#and i mean I'll probably look into animal diets and all that stuff too but thats more likely to be a kind of on-the-side thing compared to

[holocene-sims]

15 oc questions!

i was tagged by @stargazer-sims - thank you so much!! ❤️ i've never done one of these tags in a character's voice, so it's fun to get extra practice writing as them 😊

i'll tag:

@dandylion240 @bl-sims-anime @idyllicephemera @elderwisp @nectar-cellar @minty-plumbob @crazykissim @mangosimoothie & anyone else who wants to do it!

ANYWAY i'm doing this for grant! idc if y'all have heard enough about grant, the honor goes to him

are you named after anybody?

my actual legal first name is joseph, which is my grandfather's name! so, uh, somehow yes, i am named after somebody! but i'm 99.9% sure it was out of laziness and not out of love. well, no, i'm 100% sure of that. it's not like my mom has ever respected her parents...but that's a whole different thing, we're not going there.

when was the last time you cried?

i'm a crybaby, come on! i'm known for being very emotional. i mean, sad animal commercials make me weepy. externally weepy. like tears running down my cheeks weepy. but the actual last time i cried? hmm, maybe like a week ago? i don't know if i could tell you why, though. i probably blocked it out of my memory! i'm great at that.

do you have kids?

do, uh, do cats count? because i do have a cat who i love and put sweaters on. sweaters! and he loves it.

do you use sarcasm?

it depends? sarcasm usually feels mean-spirited to me, so i'm not super into it, but then again, that's half the conversations i have with my family. i know in that case, though, that it's all bullshit humor and not serious. anyway, i think what i'm saying in a roundabout way is it depends a lot on context and audience. i don't want to hurt anyone's feelings or be a dick. i like being nice.

what's the first thing you notice about people?

okay, listen, in the most normal and not at all weird way possible, people's hairlines are always what i see first. i've been the first witness to so, so many fake blondes accidentally showing their dark roots or to dudes going bald. i'm sorry! i'm just freakishly tall! i can't not look down at all your heads unless i'm kneeling down on the ground. i'm not trying to spy on or judge the state of your hair, i promise.

what's your eye color?

brown! justice for brown eyes, the best eye color. i love being able to go out in the sun and not have my eyeballs bleached by the light. also, there's really not that many brown eyes in my family, so that's kind of fun. i'm a special boy.

scary movies or happy endings?

why not both? i love a good blair witch project, final destination moment. i also love a nice mushy gushy romantic movie with a happy ending. hell, i'd watch both in the same evening. start off with a fucked up horror movie and end it with pride and prejudice. sounds like a perfect night to me.

any special talents?

probably not anything relevant? i mean, i've played skyrim on survival mode without dying before. oh, and i guess back when i was still playing hockey, uh, a decade ago, i could score with the michigan goal pretty easily, which isn't all that common. in high school, i got my school the state championship win with that skill. but meh, i don't know how many people in the world know enough about hockey to care about that.

where were you born?

michigan! the part everyone forgets about, aka the upper peninsula, aka diet canada.

what are your hobbies?

i like to think i'm a well rounded person. i enjoy the super basic stuff like listening to music, but i'm also into into video games and tabletop RPGs like d&d. cooking and baking are fun for me, too. i did get into art semi-recently as well. i kind of had to have something i could do while laying down, like, 24/7 after i had spinal surgery.

if you're ever bored, just go fuck up your spine. you'll have SO much time on your hands to get new hobbies. actually, don't. please don't. i've been suffering for years and will continue to. i'm dying. don't be me. pretty please. pinky promise.

oh, duh, i also forgot that i'm into astronomy and um, planes. look, i'm not a car guy, i'm a plane guy. that's more fun, right?

have you any pets?

he's a cat named turtle, so, like, you know, the best cat in the world. sometimes i think about getting him a cat friend to hang out with but then i worry he'd get jealous, so i haven't done it. who am i to say whether or not he wants to live with a friend? or a sibling? being alone is so valid. i respect that.

what sports do you play/have you played?

oh, well, like i said, i played hockey for a really long time, like from, hmm, i think kindergarten and on! i even got a scholarship in college to play hockey. i'm glad to be done, though. some things ruined it for me. long story. but these days, uhh, i don't play any real sports anymore. i like hiking, you know, and i do work out at least every other day because it makes me feel better in a lot of ways, but that's kind of it. my sports days are over. i don't even skateboard anymore and i used to do that all the time.

