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[totallypathet]

Episode 1

Drag Race is back, and so is the Pathet Commentary that noone asked for baby!

Since the UK has just gone into Lockdown #3, I am super glad there's a new series of Drag Race to keep me entertained every week - so you guys better be prepared for these ridiculously long posts, bc I got nothing else on 😂

So first of all let's talk about the format. I do not understand why this show is so obsessed with ~twists~ and ☆turns☆ and making everything a 💫gag💫. Like, nothing was wrong with the usual format? There was no need for this weird staggered introduction/lipsync thing. They kept flicking between introductions to lipsyncs, so it felt like you were always at the beginning of the episode. Very weird. And we all obviously knew that they weren't going to send half the people home on the first episode, so it just felt stupid to have this "lipsync for your LYFE" every 2 seconds. It feels insulting - if you're going to predicate an episode on half the people going home right away, the audience just feels cheated when actually noone goes home and everything we just watched is academic.

It didn't have to be that way either, they could have done all the introductions, had the whole cast do the "walk in" and have their little moment & one-liner; then put them into groups to lipsync? And whatever it is they're going to do with the Pork Chop group, they could have just said? Like "this year the first challenge is in teams, and to decide the teams we're going to have a series of lipsyncs". I have no idea if that's actually what they're doing, but it wouldn't feel as insulting as what actually happened. And then you can still have the "twist" where the teams aren't even and you have to send someone home. I wouldnt have minded that so much. I actually really like the concept of seeing them all lipsync in episode 1! It sets up the season, you can see who's going to be the lipsync assassin, you can see what kind of performer everyone is... I think its a really cool challenge for the first episode! Just the way they went about it was shitty.

The other thing is it was really clear that none of those queens knew they were gonna have to lipsync in their entrance looks, which feels unfair. At least let them prepare properly!

I also really missed the photo shoot mini challenge! Like, i know that it's harder to do that inline with covid restrictions, but I feel like there are still ways. They could have done an outside photoshoot, the photographer would not have had to be near any of the cast or crew... I just missed it.

Anyway, onto the breakdown!

1. Denali

I looooooooooved Denali's entrance look! It was so perfect. I have no idea how she was just casually walking on those skates though?! They looked like real skates, but they can't have been, right? Also, I am such a slut for like, people with super long plaits, and when they twirl the plait wraps around their body! I love it so much. The only teeny little critique I have, and I'm being super nit-picky here, is i think her contour is just a tiny bit too dark, or maybe not blended out super well? Such a nit pick, but the rest of her makeup seemed like beauty makeup, and it was done really nicely, so the contour really stood out to me.

It was also really obvious that that look was not a lipsyncing look. Which is such a shame, because I think she's a really good lipsyncer, I liked her lipsync, but I think it was a little bit hampered by what she was wearing. Its just really unfair that they didn't tell them to be prepared to lipsync in their entrance looks.

Overall though, I like Denali, I think she's great.

2. Elliott with 2 Ts

I really liked Elliott's entrance look, I thought it was a really cool 80s mom look, I liked it! I do think it was a shame that she was standing on stage in between Tina Burner and Kahmora Hall though - there was an all out campy costume on one side, an all out glamour beauty pageant look on the other, and poor Elliott did look a little over shadowed in the middle.

Unfortunately I think she was also middle of the road in the lipsync. Tina Burner is such a powerhouse that I think the other two were always going to look a little lacklustre next to her; but I think not being able to prepare properly can't have helped either! I could go either way on Elliott, I feel like I haven’t seen enough to make up my mind yet.

3. Gottmik

I really honestly thought they were called "GottMilk", which I thought was cute and fun, and I was almost disappointed when I realised I'd read it wrong and it was Gottmik. C'est la vie.

I loved Gottmik's entrance look - the makeup was stunning, the outfit was everything, I really enjoyed it! I'm really looking forward to what looks their going to pull out, especially makeup looks! I do think they're very young, and didn't seem all that confident in front of the judges; which I really hope changes! I think they're going to be amazing, I just think they need to recognise how amazing they are and own it. I also really liked their lipsync! I was finding it really hard to call between them and Utica, they both did great!

I'm also super excited to see a trans man on the show, we love inclusive drag! Hopefully this is a step towards the show being less transphobic. I'm going to be really interested to hear what Gottmik has to say about their experience on the show - particularly in a few years when they're no longer under contract with RuPaul.

Really excited by Gottmik, can't wait to see what they bring!

4. Joey Jay

I'm not convinced by Joey Jay just yet. I didnt buy everything she was selling this week. I don't know why, I just feel a bit...underwhelmed, maybe? I liked her confessionals, she seems quite funny, and self aware, which I love, I'm just not sure about her yet. I hated her entrance look, which probably didn't help 😂 the chicken feathers didn't bother me, I kind of love a big feather sleeve, and I'm all about being cheap - I do wish it hadn't been moulting though, like baby make sure your shit is glued down before you walk on! There was also something about the wig I didn't like, I think she was going for a wet look with the hair, but it just felt a bit flat. I feel like it didn't go far enough to be proper wet-look, so it just was a bit lifeless. And the bodysuit was cut super weird in the crotch area. It just felt like everything was a little bit off; and I just think for your first look, first impression, making an entrance; it was lacklustre. It's a shame.

The lipsync was okay. Again, I wish they'd been told that they were lipsyncing right off the bat, in their entrance looks, so they just were ready and prepared. Watching Joey Jay's lipsync felt a lot like she was just pulling out her "usual" moves, it didn't feel like she was in the moment. I think a lot of that can be put down to just being surprised and not totally ready? Again, it feels unfair.

I think Joey could be really great, and I do want to see her progress in the competition and see what else she has, I just feel like she didn't get to show her best this week, and I think that's a shame.

5. Kahmora Hall

Kahmora is beautiful. Her face, her body, the big hair, the Mackey dress... stunning. I literally couldn't listen to anything that was said while the camera was on her, I was so distracted by how beautiful she is 😂

I was a little disappointed with her lipsync though, it felt like she wasn't really there, she wasn't really in it? And there were a couple of moments where I think she dropped words. She just didn't seem super sure of herself, which is such a shame, because she walked in with confidence, she stood on that stage radiating star power, and then the lipsync came and she just faded. I really hope that it was just because she wasn't ready, and I really hope we see her kill it next week!

6. Kandy Muse

I can see exactly why her and Aja are friends 👌 I love that she's a big personality, and I think she could be the confessionals queen this season. I kind of love that she shaded Aja as well, because it didn't really feel like proper shade, it just felt like a sort of sibling rivalry, and I thought it was funny! I like her so far. I feel like she's the friend who's very over-excitable, and can be a little annoying, but 1000% has the biggest heart in the group and will always have your back. I relate to her 😂

I loved her entrance look! Any bedazzled and sparkling denim, I am here for it. The dress was gorgeous, I love the tie waist detail that made it look like a shirt tied around her waist, I loved the pearls on the boobs, the denim arm warmers! Everything. I loved it. The denim boom box? Iconic. As soon as she walked in, I got it. I got that she was New York, I saw a little Haus of Aja, I got the edgy beauty thing, I just loved it the second I saw it. The only shame of it is that, because they obviously weren't told they'd have to lipsync in these looks, she kept pulling it up during the lipsync. But thats production's fault, Kandy can do no wrong for me right now 😂

7. Lala Ri

Okay, hear me out. I love her. Her entrance look is the worst one I've seen for at least a few seasons. I hated it so much! And its such a shame, because she's obviously gorgeous, and an incredible performer, and funny, and all these other things, but girl the look was ugly.

I liked the high neck/faux mask thing, I thought that was cute. But it was just a weird look. There was so much fabric at the top of her body, and nothing underneath? And then to have fully bare legs with an ankle boot? No! It was just all wrong. Maybe it would have worked if the roll neck (I assume bodysuit, just for convenience) had been really sheer mesh, so there was a really clear distinction between those layers. And I wish she'd worn pumps instead of ankle boots.

But her performance was one of the best of the week. I loved it, I love how much she just threw herself into it, gave it everything, I loved it. Very much looking forward to seeing other looks from her though!

8. Olivia Lux

What a beautiful smile! Such a gorgeous face. I love love looooved her look, I love a two tone moment! Especially with the gloves - I just wish she'd done the shoes too! I loved it. I also love that it was two pieces, and that she was able to take of that long skirt in the lipsync, and give herself maximum movement! It was a really smart choice.

I also think her lipsync was great! I love that she gave me a little bit of everything; we had a bit of story-telling, a little comedy, a little camp, it was a whole lot of fun! I couldn't take my eyes off her, she was just sparkling.

I'm a little bit in love with Olivia, I think she's gonna be one to watch this year!

9. Rosé

I feel like I might be being unfair on Rosé, but I dont like her very much just yet. Her confidence was just bordering on arrogance to me, and I felt a lot like she was looking down on Olivia Lux for being a less experienced queen? And the look on her face when she "lost" the lipsync was like she was thinking "how could I lose to her", which I just didn't like at all. Idk, I probably am being really unfair, and a lot of it could be the edit, she just seems a little too cocky for me. And I also feel like, how are you gonna be super cocky like that when you've walked in in the most basic look. I don't know, I'm not buying it yet.

Her lipsync was good, but it just felt a little bit too serious, she wasn't having as much fun with it as Olivia.

10. Symone

I love that Symone came in in a dress made of Polaroids. I love it. I love unconventional materials, I love the confidence, I love that she literally came in going "this is me". And the way it was constructed as well, so it had the little flare on the bottom that moved when she twirled? Perfect. Also I love the orangey wig with it! It went so well with the dress, and she looked totally flawless.

Her performance was great as well! She was cute and funny, she knew that song back to front, I loved it. I bought it.

11. Tamisha Iman

Tanisha almost did what I wish Lala had done - the mesh top under the power suit, I loved it! I love a big power shoulder; the only problem I had was the hair. If you've got big high shoulders, you need to have big high hair, otherwise your hair is going to look flat, and you're going to look like you're walking around with your shoulders held up around your ears. Even if she'd just had an updo, I think that would have helped. There also was a little bit of a sense that the outfit was wearing her somehow? I dont know, it just wasn't quite right.

But her performance. She's a performer. She's a dancer. She was giving me Janet. She is one to watch this year. She came to play, she knows what she's doing, and I am so ready for it!

12. Tina Burner

We love a queen with a brand. Of all the entrance looks this year, I think hers was the smartest. I dont really know much about her, other than that she was in the cast, but when she walked in I was like "oh, that must be Tina Burner, she's got the firefighter look happening". Was it my favourite ever look? No, but it was well made, it fit her nicely, it didn't look like anything anyone else was wearing, and it told me exactly who she is; that's what you want from qn entrance look! She did it right.

Tina is also obviously used to sharing a stage with other people; she was perfectly comfortable in that lipsync. She didn't get in anyone's way, but she still knew how to pull focus and be centre stage, even is she wasn't literally centre stage. It was a great lipsync, she knows how to play this game, and I think she's definitely one to watch out for!

13. Utica Queen

I loooooooved Utica's entrance look! I love clashing patterns, over the top accessories, big hair, outfits that just shouldn't work but they really really do.

Unfortunately, I think that's where my love for Utica might run out. She has this cool fashion sense, and clearly a silly sense of humour, bit it felt like she was trying sooo hard to be ~quirky~ and it just came off annoying. Maybe that will improve, maybe I'm being really unfair and I just need to get to know her better, I just felt a bit like "okay babe, calm down".

Her lipsync was pretty good, but again, I feel like she was relying on silly & quirky. I dont know.

Overall, I'm a little bit disappointed in the first episode, I feel like we didn't get to see very much of the queens at all. Like, compare this to season 12; say what you want about season 12, but in the first episode(s) we got to see 5 looks from each queen, and song lyrics to tell us more about them. This episode, we got 1 look, a lipsync they weren't told about, and some chatting in the Pork Chop Loading Dock. I just think its a shame. This show is so invested in twists and turns that its forgotten that the queens are what makes this show special. I want to see them have fun and do well, not be totally defeated in episode 1!

#rpdr #rpdr13 #drag race spoilers #rpdr spoilers #season 13 spoilers #rpdr season 13 #drag race #drag race season 13 #denali #elliott #elliott with 2 ts #gottmik #joey jay #kahmora hall #kandy muse #lala ri #olivia lux #rose #symone #tamisha iman #tina burner #utica queen

[johannstutt413]

(requested by anonymous)

Penguin Logistics and Rhine Labs were never strongly associated; the unofficial leader of RI’s RL faction, Silence, was cordial with Penguin’s actual leader, the Emperor himself, and their interactions didn’t need to go any further. For most of their time side-by-side, the two groups really had nothing to bridge them together.

Until, that is, one arctic explorer joined from Rhine Labs. Magallan, the bright-eyed cold-weather drone specialist loved by her colleagues, had already spent some time with the Emperor. She’d visited the far north many times, and being a Liberi with some penguin-like features herself, she got along quite well with the true avians there. It was only natural that she’d find the Emperor absolutely adorable. What the employees of Penguin Logistics hadn’t quite expected was for Maggie, as the Emperor called her, to become an honorary member of PL...in a sense. After all, it’s not like his girlfriend wouldn’t be involved in the company’s affairs somehow, right?

As for the logistical concerns of their relationship...that’s not our place to speculate.

A week after she first arrived at Rhodes Island, Magallan learned that the Emperor spent a substantial amount of time in a sector of RI dedicated to him and his people; essentially, he bought that portion for his people as another of his bases, but after some time working with the Doctor and his people, it made more sense to make it their main post. He was commonly found in their office, playing hip-hop or some of Sora’s music while doing paperwork, which made him easy enough to find.

“Excuse me,” Magallan called out into the lobby of Penguin Logistics, “but is Emperor around?”

