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mrs-miya · 3 years

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truth or drink → friends with benefits edition

warning: not proofread; alcohol/drinking; mentions of sex and threesome.

genre: angst if u rly squint; fluff; slight suggestive

a/n: reblogs and feedback are appreciated! i had this idea yesterday when was about to sleep lol. i kinda rushed into this as well..? i wanted to post something writing related here hhh

atsumu: i’m atsumu

y/n: and i'm (y/n)

together: we’re friends with benefits!

the two of you laughed before looking at the director to ask if you can drink before the game starts.

y/n: can we? i feel terribly nervous about this.

��go ahead.”

you raised your shot glass as atsumu raised his, clanking it together before drinking the whiskey.

“how did you two meet each other?”

y/n: college. it was our first year and we both had the same class. we never really... conversed that much before unless it’s school-related.

atsumu: she was always present at my club mate’s parties, i’m gonna be honest here, i never really took her as a partygoer until i saw her dancing shamelessly with her friends. nothing indecent, it was actually funny because she doesn’t have any moves.

y/n: hey-!

seeing your reaction, atsumu let out a laugh causing you to pout at him.

“how long have you been friends with benefits?”

atsumu: almost 2 years now. started when we were in our last year of college.

atsumu: you ready for the first question?

he glanced at you for your approval before grabbing a card from a container.

atsumu: what should we call our relationship?

y/n: like i- we said, we’re friends with benefits!

atsumu only laughed at your answer.

y/n: rate my- oh wow, this early in the game?

you looked at the stage crew then to atsumu who seems to be clueless at the current situation

atsumu: go on, rate your what?

you shook your head, trying not to cringe at the question that you’re going to ask out loud.

y/n: rate my performance in bed...

atsumu stared at you for a millisecond, processing the question in his mind. then, with a smirk on his face, he folded his arms and looked at the camera.

atsumu: oh that’s easy. she’s an 11— 11/10. i wanna say a bigger number but it might sound cheesy.

y/n: when was the last time you’ve slept with a person that’s not me?

atsumu: 3 years ago, at suna’s party.

y/n: that was before we had... this relationship. You’ve never really slept with anyone else recently? or last year?

atsumu shook his head, smiling at you.

atsumu: you?

y/n: well i don't think i did. unless i was too drunk to remember – hopefully that didn’t happen.

atsumu: as far as i know, it didn’t.

y/n: oh, well, thank God.

atsumu grabs a card and his eyebrows perked up at the question he’s now going to ask

atsumu: oh~ this is an interesting question.

y/n: you’re making me nervous, tsum.

he looks at you, a smirk formed on his face as he read the question outloud.

atsumu: have you ever thought about having a threesome with me and a friend?

now it was your turn to get flustered, you held up your palms and covered your face to it, contemplating if you’re going to drink to it or not.

y/n: well, i’d be lying if i said i haven’t.

atsumu: really? with who?

y/n: yeah. but to answer your second question, i’m going to drink to that.

atsumu leaned back on his chair, groaning at your answer. he makes a mental note to pester you about it later.

y/n: now it's my turn to ask a spicy question.

atsumu: ask it away, ’m not afraid to answer ‘em.

y/n: yeah you never drank to a question.

y/n: anyway, name your favorite and least favorite place we had sex in.

atsumu: hmm, my favorite would be the kitchen counter. but my least favorite...

he dragged out the last word, shaking his head at the same time.

atsumu: i can’t believe i’m going to do this...

atsumu takes the shot glass beside him, drinking the whiskey in one go.

y/n: hey, if it makes you feel better i wouldn’t answer that too!

when atsumu picked the top card, he let out a sigh as he mentally read the question.

atsumu: are you afraid of commitment?

y/n: you know full well i’m not.

you gave him a soft smile.

“how about you atsumu?”

atsumu: ... before, yes. i was afraid of commitment, like really afraid of it. but now... i’ve been thinking about it and maybe it doesn’t sound so bad.

atsumu let out a quiet chuckle, avoiding your eyes.

y/n: this is why 2 of his exes left him.

atsumu: hey now, those are all in the past!

y/n: after a few months of being friends with benefits with him, i asked him a question - only out of curiosity. i asked him if we could be... something more and he said that he doesn’t see us being ‘something more.’ it’s understandable, honestly, considering the relationship we’re in.

you smiled at the card in front of you before looking at atsumu.

y/n: do you think i love you?

atsumu: i do. in fact, i’ve known for a while, not to sound too cheesy but i can see it through your eyes. it shines differently than when we started.

a small gasp came out of you before mumbling a “how?” to yourself.

“what about you (y/n)? do you think atsumu loves you?”

the way you’re playing with your fingers as a sign of nervousness didn’t go unnoticed by atsumu.

y/n: i’m not sure, to be honest. sometimes, i feel like he loves me and wants us to be ‘something more.’ but when i think about that, i also think about what he said a year ago. i don’t know..! he makes me confused.

you covered yourself with a laugh, hoping you weren’t assuming the wrong things.

a woman from backstage handed you two cards, one for each of you.

y/n: this is the last question right?

the woman nodded at you before leaving the set. you gestured atsumu to go first, his mind preparing for what’s about to be asked and answered. he took a short breath before flipping the card to read the question

atsumu: do you love me?

y/n: now that the cat’s out of the bag... yes, i love you.

atsumu: okay... your turn.

the set was still, the two of you talking to each other almost in whispers. as you flipped your card, you suddenly felt like your stomach was filled with butterflies.

you bit your lip in agitation before looking at atsumu.

y/n: it’s— it’s the same question.

atsumu positioned himself properly, both arms on the table. he exhaled as he gazed at you longingly.

atsumu: if you think i don’t... then you’re wrong. i love you too. probably more than how i think i do.

extra:

y/n: did you just ask me out? in a video?

atsumu: i guess so. i can ask you out again later if you want.

you both let out a hearty laugh causing the stage crew to laugh with you.

y/n: i’m gonna come over later and we’re gonna talk about this properly.

atsumu: come over? just live with me, most of your clothes are there anyway.

y/n: are you now asking me to move in with you..?!

#— hq!!#miya atsumu #miya atsumu x reader #atsumu x reader #haikyuu fluff #haikyuu scenarios #haikyuu headcanons #haikyuu x reader

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straightupsickfics · 3 years

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a tiny stevetony moment inspired by this post, and also this one 🥺 in which they are both very clingy soft sick people

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Steve’s been somewhere between asleep and awake for most of the last three days, just conscious enough to be aware of Tony coming and going, bringing him cups of tea when he gets up for coffee while he works, emptying the overflowing bedroom trash can and bringing it back empty with a fresh box of tissues.

He’s half aware of all of this, mumbling his thanks and curling himself up around Tony whenever he joins Steve in bed to read or work or watch a movie. Steve’s too hot and cold to be entirely comfortable when he’s sick like this, but Tony hasn’t seemed to mind the tossing and turning, or even the snoring and near constant sneezes that Steve’s been muffling into blankets and worn handkerchiefs and tissues for the last few days.

Instead, Tony kisses his forehead while Steve sleeps, stroking his hair back when his forehead feels just shy of too warm. He tucks and untuck blankets, lets Steve sprawl out across his chest, and listens to him mumble about how he never thought he’d feel this bad again, not after the serum. Tony keeps him company, and rubs a gentle hand along his sinuses, trying his best to ease some of the pressure when Steve’s feeling really bad.

When Steve sniffles a few times too many, unable to duck away from Tony in time before sneezing twice, two tired, damp, contagious sounding sneezes, Tony still doesn’t complain. He just offers Steve a handful of tissues and kisses a soft bless you, sweetheart, against his flushed cheek.

So it’s not a surprise, really, when a few days later, Steve wakes up, still sick and bleary-eyed, but much more awake, to find Tony beside him in bed, a fistful of tissues pressed to his nose and mouth as he tries his best to stifle a fit of strong sneezes of his own.

“Hh’hndTSH! h’ItxnGSH! HH’edssShh-!” Tony sniffles wetly, his nose flushed pink when he pulls the tissues away, and Steve blinks at him a few times, processing what he’s seeing. Stifling them like that clearly hadn’t done anything to relieve him, and Steve watches Tony’s nose twitch in protest.

“God bless you,” Steve murmurs. He shifts towards his husband, wrapping his arms around his waist and tugging him in close, the same way Tony had done for him countless times this weekend. “Sounds like I gave you mby cold,” Steve says, bringing his hand up to rest against Tony’s cheek. He feels him lean into the touch even as he shakes his head.

“It was bound to happen, darling,” Tony says, trying his best to wave away Steve’s concern. His voice is already a little rough with congestion, Steve can tell. “Oh, hH!-hang on… Huhh! uhhTCHushhhoo! h’hhTCHUSHhh!”

Tony crushes the sneezes against the worn tissues in his hand, then scrubs at his nose with his knuckles, like he’s trying to out-stubborn the ticklish feeling Steve knows must still be bothering him.

“You won’t feel better by doing that, trust me,” Steve tells him

Before Tony can reply though, he gives his head a quick shake, and Steve watches as his jaw goes slack, his eyes tearing as his breath catches once, then again, before— “hhH! HdTsschHHHuhh!”

“Bless,” Steve says, reaching over to his bedside table and grabbing one of the clean handkerchiefs Tony had left for him yesterday. “Here,” he says, “take this, it’ll feel better than tissues,” Steve promises, pressing the soft, warm fabric to Tony’s hand. Something warm rushes through him when Tony gives a quick nod of thanks before blowing his nose firmly.

“You sound awful, honey, I’m sorry, I should have slept on the couch, or not been so…” Steve gestures to the blankets and pillows, the sick day nest he’d occupied for the entire weekend.

“I don’t mind,” Tony promises. “Seriously. The day I start complaining about having a sick, clingy Steve Rogers in bed with me, you’ll know I’ve really lost it,” Tony says, rubbing his nose against a renewed itch.