how tall are you?

like 6'7" - though, i am rounding down a little bit. yes, down. not up. also, don't ask me how i ended up that tall. i have exactly one relative who is also tall. hi, chelsea! anyway, i am an accident or one hell of a joke. i'm laughing, i swear. it's very funny.

favorite subject in school?

i was overall a good student because i studied pretty hard but i was for sure a science and math kid. i loved physics in high school. and then in college, i got some way more fun science and math classes. just so you know, i am really holding back right now from rambling like a total nerd loser about my college classes...

but i mean, if you wanna learn about, i don't know, quantum mechanics or flight control systems, hit me up.

dream job?

that's such an easy question! when i was really, really young, i wanted to be a weather man, but then i changed my mind and wanted to be a pilot because, i don't know, i hit that time in every child's life where they have to become obsessed with a form of transportation. but then i never let that obsession go. my parents wanted me to be a doctor the whole time, though, but eww, no, i'm good. anyway, the dream of flying planes never died and somehow it worked out. now if i could just, uh, you know, go back to that job soon, that'd be sick.

#tag games #hlcn: grant #hlcn: oc info #hlcn: story extras #i live for happy rambly silly goofy mood grant #he's so baby girl #he's also 100% the kind of person that says UHHH UMMM YEAH SO LIKE UMMM way too much #he's also definitely one of those people who cannot tell a coherent story #it's always “yeah so this happened OH AND WAIT UH SO LIKE YES ACTUALLY BACKSTORY FIRST okay so then next after that” #“anna write less than 50 words per question challenge” coming soon #jk we all know that's not gonna happen #it's the autism i must communicate unnaturally #also *continues talking* sorry i'm being so bad about asks and tag games recently #i'm not ignoring y'all i swear!! i'm just dying and drowning in homework

[lightlycareless]

loving the ask meme stuff,, can we get a uhh 🍳🍪🖌 (and im sure i could guess but for fun) 🏳️‍🌈 for the nao siblings?

(crying that nearly all the asks i’ve seen for this so far have been for at least one if not all of them,, we’re all very thirsty huh)

Hello!! 🥰❤❤ I'm glad you're liking it! I loooove answering these kinds of asks, they're just so fun to me 😭 I could literally spend hours answering them haha

And I can't blame y'all, I mean, why the Zen'in gotta be good looking and—I dunno, attractive overall 😭??? But I'm glad my oc's are being well received :> Anyways, here are the answers ❤

🍳 - How well can they cook?

Naoya: Nope. It's a surprise he even knows where the kitchen is.

Naoaki: Kinda... good, kinda bad. He can do basic stuff, just enough to survive. He probably wasn't allowed to experiment much cause, you know... that's a woman's job according to the Zen'in men 🙄

Naohiko: He'd probably die of starvation. Once again, he wasn't able to do much because the men aren't really allowed to do so. But he knows how to brew really good tea, so I'll give him that.

Naofumi: He probably learned to do allot of things by himself to avoid the humiliation of being called names. And yet, the staff is really fond of him because he's surprisingly... a good cook :> But only a few have been able to taste his work; he's very... protective of it.

🍪 - How well can they bake?

Naoya: Nuh-uh. Can't do.

Naoaki: Sorry, but no 😂 He attempted it once and he didn't like it. And not to say that baked stuff is mostly sweet, but since he doesn't like sweet stuff in general, he just avoids it.

Naohiko: Nope. He loathes it. He burned something once and he just gave up. Besides, everyone in the estate goes under a strict diet, so baking is kind of uncommon.

Naofumi: Yes, he does!! Whatever he can do when it's permitted—and with the ingredients that are available, although he's been buying his own nowadays.

🖌️ - Do they have any hobbies?

Naoya: Horse riding and reading manga, watching anime :> And training, of course.

Naoaki: He likes watching movies, series. Reading—he's the kind of person that will compare books to movies and vice versa.

Naohiko: Training. He also likes watching movies, and going out to eat.

Naofumi: Cooking/baking (to no-one's surprise at this point) and calligraphy.

🏳️‍🌈 - What do they identify as? What are their pronouns?

I think this one might be a bit boring/expected haha 😭 since I haven't really explored that side of their character, but I am open to headcanons 😏

Naoya: He/him. Although let's be real, he wants to be called master lmao.

Naoaki: He/him.

Naohiko: He/him. Would probably want to be called master too haha.

Naofumi: He/him.

