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scorpiolight-madd · 6 months

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Trick or Treat? 🦇

Treat! Here’s my current draft of the first chapter of Forces Reloaded!

Tails' eyes narrow up at the doctor, floating overhead in his Egg Mobile. He quickly ushers the small group of civilians still in the square behind him, readying his weapon. He had just finished building it, a clever little EMP device that he hoped would be able to take out Eggman's badniks, without messing up any of his own tech. It'd be fun to try it out.

"So stoic and silent today, Tails?" Eggman mocks, tilting his Egg Mobile forward to lean out of it, a grin spreading across his face as if he were the one with the upper hand here. "Perhaps you're too scared to fight me all by yourself, without your precious Sonic to save you!"

"Really?" Tails sighs, fiddling with a few buttons on his device. "That's the best you can come up with? I think your head's stuck a few years in the past. I'm not four anymore."

"Like a few years of experience will make you any superior to me, boy."

"You keep telling yourself that." Tails glances back up at Eggman, and he has to keep himself from smiling as he goes through the same predictable motions. Step One: The twitch of the mustache, an easy signal blatantly showcasing his annoyance, as he leans back in his seat. Tails can't see his eyes beneath his glasses, but he knows they flick down to his console, just for a second. Step Two: Eggman presses a few buttons, then pulls a lever. The badniks all turn to Tails and Sonic- no, just Tails this time- their glowing eyes burning just a tad bit brighter. Step Three: Eggman heads upwards, getting himself out of the way of the fight. All that's left is Step Four: One last taunt from their side, Eggman will yell a war cry, and the battle can finally begin.

"You know, you wanna call me a coward for 'hiding behind Sonic', you really oughta look at yourself in the mirror."

"Rgh! Crush him!" Eggman screams, and the badniks spring to life. Tails leaps out of the way just as they attack, slapping the device onto the back of a Moto Bug's head.

3...

He jumps out of the way again, flying upwards over a pair of Buzz Bombers trying to dive bomb him.

2...

A quick chain of spindashes has three Crabmeats down for the count, shrapnel scattered on the stone floor of the courtyard.

1...

Tails freezes, flying upwards to survey the battlefield. He has to dive away to evade a lazer shot from another Buzz Bomber, but he gets a good look at all the badniks below. Moto Bugs, Buzz Bombers, Crabmeats, he even sees a few Spikes. His brow furrows in confusion. These are cannon fodder, the most basic badniks Eggman has. Why on Mobius would he be using such basic badniks, unless...

Tails gasps, only being snapped out of his realization by his EMP blast going off, sending a shockwave through the courtyard. He can barely brace himself in midair, the force sending him back a few feet as the badniks crumple to the floor. Even Eggman's Egg Mobile wavers in midair a moment, making him grab at the edges, panicked.

"Oh come on! You weren't supposed to defeat them all that quickly!" Eggman sputters, leaning out to survey the damage.

"That quickly? So you were planning on having me defeat them!"

"Rgh! Not you! You were supposed to call for backup!"

Tails' eyes narrow, flying over to land on the outside of the Egg Mobile "What's that supposed to mean? What are you planning?"

Eggman yelps, flattening himself against the back of his seat. "Eugh, nothing at all! I was just insulting you, that's all! Y-you're too, um, weak to defeat them all on your own!"

"This is a trap for Sonic, isn't it?"

Eggman frowns, grumbling wordlessly. Reaching out, he taps a button on his console, right by Tails' foot. He recognizes it, though its one he rarely uses. A communicator.

"Infinite, change of plans," Tails smirks, a little thrill shooting through him at successfully catching Eggman before he could even pull off his trap. "Get the fox."

Tails' smug pride is quickly replaced with ice-cold fear, slamming into his stomach like a rock. Or like the blast of energy that knocks him off of Eggman, straight to the stone floor below. His vision spins, barely able to make out the two blurry figures floating overhead. One was Eggman, obviously, he'd known that silhouette for years, but the other... He squints at the smaller, black shape, watching it slowly come into focus. A Mobian, definitely, or at least Mobian-shaped. The body looked strangely organic, at least by Eggman standards, but the face was all metal. Could it be an android, like the Shadow Replicas?

Tails glances down to his Miles Electric. He reaches for it, only for a horrifyingly familiar air shoe to come stomping down on his arm, holding him in place. "Wh- Shadow, what are you-?" No, no, there was no way, it must be an android too- But he furrows his brow, bearing his teeth in a snarl that Tails knows the androids' metal shells would never be able to replicate.

Something is very, very wrong.

The metal of Shadow's shoe digs painfully into his arm as he struggles beneath it, trying desperately to break out from his hold. Usually he can't stop his brain from analyzing, surveying the situation to get himself the most favorable outcome, but right now all his mind can focus on is panic. Shadow hasn't activated the jets, thank Gaia for that, but he can still feel the heat against his fur, an obvious threat. Tears prick at his eyes as the metal digs in harder, bringing an almost burning pain to his arm as he pulls, frantic to get away, to get out.

And all at once it stops, and Tails snatches his arm back with a gasp, cradling it close to himself.

"Shadow, have you lost your mind?!"

Tails' head snaps up at Sonic's voice, looking over to see the two hedgehogs furiously beating on each other. Shadow doesn't respond, not even a grunt, just focused on blocking Sonic's hits. "What's gotten into you, man? Snap out of it!" Sonic dodges a blow, only for another strike to come from behind. Tails blinks in shock, rubbing his arm. Metal Sonic was not there a second ago. He's seen Metal rush in from out of nowhere before, but this was different. There was no movement to this, no trail of his jet showing where he came in from. He just... appeared.

Tails goes for the Miles Electric again, pulling up the scanner as fast as his fingers can move. He barely notices the rumble below his knees as he lifts it up, watching the battle through the screen.

That can't be right.

He glances back to the fight, watching the situation with his own eyes. There it was, Sonic fighting against Shadow and Metal. But when he looks back to the screen... there's nothing. Sonic stands in the center of the courtyard, delivering and receiving blows from absolutely nothing. He fiddles with the scanner, trying to pick up something, anything, that could explain just what the heck is going on.

Then he sees it. A faint outline, some sort of energy, floating in the spots where Shadow and Metal stand. The screen is slowly beginning to fill with the stuff, coating everything in an off-putting red. If he could just see where it was coming from- There! Like strings on a puppet, leading from the pair battling Sonic to... Of course. Tails smacks himself in the head, immediately regretting the action as pain pangs though his forearm. Where else would it be coming from but the floating figure, the first newcomer to enter the area? Tails redirects the camera, moving to face the figure directly. It's watching the fight alongside Eggman, but the moment Tails focuses the scanner on it, its head snaps to the side. Suddenly the screen is filled with nothing but its singular, unblinking eye.

Tails moves the Miles Electric away to look back at the pair, only to yelp in shock when he sees the dark figure only inches from his face. He stumbles back, landing with a splash in the thin layer of water below.

Wait...

Water?

Tails looks down to confirm that yes, the courtyard is slowly beginning to fill up with water, though he can't see a source. Dread whirls in his stomach the same way the water begins to circle around the three fighting in the center, becoming faster and faster until it's a violent whirlpool. Sonic freezes, panic dawning on his face as he realizes what's happening.

"Sonic!" Tails screams, pushing past the figure to run to his brother. Sonic can only reach out a hand- out for him or out to stop him, Tails can't tell- before Tails is sent rocketing back, his head colliding with the stone wall behind him. He can hear Sonic shout something, but it's too distant to hear. Tails reaches out, his fingers numb, but he just keeps getting farther...

and farther...

Tails wakes up with a snap, flinching as the light of the setting sun floods into his eyes like a spotlight. His head spins, and he topples over just as soon as he pushes himself up to his feet. He blinks slowly, his head foggy and the taste of iron tinging his mouth. The Miles Electric lies beside him, shattered into pieces. He doesn't remember it breaking. Water drips off of it, making the exposed wires spark and hiss, and Tails scooches himself away from it with a heavy sigh. He can always make another one, he supposes. Just needs some supplies to do it, maybe he can send Sonic into the market to get-

Sonic.

Tails sits up, all the panic flooding back into him as the fuzziness flees from his brain.

Sonic was gone.

He can feel his heart hammering in his ribcage, slamming violently against his bones as he gasps out frantic breaths. Eggman- A trap- Water- It had all happened so fast, and Tails just sat there, useless- He gasps a choking breath, as if he'd been the one with his lungs full of water, not Sonic, floating limp and lifeless in the middle of the square- If Tails had just done something, helped him, just got up and moved-

A sob wracks through him, sending him down to his hands and knees. The stones are still damp, and his sobs echo through the empty courtyard.

He's alone.

For the first time in four years - half of his entire life - Miles "Tails" Prower is completely alone.

#type: asks #type: writing #sf:r writing #sf:r ch: miles ‘tails’ prower

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blackypanther9 · 2 years

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The Spook - Loki x Reader (Marvel x Fnaf Crossover)

Part 3 – Let the Fun begin…

Dominic and Destiny got out their Flashlights and shone into the empty place. They saw a counter and some posters of something, they are so mangled that you couldn’t make out of them anymore, what they once were.

Then Dominic opened one more door and instantly a terrible smell hit Loki’s nose.

“Eugh… What is this disgusting smell ?”, Loki asked disgusted.

“Shhh !”, Destiny and Dominic hissed.

Loki fell silent.

Dominic went in first and scrunched his nose up in disgust. He looked at the stage and saw 3 Animatronics.

“Are they on stage ?”, Destiny whispered.

“They are… Last time they were dismantled…”, Dominic whispered back.

“That much you told me. Someone dismantled them. Maybe someone repaired them again…”

“But who ?”

“I don’t know.”

“Let us go to the Office, we need answers.”

Destiny nodded, walking to the office and Dominic followed. Loki and Thor followed Destiny and they went through the Dining room.

Loki stopped as he saw the pirate cove with a sign ‘Sorry ! Out of order’, he was curious and pulled back the curtains and almost gasped in fright as he saw Foxy. He took a few steps back and stared at him.

They went through the left hallway into a little room with two exits. One left and one right.

