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trashinyourpockets · 2 months
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Yorklina.
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And a sketch comic (emphasis on sketch)
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january-summers · 4 months
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So I've been assuming that Restoration is going to end up with Epsilon dying, with the entire season being him trying and failing and finally coming to terms with the fact that he's going to die because it's the only way to save the others.
And this assumption was based on the idea that "new season retcons all the seasons you fans hated, haha whoopsie no it doesn't" is pretty much the last possible way RT could screw the fandom over.
@tvckerwash brought up some stuff about rampancy and metastability on one of my other posts, and one of his own posts, and it sort of got a pot on the mental back burner simmering.
Cause like, I'll admit I was an RVB fan first and I've only played like five minutes of any halo game (got shot while I was trying to figure out the controls until i just gave up on the idea that I'd ever have five seconds to myself and took over ten years to touch another first person game), my knowledge of the lore comes more from the fantastic essay videos of the more hardcore fans, so I don't know that much about rampancy and metastability beyond pretty much the basics.
But I am wondering if I've been looking at Epsilon's simulations the wrong way.
Melancholia, Anger, Jealousy, Metastability.
I've been assuming that Epsilon shattering was the end point, but only broken things need restoration. So what if the simulations aren't just to drive home the point that he doesn't get to stay, but to let go of the jealousy of them getting to live and being able to live without him, of them letting go of him, because the only way out is through.
It's not Epsilon's last hurrah, it's speed running strats, Epsilon is trying to hack himself to Metastability because that's the only way he gets them all out of this: Metastable or Bust.
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Or I'm talking out my ass because I haven't slept properly* all week and honestly after Shizno Paradox (time travel shenanigans my beloved) and Zero, we might as well brace ourselves for The Triplets and Sherry's team to bust in riding purple space kangaroos that shoot lasers from their anatomically incorrect nipples eyes.
*I legit thought I'd solved for why the live action "silver timeline" halo show was so ... the way it is, and that the answer was the gen/jen/geo theory that @joltning introduced me to, because you know who else is green? thankfully(?) master chief is wearing the wrong helmet... when he's wearing one, anyway.
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hardygalwrites · 1 year
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Originally posted to FFN around the 3rd of April, 2017
Simply archiving a writing challenge I did back in 2016 up to 2017 and featuring my favourite writing pieces from each week of the challenge here on Tumblr :]
← Week 33 (BB) – Week 35 (BB) →
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Cartoon: Transformers Prime / Robots in Disguise 2015
Characters: Smokescreen, Knock Out, and Bumblebee, with appearances from numerous other characters (even ones not featured in the cartoons)
Synopsis: An Autobot Elite Guard rookie, a Decepticon medic turned Autobot, and an Autobot scout turned warrior turned street cop - three very different bots with a wide range of stories to tell. And we are going to spend the next year exploring said stories through daily-written drabbles, be they angsty, humorous, gut-punching, or just plain odd! Who doesn’t love a challenge? (2016 to 2017)
In the End, They Just Have to Have Faith
Bumblebee pushed himself into an upright position. "You're too late," he said hoarsely. "The transmission's already been sent."
"Irrelevant," Shockwave droned. "It is highly unlikely that the transmission will be of any aid to your cause."
"I know..."
"Your suicide mission can therefore be deemed as fruitless, and therefore pointless."
Bumblebee laughed softly. "Not sure if I agree with you on that. I wouldn't even be here if I didn't have even the smallest bit of hope that my team would be able to pull through, despite the odds."
Shockwave leveled his cannon at Bumblebee's helm. "That is most illogical."
"Maybe. ...But that's faith."
Let's Play the Quiet Game
Sideswipe was still shouting insults at the guards in an effort to get them to open the doors, with Jetstorm often interjecting. Bumblebee wasn't sure how much more of this he could take.
"Guys," Bumblebee said, surprisingly calm. "Let's stop and, I dunno, play the quiet game for awhile."
"C'mon, 'Bee," Sideswipe groaned. "We have nothing better to do, plan-wise and boredom-wise."
"You are running out of insults, Sideswipe," Jetstorm pointed out. "We may have no choice but to participate in Bumblebee's game of quietness."
"Oh, please. I'm only just getting started!"
"I would really like to play the quiet game, please," Bumblebee muttered.
Ha! Melodramatic!
"Fine, so you're working with us. But don't forget that there are people living on this planet; humans who know nothing about us or our mission. If you reveal yourself to a human, or put any human in harm's way, I will personally fly you back to Cybertron. Got that?"
Wasp shook his helm with a laugh. "Primus, 'Bee, and I hoped you would have finally outgrown your melodramatic stage in the short time you've been gone."
Sideswipe, who had been lurking in the background, burst out laughing.
Bumblebee fixed him with an irritated glare. "Aren't you supposed to be on patrol?"
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metamatar · 8 months
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“We use a circular reference in Excel to do linear regression.” My mind was blown. I had thought, naively perhaps, that circular references in Excel simply created an error. But this data scientist showed me that Excel doesn’t error on circular references—if the computed value of the cell converges. You see, when formulas create a circular reference, Excel will run that computation up to a number of times. If, in those computations, the magnitude of the difference between the most recent and previous computed values for the cell falls below some pre-defined epsilon value (usually a very small number, like 0.00001), Excel will stop recomputing the cell and pretend like it finished successfully. Yeah, really.
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phoenixblaze1412 · 4 months
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can i request a fem reader who has a terrible moodswing during her period? i couldn't help but imagine dottore getting yelled at by reader because of her mood hehe, also, how will dottore handle the situation?
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Code Red.
Every segment knows of this. An event that happens every month and usually lasts for a week. Yes, their darling's monthly period pain.
Dottore is already aware of it. He was the one who made the code after all.
He would already have the medicine and painkillers that you may need to help suppress those cramps you have to endure. Ibuprofen, naproxen, aspirin and the like. All prepared and organised in a certain shelf titled 'For Pain/Cramps' just in case needed.
Ah, ah, ah. You are not eating various sugary treats or those cravings you want. The only treat you can consume is dark chocolate. Dottore explained that said product has magnesium that can also help alleviate your pain. Doctor's orders after all.
Dottore usually wouldn't be bothered when others would scream at him. But hearing your voice curse and yell at him would make him flinch. He knows it's part of your mood swings and it's normal but sometimes he would be overthinking some of the words you would say until you had to force it outta him during your post-period state.
If Dottore is busy in his laboratory or on a mission while you're on your period, he would send some of his segments to take care of you.
Dottore made sure to write a list of things needed for you and to take note of your mood swings because each emotion or reaction you show has various meanings that the segment has to understand to be able to handle the situation.