#ask #ask series: first it hurts— #character ask series: first it hurts— #first it hurts—: naoaki #first it hurts—: naohiko #first it hurts—: naofumi #naoya zenin #naoya zen'in #naoya x reader #naoya zenin x reader #naoya zenin x your #jjk naoya #naoya zen'in x reader

[the-firebird69]

Watch "Dumb & Dumber (4/6) Movie CLIP - The Toilet Doesn't Flush (1994) HD" on YouTube

This brings back so many memories this assholes involved in it you people need this treatment so bad it's trying to go out with this lady and keep giving him a s**** is all dressed up is worked up a little but not that much and you started going you're forcing it you're forcing us to and he has to go in there for like 20 minutes is usually a little late because of it she get mad and she saw what was happening how's the trip he was sorry and some traffic so every time and she goes running to calculator better something's can't be calculated chilling over and smile and said I know okay good the silent for like 10 minutes she started laughing I can't stand this anymore so these people suck is it yes they do so you went out and it was good you had a good time are you driving home and said happening again are you going to pull over to the rest lock yourself even look obscure just sitting there not moving and people are trying to harass her and she's just standing there sitting there with this funny looking face and he started getting freaked out and said came back out and said what's with your lady she looks freaking weird and he said she always looks weird why they're going free like yelling at see you yell at the window you scared you're f****** p**** and you want roaring by the way to the sidewalk and you're like 10 feet away anyway probably going about 80 I mean you're going fast and he said you'll be penalized you not me so they laughed and said that's probably true I said by the way I got to take a s*** I'm going to s*** in your car next time. Might explain the weird look on her face... Besides screaming we don't need this lesson and it all laughing I'll send the police came in and he said did you see a yellow car go through here and said yeah I said are you supposed to be bothering it and I'm on it I said no I said why are you doing it and it was a couple clones Billy z and a couple idiots and yeah Trump and that was and and it was Dan and Trump and Dan said we're just doing it for fun and the clones are silent I said what are you doing it for I said business and who is he said the business so what kind of business is that make him s*** before date make him s*** during the date trying to scare him or pick him up or something you don't say legal right and he said no listen they think of sub the curse some liquor or something and he said what the hell is this you're holding things against us and he says were like the animals we can't help it. It's right there at the exit he was at so Jen said what is this that's the same old same old it's very intense in that I think that we need to study this forms and idiots they are blaming us for everything and they might be this huge group of very dangerous people trying to arrest me and you and she went into it you have to lunch and she helped you we find out it's true they're way too big to be doing this and we figured out that they're all blaming us for voices and stuff today they're going sometimes it echoes I know we're inviting it and it was terrible no talking about it out loud I'm hearing it echo now it's saying you seen it out loud all over the world out in the open so it required after a while this is a nightmare. So they went around and you're trying to move couldn't do it, started grabbing it is but for real they keep doing this behavior over and over and I've had enough of it your little kids and they're running his life into the ground and you're not going to get s*** and they can't resist forms at all for each other you need to leave and luckily this war is going to get rid of you

Thor Freya

Gross. I'm glad you got through it it's not allowed to keep messing with you but he says I'm going to get through it and they're probably going to take the crap all the time every time they go somewhere the diet changes in the body can't take it and I do agree with him that was him the last sentence that really they go around they eat these things an awful food they prep for each other cuz I hate each other and they should their brains out and it's constantly happening this mess is in the toilets always and people are trying to hire a robots now and we send them out we have tons of them they clean up all the time so terrific service it's like this module and you bolt it down in a room that's set aside for them and they go into it and pick up charge and they come out and clean every so often it looks like those small robots like pepper but with legs you're not very big they're like 4 ft tall or even a little shorter and they're not large or small everyone thinks I can kick their ass. We have people challenging them all the time. Any report them and stuff to police and they don't do anything you guys don't want to clean s*** up here and you don't want to sit and s*** so they laughed and said not really so they started enforcing it so people won't do it and find out that these small lock are so scared they can't do anything and they're around them and that's what they keep saying and really they want to fight with the robot to try and capture it but that's what the cops want so and incident where one of the employees kept grabbing the robot and inappropriately and kept happening and it wasn't my robot or my husband but it's he's doing it and doing it and we said what is he doing we know how to stop it. Is grabbing there and he's saying stupid things and threatening to do it elsewhere so let me try to find out where and we got tons of them using I did it all over the place. You people will say stuff to my husband all the time, means that tons of orders pull them all out everyday it's a labor of love let's say I can't stand it because the volume is very high and we're not keeping up and so I tried a few things that I'm saying there's too many there's too many and they get saying we know we know I said there's too many they were sending troops in he started yelling at me this is too many what are we going to do nothing I sit here and take it like a man you don't have to I'm going to hire more people today and get on the horn and tell them to get their asses in there and sign up how have you tell him Stanley so Thor says he got on the line and Freya and said get in there and sign up huge droves signed up. That's written it down, it's going on inside his head is they're trying to get me to manipulate people no matter what and you said it and he's tired. That's okay stop trying to manipulate with evil stuff just trying to get people to self motivate and it's part of the plan to get the leaders self-starters and people think a little independently

