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running-with-the-feels · 4 months

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I will be doing that Kenshi character analysis when I have more free time (life's been hectic lately), but until then, please take my headcanons:

Kenshi chews hard candies. This is apparently a genetic trait since Takeda does the same thing.

Frost's real name is Morya (pronounced mori-ya) and she's Russian and Kazakh.

Her hair was also originally black but turned white with age. Which is a common thing for cryomancers, the fact that Kuai Liang has any black hair at his big age is nothing short of a miracle.

Sonya is a kleptomaniac and was a chronic shoplifter in her early teen years (a habit that took months to break). Nothing big just some snack food but she still finds herself pocketing things she's not supposed to.

Liu Kang's favorite song is One Week by Barenaked Ladies. If he's being honest, it kinda reminds him of his relationship with Kung Lao. (I have so many Liu Kang headcanons it's unreal but I'm going to limit myself to one for this ask)

This one's long:

Bi Han, before being kidnapped by the Lin Kuei, wanted to be an opera singer. He wasn't good at singing to start out, but one of his mom's friends worked at an opera house and was happy to give him free lessons. After being initiated into the Lin Kuei he was banned from indulging in hobbies as they were seen as meaningless. But he continued to practice if he had time on solo missions. He saw it as his own act of freedom/rebellion.

Then Hanzo tore his head off. As Noob he didn't even get to try, since the whole mind control business. Sometimes he'd find himself unconsciously falling back into old habits leading to people being unnerved when Noob fucking Saibot started hitting notes high enough to crack glass at them like some kind of horror movie.

Even after getting his humanity restored, his vocal cords were permanently damaged and pushing his voice too hard results in coughing fits, soreness, and losing his voice for days at a time. And when he does sing, it's strained and sometimes hurts. But if Bi Han's anything it's stubborn so he continues to "build up his tolerance" as he calls it.

EEEEEEEEEE can't wait to see it and I love these

The first time Sonya sees Kenshi chew a hard candy she walks straight into a wall in horror. Cassie does the same when she catches Takeda doing it.

The only people allowed to call Frost Morya are Kuai Liang and Cassie. Kuai Liang only ever does it when she's ill or injured and though she'll never admit it she finds it very comforting, and Cassie calls her that whenever she wants to kiss her really bad (bc Frost always kisses her when she does)

Kuai Liang still has black hair that oddly shows no sign of greying, but his eyes tend to flicker between their normal brown and a terrifyingly bright blue whenever he has a strong emotion, a trait also common in cryomancers.

Johnny is actually Sonya's biggest supporter in breaking her habit of nicking things and is the only person she's ever met that hasn't judged her for it, which she appreciates

Kung Lao's fav song is all star by smash mouth and he's the one who introduced Liu Kang to most of the music that Liu Kang knows (pls tell me your Liu Kang hc if you get the chance, I Beg)

Bi-Han used to sing lullabies to Kuai Liang and Tomáš in the Lin Kuei and Enenra can still be founding humming the tunes along to himself after a hard battle.

Noob got a bit of a reputation as a siren in the Netherrealm bc if you heard him singing it meant you were already dead.

After they resurrected Bi-Han and he began living at the Lin Kuei temple with Kuai Liang, Hanzo eventually came to apologize for killing him, it didn't go well but Hanzo is trying to atone and Bi-Han is struggling to stay angry about it (especially when Kuai Liang wants them to get along so bad)

Hanzo found out about the damage to his vocal chords and sought out an edenian tea said to be able to aid in the healing of such wounds, gifting it to the shadow wielder as part of his apology.

Bi-Han will never admit it but it actually works and being able to sing without pain again, even if only for as long as the tea is in effect, is the first thing to make him really feel human again

#love these hcs dude #bi han #takeda takahashi #kenshi takahashi #liu kang #kung lao #liulao #kuai liang #hanzo hasashi #sonya blade #johnny cage #mortal kombat #mortal kombat x #mortal kombat 11

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doomh3ad · 2 years

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Bo Sinclair with a (horny on main) AFAB reader who purposely fucked up her car near Ambrose just to meet him 👉👈

I’m a feral animal for the way you write him I am so sorry

-Housewife Anon 🧁

YESSS IVE BEEN SO EXCITED TO WRITE THIS ... FUCK your fan belt i want bo's belt smh. innacurate description of cars bc idk abt them (bo should teach me sometime). also inappropriate use of the hood of a car. they fuck on a car is what i'm saying. bo used way too many nicknames bc it's hot idc.

bo sinclair + AFAB! reader who fucked up her car to meet him (nsfw under cut)

"Need a hand there, darlin'?" You hear a distinct southern accent coming from behind you.

You turn to see the smoking hot mechanic you were told about, running a hand through his annoyingly perfect hair. His sharp suit throws you off, but you understand when you remember the funeral Lester warned you about in the church.

"Oh! You're Bo, right? Yeah, I don't know what's wrong with her, thought she just needed filled up-" you wonder if he'll catch your double meaning - "but I'm hopeless with cars."

Are you batting your eyelashes too much? Maybe tone it down a little - no, wait, he seems interested.

Bo raises an eyebrow and grins, subtly trailing his eyes up and down your figure.

"Well, sweetheart, you just let me see if I can't work my magic on her. I'll open her up, you just relax yourself and have fun in town, how's that sound?" Bo offers, now less subtly eyeing the outfit you picked out specially for the occasion.

"Sounds great," you reply, almost breathlessly. Something about his southern charm is making your head spin, and you leave with Bo's reassurance that your car will be taken care of in less than an hour.

You decide to spend your time at the wax museum, it being the only other interesting attraction in the little town of Ambrose other than their ridiculously attractive mechanics. You're admiring a wax figurine when you start to wonder if Bo is able to tell that you broke that fan belt on purpose. In your defence, it probably needed replaced anyways. And it wasn't like you'd miss the opportunity to meet (and hopefully do more than meet) Bo Sinclair.

Speaking of him, it was probably time to get back to the gas station. But he was nowhere to be found, the station empty. You began to worry a little when you see your car, but no Bo - was your plan foiled?

A sharp whistle interrupts you from your thoughts, and, once again, Bo is behind you, smirking at your surprise. He lets his hand lazily rest on your waist when he comes closer to hand you your keys.

"Car's ready when you are, doll. Unless you're planning to stick around for a while?"

Was that an invitation? Maybe you should see how far you can push this. Does he want what you want?

"How much do I owe you?"

You reach up a hand to wipe off a dark smudge on his cheek, cheeks heating up at how his frustratingly handsome face breaks into a sweet smile.

"You don't owe me nothin', happy to help. Now you let me know if there's anything else I can do for you, got that?"

It's your breaking point. Your hand moves to his perfect jawline and tilts his head down to yours for a long-awaited kiss, Bo's grip on your waist becoming more confident. He breaks away to move you until your back is on the hood of your car, caging you in with his body on top of you. It's then that he asks if you're sure, if this is what you want, if you're comfortable. The eager 'yes, please' he receives rewards you with a delighted chuckle from Bo, unbuttoning his shirt as you likewise free yourself of yours.

The electricity in the moment, the way his lips leave marks as he kisses down your chest, ridding you of all your clothes on his journey...this is what you came to Ambrose for. Bo stops his venture momentarily to unbuckle his belt, but not before giving you a taste of what his wicked tongue can do.

"How 'bout I see what else I can work my magic on, honey?" He quips at you, flashing that grin.

You got precisely what you bargained for.

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ask-bolin · 2 years

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Imagine another of Korra's cousin. They're not like Desna or Eska. But a pacifist! (Katara but shy)

Basically they have an air nomad personality while being a water bending prodigy.

Just imagine Bolin being wary bc of his past experience with Eska but then reader is like a total sweetheart ajdbwjcj I can ramble about this forver bc I have an OC that's that lmao I love Bolin too much :cry:

Author: The pain, I love it!

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Imagine, as Korra's cousin, attending a Water Tribe festival, and meeting up with Korra. It was great to see her because you weren't able to go to the last one. Also, Korra said she was bringing someone she wanted you to meet.

You waited at the dock as the boat from Republic City began unloading the passengers. "Korra!" you called to her when you found her.

"Y/n!" Korra ran down to greet you. After catching up, Korra told you, "I can't wait for you to meet my friend, Bolin. He's a silly guy with a heart of gold. Actually, where is he?" Korra looked around.

Then you saw Bolin, trying to carry as many suitcases as he could. He finally caught up, "See, Korra? I told you I wouldn't fall!" Bolin set down the suitcases, saw you and introduced himself. "Hi, I'm Bolin."

You shook his hand and introduced yourself.

"Y/n is my cousin," Korra told Bolin.

"Eep!" Bolin froze, you noticed it semeed to be a response to the word, 'cousin'.

Korra wasn't sure what was up with Bolin, but after greeting you, she said she would help Bolin get settled in, then catch up with you after. You agreed that it was a good idea, the cold can be quite a shock to people, but he seemed nice enough that you hoped he would be able to join you soon so you could get to know him.

When Korra caught up to you, she had some more info as to why Bolin was acting this way. Once you heard about Bolin and cousin Eska, it impressed you that Bolin was alive at all. Cousin Eska wasn't that bad, but that was a little joke between you and Korra.

Korra told you more about Bolin, his adventures around the world, how nice he was to everyone, and how positive Bolin stayed in almost every situation. The more you heard about him, the more you were excited to meet him, and hopefully ease any concerns about meeting another cousin of Korra's. Korra had compared your personality to air nomads before, you weren't sure if she meant it in a teasing manner or as a compliment, but it felt like it would help Bolin to not be nervous.

Korra let you know that Bolin agreed to meet you both at the festival tonight, despite his worries.