“The Office… Now let’s see if the tapes are still here…”, Dominic mumbled.

“Hurry. I don’t wanna be eaten alive.”, Destiny whispered.

Dominic quickly searched and soon he found a box with tapes.

“Bingo.”

“Let us get out of here, before they decide to awaken and eat us alive.”

Then they heard a giggle and Destiny and Dominic grew pale.

“Shit. These doors are too old and broken down ! They won’t do shit !”, Destiny whisper yelled.

“We have to hide. I know that here is a basement and a saferoom.”

“I gladly take the basement !”

With that Destiny grabbed Loki’s hand and ran off with him. Then they saw the stage and one of the three things were missing. Destiny stopped.

“Fuck…”

Loki was confused. Then his ears heard something and he saw something big come out of a room on the left. He couldn’t identify it, because Destiny pulled him away into the darkest corner of the place.

“Shit, fuck, balls. Why me ?”, Destiny silently cursed.

“What is going on here ?”, Loki whispered.

“These things are Robots, better known as Animatronics. They are lifeless machines, but as you can see, they are not. At day they entertained kids, but at night…they roamed around freely and killed people. In this very Building. Those were just rumors, but it seems to be true. Dominic said that someone dismantled them, but somehow they stand again, like nothing ever happened. This place is weird.”

“And we saw one moving ?”

“Yes. That was a rabbit, called Bonnie the Bunny. We have the main character, which is a bear, called Freddy Fazbear. Then we have a chicken, called Chica the Chicken and a Fox, called Foxy the Pirate Fox. Things happened in this place. Terrible things…”

“What happened here ?”

“Shhh…” Bonnie passed by, twitching and mumbling something in a glitched out voice. As he passed, Destiny tore Loki to the Employees Only room and stopped in the room at a door, he almost jumped in fright at the Endo skeleton.

(Sadly the lightening was off and I couldn't fix it, but meh.)

She looked at the shelves and lifted a Freddy head, finding a key underneath. She took it and unlocked the door fastly.

She opened the door and looked at Loki.

“Quick ! Get in there ! This will hide us in the basement.”, she said.

Loki hurried into the room and Destiny after him, after that she closed the door again and locked it from inside. Then she held her Flashlight out and saw stairs. She looked at Loki.

“Follow me and be careful.”

Loki nodded and followed Destiny down the stairs. Soon they were at the end of the stairs and in a room with the Generator. They sat down and Destiny leaned on the Generator. Loki looked at her, awaiting an explanation.

“What was that ? What in Odin’s name is going on here ?”, Loki asked.

Destiny sighed.

“A long time ago, children disappeared in Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria. No one ever knew where they went and in the end…ended up reporting them dead. They never found them again. Freddy’s was a place where fantasy was alive for kids and grownups alike. The owner of the places was very creative. He had family himself and he was a good man. One day though…he disappeared and no one found him ever again. Some say he was the Killer and Kidnapper of the kids that went missing, others think that he got kidnapped and killed by the same person who took the kids.”

Loki stared at Destiny.

“As soon as the first 5 were reported missing, this place wasn’t a fun place anymore. At least not at night. The Animatronics one night started moving and went for the Night Guard. The Security, that makes sure that no one will steal the Animatronics. He was found dead in his office. He was gone. The owner thought it was just a psychopathic Killer and again searched for a Night Guard. That one died too. One after one. And one day someone was clever enough to leave messages and survive the nights…that was until the 5th night of course. At the 5th night he was killed. But thanks to those tapes of his, others survived.”

Loki was looking a bit paler now.

“These Animatronics are possibly possessed by the dead children that got killed in this very building. But no one knows where the bodies are until today. And it has been since 1987 that this happened. It’s been 25 years and still no one found the bodies. We all heard about a saferoom but we never found it. Only the owner knew and he was gone, before we could have asked him.”

Loki gulped.

“So…you were friends with the owner of these places ?”

“Yes and no. I knew him.”

“Then with who were you friends with ?”

“That is a secret. Just know that many went missing. Many children and many Night Guards. And these Animatronics are our only clue.”

Loki was very pale and he gulped. Destiny saw his Adams apple jump at the gulp. He was frightened.

Suddenly they heard the door banging and soon after that it got unlocked. Destiny’s eyes grew large and she stared at Loki with pure fright.

“Get behind the Generator, quick !”, she whispered to him.

Loki quickly got up and went behind the Generator. If he would have had his armor on, he wouldn’t have fit behind it, that little space was there. Destiny soon followed and they stayed there.

Masterlist Here !

#Marvel #MCU #Marvel x fnaf crossover #Crossover #FNaF #Avengers #Loki Laufeyson #Loki Odinson #Loki x Reader #Fem!Reader

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glowtech · 1 year

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what does the fox say

Hello everybody my name is Markiplier and welcome to Five Nights at Freddies, an indie horror game that you guys suggested in mass, and I saw that Yamimash played it and he said that it was really really good; so I’m very eager to see what is up - and that is a terrifying animatronic bear \*reads off script\* family pizzeria looking for security guard to work the night shift. Oh, 12:00 A.M, the first night. If I didn’t want to stay the first night, why would I stay any more than five? Why would I say anymore than two - hello. Okay...Hello? Hello - oh, ah I can’t move. That’s a creepy skull...There’s creepy things on the wall - Oh, hello. \*Phone Guy begins dialogue\* “Hello, hello hello,” Hi! “Uh, I wanted to record a message for you, to help you get settled in on your first night.” Eugh.. “Um, I actually worked in that office before you, and I’m finishing up my last week now as a matter of fact. So, I know it can be a bit overwhelming..” Euuagh..! “But I’m here to tell you, there’s nothing to worry about,” Agh.. “You’ll do fine! So, let’s just focus on getting you through your first week..” Okay! Sounds go- “Ah, let’s see..First there’s an introductory greeting from the company that I’m supposed to read - i-it’s kind of a legal thing, you know, ahm - ‘Welcome to Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza-” Okay “‘..A magical place for kids and grownups alike-” \*Mark wheezes indistinctly in the background\* Heheha.. “..Where fantasy and fun come to life,” Eugha..! “”Freddy Fazbear entertainment is not responsible for damage to property or person, upon discovering that damage or death has occured, a missing person report will be filed within ninety days or as soon as property and premises had been thoroughly cleaned and bleached, and the carpet’s have been replaced,’ blah blah blah - now that might sound bad, I know, but-” Yeah! “-There’s really nothing to worry about! Uh, the animatronic characters here do get a bit quirky at night, but do I blame them? No, if I was forced to sing those same stupid songs for twenty years, and I never got a bath, I’d probably be a bit irritable at night too. So just remember, these characters hold a special place in the hearts of children, and you need show them a little respect, Right?” Okay! “-Okay-” Ha-okay! “So just be aware, the characters fo tend to wander a bit-” Nehaheugh- “They’re one some kinda of free-roaming mode-” hehauhuhugh! “Uhh.. Something about their servos locking up if they get turned off for two long,” Oohoohoo- “Uh, they used to be allowed to walk around during the day, too, but then there was the bite of eighty-seven.” The bite..?! “Yeah..” What bite?! “It’s amazing that the human body can live without the frontal lobe,” Why?! “Now concerning your safety, the only real risk to you as the night watch here, if any, is the fact that these characters - if they happen to see you after hours, they probably won’t recognize you as a person-” Oh..Oh! “They’ll most likely see you as a metal endoskeleton without it’s costume on. Now, since that’s against the rules here at Freddy Fazbear’s pizza, they’ll probably try tooo.. Forcefully stuff you inside a Freddy Fazbear suit.” Oh, I get it… “Uhm, now that wouldn’t be so bad if the suits themselves weren’t filled with cross-beams, wires, and animatronic devices-” Augh? “”Especially around the facial area,” uh-huh.. “Now you can imagine how having your head forcefully pressed inside one of those can cause a bit of discomfort-” Yeah! “-or death. “Uh, the only parts of you that would get to see the light of day would be your eyeballs and teeth that pop out of the front of the mask-” Euah! Oh! Why? What happened? “Now, they didn’t tell you these things when you signed up, but hey! First day should be a breeze, I’ll chat with you tomorrow, uh.. Check those cameras and remember to close the doors, but only if absolutely necessary.” That’s not good! “\*incomprehensible\* because of the power. Now, goodnight!” \*Phone guy’s dialogue ends.\* Goodnight? Oooh no! Oh that’s bad! I understand what I need to do. I need to watch the cams so that they don’t come a

#akko #ask

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janeelyakiri · 1 year

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*Wolf uses the secret weapon!

Wolf gets alcohol close to Fennec's nose and as she doesn't like the smell wakes up

Fennec: eugh...

Wolf: ....she lives!

Fennec: i- i was never dead!

*Wolf goes nom Fennec's head /affectionate

Fox: *hugs and sobs* QwQ

Jackal: She... She Wasn't... You Know, Just Snuggle Her. It's Alright.

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doomed-doctor · 5 months

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:3 [Slow nefarious head tilt] do u want a dog kith :3 [licked on the face)

EUGH- GO PLAY WITH THE HAT BOTS.

[He hits a remote and hat bots come into drag the fox out]

#ask #nicepeach1965

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charrfie · 4 years

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#i forgot the reason i hate interacting with the dtl fandom is bc over half the people in there have GARBAGE takes on things LOL #minus my dtl mutuals that is bc theyre good and i enjoy seeing them on my dash :^]#also YEAH LMAO IM VAGUING SO HARD RIGHT NOW #wish i wasnt as much of a coward as i am bc otherwise id post my take on why another take i saw is SO wrong #i wrote it out already and its so long oops its really funny to me how much my hatred for a certain character fuels me sometimes #dont justify an abusers actions even if theyre funny little fox people thank u❤#im still so excited for the new game but the fandom. eugh. no thanks. for the most part that is #time to fall back into the hlvrai content i was making bc i dont feel like sharing much dtl stuff rn bc of this #i feel like im kinda unpopular in the fandom anyways bc i have completely opposite opinions from so many people in there #eh oh well i dont care too much #if youre a dtl mutual or friend of mine who agrees with me on things though? or tolerates my opinions even though you share a diff one?#then i love you #mwah im kissing you on the head #anyways that wraps up charlies dumb angry rant hours thanks for tuning in #laika originals

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swanno-arts · 2 years

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"original character" >>> proceeds to slap an ugly design on a personality that already exists. eugh.