The segments, mostly the younger ones during Dottore's pre-fatui era, would be panicking over you. They read the notes given to them, yes. But did they understand? Absolutely not. They haven't taken care of you like this before but they were the ones ordered by Dottore himself to take care of you since they were available.
The segments even suggested of immediately putting you in the operating room right when they saw the blood staining your sheets and coming from down there. They thought that one of your organs must have popped and could require medical treatment immediately.
Dottore had to step in and rescue you right after Omega informed him that you were about to have surgery just because of some measly blood. He couldn't blame his segments for being so idiotic, he once thought you had an internal bleeding that he didn't examined carefully when he first found out about your period.
After that incident, he decided to hold a small meeting between himself and his segments and informed them of your monthly pain. He made sure the segments don't even bother to think of trying anything else to fix you other than follow the instructions he laid out when your menstrual cycle arrives.
Dottore may have forgot to inform them about the mood swings.
Later on, he found his segments sulking in the corner of your room with a hurt look plastered across their faces.
"..never have I seen a woman become so scary..."
"I blame you for this, Gamma."
"I didn't do anything! I was only giving her the medicine! Besides, Epsilon was supposed to bake treats for her."
"She already ate them all!"
"Enough of your chatter and stand up. She's acting like that because of her mood swings. It's part of her monthly cycle. So stop whining and get to work."
Yes, Dottore wrote down every little thing needed to do whenever you had your period but he left out a certain thing. Affections.
Any simple act of physical affection that he would initiate is already enough to keep you stable. From cuddles to forehead and cheek kisses all the way to whispering sweet words into your ear is enough to stop your mood swings from going haywire.
He wouldn't let his other segments know about it, just because they're him from different time periods doesn't mean he would let them give you affections. How ironic of him to be jealous of himself.
Nonetheless, when it comes to you, you are his and his alone.
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joltning · 3 months
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Pre Epsilon Wash and the rest of the PFL group meeting the current Wash and crew???
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only did a few cause I didn’t know what characters to pair with which
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janmisali · 1 year
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Number Tournament: Total Ranking?
here at the end of the Number Tournament, I think it's a good idea to reflect on all sixty-four competitors, and see how well they did.
the main metric I'll be using to rank these is "total relative support", which is the number of votes each number got, divided by how many people participated in the polls they were in. I'll also be considering the pre-tournament number submission form to be one of these polls, with 2277 votes.
the two free-for-all side polls also count for this, but this significantly skewed the results for those numbers, so I'll also be showing what their total relative support values would be without the free-for-alls.
in addition, I'll be showing their original seed value, as well as the upper and lower bounds for their "true rank". (eg. fifteen lost to zero in round one, so it theoretically could be the second-best number, or it could be the bottom-ranked number)
zero: 59.8%; seed 4; true rank 1
i: 50.7%; seed 11; true rank 2-33
NaN: 48.2% (50.1%); seed 26; true rank 3-49
one: 47.4% (52.0%); seed 10; true rank 4-61
two: 46.9% (50.8%); seed 3; true rank 3-57
e: 46.0% (49.4%); seed 6; true rank 3-61
413: 44.4%; seed 13; true rank 3-63
golden ratio: 44.4% (48.3%); seed 21; true rank 2-57
epsilon: 44.2%; seed 37; true rank 4-63
5F3759DF: 44.1% (48.1%); seed 47; true rank 4-57
forty-two: 44.0%; seed 14; true rank 5-63
Belphegor's prime: 43.7% (45.3%); seed 60; true rank 3-61
order of the Monster: 43.5%; seed 49; true rank 3-61
eight: 43.2%; seed 8; true rank 4-61
negative one: 42.8% (46.1%); seed 33; true rank 2-49
pi: 42.5%; seed 19; true rank 4-61
square root of two: 42.1% (47.0%); seed 34; true rank 5-61
420: 41.8%; seed 35; true rank 4-63
sixty-four: 41.2% (44.6%); seed 20; true rank 2-61
three: 40.6%; seed 2; true rank 6-63
twelve: 39.3%; seed 15; true rank 5-63
six: 39.0% (44.8%); seed 9; true rank 4-63
666: 38.7%; seed 52; true rank 4-64
star: 38.7% (42.5%); seed 41; true rank 3-57
Chaitin's constant: 38.3%; seed 40; true rank 5-63
beth-one: 38.2%; seed 53; true rank 3-63
omega: 37.6%; seed 64; true rank 3-63
final vote count: 36.0%; seed 48; true rank 4-63
Avogadro constant: 35.7%; seed 27; true rank 4-63
thirteen: 32.8%; seed 12; true rank 4-64
twenty-seven: 32.7%; seed 22; true rank 3-63
256: 32.7%; seed 45; true rank 3-64
thirty-six: 32.3%; seed 36; true rank 2-63
sixty-nine: 32.3%; seed 5; true rank 4-64
seventy-two: 31.3%; seed 43; true rank 4-64
tau: 30.8%; seed 23; true rank 5-63
infinity (concept): 30.8%; seed 50; true rank 6-64
mute: 30.3%; seed 58; true rank 4-63
seven: 30.0%; seed 1; true rank 4-64
aleph-null: 25.6%; seed 39; true rank 4-64
four: 24.8%; seed 7; true rank 5-64
TREE(3): 24.0%; seed 42; true rank 6-64
fifty-seven: 23.9%; seed 57; true rank 5-64
eleven: 23.2%; seed 25; true rank 6-64
five: 23.2%; seed 17; true rank 5-64
twenty-three: 23.1%; seed 32; true rank 3-64
twenty-four: 22.7%; seed 24; true rank 4-64
fine-structure constant: 21.9%; seed 46; true rank 5-64
seventeen: 21.1%; seed 16; true rank 4-64
googolplex: 20.5%; seed 51; true rank 6-64
nine: 20.4%; seed 18; true rank 5-64
fourteen: 18.4%; seed 38; true rank 5-64
2277: 18.3%; seed 29; true rank 3-64
thirty-nine: 17.9%; seed 56; true rank 5-64
twenty-one: 17.1%; seed 31; true rank 6-64
thirty-seven: 16.4%; seed 30; true rank 5-64
144: 16.2%; seed 59; true rank 4-64
sixteen: 15.9%; seed 28; true rank 5-64
Rayo's number: 15.7%; seed 63; true rank 7-64
twenty-two: 15.1%; seed 44; true rank 3-64
nineteen: 13.6%; seed 55; true rank 5-64
ten: 13.5%; seed 62; true rank 4-64
forty-seven: 10.6%; seed 54; true rank 3-64
fifteen: 8.7%; seed 61; true rank 2-64
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elix8r · 1 year
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The Frat Diaries Glossary (heads up: I realized while writing that i’m using a lot of lingo that not everyone might be familiar so this should help you out with understanding everything and the story will make more sense esp if you’re not already familiar with Greek life and also this is all based on my personal experiences so it might be different at each school):
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Rush: a process where prospective sorority and fraternity members and the actual sororities and fraternities meet each other and through this they pick out the people that they want in their organization. Sorority rush (recruitment) is much more of an organized event where PNMs come weeks before school actually start to rush. They have specified schedules that let them know which sororities to meet. This process is so intricate lmao I literally thought I was dying when I went through it cause everyday I had to wake up at like 5am to get ready and got back to my dorm at like 8pm. Each day the amount of sororities you can get back lessen until the last day where you are left with your top two and you choose from there. Fraternity rush is much more of a laidback event that also happens before school starts. Fraternity rush is more about who you know and connections. Many start inviting potential members over the summer to their houses to see if they vibe well with everyone else. Then during the official week of rush, frats will hold events or dinners that are invite only and from there they narrow their choices before handing out bids. 
