#giant Lilly pads

[fictionalred-photos]

#greenhouses #tropical greenhouse #tropical plants #plants #greencore #lilly pads #giant lily pad

[waternymphlovesdante]

Giant lillypads

#lilly pads #giant

[frogs-robots-and-wizardry]

Fact of the Day 16.11.22 As it grows, the shoot of the giant water lily forms a spiked club that is swung round in circles by the plant to clear space for the lilly pad to grow.

#FOTD #FactoftheDay #Giant Water Lily #The above image shows the spikes underneath the pad as it unfurls #Giant water lillies are quite aggresive in the way that they take control of waterways giving themselves almost exclusive access to light #Robot inspiration

[sherbertclown]

Okayy minecraft au drawing request Maybe Rana playing with frogs??

I actually combined this ask with 2 others from Twitter, but here is Rana playing with some froggy friends on a giant Lillie Pad!

#minecraft #minecraft au #mineblr #rana #minecraft fan art

[blankdblank]

Ducklings

…

Weeks Ronan had been telling you “There are no words for what you are,” after breaks where he would just find you and watch as you set upon the daily task you were given aboard his ship. Irritatingly lingering in watch over what you did, quick to interject and stir up what would surely grow to a migraine inducing argument. But today you were staring at small pond with an army of ducklings mingling while their mothers fished around them. Bobbing in the water and clambering up to try and race across floating lilly pads.

“You are smiling. Are you in plot to hunt one of those creatures?” Up at Ronan you glared at the unthinkable suggestion, unaware of the effect the look had upon his secretly soft wall of a self.

“I’m smiling because they are adorable! You don’t eat ducklings. And you only eat certain ducks, you need a license to kill them and I don’t eat duck anyways!”

Now you were upset and his face melted into that same look he always had when those purple eyes of his seemed to detail your every inch as of to memorize and discover any sliver of a target to launch an argument over what you seemed to be up to. “What does adorable mean?”

“A-,” you sighed and glanced away in the whirl of thoughts, none of them helpful in defining the pivotal term he was perplexed by. “Something or someone you feel sentimental for. You get the warm fuzzies when you look at them,” up at him you looked again seeing him still staring at you that same way as he took in every word you said like a giant irritating sponge sure to find flaw in the meaning when you were finished. “Get all warm inside and when you look at them, there’s no reason as for why, you just can’t help but want to smile.”

“Hmm,” he said and in a whirl of his own thoughts he nodded and turned to take a stroll to keep mulling over what was circling inside his head.

Five days he did not stop his same pattern. Yet to bring up the talk by the duck pond. But today you could feel his eyes on you before he announced himself. Halfway buried inside a records and intake hall from hell you were tasked to make order of this travesty as you were the assumed least likely to murder someone over the job. Soft thunks of his heavy footfalls sounded across the metal floor of this captured ship that was being stripped of anything useful to be brought aboard Kree vessels hovering around it and he came to a stop a foot from your side.

“Hello Ronan. I swear if you leave so much as a postage stamp here I will stick it on your forehead. There is more than enough here at the moment to occupy me, and whatever Korath came crying to you about I am not taking over his guard shift either! He can take his shift and shove it where the sun doesn’t shine, always tries to wriggle his Tuesday watches over to me for some reason!” More muttering than talking you rambled on as you fumbled a slipping stack of rolled canisters and documents into the organized mess of a pile system you were masterminding across a corner of the room that had him and countless others in awe for the progress you had made in a matter of hours.

“I have found the word for you,” he said and when your hands were empty you rested them atop your hips and looked over up at him readying to hear the beginnings of this new long put off argument coming your way to brighten your already lovely mood. “I find you impenetrably adorable.” Internally you might as well have collapsed to the floor, that is if your body would let you mess up what order you had created inside this space, just standing there to see the wall of a warrior nod his head as he sometimes did. Still with eyes entrancingly locked upon you for as long as possible in his turn away to just stroll out leaving that bomb he dropped on your lap. “I will ensure your next meal is plentiful for the progress you have achieved, and that your Tuesdays remain unscathed and free for entertainment of your choosing.”