That night, you and Korra walked to the festival, and saw Bolin sitting at a table withe his fire ferret that Korra told you about, Pabu. Korra spoke in a way to help ease any tension between you and Bolin. Bolin opened up more, and you were less nervous. Until, the inevitable happened, someone came with a message for Korra letting her know that her father needed her help with something. Korra knew how awkward it was going to be for you and Bolin, so she apologized to you, ouside of earshot of Bolin, and she said she would hurry back as soon as she could.

There was an awkward silence. Bolin was playing with Pabu, but he worked to make sure he wasn't ignoring you. You had only started to learn about Bolin, so you didn't know what was a good conversation to start.

Thankfully, Pabu was showing interest in you and was starting to like you.

"Well if he likes you, I like you," Bolin joked nervously.

Hearing that both relieved some tension and also made you a little extra nervous because you had no idea what to say back, so you just smiled back at Bolin. Pabu accepted your scratches, and crawled into your lap.

Bolin apologized but you let him know it was okay.

"Wow, you must be a pretty wonderful person if Pabu likes you that much that fast!" You knew Bolin was realizing his expectations about you were not accurate.

You wanted to help confirm that, and using your water bending felt like the best way to do that. You gathered some snow beside you and formed it into a ball and other shapes that excited Pabu and helped him show his playful side.

Bolin was impressed with your water bending and asked more about how you honed your skills. You shared how you wanted to help people, even if it was children or little animals suffering from boredom.

Throughout the night, Bolin hadn't noticed, but he sat closer and closer to you as he felt more comfortable with you.

Korra finally showed up and apologized for being gone for hours. Time flew by so fast that you and Bolin didn't even notice that Korra had been gone that long.

Korra pulled you aside, "Is everything okay? You guys haven't even moved from this spot."

"It's going great! Bolin and I are actually meeting up tomorrow."

Korra was so happy for you, and excused herself for the night since everything was going so well. It was finally late enough that Bolin offered to walk you home.

At your doorstep, Bolin let you know how great of a night he had and how happy he was to meet you, then paused for a couple minutes, "May, uh, may I kiss you good night?"

It made your heart jump, and you said yes. It was a simple peck, but your smiles showed how happy the kiss made you.

"I can't wait to see you tomorrow, good night," Bolin said.

You hurried to bed to get plenty of rest, tomorrow was going to be a great day.

#jay the gays blog #bolin x y/n #bolin x reader #imagine bolin #bolin #legend of korra

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jelzorz · 20 days

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Crack quartet timeline 2: electric boogaloo

BC I'm bored and waiting for a) the 6x03 answer and the 6x04 clue, and b) my last two essays to be released

Some housekeeping for those only just now stumbling on the concept of the crack quartet:

The tdp post-canon crack quartet refers to rayllum and the following set of insane sounding ships: corterry, sorpeli, and claudiez

Yeah I know I'm a nutcase, it's cool

In my defence, I got talked into the other three by @raayllum but when they're right, they're right

Part one of the crack quartet timeline and hcs is here!

A reminder to everyone that the crack quartet can only ever happen years and years after canon when everyone involved is significantly older and able to consent, so please keep that in mind before y'all come at me

Also I share some of these hcs with @raayllum but they also have their own hcs and would be absolutely thrilled to talk about them so please go and encourage them so I'm not the only one in the sorpeli tag

Now that that's out of the way!

When we last left the crack quartet timeline, Viren had returned to Katolis castle and was causing absolute mayhem in the crack quartet family unit. At this stage, Ezran's council consists of Ez, Callum, Rayla, Soren, Barius, Opeli (resigned from High Cleric but still on the council as per Ezran's request) and Clio (the new High Cleric). By now, Callum and Rayla have a little girl called Sarai, Ez is formally courting Claudia, and Soren and Opeli have been told they're expecting twins.

If you haven't read the snake (which I swear I'll finish), our gang agrees (for a very loose definition of agreeing) to give Viren a trial. Callum is furious and has been an absolute asshole about it but it goes ahead with Callum prosecuting and Soren begrudgingly representing his father (because if it's not him, it's Opeli and she is heavily pregnant at this point so...). Viren is found guilty but Ez refuses to execute him (he Doesn't Want To Be That Kind of King) and exiles him instead.

Claudia finds herself with a decision to make: she has always wanted to keep her family together and now it's being torn apart again. The others are SUPER CONCERNED for a hot minute, because if she leaves and breaks Ezran's heart and chooses her father AGAIN after everything that's happened, they will not be able to forgive her a second time. In the end, it's not that difficult a decision to make. Ezran is here. Soren is here. She will have two brand new nieces in the summer. She chooses to stay.

Callum is not happy about Ez's decision but he can't keep disagreeing with him like this either, and together they agree that they both might benefit from a little bit of space. Callum never really wanted to be a prince anyway, and Ez needs the space to come into his own and find his own way, without being parented by his brother. It's tearful, but ultimately for the best, and they're still going to be brothers no matter what. It's the end of an era, but the beginning of a new one too. Callum and Rayla pack up and head for the Silvergrove. Ez et al see them off and promise to come and visit once they've settled in.

Callum and Rayla run into Corvus and Terry on the way who are, to their surprise, living happily together in a partnership no one expected and have been quietly keeping up with the Katolis Castle soap opera. They're glad everything's settling down and gladder still to meet baby Sarai. They catch up before Callum and Rayla continue on their way.

Soren and Opeli's twin girls are born the following summer. It's a tough labour, but the three of them come out fine and Soren heads out to Temple Hill in a rare show of faith to thank the goddesses his wife had once devoted herself to for keeping his family safe. Callum and Rayla return to the castle to offer their support and so Sarai can meet her new cousins. Ez and Callum are reunited and happy to be together again. Tentatively, Ezran tells his brother that he is considering marrying Claudia. Callum takes it well! He's just happy that Ez is happy, even if he's still a little apprehensive about Claudia's presence in the castle.

Claudia takes it less well. She knows what she is and what she's done. She knows how this will look to people who know of her crimes but don't know her. When Ezran asks, she says no. Then she disappears.

Callum is Fucking Furious. How dare she. How dare she hurt his brother like that. How dare she leave. This isn't digging up any old wounds At All. And although he promises Rayla that this has nothing to do with what happened when they were kids, Rayla still remembers how much she hurt him and can't help but wonder if he still feels that sting, even after all this time. And she wants to fix this! She can't stand seeing her boys hurt like this. And who would know where Claudia went better than

Soren. The poor man is exhausted. Y'all thought one newborn was bad—try two. He and Opeli take turns with the girls but the added stress of Claudia disappearing isn't doing them any favours. But he has enough brain left in him to guess the one place Claudia might have gone.

He reaches out to Corvus and Terry who are a hub for information at this point, and they point him the direction of a small town in the Independent Isles. There's an ex-mage over there that they keep hearing about. Apparently he was exiled from Katolis last winter. Does that help at all?

Sure does. But who to send? Ez can't go, and Callum shouldn't go, and Rayla can't go by herself. Soren doesn't want to leave Opeli but, in her words, their duty is to Ezran, and Ezran needs help. Claudia is his sister too and Opeli insists she'll be fine with the twins. He should go with Rayla. Reluctantly, he goes, and they're halfway out to the Independent Isles when who should they find stowed away in the back of their carriage but Ezran, who is sick and tired of having other people deal with his problems for him. If anyone's going to convince Claudia to come home, it's going to be him.

They find Viren helping to rebuild a village on the coast of one of the Independent Isles. It's awkward, but Viren is definitely better than he was when they saw him last, and he's glad to know that Soren and the twins are doing well. He hopes to meet them one day but won't hold Soren to that if he doesn't feel comfortable with it, but Soren surprises them both with "maybe one day". Viren tells them that Claudia was here but left again not long after. He asks Ezran what happened. Ezran won't say. Still, he tells them Claudia went to Del Bar and wishes them well.

@raayllum and I have discussed this At Length, but they find Claudia hiding in Del Bar and seeking guidance from Lissa. Lissa is more surprised than anyone to see the King of Katolis at her door with her son and an elven ambassador, but ultimately, whatever happens next is Claudia decision.

What happens next? I don't know yet! But Claudia does eventually come back, and everything does eventually work out. If I ever finish the snake, I'll write this too. And I might be crazy but the Katolis Castle soap is never ending and full of drama and I love that for them.

#canon crack quartet #rayllum #sorpeli #claudiez #corterry

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dangans-ur-ronpas · 1 month

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Chapter 17

continuation of byakuya's no good very bad worst shit ass day of his life (so far)(!!!)

SEE HERE FOR GENERAL WARNINGS AND FIC SUMMARY

Some pre-chapter notes:

this chapter went a little different from how i originally planned bc I was going to make byakuya much more stupid. but. he needs to fly off the handle several times later so. we can't let loose all at once

to be very fair to makoto he did not want to do that. and yet. here we are

the king of kings!! @digitaldollsworld

Content warning tags: ableist language from various characters, Byakuya's panic spiral, mild self-harm reference

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Time seems to grind to a halt. His breath is still caught in his throat, halfway through a relieved sigh as he had been waiting - expecting - for Makoto to help him. To pull up some vague, hidden piece of evidence to clear him of any suspicion, to cleverly point out some irrefutable proof that had previously lay unseen.

But instead - his heartbeats feel too heavy. His breathing feels too light, deprived of any real oxygen. His head pounds in the same way it did when he was struck earlier, with a dull, pulsing ring that washes out everything around him.

He prided himself, once, on being able to read a person’s intent. To judge just when and why they might choose to abandon him, to cross him, to try and use him for their own intents. For that reason, he supposes, is why this sickly, sticky feeling of dread is so new to him. He’s never known real betrayal before.

His eyes dart around the room, but the others don’t seem to believe Makoto just yet. Even Owada seems taken aback, stock still and quiet. Only Kirigiri seems unsurprised - or maybe, he was only imagining it, the tranquil quality of her silence. As if she were merely observing it all, far out of their reach.