“Oh, hey, Miss Maggie! He’s in his room in the back - you can’t miss it.” Exusiai directed her from the couch, where she was splayed out, a magazine in her hands.

She nodded, mentally preparing herself. It had been awhile since she’d seen him, honestly, and even knowing he wasn’t the sort to change, what she wanted to ask him today...she had good reason to be nervous. Like Exu had said, it wasn’t hard to figure out that the room that smelled like fish and liquor was his, especially with the rap tracks pouring through the crack under the door. Taking a deep breath, she knocked on the door. “Hey, Emperor? Do you have a minute?”

“Maggie?” The music turned down several notches, enough for her to hear the skittering of his feet across his room. A minute or two later, he opened his door. “As I live and breathe. When’d you get here?”

“A week ago. I was getting my workshop and everything set up, but I heard you were here, so...Gotta minute?”

Emperor swung the door wide open, gesturing around an office/bedroom in wild disarray. “Sit anywhere, move anything, don’t matter. I’d get you a throne, but Bison’s out right now.”

“Bison?” She perched herself on his bed, legs dangling over the side. “Is he new?”

“Yeah, new intern. Good kid, needs to learn to let loose. You’ll meet ‘em. Whatcha wanna talk about?”

Maggie blushed. “Right. Um...Do you want to go ice-skating some time?”

“Hell yeah! I know just the spot.” He crossed his flippers. “You alright, Maggie?”

“Oh, I’m more than alright,” she smiled.

Emperor nodded. “Good shit. When you wanna go? I’ve got all the time in the world for you.”

“So we can go tonight?” Maggie hopped off the bed and walked over to where he was standing by his desk. “If that’s alright with you, I’m gonna go home and change. Call me when you’re good to go?”

“Sure thing, Magpie.” He stretched his neck up and clicked softly and happily as she ruffled his feathers in just the right way. There were a few people who could get away with something like this, but he only asked for it from Magallan. No one else knew the right spots without being told.

After a good ruffling, she kissed his forehead and went on her way. A quick shower, a can of sardines, and a rifle through her closer later, and Magallan was ready. The phone rang not long after she’d gotten dressed. “Hello?”

“Hey doll, how’s it kicking?” Emperor chuckled, a very birdlike variant of the sound. “Texas is gonna take us out there; they froze a lake out near Chernobog fighting that rabbit-girl from Reunion the Doc’s got on ice in the medbay, and it’s pretty lit.”

“Sounds good to me. Wait, we’re taking care of someone from Reunion?”

He made a noise she understood to be shared confusion. “Beats me, Magpie. We’re on the way to grab ya, if you’re good.”

“I’m ready when you are.” Maggie giggled. “Poor Texas, though.”

“Don’t worry, I worked somethin’ out for her, too.”

A voice from the front seat. “Hi, Maggie!”

“Hi, Sora!” She giggled again. “Alright, I’ll see you soon.”

“Sure will. Tex, juice this puppy, we ain’t got all day!”

-

Magallan and the Emperor rode in the back of the car, the penguin sitting in Maggie’s lap, while Sora flirted with Texas in the front. As they drove at impressive speeds, propelled by the Lupo in the driver seat’s lead foot, the two of them made small talk, catching up from their time apart and falling back into their lovey-dovey rhythm. They’d always had a way of picking right back up where they’d left off, but because of their frequent absences from each other, it meant not much progress in between. And frankly? Both of them were tired of that. The Emperor didn’t just keep a bunch of cute girls (and Bison) around because they were effective; he needed distractions, and having a couple of Angels for his Charlie certainly made that easier...but Maggie wasn’t just another girl. His little Magpie was a Liberi closer to him than the vast majority, a well-blended mix of cheerful and rational who could temper his admittedly over-the-top personality if it needed to be, and she was cute as all hell, which amplified her other positives because he’d be paying attention to her regardless. To Magallan, the Emperor was simply incredible - a penguin, a penguin of all things, with enough mastery of Ancient language to become a successful rapper renowned for his skills and owner of perhaps Terra’s greatest logistics company (if not in size, then in spirit)? He was utterly fascinating to her, but it went further than that. The Emperor was a bad boy, the kind of person who took what he wanted when he wanted it, and yet he showed her nothing but patience. If he’d wanted, he could have had at any time, but something held him back. That kind of self-restraint was so hard to explain with the rest of his character, it had to mean something, didn’t it?

They arrived at the lake, and while Texas parked the car, Magallan and the Emperor headed directly for the ice. With one click of her heels, Maggie had her ice skates ready to go, and her date simply extended a flipper for her to hold as he slid on his feet.

“I’ve never seen a penguin skate,” she mused, watching him more than the lake around them. “Have you been practicing?”

“When your lady loves the ice, ya gotta stay fresh, so every now and again I come out for a skatin’ sesh.”

Maggie chuckled. “A rhyme for every occasion.”

“It’s not about memory, but flow, you see. Tell me, doll, why’d you invite me out this eve?”

“I wanted you back around once I had my feet on the ground; I never guessed I’d be so blessed to find you in the same town.”

He chirped for joy. “You’ve been practicing, too.”

“Gotta keep up with my boo.”

“I’m glad you do...damn.” He shook his head. “Missed the perfect line.”

Maggie smiled. “You make mistakes? I thought they were just fakes to trick the fools who don’t grasp the stakes?”

“When we’re the only two here to hear? No joke, though - shoulda said ‘Damn, I love you.’ Waste of a verse, might as well toss me in the hearse.”

“...Could we instead turn back on that subject and converse?”

Emperor looked up at her, bemused. “You know I love you.”

“I do...it’s just, you’ve never said it before.”

“Like you said, I make mistakes.” He shifted his weight to one foot as they rounded the lake’s steepest curve. “Not saying that more often is high on that list.”

She blushed. “Empy...”

“Oh, why you gotta be so damn cute.”

“When we get back,” Maggie asked, “do you wanna come over to my place for a nightcap?”

Expressing the cocktail of emotions the suggestion flooded him with wasn’t an easy task. “You askin’ me to come over?”

“At least for a drink...maybe more.”

“Lordy, lordy, lordy.” He set his other flipper to his head. “Ladies ask me back all the time. Never thought you’d follow the line.”

Magallan rolled her eyes. “Then stop holdin’ out on me, Empy.”

“Alright, then. Tonight’s the night.”

“Alright!” Without warning, she picked him up and began twirling. “You don’t wanna know how long I’ve been waiting, baby.”

Emperor flapped his flippers rapidly as if he could slow his spinning down this way. “Whoa, whoa, I getcha, I getcha, but I’m gonna retch if ya don’t quit twirlin’!”

“Sorry!” She straightened out as she let her radial momentum dissipate.

“It’s fine, you’re excited.” He shook his head with a chuckle. “We’ll go whenever you wanna.”

Maggie chirped happily. “We’ll let them have a little more time...and then you’re all mine for the night.”

#arknights #magallan (arknights) #emperor (arknights) #there's an angle to this one that makes me uncomfortable #like emperor's cool #but he is basically just a penguin #so... there's that #arknights fic

[nightshadedawn]

Persona 6 Concept Part 2

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There seemed to be a fair few interested, and what can I say? I’ve been inspired. If you haven’t read the previous post, go do that before you’re irreversibly confused. Plot and gameplay will be explained at the end of each update! Since it’s the longest portion of the post, it will go at the end of these. But let’s get into it! I have more things! (If I’m missing any kind of mechanic of the games or you don’t understand something, or just want something further explained, please don’t hesitate to ask! I’m always pleased to answer!)

More Mechanics

Mornings - Rainy mornings will have the MC taken to school with Yuuki and Shinju (Shinju gets taken to school every morning due to the fact she can’t make the trek because of her wheelchair). Going to school with Yuuki means that you’ll arrive earlier than your classmates and will have some time to either read (like you would on the train in Persona 5) or sleep on your desk until class starts. Sleeping won’t really do anything, but if you have nothing else to pass the time, you’ll at least be able to catch up on sleep you missed having to wake up with Yuuki. Otherwise, you’ll walk to school in the mornings and be able to listen in on the gossip going around and finding out what’s happening.

Weather/Seasons - Things like rainy days, the rainy season, flu seasons, or pollen season will cause there to be more people who are sick, and thus more Shadows wandering around because they are trapped by illness. On ‘hot days,’ and for most of summer break, there will be very few Shadows wandering around because “Only an idiot would get sick during summer.” (This is a line I’ve heard in several animes- needless to say, it’s always said to a sick character who is, in fact, an idiot)

Events - Since Sayaka is a romantic interest for both genders, she won’t be available for special events unless you have romanced her. Instead, if you don’t want to turn something into a date, you’ll spend the event with Shinju. Some events will turn into family events, so that could be another reasons for choosing Shinju.

School Trip - Right before summer vacation starts, the high schoolers will take a school trip to Tokyo. Considering that the school is so small (there is only one class per-grade, though there’s been talk about expanding a bit for the second years considering it’s the largest class) they will all go together. And Yuuki is one of the chaperones (a total buzz kill to have you dad around on a school trip, am I right?) Throughout the first few days, you’ll spend your days doing pre-organized things, but your last day your classmates will have convinced your teachers (and very especially your dad!) to let you go down to the beach. The only ones you won’t be able to take out on a romantic beach trip are Akemi and Masaru, and anyone who hasn’t been introduced yet. Deciding to hang out with Shinju will have both of you hanging out with Yuuki too.

School Festival - One October 24, the school festival starts! The third years have decided to make a haunted house/scavenger hunt that takes up the entirety of the hallway (everything else is either outside or in the gym). Sayaka will want to go in, but you have some scaredy cats in your midst, so the group will go visit just about everything else but the haunted house. On the 25th, all possible romantic interests will be available to go through the haunted house. Both Masahiko and Jun will be jumpy and their run if you take one (or both!) will likely be hilarious as they try to be tough ‘men’ and ‘protect you’ but fail miserably. Whoever you take (whether just one or multiple) will give you a prize for completing the scavenger hunt. Taking Shinju will also bring along Yuuki and Haruka. Yuuki is unimpressed with the scare tactics, but is with the work that went into building the haunted house. Shinji laughs at, well, everything. She finds all of it hilarious. Haruka is absolutely terrified by the entire thing. 

Harem Event - So you’ve chosen to date EVERYONE, huh? How scandalous. Welp, nothing can save you now. Truth or Dare is a terrible thing indeed. During an event at the school festival, after the haunted house, one of your romantic interests (or yourself) will be asked if they’re dating someone. Your romantic interest will answer you, while if it’s you that’s asked, you’ll have to choose ONE to say. The one you mention will blush and smile. However, all of you RI will be within earshot of the confession. If you’re only in a triad, the third party will exclaim “And me!” However, if you’re dating outside the triad… well, they’ll ALL start fighting about how THEY’RE dating you. It won’t be pretty. I don’t want to have it be exactly like Persona 5 (which was humorous in its own right), so they’re not going to beat up the MC. Talking it out isn’t exactly going to be possible. So they’re probably going to end up fighting with each other and slipping out quietly. And a lecture from Yuuki later about breaking hearts.

Christmas - Christmas will have a Christmas party at your place. Festive and fun, but you’ll get a chance to slip away with a special someone under the mistletoe, or maybe up to your room for some fun… but if you’re not dating anyone, you’ll slip outside with one of MC’s family members, their reasoning being that they aren’t too good around such a large group of people. 

Valentine’s Day - You’ll be able to get and give chocolate to each of your love interests throughout the day, seeing as you’ll see them at different moments. You’ll be able to give and receive chocolate from Sayaka and Yūdai in the morning before class, while Jun and Masahiko will exchange with you at lunch. Miyako and Hoshiko will catch you before you leave school and exchange chocolate, while Masaru and Akemi will do it as you’re walking home. You can also choose to exchange friendship chocolate with maxed rank confidants. Choosing to spend Valentine’s with Shinju will have you two going down to the Mom-and-Pop and studying for your college entrance exams. She will also give you shit for not having anyone to spend Valentine’s with (though you can return this insult and say she doesn’t either)

Jobs

Helping Hiroko - Around town, you’ll hear rumors of an old lady needing help around her house, and you might also find an ad in the convenience store. When you go to her house, just a little outside of town, she’ll be sitting on her porch drinking tea. Talk to her and offer to help her with housework. For every day you help her out, you will earn 2,000 yen. The days you spent upping her social link won’t get you paid, but after rank 10, she’ll double your pay. Howevel, you will get two points of Kindness every time you do her housework whether it’s upping her rank or not. Is available day or evening.

Mom-and-Pop - Working here will level up your Proficiency and earn you 2,500 yen per day. Available day and night. 

Hospital Volunteer - After Dr. Ueda offers you the position of a paid volunteer at the hospital, you just need to go back to the hospital and get to work. You’ll mostly be doing things like chatting with patients or setting up plates for procedures and checkups. You will get to chose which one you do at the beginning of your shift. However, it may be a different story during the flu season and similar times. Setting up plates with medical instruments will level up your Profietency, while different patients you’ll meet will level up your other stats. You’ll earn 3,700 yen per day. Only available during day.

Aspiring Actor - After Natsuki’s first link, you’ll be able to join the troupe/club and help out. You’ll paid every day, but you’ll get large bonuses on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, when they perform shows. If you work three shows for the month, you’ll get to keep your ‘costume’ from the show and you’ll be able to use it as armor in the Other World. It will be a different show each month, so if you want a costume, you have to perform at least three shows that month. These armors/costumes will not be available anytime or anywhere else. If you only perform 1 or 2 shows that month, you’ll be able to keep a weapon prop that can be used in the Other World. Each time you go to practice will give you +2 Charm and 3,000 yen while performing in shows will give you +3 Charm and 5,400 yen. IF you’re lucky, a patron will throw you items. Sometime it will be money, items to sell, or things to use in the Other World.