PNM: potential new member 
Pledge: A non-initiated member of a fraternity. He isn’t considered a full-fledged member and this is usually where the “hazing” happens and a good chunk of them are first years
Chapter: a weekly mandatory meeting held at the sorority house where members come and learn about upcoming events and etc.
Initiation: a very very secretive ceremony that is different for every organization but this is where the new members are officially indoctrinated into being a member of the sorority or fraternity. It’s usually really formal (almost cult-like with coordinated dress code, usually long white dresses) and a big deal. 
Bid: the official invitation you receive from the sorority or fraternity to join them 
Bid day: an important day at the end of rush week where new members run home (sometimes literally) and the sororities throw huge celebrations to celebrate the new members that have received a bid from them 
GBig/Big/little: a big is usually an older member of your organization that is a mentor figure that basically takes you under their wing and helps you adjust to your life in Greek. While not always, these relationships are usually one that develops to an actual older sister/younger sister situation. Your GBig would be the big of your big and all together you would refer to everyone in your group as a family and the little would be the new member
Tailgate: pre-game for a big sports game and it usually involves lots of day drinking, barbecuing, yard games, and socializing 
Darty: day-party
Formal/Semi-formal: kinda like college prom for fraternities and sororities. Usually held in like some city (New Orleans) or a special place and it’s really fun as you’re probably gonna be drunk at it
Game day pin/stickers: Im not sure that this is a thing outside of the South but because it is a thing everyone has on gamedays i’m going to add it. It’s like pins or stickers that usually showcases your sorority’s support for your school. Pins are worn by the members (and maybe parents or significant others as they aren’t handed out in bulks like the stickers are so if you see someone who isn’t in that sorority wearing a pin, then they probably have a close relationship with whoever gave it to them) and stickers are put on just anyone who wants one. Click this link for some examples. 
Letters: the Greek letters for you fraternity or sorority. For example the two main organizations in this story is Epsilon Nu (EN) and Alpha Epsilon Sigma (AEΣ). Many Greek members will be seen sporting their letters on their shirts, hats, computers, backpacks, water bottles, etc.
Dues: how much you pay the organization and it usually covers the cost for the house, meals, membership, etc. 
Date Party/Socials/Mixer: social events that usually have a theme or is held with other fraternities. I’ve been to like My-tie, ski lodge, Hawaiian luau, country-club, etc and they’re just a real fun time to socialize and spend time with your fellow sisters
Philanthropy: Usually each organization has a specific charity or awareness they raise money for (ZTA raises breast cancer awareness and Tri-Delt raises money for St. Jude) and there will also be drives or events held to raise money or volunteer
Executive Board: aka exec is the leadership council for your organization. For example: President, VP of Recruitment, Standards chair, etc.
Standards: This is like HR or risk management. This is the board that makes sure the girls follow rules and policies and if they don’t, then you will be called to standards and given consequences based on what you did wrong. Example: I got fined for talking to a PNM who was a friend of mine outside of rush during recruitment week.
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Author’s Note: I might add more as I write but seriously if you have any questions do not hesitate to send them my way and i will be more than happy to do my best to try to explain things further also I have made my mind to further expand this universe and create stories with some of the other members! so look out for those in the near future! 
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idololivine · 2 months
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the idololivine fic compendium
this is what the cool fic writers are using as their pinned posts now, right?
Gen or Multi
Product Testing
EiEd, QuinEi, EiOli, KuyaEi | Short, non-explicit vignettes of Eiden testing sex toys with the lads.
if I could begin to be (half of what you think of me)
Eiden/Everyone, background implied polyclan | Fusion AU, light angst with a happy ending, found family.
epsilon
Character study vignettes within non-traditional omegaverse.
Alphabet Soup
Random Bullshit Go, omegaverse style. Dumping ground for snippets I wanted to write but weren't hefty enough to be a standalone oneshot.
green carnations
Olivine gets sick with hanahaki disease in the lead-up to chapter 4.
caretaker
Karu & Olivine | Omegaverse sickfic, Olivine takes care of Karu. Written for NU Flash Fic.
Eiden/Olivine
weathering the storm
Blade & Garu | Pre-game. It's storming and they're cuddling platonically. Written for NU Flash Fic.
Iterative Design
Eiden tests various sex toys on Olivine, vignette style.
Hands-On Learning
Explicitly consensual and fairly generic omegaverse porn, ft. omega Olivine and none-of-the-above Eiden.
In Love and War
Painplay fic. Olivine gets hurt in a routine fight and Eiden notices that Olivine's horny about it.
Office Hours
Impact play fic. Eiden spanks Olivine with a ruler.
if i've been enveloped in tenderness
Hurt/comfort, Eiden regulates Olivine after chapter 11. No longer canon compliant as of chapter 12.
Much Ado About Knotting
Omegaverse modern AU. Ft beta Eiden, omega Olivine, a prosthetic knot, and omegaverse as a way to discuss gender and predetermined roles. Written for Knot In My Name.
got milk?
The milk fic.
Morvay/Olivine
the body keeps the score
Olivine briefly relapses in self-harm, and seeks Eiden out for comfort. No smut.
Edmond/Olivine
Studies in Demonology
Olivine questioning the church's stance on demons, reading books about it, and then fucking Morvay, in that order. Olivine's first time topping.
Quincy/Olivine
courtship token
Omegaverse fake dating AU. Written for NU Flash Fic.
Olivine/Garu
oh, the weather outside is frightful
Remember when the Festive Glimmer trio had a sleepover? Dante falls asleep and then wakes up to find quinoli going at it. Non-explicit sex, mostly about the humor.
