechless. He doesn’t have the right to question your life’s choices especially when he wanted no part of them in the first place.

You moved to get away from his shadow’s hold and out of the greenhouse. Loki followed you close. “Fox, please. Stop.”

“Why are you even here, Loki?” you called back, briskly walking towards the exit. “You knew this was- This was my spot. MY SPOT!” you yelled, turning abruptly towards him.

“Because I wanted a chance to talk to you in private! Without the cameras or the paparazzi. Without some life-or-death mission hanging over our heads. I needed to see your face again, without all these people trying to steal your attention away from me.” He stopped and watched you reach for the door to go outside. “I’m sorry, Vixen.”

Vixen.

Feelings you thought you had buried deep down inside of you started to resurface. All because of that name he used. The one he would whisper as he called for you in his arms late at night. The name he used when he made you laugh so hard the only way to stop you was to kiss you.

The one name he knew would stop you in your tracks… because it was the one name he used when he was about to touch you himself.

“I am sorry if I ever made you feel…”

“Unworthy? Incapable? Useless?!” you turned as you accused him.

“Unwanted,” he finished.

Real tears fell down your face now. Loki cupped your cheek and wiped it away with his thumb. You could feel the heat in his touch. The energy. You’ve felt it with his shadow, but there was always something electrifying and passionate when Loki touched you himself.

It was a luxury to feel this connection with someone. To feel the warmth from his fingers. The callouses in his palms. You imagined feeling his soft lips on you once again until you stopped yourself. It was a dangerous path to have such expectations right now. You opened your teary eyes to find Loki watching you.

His eyes darted around to your surroundings before he closed them and tried to focus back on you. “You are very much wanted, Vixen. I just couldn’t admit to myself how much I wanted you back then.”

He opened his eyes to yours. The swirl of emotion in them was breathtaking. It was then that you saw his true face for the first time. His emotions. His thoughts. He was stripped of his armor and his pretenses. You felt as if you two were the only thing that existed in that time and space. As if he were holding his life, right there cupped in between his hands.

Your heart pounded in your ears as he continued his confession. “I am a jealous god. You know this. I didn’t want to share you with anybody. I wanted to keep you to myself. To keep you from the world. I was afraid that you would tire of me like you did with being an Avenger. Cast me out after seeing what the world out there could offer you.”

Loki placed his forehead to yours, feeling your breath on his lips. He bared it all for you tonight. He admitted something you knew was difficult for him to confess.

But could it erase what he made you feel for wanting to follow your dreams? Horrible and selfish. Untalented. Unwanted.

“I love you.” Your eyes grew wide at his expression. “I loved you then. I’ve loved you since. I am still deeply in love with you. Even now, when you’re about to run away from me, my heart won’t let me forget you. I was afraid that I would have no place in the world that you were creating for yourself. So, for that, I am sorry.” You closed your eyes and lingered in his touch a while longer.

“I wanted to apologize. I never got a chance to see you again after our fight, and I regret that I never made amends to you. You had every right to follow your path. I shouldn’t have stopped you. I should’ve supported you.” His thumb caressed your cheeks back and forth. You always did have the softest skin, unblemished by anyone else’s touch, he thought.  “You don’t have to say it back. You don’t have to say anything at all. And if you want to leave now, I won’t stop you. Never again. But I just needed you to know how I felt.”

Do you love him? You asked yourself as you looked into his variegated eyes. Did you spend every night thinking about him? Did you ignore the compound, and your friends, this past year just to avoid seeing him again? Afraid that he would have someone new in his life? Did you miss his voice when he says your name? His kisses? His touch?

“Yes,” you answered yourself. Loki’s brows knitted in confusion. “Loki, I understand now. Thank you… what I said to you back then, I was angry, but...” you tried to start.

Loki smiled, placing a kiss on your forehead. “We were both angry and said things we didn’t mean. Me more than you. Please don’t apologize. Least of all to me.” He exhaled as his eyes darted around again. You nodded your head, accepting his grace- forgiving you without having to apologize.

You looked up at his eyes, filled with wonder, “What do you see? When you touch me?” you asked gently. All this time you never thought to ask him.

“I see what I always see. Since the very first time I touched you. Do you remember?” You shook your head no. “They showed a picture of it on the talk show.” Realization sunk in. “I was wiping your tears just like now.”

Loki looked around again and smiled, putting his hands in his pockets. “I see home. I see the woods that used to grow behind the castle walls. Thor and I used to sneak out when we were children and climb the trees. The same woods we used as hunting grounds when we got older. Would you like to see it?”

No one had ever asked you that before.  No one had ever had the power to do that before! You nodded and faint green smoke rose from his fingers. Your vision got blurry as the greenhouse was replaced by a dense forest. The trees were tall and luscious. Strands of warm light filtered through the canopy above shining down on the emerald grass below.

“Come with me.” Loki held your hand as he walked further into the woods. Dead leaves and twigs crunched at your feet as a soft breeze blew through the lace of your dress giving you goosebumps. “There’s a glade up ahead where we can just lay on the grass. I used to spend my free time there, letting the hours idle away.” The thought made you smile.

Sure enough, a clearing began to form up ahead. Long, soft grass weaved itself as it grew amongst large wildflowers. The filtered light from the canopy above made the blooms shine like jewels on a bed of velvet.

“I have yet to see anywhere comparable to this place on Midgard,” Loki said circling the glade, a look of homesickness in his eyes. “That metropolis has nothing compared to the splendor of these woods.”

“It’s beautiful.” You said walking towards him. A path of small wildflowers blooming with every step you made.

“Thank you. It is beautiful. But still an illusion. We are still very much in the greenhouse by the compound. You’re just seeing what I’m seeing at the moment.” You reached out towards a tree and felt cold glass instead of bark.

“You see this every time you’ve touched me? Every time we’ve…”

“Hmm,” Loki nodded solemnly. “Sometimes it's these woods. Other times it's my bedchambers in the palace. Yet, every time I’m with you, I see this- my childhood home. I haven’t been back since you left.” Loki bent down and picked up a wildflower that had grown in your stride. “I try to conjure it myself, but it never feels the same. The colors aren’t as vibrant. Not as much warmth.” He placed the flower on your ear, pushing your stray hair back. His hands ventured further down, tracing the beads of your sleeves.

“I’ve missed you,” he admitted.

“You’ve missed me? Or you’ve missed my powers and that they can bring you home?” you asked slightly jilted.

Loki looked deeply into your eyes as he turned you into his embrace. Your hands fell onto his arms and the look he gave you stole your breath away. “You are my home,” he confessed with a passion and honesty you’ve never heard from him before.  

He wasted no time. He gave you no warning as he conceded to his urges and kissed you fervidly. The soft lips you were fantasizing about earlier painted a poor picture of his actual kiss. Soft yet demanding. Giving, yet always ravenous. It was as if no time had passed between you two. You were back in his arms kissing him and it felt like he described it. Home.

“All I ever wanted was to have you here in my arms,” he breathed in between kisses. Your hands found their way into his hair, pulling him back to you for another kiss. His arms wrapped selfishly around you, holding you tighter to him.

The heat was too much. It’s been so long since you’ve been held so intimately. But with Loki’s lips devoted to your neck, you would burn gladly. You would die happily on this pyre- as the last thing you would hear would be Loki moaning in your ears.

You were lost in his haze, caught up in the moment with the feel of his body against yours. He pushed you against the tree and you felt the cold glass of the greenhouse against your back.

Loki towered over you, “Tell me you want this,” he whispered onto your noxious skin. “Tell me you’ve missed this and want this with me.” He looked into your eyes, imploring something deep and vulnerable inside you.

“I do, Loki. I want this with you” You moaned holding tight against his grip. You felt his hands gather your dress skirt. Slowly his hands wandered, savoring the feel of your soft skin. His hallucinations were getting more and more vivid. Believable. Or perhaps it was just his kiss, sending you into slight delirium yourself.

Loki hurriedly took off his suit jacket and flung it across the room. He knelt in front of you, in between your parted legs as he raised your left knee above his shoulders- kissing his way up to your inner thighs. “Loki is this real?” you asked looking around you.

“Gods, I hope so,” he prayed, leaving a mark on your thigh. He kissed his way up to your core and licked you through the fabric of your panties. You heard the sheer cotton tear as his fingers brushed up against your eager clit.

Your fingers ran through his hair, pulling when he licked a wide stripe in between your folds. Your knees buckled at the sensation and soon you were reaching around yourself for something to hold. Something to keep you up as Loki lost himself in your wet arousal.

The cold glass of the greenhouse was replaced by the feeling of something warm and sturdy behind you. You looked up to see that Loki’s shadow had positioned himself to where his chest was flushed against your back- his dark hands roaming your body. His arms reached forward to hold your dress up above your waist, aiding Loki in his endeavors.

You felt a kiss on your neck, a quick peck as if he was asking for permission or giving you a warning. You yelped as his shadow quickly lifted you by your hips and Loki pushed both your knees up for his shadow to hold.

“Loki!”

“Yes, my love?” he asked as he continued to latch his mouth and draw on your aching cunt. Loki’s shadow spread your legs. You were splayed open and exposed. Leaving Loki to devote his tongue to you. You reached up and ran your hands through his shadow's hair, pulling as he sweetly kissed your neck.  

You couldn’t help the moans and loud whimpers escaping your lips. You bucked your hips onto Loki’s face as your head reared back onto his shadow’s shoulders.

“Come for me, Fox. Let me hear you,” he commanded as he continued his consumption of you. “Let me taste you again. Give me what I’ve been missing. What I’ve been craving.” He said the last words to your tormented clit. You shuddered violently as moans and whimpers of his name fell from your lips. “That’s it. There you go, Vixen,” he cooed as he drank your arousal and lapped around your thighs.

His shadow laid you down gently and you felt the plush pillows and cold blankets from the greenhouse corner underneath you. A warring sensation against the heat of Loki’s body pressed on top of you. A bit of reality mixed in with the illusion Loki was scarcely hanging on to.

His hands fondled your every curve and every soft line. You cupped his face and led him to your kiss. His soft lips quivered when you reached in between your bodies and stroked his clothed erection. So hard and so tight. He breathed a sigh of relief when you unzipped his pants and stroked him.

“Fuck,” he moaned. Your name followed next as he bucked his hips into your hand. “Vixen…tell me you’re mine,” he panted. He kissed you hard, not letting you reply, afraid of your answer. You lined him up next to your expecting cunt and pulled him inside you.

You bit your lip and moaned as the look of pure pleasure radiated through your face. “Tell me…” he tried again as he pushed his hips into you repeatedly.

“I love you, Loki,” you moaned. His eyebrows slanted skeptically, stilling his movements and letting your words sink into his thoughts. “I’ve always been yours.” You admitted.

His kiss was magic. It was passion and life. Remorse and reconciliation all at once. He began his movements again at a steady pace, savoring your tight walls around him. You could feel the ridges on his shaft with every euphoric pull and thrust. His head bowed at the sheer power of your declaration. “Say it again…” he whispered.

“I’m yours,” you moaned.

“…say it…” he bit his lips. “…ag-again…please…” His eyes were closed as he focused on the agonizingly drawn-out movements of his hips to yours.

“I love you, Loki,” you cried as he slammed against you. You squeezed around him finally pushing him off that edge. Loosening the tight hold he had on his pleasure and pouring it all into you. The wave of bliss hit you hard and you came onto his throbbing cock at the same time.  

Spent and panting next to you, Loki held you close. His kisses were endless. Your cheeks and jaw would be bruised tomorrow from the affection he was showering you with. His hands were always touching you. Your neck, your face. Your thigh that was wrapped around his legs. You lost all track of time being with the god of mischief and soon the bright sunlight that trickled down to the forest floor was replaced by the harsh glare of the greenhouse overhead lamp.

Loki had little strength left to keep the illusion up any longer. He seemed weary but content. You kissed him fleetingly as you sat up back to reality. “Stay,” he said softly. “The one thing I didn’t say last time…I’m saying it now. Don’t go. Stay.” His hands held yours tightly.

So many feelings were attached to that one word. The weight of it crushing your heart. “I’m not asking you to give up your life. I’m not asking you to stay just for the night either. I’m asking for you to just be,” he smiled at you. “Be who you want to be and I will support you like I should have.”

You crawled back to him, settling your head on your propped-up elbows, while your other hands played with the buttons on his shirt. “And if I decide to go?”

