#yu-gi-ou-hi

[the-babygirl-polls]

Babygirl Polls Lineup: Week Three

Hi everyone! Here is the lineup for the third week of the Babygirl Polls! Thanks to everyone for your submissions!

Chris McLean (Total Drama)

Diego Brando (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Benjamin/Hokma (Lobotomy Incorporation)

Sir Crocodile (One Piece)

Leone Abbacchio (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Getou Suguru (Jujustsu Kaizen)

Yami Bajura (Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters)

Troy Barnes (Community)

Cahara (Fear and Hunger)

Zuke (No Straight Roads)

Five Pebbles (Rain World)

Obito Uchiha (Naruto)

Matt (Eddsworld)

Spamton G. Spamton (Deltarune)

Luo Binghe (Scum Villain Self Saving System)

Raphael (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Death (Discworld)

Kimimaro (Naruto)

Cronus Ampora (Homestuck)

Lorenz Hellman Gloucester (Fire Emblem)

The Doctor (Doctor Who)

Riddle Rosehearts (Twisted Wonderland)

Klaus (The Vampire Diaries)

Caroline (The Vampire Diaries)

Jammie Tartt (Ted Lasso)

Catra (She-Ra)

Adora (She-Ra)

Natalie (Yellowjackets)

Prince Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Caesar Flickerman (The Hunger Games)

Sasha Nein (Psychonauts)

Scott Pilgrim (Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off)

Vergil Sparda (Devil May Cry)

Aran Ryan (Punch Out!!!)

Raymond (Animal Crossing)

Randall Ascot (Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask)

Peter B. Parker (Into the Spiderverse)

DJ Octavio (Splatoon)

Tape (Paper Mario: Original King)

Tangent (I Was A Teenage Exocolonist)

Gargamel (The Smurfs)

Tobari Durandal Kumohira (Nabari no Ou)

Emil Castagnier (Tales of Symphonie: Dawn of a New World)

Israel "Izzy" Hands (Our Flag Means Death)

Deadpool (Marvel)

Viago (What We Do In The Shadows)

Julian Devorak (The Arcana)

Grimer Wormtongue (Fleetway Sonic Comics)

Will Turner (Pirates of the Caribbean)

Sea Hawk (She-Ra)

Muriel (Good Omens)

Axel (Kingdom Hearts)

Crowley (Good Omens)

Castiel (Supernatural)

Crowley (Supernatural)

Jack Skellington (Nightmare Before Christmas)

Bow (She-Ra)

Scorpia (She-Ra)

Frenchie (Our Flag Means Death)

Oluwande Boodhari (Our Flag Means Death)

Dr. James Wilson MD (House MD)

Seeley Booth (Bones)

Will Graham (Hannibal)

Niklaus Hendrix (Just Roll With It: Riptide)

Ambrosius Goldenloin (Nimona (2023))

Hawkeye Pierce (M*A*S*H*)

Sandalphon (Granblue Fantasy)

Kai (Kung Fu Panda)

Tai Lung (Kung Fu Panda)

Mikoko Mikoshiba/Mikorin (Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-Kun)

Saul Goodman/Jimmy McGill (Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul)

Doctor Starline (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Adam Stanheight (Saw (2004))

Infinite the Jackal (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Xenk Yendar (Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves)

Espio the Chameleon (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Neo (The Matrix)

Morgana Pendragon (BBC Merlin)

John Reese (Person of Interest)

Dr. Cameron (House MD)

Anthony "Anton" Herzen (Professor Layton and the Elysian Mask)

Drumbot Brian (The Mechanisms)

Ivan (Shadow and Bone)

Holland Vosjik (Shades of Magic)

Hannibal Lecter (Hannibal)

Jesus (The Bible)

Edgward/Nygma (Batman)

Gabriel Reyes/Reaper (Overwatch)

Big Boss (Metal Gear Solid)

Gunpowder Tim (The Mechanisms)

Gaueko (Nasty Dogs)

Hancock (Fallout)

Mothman (American Folklore)

Harry Wilson (Leverage: Redemption)

Kiyoka Kudou (My Happy Marriage)

Rand al'Thor (Wheel of Time)

Nam Seon-ho (My Country: The New Age)

Steven Grant (Marvel)

Howl Jenkins Pendragon (Howl's Moving Castle)

Redos (cuz i messed up in one way or another)

Jason Todd (DC Comics)

#poll lineup #the babygirl polls

[recycled-phantoms]

The Halloween Special Fic is out and will be updated daily!

Rating: Teen and Up

Chapters: 1/10

Warning/s: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death

Ship/s: Atem/Mutou Yuugi

Word Count: 3,691

Summary: “The summer seems sluggish until Yugi receives an email from Ryou, asking him to come and investigate a cryptid sighting he thinks might have resurfaced. Thinking it might be good fuel for the blog he runs alongside Joey, Yugi pitches the idea to his friend and starts to look into the sightings Ryou listed. But there’s something about this reawakened being—something that spurs him to look for more answers.”

#biblically-accurate writing #my writing #writers on tumblr #fanfic #yugioh #ygodm #yugioh au #dear mothman au #puzzleshipping #hurt/comfort #slow burn #cryptid!Yami #shadow demon yami #yugi mutou #pharaoh atem #yami yugi #jounouchi katsuya #joey wheeler #ryou bakura #amane bakura #(he’ll show up later but I felt like putting him in there)

[tonsiieur]

MEET THE ARTIST!!!!!!1!!!!

Call me Tom, Thomas, Tommy, WHATEVER.

Me chama de Tom, Thomas, Tommy, amante do Satan, foda-se.

FANDOMS:

DirectDoggo's games <333 (Emphasizing DSaF and Dialtown, my favs), Dead Plate, Omori, Bungou Stray Dogs.

UNINTERESTING FACTS ABoutT ME:

I'm a transboy, (abro) bi; My favorite colors are green and pink (obviously); I have a dog, his name is Apollo; My strongest headcanon is that Jack is trans; I like reptiles, but I hate geckos (And arachnids)

[ Sou transboy, bi; Minhas cores favoritas são verde e rosa (obviamente); Eu tenho um cachorro, o nome dele é Apollo; Meu headcanon mais forte é que o Jack é trans; Gosto de répteis, mas odeio lagartixas (e aracnídeos) ]

Fav songs:

★ Live Wire

★ Helena

★ Fighter

★ Robocop Gay

Fav things:

Draw, Davesport (I fucking love DAVESPORT) , dogs, DOGS, games, RPG maker games, lgbt people, chaotic books, chaotic clothes, chaotic, emos, goths, drawing old men, drawing old men kissing.

DNI:

Homophobic or any other type of prejudice, whether with ethnicity, race, sexuality, gender, etc.

I don't care at all about deaths, things with sExual content, aut0/mutil4tion, but this is kind of weird.

For the love of the dog, Don't interact if you don't like Davesport, if you're looking for people who don't like it, then you're a long way from home...

Don't interact in any way if you're a proshipper/comshipper, it's weird, you're fucking weird.

(homofóbico ou qualquer outro tipo de preconceito, seja de etnia, raça, sexualidade, gênero, etc.

Não me importo nem um pouco com mortes, coisas com conteúdo sexual, aut0/mutil4ção, mas isso é meio estranho.

Pelo amor do doguinho, Não interaja se você não gosta de Davesport, se procura pessoas que não gostam, então você está muito longe de casa...

Não interaja de forma alguma se você for um proshipper/comshipper, é estranho, você é estranho pra caralho.)

WHAT IS TOM DOING?

Currently I'm doing faggot comics about davesport. (@formyantichristlove / @nightshiftatdaves)been studying Russian and playing Yu-Gi-Oh.

(Atualmente estou fazendo comics viadas sobre Davesport. Tenho estudado russo e jogado Yu-Gi-Oh.)

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO PUT HERE, SO BYE.

I can speak English and Portuguese

E sim, fãs br de dsaf existem.

#meet the artist #what the fuck #i dont fucking know #nightshift at daves #artists on tumblr #davesport

[magpiejay1234]

So, let’s do Yuma’s name as well.

Yuma’s Surname is 九十九, Tsukumo. This is literally the Kanji writing of the number 99, alluding to the Number cards besides Numeron Dragon, and Barian Numbers. For each individual Kanji:

** 十 , Tsu literally means 10. tsu by its own doesn’t mean much, though it is used many other Japanese words.

** 九, Ku means literally 9, but it can also mean suffering, so it is generally spelled as kyuu instead. Same goes for 4 (gon instead of shi), and 7 (nana instead of shichi). But it also refers to some Buddhist concepts:

[noun] (Buddhism) (by extension) one's speech, one's words

[noun] (Buddhism) dukkha

**Mo sound is not in the Kanji spelling, because it means repetition. Tsukumo literally means 90 and 9, whereas the actual spelling of the Kanji would be kyuu juu kyuu, 9 10 9.