Hang Out Spots

Forest - Some confidants will enjoy going exploring in the forest. It gives you some great alone time. Going exploring on your own will give you Guts.

Pond - Some confidants may like fishing at the pond, and going by yourself to fish will level your Profietency. Throwing fish back will result in Kindness, but keeping the fish will result in items. In the winter, some days the pond will be frozen and certain confidants will ask you to go ice skating with them.

Mom-And-Pop - Sometimes just sitting down and eating a burger or getting some icecream is nice and several Confidants will enjoy it. Studying here will improve your Intelligence and will give you a boost on really sunny days when you can study at one of the outside tables and soak in the sun.

Show/Movie Theater - All confidants will enjoy a show from time to time, it just depends on who you talk to to which kind they’d like to see. They’re held in the same building and do effectively the same thing. Going to see a play by yourself will give you Charm, having learned something from the actors on stage, along with whatever the stat from the show they’re performing is.

Dojo - The dojo will be the place where you’ll raise your guts the most. By practicing (with or without party members) you’ll earn SP and HP. By participating in matches (with or without party members) you’ll raise your guts. The higher your Guts are, the more likely you are to win a fight. Some confidants will ask you to spar to blow off steam if you haven’t gotten enough points to level up their rank yet.

Bar - You can sneak in on your own… if you’ve maxed out your Guts. But if you haven’t, you can sneak in with Masaru after he gets off work. Getting in successfully and drinking with him will give you guts. However, if you Intelligence and Proficiency aren’t up enough and you chose to drink, you may experience side effects the next day. Regardless of side effects, you won’t be able to do anything else that night even if you have Later Curfew from your father due to the alcohol's effects. Masaru makes you go home to sleep them off.

Hot Springs - There’s a natural hot springs nearby the town, and it’s a good way to keep moral up and increase chances of avoiding ailments in the Other World. However, you won’t be able to go with anyone of the oppisite sex until you’ve started a relationship with them and will stay in the designated gendered spring until then. Once you’ve entered a relationship with someone, you can go into the ‘family’ hot spring. Considering the MC lives with their father, getting frisky in the house is a definite no-go, so the hot-spring will likely be where you’ll go for some… alone time.

Music Store - You’ll be able to purchase CDs and audio books to listen to on your radio that will up your stats. You can choose to study while listening, which will level up more than stat, however, neither will receive a high point boost.

Temple - There’s just gotta be one of these in an rural town where spooky things are happening, right? Maybe a test of courage could happen going through the graveyard connected to it or something. Wouldn’t that be fun?

Shops 

Antique Shop - You can buy decoration for your room, some gifts to give you love interests, and occasionally antique weapons that you can use in the Other World. You can buy an old radio and/or computer that will be really the only connection you have to the outside world. It’ll also be where you’ll buy most of your ingredients to craft things like lockpicks and smoke bombs.

Bookstore/Library - It’s situated above the Antique Shop. A ‘lend to buy’ kind of deal. You can loan a book and return it in three days, but if you don’t, you have to buy the book. There’s a little nook in the back of the shop that you can sit to read in on lazy days. A couple worn, brown leather chairs, a circular table, and some bright windows with pale green curtains, flowers set along the edge.

Dojo - You’ll be able to buy armor and melee weapons from here. Ranking up Tsubasa’s social link will expand the selection greatly. 

Hiroki - After your first rank (automatic because of plot) you’ll be able to buy ranged weapons from him. Continuing his social link will expand the selection and allow you to craft your own weapons. 

General Store - Gifts, small HP and SP items items, crafting items, and ailment cures.

Market - The market is set up every other Sunday and sells rare HP and SP items, gifts, and decorations. It’s here that you’ll be able to purchase strong skill cards and effects you can do without using SP. Your confidants may have fun going and playing games or just walking around. 

Hospital - Will sell HP, SP, and revival items. Leveling up in Dr. Ueda’s social link will open new medicines for your purchase. 

Persona Summoning

When it came to summoning your Persona, I thought of two different ways to do it. 

The Keys

After the first time they summon their Persona, each party member will be granted a key where their Persona lies dormant. It will different for everyone, but without it, they can’t summon their Persona. If the keys are used to summon their Personas, they’ll be integral to the main gameplay. They’ll unlock the doors, and all of the party members will have to use their keys to unlock the black door. If the keys aren’t used to summon their Persona, and instead the other idea gets used, the keys will be incorporated in another way. Likely they’ll be earned at the end of each dungeon run. I am leaning towards this one.

MC

Sayaka

Yūdai

Miyako

Masahiko

Hoshiko

Jun 

Shinju

The Pills

Persona awakenings are kinda hazardous, aren’t they? Persona 3 had them shooting guns at their head to awaken them, Persona 5 had everyone a bloody mess from ripping off super glued masks. Persona 6 might as well follow the same trend of terrible ways to awaken their Personas. The pill will unlock their potential (or kill them if they don’t have it, something that Lucius/Gilbert would mention during a visit to the Velvet Room) and summon the Persona. It’s like… removing the virus from their bodies to make way for their ‘other self,’ or something. In the scene where the MC awakens their Persona, they could find out how because of the blue butterfly landing on something or dropping it into their hand. Either way, the butterfly will lead them to it.

Plot/Playthrough

April 7: MC arrives in town.

April 8: MC and Yuuki go to the school to finish registration. MC meets Tomomi.

April 9: MC is walked to school by Tomomi and meets Sakaya. 

April 10: An old lady died last night, and it’s rumors to be of the virus. No one is worried. It’s never killed before. MC sees the cores for the first time, and see Tomomi’s corrupted core. Sakaya takes the MC out after school to go explore the town and surrounding forest, and they end up in the other world where they confront The Plague and MC awakens their Persona. MC dreams of the Velvet Room.

April 11: They receive the news that Tomomi is dead. Sakaya drags MC back to the waterfall and beyond the door from before. Today Sayaka awakens her Persona. They meet and heal Avis. While exploring and trying to get out, you’ll come across a Shadow that looks similar to Yūdai.

April 12: Sayaka confronts you about Yūdai’s corrupted core, and you decide to go back and try to do something about it before he ends up like Tomomi. 

Last we left off, MC, Sayaka, and Avis had headed off back to the waterfall, Yūdai secretly following behind. 

They check all the doors once again, and find only two unlocked. The white door, which they’d been led to before. And the yellow door. Avis tells them she can’t sense Yūdai behind the white door anymore, so they head beyond the yellow door.

The other side leads to what looks like a paradise. Picture every description of the Garden of Eden you’ve ever heard. A tropical paradise, with fruits hanging low from the trees and just begging to be picked and eaten, lazy animals roaming around. But not long into the place, you’ll discover that it’s incredibly hostile. In the distance is a large Aztec style building. The first half of your crawl will be getting to the building, the rest of it will be getting to the center.

However, you won’t be very far into your first exploration when Yūdai stumbles across you. And you immediately get ambushed by Shadows. Shit happens, a corrupted version of Yūdai’s illness (obesity) comes to them and acts all nice and shit at first, shooing away that Shadows just as they’re about to kill you. Has you all sit, drink, dine. No need to fight, no need to struggle, when you can eat until it kills you.

This part is probably a cutscene, with Sayaka easily being pulled into the Corruption’s honeyed words. Yūdai is quick to be pulled in as well, even Avis gets pulled into it, with only the MC being immune… because they’re immune to all illnesses it seems. . (This will be a running theme, and I’m not even gonna try to be subtle about it, so I’ll outright say it) 

Anyway, those three start pigging out at a really high calorie picnic, all of them and the Corruption trying to convince the MC to join them. So it’s up to the MC to knock sense into the others and get them to stop and come to their senses, something along the lines of throwing your life away for what? What even is this? A cruel dream is what it is.

So, they all wake up and Yūdai awakens his Persona and they fight some Shadows before running away. They end up back in the cave under the waterfall and have a debriefing, explaining everything to Yūdai and Sayaka might have a minor freak out about how much food did they eat and it was so unhealthy and Avis explains to them that nothing they consume beyond the doors, beside what they themselves bring, will do anything. It’s not real.

Unfortunately, even though Yūdai has awakened his Persona, his core is still corrupted (because he was already infected by the virus beforehand). Which means he’s still at risk of dying from the virus. 

Which means they have to go back in.

They don’t know how long it’ll take for the virus to kick in, but Avis warns the team that they shouldn’t bet on Yūdai surviving longer than three weeks with how far along the infection in his core has manifested. You have 21 days to get through Yūdai’s dungeon. (Maybe I should call them caves? ‘Cause they’re an offshoot of the one behind the waterfall? And calling them Palaces is too Persona 5, but calling them dungeons sounds so DnD)

If you don’t manage to save Yūdai, he will die after 21 days, on May 3. This will be a game over. 

Otherwise, let’s get back into saving him, hmm? 

Yūdai will be hesitant to return. He’s slow, fat, and not very coordinated. He’ll only slow you down. He also really doesn’t want to fight. It’s thanks to Sakaya telling him that he has to take initiative, do something for himself and not wait around for other to save him, that he finally agrees to go. 

The path to the temple is most straight forward. A couple times you’ll have to take the longer path to get to the temple because of blockage in the road, but it’s nothing too harrowing. This is your first dungeon after all. It will be in the beginning stages here that you figure out that you can use multiple Personas.

Your biggest challenge will come after you get into the temple, because there will be even more Shadows, and they will desperately be trying to keep you from the middle. But you’ll persevere, as you must in these games, and come upon Yūdai’s Shadow. 

He will be laid out on an altar in a large room, surrounded by all the most delicious food and delicacies. The Shadow itself will either look asleep… or like he’s already dead. 

Attempting to interact with the Shadow will immediately trigger the Final Boss sequence, so at this point you’ll need to make sure you’re full on health and good on SP. It’ll be your hardest battle yet. 

When you go up to Yūdai’s Shadow, none of the team is exactly sure how to get rid of the infection in his core. And the Corruption plans to keep it that way. It will be your final boss, and the entirety of the time it will focus on trying to turn the team away from helping Yūdai and trying to keep Yūdai in his unhealthy, self-destructive way. 

Of course, the party refuses to back down and the fight is won. Yay!

But they still don’t know what to do about the Shadow. Avis suggests the MC try to heal it, using one of their healing spells. So the MC goes up to the altar, holds their hand above the core of Yūdai’s Shadow and it swirls from black to green with pale white mixed in.

At this point, as the core on Yūdai’s real body heals and his Shadow disappears, Sakaya will comment that it’s strange that the only white core she’s seen is MC’s. The cores of everyone else are green. Avis doesn’t know the answer to this.

The Plague will appear at this moment, congratulate MC on curing Yūdai of the virus, but say that now that there’s no need for this quarantine center, it’s time for it to disappear. He’ll disappear back into the shadows and the party will have to get out of there and back into the cave. 

They’ll all part ways and go home. That night, MC will dream of the Velvet Room. Things will be talked about, congratulations made on curing Yūdai and all that jazz. (This next part only applies if the keys are not used to summon Personas) Afterwards, Gilbert/Lucius will give MC another key before they’re sent back to the waking world. 

The day after, Yūdai will not go to school, and MC’s homeroom teacher will explain that he got sick the night before and will be in the hospital for a while. You won’t see him again until May 4.

May 4, while at school Natsuki will ask you to attend Tomomi’s funeral the next day. Though you two didn’t know each other long, it would surely mean a lot to Tomomi. (Whether you actively agree or not, you’ll end up going)

After school, Yuuki will take the whole family over to the hospital. Three people have been hospitalized because of the virus, and it’s obvious it’s dangerous. So all four of you will be checked out by Dr. Ren Ueda. He’ll confirm that the only one who isn’t infected is MC, and suggests that it’s because of them just barely arriving. He cautions them to be careful so they don’t get it, and suggests that the rest of the MC’s family be careful as well so they don’t aggravate the virus and end up in the hospital as well. 

This is when you’ll get the job (volunteer work) offer for the hospital, and the first you’ll be able to act on it is May 7. However, as you’re leaving the hospital, Yūdai will come up and talk to you and tell you he’s being discharged. He’s completely healthy, and the doctors are calling it a miracle that he recovered like he did. After Tomomi, no one expected someone who showed such heavy symptoms to make it through.

The day after going to the hospital, you’ll go to Tomomi’s funeral. This will be the first time you meet Miyako. She’ll be quiet and sullen, and not talk a lot. She’ll leave the funeral early, and Natsuki will admit that she’s extremely worried about her. Ever since Tomomi’s death, she’s been distancing herself from everyone. 

May 6, Sayaka and Yūdai will take you out to celebrate his release from the hospital, though unfortunately, you’ll overhear the news that the virus took two more people. A married couple, with a high school aged daughter. Same night, just mere hours from each other. It will cut your celebration short.

If you pay attention, you’ll notice that Miyako doesn’t show up to school for a while. For about a week, you’ll be free to do whatever you want, and it’ll be a good chance to start leveling up Sayaka and Yūdai’s confidants. 

At the end of the week, Natsuki will ask you to accompany her to see Miyako and make sure she’s alright. You’ll find Miyako in a bad state, her core infected already, and practically a shell of her former self. Her parents were the ones that died, and so soon after Tomomi has practically destroyed her. 

She will shut MC and Natsuki out of the house and refuse to let them in. 

When you go beyond the White door, you’ll find Miyako’s Shadow, but The Plague will whisk it away before you can heal her. 

Miyako will eventually return to school, but she’ll be extremely depressed and refuse help. It’s obvious that if the virus doesn’t kill her, she’ll do it herself. 

So we’ll end this here for now! Next time we’ll talk about Miyako’s dungeon crawl! And how fun that’ll be, right? Probably not. Depression is fucking awful.

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Ok last one. What's the tea on Prompocalypse?

So...that was something, huh?