Thank you so much for the insightful idea, anon! Must've taken hours for you to write such a powerful and encouraging sentence wow!

Anyways, thank you! Glad you've come over to my lil art blog to look at my original characters! Many thanks, anon!

Since you've taken time to appreciate my character, here's some more designs I made for fun!

We have fox guy! It's not necessary for them to stand with their hands since they can float but that's how they like it! That tail can extend indefinitely too, but that would take them too much power to drag around. I might actually develop this guy even further!

Rectangle lady probs had a bad day at her shop with a bunch of squareheads picking her flowers! Don't let her catch you she can run pretty darn fast even with that weird shape skirt on!

Lil Tri dude! He's gonna smack. Head emtpy only smack smack smacc. dont hit him though hes gonna weep.

Yea!! Thanks to you, kind Anon, I have more cool OCs to work with! Hope everyone would enjoy these funky shapes! :D

#swanno arts #original character #oc #character design

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roseverdict · 4 years

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Bent Out Of Shape (Part 7: Hammer Back Into Place)

Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6

This one's a little longer, for several reasons! First of all, YALL ARE ENABLERS. Secondly, IT'S HOLLY JOLLY PRESENTS DAY SO HERE'S A PRESENT FROM ME TO YOU. Thirdly, I got through the scene and when I checked the word count it was long so THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING! :DDD

Content Warnings: Bit more body horror of the "possessed arm" variety. Somebody gets heckin possessed and we get to witness it from the outside as they lose control of their body. Also somebody gets tired of being nice, and they just go apesh*t. Not really graphic, like at all, but. Better safe than sorry!

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Lance took a running leap, clambering through the broken window and dropping into the restaurant. Advancing on the Thing, he snarled, "That one's for messing with my family!"

Before he could go on, he looked up, realizing what he'd walked into.

The plant lady (hadn't the kids called her "Shiromori?") stared at him from her spot on the floor.

Mystery's eyes were wide, his little glasses almost slipping off his wolfish snout.

Vivi had shimmering chunks of ice around her arms and legs, and while she also gave him a flabbergasted look, it was with glowing eyes of two different colors.

…specifically, the two colors he'd grown to associate with Arthur and Lewis over the past week.

Because why not.

Lance grimaced. "…well, I can see you're all quite busy, but if you could toss me that piece of vermin down there, I'll get out of your hair right quick." He gestured to the Thing with the baseball bat in explanation, the protective ward around him shifting to keep the bat within it. "I gotta have a bit of a chat with it."

On his shoulder, Galahad chittered, his fur raising up as he glared down at the Thing.

Shiromori smirked, snatching it off the ground with her one good arm. (And when had that happened???) "Do you want it, little mortal?"

Vivi's mouth opened, and she, Arthur, and Lewis all groaned. "Oh, you gotta be kidding us."

"Come and GET IT!"

Lance couldn't believe what he was seeing.

It wasn't just the garden-variety disbelief he'd grown used to over the past week, either. Dogs that were actually ancient fox spirits? Alright. Supernatural amnesia? Sure. The whole complicated mess that the Mystery Skulls' relationships had become? He'd seen weirder!

No, this was a whole new level of impossibility.

With a bloodthirsty cackle, a laugh just to the left of sanity, Shiromori (the plant lady) shoved the stumpy end of the Thing (once upon a time, his nephew's arm) into the sparking, twitching mass of her shoulder.

The Thing writhed in her grip for a moment before stilling, the flesh of its palm crinkling around its eye (and Lance felt his breakfast trying to come back out at the sight of an eye embedded in what used to be his nephew's hand) in a false smile.

Lance found Mystery and himself taking several steps closer to LewViThur, staring in disgust at the now-panicking Shiromori. He swallowed down his oatmeal's 'encore.' "So uh…did anybody else expect this, or nah?"

LewViThur tried to answer, pressing into Mystery's flank for comfort, but the three voices layered atop one another were in disarray. A deep voice went "Eugh," a higher voice made a pained keening whine, and an even higher voice actually managed a full word: "N-no…"

"What?! How DARE you!" Shiromori shrieked, now trying to rip the Thing off. Her only reaction came in sparks both golden and green. "You are merely a spirit trapped in an incomplete vessel! YOU WILL DO AS I COMMAND!!!"

As Lance watched, the greenish tint of the Thing branched up into Shiromori's shoulder. It seemed to be following her not-quite-blood-vessels, twisting and reaching deeper before filling in entirely.

The Thing claimed part of her mouth, and a manic grin grew on their shared face. Not even trying to match a true language, it used her mouth to giggle and snarl in equal measure. "That's what they all say, all say, all say! You need NEED need to get your head on straight LET ME HELP YOU!"

This was the Thing that had taken over Arthur.

This was the Thing to blame for Lewis's death.

This was the Thing responsible for taking the joy in the kids' lives and snuffing it out.

Shiromori's left eye flared green. (Had Arthur's left eye turned green, too?)

Lance was honestly pretty glad that he didn't usually have to deal with any of this supernatural mumbo-jumbo. If he'd been anything other than fully human, and at this point he was pretty sure he'd definitely be something Else, he probably would've blown the Paradiso sky-high by now.

There was the source of their problems, right there!

And yet LewViThur could only watch in horror as the green working its way across Shiromori's body finally reached her bonsai tree. The leaves wilted away, the blooms shriveling up but staying put. All her pinks and reds were washed away, leaving behind pale silvery-grays that deadened to pitch-blacks.

Fine.

If the kids were frozen in terror, disgust, or what have you, Lance would gladly bite the bullet.

"Alright, listen up, you bodysnatching freak of nature!" Lance roared, storming forward with the bat in one hand, the other clenched in a fist. "I've just about had it with you! You kill the gentlest giant in Tempo, you make him kill my nephew, the kid who's been fighting night terrors the likes of which I can't even imagine, and now you're gonna try and tear the whole town to pieces?!"

LewViThur's voices garbled even further, shouting behind him. "MR-UNC-KING-LANCE-MEN! LOOK OUT!!!"

Lance dodged away from the thorny branch as it shot up through the tile, accidentally dislodging Galahad from his shoulder and throwing him from the glowing ward. He couldn't spare more than a glance, however, so he hoped the little guy wasn't being targeted like he was.

The Thing In Shiromori's Body cackled. "But fear guilt hatred LOATHING so good so good so good! Mortal emotions so so so SO strong! I NEED THEM!"

Shiromori's right arm spasmed, sending her shears flying out of her hand as the Thing's influence spread even further. The shears' eye sent a glare at the Thing, but they couldn't do much other than shamble out of the blast zone and into another room.

Lance didn't pay it any mind. If it was gonna come back and bite them, Mystery could take care of it or something. He was too focused on the Thing to care.

"Yes yes you have MANY emotions, taste smell scent DELICIOUSSS!!!" The Thing lunged for him with its plant arm (he couldn't call it "its stolen arm," both its arms were taken from someone else), missing by a hair.

Lance whirled around and slammed the bat down on its hand, shattering its bracelet and driving the shards into its now-flattened wrist. "You brought this on yourself, you disgusting demon!"

LewViThur snapped to awareness at that, and when they next spoke, it was with Arthur's voice. "Lewis, is this how you felt? When you thought��I was guilty?"

Lance and the Thing both glanced up at that, and while the Thing snarled, Lance's jaw went slack.

The ice coating Vivi's arms had shot up to her shoulders, and while the smoother ice on her left side was still wreathed in Lewis's flames, the ice on her right was even more jagged than before. Lightning arced from icicle-tip to icicle-tip, coursing along her arm and leg.

LewViThur's yellow eye was wide and shaking, but not in fear.

Not this time.

Lewis didn't make any outward reply, but Arthur answered whatever he'd heard, his voice struggling to stay steady, to get past their grit teeth.

"I can see…how…it was easy…to get…lost…in your…rage…then."

Lance swallowed, but shot a smirk down at the Thing. "Now you've gone and done it. The kid without any temper whatsoever, and you just had to get him angry."

The Thing didn't take too kindly to Lance's taunting, and he ducked back from its mangled fist.

This also had the side effect of getting him far enough away for LewViThur to get a clear shot.

They sprang forward, tackling the Thing to the ground and rolling out of sight. Lance leapt to his feet as if to go after them, but Mystery placed a paw in his way. "Not yet. Shiromori threw her shears aside, which means she's still around here somewhere. If we find her shears and destroy them, the form that relies on her existence will fade, and the pups will be able to extinguish the green demon."

Lance huffed and turned to follow Mystery. "Alright, but how does that even work? She was just fine when she got barbecued, how is this supposed to be different?"

"When she was 'barbecued,' she still had control over part of her being." Mystery explained, swiping away dying plants to clear the way to the kitchen. "She is currently relegated to her shears, and she cannot grow another humanoid form until the one currently active is destroyed. However, her humanoid form still relies on there being a part of her out there, alive."

Lance squared his shoulders and put some extra energy in his stomps. "So we beat the shears before the kids beat the Thing, or she can just regrow herself again, and we're back to square one?"

"That is the gist, yes." Mystery admitted.

Lance scowled, twirling the bat around so he could smack it into his free palm. "Alright then. Let's cut this tree down to size."

〜〜〜〜〜〜

Galahad was a tiny hamster.

This had always been true.

Galahad was an extremely long-lived, intelligent hamster.

This had not always been true.

Galahad tore across the floor, fleeing the battle at top speed. The others were yelling and shouting, but he couldn't spare them another glance.

Shiromori's shears clattered to the ground in front of him.

He reared back with a squeak in both his wheels and his throat. The shears blinked open an eye(?!) and glared at something over his head, ignoring him completely in favor of trying to make an escape.

Galahad spun around, piecing together what little he could.

Shiromori was the tree lady.

The tree lady was now the same color as Really-Gross-Arthur-Arm.