**The spelling, Tsukumo, has the word kumo (spider) in it, which can also be spelled as gumo, hence Kyoji Yagumo’s existence in the ZEXAL manga. Kumo can also mean clouds, and by proxy refer to the Sky. Tsuku-ru can also mean making, or creation, which refers to ZEXAL Creation ability of ZEXAL.

Interestingly, though Yuma’s name ends with “o”, it does not contain the “ou/oh” (King) sound in Yugi Muto, or Yusei Fudo. I don’t why this is the case, since Utopia’s Japanese name repeats the ou sound twice (Kibo no O, Hope, or King of Hope, Hope).

**遊, yu Kanji is the standard play Kanji for all Yu-Gi-Oh! protagonists.

**馬, ma Kanji literally means horse, in reference to uma. This specific Kanji is more commonly used in Shogi pieces, though, which explains Hishaku from ZEXAL manga’s existence. The ma Kanji used in the Shogi pieces, keima, katsura horse, and ryuma, dragon horse. Keima can be promoted to narikei (promoted katsura), and ryoma is a promotion of kakugyo (angle mover).

The promotion gimmick of Shogi here is likely alluded to for the Rank-Up gimmick of Xyz Monsters, though that specific in-game is actually a continuation of Level Up gimmick of LV monsters, so the symbolic meaning of Yugi’s LV monsters are transferred here.

Within the card game lore, though, Yuma’s horse motif is generally represented by a unicorn (ZW- Unicorn Spear, who is actually an alicorn), pegasus (ZW-Pegasus Twin Saber, or Anna’s Flying Pegasus Railroad Stampede, which literally features Anna riding Yuma), or Sleipnir (ZW-Sleipnir Mail). 

Pegasus is a somewhat repeating theme in ZEXAL, consider for example Durbe’s horse Mach, and his Number, Number 44: Sky Pegasus. It is likely meant to evoke the meaning of horses ridden by legendary heroes, and demigods, though in Yuma’s case it refers to Pegasus Seiya, titular character of Saint Seiya, who is the ZEXAL form’s inspiration. Horse motif might also be reference to Messianic figures associated with it, such as Kalki, or Mahdi in various Islamic sects. Pegasus is also a constellation, hence the space theming in Xyz Monsters, and ZEXAL in-general.

A bit more to ponder in the ma Kanji, it can also be spelled as me, which means Yuuma can be spelled as Yuume, which is similar to Yume, dream. Likely referring to how Numbers manifest into people’s desires. “Ma” in the context of Yu-Gi-Oh! also refers to the other Ma Kanji  魔, which can mean demon, or magic, likely alluding to the nature of Yuma as a vessel of a piece of Don Thousand.

There are probably more obtuse puns I’m missing, but this is all I have got by wiki skimming.

#shitposting #ygo random thoughts #ygo kanji names #yuma tsukumo #ygo zexal meta #that's not going to be a common tag

[agox]

Last night I got high and wrote a program to find all of the unused elemental symbols. It turns out there’s 585 of them and it’s much less interesting the next day.

One interesting finding: I couldn’t be bothered to generate all possible one and two letter strings, so I asked ChatGPT to write me code that would do all that for me. It worked surprisingly well!

['a', 'd', 'e', 'g', 'h', 'j', 'l', 'm', 'q', 'r', 't', 'x', 'z', 'aa', 'ab', 'ad', 'ae', 'af', 'ah', 'ai', 'aj', 'ak', 'an', 'ao', 'ap', 'aq', 'av', 'aw', 'ax', 'ay', 'az', 'bb', 'bc', 'bd', 'bf', 'bg', 'bj', 'bl', 'bm', 'bn', 'bo', 'bp', 'bq', 'bs', 'bt', 'bu', 'bv', 'bw', 'bx', 'by', 'bz', 'cb', 'cc', 'cg', 'ch', 'ci', 'cj', 'ck', 'cp', 'cq', 'ct', 'cv', 'cw', 'cx', 'cy', 'cz', 'da', 'dc', 'dd', 'de', 'df', 'dg', 'dh', 'di', 'dj', 'dk', 'dl', 'dm', 'dn', 'do', 'dp', 'dq', 'dr', 'dt', 'du', 'dv', 'dw', 'dx', 'dz', 'ea', 'eb', 'ec', 'ed', 'ee', 'ef', 'eg', 'eh', 'ei', 'ej', 'ek', 'el', 'em', 'en', 'eo', 'ep', 'eq', 'et', 'ev', 'ew', 'ex', 'ey', 'ez', 'fa', 'fb', 'fc', 'fd', 'ff', 'fg', 'fh', 'fi', 'fj', 'fk', 'fn', 'fo', 'fp', 'fq', 'fs', 'ft', 'fu', 'fv', 'fw', 'fx', 'fy', 'fz', 'gb', 'gc', 'gf', 'gg', 'gh', 'gi', 'gj', 'gk', 'gl', 'gm', 'gn', 'go', 'gp', 'gq', 'gr', 'gs', 'gt', 'gu', 'gv', 'gw', 'gx', 'gy', 'gz', 'ha', 'hb', 'hc', 'hd', 'hh', 'hi', 'hj', 'hk', 'hl', 'hm', 'hn', 'hp', 'hq', 'hr', 'ht', 'hu', 'hv', 'hw', 'hx', 'hy', 'hz', 'ia', 'ib', 'ic', 'id', 'ie', 'if', 'ig', 'ih', 'ii', 'ij', 'ik', 'il', 'im', 'io', 'ip', 'iq', 'is', 'it', 'iu', 'iv', 'iw', 'ix', 'iy', 'iz', 'ja', 'jb', 'jc', 'jd', 'je', 'jf', 'jg', 'jh', 'ji', 'jj', 'jk', 'jl', 'jm', 'jn', 'jo', 'jp', 'jq', 'jr', 'js', 'jt', 'ju', 'jv', 'jw', 'jx', 'jy', 'jz', 'ka', 'kb', 'kc', 'kd', 'ke', 'kf', 'kg', 'kh', 'ki', 'kj', 'kk', 'kl', 'km', 'kn', 'ko', 'kp', 'kq', 'ks', 'kt', 'ku', 'kv', 'kw', 'kx', 'ky', 'kz', 'lb', 'lc', 'ld', 'le', 'lf', 'lg', 'lh', 'lj', 'lk', 'll', 'lm', 'ln', 'lo', 'lp', 'lq', 'ls', 'lt', 'lw', 'lx', 'ly', 'lz', 'ma', 'mb', 'me', 'mf', 'mh', 'mi', 'mj', 'mk', 'ml', 'mm', 'mp', 'mq', 'mr', 'ms', 'mu', 'mv', 'mw', 'mx', 'my', 'mz', 'nc', 'nf', 'ng', 'nj', 'nk', 'nl', 'nm', 'nn', 'nq', 'nr', 'ns', 'nt', 'nu', 'nv', 'nw', 'nx', 'ny', 'nz', 'oa', 'ob', 'oc', 'od', 'oe', 'of', 'oh', 'oi', 'oj', 'ok', 'ol', 'om', 'on', 'oo', 'op', 'oq', 'or', 'ot', 'ou', 'ov', 'ow', 'ox', 'oy', 'oz', 'pc', 'pe', 'pf', 'pg', 'ph', 'pi', 'pj', 'pk', 'pl', 'pn', 'pp', 'pq', 'ps', 'pv', 'pw', 'px', 'py', 'pz', 'qa', 'qb', 'qc', 'qd', 'qe', 'qf', 'qg', 'qh', 'qi', 'qj', 'qk', 'ql', 'qm', 'qn', 'qo', 'qp', 'qq', 'qr', 'qs', 'qt', 'qu', 'qv', 'qw', 'qx', 'qy', 'qz', 'rc', 'rd', 'ri', 'rj', 'rk', 'rl', 'rm', 'ro', 'rp', 'rq', 'rr', 'rs', 'rt', 'rv', 'rw', 'rx', 'ry', 'rz', 'sa', 'sd', 'sf', 'sh', 'sj', 'sk', 'sl', 'so', 'sp', 'sq', 'ss', 'st', 'su', 'sv', 'sw', 'sx', 'sy', 'sz', 'td', 'tf', 'tg', 'tj', 'tk', 'tn', 'to', 'tp', 'tq', 'tr', 'tt', 'tu', 'tv', 'tw', 'tx', 'ty', 'tz', 'ua', 'ub', 'uc', 'ud', 'ue', 'uf', 'ug', 'uh', 'ui', 'uj', 'uk', 'ul', 'um', 'un', 'uo', 'up', 'uq', 'ur', 'us', 'ut', 'uu', 'uv', 'uw', 'ux', 'uy', 'uz', 'va', 'vb', 'vc', 'vd', 've', 'vf', 'vg', 'vh', 'vi', 'vj', 'vk', 'vl', 'vm', 'vn', 'vo', 'vp', 'vq', 'vr', 'vs', 'vt', 'vu', 'vv', 'vw', 'vx', 'vy', 'vz', 'wa', 'wb', 'wc', 'wd', 'we', 'wf', 'wg', 'wh', 'wi', 'wj', 'wk', 'wl', 'wm', 'wn', 'wo', 'wp', 'wq', 'wr', 'ws', 'wt', 'wu', 'wv', 'ww', 'wx', 'wy', 'wz', 'xa', 'xb', 'xc', 'xd', 'xf', 'xg', 'xh', 'xi', 'xj', 'xk', 'xl', 'xm', 'xn', 'xo', 'xp', 'xq', 'xr', 'xs', 'xt', 'xu', 'xv', 'xw', 'xx', 'xy', 'xz', 'ya', 'yc', 'yd', 'ye', 'yf', 'yg', 'yh', 'yi', 'yj', 'yk', 'yl', 'ym', 'yn', 'yo', 'yp', 'yq', 'yr', 'ys', 'yt', 'yu', 'yv', 'yw', 'yx', 'yy', 'yz', 'za', 'zb', 'zc', 'zd', 'ze', 'zf', 'zg', 'zh', 'zi', 'zj', 'zk', 'zl', 'zm', 'zo', 'zp', 'zq', 'zs', 'zt', 'zu', 'zv', 'zw', 'zx', 'zy', 'zz']