“But—” Steve starts.

“No buts,” Tony stops him.

“Fine,” Steve sighs. “You’ll let me return the favor, at least?” He asks, and he doesn’t have to list out the countless small ways Tony had taken care of him. He brushes a kiss over Tony’s cheek, warm but not fever-hot, then his nose, which flares at the attention, and then his lips, just because he can. They’ve shared enough germs these last few days that it hardly matters.

“Mm,” Tony sighs against Steve’s mouth. “By all means, don’t let me stop you,” he says. He doesn’t protest as Steve kisses him quiet between soft sniffles, apparently happy enough to let himself be just a little clingy, too.

#no one asked for this but #we are so close to the weekend and i'm very tired and soft for them so #steve//tony #my fic

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vagabondiachronicles · 2 years

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4, 6, 9, 13, 17, and 30!

4 was answered here!

say three nice things about yourself (three physical and three non-physical).

oo hm. i guess like what olivia was telling me yesterday, what i went through was terrible but its also impressive what ive survived both mentally and physically! so thats the first one ig. my endurance or whatever. mm my hair is starting to grow back and im thinking about keeping it short like ive said! just for a change. its patchy rn but itll look cool once it comes back more evenly! i dont know how much you know from my various mutuals and my. old account. but i should say that i messed up really big in the past but ig im just so cool that my gfs still love me!! also all my scars look pretty badass ig. i hate thinking about how i got them but kinda like sasha said. theyre cool. i look like some fantasy adventure protagonist now lol. ig im smart? yeah that ended up causing some bad stuff down the line but its always good to boost up your intelligence score so you dont get into some dumb situation. then again i guess my wisdom couldve been higher since i still got us stuck in another world,, ok hmm yeah this is hard. oh i guess im almost totally healed up now, theyre just keeping me in the hospital for a bit longer too make sure nothing shows up since. i was pretty messed up when i got here. but i cant wait to start moving around pretty soon!

dfhjgkhsdj that got really long lmao.

what calms you down?

oh i forgot to post about this! the therapy cat last night was awesome. super chill lil gal. licked my fingers a lot. purred very loudly. and her belly had spots on it and she let me rub it :] so yeah! that was helpful. and ofc my gfs and my moms! i really hate being alone so just. having company calms me down.

what’s your comfort food?

ok this is. hm. i havent eaten something other than hospital food in ages since i didnt eat at all while i was,, yeah. but i rlly like any variety of pasta, noodles, etc!! easy to eat and warm and nice. also remember having these really good bug appetizers at this one party in newtopia!

fairy lights or LED lights?

call me a Fake Gamer but fairy lights honestly! i love the cottage vibes.

what reminds you of home (doesn’t have to mean house… just things that remind you of the feeling of home)?

...hhh. so yeah this one is hard. i dont think it ever was my house in la, thats for sure. for a while, it was the castle in newtopia, but then,,, terrible stuff happened there. even if it wasnt destroyed i could never ever go back. not without thinking about him and what happened to me. so id have to say this. to me, home is with the people i love. @calannemity and @heartstomperr of course, but soon, @thegreatgeneralyunan and @lady0livia as well.

#this got heavy oops!

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milknette · 4 years

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day 10 - reverse crush

my heart’s in overdrive, and, you’re behind the steering wheel.

tumblr month: @auyeahaugust

links: ao3 | ff.net

EVERYONE expects his answer to be Ladybug.

Because it's always Ladybug. The savior of Paris. The one who can undo all the damage. The one who always brings hope wherever she goes. The face of the superhero movement. (One can argue that Chat Noir is equally as important, and he definitely believes it to be true, but the question, in the end, is who his superhero crush is— and as far as Adrien's concerned, he can't have a crush on himself.

Though the apparent adrichat shippers beg to differ.)

In any case, Ladybug's not the answer.

Only one girl has his heart, really, and it's by sheer luck that she happens to be a superhero— and an even bigger bout of luck when he finds out about it. So the answer flows out of his tongue without so much as a thought:

"Multimouse."

Nadja Chamack is, understandably, caught off-guard. (In reality, she had come into this interview hoping to find some truth to the fact that two of Paris' biggest idols were in love with each other)— but this seemed to be a lot more interesting.

"She's… the one who helped Chat Noir and Ladybug with Kwamibuster, right?"

"Yeah!" Adrien's eyes almost sparkle as he talks about her. "She's the only reason why we— all of Paris, I mean, managed to defeat her then! Ladybug and Chat Noir would've been in real trouble if she wasn't there to save the day. And she's so cool like Multimouse has the power to become tiny, and when she used her power it was so adorable and amazing and wonderful—!"

"A Multimouse fanboy, then?" Nadja asks, an amused smile playing on her face. "I'm sure a lot of our viewers are surprised. They, and even I thought you'd choose Ladybug. What makes Multimouse so unique?"

Because it's her. Because it's the girl he's so desparately in love with. Because it's Marinette Dupain-Cheng.

(Not like he can say that, of course.)

"I do love Ladybug," Adrien begins. "She's a hero and I look up to her sense of duty and professionalism in saving Paris." Then, a pause. "But I admire Ma—Multimouse. She was thrown into the superhero role so suddenly, in a situation as high-stakes as back then, and managed to do perfectly." He looks down and smiles. "And… she's cute."

(Oops, now that wasn't meant to slip out.)

Nadja's look of victory at receiving— and being responsible for breaking the news of Adrien Agreste's Crush is clear. "Well, she does sound like quite a hero when you describe her like that. It's a shame that she hasn't showed up so much."

"You're right," Adrien mutters, and the disappointment in his tone is evident. "But I trust in Ladybug… and Chat Noir's judgment. If they need her, then she'll appear again."

"For the sake of your crush, let's hope so!"

Adrien splutters. "Wait, Ms. Chamack, this isn't a crush, it's just admiration from a purely superhero-civilian perspective…"

She turns to the video camera. "Young love is sweet, isn't it? For Adrien, let's all wish that Multimouse shows up again soon! Ladybug and Chat Noir, maybe you'd be interested in lending a hand?"

The show comes to a close with Adrien beet-red and almost desparately coveting her face.

Marinette is exhausted.

Which is saying a lot, because she's already exhausted on a regular day— from balancing her studies, being a class representative, fashion designing, helping at the bakery, and of course, being Ladybug, but this brought everything to an entirely new level.

Because now, not only did she have to run around Paris in one full-body suit, but with Adrien's apparent declaration of love on national television— and multiple angrily-worded 'why do you hate love / Multimouse / Adrien Agreste' letters to her superhero persona after— Marinette was now made to run around using two.

Ladybug with an akuma, Multimouse when patrolling. And also Ladybug when patrolling. And sometimes Multimouse with an akuma.

Just to keep everyone in Paris happy. (And non-suspicious, really.)

All because of that damned interview.

She has to stop herself from yelling a string of not-so-kind words into the sky.

Marinette likes Adrien. She really does.

He's a good friend, and after that whole misunderstanding with Chloé and the gum, basically cemented himself as an all-around good person. He's given her more homework help, fashion advice, and general pep talks than she could ever count.

But Marinette doesn't like like him.

(And maybe she would, in an alternate universe— he's kind, sweet, handsome, and all of Paris is quite frankly in love with him, but her heart belongs completely to someone else.)

So a sudden reveal that he has a crush on her superhero persona… and not even her primary one, doesn't really bother her as much as it could.

Besides, as far as she was concerned, Adrien had never interacted with Multimouse. She wonders how he could've gotten all those thoughts about her in his head, but decides it's just one of his stranger quirks and leaves it aside.

It's probably infatuation with a superhero. Nothing new, really. (She's experienced fans claiming they 'loved' her when all they truly felt was admiration. Nothing less, and honestly, nothing more.)

Marinette knows what true love is.

She knows it so clearly that when it comes jumping from the buildings, rooftop to rooftop, her heart threatens to beat out of her chest and follow him.

He lands on the empty balcony with ease.

"Why so glum, bugaboo?" Adrien asks. "You look exhausted. Didn't get enough rest last night?"

Marinette wants to scream. They're supposed to be patrolling tonight; alternating between Ladybug and Chat Noir, then Multimouse and Chat Noir, then Ladybug and Multimouse— a plan which, on paper, sounds perfect.

But in this case, Marinette's both, she's Ladybug and Multimouse (and herself at every other point of the day), and therefore hasn't had any sleep at all.

It's tiring, but seeing Chat Noir, she finds, makes her feel a lot better.

"Had some things to do… in the real world," she mumbles instead, lazily leaning upon the railing. "How was it yesterday?" Marinette asks, opting to change topics. "Multimouse said you're working well together."

Chat Noir almost beams when the words escape her mouth.

(Marinette vaguely wonders if it's possible to be jealous of herself.)

"Really?" He asks, eyes bright. "She said that? I've honestly been so worried about whether or not I've been making her uncomfortable… she doesn't talk a lot, which I think is a shame, because I'm sure she has a ton of interesting stories…"

"Hey," Marinette stops him. "Remember that Multimouse has to keep her identity secret. She can't risk giving any information that might lead back to her civilian self. She's new to this, so it's only right that she's more careful than we are."

It's strange, talking about herself like this.

"You're right," he sighs, before turning to her. "Hey… can I tell you a secret?"

Marinette frowns. What could this be?

"I actually know who Multimouse is," he finally confesses. "I know it's Marinette."

Well, she already knew that. She was the one responsible for him making that realization, after all.

But what gets her is how comfortable he is saying her name— when really, all he should know is Ladybug and Multimouse.

"So you saw her detransform, huh?" Marinette asks, looking up to the sky. "I hope you'll keep it secret."

"Of course I will!" Chat Noir protests, then takes a deep breath. "I'm glad you trusted her. She's a good person."

Now how does he know that?

"I mean—," he stumbles over his words. "From what I've heard! From her friends… and online posts… and stuff… I've definitely never met her before!"

Liar.