Blade/Olivine
a helping hand
The omegaverse fic where Olivine helps Garu through the beginnings of a heat until Eiden comes home. Written for Two Wolves.
Learning by Doing
Omegaverse porn, and no one's even in heat! More of an excuse for me to make people read my (fairly basic) worldbuilding. Ft. omega Olivine and none-of-the-above Blade.
Dante/Olivine
knife's edge
The knifeplay fic. Hefty dose of polyclan, and apparently it's unexpectedly cute for being, well, a knifeplay fic.
Quincy/Eiden/Olivine
summa cum laude
The Collab Fic Ever! Dante/Eiden by @requiodile and Dante/Quincy by @zerenovation. Dante gets a three part crash course in being a better top.
Quincy/Eiden
Tying the Knot
Explicitly consensual omegaverse porn, now with knotting! Ft. omega Olivine, alpha Quincy, and none-of-the-above Eiden.
A Boner to Pick
The t4t fic. More of an extended dick joke than anything, really.
New Bone Plus
t4t fic now with porn. Ft phalloplasty, boner magic, and Eiden topping Quincy.
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my-own-walker · 1 year
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fluff with frat kyle dating a really pretty girl and he gets jealous when guys flirt with her at parties 🤭🤭 thanks bae ily
The Bends
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note: i love naming my fics after music i like...i was literally just about to write a jealous!evan fic and this request came in. perfect perfect timing.
warnings: jealous!kyle, fluff,
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Kyle's POV
She was effervescent. She dazzled. Y/N's beauty was electrifying.
I knew from meeting her that I'd have my hands full. Not with her, of course. Instead, with the attention she garnered. She was a bright light that no one could take their eyes off of.
I consider myself so lucky to have her. When I asked her out, I half expected her to laugh in my face. Instead, she replied, 'I never thought you'd ask.' She always said things that would steal my breath and make me delirious. It was dizzying.
I watched her as she danced in her little black dress. Her hair bounced as she moved and the light hit her skin perfectly, keeping my eyes fixated on her.
We were at Tau Kappa Epsilon's spring formal. All fraternities and sororities on campus were invited. I went, naturally bringing Y/N as my plus one. She wasn't involved in Greek life, meaning none of these guys would know her. She was fresh meat to them.
The crowd was suffocating. TKE's house wasn't big enough to hold an event like that. But she still found a way to dance. She was like that. She was a bit of an introvert but with good music and a little something to drink she became the life of the party. Even in a scary situation, like not knowing any of these people, she still shimmered.
I left her to go get us some drinks. We decided to pre-game the party in Y/N's apartment. Arrive drunk and get home relatively sober. That was the plan. But once we got there, she decided she needed something more. I didn't trust the knuckleheads serving the alcohol to not give her something extra in her drink if she went to get it herself.
Instead of rejoining her right away, though, I was pulled away by one of my brothers.
Before I knew it, the wolves descended on her. Clutching both drinks across the room, half listening to Tyler drone on about our frat's probation, I watched as Ethan Davis from Sigma Chi sauntered up to my girl. The dude always thought he was the shit. I grew sick watching him stoop down to speak closely to her ear. She replied with a smile, looking up at him with her sparkly doe eyes. They chatted for a bit too long for my liking, and Y/N was beginning to look very uncomfortable.
As soon as his hand touched her hip, I was off. I placed both drinks in Tyler's hands and bounded through the throngs of people toward my girlfriend.
'Yo Davis! What the fuck, man?' I shouted, rounding on him.
'Hey, hey,' Ethan shouted protectively, throwing his hands up. 'What's good, bro?'
'That's my fucking girl. Lay off,' I said through gritted teeth.
'You can still score even if there's a goalie, Spencer,' he laughed, smirking in a way that made my blood boil. I looked at Y/N, upset evident on her face. I raised my fist and connected it with Ethan's cheek, sending the surrounding crowd into a frenzy.
'It's a fight!' someone screamed.
Ethan swiftly kneed me in my stomach making me double over. Before I could even react, his fist made contact with my eye. Then, he pushed my shoulders with both of his hands, sending me flying into the floor. Frat guys came from all corners of the room to break us up. Ethan's Sigma Chi brothers held him back and mine came rushing to my side.
Y/N darted to me the quickest, though. She and Tyler helped me to my feet, sparing my dignity if only slightly. She took my face in her hands, a look of concern overcoming her.
'Baby! Are you okay?' she gushed. I could only manage a nod. My breath still hadn't returned from the gut punch.
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We left minutes after that, not before I got a stern talking to from other members of my fraternity about not causing a scene. We were already on thin ice as it was.
We were driven home by Y/N's roommate, who she called as soon as we stepped out into the cool night.
The drive was quick. Y/N fussed over me the whole ride home. I was pretty sure I was concussed. I couldn't manage even a few words back to her the entire way home. Bits of clarity came back to me when we walked in the door. I took off my shoes and headed straight for Y/N's room. After taking off my clothes, I crashed into her bed, face down.
The door swung open not long after.
'Okay, I got you water, Advil, and a snack. Are crackers okay? I can get something sweet if you'd prefer that...' Y/N prattled.
'I'm okay, angel. Just a bruised ego,' I assured her, sounding muffled with my face planted firmly in her pillows.
'Oh, honey, I am so sorry,' she effused, sitting on the edge of the bed next to me. I flipped over onto my side so I could look at her. She looked so radiant, even with the apprehension on her face. I sat up and pulled her into me, hugging her tightly. I placed a soft kiss on her head.
'I'll do anything for my girl,' I murmured against her head. 'Guys gotta understand that you're mine. Not theirs.' She moved to look at me, a slight smile on her lips.
'I am yours,' she affirmed.
'He was bothering you, right?' I confirmed. 'I didn't read the situation wrong?'
'Yeah Kyle, he was bothering me. He was complimenting my, and I quote, tight ass,' she rolled her eyes. 'I was glad you stepped in, actually. Sorry you got a black eye out of it.'
'Wait, I did?' I replied, shocked. I touched my left eye and felt a stinging pain. 'I guess I did.'
'Oh, this is all my fault!' she cried, putting her face in her hands.
'No, no,' I pulled her into me again. 'I'll do anything for you, my gorgeous girl. Anything. Helping you is worth a black eye.' She nestled her face into my chest. I breathed in the sweet smell of her hair. I could have lived in that moment forever.
'You're too good to me, Kyle,' she sighed, after a while.
'I promise. Anything for you,' I cooed, pulling up her chin and kissing her sweetly.
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TEEHEE I liked this!!! Thanks for the request. My inbox is open if you'd like anything else! I have a Kit oneshot in the works atm.