#programming #programming while high

[fang-and-feather]

Fang's Masterlist and Main Post

Hi! I'm Fang, a fanfiction writer currently mostly into otome games, with the ones in the masterlist bellow being the main ones

Tag List:

If you want to be tagged to future writings of any fandom bellow, reply to this post or message me with at least the fandom you would want to be tagged for, and any other specification ou want to add.

OC Info:

Amy's Profile

Linet's Instagram Page

Carina's Instagram Page Main, Photos Page

Yara's Instagram Page

Masterlists

Star-Crossed Myth Masterlist

Ayakashi Romance Reborn Masterlist

Ikemen Vampire Masterlist

Yu-Gi-Oh Masterlist

Ikemen Prince Masterlist

#star crossed myth #ayakashi romance reborn #ikemen vampire #ayakashi koi meguri #ikevamp #star crossed myth fanfic #arr fanfic #ikevamp fanfic #ikemen prince #ikepri #yugioh dm #yu gi oh

[l1teraryangel]

In Another Life (Ch. 10 Preview)

“For two psycho killers, you’re awful boring, y’know?”

They studied him, unmoved by the insult. His mirrored self remarked coolly, “And what about you? Apparently some Ancient Egyptian thief, yet here you are reduced to a mundane existence where the only benefits are your partner and your comatose pet over there.”

“Both of whom are fantastic,” Touzoku-Ou returned and flopped onto his side, propped on his left elbow. “Maybe you’d understand if you treated your Ryou better.”

Other Bakura sneered. “We treat him plenty well if and when he behaves.”

“Somehow I think your idea of well differs from his.” He examined his right hand, fondly rolling an intricate gold band with two jewels, one obsidian and one white moonstone. “I pity you, trapped in such a dark state of being. It reminds me how I used to be. How I’m sure Bakura was.”

“The nerve of this guy,” Other Touzoku-Ou snapped, fingers twitching and teeth gritted. “How dare you sit there saying you pity us when you’re a slave to someone as weak as Ryou, when you live content with this average man’s life. If I had powers like yours, I’d make myself a god.”

Touzoku-Ou chuckled and dropped his hand back down. “Yup, you’re just like how I used to be. Consumed by greed, hungry for power, driven by hatred.” His eyes hardened. “The biggest difference is that unlike you, I would never hurt Ryou. He’s part of my family. I knew from the second I saw him we were meant to be together.”

Rolling his eyes, Bakura rested back on his hands, a casual posture to accompany his growing disdain. “We knew we were meant to be with Ryou, too, you arrogant bastard. The problem is he didn’t appreciate our feelings for him.”

“Given what I’ve heard of how he met you,” Touzoku-Ou snorted and twisted onto his back, arms folded beneath his head, “I can’t say I blame him for hating you. Why kill his family if you wanted him to love you?”

--- --- --- --- ---

AO3 Link: In Another Life - Chapter 1 - LiteraryAngel - Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga) [Archive of Our Own]

#bakushipping #geminishipping #gemshipping #tendershipping #ryou bakura #yami bakura #thief king bakura #yugioh #ygo #my writing

[agirlinsearchof]

Anyone have ideas for writing an actual character arc for Kisara?

I’m writing a fic adapting Yu-Gi-Oh!, and I heard Kazuki Takahashi wanted to write an arc for Kisara, but couldn’t because of time constraints. Here’s some information I found on TV Tropes, the interesting bits I want to include highlighted:

As for character depth, I was thinking of having her be deeply angry inside, but hiding it. After all, she’s experienced a lot of discrimination, and I’m having her backstory feature her family having died (inspired by a post I’ve reblogged).

As for the “three-way war” aspect, I’m not sure how to write it. I’m no military expert, and I’ve never written wars. I know that two of the factions would be Pharaoh Atem and his forces and Priest Set and presumably some kind of resistance group he forms, but I don’t know what the third faction would be. Zorc? Maybe Pharaoh Atem(‘s forces) and Priest Set(‘s forces) have to team up against Zorc near the climax of the arc?

#yugioh #yugioh dm #millennium world #kisara #priest set #pharaoh atem #zorc necrophades #yu-gi-ou-hi #the kisara rewrite tag

[alectoperdita]

Fictober - Day 23

prompt: “do we have to?” fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters pairing: Jounouchi Katsuya/Kaiba Seto rating: teen warnings: none a/n: The gang play the Ou-sama game. Kaiba’s not entirely sure how he ended up as part of that.

Being King of Game apparently extended to drinking games, which shouldn't be possible because Yuugi should have a gnat's alcoholic tolerance. If there was ever a time for Kaiba to best Yuugi, it should be when they were each four chuuhais deep. The less thought Kaiba gave to how and why he ended up in this karaoke room with Yuugi and the rest of his tag-along, the better. All he knew was he couldn't walk away because that would be tantamount to admitting defeat. 

After losing the tenth round of hashiken, Kaiba was on the verge of stabbing Yuugi in the eyes with chopsticks. 

"Give it up, Kaiba," Jounouchi jeered from the sideline. "You're never gonna beat him. Yuugi's the master of hashiken."

Kaiba gritted his teeth. "He can't win every round. It's a statistical impossibility."

Jounouchi rolled his eyes before bending forward to rip the bamboo chopsticks that Kaiba was hiding behind his back. Ignoring Kaiba's swearing, Jounouchi extended his other hand to Yuugi, who obediently turned over his own set of chopsticks with a happy grin. Both Yuugi and Jounouchi rose from the corner sectional to rejoin the rest of the group lounging on the central couches and eating the ordered food.

"We're here to celebrate Yuugi's birthday. Not watch your one-sided pissing contest," declared Jounouchi as he sat on the floor near the low coffee table piled high with food and the karaoke songbooks. "So, let's play a game that everyone can have fun with!"

Mazaki leaned forward and rested her chin in her arms propped over her knees. "What do you have in mind, Jounouchi?"

With the broadest grin, Jounouchi grabbed a handful of the disposable chopsticks from the center of the table and said, "The Ou-sama game, duh."

Honda groaned. "No."

"Yes!" chirped Jounouchi as he started separating the chopsticks in earnest. "Anyone got a pen?"

Bakura fished one from his bag and passed it to Jounouchi. 

Kaiba painstakingly rose from his secluded corner and made his way to the rest of the group. Furrowing his brow, he loomed over Jounouchi and watched the other man scribble the character for "king" on the thick end of one chopstick before numbering the rest from 1 to 6. "I'm not familiar with this one," he grumbled.

Jounouchi laughed. "Somehow, I'm not surprised. It'd be easier to just show you. Everyone ready?" 

A chorus of varying enthusiastic yeses rang through the room. 

Jounouchi extended the bundle of chopsticks to Kaiba first and urged, "Take one, but don't show it to anyone yet."

