#nat talks iris

[bisluthq]

Idt iris is taking your advice

She is getting so many magazine features.. Did maude do all of this as well?

Okay but Judd and Aaron’s kids making a whole ass movie is just chefs kiss re nepotism.

#nat talks Iris

[ultrone]

─ ౨ৎ ‧˚ drummer!gf!nat who met you at one of her concerts. you were standing in the front row next to lottie and van, who had given you their extra ticket since tai couldn’t show up last minute.

it wasn't a big concert; after all, they were an upcoming band. the show was being held in a bar close to your university, and there were around 100 people. however, the space was small, so the room was completely full.

nonetheless, even though the area was dark and everyone was jumping around to the music, nat still noticed you. and ever since she did, she couldn't tear her eyes away from you— it got to a point where even kevyn, the guitarist, had to approach her multiple times to check on her, as she was getting distracted more frequently, dumbly missing a few beats.

and the same thing happened to you—you were completely hypnotized by her. the constant eye contact throughout the show, the way the neon lights illuminated her face from various angles, the rhythmic bobbing of her head causing her hair to cascade onto her face. the way her muscles flexed as she played each drum, and the intensity with which she gripped the drumsticks, making her veins noticeable. she was so fucking hot.

thankfully, she noticed you were standing next to lottie and van. they were both her soccer teammates, and van happened to live in the same trailer park as her. so, not even five minutes after the concert ended, she leaped off the stage and landed right next to the three of you. she put up her typical nonchalant facade, and hoped that both girls would introduce her to you, and that's exactly what happened.

you had heard rumours around school about how she wasn’t the best influence—always doing whatever she wanted, not giving a fuck about what anyone said or did, skipping classes frequently and getting involved with different types of drugs and alcohol. but it didn’t take more than three outings with her to realize that she was the sweetest person ever—yeah, she could be a bit aloof at times, but who cares? she always listened to every word you said with utmost attention, noticing the little things you like or do and bringing them up later on. she always made sure you got home safely, and if she couldn’t personally drop you off, she stayed up until you texted her that you arrived safely. she never forgot to text you good morning and good night, and kept sending you memes on instagram 24/7.

what made you fall head over heels for her, though, was that one time when she got on stage slightly tipsy, snatched the microphone, and compelled the band to play "iris" by the goo goo dolls, saying “this one’s for you, y/n” while pointing directly at you. at first, you couldn't help but laugh because she looked so ridiculous, all dumb and clearly intoxicated. but then she started singing, and holy shit, her deep and raspy voice sounded so fucking beautiful, all while keeping eye contact with you the whole damn time. the second she got off that stage, you grabbed her face and gave her the most mind-blowing, soul-crushing kiss you've ever given anyone in your life.

─ ౨ৎ ‧˚ sum dating hcs

you think it's cute how her eyes always light up whenever she talks about her band or just about music in general. she had explained to you that she started the band with kevyn after talking about their shared love for the band nirvana. however, they’re heavily inspired by deftones and loathe.

whenever she has a show, she ensures that you and your friends have front-row tickets. and as soon as the show begins, the first thing she does is search for you amidst the crowd. when she finally spots you, she instantly breaks into a stupid smile, which often leads to her bandmates teasing her after the show.

she writes songs about you all the time, and a bunch of them actually made it to the final draft of their first album. despite this, she's shy about it and tries to appear casual and nonchalant when showing them to you, so as not to feel embarrassed. most of the time she doesn’t even tell you unless you bring them up 😭

“ohh you like that song? i actually wrote it for you lol.”

ever since the band started gaining popularity and going on tours, she always brings you along, often using that as an excuse to shotgun the master bedroom.

after a few months of dating, she went ahead and got your name tattooed on her bicep, and of course, you scolded her for it. but instead of taking it seriously, she simply chuckled, gave you a kiss and playfully grabbed your ass ☠️☠️ she even mentioned that she wants to get your eyes tattooed on the nape of her neck.

it became a routine for the two of you to lock yourselves up in her dressing room before each concert and have a hot make-out sesh. as a result, nat often comes out to the stage with messy hair and leftover smeared lipstick on her mouth—not that she cares at all.

she also lets you do her eyeliner sometimes, and each time you finish, you plant a big kiss on her cheek, leaving a mark of your red or dark lipstick. she proudly leaves it on her cheek throughout the entire show, showing it off to everybody.

whenever she steps off the stage and heads towards the exit with the rest of the band, she straight-up ignores all the groupies and focuses only on you. some people call her an asshole for it, but she doesn't give a damn. because no matter how much she appreciates her fans' support, you’re always her top priority, and she wants you to know that no matter how many people try to get in her way, she'll always choose you, no questions asked. you were there for her from the start, and she'll be there for you until the end.

#𓏲 📂 ⋮ my works .ᐟ #nat scatorccio #nat scatorccio x reader #nat scatorccio headcanons #nat scatorccio x y/n #nat scatorccio x you #nat scatorccio blurb #yellowjackets #yellowjackets x reader #yellowjackets x you #yellowjackets x y/n #nat scatorccio au

[mydarllinglover]

Alone || Fearless

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Carols whisperer wouldn't crack, they were nowhere near finding out where Alpha's horde was, and Carol knew that if anyone could get someone to croak, it was Natalia.

But she had only agreed to talk to him, if Carol were to babysit the kids, as well as making a special remedy for Bambi and Archie, the woman could work miracles with a pan and a few ingredients.

Daryl insisted that he had to go with Natalia, he didn't want her alone with the freak, he didn't like it.

Lydia had been removed from the holding cell, Daryl had personally kicked her out, Natalia hadn't known this, and she didn't know where the girl had disappeared to, either, or where her eldest daughter had gone, for a matter of fact, but apparently seducing a mind-fucked freak-show was more important than tracking down two teenage girls, according to Carol.

"This is a bad idea." Father Gabriel gave his opinion."

"Shut up, Gabe." Daryl answered, fluffing out Natalia's hair, he liked her curly hair, it made her seem happier, more free-spirited, easier to open up to.

"I'm just being honest, here, this is no offence to you, Natalia, but you are a hothead, where is the logic in sending her in there, she'll just kill him in a matter of seconds." The priest carried on. "What's the point of having a dead, captured whisperer, with no results.”

"I'm not gonna kill him." Natalia rolled her eyes.

"Natalia-"

"Gabriel! I'm not!, Daryl, you tryna pimp me out or let me interrogate a man?" Natalia removed her husbands hands from tugging down her top, exposing more of her cleavage.

"We need results." He explained himself.

"We'll get results, and no one's dying today." She turned to the priest. "Anything that's gonna take Carol off her warpath, so you can stop chasing after her like a lost puppy." She turned back to Daryl. "Are we ready, or not?"

"Yeah, uhm, yes, yeah, I think so." Gabriel turned to the other man.

"Yup." He nodded.

"Perfect."

Her so-called hostage looked to be an middle-aged man, with greying and receding hair, matching his thick moustache and short trimmed beard, he was also quite thin in statue.

His face seemed to be caked in dirt, but it also looked slightly red, maybe sun burnt? But how would he manage that when he apparently was always sporting one of the hideously gruesome masks. He had an bandage taped to his left side, interesting.

He let out an unimpressed scoff when he layed eyes on her.

"My names Nat." She layed on the southern charm, thickly. "A lil birdy told me you got some pretty clever intel that I wanna know, we can either do this the easy way, or the hard way." She scanned him with fake interest, "Somin tells me you like things hard, though, ain't that right?" She smirked.

"Must be a busy day, up there, if they got a lil thing like you down here." He laughed to himself. "We don't see much of your kind, anymore."

"My kind?" She raised a brow.

"Hunting season came and went a long time ago, all the prizes went the quickest, now, its just what's left, the last thing you can get your hands on, that ain't just about animals, lady."

"I don't know what you’re talking about, we only have the best around here." She shared. "No fighting for scraps. But you know I'm not down here to promote this place. Where is the horde?"

Suddenly the cat got his tongue.