He was just gone after that and you whispered to yourself, “What?” And out of that mess of an attack of confusion you had to force yourself back to work, only to wonder what exactly he might mean about you being adorable to him, and could be insinuating about the safety of your Tuesdays in his final statement.

#ronan the accuser #ronan x oc #adorable #marvel

[kitn-underfoot]

(A little blurb I wrote about no one in particular)

“Can I hold you?” The question came out before Lilly could stop it, and once asked it hung in the air. She could see the hesitation in the eyes of the tiny man that stared up at her. A myriad of emotions flashed across his little face as he contemplated the question. After a few seconds he gave a slow, almost imperceptible, nod. Lilly’s breath caught in her throat as she cautiously reached for him.  He was barely five inches tall at most and his body stiffened visibly as her fingers curled around his torso and tightened.

He was warm, soft, and pliable. He felt so delicate and Lilly realized how careful she would need to be. A slight tightening of her fingers could bruise and hurt him or even break the little bones inside of him. Her thumb rested against his chest and she could feel his heart pounding wildly within his ribcage. It was a fluttering little feeling like a trapped bird.

She lifted him up.

For a moment he simply hung in her hand. He swallowed as his hands gripped her fingertips and Lilly couldn’t help but stare at his impossibly small fingers and how they looked splayed against one of her fingernails.  His feet hung beneath him and his eyes were looking everywhere but at the giant green eyes that were staring at him. Lilly slowly shifted her palm to cup him within it and he scrambled about to get his balance as he was moved.

And then he was simply sitting in her palm, staring up at her shyly as she stared back down at him in awe. They watched each other for a moment before Lilly whispered, “May I touch you?”

She saw him swallow again before he nodded and replied softly, “Yes.”

Lilly reached with her free hand and she touched his arm with the pad of her index finger. She slid it beneath his arm and down to his hand where she paused to admire just how his whole hand fit perfectly on her fingertip. He seemed to be intrigued as well because he splayed his fingers out against her fingertip and they stared together in silence at the sight for just a moment. She rested her thumb atop his hand, sandwiching it between her finger and thumb, and fully engulfing it from view.  She saw him smile.

Lilly’s curiosity got the better of her and she felt along his arm, all the way up to the shoulder. She traced down his side, along his legs. She touched each of his tiny feet. She had to lean in close to see all of the fine details and her breath ruffled his hair with every exhale. She couldn’t help herself as she gently smoothed the hair back with her finger. He looked up at her from beneath his brow and Lilly felt her heart melt at the sight. She brushed her finger along his jaw, against his ear that was so small she could barely see it. He leaned into her touch and closed his eyes.

Lilly held her finger still, letting him rest his cheek against it. Her other fingers curled loosely around him and her breath caught when he shifted his weight in her palm to press into them. “May I touch you?” He looked up at her as he asked, and she caught the faint smile at the edges of his lips.

Lilly smiled back. “Yes.”

#kitwriting #giant/tiny #size difference #fluff #handheld

[wandering-hat-guy]

("Giant lilly pads".. giant lilly pads.....)

Wanderer was up high in the sky, just below the clouds while scanning the nation below him.

(I know i saw some earlier while getting rid of the hilichurls... wasn't it.. north, somewhere..?)

#genshin impact #genshin ask blog #genshin wanderer #wandering

[wills-woodland-warriors]

Meet the clans: WolfsFootClan

Clan Name: WolfsFootClan 

History/Formation: 

- ClubmossClan was formed by MossPatch, a very seniory warrior, who recruits nine farm cats into a clan after his best friend SpeckleDaisy died unexpectedly, and her last wish was for him to create a safe place. After many years, a sickness called WolfCough spread through the clans and nearly eliminated them. ClubmossClan split off into four clans: TipClan, DownyClan, QuickClan, and ClubmossClan2. It took a few more years before the clans reunited and formed WolfsFootClan, a large clan of  around seventy strong. 