The shears were still the same color as before.

The tree lady was just trying to hurt Arthur and his friends.

Little Galahad wasn't quite able to wrap his mind around the idea that the shears were a part of Shiromori herself, just that they were important to her.

But that was enough.

Galahad was a tiny hamster, it was true. He'd be smooshed under the tree lady's pointy foot in an instant.

But the shears were a lot smaller than the tree lady, now, weren't they?

He shot after the shears, ready to put his chewing abilities to work.

〜〜〜〜〜〜

Both sides of LewViThur's lips pulled back in a vicious snarl, the lights in their eyes flashing in time with Vivi's heartbeat and the ghosts' anchors. "YOU! YOU DID THIS TO US!!!"

The Thing warped Shiromori's face, grin stretching from ear to ear and still growing. "Oh yes yes YEEES isn't it DELECTABLE, SPIRIT??? Can't you taste taste taste it??? The agony grief self-hatred fury rage SIMPLY SCRUMPTIOUS!!!"

Surprisingly (or perhaps not), it wasn't LewViThur's left arm that snapped out to grab the Thing by the throat.

It was their right.

They spun around, hurling it across the dining area and onto a booth table. (Lewis filed away the urge to congratulate his parents on getting sturdier tables like he'd asked them to for ages for later.)

Flames and electricity intermingled as the ice crawling across their body finally met on their torso. When LewViThur next opened their mouth, Vivi's voice had taken a backseat, and Arthur's and Lewis's reverberated loud enough to drown her out.

"YOU'RE THE ONE WHO MADE ME KILL HIM!!!"

Ignoring the angry tears welling up, they took hold of it by Shiromori's collar, using their left hand this time, and dragged it off the table and into the air. Their right hand curled into a fist, just itching to slug the Thing.

The Thing giggled, not even trying to fight. "No nononoNO, you're all wrong all wrong all wrong! Yellow yellow left the door wide open! Purple pink purple didn't have to HAVE TO listen!"

"Hey."

Vivi's voice was quiet, but the other two were silent, no longer speaking at all.

(Were those chimes in the distance?)

LewViThur scowled, wiping their eyes dry, and in Vivi's voice, they ground out…

"Shaddup."

They tossed the Thing to the floor, and in a change they'd only notice later, instead of ice conforming to the motions of fire or lightning, Lewis and Arthur's elements swirled into their hands like the biting winds of a blizzard.

(…Were the maybe-chimes even very far away?)

"You do realize we can peek at each others' memories in here, right?" Vivi's voice continued. LewViThur calmly strode up to the Thing, glaring down their nose at it. "Artie didn't leave anything open for you, you forced your way in."

LewViThur launched a blast of freezing plasma at the stunned Thing, as if it was a diskus instead of a manifestation of energy.

"And Lew?" Arthur's voice joined in again, still quiet, but growing louder with every word. "He was barely even formed when you made your move! You're the reason he even thought Artie would willingly do such a thing! You're the reason it took so long for him to remember how GREEN ARTIE WAS!"

They stuck their left hand out before them, a stream of sub-zero flames rushing forward and enveloping the Thing's stolen body as it screamed.

(The maybe-chimes were hideously out of tune.)

When they let up, LewViThur's voice was once again an even mix of all three. "You're a liar, a thief, and a murderer, and you've earned the fury of two extremely powerful ghosts and an up-and-coming mage prodigy. Do you have any last words?"

The Thing cackled, pushing itself upright with icy, burning arms. "You are NOTHING nothing NOTHING against ME! I AM ETERNAL I AM FOREVER I AM INFINITE I AM-!"

"-about to be in a world of pain."

〜〜〜〜〜〜

Galahad chased the shears across the floor, and if he'd been able, he'd have yelled curse words at it without stopping. As it was, all he could do was hiss and squeak. The shears glanced back at him every now and then, but he never gave it time to turn around and come after him.

For a brief moment, Galahad's little hamster brain forgot all about the world outside The Game Of Catch The Shears.

Then a huuuge paw slammed down onto the handles of the shears, and Galahad looked up to see Big-Mystery and Uncle-Lance giving him a little smile.

"Galaham, you little rascal, you're getting a whole bag of sunflower seeds after this!" Uncle-Lance reached through the Artie-circle and picked him up with a laugh.

Galahad nuzzled up into Uncle-Lance's cheek. He'd done good!

Big-Mystery chuckled at them for a moment before glaring back down at his prey. "Galaham kept the shears busy enough that they couldn't find a place to replant. What a smart little fellow…" He looked over at Uncle-Lance and Galahad. "Lance, would you like to do the honors?"

Uncle-Lance laughed again, but this time in a way that made the shears' eye go wide. "With pleasure."

Galahad felt Uncle-Lance's shoulders move, and he scrambled for a hold on his shirt-!

The baseball bat sparked gold and came down with a resounding clang.

And then again.

And again.

Galahad stopped trying to watch, instead focusing on keeping his grip on Uncle-Lance's shirt collar. The metallic clanging slowly shifted from a clear, bell-like ring to the crashing noises of crumpling sheet metal.

When the crashing stopped, he lifted his head just in time to see the mangled remains of the shears before they completely disappeared.

Big-Mystery nodded, satisfied. "After centuries of her malevolence…Shiromori is no more."

Before they could celebrate, they heard the Thing's mad cackling from the main dining area. "You are NOTHING nothing NOTHING against ME! I AM ETERNAL I AM FOREVER I AM INFINITE I AM-!"

Uncle-Lance hefted the bat against his hamsterless shoulder and stalked into view, Big-Mystery prowling beside him.

"-about to be in a world of pain."

〜〜〜〜〜〜

LewViThur cracked a quick grin at Lance's interruption. "Wondered where you went!"

"Just beating up a loose end before it could become a problem." Lance waved them off, stopping a safe distance from them and the Thing. "Don't let me interrupt you twice in one day. Take care of This and let's go get the Peppers."

"If you insist!" LewViThur's mouth turned up in a smirk as they looked back down at the Thing. "See you never, body-stealer."

Energy coalesced around their hands, the biting cold of a snowstorm and the all-consuming rage of a wildfire and the jagged shock of a lightning strike combining as they clapped-

If the sounds of their powers were all different kinds of 'crackling,' the sound of all three at once was a rollicking crash of thunder.

By the time they'd blinked the stars from their eyes, their attack had faded, and the Thing was well on its way to joining it. It screamed with what little it had left, though it sounded more like a high-pitched squeak.

With no other fanfare, the Thing responsible for Lewis's death, and Arthur's by extension, disintegrated into nothing, leaving behind only the knowledge it had been there.

After a brief moment, LewViThur nodded, swiping their left foot over the spot where it had been as if to brush away a food spill. "We dont want to jinx it, but…is it…?"

"It's over." Mystery smiled, shrinking back down to his smaller dog form. "There are no other malevolent beings from our past coming to exact vengeance. Perhaps there may be more dangerous situations to come, but this one, at least, is at a close."

When LewViThur next spoke, their voices were even more out of sync. "Oh, thank goodness."

Vivi plopped down right then and there, her breathing labored as Lewis and Arthur fell to either side, their forms flickering slightly.

Vivi flopped her arms up and onto the ghost's shoulders, and the three pushed themselves to their unsteady feet. She huffed and puffed, but her exhausted grin still found its way onto Arthur's face, then Lewis's. "Well, let's not keep them waiting, shall we?"

Lance was the one to get the door for them, and Vivi had a brief moment of peace to enjoy the sight of Shiromori's fake forest withering away and vanishing to the ether.

Then Lewis was tackled out from under her arm by three bawling children, and once she and Arthur recovered, Vivi laughed long and hard.

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1. Candyland: What is your favorite type of candy? Gummies. I’m not really into chocolate or caramel candies. 2. Chutes & Ladders: Do you have a fear of going up on ladders? Does your house have a laundry chute somewhere? I’ve never had to climb up a ladder but I do think I could just as well have a fear of it since as a kindergartener I was always afraid of going up the jungle gyms. I don’t know what a laundry chute is. 3. Operation: How many surgeries have you had in your lifetime? Zero, thank goodness. The idea of having to be put under and then being sliced open makes me feel faint lmao. 4. Sorry!: Do you sometimes apologize, even when it’s not your fault? Yes, abusive people can make you pick it up as a habit. 5. Game of Life: What is your greatest accomplishment thus far? What do you hope to do with the rest of your life? I count getting into my university as my biggest accomplishment so far, but I know I can still do so much more. I don’t really have a specific career goal, but I do want to ultimately be the best at whatever job I end up in and to be the happy with whoever I end up becoming.

