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spacedykez · 2 years

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If you haven’t done it yet 20 for the ficlet ask game?

20. found you / cannot trust you i've already done this one but luckily for you i had a second idea :D

Rek regrets agreeing to this.

But it was Branzy! Branzy was like, one of the only people who hadn't betrayed him! Yet. Still, he could trust Branzy more than anyone else. That wasn't to say he could trust Branzy- no. He didn't trust himself.

All that is to say, Branzy probably won't kill him.

But hide-and-seek definitely wasn't the best choice of game when Rek already jumps at every slight noise, already turns to look at every little movement, is already too cautious.

Branzy's footsteps on the wooden planks above where Rek sits hidden in a tiny crawlspace beneath the fake floor of the casino are loud as thunder to Rek's sensitive ears.

He doesn't like the enclosed space. If Branzy finds him now, Rek can't escape. There's nowhere he can run, no easy exit if Branzy attacks.

"Oh, Rekrap!" Branzy calls. It's just a game, Rek tells himself. He's not being hunted.

But wouldn't it be just like Branzy to ask Rek to play a silly little game, only to reveal that it was a trap all along?

Wouldn't it be just like Branzy to play mind games with him, to lure him in with something as innocent as a hide-and-seek, just to turn a simple thing deadly?

Wouldn't it be just perfect?

But Rek has to trust that he won't. With every agonizingly long second that ticks by, he is more and more sure Branzy's playing with him. And not in the nice, kids-on-a-playground way.

"Found you!"

Rek jumps, limbs banging painfully against the walls of his tiny prison hideout. Branzy's upside-down head smiles happily at him, no trace of any trickery on his face. But Branzy wouldn't be a very good trickster if he couldn't act, would he?

"Hi, Branzy," Rek replies, dragging himself out of the cramped position he's been in for what feels like an eternity. Branzy falls with a small oomph and joins Rek on the ground.

"My turn to hide?" Branzy asks innocently. Rek doesn't like this. But he doesn't see how Branzy being the one hiding could possibly be a trap.

That doesn't mean it isn't. Branzy's smart, and they're in his territory here in the casino. Rek doesn't trust him for a moment. "Sure."

"Alright!" Branzy stands up and builds back up into the casino. His voice is muffled through the wood as he calls, "Give me two minutes!"

In the end, Branzy doesn't trick him. They finish their game and Rek leaves unharmed. But Rek doesn't take this as a sign to be less cautious. Branzy's building up trust with Rek now, but he can easily break that later.

Rek's learned that the hard way. And no matter how much he wants to trust Branzy, he can't trust a single soul on Lifesteal.

Especially not the man who abandoned his former closest ally for a killer clown. Especially not the man who's survived on lies and deceit, betraying his way into twenty hearts when he can't survive a single conflict.

Rek wants to trust Branzy. He really, really does. But trust is a weapon, one whose blade Rek's felt too many times.

#rekrap2 #branzycraft #branzy #the otter scribbles #ask games #asks #nach0

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killmebythebeach · 1 year

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OKOKOK EYE GEM

She can think perfectly logically and knows how things Should work but other people Don’t work logically and it leaves her stumbling for the right course of action so she steps back and just Doesn’t act

What I'm saying for real for real!

Sausage is corrupted and ergo should be her enemy! But there's parts of him that shine through the darkness, out of Xornoth's reach that still love her and Fwhip and Pearl despite everything... it doesn't make sense. It's confusing, best just leave it be.

It would be so much more beneficial for Fwhip to peacefully give the head back, but why doesn't he? Of course to be an emperor she knows about maintaining respect or even fear, but the Grimlands are already far more advanced than the Cod Empire... what's there to gain? Why won't Fwhip stop, why is he smiling? She just needs to step back and observe, she'll get to know the answer eventually.

Why did Pearl stick by Sausage's side? Why would his own gods give Scott such difficult magic, it wouldn't make sense to give a champion something actively harming them. Why won't Shrub talk about the gnomes, no matter how much Gem asks? Can't Joey see how bad Xornoth treats him?

And getting involved makes it worse, which must be why it's so hard to pull herself away from in the audience into a player. Asking Sausage about his status confuses and upsets him, and addressing whatever isn't covered by corruption prompts Xornoth to patch the holes. Pearl goes quiet when she asks why she's indulging, enabling in Sausage's new self. Fwhip just scoffs at her and tells her she has no sense of fun.

Without actually understanding any given information, she can't gage reactions. Joey exploded at her for pointing out Xornoth's toxicity, even as she clearly laid out the evidence and reasons they were bad. Scott got all miffed up as she pointed out there was no reason he should be struggling if a god he was favored by gave him his magic, THAT certainly seemed to make things worse.