Rivals: 

- Fallen Clowder

- Cicada’s Faction

- RippleClan

Age: 

- 13 years in the cliffs territory, 5 in the in the valley territory as seperate clans, and 44 years in valley territory as a combined clan. 

Shaping Events: 

- Root’s rebellion, QuickStar’s legacy, the BeeClan war, WolfCough, CoyoteStar’s Revolution, WolfStar’s serial killer reign, and finally HollowStar’s Slaughter. 

Heroes and Villains: 

- in the new territory, QuickStar is viewed as the best leader and BerryStar is the clans savour during the plague. 

- WolfStar was the youngest leader in history. He turned on his clan, killing over 80 souls alongside his deputy GoldfishFur. 

Territory: 

- dense, shady forest with small ponds and underground tunnels. 

Climate zone: 

- cold winters below freezing, short hot summers. 

Fauna: 

- predators: foxes, badgers, wolves, bears, raccoons, dogs, European northern pike.  

- prey: squirrel, voles, shrew, birds, frogs. 

- neutral: weasels, owls, muskrats 

Flora:

- North-American plants and fungi. I know too much about plants and definitely should not be allowed to list all of them. 

Medicine and sicknesses: 

- your basic herbs, they make tinctures and wrap the herbs in leaf bundles. 

- WolfCough 

           Symptoms: wheezing, high body temperature, dizziness, sores appearing on joints, aches, previous scars tear open, foaming mouth, incredibly aggressive and attack anything that moves. Some say they appear undead, coughing blood. Passed through: fluid (saliva, mostly). Treatment options: blazing star, borage, bright eye, chickweed, feverfew. Recovery status: 3/10 usually recover, with kittypets having the highest recovery rate 

- Kittencough (Fading-kitten-syndrome) is frequent in these clans because of the tough territories. This would be normal if it weren’t for one thing: the paranoia of wolfcough returning, which leads to most kits suspected of having kittencough being killed in fear of it turning into wolfcough. 

Landmarks (new territory) 

- Bat Cave: a cave filled with bats and a sandy floor. Often used to train apprentices 

- Herb Field: a small secluded area that’s covered in herbs, making the clan abundant in medicine and supplies. 

- DownyClan’s old Border: the grass starts to get dryer around here, and the dirt gets more sandy. 

- Camp pond: a small pond next to the camp filled with Lilly pads, cattails, tadpoles and minnows. 

- Broken Maple: a maple tree towards the edge of the territory, bordering the other clans, that was struck through the centre by lightening. This is where they bury the bodies. The maple is in a small island circled by a thin stream of water. 

- Beyond the territory: unexplored lands 

Religious centers: 

- Broken-Maple burial ground. 

- StarQuartz Cave: a large cave filled with giant quartz pillars and spikes. 

Camp: 

- A sandy clearing with a badger cave for the leaders den, a root patch where the herbs are stored. The camp is protected by large, thick grasses that kits are forbidden from going near. There’s a dug-out den under a rock for the warriors. The apprentices sleep under a patch of folded over ferns. The leader stands on the large rock in the clearing. The nursery is a protected ring of brambles and vines. 

Clan Characteristics

Build: 

- very strong, poor stamina. Thick legs and large ears. 

Pelts: 

- mainly medium furred grey cats with green eyes, lots of rossette, point and smoke patterns. 

Kits: 

- kits are taught quickly what predators to ignore. Kits are taken care of by their parents or the whole clan depending on the parenting style of the parent(s). 

- kits are named after birth, but can be renamed by parents and leaders later on 

Custom Roles: 

Dencat - doesn’t participate in most warrior duties and stays in camp. Usually tasked with watching kits. 