6. Cootie: Did you really used to think that boys/girls had cooties? No...I never heard of those until I was ten watching American cartoons. 7. Trouble: What is something big that you got into a lot of trouble for? My algebra grades in high school. I almost flunked freshman algeb and nearly had to go to summer school. Math was never my strong suit in those days, heh. 8. Puzzles: When was the last time you felt puzzled/confused? How often do you feel like you don’t fit in? The other day while making Gab’s surprise birthday video. I had never made a video before, so the program itself was very foreign to me and at first I doubted I could ever come up with anything. Luckily my sister, who is in film school, was such a big help in helping me get acquainted with the different features and buttons haha. As for feeling like I don’t fit in, I haven’t really felt that a lot in the last couple of years. Other than my experience with AIESEC, I’ve been a lot better in dealing with different groups of people and adjusting to their interests and personalities. 9. Hungry Hungry Hippos: What’s your favorite meal to eat? A nice juicy burger usually works for me. 10. Uno: Can you count to ten in another language? If so, which language? Filipino, Spanish, and Korean. 11. Go Fish!: Have you ever been fishing before? No. I've always lived in the city so I’ve never been exposed to fishing. It’s very common for those living in the province, though. 12. Old Maid: Did you ever have a maid in your house, growing up? We had house help for a short time when we first moved into our house. But because my mom is super organized and very particular about it, we went through like 15 house help in total before she realized she’d rather do everything herself. There were three who stayed longer than a few months because my mom found them very good, but they all wanted to go back to the province eventually so we had to give them up. Most stayed for like a day or two, a week at most. 13. Simon Says: Did you always do everything you were told as a child? I think so, yeah. 14. Red Light, Green Light: When you approach a yellow light, are you more likely to slow down or speed up? Depends if I’m in a hurry or not. 15. Are you any good at jump rope, hopscotch, or hula hooping? Have you ever used a pogo stick before? I can do the first three. I’ve never used a pogo stick and have only seen it in cartoons. Looks fun but I also know I’d break my bones using them lol. 16. Do you prefer chalk or bubbles? Two very different things, but I remember loving bubbles as a kid. My only encounter with chalk was when we’d draw a hopscotch court on the ground, so yeah not a lot of interaction with it. 17. Did you used to go on a lot of bike rides as a child? Not really. My lola always told us we couldn’t go too far away from home, so I followed her. 18. Capture the Flag: What is your country’s flag? What about your state’s flag, if you have one? The Philippine flag has a white triangle at the left side with three stars symbolizing our three main islands, and a sun with its eight rays symbolizing the eight provinces that had big contributions in the 1896 revolution against Spain. On the right, the flag is divided into blue on top symbolizing peace, and red symbolizing patriotism. The two colors can be switched depending if the country’s at war. 19. Tic Tac Toe: When you played, were you the “hugs” or the “kisses”? I dunno, I picked whatever symbol I felt like picking if someone would ask me to play. 20. Have you ever won a game of Marco Polo in the pool without cheating? I’ve never played Marco Polo because I don’t know how the game works. Not very common here. 21. Scrabble: Are you any good at spelling? Yes. I was That student who aced all the spelling quizzes in English class lol. 22. While playing rock, paper, scissors, which do you usually throw down first? I always mix it up. 23. Were you always stuck being the pickle in the middle? I don’t know what this means. 24. Limbo: How low can you go? We never really played this. 25. When playing, did you usually pick “Truth” or “Dare”? Truth, because I have no problem telling it and people usually pick pretty shitty dares for you to do. 26. Have you been involved in any innocent games of Spin the Bottle or 7 Minutes in Heaven? No. Not common games here. I didn’t even know about 7 Minutes in Heaven until I watched 13 Going on 30 when I was like, 14 lolol. 27. Twister: Are you a flexible person (figuratively or literally)? I’m not very physically flexible. I can adjust for a lot of situations, though. 28. Did you used to pretend that the floor was lava? Kinda? In my old school there was a line pattern on the school grounds, and when I would walk I’d try not to hit any of the lines. 29. Guess Who: Are you any good at guessing games? Sure. 30. Clue: Do you think that you would be able to successfully solve a murder case? No, I don’t really like brainteasers like those. 31. Mouse Trap: Have you ever felt trapped before, in some way? Of course, in various ways. I’ve felt trapped at home, in my course, in my own head, etc. 32. Labyrinth: Have you ever gotten lost in a maze? No, that sounds terrifying and just reminds me of The Shining, eugh. 33. Jenga: Are you careful about what choices you make in life? I try to not be reckless, at least. 34. Bop it or Skip-it? Neither. 35. Tag: Are you in shape? Do you enjoy running? I wouldn’t say I am, but my body is also not in an unhealthy shape. I hate running. 36. Kickball: Did you kick the ball over the fence a lot as a kid? No. Houses here don’t really have fences. 37. Are you any good at mini-golf? No, never played. 38. Telephone: What do you do with a rumor once it’s been told to you? I didn’t really get a lot of rumors about me. The one time I did, it was so stupid I told our head teacher about it to put it to rest immediately. 39. Hide and Seek: Have you ever hid so well that it felt like it took somebody forever to find you? What was your best hiding spot? No. I don’t like making people nervous for too long. I didn’t have a hiding spot. 40. What Time Is It, Mr. Fox?: When were you old enough to tell time on an analog clock as opposed to a digital one? Hahahaha I don’t actually remember. I wanna say 8 years old? 41. Mother May I: Did you always ask your parents for permission? Yes. Always better for them to know what I’m up to than sneaking out and being caught. 42. Follow the Leader: Can you be bossy at times? I can be bossy all the time. 43. Monopoly: Are you good with your money/finances? If I absolutely have to save, like if Christmas is coming up, I’ll surprise myself at how good I can be. Most of the time though I like treating myself :/ Lmao. 44. Chess: Have you ever wanted to be king/queen? Only when I was younger. I’d wear a blanket around and pretend it was a cape. 45. Play-doh or Slime? Ooh that’s a toughie, those are my favorite kinds of toys. I did grow up with Play-Doh though and even had a Play-Doh Factory, so I’d go with that. [a-zebra-is-a-striped-horse]

#survey #surveys

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the-foxes-fangs · 5 years

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You know I adore your writing and I cannot wait for your next Moon chapter! If I could make a request? In the Moon universe, how would our sweet Mitsuhide take care of his mc who has caught the flu? If you like, I'll do a ficlet in return how you like!

Aaaaww thank you so much! What a sweet idea <3

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“Well, don’t you look like something the cat dragged in,” He said, sitting on his heels over her where she lay, hair plastered to her face with sweat, looking more than a little worse for wear. He held her wrist thoughtfully, and laid a cool cloth across her forehead.

She had insisted that it was a simple cold until collapsing into a heap in the hallway where a maid found her.

“Thanks, I feel better already” she croaked out, shivering despite the mottled flush of fever on her face. “My soul for a dose of Tamiflu.” She mumbled before being seized with another round of hacking coughs.

“You soul for what now?” He asked, as he helped her sit up slightly and smoothed the hair away from her face.

“It’s a medicine from my hometown, but I don’t know how it’s made or anything so forget it.” She muttered, looking at him dubiously.

“Don’t ask for absurd things, my dear.” He said, and tucked the covers back over her, thinking of every remedy he know offhand and wishing that Ieyasu wasn’t back in Azuchi. The doctor in the town had given her some powder which seemed to do nothing more than taste awful and leave her nauseated for several hours.

“I suppose I’ll have to see what I can do for you before the crows start circling.” He said, with a gentle pat to her head.

She cracked a bloodshot eye at him. “You should probably stay away from me before you get sick too.”

“I never seem to fall ill, and besides, there will never be a better time to drug and interrogate you than now.” He replied with a wink that belied his anxiety.

“It figures.” She said, with a rattling sigh.

He left her and went the kitchen, rummaging around for ingredients whose quantities he could only roughly judge at best, based on his own well kept secret hangover cure. Gods only knew how it tasted, he certainly didn’t.

He went back to her, tray in hand, and set it down beside her where she lay in a fitful shivering doze. He’d have to go toward the capital to find a better doctor if it came to that, but the prospect of leaving her alone while she was so weak was a grim one. The pale afternoon light made her look pallid and her pillow was dark with sweat.

He sighed and squeezed her shoulder softly enough to wake her up without a jolt.

“I expect you know that I plan to collect on your soul if this makes you feel better.” He said, keeping his voice light to cover his own apprehension.

“I thought Nobunaga was the devil king,” she said, sitting up unsteadily.

“You called me a fox, maybe I just want to take it so I can trick someone into thinking it’s my own.” He replied as he handed her the bowl he had brought.

“I wouldn’t put it past you.” She muttered darkly as she took it, studying its contents suspiciously. “What... is this?” She asked, nose wrinkled in disgust.

“It’s my personal cure all. Of course, the taste doesn’t bother me.”

“Is that pickled plum? Are you trying to make me more sick?”

“Just down it in one go, you’ll be fine.” He answered with an affectionate pat to her head.

“Eugh.”

She lifted it to her mouth and swallowed, gulping it down and gasping “water, right now.” She drank, and glared at him. “That was maybe the most unspeakably vile thing I’ve ever tasted.”

“I wouldn’t know, but I’m told that medicine really isn’t supposed to taste good.” He shot back, as he steadied her to put a fresh pillow down under her head. “With any luck that will help you sleep.”

“I’d certainly like to dream that I never tasted that.” She said sleepily.

He sat beside her, his hand over hers as she sank into a deep sleep at last. The room was dark by the time he noticed that her fever had broken and let the tension in his shoulders drop.

She woke up looking far better than she had, with less of a rattle in her chest. He handed her a cloth to wipe her face with and gave her a satisfied smile.

“I’m never going to hear the end of this, am I?” She said, her voice gravelly but steady. “I’m pretty sure I only feel better because my entire being has revolted in fear of that-- whatever that was.”

“Why, I would never gloat in such a terribly gauche way.” He shot back as he handed her a cup of ginger tea that she sniffed suspiciously. He leaned in to tuck her hair behind her ear and added “you’ll have to good care of your soul though, now that it belongs to me.”

#ikemen sengoku #ikesen mitsuhide #mitsuhide akechi #ask fic #ficlet #cybird ikemen #mitsuhide x mc #you-mass-effect-my-dragon-age

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kingdomofkitten · 5 years

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The Wedding Part 3: The Reunion

*at the train station, the red panda, and fennec fox wait, with food in tow*

Retsuko: *sigh* ...never thought I would actually be overjoyed to see my dad again.

Fenneko: Ah, yeah...grandma killer. :3

Retsuko: Hey!

Fenneko: Ah, I’m messin’ around...to be honest, though, it’s pretty damn weird you have this whole backstory to ya. I always just assumed you were some boring chick with some weird anger problem.

Retsuko: Well, it definitely goes deeper than that...don’t know when it started, but it went back a while.

Fenneko: Hmm. Interesting. *sees the train pulling in* Here comes the calvary. Look alive!

Retsuko: Oh, boy! *the train doors open, with a bunch of people walking out, and in...with two particular families walking out* Mom, dad! :D

Ryota: Retsuko! *walks over to her, as she jumps to, and hugs him* AAAUGH! Aw, man, I forgot how tight you can hug people!

Retsuko: Ooh, sorry! *breaks the hug* Oh, I’m so happy you guys are here!

Rie: Well, of course, sweetheart! You think we would miss your wedding?

Ryota: Wouldn’t miss it for the world!

Ryuu: I would.

Ryota: RYUU.

Ryuu: Ugh!

Fenneko: ...charming. :3

Harumi: Hello, Retsuko!