Why is he so terrible at lying?

Because that's something she knows now. That Chat Noir knows her. That he knows Marinette. So to some extent, she knows him.

Which means that there's a very large possibility that Marinette has spoken to Chat Noir. That Marinette has interacted with Chat Noir. That Marinette is maybe even friends with Chat Noir. And that for all her talk about being in love with him, she doesn't recognize him at all.

"... Ladybug?"

"How do you know Marinette?"

The question escapes her tongue before she can stop it. It's a dangerous question, one that can ruin their secret identities completely, but she can't help doing so.

She needs to know.

He's evidently panicking. Marinette watches him with a steady gaze, even though she's all but in complete chaos on the inside.

"I'm kinda maybe in love with her."

Well.

She wasn't expecting that at all.

"You… love…," the words aren't registering, and she's struggling to get a single word out.

He sighs. "Yeah, cat's out of the bag now? I know her a bit in real life. She's just so kind and talented and cute… it's impossible not to fall in love with her. That's why I was so excited when you started recruiting Multimouse again— and why I've been so insistent on having her on patrols with me."

Wait.

"But it's okay! I'll never tell her that we actually know each other. Cat's honour!" Chat Noir smiles at her, acting as if there was nothing at all wrong in the world. "And don't worry, everyone I know has or had a crush on Marinette at some point. I'm one-in-a-million, so I don't think this'll narrow your search on me by that much…," he begins, "as long as you don't look."

Except she's looking. Even against her will, Marinette's mind speeds through everyone she knows that has a similar build to his.

Blonde hair, green eyes, about her size…

Only one person fits that bill.

The word escapes her mouth before she can stop it.

"Adrien?"

"... okay, so maybe I messed up."

"So you're the reason I haven't been sleeping?"

"Well I mean, I'm flattered…"

Marinette gets the situation she's in quickly. Adrien, however, takes a little bit longer.

"I meant for patrolling you absolute zero-braincelled—

"Patrolling? Ladybug, what do you mean…"

"Hhh. Think about it for a second."

"Ladybug…"

"You can do it."

"… you're Multimouse?"

"And…"

"And that means…"

"Come on now."

"Marinette?!"

#auyeah2020 #mlauyeahaugust2020 #auyeahaugust #auyeah august #marinette dupain cheng #ladybug #multimouse #adrien agreste #chat noir #adrimouse #??#ml #miraculous ladybug #milk writes #ml fic #ml fanfic

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spooky-scary-virgil · 4 years

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vent/rant hhh sorry

ok so ik that today and yesterday i’ve been posting some not so fun stuff and sorry for that. but basically i’m at my dad’s place this weekend and to put it simply; he can be a mentally abusive asshole at times. and this weekend was one of those times. he yelled at me saying he didn’t wanna see me anymore, so i had multiple panic and anxiety attacks and multiple relapses. i tried to get out of the house but he wouldn’t let me. he said i searched for confrontation because he said i ‘like to hurt others’. and then he started playing the victim card despite having yelled at me ever since i was 11 that he wished i was never born that i never did anything right. he insulted my friends, including you guys, saying that i ‘maybe should step away from those people, because you’re acting insane’ according to my dad. and he knows i don’t have any friends irl. he knows how anxious i am about people not liking me. he knows how paranoid i am with stuff like that. then he yelled at me that autism wasn’t the only thing wrong with me (i haven’t even been tested for autism....) but that i also had bipolar (again, never diagnosed) he just used a mental illness to hurt me. and yeah it just fucking sucks you know? but he called my mom over to, once again, play the victim card and ‘make clear’ i did everything wrong. but thank god my mom isn’t an idiot and could see through his lies and believed me. i had to stay at his place though, and i still am at the moment, but after tonight i won’t have to see him for a while. months probably. so he finally gets what he wants and i don’t have to worry about him losing his temper and taking everything out on me, because i’m the oldest out of all my siblings. so yeah. i may have overreacted a bit about the whole thing, i even cried which i don’t think was necessary in hindsight and i shouldn’t have relapsed so badly compared to other shit he has done. but yeah. just gotta get through tonight :)

#not ts #tw abuse #kinda #idk #tw vent #tw rant

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handern · 4 years

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long post ahead about white guilt and neo colonialism in museums I guess

I’ve always supported the idea of giving artifacts back to the countries and people they belong to but until now I had some issues wording that opinion in front of stubborn people who were against it and yesterday one of the people giving us lectures just made the world clearer for me

one dude was using the usual argument of “we can’t give artifacts back to africa, they don’t have the means to keep them in good enough conditions”

usually I answer to that by smth like “then let’s help them get the means to keep these artifacts in good enough condition” which is hhh lowkey highkey neo-colonialism I now realize and I’m v glad I got to realize it soon enough

anyway that lady was like “so you think you know better how these artifacts are going to be stored than my colleague back there who runs three museums and has been in the field for 35 years? Because I know I don’t know better than him.”

she then took the exemple of first nation artifacts and talked about these like they were actually alive saying things like “they are cannibalistic and could come to life at night to disturb the living so their beaks are held close” and I could FEEL the dude smirking by my side but I know I don’t have personally the knowledge to try to make him change his mind aside from looking at him mean and be like “respect people maybe??” which is never going to make anyone reflect on anything

anyway that lady was then talking about ceremonial masks being sold at art galeries and was like “to them they hold no monetary value because they were never art forms, it’s as if people tried to sell the Holy Cross or a saint’s relics.”

the dude stopped smirking so fast and actually started thinking about it and I can’t thank this woman enough for her lecture thanks maam for kicking our white european asses but I’m so fucking mad she was the first ever person to actually talk to us about these issues, usually teachers avoid these topics entirely or tip toe around them like “oh yeah we should respect people’s cutlures and beliefs that’s why we do that”

this lady was like “these are not dead cutlure, you can go meet the people these artifacts belong to, you can bring them to museums and show them these items to ask them what they think about them” and that’s what she actually did

I already knew all these things and already had this gut feeling about what’s right and what’s wrong in which situation but because of the lack of interest from our other teachers for these issues I never had the right words to voice it correctly

all that stuff just shows how deep racism goes, how our society doesn’t do anything to change it’s ctizens’ views on anything. We see africa as one big block of desert and poor people we need to benevolently help

I knew already that it was wrong but because of the lack of interest of our teachers and peers, I never got the means to word that gut feeling

I knew fist nations and other colonized people’s artifacts hold too much value to be shown in museums without the advice of the very people it belongs to but I never managed to really give shape to that idea because it’s not something we study at all, because no one cares about it enough

I know how to tell apart a 4th century bc athenian pottery from a corinthian one but didn’t manage to word “why shouldn’t you snicker when first nations ask you to treat their belongings the way you should” because it’s so much easier to teach us about long dead so called ancestors to our cutlure than to reflect on colonialism and realize that white guilt is the only thing in the 21st century preventing us from definitively get rid of racism

anyway fuck the french education system and thank you maam please give us more lectures (she absolutely obliterated the British Museum and it was obvious the Louvre is on thin fucking ice in he book btw)

#idk how to tag #she told us horrifying stories about colonialism too but not the ones we usually hear #she told it showing how entitled white people were #instead of painting them as kind of ignorant and the product of their time #she really completely cut herself from these people as 'ancetors'#and just showed them as the monsters they were #like listen I thought I was on the right path to unlearning racism #but she showed me how deeper than I thought it runs #and how I lack the arguments to back most of the things I want to defend #long post

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fluffyllamas-23 · 6 years

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Post-plane ride hell

Okaaaaay! I was not planning on writing this until after my semester ends, but then it just kind of...happened? So enjoy, I guess XD

Shoutout to @embriumtea for feeding my addiction to making new OCs and sending me that really wonderful pic of Matteo’s face claim

(Matteo speaks some Portuguese in it, and my sincerest apologies for any mistakes. I, unfortunately do not speak the language so I used google translate).

It’s not unusual for Mateo to be exhausted coming off a flight - more often than not, he was. It’s also not unusual (though it hasn’t happened in a while) for him to step off the plane feeling bleary and headachy and just plain run down.

Declan knows this (of course he knows this, they’ve been dating for three and a half years), and Matteo barely has to say anything for him to know when he’s not feeling well.

The phone call when he stepped off the plane had been brief, but it was long enough for Declan to know that Mateo is coming down with something (he’s not entirely sure Matteo even knows it, though). His accent, though usually almost undetectable, sounded much thicker over the phone, which is always the number one indicator that he’s about to be knocked on his ass by some sort of hell-virus very, very soon.

The frustration is another huge indicator - Matteo is rarely in a bad mood (that’s Declan’s area of expertise, honestly). He had very angrily told Declan to stop asking if he needed a ride home, and then hung up in annoyance when Declan called him a complete moron (which, in hindsight, was probably not the greatest thing to call his tired and ailing boyfriend).

The way Declan sees it, there’s one of two ways this will play out. The first is that Matteo will continue to be frustrated and annoyed and will go to bed mad at nothing but his shitty immune system. The second, which is exactly what Declan hopes will happen, is that he’ll just admit he’s not feeling well, drop the attitude and cuddle with him on the couch.

A little over half an hour later, the front door opens, and in walks a very rumpled, very tired and very worn out looking Matteo.

He drops his bags on the floor, and Declan has him wrapped up in a hug in an instant. Matteo visibly deflates and slumps into him, face buried in Declan’s chest.

“I’m okay.”

“Matty,” Declan says softly, “come on. I know you.”

“I think I’m getting sick,” he admits in defeat, “I don’t feel very well.”

“Yeah, I could tell.”

Matteo groans and rests his chin on top of Declan’s shoulder, “remind me never to agree to work a twelve hour international flight ever again.”

Declan chuckles, “I told you it was a bad idea.”

“Yeah, yeah,” he grumbles.

Declan kisses the top of his head, “Are you achy? You’ve gotta be achy.”