Lore-keeper - they hold and pass down the stories of the clans 

Champion - an amazing warrior who will likely be chosen as deputy after the current deputy retires, becomes leader, or dies. 

Messenger: clans can only have two messengers at a time. They travel between clans and are allowed to cross borders and even hunt on other territories. They send messages and info between the clans and are forbidden from fighting. 

Collector: a fast and agile cat who fetched items in a pinch. Herbs, mossballs, hay, prey, trinkets and tools. They often are trackers, but mainly need to be fast. They have to pass a race to become a collector. 

FishWatchers: meant to keep an eye on the rivers, swamps and lakes to predict water level rising. They consider rain to be an omen of something, but all refuse to say what.

Gender Roles

- very fluid concept of gender and sexuality, Kittypets helped them come up with terms such as tolly, demitom/demimolly, and jacks  

Clan Culture

Code of Conduct: 

- the most important rules are to kill kits that show symptoms of WolfCough in fear of another plague. Aside from this, and kits in danger must be protected regardless of circumstances.

Process of law: 

- laws are decided by votes and strategical debates. Any cat can propose a rule to be considered. 

Mates: 

- most clans in this area operate on a “not-my-problem” system. They can mate with cats from other clans and groups freely, and if a cat brings home kits they are not required to say who the other parent is. Age differences between two years are looked down upon, and cats have to be 12 moons to take a mate. 

Ceremonies: 

- The 12 moon ceremonies have a “trinket casting” to predict how they will do in their life. Pebbles, shards of glass, bones, sea glass, herb stems, twoleg items and skinned twigs are casted and each has its own specific meaning. 

- They mourn by placing the cats favourite prey item on the grave, and scattering seeds from their favourite plant onto the grave. 

Naming: 

- non-traditional, 1-3 part names

- Kits are named by their parents, and cats can request to change their names. 

- Certain names are forbidden, such as Root and much later, Wolf. 

Religion: 

- The dead— starclan, dark forest, Father Mallow, and the Crystal Path. 

- Father Mallow is a lilac-silver pixiebob tom with very bright indigo eyes who watches over the clans as a deity. As the patron saint of newborn kits and herbs, they protect kits from sickness. They represent rebirth, health, and curiosity. They’re heavily associated with ceremonies regarding kits, and are called on by the clan when a kit dies. 

Influence: 

- religion is kept as a belief that holds little values to clan decisions unless a prophecy is involved, and even then the clan is wary of self fulfilling prophecies. 

Worship: 

- New-Sprout Festival: honey is smeared on prey, herbs are replaced and flowers are scattered around camp. Plants are placed in the cats fur, and those who are able to sleep in the clearing under the first full moon of spring. 

- Mallow Moon: held on the last moon of leaffall, the clan collects mallow and spreads the seeds in their dens in hopes of welcoming Father Mallow to rest for the season so he can prepare for the next spring. Mallow are weaved into cats tails, and placed in a circle around the nursery. If a cat dies during mallow moon, they have a piece of mallow placed under their tongue so they can hopefully speak with Father Mallow while they pass through the Crystal Path. 

Afterlife: 

- starclan, the dark forest, and ghosts. All must be remembered by at least one cat, or their final resting place is undisturbed. 

- Father Mallow watches over the ghosts and leads them along the crystal path where they can choose to be reincarnated, sent to starclan, or made a ghost to wonder and protect the clan.  

- crystal path is a third form of afterlife, where the ghosts of cats who do not find a place in starclan or the dark forest, such as kittypets and loners. The crystal path is represented by the shimmers in water, and the Milky Way in the sky. 

#clangen #dark forest #warriors worldbuilding #dark forest worldbuilding #worldbuilding #wolfsfootclan #clubmossclan #clubmossclan 2.0 #quickstar’s legacy #warrior cats #clan worldbuilding #warrior cats fanclan #fanclans #clan overview

[celestialmango]

I'm sure some stuff in below zero is gonna start giving you ideas thanks to the story present xD

Ye, the environment is even coolers than the original. I'm currently under a bunch of giant lilly pads and making mini pit stop bases when I can that I may expand on later while I explore.