"Hard way it is." She sighed, standing up and leaning towards him, she watched with an impressed grin as his eyes shamelessly looked down her top, she let him, only for a second, before she jammed her thumb into his injury, letting it bleed through the bandage, she pushed deeper as he cried out, attempting to nudge her away. "I'll stop, all you have to do is give me a place, then it'll stop."

"Lady, you ain't the prized prey, you the hunter." He told her.

Natalia looked over he shoulder, an amused glint in her eyes as she met blue iris's, that didn't share her sense of humour.

"But, if we were out there, I would take you like a bitch in heat." The man finished.

Gabriel was quick to move himself in front of Daryl, seemingly "accidently" purposely block his movement, as Natalia sat back, lifting up her left hand, taking in the rings on her finger, before taking them off. "You like?" She asked her victim, switching hands. "They're from my husband, just too bad I'm right handed." She then threw all her force into throwing a punch that would break his nose, and the satisfying crack that followed, confirmed that.

"Ugnh!" The sound that came as he smacked the concrete floor, then, as he gathered the strength to try and sit back up, she threw another, into his cheek, and then another.

"I have daughters, four, that live around here, so you understand why I can't tolerate that sorta language, have some respect." She told him, gently. "Babe, hand me that knife." She layed her hand out, her fingers than wrapped around the weight.

"I would never betray Alpha." The man started speaking. "She rescued me. She protects me. She loves me. She loves us all."

"But she's not gonna come looking for you, is she?" Natalia asked. "That's part of the rules, you separate from the pack, the pack move on, and you'll just be forgotten. I mean, that is what she did for her own daughter, right? Until she waged a war to come back and get her, seems like someone has a hierarchy."

"She sacrificed her own daughter for us." He shook his head.

"She killed Lydia?" Natalia whipped round at the voice of Carol, behind them, not at her house, with her kids.

"Uh huh." He nodded.

"Oh."

"She did." He "Confirmed.” "And I am willing to give my life for her."

Natalia watched the lightbulb go off in the woman's mind, before she darted off.

She rushed forward, handing the knife back to Daryl, before going after the woman, herself.

"Carol." She hissed, as they reached the stairs of their home. "Stop it."

"This ends now." Carol replied.

"You are not involving Lydia! You may have my husband at your beck and call, but you are gonna leave that girl the hell alone."

"He swallowed every ounce of Alpha's bullshit." Carol aggressively pointed at the jailcell door. "Every ounce."

"And I couldn't care less." Natalia shrugged.

"If he sees that Lydia's alive and well, and gets it that his great leader lied to him, then maybe that changes something." Her voice turned desperate.

"Please, Carol. Don't, just leave Lydia out of this, she is in my care, and just like my children, I'm going to do everything in my power to protect her and let her live a childhood, or what little she has left of it."

"Let her make up her own mind." Carol decided. "She's not your kid. This is the only way, and you know it." She sprinted up.

"Hey, you can't go in my house! That's breaking and entering, Carol!" She yelled, as she ran. How did Carol even know she was home?

Natalia had lost, Lydia decided to talk to the whisperer, show her face, for Henry, she had said, before sending Evie, who had also appeared, an apologetic look.

Except, when they had got back to the cell, Daryl was trying to usher them back out, they were only able to catch a glimpse of the two doctors sat behind the unmoving body of the whisperer, he was dead.

"I didn't do it." She called, as she was pushed out. "I gotta go check on my kids." She grumbled, stomping towards her house.

"Should clean up your hand, too." Carol called after her.

"Two birds, one stone, Carol." She replied, entering her house.

The kids were sat at the table, Evie was with them.

"Hey, Mom. Kid's fevers came down, so thought Bambi would enjoy sitting at a real table to eat dinner." Evie smiled at her, but then her eyes bulged at the bloody mess that was her mothers knuckles.

"Mommy! You're hurt!" Daisy gasped.

"What happened?" Bambi asked.

"Oh, just work." She shrugged. "Are my babies feeling better?"

"Yeah, Aunt Carol made us drink a red tea, it wasn't very nice, but she said we would die if we didn't drink it."

"She said that to you?" Natalia asked, anger flooding into her tone, as she walked towards the sink, to wash off the blood from her hand. "Where's Archie?"

"Carol dropped him off with Rosita, she's feeling better too, so thought she might want the company, and so he wasn't stuck with us."

"Carol has some serious nerve." Natalia muttered under her breathe. “Eve's you busy." She gestured to her hand, but the teenager was already up searching for the supplies to properly treat it.

"Mom, come sit down, the girls can learn a thing or two." She ushed her mother to sit at the table, as the six year olds watched eagerly. "Y'know, the first medical treatment I gave, was to Dad." She smirked, looking at her younger sisters.

"Our Dad?" Daisy asked, her eyes swam with wonder, the same as her twins.

"Yeah, gave him stitches, and I was around your age, too."

"Cooool." The kids oohed.

“Eves, what happened to your own hand?” Natalia asked, looking at the girls knuckles, which looked a bit sore, themselves.

“Oh! Nothing, don’t worry about it.” Evie brushed off, pulling the sleeve of her sweatshirt down, covering her hand.

In the night, Siddiq was unfortunately the one to discover the mole inside the walls of Alexandria, it had been Dante, and upon this discovery, the man had killed him, to keep the secret, though Rosita hadn't known this, not until she walked in on the scene with a one year old in her arms.

She almost broke down in tears as she explained to the parents of Archie, how she fought, not just for her life, but for their son's, against Dante and an reanimated Siddiq, and how she hadn't let anything harm him.

And in other news, Carol had led Lydia out of Alexandria deep into the woods, where they had ran into Aaron, that was before a whisperer had spotted the girl, realising the truth of her existence, fleeing the scene, and it was at that moment Lydia had connected the dots on what her place was in Carols scheme, the “help” she needed, causing the girl into also leaving, refusing to not come back.

Natalia bounced her baby on her hip, reassuring her friend, as Daryl beat the ex-doctor, who was actually an whisperer.

"Hope that hurts." He spat, shaking his hand, moving to stand beside Natalia.

"It doesn't matter." Dante said, spitting out blood onto the infirmary floor. "None of this matters. Watch enough people get incinerated, devoured alive, you see how ridiculous it is getting attached to ourselves. But knowing that sets you free." He smiled.

"Is that what you're doing? Setting us free?" Carol entertained him.

"If you learn that lesson, it'll only help you."

"What, so we can be more like you?" Daryl asked.

"Accept the future." He raised a brow, smiling at the man, as he stepped away from his wife and child, lighting an cigarette.

"Why put him through all that hell in the barn just to kill him months later? I-I can't see an ideology behind that." Gabriel pressed.

"I liked Siddiq. "

"Oh, you liked him?" Rosita scoffed.

"He wasn't part of the plan." Dante whispered. "But he found out who I was, so I had no choice."

"What plan?" Carol asked him.

"Encourage your paranoia about us... which will push you into bad decisions. Places like this are cruel promises to their people and they crumble at the smallest nick. Hell, I'm gonna enjoy watching you rip each other apart over what to do with me. Just like with Negan." He winked at the Dixons.

"Easy, we're gonna kill you." Natalia spoke up for the first time. "You ain't no Negan, honey, and there ain't no one around who's gonna sympathise with you, not a single soul, after what you've done, you're the enemy, and now, we have a face to put to the hysteria."

"We helped you." Rosita was still trying to wrap her head around the betrayal.

"Why?" Dante asked. "'Cause you wanted another doctor around? You got something from me, too. Don't pretend you didn't." He grinned, shaking his head.

Rosita begun cursing in Spanish, pacing behind him.

"No one is actually kind. We are selfish. We are brutal. Come on, that's why she's been using her time popping out all these kids, during all this, I was trying to do the both of y'all a favour, I hear boys are always the hardest to raise." He nodded at Archie, but Rosita had kicked him to the ground, hard, ending his monologue about the near murder of Archie Dixon.

She then stormed out of the door that Aaron had just happened to be walking through.

"He's been here four months." Aaron had reminded, during their debriefing on what to do about the situation. "How didn't I know?"

