#it's been over six years

[witcherislovewitcherislife]

AH SHIT, HERE WE GO AGAIN

#the witcher 3 #first time playing on pc #i am so overcome with emotion right now #it's been over six years #😭😭😭🥺🥺🥺

[unexpectedbrickattack]

"A Dad helping his kids beat a hard level in super mario land; 1990s"

Ref under the cut!

#pizza tower #peppino spaghetti #peppino #toppins #arts #mine #i couldnt decide which one was better #so i just included the five o'clock shadow vers in it #dont @ me #its SO funny; drawing that literally transported me to my tf2 era #YEARS of drawing soldier finally paying off lmao #anyway ive been thinkin of the toppins..... #little babies #hes like??? the kids are congregating....what happened?? #and its one of them dying repeatedly on a stage #IMMEDIATELY they r like MR PEPPERONI CAN YOU HELP!?? #'peppino-' ' MR PEPPINO!!!!!!!!!!' #pls imagine the mush toppin yellin that w the cadence of a six yr old girl and wiggling their arms in the air #prob the pineapple toppin that was playin; like the cool older sibling(tm) #they just hand the system over to him bc hes GOTTA know what to do #he LOOKS inconvenienced but hes got resting bitch face; hes just vibin rn #hfdjkfdhkfsd everytime i finish a thought im like god im writing a fucking paragraph #the wall of tags in the editor takes up my ENTIRE page #ANYWAY x2 #GAMER PEPPINO !!!! #no its more like how my mom used to help me in zelda and starfox #watching her clear stages for me after work is a v fond memory of mine #and my dad too! but he helped more with shooters #like jet force gemini and quake #heehee

[suburbanlegnd]

Ok I'm joining the bandwagon

if this post gets 200 notes by jan 1st '24 I'll confess to my crush

#I'm scared because I'm a fucking coward but heyyyyy #everything you lose is a step you take ✌️ #I've been friends with this one girl for over six years and i kinda like her 👉👈 #hehe #rambles

[thatoneluckybee]

Unfriendly (yet lighthearted) reminder that if we consider Your Turn to Die to take place in 2017, Shin Tsukimi is likely turning 28 or 29 years old the strange man is almost in his 30s God Bless

#No canon time but like. Just it's been almost 7 years they're at least 7 years older lol #It's weird to think over six and a half ish years only a matter of weeks have passed in game #Happy birthday shin #birthday boy! #<- tag for character bdays #shin tsukimi #yttd #your turn to die #fambles

[forecast0ctopus]

Sorry, it's really funny to me that we're watching your Star Trek obsession unfold. It's a great franchise. I love it, and ur artwork is great!

THANKS lmao it was inevitable……… i do think its funny that you say obsession though ive posted it Twice here like. you are not wrong but i think i managed to spare most of you by relegating my Thoughts to my close friends story

theres too much star trek media though i fear ive condemned myself

#id been meaning to finish tos for like. i dunno six years maybe ive definitely watched the first handful of episodes like three times haha #oh definitely more than six years jesus christ. time #apologies to my close friends list but youll have to struggle with me #rhis was all like 2-3 weeks ago for reference #ask #anon #im so good at getting invested in things that have been Over for at least a decade but usually longer #though star trek is still like an Active Franchise.. unusual #im on tng now. slowly. why are there so many seasons where are my 2-3 season shows at #i like geordi a lot though

[captain-noir]

whats your favourite girl you’re deranged ldpdl moment? mine’s in ep2 when hes shit-talking lestat per usual  re the opera and the tenor being like ‘lestat was a SNOBBY nasty bitch who killed an innocent man of MIDDLING talent for an offending note. it was SO barbaric daniel it very nearly put me off killing forever but lestat had a way about him x 3 and i didnt want to disappoint so i pretended to enjoy it and we drained and feasted on him all. night. long. and we could do that because lestat was an Artist of Death. i, a mere babybird of a fledgling, a fumbling botched vampire had no stomach for such DEPRAVITY. i did however feel CHARGED listening to the thoughts and reading the mind of the tenor. i relished in the quiet almost meditative remembrance of a rich picturesque life in italy, of the warm hearth of a loving home, the weather-beaten face of a doting father who taught him to fish, the deep blue waters and the open horizon. it was TRANSCENDENT. anyway, i havent killed since the year 2000. i sit here a master of my own instincts unlike the rest of the vampires who are slaves to the blood. 