It's frustrating. It's stupid, really. She's supposed to know EVERYTHING, but yet she can't seem to decipher any of it!

No, she just needs to keep studying. She just needs to watch a little longer. She'll find out soon enough. Just. Keep. Watching.

#empires smp #empires smp s1 #tma x esmp #esmp x tma #geminitay #congrats. weve somehow made her more nd coded than she apready was in canon.#nach0 #i think its like how scared jon got when daisy attacked him #like yeah hes read and heard several statements on how scary and painful it is to be hunted by daisy #but as soon as he realizes daisy actually can hurt him hes TERRIFIED

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lockoutkey · 1 year

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Key. Key I am not insane right you would call me a sane and reasonable person who knows a reasonable amount about my blorbos

depends on the blorbo

#key asks #nach0

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jiggery-duggery · 1 year

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Hi I am going around to everyone who reblogged that post with tags: please use this ask as an excuse to ramble about your ocs I want to hear about them

aauuuuhhhh?? ouughnhhhhh....that is genuinely so sweet of you to do !! thank you !!! my ocs are kinda boring tbh and I am chronically shy when it comes to talking about them but heres the main 2

Also Rama can turn into a bird creature thing because why not I think its cool

#this isnt even dumping this is like the bare minimum but. its them!!#this ask tore me asunder i was thinking about it all day and drew all this just to answer it hah..ty so much for asking that was truly #so sweet of you #i truly dont know what to tag this as #my ocs #rama #craig #???#asks #nach0 #must be level 1000 to unlock rama tragic backstory #they arent the only person on earth who can do the bird thing theres like a whole race of ppl who can do that in this world #could talk about the bird folk sometime i suppose #craigs the one human whos on thin ice but everyone keeps him around because hes nice and chill like that

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daily-wof-designs · 2 years

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Congrats on 350!

Shuffle 8 times?

thanks!

enemy - oliver tree

no regrets she did what she wanna / she said golden days were upon us / but she turned summer into autumn / she was always one step ahead of me

#asks #nach0 #not designs #i hope you dont mind the unorthodox design! i always wnated to do a birch leafwing but never found an excuse to haha

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geekordaus · 1 year

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I want to share this drabble I sent for the "Blackest of Souls AU" of @nach0, that they didn't get to answered because of motivation. I got their permission to do stuff with AU, so I'm sharing it as a preview for the stuff I will do with the AU.

(I really should stop opening more and more AUs)

Gem was drawing something on the floor, her face started to be filled by wrinkles, and dark magic marks. She continued to draw until a familiar face appeared in front of her.

"Gemini of the house of Tay, of the Grimlands, ex head wizard of the Cryst-" Lady Death was interrupted.

"Cut down the formalities Kristin. I know what you are here for. But sadly for you, I have no intentions of leaving this plane yet." Gem took the red scarf around her neck one last time, and brought it to her face.

"Gem, please, it has been more than 60 years, you need to realize that he is gone, his time was up 60 years ago, same as yours is now."

Gem started laughing maniacally when Kristin finished talking.

"Gem?" She asked with extreme worry.

"I'm sorry Kristin, but my time isn't up, in fact, it has just begun." Gem's surroundings started shining. "Bye, bye. See you before." She smiled. And a blinding light enveloped both of them.

"Together with messing with the dead, messing with time is one of the darkest form of magic one can perform." Gem finished explaining her students, when the bell ringed. "You are all dismissed, enjoy your weekend." And the students left.

Gem suddenly passed out on her desk once the last student got out.

A few minutes passed, and a knock in the classroom woke her up. She watched her surroundings. "It worked..." She watched her arms, no dark magic marks, no claws. "He he, I'll need to changed that soon enough"

A new knock called her attention, Fwhip was at the door. Her eyes filled with joy tears.

She ran towards him, and almost making him fall to the ground. "Fwhip" She said affectionately.

"Oh, hi to you too, what's with all this sudden love?" Fwhip said, returning the hug.

"What? Can't I hug my favourite brother?" She dig her face on his shoulder, tightening the hug.

He laughed. "I'm your only brother."

Some of the joy on her face dissipated. "Yes... the only one." She whispered.

#Blackest of Souls AU #nach0 #new au #corrupted geminitay

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sparrowsocks · 1 year

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Well this might as well be a good time to ask with all the fake lore going on lmao but if mutualsmp was a thing would you play yee/ nah

Dude I’d absolutely want to but I work in retail… it is how do I say this…

Christmas season.