This is gonna be quick and dirty (relatively speaking, it’s still too long already as I come back and make this edit) because I have work tomorrow and there are def stuff I want to talk about more and I will (esp if I get asks) but I have work in the morning so let’s just get some words onto the screen aight.

The episode titles have had a pretty consistent naming scheme up until this point so the one word, non alliterative title had me at a 7 on the foreboding scale before we even started.

Everyone was in prom wear! And lol, Siobhan is the only one in a dress. That's almost exactly what I pictured Adaine wearing to prom. That exact shade of blue-green. And Emily looks like a waiter. 

I wonder what Bren's plan was for if they'd thwarted the crowning entirely. Got baller initiative, some nat 20's on crown keepaway and smashing, and killed Penelope/Dayne before the bad guys could finish them. Would he just try to crown someone else or would the curb stompage have stood? Not that Goldenhoard would have been a pushover I imagine but jeez. He couldn't have been as strong as his true form.

Sidenote: One of my favorite little character things is Zac and Siobhan helping each other do math.

Fig dimension dooring Gorgug to the stage and then skateboarding away. Amazing.

"I'm going for her crown vs. his crown."/"In this climate?"

OK, shoutout to Zac fo asking for those bombs because they are OP as hell. 

I love how they just charged in and started trying to kill people, no questions asked, no explaining themselves to the other students, just bombs out immediately. 

My man Riz just couldn't catch a break. I understand the out of story reason the police haven't shown up is that Murph was rolling garbage, but what's taking them so long in story? Where? Is? Sklonda?

"I'm going to jump on the back of the Hangman."/”Presumptuous."

But also, by the end of the fight he's just like, "Do anything any party member tells you to!"

Lou losing it over Riz claiming best friend status. But damn, they kinda are the closest to each other in the party. Wild. 

"You know what baby girl? Why don't you ready an action until I get there," said Siobahn to Ally, hilariously for a number of reasons. 

They keep saying Teen Wolf and I have no idea what part of the movie they're referring to. This is the second ep in a row.

Lou trying to recruit a super sad Ragh.

They started off this fight really strong. Doing double digit damage and rolling over 20s. I was like, "Damn, they've leveled up. They're doing great!" Of course, we were still in the first third of the ep so I didn't know where we were going. But Lou was right. "Wild first turn."

"And then I shoot him."

I'm half convinced Riz jinxed everyone by saying, "Remember the corn fight?"

Kristen cast ONE spell and then said, "I don't have a lot of spells left." THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TRY AND SAVE ADAINE'S WORTHLESS FAMILY. YOU ARE THE HEALER. YOU NEED ALL YOUR SPELLS.

The students running to get food on the way out. Mood.

They messed Dayne *up*. This was the high point of the battle, objective-wise.

Sidenote, why would Dayne have needed to be at the Seacaster Manor raid? It feels dumb to ris him when he was such an important part of things. Was it literally just because he didn't like Fabian? And he disliked him enough to try and kill his parents? Yeesh.

Kirsten @ Ragh flipping out over Dayne: I see what's going on here.

Ragh really made this fight harder than it had to be. If Gorgug hadn't been grappled before Penelope got the crown they might have had a fighting chance.

So Penelope just straight up let what's her face (Sam I think) get palimpsested? Major yikes. Like I know it's a good thing they killed her but I kinda wish they hadn't so we could learn exactly what the insane thought process was there. She comes off as crazier than Biz because Biz was trapping girls he didn't respect, not his actual friends, you know? Like, did Goldenhoard say he was gonna make her an actual queen or something? Because all this isn't worth just being prom queen.

"Sometimes you make a villain and they die in the first two rounds," said Brennan, as if he didn't know what he was about to unleash on the party. Geez, I don't know how long they would have survived if Penelope and Dayne had been in play for a large chunk of the fight.

Murph's idea to blind him was a good one.

I almost was like, "Thank God Gorthalax got kidnapped," because that was the only good explanation for him seemingly ditching Fig.

Ally: Was that his best friend? (Emily: What./Siobahn: NO.)

"I'm like an advertisement for chicken."/"What chicken adverts are you watching?"/"It's like if you went to prom and there was a dangling chicken leg."/"What prom did you go to?"

Fabian full on clocking Penelope in the face like he's playing Punch Out.

"I killed my father today. Yes."

"This is against the rules but I don't care." In hindsight, this feels like foreshadowing.

"Well, that's the risk you take when you go to Aguefort Adventuring Academy."

"Get on the fucking right team!"

Lou (a la Gimli): And *my* D6.

Brennan pulling out that GIANT final form Goldenhoard figure.

For some reason, it didn't occur to me that he'd be just a legit dragon in his true form. I was picturing like the lich from Adventure Time or something.

Also, I was kinda expecting him to "Drop the act," and majorly change in personality but he was basically the same. Just a dick.

Gorgug rolls a 4. Brennan pauses for a second. The entire party: No.

Zac goes all in every time no matter how dumb it is. I love him.

"Father, stop this."/"What?"

"Not clever enough for the library and not brave enough for the world." Oww, I felt that one. Did Brennan have that waiting to use or did he come up with it on the spot because that was brutal.

Goldenhoard goes through the whole party, trying to hit their weakest point and he gets what might have been a great hit on Fig (You're so unloveable your father would rather go to hell than stay with you.) but she just says, "You have got to stop flirting with me," and completely diffuses the moment. As unflappable as Brennan is, he had to take a sec to jump back into the insult parade after that.

"I'm going to eat you."/"OH MY GOD."/"I'm not making it sexual!"

"*The* ball, bitch."

OK, I was wondering what the deal was with Riz's dad. Because giving him that gun implies a chance to kill his dad's killer but I didn't think it could be Goldenhoard directly because of the binding. That's another point towards Riz being the one to finish him off.

Wild that they weren't able to get any of the kids (save Ragh eventually) to help them with the fight. You go to adventuring school! Cowards! You would never make it at Sunnydale and that school was mostly normals!

The one dude still just getting food while Goldenhoard has turned into a full on dragon.

When an 18 wasn't a high enough roll for Fig to make her fear check, that's when I realized my earlier apprehension wasn't misplaced. I mean, maybe it should have been when he turned into a dragon but it is what it is.

But Fig skating away and then going, "Just kidding bitch," because she got it on the very next turn was hilarious.

Kristen still not being 100% on whether Ragh is gay or not.

Who was gonna kick Ragh off the team for being gay? Maybe Daybreak would have but Gorthalax def wouldn't have. Maybe he means he would have been bullied off?

Siobahn to Kristen/Ally: Stop outing students.

I can't believe Gorgug had to kiss Ragh in the middle of this fight to get his head in the game.

Also, I didn't get into it before because I knew this scene was coming but poor Ragh. Like, I could have told him things were gonna go this way and he's a big dummy for thinking otherwise, but poor dude. And then he finally gets it together and he gets wrecked.

"EMILY, I SOMETIMES CAN'T TELL WHEN YOU'RE REALLY FUCKING WITH ME OR NOT."

Siobhan doing the D&D equivalent of reminding the teacher they had homework.

The amount of dice that Brennan rolled for Goldenhoard was truly horrifying. That's permadeath damage.

AND HE GOT THE HEALER DOWN FIRST. This was the next moment I started sensing a TPK.

"HOMOPHOBE!"/"You hit both of the gay ones!"

Kristen taking damage from Goldenhoard's libertarian speech.

I find it such a Fig move to be like, "Can I use charm person to snap Adaine out of it," instead of the spell actually made for that purpose. 

Rolling low perception and getting no information is the worst because then it's like...OK I know something's out there but what dammit?

When Brennan said Fig would have to do opposed athletics against Adaine, that was the first time I was like, "Oh thank God she's so weak."

Murph forgetting to uncanny dodge until midway through the ep was uncharacteristic. Really shows how wild the fight was. 

"This kid likes to get his ass beat to a soundtrack."

Fabian refusing to just use the stairs like a normal person. 

Penelope going, "What's your deal?" like she's not helping an evil dragon who wants to rule the world. 

JAWBONE

JAWBONE JAWBONE JAWBONE

My man Jawbone shot way up on the list of cool adults today.

For real, the scene with Jawbone and Adaine was my second favorite moment of the episode and it would have been my favorite if not for a bit of divine intervention later. 

I already made a post about this but Jawbone notices Adaine flipping the hell out and he asks her if she has panic attacks and if her parents gave her any meds for it. She responds in, like, the smallest, most broken and defeated voice with a tiny head shake, "My parents just left and I don't know where they are." Gah, my heart. She was half crying. I was half awake and being kicked in the face with the full force of human emotion. It was a lot. I felt like I was a kid watching that one scene from Fresh Prince again but British-er. She gets that her parents suck and she hates them but she's 14. Everyone wants their parents to love them. It's like in our DNA.

And then Jawbone launches into the wildest motivational speech ever (including all of Kristen's, which is saying a lot) which starts with him sucking off a border patrol agent. (You understand me?/No!)

Ally, MVP of Terrible Speeches: *That* was the point?

Siobhan trying not to crack up and break character throughout that whole scene was great.

I love that Brennan was clearly trying to not encourage people to mess with their med dosage irl because he was very specific about that but also he was like, "A dragon is about to end the world so please shotgun this bottle of magic Xanax and hop on that bike."

I love that Adaine has all the magic stuff in her inventory and then also Xanax.

Aww, Jawbone offered to let her live with him because her house burned down. (I guess that info was on the news?)

And then Adaine rolls a 20 with the help from her meds (and buffs) right away! It's great when the dice cooperate.

"I came here to FUCK SHIT UP. And help children."

"Jawbone rules. I'm so glad we helped him get his life together."

Jawbone is such a sketch person but such a good counselor.

Siobhan calling Goldenhoard and absolute fucking unit sayed be at 5 in the morning when I watched this.

"I AM A CHILD. YOU ARE ATTACKING A BUNCH OF CHILDREN YOU COWARD."

"Then why is your dick out?" Adaine joining in Fig w/ the taunting Goldenhoard via accusations of flirting. 

"Why are you guys partially singed?"/"Because he's been attacking us Dad! Also Dad, he kind of used to come on to me all the time."

"Play the drums more and we'll have a full band on stage!"/"...Instead."

"You ruined prom!"/"I RUINED PROM?"

At this point I was thinking, "Geez, there's not a lot of episode left and Penelope isn't even dead yet. How could they possibly defeat Goldenhoard AND have time for tying up loose ends?" TPK vibes increase.

Adaine getting a nat 20 on Arcana, "Yeah it is what it is. You're screwed."

Hell yeah for Adaine giving Goldenhoard her low divination roll to ensure her lightning bolt hit. Not that it ended up mattering that much but still. Sick.

"Well you could have told me before this very moment!"/"I was dead!"

I just checked on the stats of an an adult red dragon in 5E and it's got 256 HP. 256! And look at the other stats! They're wild.

"This is the number of dice?"/"Yeah."/"God."

Fig goes down. Their secondary healer. So, not good. Very not good.

Brennan letting Emily burn Goldenhoard's tie as she passes out because Emily refuses to do nothing.

And Riz goes down too! The one with the med kit! At this point I was like, there is no way this can end well.

"How far away is the hospital?" I love it when they try just normal solutions in this magic game like calling their parents and going to the hospital.

It is an hour and 47 minutes into the episode before Adaine remembers she's wearing a magic coat that can make her anything (within reason). Which, to be fair, it took me a little bit too but, in my defense, I'm not staring at her character sheet.

Real talk, I didn't think she was gonna get anything from the jacket from that ask. Something to beat Kalvaxis is such a big ask.

When Brennan started going into the jacket stuff I was like, this is a really weird deus ex machina if that's what this is. But also, the kids have been hilariously chill with just having Adaine walk around in a jacket filled with people.

There was a lot to unpack there and I'll got to it in another post but I can't do another 4k epic this week y'all. I have work in the morning.

Adaine yelling for Basrar to get them their ice cream before they freaking die.

Aww Gorthalax tried to heal Fig instead of attacking.

"Daddy that was a waste of a turn."

Gorgug who has a million hit points went down and all the healers are down. There are less than ten minutes left in the episode. TPK for sure, I'm thinking.

Adaine flipping people off with a vengeance today.

Also the fact that she totally forgot that she could ask for a healing potion which is totally a thing that she almost def would have been able to get is hilarious. I mean it wouldn't have been as funny if the episode ended differently but, as it stands, hilarious.

"Does the Hangman know medicine?"

"What about this student? Is he studying to be a cleric?"

Adaine is down. That's everyone down but Fabian. Three and a half minutes left. And that's when I realize. There's not enough time for a good ending, but there's not enough time for a bad ending either. But there's no S2. This is an anthology series. What's going on here my sleepy 6am brain is saying.

Fig giving her dad bardic inspiration while passed out because Emily is Emily.

Everyone (exceptt Riz) was making their saves. I'm thinking, "Is next season different characters, same setting. Maybe a bunch of years in the future? Legacy characters?" I'm trying to put together the fact that this is the finale with 2 minutes left with the fact that they're playing different characters next season. The pieces aren't fitting. 

And that's because I couldn't have predicted what was about to happen.

Ally, clearly joking says, "Can I roll for a nat 20 and just be alive?"

Brennan, barely thinking, says, "Sure, go for it," as casually as if he was okaying a perception check.

Murph and Lou are cracking up at the absurdity of the ask. 

Ally says, "This is to the corn god," half solem, half smiling.

Siobhan holds her hand over the dice like she's blessing them.

"I know I left for a while," Ally starts as the dice are cast and...

"NAT 20 MOTHERFUCKER!"

Everyone goes WILD.

Ally punches air.

Brennan looks like someone slapped him.

Emily: You have to rip up your comparative world religions book.

BONUS EPISODE UNLOCKED

And what did we learn today? A 5 percent chance is small, but not insignificant. 

OK, there’s one thing I want to address before I tap out for the night (and it’s not spell checking. I’ll do that in the morning).