He glared at the other man for a brief while before finally drawing one from the center. It bore the number 4.

Jounouchi repeated the process with everyone in the group until only one chopstick remained in his grip. 

"Who is the king?" the group chanted in unison, their volume nearly startling Kaiba. 

"It's me!" shouted Mazaki as she pumped her fist in the air. 

"What is your command, your majesty?" Jounouchi asked after giving a mocking bow. 

Mazaki crossed her arms across her chest and straightened in her seat. "I'll start with an easy one since this is Kaiba-kun's first time playing. Number two, pour me a new drink."

Otogi shuffled forward and poured a fresh glass of shochu for Mazaki before falling to one knee and presenting the glass with a flourish. Beaming, Mazaki accepted the drink and giggled, "Thank you, manservant."

"And that's how you play the game," said Jounouchi. 

Kaiba scoffed. "That's not a game. There's no challenge to it. Where's the win condition?" 

"You don't have to play if you're afraid of embarrassing yourself." Jounouchi met his gaze in a smug challenge. "We understand if you're too chicken."

"I'm going to make you eat those words when I draw King," he growled.

"Hah! Bring it!" 

But the coveted position of king evaded him over the next handful of rounds when it went to fucking Yuugi every other turn. He began to wonder if this was an elaborate setup to make a fool of him, but so far, he'd avoided being issued any command. First, Yuugi opened with an order for numbers two to four (Otogi, Mazaki, and Jounouchi) to drink. Next, Bakura changed numbers one and six to try and dance the tango, which resulted in Honda and Yuugi nearly breaking the table. This was immediately followed by Yuugi demanding that number three give a rendition of the classic Doraemon theme song. The rest of the group laughed and cheered as Bakura poured his soul into the children's song.

On the third time that Yuugi drew king yet again, he cast a considering look around the group like he could discern what number they had by looking at their face. Beaming, he clapped his hands together and announced cheerfully, "Number five should give number four a hug."

Jounouchi hopped to his feet and only swayed a little as he exclaimed, "Okay! Who's getting it?"

Kaiba said nothing and only tightened his grip around the chopstick labeled with Jounouchi's sloppy 5. His face must have given him away because Jounouchi's expression soured when their eyes met across the room. "You touch me, and I'll break your arms," hissed Kaiba.

Jounouchi glanced at his friend and whined, "Do we have to?"

Yuugi held his head imperiously high. "Do as your king commands." He could only hold the posture for several seconds before dissolving into a fit of drunken giggles.

"Ugh, fine, let's get this over with," Jounouchi declared boldly as he physically climbed over Mazaki and Bakura to reach Kaiba seated at the end of the furniture. Before Kaiba could protest or threaten anymore, he found himself with a lap full of squirming Jounouchi, who threw one leg over and trapped Kaiba by bracketing his thighs before his knees. Jounouchi reached up and patted his flushed cheek. "Don't be like that, Kaiba. I give some pretty amazing hugs."

"It's true!" Yuugi agreed eagerly from outside Kaiba's field of vision, which was entirely occupied by the man in his lap.

Kaiba leaned over to glare at Yuugi. "Then, he can go hug you!"

To his dismay, Mazaki had her phone out and aimed in their direction.

"Put that away! I'll sue you!" he snapped.

A pair of warm hands cupped his cheeks and forced Kaiba to meet Jounouchi's eyes again. The smile that Jounouchi gave him was equally warm, rounded and softened by alcoholic haze. The scene looked more like one where Jounouchi was about to kiss him, not embrace him. The idle thought shot heat throughout his body, making him unbearably red and agitated. Releasing Kaiba's face, Jounouchi weaved his arms around his neck and pressed their chests flushed to each other. Goosebumps erupted down the back of his neck as he felt what might have been Jounouchi's lips graze his left earlobe. Before Kaiba could fully process the sensations—Jounouchi's weight, the feel of his shirt sleeves rubbing against Kaiba's neck, the puff of his hot breath when he pressed close, Jounouchi was gone again. 

"I think you actually broke his brain, Jounouchi. Good job!" Honda guffawed. 

Leaning over, Yuugi stage-whispered to Jounouchi, "How was it?"

Jounouchi winked at him. "Kaiba's as cuddly as a teddy bear."

Kaiba continued to be at a loss for words. Bakura helpfully collected the chopstick from his slackened grip and returned it to the pool as they reset for the next round. At that point, Yuugi also excused himself to use the restroom. That finally snapped Kaiba out of his daze. Maybe if Yuugi wasn't in the room with his probability/reality-warping presence...

"Who is the king?" asked the remaining group, snickering and giggling.

Jounouchi sat up immediately. "Number five—"

Kaiba chucked his chopstick, bearing the number five again, in Jounouchi's general direction before storming out of the room. Before he slammed the door shut in his exit's wake, he heard Jounouchi tell the others to keep going without him. Kaiba moved swiftly down the narrow corridor of karaoke rooms, never slowing despite Jounouchi's shouting for him to slow down, and flew past the front desk where the employee barely batted an eye. He took the steps two at a time, which proved to be a slight challenge in his inebriated state. A force collided with his back, and he stumbled down the last four steps onto the next landing before catching his balance against the wall.

Spinning inelegantly on his heels, he glared at Jounouchi, who was clutching the railing two steps above him. "Are you trying to kill me?"

"You can't leave yet!" Jounouchi straightened and hopped down onto the same cramped landing, thoughtlessly invading Kaiba's space. He met Kaiba's furious expression and screwed his courage. "You didn't hear my command."

The jazzy synth of Plastic Love's opening riff flooded the stairwell, threatening to drown out Kaiba's breathing and thoughts. Every inch of its dingy walls was plastered with posters advertising the bands performing at the live venue in the basement downstairs. The space was so dimly lit that Kaiba was convinced it was an occupational hazard, but Jounouchi's hair glowed from the reflected light bleeding through the opening from the floor above. At that moment, someone in a room closest to the entrance started belting, "Despite my sudden kisses and passionate looks, don't get upset with the program of this love."

"Will you let me go if I do it?" Kaiba asked through gnashed teeth and clenched jaws.

"Sure."

"Then, spit it out already."

Jounouchi advanced and planted a burning palm flat over Kaiba's heart. "I was gonna ask five to get me a pack of smokes, but I changed my mind now that I know it's you."

Kaiba's skin crawled, but even with his back against the wall, he glared at the other man and refused to be cowed. "I don't have all night."

Tilting his head playfully, Jounouchi grinned. "I command number five to let me kiss 'em."

Kaiba froze, but his heart raced and pounded in his ears. It was still a challenge, and Kaiba wouldn't refuse one even as absurd as this as long as he still drew breath. Mutely, he nodded in consent. A kiss from Jounouchi, then he could go home and drink himself into a stupor in hopes of obliterating all memories of tonight. As Jounouchi's chest touched his again, Kaiba's eyelids fluttered shut. Moist heat caressed his jawline, informing him exactly how close Jounouchi currently was. His breath hitched and caught in his throat as he waited for the inevitable.

The butterfly touch against his cheek seared like an iron brand. His eyes popped open to stare at Jounouchi in shock as the other man drew away. 

A teasing smile played across Jounouchi's full lips. "Jeeze, Kaiba, relax. You looked like you were about to have a heart at—"

Hands and feet moving on their own, Kaiba grabbed a fistful of Jounouchi's shirt and shoved him against the other wall. Jounouchi's hands sought purchase on his shoulders. Whether it was to steady himself or push Kaiba away, he didn't care. Ducking forward, he mashed their mouths together with such force that their teeth knocked. What ultimately saved the kiss was Jounouchi tilting his head back and to the left to make it more lips than teeth. When Jounouchi licked at his lips, Kaiba transferred his death grip from his shirt to his neck to stroke the sweat-dampened skin. Jounouchi melted into the touch, opening his mouth wide in an invitation to deepen the kiss.

Kaiba took it without hesitation. Jounouchi tasted like fried chicken and lychee. His tongue was hot and wet and lithe as it tangled with Kaiba's. The fingers digging into his shoulder blades vanished, instead finding their way into Kaiba's hair. When Jounouchi hiked a leg over his hip, he pushed him firmly against the wall, wrinkling and tearing the posters behind him. 

By the time they separated, the room previously singing Plastic Love had moved chorus-deep into BUMP OF CHICKEN's Tentai Kansoku. 

"Wow," Jounouchi whispered huskily. His eyes shine bright and wide, dilated by lust and the dark. Slowly, he licked his lips, giving them a shiny sheen of saliva that filled Kaiba with the unspeakable desire to kiss him again and again until they could get drunk on each other. "I'll make you a deal. You get to be king for the rest of the night as long as we keep doing that."