Hera

Zues

Went to this the guy is yapping like crazy and he's been happening for about 3 hours out loud you yapping nasty s***. Wehv to pull them out of there. And we're going to pull them out I hear you set it in stone and I'm going to make it happen

Olympus

We have a plan for tonight but he's got to get out of here he's a jerk

#Youtube

[glitternightingale]

Yeah so I'm also here post-animation process video drop and your brilliant break-down about Bruno's belly. Hi! I’m not on Tumblr and hope you mind a long ask in lieu of reblogging/adding to your OP.

The confirmation has been validating, is one big thing. But is it weird that with regard to the three whats/whys in your break-down (artistic choice, chub, malnutrition), I was like “ah but couldn’t it be a little, or be some combo, of all three?" - said with an intonation à la Mirabel’s "and I think it's all because of me?" I think I'm a bit of the mind that his belly is round (and "disproportionate") more due to malnutrition than from having actual healthy adipose, based on its shape? and stuff, but that's probably me reading way too into things.

There's this other part of me that's also like, what are the chances that someone like Jared Bush, who does answer questions about the canon on his Twitter, would further confirm… or maybe not confirm per se, but shed a lil insight into some of the choices?

And and: have you been able to compare the 1st and final passes at the chase scene animation? I’m no artist, but I feel like I noticed a few differences between the two Brunos (using side-by-side screen grabs bc I am 100% Like That). Ex. when he’s running toward the camera and goes to leap for the pipe: in the 1st test his stomach actually looks larger than it does in the final test; and, in the final his chest/rib cage/sternum area... and kind of his whole frame tbh... look smaller and more... shrunken/visible. Which I’m sure makes sense since it’s the final version and stuff like the muscle rigging(?) gets tweaked, but I just found the changes interesting in light of your post, the discussion, and because process stuff is cool.

This is all over the place, sorry! Last thing I swear: I love your fic, WAACH - and your art! More and more with each chapter. Always so happy seeing a telltale alliterative title in an email from AO3 :)

Oh, it could definitely be all three! I actually only broke it up into sections to structure my mess of thoughts on the matter. Well, then I forgot to point out exactly that. 😅

Here's the link to the referred post: Bruno's Belly: Artistic Choice? Chub? Malnutrition?

Bruno's Belly (2): Artistic Choice? Chub? Malnutrition?

When I wrote the first little meta about this topic, I was also really thrown off by the frames you mentioned:

(I tried my best to keep them comparable, but the more rendered version is from a slightly different, more dynamic perspective.)

And then we have this, where his belly disappears completely:

I know nothing about professional 3D animation, but this difference really strikes me. It doesn't seem to serve the purpose of exaggerating the action (like stretch and squash, for example), so where -- and why -- did it go?

Please, if anyone who reads this is brave enough, ask Jared Bush on Twitter! I need a concrete explanation. 😭

I once came upon a post where people were discussing the notion that these two Brunos aren't even the same model in the final version of the movie (correct me if I remember it wrong):

At least there's continuity where Bruno's wrists and ankles are concerned and that is that they are skinny all the time:

Here's my humble opinion on the matter in general:

I absolutely agree with your take, anon, and I think that it makes too much sense for it to not be canon. I believe Bruno is malnourished (as mentioned in my latest part of WAACH) in both meanings of the word. My fic works with the implications that Bruno had too little food (and that it wasn't of great nutritional value), as well as a diet with little variety.