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the-ninja-legacy-whip · 2 months
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can you rank the guardians (including wojira and GD in book 2) from biggest to smallest
Well, back in 21-22, I had the idea for the Guardians to be able to change their shape and size at whim, but a) I could never figure out why this would be a thing they could do, and b) it never actually made it into a story, therefore it’s not ‘canon’. That being said, their sizes actually vary quite a bit as a result.
The Great Devourer is the biggest for, well, obvious reasons. If she didn’t have the destructive eating/growing thing (courtesy of biting Garmadon), she would’ve been equal in size to Genesis. But of course, she went from being smaller than them to utterly surpassing them.
Genesis/Wojira are next! They’re both about the same size, though they’re moreso long as opposed to being big, they still cut a rather imposing silhouette. They both drawf buildings and make people look like ants in return.
Next is technically Tawhiri. From just her head/body alone, she is the same size as Ruamoko, but her tentacles give her some extra length there. Nothing more terrifying than there being a big ol’ Lightning storm and then a giant flying octopus emerges from the clouds—
Then it’s Ruamoko! He’s pretty huge, being able to hold Cole in the palm of his hand for example, and able to catch a falling building (though that’s mostly due to his crazy strength anyway), but he’s not the size of a skyscraper or anything. As mentioned in the GD fight, he’s just a bit bigger than Eirlys and Vulcanell combined.
Next is Vulcanell, who is essentially the size of a regular lion, if not somewhat bigger. Large enough to hold/carry a few people on his back, small enough for fiery cuddles with a Fire Master.
Eirlys is also only a little bigger than the average wolf (which are actually already pretty big when it comes to potentially dangerous animals). Still imposing despite the relatively smaller stature compared to her fellow Guardians, but not above getting pets and treats from Zane (and Cole) on occasion snksnksnk.
Last is Epsilon, who for a good chunk of the story is about as big as the GD was pre-Garmadon bite. During the NRG Arc she starts to reach the size of a Boa Constrictor, and one day if she is cared for and treated well, she just might reach Genesis’ size as a proper Guardian, as her mother should have before her.
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subliminalbo · 1 year
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Veronica was never the vocal type. She preferred to observe from a distance, saving her input for when it was most valuable. But sitting in the conference hall at the Carpenter State student union listening to spoiled rich girls bitch about Madison Wells, she found it difficult to maintain her silence.
Madison and her Alphas had dominated campus gossip for weeks. Her recruiting strategy hadn't just been aggressive, it was effective. Even after pledge season she continued poaching girls from other sororities. When a pair of high ranking Sigma Epsilon girls filed a petition to merge their sorority with the Alphas, an emergency meeting of the Greek Council was called to order.
The presidents and officers of five major sororities showed up:
Epsilon Eta Phi, Carpenter State's oldest active sorority and a popular club for old Romero money and kids with connections. President Amanda Hewitt and Vice President Michelle Norton arrived early and took seats at the head of the table. Though their input had little substance, they were always in attendance for special meetings and demanded to speak first.
Pi Delta Kappa, boasting the strictest academic requirements for membership, had a reputation for housing future congresswomen and CEOs. Presidents Tamika Graham and Antonia Reyna attended with Veronica Kirby, treasurer, joining as a consult. The two co-presidents came prepared with a PowerPoint presentation mapping out the projected gain/loss of each sorority.
Alpha Kappa Psi, an exclusive sorority for female athletes, sent a single representative in Demi Snyder. A member of Carpenter State's conference champion volleyball team, Demi held no leadership position in Alpha Kappa Psi and only came to rehash bad blood.
Sigma Eta Chi was the newest and smallest member of the Greek Council, but the loudest sorority on campus. Labeled a right wing hate group by campus activists, the sorority was founded as Carpenter State's only all-white Greek house. President Sadie Bradford and advisor Marla Hunter attended with a binder full of data about Carpenter State's affirmative action programs.
Beta Phi Alpha, once a thriving sorority under the leadership of President Ana Marino, had been most affected by the rise of Madison Wells and the Alphas. With more members moving into the Alpha house by the week, it was Ana who called the emergency meeting. Vice President Morgan Jones and senior member Taylor Byrne came as support.
None of the campus fraternities sent representatives.
"I was hoping for a better turnout, but this should do," Ana said as she rose from her seat to share some pre-written statement about the Alphas. She was interrupted by Amanda who was unhappy about the lack of vegan options at the meeting.
"You knew that Epsilon House was doing No Milk October and yet you still chose pizza. Just being in the presence of all this cheese is an insult to our veganity."
"We didn't know about your dietary restrictions," Morgan spoke calmly. "If you'd replied to our email—"
"Bullshit, Morgan," Michelle cut in. "Ana subscribes to our newsletter. No Milk October was this month's cover page."
Amanda was nibbling on a slice of pizza now, mumbling through tears. "I'm so upset."
"I hear you," Ana spoke in a measured tone, still standing. "And next time we'll try to be more conscious of your needs. But I want to talk about—"
"Nobody gives a fuuuck," Demi groaned. "I want to talk about Melanie Reyes."
"Jesus Christ," Taylor rolled her eyes. "Are we doing this again?"
"She was ours. You know that we have first shot at the athletes."
"She wasn't interested in pledging with anybody," Taylor said. "She struck you down, we took our shot."
"She didn't 'strike us down,' you approached her before our blessing and it scared her away. Do you have any idea what losing the best softball player in a generation means for our reputation?"
Taylor shrugged. "Almost as bad as a one seed losing in the first round of the playoffs."
"We were conference champions!" Demi shouted. "That's still a successful season!"
"Ana's right," Tamika spoke up next. "The Alphas' unprecedented growth is an existential threat to Greek life on campus. We've never seen anything like this before."
"Thank you," Ana gestured dramatically toward Tamika.
"Madison's proposal to merge with Delta Sigma Epsilon is just the beginning," Antonia continued, clicking through graphs of each sorority's historical growth rate on the projector screen. "She won't stop there. She aims to absorb every sorority on campus."
"Why should we care?" Sadie asked. "I don't think we should reward houses for failing."
"We're not rewarding anybody," Morgan said. "We're protecting our institutions."
"Protecting yourselves," Marla scoffed. "It's not our fault people are turned off by your out-of-control, PC, safe space agenda."
"I'm sorry," Taylor waved her hands. "Isn't your house just a safe space for Nazis?"
"Un-safe!" Sadie shot back. "We are not a 'safe space.' It states it in our charter: 'An un-safe space for conservative sisters who want to live free of censorship, cancellation, and the gay agenda.'"
"—And we're not Nazis." Marla muttered.