I also have school and real life (boo) commitments. If I wasn’t busy as all godly hell I would absolutely.

#socks.asks #nach0

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incorrect-hs-quotes · 1 month

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VRISKA: You can love someone and still murder them in cold 8lood without remorse, 8tw!!!!!!!! The two are not mutually exclusive and to suggest otherwise is a very heteronorm8ive point of view!!!!!!!!

#submission #Source: Tumblr user nach0 #homestuck #incorrect homestuck quotes #vriska serket #mod terezi #she's right and I want to hear more about this

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geekord · 1 year

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found an Amazing crossing the line animatic with nature wives and shubble's sculk arc

link here

I had already wathced. But yes, IT'S AMAZING! Everyone should watch it!

#Ask: recommendation #nach0 #Shubble #Katherine Elizabeth #Nature Wives

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nach0 · 6 months

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MCYT Yuri Week; Day One - Dance/ Break

"Are you taking notes on our date?"

Wordcount: 1504

AO3 Link

It’s not often Pearl and Gem get the chance to relax and take some time away from things. It should have been nice, and by all accounts would’ve been, if only Gem could stop stressing for five minutes.

(Featuring art at the end!)

Gemini Tay, Grand Wizard of the Crystal Cliffs, was proud to say she was good at social interaction. It’d be disappointing if she wasn’t, after all the time she’d put into studying the cultures of each and every important person she’d ever have a chance of interacting with.

It was like a test. A constant, neverending test that she had to pass or else she’d start a war.

But she definitely wasn’t on edge at all! Large formal events totally didn’t make her nervous in any way! In fact, one on one interactions should probably be a breeze in comparison.

Courting wasn’t something she’d ever bothered to study. The Crystal Cliffs historically hadn’t held any close alliances for more than trade, the previous Grand Wizards emotionally detached by design. She’d thought herself the same, even after the Wither Rose Alliance was formed. It was the most involved the Cliffs had been in hundreds of years. Still, romance was something she hadn’t considered. It involved too much trust, too much vulnerability, for her to ever picture herself wanting.

That lack of foresight left her cramming every book on romance she could get her hands on five minutes before her very first real date with Pearl.

Apparently they’d been on ‘dates’ before, quiet moments stolen away in the midst of the chaos that was their lives. Pearl had mentioned a stargazing date fondly, leaving Gem thoroughly confused. It had been entirely spontaneous, she hadn’t even dressed up or planned anything, and it didn’t line up with anything she’d learned about how dating worked.

Not for the first time she wished there were more books on Helianthian culture. Maybe it would help her understand the distinction between ‘date’, ‘hanging out’, and just ‘chilling.’ She still wasn’t sure if they were all separate things yet. Maybe she could ask? But then it would reveal how little of her girlfriend’s kingdom she knew, then Pearl would get offended and break up with her, then leave the alliance, then the Cliffs, Mythland, and the Grimlands would all be without food and everyone would starve.

She was spiralling again. It was thoroughly unproductive.

None of her books were helping anyway. They were all about formal courtships, something Pearl had laughed about with her before-

“Now I get the intent,” she’d said, giggling slightly as she put the sunflowers into a vase. “But he would have had to buy these from my empire to gift them back to me.”

“Traditionally, it’s considered a sign of respect to give things of the courtee’s empire. It shows an interest in the culture they come from, and a willingness to compromise and combine their own culture in the process.”

Pearl rolled her eyes with a smile and Gem quickly closed her mouth, a long honed instinct from accidentally finding herself on the edges of people’s patience, but she got the odd impression that Pearl wasn’t annoyed at her.

“All this courting stuff has its place, but it’s not for me. If I find someone I want to go out with, it’d be nicer if it was natural. And if I don’t… no big deal. I’m happy with what I have. Besides, I know my type.”

Gem’s heart quickly found its place in her throat, thumping so loud she was surprised Pearl couldn’t hear it. “Can I ask what that type is?”

“I can say for sure it’s not-” Pearl squinted at the note, “-Brad from Mythland. Sorry buddy, better luck next time.”

They both laughed, and the matter was dropped.

-or wild, whirlwind romantic fantasies that moved so fast she had to put them down before uncomfortable bile rose in her throat. The thought of jumping into anything without preparation, but especially something as deep and personal as romance, made her nervous. She could handle spontaneity, liked it at times! But there needed to be trust there first, a baseline to deviate from. Would Pearl try to move too fast for her? Would she say anything against it even if she did? There was no script for her to work from here, no guide to where normal boundaries lay. She was going in blind for the first time in a very long while.