“Seriously??” Syo’s voice is a grating jeer. “You’re telling me this whole time he had no idea what I looked like? No wonder he didn’t fall for me at first sight!”

“I…don’t think that’s the reason why,” Hagakure says, though he seems utterly bewildered. “But, that can’t be right, right? I’ve seen him reading loads of times. And he practically lives in the library, y’know?”

“Yeah, and he can do things just fine for himself.” Asahina says in agreement. “I mean, he does his own laundry and stuff, and he knows this place way better than me at least. I didn’t even know where the A/V room was during the first motive, I just sorta followed him.”

“Yes, this is sort of…” For the first time, Celeste sounds genuinely surprised, her usually unphased demeanor wavering, her accent slipping for a moment. “Ahem. While I did note that he sometimes seemed a bit…eccentric, so to speak, nothing of his actions suggested that he was impaired.”

Their skepticism is a small relief. He nods jerkily, unable to unstick his tongue from the roof of his mouth to verbalize his agreement. But it’s a small, pathetic movement that goes unnoticed, hardly amounting to anything in this large courtroom.

And their disbelief only goes so far. Ogami speaks up now, for the first time since the trial began, her low voice immediately silencing the whispers.

“I performed a concussion test on him earlier,” She says, gruffly. “As Kyoko had asked me to. He was lucid when answering my questions, and he didn’t seem to exhibit any symptoms that couldn’t be attributed to other reasons.” There’s a slight creak of wood, as she shifts her weight on the stand. “However, I did notice that his pupils were…strange.”

“My- what?” He sputters now, too suddenly, too loudly. He reaches up to touch slightly-trembling fingers to a closed eye, feeling the smooth bump of the cornea twitching beneath the thin skin of his eyelid as if he might be able to identify the damage that way. Why hadn’t she mentioned this earlier? Why bring it up now? “What do you mean, ‘strange’?!”

There’s a slight, panicked edge to his voice that he hopes no one catches, but this was the first time he heard that there could be physical evidence to his affliction. “It was a bit hard to test without the proper tools, but I noticed that they do not react much to changes in light.” Ogami explains. “The shape is also slightly…off. If I had to describe it, I would say that there is…a warping around the edges.”

“And you didn’t think to mention it?!”

“I assumed it was either due to the head injury, or, it was genetic.” There’s an apologetic note to her words. “Given your usual behavior, I…didn’t think it was important.”

Not important. As if she could know what was important here.

“I. Am not. Blind.” He snarls stiffly. “Obviously, I have never taken a close enough look at my own pupils to notice that deformation, but it has never affected my daily life. I am not disabled, nor have I ever been.”

“I find it hard to believe that you have never been aware of it.” Kyoko remarks, tone clipped. “I can’t imagine someone of your status being ignorant of anything concerning your physical health.”

“Then you can rest easy knowing that I am perfectly healthy.” He snaps back, venom flying off his words.

Distantly, he knows that he is digging a pit for himself. That admitting to this would help clear him of any suspicion at all. But he doesn’t care; he would rather die than suffer such indignity. That was what he’s always known, taught by his butler, and then reinforced by all his surroundings afterwards, his siblings, his father - better to perish and let your enemies cry with relief and count themselves lucky, than let them mock you as you dig your own grave.

“You should just admit it already. You are drawing this out to be unnecessarily long, or would you rather doom us all?”

“I don’t see why I should cooperate with someone who has been making mindless accusations at me all this while.”

There’s a tense, snappish tension between him and Kirigiri. A livewire current. A piece of elastic stretched taut. He glares, and to him, her blurred form looks like that of a reared snake.

“Um…” Asahina speaks up, her hand tentatively raised. “If Byakuya’s really blind, can’t we just test it?”

“Excuse me?”

“I-I mean! Not saying that you are blind, or anything,” She says this quickly, carefully, like soothing a spooked horse. “But, we’re not going to get anywhere if you two just keep arguing back and forth, and it’ll be really quick! Like, Sakura, can you hold up a few fingers?” She complies silently, one arm remaining crossed across her chest, the other raised to her side. “How many is she holding up?”

He tries not to squint, but he has no idea. Two? Three? It's nothing more that a blurred, brown shape. “You can’t be serious.” He almost laughs, but the sound he makes is derisive and bitter.

“Y-yes, this is-! Unfair!” Now it’s Yamada, speaking up again. “In case no one else has noticed, Mister Togami is lacking his spectacles! Asking such a thing of him…it’s akin to bullying!”

He’s oddly assertive about this, and Byakuya watches as he pushes his own glasses a little higher. For some reason, being considered something of an equal by Yamada irritates him further. “Shut up.” Who asked for his help.

“Yes, be still please,” Celeste sighs dismissively. “We are playing a game with our lives. This is hardly the time to be discussing moralistic issues.” There’s a slight metallic tap as she raps her silver finger guards against her rings. “But you do make a point. Byakuya does not have his glasses at the moment. It would be difficult to try and confirm anything without them.”

Thank goodness for those with common sense. He doesn’t look to his side, where she was standing, but he swears that he can see her eyes glancing at him, the unnatural red of her pupils bright on her pale face. “Yes,” he agrees, seizing upon it. “And they were broken earlier, thanks to Owada. Nearsightedness runs on my mother’s side, and the former Togami head was farsighted. I will admit that much, is that what you wanted? Kyoko?”

He’s rambling. He’s aware of it. But there are a few nods exchanged, and Asahina scratches at the back of her head awkwardly, as if embarrassed. Kirigiri, however, is still unmoved.

“No. When I say you are blind, I do not mean without your glasses. Or there wouldn’t have been a point in bringing it up in the first place.” Kirigiri shifts her weight slightly, the sway of her stance accompanied by the creak of wood. “Even without your glasses, you cannot do tasks such as reading. I imagine you’ve managed everything else by means of careful practice, but this is the one thing you can’t manage on your own.”

“Hey, Kyoko-” Makoto looks nervous, unsure whether to face him or her. “That-”

“And how do you plan to prove this?” Byakuya snarls. He feels a small flare of triumph, even despite everything, the looming threat of death. “As we found before, I don’t have my glasses. Did you happen to pick those up as well? Did you repair them for me while you were at it?”

Instead of offering a retort, or any sort of reply, she sighs. A soft, tired sound.

“Makoto.” She isn’t facing the other boy, but her tone is firm as she addresses him, and a little exasperated. She doesn’t say anything more, but Makoto seems to understand, and his hands drop to his sides.

“There is a way to prove it.” His voice is quiet. Quiet, and…sad, somehow. Defeated. “Byakuya…please show us your handbook.”

The realization sets in slowly. He’s already been betrayed by Makoto twice now, but still, he finds himself stunned, slack-jawed. This one was the worst by far - not only was he actively helping Kirigiri, he was betraying Chihiro as well, risking revealing everything to that accursed bear. And after all the lengths Byakuya had gone through to protect this secret.

“What are you saying,” He says, and his voice has a humiliating tremor that matches how his hands shake, clutching at the rail. Surely, he’s heard wrong. Surely, Makoto would correct himself, take it back-

“Your handbook. Chihiro, he…he put a program on it that lets you be able to do stuff like tell the time. It also reads stuff aloud. And he did it after the motives got revealed, that night when Celeste saw you guys leaving the bathhouse.” He sounds so somber, so sad and grieving. He won’t meet Byakuya’s eyes. “He did it in exchange for you teaching him how to be strong, and self-confident - which you did, by telling him to go around talking to everyone else today.”

Without really thinking about it, his hand goes to his inner jacket pocket, where his handbook sits. His fingers close around the little device, the hard edges of plastic and metal pressing into the creases of his palm. He feels a little like he’s been shot.

But he doesn’t bring it out. He glares instead, furiously, hatefully, at the boy standing just meters away. He - and Kirigiri too, most likely, Byakuya suspected that Makoto had already revealed everything that that woman - knew perfectly well the importance of Alter Ego, and why it could not, under any circumstances, be revealed. And they knew Byakuya was aware of this too, and they were holding this fact hostage, over his head.

(I could, some sore, beaten part of him thinks with poisonous intent, try and claim responsibility for Chihiro’s murder. I could say that they’re wrong. That I lured Chihiro to the bathhouse with the intent of making him less wary, easier to isolate. That he was so weak and trusting and stupid that killing him was a simple manner. That I mimicked Syo’s modus operandi to throw suspicion off of me.)

The mere thought was shameful, but it was his pride, wounded and bitter, that was seriously considering it, if only for some semblance of control. The barest reassurance that he had any real weight at all in this trial. And all he would need to do is open his mouth and say the words.

But instead, he bites down on his inner cheek, hard enough for blood to trickle out the corner of his mouth, hard enough for the pain to rival the buzzing in his temples. And tightens his grip momentarily, just enough to feel the faint, humming warmth of the handbook against his sweating palm, and exhales slowly.

“...Fine. Fine.” He spits, angry, defeated, exhausted. He’s sick of this. He just wants it to be over. “Yes. I’m blind. I have been so since we first woke up in this school. Are you happy now?”

Makoto looks down, his face shadowed by his hair. Kirigiri tilts her head slightly, a motion that’s not quite a nod but more of a bow.

“Wait, so then-” Asahina’s voice, confused and a little hesitant, pipes up. “If you’ve been…y’know, this whole time, but only after we got to this school…does that mean the Mastermind did this to you, somehow?”

“That’s what I would like to know, myself.” He turns to look at Monokuma, and finds the bear lounging across its throne, a bucket of popcorn resting precariously on the armrest. The repugnant toy giggles, and swings itself upright, spilling a handful of white puffs all over.

“Gosh, I wonder?” The thing taps at its chin, voice taking on a wondering tone. “Of course, I want this game to be fair and give you all a level playing field. I believe in equality after all! …Though this has made for so many entertaining developments, so…I figured I’d leave it as is. Besides, you’ve adapted quite well, haven’t you Mister Togami?” It cackles, paws clutching at its belly. “GIven how well you did hiding it from everyone, I think it’s fine if we leave it like this, don’t you think?”

