#we'll do it our damn selves.

[lostandfem]

Being transgender isn't immutable lol. Why do you radfems keep thinking us trans people feel that we'll identify as one gender for the rest of our lives?

Then why are we changing our laws around it? Doesn’t it make sense that we make laws around things that aren’t immutable so that it’s clear what regulations apply to who and why? Can you see how it’s impossible to protect oppressed classes when nothing is defined and everything can shift? It’s impossible to define who should be protected from who. Why are we making permanent changes to our bodies for something that’s only momentary? This is why gender critical detrans people are upset at you. Almost all of us were under the impression that we were born that way, it would never change and reflected our truest selves; and that if we didn’t make these changes we’d end up getting depressed and killing ourselves. Can’t you see how messed up that is? The pressure to make the changes right here right now, but now you act so casual about it like it was never meant to be permanent. I was under the impression that my trans identity was permanent, which is why I felt comfortable making those changes to my body. I felt deceived when that wasnt the case

If being transgender isn’t immutable, then the argument that everyone has an innate gender identity falls apart. Then the very idea that there’s a difference between cis and trans falls apart. If there’s no innate gender identity when what is being trans? A political alignment? An alignment with a body mod characteristic? If trans means nothing then how do you even expect to be a protected class? Under what context do you fight for your class’s rights? Is trans then just the choice to transition? Is being trans a choice, then? If it’s a choice, how does it have anything in common with homosexuality and bisexuality, which are not choices? This isn’t a gotcha. Seriously. You played your damn self.

#asks #receipts to peak to #i hate postmodernism #detrans

[unsoundedcomic]

Dwayne is so nice that it took me a long time to realize this, but… the Alds are froggin’ Nazis, aren’t they? As a nation they’re straight up evil. Their caste system combines all the greatest hits of eugenics and slavery. Their religion is a custom-built excuse to conquer the world. They’re obsessed with rape. No culture has a monopoly on that, but you can’t have Alds in the comic for five frames without someone committing, attempting, threatening, or just waxing rhapsodic about how much they love rape. Rape-based genocide is their official plan for ruling Cresce.

Watching Dwayne be adorable with his students really distracts from the fact that the Aldish army depends on a god damn underclass of child soldiers.

You’ve built a world of casual villains, but the Aldish nation is focused and professional about it.

With a few exceptions, we've encountered the Alds in the story so far mostly from the perspective of their sworn enemies. This is no excuse, but it puts the Alds in circumstances where they would naturally be behaving as their very worst selves. I can't think of too many military bodies that invade enemy cities and then act like model gentlemen. It's not in the nature of any military body to do so. Just look at... *gestures to the whole of our history*

I tend to show this kind of behaviour because I've read a lot of said history and I don't have any agenda. I want to show soldiers acting how soldiers tend to act; I don't want to glorify anyone in that context. Even Duane had bad moments in 14 where he was selfish, cocksure, and unnecessarily cruel. That is how people do, especially in stressful situations.

Alderode itself does have a whole lot of problems. We'll explore those more when we get there. But you'll also see lots of Aldish citizens just trying to live their lives, do the best for their kids, practise their religions, make art, eat tasty foods, have a good time now and then. A lot of Alderode's evils are from the top-down. That's usually how it works everywhere.

The next part of our story is very much concerned with whether or not systemic change can happen in Alderode. Even Duane may come to the realisation that his beloved homeland needs some reforms.

[keithisbae1]

Akatsuki SasuSaku AU 2/2

"Now don't be shy dear, come on out. I thought you wanted to fight not to play cat and mouse." She heard her chuckle darkly. Sakura instantly tried to flatten herself against the wall. It would be harder to take her down given that they would either have the same strength or as much as she hated to admit it, she be slightly stronger. "Why are you doing this? Surely you have friends and a family to go home to?" Sakura's voice echoed in the caves, but she kept moving so that her other self couldn't find her. 

"Friends? You mean the ones that are all dead now?" What? "What are you-" Dead? Of course, she should have expected that they have their own reasons for being this way. They lived in different worlds, who knew how much more corrupted theirs were. 

"I don't expect you to understand, you have a daughter, right? A girl called Sarada, I know that much from your husband. We don't even have a Naruto in our own world or Kakashi or-" She stopped mid-sentence, there was no use in counting everyone that's dead. 

"It doesn't matter, the point is the villagers fucked up and were keen to get rid of everyone who went against them. Imagine thinking killing Naruto is, okay?" "I... I'm sorry." Sakura really didn't know what else to say. 

"Tch, pathetic. I don't want your pity. I want you to come out and fight." She went around the corner punching the wall only for it to be empty. Damn, she was sure she heard her voice there. Until feeling someone behind her choking her by the neck. "If you resist I won't-" 

But then Sakura felt herself being lifted and slammed to the ground, fuck so this was it was like going against her strength. "You're going to have to do a lot better than that sweetheart." She got up from the now destroyed ground, chances were even the other Sasukes' felt that. 