Extra:

I'm so glad you enjoy my fic! I'm always really scared that I'll ruin it with my updates and that everyone who keeps up with it will be disappointed. BUT! The next installment will be called "Building The Base" and you can already guess from the first letters who it'll focus on. 😉

#asks #encanto meta #my writing #my meta #bruno madrigal #and his mystery stomach #encanto

[fczco]

listen to my heartbeat, JJ Maybank

masterlist in bio

a.n: i posted this a few months ago but it got deleted when i deactivated my old account, and it was a request, if you think it's familiar that's probably why :) english is not my first language so i apologize in advance for any mistake.

words count: 1,6k

warnings: swearing, lots of angst, death of a close family member.

(not my gif, if it's yours please tell me so i can give you credits)

You knew she shouldn't go to that trip, you told her not to but she didn't listen to you, as always.

After losing your dad a few years ago she was everything you had left.

You just couldn't believe it, your uncle told you on the phone call that your mum died in her sleep, sudden death, but it was senseless she was the most healthy person you've ever knew, she had a super strict diet and every morning ran around the neighborhood as a exercise form.

They say god takes from us the best people sooner, and you were starting to think they were right. At least she felt no pain.

I lifted my head to watch the wall clock, in any minute from now everyone would arrive at John B's as always, you were not going, not like that, not after what happened.

Your house was flooded with your hard crying as picture frames flew all over the room, making it a glass broken disaster, everything you saw ended slammed onto either a wall or the floor.

You kept on punching the kitchen table and all on it fell, the mug from where you drank your coffee earlier that day shattered on the floor, the sound of it making you more anxious; your anger filled every inch of your body at the same time you let your madness leave it by kicking and hitting things. You decided you had enough of that when you saw the blood from your knuckles slide over your hands.

You let you body fall in a corner, knees up to your chest and hands pulling your hair, screaming the word 'fuck' again and again.

"Y/N? are you here baby?" JJ's voice echoed through the now silent spaces of your home as you tried to stop sobbing so he'll think no one was there, "i know you're here, your bike is right beside me and you would never walk on your own right now" you hadn't notice how dark it was outside, you had spent the whole day crying in that little corner.

you didn't answer to him, hoping he would go away eventually.

"i'm coming in k love?" you hid your face with your blood covered hands trying to avoid his glare. It was not the first time he had seen you cry, but it was never this way, you were the one who comforted him and that led you to cry too 'cause you couldn't stand seeing your boyfriend so broken.

"he- what the fuck Y/N?" he ran towards you and tried to make you look at him "your hands are covered in blood love, what happened?" still no answer from you, "come on baby look at me" he begged you but you just moved your head side to side indicating a no.

"go away JJ i can handle this on my own" you mouthed between multiple sobs.

"i'm not sure about that baby" he started petting your head. "god, why do you always think you have to do everything on your own?" JJ whispered but you heard him.

"'cause i have to, i'm supposed to" you answered, still not looking at your golden boy.

"no you don't" he softly said while hugging you close to his chest, "why don't you tell me what happened so we can figure this out together?" you kept denying with your head.

It felt as if the room was becoming smaller with every second and breath you took.

"baby i need you to look at me and explain what's happening" your lovely boyfriend tried to convince you to talk to him.

"no, i can't" tears soaking JJ's t-shirt.

"why Y/N? now you're worrying me even more than when you didn't go to John B's" he kissed your head.

"'cause if i do it means it's real, if i say it out loud it becomes real" you grabbed your arms around the blonde boy's back harder.

"take deep breaths come on" he broke your hug and hold you by your shoulders as he searched for your eyes, you did as he told you and started paying attention on your breathing, "you're doing amazing, go on" JJ cheered on you, "you've always been strong for me, let me return the favor".

"shes is dead" you said finally looking to his beautiful blue eyes, "my mom is dead" tears fell down your cheeks again and JJ's eyes filled with them two.

He was shocked with what you were saying, he hugged you again, pressing your head over his chest, right were his heart was, JJ didn't want to say anything, he couldn't say nothing due to the fear of making everything even worse. Your boyfriend couldn't get it either, your mum was the kindest woman after you and also really young.

"my uncle said it was sudden, while she was sleeping" he rubbed your back, "no pain", the sobs, not only from you but also JJ now, were louder with every word you said "i told her JJ, i fucking told her not to go" you screamed, "i knew it, i had a bad feeling about it but she didn't listen to me, she never did" you pulled out of JJ's arms .

"it's my fault, it has to be" you punched the floor again and again, the golden boy didn't know what to do, and he hated himself for that; you were always there for him and now that you're the one who's drowning he doesn't know how to take you back to the surface, "WHY HER?! WHY HER AND NOT ME YOU ASSHOLE!" you screamed at the ceiling as if it was the sky and god could actually hear you.