Retsuko: Hi, Harumi! Hi, Hisoka!

Hisoka: Pleasure to meet you again!

Hiroko: What, no love for your future sis-in-law? :D

Retsuko: Ah, sorry!

Riko: Don’t worry, she forgot all about her little sister!

Retsuko: I’m sorry, Riko! Just...ah, a bunch of stuff going on all at once, you know?

Rie: Honey, we understand. A wedding is a lot of work!

Hisoka: Heh, don’t let Harumi tell you about our wedding. I couldn’t remember where it was taking place, even on the day!

Harumi: Hehe! Some groom you were...actually, speaking of, where’s Haida?

Hiroko: Hell, where’s Ikari? Little fella hiding from his auntie?

Fenneko: The two dorks are off to get suits. They’ll meet us at the hotel.

Ryota: Ah, that will be just fine. Let’s just get everything over there.

Retsuko: Right! Onwards!

*everyone starts heading out of the train station….except for Ryuu*

Ryuu: ……

Ryota: RYUU!

Ryuu: Ugh, coming! -_- *follows suit*

*a short while later, the families are eating dinner at a hotel*

Retsuko: So, that’s when I decided energy drinks were not for me!

*the group all laugh, sans Ryuu*

Rie: Mhmhm! Well, I’m at the very least happy life has been going well for you.

Retsuko: Yeah...it’s weird, I never anticipated any of this.

Harumi: Nobody ever does! But once it hits, it’s hard to ignore.

Hiroko: Lemme tell ya, when Haida was first warming up to ya, I was the first person he usually told about it to. And when you two started going out, ohohoho, man! He just would ramble on for what felt like hours! The dweeby little bro I knew turned into a big ol’ romantic!

Retsuko: O-oh, wow!

Ryota: Hehe! Ah, I probably was the same way with Rie...maybe. I don’t know. My brain isn’t as focused as it used to be!

Rie: You were a little more reserved, but yes, you could get quite gushing. ^^

Retsuko: Hmhm! *looks outside the main door, and sees two familiar figures walking towards them* Oh, look who we have here!

*it’s Haida and Ikari, as the little one starts running happily to his mother*

Ikari: Mama! :D *jumps into his mother’s arms*

Retsuko: *picks up Ikari* Awww! How are my two favorite boys today?

Haida: Well, we got a suit for me, and a suit for him, so I’d consider today a success!

Retsuko: *gasp!* *to Ikari* Really? You have a suit?

Ikari: Aah! :D

Retsuko: *bounces him up and down, with him giggling* Yaaaaay!

Haida: Hmhm. ^^ *to everyone else* Hey, guys!

Hiroko: Hey, bro!

Ryota: How have you been?

Haida: Oh! Uh, alright! Just...been working.

Hisoka: To the bone, I imagine.

Haida: Eugh, regrettably.

Retsuko: Well, as long as we have a roof over our heads, I guess.

Ikari: *wandering around the family members* Gabadubagoo…*comes to Ryuu* eh? :D

Ryuu: ….please leave me alone.

Rie: Ryuu, come now. He’s just a child.

Ryuu: I don’t care.

Retsuko: Well, that’s okay. C’mere, sweetie!

Ikari: Ah! *waddles to Retsuko*

Ryuu: Hmph.

Ryota: *sigh* He’s still as stubborn as ever.

Hiroko: Ah, little bros are always the worst like that, he’ll warm up eventually!

Retsuko: Well…*looks at her young brother, concerned* I hope so…

Ryuu: …*only looks down, out of annoyance, and disappointment*

Haida: ...Hiroko, I’m right here.

Hiroko: I know. You want me to go into detail about your past to your fiancée?

Haida: …..er…...no.

Hiroko: That’s what I thought.

#aggretsuko #Aggressive Retsuko #Retsuko #Fenneko #Ryota #Rie #Ryuu #Riko #Haida #Hisoka #Harumi #Hiroko #Ikari

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365daysofsasuhina · 5 years

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[ 365 Days of SasuHina || Day Nine: Chance ] [ Uchiha Sasuke, Hyūga Hinata, Haruno Sakura, Uzumaki Naruto, Aburame Shino, Inuzuka Kiba ] [ SasuHina ] [ Verse: Best Years of Your Life ] [ AO3 Link ]

“Come on guys, it’s not much further!”

“Slow down, Naruto! We have all day, there’s no need to rush!” Huffing, Sakura keeps climbing the stairs upward. “It’s a class trip, we should take our time and enjoy it!”

“But the quicker we are, the more we can see!”

“What, for a few seconds before you whisk us off somewhere else? What’s the point of it, then?”

“Both of you quiet down. You’re giving me a headache,” Sasuke complains from the rear, looking anything but happy. It would figure his assigned three-person group would include his loudmouth best friend and the most obnoxious of his self-described ‘fan girls’...eugh.

“Oh, sorry Sasuke-kun! Should we slow down?”

“Let’s just...make it to the top, and then take a break.”

“Oi, teme! Pick up the pace!”

“Can it, dobe.”

A few minutes pass before the trio make it to their destination: a hilltop shrine in their class’s visited city for the end-of-year trip. Sakura immediately moves to the railing, gripping it and leaning over. “Oh, wooow! Look at this view! Isn’t is amazing?”

Right on cue, Naruto leans alongside her, giving her a wiggle of his brows. “I dunno, doesn’t really compare to what I’m lookin’ at!”

“Oh, shut up - you’re the last thing I wanna see today, Naruto! We should have been assigned pairs...and then it would be just me and Sasuke-kun!”

“Or you and me!”

“I woulda gone home!”

“Aww…!”

Dark eyes rolling, Sasuke leaves the pair of them to squabble, moving toward the shrine proper. It’s inundated by more modern things like merchandise and picture backdrops. Though not a devoted Shintōist by any means, something about the sight still irks him.

For a time he’s left unmolested to wander aimlessly. Several other groups from their class have made the trek up, flocking around the various attractions around the shrine itself. A few have already bought souvenirs, judging by bags in hand and students contemplating their wallets.

“Care for an o-mikuji?”

Startling at a voice suddenly beside him, Sasuke balks as a miko - or, at least a girl dressed like a miko - addresses him with a smile. “...uh…?” She looks like a ghost!

“Just donate a five yen coin, and you can have your fortune told by the kami!” She gestures to a set of boxes: one with a slot for said donations, and the other open with small rolled strips of paper within. Silver eyes flash, smile almost looking mischievous. “O-Inari-sama would be much appreciative. Take a chance and learn your fate…?”

“...I -”

“W-wait…!”

Gaze torn at a voice, Sasuke looks over to see none other than his group members confronting another pair from a separate group. Two boys - he recognizes them as Kiba and Shino - mirror Naruto and Sakura. That being the former being held back by the latter.

Off to a side, looking unsure, is another girl. Hinata, if he remembers right.

“The hell’d you say?!” Naruto demands, straining against Sakura’s hold on him.

“Y’heard me, dumbass!” is Kiba’s shouted reply.

“Enough!”

Looking stern, a kannushi approaches and steps between the pairs. “You taint the air with your foul words! Begone, all of you!”

“What?”

“We just got here!”

“Disrespect upon O-Inari-sama’s holy ground will not be tolerated!” He shoots them all scowls. “I would ask you to leave, lest I reprimand you further!”

Trying not to look involved, Sasuke takes half a step back. Across the way, he sees Hinata do the same.

“Man, look what you did!” Naruto complains, shoving hands in his pockets as Sakura walks dejectedly beside him.

“You started it,” Kiba rebukes, much the same as Shino shakes his head.

“You…!”

“Stop it!” Sakura hisses curtly. “Let’s just go! We can hit up the next spot on the map, okay?”

“Yeah, yeah…”

...somehow, they fail to notice Sasuke’s absence. And in the same beat, Hinata’s. Looking at a loss, she glances around before spotting him.

Great.

Crossing the courtyard a bit quickly, she asks, “Um...a-are you going to...follow them?”

“Maybe later.”

“...friends of yours…?”

He glances at the miko. “...uh...sorta…”

“Well, given you were not involved, you may stay...though you will be left behind.”

“No, that’s fine, I’ll...stay a little longer.”

Her expression turns knowing. “...so...tell your fortune…?”

Looking skeptically to the boxes, Sasuke sighs. Five yen is hardly anything...and it’s something to do.

“Um...I-I’ll take one too, please!”

“Splendid! Just put in your donation, and choose an o-mikuji. May the gods smile upon you.” There’s another coy, fox-like grin and a bow, hands in her sleeves.

Digging out the coin, Sasuke slips his in first, taking up a slip as Hinata does the same.

Dai-kichi: negaigoto, ren’ai

...what?!

Sasuke stares, expression bordered between shock and a reflexive repulsion. A large blessing...regarding a wish or desire, and...romantic love? That’s the last thing he wants right now! If anything, he gets too much of it. Girls never leave him alone! Even a few boys! He thinks to crumple it up and toss it away, but the miko speaks.

“Remember, any unwanted fortunes are best pinned to a pine tree, as the old saying goes.” She nods to one littered with slips. “Though you may find them to be a blessing in disguise.”

Sasuke nearly refutes her, but thinks to glance to Hinata. Her own face is more crestfallen, pale eyes flickering over the text he can see from his angle.

Sue-kyō, machibito

Ending curse...someone waited for. Does that mean…?

“Thanks so much for your contribution,” the miko offers. “Remember, the gods often work in mysterious ways. One closed door often leads to the opening of another.” A bow. “Now, I beg your pardon...but other guests wish to partake.”

“Er...right.” Stepping aside, Sasuke gently tugs Hinata with him. “...bad fortune?”

“...I don’t know. It might be telling me something I a-already knew…”

“You and me both.”

That earns a curious glance. “...oh?”

“...I guess it depends on how you read it.”

A silence falls for a time, but eventually Hinata offers, “We should probably, um...find our groups. Maybe they’ve noticed we’re gone?”

“Well, it’s not like they can come look for us. Not after that scolding they got.”

Hinata giggles softly into a hand. “Kiba-kun is always so loud...it g-gets him into trouble a lot.”