Damn. This would be a long battle.

~~~

It was a stalemate. Sasuke did say it wasn’t his Sakura they needed to worry about, maybe they underestimated their other selves. “Release my husband, now!” She held a kunai to her neck, with her other hand gripping her hair tightly. 

Both of them were battered with bruises and cuts. “Don’t, she doesn’t have the guts to do anything.” “You may be right about that… but that doesn’t mean I can’t make you suffer in other ways.” And by proving it dragged her by the hair so that her face was against the wall. 

"I won't go soft even on you for messing with my family." The kunai was now against the skin, even if she couldn't kill, she could still torture them. “Wait!” The other Sasuke spoke. “I’ll let him go.” “What are you… don’t even think about it!” 

“You don’t get to decide anything in the state that you’re in.” He then turned to the original Sakura. “Your Sasuke for my Sakura, deal?” She nodded. “Yes.” And with that, untied the Uchiha, he watched him carefully making sure there was no funny business but upon feeling his arm free groaned. It was so painful being kept in the same position for a long period of time. Sakura slowly released her other self-attending to her husband. Her hand glowing numbing the pain. "Are you alright?" “You idiot! Why did you-" Her villain self was about to snap but collapsed into the villain Sasuke's arms. "What... what happened?" “I’ve attacked your pressure points during our battle, you were too much in a rage to notice. It’ll be a while before your in any state to fight.” Sakura stated calmly. 

"I told you about the state your in." He picked her up bridal style heading out, completely ignoring the other two. "Where are you going?" Sasuke asked glaring at them. "That's none of your business. We'll be seeing each other again. Well, I hope so." The Uchiha grinned and disappeared in a flash. Ah yeah, he was fast. "We should follow them," Sasuke looked at Sakura who was still in the process of healing him. "We should," she agreed but neither one made an attempt to stand up to look for them. 

"You weren't really going to torture her were you?" It just wasn't in Sakura's blood to treat people in such a way, even the enemy. If they can call them that. "Obviously, but I had to do something. They wouldn't know." Or maybe they did, she wasn't sure. 

"I don't think the other you would have risked it." "Hmm?" "She said... a lot of things during our battle. It seems we're the only two left so..." "They're all that they have." "Exactly, they can play tough all they want but when it comes down to it they won't risk getting the other hurt." She smiled. "I just wish there was an easy way to help them." "We'll figure a way." He poked her forehead lightly.

"You should get some rest, you did have a tough battle." "She wasn't that tough," Sasuke smirked. 

~With the other Sasuke & Sakura~ "You shouldn't have let them go. I would have been fine." "I couldn't risk it." "Why not?" "Because I can't lose you, idiot!" He yelled glaring at her. Did she seriously expect him to watch her get tortured or taken whilst he made his escape with his other self? Sakura blushed at the heated gaze looking away. "She... she wouldn't have done anything. You know that right?" "I'd rather not take the chance," he cupped her jaw pulling her into a deep kiss.

#sasusaku #sasuke uchiha x sakura haruno #sasusaku drabble #my fanfiction #sssnippets #sssnippetaday #akatsuki sasusaku vs sasusaku #sasuke uchiha #sakura uchiha

[hoomhum]

Tag Game: Find the Words

I was tagged by @inexplicifics who gave me the words "kiss", "laugh" and "snarl" to find in my WIPS. Thanks for the tag! This was fun. :)

Kiss was kind of hard to find in something I haven't posted yet! But here's an excerpt from the very beginning of a WIP titled Ghost!Jask.

"All our girls are booked up tonight," says the madam as they drag themselves through the ornate doors of the brothel. She spares them only a brief glance, lip curling in disgust. "And the lads." "Please," Geralt says, turning blindly toward her voice. "We just need a room. Not company."  "And a bath," Eskel adds, adjusting his grip on Geralt's arm, where it lays over his shoulder. "We've coin to pay. We won't be any trouble." He needs to get Geralt horizontal, needs to look at his eyes and get another dose of Swallow in him, and Kiss for himself; the wound in his gut isn't closing up like it should. It's burning with some sort of infection.  The madam sniffs at them both. The room is full of women, and a few men— all employees, by the looks of them. They seem to be frozen at the sight of them. Wearily, Eskel digs into his gambeson and pulls free a pouch of gold, only stained a little by his own blood. It's nearly all that they've made on this contract, but it won't do them any good dead. "There's an attic," the madam says finally. "We don't use it, but for storage. I'll send a bath up, but you won't be dragging your filthy selves through the building in that state."

Laugh, from an untitled omegaverse AU, where Jaskier finds himself won when a mysterious alpha challenges his fiance to a duel.

"I'm sorry."  He looks up to find that all three Alphas have stopped what they're doing and are looking at him with concern. It's Geralt that had spoken to him from across the fire. "I'd make him take you back, if that's what you wanted. If they'd listen. I was— not in control of myself. I didn't mean to take you away." Jaskier huffs a sad laugh. "He was going to take my voice. I should be thanking you." "He what?" "I'm a bard. Classically trained, studied at Oxenfurt, all of it. But he didn't care about that, apparently," Jaskier says to his bowl of porridge. "I was just a good match. Financially. He wanted my family's contacts. When you intervened he'd just announced he'd found a hedge witch willing to silence me. So I wouldn't be so. Annoying." "What the fuck," Lambert spits, looking back in the direction of town. "Damn, omega, you want me to kill him for you? I will." Geralt's expression is furious, a growl building low in his throat. "I'll help." "That wouldn't help anything," Eskel cuts in. He reaches out, as though to touch Jaskier's shoulder, but seems to think better of it. "I'm sorry. We'll find you someone better."

Snarl, from the latest chapter of Double Down, my thief!Jaskier story:

"You bringing him to poker tomorrow?" Eskel asks, moving to power down his laptop and collect his shirt and jacket. Geralt swears beneath his breath. They have a tradition, the three of them, to meet for a game at Vesemir's each month.  "Why the fuck would he do that?" Lambert snarls, glancing up as he shoves his own laptop into his bag.  "So we can stop trading the same two hundred crowns between us all. New blood, and all that," Eskel says.  "Poker?" Jaskier joins them, buttoning up his shirt and collecting his jacket. "Ooh, is this like a team bonding activity?"

#the witcher #geraskier #wolf pack/Jask #Jaskier #hfdasjk just realized my excerpts are huge #enjoy them anyway please haha

[ntls-24722]

doobled diplomat comet

Comet knows firsthand that there is good in humans but god damn it do our leaders make making connections difficult

Planetnid (? gonna have to find a new name for Specifically The Aliens) society isnt perfect either but i will say that it is... better? I mean just off of the principle that their civilization has been around for 82 million years compared to our 300 thousand i feel like that they've had a lot more time to work out a lot of the problems.

i hope, at least. i hope if we're still around millions of years later we'll be better than we are now, looking down on our old selves like "man, we were dumb"

However evil presents itself in the very gift of lifegiving that saved their planet, with issues like making "worker drones" or any sapient life made with a singular purpose that usually involves their bodies being physically unfit to do anything else (many things fit into this catagory) and the most dangerous also being one that is also accidental, being the creation of disease or ailments. Lot more than just this but nonetheless