"None of us did." Daryl said, his way of trying to comfort the man.

"We all ate together. Talked about training the militia. He treated Gracie." He choked up.

"You can't do that to yourself." Carol told him.

"Hey." Natalia layed an hand over his. "He treated mine, too, I sat with him, had conversations, you're not the only person who could've or should've spotted him, We especially can't do anything about it now, we do not cause or fault ourselves for other people's actions, we can't do that, it is not our responsibility."

"All we can do now, is figure out what's going on." Daryl gave his opinion, seating himself on top of the counter.

"Mary, the Whisperer I've been talking to, um, told me where Alpha is keeping the herd."

Daryl and Carol both jumped at this, eager to know more, but Natalia took her hand back, placing it to her forehead as she prayed for strength, with a heavy sigh.

"Just over the border, on their side. It's this sunken field. On the edge of the natural forest."

"We can leave right after the funeral." Carol suggested.

"We?" Natalia scoffed. "He said it's on their side, not our business, not our problem. Besides, it really wouldn't hurt to have some compassion, Siddiq is dead."

"You wanna do nothing?" Carol asked.

"Lydia's still gone." Daryl reminded.

"Oh, yeah, because Carol let her go!"

"We don't even know what that means yet." Daryl continued.

"Alpha doesn't know that." Aaron whispered. "With Dante locked up in a cell, she never has to."

"We ain't gonna talk about how this is probably an ambush?" Daryl asked.

"Well, the baby that Connie rescued, apparently that's Mary's nephew. She wants to see him."

"Hell no" Natalia put her foot down.

"I don't think she's lying." Aaron told her.

"Alright. Get a group from Hilltop and meet us there. Second we're done, we're going looking for the girl." Daryl ordered.

"Yeah. I'll radio them. Maybe they can get the news to Michonne, too."

"Alright."

Aaron then left the house, and Carol followed, but Daryl stopped her.

"Hey. Why don't you stay here? I'll go." He said.

"What?" Natalia stood up, facing him.

"Why?" Carol asked.

"You gonna tell me what really happened out there?" He glanced at Natalia, before facing Carol again.

"I told you. Lydia didn't want to come back. I couldn't make her."

"Because you scared her."

"Nat, you weren't there!" Carol snapped at her.

"Hey! Her being here protects us. You know that.

"So, that's it for her now, to be our shield? Just lock her up again? I showed one of Alpha's people that their leader lied to them, and that's good for us. We can push on their wounds, too."

"Oh, of course, yeah, because keeping her behind these walls and keeping her safe is unfair to the young girl, so that she can actually have a chance of growing up, but using her as an tactic is fair game, right?" Natalia mocked.

"Bottom line is, you should have told us." Daryl moved on before the two women could get into it.

"I'll help you look for her, but I don't think she wants to be found." Carol shared.

"Are we talking about her, or are we talking about you?" Daryl pressed.

But she didn't give an response, instead left their house without another word.

"I'll go get the kids ready for the funeral, then, I'm going to take a shower, you can either help me or go chase after her." Natalia told him, heading upstairs.

It was silent for a half a minute, then the sounds of heavy steps moving towards the stairs alerted her of his decision.

The pair worked together to get the twins as well as RJ, washed, dressed, teeth and hair brushed, as well as reminding them on manners and funeral behaviour expectations, it was a lot, and it was a hard conversation on why people had suddenly begun dying so often, when neither child had experienced it since the new people had joined their lives.

Evie was already out, with no other Doctor in the community, she had volunteered to take on the rounds and to do house calls for all the people who had got sick from the infected water, most of them were already on the mend, luckily, but Carol's special tea was helping.

When they quietly opened Archies room, he was playing with his blocks, curiously, as though he was trying to work out a specific pattern for them to be stacked.

The couple leaned against the doorway as they watched, taking in their youngest child, Daryl glanced at his wife, hearing a small sniffle from her, noticing the tears that welled up in her eyes, the sad expression on her face as she watched their baby.

"He's alright." He murmured, tapping the back of her hand with his own.

"We almost lost him, Daryl, we almost-" She choked up, screwing her eyes shut, tightly. "I knew something was off about that guy, I felt it in my gut, and I just left it alone, that's not me, I never make a mistake, not like that, but-- and Henry, I saw her, I spoke to her at that fair, I knew it was her and I ignored it, now, Carol is going to get herself killed for revenge, and you, and it's all my fault" She dug her fingers through her hair, pulling at it with frustration.

"Hey, hey, come on." He grabbed her wrists, stopping her as he walked backwards, towards their room, shutting the door.

"It's all my fault, this is all my fault, Henry wouldn't be dead, Tara and Enid wouldn't be dead! And I haven't done anything to do anything! Our friends are dead and I did nothing to prevent it! Now, Archie was almost eaten, eaten alive by Siddiq, the doctor who helped me with the twins, who Carl risked his life to save, I mean, the irony in it all." She laughed with horror.

"Nat, stop, just breathe." He sat on their bed, bringing her to stand between his legs, rubbing her arms up and down, trying to get her to concentrate on him instead of breaking down and snapping. "Archie is safe, alright, he's fine and alive and I've checked him over, Rosita's checked him over, so has Evie and you've already done it about five times, he didn't get bit, he's gonna be fine, and he's too young to even remember last night."

"That's not the point, Daryl!" She raised her voice. "I could have prevented it even happening, I could have prevented all of this, but I didn't."

"You couldn't have done anything." He held her tightly, trying to get her to come off of it. "There's nothing that you could've done, you didn't know, but you know now, that's what matters."

"If,... If I never killed that guy... If I never killed those guys, that day... Glenn would still be here-"

"Nat, stop it!"

"Glenn would still be here, then Maggie wouldn't of made me distract Michonne, she wouldn't of tried to kill Negan, and the bridge never would of exploded, Rick would still be here, and none of this would happen, because Rick would've known what to do, he would've known what to do, and this wouldn't be happening, then Henry wouldn't be dead, and Carol wouldn't be going nuts, and they wouldn't all be dead, but they are, and it's because of me that they are, I can't keep anyone alive."

"Natalia, listen ta me-"

"Do you regret having the kids?" She seemed to have awoken from her self-deprivation.

"What?" He looked at her, he wasn't sure if he should be stumped or angry at her question.

"Just, our lives would be so much easier if we didn't have them, and I'm not saying that we shouldn't of had them, cause we never planned them, that was all your fault, okay, my body just bakes like it's supposed to do, but you're the one who gave it the ingredients, but I just mean, like what if there was another world in which we didn't have kids, so we could just focus on ourselves, and maybe we wouldn't be so preoccupied and less people would have died because of it, which is kinda funny if you think about it, but totally morbid, y'know, like take a life, leave a life... well, birth a life, but then there's reincarnation, we have three kids, a lot of people have died because of me, but out of those people, three of them could be our kids, but then what if it turns out that it's one of the bad people I've killed, instead of the good people, like what if one of them is Harley, now that would be bad-"

"Natalia! Shut up! Just stop talking, damn." He could barely keep up with her talking 100MPH, but he was catching bits of it here and there. "Just... just shut up, we're gonna be late for Siddiq's funeral." He slightly nudged her away from him, getting up from the bed and walking out of the room, slamming the door behind him.

Natalia look a deep breath in, then exhaled, before moving to have a quick shower, before getting ready, building herself back up.

"I remember this passage from my studies. Written by a scholar centuries ago who was trying to understand the impossible." Gabriel told the crowd at Siddiq's grave. "Let me live if life is better for me and take my life if death is better for me." He had surrendered himself to fate because his world defied logic. Defied justice." He walked towards the mound of dirt, throwing a handful on top of Siddiqs cocooned body. "We created you from it... and return you into it... and from it we will raise you a second time." With every pause, he threw another handful. "Evelyn... would you like to share some words?" Gabriel looked to the girl, who was stood with the Gage boy, who had a bruised cheek, but no one cared to ask about it. "You probably spent the most time with him, than all of us."

Evie looked around, as the people waited for her to speak, she then turned to her parents, who gave an encouraging smile along with an nod.