"no, no baby don't say that" JJ grabbed you face with both his hands making you focus on his features, you threw yourself back to his arms and he gentle received you again, "i love you Y/N, don't say that ever again".

"i could have stopped her baby" you cried on his chest.

"sshh, just listen to my heartbeat, ok?" for the second time since he had arrived you did what he told you to and focused on his heartbeat and remembered all those times when you were the one holding him the way he was doing now, all the times he had listened to you heart and how that was the only thing that calmed him down. And you were now finding out that, the only thing that could pacify you was JJ's heartbeat as well.

"you better now?" he asked while looking down at you, your eyes were closed, he rubbed his thumb on your on your rosy and swollen face from all the crying you did, he smiled when you nodded, "that's my girl" he placed a lock of your hair behind your left ear and kissed your head multiple times.

"come on, take a deep breath, it's gonna be alright, we will get through this together as we always do" you nodded again, "it's not going to be easy but i'll be with you in every step of the way, yeah?"

"yeah" you simply and fast answered.

"i'm gonna help you shower, we will have some food and go to sleep" JJ looked up to the ceiling, his chin on your head, and held you tighter, "tomorrow morning we are going to clean up everything, and go to my house so i can pick up some clothes and stuff" he looked back at you, "i'm staying here as long as you want me to".

"that sounds nice" you said and glanced at your amazingly beautiful, caring and favorite person.

"it does right!?" JJ smiled at you, excited at how well you had relaxed that were finally able to talk without sobbing for the first time since he had arrived.

You both followed JJ's plan.

He took you to the bathroom firefighter style, not letting go any second, then helped you get undressed.

He was making sure the water was extra hot because he knew you liked it that way and you just stared at him the whole time. JJ washed your hair, being extremely careful trying not to hurt you, after that he cleaned your body.

You got dressed with some sweatpants, a white t-shirt and JJ's hoodie,

He made you sit on your bed and started doing your night skin care on your face, following every step you told him was next. When he was done he kissed the tip of your nose and gave you a peck on your lips just to after heat some noodles you both ate while laying down in bed and watching a very interesting show from Animal Planet, a channel JJ and you loved a lot.

Your boyfriend really helped you keeping your mind off of what had happened for like two hours, but, as you were laying with his hands on your waist, making you the little spoon; the bad feelings came back. He was the most important thing in your life right now and you were afraid of something bad happening to him, a tear fell from your eyes and down your cheeks at the thought of it.

"JJ?" you called him, almost whispering just in case he was already asleep.

"mhm" he mouthed and shifted his head as you turned to face him, his hands never leaving your body.

"can you promise me something?" he placed his free hand on your face; sensing the wet spot on your cheeks and just nodded, "please never leave me" he looked deeply into your eyes while rubbing his thumb on your waist and hugged you being scared of you crying again.

"it's ok, i'm here, i'll always be here"

Finally, after a very tiring day you managed to fall asleep on the arms of JJ, the great big love of your life.

#obx jj #jj x y/n #jj maybank #jj outer banks #jj imagine #jj one shot #obx fanfiction #obx x reader

[penforthewin-art]

(Sorry on mobile so no read more)

Dust danced in the light filtering through the blinds covering sliding glass doors. The coffee pot gurgled lazily in the background as Tess pulled a pan from the cabinet and turned a stove eye on with a flick.

She periodically glanced out of the corner of her eye to her house guest. The Beast had taken to running a hand across the floor, feeling the difference between the rug, hardwood, and kitchen tiles with each sweep on his hand. His fascination with the different textures of the floor was almost cute.

The thought was quickly shut down at the sound of one of his claws scraping a tile.

The Beast yanked his back and cradled it to his chest as if he'd been stung. He glared at the ground as if it were to blame, visable eye narrowed and his lips turned into a pout.

Okay, still kinda cute. She laughed through her nose and shook her head. The Beast shot her a petulant look and slinked into the hallway out of sight. Tess poured the steaming coffee into a mug slowly and kept her ears peeled for any troubling noises.

She looked at the thawed package of bacon she had taken out of the freezer the night before.

Would the Beast eat meat if she cooked it? The sinew she saw stuck between his teeth the night before had given more insight to his diet than Tess was ready (or willing) to learn. Her main concern was the bacteria, but would it matter to him?

Did he hunt his food or scavenge it?