Also Fritz casually know about the most classified top secret stuff about the planetnids' intent with earth because of Comet. most of it entails "their governments suck and we're not going to give them shit we need to go straight to the civilian population"

#unethical fauna is also a problem in their world #either by creating fauna to be living weaponry #living tools #or living decoration #they are horrified by our pugs and our exotic bullies and our goldfish and our pigeons and our cats and our #ntls-24722 #djmm #dj music man #comet #(almost) daily music man #drohnen

[bananaapplewaffle]

You know, I'll save the rant, but the more I think about Obey Me!: Nightbringer the more its obvious that this is a soft reboot but damn should they have just bit the bullet and did the whole reboot.

I lied I ended up ranting

This going back into the past to retell the Celestial War, something that should have been don early on, is being told by going in the past, and we've already been told that we'll go back to the present, so like why make it a whole thing?

Just go into the past, learn about the lore then dip. Why linger and reforge pacts that you should already have, unless we're going back in the same timeline (would sure love it if they actually put a cap on Barbatos' powers), then we'll be losing our pacts as we go back and have to reforge that at entirely different time (a time in which they're more like the angel selves despite just losing a fucking war and losing their status as angels, but no I guess it's just another fucking Tuesday).

And like the fact that only the brothers will be datable at the start...AGAIN is dumb

And the new three that you meet in S4 (S4? I don't know her and so do a lot of other players, but fuck us. "If you wanna know the story, go play the game that you're struggling in, this is a pay to play, what aren't you getting, dumbass?") are still not datable is like dumb.

There's also the whole "dance battles are dead, only rhythm game now, but don't worry the format of "2-3 battles every 1 story is still the same, we know how much you guys liked that :)"

God Nightbringer is literally just Obey Me 2 with a shiny new paint job.

"Nothing really changed, give us your money. Oh and thanks for giving us money while we knew good and well that we were basically abandoning this lmao"

Oh last thing before I dip,

Obey Me! will die. They will shut down the servers. People have already stopped their VIP memberships and many have/will delete the game.

It will end up costing too much to keep both apps running, so one gotta go, the one that isn't bringing in the cash flow.

#waffle rants about obey me #obey me #obey me nightbringer

[ranger-ribbons]

almost nothing was in my control + The Psycho Rangers (individual or plural); In Space or based on their comic selves~

I did not expect this when I woke up this morning, but I'll allow it! Sorry it took me so long!

~

"Almost nothing was in our control," Red growls, yanking his fist out of the wall. He turns to his brothers and sisters.

He both hates and loves them, created and programmed to only feel the urge to destroy, and yet somehow given emotion enough to love the beings he was created with, at least enough to recognize them as Like Him, as his family.

"What do we do now?" Psycho Pink demands, crossing her arms over her chest plate as she stares into Red's eyes. "We're not gonna let her win, are we?"

Red growls at the reminder of Astronema, the reason they're not in corporeal form. The reason they're ghosts instead of among the living anymore. The reason the damn Rangers aren't already dead.

"No," Red says with a snarl. "No, we're not done." He stares at his brothers and sister and nods to himself. "Let's go. We'll find some other way to get those Rangers."

"Why should we listen to you?" Blue demands, angry and powerful. And perfectly within his right to demand.

"Your plans have hardly gotten us any close to the Rangers!" agrees Yellow. Black nods, throwing his metaphorical hat into the ring.

"If you have another way to get the Rangers, be my guest," Red growls, "but if you don't, then follow me."

Blue, Yellow, and Black all pause, then with a little scoff, they fall into line behind Red as Pink steps up to his side. Red decides then and there, he likes her at his side better than Blue. Red hums, self satisfied.

"Now, then," he says, "here's the plan."

~

@augment-techs

#power rangers #power rangers in space #ask #mutuals #augment techs #thanks techs! #the psycho rangers #prompt #prompt fill #mad writes #ask game #asks open

[crayonurchin]

The fact that as a nearly 27 year old woman, I can tell the anxious and depressed teenagers I work with that not only does it get better, but THEY get better, is wonderful. It doesn't fix their issues, it just gives them a view of a future where things have improved.

As a nearly 27 year old woman who's going through her first 'real' heartbreak and breakup, still lives at home, is terrified to try dating or exploration of sexualities and being more open, does not have a full time job or the ability to move out without moving so far away I'd have to quiet my part time entertainment job, has no clue if she'll ever fall in love again or get married or adopt kids and is still struggling with PTSD from stuff that happened in school, work, life and my own untreated for years mental state... Yeah I want the 37 year old me to reach out and show that it'll all get better and I will get better.

But 37 year old me isn't here yet, nor is 27 year old me. 26 year old me, at least, is trying to make better changes.

Yes, I have lost someone I thought I'd marry. It's sad. I miss her. I miss us. I am so happy she's moved on to bigger and better things and I am so sad it didn't go the way I so badly wanted. But one day, I think I'll be with someone who I love and who loves me back, in that intimate way I loved her. We'll geek over special interests, crave each others company without NEEDING it, help each other to keep being our best selves and live our own lives whist living a life together. She will hold me close and I'll feel at home. And I'll look on this experience as a sad but, as something that at least showed me that I can feel love. And that love I did feel was amazing.

Yes I am not in a career and I'm afraid of GETTING that career and not liking it. But I'm also lucky that I like my current weekend entertain work a lot, and it's shown me WAY more skills that I didn't know I even had! I wrote a god damn book. I'm still looking for a publisher but holy shit I wrote an entire book. And I want to write more! I might have freelance coming up and in April I'll be recording my audio drama, which will help me apply to voice based things. YES, it's not a career yet, but I'm so much more qualified than I used to be!

Yes I still live at home. Because fucking hell I have had a ROUGH 20s. I was so mentally unstable for so long and had no idea. I was genuinely ready to kill myself several times. And that's hard to admit. I'm autistic and have ADHD! I need legit help with things others don't! I look high functioning because of my socialising abilities but I can't keep my space clean. I can't do paperwork. I can't remember to talk to people without alarm set reminders. My OCD still rules so much of my life, my PTSD age regressed me. I'm only just learning to experience anger and jealousy without beating myself up.

Yes. It's hard to believe anyone likes me. I feel so unlikable and boring and annoying. And I know that's almost certainly not true. I have friends. I have new friends. I have a... sort of crush, maybe. I have family that love me. I have people asking to hang out.

I worry all the time I'm a selfish and evil and cruel and fake person. I want to become a better person and work on my flaws, but also the level of bad I feel is probably because of my OCD.