She then stepped forward, clearing her throat.

"Uhm... I met Siddiq when I was only seven years old, which means, Carl Grimes had risked his life ten years ago for him. And Siddiq never let himself forget it. Because since before Uncle Rick allowed him into our community, he was already pushing himself to help in any way he could, it didn't matter who you were, he just wanted to help, no matter what..." She let herself peer into the grave. "Siddiq was my mentor, but he wasn't my first mentor, no...but... he didn't even know me and he saw my potential, he never left me out despite my age, either... I mean, the man was teaching me fractions the same time he was showing me the proper way of how to amputate a limb." She laughed with watery eyes.

"Boy am I thankful you could both multi-task." Joe, the amputee from the story commented, earning a chorus of laughter.

"Then he was teaching me how to read blood, and what it could mean, that's how I found out a certain person was having twins, yet he failed to share that it was my own mother." She earned another chuckle, and a small smile from Natalia, the twins were looking up at her realising that they were their mothers twins. "Siddiq was a person who was full of light, he was a person for the people, he was fearless, he never had to prove to us that Carl Grimes sacrifice wasn't a waste, because that was just Siddiq, that was just who he was, and we dall have many thanks to give..." She then crouched down, picking up a handful of dirt. "I'm going to miss you, Siddiq." She said, lowly, before dropping the handful.

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𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 @witchthewriter

-͟͟͞☆ want a ship?

-͟͟͞☆ I ship you with Natasha Romanoff! I think Nat would understand you so well, and I appreciate all the quiet moments with you. She admires your intuitive nature, and you appreciate the fact that she'll never push you in a way that makes you uncomfortable. Nat is there to help you when you won't ask for it, and you too will be the Willow x Tara of the Avengers.

-͟͟͞☆ Headcanons:

Nat 100% loves having her cards read

Everytime she goes on a mission, she brings you back a new book for your evergrowing library

-͟͟͞☆ Tropes:

sunlight (you) x dark clouds (nat)

looks like they could kill you x cinnamonroll

-͟͟͞☆ Playlist:

under your spell buffy cast recording

season of the witch lana del rey ver.

gold rush taylor swift

songbird fleetwood mac

the only exception paramore

-͟͟͞☆ I ship you with Dorian! I almost put you with Aedion but I feel like Dorian would understand your spiritual nature more. Additionally, picture all the cute book/date nights you guys can have together! Dorian appreciates someone who is smart and passionate, and you are exactly that.

-͟͟͞☆ Headcanons:

I mentioned book date nights right? don't be surprised when Aelin shows up and crashes the whole event

Remember that Dorian has his whole pack of dogs? Well you have for sure adopted many of them (and he's reluctantly let you)

-͟͟͞☆ Tropes:

friends to lovers

bookworm x popular guy

-͟͟͞☆ Playlist:

labyrinth taylor swift

fade into you mazzy star

iris goo goo dolls

little talks of monsters and men

all i really want alanis morisette

-͟͟͞☆ I ship you with Elain! When I read your hobbies/likes, I knew immediately who would be perfect. Elain is still coming into her own, but you're someone who will nurture and encourage her to come out of her shell. You two definitely stay at home, baking and listening to the sounds of Velaris outside. Elain understands your heart perfectly, and relates to your intuitive nature.

-͟͟͞☆ Headcanons:

you two love to take naps after a long day of hanging out in the garden.

when you guys can't fall asleep, you'll take turns sharing stories that you've either made up or read.

-͟͟͞☆ Tropes:

green thumb x one who kills plants (you)

girl(s) next door

-͟͟͞☆ Playlist:

banana pancakes jack johnson

just like heaven the big bright (cover)

cardigan taylor swift

tee shirt birdy

sweet nothing taylor swift

#ships #i ship you #ship exchange #match exchange #natasha romanoff #black widow #natasha romanoff ship #marvel #marvel ships #acotar #a court of thorns and roses #acotar ship #throne of glass #throne of glass ship #dorian havilliard #elain archeron

[criticalrolo]

D&D Asks: Class, Nat 20, Initiative, Crit Fail

Class: What’s your favorite class to play?

I enjoy many of them but if I had to pick Just One, it's GOTTA be Wizard. the versatility... the Aesthetic... the Magic Flavor... it's got it all baby

Nat 20: What’s the most memorable RP scene you’ve been a part of?

So many extremely good ones, because of the incredibly talented people I play with. An absolute highlight was from the gestalt campaign I DMed, where we got to RP the paladin voluntarily letting her eyes get burned out of her skull in exchange for the chance to rescue a Congregation of Corrupted Angels, and then right after that, the druid used his one time use Divine Wish to give her blindsight, as a thank you for resurrecting his Moon God the session before with HER Divine Wish. god that campaign was good

Initiative: What’s an RP scene you’re looking forward to playing?

OH in my most recent session as Sigrun, we finally found her mom Astridr after she'd been missing for a few years!! Turns out she's allied with the raiders that killed Sigrun's clan, kidnapped her (cannot wait to hear how she talked her way into working with them), and also captured Sigrun's partners. SO. Im excited to see how THAT aftermath goes next session :) The DM says im gonna eventually get a cool weapon that does thunder damage and counts for sneak attack though so that's another thing im VERY much looking forward to

Crit Fail: Have you ever had a character death? What happened?

I'm trying to remember how many characters I've ever have fully die... is it JUST Iris? I think it might be just Iris. that's so strange because I play so fast and loose with my HP and am constantly on the verge of death but rarely actually tip into Im Dying territory

She was trying to stealth in a window to spy on the Aasimar Mafia and she got shanked so good she died INSTANTLY. fortunately the sorcerer she forced to be her new best friend was a divine soul and brought her back to life <3

[faarkas]

15 questions for 15 mutuals

tagged by the lovely @rosebarsoap to do this lil game and I'm trying to be better about doing my tags sooo.

saying that I am already late and everybody has been tagged so. I shan't tag anybody my apologies,

1. are you named after anyone?

Naur but I have a middle name that is also my aunts middle name. :3

2. when was the last time you cried?

Like PROPER cried??? genuinely no idea. I used to cry really easily but for a long time its been literally 3 tears and then the rest just suck back up. I get choked up really easy but no tears allowed. On that note the latest season of queer eye has been hitting so hard. everybody go watch.

3. do you have kids?

no and I don't ever want them. I love kids I feel a drive to protect them and I'll babysit any day but I would be an absolutely terrible mother I'm too anxious and like. hot headed to have one of my own. Also a lot of my health issues are genetic and I wouldn't want to put anybody through that.

4. do you use sarcasm a lot?

uhhh maybe?? probably?? idk ask nat. or my mother. I try to be sarcastic in a dry funny way and not like an overly mean way. does not mean i always succeed tho :/

5. what sports do you play/have you played?

I've worked with horses for... 18 years?? so. heh. didn't want to or have the money to do anything else after i got involved with them.

6. what’s the first thing you notice about other people?

Like. body language. and then eyes. theres so much u can learn about people just by the way they hold themselves yk

7. eye colour?

brown. >:)

8. scary movies or happy endings?

happy endings. i need joy in my life. I like Some kind of spooky movies the older I get but largely I just want something chill. the like 1995-2012 romcom era is my heaven. CAN WE START RLY BRINGING THOSE MOVIES BACK PLEASE!

9. any special talents?

?? idk ig I know how to pull hay and get it off wagons quickly. I can look at like a solid wall of hay bales and go Yeah THATS the one that needs to come out and then either I or my friend will pull it and it'll bring half the wall down. we call it hay jenga but the goal is to get as much down as possible as fast as possible

10. where were you born?

west coast canada. do not live there anymore tho i swapped coasts :(

11. what are your hobbies?

writing, gaming, modding, sewing, giffing, baking, bothering all my mutuals, riding,,,,I am a jack of creative trades

12. do you have any pets?

two ponies, a big ass dog, and 4 cats. two of which are maine coons so. big ass cats. when u see me crowing about eric and iris in the tags of a post...i am talking about them :))

13. how tall are you?