He wants to cross the courtroom and throttle the stupid thing this instant. All he can do is glare murderously, lips twisted into a snarl.

There’s a sharp clap that has most people jumping. The source of the sound is Kirigiri, whose hands are raised, and pressed together. “Let’s move on.” Her voice is firm, with no room for arguing. “All we’ve done so far is clear one person’s innocence. We still need to identify the real killer.”

And that was it. The most disgusting moment of his life, over just like that, ended by her words. He knows that there’s bound to be some kind of punishment in store for those who interrupt trials, but he briefly wonders if he can get his hands around her neck before Monokuma can react.

Owada jerks at Kirigiri’s words, startled out of his own stunned silence. “W-wait,” He sounds panicked now, and of course he would be. His scapegoat is gone. “Then, if it’s not Byakuya, then who…?”

“Let’s consider what we know. Given how it’s not clear where the murder took place, it would have to be someone who had access to cleaning supplies or water, and has no alibi that can be verified when the murder occurred. For the most part, everyone here has an alibi that can be supported by at least one other person, but there are some that do not.” Kirigiri lists these calmly, and Byakuya imagines her cold gaze, flitting between each person in the room. “Mondo. Do you care to explain what you were doing prior to the body’s discovery?”

The effect is immediate. The other boy rears up, instantly furious. “The fuck are you trying to say? That I’m a murderer?!” He thunders. “Like I said earlier, I was taking care of my bro. You know that. Everyone knows that!”

“As you said earlier, Taka is currently compromised. He can’t give a testimony.” She shoots back without hesitation. “Your alibi is flawed.”

“Yeah? Well - well so’s yours!” He sputters. “Like- Syo might’ve been the one to find you in the bathroom, but that was just before Chihiro was found. Toko can’t say that you weren’t there the whole time, a-and even if you were, maybe the bathroom was where Chihiro died anyways!”

Owada may be stupid, but credit where credit was due, he was surprisingly quick to retort and pick at Kirigiri’s excuse. “I could not have cleaned up a murder scene in the bathroom so spotlessly in the time between Chihiro’s last sighting and the body discovery. As Makoto described earlier, the sinks of the bathroom were all dry-”

“There was that sheet, you could’ve used that before smashing Chihiro’s head over it. And there’s water in the toilets, right? And the girl’s bathroom was right next door!”

“...I’ll commend you for recognizing my perseverance. But I did not kill Chihiro.” She shakes her head. “If the only thing that will clear me is secondhand support to my alibi, then the only thing that needs to be done is to ask a witness. Toko?”

And she addresses Syo now, who just cocks her head for a moment, and shrugs. “I keep sayin’ to you guys, it’s lights out up there. There’s no telling when she’ll be back!”

Byakuya has had enough.

“Toko,” He says first, his voice low and hissing. Then, louder, building into a shout: “TOKO. Come out, NOW!”

“I don’t think it works like tha-” Syo’s words are cut off suddenly, and she collapses where she stands, like a puppet with her strings cut.

< previous - from start - next >

#thpff #thpff chapters #danganronpa fanfiction #byakuya togami #byakuya mentally filing for a second naegami divorce #sorry this one took so long.....my frontal lobe. it is soup #combination filing taxes + applying for classes + applying for jobs + etc etc. it'll do it to ya #going to really really really try to get 18 up by sunday but if its delayed do u prommy not to be too mad at me. do you. pls pls pls #i jest tho. thank u to everyone who has been reading thus far i hope you continue to enjoy it or move on to other things #just knowing you were here even if just for a moment even if for the whole ride is enough for me #i hope this chapter is legible i cranked out the last half of it at 2 am on a half bottle of soju #also had to mentally go over everything twice bc ive been listening to His Dark Materials audiobooks and my writing was turning british #byakuya frothing furious angry defeated at the stand while kyoko is just. o<-< are we done yet. can we please talk about the murder #theyre both toxic here and making everyone bear witness to it #alright folks lets take bets now on who you think the killer is!!!

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letterstotheflre · 2 years

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I loved the fic but I’m greedy for more. Please share mermaid!readers dark fantasy 🤲

heheh thank u for spoiling me n asking about this bc i thought too much about it

cw: dark || 18+ only [ft. kidnapping, implied cnc, rape is mentioned once but not referring to eddie, chrissy or reader] || also i apologise i feel like eddie doesn’t sound like eddie sorry :/

mermaid!reader fantasies about a human male kidnapping her are kind of like some of our fantasies about rape n cnc kinks. chrissy knows about them bc you asked her is she ever thought about that once jane (aka eleven) came back. she doesn't have them, but she doesn't judge obvi. n eddie... eddie finds out on accident. kinda like the little argument u guys have in the fic where chrissy mentions it. n he can't let it go bc he takes it as if you're still afraid of him (when in reality you would like it very much if he kidnapped you and chrissy and kept you like toys)

so after much talking and prodding and a few tears from you bc you're so embarrassed about even thinking about those scenarios when some of your mermaid sisters have actually suffered through them, you guys are able to create the ultimate sex scene.

it's a full moon, which means that you and chrissy are finally able to transform into women. but there's a catch— you have to return to the water before the sun rises or you will stay human until the next full moon.

so eddie, with his ship and his crew, sail past the waters where you live and lower their anchor. eddie sells them the story about a magnificent treasure lost in a sunken ship in that very same spot and tells them to lower one of the fishnets to see if they can catch something for dinner.

"we cought something!" one of the crew shouts, struggling to rise the net by himself. the members closest to him run to help him, their groans echoing in the otherwise silent night.

"my god," another one whispers in shock when he sees what they caught. he taps gareth's side, eyes glued forward. "call the captain. tell him he needs to come to the deck immediately."

the crew stands in a circle while they wait for gareth to come back with eddie. and right in the middle of it is you and chrissy, hugging each other under the net and cowering beneath their stares. some of them are fascinated, others hungry with lust.

your scales tingle.

"well, well, well. what do we have here?" you'd recognise that voice anywhere. you sit up a little straighter. eddie pushes to men aside and steps into the circle, not bothering to remove the net. "you're a little far from home, aren't you?"

it's exactly what chrissy said to him the first day you met. you squirm, heart pounding. "let us go."

eddie chuckles and crouches down to your height, face partially illuminated by the moon light. he looks beautiful. he strokes your cheek through one of the holes in the net. "and why would i do that sweetheart? i just caught two beautiful mermaids and, between you and me," he stage whispers, scrunching his nose in that cute way he does and tilting his head to the side, "i have been feeling a little lonely up in this ship with these meatheads. need something to keep me warm at night, if you know what i mean."

you gulp in excitement but all the crew sees is two mermaids cowering in fear.

chrissy squeezes your arm and meekly says, "w-we'll give you treasure, anything, if you—"

"i have the greatest treasure right in front of my eyes, honey. what could possibly be better than the two of you, hm?" he waits for your answers patiently, tapping his shin with his fingers. he grins when neither of you speaks. "that's right; nothing."

that's when he finally takes the net off you, his fingers brushing your tail. the fins at the end flick almost minisculely and eddie's smile grows wider. "oh, we're going to have a lot of fun together." he looks predatory in this light. you know he's nothing of the sort. it makes it even more attractive. "welcome aboard hellfire, little mermaids."

#basically the crew really believes they caught you and eddie kidnapped u and is using you #but the three of you know the truth #strangerthings.musings #eddiemunson #chrissycunningham #poly!eddissy #dark #mermaid!au #eddie munson x reader #chrissy cunningham x reader

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seiwas · 6 months

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Sel how long is your tbr list ? And which fic(s) are looking forward to read the most ?

nonie hello!!! 🥹 my tbr rn is at ~150 🥲😭 (i put them in my drafts!! and i have huge backlog bc i just recently got off a reading ban while writing 'these traces of love, they outline you' 🥹)

listing some hehe this is gonna be long so i'll put it under the cut!!! (in no particular order of preference but it's categorised by anime & character)

am sure there are so many more i'm probably missing/weren't able to see yet tho!!

for jjk

intrinsic warmth by thatdesklamp (series, ongoing, gojo satoru) been wanting to read this for a while but just trying to find the time to!

godmaker by @firein-thesky (series, ongoing, gojo satoru) has been in my tbr for the longest time and every time i see cielo talk abt it i get itching to read it hsajhdfbj

[untitled 'halloween' fic] by @stellamancer (one-shot, gojo satoru) not yet out but niku's been working really hard on this and am so excited hehehe

and i'm asking you to hold me just like the morning paper by @selarina (one-shot, gojo satoru) older brother's best friend gojo; am such a sucker for long titles and older brother's bsf tropes! i also love rina v much!

bfb by @em1e (series, ongoing, kamo choso) best friends's older brother choso; emmie shared the idea and some scenes with me when she was conceptualising it and it was the final push that tipped me over to being a choso fucker

chaos theory by @/hawnks (one-shot, nanami kento) strangers to lovers nanami; op wrote one of my favourite gojo fics ever, cantor’s paradox!!

as it should have been by @k9nto (one-shot, nanami kento) friends to lovers nanami; tallulah always talks about how much fun she had writing this so i'm excited to get to this too!

let me out, i'm starving by @princess-okkotsu (one-shot, okkotsu yuuta) fwb!yuuta; aleks tipped me over to being a yuuta fucker and the idea of an fwb!yuuta with the way aleks characterises him is just soo ouuuuGHH

all of @twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat's new fics!! i have so many of ari's fics to catch up on!! but characterisation is always on point and the writing always feels like a movie!! (there are gojo, megumi, and yuuta ones afair!!)

every time @augustinewrites drops smth!! the fushigojos live in my mind but augustine's doing an anniversary event rn themed after taylor swift lyrics!! and the line-up looks so good!!