"Un-safe space?" Morgan repeated. "That's literally nothing."
"It's a safe space!" Ana cried. "You can't just do a thing and call it a different thing!"
Sadie took a deep breath. "I'm sorry, I just feel so threatened right now."
Ana losing her cool was the tipping point. The table erupted now into shouts.
Demi lobbed broad accusations at the Betas' side while Taylor came back with shockingly personal insults. Marla cradled a sobbing Sadie and shouted "Snowflakes!" Michelle and Amanda had begun packing up their bags and were sneaking out with a box of pizza while Antonia tried desperately to steer the conversation back to the Alphas.
And, of course, sitting there silently in the middle of the ruckus was Veronica. The girls jumped at the sound of her stainless steel water bottle clanging against the table like a judge's gavel. She pounded once, twice, three times, until all attention was on her. She stood from her seat, her sisters more surprised as anyone else in the room.
"I'm sorry, y'all, but this is all so fucking stupid," Veronica said.
Tamika gasped, but quickly regained her composure.
"We can argue all day, but there's only one piece of data here that matters to me."
Veronica took the laptop gently from Antonia. She clicked to a page with two sets of data plotted on a line graph. The first line declined steadily across the screen. The second line followed the same trend as the first, but suddenly skyrocketed to the top of the graph near the end.
"This graph tracks the historical average of sorority membership for the last fifty years. The line trending down is all other sororities on campus, while the one trending up is Alpha Delta Theta. It's the only sorority that's growing. And is there any question why?"
"Mind control?" Marla asked to a reception of giggles.
Veronica shook her head. "We can't share a room without going at each other's throats. Yes, Greek life is supposed to be a safe space. It's place for found family. A place to be comforted in our hardest days. And of course, yes, to find really cute boys."
Tamika smiled at that. A lot of the girls around the table had started smiling.
Veronica shook her head with a cute little laugh and continued, "Is it maybe possible that instead of going to war with this year's It house, we work on doing better in our own? Because when I look at Madison, what I see is someone doing serious outreach in the community. She works her ass off, and she's being rewarded for it. Yeah, she's kind of a secret bitch. But I've been to a Greek Council meeting. We're all kind of secret bitches."
Veronica's speech was so persuasive that by the end of the meeting the girls were even discussing inviting the Alphas to the Greek Council. Only Ana and the Betas were left dissatisfied with the outcome, but they found themselves on the outside looking in with Veronica's sudden appeal to good vibes.
"Is it just me," Taylor whispered, leaning in toward Ana. "Or is this all bullshit?"
"It's a fucking set up," Ana growled back, staring down Veronica who was laughing it up at the end of the table with her sisters and the Epsilon Eta Phi girls.
"I think we're on our own now," Morgan said solemnly.
Tamika's piercing laugh caught the attention of everyone at the table.
"At first I was like, 'Whaaaat is she saying?' But I'm really proud of you, Roni," Tamika smiled. "It's exactly what I think we all needed to hear." She shot a glance Ana's way.
"Thank you," Veronica offered a sheepish sort of smile back her way.
The hall emptied out quickly after that with the Pi sisters volunteering to stay behind and clean up. Veronica assured Tamika and Antonia that she could handle the rest and soon she was alone in the conference hall.
When she was certain that her sisters were clear of the door, she pulled out her phone and dialed.
"It's done," Veronica said.
"Successful, I'm assuming?" Madison asked.
"Yes." Veronica's pulse picked up at the sound of Madison's voice. It was suddenly very hot in the student union. Her voice cracked as she spoke again. "The cancellation emails worked. Only the houses we wanted came to the meeting. It was chaos."
"Good," Madison said. Veronica could see Madison's lips moving with her voice. "So the heat's off?"
"Th-they want to invite you into the council."
"Even better. You sound worked up, Roni."
"I'm so fucking hot," Veronica moaned. Her free hand clawed at her breast, her fingers circling the outline of her nipple beneath the fabric of her tight dress. She wanted to tear the dress down its seam. "W-what are you doing to me?" she choked.
"You're an Alpha now, Roni!" Madison laughed. "Being a hungry slut is a requirement."
"I'm a hungry slut..." Veronica echoed. The image of Madison's lips had been replaced by the pink folds of her pussy. Tears streamed down Veronica's cheeks as she pulled the skirt of her dress up, exposing her naked, dripping pussy.
"This isn't right," Veronica gasped, her fingers rolling slowly over her swollen clit. "I need to tell my sisters..."
"Now, Roni," Madison sighed. "Why would you want to do that?"
"It's not right..." Veronica said between soft moans. Her eyes were closed, her tongue slipping out of her mouth. "I'm not right."
This was the problem with the smart ones. They were always fighting their conditioning.
"Listen: Roni," Madison said. Suddenly her voice was all Veronica could hear. "You're exactly what you're supposed to be. A living, breathing, slutty little fuckdoll. You've been that way you're whole life, you just couldn't see it. That feeling between your legs, that aching desire creeping over you, that pleasure beginning to spill over the edge? That's how your body responds to me. It only responds to me."
"Only you..."
"And you live for that feeling, don't you? You live for that reward."
"I do," Veronica's entire body melting at the sound of Madison's voice. "I fucking do..."
"I'm not going to make you do anything, Roni. You can go to your sisters now if you want to or," Madison paused, giving Veronica time to edge closer. She responded with a needy moan, her fingers picking up pace and pressure against her clit. "Or you can cum for me right now. You can't have it both ways, Roni."
Veronica whispered weakly, "Cum..."
"Speak louder, my dear."
"Please let me cum!"
"Cum for me," Madison growled.
"F-fuck!" Veronica's cries echoed beyond the closed doors of the conference room. They would be a whispered rumor in classrooms for the next week.
"Fuck me! Fuck me! Fuck my pussy! Fuck my mind!" she screamed as her body tipped over the edge into total sexual release. "Anything! I'll do anything for you, Mistress! Take me, take my sisters! I don't fucking care, I just need to obey!"
"They'll join you in time," Madison laughed. "But for now I need you on that council. When you're cleaned up, come to the house for further education."
"Yes, Mistress Madison," Veronica said through deep breaths.
"Alpha is everything," Madison said.
"There is only Alpha."
Madison's phone slipped absently from her hand and bounced off of the bedroom carpet. Her voice joined a chorus of moans bouncing off of the walls. Surrounding her were the slick, naked bodies of her properly mind-fucked Alpha sisters, partaking in their new evening ritual.
The girls were handpicked nightly by Madison and, between turns buried in their Mistress' pussy, paired off to fuck each other senseless.