Matteo nods, pressing his face even more into Declan’s chest, “yeah.”

“Okay,” Declan soothes, rubbing his back, “how about you go lie down and I’ll draw you a bath? It’ll help you feel better.”

“Oh God, please,” he groans, “everything hurts.”

Declan frowns, “yeah? You want my heating pad in the meantime?”

“Not unless you have one that fits over my whole entire body.”

“Are you feeling bad enough to need some medicine?” Declan asks, reaching around him to put a hand on his cheek. He doesn’t have a fever yet, thank God, but Declan has no doubts that he’ll spike one soon.

“No...not yet...m’jus...tired.”

“Did you sleep at all on the flight?”

“No.”

“Of course you didn’t,” Declan grumbles, “go to bed. I’ll get the bath ready and bring you something to eat. What do you want?”

“Nothing.”

Declan rolls his eyes, walking with him to their room, “that’s not an acceptable answer, and you know it. You’ve gotta work with me a little bit, sweetheart.”

“Uh...maybe...some toast?”

“Is that a question or a statement, babe?”

“Ugh, I don’t know,” Matteo groans, “I’m really not very hungry right now.”

“Is your stomach bothering you?”

“No.”

“Did you eat anything during the flight?”

“...No.”

Declan sighs, “you have no sense of self preservation, you know that?”

“You’ve been telling me that for the last three and a half years,” Matteo groans, collapsing down onto bed. Declan pulls the blanket over him and strokes his cheek

“Will you please eat at least something? Two bites, you don’t have to eat everything, but you need at least something in your system,” Declan asks.

“In a little bit? After the bath? I’m so tired…I want to sleep.”

Declan runs his hand through Matteo’s hair, “alright. Close your eyes, I’ll come get you in a little bit.”

By the time the bath is ready, Matteo is sprawled out in bed, fast asleep.

“Matty, wake up,” he says softly, waking Matteo against his better judgement. He really should just let him sleep - the poor guy is absolutely exhausted.

He forces his eyes open, which elicits a low groan of discomfort, “ohhhh.”

“Are you okay?”

He lets out a stuffy sounding sniffle, rubs at his eyes and then squeezes them shut again, “mby head. Oh mby God.”

“Oh...you sound awful, sweetheart. What happened? You’ve only been asleep twenty minutes.”

“I dond’t kndow…oh shit, this is awful.”

Declan presses the backs of his fingers to Matteo’s cheek, “no fever, that’s good. I’m going to go grab you some decongestants and then the bath, yeah?”

“Dond’t wandt to mbove.”

“I know, I know, but it’ll help with the aching...and the steam will help the congestion.”

He sniffles, rubbing at his nose, “you’re probably right.”

The bath does help, although Matteo is too consumed by how awful he feels and how he just wants to sleep, to enjoy it. He stays in it for all of seven minutes before croaking out that he needs to lie down, because even sitting there is too taxing and he feels on the brink of passing out.

Declan helps him to the bed, and then rummages around in their dresser for a pair of his sweats and a hoodie that’ll be much to big for Matteo.

“Here,” he says, tossing him the clothes. “Get dressed and get under the blankets, I’m going to go get you water and the thermometer.”

Declan always knows exactly when Matteo spikes a fever, and that moment comes at three in the morning, when Matteo shakes him awake

“Decland, acorde,” he mumbles, “eu mbe sindto horrível.”

“Honey, I can’t understand you,” Declan mumbles, rubbing at his left eye with the heel of his palm while he pushes himself into a sitting position.

“Doendte,” he groans, muffling a series of itchy sneezes into the blankets.

“Okay...I know that one,” he sighs, chewing on his bottom lip. He presses a hand to Matteo’s forehead, inhaling sharply at the heat radiating off of him “you need medicine...shit, you’re really burning up.”

Matteo blinks at Declan in confusion - everything feels like it’s moving in slow motion, everything aches and burns...everything just feels wrong. He’s simultaneously too hot and too cold, and his head is throbbing so much that just moving it to look at Declan is entirely too painful and brings tears to his eyes.

“Decland,” he groans, gripping at his shirt.

“Yeah, hey, what’s up?” Declan asks softly.

“I…” He can’t figure out how to form words - especially in the language Declan understands.

Declan can tell he’s struggling, he can see the frustration in the line that’s appeared down the center of his forehead, in how tense and rigid his entire body had gone.

“Hey, hey, hey,” Declan soothes cupping Matteo’s cheek with one hand, and with the other, he smooths his thumb down his forehead, “it’s okay. Don’t worry, you’re alright. I just need to get the fever down.”

Matteo mumbles something else in portuguese, eyelids drooping.

It takes a little bit, but his fever is finally down from nearly one hundred and four to a much more comfortable one hundred and one. Neither of them get much sleep the rest of the night, and by eight that morning, Matteo is on the couch, shivering beneath a blanket. He watches Declan pace through half-lidded, bleary, fever bright eyes.

He’s been sneezing off and on all morning, and each sneeze feels progressively worse and triggers annoying, stuffy sounding coughing fits.

“You dond’t have to call out,” Matteo sniffles, rubbing at his nose. Despite the fever drop, he still doesn’t feel much better.

He feels less hazy, yes, but he’s still so congested that it’s making his head throb and leaves him with a dizzy, light headed feeling. His throat hurts (and everytime he swallows, he’s reminded of that fact), his body hurts, and he’s so tired he just wants to cry.

“Yes I do.”

“Ndo...hhh..hih’ihtshuh! Ihtsch! Tshih! Snff! Snff...”

“Yes. There’s no way in hell I’m going to leave you alone when you’re this sick. Mnh-mnh, not happening...and bless you.”

“S’probably...hihhh...ihhh...heh...a g-good thi’gg-tschih!...dizzy,” he mumbles, squeezing his eyes shut.

“Bless you. See?” He says, ruffling Matteo’s hair, “I’m going to go call my boss, I’ll be right back.”

Declan steps outside, closing the sliding glass door behind him as he pulls his phone out. He can hear Matteo sneezing even with the door shut - the fit sounds exhausted and scratchy and drawn out, and Declan’s heart clenches.

Once the phone call is finished, he steps back inside to find Matteo half slumped over with a handful of tissues pressed to his face. He blinks away irritated tears before his breath hitches again and he lets out a shaky, “Ehtschuh! Tschuh! Snff!”

“Bless you,” he frowns.

Matteo slumps into him, coughing a little as he rests his head on Declan’s shoulder, “I’mb exhausted.”

Declan wraps an arm around Matteo, rubbing up and down his arm, “I’m going to go get you something to eat, does anything sound good? I know you’re not hungry, but you haven’t eaten today...or yesterday.”

He sniffles, “cand you mbake that s-soup...hhh...hihhh...ihtsch! Hih’tscheww! snff...that onde...ihtsch! Snff! Snff! That you mbake?”

Declan laughs lightly, “yeah I can make that. Want me to put a movie on for you?”

He shrugs tiredly, “I’mb about to fall asleep. Umb...cand you wait ond the soup? I wandt to cuddle.”

“Absolutely,” Declan says softly. Matteo maneuvers so that he’s laying with his head in Declan’s lap.

Declan begins carding his hands through Matteo’s hair, which effectively lulls him to sleep.

Translations:

Acorde: wake up

eu me sinto horrível: I feel horrible

Doente: Sick

#Declan and Matteo #sickfic #flu #fever #sneezing #congestion #I spent the entire day writing this instead of doing homework lmao whoops

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hotchley · 2 years

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Hello, it’s been a while hasn’t it :)

Im not quite sure if you care that I haven’t written in a bit but I’m still sorry hhh

School has been absolutely stressful and that’s that. My grades have overall been okay so I can’t really complain that much

Do you remember how like about half a year ago you said that it was cool or sth that I go everywhere by bike? Well, if you don’t remember I think I remember you saying that and I wanna answer: yeah it is cool because exercise and good for the environment and shit but it absolutely sucks in some situations, eg. when it’s 36°C and blazing hot then it’s definitely not cool (pun intended (I think)). Also when it’s pouring down and you’re wet and everything’s wet and disgusting and then you have to be at school for nine hours. And the thing that happened to me today is (necessary backstory information: it snowed yesterday!!!1!1! (I usually adore snow) and it rained and it was lower than 0° in the night so obviously there’s black ice on the streets mmhhh you can see where this is going right) actually I’ll restart the sentence: I fell with my bike because of the black ice and my bike is now damaged and I couldn’t go to school (missed the last lesson before my English exam😩😩) and my whole body hurts. I can’t lift my left arm and my knees burn so much ahdkbsdbdjdvd

So the lesson is: drive carefully if you don’t want to get hurt

Yeah anyway so that sucked but now is the weekend so at least I can get a proper amount of sleep

Sumayyah! How are you doing? I hope you’ve been well and everyone’s been nice to you (because every should be nice and wonderful to you). I still have your post notifications on so it doesn’t feel like I didn’t completely keep up with you but time is a bitch and much of mine has been spent with being at school, doing homework and studying for exams, so I have no idea what you’ve been up to.

(Also: Christmas season is finally here! Are you excited? :D Are you celebrating Christmas? If you like snow I hope that it snows where you live :))

- much love and a warm hug 🐝

This has been here for an embarrassingly long time, anyways-

Answer below the cut for scrolling ease x

Of course I care! I like getting your messages, they're usually very sweet <3

Ugh mood. I don't mind school, but I do hate grades, and mine are very much fluctuating which according to everyone in school is absolutely fine and expected, but to me is of course a sign that I'm going to fail lol

Oh no :(( I hope you feel better, and that your bike gets fixed!! But also snow!!