inez's @itadorey masterlist still have yet to do a sweep of inez's masterlist but i always find myself smiling reading her stuff!! (lot of gojo!!)

lin's @threadbaresweater older stuff while going thru lin's masterlist i saw a gojo fic and nanami fic i'm excited to read!! lin always writes with a certain kind of vulnerability that digs deep!!

for bnha

something just like this by @/ofmermaids (series, complete, midoriya izuku) i've been wanting to get to this for so so long. op wrote some of my favourite bakugo fics, surrender (whenever you're ready) + on my way (to you); this almost feels like a reward i'm saving for when i really have the time tbh

you had only to look at me by @willowser (series, complete, bakugo katsuki) childhood bff!bakugo; i read this a long time ago but willow reposted it and i am!! so excited to read it again!!!

nitroglycerine by @/alrightberries (one-shot, bakugo katsuki) kind of fwb!bakugo; the description/summary got to me omg and am such a sucker for fwb to lovers and the weird in-between

like real people do by @shibaraki (one-shot, todoroki shouto) strangers to friends to lovers; this has been in my tbr for so long too and can't wait to get to it bc i love the way monty writes shouto!!

the glass delusion by @shibaraki (series, on-going, todoroki shouto) touch-starved shouto; i read the first installment and am such a sucker for explorations of intimacy!! so am so excited for this one too!!

i'll find my way (back to you) - homecoming by @bluebird-in-the-breeze (side story of a series, complete, todoroki shouto) chef!reader; read the entire series and loved it!! i love birdie's writing and was so happy that she recently released this for the series's 1 year anniversary!!

i think i'm in love with my coworker (update) by @todorosie (one-shot, todoroki shouto) coworker shouto; the title alone had me so curious omg and i love the tone of sorin's spidey!gojo series so am excited to get to this too!!

fill my little world (right up) by @shibaraki (one-shot, aizawa shouta) single dad au; such a sucker for this au!! and am also really selective with the aizawa stuff i read but always love monty's!!!

the kids are gonna be alright by @shibaraki (one-shot, aizawa shouta) coworkers to lovers; i love the premise of this so much!! i love these kinds of explorations and idk!! again!! i am a shibaraki stan!! i love everything monty writes hjsdbgjfs i've been really wanting to go through monty's entire masterlist too!! (there's a lot of writing to feast on and no matter who it is i think monty always writes em well)

andie's @andypantsx3 entire masterlist!! andie has soooo many stuff i want to read i can't even single one out omg i never feel the length when i read andie's stuff!!

for hq!!

the burden of being by @sashimiyas (one-shot, miya osamu) amnesia au; this has been in my drafts for so long too bc i'm still afraid of reading it but reina writes some of my fave hq fics so am excited to sink my teeth into this!! honestly am also excited to go thru reina's entire masterlist + osamu masterlist!!

get him back by @noosayog (one-shot, miya osamu) fake dating osamu; fake dating is one of my fave tropes and i also love noos's writing!! osamu is also my comfort character... so all of this just speaks to me

cross check by @kagelun (series, on-going, iwaizumi hajime) hockey player!iwaizumi; my god i'll read anything iwa anyway but to have him be an athlete for a completely different sport... just does smth to my brain... also kit has the most insane iwa thoughts i'm excited for this

seasons by @mintmatcha (one-shot, hanamaki takahiro) friends to lovers; love mint's stuff and am trying to get into makki more lately so i can fully immerse into seijoh4!! also really love a friends to lovers any day

one, two, and... (onlyfans) by @mintmatcha (one-shot, hanamaki takahiro + matsukawa issei) was sooo excited for this when mint announced they were working on it omfg literally vibrating w excitement to get to this

for multi

leah's @missmeinyourbones new stuff not sure if they're new or just being resurfaced but i see leah rb some of her stuff and am so excited to get to each one asbfj so i might actually just do a masterlist sweep atp... (she's one of my fave writers fr)

#sorry ths is so long omg im sure ive missed some but i just did a quick skim of my drafts #thanks for asking this nonie!!#fic recs #ask #rep #anon #ref

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aplaceinme · 1 year

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My thoughts on season 2 of Shadow and Bone:

[Disclaimer: I haven't read the books, and I only know what the show has shown us!]

Overall, I enjoyed it. It was really interesting, really well-made, and the acting was top-notch. I did like and cared about a particular storyline more than the other one, though.

The storyline that I liked more had to do with the characters that I ended up loving: the crows. Now, I'm brand new to the fandom, so I have no idea if this is a popular or an unpopular opinion, but whenever the storyline went back to Alina's and all of that, I was just: can we go back to the crows?? So…yeah, there's that. I was still able to enjoy that storyline, don't get me wrong, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Characters:

Kaz: I absolutely love him, and I just want him to be happy. He is such an intriguing character, and I need to know more about him.

Inej: Queen, love her, that's it.

*Kanej: I ship it, and I need them together like yesterday!

Jesper: he's so great, and sassy and funny, and I love him. His scenes with his mother….my heart…

Wylan: I adore him! He's so adorable, and I want to protect him. I also want to know more about him, because they hinted at something about his past.

*Wesper: they are crazy about each other, and I'm crazy about them! Love them, and I hope that the show lets them be happy lol

Nina: love her personality and her!!

Matthias: I mainly feel sorry for him. I feel like I don't have much to say about him though, he is in an awful situation and I hope that next season he gets to be out of prison and reunited with Nina.

Nikolai: for many episodes, I wasn't sure about him, I was waiting for him to turn evil lol Thankfully, that didn't happen. I really like him, really enjoyed his character. I hope that he won't become evil because of the infection, though. I could totally do without the love triangle thing that he has with Alina.

Tamar: really enjoyed her character. Would love to see more of her.

Toyla: same as with Tamar, really. Loved his interactions with the crows, and how he tried to help Jesper. Don't really like that little scene between him and Inej at the end, but only bc of kanej.

Genya: that girl can't catch a break!!! Feel sorry for her and I hope she finds happiness in the future.

Kirigan /The Darkling: I blame Ben Barnes for making me feel bad about him in some scenes 😅😅 Kind of surprised that he died already (I'm just used to shows keeping their one main bad guy forever -which I hate), though he might return?!? Who knows?? (probably people who read the books).

Alina: I know she is the main one, the important one, but I just feel 'meh' about her for some reason.

Mal: I was 'meh' about him as well, but he grew on me a little bit. Good for him for deciding to go and find himself!!

*Malina: I should really really love them bc I love the friends-to-lovers trope, but I think that bc I feel 'meh' about the characters, their relationship was also 'meh' to me. I did love their scene when he told her that he was the Firebird!! That was a great scene, and I enjoyed it!!

Ok, yeah, I think that's it…for now!!

#shadow and bone #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #jesper fahey #wylan van eck #kanej #wesper #alina starvok #general kirigan #and more #don't hate me for this

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asirensrage · 2 years

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Anything but a Long Shot - Eric x OC

Title: Anything but a Long Shot Rating: T Fandom: Divergent Warnings: Swearing. Forced cohabitation...sort of. Slight obsession. You'll see. Summary: Eric hasn't had a peaceful morning since she started showing up with her ridiculous aliases. He needs to know who she is so he can reassign her. That's all.

Notes: Based off of the prompt from this post "you give me a different fake name every time you come into starbucks and I just want to know your real name bc ur cute but here I am scrawling “batman” onto your stupid cappuccino". I am SO excited about this. I've talked about Quest a lot and this is her debut. It wasn't originally how her story was going to start but I wrote this and @vixenofcourse and I decided it was a better beginning. Enjoy!

“Macchiato for Spartacus!”

Eric sighs. Every fucking time he’s in this place this happens. It’s always something when he’s just trying to get his coffee for the day.

“I’m Spartacus!”

“I am Spartacus!”

He frowns, glaring at the people around him as a couple more declare that they too are Spartacus. Wasn’t it enough that he had to listen to some stupid name every day this last week? Now there were more of them?

He spots her slink forward, smirk in place as her eyes shine with glee. “I believe I’m the real Spartacus.”

The barista, who somehow hasn’t blinded everyone in the vicinity with his hair, grins back. He hands her the cup and she takes it, waving at everyone.

Her eyes meet Eric’s glare and he swears she grins a little wider before winking at him. Her hair is miraculously tied back even though it looks like it threatens to explode in a mess of curls. He scowls back. That just makes her grin wider and before he can say anything, like a demand for her to cut this shit out, she disappears.

He’s only seen her when she comes in. She’s friendly enough with the baristas which means she’s not new. He hasn’t noticed her in any of the initiate classes after him so she’s likely a year or two older even if she doesn’t look or act it. But her attitude is pure Dauntless. He needs to figure out who she is. If only so he can reassign her shift rotation and get some peace in the mornings.

☕️

The next time he sees her, it’s when the name “Jean Valjean” is called out.

“I am 24601!” she calls back as she moves forward. Eric moves to confront her. She dodges around another person, just in time that he’s cut off. She grins towards him before she disappears out the door. Again.

☕️

“Carmen Sandiego!”

Eric looks for her instantly.

He catches sight of her wearing red. She moves forward for the drink and he goes to grab her, only to be stopped as someone steps in front of him.

It’s Four. “We need to talk.”

He shoves number boy to the side but it’s too late. She’s already gone.

☕️

“Misto for Batman!”

Eric’s going to catch her this time. He’s made sure he’s early enough and that Four isn’t in the vicinity. No one else would dare. Not when he’s in this much of a bad mood already.

He’s waiting by the entrance, ready to stop her when she tries to dart through. Somehow, she appears behind the counter. He stares at her, thrown by the change.

She blows him a kiss and grabs the coffee. “See you tomorrow sugar-bear!” She leaves the way she came.

He storms towards her. One of the baristas tries to stop him.