I saw some people discussing the possibility that they faked the ending. Like, they just edited it like that to give them another chance because they were all about to die. Beyond the fact that I just trust them to not have done that, the other big reason I don’t think that’s likely is because there was a much more seamless way of stacking the deck in their favor. Brennan could have had Adaine pull literally anything out of her jacket. And I truly mean anything because this is a finale. Even if he gave her something game breaking, it wouldn’t have set a precedent because it’s the last ep. And that’s beyond all the NPCs that could plausibly have come in because they know something is up and teleportation is a thing in this world. Nah, I think that was just good, old fashioned, luck of the roll and thank Helio because they needed it.

OK, that’s it for now! Join me at some point between now and next ep to unpack this because it’s a lot and apparently we have another episode to get through. Hoot growl baby!

#fantasy high #asks #a-salty-alto #spoilers

[80srockher]

Yuri on Ice Rewatch and Live-Commentary, Episode 1: Easy as Pirozhki!! The Grand Prix Final of Tears

*There are spoilers throughout.  I also make assumptions that anyone reading has already seen the episode or has a grasp of the content.*

Source: http://yurionicescreencaps.tumblr.com

The opening scene is so pretty.  Really sets a tone.  I went in knowing nothing about the anime first go-around, so I found Yuri and Victor’s grow/glow-ups montages interesting.  

This theme song is… not my favorite.  Maybe it’s the French horns?  That and too much synth.  I usually skip over it but want to give it a chance this go-around.

Heh, Victor and his gold blades to match his gold medal.  And his European af haircut.  Can’t remember the last time I saw an American past the age of 12 with bangs. No mistaking him for anything other than Eastern European.

Also, the poster on the left is for Victor, I believe.  Can he pull his leg that high in the air?  Was that featured and I forgot?  I’ll be on the lookout for it.

Also, looks like Jean JACK made it to Sochi and placed third here too, lolz.

Yes, please listen to your coach, Yuri.  Don’t poke the wound.  Stay off the internets.  ESPECIALLY the figure skating internets.  What little I remember from when I used to follow the sport is that it’s dramatic, to put it nicely.

I keep getting distracted by the utter Euro-ness of the Europeans in this show. The cut of Coach Celestino’s suit is so Italian I weep. He’s too smooth.

Yuri’s name tag has his name in Cyrillic as well?  Cute.

My first impression of Yuri was that he looks about 18 and that impression hasn’t changed.  Perhaps it’s the glasses, but he def looks youthful. I’m also someone who’s been accused of looking a decade+ younger than I actually am, so I can sympathize.

Speaking of sympathy – Yuri caved to pressure, binged ate before the competition while mourning his dog, then bombed his first trip to the Grand Prix final.  All in front of his idol.  Damnity damn damn.  Sorry, kid.

Is Cao Bin ever introduced on the show?  Something else I forgot, maybe?

Now, when I first saw this poor child crying in the bathroom, that’s when I knew the series was going to be much different from the light-hearted anime about figure skating I expected.  It got real deep real quick.

Yuri Plisetsky “The Russian Punk”.  Is this something the in-universe media refers to him as?  Because I only recall (JPN) Yuri saying it and only this once.

This screencap is during the scene where the journalist Marooka (sp?) is hassling Yuri about his future plans and instead of answering, Yuri can only stare at someone else’s puppy that reminds him of his dead Vicchan.

This baby is crying. Cry.ing.  This has been a tough day for poor Yuri, overall.

And he talks down to himself so much.  It’s all his fault he caved to pressure. He was an idiot to think he could meet his idol on the same playing field.   He’s come so far and still thinks so little of his accomplishments.

So, I understand this “one year later” is not really accurate, lol.  It’s just the new  year following the previous season.  I was confused initially about a number of soon-to-happen events before Yuri’s mental alter ego cleared it up.

So, per Minako’s voice actress, Yuri really is pronounced YOO-RI.  Cute.

Four Continents is… not a Grand Prix competition?  My figure skating knowledge is all rust now.

LOL, Minako does. Not. Play. And she wears a pinky ring.  My God, that death grip on poor Yuri.

It’s snowing outside the train station when Yuri and Minako leave.  So, it’s not unusual to snow in this region in March, but it’s highly unusual a month or so later. Man, hard to believe Yuri sat around for almost an entire month before the infamous video became viral.  More on that, later.

So, based on everyone’s interactions with Yuri so far, the only person who cares that he didn’t make it to the World Championships is him.  And he should care since he’s worked basically his entire life towards that goal.  But, he doesn’t appear to have let anyone down but himself, though he doesn’t act that way.

So, the fact that the family hot springs is named “Yu-topia”… did that influence Yuri’s name at all, I wonder?

Ha!  I wish I could have recorded the Japanese actor’s voice when he says this line.  He makes Yuri sound so done with it all, lol.  It’s the best.

Ok, so a number of very interesting and entertaining things happen in succession that I don’t feel like screencapping.  No hug between the littlest Katsuki and the senior Katsukis, even though he hasn’t been home in 5 years.  Fascinating. No doubt cultural (I’m guessing) but fascinating.  

Yuri’s mom basically calls Minako a drunk.  To her face. LOL.  But I imagine no one can get mad at this sweet lady.

Minako calls Yuri out on his weight gain in front of God and everybody.  Though, I think it’s more of a matter of his clothes no longer fitting due to said weight gain.  

But, his parents don’t care. Eat more pork cutlet bowls, Yuri! Welcome home!

Vicchan’s shrine is where they also store the unused treadmill.  Want to bet the only person to use it was Yuri?

Then older sis Mari-neechan appears with frosted tips.  I can appreciate a character that doesn’t beat around the bush (a trait she inherited from her mother, I imagine).  Welcome home, Yuri, but don’t sit on your ass.  Start thinking about your next move.    

Actually *loads headcanon* I suspect Mari doesn’t want Yuri to give up on skating.  The longer he stays at home, the more quitting becomes a possibility.

So, the Katsuki family hot springs resort (Inn?  Restaurant?) is the last one standing in town.  Very OT, but I wonder if the hot springs are still an attraction at all and are perhaps, government-owned?  Protected, used by tourists for a fee, perhaps?  I think about things like that.

Having never visited a hot spring, and based on the setting around Minako while she watches the World Championships on TV, it appears to be a place for people to come, soak, and lounge and grab a bite to eat if the mood strikes.  So, the Katsukis wait on people basically all day long.  Gotta be exhausting work.

Yuuuuuko!  The Madonna of Ice Castle Hasetsu!  Yuri’s crush on her is hella cute.

A slight segue to Yuri’s perceived attraction to Yuko and what it could imply about his sexual identity.  Per his labeling of Yuko as a “Madonna,” I figure Yuri considers Yuko untouchable, perhaps even “too good” for him.  Yuko, just like Victor, is “ideal”.  For someone as self-conscious as Yuri, comparing any romantic prospects against his two ideals was probably a convenient excuse not to get *too* close to anyone, male or female.  That being said, he didn’t pursue Yuko.  Alcohol loosened enough of Yuri’s inhibitions to eventually openly flirt with Victor, but this is still an important distinction, IMO.  He pursued one of his ideals (in more ways than one, even going so far as to leave home to in hopes of becoming Victor’s equal) and left the other one behind.

Yuri idealizes/d Yuko, and comes to love Victor.  He’s gay.  Bi, at the least.  

I don’t feel confident in applying any other labels, because I’m a straight.  Yuri could fall under any number of categories as long it they include, IMO, same-sex attraction.

In actuality, Yuko is “introduced” to the audience as Yuri’s straight love interest, but that doesn’t last long.  Cute and clever, show creators.  Cute. And . Clever.

Then we find out, via flashback, a) how adorable they all were when they were little kids and b) Yuko wanted to see Yuri compete against Victor.  Yuko has been a profound influence on Yuri.

So, Victor.  This guy is in a class by himself.  The animators obviously invested a lot of time in his movements.  You can see why he leads the field even at 27.

Also, the creators had the nerve, the audacity, the unmitigated gall to compose an original opera aria for a cartoon.  That was my next indicator that this was more than a cutesy figure skating anime.  

The song really is beautiful, too.  Probably my favorite in the soundtrack.

Who’s the last IRL skater to win 5 consecutive World Championships?  Michelle Kwan, maybe?  Who is Kwan’s male equivalent?  Back then, probably Alexei Yagudin?  May research. May not. 

Anyway, Victor is the Michelle Kwan of YOI-verse lol.

Hmm.  Here come the three brats.  Good God.  Poor Yuko and Takeshi lol.

So sweet to see Yuri’s childhood bully is his biggest fan now.

Sooo, Yuko’s triplets secretly record Yuri’s private performance, post it online (sometime before April 10, when Victor shows up), and things progress rather quickly from there...

Or do they?  It appeared to me that Yuri caught up with Yuko at the rink the same day he returned home.  Did he skate Victor’s routine for her that day, as well, or did it happen later?  Perhaps the triplets waited a few weeks to post the video, or else it took a few weeks to go viral.  Did Yuri turn off his phone for *weeks* to avoid the world?

Maybe he got home on March 30 and then the whole month of April just went to hell for him?  The possibilities...

LOL, I’m so SO mad the title of the video is “Katsuki Yuri TRIED to Skate Victor’s FS Program”. Those brats.

This might be the most unattractive Victor’s ever looked.  Severe close-ups aren’t flattering on anyone.  Welp, down the rabbit hole now.  

So, in the next scene it snows in April which doesn’t stop anyone from stripping naked to bathe in a hot spring, apparently.  Or it just doesn’t stop Victor.

#moneyshot

I like this ending theme much better.  It’s a head-bopper.  The Instagram reel kills me.  

Thanks to anyone who took the time to read through this stream of consciousness!  No idea how long it may take me to get through the rest.  I tip my hat to those who regularly and passionately participate in fandom.  It’s a lot of work!

#yuri on ice #yuri!!! on ice #yuri katsuki #victor nikiforov #minako okukawa #hiroko katsuki #toshiya katsuki #mari katsuki #yuko nishigori #takeshi nishigori #celestino cialdini #yuri plisetsky #episode1 #myblogisMYsafeplace #hashtagskeepmefrombabbling #yoi rewatch #makkachin #vicchan #yoi

[attina-the-responsible]

How to Defrost a Mermaid ~*~ [Mersisters]

In which the Triton girls check in after the snow storm, and then discuss polyamorous relationships, Australian kisses, and consent.

We actually had everyone for this one, but at different times. 

@andrina-the-amazingsupergenius, @adella-the-romantic, @arista-the-musical, @aquata-the-bold, @alana-the-badbitch, @ariel-the-rebellious

Andrina ok fam rate the latest swynlake disaster on a scale of 1-10

Attina i dunno if it hadn't lasted quite as long i'd give it maybe a 5

Alana 4 needs more gore, never really fearedfkrmy lie

Andrina i feel like court was a solid 3 on danger/ 9 on fun / 8 on cute boys

Alana Wow see we got comic book store man

Attina i dont think it was *that* fun

Alana and pauls crazy ex

Attina how crazy was she acting? how are the babies?????

Andrina that's becuase YOU were busy worrying while /I/ was perfecting my mixing techniques slash making the bar my fortress

Alana I mean idk I didn't talk to her see just seemed bitchy about the whole thing like chill we r all stuck in here and freezing

Andrina scale of bitchiness 1-regina george

Ariel It wasn't fun. I was worried about you guys.

Alana babies r fine. Comic man found a ton of pride u shirts to swaddle Alana Uh Uh

Ariel I did get to sing that song Total Eclipse of The Heart with Jim, though, and that made me feel better for a while.

Arista I dunno the ice castle was pretty fun

Attina um excuse me

Ariel Ice castle?

Attina also i'm sorry you were worried ariel 💗 but everyone is okay! 😄

Andrina wow and didnt invite me ris

Arista it was like ice skating and slippery but super cold so minus points for that

Andrina frankly that's so offensive

Attina WHAT were you doing in the ice castle

Arista I was on a rescue mission

Alana Wow

Ariel I'm glad we're all okay. We need to find magic portable bathtubs in the future though

Andrina on it ariel [finger gun emoji]

Ariel Who were you rescuing?

Alana thankfully the arcade sinks worked

Ariel Attina said you and Adella were home with Daddy

Attina wait for WHO what.

Alana Wow ris gets all the fun

Andrina five bucks if she says van

Arista Van got stuck in the blizzard out there so she went to the nearest building which was the ice castle. It's okay though guys Urs came too. Buddy system. I'm not totally clueless

Alana how was it Alana what is the yelp review

Andrina how was the service Andrina and did u lick the walls

Attina how did ??? that happen?

Ariel You risked your life to save Van? That's so romantic. Is she okay?

Alana nothing says love like hypothermia Alana just ask jack Dawson

Aquata at least you weren't alone out there

Ariel Who?

Attina god.

Ariel OH

Andrina wow

Attina wow

Alana titanic lad

Ariel The guy from Titanic!

Aquata oh my god ariel

Ariel Ugh he was so dreamy

Aquata yet you couldn't remember his name

Andrina was he

Attina how do *you* of all people forget that

Alana rose looked like his mum I swear

Ariel I remembered Jack!! Ariel Dawson threw me off for just a second!!

Arista um I would say 4 stars. Like definitely did not have the proper outfit. But it was super fun. Like an ice theme park. But totally cold. So much cold. Van is okay. Van, Urs, Kim and me are all at Urs'. Kim ended up rescuing everyone actually.

Alana imagine titanic but it's a MILF learning to love again

Attina ariel she tAKEs his NAME in the END how do you forGET

Andrina i'd watch that movie

Ariel Why didn't you get all bundled up before going out there??