It may not have been what Claire Petruzzi envisioned for her sorority when she drafted the house's mission statement that past summer, but down on the carpet grinding on Caroline Bishop's face, she didn't seem to mind. Both were eager to play a role in Madison's new design.
Sinking low into the armchair in the corner, the freshman Carla had her legs spread for upperclassman Gracie. Carla had recently undergone her own education and was taking full advantage of the household perks. Gracie was on her knees before Carla, proudly lapping at the young pledge's pussy. Carla lost track of the orgasms. They wrapped back around until it felt like a permanent state of pleasure. She bent her head back and moaned: "Obey. Serve. Fuck. Alpha."
On the opposite end of the bedroom, Angelica was paired off with another underclassman, Ashley. They were moving slower, but were just as starved for each other's bodies. Ashley had Angelica on her back, her hand exploring Angelica's wet pussy while her lips suckled at her tits.
"Just like that, baby," Angelica whispered. "Show me how well you obey."
And of course, at the center of it all was Madison Wells. She was down on the bed, her favorite Alpha pledge between her legs. But it wasn't just the feeling of Tina's tongue on her clit that made her cum—it was everything. The sex, the satisfied sounds of her conquests, Veronica's mantras repeated over the phone. She could feel the power washing over her as the orgasm hit her and she cried out just like any other Alpha.
The naked bodies of her sisters in twisted ecstasy appeared like dancing shapes through her blurred vision.
"A kingdom," Madison said quietly.
Tina looked up through glassy eyes, her chin dripping sex. "What was that my Mistress?"
"A kingdom," Madison repeated. "I don't want a sorority, or a school, or a campus. I want a kingdom."
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Just thinking about some AUs.
Like: Wash having served on a similar ship to the MoI pre-Freelancer. Similar, but ever so slightly different in lay out so he keeps trying to auto-pilot navigate and getting lost, and Alpha's watching on the camera feeds and at some point just hits "this is too pathetic, i gotta step in" like any back seat gamer watching a let's play, except he actually can... if he can figure out how to get away with it.
So he comms Wash, either through a direct link in his helmet or through a regularly intervaled wall radio. "Uh yeah, I'm... uh... you can just call me... Church? I work in the... uh... yeah don't worry about it but I can see you on the camera feeds, again, and man i gotta tell you for a bad ass space marine this is pretty sad. Tragic really, anyway, turn around, 200 meters and take a left-"
And it keeps happening, and sometimes they just hang out, Wash hiding in a storage closet eating contraband foods (the good chocolate) while Alpha drops some funny stories from the command deck.
And Wash casually mentions him in talk with the other Freelancers, but they never get to talk to Church, and Wash can't introduce him properly, so everyone refers to Church as Wash's imaginary friend.
(... and then no one can figure out why all the AI are low-key obsessed with Wash, like they need him to like them even though he's not their human operator.)
or like (possibly the same AU): There is no Epsilon, Alpha has a moment of clarity about what's happening to him, what's being done to him, and fakes a fragment in order to port himself out and get put wholesale (what remains of him) into Wash's head. It's still pretty traumatic for both of them.
And then they skedaddle, go into hiding somewhere no one would ever think to look for them. Disguised as a sim trooper in a box canyon in the middle of nowhere.
... also thinking about Price deliberately pushing Wash's buttons and trying to provoke his PTSD so he has an excuse to put him on meds, except the meds are (on purpose) meds that Wash knows messes with his head and leads to psychotic episodes and he wouldn't take them, damn the orders, if he knew what they were.
but he doesn't, and he gets into a fight in one of the communal kitchens without his armour on and the first thing the other Freelancers know about it is when they get called for back up to the kitchen to help subdue a man that just killed three other Freelancers (bottom of the pack no-name annoying assholes no one liked or would miss anyway).
'cept the other Freelancers don't clock that it's Wash, because he's out of his armour and Wash is almost never seen without his helmet, unlike the others, so they aren't used to his face, and when they think of wash they think of bright yellow and steady charcoal greys, not "holy fuck that's a lot of blood did he fucking roll in it!?!?" reds.
But by the time they get there, psychotic episode is over, and Wash is in a semi fugue state, kinda clock's Carolina's blue and that he might have done something really bad, so he just drops the knife away from himself and half collapses to his knees like a puppet with cut strings, manages to lock his fingers behind his head before they try to tackle him to the ground.
Wash gets away with a slap on the wrist, and like a months probation. (Director was in on the 'experiment' to begin with, and now they're already down three Freelancers, no need to make it four. ... also Director won a bet about whether Wash could take on/out more than two opponents at a time.)
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before i finally draw epsilon because i haven’t done that EVER to my knowledge i want to suggest: Epsilon looked almost identical to Alpha pre-implantation. After his incident with Washington his digital projection (underneath the armor) looks strangely similar to Wash. Epsilon also gets (unlike my rendition of Alpha) the Church Spotify Green Eyes as time goes on and he remembers more. He also doesn’t wear glasses
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Ref: Runaway freelancer Simmons AU
Just imagining later down the line that it just hits everyone that Tex is Simmons’ mom too.
That the director was the dad that left him.
That church is his ???
They don’t know what the hxll to call that actually.
Just like with Carolina.
Church is like the default name they go to instead of differentiating them at first or it’s like passing the torch??
Anyways, what does Epsilon think of him? Does any one ever find out about Eta? Like it’s pretty clear Carolina and Epsilon are brother and sister. But he’s not close to Simmons like he is with her.
When she runs off without telling him on chorus….
How does he handle that? Seeing her again?
The way i usually go about the weird family relations of the ais-to-living-churchs is that the fragments (ie: everyone except Alpha and Beta) are seen as Carolina's (and any sibling i might add. this isn't my only au where carolina gets a brother lol) siblings. Alpha is essentially a clone of the Director so any AI created from him at least has honorary sibling status. Beta/tex being an exception. (she's based off of an entirely different person so she's family, but not fragment sibling.) She and Alpha both are considered family b/c they're based off of Carolina's parents, but they aren't those people so it's a little weird.
Tex, specifically, is like parent-adjacent. Like she has memories and some left over parental feelings from Alison but she knows she's not her so i think she tries to ignore said feelings for the most part. She's a little extra protective of Simmons compared to the rest of the team of red and blue idiots, well, that's no one's business.
But yeah, the realization that the person Tex is based off of, is Simmons's mom would be quite the shocker. and probably explain why she kept beating Grif up so badly lol.
Epsilon doesn't really know what to think of Simmons. Like he never met the dude in Freelancer; Simmons left before he was ever created. But he does know him from Alpha's memories, (though i think Alpha may have purposefully erased the memory of Simmons taking Eta in order to protect Eta, so Epsilon probably only knows him as the demolition tech who's related to the Director.) Therefore Epsilon doesn't really know how to interact with him, so he just kinda doesn't most of the time. (they might bond more later but pre-chorus there is little to no interaction between Simmons and Epsilon.)