“Then I’ll do the one thing I should’ve done last time but didn’t.” he smiled as you looked at him expectantly. “I’ll follow you.”

A/N: This was a request sent in and I'm sorry to say it took this long for me to finish it. I hope you like it my lovely @gruftiela. I tried to stick to the vibe of the song. But I also added lyrics from one of my other favorite Depeche Mode songs. See if you can spot it 😝.

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[yaut-jaknowit]

Trio of bad bloods obsessed with their human mechanic. So much so that said human has no choice but to live on their ship because they'd be dammed if someone else touched you! (Not that the human is complaining, lol) The human is smitten :3 perhaps said human teases them to break the sexual tension?

Scared to come off anon still, but I adore your works! ♡

Not A Bad Sight

Pairings: Mai'tuiudh (Male), A'jiadh (Male), Zaikeh (Female) x Mechanic!Reader

Word Count: 2179

Summary: The same trio always shows up every month, sometimes even shorter. You've come to learn more about them both in contact and in passing. You work on their ship. They do ask for you by name. You get their craft operating every time. The longer this goes on, the less the trio wants to let you go.

Author Note: This is a fantastic idea! I loved writing this so much. Also, this gave me an idea for anons. For those who are using Anon, could you use an emoji or even a nickname to distinguish everyone. Another thing, I promise I don't bite! If you want to jump into my Dms and rant about Yautjas, I'll be right there with you

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Ao3

Sweat dribbled down your forehead. The heat of the place nearly overwhelming if you hadn’t grown use to it day in, day out. A small electrical fan spun on the highest setting and blew slightly cooler air at you. Not too much of a difference. Someone would have to pry the thing out of your melted, sweat hands before you would give it up though.

With your forearm, you swiped away the offending salty drip of water and continued to tighten a bolt. This was such an easy fix, one any of those hunks of meat could easily do themselves. They are known to get their hands dirty.

Those large muscles you knew had to take years to perfect aren’t a sight you would turn away from. Said muscles could easily unlogde this moderate size space rock, pull the damage panelling up, then replace it.

Not even the hardware underneath the panel was damaged. But nope, the trio came sauntering and always asked you by name. Your boss could care less. It earned her money. Money in both of your pockets was a job well done. Though, you came by honesty with them and let them know this was more trouble for their pockets then it was worth to have you fix. All of them insisted you fixed it, trusting their ship in your hands.

For whatever reason, they always wanted you to make all the repairs on their vessel.

Said vessel was sleek, clean, a speed class with just a hair of defense to take a hit or two. The speed came with its downfall when it came to space junk or debris. That’s why it’s here right now.

A grunt surpassed your lips once the last bolt was secured. You proudly smirked down at the completed work then hoped off the wing.

This ship was a beauty to work on. Yautjas rarely let anyone work on their ships. So, to have an opportunity like this fall into your hands. It would be stupid to pass it on to someone else. Especially seeing all three of them walk out of the shop to pass the time. You hated to see them go but the sight was beautiful.

Like the countless times before, you send a ping to Mai’tuiudh. He’s the leader of the bunch. Well… ‘leader’. He takes charge during the transactions but it’s A’jiadh who chats you up. Then, there’s Zaikeh. The lumber giant even to the other two. A female from the pieces of information you’ve been able to pull about Yautjas and their societies.

Due to the day winding down, you stayed up at the front desk and waited for your familiar customers to walk through. A tablet in hand to keep yourself busy until then.

It’s a rarity to see a female, that you know of from personal experience and the universe wide web. The reason is unknown to you but maybe you could pull the information from one of them one day.

Of course, who knows if the Yautjas are purposefully removing knowledge of their inner workings. They don’t actively seek out other species and stick to their own. A forward going species with a serious attitude that hung to the very depths of their DNA.

A soft ding pulled you from your device and glancing at the only door in and out of this place. In walked the trio you’ve grown to know. You stood up and dipped your head in greeting. “Well, if it isn’t my favorite customers,” you greeted with a knowing smirk, your eyes finding Mai in the front.

Said male strolled into the front area and stopped at the counter dividing the four of you. His partners in crime followed in after him and paused at his sides. A’jiadh leans onto the stone tabletop and pushed closer to your personal space. There was a glint in his eyes you’ve grown to learn. He’s a cheeky little fucker and loves to see you act in any submissive way. You didn’t know if this was him personally or a trait among the Yautjas being such a dominant race.

The others showed the same trait but less of an amount. Just in causal passing, you guessed.

Before Mai could have the chance to speak, A’jiadh beat him to the punch. “So, dollface, everything fixed up for us or were you wanting to see us again for encouragement? Because I can give you all encouragement you could ever ask for,” he teased and leaned even closer to you.

Countless times around the forward Yautja, you’ve learned to just stay where you at. You huffed and rolled your eyes. “You know you could’ve fixed this yourself. You have all the right tools. Nothing was damaged,” you voiced the situations details again with a helpful tone.

Despite not falling into his tricks, A’jiadh wasn’t discouraged at all. No matter how many times you ignored the flirty comments he would throw at you.

Mai shoulder checked the mottled olive green Yautja to the side and fully stepped up to the plate. “How much?” His voice was gravelly and sent a shiver down your spine every time.

You grabbed the tablet off of the counter and scrolled through the list of customers until landing on them. The price was something you would never be willing to pay for something so simple that a child could do… if they had the strength to get the bolts off. But these are Yautjas. Probably the strongest known species that traveled the universe.

Labor and materials do cost a pretty credit around here though. You’re the best known in the system.

A heft sigh pushed the air out of your lungs. You set the tablet on the tall counter in front of him. “Well, it’s gonna be a pretty five-hundred and six credit repair,” you said and pointed towards the bottom of the page where it was typed out.

A’jiadh ‘oo’ed then lifted one of his upper mandibles, resembling a human-like smirk. “Pretty like you.” You raised a single brow at the Yautja before you put your hands on your hips, jutting one out.

“Love, you couldn’t handle me,” you said and shook your head to feign discouragement to the Yautja. It’s not like you wanted them to give up. No, instead, you wanted them to chase. Predator vs prey.

Fire blazed to life in his teal blue eyes. You weren’t oblivious to their intentions. Far from it. You knew their game as the hunters their species is known for. A game you were more than happy to play along with. But it’ll be a hard game. No easy mode.

“Is that so?” he purred out, muscles tensing as if he was readying himself for a hunt.

Before the game could continue between the two of you, Mai handed back the device. “All paid,” he interrupted and rested an elbow on the high counter afterwards. Your gaze jumped over to him. You took the tablet back and set it off to the side.

“Well, come on folks, your chariot awaits.” They’ve been back here so many times that you didn’t necessarily needed to lead them but decided to anyhow. Again, you would love to be on the other side of them. All of them walking away.

The door opened to reveal the massive hanger with many other vessels in here for repairs. Always busy, always working here. A shop that does good work always has an influx of customers. That’s this shop.

Closer to the front of the line up, sat their beautifully crafted ship. You loved to work on it every time they brough it in. Stunning in style and sleekness. You could never get enough of it. A smile worked its way onto your face before you stopped and about faced. “Here’s your beauty. Everything checked out. I got bored and ran a check on all the systems to ensure they were working properly. No issues. I’m happy to say she has a clean bill of health.”

Zaikeh stopped at your side, facing the ship. She looked down at you. Like usual, the black scaled Yautja stayed quiet and observed you within the silence. It freaked you at first but you have come to learn that’s just how she is.

“Got any questions for me?” you asked the trio before fully releasing the ship back into their care.

A’jaidh chirped and crowded into your space. You didn’t back down and enjoyed his heat brushing against your skin. A better feel than the sweltering heat the hanger gets on average. “What would it take for you to come with us?” he questioned.

Out of all the times you’ve interacted with them, these words surprised you. Your brows shot up to your hair line. Your mouth sputtered for a moment to find the right words. “W-what do you me-an?” Come with them? In what way? You don’t travel very often. The shop keeps you busy and happily wealthy to live in a comfortable apartment by yourself in a safe area on the planet.

He moved closer, your chest to his midriff. You didn’t see it happen before you felt another source of heat trap you to A’jaidh. “I think you know what he means, little one.” The smooth voice of Zaikeh met your ears. You could melt into a puddle from the heat inside of you, boiling your blood to steam.

“Like go with you guys?” you needed clarification before agreeing to anything. All this talk, this game you’ve played was in its last quarter, you had to make the last goal to win.

“Be our mechanic. Only ours. We’ll keep you safe, fed, and pampered,” Mai whispered into your ear, surprising you from his sudden appearance. There was nowhere to run, nowhere to escape. They caught their prey.

You.

“All you have to do is stay with us,” Mai muttered softly in your other ear, somehow moving around quickly. He was showing off his prowess and abilities as a hunter. “Be our mechanic. We’ll take care of you, little ooman.”

Your heart stuttered in its bony cage. You swallowed down the lump in your throat and gave the idea a thought. The ability to reach for the stars, go anywhere with them. Yeah, the shop was fun, the money was good. But this here, was an opportunity you would die for. Kill for even. Three Yautjas wanted you. You wanted the three Yautjas.

All the plays you endured while playing this game with them is paying off. You swallowed your nerves and straightened your spine before looking to the side at Mai. He was the leader after all. “I’ll go with you,” you accepted, couldn’t deny the way your body vibrated with anticipation and anxiety.

A Cheshire-like grin spread across his alien face. “Good, because it wasn’t a choice. You’re ours. No one is allowed to touch you or even look in your general vicinity,” Mai growled and brushed his knuckled against your cheek.

“Yeah, we aren’t below kidnapping you. But, we’re glad you’ve decided to come willingly,” A’jaidh joined the conversation.

Kidnapping?! “You were going to kidnap me? That doesn’t seem very honorable. Wouldn’t that break your honor code?” you questioned and tilted your head.

The hand that brushed against your cheek snatched your chin to lift up your head. Mai’tuiudh stood up tall before your form. “Honor? Oh sweet thing, we don’t care about honor. We are Bad Bloods after all,” he admitted. Your eyes widened at the realization that these Yautjas aren’t part of the majority of their species society. Instead, they’re the rouges who’ve broke their promise and honor. There was nothing holding them back from killing you.

And you loved it.

The two Yautjas pinning you between them finally backed off and allowed you to have some breathing room. Mai kept his hold on your chin and dragged you closer to him. “You’re ours now, ooman.” Then Mai let go and motioned towards the ship. Without complaint you happily skipped towards the belly of the ship.

Just like them, you knew the ship like the back of your hand. You tapped in the code to lower the ramp and waited for it go fully down. A glance behind you showed they were following you into their ship. Nothing could wipe off the smile on your face. A new, exciting chapter in your life.

#predator #yautja #yautja x reader #yautja x you #alien vs predator #predator x reader #yautja x human #predator x you #predator x human #x reader #Mai'tuiudh #A'jiadh #Zaikeh

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<Spoilers for Solo Leveling Ragnarok>

And another reason why I love Solo Leveling Ragnarok is because it slaps you (sneaky but it's there) with the knowledge that yeah, [TLDR] Jinwoo made the most dumb decisions of his life due to him trying to put every single problem in the universe on his shoulders.

Jinwoo as a person

Is someone who has been put through so much since he was young, we get it, we see it, since he is just 14 he was the only man in the house, so a lot of social roles were placed on him. And even though his mom had raised him with care and did all she could to save the family, 2 pressures were already placed upon him when his dad left. 1, that as a man he should help out everywhere and at every time, he was an older sibling as well so he had to protect Jinah this time as a brother and a father, and 2, his mom was a normal housewife, she started to work yes but the family hadn't expected this big of a turn in their life which probably made him even more pressure to succeed, to earn money or something so that he could take care of them as well. (And I can somewhat relate to this based through experience, as well as other familiar experiences I've noticed sometimes. How people slowly start to look for a way to earn money rather than trying to pursue their passions. All they keep thinking about is a way to be financially stable and it leaves a hyperfixation with being rich, working until exhaustion, and sometimes not doing well at school because it's a waste of things they are never going to use. It could also go differently in the case of Jinah where she studied as much as she could to become a doctor. But to Jinwoo, he never got to become or find a passion of his that he liked, even when he had both parents, he never had a reason to pursue anything and simply was swayed into becoming a detective by Jinchul.) So overall, Jinwoo had slowly begun to think less of himself as a person and more as another tool inside the house that should push their weight around to help.