“You can't go back there!”

He shoves them out of the way but she’s gone. There’s no trace aside from the open back door.

“Fuck.”

☕️

It should not be this hard to find someone. A Black woman who goes by various names should be well known. At least well known enough to point him in the right direction to find her. He starts at the coffee shop.

“No can do, boss man,” the bright haired barista tells him. He’s pale enough that the intense yellow of his hair somehow doesn’t wash him out. “Don’t know her name.” He shrugs. “She goes by a different one each day.”

It started as a way to just get her to stop messing around but now…now he’s curious. It shouldn’t be possible for a woman to be able to run around the faction without anyone knowing who she is. Or at least admitting it.

“How do you get her drink order?”

The man shrugs again. “Comes in through the app every day. Sometimes earlier and just asks for it to be ready at a specific time under a specific name.”

Eric scowls. “What’s her information listed as?”

“What?”

“In the system,” he snaps.

The man looks unimpressed but dutifully pulls up the information on the screen. Everyone checks and pays with points that are registered. “Huh.”

“What?”

“Look for yourself.” The bright haired man turns the screen towards Eric. Listed with her many different drink orders is a designation that is simply a series of letters and numbers. Eric glares at the man next to him as though it’s his fault.

“It’s the system!” he backs up, giving space to Eric. “Maybe that’s why she uses other names?”

Eric leaves without another word. It shouldn’t be this fucking difficult.

☕️

He goes straight to administration.

It takes a while before they actually figure out who the numbers and letters belong to. It’s not her.

“It was first assigned to an initiate,” the woman tells him. She looks like she’s been buried in Dauntless for too long. Like one of those vampires he read about when he was a kid. It’s fucking creepy. “It was supposed to have been scrubbed when they became factionless but it says the error was explained and they reversed it. The name’s unassigned until they choose a new one. Unconventional but understandable. Saves us extra work going into the system to change it.”

Eric is trying not to snap. This is not helpful. “How the fuck does this happen? How can there be errors like this?”

The woman scowls back at him. “Do you know how old this system is, Eric? There are a lot of errors! They won’t let us keep paper backups and Erudite keeps delaying the updates!”

He clenches his jaw. “I’ll fix it,” he says. If only so he can get the information he wants. He makes a mental note to force everyone to get outside at least once a month. He might stick around to see if she bursts into flames in the sun. That would be interesting.

“You do that,” the woman says. “Is there anything else?”

“No.”

☕️

He catches her outside the coffee shop. She’s already drinking from a cup, leaning against the wall and watching him as he gets close. He half expects her to take off but she doesn’t. She waits.

“We have to stop meeting like this,” she teases. “People will say we’re in love.” It makes him scowl in response but her grin just widens.

“Who the fuck are you?” he asks.

“Depends on who you ask.”

“Cut the shit. You haven’t used your real name once in there,” he nods towards the coffee shop. “What is it?”

She leans forward slightly, still grinning. “Have you been listening for it?”

“For fucks sake, all these made up names are getting old.”

“You’re getting old,” she counters. “Besides, all names are made up.”

He glares at her. “Who are you?”

“Now that’s the question, isn’t it?” She moves away from the wall, glancing behind him just enough to grin. “Got to go, hot stuff. Got an appointment with the love of my life. Better watch out.” She points behind him.

He’s not falling for that. He’s not. So of course something barrels into him, knocking him down.

“Oh shit, sorry Eric! You alright?”

He shakes off Quil’s hands and stands up. “What the fuck!”

“Sorry,” Quil says again. “Bunch of kids went flying past me and one of them shoved me back. Didn’t see you.”

Eric scowls but ignores the man, racing forward to try to catch her. She’s long gone.

☕️

He’s sitting and waiting. He knows she’s coming. He got there early to catch her and he’s going to make her tell him her name. Her real name instead of whatever bullshit she’s given the barista. Then he’s going to find out exactly who she is. So far all he knows is that she’s definitely made an enemy out of one of the trainers since she was mistakenly marked down as factionless. Not that Eric cared. He beat him for Leadership and Mark has taken it out on anyone he could since. As if a Dauntless was more worthy just by right of birth.

He’s angled himself enough that he can see both the door and the counter. He’s not letting her escape him that easily this time.

So of course, Max comes in and sits directly across from him. The one person Eric can’t order to leave. He’s beginning to think the universe is conspiring against him.

“We need to get ready for this council meeting,” Max tells him. “Gather the-”

Max pauses in time for Eric to realize someone’s slipped in behind him. He feels them lean over him and he recognizes her hand as it places a pastry in front of him.

“Don’t work too hard, handsome,” she kisses his cheek before retreating. Eric turns, reaching for her but she’s already darted out of the way. He’s halfway out of his chair before Max clears his throat and gives him a pointed look.

Eric glances towards her to see her wiggle her fingers at him in a cocky wave.

“A new fling?” Max asks, pointing at his cheek to indicate the mark she left behind.

“A curiosity,” Eric answers as he watches her go, reaching for a napkin.

☕️

He can’t stop thinking about her.

It’s driving him crazy. No woman should be on his mind this much. It’s just the fact that he knows nothing about her. Except that she has a love of her life. That, admittedly, makes him slightly more homicidal if he’s honest. Mainly because he can’t imagine someone putting up with her that much. Then again, how could they really be the love of her life if she’s spending so much time purposefully driving him up the wall, buying him snacks and kissing his cheek?

He still hasn’t found an ounce of worthwhile information about her. No one seems to have any clue who she actually is or where she came from, so how the fuck is she here?

He’s gone for a couple days, checking the recruits on the Fence and those stationed in areas to protect against the Factionless, so he’s already on edge. It takes him a few steps into his place to realize something is wrong.

The apartment is empty but there are things that don’t belong to him scattered throughout. He gets the slightest hint of the perfume that's become increasingly familiar over the past weeks as he walks around. There is an entire series of hair products that he’s never even seen before. His closet is full now with the addition of someone else’s clothes.

He’s not entirely sure how this happened or what’s going on but he’s beginning to think that he might finally get some answers.

She doesn’t appear that entire night and the next day, he goes back to administration. The same woman as before is there and looks just as unimpressed to see him. He feels the same way.

“The system isn’t fixed,” she tells him.

“Who the fuck is in my apartment?” he asks, ignoring the glare she sends him.

She stares at him for a moment before she checks the system. “Well, what do you know,” she looks over the screen at him. “It’s your mystery woman.”

“What?” He grabs the screen and turns it towards him. The same numbers and letters holding the spot of her name stare back at him. The screen gets pulled away from him.

“You want to talk to her, go! And get my system fixed!”

☕️

She’s not there that night either and he heads for the same coffee shop. The same bright haired man is behind the counter. Eric is already preparing for the lack of information.

“There you are! I have something for you!”

“I just want a coffee. Black.”

“Sure,” the barista says. He hands him over the coffee and slides over a muffin.

Eric stares back. “I didn’t ask for that.”

“Nope, but I was told to tell you it’s from Inigo Montoya. She stopped by earlier.”

Eric sighs. The barista just grins at him. Eric glares and takes it. “Where can I find her?”

The barista shrugs. “Don’t know. She’s never told me where she works.”

It’s only once he leaves the place and considers throwing out the muffin that he sees there’s writing on it. ‘You killed my father. Prepare to die.’ there was a lipstick mark next to it. He stares at it for a long moment.

Was she threatening him?

☕️

The threat spurs his search on.

He tears through his apartment, looking for some clue on who she actually is. He doesn’t expect to find roller skates in his closet. He inspects them carefully. They’re Dauntless made and decorated in the same style he’s seen the derby players wear. Finally. A clue.

He heads to the rink with the skates in hand.

It’s mostly empty, still too early in the day for practice and games. Thankfully there’s someone there.

“Hey!”

The person looks a little scared but comes closer. “Yeah?”

Eric holds up the skates. “Who do these belong to?”

They frown slightly before taking one and turning it around, getting a look at it. “These look like Sixteen’s. She’s a savage! Broke the other team’s jammer’s nose in the last game. It was great. How’d you get these?”

“Where is she?”

“I don’t know,” they shrug. “I think someone said she moved in with her boyfriend? Ethan? Aaron?”

Eric scowls. A boyfriend? He leaves without another word.

He goes back to his apartment, tossing the skates back toward the closet and heads for the shower. He goes through the motions. Eric doesn’t know what pisses him off more. The fact that she’s somewhere with the apparent love of her life or that he hasn’t seen her in days. The threat doesn’t make sense, not with the amount of things in his apartment. She’s out to drive him insane. He knows it. He just needs to know who she is. He needs to get her out from under his skin.

He gets out of the shower, trying to figure out how he’s going to find her. He needs to find her. He wants to know more. He wraps a towel around his waist and uses another to dry off his hair as he heads for the bedroom. And stops.

He turns to look down the hall, seeing a pile of curls appear over the back of his couch. The towel in his hand drops to the floor as he moves to reach her before she can escape again. She looks over at him, spoon in her mouth as she eats a bowl of cereal. Her legs are crossed under her and she’s dressed in loose pants and one of his shirts. It looks like she’s been there all fucking day.

“What the fuck!”

“Hey handsome,” she says, moving the spoon out of her mouth. She points it towards him. “Look at you all wet and shiny.”

“What the fuck are you doing here?”

“Issue with room assignments. You don’t mind, right?”

He stares at her for a moment, considering all the ways he can get rid of her and realizing…he doesn’t want to. He wants to break her apart only because he wants to know more. “Who are you?”

“They call me Quest,” she offers with a shrug.

“You’re not…Dauntless, are you?”

She grins at him. “You can’t prove that.”

He should report her. He should drag her to the other leaders and demand answers. Get Candor to bring some truth serum and finally find out what the fuck is going on…But maybe there’s a better use for her. She did manage to infiltrate their faction right under the noses of leadership, that took guts and brains.