Attina okay wait i need you to walk me through *exactly* what happened

Alana Wow go Kim rock on

Andrina still offended i wasn't invited

Ariel and I only forgot for a SECOND

Aquata you still forgot

Ariel FOR A SECOND

Alana I'm offended you got a BLOODY ICE Palace and I got orange Gatorade

Arista I was in Chapter Three with Urs and then Van texted me. I didn't have time for bundling up

Ariel I have Romeo and Juliet on the brain still!!!

Aquata Hey Tina remember how you told me that everyone was going to stay inside? Funny how that works out, huh?

Ariel I practiced my lines so much to keep from going crazy that I think I have them all perfectly memorized now

Andrina hey an quality time with ariel alana

Alana ah yes

Attina um well six out of seven did so i don't really like your tone, missy

Andrina did YOU participate in any karaoke with the jimmeister

Ariel I'm glad I had at least one of you there with me, Alana kept me sane

Alana Ariel singing as we all freeze to death Alana no, I broke into a vending machine with him

Aquata You really want to go there with me?

Arista Oooh what snack did you get

Ariel So wait, Ris, when did you get home?

Alana bottled water and cheetohs

Attina i don't think i need to go anywhere with you, aquata, i kept you safe--and ris is safe too i'm not going to apologize.

Aquata YOU kept me safe!?!? Are you fucking kidding me?

Alana uhoh

Arista excellent choices lans

Ariel Woah, hey, guys, don't fight

Attina uh yeah you're not dead in the snow so.

Alana remind me again why I'm the bitchy one

Andrina idk alana Andrina false advertising tbh

Ariel You're not... bitchy

Arista I don't think anyone's the bitchy one

Alana awh thanks Ariel

Ariel You're assertive and independent

Arista everyone gets cranky sometimes.

Aquata Yeah, you didn't FORCE me to stay inside. So no, it was not you that kept me safe.

Andrina in OTHER news i definitely borrowed a bottle or two of vodka from the court so if anyone is down for a post-swynlake-disaster throwdown

Ariel I think the storm and being without water for days didn't help

Alana yes please

Arista Oooooh vodka

Aquata I'll pass.

Ariel We should all get together for a group swim. I feel really thirsty and feverish still

Attina i think you've not got a leg to stand on, aquata you're still alive and not frozen to death ANYWAYS

Ariel I don't think I took a long enough bath

Attina andrina you need to give that back.

Andrina chill mom i'll pay i just dint have my wallet on me

Alana they won't miss it

Andrina in other other news i learned how to tie a cherry stem with my tongue while in there

Alana no one goes there for top shelf vodka they go there for tits

Alana nice

Attina who taught you to do that??

Andrina myself Andrina while u were flirting with aussie boy

Attina also it's not like we needed to steal it

Alana ^^

Attina i wASNT FLIRTING

Andrina only goes for aussies now Andrina here's the kicker Andrina ready

Alana is thou dabbling in two rivers of men

Andrina he Andrina is Andrina paul's Andrina roommate

Attina his accent was cute but Attina NOT FLIRTING

Alana NICE

Arista Oh no. That's bad

Ariel Attina!!!!

Andrina two for one amirite

Alana Wow u can walk from one room to the next

Attina we just had things in COMMON

Ariel have you DTRED YET

Alana what a dirty acronym

Arista Is he handsome? Scale of 1-10

Attina what no not with paul no

Andrina i thought she sneezed

Attina i mean--yeah, he was very handsome of course bUT not the point ~~

Alana threesome threesome

Attina how about that bath ariel ahha i need to relax

Andrina tbh like this guy doesn't have a baby AND he has a turtle sooo Andrina upgrade

Ariel Ew no threesomes guys gross!

Attina he also has a girlfriend so

Alana they are not gross

Arista Ohhhh Attina has cute boys flirting with her

Alana foursome foursome

Arista Turtles! That's so cute

Ariel Paul has a girlfriend? Ariel or the Aussie?

Andrina the aussie

Ariel Does the Aussie have a name?

Attina it was very cute! he showed me pictures of him, his name is scute--he has cute little outfits

Alana Wow invite ice bitch and have a fivesome

Arista What's the Aussies name????

Attina his name is stanley

Ariel Scute?

Andrina see a man who knits outfits for turtles is a man after attina's own heart

Ariel Oh

Arista His turtle's name is Cute?

Attina Scute--but pretty cute, he has some fancy long name but i can't remember it--i think the middle name was ashley. Attina oh! i hope he was okay, i've been worried. the heat lamp would've turned off during the storm.

Alana slide in his sms

Andrina all in favour of attina ditching paul for turtle stud say aye

Ariel Is Scute the turtle okay??

Arista Oh no! The turtle!

Andrina AYE

Alana AYE

Ariel No, you can't ditch Paul!!

Ariel He has kids!!

Andrina ugh ariel

Aquata he has a girlfriend, that's homewrecking.

Alana Paul has baggage

Ariel Stanley has a girlfriend!

Alana o tru

Ariel What Aquata said!

Arista Yeah! No homewrecking

Attina this shouldn't even be a conversATION

Ariel What baggage does Paul have??

Aquata um, he has children and a psycho ex?

Attina he doesn't have baggage he's perfectly lovely

Aquata thats what we established right?

Arista I dunno I don't think Attina has seen his closet yet

Aquata not his actual baggage Ris

Alana I'm p sure Ted Bundys victims would've called him perfectly lovely too

Arista Ohhh I dunno you can tell a lot by someone's baggage

Ariel Why are kids baggage?

Andrina right what can u tell about me from my baggage ris

Aquata fun fact they did call him lovely.

Ariel And it's not his fault if his ex is- well, is she really psycho?

Andrina idk ariel did she seem psycho Andrina u spent 2 days with her

Alana did u hear about the speed dating thing

Attina ugh why does this always turn into a convo about PAUL

Arista Ohhh I dunno you can tell a lot by someone's baggage

Ariel Why are kids baggage?

Andrina right what can u tell about me from my baggage ris

Aquata fun fact they did call him lovely.

Ariel And it's not his fault if his ex is- well, is she really psycho?

Andrina idk ariel did she seem psycho Andrina u spent 2 days with her

Alana did u hear about the speed dating thing

Attina ugh why does this always turn into a convo about PAUL

Ariel I mean not really, she didn't try to murder anyone or anything, I think she was just worried about her kids and it made her on edge

Alana she like stormed out in a rage just cuz he like talked to other girls lol

Andrina sorry you're the most interesting one of us

Aquata because you're boy crazed

Alana so she might kill atty

Arista I don't remember everyone's baggage. Do you have baggage?

Aquata shes defo gonna kill atty

Alana Yah don't mind me I'm boring lol

Andrina just kidding we should go back to talking about the ice castle

Aquata its been nice knowing you

Andrina i need specs

Ariel Why do you guys think she's gonna kill Teen??? Don't joke about that!!!

Attina no one is going to KILL ME

Alana I think ris is snogging van

Attina yes, let's talk about hte ICE CASTLE

Alana giving her a good old Australian kiss

Andrina dammit ris

Ariel How are you and Paul though Attina?

Attina what the hell is an australian kiss

Andrina wow

Alana oh you know

Andrina do u wanna tell her alana Andrina or me

Arista Van isn't Australian

Attina we're fine--good i think i dunno i haven't heard from him actually

Alana Like a French kiss Alana but down under

Aquata but down under Aquata ha ha

Arista Stan is Australian

Alana aqua I know you think I'm cool but come up w ur own lines

Ariel He hasn't checked on you?

Aquata I really don't think your cool so....????

Attina what an incredibly weird name

Andrina *you're

Alana Lol

Attina also no, ariel he hasn't but it's fine he's got his babies to worry about

Ariel Have you checked on him? Ariel Maybe he's too preoccupied with the babies

Arista Have you checked on the turtles???

Attina no he's got his babies to worry about

Ariel They're so CUTE

Alana they r loud

Ariel They're babies

Andrina do they do any tricks

Alana but cute ok i guess Alana patch can do a newsstand

Attina they're only a year old, paul was telling me they're starting to talk though!

Andrina wow never heard of that one before Andrina a newsstand

Ariel newsstand? Ariel what's that?

Alana he sells papers on the streets

Andrina like a 21st century newsie

Ariel No he doesn't, he's a baby

Andrina wears the lil hat and everything

Alana it's reverse child labor Alana what no

Attina that makes me want to get him a newsie hat wouldn' that be adorable

Arista Wow that's so cute!

Andrina technically newsies were employed by the papers they sold

Alana start an young Alana **THEM

Attina do they have newsie hats for babies

Andrina wow you should do that and tell paul about this very conversation

Alana sorry nails

Andrina "my sisters want to support your child's newsie career"

Attina he'd probably get a kick out of it, honestly but i can't tell him we were talking about him Attina obviously

Alana lockpicking really does a number on ur nails lemme tell you Alana u can just say we brought it up since Ariel and I met the babies sorta

Arista Maybe Stan can knit Paul's kid a Newsie hat

Alana beautiful

Attina oh! there we go!

Andrina i ship this polyamorous relationship

Alana get stan to knit me a bra

Ariel Would a knit bra be comfortable?

Attina it's not polyamorous guys and girls can be friends

Alana yeah it's like a cure bracket Alana **BRALETTE

Ariel Wait, what's polyamorous?

Alana when u r dating more than one person but like they all know Alana and r cool w it

Andrina the ideal we should all strive for

Alana and r maybe dating each other too

Attina not for me, thank you.

Alana more boys to score u, atty

Ariel Wouldn't they get jealous?? Ariel I would get SO jealous

Alana nah some people don't get super jealous

Andrina jealousy can be transcended Andrina sides ppl get jealous in monogamous relationship see ice bitch for an example

Alana ^^

Andrina she's not even IN a relationship and she's still plotting murder

Attina we don't know that Attina she could be fine with it

Andrina that mighhhht be true

Attina she could be perfectly lovely

Andrina but it also might noooot be true Andrina and judging on current data

Ariel Who's Ice Bitch again?

Andrina its more likely nooooot true

Alana ok well p sure I can get her number for u and u can ask her urself Alana perdita

Attina how are you going to get her number Attina also no.

Andrina i can stalk her and then pretend to be her friend and get the deets

Alana i have my ways

Andrina that's a more convoluted plan than alana's but more fun for me so

Alana also like the cast list

Andrina plus what else am i doing with my summer Andrina nothing

Attina i would really just like all of you to butt out of it honestly it is very tender and new and easily breakable, like the delicate ecosystem of the reef.

Ariel Why do you guys all not like her so much?

Andrina well the reef similie's convinced me

Alana Ariel scroll back to the "stormed out in a jealous rage during speed dating bc how dare Paul talk to another girl when they aren't even in a relationship"

Attina we don't know that's why she stormed out Attina maybe she had to make a phone call

Ariel Yeah

Alana I'm sure she has her reasons but the fact is atty is still entering dangerous waters

Andrina the Angriest Phone Call.

Alana lmao ok

Ariel She could have stormed out because a guy said something rude Ariel You don't know

Attina oh that's true too

Aquata yes, I'm SURE that it was because she was answering her phone Aquata or said something rude Aquata definitely

Alana and her friend ran after her bc that's what happens when u answer the phone

Attina look, i'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise.

Andrina personally i always use the buddy system when making phone calls

Alana don't say we didn't warn you Alana she's like tswift in blank space

Ariel Who ran after her?

Alana uhh redhead

Attina oh i think her name starts with an "a"

Alana ani...ta?

Ariel Then maybe a guy really did do or say something rude and her redhead friend was making sure she was okay

Andrina le gasp its one of us

Attina yes that's it! anita

Alana even ends w an a too

Attina wow that name is rather...triton isn't it, though blends better lol

Andrina can i befriend ANITA an get the deets then Andrina give me some sort of covert mission

Alana I support that

Attina i think i told you to stay out of it actually Attina no your marching orders are to stay out of it, it's not fair of you to pry into my personal business

Andrina ok does anyone have any kind of covert mission for me

Alana get another bottle from a different swynlake establishment

Andrina thnx Andrina that'll be my tuesday activity

Attina andrina no sTEALING

Ariel Ummm teach me how to fake kiss?

Andrina you just put ur hands in front of ur mouth

Ariel Doesn't that look super obvious??

Aquata how the hell did we get here?

Andrina ok to be more specific it's like your thumb. and the rest of your hand just looks like you're gently caressing the cheek of your lover Andrina its Advice with Andrina hour duh

Ariel huh

Andrina i can show you later lucky number seven i'll fake kiss u to the moon

Ariel I feel like I'm gonna laugh too much

Andrina well DONT its very SERIOUS

Attina then you'll wind up *actually* kissing her

Andrina i've kissed worse Andrina unfortunately lmao

Ariel I don't wanna kiss my sister!!! Ariel Or Marie Ariel Marie is nice and pretty but I don't really want to kiss a girl I don't think

Andrina a shame tbh they are uuuuusally better kisses

Attina never know until you try lmao

Andrina taste nice, smell nice, soft lips

Ariel But boyyyyys

Aquata it's a play, you're fine

Attina something you're not telling us andy?

Andrina ok everyone here knows i have kissed girls before i kissed brit like a few weeks ago for free shots at pixie's lmao

Adella girl kisses are much better

Andrina thank you dell

Attina there is a diff between kissing girls for drinks and kissing them because they smell nice

Ariel Wait is Andrina gay now too?

Andrina yup Andrina gay today, who knows what i'll be tomorrow

Adella are any of us gay?

Andrina isnt everyone a little gay

Ariel Isn't Arista?

Attina i'm pretty sure i'm not

Andrina ariel for the last time

Ariel I don't think I am

Andrina love u

Adella we're both bi

Andrina but just because you date or kiss a girl does not make you gay

Ariel Oh Ariel I know that!!