And then he loses his mother to a comma. Not only is he now having to take care of his sister, but also his mother because she doesn't die, she becomes another wight he has to try and keep alive, and her being, well his MOTHER, he would do almost everything to save her. Now, all of his help is entirely cut off. The parents he was supposed to trust on and lean on are gone. And he is now the only lifeline for Jinah, who isn't even an adult so he can't lean on her or make her work, it would be against all he is trying to work for, which is giving Jinah a better life, giving his family a better life.

And this self solitude goes on for 4 more years. No, in fact, it keeps dragging him into more solitude during the four years of working, pushing his weight around, and literally trying not to die make his psyche more stressed on relying everything by himself or else he is a failure of a person.

To the point where HE is the one that sees himself more as a failure than the rest. The people around him are often bothered by his weakness, yes, and he does get the nickname, but that isn't what's going to affect him more in the long run, rather its the fact that he sees himself not worth saving more than the others. Like how he thinks Juhee might be mad at him for always being so weak and constantly getting injured. To the point where even some of the readers agree and think Juhee would never like someone like him in the first place. But thats completely the opposite actually. Juhee cared for him! Invited him on a date! Tries to STAY BEHIND, I REPEAT STAY BEHIND FOR JINWOO. And Mr Song wants him to live, wanted him to get out of the temple, another person in the LN warns him of the lizards. ONE side story literally is about a worker (who I had mistaken for jinchul my bad it's never said actually who he is) who tries his best to get him to safety. There were, are people who cared about him, about his being.

And Jinwoo doesn't see that, most fucked up part is that people need to read more indepth to see that most of the self hatred comes FROM HIM and the people he fixated upon that he thinks think hate him. His weakness is a big part of his problem, but his self worth exceeds more of the problems later on.

So he doesn't see himself as someone that needs to live on. He doesn't see himself as person in his own house but rather a breadwinner or the only thing keeping the household together. He doesn't think he can be anything better because he doesn't have a college degree or is even smart. The best thing he excells at is hunting, and yet he is the weakest.

His only choice is to become stronger.

And now that's fine in his own right. It's what he wanted it anyways (wrong mistake kiddo, he never had ambitions in the first place except survival), so what if he has been mentally exhausted over the past 4 years, basically going through a war but instead of people it's monsters that are very very bloodthirsty (and totally not someone who could reason with them, talk and have their own lives outside of this world but has been forcefully put into this dungeon with the constant command in their heads to kill and destroy everything. No, sir, those stones right there are not brainwashing crystals! They are just profit you can gain by killing them!)

And so what if he gets to live through one of his worst near death experiences that also increased his trust issues through the story?

He gets to be strong! Everything is forgiven, right? (Right, Ashborn????) All the pain and psychological damage he gets to suffer before that or afterward (liking learning to kill people) is immediately rewarded with more points! More strength! More power!

Oh, you don't even have to worry about all those monsters resenting you or hating your guts because you will arise them, and they shall become your most devoted slaves forever! Yes, the only people Jinwoo gets to live with for his immortal life, the only people in which Jinwoo can rely for help are the souls of his enemies and no one else. The souls who tried to kill him, who tied to kill everything he loves as well.

What's the point in this now, though? It's not like the author wanted to give Jinwoo some depth over his characters mental state. Instead, it was the opposite because he managed to deal very well while under that constant pressure. And besides, he likes hunting. He likes it now! (no, he feels satisfaction over holding power in those situations, he was disgusted at having to kill someone, he was angry at himself when he fought rasaka, he hated the ice Monarch for killing gunhee and escaping from his grass so easily than him being a threat. He doesn't like hunting. He just hates being hunted.) There's no need to dwelve on the story because he gets to have a good happy family (who he can never reveal his true self to) and some friends (that he tried to reach out to search because he knew they would never meet in any other circumstance) and a good boss (who knows the true extent of his power and leaves him to be however he please because he has saved the world and also because there would be no way he can stop him from doing whatever he wishes, even if he creates eternal torment for others.) And he has a wife as well!! (Who the story is completely vague about whenever or not Haein truly remembers everything or doesn't at all and just knows that he is pretty fuking powerful. And both of these already are basically a tight rope for her to walk on. It's not like im thinking haein could do something to upset jinwoo, but there's no way she isn't at least somewhat scared by the prospect of what might happen if he gets mad with her. He can do anything. He can even hide your existence, wipe out the memories, and create new ones, there is no one out there that could come close to ever challenging him, nothing out there that could save you if he changed his thoughts in any way.)

And he also has a son!

A son who means everything to him. But someone who can challenge those views of putting every weight on his shoulders as well.

Solo Leveling's Ending

It was great for others, not for some. Personally, I love it as a Shonen and powerfantasy fan, but not as a literary fan.

First of all, there was no reason for the cup of reincarnation to exist, yes, even though some of the past timelines had been alluded ever since the demon castle and its ruins looking the same as SK. The 'one last chance to wrap it up' is complete deuz ex-machina and just absolutely cleans away all the reason for everything in its story. There's no more advanced technology or clean energy resources (new add-on from the anime) There's no people who could get away from poverty and earn new jobs from this industry that requires all kinds of people. (Yes, even non awakened! Like they could study, the monsters gather knowledge to help create more technology or work in a guild. There wasn't much stopping them if the monsters could literally step away from the dungeon, and also, most of the side characters we know of from the US also use their skills more than having a rank.)

"There's no deaths from monsters as well! Thats good right?"

And yeah, it is! But you know, what could have also been well is if Jinwoo could have still let mana come into this world. Magic didn't have a bad outcome for his world. In fact, magic was the entire reason Jinwoo could get to become so omnipotent as he was. But instead of bringing it back to everyone, maybe even finding a way for people to become strong in their own way like make systems of leveling up for others, he instead decides to keep it all hidden. Not for himself, but absolutely hidden.

"But if he didn't, then people would fall into a comma and die, and there's no cure around the Sleeping death!" There is, and it includes a monarch's blood, which if we ignore the sequel. There's no way he can find a demon and create a monarch to drain him every time for mass production. However, he is also, you know, a freaking God. He can shape reality, shift time, he can raise the dead, he can open gates to mine mana crystals so they could sustain the lives of the comma patients, and even then he has the Rulers at his side who could possibly help him find a cure. Of all things if he isn't able to find a cure for Eternal Sleep after all of the power he has in his hands (and not to mention that dream Antares in the extra thought it was just a little disease he could so easily cure) then this would... idk, man, but he still has a stock so he could cure his mother again and give two others for the scientists to study it at least. He has everyone at his disposal. He can find a cure.

Secondly, the story singlehandedly erased every reason for us to love anything about the story apart from jinwoo.

Your favorite characters? Oh, they are alive, alright, but they aren't as you've met them before. Oh, Haein? Is she the badass swordsman who had experienced death and had her own fallout in life that shaped her as a person while also overcoming her own traumas against Beru? Yeah, she is just an athlete now and then a stay at home wife! Swords? What are those? Loosing? Nah. Thinking about the possibility of what kind of being has been attached to you emotionally and psychologically because he thinks that becoming human should also abide by the gender stereotypical tropes and should therefore find a wife first instead of looking for a therapist out there or deal with his psychological problems first before thinking about trying to date a 13 year old (wait no, it's um, trying to make her to date you, leave big hints, and then tell her that for 10 years you has been trying to chase her bc you were the only person he deemed worthy enough to marry. Why? Who knows(strong and beautiful)! The date must have been such a well off success that it seems he has carried those emotions over it and practically decided to latch onto you, being also the only person he WILLINGLY shared all the knowledge to. Yeah, no pressure, baby.)

Oh, Gunhee? His death? Now its more of a pointless sacrifice than a desth for delevopment. Jinwoo still had the reason to kill the monarchs bc they were at some point going to kill the world. Sure, it wasn't as personal, but, you know. Now Gunhee gets to live again, and then we see him die again. Slow clap, everyone, thank you. His death literally meant nothing now. Jinchul crumbled and tried to put himself in his place, but now that doesnt matter since we dont even HAVE a reunion of Jinchul and Gunhee in the next timeline so their entire relationship is gone. Poof. Jinwoo mourning? No, Gunhee just comes back again and gets to live off as a wealthy philanthropist!

Sung Il Hwans sacrifice that impacted whenever or not jinwoo lived through the monarchs attacks? Oh its okay he is alive now! You know it's not like I had wept literal tears for both of these characters only for them to come back in like 3 arcs later. I guess our emotions meant nothing now! Could have just... Not killed them and then gone back in time. Nothing would have changed, Jinwoo would have still wanted everything to be rewinded.

Jinwoo saying, "Too many people died," felt a bit obtuse in my head, though. Too many suffered yes, but like only two, 3 if we count Adam White, that we cared about where dead. And that's about it if I remember correctly. Like the story could have left of a bittersweet note at worst and on a wholesome ending for the future at best.

It wouldn't have been bad even when many died. And yes many did die that we never cared about, but they also died to protect everything they died.

Say, if Jinwoo died, would a random fodder character say his death shouldn't have happened and decided to rewind it all back to beginning instead, would that have left a good impression, to suddenly erase everything he stood for, his powers his title his struggles, all gone because, oh he died from circumstances that could have been prevented? Many things are preventable, disease, war, conquer. But if you just rewind time then it shouldn't matter that they died now. Those who protected their families out of their own will, went through tooth and nails to fight and live on? Yeah only Jinwoo can do that, only Jinwoo should make that descision. So anyways who cared whenever or not the hunters decided to put their lives on the line (and also it's not like during the 10 years until the final war people weren't allowed to retire or just not work as hunters even though they were awakened COUGH Joohee, Soohyung COUGH)

(Or it's not like Guilds, Essence stones and Awakenings could have absolutely benefited other countries in the world to relapse from the economic and social problems while also creating clean energy resources for the enviroment— And not to mention that this entire system isnt based on nepotism at all for those in power but rather sheer luck of who does and doesnt awaken.)

Lastly I would have tied the point back again to the free will of the people, but it's pretty clear from the last chapter what I mean, yet also I need to instilled the point that he never asked. He never thought about what others might think. When the United States got him on camera, he didn't care and never told them the truth. He doesn't think whenever or not his victims would like to get revived or take revenge of constant hell upon their killers. Neither does he care about criminal acrivity outside of Seoul, apparently bc there is no news of criminal activities being taken down globally (yeah, you have the power of a god, but we are so grateful for you never using it except when it disturbs your ambience! It's not like people are being actively enslaved and under constant dictatorship out there. North Korea? Oh, there's no need for you to help them out.)

And what's worse is that his own powers attract even more enemies to a world that has no way to defend himself, and no way to instantly learn about mana!

:D

Great wonderful thing Jinwoo, this is the same as turning back world wars to them never happening even though they had shaped the entire world that we've come to known. But at the same time also keeping the powers on a ticking bomb as to when they will start the wars again.

But hey, he is pretty omnipotent! So what if there are extraterrestrial enemies in his curf and destroying earth every time they decide to come (oh man, it sure does wonders to see more natural habitats be destroyed for no reason and with no way to explain it! I mean where else would he fight them? The cities? People would get to know about magic then and he can't have that happening!) He can best them all with his shadows and then leave as if nothing happened.

There's totally not a single consequence that could come from all of this!

Consequences

To make this faster imma make a list:

The most frequent ones seen in Solo Leveling Ragnarok.

Gates appear and the whole world is in shambles as to what to do! Thus leaving to many people outright confused and many deaths as well (more, had it not been for Jin-Chul's work)

Suho could have died! Because why tell your son in highschool —since you didn't want him to eb alone in middle school, and in his teenage years he still doesn't know the source of any of his powers or his true nature. Up until what age was he going to be kept in the dark jinwoo? WHAT could have happened if Beru hadn't come to save him? Does he also have that death resurrection thing??? I don't know! No one knows!

Oh yeah no monarchs means that everyone who managed to survive the war is now fighting each other because there is no actual order or some higher power for them to listen to. It's become an anarchy on its own and a bunch of them have decided to break into tribes or states to live! Great! If we read out history book for two seconds you know how badly those things go!!!

Cha Haein was basically forced to survive through sheer will and raise a small village on her own. (Oh and how surprising it seems that the elves were reasonable enough to even tall to her and not outright kill her. My goodness. Could it be they also have a consciousness?)