#mango answers #🥭🎮

[thesoftestblackguy]

Dawg I just had the weirdest dream where I was traversing a city that was like a giant playground with monkey bars being chased by some demon or a monster and my objective was to snatch this flower off a Lilly pad without getting caught and I had to juke the monster while swinging on the monkey bars and like I snatched the flower 3 times and won the challenge and this nigga threw a fuckin sharp ass big ass rock at me and killed me cuz it pierced me thru my back and went thru my stomach 💀 I’m annoyed as hell cuz how you gon murk me for winning a game YOU came up with???? How you mad cuz I won??????

[oliverupsidedown]

Project proposal...

The Oceana Blood Gate...

Rotational: First project was about creating voxel art background for our digital Photoshop characters, mine was a slime so I made it a bog, a simple small landscape with Lilly pads, damp tree bark, fireflies, running water and long spindly bits of foliage. Second project was creating the backs to cards on illustrator, to be honest illustrator really sucked and I didn't like using it as it never went how I wanted my artwork to go so I just went with simple geometric shapes with low opacities and a border to make it look fancy. I missed the day when we were making a chair in cinema 4D so I can't comment. We manipulated text made in Photoshop in cinema 4D by extruding it or bending it to make bubbly text. After that it was making a video game scene that had neon lighting, making our cities look all fogged up and cool with global illumination inspired by Andreas Levers. My knowledge of these programs has increased by a fraction where as my skills in Photoshop have drastically increased I now understand how to use the tools to manipulate images and shading plus lighting.

Project concept: 3D Voxel work, creating an underwater mountain terrain (256 256 256) with a giant sea gate, with pillars glowing portal effects flying in the air for lighting and seaweed rising from the surface of the ocean, from previous lessons of voxel art I would just build a base for my mountain using simple 15 by 15 blocks and work on a simple foundation for the background mountain, then using a smaller 3D sphere I would start to lay in the topography of the cliffside making them more detailed. I might make one of the mountains into an underwater volcano just for extra ambient red lighting. After that I will add the first half of the broken gate plus pillars, again building it up in simple blocks and erasing or adding tiny blocks from it, create the pillars and staircase leading up to it with small statues either side of it... When the main portal gate has been finished I will add small building or settlements with sea weed spiralling out of the ground making the end bulb bits light up for more background lighting. In final rendering give the landscape a dark gravely texture with the lights sources very bright since working on highest scale. In the end I will hope to produce a abundantly lighted underwater area with high mountains and tall sea weed with ancient stone pillars that create a portal gate to a forgotten city.

This will all be created in the Mac room L1.03 using the entirety of Mondays lesson to construct the portal scene into the lost kingdom...One disadvantage of working in voxel is that everything is in blocks so when you would want to add finer details that give some backstory it's a little frustrating but Voxel is easier to use than cinema 4D

My mountains would look more like this one with the spikes reaching towards the surface and a few deep valleys to add a better topography, I also need to make sure that I build up the surface that leads up to a mountain rather than just putting a spiky mountain in a flat field.

I will make the sea weed like this, more coral like with a few swirling pieces reaching the surface, also I would make sure that some of the sea weed bulbs that sprouted off had a coloured light so that most of the area is lighted up and looks fairly colourful. Most of my research during after college would be done at the library for up to an hour minimum looking at research material such as textures for my mountains and sea weed, cool lighting of effects used on voxel and colour combinations that would mix well together.