“Come on, sit down. You’re hot, all scowly and half naked. Really testing my concentration here.” She pats the couch next to her. He sits down and faces her. Naked or not, he could take her. Especially now that she’s in reach.

“Are you factionless?”

“Nope,” she takes another spoonful of the cereal she’s eating. Her brown skin is a warm contrast against the black she’s wearing and he can spot some freckles now that he’s close enough to really touch her.

He frowns at her answer. “Then what?”

“Nothing,” she shrugs. “I’m not from here.”

He stares at her for a moment. “Then how the fuck do you have a Dauntless ID?”

“It’s not that hard to play the system, especially when you don’t really get questioned. You’re the first person who’s actually noticed.” She puts the bowl down and faces him. “So the question is, what are you going to do about it, hot stuff?”

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#quest is a chaos gremlin and dauntless is not ready for it #lol #oc: quest #quest's introduction #eric divergent #eric x oc #divergent eric #fic: anything but a long shot #divergent one shot

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nemesis-is-my-middle-name · 1 year

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Laventon goes to see them all off and cyndaquil pops out of its pokeball to beg and plead to be allowed to go too. He tries to tell it that it can't go because it doesn't have a partner yet, and Arezu is like, "wait, that pokemon doesn't belong to you?" And he explains that no, it's not really anyone's, it was just the one neither the protag or Cyllene picked when offered. And like, it's clearly a fire type pokemon and she is already feeling the chill and has only just realized it's only gonna get worse as the sun goes down, so kind of half joking she asks if she can have it since he's just giving it away. And that's how she gets a cyndaquil. And also its pokeball, but she just kinda sticks that at the bottom of her bag and pretends it doesn't exist.

The tourism industry is booming in their little village and all of the shop keepers are too happy about how much money it brings in to care about the fact that it's driving their leader up the wall. Going to the pokemon salon raises friendship levels, so it has to be something they like a lot, right? Once she really gets the hang of it, at least, there's probably a learning curve there. Luckily their group has quite the array of pokemon to practice on.

Ouch, to be confronted with the fact that he's changed and realizing that it was for the worse... I guess the good news is that he is once again in close quarters with several people and has an important mission. And he's able to actually battle people again, for fun. I think maybe the idea that she's not super into battling comes from the fact that as a ride pokemon she never tries to fight you? I'm not actually sure, but that's my best guess. I don't know if I've ever actually read a fic where she was like genuinely into battling. It'd be fun if she was though, especially with Ingo as her warden. Once he got a part-time job at Jubilife as the battle director though she'd lose like half of her entertainment and probably follow him there. He can't exactly scold her for not doing her duties if he's technically not doing his wardenly duties either.

They might be even more susceptible because of whatever connection they have to arceus, or at least that could be why they get hit as badly as they do. Lol yeah after they catch a pokemon they let it out, string the pokeball to it, and then are like come find us when all this is fixed and we'll break the balls for you.

Oh I like that a lot! The arc phone would definitely need to be involved in closing them, since arceus is the one healing the hall of origin cracks and using its power would probably be the the only way people could fix the stuff on earth, though I'm not sure just pointing it at one would be enough, they'd probably have to actually go in them. Any pokemon brought by the bubbles that was still in one when it closed would be taken back to where it came from, but anything that was outside would be stuck in Hisui. The other wardens probably have their hands full, not just with their nobles should they frenzy, but with having to clean up after the frenzied distortion bubble pokemon that are messing up the ecosystem

ghskjhj or she's been absently holding it since it crawled into her lap bc it IS chilly out and it's nice and warm and laventon sees her doing it and is like do... do you just want to take it with you? and she's like HM. WELL. i have very weird feelings about your whole pokeball deal but... on the other hand... i might have to go all the way up to the highlands later... ugh fine yes give me the pocket hand warmer pokemon

awww... yeah, not only sneasler, and lilligant (who probably has also gotten in on arezu's grooming once or twice before now) but also oshawott/rowlet/cyndaquil, and abra, and whatever else protag winds up catching, and ofc all of ingo's team, who are like, not not well taken care of, but then magnezone got scratched up by a ground type and needed buffing, and probopass wanted in, and tangrowth gets upset about being left out of anything, and then gliscor was just curious what all the fuss was about, and etc etc. hey it's good practice!

well. to be entirely honest, i think if there IS a fanon of her not liking battling very much, it probably comes at least partly from fic writers not wanting to deal with the question of ingo adding her to his team in an au where she goes back to the present with him. just speculating here, but. yeah now we run the risk of going off into headcanons about what battling Means and Represents for the pokemon, and i really don't think a noble can afford to dislike battling considering how much of their job must be based on swatting other pokemon in their territory, so if anything i think her complaint would be that she just isn't challenged enough? because i think nobles are Really Strong even unfrenzied. and very few pokemon even want to fight her to begin with, based on reputation alone, so she's like... bored with it lol. in which case i think battling with ingo in distortions would actually be really fun for her maybe?

OH THAT'S INTERESTING. their connection to arceus interacting with the Magic Rabies... if anything i feel like having a direct internal Divine Light would make them more resistant? since arceus is the thing able to mend the distortions/fractures, i think it would track if the frenzy was like an internal fracture and the blessing of sinnoh made them resistant to getting those. not quite immune, though... but it'll take some time for any of them to figure that out. imagine them going around assuming the nobles are all immune to this frenzy, and exposing them without much concern, and then suddenly realizing that oh wait they're not...

yeah that's true. which maybe the loop of it is like, protag has to be there Doing Stuff to close the rift, which demands a lot of attention, so the others surround and defend them while they do that? idk, that's a thought

#the nemesis speaks #the nemesis answers #anonymous #origin visions au

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riverstardis · 1 year

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the good samaritan:

david's tattoos😭

he's waking up after his threesome with the couple he pulled

"is that his psychiatrist? i'm not sure how good a job she's doing"💀

hugo's visiting grace. and he's invited connie to watch him in the school talent show. she says she's working

this incredibly smart (/s) guy comes across a crashed car, helps get the driver out because the seatbelt was stuck while she says she can smell petrol, tells her she can't leave the car there because it's in the way, gets in the car himself, puts the seatbelt on, tries to start the car, and surprise surprise the car catches fire and he can't get out because the seatbelt is stuck! lol he's a nonce so deserved

david's "psychiatrist" asking him if dylan has any psychiatric training and david laughing and going "no no, just problems, no training"😭😭

ik he's hallucinating her so it isn't that surprising that she encourages him to stay off his meds because "life is for living" but still yikes

noel baked a cake for duffy's birthday but he put 60 on it when she's only 56😭

hugo's turned up at the hospital

cal's dressed all smart and come in on his day off to see sam and ethan's like 🤨 SJFJFSJJ it's such a shame cal died before he could come to a little realisation about himself isn't it

jacob has to manhandle david out of resus :(

iain's trying to teach gem how to write and lily tries to comment and gem goes "back off, tiger lily!" and lily goes "racist. which i doubt you could spell." LMAOOO

lily says gem's not thick and says she blames the teacher and takes over from iain sjsjfjf

lily looks so good

nooo david🫣 he kisses duffy fully on the mouth and wishes her happy birthday

oop robyn's baby's kicking a lot. foreshadowing...

david's "psychiatrist" telling him big pharma conspiracy...

i think connie's missing being able to do "normal" mum things bc she's watching a girl and her mum in cubicles. yikes :/ instead of going home to grace she goes to hugo's talent show. but tbh grace seems happier with the carer than she was with connie anyway

this guy keeps talking about wanting to see his "girl" and how she's doing the school talent show and he says she's in year 10, so naturally of course they all assume she's his daughter...

then she gets there and she's confused like "he's not my dad? ew he wouldn't say that" and they're all like wtaf

charlie tries to explain to her how he's taking advantage of her but he's not doing a very good job but sally hodge to the rescue! she goes "he tries to help but he just ends up annoying people" so true shjdsjsjf and then she successfully gets the point across to the poor girl

hm why is lily sat next to max rather than with ethan and cal at the party?? oh wait i bet she's waiting for iain isn't she🙄

dylan goes to see david's psychiatrist and discovers the room is actually not an office but is just full of junk and the psychiatrist is actually a woman on the cover of a magazine in there😬

david comes in and they're all staring at him and he says it's not much of a party and asks if there's anything he can do and sally sarcastically says there's no strippers but david's like "excellent idea!" and actually starts doing a strip tease for duffy but robyn immediately gets him out of there by reminding him he was going to take her for a drive in his new car... i think you may regret that though robyn

dylan calls charlie and tells him that david's a lot worse than they realised but it's too late because he and robyn have already set off😬

#classic casualty #the good samaritan

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dearmrsawyer · 2 years

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jAMILA i miss you and i hope you are doing okay. i was going to be like 'update us on everything that is going on in your life!' but don't actually want to put that kind of pressure on you! but i want you to know that i love you and i miss you and you are unforgettable! and i hope things are going ok

steph HI! 💖💖 gosh, life has been super overwhelming for the last few months like it has just been a lot every day. i love you too and missed you 😭 i've wanted to come on and say hi to people and give a bit of an update but i just haven't had time or energy!! I've been on grandparent duty anytime i'm not at work for the last 6 weeks, while my mum worked insane hours during our election, so anytime i'm not taking care of them i've been in bed watching shows before i fall asleep.

the chart toppers are that we're STILL waiting for our insurance to send an assessor after the downstairs flooding from march. also my grandparents' aged care provider hasn't come and fixed anything they said they would in march. nonna went to hospital for a week purely because we couldn't get a doctor to come out and listen to her chest, it was the only way we could get a doctor to give her a check up and then they wanted to keep her there even though they're so understaffed they didn't even have time to care for her while she was there. it was just a week of not being able to see her (bc of sensible hospital visiting limitations) for no reason. our cat Seppe has been missing for a month, i think he's just wandered up the mountain where there's lots of exciting nature but when he first disappeared we didn't even have time to go look for him (we put up flyers like a week later). i finally arranged for my wardrobe to be refitted (it was all 50 year old chip board inside) and i thought i could finally tick something off the list but the guy made a mistake so now i'm waiting for them to come back and fix it. also this is dumb but i have to let our grandparents' carers in at 7:30 every morning bc of delayed aged care provider repairs to our external stairs which isn't much but everything else is already so much do i also need to start every day by being face to face with a stranger at my most undignified 😩 also i still really miss my work friend who left in march, i've spoken to her a couple of times since but haven't had any time to catch up with her properly. I'm still doing all her work, i can't tell if being at work or being at home is more work atm lol, i'm just trying to get through each day. mum's work schedule is going to go back to normal in a week so things might feel a little easier soon?? maybe??