5 foot. maybe 5'1". tiny. literally on saturday one of the moms at the barn bought a new western saddle cover and was like hilary u could fit in this jump in and i honestly think I might have been able to.

14. favourite subject in school?

i really did not enjoy school tbh im rly not an academic but maybe history.

15. dream job?

the answer to this question has evaded me for nearing 24 years. at one point in time (age like. 4-11) i would have KILLED to be a thoroughbred jockey but nowadays...idk man. if I could do something with horses that would be great. thats my one true skillset baby but mein health....

#this is so horse centric oh my god #hil.txt #tagged #ty rosie <333

[saiilorstars]

Introducing New OC » Natalie Eveleigh

↳

“I don’t need much. I’m a simple girl, really,” Natalie had said ever-so-casually that it made her friends laugh in her face. “What?” she said, not finding any of them funny.

“Natalie, you are far from a ‘simple girl’,” Barry said, trying (and failing) to hide his laugh behind his hand. “You were literally created on a bus. There was nothing simple about that.”

“At your hand.” Natalie didn’t find him remotely amusing.

“Their hand,” Barry pointed the blame at Cisco beside him.

“Whatever,” shrugged Cisco, “Nats, you do 180′s all the time.”

“180s?” Natalie repeated, confused.

“One moment, you’re watching whatever new series you’re fixated on and then the next you’re conjuring up defenses against every frikin power thrown at you.”

“Don’t forget the big peanut butter jar on the side for both occasions,” Barry added.

Natalie wondered how upset Caitlin and Iris would be if she broke that “try to be nice” thing they talked to her about earlier in the day. “See, this is why I like Ralph better than both of you,” she spat with a huff.

“Far from simple and crazy,” Cisco declared. Barry hummed his agreement. 

Natalie groaned. “I hate both of you. Don’t be surprised if the next trial I have to prosecute is one of your murders.”

- Natalie’s Masterlist

Taglist: @arrthurpendragon @anotherunreadblog​ @maaaaarveeeeel​ @stareyedplanet @antonybridgertons

#ocappreciation #ocfairygodmother #arrowverseocs #fd: the flash #the flash #barry allen #barry allen fics #the flash fics #the flash imagines #arrowverse ocs #arrowverse fics #arrowverse imagines #oc: natalie eveleigh #fic: in the moment

[thatnattyice]

Nat's 90s Mixtape:

"There She Goes" - The La's (1990)

"Wannabe" - Spice Girls (1996)

"No Scrubs" - TLC (1999)

"Always Be My Baby" - Mariah Carey (1995)

"Tearin' Up My Heart" - *NSYNC (1997)

"Torn" - Natalie Imbruglia (1997)

"Kiss Me" - Sixpence None the Richer (1999)

"This Kiss" - Faith Hill (1998)

"C'est La Vie" - B*Witched (1998)

"Man! I Feel Like A Woman" - Shania Twain (1997)

"Friday I'm In Love" - The Cure (1992)

"The Boy Is Mine" - Brandy and Monica (1998)

"Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls (1998)

"...Baby One More Time" - Britney Spears (1998)

"Something to Talk About" - Bonnie Raitt (1991)

#hfrpversus

[cyberthreatgame]

Check out this article I wrote about #CyberThreat's latest update video! There's more info on new characters, activities, and development going forward!

#screenshotsaturday #jrpg #lifesim #pridejolt

👇 Click here to read more! 👇

CyberThreat - 2022 Development Update & Recap Video

Kept you waiting, huh?

Welcome one and all to another CyberThreat development update post! A lot has changed since you last saw CyberThreat, so let's jump straight into some of this update’s highlights!

New Characters & Updated Scenarios

CyberThreat’s dialogue system and tools have been vastly improved and expanded upon, with further room to grow still. New improvements and additions include:

Tutorial System

Text Messages

Procedural & Randomized Dialogue

Spline Movement

Dialogue Log

While these additions may not seem groundbreaking, they have massive potential for how they can be utilized, which would really enhance the experience. For example, if you’re friends with a character, you’ll start to receive messages from them asking to hang out, depending on the stage of your relationship. Or if you’re talking to another character in the overworld, their dialogue may differ each time you speak with them during the same day cycle.

Another improvement to the scenarios and overworld is the inclusion of a new Silhouette spawning system. Also utilizing Spline Movement, backgrounds are more alive feeling than ever as NPCs are able to do more than just walk in a straight line, and if they wander too close to the action or player, they start to fade out so not to interfere with the scene as it plays out. Coupled with randomized colors and animations/props, this new approach helps sell the living world that bit more.

CyberThreat features 25+ major characters for you to meet, date and hang out with over the course of the game, but there are also a lot of minor characters that have been added that still play a big part in filling out the world. Characters such as new teachers, students, civilians, and more! Some of the new characters include:

Detective Valeria Rodriguez: One of the best detectives in the Edendale police department. She can be seen heading up cases separate to the serial disappearance case. She can seem tough as nails, but has a soft spot beneath her rough exterior. She has a tattoo of a bouquet of roses on her forearm, in honor of her wife who loves them.

Shady Guy (aka: Jack M.): A dealer of imported foodstuffs, including some that aren't exactly legal... However, they do pack quite a punch when it comes to stat boosts in Cyberspace! He can't stay in one place for too long, so he only shows up in Edendale every other week to offer his wares.

Mr. Cal: A touring street magician who travels coast to coast performing in various spots. He shows up in Edendale once a week for the player to meet with and offer them a chance to test their luck (and perhaps even increase it!).

Darius Keon: Edendale High’s young gym teacher and “track ‘n’ field” coach! He harbors a fierce passion for athletics and fitness, and hopes to inspire that same love in his students. The player can choose to train with him after school to fortify their “AGI” (Agility) stat.

And that’s not even including Kidlat, Jesse, Isaac, Hillary, Iris, Arturo, Nat, Enrique, Adia, Eagle Canyon, and of course the teaser at the end… Soren. There really is a character for everyone! Each has their own story and personality, I’m excited to share more about them in future.

Updated UI & Presentation

Another update, another UI iteration! The UI has been updated to give a more clean, computer-like feel.

The game’s main color palette has been settled on too, being a mix of deep blues and white. This definitely helps sell the modern-day vibe, and gives the game a unique look and feel to match its themes.

There will no doubt be further tweaks and iterations on the UI of course, but it’s certainly reaching a more polished state with each new version. I’m hoping to add more animated elements and transitions in future, so keep an eye out for that!

A related improvement in the field of accessibility options, is the ability to toggle on response hints for dialogue choices. This will be iterated on to make it even easier for people to make the choices they want, especially if they have a hard time making decisions in RPGs like this. Keep an eye out as I'll be sharing more as the feature is refined!

New Weapons, Costumes & Enemies

If there’s one thing that I can CyberThreat can go toe to toe with Fortnite over, it's costume count! There will be plenty of unlockable cosmetics included in the base game! There are plenty of new costumes and weapons this update, with the key highlights being:

Kaori’s Gauntlets:

CyberThreat’s resident bruiser finally has visible weapons! These come in the form of gauntlets on each wrist, adding to the strength of her punches.

Weapons for all:

Every character has more weapons available to them, including Thornblade, Frostbite, Runic Sword, Blunderbuss, and more!

Costumes for all:

Every character has unique costumes, such as Zia’s Ninja costume. There are also some costume sets that will allow for some slick coordination! Who said Virus slaying couldn’t be done in style?

This update comes with a big boost to the roster of enemies in the game! Some of the new Virus variants include:

Satana

Natas

Crouching Yeti

File Spider

BAT

Anubis

Cerberus

Burger

& More!

While some of the Viruses shown off are still a work in progress, they’re a great base to iterate on and make them even more eye-catching in future. For an RPG like this, variety is crucial, and there are many more virus designs still in the pipeline! There will also be a focus on making sure they all feel balanced when the time comes, and that their behavior is varied enough that they feel different from each other in each fight.

Another feature implemented, but not shown in the update video, is the inclusion of “Corrupted Viruses”, powerful and unpredictable viruses which prove a challenging, but rewarding experience. More on those later!