*waiter enters the scene with a bloodbag* the ab negative you ordered, fresh from the farm. 

daniel: what farm!?

louis: what farm indeed

#iwtv #louis de pointe du lac #interview with the vampire #he is so so deeply unwell #does he realize how insane he sounds #in both timelines #he has a farm. a human farm. #he has his blood warmed over like soup and slurps it from a spoon. pinky out. #ep 2 is peak messed up louis #his sudden bout of conscience must have been whiplash inducing to lestat after six years of psycholouis #text #yaz has thoughts

[saers]

“Shhh…” He soothes, “It’s alright. Let yourself slip deeper. I’m right here to keep you steady. Let yourself sink.” You do kind of feel like you’re sinking, but it’s so warm and soft that you don’t really mind… not to mention how good the hand through your hair feels. You sigh, and it feels like you literally sink into the mattress, beyond what should be realistically possible. 

Chapter 16 of R&R (Rabble & Rampallians) (M Rating!) by @wishing-stones featuring @megalommi's (18+ only please, cw for unreality and hypnosis!) Sans, Baggs, really round-house kicked my brain into doing Some Shit(tm)! I'm on Chapter 31 now, and am having a great time. I also did not trust Baggs as far as I could throw him at this point, so he came out much more menacing than perhaps needed. 8'D

#saers scribbles #R&R (Rabble & Rampallians) #I'm embarrassed by the quality of this bUT this is the first thing I've completed in Procreate #This is also the first time in six years that I've drawn something and had so much fun. #not me tearing up over my iPad like Oh My God Every Time I Used To Draw I Felt This Joy I HAVE BEEN DEAD FOR YEARS #Megalosomnia #dr baggs #also excuse me i am simping hard over baggs get me out of here #is it because i too have been in an insomnia cycle or is it the dub con appeal of hypnosis we jUST DONT KNOW #is it because hes a nasty boy yes probably that one #cw eyestrain #cw unreality #cw fictional hypnosis

[mostlyanything19]

Thinking about how many times Imogen promised Laudna they were here to take her home, when not a one of the Hells currently has anything like a place like that. None of them are settled; least of all Laudna. All of them have left their past homes behind pretty much permanently, if they ever had them. Home is not about a place, with them. It’s people. It’s all people. When Imogen says, we’ll get you home, I can’t imagine she means anything other than we’ll bring you back to us (to me). And Laudna, who has been leading a constantly uprooted existence; unable to ever settle any place at all for 30 years - what else would be home, for her, but that.

#critical role #c3 #cr3x37 #cr spoilers #p #even orym who has zephrah hasn't been back in over six years and is just wandering #imogen left her home for good; fearne left the feywild; fcg never had one; who knows about chetney #ashton left the krook house the most recent but idk in what capacity he regarded that as a /home/ #and laudna...yeah

[fizzytoo]

some changes in the kameāloha household since we last saw them! amaya aged up into a child and the kameāloha's welcomed karlee to the family!

#ts4 #ts4 gameplay #sims 4 gameplay #postcard legacy challenge #KARLEE!!! #baby #she wouldve loved the barbie movie #i wanted them to go through the whole adoption process but i took rpo out when i was cleaning my mods folder #for the sake of lore karlee has been adopted into the family for the last 5 or six years :3 #ama once again on her goose antics <3 #also does anyone know how to get rid of that black liner over the eyes on children? maybe my remove ea lashes mod is outdated idk #the lighting is not kind on my whiter sims. i need to figure out a fix #sim: adrien herrera #sim: rua kamealoha #sim: amaya kamealoha #sim: karlee kamealoha #postcard: gen3 #queue

[m0ose-idiot]

Them There coming up with a hilarious company name for a Ghosts Christmas special:

"Hee hee hoo hoo, Absolute Tools! 🤭😆"

Australia:

"Yeah lol! And...? 🤔"

#bbc ghosts #six idiots #total tools #over 100 stores nation wide! #Australia’s largest independent professional tools retailer! #according to the website - 'Total Tools have been passionately servicing Australia for more than 30 years' #🫡 #thank you for your service

[redrobin-detective]

Iruma-kun, the Six Fingers and Humanity

I have been mulling over this idea for days as I devoured the Iruma-kun anime then manga and am still struggling to articulate it. The best I can boil down to is the whole goal of the Six Fingers and the return to origins is, unbeknownst to them, a desire to become more human.