"Deal."

Smirking, Kaiba took Jounouchi's hand and dragged him down the rest of the steps and out into the cool summer night.

Check out other puppy/violetshipping ficlets I’m writing all #fictober20 long

#fictober20 #violetshipping #puppyshipping #kaijou #my fanfiction #I'm not gonna justify how Kaiba got into the same karaoke room in the first place #he's just there for the ride because i said so #also the idea of Yuugi being the King of Drinking Games delights me to no end #this is mainly an aesthetics day which you can tell by my fixation on describing the stairwell near the end #yugioh

[akidachi]

I expected something more from Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS: SOL Technologies targeting Yusaku and the Lost Incident victims. Did you noticed that the Duel between Playmaker and Ai happened at the SOL Technologies factory (At the Cyberse World) ? There's a chance that SOL Technologies find ou about Playmaker's identity and his connection to the Lost Incident. Don't you agree?

theres a lot of cut content in vrains in general

like, the chesspieces never show up past season one

pretty sure they wouldve done something with them if vrains got 4 full seasons, instead of what is essentially 2 and a half

#ask #not art #season 3 was just the length of half a season #konami robbed us smh #robertozampari

[tarashima]

I expected something more from Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS: SOL Technologies targeting Yusaku and the Lost Incident victims. Did you noticed that the Duel between Playmaker and Ai happened at the SOL Technologies factory (At the Cyberse World) ? There's a chance that SOL Technologies find ou about Playmaker's identity and his connection to the Lost Incident. Don't you agree?

Hardcore don’t agree. Ai took over SOL tech completely and with him being an Ignis as well as caring about Yuusaku as much as he does, I don’t see that as a possibility. And higher-ups at SOL do know Playmaker is connected to the lost incident but post-canon when Akira is in charge minimize the need to continue to go after Playmaker and learn his identity, even more so since he went missing.

#vrains #I can talk more about it but I think this is enough #robertozampari

[nightfurylover31]

I expected something more from Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS: SOL Technologies targeting Yusaku and the Lost Incident victims. Did you noticed that the Duel between Playmaker and Ai happened at the SOL Technologies factory (At the Cyberse World) ? There's a chance that SOL Technologies find ou about Playmaker's identity and his connection to the Lost Incident. Don't you agree?

I know. It’s such wasted potential. 

Yeah, I noticed they were they were in Cyberse World for their duel, but I don’t think we’d have to worry about that. Now that Akira is in charge, he won’t let anything become of Playmaker and the other victims. He’s a good person, and just the right one to put SOL back on the right path rather than a scandalous  one. 

#yugioh vrains #vrains spoilers #robertozampari

[pricechecktranslations]

OSS: Crime; Chapter 2-Project “Ma” -Eve-

Original Sin Story: Crime infomine under the cut

Scene 1

It’s said that the witch of the forest uses a spoon instead of a magic wand.

Eve makes her living selling fruits and mushrooms from the forest. She is the eldest daughter of Nemu’s village chief, but she likes the work—she doesn’t have to stay cooped up in the village all the time, and the Mogura (mogura means mole? Don’t know if it should be left as is or translated) are always looking to buy her wares.

The “Mogura” refers to the people who are excavating Second Period artifacts to the forest’s east, presumably because they have filled what was once an empty plain with holes. The people of Nemu hold little ill will towards them over this, as the money that they spend has made the village prosperous.

Eve bought an “automatic carriage” with this money and is currently driving it, using it to carry her stock. Note—this is not actually a car. It is a horseless carriage that makes the wheels turn through special gears that are powered by magic (Eve’s magic, in this case). If I’m reading correctly, it is controlled by a power crystal ball. This is something the “Mogura” discovered. Her father’s connections allowed her to buy it relatively cheaply, but it was still pretty expensive.

Her father is apparently houseridden, after having injured his lower back/hips/etc two years before (sounds like they give him chronic pain?), so Eve has been doing merchant work in his stead. Eve’s mother is also noted as being deceased.

Eve pulls up to her destination, and the men at work all gather around as it’s close to lunchtime. The most popular item she sells is pfifferling (I believe this is German for “golden chanterelle mushroom”), which the Mogura put in dishes with venison that they buy from hunters. The next most popular is trauben (note that Nemu sells wine made with it too).

Once they’re done with their purchases, almost emptying the cart, the Mogura make soup with it and start to eat. One of them brings Eve a bowl. He goes to get a spoon for her, having forgotten one, and she airheadedly almost admits that she has a spoon of her own (the blue magic spoon that she’s not supposed to show people she has).

While eating, the Mogura talk about the “witch of the forest” using her lightning magic to drive out the “White Army” (白軍) that has been terrorizing the region. They come from the east, all have white hair, and use fire magic. Her father told her they were once nomads, but after some fight with the people of the forest long before, they slowly became a savage tribe. They’ve killed hundreds of people in the forest already, and have also been attacking the excavation site.

Just as Eve is thinking about heading back to the forest, they hear screams coming from the north. They see the “White Army” fighting with a fleeing automated carriage much larger than the kind that Eve is driving. Seeing this, Eve leaps into action, driving her carriage in the direction of the fighting.

Scene 2

There are three carriages being attacked. All of them have the crest of Levianta on their side. One has stopped, smoking. The other two have soldiers firing at the attackers with guns. Unnoticed, Eve goes to check on the downed carriage, and just narrowly avoids getting stabbed by the occupant inside (Adam), who after a moment quickly realizes she’s not one of the White Army.

Seth is also in the carriage, with a minor head wound. Adam helps him get into Eve’s carriage. She introduces herself as Eve Zvezda, which he notes with some surprise. He introduces himself to her, and bids her leave with haste (when she asks about the soldiers—Gammon among them--he shrugs it off as their job, and Seth notes they’re fairly capable).

Some of the White Army are headed their way, so Eve starts up the carriage to take them to Nemu.

Scene 3

Eve is able to outpace their pursuers, and takes them to her house (Nemu has no doctors, and so her father, who has medical knowledge, is their village doctor in addition to being village chief).

Her father quickly goes about tending to Seth’s wound, and then brings up that he’s an old friend of Horus (horusu), the former head of the research facility (based on context then this is Adam’s “father”). Adam has to share the bad news that he died two years ago (chief Zvezda hasn’t been to the 12 capitals much lately) and that Adam has taken his position now.

He notices that Seth is blind in his left eye, and notes offhand that Horus’ left eye was blind too.

After they’re done, Eve and Chief Zvezda encourage them to stay, noting the White Army won’t attack here (this is a village full of sorcerers—evidently this is not common knowledge).

Zvezda asks what they’re there for (no scientist has visited the excavation site itself until now).

As a note, his full name is “Raiou Zvezda”, and he is a sorcerer too (note—the only reference I could find is to a Yu-Gi-Oh card “Thunder King Rai-Oh”. “Rai ou” literally means “thunder king” with certain kanji, as well).

Adam reveals that they came to this forest to meet with Eve. This puts everyone on edge (especially given they were originally accompanied by soldiers). Seth pipes in then, trying to calm things down (though his efforts don’t feel genuine to me, personally), alluding to not wanting things to be like the time of “the Witch of Merrigod” (which leads to Raiou accusing them of being on a witch hunt).

Seth says that Raiou suspected them from the beginning—that he must have also known Horus was dead (which Raiou confirms—he hasn’t been to the capitals, sure, but mages have their own information network using green onions).

Against Adam’s protestations that it should be him telling them, Seth explains what they’re doing there, introducing himself as Horus’ greatest apprentice (Adam says he just calls himself that on his own).

The explanation is as follows (note—this sounds a bit like a PR spiel, so take it with some salt): Despite being called a kingdom, Levianta is little more than people assembled to follow the will of their gods (given that the very nation was founded around worshipping them and what they left behind). Thus, the leader must be someone who can hear the gods speak, a virgin maiden with high magical power.

Levianta is ruled by a queen, and they have several mechanisms from which to pick them; a special orphanage run by the Loop Octopus family, the Lighwatch temple run by the Asayev family, the research institute run by the Vaju family, etc. Whichever institution the next queen comes from, that family’s senate member becomes head of the senate. The current queen Alice is from the orphanage (hence why Miroku is the only one able to interact with her, because he’s head of the senate—also, on that subject, it seems Loop Octopus is the family’s full last name. So, Miroku Loop Octopus).

The research institute is looking into ways to artificially create a new Queen/woman with extreme magical power (and thus guarantee Vaju as next senate head)—this is the “Next Queen Project”, which has involved women from all over participating to be this new queen’s mother (Seth insists these women participated voluntarily and were not kidnapped, despite rumors to the contrary).