17 year old me thought she was a murderer. Spoiler. I wasn't. I was mentally unwell and suffering with OCD that gave me intrusive thoughts.

I know some of my changes are good. I've started feeling that autistic euphoria from a special interest again. Today I drove home from a gig, and the sky kept producing the most 'shaped' clouds. My heart went glowy. I have missed feeling glowy.

One day 37 year old me will be very happy 26 going on 27 year old me tried her best.

#vent #but like #positive vent? #I mention some dark stuff but it's ultimately looking on the bright side of things

[0721am]

sevgilim, barish 💜

it's July 9th! my dearest bestie, happy ARMY day to you! @thelilacdews

we've been army for almost six years now. soon, we'll be celebrating our 10th anniversary. As I grow older, I deeply cherish this tradition. Quite certain if we were physically near, then we'd have thrown a party or planned different hangouts. still, despite the distance, we are committed to celebrating our b'day in the most beautiful way. and, the best part is that the significant dates in bts's life perfectly align with ours.

I feel like our future selves will be grateful to our present selves for doing this tradition with utmost sincerity and respect. 💜

I'm so lucky to meet you. i never felt this luckier in my entire life.

so, on this very special occasion, I thought, why not go down memory lane and rejoice in some cute, cringe, and charming memories.

the first place belongs to my sautan, honeyjoonie. I was really jealous of this woman for capturing Joon's heart. he smiled at her! ah, damn. I still feel the pain

then, your infamous weapon - the username magnet. minyoonjispussy never left my mind

then, we watched PTD LA with Ru on our private discord server.

our AO3 adventure - reading Ukiyo with you was so nice. It was really warm and cosy to have a reading partner.

then, year-end award function nights were just so fantastic. we became ARMY in the best year. like, I can't even imagine becoming an ARMY in 2020.

I remember how you frantically waited for me to talk about the release of "Chicken Noodle Soup." we both couldn't contain our excitement over Hobi's performance. the man was too good.

To be honest, my memories are fuzzy. I wished I had journaled the small moments, and yeah, if you remember anything sweet, do share it with me.

my dearest, i hope the day goes well for you.

12 days to go! 💜💜

—yours, Teeeee!

#yellowrosejour #hbdbarish #moonbirthday

[mliter]

Sonic Frontiers.

I stayed up the night this released. The marketing cycle for this game was so eventful, making me more and more excited with every twist and turn.

This was Sonic's newest flagship title after the tragedy that was Sonic Forces. This is an open zone world game, where Sonic can freely run around like in the Sonic CD intro. Upon starting the game, you'll find yourself in cyberspace, the first stage. It has as absolutely amazing track that introduces you to the tone for the rest of the game. Afterwards, you're in the game. After a quick tutorial, you're free to explore the game and do what you want. The game's structure is quite simple. Gather all the chaos emeralds, go fight the titans. You can approach that in any way or order you want. I look forwards to see how speedrunners will do this. Sonic controls buttery smooth, and if he doesn't, you can tweak how he handles to an intensive level. After years of debate as to what's the best Sonic control scheme, they just told us to do it our damn selves. I like that. Each island is sprinkled with little gimmicks from various sonic games. Springs, hoops, dash panels, you get the gist. There's plenty of mini Sonic levels just throughout the islands. The open zone format they were insisting on calling this really interesting to me. I don't know if we'll see it again, but damn was it good. My friends who usually laugh at me and write off sonic as dogshit picked this game up on a whim, and have already completed their 2nd playthroughs. It's fun to explore in this game.

The overworlds are fantastic. Kronos Island, Ares Island and Chaos Island are fantastic. Ares Island is my favorite to run around, and Chaos Island has my favorite theme. Each world has it's own gimmicks.

Combat's a thing in this game. Sonic realized that he's gonna need a lil more than a homing attack to take care of the enemies here (it would've been really cool to see him acknowledge this though...). It was really cool to see Sonic Team's take on how Sonic fights. And for me, they got it down to a tea. They represented the way he handles people perfectly. He's not strong like Knuckles, or a master of combat like Shadow. He's just fast. He uses his speed to confuse and overwhelm the opponent with intense aggression. Fighting as sonic isn't too complicated here. Many of his skills are mapped to easy 2 step button combinations that blend in with basic movement. This is the way to have Sonic fight. I think they did this flawlessly. I'm not sure if we'll see it again, but i hope we do. The Cyloop is also a welcome addition to Sonic's arsenal. It fits him perfectly.

The bosses also got an upgrade. The minibosses that will roam around the world are some of the best boss battles in the series. They dead put boss fights you'd see in a 2000's Sonic game as something you'd see on the street. And they're great. They all has specific themes, which escalates when Sonic lays hands on them. It makes the battles more intense and enjoyable. My favorites are the Fortress, Squid, and Ghost.

Now the boss BOSS battles? These are the best boss fights in all of Sonic the Hedgehog. Since the chaos emeralds play a big role in the story again, every world boss is a superpowered fight on grand scale. The production quality was UPPED. Giganto, Wyvern and the Knight are exceptional. My favorite is the Wyvern. I feel as if i'm flying around like in the Unleashed opening cinematic. Sonic fights like an absolute BEAST here as well. I can't remember the last time i've seen him fight like that in official media. It was amazing to witness for the first time. The way Super Sonic was moving, beating their asses had my jaw on the floor.

The story? I didn't expect it. Sonic team doesn't carry the shame of telling serious stories with Sonic and his friends. It's as if they've stopped listening to the reviewers and influencers that desperately want a blue hedgehog to shit on. Sonic, Amy, Knuckles, Tails and Eggman are almost unrecognizable here. From their mannerisms, to how they react to things, to even their voice acting, these faces feel like characters again. A running theme with all of them outside of Sonic is some sort of change or growth. By the end of things, they resolve to live their lives in ways that they've decided are better for them. It was amazing to witness. The lore of the series is back. And the story expands upon the sonic lore that's been stagnant for years, going as far as introducing a fantastic new character that's tied to one that's been around since the beginning. It was an absolute marvel to hear past events come up again as well.

Sonic Frontiers marks change. Like change, it wasn't perfect, and it got quite ugly at a few points. But it happens. The direction of Sonic is changing, the characters are changing. The management is changing. I think we're on a good path. There's confidence in this character again. I think we're heading back into the Sonic i fell in love with back then. This game made me happy. We're back.

#sonic the hedgehog #game log #best of 2022

[kyiratodoroki]

The following is... my feeble attempt to put into words my thoughts and feelings regarding the man known as Dabi. It is obsessive and deep with hints of spice and an undercurrent of sorrow for this thing that exists in a reality just beyond my reach. I do firmly accept the concept of shifting and, in this case, need to believe that my - we'll say distraction - is vested in something more than loneliness and a vivid imagination. It doesn't bother me if people disagree. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. It's fine. 😊 My own will not falter.