I can understand, in a way, their frustration. Demons used to be merciless killers, where the strong surpassed the weak and magic, aggression and power won the day. Now we see they have idol concerts and theme parks and silly games to help demons safely purge their “wickedness” which is, in reality just another part of their nature. The majority of modern day demons deny a large part of themselves. The whole idea of a wicked cycle is endlessly fascinating to me, like this species has compartmentalized themselves so much that their pent up darker impulses periodically spring out and require them to be handled gently or hidden away. I can see how this practice is insulting and incredibly restrictive of what a demon is.

Now, right from the start, Iruma has stood out in the demon world for a few reasons. First and most obviously, he lacks any practical or cultural knowledge of demonic society. We see Iruma ignorantly stride past social norms and boundaries he didn’t even know existed. If it weren’t for his upbeat, people pleasing attitude he’d be written off as a delinquent but instead he helps foster an environment of change in a bunch of slackers and misguided students. And change is a radical concept in a society that hasn’t replaced the demon king in centuries since the old one disappeared. The effect of Iruma’s very presence, his enthusiasm and attitude and cooperative abilities can be seen so strongly on the Misfit class that its no wonder he’s become such a stand out student.

So I had heard of Irumean when I first started the series and had high expectations of him being a full on bastard. And he simply wasn’t. He was arrogant, reckless, rude at the worst but even those around him commented that his innate, unnatural kindness was still there. I argue because Irumean was never a true wicked cycle. It was Ali-san’s attempt to induce a demonic ritual onto him. But humans aren’t like demons, Iruma is a good, kind, patient boy due to his trauma and strength of character. At any point he could lash out in the most horrific fashion and leave everyone stunned because he is not bound such such strict rules of personality and conduct. His humanity is as much a strength as it is a weakness.

So according to recent chapters, Iruma has traces of Delkira’s energy. My first thought was that it was emanating from Ali-san, which is a distinct possibility but why was the ring attracted to Iruma in the first place? My next theory is that Delkira had some connection to humans as well. Either he’s a hafling or a demonized human or spent a significant amount of time in the human world. Either way, this human perspective is what made him so powerful, such an irreplaceable leader that his throne has remained empty for so long. One could even argue that the energy that the Six Fingers identify as ‘Delkira’ is actually just ‘human’ since the King’s energy is familiar while a human’s is not.

My whole round about point I’m doing a very poor job of explaining essentially boils down to, demons want to return to their origins to have more control over their baser instincts. Instincts and free will that humans, such as Iruma, possess naturally. But while Iruma has the capability for great evil, unrestrained by a set cycle, he also has such an overflowing well of love in him. Delkira, what little we’ve seen of him comes across as brash, fickle and cruel. You may note those are human traits as well. But Iruma also leads with kindness, dedication and teamwork. He will make a marvelous King because the humanity he brings to the table will help all of demonkind.

I do believe as the manga progresses we will see Iruma’s humanity become a  game changer in the battle against the Six Fingers. How he sees the world (both human and demon), how he interacts and inspires others, how he fights. Reaching a point where not only does Iruma stand up for himself but he is forced to cause harm (and by consequence addressing his people pleasing trauma) and behave in a manner not seen by demons outside of their wicked cycle. When he does, years down the road, become King, I believe he will address the concerns of factions like the Six Fingers. Demons are not meant to be fully contained but cannot be allowed to run rampant. With his feet in both worlds, I believe he will be able to balance both opposing views and ‘heal’ the underworld as the prophecy states. Not just from the instability of the Six Fingers but from this bizarre evolutionary cycle demons have fallen into over the centuries.