So…I suppose based on context (not entirely sure if I’m reading it clearly), the “Witch hunts” aren’t hunting witches to kill, but hunting witches to kidnap (which has happened recently). Seth explains that circumstances dictate they don’t have time to wait for volunteers—not on the Next Queen Project (as Alice is still in her 40s and not close to death), but on the new project. Project “Ma”.

Raiou dismisses “Ma” as just an old legend (the legend says that when disaster approaches the world, the two-headed dragon LeviaBehemo will be reborn as the “Twins of God”, and the woman who births them is the holy mother Mem Aleph, or “Ma”), despite Seth insisting that it’s all actually happening.

So, not only will the person who becomes Ma become queen, but whoever produces Ma will become head of the senate. Raiou asks why Miroku would give the research institute as many permissions as he has (command of their security, information, etc), knowing that if they succeed he’ll lose his seat to Vaju; Seth speculates that he must acknowledge that it’ll be hard to find “Ma” through his orphanage, and so figures that by collaborating with the research institute he’ll still be able to leverage some political influence after stepping down.

They came here searching for the “witch of the forest” rumored to appear in “The Forest of Held” to the south of this village. Supposedly, she does battle against the White Army attacking everyone here by using lightning and a blue spoon, and has green hair. They had the soldiers with them for protection (Eve wonders if they’re alright, but Adam assures her that while they can’t use magic, they’re all very skilled with swords and guns).

Eve already seems to have a crush on Adam.

Raiou tells them that they’re mistaken—that this witch is not Eve. All the people in the village have magical power, and there are a lot of girls with green hair. While the people in the village are immigrants from elsewhere, Eve is actually his adopted daughter. His wife found her in a river, and they raised her as their own. He says that they should head to Held’s Forest for their search.

Seth then brings out a two-pronged iron rod—a Second Period device that can read someone’s magical potential…but he left the data output device in the other carriage. Adam requests usage of their carriage to head back over there and get it (note, Adam has magic too—enough to make the carriage run, at least).

Just then, Gammon arrives. He reports on what happened—they handled the situation quickly enough (it just took a while due to the higher numbers of attackers). He had his people go to the capital for reinforcements to go on the offensive against the White Army. Meanwhile, he’ll be doing the bodyguarding duties for Adam and Seth by himself. He has also brought over what they forgot in the carriage (meaning Seth can test Eve’s magic now).

The rod is connected to a box that beeps when he passes it before Eve, and also provides the readings numbers. Her “M” level is 72. Just a little stronger magically than the average person (not candidate levels). He tests it on Gammon, showing his level is 0. Raiou’s level is 200, and Adam’s is over 300.

Eve is a little disappointed that she’s missed her chance to be a candidate, but then she knows her father (who hates politics and only became chieftain because someone had to do it) would never let her join. She loves her father, but doesn’t mean there aren’t things she’s dissatisfied with about that.

Scene 4

Seth heads to get treatment at a hospital in the 12 capitals just to be safe, while Gammon and Adam stay in Nemu for a while to look for the Witch of the Forest, with Eve acting as their guide and transportation to Held’s forest (they are paying her a lot to do it). She takes them to some of the villages in the forest that she knows, and they also go around places where the witch is rumored to be. No luck.

One day they’re heading along when the weather turns cloudy, and seems likely to rain (so Adam suggests they turn in early).

According to his information, the witch appears to help people attacked by the White Army. Those saved forget what she looks like afterwards, though, save for the green hair, that she’s a woman, and she uses a spoon to fire lightning. Adam speculates that this witch can manipulate people’s minds (Eve brushes it off jokingly, saying if she had that power she’d use it to make herself queen).

Eve is a little over 20 at this point (and Adam appears close in age to her).

Adam doesn’t know much of magic—he only recently learned of his high potential. Also note: while they are chatting, Gammon is just looking at their surroundings quietly. Eve’s internal monologue notes how much easier Adam is to get along with (and that he doesn’t look down on her like some 12 capital people do).

Adam used to live in a place west of the capitals, by the coast, in an orphanage. It was there that Horus Solntse showed up one day and adopted Adam. He says his only mother figure was a whale (a little confused here but I think basically a whale has been watching over him since before he was old enough to remember things). Eve speculates that this was an incarnation of a forest spirit.

Eve recounts a time when the loneliness of not knowing her true parents led to her running out into the forest at night. She got lost, and came to a stop crying. Then, a fearsome bear appeared (note that it starts raining on them now). Eve pulls up her skirt to show Adam a scar on her thigh (which flusters him initially because why wouldn’t it). The bear, probably hungry, attacked her. Just then, all the forest animals attacked the bear at once, driving it off. Since then she hasn’t seen a bear in the forest. She figures the forest spirits are protecting her now. This is something she’s hardly ever told anyone else.

Adam’s about to say something, but they suddenly hear an explosion from the direction of Nemu. And they see smoke rising from it. The White Army comes out from the trees, circling the carriage and trapping them. They are led by a woman. She is the “White Fiend of Jakoku”, Raisa Netsuma. Raisa says this is a test (vague though on what it’s a test for).

Raisa urges her men to be careful, as Gammon is a skilled fighter and they are with the “Witch of the Forest”, meaning Eve. Eve denies this—Raisa doesn’t believe her, and charges with a long and narrow weapon wreathed in pale flame.

Eve coldly takes out her spoon (which she got from her dad). She recites the “Medvedi ubit” spell, which sends lightning at Raisa and all her underlings (leaving the forest and its animals, as well as Adam and Gammon, untouched). Raisa is the only one who survives. Gammon goes to catch her before she can escape.

The village is still burning. Eve starts the carriage to go save them, but Adam thinks it’s too dangerous (as their main forces will be there). Gammon tosses Adam the sword that Raisa was using to defend himself with, as he has to stay with Raisa.

The people of Nemu were once a famous group of sorcerers, so it’s unlikely they’re being killed so easily. Still, they head there as fast as they can.

Scene 5

Eve is the Witch of the Forest after all. She isn’t too burnt up over Adam finding out, given that he’s clearly trustworthy and doesn’t mean her harm. And being queen doesn’t sound like a bad thing (albeit she’d need her father’s permission, and she’s not the kind to go against his wishes).

Nemu is burning, under attack by men in red outfits. Adam realizes, to his horror, that these are the “Witch of Merrigod”’s forces, the “Red Devotees” (might be a better way to translate that, 赤の信徒たち) She was once an “Ma” candidate, but the senate and the institute deemed her too evil to be made queen.

The men circle the carriage as it arrives. Eve demands to know where the villagers are, but they all stare at her blankly. She prepares to strike, but the men part to let a red-garbed woman walk through—the Witch of Merrigod, Meta Salmhofer (she hasn’t been introduced as Meta yet but it’s obviously her). She has a very adult air to her, but in terms of actual age she looks younger than Eve. Meta makes an offhand comment that Raisa (and all of the White Army, I think) is an inheritor of Salem.

She claims she’s not attacking this place because of the White Army, but rather (among other reasons that she doesn’t elaborate) to get revenge on the institute (and Adam) for “making a fool of her” (it’s a little vague on exactly what went down during her “Ma” candidacy at the time).

Eve asks where everyone is, and Meta points to Eve’s house, telling her to go look. Eve heads that way with Adam. They find her father in the garden, naked, covered in wounds, and crucified on a big cross that was erected there, already dead. He’s surrounded by the other men of the village, who are standing lifeless just like the red devotees.

Eve is horrified and confused as to how this happened, given her father’s power. Adam explains that Meta is an inheritor of Gilles, and as such has the power to control men—she probably used the village men to attack Raiou, and he, not wanting to hurt them, couldn’t properly defend himself.

Eve wants to go attack Meta, but Adam points out she’ll use the villagers to get in the way (as human shields, basically). They’re about to head to regroup with Gammon when they hear reinforcements from the capital arrive.

They came to meet up with Gammon, but as they were already there they fought against the red devotees. Meta and her forces withdrew (including, unfortunately, the men of the village). When the fires have been put out, they find the corpses of all the village’s women piled up in a cattle pen.

Eve goes with Adam to the capital. She has nowhere else to go.

Scene 6

Asmouse is one of the 12 cities that makes up the capital (based on this phrasing I’m now more thinking that it’s less “12 distinct royal capitals” and more “12 cities that are collectively the royal capital”). It’s run by senator Ceci (Seshi) Vaju, and it has the strongest historical backdrop to it. Vaju is himself a descendant of those who first started discovering the Second Period stuff. He founded the research institute using permissions from the previous queen. Horus, who became the head, was a friend of his.