Evaluation: I will reflect on my work with sharing it with my fellow youths and taking into account third party opinions, making sure that I utilise the help of Josh and Chris in the Mac rooms as they are one of my primary resources that I can use whenever I need help or inspiration, I will also during the projects production I will continuously upload research and up to date work onto Tumblr whilst explaining what I have achieved in that lesson. The project may even be written down on paper as I find writing easier than digital typing as it's just faster and I get dyslexic whenever I looka at a screen. (Yeah that totally makes sense)

[maeizy]

I'm not crying you are

today I dried flowers, caught a giant toad and put out it in my grandmas pond, bc it was right in the way of the lawns and the gardener would have run it over with his lawnmower if not.:( and i painted a cool picture of a lake with Lilly pads and flowers :) it was nice. then I went with my mom to get coffee, and she made some very inappropriate jokes when the barista said something about a word she found funny- that an older lady may or may not have heard and speedwalked away from us. 😌 it was great.

#frogs #mother daughter time is always great #flower pressing #maeizy rants

[aces-scribbles]

Ivan and Navi jump across the giant Lilly pads

#giant lilly pads #lillypads #ivan and navi #ivan #navi #conjoined #conjoined twins #storyboard animation #storyboard #scene #adventure let's go #alg #cartoon #acescribbles #ace scribbles #ace #scribbles

[fictionalred-photos]

#lilies #lilly pads #flowercore #greenhouse #giant lily pad #lily pads #cottagecore #naturecore #softcore #flowers #plants #greencore

[dismalflower]

story time - Levi Ackerman

word count: 870.

paring: Levi Ackerman x fem!reader

warnings: none

summary: Levi makes it home in time to tell his daughter a story and give her a good night kiss…..or two

a/n: at the end to save space!

It was about 9 when you had started to get lily ready for bed, she was being stubborn like she always did when her father was away. She always insisted on staying up until he got home so he could give her a kiss and read her a story before bed.

“Lily come on, the faster you go to bed the faster daddy gets home.” you shouted from the kitchen. You were almost done cleaning up dinner and putting a plate aside for Levi for when he comes home. You can hear her storming into the kitchen behind you just as you finished yelling.

“No! I have to wait for daddy, he has to read me a story mommy” She looked at you with her adorable puppy eyes, the ones she only used when she wanted something, and it almost made you want to say yes and wait up for Levi together.

“Lils, hun, why don't i read you a story tonight and when daddy comes home I promise i'll make him come in to give you a goodnight kiss, ok?” you crouched down to her level and smoothed out her nightgown and gave her a kiss on her head.

“Promise?”

“Yes honey I promise” Lily looks to the ground trying to decide whether or not to just give into her mother and have her read a bedtime story instead of her daddy.

“I guess, but daddy has to kiss me goodnight when he gets home” you pat her head as you stand back up and laugh.

“ yes Lils I already said I would make him” After that you went to Lily's room to tuck her into bed.

“ Ok what story do you wanna hear tonight” you say as you sit down on a chair next to her bed that you had dragged from her desk.

“ umm i wanna hear the one about the princess and the dragon”

“Again? Daddy told you that one last night”

“ That's ‘cause it's my favorite story mommy” she told you as she shuffled deeper into the blankets getting ready to hear her favorite story.

“ ok are you ready?”

“ yeah mommy hurry up and tell it”

“Ok geez, Once upon a time in a kingdom far away there was a princess who loved going on adventures. She loved going to ride horses in the woods and to climb mountains, But today she was going on the most dangerous adventure she has ever been on.”

“ She's going to find the dragon that lives in the giant cave!” Lily interrupted throwing her hands up in excitement.

“ Yeah Lils, but i thought you wanted mommy to tell the story”

“ Sorry mommy i was just excited” she said as she giggled and covered her mouth with the blanket. You laughed before tucking her back in to continue the story.