#mairimashita! iruma kun #welcome to demon school iruma kun #iruma kun spoilers #not sure how to tag this?? #the wicked cycle is fascinating to me #so youre saying i can compile all my bitchy evil energy into a few day cycle?? #its absolutely insane if you think about it #and Yes wtds is a lovely lighthearted series that I adore but sometimes I think 'gosh this is tame for hell' #and i argue that its not supposed to be like this! #how they got stuck in this cycle is up for debate if it pre or post dates Delkira #the point remains that Iruma can and absolutely should go feral at some point #bc he is a human and his personality and actions are managed only by himself #I want all his people pleasing meek adorableness to backfire on him and we see a hint of the rage beneath #I want him to maim even kill in a rage bc the indignities done to him have been simmering for years and now someone is threatening his new h #*home #The six fingers want him bc of delkira yeah but also his ability to transcend the limits of being a modern demon #something something humans are the true demons the latter having managed themselves so tightly they no longer resemble demons of old #that Iruma even as good and pure as he is is still more alike Delkira than any modern demon #Ive kind of lost the bubble on this but things Ive been thinking about #Im all caught up and I feel Extreme Stress over the Diverticulum #i cant wait!

[forestgreenlesbian]

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#feel like my relationship with my younger brother is changed completely forever not to be dramatic lol but i am sad #we used to b very close but he has kind of. found his faith again and gone full missionary christian which like. i knew meant the dynamic #was doomed lmao but actually acknowledging it makes me sad i feel like i'm grieving for the friendship we used to have even though #it is literally a me problem i think from his perspective he doesn't think anything has changed. but i feel weird about everything #also his new gf is nineteen and he is. almost 25 and i am the only one who feels weird about it like i know she's over 18 but! idk i can't #tell if i'm being overly cautious or if my gut instinct is right. my sister & her husband have a similar age gap but they met when they wer #both over 30 so like. it didn't feel weird. and i didn't feel comfortable actually seriously talking to him about it apart from the first #time he mentioned her over facetime (he went to another country to do mission stuff & met her there) so like an idiot i've just been #making jokes about the age gap becausee like. thats always been our thing lightly bullying each other lol but he blew up at me and said #i've had nothing positive to say about her since he's been back home and that he thinks i hate her and i'm out of line for constantly #implying he's creepy for dating someone younger. idk i felt like such a freak idiot horrible person about it. it completely blindsided me #bc yes the jokes were coming from a place of idk how i feel about this situation so i'm going to rely on the humour-based communication #we have always fallen back on as a safety thing but i guess i was wrong or the dynamic shifted or something anyway it's all fucked #& everyone is just telling me i feel weird out of some?? misplaced kind of jealousy thing?? because i'm 'losing' my brother to his gf lol #which does not feel right at all he has dated so many other girls and i have never had a problem it is literally the age gap like i haven't #even met this girl i'm sure she's very nice! i just worry about her being nineteen!! jesus. and yes maybe i do feel some resentment around #a brother younger than me who seems to be able to live his life with zero difficulty whilst i'm stuck being this unemployed loser who ruins #literally ever friendship & relationship ive ever had but i think thats ok right like i can't help feeling that. i don't fucking knowwww #am i just projecting all these sad feelings about our friendship dying onto his new relationship or like. am i right to be genuinely #concerned she's six years younger than him and still a fucking teenager!!!!!! i don't know

[spacedace]

@proshipper-on-ship​ thank you for the Dick & Dan idea you added to my other post, please enjoy some of the fall out your comment resulted in haha

“So,” Bruce tried, looking hesitantly pleased at the surprisingly light atmosphere around the table. “Anything new and exciting going on with anyone?”

There was a smattering of answers from around the table. Jason didn’t offer anything - which wasn’t surprising, that he was even there and largely not starting a fight was more than enough as far as Dick was concerned - but with some ribbing from Steph, Tim eventually admitted to finally asking that boy he’d been interested in out. Dick joined in on teasing his little brother - and even Jay gave, for him, some gentle ribbing over finally getting the balls to do something, eh Timberland? - while very carefully avoiding mentioning his own sorta-kinda thing with Dan in Bludhaven. He’d deal with his siblings making him miserable and embarrassed over it all when he actually scored a date with him thanks very much.

Things were going good.

And then Damian cleared his throat, looking imperious and uninterested at the same time as he waited for everyone to turn to look at him.

“I have an announcement on an alteration to my personal life.” He declared, chin up and looking like he was already over this whole family-bonding-time thing, which was fair. Damian had gotten better over the years, but he was still not exactly the cute and cuddly little brother. Dick still had the scar from the last time he tried to hug Dami without warning a year ago and got stabbed for the effort. Still, he was sharing, willingly even! That’s progress!

At the head of the table Bruce tilted his head, looking as cautiously hopeful as Dick felt over the youngest Wayne actually offering to share something personal. “Have you decided on what college you want to go to then?”