New Activities

Expanding on the Fishing minigame shown previously, CyberThreat now has even more side activities for you to engage in! These include:

Cooking

A simple minigame where you have to get the cursor close to the center repeatedly within the time limit. Depending on your score, you can get 3 different quality versions of the same dish (Poor | Normal | Excellent) !

Gardening

A passive minigame where the player can grow fruits and vegetables over a number of ingame days. Seeds can be bought from different vendors in the game.

Find the Ball

This one spawned out of testing new extensions to the games dialogue system, namely the Randomized Dialogue and the Spline Movement. It’s a classic game of selecting the cup you think has the ball in it, where you can win in-game currency and increase your “LUC” (Luck) stat!

There are planned improvements to these minigames which will boost the level of engagement value in time, such as being able to unlock new recipes when the player buys a better oven, or being able to water their plants to increase their expected yield.

Other activities in the game will include:

Hanging out with Contacts

Going to the Arcade/Coffee/Cinema/etc. to increase your contact level.

Extra curricular lessons and activities

Music lessons/Jogging practice/Science experiments/etc. to increase certain stats.

Going on Dates

Spending time with a romantic partner boosts morale and leads to quicker stat increases for a period of time.

New Domains & Mechanics

The first new major change to the domains (dungeons) in CyberThreat is the addition of “Spybots”. These viruses roam around in Cyberspace and alert other viruses to the presence of intruders. These viruses then flock to the source of the alarm and a battle ensues. When you’re spotted, the Virus’s awareness of you goes up. If you are spotted 5 times in one domain visit, you will be forcefully ejected from the domain entirely, and time will progress. You won’t be able to return to the domain until the following day, so make sure not to be spotted!

Other improvements/additions include:

Corrupted Viruses:

Mentioned above, these viruses pack quite a punch compared to their non-corrupted counterparts. On top of being stronger, corrupted viruses can be unpredictable, and can perform hacks they wouldn’t usually. These encounters are high-risk, high-reward, as they also carry a lot more Cycoin than usual viruses!

Fixed Camera angles:

For maximum cinematic feel and dramatic effect in certain areas.

New Music

Finally, I had the pleasure of being able to work with another amazing composer on the game’s soundtrack. Dale North has composed 2 songs for the game, which includes the one heard in the latest update video. So far, CyberThreat has featured music by Strayfe, Van Reeves, Varien and now Dale!

What’s Next?

Currently I’m working at upgrading CyberThreat from using Unity 2019, to Unity 2020 and the Universal Render Pipeline, and I can immediately see an improvement to performance and graphical fidelity! More importantly, I find it’s helping me work towards my ideal art direction for the game, having more flexibility with the shader graph and other URP and Post Processing effects. I look forward to providing you with more updates on the upgrading process in future, as there’s still a lot to do!

I was also recently very fortunate to be accepted into the “Tentacle Zone Incubator Programme'' for 2022 as Aphelios! This is an amazing opportunity to grow and learn, and I hope to come out the other side having benefited greatly from it all!

Coming up:

Game jamming

Before jumping back into CyberThreat full time, I’m taking just a short amount of time to prototype and build some vertical slices of other projects, just to practice certain aspects of game design and flesh out some ideas, and then hopefully implement them back to CyberThreat.

GMTK Game Jam

I’ll be participating in the Game Maker’s Toolkit game jam again this year, which I hope will be a lot of fun and a good experience! Please stay tuned for a (hopefully!) fun game from it!

Chapter 2 Complete

Since the game has definitely reached a minimum viable playable state, the focus now will be on completing the cutscenes and content enough that the book can be closed on Chapter 2 (So to speak!)! I don’t expect this to take too long in its most basic form, the most time will be taken making sure it’s polished and presents the game in the best possible light. Up to Chapter 2 will be a nice vertical slice of what’s to come with the rest of the game! (And when the time comes, to any publishers/journalists, my inbox will be open…)

Demo release on Steam

Once Chapter 2 is ready… The public playable build will be shortly after! I plan to add some additional modes to help show off the game for this though, since the game opens up a lot more after Chapter 2 is finished. Things like a random battle mode, some side story content, etc. to help give a glimpse into the full experience the game provides.

I have an internal date set for this, ideally it will be before, or align with the next Steam Next Festival, or equivalent if possible. Either way I’m eager to get the game in your hands sooner rather than later, so I can hear your feedback on what is, and isn’t working!

Manga scenes

I’ve been working with a fantastic artist on some CyberThreat artwork behind the scenes, and they’re keen to work on more CyberThreat promo artwork, including manga styled excerpts based on the game’s story and characters! Stay tuned for more on that!

Thanks for Reading!

Thank you so much for your interest and for reading this far! CyberThreat is still a solo developed and funded venture, so your support means the world! If you don’t already, please follow CyberThreat on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, as it really helps get the word out about the game! And join in over on Discord, we'd be delighted to have you!

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Thanks again, and Happy Pride month one and all!

Conor

https://gamejolt.com/p/check-out-this-article-i-wrote-about-cyberthreat-s-latest-update-v-uhnquxs5

#cyberthreat #jrpg #lifesim #pridejolt #screenshotsaturday

[bisluthq]

Wtf is she giving an interview about?

Being rich and hot lol.

#nat talks Iris

[ashintheairlikesnow]

hmmm can vampires get sick? maybe sick vampire chris thinking Jake is gonna pull out or file down his fangs? or just thinking Jake’s gonna hurt him?

CW: Sick whumpee, vampire whumpee, blood drinking, vague implications of past sadistic/creepy whumper, dehumanization, vague tooth/mouth whump (nothing direct, but aftermath)

Sort of a sequel to this piece, part of the Vampire Chris AU

"What hurts?" He keeps his voice low, and carefully doesn't hesitate before he lays a hand over the vampire's forehead. Of course it feels lukewarm, room temperature, but he still goes through the motions of feeling for a fever. It's muscle-memory, instinct, and he keeps forgetting Chris is dead.

He has been dead for a long time, if his occasional comments on what sounds like Prohibition are true.

"Bones," Chris whimpers, twisting where he lays in Jake's bed. There's a bright flush in his cheeks from the blood he'd drained from the two men who broke into the house. Those odd eyes glitter, overbright. "My... m'bones hurt, Jake."

His mouth opens, pulling air in over his tongue and down his throat in soft pants, and Jake is reminded that vampires don't sweat. Not the same way, anyway, although with enough blood they can, in thin sheens of pink-tinged liquid that are even more alarming than their tears.

His fangs are visible this way, razor-sharp canines that come down further than the rest of his teeth, a brighter white than all the others from being pulled and regrowing so many times.

Jake swallows against his nervousness, brushing hair away from the vampire's forehead. His slit pupils are dilated, taking up too much of the iris, and he tells himself that Chris is as scared as he is of the instincts that drive him, barely understands them.

Vampires aren't animals - but when they don't understand themselves, they act like it sometimes.

"Do you think maybe those guys were on something? Like, a drug maybe?" He pets through Chris's hair, fingercombing his hair, and watches Chris's eyes flutter closed.

It's hard not to feel more than a little reassured not having to look at them any longer. Which makes him feel guilty, considering this not-a-kid kid just beat up people for hurting him.

Killed them, his brain whispers. Killed them like he could kill you.

"May, maybe," Chris mumbles, and pants again.

His gums seem oddly dark, where normally they're pale, and Jake frowns. He wishes now he knew more about vampire physiology, that he'd paid more attention in class when they took the safety courses on how to avoid them.

There's not exactly a class on caring for one - not unless you can afford to purchase them outright.

"Well, when you were-... uh, before you found us... did you ever feel like this?"

Chris's eyes blink slowly back open and he nods. "Sometimes. My, my, my, my-... someone would, um, take something before, before the party, and I'd..." He groans and shudders. Jake can see the pain move through his body as he trembles nearly violently. "I'd feel like, like, like this after... for hours..."

"Okay. So... probably you just have to let this get worked out of your system, right? Or... is there a medicine?"