... I've been better, but I've also been worse so I'm just trying to make it to February, because if I make it to February then I'll be like: yes. Things are okay. But everyone is being lovely to me, it's very sweet <3

I am honestly in awe that you have post notifications on for me, because... yeah

I've really not been up to much, just applying to uni, doing an interview and crying over things... also school work! I've not written anything since November which is not pleasant, but I did get my novel printed!! And now I'm annotating it with my thoughts :)

I do love Christmas and I am excited to see all the lights and watch all the films!! So I don't actually celebrate Christmas in the presents and church way, but I do go and see family because everyone is off lol

I do like snow, but nobody in my family does so I never get to do anything beyond sitting at home which is kinda sad :(

I love you too <33

#people talk to me #🐝anon

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kyunsies · 3 years

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Hello Mädch ahsdjaksdh <3 !!

how is college going? dw, I hope you are settling in super well and feeling optimistic about school and all the amazing things I know you are going to achieve this year! I am excited that you are starting your rotations now! you are going to do awesome, I know it! I'm sorry that you didn't get that ICU first like you wanted but hopefully it's all part of the plan so that you get it at the right time for you <3 let me know how they go, of course. I hope they go super well.

the week has been a bit weird to be honest, in my team I had a semi argument that was properly tense for the first time with someone and it was just so unpleasant. you know those people where they aren't horrible but you know that you'll never completely see eye to eye with them? i think it's just one of those things, where we'll never just completely read each other or get each other? and it's not, like, a massive issue or anything that we can't deal with, but I feel like usually I get on really well with people or not at all (all or nothing person I guess haha) but with this person I've just got to admit that we're always going to be a bit in the middle? like, we talked it over, and I've still found sometimes we misunderstand one another? so things are still good in work and clients, but with workpeople it has been the more difficult battle? hopefully we should get some more cool media stuff with the K-pop people soon, so that's an up?

OMGsh your coworkers are so much older than you! [lease do post a picture of your room, I am 100% confident that you have made it so dreamy and pretty. Thank you sm for telling me more about these operations though! I feel like everywhere is on red alert at the moment when it comes to health and care and making sure that people look after themselves and not put others at risk, you know? the doctors that to talk to me about my potential surgeries too have said the same but it's nice hearing it from a friend, you know? so thank youuuu <3 <3

I was the same as you, I would get so so so anxious and stressed if I wasn't studying or working or anything like that? but my mum is like your mum and grandma, where she gets up early too! but I feel like I need to do the late night thing instead? but then once I got into this crazy spiral where I would wake up really early and go to bed really late and like nap in between so I ended up like having two hours of sleep either side? that was peak wth at the time haha XD so now I try and let myself wake up a bit later really XD ha ha I'm in barely adulting! like I work so much but I don't earn a lot ha ha – I don't think that's very effective adulting? or like, I don't know I guess for a lot of people my age there's a work hard and hope it pays off thing in certain industries? so you're definitely more effectively adulting than me right now! like, you're going to do stuff that's gonna actively help people and you'll see that right in front of you, you know!!? sometimes my work gets out there but I rarely see directly if it gets to make peoples lives better you know? so the path you're on is so so admirable <3 <3 <3

I get you though, do you find that you thrive under the pressure even though it's sometimes a lot? I find that sometimes it does help me, but sometimes I forget to identify the times when it isn't helping me? or, sometimes I take it too far? so please look out for yourself and take care of yourself <3 and when you're worried if you're on the edge know that it's enough for you to take a rest and not be super perfect. i sometimes tell myself to except that I'm probably gonna make two or three stupid mistakes a day? It sounds kind of silly but it means that it makes it easier for me to accept when I mess up, idk, I think it helps me balance the pressure sometimes? i 100% understand what you're saying - at school do they have people that can directly help? or like peer supporters so it's not as stressful or official feeling as a therapist? if you ever want me to come off anon to help lemme know <3 i'm always here for you <3

oh my gosh your grandparents have been able to live long too! all my grandparents lived close to 100 before passing, and one of my grandmothers had the same as your grandfather. he sounds so sweet and so kind though! i love that he knows how to FaceTime you! Some of my aunts and uncles still don't properly haha. it sounds like he knows that he's super loved though, he's very lucky <3 <3 i've been thinking about all this really lovely stuff and how it grounds you when stuff like careers can stress you out and feel like the most important thing when it shouldn't be? what are the personality differences between the different areas of the US? my East Coast friends seem to straight talk a lot more than my West Coast friends? like they're a lot more realistic as opposed to being, I don't know laid-back or if not laid-back sometimes just more comfortable with superficial stuff? Not like my West Coast friends are superficial people, but I think they accept it as part of the world a bit better? my friends on the east coast will rail against that stuff a lot more, like they buy into the influencer bullshit less? but I guess these are all sweeping generalisations anyway... I might have to travel a bit in europe soon... I got asked to go to otaly for some work today, and to holland next month. Idk if it will end up happening though, things change all the time? I have to keep checking quarantine rules all the time with countries! but YAY and YES Europe tour trip one day :D !!!!!!!

you know what? when I first saw you compare bowling and golf I was like, wait, what? but now I totally get it! i know a golfer and they talk about how physical and strenuous it is on the arms and stuff all the time which I don't think always comes across when you watch it and it makes a lot of sense with how you describe how you trained for bowling! i used to cox in rowing and I always used to find it really funny that I said that was the sport I did because honestly I just sat in the boat all the time and steered XD

obligatory YES WTF ARE COTTON SCENTS! quite a few shops in the city where I live have been closing down because of Covid but our Jo Malone is still going strong! I love that lots of already classic clothing shops have now gone out of business but for some reason the people where I live cannot live without their perfume XD I think I'm gonna go in later this week or next week to take a look! with all this travelling I kind of want to buy something new? also, my hands have been acting up with injury so I have to rest my hands more anyway – so might as well look for perfume right? do you have any recommendations or would the blueberry one you've just gotten be at the top of your list?

the exciting thing is that I'm doing a bit less this week! I need to wait and see if that job wants me to fly out to Italy within the next 48 hours, if not next week, but if not I think I'm gonna figure out how to rehabilitate my joints a bit and get my brain okay? It's been existential Covid crisis week haha - I think a lot of me and my friends have been feeling like we've lost so much of our lives and potential during this time and I've really tried to hold in and ignore it for the past 18 months? i'm not one to ever feel lonely or to really really want to be in a relationship like some of my friends, but I've just been feeling it this week? like, I love my independence, but I wouldn't say no to a boyfriend right now you know? I feel silly saying that sometimes because I'm so against feeling like you have to have someone in your life to be okay, but I guess that's just a result of how the world is has been recently?? but I think all my feelings exploded around this stuff now so, I am trying to get back into a better place? so it's not as exciting as some of the stuff I've told you about before, but it's what's up I guess?

how are your mum and grandmother doing? are they doing good? [lease send all my love to them too. I'm glad these help you reflect on your week! they do with me too and I'm always happy to hear from you, no matter how long you might need <3 <3 hope you manage to reward yourself for working so hard these past days and that you remember you're always doing 110% so you deserve the best!

love you lots and lots - 💥

ANGEL HELLO !!!!!!!!! i told myself i would stay on top of this and swear in a timely manner but ;_____; a full week + 2 clinical rotations later here i am on a sunday, it seems this is always the case :( maybe my get back to you day will only be on sundays LOL i will try my best in the future babe, but ofc thank you so much for being patient with me <3

uni is going fine so far hun !!!! i've started clinical rotations as i've said on thursday and friday, and then my first exam is on tuesday so i read some chapters yesterday so i'm not squished for time lol :) and ,,,, what you said "hope it's all part of the plan" is very much my way of thinking lol wha is your sign? i'm a sagittarius and that's like, a philosophy i go by like everything is how it's supposed to be even if it's not what u want like everything will work itself out :') i'm wondering if we are one in the same !!!!! <3

and omg ;_____; conflict within the workplace is NEVER easy bc all everyone wants is to reach the goal you all are reaching and bc there's some bumps in the road it makes everything that much more stressful :( and i know exactly the type of person you are talking about LOL i've had to work with some of my peers in the hospital who really didn't treat me all that nicely , but i still have to partner up with them anyways bc we had to move a patient lol ; like they never do anything terrible to you but you just cannot come to a proper agreement with them? i know the feeling :( but i can tell you are doing ur absolute best ;_____; it's a tough situation ,,,,,,,,, but may i propose something ??? maybe since things are high stress in the workplace, would u be willing to meet them outside the workplace, like a quick coffee meet up and then discuss those issues? maybe talking about it in the work environment is way too stressful for both of u and it is hard to come to an agreement, but maybe in a calmer, more informal setting do u think maybe the both of u could be like "hey, what u were talking about i'm not really head over heels for but this is what i think and do u think we can do something where both of us will be happy?" im thinking maybe will opening up a means for more civilized discussion?? just a thought LOL :') let me know how it goes :( i hope u are all able to figure everything out !!!!!

about the surgeries !!!!! like i said i know it's super stressful to think about bc this is one of the very few times in life where things are absolutely out of our control and that scares us, and we as medical providers aren't supposed to give u a false sense of security, but i promise u everything will be just fine as long as u correctly follow up with care post-op :) we wouldn't want an infection !!!! >;( i remember last year i had a patient and she was going in for a routine colonoscopy and she was scared shitless ,,,,,,, but i was like "listen ma'am i know it can seem scary but i was just in there with the doctors and everything is super relaxed and they know what they're doing in there, you'll be out in no time and i'll be here waiting !!" and that seemed to help her a lot, after the surgery she was on me like flies on shit LOL she was like "THANK U HONEY" (but i think most of it was bc she was still drugged up hhh)