“No.” Dami dismissed easily, without more than a glance in Bruce’s direction. “Night and I have decided to take some time to travel before continuing any further schooling.”

Huh, honestly, Dick was kinda surprised. With how much of a perfectionist Dami was, he’d thought he’d throw himself into college with the same ferocious, competitive drive he did everything else. But then again, if Elle Nightingale was going to be taking a gap year or two, it wasn’t as if it was that much of a surprise that Dami would go and join her.

The two gremlins had been practically inseparable since they were twelve and discovered a shared love of stabbing people and adopting every animal they see. If Dami’s best friend was going to go gallivanting across the world like she always dreamed of doing, Dick couldn’t actually be that  surprised that Dami would be going with her.

Dick took a sip of his drink as Dami opened his mouth to continue with what was probably going to be to most people the world’s most harrowing game of “how many incredibly dangerous animals can we see before we end up dead on our gap year” that the two demons were undoubtedly planning.

He regretted taking that sip almost immediately as Damian said, “Night and I took our marital vows yesterday. She sends her regrets that she was unable to join us for family dinner tonight.”

Predictably, the room broke out into utter chaos.

Dick choked on his drink, spraying across the table and splattering Babs with a shower of wine. She didn’t even seem to notice, dropping her own glass as she snapped her head over to stare at Damian, the sound of breaking glass and a deep red stain pooling across the table following as she did. At the end of the table, Jay made a noise like a dying goose as the samosa he’d just popped in his mouth threatened to kill him. Cass, perhaps the most outwardly calm at the proclamation, only stared with wide eyes at her younger brother as she hit Jason on the back in an attempt to make sure he didn’t die.

Dick could practically hear the old shrieking AOL dial up noise that was Tim’s brain attempting to process what his little brother had just said, while sitting next to him Steph gave a small shriek of you what? Duke’s head was on a swivel, eyes darting from Damian, to another family member, to Damian and back again as if unsure who to even look at in the moment.

Bruce just…stared, frozen in place, face caught in the most open look of shock Dick thinks the man has ever shown in his life.

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Damian sniffed and cast a caustic look towards - of all people - Jason, “Unlike some people, I share my good news with the family in a timely manner.”

Jay sputtered, “You know what, fuck you! Fine, you want me to share the news?” Jay snapped his head towards the rest of them. “Jazz is pregnant, baby is due next month on the sixth. Baby shower’s next weekend at Robinson Park, show up or don’t, I really don’t give a fuck.”

Or maybe he was just going to try to kill them with a heart attack.

“What the fuck?!”

“Language!”

“Who the fuck is Jazz?!”

“Language!”

“Night’s elder sister and guardian, Drake, keep up. You should know this, you’re dating her brother.”

“I’m what?”

“And Grayson is having flirtations with her other brother.”

“Dan is Elle’s older brother? Wait - how do you know about that?”

“Todd and I are in the Nightingale family group chat. We have endured far too much waxing poet about your posterior over the past months.”

“Why do they all have variations of the same name? Who gives all their children the same name?”

“He likes my ass?”

“Oh my god, bigger picture Dick, focus.”

“Seriously, do they all have the same name outside of the older sister? I feel like we need to acknowledge they all have the same name.”

“Can we go back to the fact that Damian got married? To Elle? Yesterday? How did you even do that without anyone knowing?

“Dr. Nightingale is a notary.”

“...Dr. Nightingale as in the woman Bruce is investigating Dr. Nightingale?”

“Okay but the name thing? Please tell me you’re not naming the baby some variation of the name Daniel.”

“If the gremlins get their way it will be. Do you know how many lists we’ve made that they keep sabotaging?”

“So you have Dan’s number? Could you give it to me?”

“Jesus Christ, Dick I’m begging you.”

“Why did you guys even get married?”

“For the diplomatic immunity.”

“You don’t have diplomatic immunity.”

“I do now.”

“What does that mean?”