Esil was forced to see her family be killed, after Jinwoo wiped the rest of the nobles, because the gates had dragged her back to her world since she was the only one who possessed demon blood.

The entire race of the dragons went almost extinct. (And that ones between good and horribly bad because they ALMOST went extinct)

Places like North Korea and Ireland have irreversible damage due to the open field gates which have left many to die. Others include Russia and China but they aren't as fucked however the landscapes of their country have changed a lot due to the mass of open field gates.

The ones that came with the side effects:

In the end, possibly another chunk of the population has died yet again (but do we care? No not really, it's not like Jinwoo had the possibility to save this by giving some backup information— or did he just left it all in charge to haein in the case this happened? It wasn't made clear with that bc she was supposed to tell suho about it in case their father disappeared but like... wow she really got a lot of weight on her hands at least give her some of your shadow army so that she can take care of any alien invasions— no? Just kaisel?...ok (honestly he is pretty great I have no qualms with Kaisel. Best shadow in the whole series) but like, you expect her to protect everyone with that? And no, the necklace isn't viable here, there was no other shadow to help her explain the necklaces' feature for her. JINWOO YOU HAVE AN ARMY— AHHHHHHH

Memory confusions between the past timelines and the others. You know because the Rulers had inhabited certain bodies and like I'll Hwang their memories might have hmmm, idk, come back.

Leaving only a few people with the memories of the past did not in fact help him at all, Sung I'll Hwang thankfully got his memories back soon or else he would have also been lost to the power. Thankfully Zhigang and Thomas met Suho or else it would have been another Christopher Reed situation of spirited away.

Too many people began to focus their faith on the foreign religion because they wanted answers to the many problems that where occurring and wanted to also protect their home (cough siddhart sough)

The other possible ones that are not implied but could appear:

Mana condensation. The changing of wildlife and nature as a whole (which is never talked about?! I get it, not relevant to the story. But damn if it didn't do incomprehensible damage.) (Although this one is a vague good or bad thing but a side effect nonetheless)

Again, setting back the age of progression (not only due to the things that could have been invented from mana but also because the gates everywhere would make for a hard situation in which to invent anything at all.)

Leaving open windows of opportunity for the universe to be threatened. In this case, he left many of the races he was supposed to exterminate, alive, bc killing the monarch would already be enough for him. This instead led to a worse possible idea bc 1, had he completely wiped out the other races he could have easily taken away any possible enemies from his sight. "Oh but he wouldn't kill monsters who are weak and defenseless" well too bad Odysseus now you are stuck with demons who are scared of you and resent you for the rest of their lives and will trade with anyone for more power to stab you where it hurts the most. Also, jinwoo had time to finish off everything. Two years was equal to 27 years, he could have dipped in and out and killed the remnants that he might have not noticed were still alive.

This one, though, I also blame it on the Rulers. Bc they would have been the first ones to know or had gathered knowledge that, yes, actually, the monarchs can come back since the fragments of darkness linger around and try to find other hosts for them to live through, it's why the monarchs haven't been able to truly pass on and why the monsters are so keen in finding sacred relics or building temples– because a monarch can come back, and in fact HAS to come back in order to maintain some order in their dimensions. And like, they would have known that, right? They have fought for centuries upon centuries. It feels like a shitty plan for them to not have at least CHECKED if another monarch could have spawned somewhere else, especially when Jinwoo was doing most of the dirty work out there by fighting the giants in his own home.

I think I probably repeated some of these, and it sounds like I'm throwing shade at Jinwoo for being a dumbass (only I can do that. No one else deserves to shame him.) but his actions are more than justified in terms of how Jinwoo is personality wise. It's also more bitter than maddening to see how all of these could have been prevented had Jinwoo decided not to play his part of lonesome hero and instead talked. About everything. From the war to the mana to the crystals. He didn't need to instantly go on a podium and say all the things. But at least, when he had his son or when he came back from he war, he could have talked with his parents about this newfound power. Slowly, he could have shown it to more and more people, especially those he knew about that had honest and good intentions (Adam White, Norma Selner, Thomas, Zhigang, Jongin) he wouldn't have needed to put himself out there as much and he would have relied on others believing him until there would have finally been enough people to understand about mana before finally letting it in. And maybe the Rulers could have come, some other species as well to help humanity interact with them for a while, let Rulers take care of this earth for some time while he goes to other worlds for a moment so that he can slay enemies to other places instead and come back again to see the progress. If they ever wanted to then maybe jinwoo could have given some of the hunters their memories back, and knowing how they took it in this timeline, Jinwoo would have been sure that they wouldn't have been sacred of him nor hated him for the things he had done. He would have had more people to understand what he went through alone, he would have had more friends, the freaking romance would have made a bit more sense in the end with all the memories gathered instead of one-sided (and wouldn't have much of a power imbalance). And he doesn't even need them to be strong enough to hurdle monarchs or giant monsters on their own. He just needs for them to be there for him. That's it. That's it.

Daul and his friendship theme [in Dungeon Reset] and in Raganrok.

Idk whenever or not Chugang had seen the flaws of his own character as much as everyone else, or if he had listened to his criticisms about the one dimensional personality of his own characters, or he just thought Daul was a good writer, could be any of these could be not but one thing for sure is that, he chose right.

Mainly because I haven't seen Infinite Reset, I won't be able to comment much on whenever or not his theme always revolves around building a safe foundation with friendships. But from what I've gathered in Dungeon Reset, a lot of his characters aren't insanely strong or if they are have cheat codes, they aren't completely overpowered in the way that they can best every single thing without anyone's help. There's still others who are stronger or others who can help the MC gather not only the strength needed to fight against the villains but also to help uncover more of the lore as it goes on.

And it works so well in Ragnarok because: We have this prodigy of a child who can not only level up but has been gifted by his father with a whole Shadow Dungeon as well as inherited some of the powers, and yet he isn't a strong man from the start.

Suho is someone who needs help constantly. From the beginning of the series, he never won a fight alone in its entirety. He won it thanks to an external help and his own internal progression. He levels up, but he isn't completely broken (though he is stronger than his father in some levels because he chooses to add more of his points in strength rather than intelligence. He is like a "what if Jinwoo had invested more points in strength all the way instead of suddenly shifting his focus to intelligence.") From the top of my head I remember his fights where he had to rely on either the monarchs help, the help of the successors, or the help of other S ranks and A ranks (Miho in the Villain Arc, Ryo in the Pyramid and India arc), and even his dad's deus ex machina help to get through his fights.

But he doesn't see it as something bad, and the story doesn't pain it as bad. Suho wants to get strong, yes, but he doesn't distance himself when he needs help, and he doesn't become someone that leaves everyone behind after like two arcs. Granted some of the characters are only making appearances here and there, but they get fleshed out more as they appear.

Taking the case for Miho, who is almost the least explored, we do still see her in the arcs how her character evolves from someone who values her strength as is very observant, to someone who is upright and bossy, and slowly from then on we get to find out that she is someone like that because she has the same justice morals as her dad, and she is also the one who leads most of the paperwork while her dad is out there fighting for most of the battles. And she is just the least characterized. Then there is Zhigang, who suffered through the possession of the Itarims and thus becomes someone more bloodthirsty but wants to fight against that in order to protect others. We see Thomas confronted by his ineptitude and his emptiness of his power. We see Lim Dogyun and Taegyu having to reconcile with their past that separated them from the first place. We see Siddhart be swayed by his hero complex due to everything around him. They are characters in their own right (and they could be more explored. Yes. This also isn't the end, so I can't say whenever or not they will or to what extent)

The protagonist from Dungeon Reset also shows that train of though, often getting help from others, giving something in return. His actions make him a leader, whereas Suho's actions make him someone to be loved more, rather than lead.

And I mean loved more because he isn't usually in a leading leading position. He orders his shadows around and does rake on the lead in things a lot of the time, but in the case where he can't deal with something, he would let another take on the lead (I.e Haein in the Ice Elves Kingdom arc. Taegyu in the Villain arc. ) or he would have a small rag group of teammates (which, apart from the shadows, always changes depending on the arc) rather than a group that follows him here and there.

Not to mention the fact that the shadows speak more now, and there isn't as many as before with Jinwoo, so all of them get to extent their personalities as well, leading Suho to not be completely lonely for most of the time. Even the system in some way isn't just a blank screen, but rather Suho has Beru and Ammut, who act as a guide and a trainer, respectively.

Inadvertently, that leads to Suho's character of protection even more than before. He gets to admire his dad and his mom for what they have done and for how much more powerful they are than him. But it doesn't make him any less blind to the fact that, yeah, taking all the power for himself and having all the responsibilities as well, was a bad idea in the long run.

Father and Son

In regards to the cup, I think everyone would have made that decision. Turn back time and let people live happily ever after. That's all good. What sets the problem is the things that come after that.

And while the story mentions it, Suho also put in a new light of his own, that he wants his father to be recognized for his actions instead of taking it all alone for himself.

Now, does Jinwoo ever ask for a reward after saving the world? No. Does he need it? Absolutely. And that knowledge did always bug me as to why he would just try to keep himself from being known, try to gatekeep magic and monsters from the world. Why did he want it all to disappear and for himself to never be entirely understood. Because, again, just by going from Solo Leveling and its side stories, we never get to truly know if haein ever recovered all of her memories or if she was just told by Jinwoo what had happened before.

Then, the title slaps me in the face. Yeah, it's solo leveling. It's everything coinciding with lonelyness, Beru in Raganrok as well (and by extension, the other author) had emphasized at some point that he levels up alone, he lives alone, he slowly keeps driven to hide away everything that he is and everything that he has truly become— In the same way he hides away all the pain from being noticed by his sister, in the same way rhat he wanted to hide his profession of hunting from his mother, in the same way that he wanted to hide his awakening from everyone else, in the same way that he wanted to hide his trauma through more and more reckless fighting, in the same way he wanted to hide his potential lost of feelings as he is Leveling up, in the same way he NEVER brought up the fact that his father died right in front of him,— He closes himself because he thinks that if the people were to know of him, hate him? Worry for him? Fear him? Whatever he is expecting of others it scares him.

"But he actually just wants to live a normal life!" If he did, he would have given up his power to someone else, or he would have stopped himself from using his powers altogether. But he doesn't. He heals Haeins foot, he gives some mama to his friend so he can run faster, and he uses his shadows as well as other powers to do some criminal activities. He doesn't want a normal life. He just wants some escape. He is hypocritical with his own statement by already doing things that are out of the norm. "Oh, but she needed it, or they deserved it." Yeah, and he could also do that as well to others, heal sickness, hunt down other criminals out there in the world that pose a bigger threat to the living than anything, but he doesn't. Not to mention that the more mana he spreads, the more the enemies are going to notice him. And if he doesn't want to deal with that then he should have healed Haein with magic (maybe use something else that could have been nice) or hunt down criminals at all!

In the end, he had already come so dark to achieve all of his powers, and he can't just leave all of his responsibilities behind as much as he wants ro, so he has to come and accept it that he will never go back to the way it is.

And maybe he has already started to notice that? Or maybe he will get to notice that when he and Suho reunite again? Everything he knows bout earth is just recent, and he doesn't seem to be mad that Suho has decided to become a monarch of a different race instead of being the Shadow Monarch. And while I can't say much about Jinwoo's feelings right now or the state of his mind rhat he might be in right now, there are is a few hints out there that he could still feel as though it is always his duty to put every responsibility on him.

We see this in the reunion with Suho as an illusion. Suho sees his greatest fear, which is letting his own father down, unable to reach his maximum (or unable to reach the power he needs for Suho to help his father carry some of his burden). And he is worried as well that he IS Jinwoo's biggest weakness. To that, Jinwoo responded that it didn't matter and to use his full extent of his shadow powers either way. Once again, leaving Jinwoo to put on more responsibility on himself for the sake of others.

However, for the first time, and due mostly to the circumstances rather than himself, he has to expose that weakness even without being present. He has to learn to trust his own son, which he loves enough to do so, and finally, fucking finally get someone to help him out on earth. This man had it not been for son, who again, he does trust –because he knows him more than anyone else, it's his only child, it has the same powers as him, it's basically the only one who can relate to him: as a human and monarch. Suho also learns about his loneliness the more he hears of Jinwoo's story from Beru. He takes the risk of giving information about Jinwoo for the sake of not letting be alone anymore. That's his gift to his father, to let him acknowledge that no matter what, he won't stand alone anymore. Not as long as Suho is here and leveling up for him.