LOL us with our family members waking up early <3 literally this morning i decided to do my laundry at 8am (its only 10 right right now lol) but idk it just make u feel a little bit better doesn't it? but oh my gosh no i don't see u in this way at all ;_____; babe like you're already THERE in the world working and to me like ,,,,,, being an effective functioning person in society is like all i ever want i just want to be COMPETENT and the fact that u manage ppl ???? it's already a lot of responsibility but you do it everyday like you go to work u make food for yourself u pay bills like yes this all kinda sucks but you're there doing it and idk ,,,,,,,, like u being in this position is like yeah their surviving in the world and doing okay !!!! so that’s how i see u hun ;_____;

and i don’t think i necessarily thrive under pressure but i just kinda ,,,,,,, handle it?? like i think i handle my stress quite well !!! i think the reason why making mistakes scares me so much in my field is bc if i make a mistake i can like, kill someone or seriously harm them if i do something wrong SLKDFJ but i have to remember i’m still just a student and a lot of the things that i’ll learn won’t even be in these last few months of nursing school, but rather during my months of orientation on the floor i’ll be working on when i finally land a job ,,,,,, i know i just have to be patient and kind to myself, but it’s hard not having these high expectations for myself bc everyone else pushes themselves super hard (nurses i mean) so i feel like i should be too , ya know? ;_____; it’s a hard balance that i’ve yet to find but hopefully once i graduate i’ll have just a little bit more confidence in myself :’)

and omg your grandparents lived a long life as well !!!!!!!! a lot of my friends’ grandparents are really young still, so it’s hard for others to relate i think LOL but :(((( i’m really lucky to have them around still and like, i feel like my grandparents are the cornerstone of our whole entire family; once they pass i’m not quite sure what will happen ;_____; so i’m just trying to cherish every moment that i have with them even tho sometimes it’s stressful lol ; also BOUT THE DIFFERENCES FROM EAST TO WEST COAST LOL ; i think u described it really well actually :) like among the friends u have the are from different parts of the states, it’s very accurate in my opinion !! and again after all it is just a very broad assumption, in general east coasters have this “workaholic” attitude, they tend to be very realistic which i actually appreciate a lot lol, i’m hoping to live near the east coast when i move out <3 now where i am from it is considered the midwest even tho it’s more east than west if u look at it on the map LMAO and like, it’s really funny bc if u say to someone you’re from the midwest they’ll tell u our reputation is being “too nice” LSKDLFJSKLD and like that’s our thing, a happy medium between coasts with big cities but small towns too and generally just very chill and nice ,,,,,,,, the south of the US is also known for having that “southern hospitality” overall very cheerful ppl with personality and super kind attitude on life :) now the west of the US i’m not saying there aren’t nice ppl out there bc there are LOL but esp near lost angeles or hollywood ofc you’re going to have ppl very stuck up bc ya know they made it to big bad LA and they want to be trendy with all of the fake health shit (celery juice does NOTHING FOR U sorry lol) generally my view of the west is just very fake and i would never want to have my family grow up there LMAO but that generally like, california and washington but like, utah or wyoming or colorado are just absolutely gorgeous and they have small town ppl there bc there are a lot of ranches there ,,,,,,,, does any of this make sense to u ??? KLASFJ

i’m going to skip a few paragraphs bc this is so long already LMAO but trust me i’ve read everything so far lol ; it seems like you’re doing a lot of traveling !!!!!! <3 i’m so jealous !!!!!!!! italy sounds so beautiful i would love love to go some day :( ALSO U SMELLED THE BLUEBELL PERFUME RIGHT ???? U LIKED IT ?????? doesn’t it smell absolutely divine??? no matter how many scents i smelled after that i knew it was the right one for me ldkfsdlkfj <3 i’m still so in love with it ;____; also about ur lil rant about feeling lonesome :( bub i can really relate to this and i feel the same way like my mom and the rest of my family never pushed me to meet anyone and i’ve always never had a problem making friends, but like, as i’m older and i realize i’ll be alone a lot more of my time once i graduate like i really do want to share my life with someone :( i have a lot of love and i want to be able to show it to someone i care about a lot but i just never really take the initiative to do that bc quite honestly i’m not confident in myself lMAO so ,,,,,,, i know we never feel like we need to be dependent on someone but sharing experiences with someone who feels very strongly for u seems nice, doesn’t it? i wish this for both of us really soon okay?? <3 i tell my friends i would LOVE to be engaged right now lskdjfslfjs :’)

but anyways !!!!!!!! my mom and the rest of my family is doing well <3 and i’m doing okay too !!!!!! i don’t want to bore u with how clinicals are going but if u want me to tell u just let me know LOL and angel i know i say it all the time but always thank u so much for being patient with me okay? u are the absolute best !!!!!! also as promised, here are a few pics of my dorm room LOL it’s a shoebox but it’s my shoebox :) enjoy !!!!!!

#asks #💥 anon #my dorm is the oldest one on campus so :’) it looks a little ugly but I try my best MXJDJD #ignore the popcorn bag on the side :)#also peep the jo malone perfume LOL

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semercury · 6 years

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drowning-in-this-starry-serenade replied to your post: I will pay someone ten dollars to kick my ass rn.

Please eat and have something to drink!! And then if you want to feel productive maybe take 5 minutes to tidy an area real quick. It’s not huge but it helps give a small feeling of accomplishment so your brain doesn’t yell at you for not doing things which definitely isn’t a bad thing ��

hhh i did eventually get up and make some pbj toast which i ate. and then my mom came home from work and opened my door and Left It Open so i had to get up. now i’m boiling some beans so i can make some black bean “meat” balls which i had been wanting to do since like yesterday morning. i should pick up a little tho. my room is a mess.

#drowning in this starry serenade #reply #hhh when you visit we may not be able to do anything in my room bc it's an actual disaster zone...#but i still want you to come over to my house a bit so you can meet my pets!!!#but i'll go get some more water and try and pick something up #i have so much garbage on my floor...#and i want enough energy to go get groceries from my fave grocery store too #it smells good in there

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barbariccia · 7 years

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potential archfiends xiv raid!

as mentioned yesterday, i’ve now spent an obscene amount of time putting this together. i desperately want 4′s archfiends as a raid, and i know i’m not the only one - so i took the liberty of putting together a fake raid, because i’m a fucking nerd.

pls note i still consider myself new to mmos and i have NO idea what the fuck i’m talking about. pls don’t call me out on any mistakes, this is just harmless fun.

@dravanian @golbez @vaguerantstory y’all are the ones i know that would want to read this most, so, enjoy! :D (ashy idk if that’s tagged you properly hhh)

FINAL WORD COUNT: 4786

Duty Finder Updated! Tower of Bab-Il now accessible.

garlemald has that big tower sticking out of the clouds, so it's an area that wouldn't be reached until (theoretically) 5.0. ilsabard proper takes a long time to traverse through; you're fighting garleans at every pause for breath and hearing stories of viceroys and commanders and every arm of the army is out to get you, as the WoL. you overhear at one point that there is a secretive branch to the garlean army known as ARCH. reports on how many soldiers belong to it vary, and it's so secretive that no one save the emperor knows what they do. it's up to you to find out.

->pre-raid quest

you follow npcs around garlemald listening to every report you can. mostly they're junk, but you hear one or two talking about ARCH. following them leads to an instance where you kick the crap out of a fairly high-ranking legatus. the npc that introduces you to this quest takes them away to interrogate them and comes back with information: ARCH is where high-ranking turncoats are taken for re-education. they're located in BAB-IL, that tall tower.

RAID: -you enter via a cave system similar to getting out of binding coil.

TIER 1 - BASEMENT

there's lots of undead crawling around. lots of enemies that stun or hold you in place. you fight your way to the staircase that leads up, which is blocked by a small, robed figure. he mocksssss you the entire fight. SCARMIGILONE PHASE 1 - every melee attack is countered with a thunder spell, which has a 50/50 chance of stunning for 3 seconds. tanks don't need to worry about holding him as he throws out large aoe voidal spells at random. healers and dps must avoid as they'll get debuffed (silence, blind, stun) as well as take damage. phase 1 isn't difficult to beat him down. at the end of phase 1 he'll become untargetable and stumble backwards with his arms out, intending to stop the player from ascending the stairs no matter what. he trips on his robe and falls off the edge of the arena.

SCARMIGLION PHASE 2 - doesn't start until the player approaches the staircase. spoken prompts appear: "[laughter]" "impressssive...." "but my true strength lies in death!" milon appears at the back of the arena, pulling himself up and over the edge - he's about four times as larger as he was before. full zombie looking. he slams the floor which removes the edge barrier - you can now fall off the arena! -slow, untelegraphed melee attack. get out of the way of these as they'll hit multiple people and push them backwards. tanks need to turn him away from the party and watch out! -mages that cast fire magic will find themselves debuffed pretty quickly! he'll counter with Gas. a marker will appear on the target. the further you are from him, the less time the debuff will last for. -when someone uses holy against him, another prompt will appear that is him screaming in agony. -he is weak against fire, so healers should be ready with esuna to cure mages. spamming fire and holy will end the battle quicker. after the second holy spell is cast, he'll summon multiple zombie adds that will tether against him and make him invulnerable. burn the adds and then the rest of the way.

at the end of the encounter, he'll fall backwards off the arena again, this time for good. the party can now ascend the stairs.

TIER 2 - HALLS

this area is eerily deserted, at least at first. partway through, a Familiar Faced Soldier will run up to you. spoken prompt: "[huff... puff...]" "have you come to stop the emperor?" "he's here, this is your chance to defeat him for good!" "hurry up!" he then runs off. from here monsters will spawn in, and the soldier will chide you for wasting time killing them. nothing special, just garlean soldiers. there's a big door at the end of the hallway. spoken prompt: "here it is... the throne room." "heh heh heh..." a short cutscene plays when the door opens. it shows the party walking into the halls, with the soldier leading the way. within the hall are several soldiers that all turn to face you. the throne is empty.