#oops i added a baby plot line #in my defense it seemed the funniest shit to add #bruce is losing his god damn mind #he's been convinced that jazz is up to something for so long #but hasn't been able to find anything on her #and now it turns out that four of his children are involved with her/her family #is this a conspiricy? #is there mind control happening? #how did he miss that Elle who has been coming over to his house for *six years* now was the younger sister of a person of interest? #how did he miss that Damian *married* her? #How did he miss that Jason was involved with Jazz in the first place??? #JASON IS HAVING A BABY HE'S GOING TO BE A GRANDPA??? #wait and now it turns out Tim is dating another Nightingale? #And Dick is involved with the same Nightingale? #No wait it's a different one #Why DO they all have the same name? #nevermind all that can wait he's going to be a GRANDFATHER #HE'S NOT READY TO BE A GRANDFATHER #Damian is just sitting there enjoying his meal #he for sure was recording the whole thing for Elle to watch later #he woke up and chose violence #this time it was just the violence where everyone ends up screaming at each other instead of bloodshed #alfred is just so done with his family's nonsense #he is very excited about finally having someone to give all of Bruce's old baby clothes too #dan and dick have been having a full on will they won't they in the background for months i've decided #dp x dc #anger manegment #brain dead #batfam #batman

[vapidlemon]

testing for something...

edit: the thing in question

#fe3h #ferdinand von aegir #hubert von vestra #finally getting around to a concept i've been sitting on for over a year uuueeeeeeghh ok bedtime i've got work in six hours #the half year gaps between pieces means i do redraws of their portraits every time lol

[onlyplatonicirl]

how long have you been in the utmv fandom

#for me its been since early 2017 #a literal permanent brainrot #SIX FUCKING YEARS #i see all my other friends and mutuals jumping from interest to interest over the period of the year #and im sitting in the same puddle of mud i've been sitting in since age fifteen like #🥺guys nooooo come back haha no #fnaf has been a thing for me since 2015 and im still mentally unwell abt freddy fazbear to date #my interests aren't interests they're permanent life altering Guys that live in my brain Forever and i never don't love them

[sunmoontruth-stiles]

I need a completely rewritten teen wolf series with Derek Hale as the main character. I think it would heal me.

#we follow Derek from New York. Laura left for beacon hills. it’s been six years since he was back but he hasn’t heard from her #and hes going stir crazy waiting. he packs up and travels back. it’s almost too much immediately. he still can’t get a hold of Laura #he can’t resist going home. it’s like a natural pull that guides him back. all at once he’s 16 again. staring at the wreckage of his life #deputy stilinski is sherrif now. it’s reassuring in the slightest that the police force seems to have moved on from how corrupt it was #he catches her scent and it’s putrid. bile catches in his throat. he seeks it out. still in denial to what he knows it means. #when he finds Laura it’s like the world ends all over again. he can’t stand to see her like this. he gives her a proper burial. #the best he can do at least #he visits Peter. he’s not the man Derek remembers- so full of fire and cunning. their relationship may have been strained at times. #often Derek felt more like Eve being swayed by the snake than a normal friendship #but this isn’t the sharp tongued uncle who guided him. this is a broken shell. all that remained of his family. he was so lost. #22 but he barely knew how to function without his family- his pack paving the way #Laura handled everything. she got the apartment. she made sure they had food. Derek looks back and feels so useless #he was so lost in his grief. Laura must of felt the same way but she never let them drown in it #she made sure he got his GED. even got him to enroll in community college classes. #he took them online. he never was able to warm up to people the same way. he used to be so full of life. now he just wanted to be left alone #he studied English. never finished his degree. doesn’t look like he ever will now. he can’t go back to Laura and his shared home. #can’t bare to see another shell of a home #he vents to the vacant audience of Peter and his cold fixed eyes #Derek leaves. he wants to promise he’ll return soon #but promises feel costly these days #he decides to go back to the reserve. maybe he can find some clue as to what happened to Laura #someone lured her here. someone who knew them and their history here #his mind went to the worst. Kate. why would she go through the trouble six years later. why wait so long. #Derek couldn’t stomach the thought of facing her. he focused on the woods. the scents were all over the place. #clearly multiple people had been through here recently. two scents were much stronger. Derek follows them #but when he hears the crunch of leaves he realizes why the scents are so strong. they’re still here #he ducks behind some trees. listening in on their conversation. but an echo of their scent catches his attention #he spots an inhaler on the ground. he puts two and two together and swipes it from the leaves. #he comes out once they’re closer. tossing over the inhaler- he figures they’ll leave. dumb kids messing around in the woods #he reminds them this is private property. though that may not be true anymore. he recognizes the scent of a new beta. interesting.