#also i've been meaning to text you for like 3 months and ask if you ever received the zine i sent u in january😭#literally nothing i've sent this year has reached its destination i'm scared to post anything ever again lol #one highlight we elected a new government which was so exciting and has pumped hope into the country for the first time in 10 years 🌟#anyway ilu 💜#tp #asks

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Late catching up but omg a written chapter!! My manifesting worked 🥰. I’m so in love with this Hoseok already wtf 😭. The written chapter just put it over the edge!! He is so down bad already it’s sick 🥴 (man is literally counting minutes 🥺) but at the same time when he said “turn around” 😳🙃 can’t wait to see him when he’s fully comfortable around her bc oof 🥵 (and yn is such a tease making him sweat before picking him, she’ll get right along with cin it seems! 😂)

And cin! Omg she’s everything I imagined and more 😍 and joon still getting butterflies for her 😖 (yoongi and the cheek kiss had me giggling). Also something about yn calling Yoongi Agust is so funny to me like this girl fr don’t know don’t care 😂

Also cin knowing jk 👀 that’s interesting…def can’t wait to hear more about where he’s making his money besides video games 👀👀👀.

Excited to catch up on the other parts I missed too!!! Really looking forward to Hoseok getting more confident talking to yn as himself (not as her sugar daddy 👀) and cannot wait to see how yoongi encounters Vmin for the first time 👀😂 since they were absent from the club this time

idk what it is but smth abt this hoseok just warms my heart :((( like you can tell that he's got some hoe tendencies in there ., but he's just so awkward nd shy that he just ends up being real sweet . esp when he's actually in front of yn nd his crush is getting the better of him ., he doesn't know what to do w himselff so he ends up just staring LOL . but as he grows more comfortable with her we're def gonna see more of that dominant side ., nd it's for sure gonna catch yn off guard bc she's jus used to him being all weird .

the way joon still gets like that around her after all these years :(( like you can tell that's the love of his life ., esp with how comfortable they are with each other nd how much trust they must have to be able to function properly in an open relationship ! love that for him fr . LMAO yn does not care abt who yoongi is or who he isn't ., she's jus tryna focus on making her money nd going home !

as for jungkook . he's got a lot going on aside from his gaming . he's an escort - so he basically goes on dates w older woman nd sometimes sleeps w them if they pays enough . there's not much going on between him nd cin tho ., jus that she knows the person that runs the place where he works .

i'm so excited to hear what you have to say abt the next parts that are coming out bc it's only gonna get messier from here !! i can't wait to get to the parts where hoseok is more confident bc bro! - that man is smth else when he's not holding back - nd we just started getting into the drama of vmingi ! poor yoongi has no idea what he's getting himself into .

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glacialmaples-pkmn · 8 months

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I spent the past few days catching up on (voiced) story/archon quests I'm able to unlock and a few things off the top of my head

1. I did alhaithams quest. I thought ppl were exaggerating when it came to his and kavehs relationship. they were not. it's so fucking funny lmao.

alhaithem doesn't even need to instigate anything, he just needs to exist within eyesight of kaveh and kaveh will start with his list of grievances against him lol

alhaithem truly does live rent free inside kavehs head (nahida confirmed)

2. I completely forgot that we rename/give Wanderer a name so I procrastinated doing that by doing math homework

3. when we get a letter in port ormos and it said that the sender used a loophole as the destination/location being a 'floating white fairy' I thought it was either itto or kaeya. then I thought there was no way they would use the wording of 'loophole' if it was itto who sent it, so my main guess was kaeya.

open the letter and immediately look to see who the sender was and it's kaeya. of course it's kaeya. I laughed for 2 minutes idk I really found it funny lol

4. I just started the fontaine quest and. what the fuck is furina on lol. publicly challenges us to a duel then immediately backtracks as soon as we pull out our sword, then changes the challenge to a court 'duel' bcs Paimon isn't allowed to float/fly on certain days??

I can already tell I'm gonna like her she's so weird lmfao. can't believe that after being gone for months I have guaranteed pity for her already.

I'm sure there's more I want to say abt stuff, but my brain is fried so I'll wait. I'll probably write my thoughts on things as I'm playing through. (like how long I hold onto quests. I unlocked hu tao's quests as soon as it came out, but only got around to starting and finishing it 3 days ago lol)

#maple crunches #genshin impact #I also forgot abt nahidas skill working on ppl in sumeru #so I missed a bunch of dialogue in tighnaris and cynos quests #hopefully I remember when I'm able to unlock dehyas quest

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hqrbinger · 2 years

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BY YOUR SIDE.

summary; moments in the kitchen with them! pairings; arataki itto, kujou sara, xiao, eula x gn!reader (seperately, no pronouns used!) warnings/tags; mentions of food, cooking, baking, domestic fluff! no beta, basically just brainrot (kinda set in a modern teyvat-esque type place idk man i was just writing without a goal) notes; this is dedicated to and inspired by @starglitterz bc her kitchen brainrot fic she wrote for me sent me into a downward spiral of kitchen brainrot..... archons help me.... also my eula characterization cld use some work, i just wanted to add her in for ven hehe <3 love u m.list | song- by your side. ; OMORI OST

reblogs are greatly appreciated <3

even in the dim, blue light of the EARLY MORNINGS, you can be sure that ITTO is in the kitchen with you. while you're frying your perfect eggs over the stove, bedhead and sleepwear and all, he's sauntering in yawning as he presses a kiss to your cheek with a sleepy 'good morning'. his hands rest on your hips, creeping forward little by little until he's embracing you from behind, his chin resting on your shoulder as he watches you cook. his voice is still raspy from sleep and his big t-shirt-baggy pants combo hangs loosely over his toned frame as he shuffles around the kitchen to start the coffee and set the table. you watch him fondly from the stove, smiling softly at the sight of your boyfriend's uncharacteristically gentle demeanor. it's almost comical seeing such a big, muscular, oni gang leader in his sleepwear humming while pouring coffee and gathering dishes, but these moments are precious to you. when his eyes meet your staring, returning your affectionate grin with his own, you know you wouldn't trade your mornings for anything in the world.

KUJOU SARA, whether she realizes it or not, is always expecting you once it reaches MIDDAY. you're always waiting outside the tenryou commission's gates, basket of groceries in hand, waving as she approaches from a long morning's work. you walk her to your home just like you do every day, babbling about whatever events had happened to you during your errands, showing her the new furoshiki cloths you had picked up from oguro mio's shop, mentioning how you managed to get today's fish on sale. once back at your place sara sits down at the counter, like usual, watching as you get to work on making lunch. she notes the way you work so smoothly as if it was just second nature, never skipping a beat even as you continue to talk. she admires how you're able to cook and wash rice just right, how even as you're clearly focusing on her rather than the food, everything still continues to come out perfectly. sara doesn't even realize that she's zoned out staring at you until after you're standing right in front of her, your freshly made bento box neatly wrapped in the new purple furoshiki you had bought that day held out proudly for her to take. she can't help but smile as she walks back towards the tenryou commission, staring at the cat-shaped rice the entire way back.

dinners with XIAO under the hazy light of the EVENING are always memorable, especially if you're able to drag him into the kitchen beforehand. he's not one to eat conventional food, we all know he only enjoys almond tofu, but this doesn't compel him enough to stop you as you try and teach him how to cook your favorite meal. he can't push you away as you gently steady his hands on the kitchen knives and he can't ignore the feeling of contentment as he knocks hips with you as you simmer vegetables on the stove. and he especially can't deny the butterflies that erupt into flight at each smile and words of praise each time he manages to do something right. while he's trying his best, his focus is split unevenly between you and the task at hand. his eyes seem to naturally pull towards your furrowed brow and the way your hair is pushed back away from your eyes, and he can't stop the flush when he catches himself staring. after the two of you finish eating the meal you made together up on the balcony and you look up at him expectantly asking him to teach you how to make almond tofu, he realizes just how in love he really is.

when you wake up past MIDNIGHT craving brownies, EULA is always prepared to help make the best damn brownies in teyvat. she'll happily follow you out of bed, letting you drag her by the hand into the dark kitchen, chuckling softly with you as you take out the bowls and cups. even if you know how to add ingredients properly to the bowl (and chances are, you do) she'll insist on helping guide your hand, standing very close behind you. her glacial hair is messy, falling around her face and tickling yours as she stands oh-so-close to you while adding said ingredients, small words of praise falling from her lips with each addition to the mixture. she'll hold her finger covered in batter to your lips to taste, even swiping a bit onto your nose while smiling as you pout up at her. she'll stand beside you, her arm loosely wrapped around your waist as you mix and will slide the pan into the oven once you finish. she thinks you're just adorable as you cuddle up in the living room waiting for the brownies to cook, jumping up every now and then to check to see how they're doing. she'll watch with nothing but fondness as you clean up after the mess you both made until you splash her with a bit of water from the sink, that mischievous look shining in your eyes. she'll chuckle, mentioning how she will have her vengeance before moving to come help you tidy up.

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