BOSS 1- BAIGAN

each party will need to take up positions at the left, right and centre. parties on left and right will need to target baigan's arms; the centre will need to target baigan himself. there's a lot of adds that's going to spawn. this is just a dps check - baigan, untargetable, is going to long-cast a spell that drains the soldiers left alive of their remaining power, much like halicarnassus of haukke hard. having said that, there's a LOT of soldiers. when you think you've got them all, think again, because the door to the throne room opens and more run in.

the spell baigan casts stuns everyone for a couple of seconds and allows him to reveal his true, monstrous form. from then it's pretty standard. has a tankbuster move, followed by wide conal aoe. disabling his arms will stop the tankbuster. healers keep on your toes! at 25% trash soldiers will flood in and he'll start his longcast again. burn the trash to prevent him from regen-ing health, and focus the rest on him.

after this another short cutscene. WoL will approach the empty throne. the doors will open, and in walks the emperor. emperor: "well, well, baigan. that won't do. not if we're to take the throne." [WoL shocked] emperor: "hahahaha. garlemald will prevail... even if it's not by the true emperor's hand!"

the fake emperor sweeps out of the hall. you have to retrace your steps all the way through this part of the dungeon. you see him cast magic and step onto a transporter, and you follow him.

on the other side, the makeup of the tower is markedly different. it looks darker, foreboading, vast and empty of garlean insignia. at the end of the room, a throne, with the fake emperor sitting on it, looking bored. he stands as you approach.

BOSS 2 - CAGNAZZO PHASE 1 he fights very slowly but hits very hard. multiple aoes at the same time, wide cleaves that send the party flying back. occasionally he'll summon a shield, much like ravana. attack from only one side during this time or get a debuff. at 90%, he'll roar, and burst forth from his armor.

PHASE 2 a terrible monster, cagnazzo is much larger than scarmiglione. as with baigan, his feet are targetable, as is his head - although his head will not take damage until at least 50% has been inflicted on both feet. -bite attacks target a single player and holds them for several moments, taking ongoing damage -Bile, a puddle that slows when walked in and stacks Scent Of The Sea on the player. if the player has 3 stacks of Bile, cagnazzo will ignore aggro and Bite the player. SOTS increases damage vulnerability, making this one harder to heal through. -frontal swipe

at 50% he'll retreat into his shell and stop taking damage, but it's important the party doesn't stop inflicting it! he's trying to heal himself. the breaks to his concentration stop him from regening health. after 30secs he'll roar again and reemerge, shielded.

PHASE 3 (SHIELD) he'll still turn up as INVULNERABLE but you need to burn his shield super quick. he'll have another health bar appear that's a different colour. BURN HIM. if the shield's still up after the 1min mark the raid will wipe. he's charging a tsunami move. -tsunami: he summons water that comes flooding into the room. the pressure of the water is too much to bear and everyone wipes.

PHASE 4 (POST SHIELD) when his shield is taken down his actual shell will crack noticably. one part of the raid should concentrate damage on the exposed carapace, the other draws his attention from the head. he reverts to using bite, bile and his swipe. at 25% he'll summon: -tidal wave same animation as tsunami, but washes everyone in the raid to one side of the arena. anyone debuffed from bile will die immediately. -he'll cast bile more often after this. at 10% he'll cast tidal wave again.

after the battle, he won't die immediately- he'll be untargetable and start a cast bar. the raid must focus damage on the doors they came in by, which are now targets! the cast bar will go for 40 secs. there are pillars in each corner of the room; every 10 secs he'll lash out and destroy one. if the party is still in the room when the cast ends they'll be crushed by the ceiling. everyone has to focus damage on the doors and run through them immediately.

TIER 3 - FROM ON HIGH

a cutscene plays. the party, bewildered, gets up from their teleporter pad that they ran into. they don't recognise where they are. it seems like the outside of the tower - they're really high up. clouds will obscure the player's vision as they ascend. mobs include: -birds and other flying enemies that swoop in from the skies -a dragoon at the halfway mark

you need to ascend the outer walls. there's a staircase with plenty of little nooks and crannies to hide in for when the WIND PICKS UP. you can and will fall off the edge here. if you're caught outside of a nook when the wind rises you'll be swept off. if you walk off the edge of the stairs you're dumb and deserve your stupid death.

it'll take some time. the higher you get the more flying mobs appear.

at the halfway mark, you'll reach a flat platform. here is where the dragoon appears. he's not a boss, doesn't speak, isn't wearing garlean colours. there's no indication to his identity. the staircase continues on the other side of the platform, but as you walk over...

BOSS - MAGUS SISTERS

your way is interrupted by a very tall spear-wielder. the way back down is blocked by a small girl with knives. from the sky jumps a very round enemy, who cracks the platform.

speech prompt: "i am sandy!" "mindy!" "cindy!" "we are the magus sisters!" sandy: "so sorry to meet you like this." mindy: "it's the end of the line!" cindy: "get ready!!"

each party needs to focus on one sister. they each have their own attacks.

SANDY, THE SPEAR-WIELDER: -doesn't fight like a dragoon, she uses the spear as an extension of her arm -thusly: wide frontal cone aoe and a spin move. both push the party back. -four-part jab to whoever's in front of her. tanks need to position this away from the party as she follows up with an immediate wide-conal swipe.

MINDY, THE CHILD -very fast, can bounce from pc to pc -marked PCs will be next in line for her attacks! she'll dart from one to the next. shields and cooldowns will prevent the bleeding debuff. -spins around the arena, dealing damage in a circle around her. get out of the way!

CINDY, THE LARGE -has the largest health pool of the sisters -very slow attacks, but they hurt a lot. at least two different tankbusters. -jumps around the platform for aoe damage.

note: the platform has no edges. watch where you're running!

when each sister's health is brought to a certain threshold, they'll charge their delta attack. this is where the raid group intermingles. tank level 2 or 3 lb is needed to survive. sandy will cast reflect on cindy and mindy will charge DELTA ATTACK. melee/phsyical ranged dps need to attack cindy to avoid damage being reflected. magical ranged dps should burn mindy in the meanwhile. tanks hold sandy's attention and avoid her knockback jabs. when mindy's dead, it's a case of burning the other two in quick succession and carrying on.

keep going up the staircase, following the same rules as before. look off the side: you'll see a figure circling the tower! this is barbariccia. close to the top she'll shoot up past the party and laugh. she's waiting for you at the top, on the next platform.

TIER 3.1 - BARBARICCIA

PHASE 1 she's very graceful, and she laughs even more than garuda does. she's another quick boss, with a lot of annoying debuffs. the entire raid will be attacking her at once. there is still no wall to this arena.

-stone claws: inflicts a petrification debuff on a target, and stacks HEAVY FOOTED on that pc. stacks of 5 inflict petrification that cannot be esuna'd away. she'll use this often. -doesn't follow normal aggro rules. she can be PROVOKED into turning toward a tank, which you'll need to do for her longcasts. uses stone claws mostly on dps, but she can and will go for healers as well. -healers need to watch out for maelstrom. this is the worst of the three longcasts. anyone in her range of vision (get behind her!) will be stunned in place, unable to move as she calls down a whirlwind to sap them of all strength. the pc will be reduced to 1hp. healers need to cure IMMEDIATELY as she follows up with a spinning attack that doesn't knock the players back, but inflicts 3-4k~ damage. -another longcast (not as long as maelstrom) is her lightning attack. it'll target random players and stun for 4 seconds.

at 50% she'll fly up out of range. use this time to heal!!! when she comes back down the entire platform will take damage. speech prompt: "i'll put an end to you all!"

PHASE 2 once the platform has taken damage, she'll change shape into a whirlwind. she'll stop using stone claws now, and instead switch to: -FULMINATION, which casts silence on the target (10sec), inflicts heavy (10sec) and stacks. -melee damage has an auto-counter for 1-2k.

at 30% she'll fly out of target and adds will spawn. PHASE 3 - ADDS -melee dps will want to focus on the Brainwashed Soldiers that start to march onto the platform. they'll come slowly, but a single dps won't be able to burn them. -magic dps will want to focus on the Wind Shades that ping into existence. they have magic vulnerability, explode on death, and if not dealt with quickly enough, grow into a larger whirlwind that sucks party members in and inflicts heavy damage. -tanks should come out of tank stance briefly to help with the dps.

PHASE 4 with all the adds dead, barbariccia will pop her ultimate. a speech prompt will appear: "Curse you!" and multiple quick aoes will target at random. there's less than two seconds to get out of these, so just keep moving! they'll do about 2-3k damage for each hit taken. after 10secs of this there'll be a lull wherein you can target barbariccia again. -she starts using stone claws again, quicker than in phase 1

-at 10% she'll scream and cast maelstrom again. anyone in front of her will go down to 1hp; she'll follow up with a spin move that you have to get out of the way of, and then immediately another speech prompt will appear.

"Disappear, along with this tower!"

she'll summon a tornado on the outer rim of the platform that quickly starts encroaching on the rest of the arena. from here it's a dps check. burn her until she's dead or you'll wipe.

once she's dead, she'll scream, and the tornado will sweep the party away - though harmlessly, if you've done it right! you wake up on the floor. getting up, you hear an unfamiliar voice. "I've restored thee to full strength. hie thee to mine master's chambers..."

TIER 4 - DARK PASSAGES

the halls are getting progressively narrower. trash mobs include Brainwashed Conscripts and Unwilling Subjects. As you think you're coming closer to the final room, the doors to it will close and another set will open. inside is...

BOSS - LUGAE

speech prompt: "Interrupted! Get out! OUT!"

lugae himself is fairly easy to burn through, but he'll summon BARNABUS as he dies.

BOSS - BARNABUS

more challenging than lugae, he has mostly tankbuster moves. more than anything it's another dps check. if you're fighting him for too long he'll cast POISON GAS on the entire party which cannot be removed and will sap your strength quicker than can be regen'd.

he'll drop a key, which opens the way to the final chambers. there are 2 figures in here: one clad in armour of the blackest night, and another that stands in front of him, head to toe in red.

speech prompt: "we have been expecting you. rubicante?" "as you wish, my lord."

the red figure steps forward. "i am rubicante, the autarch of flame. allow me to restore thee." he does so. all debuffs are removed. "and now..." "we fight."