Ps: Incredibly funny of Suho to also be such a contrast to his dad that even Antares likes him. And it's not the 'Oh, he is just so nice that everyone can't stand his niceness cinnamon roll' Not it's the opposite. He will aggressively befriend you for your powers/skills/because yes. No questions asked.

Pss: Jinwoo will do anything for Suho, even change his lonely attitude of him it's making me sob. WHY DID IT TAKE YOU A SON FOR YOU TO FINALLY RELY ON SOMEONE THAT WASN'T DEAD 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭. What's worse is the fact that it isn't an entire change of the original Jinwoo since in the last extras, he did want Suho to fight alongside him. Despite his C type parenting, he was doing all he could to love Suho as well.

But, you know, I wish we kinda got to see more of that father and son bond Daul *shaking Kakapage* Give us some flashbacks of them Daul! It's not that hard Daul!!!!! WHERES THEIR FISHING TRIP—

#happy valentines day #i got send to the hospital in the meantime bc yalls dumbass had never been vaccinated from very bad disseased like ever #how the fuck did i survive covid i have no earthly idea considering i could have just as easily died from freaking polio #anyways have reason 1283920 to read SLR #and totally not because im translating it no no no i dont self promote like that #solo leveling #solo leveling ragnarok #sung jinwoo #sung suho #sung su ho #cha hae in #solo leveling spoilers #solo leveling ragnarok spoilers #only i level up

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I am LIVING for the househusband shenanigans, it gives me so many ideas (super long ask i'm sorry lol)

but i love the idea of the chain ending up in reader's world, more permanently, and after falling hard for reader to boot, so the period of adjustment for everyone is wild and what the fuck is reader supposed to do with 9 (or more, depending who you ask) lovesick heroes in their house fit for 1-2 people?? not to mention none of them have documentation or decent knowledge of modern culture

i can imagine some of the Links (time, legend, four) jumping at the opportunity to learn more about their darling's world, and their likes and dislikes, in order to better understand them and get closer to them (it's the feeling of wanting to know every possible thing about something they're obsessed with, just completely filling their brain with it)

Some (most) Links are going to be straight up hazards to themselves and their environment with their curiosity and lack of understanding for technology. it doesn't matter what precautions you take something is going to get blown up in the microwave.

wild and sage would probably attempt to cook for you, knowing how stressed you are about the whole thing, only to wildly overestimate how long it takes to cook something with a microwave (all you'd told them was that it heated things up like a cooking pot) and also fail to realize that some things cannot be put in the microwave

an alarm clock or something goes off, and one of them smashes it thinking its a threat (time... old man don't know shit about tech and he's too traumatized)

and good luck getting your clothes back because all of the boys are going to participate in the theft of them at some point. doesn't even matter if it's not something they can wear. they just want it because it's yours and it smells like you and it's like a piece of you-

speaking of clothes, if you start to voice concern for lack of clothing (bc someone keeps taking all of them) they are all jumping at the chance to lend you their own

Legend would leave a spare tunic of his for you, not even giving you the chance to decline when you simply find it folded on your bed. And he'd mend or tailor anything for you that you have complaints with, asking you so (uncharacterisitically) nicely to be with him while he does it, because, he's going through the trouble for you, the least you can do is keep him company, right?

He might even intentionally cause problems with your clothes, if he's desperate enough for attention. But how can you blame him? He knows it's not your fault, but your mind just been all over the place with everything going on and with the time you've been spending with the other he just feels left out.

All he wants is your praise, to hear you tell him thank you, and that he did a good job, and maybe run a hand through his hair, yeah? God, he'd just melt against if you did that. It makes everything beyond worth it, for you to stroke his hair and tell him how you don't know what you'd do without him. His angel, it makes him feel so blissful, so special when you give him your attention like that.

A few of them would eventually get the idea to get a job, prompting the rest to act as well. They can't just let their god(dess) take care of everything, can they? That would be asinine.

It would be difficult, considering they don't have...ID's, or anything of the like, but there are still ways for them to earn money

i could go on, but... yeah lol

Don't worry about it being long, I love getting asks like these!! I love talking about the househusband au, all the different ways it could go with the chain and the different members are really fun to explore! And all of your ideas in this one are just 😭💖 I'd always welcome any asks or dm's about the au, because it's just so much fun to hear everyone else's ideas for how it'd work as well!✨✨

The housing is certainly an issue for the chain though SOJNCAN with that many people not used to the modern world in such a small place?? They're basically begging for something bad to happen, like a fire or something breaking even worse if reader's house is being rented to them. Documentation and ID's as well? For some of the chain, they could likely get away with it, but it's really a goal for them to get ID asap because if they do they can get out of a lot of legal issues Wind and the "kids" (Wild and Cal) are the first of the rest to get ID for the sake of school. And there'd likely be a written language barrier as well! If reader wanted to buy some other place to live they better start saving, who knows maybe they could just trade in a few rupees at a time and have a new place in a matter of days?

As for the ones you've mentioned wanting to learn everything possible, it'd get to a point where they're sitting with bloodshot eyes in front of either readers laptop they've borrowed or something they managed to buy steal for themselves having gone down a cursed Wikipedia rabbit hole, Maybe even watching through some playthroughs of their own games? Or if reader was still studying, like at uni or something, suddenly they know more than even the experts in that field.

ALL of the links at some point get dangerously close to breaking something, it's more a matter of if one of the more experienced cough Sage cough or reader steps in time to stop them. I absolutely adore all the different things you've suggested though, the microwave and the alarm clock??? Time's still got trauma to do with clocks and alarms and it's so perfect✨✨

The chain stealing readers clothes is also just 🥹, it's the easier option than even washing their own clothes with their laundry not because readers worn these in the past, no never. May I raise the idea to them stealing things they can't wear to putting the clothes that don't fit for whatever reason onto pillows?? so they can hold a part of their beloved when they sleep.

Legend with fixing their clothes as well as lending them his own I'm sobbing 😭😭😭, since ofc he's one of the more sensible ones he gets left alone far more often so he's so much more desperate for their attention even though he only gets less because they trust him more alone. So for him to get those small moments of praise, even though they're so small because it's only a matter of seconds till readers torn away again by someone else shouting for their help 😭

I think I've mentioned them getting jobs if they were dumped irl, seeing as there are a few they could do without ID you couldn't pry influencer!wars out of my cold dead hands. The moment of realisation they've been using their darling would be such a moment of guilt before they follow legend's/sage's leads and start working or helping reader around the house, those links at school would be getting the top grades in their classes seeing as that's what reader wants them to focus on.

#yandere linked universe x reader #linked universe x reader #househusband sage #yandere linked universe #moss✦answers

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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Hwang Hyunjin messes with your head, unknowingly, for over a month. Until you can't take it anymore.

*✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:

Growing up with Chris Bang as your best friend had it's perks - a permanent bodyguard, a shoulder to cry on... and seven other boys who also became your best friends as you grew up together.

Week in, week out, your routine stayed the same. Study, go to class and patiently wait to attend your regular Friday evening home cooked meal with your friends. You just couldn't wait to graduate and start working, to rid yourself of exams and finally start earning some proper money like the boys.

Desperate to put some light back into your mundane, studious life, Chris forces you to start blind dating. Two miserable dates down and ready to murder the man, someone completely unexpected appears and makes a mess of your orderly life.

And a mess he does make.

|fake dating|friends to lovers|slow burn|non idol au|

*✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ: chapter seventeen

Today was the day. You'd texted Hyunjin earlier and asked if you could meet him tonight. You'd kept your messages quite ominous and short, not wanting to stress him out about the nature of your meeting. Hyunjin had already let you know that he'd be working late, so just to meet him at the company building. 

You'd tried your best to study over the last couple days, and all things considered you'd done well. But you couldn't concentrate, counting down the minutes until you'd get a taxi to have one of the most dreaded conversations of your life.

What scared you was the fact that if things didn't go well for whatever reason, your friendship with Hyunjin was at stake. You were in far too deep to just pretend like nothing had happened between the two of you, and it would take you a while to get used to going back to the way things were before...

Well, before everything.

Hyunjin had revealed a completely different side of himself to you recently, and it was a side of him you weren't ready to let go of. Rather than the calm, friendly yet serious CEO Hyunjin you knew - or even the party obsessed, crazy Hyunjin you'd known when you were a teenager - you had been introduced to this thoughtful, caring man who had opened up a lot in the past couple weeks, and had done his very best to make you happy.

But even then, you had to know why he had been leaving at the ring of his phone continuously for weeks. Where, or rather who was he going to. You'd been overthinking it for so long you thought your head might explode, and at this point all you wanted was an honest answer. No bullshit.

If he was seeing someone else, you'd be absolutely gutted but you'd understand. If there was a simple explanation, you'd be delighted and things could finally start to get serious, if Hyunjin wanted them to. But if there was something else, or he couldn't explain...

You didn't know what you'd do.

The clock finally turned seven, and you put your shoes on and left your apartment straight away. You had already booked an Uber and when it showed up you jumped in, knees shaking from stress. When the Uber stopped outside the company building, you got out, entering the building and making your way up to Hyunjin's office on the top floor. You stopped, though, when you received a text from him letting you know he was in a practice room.

"Practice room?" You said to yourself, wondering why he would be there. You changed the button you had pressed on the elevator to the one you knew had the dance practice rooms, getting out of it when you reached the right floor.

You walked through the corridor, smiling at the trainees you passed along the way. You looked into the windows at the door of each room until you found Hyunjin inside one of them. You slowly opened the door, preparing yourself for what you were going to say, but all thoughts left your head as you heard music and realised that Hyunjin was dancing.

He was moving so sharply, so precisely - yet with such grace. It was completely captivating, and you found yourself standing stock still to just watch him in awe. He was in his work uniform - black trousers and a white shirt - but the sleeves were rolled up to his elbows and the top buttons undone.

The music ended and Hyunjin stopped, breathing in and out heavily. You had to physically shake yourself to stop eyeing him up, because damn he looked amazing. He walked over to pull his phone out the cord it was attached to to play music through the speakers and walked towards you with a smile.

"Hey, I would give you a hug but I'm seriously sweating right now," he says, and he's right - there's beads of sweat on his forehead and his hairs dripping. This would usually gross you out, but with Hyunjin it just turns you on - not that you'd ever tell him that.

"It's alright," you say almost awkwardly. "I had no idea you could dance like that."

"Mmm, I used to dance regularly years and years ago, but I gave it up when I started following down the business route. I still try to keep up with it, though. I was watching some of the trainees earlier and it inspired me," he answers, short of breath. He motions for you both to sit on the seating area in the corner of the room. "So, what did you want to talk about?"

You take a deep breath, trying not to look Hyunjin in the eyes. You'd practiced what you'd say over and over again all day, but after seeing Hyunjin like that your coherent line of thought had derailed.

"Are you seeing anyone else?" You rushed out quickly, looking at your shoes. You had thought you'd ease him into the conversation, but clearly your brain had other ideas.

"What?" Hyunjin chuckled, looking at you. "Hey, look at me."

You slowly looked up to meet his gaze, a small smile playing on his face.

"I'm not seeing anyone else," he said seriously. Your heart skipped a beat. "Are you?"

"No!" You said, far too enthusiastically. You shook your head in annoyance, smiling slightly. "I mean no, I'm not seeing anyone else."

You were ecstatic at how well this was going, but there was still another question you had to ask.

"Where do you go when you get those phone calls?" You said, and you watched as Hyunjin's smile faded.

"I...I can't tell you that," he said hesitantly. Now he was the one avoiding your gaze.

"But...if you're not seeing someone else, then who's calling you? And why do you always leave so abruptly?" You asked, trying not to back down and just forget it like half of you was tempted to do. The sensible half of you knew that if he didn't tell you what was going on, then you had no way of trusting him.

"I wish I could explain it to you, I really do, but I seriously can't -"

"Why, Hyun? What's so bad that you can't tell me where you go?" You asked, and he just sat there in silence. "Come on, Hyunjin. Please understand that I want this to work, and if you like me the way I like you -"

"I do princess," he said, cutting you off and looking into your eyes. "I like you more than you know, but -"

"Then why can't you tell me the truth about where you're going?" You said, trying to ignore the way your pulse was racing. He averted his eyes from yours again.