Then a knock at the door signalled her preparation time was up.

“Gem?” Pearl called through the wood, amusement already creeping through her tone. “Did you lose track of time again?”

“No, I’m ready!”

She ran a hand down her shirt to clear all but a few methodical wrinkles, enough to seem casual without looking sloppy, and nodded once in satisfaction. The heavy wooden door opened for her with ease (and she definitely didn’t use magic to make herself seem more impressive.)

“Wow, you look… really nice.” Was Gem imagining the blush on Pearl’s cheeks? She had to be, especially as her voice quickly picked back up into fond teasing. “I didn’t know you even owned any casual outfits.”

The outfit could be considered casual. If one didn’t know the quite frankly overkill amount of thought Gem had put into it. Muted colours to give off a softer feel, an inversion of her regular layers as a symbol she wasn’t acting as a ruler but instead herself. Amethyst around her neck and hanging from her ears both for power in case of an emergency and a reminder of her empire’s resources. Her gloves were, admittedly, mostly just because she wanted an excuse to wear them. But to anyone that asked she could easily pass it off as a combination of the two of them, the stars and moons pattern conveniently fitting. She liked her regular gloves, the leather preventing any distracting textures, but it was nice to make a change every once in a while.

“I’m full of surprises.” Gem smiled, looking Pearl up and down. She could analyse what it meant later, when they had a quiet moment, but for now they had places to be. “You look pretty as well.”

“Don’t I always?” She flipped her hair, tied up neatly in a braid that made Gem’s breath skip, turning her nose up for a moment before the act broke down into laughter. “Come on, I know you have a schedule for this. Lead the way.”

In Gem’s opinion, the date was going pretty well. She’d hit all her talking points and had genuine discussion, Pearl had laughed at her jokes, and she’d learned much more than she’d expected. They were taking a break while their horses drank from a nearby stream, Pearl leaning against a tree and Gem leaning on Pearl.

It was nice. It was peaceful. It was very abruptly interrupted by the scratching of Gem’s pencil that was so much louder than she’d anticipated.

Pearl cracked an eye open and glanced down at her. “Gem?”

“Mhm?”

“Darling?”

“Yeah?”

“Person I adore more than anything in the world?”

“...Yes?”

“Are you taking notes on our date?”

Gem blushed, ears pressing against her head in embarrassment. She should have been more subtle, or just tried to remember everything she needed to know, even if it meant she’d have less energy to spend on concentrating on what was actually happening, she should-

Pearl pressed a kiss to her head, carefully avoiding her antlers.

“It’s cute, fawn.”

“I just want to get it right,” she muttered, picking at the fabric of her gloves. “I haven’t done this before, before or after becoming Grand Wizard. It’s all complicated and there’s no rules to fall back on if I get lost.”

Pearl hummed gently and unfurled a wing, wrapping it around Gem at her silent nod.

“We just came out of a war with a demon. No one expects you, or any of us, to readjust instantly. If you wanna put this on pause, catch your bearings a bit, I’ll get it. Just tell me, yeah? Don’t get trapped in that head of yours.”

She moved to tap her forehead but pulled back at the last second, humming gently instead. Her gaze didn’t hold any expectations, just a gentle patience and a warmth like the sun.

And oh, Gem remembered why she fell for Pearl in the first place.

“I don’t want to stop. It’s just… a lot. Sometimes. Not that it’s your fault!” She hurried to add. “Rules are just easier to work with, knowing the limits and expectations.”

There was no judgement. The world didn’t collapse, no one mocked her admission of weakness, and Pearl didn’t immediately rescind all of Helianthia’s resources.

It was… a little disorientating, if Gem was being honest.

“That’s ok. We can figure out what works together. I don’t mind if you write your notes or want to set guidelines, so long as it’s not hurting you. Don’t sacrifice what you want for me or anyone else.”

She pulled her ever slightly closer, and the wing around Gem’s shoulders was more comforting than any weighted blanket she owned.

“For today though, let’s just enjoy this break from the chaos. We’ve earned it.”

For once, Gem couldn’t agree more.

(if my laptop messes the colours of this up i'm going to explode btw ^^)

also i know i had a taglist but it's been like a year since i last used it so idk if anyone still wants to be tagged, i'm down for starting it up again though

@mcyt-yuri-week

#mcytyuriweek2023 #empires smp #geminitay #pearlescentmoon #nach0 writing #my writing #writing #my art #art #nach0 art #hermitshipping #empireshipping #gempearl #time to go to bed its so past my bedtime

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