PHASE 1 - RUBICANTE

he's a bitch to fight because he heals himself. not for a lot, but enough to be annoying. physical attacks will do less damage than magical. -throws out fire-based aoes fairly often. dodge these. -he will actively throw these aoes out attempting to push you to the wall. there's no edge to this stage, so you might think it's safe... -but if more than seven members across the raid reach the wall, he'll cause a wall of flame to burst. this will inflict the BURNING status on anyone touched and deal heavy damage. -from hereon the wall of flame will remain up. dodge th aoes without getting burned!

once he's been pushed to about 50%, he'll start counting down out loud from 5. when he hits 2 he'll open his cloak and gain damage vulnerability; bleed him during this time!

RUBICANTE'S ULTIMATE: INFERNO

it's entirely possible to survive without popping tank LB lvel 2/3, but it'll hurt you. anyone that doesn't die will have ongoing burning debuff. -his aoes will get quicker now -with his cloak closed he's back to taking regular amounts of damage, but he'll have a couple of new mechs: -frontal swipe, similar to barbariccia -a stomp that stuns, untelegraphed circle aoe -occasionally he'll open his cloak suddenly; this acts as a knockback. you want to memorize how he looks before he opens this so you can get out of the way or you'll be pushed into the burning wall and incur extra damage.

at 15%, his mechs will change again.

PHASE 2 - RUBICANTE

he starts throwing out aoes at particular aggro-holders. anyone at positions 2-4 on the enmity scale he'll start to target (tanks should take care to move). this is going to be a dps-swap mixup: the aoes he casts are still fire, but they'll heal him if the telegraph is over him as well. he won't move while casting and it'll pop immediately, so dps need to take care to swap out to make sure they aren't standing near him when this goes off. -burn him the rest of the way.

when rubicante falls, he'll apologise to the figure still watching. a cutscene plays...

"you have defeated my archfiends. what, pray tell, is your goal, here?" WoL looks determined to fight. "very well."

PHASE 1 - GOLBEZ

golbez moves slow but hits HARD. doesn't telegraph, but his reach is really wide, so you're gonna want to learn what his moves look like and get the hell out of the way. as a warlock, he casts a lot of spells, but he can and will deliver devastating physical attacks.

-firaga is raid-wide and unavoidable. he'll telegraph by bringing both arms toward himself in a "preparing to throw the ball" motion. put up shields and ready your heals. heavy damage, brief burning debuff. -blizzaga, telegraphed by both arms over his head.this is going to place several ice-aoes at random positions around the centre of the room - 6 in total - and then finish with 4 ice-aoes close together in the centre of the room. get hit by more than 1 and you're afflicted with deep freeze. -thundaga will mark 10 players with a purple marker and another 10 with a yellow marker. this is raid-wide. purple marks will want to stack in the centre of the room. yellow marks need to spread out around the the edge of the room. the spell will initially hit the purple marks - the more people are stacked, the less damage it'll do - and then arc toward the yellow marks. the closer the yellows are to the purples, the more damage they'll take. the closer the yellows are to each other, the more damage they'll take. this is a positioning trick and will be a bitch to maneuver.

PHASE 2 - GOLBEZ

get him down to 70% and he'll cast BINDING COLD. everyone in the room will be STUNNED, and he'll immediately summon a SHADOW DRAGON to fight alongside him.

BOSS - SHADOW DRAGON -with the raid still stunned, she'll use an unavoidable BLACK FANG that will mark everyone with DOOM. you'll have a 30 second counter with this debuff. -golbez will be charging another spell in the meantime; don't bother attacking him. -dps need to bleed shadow dragon quickly. when hurt enough she'll drop a DRAGON SCALE, which needs to be interacted with immediately - it'll remove all doom debuffs. -if the doom counter reaches 0, you'll die.

-from hereon, shadow dragon will be fairly simple. spiral attacks, single-target heavy damage.

get rid of shadow dragon or she'll cast black fang again, and you need to start working on golbez again.

PHASE 3 - GOLBEZ

when shadow dragon dies, or within a certain amount of cast time, golbez will cast BARRIER. you'll need to work together as the raid to deal particular kinds of damage, as he'll BARRIER SHIFT every 15~ secs or so! anything that he's not weak to will show up as INVULNERABLE. attacks otherwise will land as normal. it follows a particular pattern: -immune to striking attacks -immune to magical attacks -immune to slashing attacks -immune to piercing attacks

this cycle will not deviate from the pattern. take him down by 5% each time to automatically force the barrier shift, or he'll change barrier every 120 seconds. this is going to continue along with his normal aoes from phase 1 until you bring him down to 40%.

PHASE 4 - GOLBEZ

this is where he starts swiftcasting. not much to it other than his aoes are going to hit faster, and probably two at a time. lightning aoe will need to run to the edge and then away from if blizzaga hits immediately after, etc. his animations will not change, so someone will need to keep an eye on him and probably yell to the raid what he's about to do. this goes on until 10%.

PHASE 5 - GOLBEZ

he's charging his ult at this point. he can't be interrupted or stunned, and you need to just burn him as quickly as possible. standard dps check. bust out the limits. healers need to concentrate on keeping everyone as topped up as possible. healers really need to prepare for the end of the battle, where his ult will pop whether you kill him in this time or not. WHM: pop asylum, divine benison, and heal until everyone's full. SCH: pop succor and sacred soil. AST:nocturnal sect.

his ultimate will go off when you bleed him to 0, or after a set amount of time. if he hasn't been brought down completely, the raid will wipe when the spell hits, otherwise you'll just take a lot of heavy damage. he casts METEO; a length animation, where the force of the spell rips the top of the tower off and a meteor slowly crashes into the arena, flattening everyone, including golbez himself.

TIER 5 - ????

you wake up in darkness. WoL gets to their feet. to the side, the dead body of golbez. you stagger on, through the darkness, away from the body. there's no indication of where you are. speech: "you tread the path of darkness." WoL stops, looks around. speech: "not even your precious crystal will shed light for you here." from seemingly nowhere, a mysterious robed figure glides into view. they have eyelidless, white eyes, dark blue skin, and you can't tell whether it's hovering or not. its robes seem to be made of darkness. speech: "i will stain you with shadows..."

PHASE 1 - ZEMUS

from the slow way he moves and stalks across the battlefield (much like zenos) you'd be hard pressed to think he's attacking you at all. follows normal aggro rules. tanks need to keep him moving, though. if he's stationary for more than a few seconds he'll cast a powerful knockback spell that casts several debuffs (heavy, slow, blind, silence) and inflicts heavy damage. this is a game of cat and mouse. keep him moving, dps don't let up, healers watch out for a tell-tale hand movement that will be status affliction on a random player.

continues until you get a speech prompt: "wellspring of darkness..." "give me your power!" "i, zemus, feed unto you my hatred..." "please!!"

PHASE 2 - ZEMUS

zemus is surrounded by something that looks like WAR's defiance buff. he has magic vulnerability down, damage dealt up, and now he's actually starting to hit back.

-tanks don't need to keep him moving. face him away from the party. there's no wall to pull him to, as you're still fighting in darkness. -he'll spawn adds in, wisps called DEATHLY PALLS. deal with these immediately, or they'll affix to a player and sap them of health until they're dead. -he'll start throwing out quick aoes. get out of these. they're voidal puddles that'll remain; they're dark, but you'll still be able to see them... just. don't step in them or you'll be cursed with debuffs. -frontal arm sweep that pushes people back, usually after he's dropped a load of voidal puddles

speech prompt at 50%: "NO!!!" "i am..!" "NAUGHT BUT HATE!"

PHASE 3 - ZEROMUS

the party is stunned as zeromus rips out of his host's skin. zemus expands, every pore birthing an otherworldly voidkin with menacing moue and terrifying laugh.

speech prompt: "DIE!"

-summons another meteor. this cannot be avoided, and everyne should huddle under healer barriers. a good time to heal up. -anyone casting holy will find themselves being countered with FLARE, dealing about 5-6k damage. -untelegraphed attack that shoots him in a straight line across the battlefield in whatever direction he's facing. anyone caught up will be stunned. heavy damage. -CURSE OF HATRED: telegraphed lines that go off in various directions, like titan ex's landslide. immediately followed by multiple VOIDAL CALLS around the battlefield. dps work together to burn adds (voidkin).

at 30%..

PHASE 4 - ZEROMUS

he'll cast BIG BANG. pop as many cooldowns as you can. you'll need them. inflicts massive damage and a SAPPING debuff, where your health is depleted by 4/500 every couple seconds. -also inflicts MALICE buff on himself (invulnerable for 12 seconds; will counter with flare if attacked in this time) -use this time to heal up.

he'll go back to his previous attacks from phase 3, but he'll also start spawning phase 2's DEATHLY PALLS. the voidal puddles will start increasing in amount.

PHASE 5 - ZEROMUS

this at 10%, it turns into a race against time. if you have any limit breaks, healers or dps will need to use them depending on how dire the need. burn him as hot as you can. if you don't deal enough damage, he's going to cast ULTIMA, which is an instant wipe.

once he's dead, a cutscene will play. the darkness will overwhelm WoL, upon which point they'll wake up in the tower of bab-il again, on the floor of the throne room where you fought cagnazzo. there's no indication that a battle was fought here. you and your party take a walk around the hall, but there's nothing. completely empty. no corpses, no chests, no nothing.

you leave the tower to report.

when you go back to the quest giver, they'll express surprise that you dealt with ARCH so quickly, and make sure to inform you of any developments in the future. for now, their spies don't see anything out of the ordinary from the tower.

a later quest will show you that no one found any remnants of ARCH. nothing about their motives, their plans, their conscripts... there's nothing to suggest that the archfiends themselves were primals, or monsters, or anything like that. it's just a dearth of information, which is very strange, and remarked upon by the quest giver. having said that, the resistance in garlemald is also getting turncoat garleans on their side now, as there's no danger of being discovered by ARCH and reeducated or killed. once again, you're thanked for your service.

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