In addition to all the technological advancements of researching Second Period technology (and I should probably say this at least once—I am saying Second Period for clarity’s sake. But they don’t say Second Period. They say “legacy”. Legacy items), they are also researching how to create people with magical power—that is to say, the “Next Queen Project”. But Horus died of illness before it could be realized. Hence Adam taking over. Etc.

Eve doesn’t care about any of that. The only thing that matters is that she’s an “Ma” candidate.

Adam gives her some coffee (which isn’t common outside the capital) to try and calm her down—Eve (imo) seems restless and uncomfortable. She’s wearing bands on her arms and legs connected to a big box (the chair she’s sitting in is also part of the machine, I think) that will help them properly quantify her magical ability (like a larger version of the device they used in Nemu). It turns out that her spoon can both seal and amplify a user’s magical ability (apparently it was originally her mother’s), so that’s why the earlier reading was inaccurate.

Adam runs the machine (Eve notes that it makes her feel queasy at first). It takes roughly an hour to run properly—they don’t have to run it nonstop but she can’t leave the chair until it’s over. She decides to pass the time by asking Adam about Meta.

Adam explains that Meta is from Merrigod (far further east than Nemu), which is used as a citadel for the dangerous organization “Apocalypse”, of which the “red devotees” and “the white army” are simply different units of their forces. Some say they’re looking to overthrow the nation, while others say they’re just criminals. They are led by Pale Noel, and Meta is his girlfriend. They know almost nothing about Pale—even him being a man isn’t set in stone.

Adam, Seth, and some other researchers headed to Merrigod, backed by Gammon and his security unit. But things went wrong, and it turned into a battlefield. The researchers hadn’t wanted that, but Apocalypse and the security force (ie, Gammon) did. The battle failed—Meta used her powers to control the security force, and there was infighting. Adam and Seth were the only researchers who survived, which is why even now the institute is short-staffed (Adam doesn’t say how long ago this was).

Eve asks what an inheritor is. Adam says it’s someone with supernatural powers, different from magic. Like Raisa and her clan (they had originally thought that it was magic, but even those in the White Army who had no magical ability can use fire). They don’t know the source of inheritor abilities though (research into it is being undertaken by the Lighwatch temple run by Yegor Asayev). Adam doesn’t know much more than that, other than that they’re divided up into classifications like “Gilles” and “Salem”, named after the god’s kin.

Adam may be getting Eve hooked on coffee, I think. She finds it too bitter but can’t stop drinking it.

Eve asks what the senate will do about Apocalypse—he says that (according to what Gammon told him), they won’t do anything. They view it as little more than a fringe organization (as it hasn’t attacked the capital much), and not worth the manpower it would take to get rid of them. Eve understands why her dad hated politics so much.

Adam says that’s why she should become ruler, going to write something down. The machine is still processing, but already her score is higher than her father’s was. She seems unsure, noting that she’s just a simple girl from a village, but he reassures her. This leads to a sweet moment between them (confirming they don’t dislike each other, etc—I feel this is probably a point where he’s faking his affection to make her easier to manipulate, however as this chapter is from Eve’s perspective there’s no way to tell).

Note, Adam knows enough swordplay to defend himself.

They still have Raisa’s oddly shaped (probably eastern) sword (she is in jail right now). Adam speculates that even if she fully recovers from Eve’s attack, she’ll likely be executed. Eve reflects for a moment on how much evil there is in the world despite her work as Witch of the Forest, and what she’ll need to defeat it.

Several days later, Raisa escapes from prison, likely with the help of a collaborator. Meanwhile, Eve’s M number exceeds 350, which is more than enough for her to be an “Ma” candidate.

Scene 7

Eve has to take a “Queen Test” (probably a better way to word that, phrase is 女王の試練)—basically a formality, a ritual to get her accepted by the current queen as a successor. She and Adam are discussing this as they walk through Asmouse. Only the queen knows what this entails.

Having high magical power, in this country, signifies that one is closely related to the gods. The position of Queen used to be hereditary, but then the fifth queen couldn’t have children. So she declared that all in this land were the children of the gods, and that having strong magic was a sign of the gods’ favor. Conversely, those who don’t have magic were said to be unloved by the gods (there’s no actual persecution for that, but advancement for such people became harder). As such, those with magic became able to vie for the throne. Adam learned all this in school after he was adopted.

There was no school in Nemu, and Eve had no need for an education there (outside of which berries were poisonous and how to use magic and so on), so this is all new information to her. Adam says he’ll tutor her on all this stuff.

He takes her to a red-walled building—it turns out to be a shop for dining utensils for her to use. She notices a red glass, and is told what glass is by the old man running the shop (same as with us, but it can only be made by a legacy piece in Asmouse, and colored glass in particular is a rarity). It’s expensive—Adam says she won’t need it, as it’s a wine glass and she doesn’t drink wine. She says she’ll drink coffee out of it, and so he buys it for her. They buy some other things and then leave.

Eve needs clothes, too—she needs a lot of new things. Adam’s not hurting for money (as the head of the institute), so he buys them for her, saying she can pay him back when she’s queen (very certain she’ll succeed). He says that since the moment they first met, he felt like they already knew each other. She does too.

Scene 8

Not even a month has passed, and they’ve fallen in love. Just because they’re similar in age, get along, and are living together. Adam’s the first attractive (both intellectually and otherwise) guy that Eve’s actually been around. Of course, this gets her worried, because one of the conditions of being queen is to be a virgin maiden.

Adam reassures her that while it might be hard for them to be together publicly, he’ll always be by her side. She wonders how, given only the head of the senate can see her—he stumbles for a moment before saying  he’ll maneuver things so Gammon becomes head of the senate, and he’ll be able to change that law to make things easier on them (I feel like he’s bullshitting just to get her to go along with him at this point).

Adam has her drink more coffee (which, when she drinks it, makes all her worries go away—she’s basically addicted to the coffee, yes), and then promises that they’ll get married in secret when this is all over. Eve suggests Held’s forest—as soon as they’ve gotten rid of all the “evil” that’s made it dangerous right now.

Scene 9

A week later, Eve is called to the round hall in Alicegrad. She is greeted by Miroku—they’re about to set up the trial. They are then greeted by a woman in flimsy white clothes, accompanied by a short middle aged man (who is Hugen/fugen Asayev, Yegor’s older brother). She is another candidate for queen (which shocks Eve, which Fugen mocks her for)—her name is Zelarana Chirclatia (zerarana), a priestess of Lighwatch temple.

Miroku and Hugen bicker a little bit. As a note, Yegor apparently went missing very suddenly before this, abandoning his post and leaving Hugen in charge. Zelarana questions Eve on being from Held’s forest, noting an “evil god” lives there. The people of Nemu saw it (Held) as an evil god, but the people of the forest saw it as a guardian deity. Eve isn’t sure which is true. The area with Held in it is inside the border of another country, and Leviantan citizens aren’t allowed to cross the border without permission, so she’s never seen the giant tree Held resides in herself.

Zelarana is a bit pompous, boasting about the training she’s received as a priestess and that Lighwatch priestesses are able to remove the wickedness from someone’s heart. Eve almost brings up that she has brainwashing powers (I mean, it doesn’t say that outright but it’s strongly implied), but thinks better of it, as she knows it’s a power that frightens people more than the lightning and hasn’t even told Adam of it yet.

Miroku reminds them all that this is serious business and a holy ritual, and they back down.

Scene 10

Eve goes first, heading to the Temple of LeviaBehemo where the queen lives. When she passes through the large door on the “First Wall” that only the senate are allowed to pass through, she sees a field of flowers—a garden in the center of Alicegrad. There’s a white building in the center of that—the temple. It’s small, about the size of the house she lived in in Nemu, which disappoints her. Inside is a dim space with four plain white walls. She walks forward and smacks her forehead into a glass wall.

This is a maze, made of glass walls (we later learn it’s called the “Hall of Glass”). Eve makes her way through carefully, growing more disoriented as she does. She calls out, but there’s no reply—though as she goes deeper inside, she sees a humanoid figure in a white dress sitting in a wheelchair. But the air feels like it’s getting thinner. By the time she reaches the queen, she collapses before she can get a good look at her face.

Scene 11

The first scene is a snapshot of her and Adam as twin Irregulars after the end of the world, looking out over all the souls on the world’s ruined surface from inside the Clocktower.

In the scene, when he tells her the world is ruined, she asks if they can return everything to how it was—he says all they can do is do everything over again, putting his hand in his chest. Everything becomes white and disappears.