Had he ever eaten pork before?

Maybe he had eaten boar before, that was the same thing, right?

Right?

Did boars even live around here?

Was she overthinking this?

What if there where preservatives in the bacon that would make him sick?

She was definitely overthinking this.

Sighing, she turned the eye off and grabbed a pair of scissors off the drying rack. She pursed her lips as juice leaked from package and on to her hands.

"Hey, Beast!" Tess raised her voice slightly as she tossed the scissors in the sink.

The Beast popped his head around the corner with an irritated expression.

"C'mere, try not to throw it all up."

She gingerly placed each strip of bacon on a plate, noise scrunching up in distaste. Tess crouched and held the plate to him, "Eat up, dude."

The Beast stared at her with no comprehension on his face.

"What am I doing? You aren't a dog," she chastised herself.

Tess remained low to the ground as she moved forward and tried again. He leaned forward and sniffed, but made to move to eat.

"Seriously? It's dead, raw, and gross. You love that stuff."

He flinched at the harsh tone of her voice. Tess felt a pang of guilt.

"Uh, sorry...." she rubbed the back of her neck and looked away. "Didn't mean to snap at you."

Tess softened her voice and tried again, "Here, Beast. This is yours. I got it for you." She placed the plate on the floor and push it toward him. "I won't take it from you, honest. All yours, B-man."

Tess frowned. B-man? "You need a normal name, dude."

The Beast's hesitation broke and he snatched up a few slices and shoved them into his mouth.

Tess wrinkled her nose. "Ew."

Atleast he was human enough to chew with his mouth closed. Mostly.

He paused at the sound of her voice, a fistful of meat halfway to his mouth. He looked back and forth between his breakfast and Tess as he seemed to contemplate something.

To her surprise and disgust, the Beast thrust his hand forward and offering the raw meat to her as it dangled just inches away from her face.

"Um, no thanks. Like I said, all yours pal," she replied in the most polite tone she could muster.

The Beast looked genuinely confused as Tess gently pushed his hand away from her. Then he simply shrugged as if to say, "more for me", and continued to eat.

Tess groaned as she pushed herself to her feet. Holding her hands in front of her as if she were a surgeon, she jogged to the sink and scrubbed her hands vigorously.

The magnitude of his gesture wasn't lost on her. The man had been living like an animal for God knows how long. And animals usually weren't too keen on sharing food.

Did this mean he trusted her? It was more likely that he just thought she was just barely able to take care of herself. He probably thought she needed a babysitter.

Tess smiled at the notion as she leaned back against the counter and sipped her still-steaming coffee. Now that he was confident his meal was his and his alone the Beast slowed down, opting to chew slowly and savor each bite.

"Since you can't eat at the table, maybe I'll join you on the floor," she remarked as she took another sip.

The Beast twitched his ears at her words but ultimately decided his meal was more interesting.

Tess kept talking, "Y'know, at my high school, there weren't enough tables in the cafeteria for all the students. So my friends and I sat on the floor."

Tess felt a wave of nostalgia at the memory. "Damn, seems so long ago now. Time flies, huh?"

No answer.

"I wonder what kind of stuff do you remember, B."

They allowed the comfortable silence to grow, and Tess felt the stress of the last couple weeks physically being lifted from her shoulders. Even the Beast seemed lighter than he'd probably been in a long time.

Ding dong

And just like that, the stress was back.

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[fey-changeling]

Random Stuff I've Heard People Say Term 1.

●Classmate A: [Teacher 1] is attractive too.

*whole room stops*

Classmate B: What?

A: I was just saying how attractive [Teacher 2] is, might be because he looks like Jesus.

*laughter*

A: I dunno-the long hair

Classmate C: Yeah. I like his eyes. Sometimes I just gaze into them. I thought it was just me.

...

A: Have you seen the photo of him before he had long hair and a beard?

B: Oh, yeah. It's kinda weird

A: Omg you stalked his facebook too?

B: No i just saw his id badge wait you stalked his facebook

Multiple: *laughing* stalked his facebook

A: *laughing* yeah he has facebook.

●Student: Do we need to be on specific counts?

Teacher: *leans back against the barre in a kind of well what have we been talking about we are at a dance school kind of way* favourite question of the day, of the week. Actually favourite question of the year so far.

● Student: I'm in love with [teacher]. I am. I am so in love with him.

●Student A: He's got this fit Jesus vibe going on.

Student B: how old is he?

Student A: don't care

Student B: ohmygod.