You both sat in silence for a couple minutes, the two of you clearly deep in thought.

"If you want something more than this stupid fake dating shit with me, we can't start it like this - when I have no idea where you're going or why you're leaving so suddenly. Surely you can understand why I'm saying this," you say, trying to put your point across. Hyunjin looks as though he's being torn in two.

"God, you don't understand how frustrating this is for me!" He says, raising his voice slightly and rubbing his face in his hands.

"You don't think I'm frustrated by this? For weeks we've been getting closer and I've had no idea if you reciprocated the feelings I had or if you were just being a good friend! And every time I felt like we were making progress, you would leave without a second thought. It's been tearing me up, Hyun, and now when I finally have the courage to ask, you can't give me a straight answer," you totally unload, telling him what's been on your mind. He just sits and listens to you intently.

"I understand, I'm sorry," he apologises instantly, and takes your hand in his. "I promise you I didn't mean to stress you out or upset you, and I really wish I could explain what's going on, but -"

"But?" You cut in. You understand you're being bitchy, but you don't care.

"But I just can't. Not yet, anyway, it's...it's so complicated. And anything - I can't..." he trails off, unable to find the words to express how he's feeling.

"Hyunjin, I can't start something with you if you're not being fully honest with me. I have too much going on right now, and so do you, to get into a relationship built on dishonesty. I want to be able to forget about it, to let you go to wherever it is you need to be so desperately and not care...but I can't. Especially not right now, when the one thing I need to focus on is passing my exams," you finish. You can feel your eyes start to water, knowing that you're going to have to do the one thing you really didn't want to do.

"Please don't," Hyunjin says, looking up at you with sad eyes. "I know it's a lot to ask, and I don't want to put you through it, but please don't cut this off."

"Hyunjin, you can't expect me to form any sort of romantic relationship with you if you can't tell me why you leave every time your phone rings! It's not fair," you say with a sigh. You squeeze his hand once before letting it go and you see his eyes widen. It hurts. It physically hurts, but you'd rather cut off whatever the hell was going on between you now than be worried and stressed about where he's going and why he can't tell you the truth.

"I'm sorry, I really am," you say, moving away from him and preparing yourself to get up. He stops you, grabbing your arm gently and looking up at you frantically.

"Princess, please -"

"Don't make this harder than it already is," you say, your voice wavering. "Let me end this now before I end up more hurt down the line. We can be friends, like we used to be -"

"I don't just want to be your friend!" Hyunjin shouts, but realises his abrasiveness and instantly softens his tone. "Can't you see how amazing we would be together? Surely you feel what I feel when we're out on dates, when we touch...when we kissed the other day. I've not felt this way about any other girl and I...I can't be your friend. I just can't."

The tone in his voice is heart aching, but you have to stand your ground, no matter how much your hearts telling you to stand whatever pain comes your way just to be with him.

"And I can't be the girl who lets her boyfriend leave whenever he wants with no idea where he's going or what he's doing," you answer sadly, wriggling your arm out of Hyunjin's grasp. "I'm sorry, Jinnie, but I need to go."

"I understand," is all he says, letting his hand drop to his side and looking at you with the saddest eyes you've ever seen. "I'm sorry I couldn't be better for you."

You give him a sad smile and turn, the tears spilling down your face as you close the practice room door behind you and walk swiftly out the building, not looking back.

This time it was you walking away unexpectedly.

^^Hope I didn’t break your hearts too bad🤭

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN HERE!

#stray kids #stray kids fluff #stray kids x reader #stray kids x you #hwang hyunjin x you #hwang hyunjin x reader #hwang hyunjin #hyunjin fluff #hyunjin imagines #hyunjin x reader #hyunjin x you

[diaryofawifeinchaos]

Being the Problem

Because I don’t make as much money as him, he has concluded that my time outside of work is less valuable than his and I need to make up the difference in physical labor. As someone who works full time, is trying to build a business, and has to play chauffeur while he is unlicensed, I simply don’t have the time or energy to take care of everything else. He goes golfing, talks on the phone with friends and family for hours, and typically spends four hours each evening watching tv. If it’s a weekend, he’ll spend the whole day because “he earned it,” but I somehow didn’t.

Currently, I don’t have a college degree. I intend on starting school next week for a business degree, but until then I have to listen to his patronizing comments. He often feels the need to remind me that he has two Masters degrees in business, including an MBA. Early on, I attempted to use his “expertise” to write a business plan. However, he didn’t listen to me and created a plan for the exact business I don’t want. His plan was service based, whereas my idea was for a product. The last thing I want is to be at the mercy of clients.

He has stated multiple times that “we” will not invest money into my business - as if I have a choice. But, when he was away on a business trip, he nearly dropped a grand on a group of strangers for a dinner. Not even a legitimate investment. I confronted him about this when he got home. The project management program I need costs the same amount of money he boasted about potentially spending.

Last, but not least, this evening I stood up for myself. The evening started going downhill when he stepped on my foot. Instead of apologizing, he said I should be wearing slippers, indicating it was my fault. He then pointed out that there were dirty dishes in the sink from when the dishwasher was running. One evening this week, I didn’t clean up after dinner because I had too much to drink and figured I’d get it in the morning. Wouldn’t you know it, he woke up before me and took care of the easy to clean dishes. I was left with the ones that had food burned onto them. He held this over me as a reason why I had to move the dishes from the sink to the dishwasher. Maybe it’s because I never lived a day in my life with servants, but I thought you were supposed to put the dirty dishes in the dishwasher once the clean ones are put away. I hate that he leaves extra work for me to do.

This week, his friends are coming and they need a place to stay. The guest room has served as a storage room for me since we have a small apartment. I have a lot of stuff. Though I’ve been going through it, there’s a lot. The previous incident with the dishes was a reminder of how little he values my time. The guest room is 90% complete. There’s a few odds and ends, but it will otherwise it’s okay. Without looking into the room, he comes into our bedroom and starts going on about how his friends are coming tomorrow and how the room is unlivable. This sparked an argument, which has ended with me sleeping in the guest room to prove it’s livable. He made a half-assed attempt to get me to come back to bed. This is the second night in a row we had an argument. Yesterday, it was because he kept pulling on my hand while I was holding my phone. Today, it was about nagging me to complete things I’m already working on. According to him, both incidents are my fault and his actions did not contribute to the arguments and he is taking zero responsibility.

The guest bed used to be my bed. Honestly, I’ve missed the lush pillow top that conforms to all the right places. Not surprisingly, he has a terribly uncomfortable foam mattress.

What I’ve realized from all of this is that I fucking miss being alone.

Keep Shining,

D

#breakthesilence #enddomesticviolence #healingjourney #mentalhealthawareness #resilience #selfcarejourney #speakout #selflove #spousalabuse #stopdomesticviolence

[twstrhythm]

“Wishes are complicated. The things you want don’t always come easy.”

Technical Information:

Name: Nasir al-Reza Nicknames: Traitorous Fiend (Emil); Backstabbing Monster (Rayan); If I ever see you again, you're dead to me (Jiawen) Voice Actor: Kodai Sakai (John, Shadows House)

Biological Information:

Gender: Male Pronouns: He/Him Age: 16 Birthday: September 2 Star Sign: Virgo Height: 175 cm Hair color: Black Eye color: Light Brown Homeland: Scalding Sands Family: Father; Mother; 10 younger siblings

Professional Status:

School: Royal Sword Academy Dorm: RSA equivalent to Scarabia School Year: First Class: 1-A Student Number: 22 Occupation: Student Club: Magic Club Best Subject: Magic Potions

Fun facts:

Dominant hand: Right Favorite Food: Dates Least Favorite Food: Potatoes Dislikes: People hating him Hobbies: Going for walks Talents: Once he sets his mind to something, he won't stop until it is done.

Appearance:

Nasir is a tall boy with long black hair. He keeps it tied back with a white ribbon and wears a star and moon hairpin to hold his bangs out of his face. He has light brown eyes. He wears the standard school uniform for Royal Sword Academy students.

Personality:

Nasir is an uptight and headstrong person. While he is more of a follower than leader, he has been known to step up against what he sees as wrong. He may prefer to follow commands over giving them, but he is willing to take charge when he deems necessary. He rarely feels bad when he does something bad because he often feels like he is justified.

Background:

Nasir is from a wealthy noble family with dishonest ties. The wealth they have had was earned in dishonest ways, but he does not think it is terrible. To him, it is sometimes necessary to gain wealth through terrible means because not every person can earn money the same way. He tries to defend his family if they are accused of doing something wrong.

To him, his family is all that he has. Nasir would do anything to guarantee they get to keep living even if he has to get his hands dirty. He is willing to take dirty jobs to uphold his family’s standing in society in secret. He disliked the idea of another family being better than his own, so he tried to take matters in his own hands.

After asking around, he learned about magic schools and the fact that the heir to one of the other noble families in the Scalding Sands attended one. With the help of his parents, he enrolled into the school and slowly worked on his plan to get close to the heir in order to wipe him out. However, Nasir did not take into account the fact that there would be other people there watching his every move.

Skills and Abilities

Magical talent: Nasir is skilled in magic, namely fire magic.

He is a skilled liar.

Charisma: He is a charismatic person, and he has been able to charm people into being his friend or letting their guard down around him. As a result, he has been able to utilize this skill to help his parents take down possible enemies.

He is good at acting and uses this skill to get different people to talk to him about things they normally wouldn’t tell someone.

Unique Magic:

Nasir’s Unique Magic is called Your Wish Is My Command. It lets him grant three wishes for another person. This can only be done once per person, and they cannot wish for more wishes or make a wish that negatively affects someone else.

Chant: "Wish for a change? Come now, tell me what you want. Your Wish Is My Command."

Trivia:

Nasir was expelled from Night Raven College.

He had originally been enrolled because he was supposed to poison the heir to the Asim family because the Asim family is a rival to his own.

While he had been able to poison Kalim, he was unsuccessful with completing the plan because he was thwarted by Emil Mays.

He dislikes potatoes because he does not like their taste.

His unique magic is based on the tale of genies but he holds no relation to Genie from Aladdin.

#twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland oc #twst oc #male twst oc #twst male oc #oc: nasir al-reza

[lovefoged00]

The Way To Switch Cash From One Bank To A Different

For a global switch, a third-party financial institution may facilitate the transaction. International wire transfers are additionally generally done using the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication community. This just isn't an exhaustive listing, as many credit score unions and banks additionally offer related companies for free. As lengthy as you’ve confirmed the recipient, a financial institution wire switch is probably going the safest method to transfer money from one bank to another. An online switch by way of your bank’s website is another very secure option. To keep away from being scammed, concentrate on widespread schemes and solely transfer cash when you have a reliable cause for doing so and you know the recipient. Debit card purchases, ATM withdrawals, checks and ACH transfers can all trigger overdrafts. Each financial institution has its personal fee construction for funds transfers with other establishments. Businesses additionally usually incur charges from their payment processor, just like they do with bank card funds. Because prospects usually initiate the transaction, it’s possible they may ship the wrong amount. There are methods to work around this—for instance, Stripe holds customers’ financial institution transfers and allows businesses to reconcile discrepancies for up to 90 days, in most cases. But you’ll nonetheless have to dedicate further time and resources to overpayment or underpayment points whenever you settle for financial institution transfers from clients.

Overdraft charges can put a dent in your wallet if you’re not careful. Here are a few methods to protect yourself against overdraft charges. Read on to study why we chose every financial institution, examine execs and cons and access particular person financial institution evaluations.

Tips On How To Get Overdraft Fees Refunded

This is to assist avoid sending cash to a scammer and reduce the chance of fraud. Before you make a bank switch you must at all times double-check that you've the required credit in your account. If you don't have the steadiness needed to satisfy the cost you might go overdrawn and be charged by your bank. If you're making a switch in person within the department and are unsure whether or not you manage to pay for, ask the financial institution teller to check before processing the transfer. Domestic wire transfers are processed in actual time and are often delivered within one business day.

Keep in thoughts that corporations might cost a payment for each sending and receiving wire transfers, and charges could improve if you’re sending the money to someone exterior the U.S.

Date of request On a business day - earlier than 1am Eastern time Date transfer shall be made Same day.

Depending on the circumstances of your switch, your funds might be received within minutes or up to a quantity of working days.

“Expert verified” signifies that our Financial Review Board completely evaluated the article for accuracy and readability.