“ The princess traveled days up to the top of the mountain to reach the deep dark cave where the dragon lived. Once she got there she took a peek inside the cave to see a giant dragon sleeping on the ground. She took quiet steps so that the dragon wouldn't wake up, but she accidentally stepped on a twig on the way in and it woke the dragon. The dragon's eyes snapped open to look at the princess, he noticed how gorgeous she was and he fell in love right then and there. Then there was a bunch of purple smoke that had started to surround the drandon, so much that the princess couldnt even see anymore. When she could finally see once again her eyes were met with the eyes of a very handsome man.” you were cut off by the sound of Lily's bedroom door opening and the sound of levi continuing the story.

“Then they fell in love and lived happily ever after, The End.”

“Daddy!” Lilly yelled as she hopped out of her bed to run up to the dark haired man she had been waiting for all day. “I missed you so much, I almost had to go to bed without a good night kiss” she pouted at him. Levi crouched down to meet his daughter's height to give her a big hug.

“ I'm sorry lily pad I had to work, I promise to make it up to you with two goodnight kisses tonight ok?” he said as he picked her up and put her back in her bed. Once she was tucked in Levi had done as he promised and gave Lily two goodnight kisses. Once she was finally asleep you could also rest knowing you didn't have to worry about a full blown melt down in the morning as Lily complained to her dad about the fact that you had told tonight's story instead of him.

When you both had gotten into your room Levi closed the door and turned to you, giving you a deep kiss, one that told you how much he missed you. You had gotten into bed first while Levi changed out of his uniform, getting ready for when Levi would finally come to cuddle you as the two of you would fall into a peaceful sleep, a sleep you only got when you were in each other's arms.

‼️A/N: decided to re-upload my dad!levi fic

#levi ackerman x female reader #levi ackerman x reader #fem!reader #dad!levi #story time universe #levi attack on titan #aot fanfiction #levi ackerman fanfiction #levi ackerman #snk x reader #dad!levi x reader #aot x reader #attack on titan fanfiction #snk fanfiction

[softcallofdutyimagines]

Day 6: Violent Delights | Prompt List

One sided Psycho!Makarov x reader (so just regular Makarov with extra steps)

This one is a reference to a George Romero quote, "Violent Delights have violent ends", which basically means that being a violent psycho can't be a long-suffering gig. One way or another.

Ps: ok but imma need you guys to plz check this one out (if you're comfortable) bc this is far and away my best one yet lmao 👀🤌🏻

Tw: mentions of gore and moments of non-con, but nothing explicit or over the top

You hold your breath as you sprint through the sewage system. This place is filthy enough, but the mangled bodies and remains littered throughout make it all the more sickening. It's too the point that the water is red with the blood of the victims.

All along the walls are messages and strange symbols. Some painted, some carved, right into the concrete.

You've been a detective for years now, and to this day, you've never seen anything as depraved as the case you're on now.

There had been several disappearences over the last couple months, with no clues as to a connection. Nothing about these people seemed to be consistent. Just that they were missing.

That is, until the bodies started showing up.

A corpse was found washed up on the shore of retainment pond, out flowing from the sewer. The body was mutilated almost beyond recognition. It seemed like a one off thing until another appeared. And another. And another. All butchered in similar fashions.

It's looks like someone just taking out their rage on random strangers.

A case was put together immediately, and you in charge. You were of course determined to find this nightmare of a murderer, but... It would seem you're not the only one who wants to get to know one another.

It started with random gifts sent to the precinct, made out for you. Flowers, chocolate, once even a blank valentine's day card. Then they started arriving at your door, the cards now filled with notes just as carefully penned as they are disturbing.

"Your eyes have the most sparkle I've ever seen. I want them"

"Do you like Lillys? They make me think of you. Soft, fragile."

"I know you're looking for me. I want to see you too"

"I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I lo-"

"Why don't you love me?...You will"

You had to move into special protection. Even then, the notes kept coming. You and your team searched furiously for any hint that would bring you closer to solving this. But it just never came.

The people kept disappearing, and the disturbed declarations of love kept coming. Until one day...

A package came for you at work. It's nearly wrapped and tied. "For my beloved, the seeker of my heart", the tag reads.