Andrina please google "sexuality"

Attina i think there is some liek beautiful irony to the twins being bi idk

Adella same tbh

Ariel I know about sexuality!! Ariel I just wanted to be sure

Andrina then dont ask me if im gay just cuz ive kissed a girl or two

Adella girls are great u should def kiss the girl

Aquata yet you think kissing marie will automatically make you gay

Ariel I dunno how it works, I only really like guys Ariel I didn't say that Ariel I just don't want to kiss her

Adella bet her lips are softer than dash's

Attina everyone leave ariel alone, she's still learning

Andrina oh definitely i bet dash tastes like cheese

Attina oh that's definitely true you know she uses some fancy french moisturizer or something

Adella plus isn't that a part of being an actress like ur not kissin her cause u think she's cute

Ariel Don't Ariel You can't just

Adella ur doin it cause she's ur romeo

Ariel You don't know what Dash tastes like!!

Andrina hey im js Andrina and i like cheese so Andrina it was a compliment

Adella same

Ariel I mean I guess?

Aquata hes a teenage boy, of course he tastes like cheese

Attina also good point della

Andrina yeah it's for the S T A G E

Ariel Stop talking about what my boyfriend tastes like please!!

Attina and like i *said* if you're uncomfortable, just tell simba

Ariel Maybe I'll try it. Like, just a peck or something?

Aquata there you go

Adella doesn't haveta be full tongue

Ariel I wanna make sure Dash is okay with it though

Attina well you certainly aren't going to be making out with her on stage

Aquata im sure he's going to understand conisdering its a play

Ariel Okay okay

Adella unless u wanna

Aquata though you dont need his permission for everything

Adella but i mean

Attina i doubt he's expecting anything more than a peck, could even be a cheek kiss really--whatever you're comfortable with

Adella truuuuuu

Andrina marie has to want it too also

Andrina maybe MARIE doesn't wanna kiss YOU ariel Andrina huh ever think about THAT lil missy

Ariel It's okay if she doesn't

Attina just like it's okay if you don't

Ariel I don't know how to feel if she like, really does tho

Attina it's not her decision, it's yours

Andrina let her down easy,

Ariel Okay

Adella still think it's dumb if u don't even try tho Adella js

Attina consent is important Attina even in a play

Ariel it is!

Aquata I'm pretty sure the fact that she signed on to be romeo automatically means that shes consenting to the kiss

Aquata otherwise she wouldn't have agreed

Andrina that's not true Andrina it's a teen production lol its not that big a deal if they kiss or not

Adella we're all glazing over the fact that it's just a stage kiss again

Aquata ^^^

Andrina yeah but people can still be uncomfortable with that

Adella 3 minutes ago u were on team stage kiss

Andrina i wouldn't be, but heeey who knows people got religious reasons or values or something-- i mean i totally am team stage kiss but its not THAT big a deal either way

Ariel We'll see guys okay Ariel I don't like feeling pressured though Ariel Is everyone going to be expecting us to kiss? Because then I have to at least stage kiss I don't want to let everyone down

Andrina just talk to simba and you'll be fine

Attina i think you can easily sell the performance without a kiss, but listen to andrina, talk to simba--he's been in lots of plays before, he'll know what's up.

Ariel Ugh okay

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hw task 04: the one with the letter writing!! (from this post on the main 1 year ago)

i’m aware that this is so old, but as i didn’t join the rp until october, i missed out on this task before! so i’m doing it now, late. and to be fair, it DOES say there’s “no set time limit” 😂

not everyone would have taken the opportunity to do this, so my characters NOT writing letters and why: 

wei wuxian has no memories of anyone outside of D.C., so he wouldn’t write to anyone. same with kaz brekker. everyone patroclus knows is dead, so... he wouldn’t write a letter, either. pippin thinks it’s probably be better if he explains everything to his family in person whenever he gets back, and he’s got terrible handwriting anyway, so he’d skip out on the opportunity. peter pettigrew would rather not anyone know he was here in the first place, so no letter from him. and the only person yu ri cares about is rang, and he’s here, so no letter needed there. 

and then below are my other characters’ letters! i should have put these alphabetically but i started writing them in order of when i picked up the characters and it’s too much work to copy/paste everything around at this point.

martin blackwood: letter to jon sims (the only people left at the Institute martin could have talked to are: jon, basira, and daisy. he doesn’t much like daisy and between jon & basira he’s known jon for longer, so that’s why he’d choose him as letter-recipient.)

Jon, It’s Martin. It’s been a while since you’ve heard from me, by now! Nearly a year. I hope you’re well. I promise I didn’t mean to abandon the Institute, and if I knew of a way to leave, I swear I would have told you so you could leave too. But-- I ended up here in America accidentally, severed from the Eye (as far as I can tell). I REALLY mean accidentally. I don’t even know how I got here, honestly. Anyway. Melanie’s here! And from a few years ago! (Yeah, time travel’s a thing.) The good news is that she’s got her eyes and everything, so that’s a definite benefit. She never even worked for the Institute, where she came from, still doing her YouTube thing. We don’t talk much, since she doesn’t remember me. I should tell you-- I was working with Peter Lukas on purpose, at the end there, before I ended up here. It’s too complicated to put in a letter but do know that I was trying to help, although I realize now that I approached it all wrong. We should have communicated better, all of us, especially after the thing with the Unknowing. Speaking of communicating, this might be the only time you hear from me. But rest assured, I’m okay! Not devoured by worms, or stalked by fears. I’ve got a normal desk job now, and I’m doing alright. I don’t think the Extinction’s much of an immediate threat, so I hope you’re not worried about that too much. I think about Sasha and Tim every so often, and you as well. Please be safe, and get out when you can, but not by doing anything drastic. You’re so clever, you always have been, and I know you’ll be alright. Don’t trust Peter. Sincerely, Martin Blackwood. 

holland vosijk: a letter to kell in red london (kell is the only other known Antari, and although holland has an antagonistic relationship with him and they’re from two parallel realities, he’s the only one he would trust with this information)

Kell-- I hope this letter finds you, though you know me better than to think I’d wish it finds you “well.” Regardless, I must admit that even your face would be a welcome one. I’ve found myself in the world below yours, the one sans-magic, a few hundred years in the future and on the other side of the sea. I am aware that sounds impossible, but I assure you that it’s true. My magic works as usual except for Travelling, which is what keeps me from returning. Should you find yourself once again in the world you always referred to as “Grey London,” do ask around about rumors of a capital city in America called Washington, D.C. I would appreciate any information you might find out regarding it’s magical status, though I’ve no idea if you’ll have a way to return this correspondence. I will also take the liberty of warning you that I have been here for months and the Danes are surely sore about my absence from their command. Should you find yourself in Makt, you would do well to avoid them, as they may be looking for a new pet by now. I tell you this not out of kindness or concern for your well-being but because I fear what they may do if they have control over a new Antari’s power in their disgruntled state. Do both of our worlds a favor and avoid travelling for the time being. Holland. 

yuri plisetsky: a letter to his coach (even if he’d want to write to his family, his skating comes first. this letter would be written in russian, but I don’t actually know russian, so.)

It’s Yuri. I have been trying to call you but my phone does not go through. I can’t leave this place in America. It’s partway your fault since you sent me here. Tell my sponsors I am NOT DEAD, only stuck in a weird magic town. Have you heard of a skater named Victor Nikiforov? He says he knows me but I do NOT remember him. He promised to choreograph a program for me. Don’t get mad, he’s very good. I will try to get out of this city by the next round of prelim competitions for the grand prix. I’m still practicing every day and I will definitely WIN!

orpheus: a letter to eurydice (he loves & misses her so much; his letter would be short but sweet and would include pressed flowers, just in case there aren’t flowers down there and she needs to remember what they look like)

Eurydice: I hope letters can travel to where you are. It’s me! The wind may have changed on us, but you’re still my sun and my north. I’m coming after you, it’s only that I got caught up on the way. I’ve never wanted anything more than to hold your hand and bring you back to the world above, and I swear that I'll be there as soon as I can. Wherever you go, I go. I love you now and forever. Your Orpheus~

melanie king: a letter to andy caine (her former youtube channel co-host; her parents are both gone or she’d write to them, so she figures-- why not at least let one person know where she is, even if they’d fought the last time they spoke in person)

Hey Andy, I know we’re not on the best of terms but I thought I’d let you know I’m in America for the foreseeable. I’ve been publishing videos on my channel-- though no idea if they show up anywhere other than here-- it’s a long story. I’m still alive, and if any of my extended relatives come looking for me just let them know I’m “abroad.” One of my cameras is still at your place. Don’t sell it-- I’ll be back for it at some point or you’ll owe me £800. -Mels

henry strauss: a letter to his parents (he packed up and left NYC without really telling anyone where he was going, so. time to rectify that poor decision)

Mom and Dad, I’m sorry I left without saying goodbye. I can’t face goodbyes without getting emotional, you both know that. (If it helps, I didn’t tell any of my friends goodbye either, so I hope you didn’t give them a hard time when you realized I’d gone.) I’ve had to keep secrets from you that I genuinely regret, but please know that I never wanted to hurt you. My whole life I always tried to be a good son, and I’m trying to the kind of person here that you always taught me to be. You might not hear from me again, and that’s alright. I hope you can accept that, and know that wherever I am, I love you. Henry

wen kexing: a letter to gu xiang (wen kexing has trust issues. he wouldn’t want any correspondence to get intercepted by the five lakes alliance or with reference to his status in ghost valley, so this isn’t technically a letter with any specific information: it’s a classical Du Fu poem about travelling. he’s super pretentious about quoting literature, so he would have picked something fancy like this to code his message in to prove that it’s actually him. and to code it, he’d have written certain characters in dark purple ink instead of black to send to a’xiang, his maid who’s essentially his younger sister/adopted daughter, to try and explain where he is. even if someone noticed the change in coloring, the message wouldn’t mean much to anyone but a’xiang. he’d also include a brief coda at the end in his own words. and each line would be written in a vertical column but that’s too annoying to format for tumblr)

寺忆曾游处 (purple last two characters for ”travel” and “place”) 桥伶再渡时 (purple last two characters for “crossing” and “time”) 江山如有待 (purple last character that means “stay”/“await” so she knows to wait for him to return) ��柳更无私 野润烟光薄 (purple second-to-last character for “light” to indicate he’s not in the ghosts’ world anymore; she’ll know what that means) 沙暄日色迟 客愁全为减 (purple last four characters of this line-- in the context of the poem, this phrase basically means “sorrow fades away” but read on their own it’s just, like, “don’t worry so much”) 舍此复何之

当好姑娘 (“be a good girl”)

給阿舒我的爱 (”give my love to A’Xu”)

哥 (just “ge” for brother)

noah czerny: a letter to gansey (gansey’s the leader, after all, so it makes sense to send him the letter.)

Dear Gansey: surprise! Blue & I are stuck in Washington D.C. She’s been here for much longer than I have, she said. Time’s weird here. I hope you & Adam & Ronan are alright. I don’t know if you will have noticed that I’m gone, but if you do, don’t worry: we’ll both come back when we can. Tell the others hello from me, keep looking for Glendower (good luck!) and don’t crash the Pig! :P -Noah

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Yuuri is taken from Yutopia Katsuki and forced to dance for a mysterious man who carefully keeps his face covered. Left with no choice but to cooperate with Yuuri’s captor, if he wants his husband to survive, Victor and a few close friends stage increasingly dangerous and difficult crimes. But, what will happen when one goes terribly wrong?

Chapter 1: Negation

Still curled up and sleeping at well past the usual time, Victor groaned as he felt something warm and wet stroke his cheek, then his nose.

“Hey,” he mumbled, pushing the hairy offender away, “stop that, Maccahin.”

The old poodle whimpered impatiently and Victor gave him a sleepy smile.

“At least let me get myself together,” he complained, “The drinks were strong last night.”

The dog’s head tilted and he panted softly, and Victor could almost hear his absent husband’s scolding voice.

I told you not to drink that much. You always do that while I’m away.

Victor sat up and gave a shuddering sigh, absently petting the old poodle’s head.

“Damn, even when you’re not with me, you’re with me, aren’t you, Yuuri?” he whispered.

I hate it when he leaves. It’s like some of the life just goes out of me when Yuuri’s not here. I feel bad for Toshiya, of course. Yuuri’s father is very ill and needs him there. I just…miss him.

God, I’m pathetic!

I need to get up and do something.

Instead, he nudged Maccachin aside and rolled over, wrapping himself around his absent husband’s pillow. He sighed in mingled relief and agony as Yuuri’s gentle scent filled his senses and instantly, he felt a little, lusty throb begin in his loins.

“Not fair.”

Yuuri only left yesterday, and already I’m a mess. I stayed out late with friends, drinking so that I wouldn’t miss him so much, but it really didn’t help at all.

He flopped on Yuuri’s pillow, sucking in his husband’s scent shamelessly and groaning as the phone rang. He picked up his cell from the nightstand.

God, I hope it’s Yuuri.

He made a discontented face as he recognized Yakov’s number ringing in, and he held the phone away so that he didn’t have to suffer the man’s loudly shouted admonishment.

“Victor! You are a half hour late. Where are you, you lazy little fool! Get out of bed and drag your ass down here now, or I’ll come and drag it down here for you!”

“Yakov, you’re hurting my head. Be quieter when you yell at me,” Victor chided him.

“GET YOUR LAZY ASS DOWN HERE NOW!” Yakov roared, making Victor wince and squint his eyes as he ended the call.

“Oh my god, I can barely stand to move,” he complained, earning a sympathetic whimper from Maccachin, who thumped his tail on the bed and laid his head on his paws.

Victor staggered out of bed, stumbling over his clothes as he headed for the bathroom. He flinched and made a face at the smell of vomit, and he realized he hadn’t quite made it to the toilet before throwing up the night before.

Yuuri would be really mad at me for something like that. Lucky, he’s not here to see.