"No... just... just drink more." Chris looks up at him, eyes so wide and sad and scared and hurting, and grabs onto his wrist with one hand. Those cool fingers are never not a little startling, colder than the air around them, than the rest of his body.

Vampires have poor circulation, Jake knows, even when they're filled up on a fresh meal. He's seen Chris heal his own wounds before with his tongue, had him explain that they don't heal on their own with time if they're on hands or feet.

"Chris-"

"You, you, you, you-... can, um, you can take my teeth after. You can. I'll hold still. I'll, I'll be good." Chris's plea is barely a whisper.

His nails, which must have been a little too long when he was killed and turned, dig painfully into Jake's wrist in his desperation.

"I'll be so, so, so so so so good, Jake. So good for you, and then, you can, you you you can take my teeth-... Sir always liked it, it makes me me me cry, we we cry blood, Sir liked to take photos of it-"

"Sssshhhh. Hush, Chris." Jake's mind races. There are others in the house, but-... he can't ask them to give up blood to Chris. They've already taken over cleaning the blood up from the hardwood floor. Nat's already dealt with talking to the cops and the EMTs and the coroner before the bodies were taken away. They already handled hiding Chris in a false-backed closet while Jake was interviewed by police officers who looked interested and excited,, not disturbed.

It's not every day you see a vampire attack, after all.

Mostly they're under control, kept on leashes and muzzled like dangerous dogs, the property of rich celebrities looking for novelty in a world where they already have everything. The few ferals are killed pretty fast.

Or so everyone says.

Jake is starting to wonder if there are more vampires out there than he knows about.

The cops had even insisted on checking the attic, as if Chris was a bat they might find hanging upside down. That had been ridiculous, but it's not like Jake could say he knew better without being asked how he knew so much about them in the first place.

Oh, because we keep one like a stray fucking puppy. That wouldn't go over well.

He feels a little woozy from the adrenaline crash, and still aches from the bruised ribs where he was kicked around. His mouth aches from the duct tape they'd put over it, and he'd got a hell of a rash starting around his wrists. He's so exhausted he might collapse.

But... Chris really did show up right on time, and maybe saved his life.

Chris pulls Jake's wrist to his face, nuzzles into the inside of it against the pale blue veins that show through the thin skin. Jake shudders at the feeling, swallowing back a low-level disgust.

He wonders how old the teenager really is - he wonders that all the time.

"You c-can have my teeth, after," Chris whispers, lips moving against Jake's skin. "You can keep them. Sir used to, to, to keep them in a box and show m-me. Just, please, please help me feel better, Jake, please... It won't hurt."

Jake closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. "If it'll help... fine. But I'm not taking your teeth. They're yours."

"Thank you," Chris breathes out. "That's, that's, that's okay. I can still fix it for you. Thank you, Jake." His fangs slip back into Jake's skin as easily as a heated knife through warm butter.

The venom hits his bloodstream before the pain hits his nerves, and Jake feels himself slump over, head falling onto Chris's shoulder as all his limbs go dead.

It almost feels good, as his ribs stop aching, and the bruises stop throbbing on his skin. He can see why rich people love it as a party drug. You could drift in this place of perfect no-pain for a long, long time.

He feels only the wet movement of Chris's tongue, the shift of his fangs, the soft pressure of the other teeth pushing down. Chris purrs softly, drinking his blood like a kitten lapping milk.

It goes on and on, and for one terrifying second Jake thinks he's not going to stop until he's dead.

"Ch-... Chris-"

Those fangs slip suddenly out of his skin, the wet cool tongue licks rough over his wounds - closing them instantly.

The venom slowly fades, the aches and pains settling back into his body. Jake groans, feeling weak and exhausted.

Chris has to push him up off his shoulder, with unnatural strength moving him to lay on his side on the bed. Jake can barely keep his eyes open.

Chris, leaning over him, could rip his throat out and he couldn't even raise a hand to try and defend himself right now. Jake sees the body of the first dead robber behind his eyelids, the expression of horror written in eternal rictus in his expression, the blood down his shirt and puddled beneath him on the floor. The other man, fighting until he stopped, slumping until Chris had drained him to death.

"I feel better," Chris whispers, kneading at Jake's shirt briefly. "I, I, I feel so much better. Go to, um, go to sleep, Jake. I'll fix it so you're safe."

Jake can't even begin to understand what that means before he's already slid into something more like unconsciousness than actual sleep. The world around him simply goes black, and the last thing he feels is Chris pulling a blanket up to his chin.

The last thing he hears is those soft padding footsteps leaving the room.

When he wakes, he finds two fangs, pristine white with bloodied roots, sitting in a washcloth next to where his head lays on the pillow. he finds a pair of small pliers on the bathroom sink, with droplets of red around them.

The sun is shining outside the window, a bird singing loud enough to drive a drillbit into his head, and Chris is curled up asleep in the dark at the back of a closet, mouth slightly open.

Jake stares down at the empty spots where his fangs should be, and wonders if he's grateful, or horrified.

-

@burtlederp @finder-of-rings @endless-whump @astrobly @newandfiguringitout @doveotions @pretty-face-breaker @gonna-feel-that-tomorrow @boxboysandotherwhump @oops-its-whump @cubeswhump @whump-tr0pes @downriver914 @whumptywhumpdump @whumpiary @orchidscript @nonsensical-whump @outofangband

#vampire au #whump #chris the strawberry blond romantic #jake the shelter guy #vampire whump #vampire whumpee #caretaker and whumpee #whumpee turned caretaker #dehumanizaton tw #blood drinking tw #blood tw #mouth whump #tooth whump #all vague and implied and not direct but obvious nonetheless #creepy comfort #hurt/comfort #sick whumpee #sick whump #wow their relationship is way less healthy and creepier in this au huh #creepy comf #h/c #vampirism

[keepitsteadypod]

Keep It Steady Cast Announcements!

Ashton Reid as Zach

Ashton has been passionate about performing since childhood, when he would regale his family with full reenactments of playground antics. During high school, he worked in a variety of live theatre productions (both on and offstage) before taking a long hiatus to snag his degree in Supply Chain Management. With the grueling task of university behind him, he's excited to get back to the real work: playing pretend. In addition to acting, Ashton can be found writing, creating the occasional refrigerator-worthy work of art, and pretending to know how to cook. He is extremely excited to join the cast of Keep it Steady, and can be found on twitter at @VA_AshtonReid.

Chris Rivera as Gabe

Chris Rivera (he/they) is a NYC based actor, playwright, director and Associate Artistic Director of Turn to Flesh Productions. As an actor Chris has appeared in various New York productions including King Lear, The Bacchae, The Miss Longview Texas Drag Pageant, and Oh Holy Mother of Quique. Chris also appeared in their own plays, Gender of Attraction and Our Own Odyssey, and won the FUERZAFest's best supporting actor role for the latter.  Favorite regional theatre credits include leading roles in Compleat Female Stage Beauty, Phantom Tollbooth, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch for which they were named Best Actor in a Musical in the Houston Area Theater Awards. Chris currently coaches acting privately, and for the New York Film Academy. www.theactingchrisrivera.com

Ishani Kanetkar as Tori

Ishani Kanetkar (she/her) stumbled into voice acting halfway through a PhD program - and several years and a doctorate later, has completely failed to wander back out again. Among other audio drama appearances, you can hear her work on The Strange Case of Starship Iris, The Godshead Incidental, VALENCE, and Second Star to the Left, listen to her revisit the Lord of the Rings with two old friends on discussion podcast One Does Not Simply, and find her staring into the abyss on Twitter @ishanikanetkar and Tumblr @thevoicefromthestars.

Paige Alena as Leslie

Paige Alena is an LA-based actor, writer, comedian, and singer. She's originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, but moved to New York in 2016 to earn her BFA in Acting. After graduating, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in voice acting. Paige loves to create joy through her art and has a passion for making people laugh. She's a Leo, her favorite Arizona iced tea flavor is lemon, and she owns at least one mug with her own Tweet on it, but please don't hold that against her.