Everyone does eventually find out about Eta. I can't exactly remember if i had come up with a specific instance in which that happens or not. Simmons implants Eta end of season 6, waking them up, so they're awake throughout that entire pre-chorus arc. Their existance is found out either at the end of that arc or around the beginning of the Chorus arc, i'm not entirely sure atm.
and i think, Simmons would be angry with her for disappearing like that on them. Like, he chose to follow her to the end of the 'kill-the-director mission. the thought they were growing closer again, bonding. But then she and epsilon leave them without a word?
(part of him thinks it's only fitting. He did that to her in freelancer, she has every right to return the favor.)
but then she comes back. Without even an apology and barely an acknowledgement that she was gone. yeah, i don't think he'd like that very much.
Thank you!
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phoenixblaze1412 · 5 months
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Hello there, i really loved the child!reader x dottore, could i ask for maybe a oneshot (or headcannons) for wholesome moments where reader is happily playing with dottore and his segments or anything to your liking?
Very well^^ I'll also introduce some of the other segments here
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Let me introduce the segments, starting from the youngest segment up to Dottore himself.
Kappa, the seven year old segment, would always be your playmate whenever you're done studying. You two could be seen everywhere together. You would teach Kappa some other children games you learned from Childe due to you unable to leave the palace.
Eta, the teen segment, is one who babysits you the most, along with Kappa. He would make sure you don't get hurt whenever you're running around the laboratory. The first time you were introduced to him, he saw you as nothing but an insignificant pest. After taking care of you and getting to know you, he became more like a guard dog and would glare at others who even tried to get a few meters close to you.
Iota, the Akademiya segment, would be one of the segments who would teach you how to read and write, sometimes even solve some equations of your level. He would mostly teach you science and math. He would call you a mutt. It doesn't matter to him if you pout at the nickname he gave you, he would always call you a mutt. Why? You easily obey and listen to everything you were told, even act like a mutt. One time Iota was waving a lollipop in front of you and he would watch you follow the sweet with your hands out. When he told you he wouldn't give you the candy, you gave him the biggest puppy dog eyes that he sighed and gave you the candy.
Epsilon, pre-fatui Dottore segment, is one who would feed you sweets as a reward and would even teach you how to make them. You developed a sweet tooth thanks to him.
Theta, we know him as Webttore, the one who went to Mondstadt with Krupp, is also one of your tutors. He would teach you how to read and write. Him and Zandik (Original Dottore) are the only ones who can understand your handwriting. Would teasingly call you a dumbass because of your clumsiness and stupidity.
Beta, the other Webttore in the webtoon, the one who was annoyed because of the letter received from Mondstadt. He would be your babysitter whenever Eta is busy. Him and Gamma are mostly the troublemakers in the laboratory but they will make sure you don't get harmed from their mischief.
Gamma, one who teaches you anything related to fire. He is known as a pyromaniac that sometimes Zandik has to debate if he should let you under Gamma's care due to his worries that you might get burned. Nothing to fear, Gamma makes sure you're wearing protective gear. One time he singed the tips of your hair that he had to cut it short so there won't be any evidence the others could find. He bribed you with candy if you can manage to lie to Zandik on why you came back to him with short hair.
Zandik, the original Dottore himself, the one who took you in and raised you under his care, would be the last person you would always go to whenever the day ends and night time came. Due to him working in his laboratory overtime, his lack of sleep has been getting worse. The only person he would listen to aside from the Tsaritsa and Pierro is you. You would always make sure he would be sleeping with you, doesn't matter if it's on a couch or on the bed as long as you both slumber peacefully.
The sound of your footsteps could be heard as you walked down the hallways of the palace. You were a bit upset that your father didn't come visit you so you both can sleep. You would usually get nightmares whenever you don't get to sleep with someone holding you. You didn't want to bother the other segments since they were really busy with the project that they were planning to commence on Sumeru. They didn't tell you much details since they said they were 'big words for you to understand'... they didn't know that you understood every word thanks to the dictionary your Uncle Pantalone gifted you.
Letting out a small huff from all the walking, you finally reached your father's office. Standing on your tiptoes and reaching for the doorknob, you were able to open the door and quickly tiptoed inside. You immediately saw your father's figure working on his desk, the sound of his pen writing against paper is the one thing heard throughout the room.
"Papa." you chirped out as you made your way around the desk and laid your head on top of Zandik's knees.
Zandik let out a small hum in reply as he briefly glanced at you before turning his attention back to his documents, his hand making its way to lightly ruffle your hair while his other hand continued to write. You let out a pout when your father didn't even stop with his work.
"It's already close to midnight, Papa. You didn't come to sleep when you told me you were almost done with work. You got to sleep soon! You're gonna look like a panda in my storybooks with your big eyebags!"
Zandik placed his pen down as he looked at you with a raised brow. You were confused at his reaction but was immediately surprised when your face was being squished.
"A panda? Is that how you're going to refer to your father now? Oh, how you wound me, dear. You cheeky little pup." Zandik said as he pulled and pinch at your cheeks with a small grin. You whined as you pulled away from his grasp, holding your swollen cheeks as you playfully glare at your father.
"Are you finished with work now, Papa? Can we go to sleep?"
Zandik glanced at the documents at his desk before returning his attention towards you, letting out a tired sigh as he stood up from his seat before picking you up. He decided to finish the rest tomorrow since if he doesn't sleep then that would mean you wouldn't sleep either, he didn't want to see his own child be cranky in the morning due to the lack of rest.
Letting out a small hum, Zandik laid you both down on the couch in his office, too tired to walk all the way to your bedroom. You laid your head against your father's shoulder and let out a yawn. You felt a hand rub the back of your head as you heard your father humming a small tune your Aunt Columbina sang to you back then. As much as Zandik despised singing, he did admit the tune was able to lull you to sleep.
When he heard your soft snoring, he tried to put you down on the couch but you had a tight grip on his clothes. Zandik let out a sigh as he adjusted his position so that you were asleep in his arms while leaning his head against the couch. A small smile appeared on his face as he watched you sleep in his hold. He found it ironic how an innocent child could sleep so peacefully in the arms of a mad man. Nonetheless, Zandik swore to himself that he wouldn't let you be in danger.
"May your dreams be kind tonight, my dear." Zandik mumbled as he placed a small kiss to your temple and drifted off to sleep as well.
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There's still more segments that are left to be known. Let me know if you guys wanted a part two for it.
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