You aggressively tear the package open and lift the top. Inside lays a whole human heart. Perfectly intact.

The color rushes from your face at the shock, and the smell... The smell of coins fills your nostrils, but the knowledge that it's someone else's blood almsot makes you puke. Worse yet, you can make out a little lamented note beneath the heart.

You take it to forensics and when it can be safely removed... The note says, "Look no further. It's yours. Come find me"

On the back of the page are a string of numbers. Coordinates. You and a team make short work of finding the place. It leads you to the head of a sewer service entry.

The bars are covered in rust, implying the city has abandon it. And yet, the door hangs slightly ajar, the lock pad left purposely off. An invitation.

You take it.

And here you are, following what little trail you can make out as you crawl through the bloody waters. Your team tails behind as you take the lead, but your numbers have slowly dwindled as the time has passed. The system has several branches that your team has splintered off to take.

Soon, it's down to you.

You hope to meet up with them soon, particularly now that you're at the end of the line. A giant, cavernous room stands all around you, your only light source a couple rays of sun through a manhole cover up by the catwalk.

The room is covered in gore. It's a wonder no one has reported the stench yet. You sweep the area with your pistol and flashlight, but it seems... Empty. Perhaps you're too late.

You turn around and shake your head out. Damn it! You thought you had something...

As you make your way back the way you came. You pass by a nook in the wall and out shoots an arm to grab you.

Your screams are silenced by a pair of rough, grimy lips as they smash into yours. You struggle and fight against the shadowy figure, but the hands around your biceps hold fast as iron to keep you in place. Your head feels light, your lungs on fire, as if the oxygen is being sucked right out of you.

At last the kiss ends. The perpetrator takes a deep breath at the nape of your neck, drinking in the smell of you.

Acting on instinct, you headbutt him sharply and try to wrench yourself away. He cries out in pain and surprise, but manages to hold on as you drag him out into the light.

A rolling chuckles escapes him as he wipes the blood from his brow. "Leaving so soon? I thought you wanted to see me", he speaks in a thick Russian accent and tries to lean back in for more unwanted affection.

You slap him soundly and respond with your rank and declaration of arrest.

"I know who you are detective", he caresses your cheek, green and blue eyes staring with a sick love into the back of your eyes, "That's why we're here. Together"

He pins your arms to your side and backs you into the wall, "And you're going to stay, with me"

You spit in his face, "Go to hell"

He responds with a punch. It breaks your skin and releases a thin line of blood. You take the moment of freedom to reach for your holstered reserve gun, but it's too late.

You both wrestle against each other's arms for the gun. You're able to squeeze off a few rounds, but all you get is on to his boot. All it's good for is making him angry, as he instantly reacts to the pain with a burst of strength.

He wrenches your arm in the opposite direction. A popping sound is heard as you scream in pain and drop the firearm. He slams you against the filthy cement wall, emphasizing his words, "Don't make me hurt you again"

All of a sudden, his expression changes from an angry sneer to something last like remorse. He cups your cheek softly and kisses the bloody cut his knuckles made.

"I love you, detective. Ever since I first saw you...", he kisses you again and again, in hungry little bites as tears flow from your eyes. As thought he doesn't even notice, he smiles and forcibly turns you around to the room of carnage behind you.

"Do you like it? I set it up just for you. I wanted everything to be perfect for our first time", before you can react, he turns you around and shoves you to the ground, landing just on top of you.

The bloody sewage nearly engulfs you as you struggle to keep your mouth and nose above water. You thrash and fight and kick and scream as he goes first for your top...

"Detective! Open fire!"

A hail of gunfire lights up the dark tunnel, creating a smattering of fine holes into your assailant. He kneels above you, dripping blood from his chest and mouth and takes a ragged breath as he stares down at you.

"Bitch"

He wipes a mouthful of blood from his lips and, at long last, falls still.

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