The next scene is Eve’s showdown with Elluka at the end of the sloth novel. As Elluka starts the body swap thing, Eve realizes that Elluka is the one who destroyed the world. As the light spreads, Elluka transforms into a large monster—one that appears both like a dragon and like a bear. Somehow.

The next scene is Eve in the cabin with Adam, noting he looks like the boy in the first vision but also someone else. They’re making food. The door opens and a cute boy and girl, her precious children, come home. Before she can greet them, everything goes dark.

Personal opinion: It isn’t clear if these are memories, hallucinations, or future vision (given that prophetic dreams are a thing). It does seem to be indicating that, if it’s not referring to this being a loop (one in which Eve retains some faint memories of the previous iterations), that Eve has some way to perceive the future here, albeit in a fragmented fashion. It’s a little too trippy to interpret at the moment.

Scene 12

Eve wakes up in the middle of a conversation with Miroku in the round hall, with no idea what the heck she was talking about. Miroku confirms that she is indeed the next queen, as she was able to meet with the current one and hear the voice of god—or see, more like. It seems she had related to him her vision (or at least part of it), which he took to be future events.

Hugen is heading back to Lighwatch, with Zelarana’s corpse in tow. Miroku speculates that Eve’s lack of memory is a side-effect from receiving a revelation for the first time. After Eve went, Zelarana also entered the Hall of Glass—then she was found running out of the “First Wall”’s door, screaming like a madwoman. She fell unconscious and then died, evidently unable to handle the ritual. Unworthy candidates face “Divine Punishment”, apparently. Everyone knows this. …Except Eve.

Anyway, now it’s back to the institute to be impregnated with the divine seed. Eve has a ton of questions but she’s too exhausted to ask them. She’s also a little cheesed at Adam for not telling her that the ritual was so dangerous.

Scene 13

Eve is lying on a table in the institute. Adam tells her she has nothing to worry about, but she knows now that he lies sometimes (though she hasn’t pressed him on the ritual business). Still, after some conflict she convinces herself that he wouldn’t have sent her into danger if he’d known how bad it was. She’s afraid that their relationship will be over if she stops believing in him. She knows it’s stupid but she loves him.

Adam explains that the ark Sin is underneath the temple. It’s called the Dark Legacy because supposedly the Sin has the power to both save the world and destroy it—and the gods are trying to descend to the world through Project Ma in order to stop their power from running wild and doing just that.

Adam pulls up a cylinder with a cloudy liquid inside—he says this is the “Divine Seed”, which is taken from Sin, and is part of the gods’ body. He’s going to implant it into her to get her pregnant. Eve is nervous, but excited too—she thinks that the twins that she saw in her vision are the ones she’ll give birth to, and is eager to meet them.

She starts to conk out from the anesthesia. He tells her when she wakes up, she’ll be pregnant, and to “Sleep well, sleep princess/sleeping beauty” (nemurihime). It references the song with the whole “after this is over let’s get married at Held’s forest” bit. End chapter.

#lot to unpack here #getting fallen hero vibes from eve #or falling hero as it were #ec activity feed

[tastes-like-ciel]

I expected something more from Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS: SOL Technologies targeting Yusaku and the Lost Incident victims. Did you noticed that the Duel between Playmaker and Ai happened at the SOL Technologies factory (At the Cyberse World) ? There's a chance that SOL Technologies find ou about Playmaker's identity and his connection to the Lost Incident. Don't you agree?

It got shafted for reasons unknown and parts of it suffered because of it, but I still like it for what it is. Enough to rank it as one of my fave YGO series (Zexal will always hold that title, but VRAINS is a close second). For anything else, there’s always fanfiction to fix whatever we were dissatisfied with, I suppose.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen the final episodes and I admittedly was too focused on Ai and Yusaku and didn’t pay much attention to their surroundings outside of “oh, they’re in a warehouse Ai stuffed with SOLtis copies”, so I can’t say much about the location. I’d have to rewatch them to get details. But considering Ai was so vehement on protecting Yusaku and keeping the location of their duel so secret, I’m sure he likely made it to where no one could spy on them. Plus, he did take over SOL earlier on and changed things around. For all we know, he deleted any possible evidence they could of had on the Lost Incident to further protect Yusaku (and the others by extension).

Ai had every intention on dying. He wouldn’t have left behind anything that could have hurt Yusaku. Yusaku was who he was doing everything for. And if for whatever reason he couldn’t accomplish that and couldn’t save Yusaku from an eventual, gruesome death, he was going to put Yusaku out of his misery himself. Quick and painless, unlike what would eventually come to pass.

So while anything is possible, I think it’s unlikely anyone from SOL would pursue Yusaku with Ai gone and Yusaku AWOL, especially with Akira in control of things afterward. Cuz he already knows who Playmaker is. I mean, there’s the Chess Pieces, but they just kind of stopped doing anything at some point. 

#VRAINS #ask #robertozampari

[magpiejay1234]

Let’s do Chojiro, and Shinji.

Chojiro Tokumatsu’s name is 徳松 長次郎, Tokumatsu Choujirou.

徳, toku, means benevolence, or virtue.

松, matsu means pine tree, but can also mean highest rank in shouchikubai, as we discussed in Bandit School kids’ names.

長, chou, means great, but in this context it means senior.

For more meanings:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%95%B7

(This is generally translated to mean Super, as in Superheavy Samurai.)

次, ji can mean multiple things, but in this context it means sequence, or numeric order.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%AC%A1

For more meanings. This is also similar to jii-chan (ie. “my grandfather”).

郎, rou, is a suffix meaning son.

*****

**Choujirou is similar to choujiru, which means to grow into adulthood:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%81%A1%E3%82%87%E3%81%86%E3%81%98%E3%82%8B#Japanese

***Literal translation of his name would be Virtuous Pine Son of Next Great/Senior One, I guess.

**Matsu, pine, Kanji alludes to pine cards in hanafuda:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanafuda

This is the basis of Flower Cardians.

**Rou has the ou (King) sound.

*****

Shinji Weber’s name is シンジ・ウェーバー, is all Katakana.

His surname Weber is likely an allusion to Max Weber, considering his communist political beliefs. But it might be a reference to any group of scientists with the surname.

Other possible meanings of weber:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weber%E2%80%93Fechner_law

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weber_test

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weber_(unit)

Surname itself is the old German word meaning weaver, which is sometimes used as webber, tying into the Insect theme.

https://japanese-names.info/first-name/shinji/

Of these 蒔, ji means to sow plants. Shin in this context might means either faith/trust, or truth.

Literally, it can also mean fourth child, or fourth prince.

****

**The ji sound in Shinji is similar to Choujirou’s name, and has the sequence meaning. This might mean materialistic progress of history in Marxism, or the battalion formation of Battlewasps.

**Much like Shinji in Pokémon Diamond & Pearl animé, Shinji’s name might allude to shinju, pearl. In this case, it can allude to sarira: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Aar%C4%ABra

***For other pearl meanings in Buddhism:

http://www.buddhistsymbols.org/preciousjewels.html

**In the context of Yu-Gi-Oh!, shinji is used in Pikeru’s Second Sight (Pikeru no Dokushinjiyutsu), or Eye of Truth (Shinjitsu no me). Shinjiyutsu is meant to be spelled as Shinjutsu though. Outside of this, it is used in shinju (written in hiragana as shinjiyuu), divine beast. So truth sowing meaning is likely the intended meaning.

**His name is written in Katakana, because Jack, and Crow have foreign names. So this matches that.

#shitposting #ygo katakana names #ygo kanji names #chojiro tokumatsu #shinji weber #ygo arc-v meta #ygo random thoughts

[masterofmagiciansixii]

[ push ]

[push] to roughly push my muse onto a bed II Accepting

���Oh, hey Yugi, what are you d..?” Yami started to ask, but before he could finish he abruptly landed on the mattress behind him, the impact causing all of the air in his lungs to rush out him.  

He fixed the Hikari with a playful glare as he propped himself up on his elbows as to not strain his neck too much. A smirk tugged at the corners of his mouth as he struggled to regain a natural rhythm to his breathing. “We...ll, n...n..ow Y..yu..gi, I d..didn’t...th..think y..ou t’..be the..d.do..m..min..ate t..t..type.” He strained to say before he had finally had enough and took a deep breath, letting it out slowly before continuing. 

“Unless..........there’s another reason why you’ve pushed me onto the bed just now?” He asked, his smirk growing a little as he waited for the Hikari to answer. 

@his-hikari  

#thank you so much for the ask!! #sorry this took forever!! #i hope that this is ok for a starter!! #oh and sorry about him!! XD #his-hikari #puzzleshipping #YGO rp