You can also send wire transfers through money-transfer suppliers, which regularly have lower charges than conventional banks. Western Union, MoneyGram and Wise are examples of money switch suppliers. This method is best if both bank accounts are in your name. To transfer funds to somebody else, you may want to make use of a third-party payment provider or a wire switch. Up to 4.60% APY on checking and savings account balances may be yours if you set up direct deposit or by depositing $5,000 or more each 30 days. Members with out direct deposit earn 1.20% APY on financial savings balances. Discover Bank provides a cash back checking account, a high-yield financial savings account, a money market account and CDs with terms from three months to 10 years. The cell app is extremely rated on the App Store and Google Play. For cell transactions funds will be paid to receiver’s mWallet account supplier for credit to account tied to receiver’s mobile number. Additional third-party expenses could apply, together with SMS and account over-limit and cash-out charges.

Select The Fastest Fee Possibility

Apply for a mortgage or refinance your mortgage with Chase. View today’s mortgage rates or calculate what you presumably can afford with our mortgage calculator. Open a savings account or open a Certificate of Deposit and start saving your cash. Learn more about what second chance banking is and the importance of a second probability bank account. This digital account number automates reconciliation and prevents businesses from exposing their actual account details to prospects. Pay for your cash switch via credit/debit card1, or with your checking account. It’s straightforward to register and switch cash to another checking account via our mobile app or in individual today. To switch money to someone else’s checking account, you’ll have to have their details handy. Enter your recipient’s details to switch cash directly to their checking account. To enable non-Wells Fargo accounts for Transfers, extra security measures are required. With bank to bank transfers, you can easily move money between your U.S. HSBC deposit accounts and your accounts at different U.S. financial institutions – together with banks and credit unions. There are some ways to do this, together with using your bank’s web site or mobile app, a personal examine, a cashier’s check, a wire switch or an ACH transaction. There are professionals and cons to each method, and a few come with switch fees. Check with your bank to see which method could be best for you based on these concerns. ACH stands for Automated Clearing House, a network run by the National Automated Clearing House Association that enables banks and different monetary establishments to send and obtain cash. Nacha is an independent group owned by a big group of banks, credit score unions, and cost processing corporations. While bank-to-bank transfers are reliable, they aren’t the fastest approach to transfer money internationally. That’s why tens of millions of individuals worldwide select to switch money with Western Union. While checks are getting much less and less frequent today, there are heaps of banks nonetheless accepting them. Once you’re all set up, you possibly can begin holding a steadiness in dozens of currencies — sending your cash all over the world. If your bank is in one other part of town, or you've a jam-packed schedule, this might be a difficulty. You and your recipient can be registered with the service and simply move the money between your accounts. You'll learn all about sending money inside the US and likewise tips on how to save when sending cash overseas with Wise. Check your account for transfer charges deducted out of your account. Your financial institution may deduct a fee for sending the switch, and the receiving financial institution can also deduct a payment. The Wells Fargo Active Cash can be an excellent alternative on your balance transfer. Besides a generous intro supply, the cardboard offers ongoing worth through cash-back rewards. Still, make certain to do the maths to see if the offer is an effective match for you — and do not forget to consider other playing cards too. A steadiness switch frees up the credit score limit in your old card. If you don’t have that info, get these numbers from a examine, from that account's online banking account, or from a representative at your bank. It also options its personal financial savings account and presents cryptocurrency investments. To decide which safe cost technique fits your wants, study concerning the six choices beneath, including how they work, how a lot they cost and which conditions they’re useful for. Money transfer apps are inexpensive and handy options for paying family and pals. Bankrate follows a strict editorial policy, so you'll have the ability to trust that we’re putting your interests first. Our award-winning editors and reporters create trustworthy and correct content material that will help you make the right monetary choices. It is feasible that the money you might save is being made up through the change rate you may be supplied. A financial institution switch, also referred to as a wire switch, is a way to ship cash from one checking account to another anywhere in the world. Bank redirects are utilized in some online fee conditions.

Send money on the go, at the grocery store, the health club, or from wherever you might be with the Western Union® app. Browse by way of the article, which fits via varied forms of checks and the expiration pointers for every. Transactions are restricted as much as $2,500 per transaction, $5,000 every day . Typically, sure but be taught extra in regards to the course of and benefits associated to opening a bank account for a young person. Find out more about bank's particular eligibility necessities when opening a model new bank account. Make positive you could have the needed documentation so as to open a checking account. Transferring cash between HSBC and different monetary establishments is straightforward. If you’re going to mail the money, a cash order is a more secure various to cash or a verify, since it may be traced and canceled if it will get lost or stolen. You can even get the Wise card, which you ought to use to pay for items and services all round the world. This influences which products we write about and the place and how the product appears on a web page. Here is a list of our companions and here is how we make money. At NerdWallet, our content material goes through a rigorous editorial review process. We have such confidence in our correct and helpful content material that we let exterior specialists inspect our work. She beforehand labored as an editor, a author and a analysis analyst in industries starting from health care to market research.

#how to do bank transfer

[behindthewox]

It's all about the money, they say. So let's adress the money thing, shall we?

Not the problems (that's for another post) but some suggestions for paid features that might get some of that much needed cash flowing in... and more importantly, these are suggestions I think people would actually be willing to pay for and/or have talked about as something they'd like to see implemented into the sites. Do it right and people (who can afford it) will pay!

Buying potions

On sites that have the potion system it'd make sense to have the option to pay IRL money to buy the finished potions, no need to brew them yourself. You could still make them yourself using your heard earned IG resources (and potentially blow them up in a freak accident), but it's an option that saves you time and doesn't have the risk of failure involved. Not only will it be a source of income but it will also lead to more potions being used and showed off, inspiring other users to venture into potioneering (or paying IRL money, *cough, cough*) to get that sweet, sweet revenge that is best brewed hot. I'll tell you right now, if I got tricked into a potion that mirrored the whole site for me (please, never again), I'd be willing to spend a coin or two on returning the favour.

From one currency to another...

When you buy VIP you automatically get 500 golden coins, so why not offer an additional option of buying just the IG money? It's a bit cheaty but so is paying IRL money for an IG status, which previously had to be earned through winning competitions, and that's a thing now so we're fine with that, right? Right...?

Sponsorship badges

We've already got achievement badges that we can show off on our profiles, so why not add the option of sponsoring the sites and earning a fancy achievement badge to show the World what a financial hero you are? There's nothing to be gained from it except bragging rights, but if you really want to motivate people to spend some money you could also make a "thank you for sponsoring this site" list where sponsors can point out their name and proudly tell everyone that they have contributed in meaningful way. Set up a few different tiers ranging from micro-donations to big sums and see what happens!

Runaway pets

I've heard many stories of users who lost beloved site pets for reasons out of their control. Hospital stays, power shortages for days, unexpectedly busy work days - there are many reasons why someone wouldn't be able to log in and feed their pets, and more importantly wouldn't have known about it advance (or they'd put the pet in the kennel, duh). Being unexpectedly unable to log in for several days is sucky as it is, but to lose a site pet on top of that is just sad.

I know, it's just digifictional pets and they're not real and they don't have any value and bla, bla, bla... but sometimes people grow attached to their online pets, and some pets become symbolic of a memorable event or person. For some people there's emotional value and it hurts to lose that. It'd be nice to have the option to get them back, even if it'd cost a dollar or two.

Transferring specific opened cards between accounts

If you're one of the many users with multiple accounts struggling to finish that one collection, you probably know the frustration of getting the one card you're missing - but on the wrong account! Imagine having 3 Valentines (super rare card) on one account but only getting hundreds of Arabella Fig (super common card) on your second account where the only card you're missing is Valentine... that just sucks. Being able to trade cards isn't an option the way the system is built (no one would ever buy cards if you could just trade your way to completing collections and it'd no longer be that much of a rage challenge) but sometimes the wish to give away a specific card to help someone else (or your other self) is so strong you'd even be willing to pay IRL money to do it.

also, who the fudge cursed me to only get Arabella Fig and nothing else despite opening 1467 cards in one sitting?! curse you too, may your missing Valentine forever evade you and NO I AM NOT OVERREACTING

Commenters: which of these suggestions (if any) would you be willing to pay for?

NOTE: I am not a big fan of pay-to-win and pay-to-play but I do realise that in order for WoX to be free for all users there has to be money coming in from somewhere to cover the costs of running all these sites. Ideologists like myself may feel icky about it, but from a practical standpoint I realise it must exist in one form or another. The best I can do is to suggest the least icky but still strategically sound options.

#wox #wox site #suggestions #the money thing

[tallmantall]

James Donaldson on Mental Health - Being More Productive

Photo by Sora Shimazaki on Pexels.com #James Donaldson notes:Welcome to the “next chapter” of my life… being a voice and an advocate for #mentalhealthawarenessandsuicideprevention, especially pertaining to our younger generation of students and student-athletes.Getting men to speak up and reach out for help and assistance is one of my passions. Us men need to not suffer in silence or drown our sorrows in alcohol, hang out at bars and strip joints, or get involved with drug use.Having gone through a recent bout of #depression and #suicidalthoughts myself, I realize now, that I can make a huge difference in the lives of so many by sharing my story, and by sharing various resources I come across as I work in this space.  #http://bit.ly/JamesMentalHealthArticleFind out more about the work I do on my 501c3 non-profit foundationwebsite www.yourgiftoflife.org Order your copy of James Donaldson's latest book,#CelebratingYourGiftofLife: From The Verge of Suicide to a Life of Purpose and Joy Link for 40 Habits Signupbit.ly/40HabitsofMentalHealth www.celebratingyourgiftoflife.com TOP TIPS Do you want to be more productive? The following 10 tips are easy to implement and can help you increase your productivity immediately. Being more productive will help you achieve your goals and success more quickly. - Don’t Multi-Task:  Focus on one task at a time. This will ensure that you are giving your full attention to what you are doing and increase your ability to utilize the power of the flow state. Use your to do list and pick off one item at a time. - Stay Hydrated:  Make sure that you drink water at regular intervals throughout the day. You can, of course, drink other beverages that contain water such as tea, coffee or herbal teas but don’t consume too much caffeine. Maintaining proper hydration will ensure that your brain and energy levels are optimal. - Delegate or Outsource:  Having too much to do can hinder progress as you will focus on those items that aren’t getting done which will cause stress and anxiety. Wherever possible delegate or outsource anything that is inessential or that you are not interested in completing. Paying a cleaner to look after your housework will save you time, energy and stress. - Plan:   You can’t achieve anything without knowing what it is you want to achieve. You need to know your goals. It’s also important to create a plan on how to achieve them. Set yourself daily goals and use a to do list to help you identify what you need to achieve each day. Tick things off as they are completed. - Time Block:  Identify when you are at your most productive. Are you at your best first thing in the morning? Whatever time of day it is, schedule your most important tasks for that time. - Use an Accountability Partner:  Make yourself accountable by telling someone else what you want to achieve. Make sure you give them a target date. Report your progress regularly. By making yourself accountable you are increasing your chance of success. You’ll also have someone to talk to should things go wrong. - Remove Distractions: If you want to become more productive then you need to remove distractions. Turn off the television and your mobile phone, shut down all social media and email. Set a specific time aside each day when you can you use those things and for the rest of the time you’ll be more productive as you won’t be constantly disturbed by messages and notifications. - Prioritize:Sort your tasks by importance. Do the most important ones first as they are the ones that will play on your mind the most if they are not completed. In business, those tasks that earn you money are considered to be the most important and should be given top priority. - Relax:This may sound counter-intuitive but relaxing does help increase your productivity! Learn how to relax and spend regular periods of time out during the day. This personal time will give you the opportunity to focus on yourself and your needs. They will lessen stress and anxiety. Be an Early Riser:The most successful people tend to be early risers. They have discovered that by getting up earlier they not only achieve more in their day, the day starts in a more controlled and productive manner. Use the time to meditate, exercise, read or learn something. Photo by Sora Shimazaki on Pexels.com Read the full article

[dragonfl0w3r]

Not So Dairy Challenge!

(Derivative of the not so berry challenge)

General rules:

• Skin color will not matter with the gen they can be whatever you choose

•each heir will represent a different form of dairy which will be below the rules

•money cheats can be used but not too much

•The heirs will match their form of dairy with style, color, makeup, etc.