“Same with Naruto. Though I have to admit, it was nice being up there without all hounding...from either of them. The whole tour would probably be a lot nicer with you, instead.”

She can’t help a small jolt of surprise. “O-oh...well, I...guess I am pretty quiet.”

“Which is a lot better than Sakura and her gushing. I’m almost tempted to stay up here a while longer...but I guess there’s a lot more more to see.”

“Yeah, we don’t want to miss out.”

They begin descending the steps, each apparently lost in thought. Blessings in disguise, huh? Sasuke can’t really understand how his would be. There’s no one who’s been interested in him that he’s felt any interest in in turn. They’re all just...too much. Much like his assigned partners have been for the entire day. The only peace he’s gotten has been...right…...now.

...uh…

Hers said something about ending waiting for someone...right? And everyone knows about her crush on his best friend (well, everyone but Naruto, it seems).

Where one door shuts...another door opens.

Stop waiting.

A blessing of romance.

Shaking his head from the thought, Sasuke immediately disregards it. He doesn’t believe in all that stuff, anyway! Just a bunch of nonsense - they could have grabbed any slips and had some other silly coincidence line up!

...right?

It’s then they reach the bottom, and happen to cross paths with none other than their missing squadmates. “There you are!” Sakura squeals, much to his irritation. “Where have you -?” Noticing his companion, she comes to a dead halt. “...uh…”

“Since you two got kicked out early, I stayed and enjoyed myself. Hyūga here was much in the same boat. Thought we’d come looking for you.”

Suspicion colors her gaze, and he can’t help but enjoy it. “...but -?”

“It’s getting late - we better do our afternoon check-in with the chaperones,” Sasuke cuts in. “Don’t want to get in any more trouble, do you?”

She balks, Naruto doing the same behind her. “I-I, uh…”

“Come on.” He puts hands in his pockets, moving to lead. As he does, there’s a brief nod to his temporary companion. “Later, Hyūga.”

“...uh, b-bye…?”

Ignoring both Naruto and Sakura’s pestering questions, Sasuke fiddles with the rolled-up slip between his fingers, having elected to keep it rather than pin it.

...maybe he should take chances more often.

Day nine! Very late in the day due to a busy schedule, but here we are! This took some finagling (and a second attempt) - wasn't sure what to write, but hopefully this is passable! I do enjoy the occasional modern setting. And anything Shintō is fun as well! Anyway, it's VERY late, so I'd best hop to it! See y'all tomorrow - thanks as always for reading!

#uchiha sasuke #hyūga hinata #haruno sakura #uzumaki naruto #aburame shino #inuzuka kiba #sasuhina #best years of your life [ au ]#365daysofsasuhina

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enyoshaderunner · 5 years

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The Fox Murders Episode 3

Lightning flashes outside of Sorin’s home. He smirks faintly as he tilts his head. “Cut it just a little deeper...Yes, there you go. What a pretty smile! Let me see it.” Sorin purrs and snickers. The woman sitting on the floor in Sorin’s basement slowly turns her head. Her eyes were wide and dulled over, completely under Sorin’s control. A dagger is in her hand that she had been using to cut open her face from the corner of her mouth up along her cheek.

“Good girl! Aw, you look so pretty! Now the other side hm? It’s always best to match you know.” Sorin snickers as he grins wickedly and licks his lower lip. “Now, please excuse me darling. I’ve got another of our guests to attend to. I believe he has waited long enough.” Sorin tips his top hat and bows his head with a snicker as he walks away leaving the mind controlled Fox to finish cutting open her face. In the next room, a man lay bound by his wrists and ankles to a wooden table. He was a bit groggy from the sedative that Sorin had given him. He groans, and frowns. He could hear something...it sounded a bit like a wooshing sound, like something heavy slowly swinging back and forth making a thrum sound in the air. Slowly he opens his eyes, and a gurgle of terror escapes him as he saw what was swinging back and forth above him. “N-no...oh gods...No...No! Help me! Someone help!” He screams. A massive metal pendulum was swinging back and forth on a mechanical axis. The bottom of the pendulum ended in a viciously sharp axe blade. Every ten seconds...the pendulum drops a little lower on the beam it was attached to. Sorin stands nearby, and grins slowly. “Mm, funny how precious time can be...Tell me, where are the other Foxes hiding? If you tell me, then...perhaps that pendulum will never reach you.” Sorin muses as he examines his gloved hand thoughtfully. The man looks up at Sorin in shock. “O-other Foxes? I...I don’t know...I swear! I don’t know!” He pleads desperately as he struggles in his bonds. He gasps as the pendulum dips lower. He could feel the air from it now as it swung heavily back and forth. “Oh, goodness, you’re not playing by the rules. I said, if you tell me where they are, I’ll stop the pendulum...Come now, surely you would prefer that they pay the price and you get away easy.” Sorin purrs.

“I...I don’t...oh gods...O-okay listen...I don’t know where they -all- are, but...there’s a few of them in Stormwind...D-down in the catacombs. That’s all I know! I swear, please...please don’t kill me!” The man pleads as he sobs with terror. “Hm...Stormwind? Well, that complicates things, but only slightly.” Sorin mutters as he thumbs his chin. “Well, I am a man of my word so...I’ll stop the pendulum...” Sorin grins wickedly as he presses his hand to a lever and pushes it over slowly. “No!!!! Oh god no! Please! Eugh...egh...Agh!!!! Ahhhh!!!! Mmngh...” The man’s screams fill the air before they are abruptly cut short as the pendulum drops, and on its backwards swing slices through his gut and cuts deeper and deeper until it stops lodging in the wooden table beneath the man.

“I’m a man of my word. I said I would make it stop.” Sorin snickers as he walks down the stairs and approaches the man slowly working to remove his heart. He holds the heart in his palm then chuckles as he makes his way out of the room. His crazed laughter ringing in the air.

( @hmratking )

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booabug · 6 years

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Catalyst liveblog

Preface:

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#ml spoilers #catalyst #boo speaks #liveblog #swearing #long post

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ruffsficstuffplace · 6 years

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And The AWRD Goes To... (Part 16)

As Diana and Akko fell asleep, elsewhere, a different duo were busy making sure they’d be awake and alert as possible, Winter waiting for her super-concentrated cup of black moss tea to brew with a grim look on her face, Qrow knocking back shots of alcohol.

“One to wake up, two for good luck, three for courage...” he muttered as he downed each shot, before he slammed the empty glass down on the table, accidentally cracking the bottom.

The maid kneeling in front of their table carefully took it into her hands. “I’ll get you a new glass, Mr. Branwen,” she said as she began to stand up.

Qrow held out his hand and stopped her. “No, don’t bother; I’ll just drink straight from the bottle when I get back.”

The maid nodded as she sat back down, nestled the glass in a nearly invisible pocket in her robes. “As you wish, Mr. Branwen.”

Winter’s cup finished brewing, she brought it up to her lips, her nose wrinkling as she got a whiff of its scent. She pinched her nose, and knocked it back in one go. “Eugh! Fuck me!” she gasped as she started hacking and choking.

The maid flinched. “Are you alright, Ms. Schnee…?”

Winter gagged and lurched forward, a hand on the table to keep her up. “I’m fine, I’m fine...” she coughed. “Just… it went down the wrong tube.”

The maid frowned. “That’s unfortunate. Would you like something to help soothe your throat, Ms. Schnee?”

Winter shook her head. “I’ll be fine, trust me...” she muttered, putting her cup down before beating her chest that hand.

The maid nodded. “As you wish, Ms. Schnee. Is there anything else I can help you two with?”

“No, nothing.” “I’m good.”

The maid nodded again. “Excuse me, I will take my leave now,” she said as she stood up, and bowed to the both of them. “I wish you both luck in your mission this morning.”

“Thanks, sweetheart,” Qrow said, shooting her a wink and a finger gun.

Her lips tugged slightly downward, before she recovered and resumed the small, tranquil smile of the Haven maids. “You’re welcome, Mr. Branwen,” she said, before she left the room, yelping as she suddenly stumbled.

“Are you alright?” Winter asked.

“I’m fine!” the maid said as she caught herself on the door frame. “Thank you for the concern, Ms. Schnee,” she said, giving them one last smile before she closed it behind her.

As it clicked shut, Winter sighed and shot Qrow a dirty look. “Must you flirt with every single attractive hostess, waitress, and maid we meet...?”

“Yes, because it’s actually fun to be a dirty, drunk old man,” Qrow replied. “You should try it in a couple of decades; with the current cultural trends, you’d probably be equally likely to be slapped then as I am now.”

“I’d really rather not,” Winter said flatly, before she returned to her futon, opened a metal box with a collection of worn hair pins all lined up in a row, and a mirror under the lid. She spent a moment hovering her hand over them, before she picked out one that that looked like the Shiny Rod, except thinner and longer.

“Really, Ice Queen?” Qrow said as stood up and looked for his shirt.

“I thought it’d be appropriate for the occasion,” Winter replied as she tied her hair into a bun.

“Then don’t go blaming me if some Grimm start swarming us thinking it’s the real thing, just shrunken for portability,” Qrow said as he found and struggled to put his shirt back on.

Winter snorted as she carefully slid the pin in. “Please, Qrow—with our luck, the horde will come before they notice what it seems to look like.” She carefully, artfully teased out some strands of her hair, double-checked her appearance in the mirror, before she smiled and carefully shut the lid.

“You ready to go attend to your royal duties, your highness?” Qrow said as he grabbed his weapon and his flask, clipped them both to his belt.

“Let’s go see what’s threatening to destroy all of Remnant this time...” Winter muttered as she got up.

The two of them left their room and the guest house, Qrow frowning as he went down the stairs, Winter smiling as she took a deep breath. “Ahh, fresh, cold, and definitely not recycled over and over again… nothing beats Mistral mountain air, I tell you...” she said as they walked down the concrete paths, sunny and cheerful despite the fact that it was nearly pitch black and freezing out.

“I don’t know, I’ve always rather enjoyed a nice, warm sea breeze from Menagerie...” Qrow muttered as he hugged himself.