He held his breath as he began to clean up the mess, but couldn’t hold it long enough. A whiff of the stuff hit his nostrils, and he barely made it to the toilet as he began heaving again.

That’s it. I’m going to Japan. Yuuri convinced me to stay here so that I would get in lots of extra practice for the exhibition next week, but I can do that in Japan. All Yakov really does is yell at me, anyway.

Besides, Yutopia Katsuki has the hot bath and the pork cutlet bowls.

Yes, I am definitely running away to Japan.

He sighed and flushed the toilet, then cleaned up the last of the mess on the floor, before hurrying into the shower and rinsing away the clinging scent of sickness. He took his time in the shower, chuckling to himself as he heard his cell phone ringing again.

“I’m not answering, Yakov!” he called out cheerfully.

He finished bathing and dried off slowly, looking down longingly at his lovely, but neglected genitalia.

I don’t even know when Yuuri will be coming back. It depends on when Toshiya starts to feel better. I wish I was there too. I don’t know how I’d be of any help, but I don’t like that they’re all so worried and I’m not there worrying too.

He finished dressing and picked up his phone, rolling his eyes as the phone rang again. He punched the button, scowling.

“Yakov, I’m leaving right now…” he began.

“Vitya,” said a man’s deep, stern voice that instantly made the Russian skater stiffen, “we need to meet and talk. I want to have a word with you.”

“I have nothing to say to you,” Victor snapped, “I told you that a long time ago! Leave me alone! I don’t want anything to do with you.”

“That is what we need to talk about,” the voice on the other end went on, “You should know that…”

“Whatever you have to say, I don’t want to hear it!” Victor yelled, “I told you that I don’t want any part of all of that. I don’t care what that damned test said, I-am-not-your-son!”

“You can’t change the blood that runs in your veins,” the man on the phone went on, “and if you refuse to listen to what I have to say, it won’t just be you who is paying for it. Now…”

“NO!” Victor shouted, ending the call with almost violent fingers.

The cell phone escaped his hand and clattered onto the tile floor.

“Damn it,” he breathed, bending and picking it up, then pausing to examine it for a moment.

Satisfied that no damage was done, he slipped the phone into his pocket and left the house, headed for what he was sure would be a very bleak afternoon full of scolding.

XXXXXXXXXX

I’m finally here, Yuuri sighed, descending the escalator that led down from the airport’s arrival gates, I’m sure Minako will have half of Hasetsu waiting for me.

“Yuu-ri!” called his ballet instructor’s voice, making a smile and a little blush rise on Yuuri’s face.

“Minako-sensei, I kind of thought you’d be waiting for me here,” Yuuri acknowledged, “How are things at home? Is my dad doing all right?”

Minako gave him an encouraging smile.

“He’s hanging in, there,” she reported, leading Yuuri out of the terminal, “The doctor said that his lungs are starting to clear, thanks to the medication and breathing treatments. But, he’s still feverish and really tired, though.”

Minako paused and frowned.

“So, where’s Victor, anyway? He usually barely lets you out of his sight. You came all of the way here, without him?”

“Yeah,” Yuuri sighed, “He actually wanted very much to come with me, but I convinced him to stay in Saint Petersburg.”

“You what? Why? What’s wrong? Is something going on with you two?”

“Eh, no, Victor and I are fine. But, he’s got an exhibition skate next week, and it’s important for him to train with his coach there.”

“Huh, I guess that makes sense, although, at this point, there’s not much that old guy does but yell at Victor to practice. He pretty much does it all, himself.”

“Maybe, but there are some things you really need a coach to spot and fix for you.”

“I guess.”

“You just want him to come here because you think he’s hot,” Yuuri teased her.

“Doesn’t everybody?” Minako sighed, rolling her eyes, “Why is it that all of the really hot guys are gay? Can you just tell me that?”

“Victor’s really kind of pansexual,” Yuuri corrected her.

“Not anymore, he’s not,” the older woman chortled, “I just don’t get it. What do you have that all of the millions of us females in the world don’t?”

“I dunno,” Yuuri laughed, “a penis? Victor really likes that. He says it’s better than katsudon.”

“God, I’m just not used to you talking like that,” Minako giggled, “Victor’s really corrupted you, hasn’t he? You better not say things like that in front of your folks. They’ll pass out.”

“Don’t worry, I won’t,” Yuuri assured her, “I’m just talking that way because I’m comfortable with you.”

“Yeah,” Minako said, eyeing him affectionately, “You’ve grown up a lot since Victor came to Hasetsu, haven’t you?”

“I guess. Victor can still make me blush, though.”

“I guess so. The guy has no filter. He just lets it all loose and doesn’t care if it’s appropriate or not. But, I guess when you’re that beautiful and that rich, you can pretty much do what you want, right?”

“I can’t argue with that…although…”

Yuuri paused and looked down at the ring on his finger for a moment.

“What’s wrong?” Minako asked, “Did Victor get into some kind of trouble?”

“Well, not exactly,” Yuuri hedged, “but the Russian government didn’t like the fact that our wedding drew so much attention. Gay marriage isn’t legal in Russia or here, but in Russia, they are careful about their country’s image. Victor and I got interviewed by the authorities when we got home, and they made it clear that we should let the furor die down and don’t talk too much in interviews about our marriage. They also strongly suggested that we refer to each other as partner instead of husband. I don’t really mind, I guess, but it was scary having strange people just show up like that to talk to us.”

“That is scary,” Minako agreed, “You two be really careful, okay? I know you love each other, and I don’t think it was wrong for you to be married. Neither do your folks or your sister. But, the laws are pretty strict, even though we don’t like them. Stay out of trouble. I mean, I know you will, but Victor can sometimes be careless, because he’s used to having his way about things. That will only take you so far.”

“I know,” Yuuri assured her, “and Victor knows too. We’re being careful. I promise.”

The two quieted as they continued to walk the short distance from the airport to Yutopia Katsuki. They were greeted at the door by a tired looking Mari, who smiled wearily at her arriving brother.

“Yuuri, thank goodness you’re here,” she said, hugging him, “Mom and I are pretty run down, taking care of the business and Dad too.”

“That’s why I’m here,” Yuuri said, hugging her back, “I’m ready to do whatever you and Mom need.”

“Thanks. The hot springs area needs some cleaning and we need to prepare rooms for a couple of incoming guests, but go and see Mom and Dad first. They’ll be really glad you’re here.”

“Okay, I will.”

Yuuri walked to the back of the house with Minako on his heels.

“I’ve tried to help out when I can,” Minako explained, “but ever since you hit the podium in the Grand Prix Finals last year and won at Four Continents and Worlds, I’ve got a lot more ballet students, and the ice rink is usually packed. Everyone’s going to freak out when they see you. You’re as popular as Victor here in Japan, now.”

“It feels kind of strange, being noticed like that all of the time,” Yuuri acknowledged, “Victor’s used to it, but it still gives me a funny, scared feeling inside to have everyone looking at me and calling out to me.”

“Well, your Eros really talks to people,” Minako laughed.

“Yeah? Well, it had better be quiet while I’m visiting here, because I need to focus on Dad.”

“Right.”

The two paused as they reached the master bedroom door. Yuuri bowed at the entrance, speaking a greeting to his parents.

“Yuuri!” Toshiya exclaimed softly, his voice shaking slightly as he smiled up at his son, You’ve come all this way to see me? I thought you would be busy training for the next season with Victor.”

“We were,” Yuuri confirmed, “but Victor is doing extra training for an exhibition next week, so it wasn’t any trouble for me to come. I am glad to help out here.”

“We’re glad to have you,” Hiroko said cheerfully.

“I should be up and around in a few days,” Toshiya assured him, “It’s really all right, if you can’t stay for long.”

“I’ll be staying for a week at least,” Yuuri said, smiling, “Victor sends his regards, and he sent you this gift.”

Toshiya grinned, accepting the package and carefully unwrapping the delicate paper.

“It’s the Russian cookbook that he mentioned when I was telling him about my wish to learn a few dishes to make him feel at home while he visits here!” the elder Katsuki exclaimed.

“Try not to get so excited, dear,” Hiroko warned him.

“Sorry, I just love so much to try cooking new things. As soon as I’m well enough…”

“You won’t get well very soon if you get so overexcited, Dad,” Yuuri said, smiling affectionately.

“Ugh, what a time to be sick. There’s so much to be doing, and as soon as everyone knows you’re here, the hot springs will be busier than ever!”

“I’m trying to keep it quiet, so that I can focus on helping to take care of you,” Yuuri complained, “If you make a big deal out of me coming home, then we’ll get overwhelmed, even with me here!”

“Why don’t you go and settle in, dear?” Hiroko suggested, “We’ve had to use your old room for some storage, because of all of the business, but Victor’s room is all ready for you.”

“Thanks,” Yuuri sighed, “I’ll go put my things away and take a quick bath to clean up, then I’ll help as much as you like.”

“Who are you kidding?” Mari objected, “You’ve just been on a really long flight. You should soak and eat, then just go to bed for the night. We’ve got things until you’re rested.”

“All right. If you’re sure you don’t need me sooner.”

“Naw, we’ve got it,” Mari chuckled, “Go on. Get outta here.”

“All right,” Yuuri said, rising, then bowing as he left the room.

He went first to the hot spring, where he sank down into the hot water, closing his eyes and sighing wearily.

Mari-nee-chan is right. It was a long trip here. I’m so tired. I already miss Victor too.

He rested quietly, keeping hi eyes closed and visualizing his attractive husband, sitting in the spring, near him.

“Victor,” he breathed in a whisper.

He could almost feel the silken brushing of his husband’s lips and he could imagine their mouths opening, and their hot tongues entwining. Just the thought caused a reaction in his submerged loins, and Yuuri groaned at the thought of how long it would be before he felt Victor’s kisses and caresses again. The realization left him hungry for his husband’s touch, and he could have cried at the fact that Victor’s scent was still in the bed from the last time he’d slept there.

“I want you so much, Victor,” he whispered, sliding a hand down to sooth his hungry privates, “I miss you. I need you to kiss me. I need you touch me…Victor!”

It didn’t take much of smelling Victor’s warm, delicious scent and stimulating himself to bring himself to orgasm, but he felt a guilty twinge at doing something like that alone, while Victor was without him. He imagined Victor practicing on the ice at home and it made him blush and laugh to think of his husband stopping to look down at his neglected nether region as even Yuuri’s secret indulgence brought a strong reaction.

“Victor!” he gasped, loosing himself into a small hand towel.

He panted for a few moments, then released a shuddering sigh, turning and hugging the pillows that smelled like Victor. As tired as he was, it was harder to fall asleep, not having his husband’s warmth to sooth him.

I’m sure Dad will get better soon. As soon as he is well, I’ll be able to go home again. Victor will probably want to do it a lot to make up for the days we missed. He’s like that. Victor is always starving for my love.

Victor is insatiable.

I should call him.

He picked up his phone and dialed the number, then waited as the phone rang.

“Yuuri!” Victor’s happy voice greeted him.

He could hear Yakov yelling at his husband in the background.

“Sorry to interrupt your training,” Yuuri apologized.

“Don’t worry about it,” Victor laughed, “Yakov’s only happy when he’s yelling at me. How are you doing? How is Toshiya?”

“He’s hanging in there,” Yuuri answered, “I think I’ll be able to come home in a week.”

“A week!” Victor complained, “Why not just shoot me in the heart? That’s a long time to be without you. I’m going to run away to Japan. I’ll leave tonight.”

“Don’t you dare,” Yuuri said sternly, “You know you need to practice. We’ve been over all of this. You need to be with your coach. I’ll be home soon, I promise.”

“Hmm,” Victor huffed.

He went quiet for a moment.

“Yuuri, it’s late for you. Are you in bed right now?”

“Mmhmm,” Yuuri sighed sleepily.

“Ah, I thought I heard it in your voice. You’ve been masturbating, haven’t you?”

“Victor!” Yuuri yelped, “I have not!”

“Are you sleeping in your room or mine?”

“I had to sleep in your room. There have been extra guests, so they needed more storage space, and they were using my room for that.”

“So, are you wrapped around my pillows and thinking about me while you touch yourself?” Victor asked playfully.

“Victor!”

“Yuuri,” Victor said, slipping into a deeper, more seductive tone, “I want you to do something while I’m talking to you.”

“Ah…eh…I don’t…”

“Put your fingers in your mouth, Yuuri, and I want you to suck on them. And while you are sucking on them, pretend you’re looking at me with those eyes you make when we’re naked together.”

“Um, Victor, are you still at the ice rink?” Yuuri asked anxiously, “Should you really be phone sexing me when you’re in public?”

“I went into the bathroom, so we can be alone,” Victor purred, “Go on, now. Suck on your fingers, little piggy. They taste good when I do it. Are you sucking them, Yuuri?”

“Uh huh,” Yuuri answered, closing his eyes as he obeyed.

“Good. Now, slide them down and be sure to drag them over your nipples as you move them down…and down…over your soft belly…and into your belly button.

“That tickles too much!” Yuuri laughed, “Victor, are you touching yourself too? Thinking about me?”

“Of course,” Victor sighed, closing  his eyes and reaching into his pants to caress himself, “go down between your thighs now. Tease yourself to get hard, then…”

Victor’s voice broke off as a large crash sounded.

“Victor!” Yuuri gasped sitting up in the bed, “Victor are you okay?”

“Stop playing with yourself and phone sexing the pork cutlet bowl!” Yuuri heard Yurio shout, “Yakov says to get the hell out there and practice more.”

“Damn it,” Victor sighed.

“Sounds like you have to go,” Yuuri said, smiling slyly, “I guess you’ll just have to think about what I’m doing in your bed, here in Hasetsu while you’re busy practicing.”

“That’s not nice, Yuuri,” Victor complained, pouting.

“I love you, Victor.”

“I love you to, Yuuri. Be good, now, and come home to me soon.”

“I will.”

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