•the spouses aren’t part of the challenge so they don’t matter

•heirs can’t interact with sims that have the lactose intolerance trait (can accidentally but must cut contact after finding out)

• keep the lifespan on normal

•each gen must have at least one heir to carry on the legacy

• finally, every heir must complete their career, aspiration, and special rules before moving onto the next heir unless stated otherwise

The dairies!

Gen 1: Milk

The start of it all, the beginning, the before. A farmer with great visions of the future, someone who wants to live on through their work

Style: whites, browns, and pinks.

Career: unemployed

Aspiration: country caretaker

Traits: animal enthusiast, ambitious, green fiend

Special rules:

•have at least 2 children

•become friends with an evil chicken

•collect all types of chicken

•sell milk, eggs, wool, and canned goods at the Finchwick fair

Gen 2: ice cream

The ice cream gen is the popular kid in school who succeeds in life and who everyone dreamed they were. They want to enlighten people and help them when they’re sad and be the light of someone’s life.

Style: pastel of any color

Career: entertainer

Aspiration: Friend of the world

Traits: Childish, Self absorbed , Outgoing

Special rules:

•be an A student in high school

•have at least 5 best friends

•successfully make someone who was sad a different moodlet that isn’t very sad

•marry the same person who’s moodlet you changed

•have 3-4 children

Gen 3: Cheese

The cheese gen was the nerdy kid who spewed facts about everything (and everyone if you gave them incentive)

Style: whites and oranges

Career: culinary

Aspiration: grilled cheese

Traits: foodie, unflirty, socially awkward

Special rules:

• use 10 pick up lines

•live with the next gen until they die of old age

• reach level 10 Cooking and gourmet cooking

Gen 4: yogurt

Yogurt is the type of person to keep 1 friend for their entire life and that’s good enough for them, they can easily switch their view on you if you wrong them. They have their noise pointed to the sky and looking down at you.

Style: white

Aspiration: Renaissance Sim

Career: fashion guru

Traits: hot-headed, snob, proper

Special rules:

• earn 100000 simoleons

•Owns a bar in their home

•have a retail business

Gen 5: Butter

A smooth talking gentleperson who has a way with their words and worm their way right into your heart

Style: yellow

Career: secret agent

Aspiration: Serial Romantic

Traits: romantic, non-committal, clumsy

Special rules:

•have multiple fiancés (not at the same time)

•be in 2 relationships at the same time

•build a love relationship with someone else while on a date with a different sim

Gen 6: cream

Style: pastels

A sweet and careless soul, they truly care for others and love seeing people prosper

Career: Doctor

Aspiration: master chef

Traits: childish, good, cheerful

Special rules:

•save 1 sim

•get married

•reach level 10 of the baking skill

Gen 7: Whey

Style: browns

A real go getting sim who is in a serious relationship to the gym

Career: diver

Aspiration: body builder

Traits: active, adventurous, party animal

Special rules:

•get the gym rat trait from the rewards store

•reach level 10 fitness

•work out at a gym for a total of 24 hours (can be spaced out)

Gen 8: buttermilk

They are a combination of their 2 namesakes. A smooth talking farmer who inherited milk’s farm.

Style: yellows and whites

Aspiration: master mixologist

Traits: animal enthusiast, romantic, self assured.

Special rules:

•live on the same farm milk gen did

•reach level 10 of the baking and cooking skill

•get married twice

Gen 9: Cottage cheese

A wicked witch that lives in a hut and will probably eat your first born

Style: greens and whites

Career: unemployed

Aspiration: spellcraft & sorcery

Traits: loner, hates children, cat lover

Special rules:

•Finish the spellcaster skill tree

•have a phoenix familiar

•have a black cat

Gen 10: bread

The ending of a lactose intolerant person’s nightmare, a lazy person who’s main goal is to get through the day and sleep

Style: browns and whites

Career: astronaut

Aspiration: fabulously filthy

Traits: lazy, slob, paranoid

Special rules:

•only move around when you have to

•wear a pair of loafers with EVERY outfit

•order pizza 10 times

#sims 4 challenge #not so berry #not so dairy #challenge #sims 4

[digitalbankingindia]

How does Bank Remittance work? A rundown

Thanks to technological advancements, the world is getting smaller and more connected. Today, interacting with someone across borders is as easy as communicating in the same vicinity. The same goes for money transfers. Banks offer flexible channels to send money across borders. Such services help when you move abroad and want to transfer your earnings home.

The transfer could take up to a few hours to days, depending on the Remittance channel. Banks use their network worldwide to make this happen. They have a system to carry out the process without any errors. You only need to add the correct details and adhere to the terms. Hence, understanding how remitting money works is essential. So, check these steps:

Select the service provider

Almost all financial institutes offer transfer services. Select the existing bank if you want to send funds to someone with a Bank Account. Most banks have links with intermediaries to facilitate this. Else, you find private service providers with competitive rates. Make sure to compare them for informed selection.

Assess charges

Banks levy a standard fee for providing International Money Transfer services. They finalise it based on their policy. You need to check them on their website to estimate the transfer cost. Use it as a comparison tool to get the best offers and save costs.

Select transfer mode

Thanks to digitisation, you can now transfer both online and offline. You are not limited to any banking hours or location. With digital mediums, you can carry out the transfer process seamlessly. Meanwhile, the traditional approach needs you to complete the formalities in person.

Research the exchange rates

The service fee is the primary cost involved in Bank Remittance. But that is not the only charge. Banks have other charges in place based on their policy. One of them is the exchange rate markup. This differs based on the fluctuations it goes through. Hence, you need to check them before initiating the transfer. Check sources online to understand the conversion rates prevailing during the transfer time.

Enter the beneficiary's details

You need to add specific details to send money abroad. The primary information is the transfer amount, currency, reason to remit, etc. Besides, there is also a need to input recipient details like their full name, contact number, bank account details, address, etc.

Initiate payment

After verifying the charges and the details, make the payment. This involves the transfer amount and the applicable charges. After receiving all the details, banks commence sending money overseas. You receive updates about it too.

Track transfer  

Check the transfer status with the tracking facility on the International Money Transfer App. If you find any issues, reach out the customer care immediately. Avoid waiting until the final moment to inform the service provider because they deal with quick movements across intermediaries.

Once you understand the process, transferring money overseas is easy.

#Remittance #Bank Remittance #international money transfer #international money transfer app

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5 Signs You're Ready for a Career Change

So maybe you've been stuck in the same job for a while. You've gotten to the point where every move you make, every task you complete, gives you absolutely no satisfaction whatsoever. What used to be challenging and energy-generating now has the opposite effect--each day is challenging only because you cannot wait to get through it. If you've been working for a while, then you've certainly encountered this particular brand of job blues. While the feeling is completely normal, if it persists, then your gut may be telling you that it's time for a change. Here are some tell-tale signs that the time for a career change has arrived: 1. There's no room for improvement: Ostensibly, in any job worth doing, there's always room for improvement. In a job that grants you satisfaction, you are constantly being given work that stretches just a little beyond your current capabilities. If you're bored, then ask your boss if you can take on more rigorous work. If that doesn't work and you've exhausted all opportunities for continued challenge, then you may need to find something different. 2. The stress in your daily workload costs more than the salary you earn: It's sometimes difficult to compare apples and oranges, especially when it comes to something as ambiguous as "satisfaction" or "happiness". However, just because such qualities cannot be quantified doesn't mean you shouldn't still consider them when conducting a cost-benefit analysis. Ask yourself, is the money I'm earning really worth the toll it's taking on my physical and mental well-being? While some will dismiss "happiness" in career decision-making, its importance cannot be stressed highly enough. If you aren't happy, your job performance will plummet, and you'll negatively affect everyone in your life--both friends and family. Some salaries are simply not worth this sort of cost. 3. You find yourself daydreaming about a different future too often: Everyone daydreams, and it's perfectly reasonable for you to be wishing you were somewhere or someone else when sitting in the office. We've daydreamed since we were children, so it doesn't logically follow that a little desire for escape necessitates a career change. However, when daydreaming becomes an activity that you engage in constantly, then perhaps this is a signal that you should listen to your mind's wanderings, it may be time to change careers. When daydreaming becomes an activity that you engage in constantly, then perhaps this is a signal that you should listen to your mind's wanderings, it may be time to change careers.Click To Tweet 4. Your company is doing poorly: If your company is doing poorly, there is a pretty good chance that they will cut back staff (at best) or even go bankrupt. While you want to remain loyal, there is no sense in "going down with the ship".  There are few things that are as stressful as losing a job.  If the writing is on the wall, start looking for a job before it's too late. 5. You’re miserable every morning: If just getting to work has become a chore, it's time for a change.  You should enjoy your job and feel good about getting to work.  If you consider calling in sick very often (or actually call in sick), you should focus that negative energy on finding a new job. These aren't, of course, comprehensive tips for knowing when to quit your current job and move on to another. All they do is suggest the mindset that may be ready for a change. After all, change is almost always a good thing, whether or not it takes a while to adjust to. Many people self-impose barriers in making drastic changes in their lives, while they usually blame others. For example, when asking a typical person who hates his job why they don't try something different, the usual response is something akin to "I just can't" or "I have XYZ to worry about". Most of the time, these are excuses that seek to cover up a deep-seated fear of change. Don't be a typical person. If the time is ripe, then take the plunge and pursue a job that makes you happy. Career Tip of the Day: Launching Your Job Search – Job Search 101 Our Pick Quit Your Job: Decide When to Leave and What to Do After (Evolve Your Life: Mini-Books For Finding Happiness Book 5) $0.99 Buy Now We earn a commission if you click this link and make a purchase at no additional cost to you. 02/20/2023 07:35 pm GMT Read the full article

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How to Make 50K in One Day – A Guide for Starting Out

You’re an aspiring entrepreneur, and you want to start your own business. But you don’t know where to start. You have a lot of ideas, but no one has the time or money to put them all together. That’s why we created this guide—so that you can get started on building your very own business in just 50 days! In this guide, we cover everything from setting up your business idea to marketing it to making money. We also include helpful tips and advice for every step of the way, so that you can take your business to the next level. So, let’s get started!

How to Make 50,000 Dollars in a Day.

To start making money in the Stock Market, you will need to invest. This means learning how to trade stocks and get paid for your work. Once you have learned how to trade stocks, you can then make money by selling them and buying other stocks. Finally, you will also need to learn how to make money on the stock market by trading and earning profits. To get started, start with some basic strategies and principles of trading like risk management and position sizing.

How to Make Your Investment

If you want to make a lot of money quick, you will need to find a profitable investment area that interests you and stick with it. There are many ways to make money through investing such as starting a business or working for someone else for a bit before selling out and making some big bucks. However, if you are not sure where to start, there are plenty of resources available online or in books that can help guide you along the way.

Get Paid for Your Work

Once you have made some money through investing or working for someone else, it is time to cash-in! The best way to do this is by getting paid for your work – either through wages or tips – and reinvesting the money into another project or venture that interests you. You can also sell products or services online or in physical stores using paypal or other online payment methods (or even offer them as free services). Finally, always remember that payments should be sent promptly so that work can be completed without delay!

How to Make an Extraordinary Income from the Stock Market.

If you’re looking to make an extraordinary amount of money from the stock market, there are a few things you can do. First, find stocks that you believe will do well in the future. This can be difficult, but it’s important to invest in companies with sound business models and strong prospects.

Second, trade stocks for profit. This means buying and selling stocks on the stock market without giving any hunch about their future performance. Doing this will give you a return on your investment that is significantly higher than if you had simply bought and held the stock.

Third, use stock market tips. By knowing about upcoming company trends and how to trade them effectively, you can make a great financial return while also increasing your knowledge of the stock market. Finally, make an extra 100,000 dollars a year by doing something that enjoys significant monetary rewards – like investing in stocks or trading them successfully!

How to Profit from the Stock Market.

If you’re just starting out in the stock market, it can be helpful to follow some basic trading tips. For instance, always use common sense when trading and stay up-to-date on financial news. Additionally, consider using the right strategies to trade stocks and make money from market fluctuations. Finally, don’t forget to invest for the long term!

Conclusion

Making an extraordinary income from the stock market is possible with the right strategies and by staying up-to-date on financial news. By trading stocks for profit, using stock market tips, and making use of different investment strategies, you can make a significant amount of money in a short period of time. The stock market can be a great place to invest your money, and by making money through trading tips and other forms of investment, you can build a very successful business.

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