Winter shrugged. “To each their own, I suppose!” she said. She exchanged the smile for a serious expression as they reached the docks, a soldier with a large scroll walking up to meet them.

“Status report?” Winter asked.

“Grimm activity has gone down significantly since Initiation,” the soldier replied, setting up a projection for their benefit. “The bait seems to have finally completely lost its potency, and the Grimm themselves seem to understand there won’t be any more vulnerable initiates for them to hunt.”

“And what about the new giant hole in the ground?” Qrow asked.

“Still there, no detectable changes, and it’s a damn good thing the students’ report mentioned they didn’t get a confirmed kill of the petra gigas.”

“It’s still alive…?” Winter asked.

The soldier nodded. “Exactly. We tried to get in for a closer look, especially because its body looked very different from the surrounding rock, but then it started hurling boulders at us and we had to turn back. It was a good thing it wasn’t intent on completely bringing us down, but now we’re worried about why exactly it was content to just chase us off.”

“And let me guess: the nevermore at the castle is still alive, too…?” Qrow asked.

The soldier nodded. “It looked incredibly injured and had burn scars all over its body, but the rest of the Grimm are repopulating the location now that it’s stopped burning. Also, it’s perched on the tower the students destroyed, and is seemingly keeping watch on the cliff face where they found the tunnel which is... concerning.”

“Well, someone better go tell the staff it won’t be a good idea to be sending team AWRD back there any time soon,” Qrow said. “Swear I’ll go sober for the rest of my life if those bastards and the grave lord aren’t just itching for a round two...”

“Anything else to report, soldier?” Winter asked.

The soldier shook her head. “No ma’am. Everything else in the Hills is business as usual, especially since batch 7 was the only one where things got really… exciting.”

“Well, that’s certainly one way to put it.” Winter replied. “Thank you, soldier, you’re dismissed,” she said as she and Qrow stepped past her.

The soldier tensed up. “Ah—ma’am: you two aren’t seriously going out there, alone, without any air support, are you...?”

“Soldier, you just said there’s two very real threats to airships of any kind out there, right?” Winter asked. “And I’m assuming that ship was yours?” she gestured to a docked ship with cracks and a damaged wing.

“Yes, and yes, ma’am...”

“Then I suppose we can both agree that sending out any ships outside of a transport would just be a waste of the vehicles, and the lives of the people on there, wouldn’t it?”

The soldier nodded. “But are you two sure you two can handle either of those, alone?”

Qrow stopped and turned around, saying, “Look, lady, they wouldn’t have deployed us together if the mission seemed even the slightest bit possible.”

“We’re veteran hunters, soldier: we’ve got this,” Winter said, putting a hand on the soldier’s shoulder before she continued on.

The two of them boarded a waiting airship, riding in the open-air undercarriage. As it took off and headed for the hills, they loaded themselves up with the vast quantities of high explosives, ammunition, and assorted excavation equipment waiting on the sides, before they passed the time standing by the hatch, watching the clouds and tops of trees go by.

“You think one of these puppies are going to arm themselves just like that, blow up the ship, and kill us all before we get there?” Qrow asked, holding up one of the demolition charges.

“Nah, that won’t be unlucky enough,” Winter replied. “Maybe a swarm of nevermores will come meet us, steal all of the explosives to figure out what to do with them, then one of them will accidentally arm an explosive, blow up the ship, and kill us all. That way, some day in the future, Mistral and its surrounding territories are going to be terrorized by nevermore suicide bombers.”

Qrow nodded. “Yeah, that sounds much more like it.”

The two of them continued to theorize about how badly Qrow’s semblance could screw them over, until the pilot’s voice came over the intercomm. “Approaching the reported danger zone; we can try and drop you off as close to the landing sight as we possibly can, but this ship can only take so many boulders chucked at it.”

“Don’t bother,” Winter said as she pressed the console on their side. “Get yourselves back to Haven, and either wait for us to call for pickup, or for them to declare us MIA.”

“It’s a long walk and a lot of Grimm before you reach ground zero, folks… you sure about that?”

“Yes,” Winter replied. “Besides: they may have stingers to hold you still this time.”

The pilot shuddered. “Alright, alright, I get it… best of luck out there, you two.”

Winter smiled. “Thanks.”

The airship slowed down and began to bank, Winter and Qrow looked at each other before they jumped out, and to the canopy below. The pilots saw the glyphs being summoned, heard the shots ringing in the air, but lost sight of them when they breached the trees, started transforming into animals.

Qrow began to fly past the branches with his new wings, Winter hopped from bough to bough on her new paws, the two of them landing safely on the leaf-covered ground below. Shortly after, Grimm swarmed their location, moving shadows in the darkness, their blood red eyes darting about everywhere, snarls and growls filling the air as they smelled the scent of human, detected their auras, but only found two terrified animals, a black crow and a white-furred fox.

Eventually, the Grimm gave up, grumbling and snorting in annoyance as they went back to lurking in the woods, looking for prey or keeping watch over their territories.

“Don’t you just love magical animal disguises?” Qrow thought as they began to head towards the crater, his words echoing in Winter’s head.

“Indeed,” Winter thought back as she ran and jumped through the bushes and the roots. “Good for subterfuge, and getting around quickly and effortlessly whilst still loaded with enough munitions to level a city block.

“Almost makes me wish every huntsman and huntress got the opportunity to use it,” she thought as she squeezed under a fallen log.

“You realize that could go seriously wrong pretty fast with a sudden rush of perverted and criminal animals sneaking into places where they shouldn’t, right?” Qrow asked as he perched on top of it, waiting for Winter to reappear.

“Which is why I said ‘almost,’” Winter replied as she poked her head out, scratched and dug at the ground with her tiny paws to help pull herself out.

“You really should have chosen a form that can fly, Ice Queen,” Qrow said as he looked at her.

“If I only get one shot at getting an animal form, it better be something I’d be happy being for the rest of my life,” Winter replied as she got out, and trotted to a boulder blocking their way.

“And a teeny, tiny fox permanently stuck on land and taking a whole lot of time extra time to get around is somehow better than a bird?” Qrow asked as he flew over it, watched Winter climb and hop up the ridges.

“Yes!” Winter replied as made it to the top, gazed at the terrain before her, then jumped off and landed into a pile of leaves.

Whoosh!

Dried and rotting leaves flew up into the air, and fell off Winter as she trotted forward, looking as proud as an arctic fox could be. “Look at me! I’m adorable!”

Qrow flew off the boulder, and hovered to a stop next to her. “And that’s supposed to help you hunt Grimm and help keep Remnant safe how?”

“It doesn’t, really, I’ll admit, but let’s be fair: how many ear scritches, random treats, and times people did NOT violently shoo you away with a broom have YOU gotten?” Winter asked, giving Qrow a smug look.

Qrow sighed, in as much as his beak would allow him. “Okay, fine: you’ve got great fringe benefits. But just the fringe benefits. You still don’t have the ability to scout and case an area quickly,” he said as he took flight once more.

Winter chuckled. “And you say that like I should envy you for always having recon duty,” she thought as she started running through the trees.

“You Schnees really do have an answer for everything, don’t you?” Qrow asked as he swooped around a particularly thick tree.

“Yes. Yes we do.” Winter replied as she hoped through a hole some other critter had bored through it long ago.

They stopped as they reached the crater, standing within the ring of trees before the ground suddenly turned into a dramatic drop into rubble, upturned earth, and crushed and collapsed trees.

Qrow whistled, or rather, squawked softly. “Wow. This is some serious collateral damage that thing is capable of.”

“Makes you wonder what else it can do once Akko and Ruby unlock its secrets, too...” Winter replied as she scanned the area, before she stopped, and frowned. “… Aside from giving petra gigas new, special material for their bodies, at least...”

The two of them gazed at the petra gigas sitting in the center of the crater, just a boulder without any limbs, but the smooth, glassy sheen of its surface, and the spikes jutting out here and there gave them pause. For the moment, it just seemed to be intent on finding more of the rocks transformed by the blast, lifting up large batches of rubble into the air, floating what it wanted towards it while throwing away the rest.

Geist and all varieties of gigas weren’t known to be very expressive, but it wasn’t hard to imagine this particular specimen scowling and grumbling under its metaphorical breath.

“Did you ever see anything like this ever happen to a petra gigas before?” Winter asked.

“No, and given the amount of shit I’ve seen in my life, this honestly really worries me,” Qrow replied. “Both because it’s new, and also because the Red Queen will definitely have both our asses if we don’t leave enough of it behind to study.”

“How do you think we’re supposed to fight it?” Winter asked.

“SOP, and work it all out from there, I suppose,” Qrow said. “Come on, let’s get back in the woods, start setting up a trap, blow it to kingdom come with everything we’ve got.”

“You think it might work?” Winter asked.

“Nope! But at the very least we’ll definitely know whether or not to start running and come back later with more huntsmen and huntresses.”

“Good point.”

The two of them stopped as the petra gigas happened to levitate some rocks in their general direction, noticed the two animals that seemed to be gazing right at it. Winter and Qrow started acting “natural,” the petra gigas’ one eye resumed examining the rocks in its telekinetic grip, ignoring them.

Then, it did a double take.

“… I think it may have realized you don’t really see adorable, fluffy arctic foxes this far down south...” Qrow thought.

“And I think you’re right!” Winter replied as she watched the petra gigas dropped the smaller of the rocks and the debris, started bringing the largest of the boulders back to it and above its body. “You know, times like these, I really regret not choosing a more widespread, common species of fox.”

“Eh, to be fair, the fringe benefits are pretty good,” Qrow said as he and her transformed back into their human forms.

Boulders started to fly towards them at devastating speed, they split and just avoided getting crushed, started running around the rim of the crater.

Black, twisted limbs with claws started to erupt from the petra gigas main body, possessing the larger chunks of smooth, glassy rock from the pile nearby. It formed arms, slamming its fists into the ground and pushing itself upward before it built itself a pair of legs to match, crushed rubble underfoot until it compacted a stable ground for itself.

It looked around, caught sight of Qrow flying towards it, sword in one hand, a beeping satchel charge in the other, and a big, wide smile on his face.

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