Student A: He comes up and touches you and I'm like what do I do? Do I acknowledge it or touch him back or...

Student B: Ohmygod. That's what you would do.

Student A: *leaning on B with intense 😍 expression* yeah.

●Student A: I get all sweaty and not cos I like mad fancy him. [I just can't do eye contact.]

●We've established he's got really soft hair.

[Do you think he knows that his students fancy him?

I mean he must know that he's fairy attractive.]

●Student A: it's okay. He knows that i like him.

*silence literally everyone thinking you looove him*

Not like that.

*literally everyone thinking yeah right*

You guys!

*Laughing*

●Teacher: This fucking middle back exercise, why can't I get it?

●Teacher: There are no ticket barriers at Deptford or Greenwich. You didn't hear that from me.

●Course Leader: If the Foundation year is the best represented in the school I'll buy you all a present at the end of the year...You suckers, you really think I'd do that?

●I'm not sitting up here coz i want the status it's just because I don't like sitting on the floor. Maybe I do want the status.

●Student A: [Teacher] kinda scares me

Student B: I think he's cute.

●Student: I'm 20, it's legal!

*hysterical laughter*

S: not like that!

●We can come to an arrangement.

●If you don't have teachers to perv on it's not a proper lesson is it?

●I don't have Christmas spirit I have Vodka.

●We're communist as in you're all equal and I'm in charge.

●I have no expectations (for you) whatsoever.

●[Christmas Parties]...One where you invite staff. I'm sure they'd be more than willing to, you don't have to, we can go out on our own we are adults.

●You should know if you're borderline fail. None of you are...currently...for me.

●You can still use the studio for self directed learning. *[Teacher] sticking his head through the door nodding in a yeeees you will stay and do self directed learning*

●What are you offering?

...my body...

●You lot get weirder by the week.

●I'm really enjoying your position.

●Teacher: My wife is from Stoke...Only three good things have come out of Stoke: Robbie Williams, the Spitfire, Royal Dury. *whole class waiting*

Student: What about your wife?

Teacher: No.

Student: We won't tell her.

Teacher: She already knows.

●[Teacher] with his t-shirt over his head and hands over his eyes during the pirouette exercise.

●[Different teacher] literally throwing himself on the floor when 95% of the class got the timing wrong that he just went through.

●*Teacher nearly crashes into a student* I have excellent spacial awareness.

●My orgasmic ball!

●Not when you were 15 at mary sparkles school for the bright and talented...I've never demonstrated that in my life...except when I was 15 at mary sparkles school for the bright and talented. That was not the name of my dance school by the way.

●I don't kill animals I'm not a psychopath.

●*we're standing in 4th position* May the 4th be with you. Little Star Wars joke for [me].

●You've got more tilt than that, my dear.

●But you'll be with [teacher] on Tuesday *as said teacher walks through the door*

●I can be Santa 'cos I have a beard.

●*seminar about nutrition and balanced diet* What were you eating when you were dancing (2 1/2 hr performance every night)

...Pizza...

●*me wearing a wooly hat that looks like a cat, at least three people standing around me stroking said hat commenting on how soft the hat and my skin is*

●*to me* you're the class cat now.

●*to me* You should be in Cats, y'know the musical

● Ah we'd better take our shoes off or he'll spaz out. (The 'he' in question was standing right behind her)

●You're doing the grand battement the grand battment isn't doing you.

●...you've got adult cereals and kids cereals and when I say adult cereal I don't mean they've got nude pictures on the front.

●The guy who changes in the studio rather than the changing room which is four seconds away.

●The girl that seriously over shares her sex life.

● Your homework for Christmas is to eat and relax. The first Monday back we're doing anaerobic training.

● Christmas challenge is to sit by yourself, no music, no phone and take ten deep breaths. You'll probably get to four and start crying.

●You wouldn't be laughing if this was an audition you'd all be fucked.

●*Door jammed open by bin closes by itself* Teacher: ghosts.

● Student: Fuck.

Teacher: I agree.

●Why are you starting on a 2 it's burning me!

●Teacher: We have to finish on a group hug

Literally everyone: Aaaaaaaaaaawwwwwww!

●Why does she call us a gorgeous group? Maybe she thinks we're all just really fit.

● Teacher: It's to the rhythm of jingle bells.

Musician: On purpose?

Teacher: Yes. I am the spirit of christmas.

Musician: Aaaah the grinch.

●This email

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