Regina Renée Russell as Krista

Regina is a New York based actress, writer and director. Originally hailing from the Bronx and a graduate of Cornell University (B.A. Theatre Arts) and East 15 Acting School in London (M.F.A Acting), Regina's favorite recent roles include: LCDR Talise Asherah: Primordial Deep, Trainee: Brimstone Valley Mall, Evelyn Wesley: Unwell a Midwestern Gothic Mystery, Lysistrata: Lysistrata, Lysander: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Helena: A Midsummer Night’s Charity Stream.

IG: reggirenee, Twitter: reginarenee594, Backstage: https://www.backstage.com/u/regina-renee-russell

Nat Razi as Ponni

Sophia Babai (they/them) is a disability rights activist, somatic coach, and freelance writer. Their writing was most recently featured in Autostraddle and the anthology BODY TALK, which was a School Library Journal Best Book of 2020. This is their first podcast and they’re so excited! Find them on Twitter @swingingstorm, TikTok @stormystoryteller, and Tumblr @masala-and-thunderstorms.

Perseus Rebelo as Andy

Perseus is a twentysomething from Toronto, Canada who can best be described as an everything enthusiast. He has performed in a number of theatre productions and short films. He also writes, reads, designs costumes, makes costumes, guides city tours, and plays an instrument or two. When he’s not doing all that, you can find him googling shark facts or taking pictures of clouds.

Nikki Paige as Mrs. Peterson

Nikki Page ages fish by day, but in her free time loves to act on stage and in audiodramas, dance hula, write books, and otherwise be part of creative chaos. She has a gangly uncoordinated greyhound named Bert and is followed by a murder of crows whenever they go walking together.

Kay Watson as the Morning Announcements

Kay Watson is a Boston-based actor and man about town. A life-long devotee of costumed shenanigans, she is also a Rennie, tabletop enthusiast, and Staff-Directed Player at Attaway Larp. Their voice can also be heard on The Strange Case of Starship Iris and Spirit Box Radio.

Also featuring

Stephen Indrisano as Eddie

Andy Emmerson as Mike

Ella Moira Seet as Melissa

#keep it steady podcast #keep it steady pod

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Show and Tell

Summary: Thor meets Reader, who is a Child of Zeus. There’s a bit of tension and showing off but in the end, they bond over a certain thing in common.

TW/CW: Spoilers for Trials of Apollo: The Burning Maze after the gif towards the end, Thor Odinson x Child of Zeus!Reader, a couple swear words.

Requested?: Nope

Word Count: 1,100

A/N: For the purposes of this imagine, Nat came back when Steve returned the Soul Stone. Also, there’s spoilers for Trials of Apollo: The Burning Maze towards the end so proceed with caution. If you don’t want to read the spoiler then don’t read past the gif towards the end. Anyways, writing this made me want to go reread all the PJO, HOO, and TOA books lol. As always, love to all, and the Requests are Open!

[You can read past this gif lol just not the next one also this is beautiful artwork!]

Your POV

     As I followed Nat out to the middle of the yard, I wondered yet again why Fury thought this the best place for me. When I asked him to put me somewhere useful, I expected something bigger and more bustling than a quiet compound in upstate New York. Although, at least this way I’m not too far from camp. Sure, it’s still an hour away but it’s closer than I had expected. The sunlight glints off the windows of the compound and the cloudless blue sky stretches forever in all directions as we finally reach the small group of heroes awaiting our arrival.

     Introductions are made and then Nat opens the floor for any questions, comments, or concerns. Sam is the only one with something to say, “You don’t look like the child of Zeus. You look like the emo kid that sits at the back of Peter’s science class.” I look down at my black oversized hoodie, ripped skinny jeans, and combat boots and realize he’s right but I’m too comfy in this outfit to change right now so instead, I prove my power by stretching out my hand and making a motion like I’m yanking something out of the sky which summons a lightning bolt.  

     With a satisfied grin on my face and a shocked expression on his I respond, “You should see how my cousin Nico dresses if you think this is emo.”

     A loud blast comes from behind me and I hear Nat swear, “Shit, he isn’t supposed to be back until tomorrow.” We both turn to find the Norse god of lightning, Thor, walking our way. Interested I wait as he approaches, “Ah you must be a friend of the man of spiders. How are you today?”

     Raising an eyebrow, I give Nat a look. She gives me an apologetic look, “Sorry, I didn’t exactly tell him you were coming yet. It’s not easy to figure out how to mesh two cultures.”

     I laugh softly, “Don’t worry. I understand how tough it can be. We had to figure out how to get along with the roman kids. I’m sure this will be no different.”

     “I’m sorry. I’m missing something here,” Thor interrupts.

     “Thor, this is (Y/N) child of Zeus. (Y/N), I’m sure you’ve already figured out that this is Thor, Norse god of lightning,” Nat introduces.

     I look up at Thor as he glares down at me, “Surely, a young child like you does not possess the power of Zeus.”  

     I roll my eyes and go to summon another lightning blast but Nat stops me, “Easy on the frying. Between the two of you, Tony is already rolling in his grave about the state of the lawn.”

     I sigh, “Fine, but why do people keep doubting me? If it were Jason instead of me, they wouldn’t doubt him for a second,” I say the last part more to myself than anyone else. Thor shifts on his feet and drops the hilt of his battle axe to the ground and props himself up on it with an amused grin plastered across his face. I raise an eyebrow, “I have one of those too you know.” With his look of doubt, I reach into the pocket of my jeans and take out a black drachma. I show it to Thor before tossing it into the air and catching the hilt of my sword as it comes down. Frustrated, I throw it back into the air, “Why do you always come up heads first?” Once the coin falls back into my hand, I toss it back up and this time I catch the hilt of my battle axe, and swing it around to rest it on my shoulders.

     “Mine was forged in the heart of a dying star and made of Uru. What about yours?” he asks with a hint of pride in his voice.

     “This was mined and forged in the Underworld and cooled in the River Styx. It’s Stygian Iron. You can say I’m Uncle Hades’ favorite niece,” I answer with my own bit of pride showing through. At this, Thor tosses his axe off to the side and it instantly returns to his hand. I do the same with mine and it returns just as quickly. Thor gives me an impressed look before summoning just enough of the Bifrost for me to see it. I shrug, “Unfortunately, mine doesn’t do that. I need to talk to Hermes and Iris about getting one though. It would make traveling so much easier.”

     Our little show and tell session is interrupted as Nat’s phone chimes. She looks at it and then at me, “You ready for a fight or do you want to sit this one out?”

     I look up at the sky and then at the ground and shrug. I summon another lightning blast but this one hits me and transforms my relaxed attire into battle armor. I look back at Nat, “I’m always ready for a fight.”

     The show and tell didn’t stop there. It seemed Thor was constantly showing off during the battle and I’ll admit, I was too. I was eager to show off my abilities and prove myself worthy of fighting amongst these heroes. I’d never gotten the chance to before like my younger brother and so many of his friends. With this new team, I was hoping to make my father proud but that’s a tough job to do.

[SPOILERS FOR TRIALS OF APOLLO: THE BURNING MAZE ARE AFTER THIS GIF, PROCEED WITH CAUTION. Also, this gif is so freaking cute!]

     The battle has been won now and we are heading back to the compound on the quinjet. Thor takes a seat beside me, “You mentioned a Jason earlier. I was just wondering who that is.”

     I sigh, “Technically, he was my younger brother, except he’s Roman and I’m Greek. He and a bunch of his friends battled all kinds of monsters and because of it, my father expects more of me. He died in battle.”

     “I had a younger brother too. He was a lot like you. He was always trying to prove himself to our father,” Thor says.

     “What happened to him?” I ask.

     “He died in an attempt to kill the mad titan Thanos. It is a very long story,” he says, looking down at the floor.

     “Ah, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to bring up any terrible memories.”

     “It is alright. We will meet again one day in Valhalla.”

     I nod, “I hope to see Jason in Elysium one day but I have to earn it first.”

     “You’re not so bad child of Zeus,” he says nudging my shoulder.

     “Neither are you son of Odin,” I respond with a laugh.

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