CW & Such: soicy adult themes, references to BDSM lifestyle, an ambiance of obsession... etc etc...

🌒🌟🌘

My Dearest Dabi,

You're my world.

Those three words say so much yet still feel insufficient. I don't know how to tell you, how to put this complicated mess of thoughts and emotions into coherent sentences. How can I properly express these feelings that run so deep  even I can't begin to understand them? You came into my life unexpectedly and consumed me. My body. My heart. My soul. I wanted you, loved you like nothing I'd ever known before. It scares me to feel this way because our situation is so damn complicated. It hurts.

Night after night, I lie awake in bed and long for you. We've somehow bridged this spatial divide despite all the odds and found something so rare and precious. We've glimpsed into one another's soul, picked through the broken pieces scattered there, and even though the edges cut our proverbial fingers, we've vowed to help each other mend our shattered selves and bring some sense of peace to the chaos of who we are.

Your presence fills an emptiness I never knew I possessed until the moment I met you. One look and I was lost. One touch and I was yours. You ignited a need in me that only you can sate, The desire burns: a constant, raging inferno. I guess I should have expected as much from someone with a fire quirk, and the fire you create burns hotter than any other, doesn't it?

Even when we're apart, I can feel the ghost of you. The hot brush of your breath on my neck, your hand buried between my thighs.Your fingers stroke and tease, too much to bear yet not enough - because I can never get enough - and you won't stop until I'm begging, pleading for all of you. The way you push me to my limit never fails to leave me breathless.

My tongue cannot forget the taste of you, the flavor of smoke and metal and want. The texture of your hair and your skin is imprinted on the tips of my fingers. I've memorized the landscape of your body, all the places that make you shake and groan, all the ways to draw my name from your lips and drive you to the brink of desperation, wanting you to want me just a little more each time we're entwined with one another.

There is never a moment in time that I'm not aching for you, but you know that. Don't you? You must sense it in the way my gaze follows your every move, the way I'm always reaching for you, touching you. I'm greedy. 

My trust is fragile. It always has been. I've been hurt more times than I can count. But when your hand is at my throat, the weight of your body trapping mine against the bed (or the wall or the floor or…), there is no hesitation in my longing, and the pain you inflict is welcomed - or more precisely craved - for the pleasure that blossoms in its wake. I don't question for a single second whether or not you'll stop if I utter the word: the word I've never had to speak because you seem to know by instinct those limitations I myself have yet to find. 

These words for all their truth fall short, barely skimming the depths of the love I have for you. They cannot capture the true nature of my yearning or convey the lengths to which I would go for you. Only for you. There is no other in this or any reality who could hope to coax from my heart and my soul such devotion. Without you, there is nothing. Without us, I am nothing. Everything that you are is everything that I need. No other will ever do. Never forget how much I love you. 

Eternally Yours

Kyira

#dabi love #dabi #reality shifting #yes my obsession is unhealthy but i don't care #obsessed #i would sell my soul for him #soulbound #soulmates #touya todoroki #the love of my life #dabi musings #eternal love

[maguro13-2]

Justice for All ~ Origins of the Ink Demon Chapter 2 Pt.5

[Downtown Boston]

Kaguya : So...Why are we heading to somewhere around downtown?

Kimial Diehl : No special reason.

Ashley : We're on way to somewhere we haven't visited.

Kaguya : So...?

Kimial Diehl : So, we can get a nice clear visit to the Gorgon Sisters? They'll make a lovely home here in town. Somewhere that you never heard that they have been incarcerated for the crimes they did against humanity.

Kaguya : What makes you say that they'll have a lovely home for what?

Ashley : Oh, you'll find out surely.

[Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta by Geto Boys plays]

[South Bay House of Correction]

[the gang exits the bus where they are at the entrance]

Ashley : Well, this is it.

Kaguya : So, this must be the place.

Kimial Diehl : Seems like it. This is where they must be at. So, look nice, stay sharp, and let it slide. [puts on a pair of shades]

Prison Guard : [reading a magazine] Hmm? Hey, are you Ashley the Witch and Kimial Diehl?

Ashley : Yep, that's us. That's me, this is my partner, and over here is this, umm, woman that is, umm, a woman in both law and corporate.

Kimial Diehl : Yeah! A woman in both law and corporate! She is very good in excellencies and a talented person!

Prison Guard : Hmmm...[Kaguya is sweating nervously]

Kaguya : Uhhh....Mmmm...Yep, I'm a good business woman! I have something in my...Ummm...How do you put this? I have something in my intelligence to tell you something, I'm Kaguya, the business woman, and I'm from a place called Japan! I'm with these two!

Prison Guard : Oh, a woman from Japan, I see. Okay then, right this way!

[cuts to the gang entering the visitor room]

Ashley : Alrighty, then. Time for us to give the call.

Kimial Diehl : Right on.

Prison Guard : Prisoners! You got visitors.

Medusa : Okay, We'll get it. [picks up telephone] Oh, It's you again, come to rub my face with that demon wand of yours?

Ashley (via phone) : Nah, we just come here for a visit. So, what's your deal and involvement to those relatives of the Kusakabe? Well?

Medusa : Well, apparently, we have figured it out that we managed to learn our consequences for our past actions of bringing danger to humanity. But I don't get it, why did anyone think bringing terror to the world was a stupid idea! Oh we felt so stupid!

Ashley : Yeah, I just wanted to make you cut some slack into it. So any last ideas of how you did manage to create those Heartless Doppelgangers after our last interrogation?

Arachne (via phone) : Apparently, it was Xehanort that used us to create those heartless doppelgangers, a trio to think that we bring terror to humanity and had our thoughts of destroying the Kusakabe Legacy, the real reason is that the Demon Weapons that I have created. It turns out that they weren't made from the witches from their selves.

[a flashback shows Shinigami taking his face off revealing to be Shotaro himself looking in the mirror]

Arachne : It was Shotaro the Dokeshi, a kid who was the author's first protag that presumed to be the first hero of the Ohkuboverse, or for something like that. He is a Dokeshi that is known for eating bones that gives him superpowers, them Dokeshi are beings that uses 50-60% of their brains to have these powers, he then helped a spectral woman named Amaterasu and Yohei, who was that wizard named Eibon! They're the ones who created the Demon Weapons and you guys knew that Witchkind wasn't stupid enough to create those kind of beings! They thought we the witches knew that things had been gone bad since the Men of Influence had been keeping it all of this a secret in the Ohkubo verse longer then we expected, but in this case, Shotaro as Shinigami has been abusive to witches and I never seen him as an arrogant God to the new world that Shinra mentioned that he created it for him. Shinigami this, Shinigami that, why would a stupid bone-eating kid would want to become Shinigami? And all the lies we've been deceiving from the eyes of Shinra, makes everyone, fighting each other, hating each other, and creating heartless with becoming an evil force to us, everyone reminded the humans of what really happened to Sofia Ressa Valk I

[flashes to image that shows a witch (Sofia Ressa Valk I) tied up to the stake, about to burned by the humans]

Sofia Ressa Valk I :[voice heard] You heartless humans! I'll make you all pay for what you've done to everything! When I'm gonna do to have my revenge! I will never forgive that Kusakabe bastard!

[flashes back to the present]

Ashley : So, what you're saying that a kid named Shotaro has been Shinigami the entire time and nobody could see it? The bones of a Dokeshi that he eats comes from animals or humans that caused the creations of the deathscythes and weapons, my people were at sake from this racial crisis, and the weapons made by a man and a spectral woman that used to be the main curse of Shinra's insanity. Yohei, a man who sided with Shotaro that becomes the wizard known as Eibon that used his knowledge for the weapons and scythes, and Amaterasu, the spectral woman who has been living inside of Shinra for way too long. Eventually, she was the ghost of his own heart and soul that literally melted Shotaro's bones to make the weapons all humans. That might be the true reason that the Demon Weapons were created by the three of them. It all makes sense now that the weapons the meisters have been wielding were bones made from Shotaro. But can you think that Alchemy might be the "secret ingredient" and I bet it's no coincidence.

Medusa (via phone) : Yes, let's just sink it in that Alchemy is the secret ingredient for the Demon Weapons. Let's just sink that in. And oh, one more thing I've got to tell you. After my Heartless Doppelganger that the Keyblade wielder destroyed, heartless me created a biological weapon that was designed for complete genocide! It's called the Kuro Dokeshi, codename: Black Clown, a man-made weapon that could surpass the heartlesses or Shinra's grandson, all controlled by the powers of Ink and Heartless DNA, the ultimate weapon that will put an end to humanity. No weapon in the world could defeat a weapon that will destroy the planet, but this hardly knew that it was all Ansem's fault that he used to manipulate everyone from Soul, what kind of fantasy world are we living in? We witches were doomed from the Start of Soul World. This is the real world, we need to wake up! But I know a weapon that Nintendo had got it from peach to control Vibes of their own back in 2006.

Ashley (via phone) : Alrighty then, what is that weapon that controls the vibes of their own?

Medusa Gorgon : I'll tell you what's the secret weapon that can calm the madness down. It's called the vibe of Calmness, it is a powerful vibe that can stop anyone's vibe from an evil force, and just like it's how the light was used against the darkness within all the hearts.

Kaguya : Maybe you're right about that. A biological weapon that could easily the destroy the planet? Heh, I don't want to think about the research on whether it's man-made from that Heartless Doppelganger Medusa or created as a Heartless to destroy Mankind. But we do know that Keyblades are the source of one's heart, and that's basically a power system. Not much on how Disney ever get those needed in place. But, I do if there's really a place were the earth is how that Medusa Gorgon fella manage to create a Biological Weapon? I wonder where is that research facility of her's.

Medusa Gorgon : I don't own any lair or research facilities. But I do know one research facility where the clowns that "she" created during one of her experiments. The location for the facility, is in Africa. A Warp Pipe zone will directly lead you to it!

Prison Guard : Okay, times up. Now come along you three.

Medusa Gorgon : Listen, the three of you! The Research Facility for the Man-Made clowns by Medusa is located in Africa, and I'm not the one that is doing all this mess, we confessed our crimes, we've been duped by the fouls of Ansem! Please, dectectives, you've got to destroy facility, find the man-made clown research facility and destroy the clown! [The Gorgon gets taken away by the guard]

Ashley : Okay! I will find that facility and destroy it! And whatever it takes, I must put a stop to Anserm before the Darkness swallows Soul World whole! Come on, three of you. Let's go pay a visit to Nevada first! Cause we're going to see the Son of Shinra Kusakabe himself. [the gang walks away] Nobody in the real world is going to get away with, immediately. I will save mankind from evil.

~ Twentieth Scene : Operation : Mad Clown Pt.1 ~

#super mario bros #super smash bros #warioware #soul eater #b.ichi #fire force #enen no shouboutai #bendy and the ink machine #ashley #penny crygor #kimial diehl #gorgon sisters #nintendo #hal laboratory #square enix #joey drew studios #crossover #drama #dark comedy #horror #mystery #thriller #supernatural #dark fantasy #sci-fi #action #adventure #crime

[kiyuomi]

@lcvariposeri​  :  "I know that look. You're going to verbally murder that setter again, aren't you?" ( Komori ofc )

was  it  the  increasing  grasp  on  leather  encapsulated  volleyball,  or  the  glare  that  could  probably  make  a  small  child  (  or  adult,  really  )  cry?  either  way,  to  the  innocent  bystander,  it’s  really  not  all  that  different  from  sakusa’s  oh–so–friendly  usual  demeanour.  family  knows  him  better  than  most,  apparently.  stupid  komori  and  his  ability  to  not  miss  anything.

❝  i  don’t  know  what  you’re  talking  about.  ❞  though,  he  does,  in  fact,  know  exactly  what  he’s  talking  about,  considering  the  snide  remarks.  ❝  his  team’s  the  one  who  have  to  deal  with  him,  not  us.  let’s  do  some  more  drills.  ❞

#lcvariposeri #‧ ₊˚ ┊ 𝙨𝙖𝙠𝙪𝙨𝙖 ; in chara. #‧ ₊˚ ┊ 𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 ; answered. #sakusa mid-glare: what?? no i'm not. *squeezes the volleyball so tight it pops* #LOOOOOOOL #also thank u for providing me with itachiyama content #we'll do it our damn selves. #tw murder mention

[queerfables]

like I can’t get over the fact that one of the few episodes of Supernatural that I ever actually watched was the fucking pilot, and I watched it fifteen years ago when it fucking aired and I swear, I knew at the time it that is was going to be Something but I had no idea that something was going to be. this. 

#destiel #supernatural #i am so sorry to everyone who follows me but this is who I am this month #I'm going Full Conspiracy Theoriest #I'm done holding back #if the show won't save cas from the empty we'll do it our damn selves

[stormlit]

( @worldwell / brains )

        ❝ weird without him here, innit? ❞ she keeps looking to her side, where she expects rab to be, same as she’s looking at where his cot was in this tent, before. it’s like a part of her is missing, or something. not that she’s ever going to tell rab that. 

#worldwell #MAISIE RICHARDS / ic. #MAISIE RICHARDS / verse / main. #me fulling embracing that i am a tess blog first and a multi second #anyway tony won't give us ppl talking about rab after he's in hospital? WE'LL DO IT OUR DAMN SELVES #LIKE EVERYONE GOOD ABOUT THIS SHOW

[themadauthorshatter]

TOPPAT!CHARLES PART 6

HEY! HEY, YOU!

Don't scroll past this!

Why, you ask?

Simple.

TIME FOR TOPPAT!CHARLES PART 6!!!!!

Sorry if I scared you there, I'm just über excited for this one, I sincerely am, you have no idea!!! 

If you haven’t read the previous parts, you can find them RIGHT HERE: 

Part 1: 

Part 2: 

Part 3: 

Part 4: 

Part 5:

Previously on Toppat!Charles: Our pilot friend learned the hard way it's not a good idea to say 'no' to the Right Hand Man, and has accepted his offer. Meanwhile, Henry has been having nightmares of his different end selves disagreeing with his decision and chastising him for letting Charles get taken by Right.

HEADCANON/THEORY FOLLOWING OF THE CHAPTER: Watch this theory by Two Left Thumbs, and you'll know instantly. A hint, though, Ellie is dealing with this in her own way; she and Henry ARE connected in more ways than one😉: https://youtu.be/LjOCfKOqkic

Got that? FANTASTIC!!

LET'S DIVE RIGHT BACK IN!!!!

Henry walks down a hallway and toward a break room for breakfast; he, Ellie, and Charles do have an apartment, but the general wants them to stay until Charles is back home safely. 

It has been at least a few weeks since part 5, and that time, in addition to the nightmares, has taken its toll. Henry’s hair is messy, his clothes are wrinkled, and bags have formed under his eyes. 

As he reaches the doorway, someone is there to greet him. 

“Morning, Mr. Stickmin.” 

Bill Bullet sits at one of the tables, having just finished his own breakfast and is now fidgeting with his empty coffee cup. 

Henry takes a seat across from him and rests his head on his hand. 

“You doing alright? You look like Hell in a hand basket.” 

'Hard time sleeping,' Henry signs as he yawns.

"Well, don't go sleeping on me. We're moving today."

Henry looks up at him, now awake and alert.

"Some of my men saw movement from the orbital station on oir satellite. They might be paying Earth a visit."

Henry pulls a newspaper ad out of his pocket and uncrinkles it and shows it to Bullet, tapping on it.

It's an add for a museum exhibit in a neighboring city close to the one Henry robbed in StD, said exhibit being a sapphire, like a large sapphire, like the size of the diamond, ruby, and emerald. It's tempting for Henry to not steal the sapphire and slip back into old habits.

This is an excellent target for the clan.

'The Right Hand Man should be, too.'

Bullet smirks and nods. "I've got a team ready for you. We'll leave on your call."

TIME JUMP TO THE MUSEUM!!!!!

Henry and his team and Ellie enter the museum with little to no problem; Henry brought Ellie for emotional support and so he could show her the sapphire. (A small gift to her for everything she's done as his friend)

They have some close calls like Ellie almost getting seen by a guard, one of the CCC men almost shoots another guard "just in case," and another guard almost falls on yet another guard.

After that, they get to the sapphire exhibit and take out the guards in a way that doesn't get them (the guards) killed. After that, they all sit down and play the waiting game.

The CCC men do a sweep of the area and ready themselves at different parts of the exhibit, hiding in spots and ready to strike. Ellie and Henry take a seat near the sapphire itself, admiring it before focusing back on the mission.

Henry lets his mind wander, thinking about how once they save Charles, Henry will take his place in the CCC. It's the kind of thought that gives them a sick feeling, but all he can think is 'As long as Charles is safe, it'll be worth it.'

He remembers Terrence's words about how life is for living and bites his tongue.

I've seen families live together just fine with no riches, no crime, and no Toppat Clan. We really meant that little to you?

He gets a tap on his shoulder and looks over to see Ellie holding out a cup of coffee to him, a thermos, maybe two, next to her.

"I thought you could use some, since we're gonna be here for a while."

Henry shakes his head and tries to push it away. 'No thanks. I don't really like coffee. Gives me a headache.'

Ellie gives him a withering look. "When was the last time you got a good night's sleep?"

When Henry doesn't answer, Ellie smirks and holds out the coffee once more. "Yeah, thought so."

Henry rolls his eyes and takes the cup, signing with his free hand, 'Fine. When did you become my mother?'

"When you became a child," Ellie barks as she lightly bonks Henry on the head. "And when you came back from visiting your father." She leans back and puts the back of her free hand against her eyes, looking as dramatic as possible. "What they say is true: A boy really needs the love of a mother."

Henry scoffs and shakes his head with a smile before writing on her palm again with his finger. 'I already have a mother.'

Ellie sits straight, now intrigued. "You don't talk about them a lot. Your parents, I mean."

Henry raises an eyebrow and points to her as he nods, gesturing either, 'You don't, either' or 'Neither do you.' Same message, different phrasing.

It's Ellie's turn to shake her head. "They're not people I want to talk about. I doubt my dad would let me visit him, even in a situation like this."

Henry pauses from drinking his coffee.

"Your dad said life is for living. I can't say he's wrong for saying that." She turns her head to Henry, looking him in the eye even those he's staring off into outer space/zoning out. "It's just hard to live life when..." She looks away again, lowers her voice, just so the CCC men don't hear her, and clenches her fists on her knees. "When you can't stop living."

Henry nods as he goes for another sip of coffee.

Then he stops.

'It's hard to live life when you can't stop living.'

Those words make Henry slowly lower his cup and turn to Ellie, looking at her both incredulously and with fear.

"What?" He asks under his breath.

Before Ellie can answer, something is thrown into the exhibit and EXPLODES, filling the room with smoke and no one really getting too injured.

The CCC men fall one by one from being grabbed from behind and put into a sleeper hold, and the toaats responsible run over, mostly undetected because of the smoke.

Henry is seemingly tackled down by Ellie as the two hear glass breaking above them.

The sapphire's case is open.

Henry sees a toppat get close and shoots him in the shoulder, not enough to kill him but enough to get him running away.

"Good shot!" Ellie yells between coughs because the alarms been set off.

Henry points to his gun, then to his hand as he shakes his head with a "Mh-mm." 'I was aiming for his hand.'

The two go toe to toe with a pair of toppats like in the very beginning of this series, but something's different. When Henry kicks his opponent away, the toppat scurries away from the two. And Ellie's just runs when she's just started fighting.

"What's going on?"

Henry shrugs and then looks over at the sapphire.

You know that face and stance he does in Toppat King when the rocket takes off without him? Weeeeellll...

Henry's face drops completely as he holds the sides of his face, gasping loudly.

Ellie is equally flabbergasted, and a little annoyed at how well this plan actually worked in the toppat's favor.

A little too well, I'd say.

"What do we-"

Henry runs after the toppat Ellie was fighting before she can finish asking him.

The three race through multiple exhibits, the toppat throwing down trash bins and benches in order to slow them down.

Henry, however, has the power of friendship and adrenaline and keeps up with him evry step of the way.

"Stop!" He yells. "Where is he!?"

The toppat fumbles, but still continues running. Ellie picks up her pave unitl she's in front of Henry.

"Where's Charles!?"

The chase takes the two of them outside, Henry falls behind, where the toppat makes a sharp turn to the wall.

Ellie sees this a second too late as she is hit in the nose with a cybernetic hand, knocking her down, but not knocking her out, even when a cybernetic foot is put on her freshly healed rib.

"'Ello. It's been a while, 'asn't it?"

Ellie glares up at Right and tries to move his foot.

"Last time I saw you, you had to get carried in a stretcher."

"And you took our friend," Ellie sneers.

Right rolls his eyes; these kids do not play around, which he admires, but it does get annoying when he's in a playing mood.

"Charles. Our friend. What did you do with him?"

Right smirks and looks over his shoulder. "Looks like this one missed you, after all. You'll fit in perfect with the two of them now." Right moves his foot and approaches whoever he's talking to, and Ellie takes this opportunity to try to get the jump on him.

The toppat sees this INSTANTLY.

🤨... I don't know anout you guys, but I feel like I'm forgetting something here.🤔🤔

OH, YEAH!!!

Henry runs out just in time to see this toppat shoot Ellie in the hip.

If this was a movie, we would hear nothing, no music, no talking, just the sound of the gun firing and echoing as the bullet either gets lodged in Ellie's hip or goes THROUGH her hip, close to the joint of her leg. We would get a shot of Ellie's face, eyes wide, brows furrowed and widely arced, like those despair looking anime faces, and lips slightly parted as shock sets in. We would also get three more shots, one from her perspective as she sees the toppat lower his gun,one behind Ellie as she falls back, and the third being on the ground and slightly in front of her as Henry freezes where he is and watches her fall.

BUT HE DOESN'T STAY THIS WAY.

"You BASTARD!" Henry screams as he charges toward Right, who steps back and throws him into the toppat.

The sight of him not only snaps Henry out of his rage, it completely throughs him into a despaired shock.

He's lost a lot of weight in his captivity, and Henry can feel it through his suit and see it in his cheeks, jaw, neck, and eyes, which are blood shot, empty and glassy. His hair's grown longer to where it is past his shoulders and kept in a low ponytail, the rest held back by gel and his own top hat so it stays out of his face. He's gotten pale from his time in space and not being exposed to sunlight and vitamin D.

For a second, neither recognize each other, but Henry is the first to as his chest goes hollow.

"Charles!" He quickly embraces his friend, who is still quiet and nit exactly reacting, but the gears start turning in his head as he realizes who's talking to and hugging him.

Right watches ans his smirk widens as Henry let Charles go and turns to him, tears pouring down his cheeks and now angry as hell.

"What did you do to him!?"

Right looks back at Charles, prompting Henry to do the same.

"Henry?"

A smile grows on Henry's face as he helps his friend up.

"Charles, I'm so sorry! I should've-"

BANG!

Henry falls backward, but doesn't die. Instead, the ground melts away beneath him and he gasps as the bullet wound heals on his forehead. You know that feeling you get when you're falling asleep and feel like your mattress is floating on the ocean waves? Henry feels that until he's back looking up at Right.

This time, he looks at Charles to see Charles is literally about to shoot him, but he hits and throws it away before Charles flips him over and smashes his fist into Henry's face repeatedly until Henry throws him off and stands back up, Charles standing as well and glaring at him, absolutely livid.

"Why'd you do it?" Charles growls. "Why didn't you help me when I needed you!?"

The hollow feeling in Henry's chest worsens as Charles stares him down. Part is him is more than willing to break down into tears, but all the time watching the tapes Right showed him in Part 5 have made his body producing tears next to impossible.

Right only stands back and watches because, as you probably put together, THIS is plan. Not only to take a friend, Charles, away from Henry, but to have said friend destroy him.

"I'm sor-"

Before Henry can finish, Charles punches him again.

"TELL ME!" His voice is a little broken, but he keeps yelling out of frustration and sheer anger because, yes, while Henry sent the destroyers and the government to help Charles, he didn't stop Right in the jungle during the mission. "WHY DIDN'T YOU STOP THEM!? WHY DIDN'T YOU HELP ME!? YOU JUST STOOD THERE AND LET ME GET TAKEN AWAY!"

Henry doesn't have the fight in him to stop Charles from yelling at him or punching him. He doesn't even have it in him to look Charles in the eye.

And that bothers Charles immensely.

"Why won't you say anything?" Charles asks. "No matter what, you've always stayed quiet."

When Henry still remains silent, Charles swings a punch into his face hard enough to make Henry fall down.

"SAY SOMETHING!"

Henry holds up his hands, revealing how much he's been crying and how hard Charles has been hitting him; Henry's nose is broken, one of his eyes his swollen shut, his lips are split, and a tooth is loose.

Physically unable to speak, Henry signs to Charles instead, 'I'm sorry.'

Charels quickly kneels down and snatches Henry's hand.

"I want to hear you say it."

Henry tries forcing those words out, but his throat tightens up and leaves him unable to speak. He tries again and his crying becomes worse as he shakes his head.

"SAY IT!" Charles screams.

Henry breaks down as he shakes his head again, signing and gesturing as much as he can.

Charles rises to his feet, his eyes going glassy and his face expressionless. "I figured as much." He kicks Henry in the mouth and turns to Right. "We're done here. Send a message back to the station. We got the sapphire."

Right nods as his smirk becomes a smile. "Yes, sir."

Henry stands up on shaky legs and stiltedly walks towards his friend.

"Ch-Charles."

Charles shuts his eyes and heaves a breath through his nose, his top hat in his hands.

"Charles, w-wait-"

Charles wheels around as he watches Henry stumble toward him.

"I... I-"

"Don't bother."

Charles holds the hand gun Henry made him drop and aims it at Henry.

"I've heard enough."

When Charles shoots, Henry does not feel the bullet when it is lodged into his waist.

Henry is standing long enough to see Right, Charles, and any remaining toppats be beamed up to the orbital station with the sapphire.

The glare from Charles stays in Henry's mind as he falls, eyes locked on the night sky as Charles's words replay over and over in his mind.

Ellie groans as she crawls over to Henry and falls on her good side, where Charles didn't shoot her.

"We tried," she says as she breathes shakily and hold his shoulder, more his shirt, but I digress. "We tried."

The CCC guards do eventually wake up and get Ellie and Henry back to the government base. Both get immediate medical attention, which leads to Henry getting surgery to get the bullet out and seeing Ellie suddenly begin to panic and shout repeatedly, "I can't feel my leg!"

TIME JUMP TO AFTER HIS SURGERY!

Henry wakes up in his own room and finds that Galeforce is sitting in a chair, hunched forward, fists shaking, and his hat off.

"General?"

Galeforce puts his hat back on and sits straight. His eyes are red rimmed and have bags underneath them now. "Morning, Henry. How're you feeling?"

Henry holds his hand out and sort of tilts it on a way to say, 'Fine.'

Galeforce forces a smile and sighs.

"Ellie's still in the infirmary. That shot form-" He gulps and coughs a little bit. "-From the toppat... did a number on her leg. She won't be on the field for a long time."

Henry sits up, even when his body aches, and picks up a pen and notepad on his bedside table.

'They got the sapphire.'

Galeforce nods. "I know."

Henry shakes as he writes on the notepad again before dropping both and resting his forehead on his knees while loosely hugging his knees. Galeforce hangs his head and lets Henry cry; he doesn't really have much to say anyway.

'Charles,' the notepad reads.

HOLY SHIT DID THIS ONE TAKE FOREVER!!!!!

But that is a really good thing😁!

I hope you all enjoyed this one because I certainly did!!

I'm probably going to take a break from this for a little bit because of how much of an emotional roller coaster this is, and so I don't get burn out. I will come back to this because I love this series, I guess you can say I'm letting my cake cool down before adding the frosting or letting the pot sit so it make good caramel or fudge.

Thank you, thank you, thank you all so much for following this series. I appreciate each and every one of you so much!

I hope you all stay safe this season, thank you again for reading and following, and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!

#henry stickmin #toppat!charles #ellie rose #ellry #angst #gun tw #blood tw #violence tw #theory #charles calvin